Irish Woman just told me that she is putting a different ‘quilt system’ on the bed.

Now I’m sitting here wondering if this new ‘quilt system’ has been approved by OSHA and the Army Corps of Engineers.

Which IETF RFC does it fall under?

Has it gone through quality assurance and end-user testing?

Has she arranged for a change control and customer impact coordination meeting?

Budgeting shouldn’t be a problem, because she’s spent the equivalent of a generous USAID grant on quilts over the years, but has she done an environmental impact study?

• Normally the “72 Hour Rule” means that you shouldn’t form or state an opinion on news of a crisis until there’s been time for things to settle down and information to become clear.
  • I’m beginning to think we need a “72 Hour Rule” for President Trump.
  • Trump says something outrageous. Press is outraged
    • Outrageous turns out to be true a few days later. Press is even more outraged
  • Next day, Trump does something even more outrageous. Conservatives are outraged.
    • The opponent who Trump did something outrageous to/with backs down between 3 and 36 hours later. Libertarians and Liberals are outraged. Conservatives get really quiet really quick.
  • False Spring is about to fade away here in Kentucky. I took advantage of nice, relatively dry weather yesterday to remove the oak leaves and trash the folks who drive through my neighborhood throw out the car window out of the culvert under our driveway.
    • Soon, the spring rains will come, turning my front yard into both a river and a swamp. I just wish it would drown out the moles.
    • I also trimmed the goldenrod in your front yard. I would have cut it down and set the stump on fire while dancing around it naked, but Irish Woman said it did a good job of making the yard ‘pretty’.
      • Yes, I have seasonal allergies. Why do you ask?

• Note to self – Deep clean the bathroom after giving the dogs a bath.
• Last weekend it was thunderstorms, thunderstorm, floods, and black ice. Now, it’s so nice and warm outside that I’ve shut off the furnace and opened the windows. It’ll probably be cold and miserable in a week or so.
  • Welcome to ‘spring’ in Kentucky.
  • My arthritis and seasonal allergies are both just overjoyed at this swing.
  • Looking at how things are back home, I really shouldn’t complain. North Dakota had lows in the negative 30’s last week, and will have highs in the positive 60’s this week. That’s a 90 degree swing in just a few days.
• Well, the job search has swung into gear. Checking job boards daily, talking to a couple of contracting companies, and keeping my ear to the ground.
  • The job market for cleaning the house, cooking and baking, and playing with the dogs is a bit thin these days. I’m having to branch out a bit.
• Irish Woman has been patient for almost five years, but this weekend she started painting the interior of the house. I have given my input, and the choices of light tan-gray, light green-gray, and ‘useful gray’, whatever that means, have been approved.
  • I only have two color palettes – The 8 pack of Crayola Crayons and Woodland BDU.
  • I did stand my ground on no oh-my-eyes-that’s-bright jewel tones nor you-can-see-this-from-orbit yellows. Blue in any shade was right out.
  • She’s also making noises about removing/replacing the columns between the kitchen and living room, and keeps mumbling “wainscoting” under her breath. Pray for me.
• Note to self – Before applying furniture oil to a the liquor cabinet, make sure there’s a drop cloth under it, especially if the liquor cabinet is sitting on the living room carpet.
  • Note to self – Look up how to get cherry-stained lemon oil out of carpet.
• Our old solid oak dining room chairs are getting rather long in the tooth, so I thought I’d renew the glue in the joints.
  • Note to self – Check to see if the joints are pinned with nails before trying to work them loose.
  • Note to self – Research a good source for replacing oak chair parts now that you’ve ripped the ends off of several leg supports.