You know what to do folks

PALEYFEST!!!!

I'M GOING HOME!!!!!



Cat

Spring is just around the corner.

My birthday's in March and while I'm starting to feel really old, I'm going to be happy for every birthday I get!

My birthday's in March and while I'm starting to feel really old, I'm going to be happy for every birthday I get!


according to Jennifer Aniston being in your 40s is fabulous. Tho I suspect (despite the whole Pitt/Jolie crap.... being Jennifer Aniston is pretty fabulous in and of itself.  ;)

I'M GOING HOME!!!!!



Cat


Yeah, to 8 inches of new snow, and more to come.  Sounds GREAT to me.  Instead of 80 degree days, fun at the beach, fruit ripening on the trees.  Yeah I just LOVE winter in Vermont - NOT

^proof that opposites do attract.

Yeah, to 8 inches of new snow, and more to come.  Sounds GREAT to me.  Instead of 80 degree days, fun at the beach, fruit ripening on the trees.  Yeah I just LOVE winter in Vermont - NOT



But Honey, it won't be 8 inches when we get there because the temps are going up and a lot of that will be melted.


Cat

But Honey, it won't be 8 inches when we get there because the temps are going up and a lot of that will be melted.


Cat


Yeah, right, like the snow bunker in front of the house, and I'm sure there is more "March madness" to come.  Remember snow in May?

anyone know where I can find a pessimist?

according to Jennifer Aniston being in your 40s is fabulous. Tho I suspect (despite the whole Pitt/Jolie crap.... being Jennifer Aniston is pretty fabulous in and of itself.  ;)


Yeah, I wouldn't mind being Jen Aniston!

Yeah, I wouldn't mind being Jen Aniston!
Me neither, heck I got to sleep with Brad before he turned freaky with Angolina! 

I have more surgery on March 8th, so that'll be good.  Prayers and healing thoughts from anyone that can spare them for me.

Just trying to get things in order up until then, I kind of am plowing through housework, still not where I want it to be, but getting better.  Contrary to popular belief, I DO have a floor.  (Yeah I was surprised too.)  ;) ;D

Yeah, I wouldn't mind being Jen Aniston!


Me either. 8)


Me neither, heck I got to sleep with Brad before he turned freaky with Angolina! 


You mean before Angelina got Jen's sloppy seconds? :D



I have more surgery on March 8th, so that'll be good.  Prayers and healing thoughts from anyone that can spare them for me.

Just trying to get things in order up until then, I kind of am plowing through housework, still not where I want it to be, but getting better.  Contrary to popular belief, I DO have a floor.  (Yeah I was surprised too.)  ;) ;D


Sorry to hear this, Patty.  I will be praying for you. {{{hugs}}}

I have more surgery on March 8th, so that'll be good.  Prayers and healing thoughts from anyone that can spare them for me.

Just trying to get things in order up until then, I kind of am plowing through housework, still not where I want it to be, but getting better.  Contrary to popular belief, I DO have a floor.  (Yeah I was surprised too.)  ;) ;D



((((((((((((((((((((((((((((hugs)))))))))))))))))))))))))))) & Karma.



Cat

I have more surgery on March 8th, so that'll be good.  Prayers and healing thoughts from anyone that can spare them for me.

Just trying to get things in order up until then, I kind of am plowing through housework, still not where I want it to be, but getting better.  Contrary to popular belief, I DO have a floor.  (Yeah I was surprised too.)  ;) ;D


My good thoughts for your quick recovery, Patty.  :)

I have more surgery on March 8th, so that'll be good.  Prayers and healing thoughts from anyone that can spare them for me.

Just trying to get things in order up until then, I kind of am plowing through housework, still not where I want it to be, but getting better.  Contrary to popular belief, I DO have a floor.  (Yeah I was surprised too.)  ;) ;D


YAY YOU FOUND THE FLOOR!!!!! O0  8) O0


sorry about the surgery tho....  :-\\

I have more surgery on March 8th, so that'll be good.  Prayers and healing thoughts from anyone that can spare them for me.



no problem

I hope that anybody who is going through hard or trying times gets through it with their inner strenght still with them!

My birthday's in March and while I'm starting to feel really old, I'm going to be happy for every birthday I get!


My birthday is next Saturday,I'm going to be 37,I'm so old my body is starting to pop now,bones and all.

anyone know where I can find a pessimist?


don't know.

I have more surgery on March 8th, so that'll be good.  Prayers and healing thoughts from anyone that can spare them for me.

Just trying to get things in order up until then, I kind of am plowing through housework, still not where I want it to be, but getting better.  Contrary to popular belief, I DO have a floor.  (Yeah I was surprised too.)  ;) ;D


Good Luck. :)

I think Howard is planning to start his own birthday thread.



Cat

Happy St David's Day to any Welsh members we might have

I am very happy February is over.  It started out awful...I pray March is better.

I think Howard is planning to start his own birthday thread.



Cat


Yes I believe so.  ;)

I am very happy February is over.  It started out awful...I pray March is better.


January and February were tough months for weather,glad to see Spring is almost here.

I am very happy February is over.  It started out awful...I pray March is better.
bet feb ended on such a high for you!

There was a bunny who was the color opposite of black

chartreuse?

Went to San Juan to drop off my step-daughter & Granddaughter #1. We will be back there on Thursday when it is our turn to board a plane.


Cat

IT WAS WHITE  :o























WHITE RABBITS - even though Q thought of it, she let me do it - I LOVE YA Q O0  :-*

bet feb ended on such a high for you!


It did...but for the most part it sucked.

One of my PITA's is gone.  The idiot who left Friday without warning actually showed up yesterday.  My boss got a hold of her, wrote her up and fired her ass.  Some of the others told me she was grinning like an idiot afterwards.  I think her boyfriend told her she would get unemployment if she gets let go.  What he doesn't seem to realize is that you don't get unemployment if you are fired for cause.  You pull crap that gets you fired and no one feels sorry for you. 

We changed the way part of the job is run today and one of the others fought me on it.  If we didn't need her right then I would have told her that if she didn't like it she could find another job.  There are so many people out there looking for work right now that replacing her wouldn't be a problem.  It's like they think they are entitled to do whatever they want and if they don't like the work they can get away with not doing it.  Sorry...I don't work that way. 

Doing laundry.  :P Then I will pack. Have to clean out SIL's car that we have been using for the past 7 weeks. It is amazing how much trash can accumulate in that time. Going out to dinner with SIL & FIL.

Tomorrow we close up the house and fly out. Spend the night with my step-daughter and on Friday...


GO HOME!!!!!


Cat

^Yeah, go home >:(

Okay a little rain for my garden today

going to the bank again. I went yesterday but didn't fully understand what my mom wanted.  Afterwards she asked me if such and such check was cleared?  how was I suppose to know I was suppose to check?  My mom just wrote on a paper that you wanted both my accounts to be --------------------------------.  Good, come with mom me and tell them yourself because I cant read your mind and you want to continue to talk to a deaf person who has trouble understanding speech.

Tomorrow is world book day and James has to dress up as a character from a book.  I had an e-mail about it a couple of weeks ago but I forgot.  So I just asked James what character he wanted to dress as.  Artemis Fowle was his choice.  When asked what he would wear James said he needed to wear a suit.  Does he own a suit?  No!  ::)  He is now looking at another book to work out what that character might wear.

YAY CAT!!!

Karen can you tell me what book the first character came from so I don't have to look it up... and if it's something I should know forgive me I've got


PALEYFEST!!!!


on my mind.... Car is packed... need to go get my oil changed.... then Effie and I hit the road.

Technically the festival starts friday but I'm gonna try and get to LA in time to go to taping of mike and molly tonight...

I say try cuz I'm leaving two hours later than I planned and I still have to get the oil change. I wanted to do it yesterday but was a victim of my own poor time management skills.  :-\\

just heard a rumor that Jim Carrey has died, but i have not seen any news on this  :(

perhaps it's a hoax? I'm not seeing any news yet

just heard a rumor that Jim Carrey has died, but i have not seen any news on this  :(


I think it's one of those death hoax.

As I was seaching to see if there was any news about this and I came across other reports but these were about Jeff Goldblum, Charlie Sheen (not from a drug overdose but a snowboarding accident.) and Adam Sandler.  Apparently they all died today.

I think it's one of those death hoax.

As I was seaching to see if there was any news about this and I came across other reports but these were about Jeff Goldblum, Charlie Sheen (not from a drug overdose but a snowboarding accident.) and Adam Sandler.  Apparently they all died today.
so I guess that there'll be no waiting around for the usual "they come in 3's"  ::) 

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/jim-carrey-is-not-dead-163392


Cat

Doing laundry.  :P Then I will pack. Have to clean out SIL's car that we have been using for the past 7 weeks. It is amazing how much trash can accumulate in that time. Going out to dinner with SIL & FIL.

Tomorrow we close up the house and fly out. Spend the night with my step-daughter and on Friday...


GO HOME!!!!!


Cat



Have a good flight home.

just heard a rumor that Jim Carrey has died, but i have not seen any news on this  :(


It's all a hoax,he's alive and well.

Saturday is my birthday. :)

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/jim-carrey-is-not-dead-163392


Cat
so should I feel dumb or dumber for believing the rumor?  :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AP1ROEe6sSk&feature=related


Cat

I'm sorting pictures I'm sorting pictures I'm sorting pictures http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc153/rocksannwastaken/ava/thvampsava.jpg

Karen can you tell me what book the first character came from so I don't have to look it up... and if it's something I should know forgive me I've got




Artemis Fowl is the main character in the Artemis Fowl books  ;)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_Fowl_(series)

I'll let you off.  I expect James is the only 9 year old boy you know!

Tomorrow is world book day and James has to dress up as a character from a book.  I had an e-mail about it a couple of weeks ago but I forgot.  So I just asked James what character he wanted to dress as.  Artemis Fowle was his choice.  When asked what he would wear James said he needed to wear a suit.  Does he own a suit?  No!  ::)  He is now looking at another book to work out what that character might wear.


Anyway, I persuaded James to dress up as a knight (we had recently bought a knight's outfit for a school assembly).  I'm sure we'll be able to think of a book with a knight in it!

Last night was a really rough night for my husband, I am glad I was not there.  My sister-in-law's dog (a pugle - bug/beagle X) fell through the ice at the sand quarry next to their house, he was about 60 ft out from the edge.  Of course no one could get to him.  They could here him howl and whine and whimper.  They called the local volunteer fire department.  They all came out.  The got out the rafts and the boat. They had to break the ice to get to him, they just could not get there soon enough.  They brought the fallen man back though.  My husband was visibly shaken when came through the doors, it's awful to be able to hear and not be able to do anything.  I feel for my S-i-L and her daughter (three) as trying to explain why Duke isn't coming back, K kept insisting Duke be here in the morning...  :\'(

Last night was a really rough night for my husband, I am glad I was not there.  My sister-in-law's dog (a pugle - bug/beagle X) fell through the ice at the sand quarry next to their house, he was about 60 ft out from the edge.  Of course no one could get to him.  They could here him howl and whine and whimper.  They called the local volunteer fire department.  They all came out.  The got out the rafts and the boat. They had to break the ice to get to him, they just could not get there soon enough.  They brought the fallen man back though.  My husband was visibly shaken when came through the doors, it's awful to be able to hear and not be able to do anything.   I feel for my S-i-L and her daughter (three) as trying to explain why Duke isn't coming back, K kept insisting Duke be here in the morning...   :\'(


I'm sorry about the beagle,my condolences.  :(

Last night was a really rough night for my husband, I am glad I was not there.  My sister-in-law's dog (a pugle - bug/beagle X) fell through the ice at the sand quarry next to their house, he was about 60 ft out from the edge.  Of course no one could get to him.  They could here him howl and whine and whimper.  They called the local volunteer fire department.  They all came out.  The got out the rafts and the boat. They had to break the ice to get to him, they just could not get there soon enough.  They brought the fallen man back though.  My husband was visibly shaken when came through the doors, it's awful to be able to hear and not be able to do anything.   I feel for my S-i-L and her daughter (three) as trying to explain why Duke isn't coming back, K kept insisting Duke be here in the morning...   :\'(


:\'( :\'( :\'( :\'(


(((((((((((((hugs)))))))))))))))))))

My condolences to your SIL & daughter.



Cat

Last night was a really rough night for my husband, I am glad I was not there.  My sister-in-law's dog (a pugle - bug/beagle X) fell through the ice at the sand quarry next to their house, he was about 60 ft out from the edge.  Of course no one could get to him.  They could here him howl and whine and whimper.  They called the local volunteer fire department.  They all came out.  The got out the rafts and the boat. They had to break the ice to get to him, they just could not get there soon enough.  They brought the fallen man back though.  My husband was visibly shaken when came through the doors, it's awful to be able to hear and not be able to do anything.  I feel for my S-i-L and her daughter (three) as trying to explain why Duke isn't coming back, K kept insisting Duke be here in the morning...  :\'(


Oh man, that is rough.  I am so sorry. :\'(

Last night was a really rough night for my husband, I am glad I was not there.  My sister-in-law's dog (a pugle - bug/beagle X) fell through the ice at the sand quarry next to their house, he was about 60 ft out from the edge.  Of course no one could get to him.  They could here him howl and whine and whimper.  They called the local volunteer fire department.  They all came out.  The got out the rafts and the boat. They had to break the ice to get to him, they just could not get there soon enough.  They brought the fallen man back though.  My husband was visibly shaken when came through the doors, it's awful to be able to hear and not be able to do anything.   I feel for my S-i-L and her daughter (three) as trying to explain why Duke isn't coming back, K kept insisting Duke be here in the morning...   :\'(


So very sad.  :\'( :\'(

Artemis Fowl is the main character in the Artemis Fowl books  ;)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_Fowl_(series)

I'll let you off.  I expect James is the only 9 year old boy you know!


The only one I know who actually reads. I must say I haven't heard of the Artemis Fowl books.

Anyway, I persuaded James to dress up as a knight (we had recently bought a knight's outfit for a school assembly).  I'm sure we'll be able to think of a book with a knight in it!


The mixed up files of mrs b-something. A story about some kids who live for a short time in the museum of natural history. I think there's a knight in it.

Also wasn't there mention of a knight in the Indian in the cupboard?

Horrible story Sami.... So tragic.

Sorry to the family for their loss

The mixed up files of mrs b-something. A story about some kids who live for a short time in the museum of natural history. I think there's a knight in it.

Also wasn't there mention of a knight in the Indian in the cupboard?




From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

(One of my favorites when I was young. Claudia and Jamie Kincaid run away to the Metropolitain Museum of Art.  I have a copy, I bought for my daughter maybe I'll read it again.)

From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

(One of my favorites when I was young. Claudia and Jamie Kincaid run away to the Metropolitain Museum of Art.  I have a copy, I bought for my daughter maybe I'll read it again.)


I wanna read it again too
Am I right was there mention of a knight in the book?


:)

I wanna read it again too
Am I right was there mention of a knight in the book?


:)



This cover is different from the one on my copy but I would assume there are knights...

http://mb-faculty.mosesbrown.org/read/mixedup.jpg


I'm gonna have to go up to Megan's room and try to find it...wish me luck, her room is like a black hole.  Things go in and are never seen or heard from again.
  ;D ;D

That's the cover I remember must be where I got my perception from

Good luck. I have a lot ofmy books still but don't know if I have that book still

That's the cover I remember must be where I got my perception from

Good luck. I have a lot ofmy books still but don't know if I have that book still


This is the cover on mine...

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51JGHYXQ9ZL._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-click,TopRight,35,-76_AA300_SH20_OU01_.jpg


I wish I still had stuff from my childhood, books and mostly toys but my mother was not the kind of person to keep things.  Eventually everything went into the trash.  :(

I've never been neat. As a kid my room was a wreck.
Once my mom got fed up and went they with a garbage bag.
Everything I owned went in it.
I cried for weeks.

It impacted me seriously. I never the lesson about cleaning up after myself but I did develop an unnatural attachment to my stuff.
I'm not quite a hoarder but I'm very close.
I spent years trying to replace stuff I lost. I have an amazing toy collection for a nonpedophilic 43 yr old single childless adult  :D
And I never ever let anything I have the slightest attachment to go
I have books I've never read but want to read, books I've read time and time again, books I read but didn't like/get. I held on to them because I thought maybe as an adult I'd feel differently about them.

My hope is I have time  to read them all.

I've never been neat. As a kid my room was a wreck.
Once my mom got fed up and went they with a garbage bag.
Everything I owned went in it.
I cried for weeks.

It impacted me seriously. I never the lesson about cleaning up after myself but I did develop an unnatural attachment to my stuff.
I'm not quite a hoarder but I'm very close.
I spent years trying to replace stuff I lost. I have an amazing toy collection for a nonpedophilic 43 yr old single childless adult  :D
And I never ever let anything I have the slightest attachment to go
I have books I've never read but want to read, books I've read time and time again, books I read but didn't like/get. I held on to them because I thought maybe as an adult I'd feel differently about them.

My hope is I have time  to read them all.




Is your mother related to mine?  My room was kept spotless when I was a kid because my mother cleaned it (my sister an I tried to clean our rooms but it was never up to my mother's standards).  The inside of my closet and drawers were messy and it drove my mother bonkers. 

One Saturday morning I had gone somewhere with my dad and when I got home my mother had emptied the contents of ever single drawer and made a huge pile in the middle of my room.  I had to go thru it all and throw away a bunch of stuff and then neatly put everything back.  I even had to fold my underwear.  ;D

My mom was a compulsive cleaner, everyday all day long. 

I refuse to make my kids nuts, if their room is messy, I'll shut the door.  When it needs to be cleaned we clean it up together. 

I would love to have some of the toys I had when I was a kid, I just don't have that kind of money to spend.  :\'(

I'm sorry about the beagle,my condolences.  :(
Thank you!

:\'( :\'( :\'( :\'(


(((((((((((((hugs)))))))))))))))))))

My condolences to your SIL & daughter.



Cat
Thanks, it was really sort of upsetting seeing husband so visibly worked up (and normal, pet hit on road doesn't shake him soo, but this was horrible knowing the inevitable was going to happen, hearing it and not being able to do a dang thing)...

Oh man, that is rough.  I am so sorry. :\'(
Thank you...

So very sad.  :\'( :\'(


I am just hoping SIL can get her 3year old through the rough part of it!  It is never easy to lose a loved one, big or small

Horrible story Sami.... So tragic.

Sorry to the family for their loss
Thanks... 

Is your mother related to mine?  My room was kept spotless when I was a kid because my mother cleaned it (my sister an I tried to clean our rooms but it was never up to my mother's standards).  The inside of my closet and drawers were messy and it drove my mother bonkers. 

One Saturday morning I had gone somewhere with my dad and when I got home my mother had emptied the contents of ever single drawer and made a huge pile in the middle of my room.  I had to go thru it all and throw away a bunch of stuff and then neatly put everything back.  I even had to fold my underwear.  ;D

My mom was a compulsive cleaner, everyday all day long. 

I refuse to make my kids nuts, if their room is messy, I'll shut the door.  When it needs to be cleaned we clean it up together. 

I would love to have some of the toys I had when I was a kid, I just don't have that kind of money to spend.  :\'(



funny thing is my mom wasn't/isn't that compulsive... if I'd thrown my crap in the closet or under the bed she'd've been fine with it but the fact that it was all strewn in the middle of the room that drove her nuts.... the day she cleared out my room she even tore down posters from the wall.. now i ask you what in the world did my posters have to do with the mess on my floor?  ::)


Believe me Carol one of the reasons I'm in the financial bind I'm in now is because of the money I spent 20 yrs ago replacing stuff... it cost me over $300 to get my Charlie's Angels collection back.... thing is I ended up collecting all sorts of tv memoribilia and barbie stuff because while I was scouring the stores and toy conventions for the toys I'd lost I found and fell in love with a bunch more I never owned but decided I had to have... I honestly think that if I had been allowed to naturally grow apart from my toys I wouldn't be as compulsive about having to have them as I am now... actually i'm that compulsive about everything I have to have it right away and when i upgrade or replace something old I have a hard time letting go of the old one - especially if it's in good working order....  :-\\

I replace a lot of things I don't need to replace with stuff I want because it's newer and better... I also buy a lot of stuff i never use just cuz I saw it and wanted it.... no wonder I'm always broke.... windfall comes in.... money goes out... I have never ever successfully saved more than a couple hundred dollars in my life... and um... as soon as it gets high enough to buy something good what I have successfully saved is gone ASAP...

that's why I fear - if I win the lotto i could... easily be broke a couple years later... rest assured tho... I totally had fun while I had the money!!!

Anyway, I persuaded James to dress up as a knight (we had recently bought a knight's outfit for a school assembly).  I'm sure we'll be able to think of a book with a knight in it!
I could only think of "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court"  or "Sword in the Stone" or "Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" (has people in some sort of armor fighting - if not all knights...  or I think "Inkheart" has knights in it as well...

I am just hoping SIL can get her 3year old through the rough part of it!  It is never easy to lose a loved one, big or small


That's the beauty of being a child, it's easier for them to get past these things.

My kids had a rabbit, it died, they bawled their eyes out for an hour then asked if they could get a lizard.  ;D

That's the beauty of being a child, it's easier for them to get past these things.

My kids had a rabbit, it died, they bawled their eyes out for an hour then asked if they could get a lizard.  ;D
I wish that was the case here... Our female died 4 years ago, and my daughter (5 at the time) still cries and tells me she misses her.  AND WE got another newfie A full brother (but a different litter)  :P

Last night was a really rough night for my husband, I am glad I was not there.  My sister-in-law's dog (a pugle - bug/beagle X) fell through the ice at the sand quarry next to their house, he was about 60 ft out from the edge.  Of course no one could get to him.  They could here him howl and whine and whimper.  They called the local volunteer fire department.  They all came out.  The got out the rafts and the boat. They had to break the ice to get to him, they just could not get there soon enough.  They brought the fallen man back though.  My husband was visibly shaken when came through the doors, it's awful to be able to hear and not be able to do anything.   I feel for my S-i-L and her daughter (three) as trying to explain why Duke isn't coming back, K kept insisting Duke be here in the morning...   :\'(
sorry for all of you with this very sad event sami. poor lil dog  :\'(

Oh that's terrible Sami

My condolences to your family

sorry for all of you with this very sad event sami. poor lil dog  :\'(
Thanks...  quite unfortunate.  I swear my husbands family has the most traumatic pet deaths...  Yorkie swooped up and taken by owl; norwegian elkhound called out by coyotes and only some remains found, another norwegian elkhound with rare abcess/infection of prostate,  backed over a dog (accident - dog was old and couldn't hear)...  I am just hoping the streak does not make it to our house!

Oh that's terrible Sami

My condolences to your family
Thanks...  my girls were saddened today as I told them. 

I've never been neat. As a kid my room was a wreck.
Once my mom got fed up and went they with a garbage bag.
Everything I owned went in it.
I cried for weeks.

It impacted me seriously. I never the lesson about cleaning up after myself but I did develop an unnatural attachment to my stuff.
I'm not quite a hoarder but I'm very close.
I spent years trying to replace stuff I lost. I have an amazing toy collection for a nonpedophilic 43 yr old single childless adult  :D
And I never ever let anything I have the slightest attachment to go
I have books I've never read but want to read, books I've read time and time again, books I read but didn't like/get. I held on to them because I thought maybe as an adult I'd feel differently about them.

My hope is I have time  to read them all.




Was your Mother always on your case about dust in your room?

The mixed up files of mrs b-something. A story about some kids who live for a short time in the museum of natural history. I think there's a knight in it.

Also wasn't there mention of a knight in the Indian in the cupboard?




In the end he dressed as a character called Jason (purple t-shirt, blue jeans).  This is apparently the main character in some books by Rick Riordan, who wrote the Percy Jackson series.

Fun and games at work today!

Some of our work is through appointments arranged by lads knocking on the doors of a neighbourhood.  we needed to recruit some new lads, so they went out 'body snatching'.  Going around the local shopping area and asking people if they were looking for work, did they want to come for an interview and then bringing them into the office.  Apparently two of them asked a lad who'd been for an interview before, he came into the downstairs office and started to shout to all those waiting about how crap the job was, the pay was etc.  And also having a go at the lads who'd 'recruited' him.  One of the managers stepped in to calm things down and somehow things ended up with the new guy going through our shop window into the street!

We had the police taking statements, paramedics called, lots of paperwork!  Someone walking past at the time was slightly injured by a piece of glass - we were lucky no one was badly cut.

As I left the glazing company was there getting ready to replace the glass.

Fun times Karen. Did you have popcorn to munch on while you watched?

Was your Mother always on your case about dust in your room?


Yes shevwas Howard but it didn't work...

Cat should be home today! 


More importantly today is officially the start of

PALEYFEST!!!!

You can follow event Tweets if u want but it first quite capture the energy.
Tonight is the cast from Walking Dead.

I'm not sure what I'm doing today, but I ought to go to Home Depot because I feel like it.  Last time I walked up there and back, I bought a little white fence thing to put in the ground.  I want another one and then to stick my rescued mandvilla by it.  I have another plant I now can put in the ground that required shade.  Oh and I can ...

Cat should be home today! 


More importantly today is officially the start of

PALEYFEST!!!!

You can follow event Tweets if u want but it first quite capture the energy.
Tonight is the cast from Walking Dead.



Yes, Cat IS home! YAY!!!! The cats keep trading off who wants to sit on my lap. It is so weird using this mouse/keyboard. I am so used to to using the laptop but now I am on my desktop. I still have to transfer all my files (pics) from the laptop to here. Carlos is on the laptop now. What a wild concept-both of us on-line at the same time. It will take us a while to settle back in but I am SOOOOO happy to be home. (Oh, reminds me to call family to let them know.)



Oh Auntie Em, There is no place like home!



Cat

Yay for Cat and Carlos

Tomorrow I am going with the children to an RAF museum.  It is a trip organised by the scouts and the children will be able to get a badge if they complete the necessary work sheets.  It sounds like it will be a fun, but long, day.

Forgot to say that yesterday James was made a seconder at Cubs.  In the UK each  cub pack (around 20-24 children aged 8-10) is split into smaller groups called sixes and has a sixer in charge.  A seconder is the sixer's assistant.  Being made seconder after only belonging to this pack since September is pretty good going.

Cat should be home today! 


More importantly today is officially the start of

PALEYFEST!!!!

You can follow event Tweets if u want but it first quite capture the energy.
Tonight is the cast from Walking Dead.


I read on their show website that the producer is supposed to have a party to celebrate the series coming out on DVD or Blu-ray or something.  They are having it at some bar in Pasadena, with some special appearances by stars of the series apparently.  Plus they will have special zombie inspired cocktails and dinner (although zombie dinner would entail... B-R-A-I-N-S... wouldn't they?  ???)  Anyways if I were in Cali I might consider going to it, it's $35 but they are giving away a few copies of the series season DVD.
Have fun, I'll be being all jealous over here in gloomy Pittsburgh (home of the original zombies)  lol

Yes, Cat IS home! YAY!!!! The cats keep trading off who wants to sit on my lap. It is so weird using this mouse/keyboard. I am so used to to using the laptop but now I am on my desktop. I still have to transfer all my files (pics) from the laptop to here. Carlos is on the laptop now. What a wild concept-both of us on-line at the same time. It will take us a while to settle back in but I am SOOOOO happy to be home. (Oh, reminds me to call family to let them know.)



Oh Auntie Em, There is no place like home!



Cat


Welcome back.  Glad you made it home safely.

Yay for Cat and Carlos

Tomorrow I am going with the children to an RAF museum.  It is a trip organised by the scouts and the children will be able to get a badge if they complete the necessary work sheets.  It sounds like it will be a fun, but long, day.

Forgot to say that yesterday James was made a seconder at Cubs.  In the UK each  cub pack (around 20-24 children aged 8-10) is split into smaller groups called sixes and has a sixer in charge.  A seconder is the sixer's assistant.  Being made seconder after only belonging to this pack since September is pretty good going.


Congratulations James!  (and thanks for the explanation karen)

I read on their show website that the producer is supposed to have a party to celebrate the series coming out on DVD or Blu-ray or something.  They are having it at some bar in Pasadena, with some special appearances by stars of the series apparently.  Plus they will have special zombie inspired cocktails and dinner (although zombie dinner would entail... B-R-A-I-N-S... wouldn't they?  ???)  Anyways if I were in Cali I might consider going to it, it's $35 but they are giving away a few copies of the series season DVD.
Have fun, I'll be being all jealous over here in gloomy Pittsburgh (home of the original zombies)  lol


If you were Cali I'd bring you with me tonight. We're getting an after party.
When's the event in Pasadena?
8)

If you were Cali I'd bring you with me tonight. We're getting an after party.
When's the event in Pasadena?
8)



Same night as Hot in Cleveland at Paleyfest.  Mar. 8th 7:30 to 9:30

http://blogs.amctv.com/the-walking-dead/2011/03/vertical-wine-zombie-party.php

I am transferring all the pics I took from the laptop to this computer and (believe it or not), I'm looking into airline tickets for Puerto Rico. Yup-haven't even been home for 6 hours yet and already planning the next trip in June.  :o :o :o



Cat

Same night as Hot in Cleveland at Paleyfest.  Mar. 8th 7:30 to 9:30

http://blogs.amctv.com/the-walking-dead/2011/03/vertical-wine-zombie-party.php


Thanks. Truth be told I'd rather be at Hot in Clevland cuz, ya know, Betty White

Did someone say Betty Wright?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baga1JRLY50

Yes shevwas Howard but it didn't work...


My Mother was always on my case about dust,now we have a maid to clean the room.

My birthday's in March and while I'm starting to feel really old, I'm going to be happy for every birthday I get!


My birthday's in March too!  :D

And I have news!  I shall broadcast it tomorrow on my show then post it later to the intarwebz  8)

My birthday's in March too!  :D

And I have news!  I shall broadcast it tomorrow on my show then post it later to the intarwebz   8)


We can all celebrate our birthdays together. How old are you gonna be?

What a nice day today. It's mostly sunny (although there's some clouds in the sky), and not terribly cold. 8)

Went to a book sale at our church this morning (with my brother and sister) and I bought me some volumes of poetry (Dutch authors, so you probably wouldn't know them). Afterwards we had lunch together.

My Mother was always on my case about dust,now we have a maid to clean the room.
and I bet dust is the least of her worries :D

I am sooo in the mood to go somewhere, but I don't want to waste the gas (or the gas money)  :\'( :\'( :\'(

PALEYFEST!!!!

Day Two:  True Blood.

Just got a FaceBook message from some random guy.  He said my picture is sweet and likes my profile and is interested.  Kinda weird.

Just got a FaceBook message from some random guy.  He said my picture is sweet and likes my profile and is interested.  Kinda weird.


At least he's truthful about your picture and profile, even though that is weird.  :D

We can all celebrate our birthdays together. How old are you gonna be?


Older than you.  I think we've covered this before.  :D

At least he's truthful about your picture and profile, even though that is weird.  :D


Way weird ;D

and I bet dust is the least of her worries :D


She doesn't have to worry about dust,She's hired a new maid.

Older than you.  I think we've covered this before.  :D


40?  ???

She doesn't have to worry about dust,She's hired a new maid.
I was talking of the new maid's worries of cleaning your room ::)

I was talking of the new maid's worries of cleaning your room ::)


and the picture of Deborah Driggs will be taken down when she starts cleaning my room.

Hey...I've had an=bout 8 (or so) galsses of reed wine and am feelling pretty happy right now. Have nothing miuch to say ..but had a great day out with my fammily (mum. dad and sisters nieces etc etc). I think I might feel worse later though!!  :-\\

Hey...I've had an=bout 8 (or so) galsses of reed wine and am feelling pretty happy right now. Have nothing miuch to say ..but had a great day out with my fammily (mum. dad and sisters nieces etc etc). I think I might feel worse later though!!  :-\\


...and it shows! ;D :D ;)

But seriously: good to see you having a great time! :) Enjoy the company of family while they're still there.

...and it shows! ;D :D ;)

But seriously: good to see you having a great time! :) Enjoy the company of family while they're still there.


Thanks Henk.  :)  ... and that was my very best effort at typing too!!  Re-reading it though...it DOES look a bit suspect!  ;D

Hey...have you lifted the limit on y9our quiz yet?

Thanks Henk.  :)  ... and that was my very best effort at typing too!!  Re-reading it though...it DOES look a bit suspect!  ;D

Hey...have you lifted the limit on y9our quiz yet?


Not yet. You're suggesting I should...? ::)

Not yet. You're suggesting I should...? ::)


Of course I am.... I know 1 and half more.

Of course I am.... I know 1 and half more.


Well alright. Go ahead then. ;)

Well alright. Go ahead then. ;)


;D ;D  We seem to be chasing around in circles!!

40?  ???


Not quite.  But I will be before my kid has their first birthday.  8)

;D ;D  We seem to be chasing around in circles!!


Yeah, but it's fun!  :D And it helps increase my post count. ;D

Yeah, but it's fun!  :D And it helps increase my post count. ;D


Well..it's making me giddy!!  ;)

Well..it's making me giddy!!  ;)


Giddy as in A giddy life of pleasure? Or is everything spinning? ???

Giddy as in A giddy life of pleasure? Or is everything spinning? ???


Spinning...with a dull ache approaching!  Not good!  We reap what we sow!!

Spinning...with a dull ache approaching!  Not good!  We reap what we sow!!


But at least you had a good time!

Take it easy today. ;)

Not quite.  But I will be before my kid has their first birthday.   8)


Your kid?

Hey... Congratulations to you and the Mrs.!  We have a Midas Jr. in the works.

Not quite.  But I will be before my kid has their first birthday.  8)


I knew that was gonna be your big announcement!!!

Yay for mama & papa Midas!!!!!

Hey...I've had an=bout 8 (or so) galsses of reed wine and am feelling pretty happy right now. Have nothing miuch to say ..but had a great day out with my fammily (mum. dad and sisters nieces etc etc). I think I might feel worse later though!!  :-\\


Only 8 glasses?  :D

Not quite.  But I will be before my kid has their first birthday.   8)


Which is when? ???

Your kid?

Hey... Congratulations to you and the Mrs.!  We have a Midas Jr. in the works.


Ditto. :)

Not quite.  But I will be before my kid has their first birthday.  8)



YAY!!!!  So happy for you guys! :)

Hey...I've had an=bout 8 (or so) galsses of reed wine and am feelling pretty happy right now. Have nothing miuch to say ..but had a great day out with my fammily (mum. dad and sisters nieces etc etc). I think I might feel worse later though!!  :-\\
AND this my friends is what drinking and posting can due to a person!  I should know, I have been there.  ;)



You Go Peter O0

  :o

WAIT THAT WAS PETER.... and nothing offensive came out of his mouth?  Perhaps Peter should drink more often  8)

Not quite.  But I will be before my kid has their first birthday.   8)
Congratulations!  Parenthood is such a wonderful experience!!!  Very exciting times are ahead for you 2  8)

CONGRATULATIONS TO MRS. & MIDAS!!!!!!



Cat

My  aunt Mo and Uncle Mel ard stopping buy later today.  They come up this way and then go to http://www.beachcalifornia.com/california/jumping-frog-calaveras-county.html  I'm going to go with them this time if I can

The laptop died.  :\'( :\'( :\'(  Good thing it happened AFTER we got home and AFTER I transferred files. I think I know the problem-the power cord. I was just going to buy a new cord but Carlos wants to take it to Radio Shack just to make sure.

Oh yeah, Granddaughter #1 has the chicken pox-which in a strange way is a good thing. My step-daughter has been wanting her get them. (I know it sounds strange.) Having them as a kid is good-having them as an adult is bad. She has been having lots of play dates with other kids to expose the other kids to them (including Grandson). Good thing she came down with them AFTER she got home. However, I wonder if she didn't give them to people she encountered in PR.  :-\\



Cat

The laptop died.  :\'( :\'( :\'(  Good thing it happened AFTER we got home and AFTER I transferred files. I think I know the problem-the power cord. I was just going to buy a new cord but Carlos wants to take it to Radio Shack just to make sure.

Oh yeah, Granddaughter #1 has the chicken pox-which in a strange way is a good thing. My step-daughter has been wanting her get them. (I know it sounds strange.) Having them as a kid is good-having them as an adult is bad. She has been having lots of play dates with other kids to expose the other kids to them (including Grandson). Good thing she came down with them AFTER she got home. However, I wonder if she didn't give them to people she encountered in PR.  :-\\



Cat


GD1 will have been most infectious in the last couple of days before the spots came out so there is a possibility she passed the 'favour' on.

Hope the laptop can be fixed easily

The laptop died.  :\'( :\'( :\'(  Good thing it happened AFTER we got home and AFTER I transferred files. I think I know the problem-the power cord. I was just going to buy a new cord but Carlos wants to take it to Radio Shack just to make sure.

Oh yeah, Granddaughter #1 has the chicken pox-which in a strange way is a good thing. My step-daughter has been wanting her get them. (I know it sounds strange.) Having them as a kid is good-having them as an adult is bad. She has been having lots of play dates with other kids to expose the other kids to them (including Grandson). Good thing she came down with them AFTER she got home. However, I wonder if she didn't give them to people she encountered in PR.  :-\\



Cat


Hope you can get a new laptop.

GD1 will have been most infectious in the last couple of days before the spots came out so there is a possibility she passed the 'favour' on.

Hope the laptop can be fixed easily



That's what I am wondering, too. I think she started breaking out the day AFTER she got home-which means she flew when she was infectious.  :-\\


Hope you can get a new laptop.



You really don't read very well do you. I said it was the power cord NOT the laptop that is the problem.



Cat

You really don't read very well do you. I said it was the power cord NOT the laptop that is the problem.

Cat


You know what Howard's gonna say...  ;D ;)

Which is when? ???


Um...wouldn't know yet; they won't be born until September-ish.  ;D

Um...wouldn't know yet; they won't be born until September-ish.   ;D



They? As in twins?



Cat

Um...wouldn't know yet; they won't be born until September-ish.  ;D

My god man! Can you dole out the info in a more cryptic way  ::) :P

Um...wouldn't know yet; they won't be born until September-ish.   ;D



Congrats!!!  :)



They? As in twins?



Cat


Or more??? :o

They? As in twins?



Cat


No, they as in I don't know if it's a he or she yet and I don't like calling it an 'it'. :P

My god man! Can you dole out the info in a more cryptic way  ::) :P


When Howard is asking the questions, yes :D

Congrats!!!   :)

Or more??? :o


Thanks Carol!  :)  If it were twins or more, we'd be done.

Thanks Carol!  :)  If it were twins or more, we'd be done.




If it were more you could get a series and I could play the wacky aunt  :D

If it were more you could get a series and I could play the wacky aunt  :D


You'd be Aunty Q. Or if you were being posh, you'd make them believe that it's pronounced Antique. ;D :D

You know what Howard's gonna say...  ;D ;)


I'm not saying anything.  :P

No, they as in I don't know if it's a he or she yet and I don't like calling it an 'it'. :P


That's how I was with Sarah.  "It" just didn't seem right.  I called her Boo for whatever reason and it stuck.  I still call her that to this day. ;D

You'd be Aunty Q. Or if you were being posh, you'd make them believe that it's pronounced Antique. ;D :D


I've actually been saying that for years to my friends who are parents!

No, they as in I don't know if it's a he or she yet and I don't like calling it an 'it'. :P



My step-son called his "Baby Buddha" and what was funny, the baby was born on the day that is recognized as Buddha's birthday.



Cat

I've actually been saying that for years to my friends who are parents!


Uncanny! ...You sure we're not related?

Uncanny! ...You sure we're not related?


well we could be related... if you think about it somewhere down the line...

That's how I was with Sarah.  "It" just didn't seem right.  I called her Boo for whatever reason and it stuck.  I still call her that to this day. ;D
Our eldest is Boo as well (or Boo Boo - which we first called her, and now we shorten it)

Our eldest is Boo as well (or Boo Boo - which we first called her, and now we shorten it)


That's funny, I called her Boo Boo for a little bit too.  It went to Boo Bear, then Boo Da Bear, and now either Boo or Booda.

I called her Boo before Monsters, Inc came out.  I called her Boo one day in the store and the clerk asked if it was because of the movie.  I hadn't thought of it until then. ;D

That's funny, I called her Boo Boo for a little bit too.  It went to Boo Bear, then Boo Da Bear, and now either Boo or Booda.

I called her Boo before Monsters, Inc came out.  I called her Boo one day in the store and the clerk asked if it was because of the movie.  I hadn't thought of it until then. ;D
Our's was boo boo, and it was based off of Yogi Bear (my husband likes to do his yogi impression, Heeyy Boo Boo, yu wanna see me steal this a pic-a-nic basket????) and she would squeal and laugh... so boo boo stuck.  ANd yes then we noticed Monster's Inc was boo.  I seem to buy all sort of stuff on it that says Boo too (mostly Halloween stuff - but sometimes I find things that don't necessarily look so Halloweeny).  I feel sorry for our second as she became Bre Bre (Boo Boo and Bre Bre), I can't find a dang thing that has Bre bre on it  :P

8)

My Boo Boo was from Yogi, too.  I had a Boo Boo sleeping bag growing up...he was my fave.  I shortened it to Boo because I didn't want her to equate her nick name with mistake.  Being a single parent, I was really worried she might think she was a mistake.  Probably a little over the top but I was young. ;D

My Boo Boo was from Yogi, too.  I had a Boo Boo sleeping bag growing up...he was my fave.  I shortened it to Boo because I didn't want her to equate her nick name with mistake.  Being a single parent, I was really worried she might think she was a mistake.  Probably a little over the top but I was young. ;D
:o Trying to tie the sleeping bag with the baby in my mind..... and I am creating a whole different story of the creation of little boo boo... :D 



BWAHAHAHA - thanks I needed that.  O0

8) Anytime

8) Anytime
O0

Still whatever and still looking up information.  I've been mentioning medicence for ADD and medicene is a huge last resort for me.  This isn't just a headache pill, but it can mess up the brain.  I know and have kept this in mind and have re looked into gifted.  I'd much rather change my atmosphere first before possibly ruining my brain.  also considering the fact that I'm disabled living with a non disabled family.  That isn't ADD for sure.  I know I have some symptoms of ADD, but there's a lot of other stuff to consider before I drug myself.  I just go crazy and am surprised I haven't done away with myself yet.  I must be gifted.

So today we got new cell phones, I always tell my husband to just get whatever is cheapest and he usually comes home with something outrageous for me but this time he actually listened and got me the free phone...I said cheap, not free.  ;D ;D  Actually I don't care but he did get himself the iPhone 4G so I guess mine had to be free.  ::) ;D

My daughter got a phone too NOT a free one either. Oh no, the free one wasn't good enough.  Too bad my hubby didn't have the balls to say "NO!!".

phones yeah I need to talk with my mom about me getting a land line for a TTY phone.  I don't think I can just text everyone and tell people to text me back for stuff where they might need to call you back on. 

So today we got new cell phones, I always tell my husband to just get whatever is cheapest and he usually comes home with something outrageous for me but this time he actually listened and got me the free phone...I said cheap, not free.  ;D ;D  Actually I don't care but he did get himself the iPhone 4G so I guess mine had to be free.  ::) ;D

My daughter got a phone too NOT a free one either. Oh no, the free one wasn't good enough.  Too bad my hubby didn't have the balls to say "NO!!".


I'm keeping my cell phone for one more year then probably gonna replace with something else.

That's how I was with Sarah.  "It" just didn't seem right.  I called her Boo for whatever reason and it stuck.  I still call her that to this day. ;D


Boo won't work for a boy.  I'll just call the child Bud for now.

If it were more you could get a series and I could play the wacky aunt  :D


No typecast issues or anything, eh?  :D ;D

Boo won't work for a boy.  I'll just call the child Bud for now.


We always called them "The Baby" and that continued on after the birth. Both my kids were known as "The Baby" for the first 6 months of their lives.  ;D

I was watching Lopez do his promo segments for Extra and sort got pushed into the background so now I'll probably be visible on the screen.  Maybe. I'm standing next to a guy in a straw hat. He's my friend Dom.

I took the kids to the park today, we had lots of fun and while we there saw a bunch of  Sycamore trees.  These trees have a round furry seed pod things (great description, huh?) that when I was a kid we called Itchy Balls  ;D  ;D.  I told my kids about them, my son picked up a few and then for the next hour my son kept walking around saying in a sing-song voice "I have itchy ball, itchy balls".  ;D  Finally I had to explain to him that some people might get upset because of the other meaning of balls.  ;D

I took the kids to the park today, we had lots of fun and while we there saw a bunch of  Sycamore trees.  These trees have a round furry seed pod things (great description, huh?) that when I was a kid we called Itchy Balls  ;D  ;D.  I told my kids about them, my son picked up a few and then for the next hour my son kept walking around saying in a sing-song voice "I have itchy ball, itchy balls".  ;D  Finally I had to explain to him that some people might get upset because of the other meaning of balls.  ;D
THANK YOU FOR THE LAUGH ;D ;D ;D Parent teacher conferences were rather dull...  Will you be teaching him Chuck Berry's classic "ding a ling song" next.?  Your lucky nobody handed him a bottle salve for jock itch.

I took the kids to the park today, we had lots of fun and while we there saw a bunch of  Sycamore trees.  These trees have a round furry seed pod things (great description, huh?) that when I was a kid we called Itchy Balls  ;D  ;D.  I told my kids about them, my son picked up a few and then for the next hour my son kept walking around saying in a sing-song voice "I have itchy ball, itchy balls".  ;D  Finally I had to explain to him that some people might get upset because of the other meaning of balls.  ;D



That was funny Carol.  ;D

Hilarious!

I was watching Lopez do his promo segments for Extra and sort got pushed into the background so now I'll probably be visible on the screen.  Maybe. I'm standing next to a guy in a straw hat. He's my friend Dom.


http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa235/snozberries44/DSC00707.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa235/snozberries44/DSC00707.jpg



You really don't look too happy there. But you were SOOOOO close to Mario Lopez-YUM!!!



Cat

You really don't look too happy there. But you were SOOOOO close to Mario Lopez-YUM!!!



Cat


I was trying to be cool. In the video footage I'm posting on fb about it. You see me looking down then up. If you were on FB you could see it :P

I was trying to be cool. In the video footage I'm posting on fb about it. You see me looking down then up. If you were on FB you could see it :P





What do you mean TRYING to be cool. You are ALWAYS cool.



Cat

What do you mean TRYING to be cool. You are ALWAYS cool.



Cat


good point!  8)

just reporting in for my non-facebook friends.  My surgery was yesterday, it took about twice as long as it normally does, but I got through it ok.  I am very sore and very tired but ok.  My hubby brought his laptop in so I could do a little bit.  Supposed to go home tomorrow, then the adventure of stair climbing begins.  8-P

just reporting in for my non-facebook friends.  My surgery was yesterday, it took about twice as long as it normally does, but I got through it ok.  I am very sore and very tired but ok.  My hubby brought his laptop in so I could do a little bit.  Supposed to go home tomorrow, then the adventure of stair climbing begins.   8-P



Glad you are doing ok. Heal quickly.



Cat

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa235/snozberries44/DSC00707.jpg


You look like you're gonna beat somebody up.  :D

Very cool.  :)

You look like you're gonna beat somebody up.  :D

Very cool.  :)




She wants to be Mario Lopez's bodyguard.  :D ;D ;D ;D



Cat

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa235/snozberries44/DSC00707.jpg


Awesome! 8)


just reporting in for my non-facebook friends.  My surgery was yesterday, it took about twice as long as it normally does, but I got through it ok.  I am very sore and very tired but ok.  My hubby brought his laptop in so I could do a little bit.  Supposed to go home tomorrow, then the adventure of stair climbing begins.  8-P


Glad it went well.  Get all the rest you need to get better.

just reporting in for my non-facebook friends.  My surgery was yesterday, it took about twice as long as it normally does, but I got through it ok.  I am very sore and very tired but ok.  My hubby brought his laptop in so I could do a little bit.  Supposed to go home tomorrow, then the adventure of stair climbing begins.  8-P


Glad to hear your surgery was successful. Best of luck in recovery, and most importantly, rest well!

Did I already wish you my best and send you my love Patty?

If not take it now. If I did take some more  ;)

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa235/snozberries44/DSC00707.jpg


I'd say Mario Lopez doesn't age,he looks as good as he did on Saved By The Bell.

just reporting in for my non-facebook friends.  My surgery was yesterday, it took about twice as long as it normally does, but I got through it ok.  I am very sore and very tired but ok.  My hubby brought his laptop in so I could do a little bit.  Supposed to go home tomorrow, then the adventure of stair climbing begins.   8-P


Glad you're feeling better. :)

just reporting in for my non-facebook friends.  My surgery was yesterday, it took about twice as long as it normally does, but I got through it ok.  I am very sore and very tired but ok.  My hubby brought his laptop in so I could do a little bit.  Supposed to go home tomorrow, then the adventure of stair climbing begins.  8-P


Hope you're feeling better soon.  Good thoughts heading your way.  :)




She wants to be Mario Lopez's bodyguard.  :D ;D ;D ;D



Cat


I wouldn't mind guarding his body either.  ;D

You look like you're gonna beat somebody up.  :D

Very cool.  :)




Don't F with Q!  :D

Last night I went out for a Christmas Dinner with some of the Morris Dancing group.  We had a nice evening, sang some carols and ate lots.

Tonight is a parent-teacher conference with James's teacher and then I am helping cook pancakes at his Cub meeting.

Don't F with Q!  :D


That, my friend, got you some well deserved karma!  ;D

Last night I went out for a Christmas Dinner with some of the Morris Dancing group.  We had a nice evening, sang some carols and ate lots.

Tonight is a parent-teacher conference with James's teacher and then I am helping cook pancakes at his Cub meeting.


Christmas in March....that's a new one.

Getting my hair done-YAY!!!! I really need it. You wouldn't believe how much gray is showing right now (not to mention unwanted facial hair  :P ).



Cat

Getting my hair done-YAY!!!! I really need it. You wouldn't believe how much gray is showing right now (not to mention unwanted facial hair  :P ).



Cat



DUDE!!!!


Oops... I apologize ma'am...  :D

DUDE!!!!


Oops... I apologize ma'am...  :D



Tell me about it. I feel like the bearded lady in the circus right now.



Cat

Don't F with Q!  :D


I C Q. ;D

I C Q. ;D


I C U 2...... K+1

I must be getting a sinus infection.  Head feels like it's gonna explode and I can't smell or taste anything.  I was drinking a cup of coffee and I was like This is the worst cup of coffe ever!!!  8-P but it's because I can't taste or smell it.  It has happened before but it's still very weird.

I must be getting a sinus infection.  Head feels like it's gonna explode and I can't smell or taste anything.  I was drinking a cup of coffee and I was like This is the worst cup of coffe ever!!!  8-P but it's because I can't taste or smell it.  It has happened before but it's still very weird.



A little karma in hopes you feel better soon.



Cat

A little karma in hopes you feel better soon.



Cat


Thanks.  :)

I must be getting a sinus infection.  Head feels like it's gonna explode and I can't smell or taste anything.  I was drinking a cup of coffee and I was like This is the worst cup of coffe ever!!!  8-P but it's because I can't taste or smell it.  It has happened before but it's still very weird.


Feel better!  It seems I have had a sinus infection all winter.  I leaves for a while and then comes back full force.

Last night I went out for a Christmas Dinner with some of the Morris Dancing group.  We had a nice evening, sang some carols and ate lots.

Tonight is a parent-teacher conference with James's teacher and then I am helping cook pancakes at his Cub meeting.
Wasn't pancake day on Tuesday????  I thought pancakes were forbidden during lent...  then again maybe I am thinking crazy.

Not sure if I could participate in the Christmas in March thing... just seems a little weird and cross of Holidays, I could easier celebrate Easter.

I must be getting a sinus infection.  Head feels like it's gonna explode and I can't smell or taste anything.  I was drinking a cup of coffee and I was like This is the worst cup of coffe ever!!!  8-P but it's because I can't taste or smell it.  It has happened before but it's still very weird.
Eeesh hope you get to feeling better. I hate sinus infections, and I get them every time I try and stop taking allergy medicine :P  Me and the sinus rinse are best friends, works every time and I don't have to take meds!

I C U 2...... K+1


Thanks.  :)  Karma backatchu.

I must be getting a sinus infection.  Head feels like it's gonna explode and I can't smell or taste anything.  I was drinking a cup of coffee and I was like This is the worst cup of coffe ever!!!  8-P but it's because I can't taste or smell it.  It has happened before but it's still very weird.


I know the feeling when it's hard for the taste buds and you can't eat or smell anything cause your nose is so clogged up.

Feel better!  It seems I have had a sinus infection all winter.  I leaves for a while and then comes back full force.


I'm gettiing over a sore throat myself.

Wasn't pancake day on Tuesday????  I thought pancakes were forbidden during lent...  then again maybe I am thinking crazy.



They probably are, but that only matters if you care about such things.  And clearly nobody in this group does. (no offence to those that do)




Not sure if I could participate in the Christmas in March thing... just seems a little weird and cross of Holidays, I could easier celebrate Easter.



It helps if you are slightly crazy!

The dinner started being held around this time because the run up to Christmas is so busy with family/work parties.

They probably are, but that only matters if you care about such things.  And clearly nobody in this group does. (no offence to those that do)



It helps if you are slightly crazy!

The dinner started being held around this time because the run up to Christmas is so busy with family/work parties.
I always thought I was slightly crazy ;)  and really I have pancakes all year round.  And today is a Friday during Lent, and I am still having chicken pot pie for lunch...  :-\\  Although I have given up Reese's Peanut Butter Eggs for Lent, that should assure a seat on the bus to the Pearly Gates. I hop  ::)

The Pearly Gates of ihop??? Wow. Fancy.  :P

I didn't tell anyone that I got a new cellphone yesterday.    I'm not paying anything to use it with the internet right now, but I can still mess around taking pictures with it.  Now I can just hold the phone differently and have a keypad of letters when I do a text message.

The Pearly Gates of ihop??? Wow. Fancy.  :P



They must have a lot of pancakes up there. ;D

Finally got the living room clean.  Hallaluah!  It's mostly just sorting through paper, because I have to save all the receipts for paperwork later in the year and often neglect sorting it out at the time of getting the receipt, it's always a bit of a chore.  But since stuck in a sitting position, I am catching up on sorting stuff out and watching all my DVR saves that was nearly full so I can finally make room for new stuff.  I still have stuff I want to transfer from Halloween and Christmas.  Sorting bills and photos and tons of other low-active things to do still, in between measuring the rather interesting liquid coming from my body.  Bleh.  8-P

Oddly enough, have not felt like playing facebook games lately.  It all doesn't seem to matter much anymore.  Imagine that.  lol

We hired a rotavator to turn over the back lawn.  It is a mess and we hope to get a decent lawn at the end of all the work!

Dai was in charge of rotavating and the kids and I picked up the roots, stones, builder's rubble, etc.  We also dug a load of bricks and other assorted rubbish out of one area of the garden.  There was too much stuff to dig out so we still need to tackle that area.

Filed my income tax return today. And yes, I should be getting some money back. 8)

We hired a rotavator to turn over the back lawn.  It is a mess and we hope to get a decent lawn at the end of all the work!

Dai was in charge of rotavating and the kids and I picked up the roots, stones, builder's rubble, etc.  We also dug a load of bricks and other assorted rubbish out of one area of the garden.  There was too much stuff to dig out so we still need to tackle that area.


Sounds like a lot of work after you've already hired someone to do it for you. Oh wait. You're back in the UK. do you must have rented some machine to aid you in that tremendous sounding job.  ;) :D

We hired a rotavator to turn over the back lawn.  It is a mess and we hope to get a decent lawn at the end of all the work!

Dai was in charge of rotavating and the kids and I picked up the roots, stones, builder's rubble, etc.  We also dug a load of bricks and other assorted rubbish out of one area of the garden.  There was too much stuff to dig out so we still need to tackle that area.



We wanted to do that a few years back. Carlos informed me that he didn't want to do it. Fair enough. I called around to hire someone to come out and do it and people didn't return my phone calls. Finally after seeing the trouble I had hiring someone to do it, Carlos said that he would and rented a rototiller.



Cat

Sounds like a lot of work after you've already hired someone to do it for you. Oh wait. You're back in the UK. do you must have rented some machine to aid you in that tremendous sounding job.  ;) :D


Apparently I should have called it a rototiller  (thanks Cat)

Apparently I should have called it a rototiller  (thanks Cat)



A rose by any other name?  ;)



Cat

I popped my own pop corn for lunch today and have plenty for lunch tomorrow.  Bla Allergies, I'm going to be headachy and eyesorish for awhile.

Filed my income tax return today. And yes, I should be getting some money back. 8)



Great,spend it wisely.

Going to the bar with friends tonight.  I haven't been to a bar in so long....it should be fun.

Did anyone forget to set their clocks forward one hour? ???

My brother, Joel, got baptized today and I went to Church with a tie dye shirt because that's what I decided to wear when I woke up before I knew we were going to church.  My aunt and uncle are stopping by soon.  I feel off the wall today.

Did anyone forget to set their clocks forward one hour? ???
The UK changes our clocks at the final weekend of this month.

Did anyone forget to set their clocks forward one hour? ???


I didn't change my clocks

my clock changes itself and so does my computer.  I'm sure I'd forget to change them if I had something that didn't change itself.  Company was here and now gone.  We ate at the Olive Garden.

Did anyone forget to set their clocks forward one hour? ???

I changed all of mine last night... that is, only the ones that needed to be changed manually. (And in my household, that's most of them.)

I didn't change my clocks


Did your mind get screwed up from DST? ???

I changed all of mine last night... that is, only the ones that needed to be changed manually. (And in my household, that's most of them.)


Ours are changed.

Did your mind get screwed up from DST? ???


No

Yesterday we went to Bosworth Battlefield.  Except they've just found out the real battle field is a couple of miles down the road!  Anyway this is where King Richard the third was killed fighting Henry Tudor during the War of the Roses.  It was cold in the morning when we did a guided walk around the area and then nice and sunny when we were indoors looking at the displays!

Beware of the Ides of March.



Cat

I didn't change my clocks



Did your mind get screwed up from DST? ???



No



Howard: please read carefully.


The UK changes our clocks at the final weekend of this month.




I know, I know...  but it's worth a try, isn't it? ;D

Howard: please read carefully.



I know, I know...  but it's worth a try, isn't it? ;D
He-He!!

Howard: please read carefully.



I know, I know...  but it's worth a try, isn't it? ;D


Probably won't work, but Karma for the effort. ;D

Today was the day from hell.  So glad it is over.

Today was the day from hell.  So glad it is over.


Sorry to hear that. :( Maybe some karma will help...? :-\\

Sorry to hear that. :( Maybe some karma will help...? :-\\


It does, thanks.  Luckily I was able to leave the hell behind and home is peaceful. :)

Today was the day from hell.  So glad it is over.


Hope you're feeling ok?  :(

Hope you're feeling ok?  :(


I'm fine.  Just work deadline stress. :)  Karma for caring.

Beware of the Ides of March.



Cat


When I was little I used to think they said "Beware the tides of March" I couldn't figure out why I should care since I didn't live near water...  ;D

Today was the day from hell.  So glad it is over.


Some extra karamel to help a little...

Yesterday we went to Bosworth Battlefield.  Except they've just found out the real battle field is a couple of miles down the road!  Anyway this is where King Richard the third was killed fighting Henry Tudor during the War of the Roses.  It was cold in the morning when we did a guided walk around the area and then nice and sunny when we were indoors looking at the displays!
Tonight on Channel 4 at 8pm

Wars of the Roses: A Time Team Special
Tony Robinson heads to Leicestershire to examine archaeological discoveries at the site of the Battle of Bosworth, a confrontation that took place in 1485 and led to Henry Tudor taking the English Crown. Artefacts are unearthed that challenge the traditional interpretation of events, and Tony hears from experts who believe that not only were gunpowder weapons used in far greater numbers than previously thought , but also that the encounter was fought in a different place

When I was little I used to think they said "Beware the tides of March" I couldn't figure out why I should care since I didn't live near water...  ;D



;D

Tonight on Channel 4 at 8pm

Wars of the Roses: A Time Team Special
Tony Robinson heads to Leicestershire to examine archaeological discoveries at the site of the Battle of Bosworth, a confrontation that took place in 1485 and led to Henry Tudor taking the English Crown. Artefacts are unearthed that challenge the traditional interpretation of events, and Tony hears from experts who believe that not only were gunpowder weapons used in far greater numbers than previously thought , but also that the encounter was fought in a different place


For a long time I was under the impression that Time Team had been a short lived television show (no more than two seasons). Back then it was (co-)broadcasted by the Discovery Channel. It wasn't until recently that I found out the series are still being aired by Channel 4. But sadly I can't get Channel 4... :\'(

When I was little I used to think they said "Beware the tides of March" I couldn't figure out why I should care since I didn't live near water...  ;D


I always wanted to know What is an "Ide" and why do we have to beware of it? ???

Howard: please read carefully.



I know, I know...  but it's worth a try, isn't it? ;D



What Dag said

For a long time I was under the impression that Time Team had been a short lived television show (no more than two seasons). Back then it was (co-)broadcasted by the Discovery Channel. It wasn't until recently that I found out the series are still being aired by Channel 4. But sadly I can't get Channel 4... :\'(


Do they have it on watch again on their website?

MTA:

They do.  Henk I don't know if this will work for you or not

http://www.channel4.com/programmes/time-team/4od

I always wanted to know What is an "Ide" and why do we have to beware of it? ???



The Ides is the middle of the month (March 15) and during the Roman Empire (which used a lunar calendar), the full moon fell on the Ides. Julius Ceaser was forewarned by a seer to "Beware of the Ides of March" which he paid no heed to and that was the day he was assassinated. (See, Shakespeare's play Julius Ceaser).



Cat

Do they have it on watch again on their website?

MTA:

They do.  Henk I don't know if this will work for you or not

http://www.channel4.com/programmes/time-team/4od


Karma for you. :) Wow...18 series, and counting! :o  It's gonna take a while for me to watch all of the episodes I missed - even though five series aren't available on 4oD (probably because they don't own the rights?).


MTA: Oh, bummer. Service not available in my region. :(

The Ides is the middle of the month (March 15) and during the Roman Empire (which used a lunar calendar), the full moon fell on the Ides. Julius Ceaser was forewarned by a seer to "Beware of the Ides of March" which he paid no heed to and that was the day he was assassinated. (See, Shakespeare's play Julius Ceaser).



Cat
The next Full Moon is on next Saturday.

Do they have it on watch again on their website?

MTA:

They do.  Henk I don't know if this will work for you or not

http://www.channel4.com/programmes/time-team/4od
I have forgotten how programs Time Team has made.

MTA: Oh, bummer. Service not available in my region. :(


I was afraid of that.  :-\\

Today is Granddaughter #4's second birthday. I am reminded that when she was born, we were driving back from a weekend in Philly.  ;D


Cat

Can you believe it's been that long already?

The Ides is the middle of the month (March 15) and during the Roman Empire (which used a lunar calendar), the full moon fell on the Ides. Julius Ceaser was forewarned by a seer to "Beware of the Ides of March" which he paid no heed to and that was the day he was assassinated. (See, Shakespeare's play Julius Ceaser).



Cat


Thanks Cat,Karma.  :)

Thanks Cat,Karma.  :)




Right back at ya.



Cat

4 more days till Spring,It sure feels like it.  :)

Having friends (our catsitters) over tonight for dinner. Our way of saying thanks.



Cat

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxIpu8nP1dM


I know the guys who are singing this song. Unfortunately, the lead singer-who is also playing the penny whistle (NOT the guy they show in the video) is no longer with us.  :\'( :\'( :\'( :\'(



Cat

been packing and organising things.  we are going away for the weekend, meeting with some friends in North Wales to go walking.

Wearing a green shirt, ate cornbeef and colchanny (sp), and drinking a whiskey and soda....  O0

been packing and organising things.  we are going away for the weekend, meeting with some friends in North Wales to go walking.


Enjoy.

Going to see the Capital Steps tonight.



Cat

Going to see the Capital Steps tonight.



Cat

That should be fun!

I saw 'em perform out here back in '06 and enjoyed the show. Hope you enjoy it too!

I guess it's softball/basball season again.  Saw some friends at the ballfield last night while Megan was practicing. I was so proud of Meg, she has really improved this year, they moved her from outfield to 3rd base, she threw the ball so well and hit really good too.  Tonight Hunter has his first practice, should be interesting.  He's only played T-ball so this is going to be totally different.  Sadly, he's not the most co-ordinated kid.  ;D

yesterday it was a beautiful day and the gazania in my sig was open for me.  this morning looked horrible and finally started dumping at about 2:30 and it's still going.strong an hour later..

Going to see the Capital Steps tonight.



Cat


Enjoy.

Well life continues on the farm as normal.  1 very premature calf born unfortunately she did not survive.  2 live calves on the grown and their are spunky as can be.  One bottle raised cow is sick, and she hasn't moved tonight, she was with the other cows last night eating.  Went out to get her up and she can hardly hold her head up, and is too weak to walk up to the lot to get her in.  I took a shot of antibiotic out and a bucket of water. I pray she makes it through the night. My stomach is in knots and I am on the verge of tears. 

(((((((HUGS))))))) Sami

(((((((HUGS))))))) Sami


Ditto  (((((((HUGS))))))

(((((((HUGS))))))) Sami
Thanks, I would think after 11 years I would get used to this...  but nope, I just wish there was something more I could do!  Just took her another bucket of water, first was gone, and gave her some grain (her favorite), she took a couple bites and she was able to toss her head now.  Hopefully some sign of improvement.  Just don't know if worse comes to worse, if I should c-section her to save the calf.  No precise measurement of how far along she is...  
Ditto  (((((((HUGS))))))
Thanks to you too!

2 more days 'til spring!

:. Jumps up and down :.

Well life continues on the farm as normal.  1 very premature calf born unfortunately she did not survive.  2 live calves on the grown and their are spunky as can be.  One bottle raised cow is sick, and she hasn't moved tonight, she was with the other cows last night eating.  Went out to get her up and she can hardly hold her head up, and is too weak to walk up to the lot to get her in.  I took a shot of antibiotic out and a bucket of water. I pray she makes it through the night. My stomach is in knots and I am on the verge of tears. 


I pray that the calf makes it.  :)

2 more days 'til spring!

:. Jumps up and down :.


Yesterday it felt like Spring,it was 77 degrees and today will be 53.

Full Moon, with a Super Moon tonight!

Take cover!

Well life continues on the farm as normal.  1 very premature calf born unfortunately she did not survive.  2 live calves on the grown and their are spunky as can be.  One bottle raised cow is sick, and she hasn't moved tonight, she was with the other cows last night eating.  Went out to get her up and she can hardly hold her head up, and is too weak to walk up to the lot to get her in.  I took a shot of antibiotic out and a bucket of water. I pray she makes it through the night. My stomach is in knots and I am on the verge of tears. 



(((((((((((((((((((((hugs)))))))))))))))))))))))


As for us, we are going up north to celebrate Granddaughter #4's second birthday (even though her birthday was a few days ago).



Cat

My condolences on the newborn calf, Sami.  Hopefully the other cow will pull through.

(Colcannon sounds so good.  I've always wanted to try it.)

I've been taking some time away from the computer, just trying to chill and heal.  My cat has been taking time peeing under my computer desk.  Blah!  8-P

My condolences on the newborn calf, Sami.  Hopefully the other cow will pull through.


I echo this statement.

sorry about the cow not doing well, I understand


as for me

Saturday, in the dark,  I Think it will dump rain when I cry

Full Moon, with a Super Moon tonight!

Take cover!
Just seen the moon, picture online later.

Full Moon, with a Super Moon tonight!

Take cover!

Just seen the moon, picture online later.
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm66/Phil_O-Sopher/036.jpg

Not the best of pictures.

I pray that the calf makes it.  :)


(((((((((((((((((((((hugs)))))))))))))))))))))))


My condolences on the newborn calf, Sami.  Hopefully the other cow will pull through.


I echo this statement.

sorry about the cow not doing well, I understand


Well as typical, nope she did not pull through.  The cow died, I am heart broken, one more reason I do not want to even go out and work with them...  I love the baby calves, they are a joy to see.  But I care, I know some of them are going for meat production and oddly I am OK with that... there is a food chain, and I guess I just feel it is their noble part in life.  I am not ok with an animal I raise, suffering and getting sick that I can not treat/heal/or do anything about...  It hurts my heart, physically their seems to be a constricting band around my heart and in my throat that just hurts.  I hate it.  It seems, by the posting that she may have had a heart attack from "hardware disease", and their was nothing we could do about it or prevent it.  Unfortunately we lost her calf.  My husband said when he checked on her at 4:30 she was alive and when I got up at 6 I knew she was gone. 

Full Moon, with a Super Moon tonight!

Take cover!


When will I be able to see it?  ???

Well as typical, nope she did not pull through.  The cow died, I am heart broken, one more reason I do not want to even go out and work with them...  I love the baby calves, they are a joy to see.  But I care, I know some of them are going for meat production and oddly I am OK with that... there is a food chain, and I guess I just feel it is their noble part in life.  I am not ok with an animal I raise, suffering and getting sick that I can not treat/heal/or do anything about...  It hurts my heart, physically their seems to be a constricting band around my heart and in my throat that just hurts.  I hate it.  It seems, by the posting that she may have had a heart attack from "hardware disease", and their was nothing we could do about it or prevent it.  Unfortunately we lost her calf.  My husband said when he checked on her at 4:30 she was alive and when I got up at 6 I knew she was gone. 


Sami I'm sorry about your baby calf,my condolences. :\'(

Sami I'm sorry about your baby calf,my condolences. :\'(
Not just a calf Howard a cow who was ready to have a calf in the near future.  We had her for the past 4 years and raised her herself from a calf...

that sux sami  :\'(

that sux sami  :\'(
Yep... that is how it seems to go sometime... IMO "supermoon" just means a realllly reallly really sucky day, worse craziness than a normal full moon :-\\

Well as typical, nope she did not pull through.  The cow died, I am heart broken, one more reason I do not want to even go out and work with them...  I love the baby calves, they are a joy to see.  But I care, I know some of them are going for meat production and oddly I am OK with that... there is a food chain, and I guess I just feel it is their noble part in life.  I am not ok with an animal I raise, suffering and getting sick that I can not treat/heal/or do anything about...  It hurts my heart, physically their seems to be a constricting band around my heart and in my throat that just hurts.  I hate it.  It seems, by the posting that she may have had a heart attack from "hardware disease", and their was nothing we could do about it or prevent it.  Unfortunately we lost her calf.  My husband said when he checked on her at 4:30 she was alive and when I got up at 6 I knew she was gone. 



So sorry, Sami. {{{hugs}}}

Since I feel like talking, I'm still not ready to think about taking medicene for the ADD-ADHD that I know I have some of.  I have started taking softchews of omegas 3 6 and 9 ( fatty acids the body needs anyway).  They help me with circulation in the head and have kept me from being sick all winter.  I was looking into possibly herbs, but Ginkgo's possible side affects are way too risky and I've been to a site where St John's Wart shouldn't be taken for ADD.  Herbs have different affects on people anyway and can be far worse then taking the drug a doctor gives you. 

......... I held my nose I closed my eyes,, I took a drink.......


okay, my heads singing away from me        later

......... I held my nose I closed my eyes,, I took a drink.......


I didn't know if it was day or night
I started kissing everything in sight...

Well, I can think of worse side effects. ;) ;D

When will I be able to see it?  ???
Probably about five hours after me?

Well as typical, nope she did not pull through.  The cow died, I am heart broken, one more reason I do not want to even go out and work with them...  I love the baby calves, they are a joy to see.  But I care, I know some of them are going for meat production and oddly I am OK with that... there is a food chain, and I guess I just feel it is their noble part in life.  I am not ok with an animal I raise, suffering and getting sick that I can not treat/heal/or do anything about...  It hurts my heart, physically their seems to be a constricting band around my heart and in my throat that just hurts.  I hate it.  It seems, by the posting that she may have had a heart attack from "hardware disease", and their was nothing we could do about it or prevent it.  Unfortunately we lost her calf.  My husband said when he checked on her at 4:30 she was alive and when I got up at 6 I knew she was gone. 
Sorry to hear this.

Not just a calf Howard a cow who was ready to have a calf in the near future.  We had her for the past 4 years and raised her herself from a calf...


That sucks Sami,my condolences. :(

Probably about five hours after me?


think I missed it. ???

Leak...in....ceiling...torrential....downpour....landlords....away....tq....is....screwed!  :-\\

Leak...in....ceiling...torrential....downpour....landlords....away....tq....is....screwed!  :-\\
...blame the super moon!

...blame the super moon!


Was it wearing a cape?

Was it wearing a cape?
No it was shrouded by the clouds

Well as typical, nope she did not pull through.  The cow died, I am heart broken, one more reason I do not want to even go out and work with them...  I love the baby calves, they are a joy to see.  But I care, I know some of them are going for meat production and oddly I am OK with that... there is a food chain, and I guess I just feel it is their noble part in life.  I am not ok with an animal I raise, suffering and getting sick that I can not treat/heal/or do anything about...  It hurts my heart, physically their seems to be a constricting band around my heart and in my throat that just hurts.  I hate it.  It seems, by the posting that she may have had a heart attack from "hardware disease", and their was nothing we could do about it or prevent it.  Unfortunately we lost her calf.  My husband said when he checked on her at 4:30 she was alive and when I got up at 6 I knew she was gone. 


Awww, sorry to hear this.  :(
I don't think I could do what you do, I'd become way to attached.  
I'm a sucker for animals, any kind ('cept 'possums.  ;D).


It's race weekend here in Bristol which means lots and lots of people in town, so we've stayed close to home.  

Hunter is sick, I'm thinking it might be the flu.  He's been coughing, sneezing and running a high fever.  This morning it hit his stomach, puking and more.   ;D

Megan's freind is over again, this girl's mom has a new boyfriend and it seems like every weekend the kid is here.  This weekend her mom and boyfriend are at the races (both Saturday and Sunday races), she came home with us after school on Friday and spent the night and was here all day yesterday.  The mom called last night and asked if I could keep her today as well because the grandmother could not.  Of course, I'm a sucker and can't say no.  I did tell her that Hunter's sick and there's a good chance of the girl getting sick but that didn't seem to bother her.  I know the mom is new to dating again after being married for 18 years but she seems to be forgetting about her 10 year old.  I'm thinking about charging her to babysit to pay for the food I'm feeding her kid.  ::)

Hopefully you like the kid carol...

Hopefully you like the kid carol...



She does get on my nerves at times and she says "crap" all the time but other than that she's pretty good.  ;D

She does get on my nerves at times and she says "crap" all the time but other than that she's pretty good.  ;D




I know that kid...she's me... she's saying more than crap when you're not around.

I know that kid...she's me... she's saying more than crap when you're not around.



What gets me is that I would never even consider saying that in front of my friends parents when I was a kid.

My dad was the worst, typical Brooklyn guy ("F" this, "F" that), but he wouldn't let us curse in front of him, heck we couldn't even say "fart" in front of him. ;D  When I was a teen I cussed like a sailor when my parents weren't around.

Going to see A Chorus Line at the college today. Carlos is less than enthused about it. He saw the play many years ago and wasn't really impressed with it. I saw it on Broadway many, many moons ago-it was the first Broadway play I ever saw so I have a special place in my heart for it. But the college is only about 5 miles away and tickets are $12 (Carlos may get them cheaper being a retiree), he can't complain that it is too much inconvenience.


Oh, I found out what is wrong with the laptop. It is NOT the power cord like I thought it was but the battery. We have only had the laptop for a little more than a year. It just seems really early for the battery to die. And of course the warranty ran out yesterday. (Actually, not really sure. have to look for it.)




Cat

I didn't know if it was day or night
I started kissing everything in sight...

Well, I can think of worse side effects. ;) ;D


lots of people have tryed to use ginkgo to treat ADD, but there are possible side effects as bad as bleeding to death.  All these things say they help with circulation so why not just stick with the omegas?

before the Beach boys wait http://www.amiright.com/parody/misc/theclovers2.shtml  yeah the Clovers

Leak...in....ceiling...torrential....downpour....landlords....away....tq....is....screwed!  :-\\


Oh Wow,anything affected?  ???

Spring began today! But tomorrow is the first FULL day of spring!!

Spring began today! But tomorrow is the first FULL day of spring!!


It won't exactly feel like Spring when NY will be in the low 50's.

Oh Wow,anything affected?  ???


I don't know... I had to leave for work... I moved as many DVDs as I could.. it rained all day so I'm scared about what's waiting for me at home...

I don't know... I had to leave for work... I moved as many DVDs as I could.. it rained all day so I'm scared about what's waiting for me at home...


WOW,I hope your stuff is dry.

WOW,I hope your stuff is dry.


me too...and thanks howard....karma

me too...and thanks howard....karma


karma backatcha. :)

I don't know... I had to leave for work... I moved as many DVDs as I could.. it rained all day so I'm scared about what's waiting for me at home...

The rain has been comin' down over here too... and I hope all your stuff is safe (or as much of it as possible, at least)

I don't know... I had to leave for work... I moved as many DVDs as I could.. it rained all day so I'm scared about what's waiting for me at home...
May it just be one of those slow drips, it is still damage but not as much as it could be... It is raining here today as well, with severe weather chances tonight, so I have been thinking of you lots!

been raining over here too like I said  don't remind me of spring, this is not spring.  Pretty soon I'm going to make myself a pizza for dinner.  My brother John just found out he is lactose intolerant or something.  Also, I didnt mention that I didn't get any corn beef and cabbage.  I'll have to learn to cook some for myself or something.

It won't exactly feel like Spring when NY will be in the low 50's.


Spring and Autumn are weird because they can be both chilly and hot at times depending on the days. They're both unpredictable.  ::)

Thanks Jeff and Sami.  Karma to you both.

Just got home. It's def a slow drip. It's not dripping now but I can see the large stain where water is/has puddled.

Holycrap my friends and I just won a set visit to the set of Castle!!!

AWESOME!!!!!

AWESOME!!!!!


I know right?!?  We don't get to go until next season....I don't know if I can wait.

The rain has been comin' down over here too... and I hope all your stuff is safe (or as much of it as possible, at least)


They said rain for New York too.

Thanks Jeff and Sami.  Karma to you both.

Just got home. It's def a slow drip. It's not dripping now but I can see the large stain where water is/has puddled.


You could mop it up.

Holycrap my friends and I just won a set visit to the set of Castle!!!


GREAT!  :)

I know right?!?  We don't get to go until next season....I don't know if I can wait.



Something great to look forward to, though.

Thanks Jeff and Sami.  Karma to you both.

Just got home. It's def a slow drip. It's not dripping now but I can see the large stain where water is/has puddled.
You moved the cd's but you didn't put a pan/bucket/bowl under it, we have got to teach you something Q  ;)  I know in various sitcoms they have had roof leaks, and put buckets underneath - I just cannot think of one that comes to mind right now  :P  I hope damage is minimal girl, and your landlords get home soon to get it fixed!

Holycrap my friends and I just won a set visit to the set of Castle!!!
Awesome! Sounds great, love that show!

Holycrap my friends and I just won a set visit to the set of Castle!!!


OOOOOHH!  I watch that too!  Congratulations!

You could mop it up.


a large stain on the ceiling...

Something great to look forward to, though.


totally

You moved the cd's but you didn't put a pan/bucket/bowl under it, we have got to teach you something Q  ;)  I know in various sitcoms they have had roof leaks, and put buckets underneath - I just cannot think of one that comes to mind right now  :P  I hope damage is minimal girl, and your landlords get home soon to get it fixed!


no I totally put a bucket under it.. it was the first thing I did...  ::)

OOOOOHH!  I watch that too!  Congratulations!


wow!!! That two shows we have in common!!!  :o 
wonder if we have more!  :D  ;)

Holycrap my friends and I just won a set visit to the set of Castle!!!



Congrats, My Friend. Enjoy.



Cat

a large stain on the ceiling...


I thought it was on the floor,Sorry Q.

Sorry about your roof leak Q, I heard you guys have gotten about 6 inches of rain in the past day and a half.  Yuck!  (if it were snow, that'd be bout 3 or 4 feet of snow if it were cold enough.  yuck

At least that should somewhat help the ongoing drought, I hope.

Congratulations on the Castle tickets.  I've seen that a couple times, pretty good.



Sorry about the cow and calves Sami.  My condolences


Hubby is putting in a shower tonight.  It'll be rigged as best as he can do.  My surgeon insisted that I had to have a shower.  Even to the point of renting a cheap hotel room for the shower a couple times a week.  :D  Stitches come out next week.  Hubby finished cleaning the living room.  It's gorgeous.  I still have some boxes to go through, when I get some energy to do so.  I should just throw everything away.  If I haven't needed it since I moved 3 years ago, chances are I probably won't ever need it.  ;D

We have been home for just about 2 weeks now and I have just bought a couple of airline tickets to go back in June.  :o :o :o



Cat

no I totally put a bucket under it.. it was the first thing I did...  ::)
I see - I pictured the water puddle... Not on the ceiling, sorry ;)

Sorry about the cow and calves Sami.  My condolences


Hubby is putting in a shower tonight.  It'll be rigged as best as he can do.  My surgeon insisted that I had to have a shower.  Even to the point of renting a cheap hotel room for the shower a couple times a week.   :D  Stitches come out next week.  Hubby finished cleaning the living room.  It's gorgeous.  I still have some boxes to go through, when I get some energy to do so.  I should just throw everything away.  If I haven't needed it since I moved 3 years ago, chances are I probably won't ever need it.   ;D
Thanks, just the way of life I guess.

I tell you, the shower thing is completely possible!  It is not that hard! Just get the tub spout with an external shower port (and then screw the shower hosing too it).  Works like a charm!  And my husband and I are not "handy" (we seem to keep getting handier, as I am trying my knack at tiling now - most of the stuff people can do, just have to step out of the comfort zone)....  Good luck, and FOLLOW the Surgeons advice!

wow!!! That two shows we have in common!!!  :o 
wonder if we have more!  :D  ;)


I also love Buffy and Angel and Bones!

I also love Buffy and Angel and Bones!


well I knew about Bones cuz you made that post on Facebook... you don't know how happy I am to know you watched Buffy... I don't know if we talked about it before but I will remember from here on out!!!!  I O U More Karma

the sun is out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I had bought some pretty africian daisies I put on the ground.  Something ate my gazania flower.  I'm going to have to leave to pick up my new hearing aid mold in Sacramento soon.

well I knew about Bones cuz you made that post on Facebook... you don't know how happy I am to know you watched Buffy... I don't know if we talked about it before but I will remember from here on out!!!!  I O U More Karma

I think I had mentioned it.  I don't remember which thread, however.  Anyway, who wouldn't love Buffy?  That dialog, the love story - oooh, gush  http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/01/1luvu.gif

I think I had mentioned it.  I don't remember which thread, however.  Anyway, who wouldn't love Buffy?  That dialog, the love story - oooh, gush  http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/01/1luvu.gif


Exactly!!!! Especially the dialogue. Anyone who thinks Twilight is a great love story has never seen Buffy....yes I'm talking to you Tam :P
  :D

James left this morning for a school trip until Friday.  He is going to somewhere on the east coast with everyone in his year group.

Tonight we are going to see Elizabeth playing with the intermediate orchestra.

At home with a girl who has a sore throat, pale faced, achey all over... slight fever off and on (not sure if it is a real fever or not), runny nose, and slight cough...  Just general ickiness.  I wish it would either blow up into something big, or go away.  Had to make her a pot of homemade chicken noodle soup, she ate a bowl of it and some ice cream.  AND since I am at home, her heifer has decided she just might calf...  Of course it is cold and rainy out, not warm and sunny like the past week we have been telling the heifer to calve.  May it all go well!

Was there vomit? We both know your kids aren't really sick until they vomit.




Seriously tho I hope she's better soon.

I think I died last night.  A fonderful headache I still have and tired and I got to write a grocery list before I  zzzzzzzzz

Was there vomit? We both know your kids aren't really sick until they vomit.




Seriously tho I hope she's better soon.

Nope - no vomit...

Leak...in....ceiling...torrential....downpour....landlords....away....tq....is....screwed!  :-\\


I got lost in that!!!

Not just a calf Howard a cow who was ready to have a calf in the near future.  We had her for the past 4 years and raised her herself from a calf...


I'm so sorry girl.  :( :\'(

I'm so sorry girl.   :( :\'(
Hey it happens, unfortunately it seems to happen often.  I swear having only 10 cows is worse than having 200  :P


AND I am sooo happy to see you back  8)

Hey Ash!!! You survived partying in Compton!!! Cool.

Well of course things are not going well... c-section is going to start anytime, just everyone pray, think good thoughts, cross your fingers, give good wishes - WHATEVER - it is a live, healthy bouncing baby calf!  Have I mentioned it is my daughters heifer that is calving...

You have my prayers, Sami.

At home with a girl who has a sore throat, pale faced, achey all over... slight fever off and on (not sure if it is a real fever or not), runny nose, and slight cough...  Just general ickiness.  I wish it would either blow up into something big, or go away.  Had to make her a pot of homemade chicken noodle soup, she ate a bowl of it and some ice cream.  AND since I am at home, her heifer has decided she just might calf...  Of course it is cold and rainy out, not warm and sunny like the past week we have been telling the heifer to calve.  May it all go well!


Hope she feels better,have her get some rest.

Well of course things are not going well... c-section is going to start anytime, just everyone pray, think good thoughts, cross your fingers, give good wishes - WHATEVER - it is a live, healthy bouncing baby calf!  Have I mentioned it is my daughters heifer that is calving...



*crosses fingers*  :)

KEEP doing whatever... we aren't out of the woods yet.  Calf is born and live baby boy... But mom is still in the process of being stitched up, and she has to feel well enough to take care of the calf, and claim it!

KEEP doing whatever... we aren't out of the woods yet.  Calf is born and live baby boy... But mom is still in the process of being stitched up, and she has to feel well enough to take care of the calf, and claim it!


Is it common for them not to accept the calf if it is a C-section?

Hey Ash - great to see you back on the boards

Sami I hope your daughter is feeling better and all is going well with the cows and calves.

KEEP doing whatever... we aren't out of the woods yet.  Calf is born and live baby boy... But mom is still in the process of being stitched up, and she has to feel well enough to take care of the calf, and claim it!


Hope everything works out well.

KEEP doing whatever... we aren't out of the woods yet.  Calf is born and live baby boy... But mom is still in the process of being stitched up, and she has to feel well enough to take care of the calf, and claim it!

I believe it was the late, great John Denver who sang: "Well, life on the farm is kinda laid back..."  What the hell was he talking about?  You've got your hands full there, Sami!  I'm sending good thoughts to every living thing on your farm!

Thank you everyone!  I have some time to spread some Karma to those who "helped out"!  I think we are through the worst of.  Heifer is sewn back up, she was drowsy for a long time (even with the reversal agent for the Rompun sedative) so she did not get right up and go lick the calf...  CALF IS HUGE, his name is "Monster" - big bouncing baby boy.

Dagny your question about the c-section....  It can happen, just because of the struggles with the birth and the side effects of the sedatives (both baby and momma - get whoosy) not sure how long or how active they are going to get. If baby isn't active at trying to get up, then pneumonia and navel infections can set in.  Cow if she isn't active at stimulating baby, licking it dry, and encouraging it to get up and nurse; baby will usually die from hypothermia.  WE just did not know, this is a first time calving heifer, just no knowledge on whether she was going to be a "good momma" or not.

I think mom feels like she was hit by a mac truck, and she is slightly annoyed with her bouncing, active baby... but she has licked it, and nursed it a couple times.  "Monster" is hopping around the pen, and mom is layed down with her ears pinned back, and giving the calf "the eyes"...  quite amusing.  I am hoping all goes well from now on.  Only 4 COWS (all have had calves before) left. 

Oh and I am home again with a sick kid, and I am not feeling so well - KILLER HEADACHE (perhaps stress induced migraine)...

Sami, glad the birth of Monster turned out ok. Hopefully the two-legged animals on your farm will be up in no time.



Cat

Sami, glad the birth of Monster turned out ok. Hopefully the two-legged animals on your farm will be up in no time.



Cat
Thanks...  wishing I could post pictures from my phone easily.... 

Monster. Love it. Hope they calf/mom continue to progress in the positive direction. And hope the headache vacates soon

Oh and I am home again with a sick kid, and I am not feeling so well - KILLER HEADACHE (perhaps stress induced migraine)...


feel better Sami. :)

Tired

My workplace moved locations today.  And it was very disorganised.  The phones were disconnected at the old office mid-morning.  They weren't expecting to have all the phone lines working in the new place till tomorrow! They also packed the furniture weirdly so they moved filing cabinet drawers but not the main cabinet for example on one trip.  So I was in the new place trying to sort out and tidy up and had nowhere to put things.  worst of all - NO KETTLE!!

And I expect tomorrow will be more of the same

UPDATE (for those who care):

Monster is still doing well.  Looks like we might have to supplement feed him a bottle, along with his momma's milk (she seems to not have much, probably due to her stress and discomfort).  We left them outside in the beautiful sunshine yesterday, it was chilly but he had a good 16 hours in the barn, and was fully functional.  He has a nice thick bed of cornstalks to bed down and warm up in.  He LOVED it, out jumping with his tail just a wagging.  I think mom enjoyed it too, as she was able to get more space away from him and still let him do his own thing. 
Monster also has a new play buddy, as Red Cow just had her baby over night, an unassisted baby girl! 3 more cows to go...

Tired

My workplace moved locations today.  And it was very disorganised.  The phones were disconnected at the old office mid-morning.  They weren't expecting to have all the phone lines working in the new place till tomorrow! They also packed the furniture weirdly so they moved filing cabinet drawers but not the main cabinet for example on one trip.  So I was in the new place trying to sort out and tidy up and had nowhere to put things.  worst of all - NO KETTLE!!

And I expect tomorrow will be more of the same
Eesh... I feel for ya!  I am such a creature of habit, it would take me weeks to stop tripping and bumping into things, let alone go to the right cupboard/filing cabinet.

UPDATE (for those who care):

Monster is still doing well.  Looks like we might have to supplement feed him a bottle, along with his momma's milk (she seems to not have much, probably due to her stress and discomfort).  We left them outside in the beautiful sunshine yesterday, it was chilly but he had a good 16 hours in the barn, and was fully functional.  He has a nice thick bed of cornstalks to bed down and warm up in.  He LOVED it, out jumping with his tail just a wagging.  I think mom enjoyed it too, as she was able to get more space away from him and still let him do his own thing. 
Monster also has a new play buddy, as Red Cow just had her baby over night, an unassisted baby girl! 3 more cows to go...


I love seeing the babies run and play. Growing up in the city the only cows I ever saw were on our way down to Pennsylvania, grazing in a field.  I had no idea that calves were so playful.

Eesh... I feel for ya!  I am such a creature of habit, it would take me weeks to stop tripping and bumping into things, let alone go to the right cupboard/filing cabinet.


We've also decided to change various aspects of the filing/storage.  Mostly done this today, but there will be one or two wrinkles in the system to sort out next week I'm sure.

We also had fun (!) with the new phone system, sorting out transferring calls between phones, programming the directory, etc. 

On the bright side, the office is a bit further to cycle and I will walk further during the day just doing the routine stuff, so I should get more exercise without really trying!

UPDATE (for those who care):

Monster is still doing well.  Looks like we might have to supplement feed him a bottle, along with his momma's milk (she seems to not have much, probably due to her stress and discomfort).  We left them outside in the beautiful sunshine yesterday, it was chilly but he had a good 16 hours in the barn, and was fully functional.  He has a nice thick bed of cornstalks to bed down and warm up in.  He LOVED it, out jumping with his tail just a wagging.  I think mom enjoyed it too, as she was able to get more space away from him and still let him do his own thing. 
Monster also has a new play buddy, as Red Cow just had her baby over night, an unassisted baby girl! 3 more cows to go...



Yay!


As for us, we are reopening our booth at a different antique mall than we had last year. This one is closer and the rent is SOOOO much cheaper. He even is giving all dealers a freebee for March (since he just opened last weekend for the season. He closes for the winter-which suits us fine since we are not usually here for the winter.) Hopefully, we will be more profitable than we were at the other place-and since the overhead is cheaper, it should be.

And tonight, we are having some friends over for dinner (Carlos' doc & his wife).



Cat

Hey Ash!!! You survived partying in Compton!!! Cool.


Straight outta Compton, baby!  The people I met there were wonderful.  All very polite to me.  And I didn't get shot once!   ;D

The CVS in Burbank was farrrr more dangerous!!  ;D

Hi everyone!  It's so great to be back!  :)  I am being a slacker at work today.  It's a Teacher Work Day so all of my bosses got off at noon.  So it's just me and two other secretaries and our director. 

Hi everyone!  It's so great to be back!   :)  I am being a slacker at work today.  It's a Teacher Work Day so all of my bosses got off at noon.  So it's just me and two other secretaries and our director. 



YAY!!!! ASH IS BACK!!!!!



Cat

Straight outta Compton, baby!  The people I met there were wonderful.  All very polite to me.  And I didn't get shot once!   ;D

The CVS in Burbank was farrrr more dangerous!!   ;D


Ha ha. Not my fault you're a thug magnet!!!

UPDATE (for those who care):

Monster is still doing well.  Looks like we might have to supplement feed him a bottle, along with his momma's milk (she seems to not have much, probably due to her stress and discomfort).  We left them outside in the beautiful sunshine yesterday, it was chilly but he had a good 16 hours in the barn, and was fully functional.  He has a nice thick bed of cornstalks to bed down and warm up in.  He LOVED it, out jumping with his tail just a wagging.  I think mom enjoyed it too, as she was able to get more space away from him and still let him do his own thing. 
Monster also has a new play buddy, as Red Cow just had her baby over night, an unassisted baby girl! 3 more cows to go...


You have any pictures of the cows? ???

Hi everyone!  It's so great to be back!   :)  I am being a slacker at work today.  It's a Teacher Work Day so all of my bosses got off at noon.  So it's just me and two other secretaries and our director. 


Great to see you back Ash. :)

Welcome Monster...  with momma resting in the background, less than 24 hours old
http://i671.photobucket.com/albums/vv76/2kidsami/IMG_0827.jpg

Monster can stand too - again less than 24 hours old

http://i671.photobucket.com/albums/vv76/2kidsami/IMG_0833.jpg

and Cookie, a little heifer calf born a couple weeks ago, this is her at about a day old (with her Momma)

http://i671.photobucket.com/albums/vv76/2kidsami/194288_207765882569461_100000081512098_860151_7504927_o.jpg

Welcome Monster...  with momma resting in the background, less than 24 hours old
http://i671.photobucket.com/albums/vv76/2kidsami/IMG_0827.jpg

Monster can stand too - again less than 24 hours old

http://i671.photobucket.com/albums/vv76/2kidsami/IMG_0833.jpg

and Cookie, a little heifer calf born a couple weeks ago, this is her at about a day old (with her Momma)

http://i671.photobucket.com/albums/vv76/2kidsami/194288_207765882569461_100000081512098_860151_7504927_o.jpg




They are so cute!!

How cute....

Awww...those calves are adorable.

Cookie and Monster... now why's that sound familiar... ::) :D ;) ;D


BTW: nice pics.  :)

Welcome Monster...  with momma resting in the background, less than 24 hours old
http://i671.photobucket.com/albums/vv76/2kidsami/IMG_0827.jpg

Monster can stand too - again less than 24 hours old

http://i671.photobucket.com/albums/vv76/2kidsami/IMG_0833.jpg

and Cookie, a little heifer calf born a couple weeks ago, this is her at about a day old (with her Momma)

http://i671.photobucket.com/albums/vv76/2kidsami/194288_207765882569461_100000081512098_860151_7504927_o.jpg




Oh Wow that is one beautiful cow.  :)

Oh Wow that is one beautiful cow.  :)
Which cow????

Clearing the rubble from the back garden.  We've hired a skip (I don't recall the US name) to dump the big stuff in.  We can reuse some of the bricks to replace the retaining (rotted) wooden walls around a couple of beds.  But we also have concrete, brieze blocks, kerb stones, slabs of tarmac, broken tiles, slates etc etc.  I reckon the awn will be an inch lower when we've removed all this stuff!

Welcome Monster...  with momma resting in the background, less than 24 hours old
http://i671.photobucket.com/albums/vv76/2kidsami/IMG_0827.jpg

Monster can stand too - again less than 24 hours old

http://i671.photobucket.com/albums/vv76/2kidsami/IMG_0833.jpg

and Cookie, a little heifer calf born a couple weeks ago, this is her at about a day old (with her Momma)

http://i671.photobucket.com/albums/vv76/2kidsami/194288_207765882569461_100000081512098_860151_7504927_o.jpg





They are all beautiful.



Cat

Last night as I was getting into the tub, I noticed that my back was really killing me (in one spot). I felt it all last night & of course when I woke up this morning. I was in a dilemma about doing my exercises. Will it stretch this thing out or will it make it worse? I opted to NOT do them (to which Carlos reminded me that I do come up with a lot of excuses for not doing them.  :-[ So instead of the 4 times a week that I had planned, I'm only doing them 3 times.  :-[ )

It is possible that I pulled a muscle. Right now, I have one of those Thermal Care heat pads & I took an ibuprofen. (When I take something, I am in A LOT of pain.) Hopefully, the pain will diminish.



Cat 

Take your time Cat, sometimes it's better slow down to soon start healthily and strongly what we have in march.
If not, our engine may risk to stop for a long period and we simply can't afford iddle days just looking at the sun.

Ibuprofen is not a candy, but when pain hits hard it comes in handy.

screw up your courage, Cat !!

Paco

Awww...those calves are adorable.


And a convincing reason to become vegetarian,  huh Patty ?

funny thing... I look at Monster and Cookie and I want to go to McD's.... but you know.. I'm sick like that!

Take your time Cat, sometimes it's better slow down to soon start healthily and strongly what we have in march.
If not, our engine may risk to stop for a long period and we simply can't afford iddle days just looking at the sun.

Ibuprofen is not a candy, but when pain hits hard it comes in handy.

screw up your courage, Cat !!

Paco





Thanks, Paco. It is actually feeling better. I don't know if it has worked itself out or if the ibuprofen has kicked in.



Cat

Welcome Monster...  with momma resting in the background, less than 24 hours old
http://i671.photobucket.com/albums/vv76/2kidsami/IMG_0827.jpg

Monster can stand too - again less than 24 hours old

http://i671.photobucket.com/albums/vv76/2kidsami/IMG_0833.jpg

and Cookie, a little heifer calf born a couple weeks ago, this is her at about a day old (with her Momma)

http://i671.photobucket.com/albums/vv76/2kidsami/194288_207765882569461_100000081512098_860151_7504927_o.jpg




  They are adorable 2kidsami, I hope they never see a swallow in their way to the market, Grrrrrr
I know farmer is just a job but it must be hard when farmer becomes fond of his herd.

Don't ask me, I don't know why but when I saw Cookie and Monster this song haunted me all at once.
I guess I tend to meld whatever I heard, sorry for that.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmEczJe70Rg&feature=related

Thanks, Paco. It is actually feeling better. I don't know if it has worked itself out or if the ibuprofen has kicked in.



Cat


I'm glad to learn you're better now, as for me it usually works well, though neither do I abuse of them, painkillers also make a mockery of my poor tummies.

ay ay ay.... ;)

Straight outta Compton, baby!  The people I met there were wonderful.  All very polite to me.  And I didn't get shot once!   ;D

The CVS in Burbank was farrrr more dangerous!!   ;D


HEY Ash ! that means you had a great time ?  ;)

Hi everyone!  It's so great to be back!   :)  I am being a slacker at work today.  It's a Teacher Work Day so all of my bosses got off at noon.  So it's just me and two other secretaries and our director. 


I wish you were a slacker ...at least...twice a week, to have you in here more often Ash.
In any case I'm glad for the little crumpet you give away every now and then.

:P

funny thing... I look at Monster and Cookie and I want to go to McD's.... but you know.. I'm sick like that!


;D

I'm glad to learn you're better now, as for me it usually works well, though neither do I abuse of them, painkillers also make a mockery of my poor tummies.

ay ay ay.... ;)



I hear ya about painkillers which is why I don't take them unless I absolutely need them.



Cat

Which cow????



Sorry I meant calf,Sorry Sami.  ::)

Last night as I was getting into the tub, I noticed that my back was really killing me (in one spot). I felt it all last night & of course when I woke up this morning. I was in a dilemma about doing my exercises. Will it stretch this thing out or will it make it worse? I opted to NOT do them (to which Carlos reminded me that I do come up with a lot of excuses for not doing them.  :-[ So instead of the 4 times a week that I had planned, I'm only doing them 3 times.  :-[ )

It is possible that I pulled a muscle. Right now, I have one of those Thermal Care heat pads & I took an ibuprofen. (When I take something, I am in A LOT of pain.) Hopefully, the pain will diminish.



Cat   



Feel Better Cat. :)

funny thing... I look at Monster and Cookie and I want to go to McD's.... but you know.. I'm sick like that!


shame on you for thinking that way.  ;D

And a convincing reason to become vegetarian,   huh Patty ?




lol I really wish it were that easy.  Unfortunately I love steak and hamburger too much.  Some people have way more willpower then I do.

Thanks all!  The heifers are good enough to make good breeding stock for someone, if not replacement heifers for us.  So they have a few years of life in them.  The bull calf, has a good chance of becoming a steer, which makes him about 18 months away from prime beef.  But oddly how much I likely, I am ok with this...  It is their noble purpose in life.  I hate the tragic deaths!

Census form finally done!

Sorry I meant calf,Sorry Sami.  ::)


which calf?

Census form finally done!


We will do ours tonight after dinner

We will do ours tonight after dinner
..and we have to put the clocks forward one hour.

This is a busy weekend for us.

Thanks all!  The heifers are good enough to make good breeding stock for someone, if not replacement heifers for us.  So they have a few years of life in them.  The bull calf, has a good chance of becoming a steer, which makes him about 18 months away from prime beef.  But oddly how much I likely, I am ok with this...  It is their noble purpose in life.  I hate the tragic deaths!


How is it like living on a farm compared to living in a regular house? ???

which calf?


The one on the hay.

How is it like living on a farm compared to living in a regular house? ???
Not sure what you mean by "regular house". Are you are asking the difference between living on a farm, and living in town?  I can answer that, because I grew up in town and only moved to the country when I got married to my husband.  We have to plan a bit more, as we do not have close stores and such.  The animals have to have food every day, so there are chores.  And one has to learn to put others needs above their own!  As things happen (usually when you have plans to do something you really want) and you have to deal with it first (cattle get out, cattle is sick, or cow having trouble calving, harvest, planting)...  You have to fix their problem, before you can do what you planned.  So you learn to be more flexible.  I also have a greater appreciation for where our food comes from, and nonmatter how bad main stream media want to play "the horrors" of the farm; it is a necessary part of life, and I know that most individuals really care about their herds!

Thanks all!  The heifers are good enough to make good breeding stock for someone, if not replacement heifers for us.  So they have a few years of life in them.  The bull calf, has a good chance of becoming a steer, which makes him about 18 months away from prime beef.  But oddly how much I likely, I am ok with this...  It is their noble purpose in life.  I hate the tragic deaths!



We were talking to our 6 year old granddaughter (Granddaughter #2) who was about to sit down for dinner. We asked her what they were going to have. She said "We are having Sally (or some other name) for dinner" meaning one of their chickens.



Cat

Not sure what you mean by "regular house". Are you are asking the difference between living on a farm, and living in town?  I can answer that, because I grew up in town and only moved to the country when I got married to my husband.  We have to plan a bit more, as we do not have close stores and such.  The animals have to have food every day, so there are chores.  And one has to learn to put others needs above their own!  As things happen (usually when you have plans to do something you really want) and you have to deal with it first (cattle get out, cattle is sick, or cow having trouble calving, harvest, planting)...  You have to fix their problem, before you can do what you planned.  So you learn to be more flexible.  I also have a greater appreciation for where our food comes from, and nonmatter how bad main stream media want to play "the horrors" of the farm; it is a necessary part of life, and I know that most individuals really care about their herds!


Very Nice,thanks for sharing.  :)

Census form finally done!


what did you make of question 17?

what did you make of question 17?
I left it blank.

what did you make of question 17?
That is the question of the Welsh Census Form, which asks do you speak Welsh, it was kept blank in England, so that it would not upset the format of the questionnaire,  and both printing can be used. The Scottish have a different form altogether.

what did you make of question 17?


what is Question 1?

what did you make of question 17?
I wanted to write in "I cannot answer this question!"

That is the question of the Welsh Census Form, which asks do you speak Welsh, it was kept blank in England, so that it would not upset the format of the questionnaire,  and both printing can be used. The Scottish have a different form altogether.


oh... thanks

what is Question 1?
Question H1 "Usually lives here"

The 'H' in H1 as for Question 1, stands for Household.

Question H1 "Usually lives here"

The 'H' in H1 as for Question 1, stands for Household.


that's not really a question now is it?  ;D

that's not really a question now is it?  ;D
It does need to establish how many live in the household.

that's not really a question now is it?  ;D
Can you guess what Question 2 is?

H1 rarely lives there...
H1 likes it's meat medium rare....  :D

That is the question of the Welsh Census Form, which asks do you speak Welsh, it was kept blank in England, so that it would not upset the format of the questionnaire,  and both printing can be used. The Scottish have a different form altogether.


We wondered if it was something like that

That is the question of the Welsh Census Form, which asks do you speak Welsh, it was kept blank in England, so that it would not upset the format of the questionnaire,  and both printing can be used. The Scottish have a different form altogether.
I did think the religion section might upset a few people, lumping Catholics and Protestants etc all under one box!

I did think the religion section might upset a few people, lumping Catholics and Protestants etc all under one box!


That's how that one war started!  :o

I did think the religion section might upset a few people, lumping Catholics and Protestants etc all under one box!


I got the kids to answer their questions and I filled in the boxes.  For the religion question James considered 'other', but then changed his mind when he realised you had to name it.  I'm not sure that "James and Rory's most excellent religion" is recognised by the government!

Stayed 2 hours extra at work today.  I wish I'd taken lunch in with me!  Hungry again now

I got the kids to answer their questions and I filled in the boxes.  For the religion question James considered 'other', but then changed his mind when he realised you had to name it.  I'm not sure that "James and Rory's most excellent religion" is recognised by the government!



;D ;D ;D  ;D



Cat

I got the kids to answer their questions and I filled in the boxes.  For the religion question James considered 'other', but then changed his mind when he realised you had to name it.  I'm not sure that "James and Rory's most excellent religion" is recognised by the government!


;D  but you could declare it now and make your own tidy little profitable "non-profit"  ;)

Stayed 2 hours extra at work today.  I wish I'd taken lunch in with me!  Hungry again now


hate that.... happened to me today... except I have to stay 4 hours extra

Today it all worked out...  Came home and my cow "Sophie" had her calf, all on her own/unassisted.  HUGE - bigger than monster, she tore a little.  Sophie is my old cow, I got her as a wedding present - she is 12 years old

Meet Stubs (his tail seems to be broke, we will see - name may change)

http://i671.photobucket.com/albums/vv76/2kidsami/210124_211160648896651_100000081512098_884437_713376_o.jpg

My Erin is just in awe over Monster and stubs.  :)

He is adorable.  Go Sophie

Today it all worked out...  Came home and my cow "Sophie" had her calf, all on her own/unassisted.  HUGE - bigger than monster, she tore a little.  Sophie is my old cow, I got her as a wedding present - she is 12 years old

Meet Stubs (his tail seems to be broke, we will see - name may change)

http://i671.photobucket.com/albums/vv76/2kidsami/210124_211160648896651_100000081512098_884437_713376_o.jpg




A bit old ... but she should still taste good!!  ;)

My Erin is just in awe over Monster and stubs.  :)
Everyone should visit during calving season... It is the best, when everything goes right!  I guess I got to take the good with the bad.  THEY are the best when the girls can lead them.


This is Addison leading Cherry - last year about this time...
http://i671.photobucket.com/albums/vv76/2kidsami/Decorated%20images/addycherry.jpg

And Addy leading a calf - last year

http://i671.photobucket.com/albums/vv76/2kidsami/DSC00862.jpg

A bit old ... but she should still taste good!!  ;)
It is a he... and I suspect he will kick the sh-t out of you for mistaking him....  ;)

It is a he... and I suspect he will kick the sh-t out of you for mistaking him....   ;)


I was talking about Sophie!!! :P

I was talking about Sophie!!! :P
Well in that case.... I suggest you RUNNNNNNN! 


:D


She hates most everyone, and I am sure smart-ss peckerhea-s are not an exception  ;)

She may be old, but she has her pride, and she is made of some tough stuff - Look at what just came out of her... 140lb baby boy  ::)

Stayed 2 hours extra at work today.  I wish I'd taken lunch in with me!  Hungry again now


Could you have made a sandwich? ???

Today it all worked out...  Came home and my cow "Sophie" had her calf, all on her own/unassisted.  HUGE - bigger than monster, she tore a little.  Sophie is my old cow, I got her as a wedding present - she is 12 years old

Meet Stubs (his tail seems to be broke, we will see - name may change)

http://i671.photobucket.com/albums/vv76/2kidsami/210124_211160648896651_100000081512098_884437_713376_o.jpg




Wow Sami such a beautiful cow,the colors are so gorgeous.  :)

Everyone should visit during calving season... It is the best, when everything goes right!  I guess I got to take the good with the bad.  THEY are the best when the girls can lead them.


This is Addison leading Cherry - last year about this time...
http://i671.photobucket.com/albums/vv76/2kidsami/Decorated%20images/addycherry.jpg

And Addy leading a calf - last year

http://i671.photobucket.com/albums/vv76/2kidsami/DSC00862.jpg



so cute.  :)

Could you have made a sandwich? ???


what with, fresh air?

hate that.... happened to me today... except I have to stay 4 hours extra


Today I took lunch in because I thought I would have to work late every Tuesday.  Except apparently today I didn't need to!  ::)

what with, fresh air?


Best reply, EVER!!!  ;D ;D ;D

But in all seriousness, you could have used your powers of telekinesis to make and deliver a sandwich from home.

Today it all worked out...  Came home and my cow "Sophie" had her calf, all on her own/unassisted.  HUGE - bigger than monster, she tore a little.  Sophie is my old cow, I got her as a wedding present - she is 12 years old

Meet Stubs (his tail seems to be broke, we will see - name may change)

http://i671.photobucket.com/albums/vv76/2kidsami/210124_211160648896651_100000081512098_884437_713376_o.jpg





Good going, Sophie and welcome Stubs.



Cat

We were talking to our 6 year old granddaughter (Granddaughter #2) who was about to sit down for dinner. We asked her what they were going to have. She said "We are having Sally (or some other name) for dinner" meaning one of their chickens.



Cat


OMG!  LOL!

:\'(

Wow Sami such a beautiful cow,the colors are so gorgeous.  :)


:)

Yay for older mommy cows!  She deserves karamel.  Please pass it along.  ;)


Update for me:

I am now stitch/suture free.  Got them all out yesterday (100 stitches).  Came home and passed out asleep afterwards in my reclining chair.
Still a little tender moving around but only looking better as time goes by.

Good going, Sophie and welcome Stubs.



Cat


What Cat said.  ;)

Yay for older mommy cows!  She deserves karamel.  Please pass it along.  ;)


Update for me:

I am now stitch/suture free.  Got them all out yesterday (100 stitches).  Came home and passed out asleep afterwards in my reclining chair.
Still a little tender moving around but only looking better as time goes by.


I'm so happy to hear you are doing better, Patty, but I'm still worried as all get out about you!

Yay for older mommy cows!  She deserves karamel.  Please pass it along.  ;)


Update for me:

I am now stitch/suture free.  Got them all out yesterday (100 stitches).  Came home and passed out asleep afterwards in my reclining chair.
Still a little tender moving around but only looking better as time goes by.



YAY!!! Karma for some fast healing.


Cat

Yay Patty!!!

ASH!!!!!!!

Update for me:

I am now stitch/suture free.  Got them all out yesterday (100 stitches).  Came home and passed out asleep afterwards in my reclining chair.
Still a little tender moving around but only looking better as time goes by.



Yay for Patty!  fingers crossed that it is all over

Yay for older mommy cows!  She deserves karamel.  Please pass it along.  ;)


Update for me:

I am now stitch/suture free.  Got them all out yesterday (100 stitches).  Came home and passed out asleep afterwards in my reclining chair.
Still a little tender moving around but only looking better as time goes by.


Here's a "get well soon" karma for you. :)

Thanks all.

I wanted to also post whoever posted a link to a youtube karaoke video of their nephew (I think it was gis, but now I'm not sure)
Bravo on performance.  I really enjoyed it.

Yay for older mommy cows!  She deserves karamel.  Please pass it along.  ;)


Update for me:

I am now stitch/suture free.  Got them all out yesterday (100 stitches).  Came home and passed out asleep afterwards in my reclining chair.
Still a little tender moving around but only looking better as time goes by.
Glad you are feeling better!  Hope you continue to recover quickly and smoothly.  The shower must be working ;)

I planted some Mexican hats and red hot poker seeds.  Big happy garden mood.  Go to Lowes some time and I can get some rooting hormone and start taking cuttings of all kind of things too, not just seeds. 

Yay for older mommy cows!  She deserves karamel.  Please pass it along.  ;)


Update for me:

I am now stitch/suture free.  Got them all out yesterday (100 stitches).  Came home and passed out asleep afterwards in my reclining chair.
Still a little tender moving around but only looking better as time goes by.


Quick healing, Patty  :)

what with, fresh air?



;D

Yay for older mommy cows!  She deserves karamel.  Please pass it along.  ;)


Update for me:

I am now stitch/suture free.  Got them all out yesterday (100 stitches).  Came home and passed out asleep afterwards in my reclining chair.
Still a little tender moving around but only looking better as time goes by.


Glad you're feeling a little better.