General Discussion & Chat: Coffee and...for Thursday, April 27, 2006, 0 by meezersfive

meezersfive wrote:
Ann was right, the link I posted last night took us right back to Wednesday, so if you had any unfinished business, you could get it done. I went back and fixed it, and in the process lost a long blather I was doing for today. Thought I checked the link last night, but I guess I was getting too sleepy to do it right. Ah well, you get what you pay for. LOL

Mags, don't think about leaving us, just drop in when you can and there will come days when you have a few minutes to say hello. You know how expensive divorce can be, the emotional wear and tear, the loss of friends, the feeling of isolation.... ! Look how happy we are to see our Founding Mother, uhhhhh, whatsername, ...hmmmm, oh yeah, JULIE, when she stops by. We won't forget you....unless Bonnie's CRS is contagious.

Sarv, I won't change a tire either, and I know how. I can also change my oil if necessary, but since my arms haven't fallen off, that won't happen either. You've already had some good advice, so I won't offer any, except to say the worst probably won't happen, you'll just have a pleasant trip.

Aaaack, Ginny, haven't gotten a tick stuck on me since my teens. Ugly nasty little bloodsuckers. I'm just finding those asian beetles in the house, either waking up from their winter snooze or coming in because we are in and out so much these days. They weren't as bad last fall as usual, but you can't smoosh them because they stink and stain. I find them most often in the master bath and then they get to take a Jacuzzi, whoooosh, down the drain.

Elaine, you think a buck a bottle is expensive? Two years ago when I went to the Bahamas with my DIL, we splurged one night at one of the fancy restaurants, and when the waiter asked if we wanted water, we said yes, and ended up paying $5 for bottled water. Sure it was a big liter bottle, but had we known !!.....Booze would have been a better buy.

Good grief Bal, can you still bend over and get up again? Last weekend almost did me in! Looks like rain this weekend, so I'll have to get out there today and do some digging or we'll be falling behind.
You're really off to a good start. Brats sound good, too. We haven''t done our first grilling yet, I think we need a new grate for our ancient Weber, before I put anything edible on it. (Note to self: stop at HD today) DH loves brats, but I usually sneak on an Italian Sausage for myself.

Orchid house sounds great Molly. How about using both colors, two adjoining sides of each upright in one color, and two the other. (I'm really good at creating work for other people.) We are still getting estimates on replacing the slider, but are leaning more toward enclosing the upper part of the deck. With our winters, we need to make it a real room, to take advantage of the southern exposure. Which means getting a permit, like you. It would be a small space, but enough room for a couple of chairs and NO mosquitos, in the summer. And be an extra barrier to the cold in winter.

Darius, good link on the Arnica. I knew it was effective but that told me a lot more about it. By the way, I want you and Maria to come and cook for me. I can't tell you how much time I've wasted standing in front of the freezer or 'frig, wondering what to make for supper. Seems like everything I make we just had the week before! Last night we had frozen pizza, and it's a good thing I didn't make a big meal because DH had work group outing at the ballpark, and he wasn't hungry.

Sammi is still up to the usual mischief, Mary, although he has added several new antics to his repertoire.....now he can start up the printer on top of the rolltop, as well as change the tv channel. He thinks every phone call is for him and races for the phone, changes the outgoing message, the time, and etc, requiring me to drag out the manual in order to reset it. If it has a button, he will push it. He and Souky have reached detente, and have a couple of good play chases every day, but he still seeks out Mini, for baths and naps. Let's see if I can find a recent pic. He's as big as Souky now, and is still growing. He'll be 6 months May 12th. Mr. Bigfoot.

Yesterday he spotted the neighbor's dog out the front screen door, and spent a half hour racing from door to windows trying to keep track of it. I'm sure he thought if he could get out there, he could take him!!

Off to the shower, today's project is to finish touching up the color on the tropical birds my sister sent me from Guatamala many years ago. The colors have faded from the sun, so when I'm done, I'll post a pic.

Later,

Sheila