Slump Down In Your Chair & Tell Me All About It.....

High of 90 today which was really uncomfortable..but the good news is Slim Jim must have stayed where it was cool. I used 3 packages of moth balls in my main flower bed, where he was last seen, so I hope he leaves that area, the weeds need pulling bad.

I've got the Priority box labeled for Gulfport MS and I bet I can find him first thing in the morning before it turns off hot.

Hey Jen-

You will also be receiving a Priority box from Texas... I'll overnight it. It will be long and skinny, but not coiled up like the item in your Tennessee package will be. Take the item out of the box I send you and bash the you-know-what out of the item in Judy's package. Mice will not be necessary. I will except plants as a thank you gift. :)

Jamie

oh i got to chuckle after all today.. what a joy you are.. poor slim....moth balls.. hope he don't try to eat them.. might think they are white baby mice..

ROTFLOL

You people are crazier than I am!!! LOL Thank You SOOO much for giving me my laugh today!!! When I'm more awake I'll tell you about my holey jeans!!! :o)

As long as Slim Jim doesnt have fangs, we'l be all right, lol...
How many seasons has slim jim been there? Oh for petes sake, he has a name and a future book deal, how could you?

If he shows up in a box at your house Jen, give me a call. I'll show ya "how could I." Think the airport will let me take a hoe as my carry-on item? :) So he's gotta name... just means we have something to put on his tombstone right?

some postings really should come with a heading "hazardous to your monitor", lmao.
excuse me while i go find a towel

Ha! And to think, I almost pointed out that they gave book deals to, oh let's see, OJ, Ted Bundy, John Wayne Gasey... LOL!

Looks like Judy did a hit 'n run on us, eh?
Bet if we rode our brooms to her house, we'd find her with her lime green hat, pink panties, hoe in hand, raving like a lunatic..

Now Tex, are those for Judy's benefit, the doer-inner or Slim the scarer-bitter-upper?

Hap

MSJen, when you're through with that towel can I use it? I just SPLURTED all over my screen!!! Finding a thread like this can definitely make my day!

I can't match the scope of your addiction, but I have my own little nitch. Walking with my cane, I carefully removed my wheelchair (used for shopping malls) from the back of my van and burned rubber for Home Depot! Climbing into their electric cart, I hit the Angel Song fern department and loaded up. Left them with the cashier to hold until I got to my serious mission. Wrestled a HUGE, HUGE sun fern into the cart and leaning out to one side for vision sped through the aisles as people lept for safety! Then, when I found that "George" had left for lunch without bringing my Areca palm up front, I found the strongest looking customer and we loaded it into the cart. Another run...look out...they really need horns on these carts!

To make a long story short (at last, you say!) "George" came back and loaded all into my van. Of course, while waiting for him, I hit the isles for some Coleus and Begonias, and one large lovely ceramic pot. Then headed home.

As I pulled into the driveway, it suddenly hit me.....I have no electric cart and no way to unload this stuff!! Sooooo, I park in the shade, leave the doors open and wait for my new DIL to get home about 9PM. As I said, she is a NEW DIL, so I'm sure the thinks this is a one time deal.....little does she know...LOL
Pati

Oh, that poor child................keep it up, Pati and she may not come home some nite!!LOL

you could always buy one of those bicycle horns, you know the snap on kinds? just bring it with you, attach it to the handle, and off you go, lol.
I can see the looks on the faces now when they hear a "beep beep" from behind them.

LOL - And she's still out to impress the new MIL, so you are in like Flynn!

GOOD JOB!

Pati- way to break her in! :)

Hap- I was really just saying that b/c the implication was made that we can't do away with Slim because he has a name and a book deal. I was just pointing out that other unsavory characters have had book deals so that isn't an excuse to spare him the hoe! :) Maybe that's why Judy took off- she thinks I'm thinking of coming after HER? Oh no! We just plan on plant-napping some of her stuff, that's all.



Jamie

OK folks...going back to the hot pink underwear and lime green pants....There's something to be said for pink hats and holey jeans...

I have a pair of jeans that are maybe....well, we won't even DISCUSS their age because we're ladies, right??? ANYWAY, these are my faithful gardening jeans, and like me, they're a little aged...but VERY comfortable. My DH has swiped these and I've found them in the trash on numerous occasions and now I hid them in one of my bureau drawers.

So WHO CARES if there's holes in the butt, many of which have been patched times too numerous to mention, and they have pulls (cause they're s-t-r-e-t-c-h jeans)...and yeah...maybe they're pretty ragged on the inseam.....but they're my GARDENING jeans!!! You know, maybe if I put some hot pink undies on, maybe he'd get turned on and start to love them jeans??? They could even go with my new pink hat...LOL!!!

Judy...Do YOU like my new pink hat???? :o)

Well, if slim Jim isn't venomous, I 'd be inclined to let him hang around....right after I made it up the ten steps to the deck without touching any of them... I'm gonna havae to invet in one of those breathing masks to save my monitor from the laughspray....Ohh geeez, and me without limegreen outerwear or pink undies...

.I did admit in another post a long time ago, that one July morning I yanked on the day before's teeshirt and shorts, to get out in the garden early before the day hotted up, ( neglecting underwear because after all i wasn't going anywhere that I could get hit by a car)......While I was bending over pulling weeds, a yellow jacket flew up under my shorts. After a brief hectic macharina around the garden, trying to isolate the little devil with my fingers, I realized he was getting madder and I was getting hotter and trying to pimch him dead wasn't working.

So... I took a quick look around the neighborhood and didn't see anyone else outside, so I just yanked those shorts down and set him free. Did this teach me anything about proper attire? Nahhhh. But I bet if I had a lime green hat on, he would have just ignored me and gone and done yellow jacket business somewhere else.

Let's face it, we are all terminally addicted and sliglhtly off center, but have you met a happier clan anywhere???

Oh, Meezer..........too funny......still laughing.............

I don't know if it's a blessing or a curse, but I think in pictures and always have to many's dismay....but I can picture the whole senerio.....Macharina...........ROTFL.......GEEEZZZZZZZZZz

Hap

PS...That's almost as funny, although he saw no humor at the time, or ever as a matter of fact,,,,,,,as the mouse running up my exes pants in a barn.....With Everthing to lose,,,,his attire was immediately reduced....

ROTFLMAO!!!!

Did I hear someone call my name?????

Sorry, I was out watering all my plants in pots waiting for me to get them all planted---somewhere????

I can't help with this serious illness. I can't even help myself!!!!!

I'm stuck in: Can't plant this until I......., but can't plant that until I plant......, etc, etc, etc.

LOLOLOL

I don't think I can help with this addiction. I'm addicted!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Condolences Judithl.....WE understand.

Hap

Thanks! Sigh------------------------------!

Excuse my absence I’ve been chasing that dang Slim Jim around the yard. I tried poking him in the $7 flat rate Priority box but soon realized it was a 'no go'. Then I got the 12 x 12 x 8 and figured if I could get him to curl up in the striking position he would fit right in....

lmelling, you got it going with that pink hat. I just know we can all find one like it. The pink undies are a must for your next shopping trip, bet he wouldn't throw away those shorts again, may want you to play 'dress up' in them lol lol

meezersfive - I came out of a shirt once for the every same reason foturnately there wasn't anyone around, but I would not have cared, there wasn't room for the two of us in there... I gave it to the yellowjacket!!!

"slightly off center" is that akin to being 'ecologically unbalanced' ??

I'm off chasing Slim.....

Judy

PS All 'other' posting about Slim have been true!!!

You know, with all of you guys for comparison, I'm beginning to feel positively sane!

Terre_ - Girl, I recommend a plant shopping trip for you!!! It will perk you right up!! But while you are out get you a floppy pink hat and some hot pink undies to match.

And if you really want to have fun, get one of those clamp on horns for your shopping cart that MSJen was recommending for Pati. The way I drive a cart I need one.....

Pati, I see you've got the proper training course all laid out for that new DIL. lol lol

Judy

anybody else's butt get numb from sitting in front of the computer looking for new plants??????????????

Oh yes!! And you described it so well.

Judy

HAHAHA!!!!! Thanks for directing me here Judy! Guess what? I just bought some hot pink panties! Not kidding!! ROTFLMAO!!! I believe there is no help for this addiction we all have. Hey, there are a lot worse things to be addicted to! I've had hobbies fade before but this one gets stronger every year! This year I even worked for a landscaper putting in annuals for her. BELIEVE me it was NOT a profitable job, although a fun one! She did give me a Lime Green Coleus and a Begonia though! I packed them in my backpack and took them home on my motorcycle. They lived too!

Too funny thread! Nice to have one to laugh to!!

Nicole

OH YES....numb butt, stabbing pain in the neck...tired fingers...the WHOLE shebang! Spending all winter staying up half the night, looking at the new spring offerings and figuring how I can pay for them all. Can I start using less TP, or only wash the dishes every OTHER day so I can buy that new hydrangea.... We already know I save money on jeans...

Yep, I'm a gonner...pot me up and stick me in the ground!!!

Lynne

Lynne, talk your neighbors into letting you 'help' them with gardening tips. That way you can pinch off a top here, divide a plant that desperately needs it, etc etc. what a money saver! Oh and you are sorta kinda volunteering! Best of both worlds!

Pati...have you seen the movie "Monster-in-law"? heheheh

This thread is more fun than a barrel of monkeys...HEY! It is a barrel of monkeys...can you make room for one more?

My DGS just came by to borrow some tool out of my shed....and he MENTIONED that he had just killed a snake...I asked if it was harmeless and to not kill it if it were...he said "do you want me to lie to you?" No...Needless to say the poor thing is now dead and the "tail end" is now in his collection of things that rattle! I have lived here for 4 years and have yet to see a LIVE Rattler.....and that is just fine by me.

Jo

I am so glad that I started a cult of hot pink-pantied gardeners! :)

Raodrunner, next shopping trip you need to get a pink floppy hat and hot pink panties, that's assuming you already have a pair of lime green pants!!!

Judy

Unfortunately I live in the midst of seasoned gardeners...they're already WISE to that one, Nicole!!! Actually we usually have a plant swap every May organized by -- you guessed it --- yours truely, and another addict down the road. Well things just went haywire this year so no plant swap...

Maybe if I wait for the full moon and go sneaking through the backyards...little snip here... little snip there... just gotta watch out for my neighbors mastiff -- he's bigger'n me and I'm a big gal!!!

Lynne

"Maybe if I wait for the full moon and go sneaking through the backyards..."

Just so long is it isn't 'streaking' through in those garden shorts and hot pink undies. lol lol You have to watch those "full moons".

Judy

ROTFLMAO!!!! Now if I went streaking...I'd scare the "h" outta that ole dog for sure...What was that Elvis song??? Full moon o'er Kentucky keep on shinin......LOL

Lynne

Let the bidding begin (giggle)
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=63854&item=5389867482&rd=1
these might even be better, lol
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=63854&item=5391935719&rd=1

Girls and Guys...........I have just figured the best thing out to help us get more time to garden.


Exhibit Number One: A loaded dishwasher......
Exhibit Number Two: Need dishes for breakfast.
Exhibit..........................Use dishes in d/w and place in sink

Do this repeatedly until all the dishes are in the sink and the d/w is empty....

Repeat process....


Da Da............................

One job eliminated!!!!!!!

Hap

OOOoooooooh RUMBA PANTIES!!!!! We could shake our booty in those....LOL!