Coffee and... For Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2005

Here's the Daily!
Continued from:
http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/562345/
~julie~

Hi Julie!

Morning All,

Maria, so glad to see your post! Hope you feel better this morning.

Julie, it is such a good feeling getting the trash out. You almost feel like a new person.

Elaine, so glad for you and your new machine. Merry Christmas.

Thanks D'cat, didn't mean to whine it just hits you some time!

Mary????????? Hope you are not TOO busy with the season.

Busy day today, and tonight I teach kids at church so probably won't catch up till tomorrow. Now any of you going to Super Walmart leave some things for me I still have things I must buy if I want there to be a Christmas in this house. Got my packages out yesterday and oh my goodness have forgotten about the cards. Better get the lead out.

Joy

Good Snowy Morning!

I woke up about 20 mins ago to a strange sound, layed there trying to figure out what the heck it was, finally had to get up and go investigate. The water was running in the bathtub. Not dripping, running, not quite at full blast but running. What the ??? Both the kids are still sleeping, and I don't think the cats or the dogs wanted a bath. How weird is that??? I have joked about this house having a ghost, but ummm...this is creepy.

School has been cancelled. Oh joy. My lovely, energetic, squabbling children stuck inside together all day. Why do I suddenly feel trapped? I'm glad I included baking supplies on the grocery list I sent dh to the store with yesterday. Cupcakes maybe? I have some bananas in the freezer, maybe banana bread. Cookies for sure. I think I will make a big batch of sugar cookies and let Jenna play with the frosting. How much do you think she will actually get on the cookies?

Calgon, Take me away!

mg

Mg no snow here but 0* and snow expected tomorrrow night. ugh.

Morning Joy!

You want some snow?? I have *plenty* to spare! I wish "they" would make up their minds, we are either in the 5-8 inch zone or the 9+ band. *gulp* We already have around 10 inches on the ground.

morning..... i feel like total crapola this AM. i'm so tired of being sick.
Sorry for those of you who dont know me, I whine to Gayle all the time so I figured it was time to share LOL
Nyquil didn't do anything but make me restless.....kept DH awake, so he is grumpy :(
The boys are already fighting this AM, and its not even 7 AM yet. At least they all have school today.
I need coffee...... somebody set the pot up, but forgot to turn it on for the timer to work

BBL
Janis

Hey Janis, I wondered when you would pop over here. I've been trying to get her to join us for months.

I'll trade your fighting kids for my sleeping ones. They will have all day to fight and yours will go to school soon, lol.

I'm sorry you didn't sleep well, and I'm really sorry Big Jeff is grumpy. I don't think I would want that Big 'Ole Bear grumpy at me, he's huge. Sweetie though, lol.

Ack, Nathan's alarm just went off. Maybe I can make it through the pigsty to shut it off before it wakes him up.

He'll go back to sleep when you turn it off LOL

OMG bubby is trying to put the kitten in a priority mail box, and screaming that she won't let him shut the lid. He is ready to go to school. Except for shoes and coat. He refuses to wear his hat and gloves.

Gayle, we'll see what happens this afternoon. DeWayne is going to mom's after school to get some more of his stuff, and she is bringing him home. Wanna bet she doesn't come in? LOL I'm not gonna get upset over it. Promise.

As for the grumpy bear...... he'll be ok. He isn't feeling good either, was sick to his stomach last night (might be nerves tho) He has off Friday, Saturday and Sunday. He told DeWayne he would get the truck running to go get his back and bring it home this weekend. And even tho he looks pretty gruff, he is such a softie LOL

Talk soon

Janis

God is good
Please don't hate me - my little bunchkins are headed out the door!! (okay they're big lug teenagers who have mentioned more than once that they don't think too highly of me....cleaned up version for DG)

We have no snow. Wish we did. once the kids are out I mean. How come they never get snowed in at school? Wouldn't that make more sense? Send them back in April or something?

I'm going shopping> Woofens, what do your kids like? What the the teen like (although I can't get xbox 360)...seriously, my son doesn't like much at all, he's 16. Does yours like anything?

I'm going to pick up some stuff for some kids who lost stuff in Katrina too.


Julie and Joyous re: getting trash out. I always feel like I lost as much weight as what went out the door! What a relief!

Maybe I have time to check out yesterday's thread now.

dorothy.... can you call me? or when are you leaving? i got to get 3 more on bus beforre i can sit down to answer your question

Hugs

Janis

Dorothy the only thing my Nathan (15) wants is money or gift cards so he can buy CDs. He lives with his headphones stuck in his ears. Someday they will have to be surgically removed.

Janis, where is Little Jeff trying to mail Zoey? I'm keeping my fingers crossed that she stays in the car. I know that isn't what you want, but that's what you really need to happen right now.

mg

OHHHHHH I feel awful....Left side of face, ear, eye, head are all pounding....butt, feet, back and other body parts are so achy. Is it the flu, a cold coming, or the result of marathon shopping. Good thing this is a down day and I don't have to do a thing....OR could it be stress raising this havoc?? We need to go to the funeral home of the friend that died, and DH refuses to go. He has a phobia about funeral homes. I will go myself and just glare at him afterwards. His excuse is that 'they' didn't come to the funeral home when his dad died years ago. Ohhh give me a break and pass the 2x4...

Welcome Woof - join the crab session today!! Is it your DM or MIL that isn't coming in?

Did ya hear all the boo haa rah about tuna now??? I don't eat it that often unless I am dieting and that's a no go right now. Shoot, I like albacore tuna too..

mg- that is crazy about the water running - what if you weren't home to shut it off!! Yikes....

IO1 - did you get your machine?? I thought you were waiting until after Christmas... Ohhh let me know!

As soon as the sun comes up, I need to unload the car with the treats I bought myself. Let's see...new black pants with flared leg (hip for an old chick), white cuddly soft sweater, 3/4 length black coat that I admired some young chicks wearing lol, plus a ton of things for the family...ugh when I get the bills tho...

Time for a yogurt and one choc chip/peanutbutter cookie - I'm about to fall off the good eating wagon...

Good morning everyone,

A quick read through the above and I wonder whether Christmas grumps have attacked. LOL

Nice to hear from Maria. Hope all the rest of you have a better day than the way it's starting out.

It will be a busy one here - gotta head out to work. This could be one of the busiest pre-Christmas days at the FC today.

Ann

Morning, got up an hour ago, Samson needed to go outside, thinks I should throw few balls, no way, it's 5', brrrr and I am not even dressed! Then it took me half an hour to login
What a cute baby, woofens and a hearty welcome to you, hope you will stay awhile,
Made some bread with dried fruit such as prunes, dates and apricotts, a slice toasted tests Yum, don't forget to put some butter on it

Thanks Maria! that baby is my only nephew. He and his twin sis turn a year on the 23rd.
Got a few minutes I think.. lol....
Sarv, its my mom... sigh..... long story.

Dorothy..... for the oldest, he mentioned a book the other day Called "Eldest" it is the second in a series by Christopher Paolini. I read the first one, not bad at all. Other than that, who knows. I can't get him away from the puter or video games long enough to get an intelligent conversation out of him LOL
The girls are typical preteen girls..... make-up (not the kid stuff but not "real" either..... they still play dress up, coloring books, crayons, construction paper.... and of course barbies, bratz and stuff like care bears and my little pony. Tori still loves her baby dolls. She "mothers" them.... it is so cute. Sarah will play with just about anything she can get her hands on. With her ADHD, she is just glad to be active LOL
The little one, cars and trucks, especially police cars and fire trucks.... but please remember mom's ears LOL 6 people in a 3 bedroom house with loud toys..... there isn't enough Xanax in the world :-)

Gotta go get the girls out of bed. Hopefully it will be a peaceful AM after that.

Gayle, not sure where Zoe is getting mailed to. And it took me a couple minutes..... couldn't figure out why Zoe should stay in the car LOLOL But I get it now.

How does coffee and sugar cookie dough sound?

oh sarv, you were doing soooo good! Now get your hand outta that cookie jar!

Maria, what you need to find is one of those pitching machines that baseball players use for practice. Just loat it up and let er rip. That should keep Samson busy until a
decent hour and temp when you can join him!

Ann - just think - next Christmas you won't have to worry about the upper level running of the FC - just volunteer when it works into your schedule.

dmc - I suspect there are a lot of parents out there that would vote for that "keep them til April" idea right about now.

Oh dear! Gotta run, my big lump of a cat just came in and he is *soaking* wet and wants to get in my lap. NO WAY CAT!!!!! I wish he wouldn't go out when its raining.

sarv ~ hope you're feeling better ! Who knows what germs are lurking in the overcrowded overheated stores this time of year! I think I had charleyhorse from shopping yesterday. It's my first time since last Christmas.

mg~ your son sounds a lot like mine. Lots of fun isn't it? I start taking it personally when they walk around all day & get driven in the car and never once make eye contact or say anything to me...then again...what would they say? Maybe it's better this way....

Woofens YAY~~I think I'm headed to the book store anyway. I will get that book. Oh a book!! A Miracle!! I personally always loved getting books. About the noisy toys, I always said who needed a burglar alarm, tanywone would trip over the trucks, which turns on the lights and sirens...it was perfect!

maria~ glad you are on the mend. I second the pitching machine idea! Or if you could get a ball shooter and shoot them out the window from the nice warm house!!

Elaine~ Don't even THINK you could talk too much about the Scanacan! You are singlehandedly keeping spirits up all over the USA!!

And Ann ~ You are a huge inspiration! You do more in a day than I do in aweek - a good week at that!

Guess we all posted nearly the same time,, sorry, you don't feel good, Sarv, drink tea and lots of fluid, do you have a temp? they do say around here starve a fever and feed a cold, bet you don't have a temp, ;-) ? I do not go to funerals either , only the service in a church, the custom here of viewing a deceased body is not what I want to see, like to remember people what they looked like when aliveThat6 machine is a good idea, tgif. but I throw tennis balls

geez, anyone want a couple preteen girls? i'll give em away. they are really cute and well mannered LOL

Dorothy, Books are a HUGE deal here. I am so thankful that DeWayne has my love of reading. We fight over the newest Harry Potter books when they are released LOL He just got the 4th book in a series about a 13 yr old genuis named Artemis Fowl. I would so much rather his nose be buried in a book than in a video game.

I really want to go back to bed..... I'm fighting the urge. Hopefully this antibiotic will knock the sinus infection out at least until Christmas. It'll be back by then... sigh....

Gayle, no funky dreams last night YAY!!! bet if I go back to bed something weird will go through my head LOL

Ok, gonna go start laundry. Maybe a trip into the cold basement will wake me up some more.

Good Morning all.....

Busy day today....a bunch of DGers have gotten together and we go to a nursery, botanical garden, etc and then have lunch. It makes a wonderful day. Molly used to be one of our group until she ran away.....

MG....creepy house? I lived in one for 10 years....Saw people and things. Very Interesting..

Woofy--welcome. We're a great bunch.

dmc- you bring back so many memories talking about your teens. It's just a terrible time....can't do some things because "you're too big to be doing that, you should know better" and then the next minute," No you can't do that, you're not old enough." It's all mixed up for them now. After a tiff with me, my daughter (15 or so) wanted to be Friends. I told her no, no now, now I'm your mother....!!! We are now the best of friends and soul mates.

Sarv...I have to agree with your DH on the funeral thing. If people don't come and see me when I'm alive, or send me flowers, I don't want them to come then. I plan on cremation, so there will be no hours. But, please come see me and send me flowers now.....
SOAP BOX ENDED......
Also, Sarv, what about the tuna? Haven't heard anything, but then again, don't watch much news.....depressing...

Gotta run to meet the group...See ya all later and have a wonderful time today.


Hap.

DH got me a new keyboard for the computer for Christmas and gave it to me early. It's one of the ergonomic ones with the curvy keyboard, and it's a little hard to get accustomed to. Don't expect me to edit, you;ll just have to struggle slong with me. Big snow coming today, DD might c ome for lunch unless it gets real bad. Last year she came back from grjooming school in TN during that big Christmas tsstorm so it would have to bae a blizzard to stop her. need to wrap the other GS;s presents as I djon't ecpect to see them and she can delive rthem for me.

Welcome Woofens, glad you c ould join us for coffee. There's Christmas coolkies on the counter, and I'm sure someone made coffe for you. I stole the last cup this morning so don'nt know if DH got enough for his grotty atravel cup, Notice he brought the truck up from the lowera drive and parked it up here..less snow to blow late r maybe?

Gahhhh I feel like i'm learning to typ;e all over again. TLhls is gioing to take a while. I'm off to wrap and vac, back late r to say helllo to everybody but right now I can't stand this ! Good luck reading it....use your imaginatlion if alllll else fails.

At least you know how to type, Meezer, I don't have to look at the board and still make tons of mistakes takes me forever to correct

It's 10am and I am still in my pj's. Did the crossword, watched tv, talked on the phone, ate some MORE and now I feel rather human. Gonna get dressed and tackle my disaster of a house... Not going to step foot outside until tomorrow.

I have told my kids and DH that when I leave this earth, I want to be cremated and no service. Just sprinkle me around my flowers. Done is done, over is over. I am the type of person who wants nothing in her honor - I would have skipped my small wedding too if I had thought about it!! I am not a fal-da-ral person at all. The less there is, the better.

There was a bit on the today show about all the mercury in tuna.

m5- let us know if you like the new keyboard - are you learning to spell a new way LOL LOL I would like one of those optical mouse things. But will wait until I get a new computer. No sense trying to update this old dog.

Maria, no temp , just an extremely restless, sleepless night and a miserable full feeling on one side of the head. There's a bunch of junk going around, so perhaps I picked up something- usually do around the holidays!

Just had to open the door and screech at the squirrel chowing down on the bird food. He was at the suet feeder eating huge mouthfuls. It was really funny to watch. Now I need to refill the sunflower feeders.

The bad storm that was coming our way must have taken a detour - not coming anymore. I just hate it when the forecasters do that to us. I think I would just rather NOT know about the storms or the make believe ones...

Dishes are soaking, beds unmade, so I need to get my hinney in gear.

Morning all!
Welcome Woofens to the mad house!! Everyone is rushing about getting all stressed out and catching all the bugs that there are to catch. Slow down y'alls you are making me tired just reading what you are up to! Sit back and remember that the season is not about how much food you can put on the table, or how many presents you can give - its about giving and receiving love and affection. That doesn't take any preparation at all.
Here endeth the sermon for today! ;>))))
Preteen girls are sweet, teen age girls are the pits, sorry but they are!!!!! My two nearly drove me to distraction, what do I mean NEARLY - I think they made it all the way! LOL Around 25 - 30 they start to get civilised again, but its a long haul. Boys have their moments, borrow the car and bend it moments! But mainly, aside from the effort involved in getting him to get out of bed and get his butt in gear, mine was far less trouble than his sisters.
He had fits of evil temper from time to time and slammed every door in the house, then 20 minutes later would put his head round the door and apologise, quite sweet really!!

Give Samson a hug from me Maria and explain about needing it to be light to throw balls for him.

Got to see how the day pans out, but there just might be English Mince Pies on the counter this afternoon.

See y'all later
Carol
The Odd One

Morning all
MG
Hope you get to feeling better real soon. Don't work too hard, okay?

Maria, glad to know everything's okay with you and Samson. Wish I were close ... I'd throw a few tennis balls for him. Would surely freeze to death in your weather, though! LOL

Ann, you are just too busy. Can't possibly keep up with you. Take care and know I read all your post. :)

Mary, I agree ... between you and Ann ... y'all make me *tired* .

Woofens, it's great to see you. I just made a fresh pot of coffee, so help yourself. The rest will tell you I don't bake. The DH says it looks like I've murdered the Pilsbury Dough Boy when I take out the flour, so you'll have to get your ciber sweets from the others. LOL

Hap, hope you have a wonderful time with the group. That really sounds like a lot of fun.

I got up this morning and started scanning things again. I'm still in my pj's and robe, so guess I'll go get dressed. Hugs to all.
... Elaine

Nice you are not getting any snow, Sarv, we suppose to get it on friday, hope they are wrong too!
I could tell you a story about one of my daughters, Happy, and Okus, but it would be too long, the younger, quiet one, did she ever give us problems when she was about 16, Today she has two wonderful daughters in college, has a masters in teaching also certified to teach handy capped youngsters.
Samson gets hugs from ,e all day long ;-)
Going out to lunch with an old friend , this wiil be very nice for me

I am still in my PJ's. Do I have to get dressed? Yuck. I have managed to keep my behind out of bed tho... sat on the couch and cleaned crepe myrtle seeds LOL
I still want to crawl back in bed, but am resisting. I have stuff to get in the mailbox, and it is SO cold out there :( I did get some ground beef out to make meatloaf tonight, am gonna fold the clean laundry and wash the dirty stuff I guess.

Thanks for all the welcomes :) Gayle has been trying to get me over here for a while..... I'm a bit stubborn at times LOL

Hugs
Janis

A bit stubborn Janis? HA HA HA HA HA Good one!

Sarv, I hope you feel better quick, almost sounds like a sinus infection to me. Try wetting a towel, wringing it out, smearing some Vicks on it, put it on your face and cover it with the heating pad set as hot as you can stand it. Leave it on for at least 30 mins, it might help to break up the gunk and clear them a bit for some drainage.

Just to give you an idea of what I am being forced to endure today: How did Santa teach the Elves to read? First he taught them the Elfabet. *groan* Jenna checked a Christmas joke book out of the school library.

Sugar cookie dough is done and chilling. Cocoa pinwheels are next. Is that flour on my nose?

mg

well :-p~~~~~~~~~~~ m_g. I called you, you didnt answer. I see how you are.
how much snow ya got? LOLOL

You did? I'll go check!
Yikes, you did, lol. Must have been in the laundry room, sorry, I can't hear the phone down there.

Call me now if you want.

Right now I'd say we have around 4 inches of new snow.

Here is a link to the Waterloo Skycam:
http://www.kwwl.com/Global/story.asp?S=644060
The Dubuque skycam is showing all white, I don't know if it is broken or if it is blowing harder downtown.
http://www.kwwl.com/Global/link.asp?L=112526

mg

You can stop sending that white stuff up here, it's been coming down in little pellets all morning, and blowing like crazy. Was going to go out and pick up ink for my printer which is behaving badly but took one look out the door and changed my mind. Wrapped some gifts, packed up cookie gift tins, picked up dead leaves from my ficus which hates to be moved. Called a friend who is still working...asked if they were going to let everyone go home early...I know, that was bad.

Taking a page out of Sarv's book, I made myself a roast pork sandwich for breakfast..nothing else looked good, and I was hungry.

Elaine's having so much fun scanning everything in her cupboard! I'm willing to bet we are enjoying it just as much as she is.

Maria, Samson's internal clock is set wrong! I don't know that there's much you can do about that. Friend of mine said that there is a study going on about dogs, something about when they are excited and panting, that's a form of laughter for them. Tested dogs at a pound who were howling and unhappy, played a tape of dogs panting happily, and the kennel dogs calmed right down. I know for certain, they look like they are smiling when they do that! DS and DlL are enjoying Howard, although the cats are still a little shy.

I suppose if you have to catch something nasty, it's better to get it over with now, rather than closer to Christmas. Sorry you have to go through it though, and hope it all gets better soon.

Woke up at 4 am with DH snoring away like a hibernating bear, he never snores that I'm aware of. Gave him a little poke and he stopped but I couldn't go back to sleep. I'd better not think about napping, or it will be a sleepless night tonight so I'm going to try to keep busy. No problem, I could rake the floor, whre did all this crud come from?

Yes, I saw one of the evening news programs tlaking about how much mercury and contaminants are in fish. jSalmon is the least troublesome. They talked about some varieties that you could onlly safely eat a half portion once a week. They didn't mention shell fish so either it wasn't tested or isn't a problem. I'm choosing to believe it is not a problem. Until I find out otherwise. LOL

Back to work! Have a cookie before I pack them all up....

Sheila (keyboarding getting better.)

Hi All, Have been busy in the Salon and have just taken a minute to sit and have a bite, thought I'd see what's going on.

Welcome Woof, Nice to meet you.

Haven't taken the time to Read all of the posts,,,,did skim them though,,,oh, there goes the phone Again,,,,BRB

O.K.,,,well, with the snow, had a Perm cancell,,,have to use that time to my advantage,,,gonna get my Beautiful new Nativity set up and will have to run up to the bank,,,,,yuk. Will take a pic when I get it set up.

Well, gonna go, Hi again to all and will Try to check in tonight,,,,we'll see how many customers actually make it this afternoon,,LOL

Have a good day everyone.

Kelly

Picture the Rabbit in Alice in Wonderland...hurrying, scurrying..."I'm late, I'm late, for a very important date." (Does HE remember where he's going or what HE's supposed to be doing? hehehe ...I sure don't!)

It's absolutely gorgeous outside right now...snow is falling (about 4" so far) we don't have much wind so the snow is sticking to the pines and making me feel like I'm living inside a Christmas Card. I think we're supposed to be getting 8-9" by tomorrow morning, maybe more (...maybe less)...but I'm not caring in the least.

DGD is home from school today so she's going sledding with a bunch of her friends and will come over later this afternoon to make Christmas Cookies and do a little tree trimming between batches.

Hi Maria! Gee...and someone else mentioned feeling the "weight" coming off at the same time the trash goes out! You got THAT right! (And a whole lot less I have to worry about 'straightening up'. :-))

Unfortunately, I may not be around DG much this winter. This morning I made the terrible mistake of allowing myself to get sidetracked. I went browsing on some Machine Embroidery sites and ended up buying a couple sets of Christmas designs. LOL I *always* do stuff like this when it's too late to use them. hehehe But, once again, unfortunately, when I start dabbling in something , it takes control of my entire head.

Anyway...I just figured I'd better warn you. HAHAHA (I guess I'd also better warn you that once I get started on embroidery, I'll be posting pics of the projects. ~evil grin here~ )

Hope everyone is feeling WONDERFUL today...and if you aren't (you can tell I didn't take time to read all the posts) I hope you feel better FAST!

Take time to *enjoy* a few minutes of life!

TTYL,
~julie~

Had a very nice lunch with friend, bloody mary and a steak sandwich with ff, hardly ever eat them but they tasted good. It is munus 8 with wind chill factor, can't warm up .
Samson must be smiling all the tiime, M5, he pants most of the time, LOL

Hi gang ...
Well, I've read all your post, but can't remember too much. LOL
Maria, I *know* I'd just love that ole Samson. He really sounds like a sweetie. You two just fit together. LOL I can just picture the two of you sitting by a fire ... you sooo prim and proper ... and Samson laying at your feet with pure devotion on his face. :) Yep, you two just go together.

To all of you with that snow ... send just a wee bit down here. If I'm going to freeze anyway might as well have fun doing it. LOL Going sledding sure sounds like fun.
M5, didn't hear that about the tuna. It was tuna, right? Hmmm, let me see. I have 2 cans of tuna. Oh, I also have salmon. Did you say salmon is okay?

I haven't gotten anything accomplished today all because of my DG friends. I've been checking out everything in my refrigerator, cabinet and anywhere else I can find a barcode. This thing is real amazing. There are a lot of things I'll have to enter myself ... but it will be there the next time. It doesn't recognize all my store brands, but the DH and I entered a bunch of things last night.

Okay, please pass me that plate of cookies. Don't feel like fixing lunch today. LOL
... Elaine

Elaine, I have just loved reading about your Christmas gift and how excited you have been using it. I am so happy that you were able to get these things, that you needed so much to make your life easier. I look forward to reading the posts from you. Thanks so much for making my day brighter!

Janis

Oh Janis, everyone keeps saying that ... but I'm the blessed one and the lucky one. I'm still having to pinch myself to believe it's true. It's so wonderful to pick up two cans just alike and scan them and *know* what it is. Now don't get me wrong. I'm not trying to get sympathy or anything. I'm so very lucky. I have this computer so I can read ... and I have always put magnetic braille labels on my canned goods. But, they *do* come off from time to time. Plus, now I can do this all by myself. I just love everyone for doing this for me. LOL Okay, let me hush. Everyone's gonna get *real* tired of me LOL :)

Hi again, Maria. :-) I'll just bet Samson is having a ball out in the cold. Our labs always did the 'snow plow' thing with their noses...and *always* came in with skinned up snouts. LOL

Hi Elaine! SO glad you're pleased with the "Santa" goodies. I can just about imagine how wonderful it is...and how much fun to play with, even. :-)

Hi Janis...and WELCOME to the table!

I'm just taking a break from cleaning the kitchen and getting the dishwasher going. Next I'll get everything out and ready for cookie making...OH! Forgot to wash the cookie cutters! Better get that done, now, while I'm thinking about it. hehehe

We must have some heavy cloud cover us right now...before it was really bright and pretty and now it's looking pretty gray out there.

Later!

~julie~