Hi all!
Thought I'd 'pop' in & say hello! Hope all of you are having a great week! Hope to see more of you over the weekend! Take care!
Mike
ps: Clemen & AuntB - thanks for the emails! I'm 'off' to reply! :)
She's About To #25
lovely bloom Mike!
lavender4ever
Thanks! I like the picure of 'Rosie' in her little fur coat! :) Too cute! 'Fonzie' & 'Copo' up a few posts are cute too! Clemen - a little red raincoat!! lol! Love it! Texasgrower - cute little bandana on 'Copo!' :) And 'Ohso' looks so proud! Thanks for sharing pics of your families! :) Here's one of my six! lol!
Mike
'Skyla' - sending kisses or slobbering! Not sure which!!
this is for one particular hottie and not callin any names.
angel trumpets r the nicest thing i know of, and i worship them. butttttt christmas is my lords birthday. take two or three days to honor him. u woiuld make a very old man very happy. wolfie
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Wow again I missed a lot during the evening. I tried to get up but was so incredibly drained out I could not make it to the pc. I took another sleeping pill and slept until 5 this morning. The little bit I did in the am just took everything out of me. I’m up now and again will stay up for as long as I can. I’m trying to eat only high vitamin and iron food along with V8 and Cranberry juice to remove the poison. It does seem to be helping.
Thanks Louise, I am trying to move, I have done these meds before and know the drill but I have never taken this many. Even the dr said they gave me too much and that is why my brain is in a freeze and the body refuses to function. I am forcing though.
Sandra, love that list, you got me to laugh with that one. Best fit for me would be #1, after 23 years together the X decided I did not treat him special so he wanted a divorce. Yup, that is the reason he gave me!!!!!!!!!!!!
Debra, hope you are getting better, sounds like this bout may take some time.
Thanks Phyllis, yes a little at a time. Hope you can salvage Isabella! Yeash grandchildren. I tend to let mine get away with everything.
Clemen, Post all the pix of Copo you want, we love to see him. He is a beautiful boy.
Beck I know you are going to get all that stuffed packed and have a great time at the RU. We all wish we were going, we will be expecting pix when ya’ll get back.
Jeanne, Fonzie and Ohso are just precious.
Louise Rosie is so pretty.
Mike, good to see you back, Skyla is a real looker too.
I agree Wolfie, without our creator we would not have our burgs. Christmas here is pretty much a weeks celebration.
Okay Beck I have read all the introduction way back on #2 but I never did one myself so here I go.
Donna_11 – I have made up all kinds of screen names over the years and for some reason when I came upon DG I decided to you my real name to cut confusion. The 11 is a number in my life that can bring very very good luck or very very bad luck.
I’m 53 years old, I was married for 20 years and have 2 daughters, 1 granddaughter and 1 grandson. I have 1 Son in law who is the father of my grandchrildren. Both of my parents are alive and well.
I have been divorced since I was 38 so that tells you I married when I was 18. I’ve had only 2 other serious relationships since and nether ended well. I stopped looking for Mr Right a few years ago and have no intention of settling for Mr all right for now. If there is a Mr Right for me out there God is going to have to plop him right in front of me.
I live on the south coast of RI, in a small country town in the woods. My property is about 6 mile up from the Atlantic Ocean. It gets cold here in the winter 0 to -5 and hot in the summer 95 – 100. During the year you get all in between.
HAPPY Friday!! and IT's RU weekend for you southern belles and handsomes, Mike you going, too? Lucky duck... So......... I'm caught up to: "oh, now I'm going to hear from AuntB, cause she couldn't figure it out" :))) just big smiles from me, how could I possible "word slap" you now,(((( Peggy))))? It was the greatest fun, the packages started trickling in at my ofc that day and I hadn't figured it out at that point, then the motherlode when I got home...the mail lady at the P.O. asking my kids "What's going on?" "What's in them?" It made me feel so special that all these precious hotties would even try to pull the "great hottie marble caper" off, let alone orchestrate it so well... I remember sitting on the loveseat opening them all and tears of joy and feelings of genuine love all around me..((((HOTTIES)))) Peggy.... I figured IF I'd just shut up about it and ..... wait...... it'd all come out someday and THAT day did arrive! Poor Becky and Clemen, I was blaming them for a time...HEHEHE, great caper INDEED, my lovelies... and I'm still planning the hottie bowling/gazing ball project for this winter when the walls are coming in on me and the winds are howling.. but now, as usual, I'm not caught up and it's (past) time to do the work thing... Jeanne, you are so welcome, dear... have fun with your pkg.. will TRY to catch up to ya'll later this a.m. lovin' all the furry children pics... (ALL are welcome and loved, anytime- remember we only have 1 (one) Rule) ;) OXO to all!
My screen name for years on forums was onogirludidn. Now that you know me you'll laugh because it suits me! I chose Darkmoondreamer because of the many trials in life I have had in my 46 years....alot of times were so dark I couldn't even see the moon, but I keep dreaming things will get better. And thanks to the good Lord, they usually always do somehow. Jerry is my 3rd husband and we celebrate 10 years together on February 14. He had never been married and has no children of his own but he loves my 2 girls as his own. He is a good husband to me. My first two husbands were dogs from hell. First husband, father of my girls, never wanted children and pretty much abandoned seeing them as babies. Second one left me for a lady already pregnant with someone else's child after only 1 year of marriage. I was a single mom for 9 years and raised my girls on my own while dealing with undiagnosed manic depression.
I have alot of health issues and take many medications but keep on trucking and trying to make the best of every day. I live in a very small town in the house I was born and raised in. I have 3 Boston Terrier daughters, Lily Maddy and Raynee who are the lights of my life and keep me happy. I am an avid reader and movie watcher and like everything but horror is my favorite. Love that Stephen King! I sew, crochet, make homemade canned foods, jellies and wines, bake bread and am a very good cook ☺ I am a crafter on small and large scales and can make anything out of nothing. I collect roosters in my kitchen. Well, I guess that's about it!
good mornin!
today is a pretty day mom is coming over to build some boxes to hold my seed cups .. im just gonna use clear cups and line them in the wood box. we are making a lid of plastic like a giant flat .
karen i love roosters . my mil got this big colorful metal one i was sooo jealous . my kitchen has yellow sparkly walls .roosters would look great in there , i just have those bottles of chopped up veggies in oil lining the top of my cabinet . there needs to be a rooster up there lol
my screen name came from me trying to hurry and sign up because i was looking for some particular info .i didnt want to take the time and be creative , so i just looked out the window at my iris row and said iris and 28 is my age lol ..
i moved to indniaa when i was 17 met my 1st x dh ,took him back to ny where we got married and pregnant . we moved back in 2000 to be by my mom . needless to say he was retarded and nuts . there was a whole world of things wrong with him ... lol i dont take any responsibility for that marriage ending in 2003 .. except for not taking cr** and walking out the door . a mutual friend and i started hanging out alot and we got married in 05 . and im happier than ive ever been (in a marriage that is . im a pretty happy person generally i try not to let people take that away ) dh works on a river barge he drives the tug . so hes gone 28 days and home 28 . it works out though . i have 3 boys who are good and sweet but LOUD and hyper and it seems like no amt of dicipline ore structure curbs the loudness and energy .. i make them clean when they start being so hyper , i say pick up this mess if you have so much energy . and they do then mess it up again .. we have a rottweiler and a pug who are soo sweet and a cockatiel who loves me not so mh dh . i started gardening full force last spring when i ws doing a summer bulb plant prepackaged border . and it dosnt look any thing like it did when i started lol . i became obsessed .. i love to learn and for some reason i havnt figured out . its my thing . oh and i love love love fancy gold fish ive been keeping them since i was 10 .. i have a black tiger head ranchu that is 5-6 in long h name is whale and he is my pride and joy ,im on a different account but ill post a pic later
Good morning all!!
I'm supposed to be working but I have a quick, weird question on the brugs. (Mine unfurled quite a bit, I promise to post a picture later.)
Can you make a cut flower out of a brug bloom?? I would love to be able to take one to a friend of mine who is physically unable to come see it. I can always take a picture I know, but I would really like for her to see the real thing. Any advice?
Back to work! Peg
Iris I raised exotic goldfish for years, had black lionheads and ranchu too! A VERY good group on the web is Koko's Goldfish World. I really enjoyed that forum (almost as much as DG) but left after I got rid of all my goldfish, tanks and supplies during a particularly bad bout of depression.
karen , ive done that ,quit for a while but i still have my first fish tank . mom would kill me if i got rid of that . i love lion heads i have a gold and white oranda . hes not healthy .i mail ordered him (which ill research better next time it wasnt a good place)he was a panda but lost all his black . and has swim bladder problems so he eats peas .. the ranchus can be lion heads or tiger heads .. whale is a tiger head where the sides are puffy not so much the top ... ive looked at the forum but i stay away because id want to get more fish tanks .. i do have an empty one just waiting ... i saw a calico oranda that was soo cute but i passed he was 27 bucks at petco . i had an all white one too she ate a pice of a tablet and died . now i disolve things first. they are sweet and you can teach them to do tricks . whale gets near the glass when he sees me coming he wants food all the time
Iris here are some of my fish and my old user page (still there after 5 years!)...my blacks aren't on there, but just look at all the equipment I gave away while I was "out of my mind"
http://www.kokosgoldfish.com/darkmoon.html
Peg, AuntB or someone else will know better but when My New Orleans Lady Bloomed she dropped an open bud. It severed right at the stem and I put in a vase, it lasted for about 3 days. You can see that it was not fully open when it fell off but it did open a little more. If I were going to do it on purpose then I would wait until it was all the way open.
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karen that was so great to look at . ive gotten rid of things thinking i was over it but then wanted to get back into it that stinks . your fish were so cute .. i love pearl scales .i just had one die .. my son got the medicine and poured it all in the tank i tried to save him but he was poisoned .. and i love the blue orandas and chocolate ones .. i had a blue one when i was in ny .. here is whale
edit: i tried to get a good pic but he hides from the camera he hates the flash ..so i had to take one on my phone
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Mornin!!!
Mike.. you were up late... gorgeous bloom!! skyla is cute too..hmm I bet she is part of your username??
weese.. been forgetting to tell you just how gorgeous you are in that pic of you .. DH and the inlaws!!
Donna.. soooo glad you are feeling some better.. gonna take time girl!! Oh yeah.. I'll be ready for the RU.. I just like to "razzz" a lot!!..lol.. BTW.. I also was 38 , but my 1st "DH"..LOL.. just walked out the door while I was at work.. coming back to TX leaving me and the 2 kids in TN. Course I wasn't "lol" at that time!! I admire you your independence... I never had that self confidence that I could make it on my own
OH Bonnie... I just took it you "knew"... I can't take credit for the marble caper.. and i guess I think all the credit should go to Peg.. but now since I get to meet Peg on the 18th.. she might be bringing her own wet noodles for me since I have let the cat out of the bag..lol
wolfie.. you are soo right... I have always been a big Christmas decorator.. but we should remember the reason for the season lots more than we do...AND NOT only at Christmas!!
Karen.. man.. it's toooo early to try and figure what your old username was.. but I finally figured it out and nearly lost my coffee...LOL.. I am so happy we "rose" above our misfortunes and are now happy!
Iris... I like all fishes.. well all animals ... I thought I would just settle for guppies...LOLOLOL... till I have 4 10 gal. tanks of them sitting around everywhere...LOL.. FINALLY got smart and gave them to a pet shop, but still have one of the tanks.soooooo????? you never know..hehe
Peg... I think it was Karen who put a brug bloom in water.. but you are sooo sweet wanting to share your FIRST bloom with your dear friend!! I can't wait to see you!!
Whale is just gawjus Iris! I bought 3 black ranchu through the mail (they were VERY expensive then, like $100 or more) but I lost them all. I have regretted many times giving all away, I was a fool, but with my Bi-Polar I do things like that sometime. I go through spells where nothing I love means anything to me, and I just wanted rid of it. Happy to say I'm doing much better these days....Don't get me started again!!!!!!!!!!! I'll end up with fish again, LOL! BTW, what is your real name hon? Do you mind us knowing?
I'm off to finish packing for the RU! Loves you all bunches!
oh its dana .. i just got lost on kokos i have to watch myself . i have an empty 30 gal here ... callin my name :( minimal cash flow .. i keep thinking about that calico oranda .. ill wait till fri when they get their shipment .then ill torture myself.. i play(ed) guitar and i sold my amp in spell like that . and i really regret it because who knows when ill be able to get another .. that was so stupid .. now im borderline packrat because im afraid ill want something again .lol i could see my self as a horder lol... i horde plants
I will not look at fish, I will not look...that has always been a want but not done.
Becky, I'm not that good. Not the first one! I do have three getting ready to bloom. Is three a mini-flush? LOL Peg
First of all....Peg, I know you didn't mean any disrespect. I was not offended. I'm used to people making comments about cops. It comes with the job. Forgive me if I cam across offended, I wasn't. That's why I asked if we could still be friends. That was my attempt at levity. Rookies can be maddening sometimes. They lack confidence due to inexperience and are afraid to make decisions. Then there are the badge heavy ones. They stay that way until someone brings them down a peg or two. My hubby did 21 years for the City of Tampa. Then 3 years as Police Chief in little Paoli Ok. Then 10 years as a deputy in SW Florida. Now he is retired and in my space all day long. But I love him. He graduated from the old John Marshall High School there in the City. He knows where Midwest City is. He lived in the Village.
I love all the dog pics. I love all animals. There is no such thing as an ugly dog. Just various kinds of cute. I look forward to more pics. Skyla looks like mom's first Buffy. I loved that dog. She was part whippet, part lab and part chow.
My original user name was to be "steadfast" but it was already taken. Steadfast because I try to be steadfast in the Lord. It is my user name most other places. It is my reminder to always look to Jesus for everything and every situation. So I tried other names and they were all taken. I typed in Texasgrower and bingo! I had a taker. I'm a native Texan and I grow plants. There ya have it.
Back in Texas after 28 years in Florida. My daughter and sil moved here last year from Florida and presented us with our first grandbaby, Madeline, born in Jan. I am her day care provider five days a week. I so love it, although these 54 year old bones don't keep us as well as they used to.
I need to divide some cannas for tomorrows RU. Be back later. Love ya Peg. :) Jeanne
Sounds good on the cut flower Donna, I can't get them to stay pretty in water even over night.. Loving the "who this Hottie is".. new and renews..
AuntB (so everyone knows I'm a girlie & not really any reference to Andy & Olpe Griffith's Aunt Bea) -Bonnie
divorced 13 years from the father of my 3 k's, 2 girls 30&28 1 boy 19..I left an 8 yr relationship over yr ago, single now and a plant nut most of my life.. gaga over brugs for almost 10 yrs, cope w/CRS and bad knees but healthy other wise, like to travel and talk.
Peg ya ol sweetie! cracking me up about not wanting to think about Christmas... then at Hobbie Lobbie... I love the season and celebrate all month long... planning on another Pink "hottie" Christmas tree theme this year... probably no big gifts, but I HAVE to do stocking stuffers for the "kids" and Santa always puts a few things in my stocking, too.. Traditional homemade party mix and a few sweet treats, a meal and family time... I don't need big gifts, just my family home for a day or two. I hope everyone has a meaningful holiday season, whatever it may be.. and some good ol fashioned fun.
Peggy I would love it if your mystery DGer from a different zone would join us, I'm a zone pusher here on the winter frozen trundra... Please Mystery Hottie doll or guy-to-be, come on in! Peg I have some red brug seeds coming soon, so we'll all be trying and testing and sharing our experiences with them.. what fun we'll have! If you hottie's like that pic up there, I'll enter it in the contest... I entered some of my pics last year, it was fun and voting for them is fun, too (hard to pick, tho)... LET's ALL enter some pics in there...K?
SandyD, LOVE that list, couldn't pick a fav! Phyllis, thought I saw you up there somewhere..
Donna, sounds like you are doing the right thing, pressing yourself but knowing your limit..(((Donna)))
Love everyone sharing pics of our 4-legged and feathered family members.. here's a cute pic of a "Copo Line-up"... Clemen, where was Copo yesterday?.... lol
Iris! Love that fish! Looks like it has eyelashes!! Cool. We had a Black Moor(?) with buldgey eyes, called him Little Jerry Seinfeld... he lived for years.. guess nobody wants to play today, so I'm hoping to get out of here early, stop at Lowe's and get groceries, then home to play in the dirt! Woohoo, still not done with the fall haul but have enough done, the pressure is off now... I'll try to get a bunch of things boxed up Monday (Columbus Day observance) for the P.O on Tuesday! I'll be d-mailing everyone if my plans hold. talk to you busy hotties later..
Hi Ya all!!
my Lil sheldon gets his bandages off today! headed out in a few to take him back to the vet... I feel so bad cause once we get there he starts shaking uncontrollably now! poor lil guy!
will come check back in later, AND catch up! lol!
Hopefully the PO will deliver the cutting boxes today so I can get those brug cuttings out to those who dmailed me :)
BBL
I'm waiting for the stupid car dealership to call to let me know my trucks done..
So i've been on and off....Later
What a little doll Sheldon is, I’m sending him calming vibes so he can get through the vet appt.
I can’t believe it is Columbus Day weekend, I’ve lost an entire month. The Northeast RU is on Saturday, I was supposed to be there but of course that is out of the question now.
No more lush green plants here everything is starting its natural die off. I am hoping next week I can a least go outside and excess the situation. It is really hard to tell by looking out the windows.
Have a good afternoon everyone, I need to rest a while.
Bonnie.. that is one cute lil baby pic... they are soo cuddly when they are babies.. I had to bathe my lil devil dog this morning.. boy she was a mess..lol
Dana.. nice to meet you..lol.. I prefer getting to know everyone by the real names
Peg.. you mean I have to bring you down to human status?? You just bursted my bubble..lol
Jeanne.. we all need to be steadfast.. in the Lord, ans well as everything we do.. nice username!!
anjl.. poor Sheldon.. mine act the same way going to the vet!! Sure hope he feels better getting those casts off!!
Phyllis... hopefully today you can pick up the truck.. sure hope the costs are low!!..lol yeah right.. labor is crazy!!
Donna... dad gum.. sure hate you will miss your RU.. BUT something to look forward to, is the hottie RU!! It WILL happen and we will be able to spend some time with each other.. what could be better??..lol I am so glad you are posting.. you were missed so much!!
guess I better get back out.. C ya'll
Okay, ya'll are just going to have to live with pictures of buds with eaten leaves for awhile. (I found two more worms out there taking this picture!) Bear with me.
Wow. I don't know what to do with myself. First time in like forever.........I have no baby and DH is taking the Football team to their game tonight after his school run and I am like alone for the first time in like Forever. YIPEE!!!!!!!
I'll have to read up to see what and who I have missed. : )
oh Mike very cute dog! She looks like a lover! Wolfie...great point! Donna make sure you keep drinking lots of water too honey! Tea if you can have it too! Love the fish! Bonnie and I had been discussing what to do with ours for the winter. I have three lovely sarassa comets with longgg fins and two shubunkins, and i would hate to lose them. My pond is ony a barrel pond. My inground is not finished yet. that is a hubby project so no tellin when lol. It is a complicated project coz it is a redo of a previous owner thing. He made a two level pond on a huge cement and rock pile. The ponds were very shallow and never held water right. he did not bother to level them at all. soooo out went the liners and we are trying to redo, but everything has to be sledghammered to redo. I already put big holes in and planted plants because it was a barren rock pile. We want to make the small pools at least two feet deep to overwinter some fish and hardy plants.
oh that is gettin close peg!! Becky how is your Mom doin? Bonnie did you get your car back?
Hottie hotties, busy beaver Clemen today will try to catch up later. Look at all of the packages I mailed this afternoon. OK going to sunny place to visit my brugs and passis. See you later! Clem
Mike, I have tried and tried to figure out what your DG name stood for. I went with Skylover and having so many military families around here I was trying to figure out what you piloted. Could not find a SIB plane. I really did not want to ask because I felt so dumb. OKAY, I was really dense this time. Siberian Husky Lover. Grief!
Becky's "5711" I thought was after a real estate code because she worked in real estate. Nope, her street address.
Karen's darkmoondreamer reminded me of a song, but that one I could not figure out either. It still would be a pretty name for a song!
Mine is just my name from work, no imagination on that one!
Now, Werewolf1, there has to be a story behind that name!
Got to get busy, we're going out with a group of friends tonight! I will enjoy it but right now I'd rather take a nap.
have fun peg! clemen you have fun too. This is for all the hotties that have CRS like me!! My sis sent me this program and I love it!! It is sticky notes for your desktop! It has helped me tons since I literally do alot of my planning on the puter.
http://www.stickiesforwindows.com/
I have most everything right beside the truck to load.. I feel relieved, cause I just knew I was going to be midnight ..lol
Peg... she is sooo close to being "about to"..lol she's already pretty.. look at them twangers.. or what ever they are called!! Glad I am not the only one curious about the usernames!! The closest thing I ever was to a "profession" was a Dr...lol birthing the baby pigs!! Other than that.. minimum wage flunky, except when I was self employed.. painting ceramics, and cleaning new houses
weese... sounds like a lot of work on that ol pond, don't it just make you sick how some people throw things together, and then you have to go behind them?? BTW.. I am feeling sooo dense.. but I can't stand it any longer.. and I am SURE I have it too... LOL.. BUT what the heck is CRS???????? Haven't gone today to see Momma and probably won't but she is doing good after the surgery.. she will have to have another one though cause an obstruction of the bile duct showed in the cat scan they took after the kidney surgery.. just waiting on a Dr appt. TY for asking!! And here's a pic of my sweet Momma.. She is on the left... I also got her to "stick " her tongue out..lol... wanted ya'll to see I came from "crazy" stock..lol.. but I mean she really stuck it out.. didn't know If I wanted to reveal just how crazy of stock I came from...hehehehehe
Sandra.. girl.. you have been gone sooo long you have missed everything and everybody!!!..LOL... course you were missed too!!
Aw Becky! Your mom looks so sweet!!!! You look like her, just like me and my mom look alike! Thanks for sharing the photo...So nice to put a face with Momma!
CRS is Can't remember #&@%, another way of saying old age, hahaha!
That is a sweet Mom face!!! Happy Friday : ) Ok my garden is the mantis love shack..found 2 more egg cases lol! I know the RU will be a blast!!! kimarj = Kim Maria Jones...
Thanks Beck. What a nice looking mother you have. You can see it in her eyes.
I think I finally figured out what has been wrong with me all week. Last weekend was Chelsea's weekend with the baby and it is such a long story that I won't even get into it, but with the DH back working and no break from the baby for sooo long and me hurting all the time it just got me so sad.
Hope all who were feeling under the weather are getting better.
Becky have fun at the RU and Kim, I think my brug babies are still hanging in there. I can't believe we still haven't had a frost here yet. It is 70 degrees right now here in Minnesota. Unbelievable.
Hi Bonnie, I didn't quite figure out if you weren't sending any brugs, but that is ok, I would appreciate someone else taking care of them right now. I have too many babies to take of right now. LOL
Hi to everyone I didn't mention by name. It's just been a crazy couple of weeks around here and just didn't feel like unburdening myself to even all you dear darlings. : )
Hello all! Well, I'm ready for the RU! I'm excited to see Becky, Linda Kay and Jeanne! Sandy just know that we are all here for you in spirit and will listen anytime you feel like talking. That's what Hottie sisters are for ♥
I finally found the "Blue" Hibiscus I really wanted at an affordable price. It's only a 3" pot for $7.00, but I can work with that if I greehouse it overwinter. Nice website, there is a $25.00 min order. Alyogyne huegelii is a different plant than Althea or Hibiscus, but is in the same family. It will grow hard like the Althea. It comes from Australia. It is just called a Hibiscus. It is purple, but as deep as you can get. I will be sure and tell Linda Kay about it. The man said it would be more just like this photograph after the bloom develops...Thank you all that tried to help me out with my wish.
http://www.plantsafari.com/Catalog2/Detail/00072.html
Wow I am excited just thinking about the RU!!! be sure to take plenty of pics : ) Karen I prolly would not be able to sleep tonight lol. Beautiful bloom too!
Thanks Karen I really appreciate that. Seems I've been a loner for so long it's hard to open up. : )
Kim, the two wilting brugs looked so bad that I cut the tips off. They look alot better and the moss was really warm today. Do they still have a chance?
I know about the loner thing...it is very hard for me to open up also!
Sandra I don't know what will happen with your cuttings...but I still have not cut mines back and still have some to share so dmail me if you would like some more : ). I let them grow bushy so there are a lot of branches...I know some will end up being composted :(