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Gail....too funny about all your bff with the same name as you and calling the "wrong" one....It would be safer to voice dial by last name...or by first and last initial like they do in kdg when kids have the same name...
Junie....too funny about the tin foill story.....I can just picture you in the waiting room snorting...
Claire....I buy wine by the case....we only buy kosher wine and there is a website out of chicago...even with shipping its cheaper....especially when its on sale....we've been buying chilean or argentean wine for $5 - 6/bottle with shipping....of course, I haven't had a glass of wine in over a month!!!
NM....my spring break is next week....DS is on spring break in Hawaii this week....both public schools and colleges in Colorado seem to be on spring break the last couple weeks of march, but it varies...
It was in the 70's today in Denver and tomorrow the 50's.....
Well its 9:30 and I haven't done anything tonight I planned to do....walked afater dinner, then when I came back, my bff forever called and we talked on the phone for almost an hour...one of the only gf that I talk that long with on the phone. Our DD's are 2 days a part...my DD is going to spend Shabbat with them..the girls are excited...we live on opposite sides of town, so we don't get to see each other often enough!!! Tomorrow is teacher appreciation and DD's school and I signed up to bring cookies.....of course, I didn't get anything baked and not sure that I want to start this late...sure hope I have enough to scroung 2 doz together...the freezer is pretty barren!!!
So I guess its time to figure out what i'm going to do...Sweet dreams....see everyone tomorrow night...karen
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Gail, I forgot about your name story - so funny and I'd imagine easy to do. When I was in college my two of my best friends and I all had the same name and none of us went by nicknames. For some reason it was never a problem to know who anyone was refering to or who we were talking to. The two amusing things I can think of was when we would go to parties and guys would come up and ask our names and we'd all say Margaret one after the other. Usually the guy would be offended and say something like " fine don't tell me your names!" and we would just laugh. The other time was when we all shared a telepone! Yes we did! So someone would call and ask to speak to Margaret - one time another friend answered and I heard them ask the blond Margaret, the tall Margaret or the other Margaret - You guessed it I was " The Other" Oh well..... Ok now really going to bed I hope!!!
Karen - that is so nice about your friend - I lost some of who I thought were my best friends with my divorce and cancer - interesting and very difficult but others fill in and better ones! Hope tomorrow is great for everyone!
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Glad to have a long day over with. No real work, but helped out two friends. One had completely mangled a PowerPoint and she is presenting on Saturday!!! An old friend and so wonderful to catch up.
Junie....so glad you still have your sense of humor about you. I can't imagine, but I suspect I have been persona non grata in the waiting room more than once. And then there was the time I embarrassed my (male) oncologist by saying that no need for the liver poke, because I would have noticed that if it had been sensitive when I supported Main Squeeze's weight on me.
I am more than ready for bed. Will be dreaming of one final ski and cycling events. Plus good food. Seem to always dream of food. I am hopeless, so will be exercising to the end of my days.
Some things don't change. TitZ up ladies. - Claire
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Good morning, loungettes! Woke up to 7 inches of pretty, fluffy snow this morning. Looks very pretty, very wintery, not at all like spring. Schools are opening an hour or two late all over the central part of the state. Feels like we just jumped back in time a few months. Maybe one more snow shoeing trek later today for me.
I've never been in a group of people of the same name, but I've worked with such groups. One job I worked with 4 or 5 Cathys. It was very interesting--say Cathy and get a bunch of answers or none at all! Kind of funny, actually.
Next time I'm in a waiting room I'm going to look for tin foil. I just know it. Then I'll have to hide behind a magazine so people will think I'm crying and not laughing. . .
I've been cleaning out the sewing room, which over the last few years has become the "hide it in here to deal with later" room. I've found some things I thought I lost, some I forgot I ever had, and have PILES of fabric and notions. It's been quite a trip down memory lane, in some cases. Not so much fun finding evidence of mice though, Ah, well,
The university system I work for (for a couple more months) breaks at different times, too. One campus takes 2 weeks in March, ours takes one in Feb and one week in March, the other 5 do one or the other but take different weeks off. Makes it confusing when you're taking a class from another campus. No new news on the job front yet, but I'm strangely calm about the whole thing. I really feel that God wants me to move on, and I feel really comfortable waiting for Him to let me know where he wants me now. Every other time I've been job hunting I've been anxiously waiting for responses and wondering what's going on. This is a MUCH better way to job hunt!
This is the Atlantic Ocean, Penobscot Bay. The little island with the "tail" on the left is Bar Island. The tail is the sand bar that is exposed at low tide, covered at high tide. Lots of tourists get stranded over there because they don't notice the little sigh warning about the tide and the bar. The currents over the bar are strong enough to make it unsafe to try to wade across when the tide is coming in, and the water is about 4-5 feet deep at high tide. The other islands are the Porcupines. Burnt Porcupine caught fire during the Great Fire of 1947 that burned half the island and almost all of Bar Harbor, which is just off the pic to the right. Sheep Porcupine used to be used to graze sheep. Bald Porcupine had no trees for the longest time, but it has them now. The fog/clouds in the distance make the bay look a lot smaller than it really is--it's big enough and deep enough for cruise ships and whales. Sunrise on Cadillac summit is a favorite place for Easter morning services and the end of all night events. I've seen this sight many times as I grew up.
I'm jeslous of the daffydills Junie has! I want daffydills, and crocuses, and snowdrops and hiacinth and anything with COLOR!
How about a Spring Dafodil for the DOTD? 1 oz Tequila
1/4 oz Galliano
3/4 oz Lemon Juice
3/4 oz Lime Juice
3/4 oz Orange JuiceDirections
Shake well over ice cubes in a shaker, and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Serve.
Sorry about the lack of booze in yesterday's DOTD. Didn't even notice that part,it looked so pretty. For punishment I'll go to the Oops Corner for an hour.
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Mornin' NM, mornin' all, feeling heaps better, maybe the old bod is starting to respond to the uping of meds for the BP and it's beginning to dropa little .....if so, then YAY!!!. Spent a lovely day yesterday with my SIL, she managed to get a ride over with her neighbour who was coming to the area for her work. We spent the whole day chin wagging (chatting) and catching up on news re my grand nephews and my niece and nephew. We were alway close, but since by brother's death three years ago, we have become even closer and it was so good to see her!
You girls have been so busy it's too much to go back and catch up so I'll just invite you all down to the lounge for a few of NM's Spring Dafodils........they look soooo yummy!.....I'll be waiting!.........PaNtS!!!!! Set 'em up and keep 'em coming!
TITZ UP!!!!!!
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No need to go to the corner NM, I put some vodka in mine. Really, we shouldn't even complain. It's so nice to put things in God's hands, isn't it? He will take care of you.
Chin waggin....LOL. Reminds me of "jawin". Sounds like you had a great day Chrissy, and I am hoping you are feeling better cuz the BP is coming down. I hope Dorothy is "coming down" at TPIR!
Hope you can get that final ski in Claire.
Karen, could you just do GS cookies.......lol, j/k
Taking my Spring Daffy Dil out to the garden and enjoy the flowers.
Snow here too! Not enough for skiing or snow shoeing , but enough to cover the ground. It should be gone later today. I'm also hoping it dampened some of the pollen!
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*yawning* Good Morning Girlz! I got "maybe" an hour of sleep all night....could not get comfy being so upright and was sooooooo tired....still am....my eyes feel like sandpaper. Neat dwink NM! BTW I love your "OOPS" corner...I need to be there! Our spring flowers are all blooming, and the tulips are all just opening up....will be 82 today. So hard to picture you are still having SNOW!!! Wish Junie would repost the pic of all her daffy-dils in bloom....amazing sight! Nice pics of that bay too NM.....looks so awesome with all the islands.
Chrissy, Glad your b/p is starting to behave! Must have been an awful feeling. And so nice your SIL could come and visit. So sorry you had lost your brother earlier; I was not aware of that. You had such a bigger loss too, and that just breaks my heart. You have an amazing resilient spirit! My cuz in OZ sent some Honolulu ads from 1910-1911 of my grandmas performances when she arrived for a tour from OZ....she did "sand art" and her parents (my g'parents) did vaudeville. So many neat reviews too, apparently she was quite pretty. I knew they were wealthy, and traveling the world from England, but didn't know they were performers back then. My g'father (from OZ) was apparently smitten with her at first sight! Starting to learn so much more of my dad's fam, as the portuguese side, (my mom's),w/ my g'g'g'pa inventing the ukulele we have lots of info on.
Anyhow, girls, I am BAAAACK. Had a nice time, spent a lot of time at Junie's stomping ground, the Gold Strike, and they treated us royally. DH did a lot of gambling, but I took it a bit easier. Was nice to hit the $1 machine for $250 as we were leaving,to come home. But dang it, I was so careful and trying not to move wrong for my stitches, etc. And one woman PUNCHED me in my arm so hard I almost fell over....she was swearing like a sailor and playing BJ next to my DH and was trying to tell an off-color joke. I had just come by to see DH for a minute, and I guess to get my attention or whatever, she just slugged me hard! Of course that made my arm hit my incision area which hurt like heck. I didn't know what to do/say, so just told DH I was going up to the room cause someone just hit me....should have turned around and told her what she did!!!! And another time a guy walked past me while I was walking in the casino, and ran into me SO hard on the other side. Sheesh!!!! Guess I prob shouldn't have really been out, but "I" was trying to be careful!!! Hoping to keep awake for my dr visit today, but I feel like *death warmed over*!
Hey Dorothy, How did you do in AC? Did you get on the Price Is Right????? That was so neat your DH won $1k right off the bat! Hope the rest of the trip went really well, and that you had a great time. Can't wait to hear about it.
Junie, So glad you were able to post!!! Oh yeah, Girlz, "HUNK" needs a new name. When I walked up to the craps table where DH was, the pit boss (who I didn't recognize), said "Hi Kathy". I just looked at him, blankly. Then DH said that was Jack (aka Hunk). My mouth must have hit the floor! Our good looking guy with the nice thick black hair, looked like a different guy. That must be whey I didn't see him the last couple of visits (he was prob there but looked so different). He lost a lot of weight so is very thin now (said had lots of stress, but his health is ok), and his hair is now real short, he told me it just lost all its body. I wish the shock had not been so obvious on my face! To make matters worse, my DH asked him (in front of all the players!) if he knew what we called him. Of course he said "no", and so DH said "Hunk". Boy was my face red!!! But he hugged me after he got up, and showed me new pics of his almost 2 yr old son! Junie and I met him just days B4 his son was born. I felt bad, cause I prob gained the 20# he lost, but of course he would never look at me with shock on his face, and I know it must have shown on mine. So, what shall we call him now? He is still nice, and I hope he can get his good looks back again!!!
Sorry to ramble...I am so tired and can't stop typing....hi to all....I read back all the posts, but my numb brain would not be able to comment very coherently. Like HD, Lori, and Junie, I sure miss our gals that don't stop in anymore, too.
Heading to NM's "oops" corner....as I took so long to post, did not see your post yet Lori! Love the spring flower pic.....soooooo gawgeous!!!!!
Hugs,
Kathy
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NM- Thanks for all the pictures and all the island info! Wow a sunrise service has to be magnificent! How lovely!
Chrissy so glad you are finally feeling better - now stay that way!
Kathy! I'm so sorry you got hit - oh my gosh! I agree you can go out and be careful but who knew other people would hit you and run into you?? Oh those pictures of your Mom must just be amazing!!! How wonderful to have them!
Claire - I'm totally thinking you really said that to your doctor!!! You are just a hoot!
OK, now m going to actually try and clean my house.... Going in - hope to come out one day!
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Hi Stanzie, Good luck with your housecleaning! If you get a handle on it, can you help me with mine? j/k! The info was actually on my dad's mom and his grandparents, which prior to visiting our cousins in OZ, we hardly had any info on. Have you ever seen anyone do "sand art"? It is so impressive....I have seen some clips on it. I know she was a regular artist too, as well as a school teacher. I have some of her art work, but never got to meet her (my g'ma). She also got leprosy from the kindergarten kids she taught on Oahu, and had to leave her family and go to Kalaupapa, the leper settlement. When we visited there 2-3 yrs ago we actually met some residents who remembered her and talked so highly of her. She taught them art and was a very loving person. I wish I could have gotten to know her, but she died when I was very little.
Oh BTW, since this is a drinking thread, wanted to share this with you. You know I didn't get to dwink all week after my surgery. So, at the casino on Sat, I only had 1 glass of champagne, and felt like I should have had more. So on Sunday, we both had a LOT to drink....I was dwinking champagne w/ peach schnapps, as well as several Jack & Diets.....DH had shots of Patrone...we BOTH had splitting headaches all that night! Ha, ha....served us right! Didn't have anything yesterrday which is unusual, as usually b4 we leave I have SOMETHING! Had to wear that dang hose and get out of the car every hour! That's all folks..............................
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Good morning!
Finally drinking some tea.
NM.....have seen that area of the world. Just glorious. Loved Bar Harbor too. The San Juan Islands here look very much like that. Hope you get to go snowshoeing.
Will have to post a picture of spring flowers from last year. Plus make sure I do the Tulip Pedal this year. 40 miles, mainly through tulip fields in the Skagit Valley. Just breathtaking. A few miles along the coast too.
Glad you had a great time Kathy.
Chrissy......great news on the blood pressure.
Wahine.....fascinating family story, and next time, you might do your champagne w/o the peach schnapps!!!
Yes, the doctor story is true. The poor guy blushed big time. - Claire
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Spring picture as promised
This is from a ride I took a year ago. This flower farm has the most amazing Dutch garden. 0 -
Claire, Beautiful pic! What is the name of that flower farm? I remember my grandmother taking me to one near Seattle when I would visit, and they also had a nice little tea room/restaurant, so we would eat there. Maybe the same one? And I fondly remember the dutch flowers. I have pics somewhere.
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Wahine.... I really can't say where your grandmother would have taken you. Perhaps Roozen's near Mt Vernon? They have a tea shop, with many others nearby, and you would have seen Mt Baker in the distance. I finally got to see the garden last year when my friends and I did an outing, and just past tulip season so free, and uncrowded. Just enough tulips to add color.
This was from the Van Lierop Bulb Farm which is located in the exact opposite direction: in the shadow of Mt Rainier. Smaller, but free to visit.
One of the delights of this area is flowers, and flower farms, everywhere. Flowers bloom year around in Seattle. Things like camelias in January. Most of the flowers sold in Pike Place Market are grown locally. The parks have amazing displays. I can cycle through fields of flowers near Carnation in the summer and early fall. One of my fave rides.
Wonderful fresh veggies too. Rhubarb and asparagus should be starting in a couple of weeks.
Two upcoming rides are the Daffodil Classic and the Tulip Pedal. You get the drift. Just so much fun and wonderful to see the flowers. There are Tilth rides later in the season, and wine rides on the other side of the Cascades.
Final thing about flowers. Seattle is a cool climate most of the time. This means the bloom holds much longer with spring temps mostly in the 50s. Just so gorgeous.
But still need to get in at least one more ski first!
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Stanzie - Your story of the Oncologist's office and laughing so reminds me of all the times DH took me for surgeries and chemo last year. He would get me near in stitches and I often wondered if we were being rude, but it sure made the time go by fast. The first time I went for chemo, when I was so horribly scared, you all were with me on the bus and we saw beautiful Mt. Rainier as it was a clear day. We had so much fun with Pants driving and Jocks serving up likker! I tried to sit on Pants' lap but kept falling on the floor laughing my a$$ off! I agree all of you are just the best and my heart is lifted every day by the fun and comraderie we have here. Okay now I'm getting too mushy, must be all that champagne and peach schnapps wahine's been passing out! On the nose thing, I just recommend getting as many opinions as possible until the right way to go becomes obvious. That's what I did when I had chemo decision and I was so happy with how it ended up going for me.
AStorm - I wanted to congratulate you on getting to your BMI! Also I'm still in tears from the story of your neighbor's kid driving her car and you having to pretend to be on a cell phone to hide tears. Oh man, that mental picture is so hard, esp with the "find a cure' bumpersticker. I love all your Gale Storm pics, she was beautiful. That's neat she looks so much like your mom. Funny story too about your ff's with the same name, that could get confusing!
Claire - Beautiful pictures you posted! I really enjoyed them. So glad you have such good advice for Kymn. Good idea to do those cost saving substitutions. Do you have a good recipe for soda bread? It is so good and so easy! And yes, cheap if you do it from scratch. Absolutely beautiful daffodils!!
Karen - We usually buy wine by the case in town. We live so far that we try to get everything we need for 2 to 3 weeks. Last weekend DH bought a freezer for us to put stuff in. We buy a lot of milk and usually freeze it and then take it out as needed. So we have a lot of milk in the freezer! And a lot of wine in the cupboard! And buckets of dog beers! And cases of fukitols! Glad you had a nice talk with you gf and hope your DD's have a nice Shabbat together.
Kymn - Glad you are feeling a bit better and I am so sorry about the hair. Cancer Chupa! Just keep ticking those tx's off and it will be done soon. (I had 12 infusions plus pills, seems like we were going to the cancer center every day for months!)
Dorthy - sure hope you are still having fun with the cute locksmith! Please tell about TPIR and Atlantic City and all you did, and didn't but thought about, and most important what you drank, how many and what are the recipes??? When will you have time for one of NM's Daffodilly Dwinks with me and chrissy?
Goldie - I think the yellow pine crap is what makes us sneezy. We aren't there yet where I am. When the yellow pine crap starts it's this dust that gets on everything and makes ya sneeze. Some years it's so thick you can turn on your windshield wiper blades and see it piling up. Oh, yeah that's a white suit dude we could handle. Love the spring flowers, so gorgeous...that is my garden in my mind.
NM - wow, cool cat pic! And wow, 7 inches of snow...so much! Yesterday it just poured rain all day. It's been a mix of rain, a few snow flurries, then a bit of sunshine. We are hearing the birds though, so spring is coming. Also there was a coyote on the road yesterday just barking her head off. Good plan, we should all look for balls of tin foil when we go to the doctor's office and then laff our asses off and wait for the man in the white coat. I'm so glad you're not stressing about the job change...you know that saying, if you make all your decisions with God they become really easy. Love the pic of the Atlantic and all the info on the islands. Dang, another perfect DOTD, I'm so into thinking of daffodils, so many thanks!! And thanks for putting booze in this one! I like the ooops corner, would love to spend some time there
Chrissy - I'm joining you in the lounge for a tray full of Spring Daffodil Cocktails - hurray! Glad you are feeling better.
Wahine - Ooo only 1 hour of sleep you must be ty ty! Our rec place here doesn't have the best bed, so I know how it is to not get enuf sleep. Yesterday I ordered the plans for our cabin from the architect so I put my money where my mouth is. I am so looking forward to getting our cabin up so I can get a new king size bed - yippee!! Your spring flowers sound amazing and I'm so jealous! Oh well, it is beautiful here even with quite a bit of snow. It is melting though. Temps are about 46 outside today. Your family history is interesting, so you gggpa invented the ukulele? That is so neeeeeet! So glad you are back I missed you. Wow, sorry to hear of people so careless as to punch and run into you, that sounds like it hurt! What a story about Hunk!! OMG your DH told him...too funny.
junie - come on back I need another snort!!! You are soooo funny!!!
HD - You too, hope you are doing well and will check in soon!!!
Well, I had been working on my taxes when I was still at the beach and got a lot done, but have been putting it off. Now I've been working on it again and having some meltdowns. I'm going back through all my receipts and stuff from last year and it's been so hard cuz they bring back all these memories of surgery, chemo, all the zillions of surgical pads, pills, etc. I bought at Rite Aid. All the parking lot receipts at the cancer center, and all the meals we got over in Seattle, etc. etc. etc. It just keeps hitting me over and over and I start crying and then dig through some more. Then there are all the notes I left for myself when I had such bad chemo brain. It's like I was trying so hard to keep everything straight and so I wrote all these notes about what I was doing so when I had to put it all together for our accountant it would be easier for me. I can't wait to get this pack off to my accountant and take a fukitol and forgetital. I'm just having a bad time. And I'm going so darn slow...I keep dragging my feet when I should just blast through it and call Fed Ex and get it outta here! Sorry to be ranting, but I hada bad year last year and it's not that fun recalling some of the bullcrapola in receipts. Cancer Chupa, Cancer Chupa, Cancer Chupa!!!
Okay I got that out! I wanna say thanks so much for all the beautiful pics and fun cartoons, and for helping me get through so much, it really helps!!!! Now back to my vodka and taxes, anyone got any Cheez Whiz?....Cheers!!!
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My sister said that she went to a seminar that said it helped if you drank during radiation!
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Hi heavenschild - Love your avatar, that is soooooo cute!!! I just followed docs advice on dwinking and tweetments. Of course, here where we have a cyber bar I dwank big lots of virtual vodka!
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Beans, Luv your tax cartoons! Esp the one about the "past life"...maybe it would help to think of last year that way? You did all that crapola and now it is mostly behind you (except for tammy), and you have a new, albeit different life. You got the hard stuff done! I wish your DH could get all the receipts, etc together for you, just this year, since the memories are so painful. But you prolly know more where things are, and what all needs to be included. So sawwy....wish I could give you a hug to make things all better. OR that guy Lori posted in the white suit...now if HE gave you a hug, that would help a lot, wouldn't it! You have a good attitude, and always try to have fun, and I am sure that is helping you more than you might realize. Hang in there, chica, it will get better. I am so glad you ordered the plans...YAY....a good thing to focus on!!!! The sooner you get the tax crap sent in, the sooner you can spend more time thinking about your new cabin. You will have to post pics for us every step of the way, so we can be a part of it!
My nurse visit took oh about 2 minutes! Had to go all the way downtown, so drove by the park with the natural spring pond (lake?) with all the cherry trees around it. They are all in bloom, so it was a pink wonderland! ANd the bright red, long bridge from Japan that was given to our city years ago, looked so nice (refurb last yr), that it let me reflect on what they are going through right now. So many mallards in the water, and people sitting on benches enjoying this nice sunny weather. It was such a nice sight, and I usually forget to see it. Healing well, will see the PS next week to get the tape off all the stitches. Still have to take it easy though....thats the hardest part....well, that and not sleeping!!!
Looking forward to pau hana tonight. OH did I tell you that my classmates called me from HI on Sat, as they had a get-together in a dim sum restaurant? There were 10-12 of them, and they all gave a cheer to my good health and had a drink, while I was on the phone. They wouldn't have known about this last surgery, except I was writing to them when we thought the tsunami might be real bad. SO I heard from sevreral of them, but for them to call when they were all together was SO touching and really made me feel good. Too bad we were teens in high school and weren't very close then....LOL! Should repeat those years as adults....nah......don't want to repeat THOSE years! Anyway, cheers galz!
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Wahine - thanks for your understanding words!! I think it helps to just complain. Yes, I wish DH could do the accounting, but I've worked with him on this shEEt in the past and it's just better if I do it and I will be done eventualllllly. Es la vita! A hug from Lori's dude in white would surely help!!
In case anyone is interested here is a link to the cabin plans: http://plans-unlimited.com/pdb/listingview.php?listingID=85
But it will have the lofts upstairs built into bedrooms with closets and the exterior will be cedar. A few other changes to be made. Anyway, me likeee thinkee about cabineee he he he! In '08 we had a well drilled, put in a septic, brought in electric, and had our garage built. But then the snow came so we had to stop...then '09 was a nightmare with my DearDad slipping away and '10 was FUBAR.
It is so fun to finally be doing some more on this project. 2011 is a DILLIGAF year!
So glad your nurse visit went quickly and all is healing well. I'm sorry it's still slowing you down though. All those spring flowers must be so beautiful. What a neat story about your classmates, so sweet to give you a cheer to your good health. Glad they are okay in HI after the tsunami too. You have a good point to not want to relive those HS years! I'll see ya a pau hana tonight for some Boozy Daffodilly's! cHairs!
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WooHoo Beans, It is finally Pau Hana time here! My 1st dwinkie at home in a week and a half! Well, I forgot, I am really at the HTL. Anyone else joining us? Dorothy, are you home yet? Cannot wait to hear about all the fun! OK, Beans, admitting my age, but what does FUBAR mean???? Does it mean F U bar? Dwink up! (Junie, glad you can do the "Bottoms Up" now! LOL....that is NOT a fun situation!!!).
Cheerio,
kathy
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FUBAR means, in military terms, F'ed Up Beyond All Redemption. There may be other meanings, but that's the one that I know!
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wahine - I will answer in an educational context so as not to get booted from this site what fubar is...to quote wikipedia: "The Oxford English Dictionary lists Yank, the Army Weekly magazine (1944, 7 Jan. p. 8) as its earliest citation: "The FUBAR Squadron... FUBAR? It means 'Fucked Up Beyond All Recognition.'"
A milder alternative is "Fouled up Beyond All Recognition."
hu hu hu hu hu yippeee it's almost happy hour here too!!!
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OOOooops I need to go to the ooops corner for bumping into your post NM...sawwy!
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ROFLMAO Beans and NM! And I was in the military but never heard that term! Thanks for helping out the intellectually-challenged (me!). I need another dwink.....
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Lori, Is it your DH that is so crazy about bacon-anything? Thinking it is him, but if not, well I have lost my marbles (again!). Anyway, for the bacon-obsessed: (I think it is yuckie..I mean I like bacon, but just on its own!).....
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Welcome home Kathy! I don't have much time. Took off my foil so Junie doesn't end up with the white coats....although, that one white coat I saw I would get in a janitorial closet with in any hospital! LOL! Beans, love your cabin plans. Reminds me of when I was a small girl and we had the plans laid out for an AFrame in the mountains. I am jealous. I also am jealous about the king size bed too. We can't fit one. Well, we can easily but can't get one into our master bedroom (loft). Had to take the wooden stairs out to get a queen in here and the boys that did it said "Lady, don't ever call us again!" Anyway, we were wondering if you could adjoin a full twin or whatever they are called. We would lose our head and footboard but oh well. Ok, got to get...I will be up a crick without a paddle! P.S. Crick is how creek is supposed to be pronunciated! Bacon, Beer, and Bingo! HD
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Claire - re: the wine purchasing strategy - like your style! Those bargain finds are great - especially if you are buying only 1 or 2 pricier bottles, as so you still get the discount on everything. I love it that our local markets stock local wines as I know what I'm getting and it's nice getting a discount... my grocery cart does clink a little though. I don't usually buy food at places like Safeway but I'll buy wines there... once the cashier asked if I was having a party... umm, no just for me! My DH has been shocked unloading the trunk and I had to explain the "discount". I think of wine as food but that isn't the typical American view so people probably think I'm a wino.
Slept in this morning and didn't have time to drop in and say g'morning. Nice drink, NM. It's probably ok to not have alcohol EVERY morning I guess.
Perty picture, Claire. Rhubarb - can't wait!
Love the stories about laughing in the waiting room. I was laughing and cracking jokes when I went to the hospital to deliver DD2. The nurses didn't check me as they thought I was there too early... almost delivered DD2 without the midwife cuz they didn't want to call her until I was in "active labor". The nurse told me later they were saying at the front desk, "that one's going home, she's here too soon," but I delivered her about 30 minutes later and then demanded to see the pediatrician so we could go home.
Beans - Had to replace the avatar with a new pic as the other one looked too much like Mom. Ooo, taxes. I do mine myself of course but I'm putting it off because ... why? I have no idea! It's all in the computer and all I have to do is confirm everything and efile. When I filed my 2009 taxes I was so glad I had an HSA because a) you can't usually write off medical expense unless it is a huge amount and b) I didn't have to look at the darn receipts again. Seems like there should be a special tax deduction just for the misery and trauma of it all! Here's a $5000 fukitol tax credit just for hanging in there! Maybe I should run for Congress...
Beans and NM - my DD1 used to take a hip hop class with a group of (10 YO) girls who wore black leather-look (plastic) pants. She took to calling them "the rubber pants girls" but I told her (through my giggles) that she shouldn't say that they might hear so she started calling them RPGs... someone told me that stands for rapid projectile grenade or something like that... same thing.
Stopped at the gourmet health food market and stocked up on chocolate... really gooood chocolate. Part of my new eating philosophy... eat only the good stuff and in moderation. Tomorrow I'm stocking up on champagne. Wish you ladies would help me with it though... DH doesn't really like champagne (?) and I hate for it to go to waste. Splits are almost the cost of a full bottle but I do like those tiny Pommery POPs ... but not as much as Veuve Clicquot...
Hmmm... wondering what's for dinner... oh yeah that;s my job...
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wahine - count me in for bacon beer and bingo! YeHaw!
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You don't even have to twist my arm, Gail.....I will definately help you drink your champagne! I love it. But with that closure thingie it will keep fresh and bubbly for a few days, so you prolly don't need me after all. But I do like the sweeter champagnes, and if not real sweet, then the peach schnapps is a nice sweetener! I might have the biggest sweet tooth here, LOL. Oh, and BTW I meant to comment on your weight loss/bmi....that is amazing!!!! Congrats to you! I asked today and I can start back on the treadmill, so hope to do some tonight...they said take it slow though.
HD, I used to sell furniture, and we had bedding too. The regular King bed is the width of 2 twins, but longer. A twin is usually 39x75, full 56x75, queen 60x80, and king 78x80. I am not sure about the CA King though. Funny how those figures stay in my mind, and that was about 35 yrs ago! But they have come in handy more than you would think! SO, you prob could put 2 twins together, unless you or DH want the longer length.If it were me, and I didn't need the length, then I would use a K sheet set and just make a seam across the bottom to take off the extra 5". Too bad you can't get a K size up there. Doesn't the K foundation come in 2 pcs though? And the mattress is in 1 pc? Can't remember. Guess I better paddle down the crick with ya!
Come and join us, Beans!
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Beans.....love the cabin plans. One of the best features is bathroom/WD next to the entry so you can peel off wet, muddy clothes on your way in from something like an unintentional roll in the mud.
Gail.....agree on wine being food. Or at least an essential part of a civilized meal.
Will be happy to drain a couple of champagne bottles. I think I may buy the wonderful Washington State one for the luncheon I am doing with the (female) rector on Monday. She just had a birthday, and a good excuse to have one more celebration of mine. Still working out the menu.
Wahine......the code word for what you like re: champagne is "extra dry". Those are very sweet and yummy.
Agree that buying good chocolate is the way to go. Not a problem as is the "other bean" here in Seattle.
Need to make dinner in a couple. Did a long walk in the early spring sunshine earlier so feel fab. Mountain peaks are a brilliant white, and spring flowers are out. Just glorious.
Trudged the mile back from Trader Joe's down Queen Anne Hill with about 12 pounds of groceries. Hope this counts as weight-bearing exercise.
Beans.....hoping the cabin has room for the freezer and other necessities of remote living. Glad you have power there. My friend in Vermont is really off the grid. I think that being hooked up to power is a nice touch. You will miss out on things like wading through 3' of snow to start the generator. And yes, a major wine rack for "storage". - Claire
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No, it isn't the "extra dry" champagne that I like, it is more the Asti! That is MUCH sweeter.
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