Support Groups - Cows In Beauty Contests!!!!

wow!!! I just heard on the radio about a cow beauty contest!!! they take fOUR hours to shower and groom the cow,with eye makeup and hairdressing ----they close off the udders with white glue so they appear nice and silicony and plump-----tart cows in other words---and then they show them like show dogs!!!!!------- peeps have no calories and contain crack :dizzy: :moo:

I'm in....I think a little crazy glue would do me good. I would like to crazy glue my rolls of fat...sort of like a french bustle of the stomach. I think it will be a fad.
I have nothing to say. I'm seriously thinking of cleaning...you know what that means!!!!!!!!!!

Where is the SPCA? Is this some kind of stunt pulled off by bored snow-in Canadiyan??? What do you "close off their udders." I am mad!!!! What does the winner get???? How does the talent section go? Keep posting. I am home. I am stresssssssSSSSSSSSSSED

Poor cows! what happens at milking time? Do they just get all backed up??? And I don't think they need the mascara, they have such pretty eyes without all that makeup.

Kiwi, good girl for going to the eye doc. Glad to hear that everything is ok. I was visiting my eye doc yesterday and I was reading the "floaters and spots" brochure in his office, thinking of you...... and by the way, my eye pressure is fine and my visual field test was unchanged, my optic nerve photos were unchanged, which is very good. And after going thru all that, my doc said "next time we'll do a complete exam. What was the one I just went thru??? Sometimes I feel like I live there.

Lush, I started back at Curves on monday. Gotta go today. They have a new "Glute" machine. I should have a lovelier behind by summer. ha.

I'm supposed to be doing my stuff for the accountant. Bleeeeh. Gotta go.

I am checking back and I see that only Wabby has posted. You all get three hundred demerits (or 330 in Canada). I am off again and will return.

Isn't a complete exam when they freeze your eyeball and stick a suction cup on it? Or did they already do that?

Talk to us, Peachy, tell us about your stresssss.

Tarty domestic animals. What will they think of next?

My computer has been taken over by 3 Men in Search of Deals. eBay, eBay, eBay, day and night.

My Stress
By PEACHES O'BARRELLOFFAT

Tomorrow I have to go to this other city to talk to a human from social security. I have been to this city twice, it's far, I don't know my way around, and the outcome depends on the mood the human is in. I want you Alllll to come with me. Please. We'll stop for lunch at Burger King.

Plus !!!! ##^@@%*# Hudda @($&@ My landlord has come a few feet up my driveway and tacked a sign on a bush saying the house is for sale. This lot is over 1.5 acres and he could put the sign on a tree on the road. He is an idiot. Probably he's just man but he's very on my nerves.

Our little Dogpatch is having a weekend thing where old people come. Elder hostile or Elder hostage or something like that. So grey haired happy old people are walking around and I am insuch a baddd baddd mood that I want to yell at them and hit them with my purse. My office mate, around my same age, said we could form a gang of young ruffians, just the 2 of us, and go run them off. They are all in couples and have bright colored clothes and shorts and and nice silver hair and they walk down the HUDDA sidewalk reading the names of the businesses out loud and saying "How far is the cafe?" The cafe is this place where all the veggies arived in cans and the mayonnaise must be bought by the bus load as no piece of bread leaves the kitchen without a thick thick layer of mayo on it. Sandwich = bread, 1/8 inch mayo, tuna with mayo in it (or vice versa), 1/8 inch mayo, bread. Next to it will be decaying fruit.

And And and last night my landlord called to get me to let him into my house today and I said no, wait til the weekend like we TALKED ABOUT THE DAY BEFORE and then I called Herbie, the professional landlord, for moral support and he said:


You should thank him for letting you stay there And so I, being quite HUDDAed off, said :I Thank HIM EVERY MONTH BY SENDING HIM A CHECK!!!!!The whole conversation suggested to me that HERBIE IS OVER HIS GUILT TRIP ON BEING AN ... hmmmm... HUDDA ORIFICE .... and I Wish HE WOULD WALK DOWN the sTREET REading the Names of BUSINESSES OUTL LOUD AND I COULD HIT him with the NEWSPAPER RACKKK!K!K!!K!!

There.

I feel much better.

Thanks for asking, Sugar.
Weight loss advice for whom it may concern:

Lay off alcohol. "Studies have proven that as little as four ounces of wine can slow your body's ability to metabolize food and burn fat," says Austin. Alcohol also tends to make you feel hungrier and less motivated to stick to your healthy new eating goals. Finally, since alcohol can be a depressant, it can leave you feeling hopeless about your efforts to lose weight -- and more likely to binge.

ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I just spit green tea all over my keyboard, Peachy! Sounds like Dogpatch has gone nuts and you're right in the middle of it. You go tell those old ladies to behave themselves. And your landlord. And Herbie. Isn't there some clause that says that landlords can't just butst in any old time they like? I think they have to make an appointment with you first because you are paying the rent and it's your place. Sort of. But what do I know. Are they going to be people traipsing in and out at all hours of the day and night?

I don't drink alcohol, I don't drink Coke, I don't even drink Diet Pepsi any more. How come I'm still fat? I'm blaming it on my glands.

Dh want to do online banking. He went to our bank and got the stuff. Says they didn't give him a PIN. I think he wasn't paying attention and they did give him one and he lost it somewhere. And now *I* have to go to the bank and feel stupid (as usual) and get things figured out. I hate banks. I don't have any money anyway.

Anyone ever made a top hat out of construction paper? ds6 wants to be a magician for Mardi Gras and I'm too cheap to buy a plastic hat that he'll only wear once. ds9 is going as a sherrif. Easy. Hat, vest, star, moustache. Guns and swords aren't allowed at school.

Guess I should go to the bank now but I don't wanna.

I think you need heavier paper than construction paper..unless you have a very careful kid. Posterboard would do it. Is he wearing a striped vest, too? What about jowls?
I just started online bill pay this month. It is designed to end me driving around with envelopes in my car, leaving bills unpaid for want of a stamp.
I should be doing a list....but I really don't want to. I don't feel like cleaning. I don't feel like doing anything. So there.

Thursday and three of you are AWOL.

Sugar, the hat will be really cute. Have Lush tell you step-by-step how to do it.

The social security man or woman (someone I didn't see because we had a go-between) will make a determination later.

Yes, you're right. Posterboard it is. Construction paper would only be demolished by those wacky first graders. No vest. He wants a black cape with pockets. That should be fun. Remember when you made that poodle skirt about a 100 years ago, Lush?

I'm very disappointed with the turnout on
Peaches' Day Off We must all try harder next time.

I wonder if you could make a peep smoothie if you whirled those little guys up in a blender with a little tequila.

The bank did, indeed, forget to tell dh his PIN. Duh. I remember when my parents were here and wanted to cash a travellers cheque (notice the fancy French Canadian spelling) all the bank employees were running around like chickens with their heads cut off not knowing what to do. I wanted the bank guy to fill out a form for me too today so I can bank from the comfort of my own home, and he said he was just sooooooo busy at the moment and that I should come back later in the afternoon. I am punishing him by not going back until tomorrow. Customer service is a dirty word here. OK, it's two dirty words.

:dizzy: :dizzy:

But I keep getting locked out. DD is downloading music and it hogs the bandwidth so badly I can't do anything.

Originally posted by SugP
Anyone ever made a top hat out of construction paper? ds6 wants to be a magician for Mardi Gras and I'm too cheap to buy a plastic hat that he'll only wear once.
I have to include a picture for you. Unbelievably, this is my stepfather and my mother in costumes they made for Halloween. I don't really know how my dad made his or how long it held up. It's lovely though, don't you think?

I have to drive 75 mi. to go to my eye appt. at the ***crack of dawn tomorrow. Does anybody know how long you can't drive after a bunch of those drops? Wabbit? I didn't have any trouble driving home the other day, but they only dropped one of my eyes (haha dropped one -- there's an image), and they might do both tomorrow. Plus I suppose it could be something entirely different from just dilating drops. My dr's office said I should have someone with me to drive, but I didn't think to ask how long it would be before I could drive myself. DD wants to bring a friend with her to do some shopping, and DH will go if he has to, but he doesn't really have any other reason to go.

A peep smoothie. Sounds fabulous. Bagz, go work on that, will you?
he said he was just sooooooo busy at the moment and that I should come back later in the afternoon. Repeat after me: "I can't come back; I'll just wait while you do it" Probably won't work, bureaucrats rule in Germany, don't they?

Kiwi

I've been trying to post like a good girl on Peachers day off, but the fat chicks wouldn't let me on. I'm totally flabberghast at your banker, Sugar. I guess in the states we're just money hungry or something because here the banks will do anything for the pleasure of my measly funds. At my bank the tellers are always asking me if I've lost weight? ha! do they think I'll fall for that old line?????:lol:

Kiwi, it depends on what kind of drops. The stuff they usually give me only numbs my eye so they can check the pressure. It wears off in about 15 minutes and then I can put my contacts back in and drive home.

Isn't Lush just the most creative mom??? It's been so many years since I made costumes for my munchkins, I don't remember how. The most adorable ones were Raggedy Ann and Andy when the kids were 1 and 4.

Peachers, out here on the frontier the law states that landlords must give tenants 24 hours notice before they can gain entry to a rental home. That means all real estate agents must give you 24 hours notice every time they show your home. And tell the Herbster that he's talking like a pompous *ss. Or don't tell him, but you can think it. Did I spell pompous right? It looks funny. I sure hope the social security person was in a good mood, did you bring them any donuts?

This is why I'm incredibly ticked off today - We bought an entertainment center - you know, big shelf thingy for the tv, dvd player and all that stuff. It came in 3 sections. When we saw it in the store, we asked the sales person "how much for the entertainment center?" She said "x amount", we said "we'll take it". On the sales receipt it said 3 pc entertainment center. When it was delivered today it was missing the center part that the tv sits on. When I called her she told me "oh that part is extra. If you want it we can have it delivered next week for an additional $500." I asked her what she thought we were going to put our tv on, the floor???? She just kept saying, "gosh, I'm sorry there was a mis-communication." So now DH just wants to go buy a bigger tv set that has the bottom part attached. I don't want to spend any more money. I want what I was sold. I'm reallllllly ticked.:mad:

Oooooh, Kiwi! Make your dh go with you and drive you back - last time I had those dilating drops I couldn't see anything for about 3 hours. We want you home safe and sound!

Help! I can't see the picture. I must be going blind. Do I have to push something?

You've already left, or I would tell you to go alone. Stay overnight in plush hotel with a deep bathtub and room service. Ahhhhhhhh.......

Can you believe that they closed school today? They are concerned about all the melting snow and flooding. These kids are so bored! Let them go to school. They are going to be in school until August at this rate.

Wabby, call someone and make them sorry. That is absurd that she would think you wanted an entertainment center with no space for the TV. People...ach.

I'm sorry I missed yesterday. I'm so boring that I couldn't have been truly missed.

I don't feel like doing anything..but I have to do something. So I will.....maybe a list...maybe not. It depends on how well I do. Sorry to leave you hanging.
bye

I am even more boring than lush----all the cold and snow have left me dozy---i didn't even get to the computer at all yesterday--------snoooooooooooooooooore:dz:

What does boring have to do with it?????? I'm here and you all know how boring I am.

I have a new accountant. He is very efficient. He makes me feel like a schlump. My old accountant was a schlump. He made me feel efficient.

Bagzie, I was wondering.... If it's this cold in February up there, when do your plum trees bloom??? Do you have plum trees? They're all pink and fluffy around here right now. And when do you prune your roses? Tell me what you have planned for your greenhouse this spring.

I'm sure no one missed me, but here I am (watching a creepy wedding story where the bride and groom look like brother and sister.)

Needless update: I'm still fat.

Pointless update: I'm still exercising (but not as much because my knees have been in major pain since last Wednesday.)

Sugar P- did you see the new TSH news? When the doctors actually believe it in ten years, I can finally get treated! (I'm so tired of being so cold!) (and fat.)

Hi to everyone! Lushie, I'm glad you made it through the snow okay!Wabby- that stinks about the entertainment center! And they probably don't even think of that as fraud! Kiwi- post as soon as you get home safely! Peachy, I can't wait until I don't have to worry about landlords anymore. You're buying your next home, right? Bagzie, hi!

I must go do a yoga tape. Ooo, I'm so stretchy and new age!

Of course we miss you, Cherry! But we know you're always out there somewhere doing your thing. Your exercise routines sound fantastic. Only wish I had the energy.

Just read the TSH news in the newsletter. Think your doc would believe it if you printed it out for him backwards and glued it onto his forehead? Have you been back there lately? Yours was almost 5, wasn't it?

Mummy says her huge Cherry tree is bloomin its little heart out. Our garden is still grey and frozen.

We always miss you Cherry Pie. We just know you're an incredibly busy woman. For us slower types, what is TSH? Explain, please.

I'm seriously thinking about going down to the furniture store w/ my digital camera, taking a photo of the way this entertainment center was displayed, and filing a small claims suit for the extra $300 it will cost me. I've never sued anyone in my life, but I feel like the way this place is operating is so fraudulent, it's my duty as a consumer. Besides that, I'm sooooo ticked.

Here's a picture of this thing. See the little picture in the tv screen? that's what was displayed at the store, not w/ a big tv like the big picture. Do you guys think I'm nutty? http://www.furniturefind.com/delmar/ashton.htm

Thyroid Stimulating Hormone. It's a test to measure your thyroid levels. I blame everything on my thyroid - it's so convenient.

You mean you want a small tv instead of a big one, Wabby? Are they trying to annoy you?

I'll tell you about My Adventures with Online Banking tomorrow

Are you all out shopping or what???

Originally posted by Wabby
I want what I was sold. I'm reallllllly ticked.:mad:
I don't blame you for being livid, Wabbit. What a bunch of crooks. You'd think they'd want to sell you the whole shebang in the first place, wouldn't you? Did they deliver the top shelf piece for the center section? I guess that's what they are calling the 3rd piece, but I agree they are full of cr**. Besides, the ad says the TV "cart" is 400, not 500.

Originally posted by SugP
Help! I can't see the picture. I must be going blind. Do I have to push something?

Gee, neither can I. Maybe it's because I forgot to attach it!!! :rolleyes: I'll try to manage that on this post...

Oh gosh, I'm torn--should I bring DH along to take care of me, or put myself up in the Hyatt? Decisions, decisions... :lol: I took DD and her friend with me, not that either of them can drive, and had my appointment. I was doing fine with the whole idea -- the drops, and I had 6,000 of them, were wearing off in 20-30 minutes (I was there for 2-1/2 hours, so I was kinda getting some idea how it was). Then they pulled a fast one on me--the last thing the dr. did was put some killer drops in and then jam some little scope right onto the surface of my eye! :yikes: Hurty, hurty, stop turning that thing :stress: . I couldn't even open my eye for quite a while. Then he did it to the other eye!! :eek:

So I walked out of there completely maimed; I couldn't stand any sunlight and I could just hardly open my eyes at all. There was no question of driving anywhere, so we called my cleanie dietitian friend and she picked us up and took us out to lunch and shopping. After a couple of hours I was fine. They want me back in 6 weeks -- not that there is anything serious, but you know how doctors are. Why not torture me again?

Geez, you know they treat dogs for TSH abnormalities, you'd think they could get around to doing something for people....

Hi Cherry, sure we miss you, we just know you aren't going to post every day. How's the winter been out your way? I'm so amazed it finally got up over freezing for the past couple of days.

Yesterday I took the girls shopping (DD had to spent large quantities of her birthday money -- she bought an odd skirt made out of the material they use in windpants I think :shrug: and I got her a pair of nice pants, and she found some things at Hot Topic -- an Incubus (band) sweatshirt and a this color t-shirt that says I BREAK THINGS on it. She's different...), and after dinner I took them to a ski mountain and they went tubing! For like 3 hours. They had a blast. I watched, and I sat around reading a book. I was too drained to consider joining them.

Big headache today. Could that be from having klieg lights shone into my eyes for 2-1/2 hours yesterday?

Kiwi

Now that's scary, eh?

REALLY SCARY!!! :o


I am inspired to go make something.

See, Kiwi? I told you that mild mannered eye doctor was a torturer in disguise. I remember that feeling of not even being able to open my eyes. And they want you back in 6 weeks???? Ahhhhhh!

Oh, now I get it about you entertainment centre, Wabby! Had to go back and read the other post too. I wonder how many other people were ripped off? Did they tell you what they consider to be the 3rd piece???

I'm going quietly insane. DH is cleaning out computer programs. I think I'm going to burst a blood vessel in my brain.

I'm here, and on a Sunday. I can't tell you what the weather is like here or nobody will like me anymore. :cool:

I don't have a thing to tell you. DH took me out to a restaurant that he considers "yuppie". He said he was doing it because he loves me, not because he likes the restaurant. He has also done home improvement stuff all weekend. I wonder what he's up to. :s:

I had a margie on friday in your honor, Bagzie.

Originally posted by Kiwonk
DH is cleaning out computer programs.

Ahhhhhh! Don't let him do that! Dh touched something today that he shouldn't have and afterwards the computer wouldn't start but luckily with XP you have that "Bring me Back to the Place I was Before You Started Fiddling" thingie so everything is ok again.

The guy at the bank was just as bad. I went to pick up my home banking secret decoder ring and he started typing stuff into the computer and *then* he started flouncing around (he's the flouncy type, if you know what I mean) saying "Oooooooooh! I just haaaaaaaaate this computer stuff. I caaaaaaaaan't doooooooo it! Karl-Heinz, come and heeeeeeeeeeelp me! What did I do wrooooooooooong?" Made me almost want to jump over the counter and do it myself. Men.

And how is home banking, you ask? *I DON'T KNOW* because nothing works! Not our fault. We did everything right. dh is going to the bank tomorrow to have a talk with that funny little man.

Wabby, your dh is so sweet. What did you eat?

Good grief. You'd think Germans would be good at computers, wouldn't you? (She says with the utmost in stereotyping)

DH was actually getting rid of the disks and boxes and documentation of stuff we don't use anymore. So far he has not tackled the computers per se. Now he's going through his 4 million boating magazines. I certainly won't be objecting to that. He already knows better than to try to get rid of anything of mine :lol:

That's nice of your DH to go to a restaurant just for you, Wabbit. I hope he didn't rub it in too much... I got a mighty good review of dinner last night -- I made my special pot roast, with the blended vegetable gravy. DH loves it. DD at least ate it.

I have such a headache. Still.

We got snow last night and I haven't been outside today.

Cheerio, I'm so cheery. :twirly:

Not.

Kiwi

Hello again! It's snowing here... earlier this week, it was warm enough for my denim jacket. My knees still hurt. Stupid knees. I'm getting a new computer next week and should hopefully be able to post more (my computer is so old and slow that it takes minutes to load pages... and longer than that if they have pop-ups.

.Oh Cherry, aren't you sick, sick, sick of this weather? It is cold here, now, too. All weekend long it was in the 40's and the &*%#@** snow was melting. Now it is cold again and all that water is ice, on MY roads impeding MY travel.
I did not have a good food day yesterday. I ate a whole pack of graham crackers. How pitiful. I will work it off at Bulges today. You would think that being with all those tiny girl bodies would motivate me, but all it makes me think is that someday those young skinny girls are going to get old and fat, too. Why bother...bad attitude!!!!!
I'm home all day and I'm cleaning. My first job will be to bring order to the laundry room. It is floorless. I will be back with my next batch of boredom when I am finished.
While I am gone, please think of things I could go to graduate school for since I really hate teaching and don't want to just stay home all day. I don't want to be a lawyer, too tedious. I don't want to teach, too many kids. I don't want to....well I don't want to do anything...I just want to spend my day doing something pleasant that I enjoy. I also want to dress nicely and go out to lunch as much as possible. I want to be able to go to the bathroom whenever I want...a big downfall of teaching. I don't want to be with anyone stupid and I don't like gossippy offices unless I'm the one gossiping. Ok, discuss.
I'll be back when I discover my laundry room floor
Here we are a half hour later, I didn't fully excavate the laundry room. The clothes have to be washed first. So, I organized what I could.
Next job, unload and load dw and kitchen. I'll be back.that's done....now I'll go back to the laundry room....the knee brace people just called to tell me that our insurance will not cover DD's brace unless it is metal rather than plastic...why? They say that no one complies witht he metal brace because it is to uncomfortable and restricting...I should just buy her the plastic one because I'll end up buying the plastic in the end, anyway. Do you have any idea what we pay for health insurance? It drives me nuts. I'm back. I've napped. Now I'm going to keep moving...in the kitchen and laundry room.

Old slow computers are so frustrating.

It's a beautiful sunny day here today. Not that I'm going to go outside or anything radical like that.... Our sewer line backed up last night -- I heard what sounded like a woodpile falling down in the basement. I did not investigate :sorry: --not my province. That's a "brown job" -- DH is looking after it today. Apparently the line froze. I may not even look down there at all. I am apathy herself.

I'm ebaying today. Buying, selling, you just never know:dancer:

Oh Lush!! I don't know why I didn't see you there, you certainly are colorful! I have a thought for you -- you should go into Library Science. Being a librarian would be very pleasant, I think. Of course, I am saying this because I have considered the idea myself. I would never pawn off an un-thought-about idea.

That is so messed up about the knee brace -- they will only pay for the one that they recommend against? I thought if anything they would only pay for the one they recommended.

DH is retching down in the basement. That'll teach him to be out of work.

Ta
Kiwi

You have sewers? I don't have sewers. Why do you have sewers in Boondocks, Maine and I don't have them in NJ? Life is so unfair.

Nah, not really. Not actual sewers. Talking about the line out to the septic. Actually it's even more primitive than a septic system -- it's a cesspool out in the woods. There, now you feel better, right? By the way, I edited my above post in your honor.

Kiwi

Librarian...that's a good one! I'll bet I'm close....English with Ed....how far could a librarian job be? Kiwi, you're inspired! Would you think I'm a copycat if I did it? It is right up my library...it wouldn't pay much but imagine how much I'd save in fines! I will look into it.
We have a cesspool, too. I feel better that you have a cesspool, too. I would have had to be envious if you had sewers...but I guess people with sewers don't get basement backups. Ours was hand made by the man who built(?) our house. You may remember that our house is an old farm out building that was first inhabited with no plumbing or electric. The guy who made it a house did everything himself....that sounds charming, but it was really a pit when we bought it from his estate....it was like Tobacco Road do-it-yourself. But he did know how to build a cesspool. The leechfield extends 200 feet back into the yard.... so unless the pipes are blocked, we're never full.
Kiwi, thanks so much for your suggestion. It is a great idea. Now, tell me how to clean the house.

Originally posted by Lush
Librarian...that's a good one! I'll bet I'm close....English with Ed....how far could a librarian job be? Kiwi, you're inspired! Would you think I'm a copycat if I did it?
Certainly not -- I think there's room for more than one :lol:

We have a cesspool, too. I feel better that you have a cesspool, too. ... Ours was hand made by the man who built(?) our house. You may remember that our house is an old farm out building that was first inhabited with no plumbing or electric. The guy who made it a house did everything himself....that sounds charming, but it was really a pit when we bought it from his estate....it was like Tobacco Road do-it-yourself.
Do we live in the same house? Why would the world need 2 houses like ours? Ours was built by the paper company as a bunk house for guys who tended the nearby dam, or so I've been told. We've also seen pictures of what looks like the originally house down by the edge of the lake, so we assume they moved it up the hill and plunked it down here on what can only be described as a half-a**ed basement foundation. Then people started adding on--crap. The people who owned it before us seem to have done the worst stuff to it: replaced the windows with really cheap, much smaller windows, covered the painted tongue-in-groove indoor walls with crap ugly panelling, put in really cheap flooring (now coming up in chunks) in the kitchen and bath, etc. They never quite finished anything (maybe we are related to them) -- the wall behind the toilet didn't get a full coat of paint, mop boards were half-done or missing, screws and other hardware were missing.

Ah well. Someday we're gonna just rip it down and have a big bonfire and a dance. :devil: You are all invited.

Kiwi

Why would the world need 2 houses like ours? Well apparently the world needed 3 houses like that, because Lush just described our house. My house was originally built as a cabin around 1910, then burned to the foundation 2x's, the last reincarnation was in the early 60's. Whenever they had a kid or Granny moved in they tacked on a room with whatever scrap lumber they had laying around. When we moved in the washer drained out into the front pasture and the kitchen sink drained into a hole in the back yard.

Lush, you can be the librarian in charge of books on tape.

What am I doing here at this hour? Blaechh

the dog days of winter have me in a blue funk---don't feel like i have a thing to say------ :no:

This will not do at all. I'm depending on you cows to amuse me. Bagzie, you still haven't told me what you're planning for the greenhouse this spring. Remember spring???? Remember flowers and green plants? Get out some pictures of your garden and peruse them. You'll feel better. It's hard to remember what's under all that white stuff, huh?

It's my big billing day today. I should be working.

My favorite doggies are on Martha Stewart on Thursday. I know that is not particularly amusing, but that's all I got today.

Kiwi

It doesn't take much to amuse me.

Speaking of which, it will be bunco night this saturday. whoooo-hooooo! My sis is hostessing. It will be a Cajun food theme. Like I said - it doesn't take a whole lot to amuse me. Which reminds me - Lush hasn't posted a list lately.

Fishing around in my freezer today removing various UFOs (unidentified frozen objects) to make room for things that we actually might eat. If you don't hear from me again, I have fallen in and no one has noticed. I suppose all of you have made careful lists of your freezer's contents enabling you to plan meals one month ahead? I have to make about a thousand mini-pizzas for ds9s birthday party on Friday.

What's your favourite dog, Kiwi? These are so cute.
I want one (http://www.dogbreedinfo.com/schnoodle.htm)

Speaking of favourites, where's Peaches?

I'm here....I'm considering a list.
Everybody should go to http://www.moveon.org/ today to participate in the Virtual March.
thank you

Back again...doing my list...yes, I'm a bore, but....there's no but, I'm just a bore.
1. get book on tape Free Fall...a thriller
2. unloaddone
3. loaddone
4. get wash together done
5. shift washdone
6. organize trash outside before it snows again and it is all covered ....againthis weather is ridiculous...they say we could get another 12 inches...
7. clean up living room where DS decided to clean out backpack and left 200000000000papers on floor....it's hereditary but that doesn't mean I don't resent it.
8. 10 minutes each bedroom I didn't feel like this one
9. dust family roomI'm watching Law and Order....
10. shift wash done

i admit i am boring and i admit you are all boring as well. hi ,my name is marianne and i am a bore.hi marianne.

Thanks for sharing.

no problem

I'm not too happy with performance around here. It's one-thirty. I'll do another list...but only if you guys come to visit.
1. bag it from this post to G*d's ears
2. take a shower I feel wonderful after spending all morning considering productivity a shower felt great
3. get dressed I'm all in blue
4.do hair and makeup lipstick, too
5. crate dog she's away
6. go get nails done. I get a silk wrap to keep the polish on...grooming is everything.....
7. Stop at Sears to see if they have one of those steam machines...friend MA swears by it.
8. pick up ds11 from art class
9. stop at butcher to get dinner
10.pick up dd at play practice
bye

Originally posted by SugP
I suppose all of you have made careful lists of your freezer's contents enabling you to plan meals one month ahead?
:lol: Hahahahaha :lol: You're such a clown, Sugar.

What's your favourite dog, Kiwi?
See that picture by my name? That's my favorite--Belgian Sheepdogs -- I have millions of URLs, but here's a cute one (http://www.geocities.com/PicketFence/5097/Charm/charmpage.html) . Schnoodles are awfully cute too -- especially if you name them Fred and Barney.

My name is Kiwi and I am a God Awful Bore. Thank you.

G.A.B. Kiwi

I'd like a silk wrap -- can I get one big enough for all of me?

WHAT is a silk wrap and is it like a weiner wrap? i want a serious description of a silk wrap as my nails are a mess----everything is a mess and i can't do anything until i am warm again---it is -20 and windy

I am so ashamed of this...not the silk wrap, the fact that I've been snooping around 3fc and found another group. They are called Alternachicks and they have a groups called, "Pigs Anonymous" I haven't read it yet, but it struck me funny. Oops...son's home. gotta go...HI kiwi....thanks for sharing.

traitor!!

Originally posted by Lush
...I've been snooping around 3fc and found another group. They are called Alternachicks and they have a groups called, "Pigs Anonymous"

I bet they make fun of us (who wouldn't?) I'll go check.

Should we start doing Bore of the Day? Might be hard to pick a winner. I can see you all yawning as you read this.

I demand to be bore of the day. I posted two lists and droned on about my nails.
Did any of you apathetic wimps call your senator?
I have sons, you know.

i still don't know why you wrap silkworms around your nails,Queen Bore-ticia.

Bore of the Day

With the power vested in me by the State of Utter Disorganization, I hereby crown
:queen: Luscious E Lushbottom:queen:
Bore of the Day, with all the priviledges and responsibilities that go with the title.

In your honor, I'm going to tell you what unbelievably boring task I did today: I covered the bottom and part of the sides of a large cardboard box with clear plastic tape and put a sign on it that says "PLASTIC MILK BOTTLES"

And to be even more boring, I'll tell you why I did this mind-numbingly boring thing -- a couple of weeks ago, on recycling day, someone stole 2 of my swell recycling containers -- a teal plastic crate and a royal blue small and rather cute garbage can, which I used to use for dog poop until doggie expired. I hope whoever swiped it takes it indoors and finds out it stinks.

Top that for boring, oh :queen: of boredom

Kiwi

What kind of person goes around stealing other people's trash/poop recepticles? This is what excess snow and cold does to people.
As my first royal act, I demand the heads of all these people.

Why would the people at Pigs Anonymous laugh at us? We aren't weird.

No, we're not weird, just boring. I went and had a look - they talk about what they ate. Not diet food. Normal food. Very entertaining.

I need to clean the house today so 7 large boys can come over and mess it up again tomorrow.

My boring life: A few days ago I turned my antiperspirant stick up a fraction of an inch too high and a huge chunk fell off the top. Then I tried to make those sausage pancake thingies again in the sandwich maker but there was too much batter and it started splooshing out the sides like a squishy beige waterfall. Yuk. Managed to save the sausages, though.

Can you tell I ate three bowls of Sugar Frosted Chocolate Bombs for breakfast? Someone will have to scrape me off the ceiling later.

Only the lowest of the low steal plastic recycling containers. I mean, how stupid. Maybe they liked the colours. Hope they decide to keep their socks in the stinky one.

I'm up, I'm here. I'm boring. I have a standard to uphold and I am trying my best to do so. Busy day today. DS12 has a pep rally. His B-ball team which was undefeated all season lost in the semi-finals and is not going to the finals. How depressing. He has to go in uniform and cheer all the teams from his school who are going to the finals...how bitter that must be.
I never got my wrap...Stella, my nail girl, was not in. They tried to pawn off a Stella Substitute but I was hip to that trick. No Stella, no silk. I like my nails short and it is impossible to get anyone but Stella to let them be short and neat rather than long and witchy.
Wow. Sugar, things have been so boring around here. Why didn't you tell that antiperspirant story to relieve the tedium several days ago.
Should I nap? Should I do something productive? I'll ponder that while I have coffee.

tONIGHT I AM MAKING THE SALADE d'AMOUR FOR A DINNER PARTY FOR GAY FRIEND'S 40TH------IT IS DELISH-----HERE IS MY DILEMMATWO OF MY GIRLFRIENDS WANT ME TO DRIVE TO BOSTON TOMORROW AND STAY UNTIL TUESDAY----OUR FRIEND IS IN MAMA MIA [THE TRAVELLING GROUP OF PERFORMERS] they originally started the whole thing in toronto and the lead from their group is canadian and on Broadway right now----- I WON'T GO BECAUSE IT IS SHORT NOTICE AND I AM A CHICKEN,BUT IF I WERE A DIFFERENT PERSON I WOULD GO FOR SURE---WHY MUST I ALWAYS BE CHICKEN SHI# MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE??????????????????/ KIWI WOULD GO IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE---

Bagzie, just go. This is exactly why you are feeling bored, and you know that title is already taken. Also go for my selfish reasons and that is I want a report.

So Lush, how does the cost compare on silk wraps vs. acrylic nails? I've been walking around w/ scraggly stubbies ever since my nail person/good friend quit doing nails. I think it's time I started my New Years resolution - I'm going to put at least a little effort into my appearance. This means nails and bothering to wear earrings. Also a little effort into my general health - my Doc put me on meds for high blood pressure. I can't believe it - me- healthy as a horse (cow) taking meds for blood pressure. Doc was also rude enough to suggest that if I lost a little weight and exercised that I could possibly not have to take pills.

No one steals my recycling container because it never makes it out to the street. It's had the same stuff in it for the last year. I'm lucky to drag the trash can down the lonnnnng driveway for pick up. I know. A non-recycler. And you thought I was a good person.

So tell me more about your anti perspirant, Sugar. Were you able to save the rest of the stick?

Most of the stick fell down the drain (thanks for asking, Wabby!), and what is left is sort of uneven and lumpy, but it still keeps me dry. How exciting is THAT???

Internet banking: 5 seconds after I sent a mail off to the bank's internet team telling them it still wasn't working for us, I tried it again, and for some unknown reason, it worked. Don't you hate it when that happens? I have a feeling we need to download IE 5. We only have 4.1 right now. What happens if I download it? Will it wreck everything?

Bagzie- I'd be a chicken too, but you are a woman of the world. Go! How far is it to Boston?

Originally posted by SugP
My boring life: A few days ago I turned my antiperspirant stick up a fraction of an inch too high and a huge chunk fell off the top. Then I tried to make those sausage pancake thingies again in the sandwich maker but there was too much batter and it started splooshing out the sides like a squishy beige waterfall. Yuk. Managed to save the sausages, though.
That is tragic. Both those things have happened to me, too. The antiperspirant thing is a conspiracy, you know.
Originally posted by Lush
What kind of person goes around stealing other people's trash/poop recepticles? This is what excess snow and cold does to people.As my first royal act, I demand the heads of all these people.
Originally posted by SugP
Only the lowest of the low steal plastic recycling containers. I mean, how stupid. Maybe they liked the colours. Hope they decide to keep their socks in the stinky one.
Thank you for your support. It means so very much. Oh come one, I am not being sarcastic.:joker:

Originally posted by Wabby
Also a little effort into my general health - my Doc put me on meds for high blood pressure. I can't believe it - me- healthy as a horse (cow) taking meds for blood pressure. Doc was also rude enough to suggest that if I lost a little weight and exercised that I could possibly not have to take pills.
Bummer. This is why I've been putting off making an appt for a physical. I don't want to have high blood pressure. Can you say head in sand? I know, I know, I'll make the appointment. Soon. I promise. I blew off a dentist appt this morning, I felt so crappy. Plus they said it was a filling and I swear they filled everything already, and maybe by the time the appt rolls around again, we'll have insurance. Yeah, can you believe we don't have any dental insurance at all because of the stupid paper mill bankruptcy? How depressing. We had to buy our own health ins. too. I hate corporations.

What the heck is Salade Amour, Bagzie? If it's for a gay friend, won't it be a little too forward of you? I think you should go to Boston too. Would you have to drive alone? One of DD's friends is going to be moving to Calais sometime soon. Not that that has anything to do with anything.

I think you'll be alright with upgrading I.E., Sugar. I've noticed a lot of online stuff requires it.

Where's Peachbutt lately? Isn't this her day off? Is she dissing us? She's not over there with Alternamommys, is she?

It's a beautiful sunny day today--after being less than 10 below zero last night, and not much higher this morning. My nose hairs froze on the way up to the bus stop.

Wabbit, I make DH drive all the garbage cans and recycling up the driveway. I do have to supervise the recycling part of it, otherwise he wouldn't do it. When we first started getting garbage pickup, I often had to drag cans up myself. I decided it wasn't my job.

Kiwi

can you believe we don't have any dental insurance at all wow. the cheapo company I work for doesn't provide dental insurance either. Oh yeah, it's my company. The cost of health insurance just about lays us away, so everybody's on their own at the dentist.

It's gorgeously sunny here to, Kiwi, but my thermometer says 60 degrees. It's in the sun, though so it's probably a little cooler than that. Can you say springtime????!!!!

My accountant called about my bookkeeping. She said they actually looked pretty good. Or did she say she'd seen worse? I just wasn't cut out for the hum drum life of a bookkeeper. I should have found a much more glamourous career.

Did I tell you that we solved the entertainment center dilemma by buying a huge big screen tv that doesn't require anything to sit on? DH is in hog heaven. :ink:I don't understand the attraction men have to huge tv's. Do you think it's a compensating factor???

Yes, it is a compensating factor.
Silk wrap nails cost about the same as acrylic and look natural, except the polish stays on. You still have to get it done every two weeks, I go every three. They lecture me every time about fungus. Stella is from Korea...South. She says they are not worried about war there at all. It must be wonderful to be in the Axis of evil with no oil. You can do anything.
I don't know where Peaches is...I hope she is fine. It is odd for her to be away for so long. Has she ever done it before?
Bagzie, you are a fool if you don't go. What is wrong with you? You aren't chicken...you are a cow...brave and strong. moo
They say we're not having school tomorrow again. More snow. I've just about had it with this weather.
whine, whine, whine.
What a mess with the bankruptcy, Kiwi. The laws are so backward. They should have to honor commitments to employees irst.
I'm off. bye

of course i did not go to boston---i am from the cartoon---COW and CHICKEN---i LOVE that cartoon---of course in this instance---i am chicken----boston is seven hours away by car-----pretty close eh???-----one reason i won't go -----if i DO choose to go away for five days,i would rather go with dh---------salade d'amour was a big hit----it has baby spinach,white rice,cashews,raisins,mushrooms,green pepper,celery,crunchy chinese noodles,and a dressing made with soy sauce,olive oil and garlic----VERY yum----Peachers emailed me a few days ago and sounded VERY fluish----send her e-cards!!!! she was weak and woozy and was going back to bed------------------------------------

NO I CANNOT SAY SPRINGTIME!! I CAN SAY SNOWBANK. I CAN SAY WIND CHILL. I CAN SAY SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER. I CAN SAY ICE AND 2 MORE MONTHS OF WINTER. :soap: I CANNOT SAY SPRINGTIME.:flow1:

Judging by the way DH squints at the TV, I would say that men like big screen TVs because they don't have to bother focusing their eyes which might require effort. Plus the boobs are bigger that way.

La salade sounds quite lovely, Bagz. Good job. 5 days is a long time to stay in Boston, I have to admit. It's so da** expensive to stay there. Frankly I'm bored with Boston. But I lived there a long time, and I've been there so many times since then, I'm not very enthusiastic about it. Of course with a bunch of friends it would always be fun (but, hey, so's the corner bar! :spin: )

Kiwonkers I think I'll go back to bed. :tired:

I'm using my steamer. It is a wonder. Poor Peaches.
Bagzie, I'd go anywhere for five days. Anywhere. Just to stay in a hotel and sleep. Heaven.

what are you doing with your steamer???your face or your rice---i heard that you can steam oatmeal and it tastes WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY better--i love oatmeal so i will try this method and report back on what i think----HOW IS EVERYONE'S DIET GOING???YESTERDAY I WAS SO MAD I ATE HALF A LARGE BAG OF LAY'S RUFFLES [FULL FAT OF COURSE]

My steamer is a cleaning steamer. It puts steam on dirty places and then I wipe them clean. This is truly amazing. You must all go buy one. Use it once. Put it in the garage. Forget it. That's probably what I'm going to do.

Originally posted by Bagzz
HOW IS EVERYONE'S DIET GOING???
Are we on a diet? That must be why I'm so hungry.

I want a steamer. For oatmeal, and for oatmeal colored furnishings. Perhaps one of you could buy one, use it once, and then send it me. :yes:

We are going to a coffeehouse tonight in a town 45 miles away, so that DD can get an idea of whether she would like to play there. They have open mike night on Fridays apparently. Her guitar teacher suggested this. DH keeps asking me if I really want to go. Yes, dear, how many freakin' times do I have to say that this is what I'd like to do? I swear I think he's losing it. Not that I blame him--this whole town is losing it. Yesterday he was answering an employment ad (he procrastinated 10 days to do so--not real serious, I'd say), and he debated whether to send it via email or post. He asked me several times what I thought, and of course I said email would be faster. So he sent it by postal mail. :rolleyes:

ANYWAY, gotta go.

Kiwi

My baby (the bigger one) turned 10 today. Where does the time go? Remember when he was in kindergarten? Party is over. They entertained themselves. Some of those boys should bathe more often. I didn't mention it but next year I'm putting Arrid Extra Dry in their party bags.

Dh's birthday is Tuesday. I have no idea what to get him. He has everything, including a giant TV.

Poor Peaches! I remember she said she was feeling a bit poorly after she started the rash detox treatment. Hope it's not from that.

Sugar, those boys are at that goofy age, before they discover girls and start taking 3 showers a day. Watch out - 10 is on the brink of teenagehood.

I've always wanted one of those steamers that take the wrinkles out of your clothes so you don't have to iron. I hate ironing with a passion. That's why DH goes around so rumpled looking. But cute.

That is sooo cool about DD playing at a coffeehouse, Kiwi. Wonderful experience for her. My DH doesn't listen to me, either. He asks alot of questions, but very seldom bothers to listen to the answer. So then he asks again. Drives me crazy. :dizzy:

Bagzie is probably already out drinking margies by now.

Hope Peachers is feeling better.

Everyone have an absolutely divine weekend. I think tonight would be a good night to go out to eat, dontcha think??

Hi!

I hope Peaches is okay.

I've been swamped with school work, especially since the school changed books without telling the students, so my book doesn't have any of the assigned poems in it. Me and my super slow computer have to do internet searches for the poems. Plus I feel stupid in one of my classes. Oh well.

Lushie, I think Librarian sounds good, but I don't think I would want to be a librarian in a regular library because I've heard that weirdos sometimes hang out at libraries and I'm scared of weirdos. I wouldn't mind being a middle school or high school librarian, though. Maybe. I'm like you. I just want to spend the day doing something pleasant, look nice (and have enough money to buy nice clothes), and have nice lunches with dh.

Well, the school band teacher told the kids they couldn't do solos in the upcoming band festival unless they take private lessons. Since then, he has told two other versions of the same story, each trying to make himself look better. DS1 says he and another girl asked specifically if they weren't allowed to play and he said yes and now he says he didn't know DS1 wanted to play. (The teacher also says it was just a "suggestion" that they not participate.) The other girl doesn't want to get her parents involved because he retaliated against her last time her parents went to the principal. He also chewed DH out for going to the principal. With someone like that, you have to cover the bases BEFORE confronting them. Now DS1 is afraid he'll be yelled at on Monday. THIS is why I don't want to become a teacher. I couldn't work with people like that. DS1 is first chair. He's very good. He could be great one day. We're going to get private lessons for him, but we have to wait a couple more months. Now, it's like we're being blackmailed. (Need I say, said teacher offers lessons for pay? Not for DS1's instrument, though.) DS1 has a chair test next Thursday. If he is punished, we're transferring him to another class for the rest of the year. He can start up again next year in private school.

It's been one thing or another since he started at this school.

Oh, yeah, and I've gained weight and my knees still hurt.

Originally posted by SugP
Dh's birthday is Tuesday. I have no idea what to get him. He has everything, including a giant TV.
I never do either. One year I got him a mailbox (actually just to replace the one we had) and a lamp shade. I swear. And he was delighted. Go figure. :shrug: Usually if I give something I would consider a good gift, like a book or some clothing, it never gets read/worn.

:hb: Congrats to the big guy!! Amazing -- 10 years old! :hb:

Well, the coffeehouse thing was a bust. We got there and there was a sign outside saying they were closed because of a benefit concert in the next town. So, having driven an hour to get there, we decided we'd go to the benefit concert. It was in a town hall, which was quite spacious and had a nice stage, plus refreshments, so I was thinking Good Choice! Then the music started -- first up was a woman, hmm let's say she would fit in quite well right here, who sang 3 original sort of folkie type songs. DD and her friend did a lot of this: :rolleyes: Then came the main act -- some 50-somethings in a 6 piece band doing mostly rock songs from the 60s and 70s. It wasn't bad, actually, but after about 3 or 4 it started getting tedious. And the girls were practially lying on the table groaning. We finally took pity on them and came home. :lol:

So next time we decide to do this, we will be calling first.

And I only got a subway sandwich -- I didn't get to go out to dinner! And I'm starving now! Must go eat popcorn....

Kiwi

What a nightmare, Cherry! You would think they would be very careful not to seem to "exclude" anyone based on what they might be able to afford outside of school!! Unfortunately some people just should never be involved with kids at all. I'm so glad we have had very few problems like that with DD's teachers. Probably because the school system is so small, I don't know.

I know what you mean about library weirdos -- when I was in college, I was doing some research in the Boston Public Library one time and this woman came up to me and started asking me to help her make a phone call. I naively tried to help her. About an hour later, I was doing everything I could to get away from her without actually screaming at her -- I think she was looking for someone to take her home or something (seriously deranged). Creepy.

Kiwi

This is sickening -- read the announcement at the top of the forum. Why would a porn spammer think they were going to get a lot of business from people here? Just pure meanness if you ask me.

What porn? No one sent me porn, unless you count those emails I receive promising to give me additional "length" you know where.
DS11's bday party was today, raving success. I'm exhausted.
Other than that, I'm fat. More at 11.

I didn't see any spam here either - they must have removed it. Spammers are such idiots. What a waste of time.

Bagzieeeeeeeeeeeee! Thank you so much! You are soooo sweet. She is hanging in my kitchen window now. :grouphug:

someone start a new thread--this is stagnant

I"m so overburdened.