nine squared down . . .
 

. . . 419 to go.

Just lazing down the river.

My grass roots tell me the river runs wide.....

Deep and wide.

Jordan's River is deep and wide .... Thanks for the earworm!

Speaking of baptism....

only 2 weeks(?) until I will have that second GRANDchild that will be baptised in the church where mommy was as a baby ....so excited!

Now back to rivers...

the Swanee one...

that's where the old folks stay.

And you sit on the veranda rocking the grandbabies.

I just :love: love :love: it when a plan comes together! :)

Rooting for double D's this afternoon....

church is having the big screen going in the community life center gym to watch...

brisket and tons of other good stuff from the men's group...

I will probably pas though as the kidnapper is coming to make me lasagna...

go Denny and Danica!

:bday2you:Gary-- I hope you have a Very Happy Birthday!! Do Something Great!!! :bday2you:

WAKE UP

Only two more days of February. Then Spring starts.

I'm up already and about to head out the door to work!

Thank-you for the birthday wishes Karen...

gotta go

I'm up ready to celebrate Leap Year Day. How does one celebrate Leap Year Day ?

Anything you eat on leap day has no calories.

I recommend dark chocolate.

RIP Davy...you were quite the MONKEE.....

RIP Davy Jones----I think I was always in love with him along with every other girl in the world!!

It's Friday !!!!

Most observant of you, Madame Bargoo. It's Friday here too.

Happy Belated BD wishes, Gary. Sorry I missed it.

Thanks RUTH...

at my age I didn't remember you did :)

Well off to work...boss wants to chew me out today for a mistake the office has made....

he called me on the job yesterday and I just told him ..."I told you to get out here and look at these walls 3 times last week!"

he just said yes you did but...but...ah but....

he will come out and try to make it look like it's my fault then smooth it over after I "remind" him I told you so last week and the week before!! :mad:

So what's new?

99 . . .
 

. . . 401 to go.

It's now raining - right on top of the inch of snow we got yesterday. Not exactly a ferocious winter.

I'm going to a potluck luncheon today. I live in an ethnically diverse complex. Eight of our residents have passed their citizenship tests and are brand new American Citizens. Their is a luncheon to celebrate this achievment. I wonder if I will be able to stay OP ? Anybody wanna bet on it ?

Sounds like fun BARGOO! We are thinking about going to the microbrew 1/2 mile from us today...an Itailian food truck from San Diego will be there...

depends on what time the son is bringing that GRANDdaughter by for us to play with.

All went as usual with my boss yesterday. He called my brother the night before to see how mad I was ...lol...He tried to keep his distance when he came to the job but I dragged him in to show him what I had been trying to get him and the project manager to look at for weeks....

he just said he was sorry for not "communicating" back to me as needed and, as usual, hoping I would make it go away like I always do. Oh, I made the problem go away...it just cost them more than they planned!

What's the opposite of ethnically diverse? Is it incestuous? Anyhow I was at a wedding reception last night and think 3/4 of the folks there had the same last name! The food was the usual country "lunch" - cold cuts, potato salad and sweet cole slaw. Good thing I went for the wedding pictures, not the food. hope your meal was more satisfying, Bargoo. Around here you are considered weird if you use fresh garlic!

Gary, good for you in standing up to Boss Man. I bet that's not the first time you've done that!

GRANDdaughter sleepover was/is so much fun....a slight problem...I had her talking to Auntie Amanda yesterday....so cute...now she wants her Auntie Amanda in my cell phone EVERY time she plays with it...lol

The potluck yielded tons of food as most do. I tried not to go overboard but did have a piece of cake. It is kind of humiliating to think that these brand new American Citizens know more about U.S. Government than I do.

Ha! Bargoo, one of my guys is practicing for the test...I have not been much help! Close on a lot of the questions but not close enough for credit.

I don't think I could pass the test, it was a looooong time ago that I was in Civics Class !

I doubt that I could pass the Canadian one either.

Spring is starting to sneak up on us here in the Great White North. The snow is starting to melt. No comments from you California types, OK? Unless you want a house guest next winter.

A blustery 77 degrees expected here tomorrow...72 today...

It is 37 degrees right now with a high of 69 degrees predicted for Northern Calif today

It got to the high 70's easily today...maybe even the 80's...

Q. What kind of man was Boaz before he married Ruth?

A. Ruthless.

WE...are not...RUTHLESS.....

39 degrees right now with a high of 66 degrees predicted for Northern California I suppose Gary will be lollgagging around at 80 degrees in Southern California.

In Boston, we have seasons - temperatures are different, different flora, different fauna, different angle of the planet to the sun.

Ya know, "God's in his heaven, all's right with the world" kind of thing.

I can't speak for Southern California.

Interesting here. 55º on Thursday, 18 yesterday with a blizzard, sunshine and 28 today and going to 55 again tomorrow - all fahrenheit so as not to challenge you foreigners! And why does my spell check flag fahrenheit? Do you guys spell it another way?

Two great nations separated by the same language and measurement systems. :shrug:

What a perfect day here....warm, sunshine and....

GRANDdaughter2 arrived on her due date!

Congratulations to Grandpa X 2 !!!

Thanks BARGOO...and you too (soon)

A grandaughter is due anyday now according to the Doctor. They have chosen her name, it will be Faith. I like it, not too common and defintely a girls name.

Congrats Gary!!

Bargoo--I love the name Faith. Congrats to you too.

Babies! Now I know it's really spring. I like the name Faith too. Kids named "car" names creep me out. A wee girl came to register for a Fair event and told me her name was Portia. I started to write it an her mother corrected me with "It's Porsche like the car!" Duh! Silly me! Call me Focus or Elantra.