Well, maybe she will be mercifully brief with the training!

Sorry to hear about the kids' breakup. How is he taking it?

I am copying Drive C: to my new computer. My old computer (Agnes) has 3 hard drives. This one will take somewhere between 3 and 9 hours to finish copying over to Agnes the Younger. At the moment I am typing on Louise, so as not to disturb the Agnii. (I told Marilyn to take a nap for the duration, and Helen is in a drawer).

I'm going to go watch Amazing Race and stop talking about computers named after deceased women.

My cat is puking in the bathroom. Jet alternates between running in there to stare at her in case something good comes out, and running back here to poke at the other cat. She has a busy life.

Kiwi

My cat pukes, too.

Snaggie or whatever I named her did not trust me to use her till. I could not collect money. I was not trusted with her logon codes. Finally, I went to the boss and asked if he'd like me to do something else as I was just standing around. He changed her mind.

I don't know how either are taking it. He used to have pictures of her on his cell phone. His phone looked just like mine and I picked it up by mistake and there was only a picture of a tree.

Aren't there other people who are supposed to post here?

You are right. I remember other people here. They were sweet; what do you suppose happened to them?

Your place of employment seems very Days of Our Lives. My life is more Test Pattern.

I am at this moment almost finished moving my data to my new puter. Very shortly I will be able to switch them and be soo high tech. It has a wide screen. And gadgets.

Jet startled a deer when I let her outside a little while ago. It was up on the hill beside our house, about 75 feet away; took off into the woods. It was dark out, the only way I know it was a deer was by the loud "huff" sound it made and the crashing through the woods. Jet took off after it -- not so good -- she could get shot for that in some places.

I hope I'm typing this right; I can't see the screen. My kitty is sitting in front of it.

My elbow hurts. Uhoh.

DH is all scoped out. Had to donate a polyp to science.

Kiwi

yes---it is echoing in here isn't it----i think miss sugar is busy with all her christmas displays---i think we should go over to her blog and see if any pics are up yet---i have done half of the front steps---the fir trees are up,now i have to put my sticks around the door----i like the sticks-----ds and i went down to the ocean where someone had clear cut a bunch of bushes so i didn't even have to cut them down---they are like the sticks you would see wound up into a wreath at the Costco----only for free-----i have ordered my 10 wreaths and i have decorated the buffet. I am shocking myself with my early birdyness-----i have even bought a variety of stocking stuffers---i have to do all the kids {SIX} and the dh and the mil===so i have EIGHT stockings to fill and dh has ONE-----that sounds about right. And then ---the GIFTS---mother of blazes , how can we afford that!!!!==oh well, we always manage somehow----dd23's danish lover is coming over for Christmas and staying until the end of January--his second term doesn't start until February. they seem to be madly in love and are planning for the long term----will i really be the mil to a cute danish boy and have cute danish grandchildren??? how bizarre!!!=====well,peachers,i am remembering when i worked for Sobeys,a local grocery store,and even though i was a teenager i totally remember the ladies who worked there===the gossip,the backstabbing,the REPORTING and TATTLING ------the immature behaviour----i guess everyone likes to lord it over someone----arse pains!!!!======kiwonk---is it still deer season??? keep that pretty doggie in the house!!!

OK, OK, my ears are burning.

Me? Christmas displays? The only thing up on my blog now is a warning not to eat mandarin oranges from German supermarkets because they're totally contaminated with pesticides, inside and out. Bleh. I've got a little crate of them rotting away on my kitchen counter. To eat or not to eat?

In other news, there IS no news. Boooooooring describes it very well.

So sorry about the break up, Peachy. The first one is always the hardest, I guess, especially for the moms! I just know I'll be experiencing the heartbreak right along with my young men. Geez, I can remember sitting on my mother's lap when I was *22* years old, sobbing away because some stupid boyfriend had punted me. Love hurts. But not as much a poke in the eye with a sharp stick.

I think there are still a few days left of it. We have hunter orange bandanas for the dog to wear, and orange hats, gloves, vests, jackets etal for humans. Of course I often forget to put them on.

Speaking of dogs, I bought a new retractable leash for Jet last week and I couldn't believe how much it cost -- almost $30! Ridiculous.

Wow, way to go on the early (for most of us) decorating/shopping. I bought one present and some stocking stuffers. The most decorating I've done is what you see at the bottom of my message...

How nice that DD will have her danish sweetie for Christmas. You will have a storybook holiday, no doubt. Does he have an adorable accent?

I worked in a grocery store as a teenager too. I don't remember the atmosphere you talk about. Maybe because I worked in the deli with a little old Lebanese man, and behind the bakery counter. What stands out most clearly is learning to despise doughnuts for their pervasive smell, but also being able to take home fabulous pastries on Saturday night for free. And slicing my finger open with a cleaver (not as bad as it sounds, fortunately). And the sleazy store manager who asked all the young girls to "Come on over here and hug my neck" (to be spoken with heavy southern accent). Which we all did because nobody ever told us we could refuse. Good old days my ***.

I can't say as I remember ever doing that -- I did a lot of "suffering in silence" and brooding dramatically. I should ask my mom sometime if she even knew about my breakups; maybe I didn't even tell her.

Well, I am doing housework in fits and spurts today; tomorrow our niece-in-law and 2 year old are coming to visit. Hopefully they are also bringing their rambunctious dog who is very well matched with Jet. They can be rambunctious outside together.

Ta

I love these grocery store stories ~~~ !!

Someone wrote a letter to our home office saying that came into our store for the first the day before Thanksgiving expecting to find not much left and a lot of tired grouches. They sound lots of food and charming people especially this one cashier who paid out of her own pocket so their kid could have a balloon she wanted. The cashier was described as silver haired and we only have one like that. We're trying to guess who it was but nobody believes a cashier really paid for some kid's balloon. Gave it her and let the store take the loss, maybe.

OK, let's talk about my "friend." The one who wouldn't let me use her car when I had a flat. I know that if she called me I would drive her that far and further and go pick her up. I would love to help her. But she never asks because she doesn't need my help.

So today, I had to go to the courthouse to get a tag sticker to mail to DS and the nearest mailbox in the one by my friend's store. I drove over there and she was just driving up. I parked, waved, walked to the mailbox, dropped in my envelope, turned and left. She stood by her car the whole time. Very uncomfy. Advice?

Sorry to hear about DS and LCP. My DS and his GF are currently living in NY, but I would be sad if they broke up. I remember being devastated at my first (and only) break-up, at age 21.

No advice on your friend, but I have to say I love the phrase "do not compat." Hehe.

Hello Goodbye. I am sitting in a maze of boxes. Tomorrow morn is the closing, then moving and schelping commences -movers on the move on Friday, and the whole weekend to clean this crackhouse rental, and unpack.I'm ready to collapse .. So toodles for know, should be back on the air on Monday!

ps. sorry to hear about DS and LCP. I hope he isn't to broken up about it..and who knows perhaps they'll get back together. love is such a fickle thang.

I am living in a time warp.

Wow. Did she say hello to you? Maybe she was subconsciously protecting her car from you asking to borrow it again.

How so?

Good luck on the move Schatzi. I can't believe you are ready to go already. It would take me a couple of years to pack to move.

I am still getting used to this computer. It might take a while. I don't think Vista is any improvement over Windows 98 frankly. Much more complicated to do what I want and no real advantage so far. And the help is useless. It reminds me of a professor I once had, who really couldn't teach -- if someone asked her a question, she just repeated the last sentence of her notes, whether it was relevant or not.

I spent the entire day, which felt like a week, looking after my (grand-?)nephew (DH's nephew's 2 year old son), and their dog. It was a real circus. REally really cold out, so we couldn't go out and take a walk or play in the yard, although I sent the dogs out to chase each other (over and over and over and over...). I'd forgotten how unending toddlers are. Like little energizer bunnies. Phew, I'm pooped. And I'm really hoarse, for some reason. It certainly wasn't from yelling at the little guy -- he was good as gold.

Kiwi

oh my gawd,i am sure it felt like a week----the only one who won't make you feel like that is dd's child!! i am sure of that!!----i am busy at work but had to come home for a minute---the weather is so crappy---GREY and rainy/snowy and deeeeeepressing------------------December just seems merrier for some reason-----------won't be long.==============have a fun weekend shatz----it would be fun if we could come over and help you---it would be hi larry ***==========oh yeah===i got a new laptop last christmas and i had the option of putting vista on it,but i said ,no i like XP-----glad i said that after all i have heard from different folkS!

We have a laptop with XP on it and it's full of bugs and sometimes the WLAN doesn't work correctly. I blame Bill Gates.

Yesterday I went to the doctor and he said there wasn't a thing wrong with me that acid blockers couldn't cure. My iron levels are up from the iron supplements but they give me KILLER heartburn . I've been taking the acid thingies for two days. Says on the package that the side effects are drowsiness, nausea, vomiting, disrupted vision etc etc etc. And that's supposed to be better than heartburn??? I dunno.

Never worked in a grocery store. Did work at the take out section of a family restaurant, a golf club, a photo lab and a gentlemens' outfitters. Hated all of it. No funny stories.

November is a pretty sucky month. I'm waitin' for December too. We need snow.

Wow, I can see that in 20 years I may be like my parents and just give up trying to use new things; it's too much trouble.

My tennis elbow is back with a vengeance. I have 2 computer mice set up, one a rollerball on the right side of my keyboard and the other a regular mouse on the left side. I can use either one, so at least when things start to hurt I can switch without any trouble.

It snowraining out. I can't tell which. It's yucky.

I think I will go ice myself (not outdoors).

Kiwi