What happened to your personal assistant/slavechild? Come back here and post a decent post. I'm getting tired of talking to myself. Just for that, I'm going to be gone from friday evening until the following thursday.

Suuuuugar - how is it going w/ the DH on vacation? Are you going to do some fun stuff besides the tree removal?

I have garden pics to post, but I can't figure out how to make the files small enough for the 3fatchicks. If I email them, they take forever to download.

Kiwi, I just can't watch those reality shows. I watched some of the Last Comic Standing until the funny guy w/ the deadpan face lost. I really liked him, and even though it's not a personality contest, I thought he was much funnier than Dat Phan. I'm no fan of dat Dat Phan guy. All the other reality shows are just a little too unreal for me. Besides, I was listening to an actress (can't remember who) that was saying that we're letting the networks get away with a bunch of cheap shows, instead of insisting on high quality comedy and dramas. Remember when you had tv shows that you just had to watch? Hillstreet Blues, LA Law, Dallas, and my all time favorite Mary Tyler Moore?

Cute joke, Kiwi

You're welcome, Loha -- it's a beautiful likeness!

What? You can't do that: I just got home! Oh, okay, I suppose you're allowed to have a vacation. Where are you going?

That's entirely true: that's the only reason they put so many of these shows on. They are dirt cheap to make and we are a bunch of sheep and will watch anything. I missed the Dat Phan duel you're talking about -- which guy did he beat? I watched it last night; they had the final 5 and you could call up and vote. I hated all of them except the housewife from NY. I especially hated that giant fat guy -- he was just mean and nasty. He had a lot of crowd support just because he was really fat and talked about "the hood" even though he was as white as lard. I thought he was revolting.

Yeah, quality dramas and comedies. Ah, the good ol' days. What am I? 90?

I'm sending you a PM about resizing, Wab.

Kiwi

loonie .. I mean loanie ... is that a Brahma bull? Is there such a thing as a Brahma heifer?

Actually, Lohoney, I have a question. My new door has this frosted glass front and the parts, of course, are clear. I need privacy. How should I cover this glass? Or what? I want YOUR answer because you are the smartest and prettiest person here. Honestly.

Actually went "downtown" to see Thoroughly Modern Millie live and on stage last night. What fun! Haven't seen and heard live theater/music in ages. I am mouldering away in my happy cave with my husband most of the time, but it's good to get out, too.

Kiwi-guru-- can you send me the "shrinking jpeg" message too?
I hope you're going someplace wonderful... but pleeeeease report in afterward!!

LoLo -- what's going to fix your arm/hand? We could have a group mental telekinesis moment to zap it into recovery. (I must have seen too many ads for "reality" psychic and healing shows.... but we might as well try.)

They could tattoo the whole world on my belly.... AND allow for continental drift.

Off to see what's happening outside the cave.

Harumph. Here I sit at a glass company and she asks Lohani the glass question.

We're going to the southern Oregon coast, where we will stay in a wee little cabin for 2 days, then we will drive further south to northern California to see the giant redwoods (DH has never been there and everyone should see them at least once in their life) Then we will go to Eureka, CA on the coast, then make a loop back to see Crater Lake if we have time. Just the two of us. We will not camp, we will stay in hotels and eat in restaurants. I will not wash dishes or make beds.

The "Last Comic" episode that I was referring to was when everyone in the group decided that they had to boot Dat Phan out, so they picked the one guy that they thought would be able to do it, because this guy really was funny and original. Unfortunately the audience was a bunch of idiots and picked Dat Phan. I guess they thought Asian guys doing impressions of Asian immigrant parents was hilarious. Now mind you, sometimes this is true - case in point - Margaret Chou is hilarious, but this Dat Phan guy just missed the mark in my opinion. And my favorite comic got booted out instead. It broke my heart. I refuse to watch anymore. And I agree about the fat guy. He is not funny. He is angry, and it hurts to watch him try to breath. And I don't think fat jokes are funny when you just know it's what is going to kill this guy at a young age.

Speaking of fat. There was a very handsome young man of 16 at my WW meeting last night. He had just reached goal. It took him 1 1/2 years to lose ...... drum roll please.......70 pounds!!!!! His mom was there with him and when we gave him the old standing ovation, she was crying.

I just checked - the funny guy is named Dave Mordal - you can see his picture at the Last Comic Standing webpage. He was not only funny, but he was a nice guy too. I guess nice guys don't finish last in this case.

OO-OO-OO!! I just bought tickets to go see James Taylor in September! It's a date w/ my DD!

ok wabbby I am on my big fat hands and knees asking forgivensss will u pleasse tell me how to best cover the window

Well, Cowpernia, I didn't say I know the answer, I just thought you might want to ask me the question! That's the problem with those pretty windows in the doors - you can see right through them. Let me think about this.

Lo ... you are allowed to leave the heading blank. But, more important, you are my favorite cow because you, AT LEAST, tried to answer me. Now ... the entire kitchen door is glass. No one should be in back of the house. Do I need to cover it at all? I am so confused. It looks right through the kitchen into the living room but there's nothing back there but woods and you have open the gate and come in the fence to get to it.

School starts here next Thursday. There is no time to build a new building. Do they have a shuttle?

Have you all noticed that there is a new forum??? This forum would belong to people who have a techie who is more interested in their personal cow status than ours. I think Kiwi should go forthwith and get us a little forum of our own. It would save Lushling a click and she needs to save her hand.

Good morning again. Of course I am your favorite. I don't think you need to cover the window. Show off your pretty glass.

Yes I agree that Kiwi should get us our own forum.

I am trying to update windows. Why won't it work???

Yipes! DH is coming home early after lunch (and before dentist). I haven't done anything, including my workout. He's going to have ample evidence of my slug-dom. But I want to keep reading and posting because you are all so cheery.

LoLo... I love your new photo.... not only is the hump lovely... but I do believe is shows your Inner Sacred Cow.

Modern Millie was terrific... My friend and I both felt about 14 because there was all this cool tap dancing and creative set changes. It is sort of retro-though in the sense that the character tries to be "modern"/independent... but she is, instead, transfixed by LUV. They've camped it up a little, which I really liked... references to Young Frankenstein, Madame Butterfly, etc. etc. Recommended!

We have a sliding glass door from kitchen to backyard... and no privacy fence thanks to Hail Storm/High winds several years ago... We've got vertical blinds that we can close (I close'em if I'm in my jammies and raiding fridge at midnight .... gotta stop that)... and that you can open and see everything.... If you've got woods, maybe you'll attract deer/moose/badgers... (depending on your locale of course.

I agree with your appraisal of some hobby/commercial stained glass pieces... There's no reason you can't do something with colors that are all closely related and that is subtle and sophisticated. (The ONLY "reality" show I've enjoyed is Queer Eye for the Straight Guy... now those guys could do you an awesome stainedglass thingy! And you could all have martinis afterwards.

I wish I was going on vacation again. I made sugestions about LaborDay... but DH wants to stay home... says that EVERYTIME there's a long weekend we GO somewhere. I DO believe HE's the one exaggerating. Hmph.

OK. Off to the weights. Maybe I can get back here for cool down.

Ciao.

Gee, Peaches, I don't think you need to cover your kitchen window unless you want to. I live in the puckabrush and I only have curtains on some of my kitchen windows because my mother gave me a set of hers that I liked. And I have a curtain on my bathroom window, because, well, the toilet is right next to the window. Other than that, I just have shades on some windows. Mostly they are bare. But that's just me.

Lohushie, Bagz will make you a lovely stained glass window, won'tcha? We had dinner with some people in Fl. over Christmas vacation who have a stained glass workshop in their garage. The DH does windows and all kinds of stuff. Gorgeous.


That's a good point. It was fading last time I saw it anyway. DH is not happy with stuff like that. You should have seen him freak when DD got back her pictures and there was one of DD and the guy she liked at music camp. He was sitting behind her and had his arms around her, and it was hard to tell exactly where those hands were. I think his blood pressure hit the roof for a minute.

Later dolls
Kiwi