[MELODY525]

CEEJAY~ SORRY TO HEAR ABOUT BUD'S MOM. WOW 93!!
SHE CAN COME HERE WITH US!! IF ALL THE CHICKS WENT TO TENN THEN SHOO THEM HOME WHEN THEY GO PAST YOUR PLACE.

MEADOW~ HOW NICE TO HAVE THE SISTERS AND CORONATION STREET! BET IT WAS GOOD FUN. THIS WEATHER IS HEALING ALL THAT AILS ME....MAINLY INSIDE ME. LOL WERE YOU LOOKING IN YOUR CRYSTAL BALL? THE HEDGE SOUND NICE. WE HAVE JUNIPER TREES THAT WERE TINY ONCE UPON A TIME.....LOL
HOPE ALL THE OUTDOORSY PLANTING IS GIVING YOU A CLEANSING TIME TOO!!

CARLA...BIOTCH!!! IS THAT THE RIGHT WORD??? I AM CONSIDERING THE SOURCE WHERE THE COMMENTS CAME FROM. VERY SAD...YES IT WAS JEALOUSY. BUT TOO BAD THEY COULD NOT HAVE LET ME HAVE MY 5 MINUTES OF GLORY. HOPE YOUR NEIGHBOR IS OK....AND ALSO THAT YOU ARE FEELING MUCH BETTER..SCREW THE SM. YOU'RE A GOOD PERSON EVEN TO BOTHER WITH HER!!! LOL BUT THEN YOU MUST KNOW THAT...RIGHT?
JOY FLIES

MADCAT~ TOO MUCH DAIRY IS BAD FOR ME
YOU CRACKED ME UP. ON A SERIOUS NOTE: I AM THINKING GOOD THOUGHTS BY THE DOZEN FOR THE SISTER AND THE FRIEND. PRAYING FOR GOOD NEWS AND RECOVERIES. THE WAITING AND UNCERTAINTY ARE THE WORST PARTS. HOPE THEY BOTH STAY POSITIVE.
THINKING GOOD THOUGHTS FOR YOU ALSO SO YOU CAN STAY STRONG FOR THEM TOO!!

HELLO BYTCH!! OOPS....I MEAN RUTH!!! GLAD TO HEAR THE KITCHEN IS COMING ALONG. GOOD LUCK AND ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO SEE YOUR FRIENDLY FACE HERE!!
LOVE TO YOU AND THE DOGGIES!!

FOR HOLLY AND HER BROOD.

HAPPY~ HOPE YOU HAVE GIVEN BIRTH TO THE PROJECT AND ARE RESTING PEACEFULLY NOW!!! ALSO GLAD THE WEEKEND IS STARTING A WEE BIT EARLY....ALL THE BETTER TO TACKLE THE TO DO LIST YOUR POST HAS ME GIGGLING OVER HERE........

THIS MORNING I WENT TO DO 2 LOADS OF WASH, THEN WAS ASKED IF I WAS GOING FOOD SHOPPING AND I SHOULD GO JUST TO GET OUT. MORE JEALOUSY AROSE. SO I CAME UP, CHANGED AND BEFORE I LEFT WITH WILLY, I WAS SINGING "I'M TOO SEXY FOR MY SHIRT, TOO SEXY FOR MY CHAIR" AND I'VE SUNG IT ALL DAY!!
IT'S BEEN A VERY GOOD DAY. HAD LUNCH WITH THE "BOYS" AND A WALK WITH A FRIEND AND NOW I AM IN THE A/C. THE TEMPS ARE HEATING UP RAPIDLY JUST IN TIME FOR MISS SHAD BUT THE A/C IS ON FOR ME!! LOL HOPE I DON'T FREEZE HER OUT!! I HAVE LOADS OF WASH AND FEW GROCERIES TO PUT AWAY SO I BETTER SKEEDADDLE.
HAVE A GREAT NIGHT AND HAPPY THURSDAY!

[Roseblush]

Hi Everyone, I just looked at Shad's trip....wow..... she is going to be in that canyon I drove through and had my one of my frightening experiences in March..... it seems to funny to think of our Oz girl tripping around on this soil. I hope she has a great time.... looking at when she is going to be over on the coast in BC...geez I wish I could see her too!!!!

I am tired today and not getting very ready to leave tomorrow for my trip. Larry showed up with a rose and his heart on his sleeve today..... but I just have to be strong and remain clear about our future. It is tough in any relationship to know for sure...but your gut is a better indicator than your heart sometimes...right?

Cold here today and Teeka finally snapped out of her little sick spell. SHe is so tiny and fragile it shows immediately when she has a tummy ache. but she is fiesty again and ready to take on the deer.... We have both mule deer and white tail deer here in ID.

Hope this finds everyone well. I am working again tonight for my private patient so I better keep working to be ready for my trip tomorrow...
Love to all,
Peace,
nae

[carla49]

Hi folks. I'm tired and hot and cranky . No reason why, , some days are just like that. I'll be back when I get over myself.

Don't know if Shad is in the building; maybe she doesn't need to know it snowed in Calgary today... Hope she brought her boots and mitts.

[curlylocks]

HI CARLA!

[Shad]

Evening all,
I did post last night but for some reason or other the hotel computer wouldn't put it into the forum. Since others were waiting to use it, I just shut the site down and left in a huff.
Got here safely, uneventful trip, meals were quite good. AND the American Immigration service were surly and rude but otherwise relatively speedy. The customs people were great - are you carrying ?????????? or ??? or ???? Um let me have a look at the list and I'll tell you. No, no, no and no. Okay have a good trip! Isn't it nice when we can work together. Then down to terminal one to catch the Phoenix flight. Would you like to forgo your seat because we are overbooked. No. Oh! Tough lady, I've been travelling for 24 hours, I've done enough waiting around dreary airports, I want out and I think you should want me out before I get grumpy. Ohhh okay.
Picked up the rental car, made two right turns instead of left turns and had to turn around and try again. Found the right way, got on the I10 and then got into the wrong line (left instead of right) okay, maybe I'll just do a bit of speed driving here and get over there. Okay, heres the hotel. So that was okay. Rung one of the ladies on another thread, but she was not home and her husband couldn't understand a word. So I will ring her again later in the week.
Drove up here to Prescott/ Chino Valley perfectly, then got lost (turned left instead of right) okay, so chucked a 'u' turn and got back to where I should have been and found the place - so here I am tucked into a nice house, nice food and nice company. It's all good so far. Tomorrow we are going into Prescott for the day. N has some business there, my business is shopping and looking and photography, then we have a Fish Fry at night and on Saturday an Indian Pow Wow. Not been to one of those before. Then we have Memorial day, lunch with the girls and a trip to someplace in the hills planned as well as Oak Canyon and Sedona. N tells me I don't have time for New Mexico or Memphis as she has lots more things we can do.

And that's about it from me.
Ruth, I'm pleased you are getting your kitchen back.
Madcat - hope the news is okay with the sister and the friend.
Happy - get out there and chase them blackbirds. Good exercise up and down trees.
Mel - do you think NJ is ready for me yet?

gotta go. Back maybe tomorrow.

[happy2bme]

Prescott? You're in Prescott? Holy cow - we fell in LOVE with Prescott. (pres-KIT not pres-scott) Just can't afford to live there. No industry (jobs) at all. Happy, no jobs and a large casino in town is not a good mix

Have a wonderful time. I am so in awe of you driving by yourself. Tell N that 1)she has to share and 2) stay AWAY from my Jaffas

[happy2bme]

Hello Curlylocks - I remember you from another thread. Was that Red's 21 day challenge thread? Carla were you there? Man oh manashevitz - a mind is a terrible thing to lose

Carla - you can't be serious. Snow? Now?

[Ruthxxx]

No usable kitchen this weekend but I am keeping my cool. It sure takes lots of planning to eat properly without a kitchen or sink! My sister is away and has offered me her house at the Farm for a while but that just won't work out for the Girls. There is no fenced yard and my darlings are absolutely insulted if they are tied up! I'd let them roam but there are too many wild "critters" at the farm - skunks, bears and foxes plus some coyotes that look like wolves to me! So we'll just carry on here at home.

So nice to read that Shad is en route. I wonder if I'll have a kitchen when she gets here. If not, we'll just eat out at the Long Horn and she'll get a good slice of Canadian redneck culture from the good old boys!

My kitchen workies are to be here for 7:30 so I should get out of my robe. On the other hand.........

[MELODY525]

THE SHAD HAS LANDED!!! GLAD TO HEAR THAT ALL WENT WELL AND YOU ARE PLEASANTLY ON YOUR ROAD TO R&R!! SO GLAD YOU FINALLY MADE ALL THE RIGHT TURNS IN THE END!! STAY WELL!
ENJOY THE TIME WITH EVERYONE!

CARLA~ MY INNER SELF IS FEELING A BIT LIKE YOU BUT MY OUTER SELF IS COVERING IT UP!!
SENDING MORE

HAPPY~ DID YA CLEAN THE DANG LOO YET???? THE INSPECTOR GENERAL IS ON HER WAY!!!
I THINK THAT 21 DAY THREAD IS WHERE I FIRST READ CARLA'S POSTS....WHEN I WAS CALLING HER CLARA

RUTH~ USE THE CATTLE PROD ON THE KITCHEN BOYS!!! THAT'LL GET THEIR BUTTS MOVING FAST!! WISH I WAS GOING TO THE LONGHORN WITH YOU BOTH!!

HELLO TO CURLYLOCKS NICE OF YOU TO DROP IN.

NAE~ VERY HAPPY TO HEAR TEEKA IS FEELING BETTER. PORR LITTLE THING. HOPE YOUR RESOLVE HOLDS UP AND THAT YOU WILL BE HAPPY. SENDING AND GOOD THOUGHTS YOUR WAY. ENJOY THE TRIP!!!

I WOKE AT 5 AM THIS MORNING. NOT SURE WHAT THAT WAS ALL ABOUT. COULDN'T SLEEP THEN BUT I FEEL TIRED NOW AIN'T THAT ALWAYS THE WAY??
GOING TO BE A SCORCHER THEY SAID ON THE NEWS. 93 DEGREES. THIS IS RIDICULOUS. NOT 3 WEEKS AGO IT WAS ONLY 33 ONE NIGHT THEY'RE CALLING IT UNSEASONABLE WEATHER....MUST HAVE HITCHED A RIDE WITH SHAD'S PLANE
SOME SAD NEWS IS THAT OUR BOOKKEEPER,SILVIS, LOST HER BATTLE WITH CONGESTIVE HEART PROBLEMS FOLLOWING A SURGERY LAST YEAR. THE MEMORIAL SERVICE WAS YESTERDAY. THEY SAID IT WAS NICE. I CHOSE NOT TO GO. I DON'T "DO" FUNERALS VERY WELL.
THE BLDG IS VERY QUIET AS A RESULT. I AM GOING DOWN THERE IN A FEW TO START GETTING THEM OUT OF THEIR FUNK. ROUND THEM UP AND GET THEM OUTSIDE FOR SOME SUN AND FUN OTHER THAN THAT,
NOTHING IS PLANNED FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. JUST IN THE HOLIDAY MODE. HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A HAPPY FRIDAY!!

[happy2bme]

Good morning ladies,

All I have time for this morning is a quick read. Will have to catch up with you tonight. We should all be in a good mood today - at least those of us in the states - 3 day holiday weekend. Of course that mood will sour considerably when we get in the fiasco of the goofs on the road all in a bigger hurry than usual to go no where, where we will mumble and speed and waste gasoline which just so happens to have accelerated in price as we get to a holiday weekend. I will try to stay calm. How about you?

Catch y'all later...

[Shad]

Morning all,
And a beautiful morning it is too in downtown Chino Valley. The garden is watered (tomato and strawberries coming along a treat) but there is an infestation of grasshoppers and N is swearing loudly about the mess they have made to the corn.
Got a bit cool last night but was okay inside the house so I won't complain. Had a fairly restless sleep - probably trying to determine left from right - it's giving me a headache! I feel dyslexic much of the time, but there you go. We had a good old chinwag about old times and old friends last night and decided we have been friends for 42 years. Ye gods! That's a lifetime for some of us.
Today we are going to Presscott which is about 15 miles south of here. This will be good. I need to get some new batteries for my camera which have mysteriously flattened over the last week. I really ought to get a camera case for it to stop this happening. Might see if I can find one today.

Carla - I really didn't need to know about the snow in Calgary - however it will be good if there is still snow on the Rockies when I go through. Hope you are less grumpy today.

Happy - your jaffas are safe, N has her pineapple lumps. She's more partial to them and she also has her malt biscuits and her toffee pops and Anzac biscuits as well. Oh and her vegemite. She's content at this time. Mind you if the lumps keep disappearing at this speed, she may not be content for long.

Mel - your sleep pattern is in sync with mine. I was awake on the hour for most of the early am as well. Go have a nanna nap. We'll catch up again soon.

Okay - time to go - I hear the RSM making Prescott type noises, so I better go get my driving hat on and see if I can get around the town. It's not that big so I'm sure I can do this thing.

When you lot see me, the fingernails will be chewed to the knuckles.

Have fun.

[MELODY525]

TO HAPPY!!! HELLO!!!! HOPE THE DAY WENT WELL.

SHAD~ LEAVE SOME NAILS ON SO THE DS DOESN'T THINK WE GAVE YOU TORTURE TREATMENTS WHILE YOU WHERE HERE....I OF COURSE WILL DENY EVERYTHING! STAY ON THE RIGHT SIDE AND AND YOU CAN'T GO WRONG GOOD LUCK!! FUNNY TO THINK OF YOU HERE ALREADY!!

THE FIREMEN HAVE BEEN HERE TWICE. NO ONE WANTED TO LISTEN TO ME BUT IN THE END ONE OF THEM DID. I WAS RIGHT AND THE ALARM WAS BEING TRIGGERED OFF BY ANOTHER VENT DUCT OTHER THAN THE ONE THEY THOUGHT. ONE WOMAN AGAINST MANY MEN.... I SHOULD HAVE KEPT QUIET AND THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN HERE LONGER!!! GOD SOME OF THEM WERE REAL HANDSOME DEVILS!!! SOME OF THEM EVEN HAD THE GRACE TO SAY THANK YOU!! LOL IT'S GOOD TO BE THE QUEEN ONCE AND AWHILE!! OUT OF SHEER DESPERATION I GOT A LITTLE HEATED UP AND SAID I HAVEN'T LIVED AND WORKED ION THIS BLDG NOT TO HAVE LEARNED SOMETHING. THEN THEY NWENT TRAIPSING BACK TO THE ROOF AND LOW AND BEHOLD THEY FOUND ANOTHER DUCT WITH FAULTY BURNED OUT SMOKE ALARMS. ALL IS WELL NOW AND THEY HAVE GONE AFTER SCREWING AROUND SINCE 3:30!!! 3 HRS AND 15 MINUTES! OK GOING TO EAT AND PRAY SHAD IS KEEPING TO HER SIDE OF THE STREET!!!

[ceejay52]

Mel-So sad to hear about your book keeper. Good for you that you stood your ground with the fireman. I have to do that with Tim, the boss too. I think it's a woman knowing more than the man type thing that gets them the most. There has been a problem at work for a while and Tim will not give in. He's worked his way through every thing else.

Shad--You are lot braver than I would be driving in a different country.

I've been outside playing with the neighbor's children. They are so sweet.

I need to clean up the kitchen and get ready for bed. I should sleep good tonight.

[MELODY525]

CEEJAY.... IS PROBABLY STILL TUCKED IN HER BED DREAMING OF SANDBOXES KIDS CAN TAKE US BACK IN OUR MINDS TO WHEN CHOOSING A FLAVOR OF ICE CREAM WAS THE TOUGHEST PART OF THE DAY!
AND THANK YOU. IT' BEEN A TOUGH WEEK WITH HER PASSING AND HER DAD LIVES IN THE BLDG TOO.
I AGREE WITH YOU ABOUT THE "MAN" ATTITUDE. GUESS TIM IS NO EXCEPTION!!!

well ladies....TODAY STARTS MY 3 DAYS OF DO NOTHING. MAYBE I SHOULDN'T SAY THAT.... FEELS FUNNY TO BE AWAKE BEFORE SHAD NOW!!
HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND EVERYONE!!

[happy2bme]

Morning chicks,

Got up early and going to try and get 1 hour of clean up around the pool in before I have to go get my hair done. Hello summer blonde Such a mess by the pool. The neighbor's pine trees not only shade the pool too much but they drop these big long (like 6 inch) pine needles ALL OVER. I filled up 4 huge trash bags yesterday and barely made a dent. DH is suffering from a migraine so I'm trying to help him out. We hope to open the pool this weekend.

Lots to do before zero hour on Friday.

Mel - sorry to hear about your bookkeeper. Glad the firemen finally listened to you. Enjoy the "view" - hope the rest of the weekend is quiet for you, just doing fun things to amuse yourself

Hope you got your kitchen back Ruth - they say that's the hardest room to lose. I know - been there and I agree.

Ceejay - did you sleep well? Playing with kids is fun - especially the ones that eventually go home. I will contact you this weekend. Probably by email - although mind you I've been forgetful lately. Forgot to call mom TWICE in the last 2 days.

Shad - you'll get a break when you come here - no driving - unless of course you want to. I don't advise it. People don't know how to drive any more. Hope you are enjoying Arizona. See you soon.

Feeling better Carla?

Hope things are calmer (and warmer) on your side of the U.S. Rose.

I must get going - hate to waste getting up at 6 on sitting in front of the computer. Hellos to Madcat, Meadow and Holly and anyone else I might have forgotten. Enjoy your Saturday.