[Hollyhock]

Been catching up with you gals here. Toronto was really great. Kids took 343 pics. We covered thr Science Centre, Hockey Hall of Fame, Royal Ontario Museum, CN Tower( for dinner and the sunset) and the Toronto Zoo in 3 days! Came home and right to work and then a busy weekend with a soccer tourney that DS's team won and DD went to a rodeo. Took this week off work to paint my living room, shampoo rugs and boring office work etc... We are going camping Friday night - Sunday with 2 other families.We are having a Summer's End campfire here on Sept 2.
I am pretty busy trying to keep on top of housework and yard work with all the other activities but it is all good. I dont get much time on here and the only TV I have watched all summer is Canadian Idol.
My hunny, Kalan Porter has a new CD out!!

Love to the worldly chicks.

[carla49]

All I can say at this point is thank heaven for my secret stash of Xanax. I may yet make it out of here without committing a felony. Do you think they'd let me post on 3fc from the big house? I was thinking I should really stay and help out another day, but then was subjected to another totally undeserved diatribe, so have decided to let the old &?%$ fend for herself as of manana. I will never get a place in heaven.
Thanks all for your kind support, which I don't really feel I deserve. I've been battling this demon for 36 years (!) and should have walked away after my DF died. Too late to disappear now, hence the dilemma.
Barring disaster overnight, I'll be in my own bed tomorrow night. Not that the cushion bed is all that bad - it's the keeping bright lights on and staying alert for every groan and moan that kills.
Enough whining and whinging. I'll post properly when I get home. Once I'm back on hi-speed I'll be able to write and check back and forth and so on.
Gotta go - battery's about to quit.

[Shad]

Oh dear, poor Carla. Go home and fix a nice glass of something. It may not be in the diet, but it will be worth it.

[Ruthxxx]

Quickie just to do the Lucy Report.

She seems improved slightly but the problem still exists. The doc at the Ottawa Clinic seems to have ruled out lungs and heart and is sort of iffy on allergies. We are going to try another antihistamine for two weeks - human which is much cheaper! The whole medical team suspects some sort of problem in the nasal passages. Next step, if the anti-histamine doesn't clear it, is a complete work-up with possible surgery for nasal polyps or Big-C bone problems. I got an estimate and am still in shock but she IS Lucy. We will wait the two weeks and then see.

Time for a tub and a coffee before I pull myself together. Today is the Kick-Off for the Doors Open Ontario event and a bunch of mucky-mucks will be visiting the village to take in the Heritage sites. It will totally take up the morning but I've opted out of the lunch.

Catch y'all later.

[MELODY525]

HELLO RITH! I SEE YOUR EGG LIT UP..GUESS YOU ARE WANDERING AROUND 3FC SOMEWHERE!! SORRY ABOUT LUCY STILL NOT FEELING WELL. I WAS SO HOPING THEY WOULD HAVE A REAL ANSWER. GOOD LUCK WITH THE NEXT VISIT AND WITH ONTARIO'S BIG DAY!

HAPPY~ [IMG]http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e62/deemarie27/elvis5.gif[IMG] HOW CUTE IS THAT?! LOL
I WAS SHOCKED TO HEAR OF THE HEAT RELATED DEATHS RELATED TO THE BIG ELVIS GATHERING. SO SAD. ONE WOMAN WAS 67!!! YOU WOULD THINK PEOPLE WOULD REALIZE THIS HEAT IS JUST TOO MUCH AND NOT TAKE THAT CHANCE. I WATCHED A BIT OF LARRY KING AND PRICILLA. SHE AND HER FACE LIFT LOOK TERRIBLE!! MOST FACE LIFTS DO...WHAT ARE THESE WOMEN THIN KING OF?? AND HOW CAN DOCTORS DO THIS?? GIVES ME THE SHIVERS. YES...LET US HAVE A TEAPARTY WITH YOUR 27 BOXES WE ARE SURE TO HAVE PLENTY TO SIT OUT BY THE POOL. I'LL HAVE ICE IN MINE THANKYOU

CEEJAY~ THANK GOD YOU DIDN'T GET HURT!! WAS IT GOING UP OR DOWN?? GOOD LUCK WITH THE HOODIA. I HAVE RUN INTO SEVERAL WOMEN WHO SWEAR BY THEM. IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO KNOW WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT THEM. KEEP US POSTED

SHAD~SURE SUNDAY CAN COME....JUST NOT TO MY HOUSE ONCE YOU GET USED TO DRIVING ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD...YOU'LL BE FINE! :drive: BTW...NEXT TIME YOU ARE GOING TO GAIN WEIGHT, MAKE SURE IT'S FOR SOME GOOD CAKE!!!

CARLA~ WHAT CAN I SAY? I KNOW EXACTLY HOW YOU FEEL. O KNOW SOME WOULD SAU TO JUST DUMP HER BUT THEN I KNOW YOU HAVE TO LIVE IN THAT SKIN OF YOURS AND YOU WOULD REGRET IT LIKE THE REST OF US. JUST A SHAME SHE CANNOT SEE THAT BUT FOR YOU SHE WOULD BE ALONE IN THIS WORLD. SAD. SENDING MANY BECAUSE YOU DO DESERVE THEM....YOU COULD HAVE WALKED AWAY AND NEVER TURNED BACK. I SEE IT EVERY DAY HERE. YOU'RE A GOOD PERSON, SO GIVE YOURSELF SOME CREDIT!! ;dance:

HOLLY~ NEXT YOU'LL BE USING RUTH'S OPEND DOORS OF ONTARIO TO GO OUT THERE TRAIPSING AROUND ALL OVER CANADA AGAIN!! WE SHOULD HAVE NEVER LET YOU OUT TO MEET SHAD!!

GREY skies Smiling at me
Nothing but GREY skies do I see....LA LA LA
LOOKING PRETTY DREARY OUT THERE THIS MORNING. I IMMEDIATELY YAWNED AND ROLLED OVER BUT COULDN'T GO BACK TO SLEEP. EVER HAVE ONE OF THOSE DREAMS WHERE IT'S LIKE A 20TH CENTURY FOX MOVIE THAT GOES ON FOR HOURS AND HOURS...YOU WAKE FEELING EXHAUSTED? AND I CANNOT EVEN REMEMBER IT!! PROBABLY JUST AS WELL I CAN'T!!
HELICOPTERS ARE ALL OVER THE PLACE. MUST BE AN ACCIDENT SOMEWHERE NEARBY. NEXT THING YOU KNOW THEY WILL BE CRASHING INTO EACH OTHER JUST TO GET THE STORY!! SIGH. GOING TO GET SOME BREAKFAST AND PEDAL FOR AWHILE. NOT IN THE MOOD FOR NONSENSE TODAY...SO I HOPE NONSENSICAL PEOPLE KNOW BETTER THAN TO CALL ME

HAPPY THURSDAY/FRIDAY....WOW THIS WEEK IS FLYING BY

[Hollyhock]

(((Carla)))

[happy2bme]

Morning chicks,

I can't stay long today. Somehow the morning has gotten away from me already. to everyone needs a little lovin' this morning. I guess life just normally socks us in the arm every once in a while. Know we are here for you - armed and dangerous and ready to defend each other against the goofs of the world.

I'll try and get back later. The clock is doing double time today, I swear the hands are spinning wildly when I glance up at the time. Either that or I must be sitting here in a coma like fog losing track of everything

Gotta run - have a good one ladies. Hang in there Carla, you'll be home soon. I second Shad's suggestion

[Hollyhock]

LOL Mel...I tried to go visit Ruth for Thanksgiving but she was already busy.The former really cool party girl I was travelled all the time. I did when the kids were babies too and then I kinda got lost in the quagmire here.
I have friends in Jersey too................

A tea party at Happy's sounds great but with the heat I will need to be in the pool to enjoy mine.
It is overcast here too. Pleasant for painting the inside window trim. Not so hard on the eyes as when the sun is glaring.

(((Ruth))))- poor Lucy! Poor Mama.

Ceejay- the gal I work with takes Hoodia and is having good results.

Hiya Shad!! and ALL!!

More painting and Avon office work today!!! Phone calls to make, a whooping bill for $16,000.00 to pay to the township today for sewers they put in. quadruple ARG!!

[ceejay52]

Mel--I've only taken a few doses of hoodia. So far I can tell a big difference in the fact that I'm not bingeing or nibbling. I am calmer. At least it's working for now. I was going up the stairs when I fell. Today I have a bruise on my are and a scrape on my wrist.

Holly--I see you egg light aglow.

Ruth--Hope the anti-histamine works for Lucy so there will not have to be surgery.

happy-- Stay cool in the pool.

I've finished the lawn before it got to hot to be outside. I took my time. Believe it or not there was a little breeze this morning. I still need to put up the lawn mower. The grass in the back yard and ground is really dry. So dry that the ground is cracking in some places. The front yard has had a bit of water on it and looks much better. I'll water again tonight. I may look for a sprinkler like my uncle has to water the back yard. I think he got his at ACE hardware.

I've never made a veggie pizza on la tortilla. I may put some chicken and pineapple on it also.

[Shad]

Morning all,
There is some rhyme, rhythm and reason to getting up early in the morning. I rose just after 4.30am and did my exercise (last structured one for the week - Yeehaaa) and came to work in the predawn - ie. getting light enough to see, but not daylight. Sitting here on my own on the 17th floor I have been watching the sunrise. First it was the opalescent greys of dawn which have flushed to pastel pinks, blues, purples, greens and yellows and then the teased out cotton wool clouds became a deep rose shade and all the colours grew and merged and got brighter and faded, then the suns rays shot out all over the sky and finally Big Yellow got up for the day. There is a pale blue sky out there, and a light hazy fog out in the distance. The line of hills is sharp and clear - whoops sorry the West Australians call them mountains (read molehills - they haven't seen hills until they have been to NZ). So a nice start to the day.

Ruth - very worrying about Lucy. Hope they find something soon and that the news is good next time you post. Here it is the other way around. Human medicine is a hideous price from the Vet. Vet stuff is fairly (well almost) reasonable. Enjoy the Open Doors thingy - but may I suggest you stand behind one of them - that Holly is on her way.

Mel - I don't know that I would every get used to driving in NY or NJ. That drive down the freeway in peak hour traffic had me convinced I was about to die. I'll stick to the less populated Arizona and New Mexico thank you very much. Elvis has been on the news here as well and we had an NBC interview with Lisa Marie at around 4.30am this morning. I watched some of it. She seems to remember very little about it but then again she was only 9 and not living there so I guess she is a little hazy about events. It was interesting to see Graceland on TV especially since Happy and I went there and I giggled to see the interview with Lisa Marie in the Jungle room that Happy and I laughed over so much. That grass green shag pile carpet - wonder if they have to mow it once a week? The souvenirs didn't look any less tacky either! But they were going out the door fast.

Happy, I think this whole week has been doing double time. I've so much to do and so little achieved. Communication within the team seems to be a bit down as well and the co-workers both managed to produce a document on the same subject yesterday. Grrrrrr. I hope I have put the brakes on that now. Hpefully you are at home now and swimming in the pool or is it still early afternoon over there and you are facing another few hours of slog.

Holly - time to get those walking boots on. Get out there and enjoy the Great Outdoors. Being in the quagmire appears to be the mothers lot for quite sometime. Can remember it well. Mother, lover, wife, doctor, nurse, financier, washerwoman, chef, chief party planner, cleaner, gardener, dragon and driver. Plus more, all rolled into a 5.2 frame weighing in at 54K. No wonder I was skinny then.

Ceejay - keep us posted on how you go with that pill. A little bit of calm never did any harm.

Carla - hopefully you are on your way home to the 2 puss' indoors and the darling neighbour. Life will be on the up as soon as you walk in the door of your cute haven. Have a drink and a barbeque with the neighbours, relax and unwind. You have done your duty to the stepmum and can polish your halo and wear it proudly. We're proud of you.

Okay - better go and sort out the children before they squabble again.
I'll be back. It's Friday, but I think I will be here tomorrow as well so I'll be back. Sunday I thought I might take the ferry out to Rottnest and visit the Quokka. Don't understand that one? - go look it up. No not the Fokkers, the Quokka.

[MELODY525]

The Quokka (Setonix brachyurus) is a small macropod, about the size of a large domestic cat. Like other marsupials in the macropod family (such as the kangaroos and wallabies), the Quokka is herbivorous and mainly nocturnal.

[MELODY525]

THE ABOVE IS FOR THOSE WHO ARE RUSHED AND HAVE NO TIME TO SEARCH FOR THIS CRITTER
I THINK I REMEMBER THIS GUY FROM 3FC JOURNALS A FEW YEARS AGO. HE LOOKS FAMILIAR. TODAY IS FOOD SHOP SO I'LL BE BRIEF. JEN AND I WILL MAKE AN ON-LINE BANKING ACCOUNT SO WE CAN SE WHAT THE BANK HAS DONE. THEN CALL THAT LEVY OFFICE NEXT WEEK AND PLEAD POVERTY. WON'T BE HARD TO PROVE....THERE'S NO ACCOUNTS. UNLESS THEY THINK WE HAVE TONS OF CASH STORED IN THE MATTRESSES. THERE IS STILL THE "GOODS AND CHATTALS" PART OF THE LEVY TO FIGHT. SEEMS THEY ARE STILL GOING AFTER THAT. I TOLD JEN HER UNDIES WOULD BE GOING UP FOR AUCTION! BETTER HERS THAN MINE....ALTHOUGH MINE ARE 10 TIMES BIGGER AND MIGHT BRING MORE BUCKS!!
EVERYONE IS STILL ON VACATION SO THE OFFICE AND MAINT. ROOM ARE TERRIBLY SHORT STILL. SHOULD BE AN INTERESTING WEEKEND!
HAPPY FRIDAY AND HAVE A WONDERFUL START TO THE WEEKEND EVERYONE

HAPPY~ HOPE YOU GET A gRIP ON YOUR DAY AND WORK TODAY AND IT DOESN'T DRAG YOU AWAY!! REST WELL OVER THE WEEKEND AND RECHARGE IN THE LOVELY POOL WHILE SHAD CHASES RODENTS AROUND IN THE WILDS!!

SHAD~ I DO REMEMBER THIS GUY AND A PIC YOU POSTED IN THE JOURNALS MANY MOONS AGO. WORK ON SATURDAY??? WTF!!! LUCKY THEY GIVE YOU SUNDAY OFF!! THE DAWN SOUNDED WONDERFUL AND IF I AM EVER MOTIVATED ENOUGH TO GET UP AND WATCH ONE YOU WILL BE THE FIRST TO KNOW
I GUESS WE ARE FINISHED WITH ELVIS FOR ANOTHER YEAR. LIKE ALL THE MOVIES NOW OF PRINCESS DIANA AND ALL THE PLOTS TO KILL HER ETC. AND THE KENNEDY'S ....THESE POOR PEOPLE ARE NEVER JUST LEFT TO REST HAPPY RODENT HUNTING!!! HAVE A GREAT FERRY RIDE-DAY!!

CEEJAY~ I AM GLAD THE BOO BOOS ARE SMALL AND ISN'T IT FUNNY HOW THINGS ALWAYS SHOE UP EVEN CLEARER THE NEXT DAY? TAKE CARE. I AM GLAD THE HOODIA IS WORKING SO WELL ALREADY. KEEPING MY FINGERS AND TOES CROSSED!!

HOLLY~ I WAS JUST GOING TO ASK ABOUT THAT AVON EMPIRE OF YOURS. REMEMBER THE DAYS WHEN IT WAS JUST A THOUGHT YOU WERE TOYING WITH LOOK HOW IT'S GROWN!!

[MELODY525]

Paddy was walking home late at night and sees a woman in the shadows."Twenty quid " she whispers.
He'd never been with a hooker before, but he decides what the heck, its only twenty quid. So they hide in
the bushes. They're going "at it" for a couple of minutes when all of a sudden a light flashes on
them, it's a police officer. "What's going on here, people?" asks the officer. "I'm making love to my
wife," Paddy answers indignantly. "Oh, I'm sorry," says the cop, "I didn't know." "Well," Paddy says,
"neither did I, until you shined that light in her face.

[MELODY525]

ALL ALONE AM I
EVER SINCE YOUR GOODBYE
ALL ALONE WITH JUST A BEAT OF MY HEART
PEOPLE ALL AROUND
BUT I DPON'T HEAR A SOUND
JUST THE LONELY BEATING OF MY HEART....LA LA LA

A LITTLE BRENDA LEE. IT WAS THE FIRST SONG THAT POPPED INTO MY HEAD WHEN I SAW THIS EMPTY PAGE!! NOT MUCH TO REPORT EITHER. IT'S ACTUALLY CHILLY HERE AND I HAD TO CLOSE ONE WINDOW BECAUSE OF THE WIND. I COULD HARDLY GET THE FRONT DOOR OPEN BECAUSE OF IT!!
THERE IS A NICE MALL SCHEDULED FOR MONDAY THAT I HAVE A GIFT CARD FOR SINCE XMAS. I MIGHT GO. I HAVE TO BE HONEST AND SAY I WISH I COULD TURN IT INTO CASH. NOT REALLY IN THE MOOD TO SHOP WITH ALL THAT IS STILL GOING ON. BUT WE MUST MOVE FORWARD!! ONWARD CHICKS!
HAPPY SATURDAY/SUNDAY

[happy2bme]

I think were alone now
There doesnt seem to be anyone around
I think were alone now
The beating of our hearts is the only sound

tah-thump, tah-thump, tah-thump...

A little 60's Tommy James to go along with Mel's 50's Brenda Lee. And thanks Mel, I'll be thinking that song in and out of my head all day

Sorry I didn't make it here yesterday. I was catching up and then I got stuck on the site not responding. It was being a real bugger and then I had to get going so I had to just be a lurker yesterday.

I had planned on swimming last night after work but as I walked out the door there was this huge dark cloud mass overhead. I didn't think much of it because the storms seem to gather in Arkansas next door, yet once they pop over the Mississippi River and head east, they dry up before they get to my house. I hit a few spots on the drive home where I got 10 or 20 raindrops on the car - just enough to make spots in the dust on the hood. Got home and it was thundering like there was no tomorrow. The storm was just south of us down the road in Mississippi. A bit too chancy to get into the pool, particularly when I found out that electricity is in the air for several miles around a storm - it might not be storming directly above you but that doesn't mean the components for a lightning bolt aren't right overhead . So I'm more careful than I used to be. We went to dinner at the Olive Garden Italian Restaurant. By the time I had a dish of salad, half a breadstick and a bit of DH's appetizer, I was too full to eat more than a few bites of risotto. So I packed it up. I had never tried risotto before but wanted to taste it to find out why so many people ordered it on the TV show ****'s Kitchen. It really is good, not calorie friendly at all but I had salmon and brocolli for lunch so I felt I had a few extra points I could use. Got home, had a phone call from a friend. One of my coworkers - just the nicest guy - is taking a job transfer to Europe so she had a little get together for him at her house. DH and I went for what we thought would be a half hour pop your head in and say hi but wound up lasting almost 3 hours.

I was going to go to the farmers market this morning and woke up at 6:30 but decided I really didn't need all that much. One of the grocers is advertising that they get a lot of their produce from local farmers here so I figured I'll just get it at the store. I know the tomatoes are good and the peaches this year have been fabulous. The cucumbers have been rather small and yucky this season.

The temps are cooling into the 90's with the possibility of storms on the way. We sure do need the rain. Depending on how the hurricanes hit, that's where we might get our rain finally. We won't get pounded with torrential rains but would benefit as the moisture is carried up north. Let's hope because things are so parched here

DH wants to work on the stone wall outside. I think I'd rather stay in and do the housecleaning and laundry today. Can squeeze in a swim during the afternoon. Maybe if I have time, tomorrow morning I'll help DH outside.

on the Paddy joke Mel. That was cute. I can't remember what chilly is like and it seems wierd to imagine shutting the window because a breeze is too chilly. Then I remember it's only in the 70's up your way. Is the gift card for a retail store? Maybe someone would buy it from you. Keep an eye on the mattresses so "the man" doesn't come and try to sneek them out from under you Hope you have a quiet weekend. We MUST set up that phone date. Maybe next Saturday afternoon around 5 your time? email me...

Shad - hope you are having fun chasing the Quokka at Rottnest. What a name for a place And a dry weekend to you. No fun slogging through wet leaves.

Ceejay - glad the hoodia is working for you. There was something else you were trying that I was going to caution you on - it appears it interferes with the thyroid medicines. Stay cool this weekend. Again I see the rain up your way while we are parched.

Have fun painting Holly. Ouch on the nasty sewer bill. Yikes! Hope Lucy is doing better Ruth. Are you home now uncorking a bottle and relaxing in peace and quiet Carla? And the big question is... did Meadow get more tea?

Madcat - get a bike ride and a visit to the comic book shop in with the DH this weekend. Hello to Nae who is probably starting to see the first glimpses of autumn up her way.

Time to get the dustcloth and mop out - later chicks...