MELODY
Oh, you are one of those tall people stop complaining lol. I will be 5 foot someday lol. I have long legs and a short torso that is how I can reach the leprechauns bums lol.

Ceeja
I got an electric mower years ago to help with the trimming around the sliding doors and the patio. Yard is just a bit to big to try to mow it with one of those things. Heck, would have to have miles of extension cord lol.

Shad
Have you ever noticed the darn things never run out of hair. My gosh Winkie sheds so much you would think he should be bald by now and it never looks like he has lost a single hair.

My daughter should get the Elvis lover of the year award. Has loved the man, I swear, since the day she was born. " Mom Elvis didn't die, he just went home. " lol

Mel--I must of missed the post about the hound dog. You and I used to be the same height. I'm now 5'2" due to the osteoporosis. But I can still kick a little high.

The Gaither concert was great last night.

Suzi hasn't been here for awhile.

Hello to Reenie, Happy, Shad, Madcat, Meadow, RoseBlush, and PainterWoman.

wow Ceejay - I don't know why but I had the impression that you were a "long drink of water" - I imagined you at 5 foot 10 or something. Maybe Ceejay is just a tall sounding name :lol:

Guess we do have a bunch of shorties here. That's ok. We're petite. Wouldn't have it any other way. Get to meet new friends at the grocery store - 'scuse me mister - could you please reach that cereal/jar/can/bottle off the top shelf for me please? Another advantage of being short is I can lurk around the office - no one can see me passing through the partitions so I can sneak up on people :rofl:

Joke Time - read these aloud

How do you catch a unique rabbit?
Unique Up On It.

How Do You Catch A Tame Rabbit?
Tame Way, Unique Up On It.

How Do Crazy People Go Through The Forest?
They Take The Psycho Path.

What Do Fish Say When They Hit A Concrete Wall?
Dam!

What Do Eskimos Get From Sitting On The Ice Too Long?
Polaroids

What Do You Call A Boomerang That Doesn't Work?
A Stick.

What Do You Call Cheese That Isn't Yours?
Nacho Cheese.

What Do You Call Santa's Helpers?
Subordinate Clauses.

What Do You Call Four Bullfighters In Quicksand?
Quatro Sinko.

What Do You Get From A Pampered Cow?
Spoiled Milk.

What Do You Get When You Cross A Snowman With AVampire?
Frostbite.

What Lies At The Bottom Of The Ocean and Twitches?
A Nervous Wreck.

Where Do You Find A Dog With No Legs?
Right Where You Left Him.

What Kind Of Coffee Was Served On The Titanic?
Sanka.


Why Did Pilgrims' Pants Always Fall Down?
Because They Wore Their Belt Buckle On Their Hats.

What's the difference between a bad Golfer? And a bad Skydiver?
A Bad Golfer Goes, Whack! "Dang!" A Bad Skydiver Goes "Dang!" Whack!

What Do You Call Skydiving Lawyers?
Skeet.

What Goes Clop, Clop, Clop, Bang, Bang, Clop, Clop, Clop?
An Amish Drive-By Shooting

These are cute Happy. Thanks for the laugh. I'm almost glad I didn't show up at your house when Shad was there. You would have thought I was the wrong person. he he My uncle told me the first joke last week. my favorite on is the last one. I'll need to watch that the next trip I take to Springfield. I go through Amish country.

Friday
 

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Keep your eyes open Toronto ladies, this fellow is one of yours ;)

I've been reading but talking in my head and not posting, whoopsies:o

Welcome Rennie :wave: I've never ironed a sheet and I don't own an ironing board. I think the iron I had was used by my husband to put some wood trim on something and is covered in glue. My laundry is sitting in three baskets waiting to be put away since Wednesday, so you can see me and my family are very wrinkled and rumply :yes:

Mel-the pic above is to help you start your weekend :D How are you doing with this foul weather? I've had to put the heat on here, rainy days, fall starts on Sunday. Looking forward to the leaves changing.

Happy-loved the jokes, unique up on them :P lol MMM, sliced pears sound yummy. I want pears now! The neighbours gave me some apple/pear sauce they made, I think I'll put some in the blender with a bit of ice and or maybe frozen strawberries. Scooby doo just sounded in my head, must be hungry :p :drool:

Ceejay-are you singing after your concert? Glad you had a nice evening out. Did you go to the safety meeting? You sound like the challenge is working well for you. I'm still doing fine with my exercise, averaging three times a week. The food choices are not too bad also :broc: yeah!

Shad-how goes the overseeing of the young whips? Are they bowing to your higher authority or giving you the gears? I would love to have your power! :carrot: Your marinated recipe gave me the push to do some ginger beef and broccoli for dinner with brown basmati rice. Thank you, I would never have gotten there without your twigging my brain ;)

Ruth-quilting sounds like fun. I just crocheted a caterpillar for my daughter. Hugs to you and Lucy and Hershey. Glad Lucy is being her irrasible self :D

Holly-turkeys are on sale right now, gobble, gobble. Hope you and the kids are keeping your good energy and hubby is still smiling while he lends a hand.

PainterWoman-what colours have you mixed up? I was playing with my paintshop program and created a fuzzy chrysanthemum in a vase, that I printed and framed. Messed with the light on it and it turned out okay. Hope your creative spirit is soaring.

Carla-:wave: Tickles to the kitties. I hope you are feeling positive and smiling at the cloud formations out your window.

Hello all you chicks of the world, you splendid fluffy yellow wonders!

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My Baby Girl will be age 7 at 8:01 am Sept 22. Cant even begin to describe how much i love my little girl.

Very cute little girl and what a wonderfull age.

And she's not like her mother is she - NOT MUCH! Nice photos Holly.

Well here I am at work again despit vowing I need not come in this weekend. Some twits got together in a meeting yesterday and decided that the workflow of events on one of my courses was to be updated. Well thank you very much. It won't take much to change. Won't it? Would you like to do it then? It's only 2 Quick Reference Guides (QRG's) to be changed. My South African co-worker, who was in on the meeting (I was even invited) said that it shouldn't take long to do the two guides. No I said it won't, but the ripple effect will. What ripple effect she said. Those two QRG's are referenced through out the entire course and a few other courses as well. It's the ripple effect that will take the time. So thank you, there goes my weekend.
I now have to go through every document we have written looking for the references to these two. I am so pleased. I could say I am so pleased I feel like chucking something through the nearest window.

The only one of us who has any height at all is Carla. She tells me she feels like a giant among us. But that's okay, we need someone with lofty visions. I hope she comes back soon.

Great jokes Happy. Started my office day off well. Now I can get started with a smile instead of a grimace.
Don't you remember the little plastic coated bag with the dog sticking out of it. I thought it was the butt but Mel says it is the head. The other side from the head is a picture of Elvis with a big Hound dog. I put your key ring in it to take to Mel.

Meadow - Ginger beef sounds so nice. The pics not bad either. Unfortunately I'm not in TO anymore. Madcat will have to go looking. Mind you she has her own cutie so she may not see much else.

Have a poem here. Actually it came with pictures, but I can't reduce the pics to put them on here. So I'll rejig the poetry. Back in a minute with the masterpiece.

I may never see tomorrow
Theres no written guarantee
And things that happened yesterday belong to history.

I cannot predict the future
I cannot change the past
I have just the present moment
I must treat it as my last.

I must use this moment wisely
For soon it will pass away
And be lost to me forever
As part of yesterday

I must exercise compassion
Help the fallen to their feet
Be a friend to the friendless
Make an empty life complete

The unkind things I do today
May never be undone
Any friendships that I fail to win
May nevermore be won

I may not have another chance
On bended knee to pray
And I thank god with humble heart
For giving me this day.


Have a nice day. And don't spend it in the office - it's Friday - get out there and embrace your weekend

I AM "EMBRACING MY WEEKEND" MISS SHAD WITH MULTI SMOKE ALARMS! :flame: SOME OF THESE PEOPLE ARE DETERMINED TO TRY AND ALIGHT THIS BLDG!! :lol3: SO SORRY THIS HAS TURNED INTO A WORKING WEEKEND. DON'T CHUCK THE PC OUT THE WINDOW OR YOU'LL NEVER GET DONE!! HOW NICE OF THEM TO FIND EVEN MORE WORK FOR YOU. IS ANYONE ELSE THERE THAT IS HELPING....OR DOES THIS LOVELY PACKAGE BELONG JUST TO YOU :gift: SENDING :hug: TO SEE YOU THRU!

MEADOW~ WHAT A LOVELY SURPRISE AND HOW NICE OF YOU TO BRING A FRIEND!! ANS SUCH A BIG BOY AT THAT....EVEN I CAN SEE IT! :rofl: HE IS A KEEPER. SO...YOU HAVE BEEN TALKING TO US IN YOUR HEAD? I THINK I HEARD YOU ONCE OR TWICE!!! :lol3: WE ARE THE RUMPLY FAMILY TOO. EVEN JEN IS GIVING UP THE IRON! WE HAD THE HEAT ON FOR A FEW DAYS ON LOW AND NOW I AM BACK TO THE A/C IN THE AFTERNOONS AND NIGHT....WE'RE HAVING A HEAT WAVE...LA LA :beach: STAY WARM MY NORTHERN FRIEND!!

CEEJAY~ FOR SOME REASON A LONG TIME AGO, I THOUGHT YOU WERE TALL ALSO UNTIL WE SPOKE OF HEIGHT. I THINK IT MIGHT EVEN HAVE BEEN IN THE JOURNALS SO MANY EONS AGO! LOL WE ARE THE PETITECHICKLETTES! :belly:

HOLLY~ A HAPPY BIRTHDAY WISH FOR YOUR DEAR DAUGHTER ONE MORE MINUTE TO GO. :hb: OK IT IS NOW OFFICIALLY HER BIRTHDAY!! CLOCK JUST TURNED!!! :dance: HOPE SHE HAS A GREAT DAY!!

RENNIE~ FUNNY HOW KIDS JUST LOVE ELVIS. I HAVE FOUND A BUNCH OF THEM...GUESS ELVIS WILL NEVER DIE! I SENT MAXINE TO SHAD CAUSE I WAS AFRAID SHE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO SEE IT AT WORK. I AM STILL LAUGHING OVER THE "MAN" ONE!!!:rofl:

AFTER BRAGGING...ONE EYE IS THE PITS TODAY. MAYBE CAUSE I WENT OUT AND ALSO THE ROOFERS USED A GLUE/SEALANT THAT STUNK UP THE ENTIRE BLDG!! :tantrum: OTHER THAN THAT ALL IS WELL. WEIGH IN THIS AM WAS THE SAME 184.5. SEEMS TO BE THE MAGIC NUMBER FOR ME! :lol3: NOTHING ELSE NEW. GOING TO REST THE EYE. ACCOUNTANTS ARE ARRIVING TOMORROW. GUESS SUNDAY IS NOT THE SABBATH TO THESE "FOREIGNERS". :lol3:
HAPPY SATURDAY/SUNDAY AND ENJOY THE CRAP OUT OF THE WEEKEND! :moped:

SHAD ~ IF CARLA IS THE TALLEST, THEN SHE CAN BE THE HEAD LOOKOUT ON THE "MANOR" MOUND!! NOW WHAT IS THE NAME OF THOSE DANG ANIMALS THAT STAND UP.....IT JUST FLEW OUT OF MY MIND....WELL ANYWAY........... :scooter:

Quickie again! You chickies are nutso! I'll never get caught up!

Love the fireman, Meadow. I can be in Tranna in 3.5 hours but think I'll skip the drive. Happy BD to Heather, the wee princess. What a cutie! Yes, Carla is tall but a gentle giant. I love meeting 3FC friends IRL and hope to meet all of you someday. I must list who/whom I've met! (It's whom but who sounds better, right? I'm too obsessive! Just slap me. )

Dashing through as usual today. Lucy does a weigh-in and prescription renewal at the local vet this morning. Then we will go to visit Harry and take him his weekend beer which he seems to enjoy. He has a pretty flat affect but beer gets a spark as do the dogs. I sometimes think they should just have little casks and I could just send them to visit in a cab - if we had cabs. After that, the afternoon is mine! I'll be making my real-food dogfood which I've run out of. I might even get to do some painting or cutting for my quilt project.

Loud woofings from the yard....I may have company and I'm still in my robe! :yikes: Maybe it's that fireman!

Good Morning all
 

Hello, I thought the girl from the Wilderness should check in and howdy! My heart skipped a beat this morning after letting out my dogs, I soon heard a coyote yipping very close by and was so scared Toby would go after it. The little girl Teeka came right in and soon Toby returned to the house. I grabbed my.22 and loaded it with the first bullets I could find....just bird shot for my flickers and fired a few the coyote immediately shut up and hopefully ran. I do hope there is not a kill some place close to the house they are taking care of. I do not want to lose another dog to predators. So you can just call me Annie Oakley this morning, so much for sleeping in!!!!!!

I am back from my trip to Minnapolis and it was so much fun. Minnapolis is a great city and very livable I decided. Now I have to my picture board and get my speech ready. Trying not let that thought scare me toooooo much!!!!!!!

SO nice to see everyone here and see some new faces too. I can hardly keep up with all of you when I take off for a while. The fire restrictions are off right now and fall is cooling everything off. I do love this time of year.

Take care everyone and many Blessings!
Peace,
Nae

Here is my little addition for the morning

'morning ladies,

The weekend's here :yay: Well I guess it is for some of us. Sorry to hear you have to work Shad. Ugh. That seems to be the nature of the industry - someone makes a snap decision without forethought and everyone else has to scramble to make it happen. I hope you won't have to give up your entire weekend. :(

After stressing out and chasing my tail for the last 2 weeks, my new goal is to get in front of the tsunami instead of being caught rolling in the undertow. Since it's the weekend, I will start with the house. And if I have time I will dig into the pile of papers I brought with me from work.

A friend asked us if we wanted to meet them in Las Vegas for a long weekend just after Christmas. We haven't been to Vegas in over 4 years. It will be a good incentive for me to step up the weight loss efforts - both to look better going home for Christmas as well as sitting comfortably on the plane for the long ride west.

I am motivated. Slap me - HARD if I drift off again. Thank you.

Poor Mel. I'm not sure moving you out to the country would help those peepers but we have to get you away from the big city and to a smaller, less messy area without all the pollutants and irritants. I tried to talk DH into moving to Rhode Island but that fell through. Would have been closer to you for a visit. Do whatever you need to in order to be comfortable. :hug:

Coffee cup is empty which means it's time to start cleaning. Have a good weekend chicks - whatever your plans bring you.