[MELODY525]

HELLO HAPPY LUV!!!! I AM WAVING FRANTICALLY IN YOUR DIRECTION THANKS FOR ALL THE GOOD THOUGHTS : love:

[Roseblush]

Geez a girl can't get here in a day or so and has a short novel to read to catch up with everyone! Ruth the pics were so great....love the deer shots. We love to see them and have them in our environment but they can be so hungry consuming all of our beautiful plants..... The fund for Lucy, what a great gesture from your friend. Do amazing how animals touch our lives, now Lucy will continue to make a difference for so many owners and their pets.

Does the fall get more splendid than the full moon the rising morning star and the sun coming up at the same time......... WOW, I wish you all could be sitting here with me this morning having coffee and seeing this amazing site out all of my windows...... Be reminded that the Power & Love which offers us this amazing place to tread...is there for each of us when our needs seem too great.... Breathe!!

My thoughts are with all of you today as I read each of your posts and the great thing about his porno site LOL is that we have a great bunch of ladies here to help comfort and understand us ....right where we are today.

Wish some of our friends from across the Atlantic would check in with us and report on their journey. We miss you!

One speech done last night and it went tooooo long but have some good ideas to shorten it up the next time I give my report. I had a great time in Minnapolis....fun city. I was just too busy to see much of it.

Hope your day if filled with a good laugh along the way and your spirits are lifted by a hug or good friend telling your how terrific you are!!!!!
Peace,
Nae

[Ruthxxx]

Aw! Everybody needs a hug today! Hershey and I will be glad to do it.

Not much going on here except it's raining horribly hard. We have a river running down the road towards the creek, known as the "crick" in these parts. I have to go out to pick up prescription renewals and pop a cheque into the bank in the next town but that'll be "it" until this evening when I have a Fair Board meeting.

"Gentle" yoga class was a misnomer! I was afraid I'd be unable to move this morning but it's not too bad. I managed to sleep until 7 which probably helped.

Try to gram yourself a bit of peace today.

[Shy Moment]

Ruth
You bring up a funny argument. I was at my friends house one day in Southern Ohio. The family was arguing is it a " crick " or a " creek " . They are going back and forth. I am the only one there from ohio proper, usually known as " Northern Ohio " lol. They said well, is it crick or creek. I said a crick is something you get in your neck, a creak is something a door does. It is a stream. Jeez. They of course laughed at me. Then I asked, how do you spell creek lol they spell it creak. Like I said it is a stream.

[MELODY525]

MY FRIEND'S DOG DIED LAST WEEK AND NOW HER MOM HAS BEEN MOVED TO A NURSING HOME. SEEMS LIKE SADNESS IS EVERYWHERE. WELL JEN IS LAUGHING TODAY BUT IT MUST BE THE CODEINE RICHIE DID THE SHOPPING ON FOOT!! POOR SOD. BUT HE NEEDED THE EXERCISE! I MADE RICE, CHICKEN, OLIVES AND VEGGIES FOR JEN AND RICHIE AND SHE ATE LIKE A PIG SO RECOVERY IS GOING VERY WELL!

I READ BACK TWO PAGES:
HOLLY~ I AM SO SORRY TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR EAR AND HOPE THEY BOTH FEEL BETTER LORD...WHAT ELSE THIS MONTH HUH?

RENNIE~ SORRY TO HEAR ABOUT THE BRONCHIAL SITUATION ALSO!

CEEJAY~ I AM SO GLAD TO HEAR YOUR GOOD NEWS ON THE WEIGHTLOSS!! CONGRATULATIONS THIS MONTH...YOU ARE OUR BIGGEST LOSER!!!

CARLA~ WE SHOULD BE OUTRAGEOUSLY OPTIMISTIC IN OLDE ONTARIO IN OCTOBER!! THANKS FOR POPPING IN TOO!

HAPPY~ YOU MAKE ME LAUGH!! ROFLMAO BUT I PROMISE NOT TO SQUEEZE THE CRAP OUT OF YOU MY SOUTHERN SISTER. THANKS AGAIN FOR THE GOOD THOUGHTS. THEY MADE MY DAY.

RUTH~ SEND YOU THE PM AND I REALLY AM SORRY I WASN'T HERE THE OTHER DAY.

NAE~ GOOD TO SEE YOU AND YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH I WISH WE WERE ALL ON YOUR FRONT PORCH DRINKING COFFEE....I LIKE MINE ICED!!!

MADCAT~ THINKING ABOUT YOU!

PAINTER~ YOU BETTER COME OUT OF THE WOODWORK BEWFORE YOUR BIRTHDAY NEXT MONTH!! HOPE YOUR WANDERINGS WENT WELL AND YOU HAD/OR HAVING A GREAT TIME!

I THINK I GOT EVERYONE....ALREADY HAD MAIL FROM SHAD AND ASNWERED IT. MAYBE SHE CAN GET ON TONITE ON HER OWN. WE'LL SEE...IF NOT I WILL BE BACK!

[MELODY525]

SOME SEASONAL COOKING WITH MR. PERDUE....THE ORIGINAL MR. CHICKEN
http://www.perdue.com/tips/seasons.html

[Shy Moment]

I am doing ok lol. I am vertical and breathing without assistance lol. It could be worse lol. Always look on the bright side. Things could be worse.

[ceejay52]

I stay away for a complete 24 hours and there's a lot to read here.

STange things today. I keep hearing a phone ring.

Happy--I'm convinced that Toyota's are the best. The Chevrolet comes in second.

Mel--Glad Jen's feeling better. Tell Shad tht if she goes back to Brisbane to be careful. I heard on the local radio station that a guy is not only stealing purses he's stealing underwear as well.

Holly--Hope the ear feels better today. I've been there done that. It sure is no picnic.

Reenie--Feel better soon.

Have been in the mood to clean today. It sure did need it. I still need to finish the kitchen.

Have a good day.

[MELODY525]

POSTING AGAIN FOR OUR SHADDIE WHO CAN'T GET HERE JUST YET:

"Yesterday has to have been the day from ****,
Meeting first up in the morning - I thought to discuss how the new PMFE (Plant Maintenance Front End) in the new system will display and work, but no, it is for the business to decide what order they want the columns in. Great - that's 20 QRG's which will have to be redone. Won't take long will it? The two that have to be completely redone will take around 4 or 5 hours. But it's the ripples that take the time. You've changed things so that means all process flows will need to change, all screen dumps will need to change, any powerpoint presentation that shows some of the work flow process will need to change. Any screendumps in the powerpoint that display that screen will have to change. When will you get the changes into the system so we can start? Oh probably not till next week. Aaaaaarrrrggggghhhhhhh. So then I came back and broke the news to my manager. I managed to start with 'Have you taken your valium today and permission to go insane Ma'am?
Then my computer decided to spit the dummy and it has had to be rebuilt. You guys are still on the porn list so here I am, taking advantage of Mel's good nature again. I did ask the (No) Help desk this morning what they had done to Net Nanny and they didn't know - nothing! But then again, the left hand does not tell the right hand what gives around here, otherwise the left hand might know more than the right hand does.

Happy - I try to buy a new car every 2 or 3 years. This one is coming up 4 at Christmas. Believe it or not. There is so little resale value for a used car here, that unless you sell them young, you are going to have to find a heap of money to buy the next one. I'm not going with GM this time because I didn't get all the bits that I thought I was going to get for my money last time. Strangely, you can get a Honda or Mazda with all the gizmos as standard for around the same price as a Holden lacking the gizmos. And no it is not brand new anymore - the son just rang to say that someone sideswiped it in the supermarket car park. Goodo.

Mel - please give Antoinette my regards and tell her I am thinking of her.

Love and hugs to all of you. I'd better go and get up my team for something or other. It's going to be one of those days.

I'll use an internet cafe over the weekend to catch up with you all. Don't yet know if I am coming in to work or not due to lack of co-operation and not being able to do much work at the moment.

SHAD"

[Shy Moment]

I am feeling much better until I go to bed and then everything clogs up lol. Other than that doing better everyday. Thanks for all the concern.

I happen to love my caddie. Haven't really driven anything else in years. Yes when they break, just had to spend about 500 for a new air mix door motor so I have heat this winter, it does cost a bunch to fix but since they don't break down much doesn't really cost much in upkeep. A friend just had the same thing happen on her not a caddie lol last year and it cost her just as much to have it fixed. The last one i had, all i did to the thing in 11 years except for breaks and oil changes was a new set of fuel injectors. Can't beat that with a stick

Sorry Shad still can't get in.

Ceejay
I have days like that just clean and clean.

[PainterWoman]

Back from vacation.
Took 3 days to pull out of "re-entry Depression." It is wonderful to stop worrying about budgets, food plans, laundry, dishes, etc. etc. I am a lazy one, for sure.

In the midst of said Depression I was considering lap-band surgery (or some sort of major amputation.... whatever it wold take)... but DD persuaded me that there were too many complications etc etc and so I've signed up for WW.

I have two lesbian friends who both lost more than 50# with WW. I'd like to lose 150 pounds... but don't really want to switch teams. Does that mean I'm not committed enough?

I've been painting today... and show when there's anything interesting! HA!
It is pretty hard to paint AND eat.

Best to all.

[Shy Moment]

Painter
HA HA about changing teams. I hope you do well using WW. I have heard a lot of people that have done well on that program. Anytime one considers surgery it is important to look at the risks involved. Good idea what you and your DD did just that.

We are here to give support so please let us know how you are doing.

[happy2bme]

Good morning chicks,

Painter, I didn't realize that WW works better if you're a lesbian - no wonder I'm not quite getting the results I wanted Good to have you back with us again.

Thanks for the recipe link Mel. Some of those things look quite good. And quick to fix too - always a plus.

Poor Shad - I know exactly what she is talking about - I would be banging my head in frustration. Of course why hurt yourself over someone else's stupidity? I feel for you sister... I guess the security teams must have had a conference because yesterday I noticed that many of the advertisements on websites were blocked. Not that I regret seeing ads I wouldn't pay attention to anyway, just means that they are tightening up security on what you can see on the Internet at work.

I stood up from the couch last night and got a blaze of light in one eye. It started me - like a sudden, unexpected bolt of lightning. Except it wasn't outside - it was in my eye. I now have a rather large, annoying floater in my right eye and I see flashes of white light in an arc in the eye. Guess I'll be trotting to the eye doctor this weekend. I looked it up on the internet and while it said sometimes this happens because of age, if it happens suddenly get it checked out because it could be a torn retina. Great just what I (don't) need.

If I had the time this morning I would set us up on a new thread just to be done with September. Was it Spain, or the singing or just the phase of the moon that made this such a bad month for us?

Tomorrow marks 35 years ago that I met DH. Can't believe disco was that long ago

Happy Friday ladies.

[Madcat]

Happy ~ Look I'm waving at you, Egg-lit One.

I've had just enough time to read all of this, but no time left to comment! Between internet failures and the realization that since I'm straight this whole WW thing might not work, my day is just reeling.

Love to you all! I'll be back in later... Oh and I'd be happy to set up October's thread. I have a few thoughts on my native province

All I'll say for now is TGIF!!!

[MELODY525]

CEEJAY~ I HEAR BELLS OF ALL KINDS....AND OTHER STRANGE NOISES. THE DR TELLS ME IT IS THE SINUS CAVITIES DOING IT ALL. I HAVE EVEN GOTTEN OUT OF BED UNTOLD AMOUNTS OF TIMES TO ANSWER THE DOORBELL THINKING IT WAS AN EMERGENCY!!

RENNIE~ GLAD YOU FEEL BETTER...I HAD A 1968 CADDIE AND LOVED IT BUT I LOVED MY OLD CHEVIES BETTER!!:drive:

PAINTER~ I AM GLAD YOU AND DD HAD THE TALK. I KNOW YOU CAN DO THIS. YOU HAVE HELPED THOUSANDS IN YOUR JOB AND YOU CAN DO THIS FOR YOU! IF ALL THOSE PEOPLE DESERVED YOU HELP THAN YOU CERTAINLY DO! { NOW I NEED TO CONVINCE MYSELF OF THAT TOO }

LAST NIGHT JEN AND I HAD A CHAT. I GAVE HER THE MONEY FOR THE CAR TOWING AND SHE IS TO GIVE IT TO THE FIL TODAY WHEN THEY GO TO THE INS COMPANY. TOWING IS NOT COVERED. I ALSO TOLD HER TO OFFER THE $500 DECUCT. THAT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE INSURANCE EITHER. SEEMS DAD IS PISSED AT HAVING TO PAY FOR JEN. JOHN WILL LEND ME THE $500 AND I'LL PAY HIM BACK EACH MONTH. IT'S NO BIG DEAL. JEN AND I AGREED IT IS HER RESPONSIBILITY TO PAY THE
OUT-OF-POCKET EXPENSES REGUARDLESS OF HOW MUCH MONEY THE FIL HAS. IT MIGHT BE THEIR CAR BUT IT WAS HER DRIVING. HOPEFULLY THIS WHOLE THING WILL BE SETTLED SHORTLY....BOTH JEN AND I ARE REFUSING TO RIDE THE EMOTIONAL ROLLERCOASTER. AND EVEN THOUGH UPSETTING, WE HAVE REMAINED CALM IN THE FACE OF IT ALL. AFTER ALL IT IS ONLY MONEY. HER BODY IS STILL IN ONE PIECE. I HAVE DONE ABSOLUTELY NOTHING FOR DAYS NOW BUT I THINK IT WAS A WISE DEDISION CAUSE I FEEL GREAT
HAPPY FRIDAY AND HOPE EVERYONE HAS A WONDERFUL WEEKEND!!

HELLO SOUTHERN BELLE HAPPY!!