Oh Ruth :Hug: I'm sorry.

Dear Ruth, Prayers and thoughts for you and Lucy. Our hearts and souls are never the same when we have been touched by a wonderful pet and companion. May Peace come for both of you during this time.
Thinking of you,
Nae

Ruth
I am so sorry. We are in the same situation with Pepper. Vet says it could be days or it could be a couple of years. 12 years old for a Lab is old. I feel for you and hope you enjoy what little time you have left with her. Will pray for you.

Oh Ruth :cry: tears for you and sweet Lucy. :hug:

Ruth, I'm so sorry to hear the sad news. :cry: I'll be thinking of you both and hoping for a peaceful transition. :hug::hug::hug:

Ruth-This is sad. I know you love her dearly. Hope she goes in peace. ((((hugs))))

It's been a very quite day at work and have gotten a bunch of things done.

The only news is that I thought I wasbeginning to take this weight loss more seriously. However, I've just had 2 moon pies. sigh!!!!!

I had a morning visitor. My friend from the waste water lab is concerned about the lime machine. That's more than my boss would do. I think there is a fued going on between them. I'm picking up bits and pieces.

All have a quite Sunday's rest.

Morning all,
Wet and windy here in Perth but at least it is not too cold. Saturday was not a long work day - but I am going to charge them as such. I was sitting here writing out a list of things I could see would have to be changed and then started making some of the changes. Then I suddenly thought that I have had no official notification of this from my project team. Maybe I need to stop and think about it a bit more. So I fired off the odd email for clarification and went home.
It was a wonderful weekend weatherwise. Yesterday was nice as well so I took a book out onto the wee balcony and sat in the sun for a time, then watched a bit of mindless tv and did some cooking for lunches this week. I sound like LindaT. I also bought a bottle of bubbly for watching footy with. So although a bit tired (footy is not on at sociable hours), I've had a good quiet relaxing weekend.

Rennie: I see Maxine is at her cynical best again.

Happy - good motivation - a bit of a holiday and a long plane ride. We'll :kickbutt: as necessary - no worries.

Rose: Nice to see you back with us. Glad you enjoyed your trip away. Picture board?? Speech?? did I miss something somewhere.

Ruth - so are you going to switch from Portuguese Water Dogs to St Bernards at a future time? Can't see one of them doing the Lucy dash up the stairs.

Mel - I think you mean the Meerkats. Cute little animals always on the look out for each other.
Poor wee eye. Rest up and come back better. Gotta wonder what the glue will do to the health of the workers up there on the roof.

We are in the last week of September - where are we going for October? Took a squiz at the map and the only O that comes up is OMAN in the middle east. Not sure I want to go there. Maybe we should just join in Oktoberfest in Germany - or be Oriental. Or go to Oslo. Anywhere but bloody Perth.

(((((Ruth)))))))

I am feeling completely depleted .... so I tossed in one more load of wash. It simply has to be done. The kids did put away their own belongings in the living room and are now tucked into bed. I will watch the first Cold Case of the season.The Avon appts went well. My Grandma was very weak today. I had to help her walk and to eat.She is not much bigger than DS right now.She has aged rapidly in the last 2 months.I felt so sad when I left. I love her so much.
I went for groceries on the way home.Got those put away, did some spelling with the kids. The hubby continues to be supportive.
Went to a great wedding last night.DD has had a wonderful Bday.
I have quite simply had too many short nights and very long days for 4 weeks straight. Good days but I am crashing hard today.
I should get 7.5 hours of sleep tonight.I will have 2.5 hours in the morning before work to clean house, do some biz stuff and make supper.

HUGS!!!

Oh Ruth - I didn't see this when I was on before. I'm so sad and sorry. I'm hoping for peace for both of you.

Love to you both.

How about "OMG - it's OCTOBER already" :yikes:

You're right Shad - certainly are limited on the O countries. Lotsa O cities.

Can't believe how the year is racing by.

I love the word squiz. I vote you teach us some new words. I'm always looking for something unique for my next password. You might just be the one to help me along ;)

First day of autumn here - does that make it the first day of spring by you?

Ceejay - they STILL make Moon Pies? Wow. If you come across a "Chunky" candy bar, let me know. :D Actually I'd prefer a Clark Bar.

Sorry to hear about your grandmother Holly. They seem to hit speedbumps and all of a sudden the health take a big leap downwards. Hope she finds her spunk again.

Interesting article in Reader's Digest about lack of sleep. Apparently lack of it makes too much of the chemical that makes us hungry and not enough of the one that tells us we are full. I know it had to have more to do with gaining weight then just night eating.

So all you chicks GET TO BED! :yes: :yes: :yes: Don't worry - while you are asleep the good fairy will come and finish all your chores. :D

I thought I taught you most of them when I was over there - such as 'tinge of green' in the traffic lights etc.

For my passwords - they are not too original. I use people, cats, dogs and add the age and species - eg. Shad15dog and when I update them, I simply change the age. Poor dog has moved years once a month for ages and ages. So has the cat. Me, my age doesn't change. I am ageless. But the kids grow up fast. All else fails and the system can't log me on because the password is in the dictionary or has been used somewhere in the last five passwords, I launch into Maori and the dog becomes a curi, and I change gender from wahine to tane etc.etc.etc.

Carla is lurking - I was wondering! Her avatar maintains she is no giant.

Good catch Shad. I tip my hat of ingenuity to you again Carla :rofl:

I keep forgetting to check out the signatures and avatars.

After losing my post and getting hung up yet again, I finally signed up for the ad free forum here. So far it seems to be making a difference. $15 well spent. I don't mind supporting this website anyway - even if I did have to look at the ads. It's been great for us and I can't believe there's so much here for FREE.

Ok, I'm off to bed. Tinge of green was good Shad but I like the sound of squiz. Surely it has friends. :D

squiz
physog
gander
kark it
bit of a dag
boohai (pronounced boo-eye)
chilly bin
chunder
cockie
crash hot
Eketahuna
get off the grass

How many do you need/ want.
Try this http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~sarah/content/slang.html
These are all fairly common bits of lingo - full of fascinating traps for the unwary, eh cuz!

Spring - that was supposedly 1st September. But really it should start with the equinox. Haven't really caught up with it yet.

A FLY BY POST: MY FRIENDS MOM IS IN THE HOSPITAL AND IT DOESN'T LOOK GOOD BUT THEN SHE HAS REBOUNDED MASNY TIMES BEFORE. GOING TO THE OFFICE TODAY. HAVE A GREAT DAY :moped:

RUTH~ WHAT WORDS CAN I SAY. I AM SO SORRY TO HEAR THE NEWS AND SENDING MY LOVE AND HUGS. I AM JUST SORRY YOU'RE ALONE. :hug:

HOLLY~ SORRY TO HEAR ABOUT GRANDMOTHER, SENDING GOOD THOUGHTS HER WAY!

:wave: A FAST WAVE TO EVERYONE ELSE. I AM ON THE RUN. SHOULD BE A QUIET DAY THOUGH. THE ACCOUNTANT IS NOT COMING BACK TODAY. :dance:

Thanks, Melody. I am not alone. My friend Claire is here and is going to be with me when we go to the vet. Lucy is very sick, sad and still and is giving me the "Help me" look so it's time. We are just waiting for the vet to call and give us an appointment.

And I am not changing my avatar - Lucy will live on beside Hershey just like Shad's Shad.

For the first time in years, I'm not wearing mascara!

ONTARIO, Canada- a gorgeous province in the fall.

((((Ruth))))

Ruth-Friends are nice to have around during this time of tradgedy. You still have Hershey. ((((hugs)))))

Mel-Don't work to hard in the office today. Did the accountant get through?

Happy--I've not had any trouble since I've been ad free. I didn't mind paying for this web sight. The sisters have done alot and they deserve to be paid. It's not much.

Shad--I use the name of my sister's pets since I don't have any for my password.

It's been a busy morning. It's time to get back to work.

Hello to the rest of the group. :wave:

Morena,
And a big gentle hug for Ruth and Hershey who are in my thoughts today.

Mind you, this cyber scotch at 7.30 in the morning is a bit over the top!!! But at least there are no calories in it!

Mel - take it easy in the office okay. There is no need to do everything in sight all at once, eyes are precious. Hope the friends mum is okay or that whatever needs to be done gets to be done.

Ruth - It has taken me this many years (4) to even think about changing the avatar. It takes time to heal and there are lots of things which we should not change just because Lucy is physically not there. Here's a wee poem for you with thanks to Jan Cooper

HEAVEN'S DOGGY-DOOR
My best friend closed her eyes last night,
As her head was in my hand.
The Doctors said she was in pain,
And it was hard for her to stand.


The thoughts that scurried through my head,
As I cradled her in my arms.
Were of her younger, puppy years,
And OH...her many charms.


Today, there was no gentle nudge
With an intense "I love you gaze",
Only a heart thats filled with tears
Remembering our joy filled days.


But an Angel just appeared to me,
And he said, "You should cry no more,
GOD also loves our canine friends,
HE's installed a 'doggy-door"!

Mel - the argghh was as you so rightly surmised for work. There is more noise and trouble coming. I'm up to my ears with it and something has to give. And I had better calm down before I make some very rude noises around here. My temper is a slow but terrible thing.

Ceejay - pets are really good for passwords. They don't mind you using their names either.

Holly - Wish I was there to see the Autumn colours. I was up in Japan a couple of years back and the colours were so fantastic - just incredible. Whole hillsides coloured orange and brown and yellow and red with a bit of snow peaking out the top. I don't think I will ever forget the beauty of Shira Kawa Go - although I might forget how to spell the name of the place.

Right - a quick gander at the journals and I'd better go do some work.

:grouphug:

Thought I would stop in and say hello. Hope everyone is doing well. Still can't kick this cold. Going to sit here and do laundry tonight so I will be checking the new posts.

Hope you feel better Rennie. Take some vitamin C followed by a nice cup of tea as many of the ladies would recommend here.

Shad - that was a wonderful poem. Thank you for sharing it. You sound kind of stressed out lady. We have to find you a new job. Tour guide at the Grand Canyon so you can be near your buddy out west. Tour guide at Graceland BUT you are NOT ALLOWED to criticize the items in the gift shop. :lol: Since people here can no longer seem to stay in their lane or one their side of the road, perhaps we can get you a job driving a bus. So what if occasionally you forget which side of the road you should be on, no one will notice and eventually you'll catch on. :bike: We can get jobs passing out wine samples at the liquour store. :cheers: We can chase all the bratty, ill-behaved kids out of the butterfly tent at the zoo (except that's a volunteer only job and the tent will be closing for the season in a few weeks). You like caves. Alot more than me :hyper: :yikes: We have lots of caves. You could be a cave tour guide. Do you see a pattern of tour guide jobs here? That's because 1) you have a neat accent 2) you are used to herding the masses about and 3) you get along pretty well with people. We'll give Mel a whip or a rolled up newspaper or just a good old fashioned :rollpin: and she can keep the stragglers and mis-behavers in line. I daresay tho that the pollen down here may get to her so we might have to relocate to the desert. Thank you for a whole new list of words I can pepper my conversation with :blah: :?: :gossip: :chin: :dunno:

Ceejay - I'm so glad you suggested the ad-free option. It really is MUCH better navigating around here. I don't get stuck like I used to. Except where I peek at the journals where ad-free doesn't apply. Did you have any luck finding the rest of the furniture you were looking for?

Holly - I was thinking Ontario too. I'll bet it's just breathtaking in the fall. I think you posted some pictures last year. Ontario in October suits me. Did DD have a good birthday?

Ruth - I know this has been a very difficult day. Our hearts are with you in your grief. Give Hershey some extra hugs, I'm sure she will wonder what's going on too and get some rest for yourself. :grouphug:

Mel - hope your friend's Mom pulls through ok. Don't fly by so fast - you got my hair all ruffled and it took 35 minutes of blowdrying to make it look like I have more than 12 hairs on my head :rofl:

:hug: to Madcat, Carla, Meadow, Painter, Nae and forgive me if I left someone off but it's really late and my brain is shutting down. Good night all.

Good morning, Sweet Worldly Chicks. I feel so comforted and cherished from all your messages of sympathy. I am sad about my darling but also feel a lot of relief as she definitely was ready to go. It was a graceful and peaceful exit. Shad's poem made me puddle up again but I'm really OK now.

I had a really early wake-up today - 2 PM, finished my book and finally gave up and got up. I suspect a booze bounce. It's all Shad's fault. She called me last night as I was finishing my pre-dinner Scotch (it was that kind of day!) and suggested I have another for her. Of course I did to be polite! Hershey and I dozed on the couch through some sort of TV thing and finally went to bed around nine.

Hershey slept with me last night - she's a bed hog. She's mourning Lucy, I know. When Libby went, Hershey went through this and Lucy was her puppy so... she'll be getting lots of extra attention, affection NOT food.

Fall on Ontario is gorgeous. The area I'm in is part of the pre-Cambrian Shield and we have tremendous fall colour. Right now there are tinges of red in the higher areas but full blaze will be Thanksgiving Weekend in honour of Hollyhock's visit.

You know, it's not yet 5 AM and I'm getting sleepy. I don't have to leave for my quilting class until 9 so I'm going to have a really early afternoon nap. Move over Hershey!

See y'all later.

Good morning chicks.

I made a big batch of this last night to go with the roasted chicken. Ummmmmmmm :T :T :T

A simple recipe, makes a huge batch and so very good for you. You can use whatever vegetables appeal to you. Enjoy.

Roasted Vegetables

WW POINTS® Value: 2 Servings: 10

Ingredients
1 medium yellow summer squash, chopped in chunks or half rounds
1 medium red onion(s), cut in 8ths
1 medium zucchini, chopped in chunks/half rounds
2 medium potato(es), cut in chunks
3 medium carrot(s), cut in chunks
1 large sweet red bell pepper(s), cut in chunks
1 cup asparagus, cut in half
1 cup mushroom(s)
1/4 cup olive oil
1 Tbsp dried parsley
1 tsp table salt
1 tsp black pepper
1 tsp balsamic vinegar
1 medium orange bell pepper, cut in chunks
1 medium yellow bell pepper, cut in chunks
3 clove garlic clove(s), optional - chopped in chunks

Instructions
1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Take a bit of the olive oil and spread it on a large roasting pan.

2. To speed cooking time you can nuke the potatos and carrots to partially pre-cook. Cut the potatoes into chunks and place in a microwave safe dish. Rinse with water leaving just a bit extra in the bowl for steaming. Microwave potatoes for 5 minutes. Toss in large mixing bowl. Do the same with the carrot chunks but cook for 2 minutes for medium thickness carrots, 3 minutes for large, thick carrots. Toss in bowl with potatoes. Toss in the raw red onion chunks. We're going to cook the root vegetables first because they take longer to bake. Drizzle a bit of the olive oil into the bowl with the vegetables. Add chopped fresh garlic . Add salt & pepper to taste as well as parsley and a few drops of the balsamic vinegar. Mix well and put into roasting pan. Bake in 450 degree oven for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.

3. De-seed the peppers, chop up the peppers, mushrooms, zucchini, yellow summer squash. Toss in mixing bowl, add salt, pepper, drizzled olive oil (just to coat vegetables) and parsley. Add to roasting pan and cook for 20 minutes. Give the pan a good stir so that the vegetables don't stick to the bottom.

4. Asparagus cooks up fairly quickly. If using this add it to the roasting pan for the last 10 minutes of cooking.

Total roasting time - 1 hour or until vegetables cooked through. A very simple recipe, the vegetables are delicious and flavorful. This makes a HUGE batch so you'll have lots of leftovers for the week.

Seal the leftovers in an airtight container as soon as they cool down out of the oven as they have a tendency to start to shrivel up if they sit out for a while.

Ruth sp nice to get a report from you. It helps to hear you sounding so well and thoughtful. You were on my mind for a while reflecting on how much I enjoy my little furry family. The colors here are changing the deer have stripped my lilac trees to stubs but they will come back next spring. Have good day and get that nap in when you come home from quilting. We have a new shop here and it offers some great classes. I just don't havethe time to do the projects.
Have a great day everyone!
Peace,
Nae

I'd like to vote for October in Ontario too. Hey, my native province in the month of my birth... what more could you ask for?? :lol: Though it is frassin' 31 degrees C here today and humid!!! Those of us from this lovely area could even provide pictures as the month progresses (from glowing radiance to twiggy brown). We'll make Happy homesick for Chicago. :) Not much colour change down here in the south yet, but I think I saw a bit of yellow in the Don Valley the other day. I love fall: the colours, the cool weather and the stark blue skies. All that autumn produce. I feel like hugging a pumpkin.

Ruthie~ I was thinking of you all yesterday. Give Hershey a hug or 50 for all of us. I find it so interesting how far ahead the season is where you are. We are still in the fall peeping out stage. How great that Holly and you will be able to get together. I hope you both have a joyous time.

Happy~ You are too funny! I love the idea of Shad riding herd on a bunch of tourists. But how could she refrain from editorial comments?? Heck, I think travel writing might be her ideal job. Then again I think travel writing would be the perfect job for a lot of us.

Shad~ Thank you for the poem but I’m all weepy at work now. Of course that could be that I am at work. Happy is right. You do sound a tad pressed for time. Hope the projects sense of urgency isn’t making you too stressed.

Mel~ Sorry to hear about your friend’s mom. Hope she is ok and if not, at least your friend has a good shoulder to cry on.

I’d love to write more but I better get this day kick started. Be back later. Hi to Ceejay and Meadow and Holly and all the rest of the chicks that I no longer have time to name. Carry on kids!

((((Ruth)))))

My Grandma is failing. It is gradual but steady. She is still in her home and has home care coming every day. I dont know how long she will live but she is soon on her way. I will stop in today in my way to take DS to his appt. I would like to go every day.

Holly
I am so sorry. No matter how much time we have with those we love, it is never enough.

Holly--((((hugs))) Hope you can go every day to visit your grandmother.

Happy--I'm going to try this recipe. It's sounds yummy and what an easy way to get in your allotment of veggies for the day. I am alot happier paying for not having the ad's. Some of them took for ever to down load.

Ruth and Madcat--I'm so jealous of the fall colors. This is my favorite time of the year. I'm afraid we will not have to much color due to the drought.

Nae--My uncle has problems with dear this time of the year. Vegetation for them is getting few and far between. They best stay away from the roses.

Rennie and Mel I haven't gone back to read the post. Hope every thing is going well.

I'm sore from yesterday's work out that I got from another web sight. Today I have walked 30 minutes with 10 more to go. I can actually fit in 40 minutes if I do it at 10 minute intervals while at work. I feel more energized when I do this. Weight was back down to 181.8 this morning. I really don't think me eating after a certain time at night has anything to do with my weight flucuating. It's the sodium and fluid build up that is causing this problem.

I've checked the phone at the light office and it's busy. They never switched it. I'll give them until 5.20 p.m. and call the number back. I'll need to call one of the girls and have them to check it out the reason why I'm getting a busy signal. I've used the light plant's phone to call that one because it's connected to the water plants phone.

Shad do you want my job!!!!!!!

I've edited my typo's. I hate this key board.

the good news is that jennifer is home and in one piece. the bad news is that she had a car accident aND THE CAR MIGHT BE TOTALED. SHE'LL BE IN PAIN PROBABLY STARTING TOMORROW SHE'S IN A BIT OF SHOCK RIGHT NOW. SHE'S SPENDING THE NIGHT WITH ME...I THINK SHE KNOWS THE CRYING IS COMING AS SOON AS THE SHOCK WEARS OFF. OUR BODIES DON'T TAKE LIGHTLY TO THESE KIND OF SITUATIONS AND IT LEAVES US WITH FEELINGS OF FALLING "APART" AT THE SEAMS. SO SHE IS GEARING UP FOR THE WORST AND HOPING FOR THE BEST. MOM IS READY THOUGH!! :rofl: . I HAVE THE DRUGS AND ICE BAGS READY!! I WILL BE BACK TOMORROW/

Holly :hug:

Ruth :hug:

Mel :hug:

Jen :hug: :hug: :hug:

We need to get off this thread. September has not been a good month here.

What did I miss - Jen has had an accident??? Oh no. She is so frail. Please pass on a gentle :hug: to her from me.

Crikey - I don't think September is a particularly good month after all. I used to like it but things are happening around this thread which are not great. Holly, please do go visit the grandmother as often as you can. Tell how much you love her, her life has been long and may just go on a little longer with a bit of care and tenderness.

Ruth - good to talk to you yesterday. Thanks for the scotch - however it didn't sit well at 7.30 in the morning! I'd have been better to stick to coffee or tea. Poor Hersch - read her the story of the Rainbow Bridge. And a few hugs and cuddles won't go astray.

Happy - good recipe - although I might be eating for a week if I did all that - that is once I've worked out what summer squash might be! Maybe if I do it with varieties of pumpkin it will work out okay. Sounds like it will. I'll give it a go cos I love roasted veges.

Madcat - okay we go to Ontario in October. But it will be up to you to post the pictures of the changing scenes - which may mean a trip out to the lakes or country cabin for a weekend to recharge the batteries etc. I'm sure that will be a big hardship, but you can rise to the challenge.

Ceejay - Any job which has a structure and a definition and does not have egotistical people angling for power sticking their noses in will do me just fine at the moment. I am considering applying for a job as the local street sweeper.

As you all so rightly determined, this job is getting me down. Yesterday, apart from the fact that I was upset about Lucy, I had more than one problem and had to deal with the political crap that is flying around at the moment and a member of my team, whose allegiance is quite obviously not for this project.
I took my frustrations and listed them, printed out some e-mails to back me up and then took my problems to my manager. I've dumped the lot on her desk. She tells me she thinks I have done exactly the right thing in what I have done, and that I should now just wait for the powers that be to come to an arrangement as to what should be done. So that's where I will leave it. I've refused to discuss it with other members of my project, and have spoken quite sharply to one of them who discussed the problem with one of my team (who let slip by accident and is now regretting it). I don't really care what happens now except that I want to get on with the job in hand and want the team to do exactly the same. To that end they are going to get the hurry-up from me and no excuses as to why they can or can't do something. They have to learn to work together and to move on to something else if what they are working on can not be finalised at this time.

Okay rant over. It's raining again - nothing new there. Supposed to be fine for a long weekend. However I won't be taking the long weekend unless I can get some bits finished here that are bugging me. Since the design team haven't finished designing, I don't think I will have a chance of a 3 day weekend.

Time to go, read the journals, hack people off and get on with the job. Seeya

Morena, Happy.
See we have crossed paths again.

Yikes, I think all the worldly chicks will be glad to see the end of this month. Way too much pain and hurt and frustration.

Ruth, it sounds like Lucy had a lovely, gentle departure. I'm so glad she didn't suffer, and glad that you had a good friend with you at the end. Poor Hershey must be finding it pretty hard too.

Mel, what a shocker about Jen's accident. At least she's not hurt, just shaken up. Was Ritchie with her, and if so, is he okay? :grouphug:

Holly, sorry to hear your gran is failing. :hug: to you too.

Greetings to Shad, Happy, Madcat, Meadow, Painter, Rose, Rennie, Ceejay. :wave: I may be back out of lurker status in October, especially since the whole bunch of you will probably be here in Ontario... being Optimistic?

Melody
Hope things are ok. Some nice quiet time is what everyone needs it seems. Usually stuff around here. Clean house, cook meals, nothing much changes and I don't tend to let things get to me so as usual I am good.

Shad
You are another one that needs some quiet time. Try to relax letting things get to you never makes anything any better. I know easier said than done.

Carla
Yes October is another month. I am sure things will be better for everyone then. My daughters birthday is on the 4th. Doesn't seem possible she will be turning 17.

Carla, I think you are right, September = sad, October = optimism. Nice one girl friend.

Yellow crookneck squash is what they call summer squash here. I always get confused because what you call squash, we call pumpkin :dizzy: but here's a pic.

Also looking forward to an optimistically good time oogling the orange leaves in Ontario. You realize those of us in the semi and full on tropics will have to dress warmly :D - but that's ok. It's worth the price to see those gorgeous colors of fall. We do get them down here but not until November and as Ceejay pointed out - the trees are stressed from the severe drought this way so they might lose their leaves before they get a chance to color up.

Hey there my friend - I see yer aig light a shinin' :wave:

I'm going to bed. You head off to lunch ;)

Sleep well all you northerners. I have a meeting that isn't - if one gets my drift. So I'd better go see if it is still on or off or ???????????

Good morning. Hersh and I are up and coffeeing together. She's a real Velcro dog this morning - she knows Lucy is gone, I'm sure.

Holly, yes, do spend as much time with your dear grandmother as you can. If you have to cancel your Thanksgiving trip, so be it. We will have other times.

MEL, poor Jen! I hope she doesn't have too much pain this morning. So nice to have a Mom ready with drugs and ice!

Happy, that is a terrific recipe! I definitely will make it as I get bored with the same old vegetables.

Madcat, I have some fall pics already as October is already started in the meadow. I'll post one here to lift our spirits.

Shy, are you over your cold? Hope so because we are going to have a great October!

Ceejay and Shad, it sound like you both need a job change. I sure don't envy you all the stress and frustration.

Roseblush, we have a deer problem here too. Right now they are eating the few apples I have from small trees. I'll post a picture of the buggers!

:wave: at Painter and Meadow and whomever else I've missed.

One of my dear friends, John, has set up "The Lucy Foundation" as a memorial to her! He is the Director of the HIV-AIDS Support who will use the fund to help clients with vet visits for their pets. Isn't that cool? Now to find a good picture of my darling.

Once again I'm not feeling "up" for gym. It's actually physical as my knee is particularly sore this morning. I think I walked around too much doing pet therapy at the nursing home last night - and it's raining which makes it worse.

Donna comes to clean this morning which will be great. I plan to hole up in my sewingroom while she's here. I find I participate too much if I don't get out of her way and that's just plain silly.

Here's a pic of the deer eating my apples and one of October sneaking in across the meadow.

Good morning chicks,

Nice pics Ruth. It looks peaceful up your way. We could use peaceful. How nice of your friend to memorialize Lucy in such a fine way. Wouldn't it be fitting if one of the side charters had to do with providing glasses to the poor? I can't believe she chewed 10 pairs of yours. What a character!

Not much else to say. I did get my walking in last night - trotted back and forth in the room while I was watching The Biggest Loser (although I am rapidly losing interest in the show). When the commercials came on, I just walked through the house - in this room, through that room :dancer: I did get 45 minutes in. Maybe not as intense as a treadmill workout but I was moving and that counts for something.

Time to get ready for work. Y'all have a good day.