Kiwi! poor Jet, I bet you're worried sick about her. I also had a friend w/ an epileptic schnauzer that was controlled quite well with meds... so maybe it's not as bad as it could be. Still, I'm sure it was traumatic for you to witness. I hope the vet will have good news for you.

Peach, managers always tell you one thing, then get sidetracked until you hound them some more. Keep hounding. It's the only way to get what you want. I'd think they'd be thrilled that you have the initiative to want a job that uses your nogin. Give your ice bucket a quick zap in the microwave.

Thank you for your sympathy, cowsies. It's the loss of DH, not DS that's making me crazy. Your kids and grandbabies just can't fill that void anyway. Having DS here for awhile was just a distraction for me. Geez.... what a bad time for my grief counselor to go to Japan... doesn't she know she needs to clear all vacations with me first????

I've been miserable sick for days now. First the nasty cold, sore throat, cough and body ache, then the last 24 hours I've had the horrible barf inducing migraine. I think I'm better. I think.

Bagzie, I can't gloat over spring weather here. It's been extra cold.... so everything is a bit late. Tulips are just starting to bloom, but the daffs are all over the place.

Ok. I just told my Dotty dog I'm going to have a good day today, so I'd better get to it.

Oooo. I forgot to say... if you haven't checked out Sugar's blog lately, you should. She wins the most creative and wonderful cook award for her Easter food post.

Unfortunately, it is sometimes a problem in this breed. It will not be fun having to tell her breeder about it. The vet says to expect more seizures, but they are not likely to do her any harm unless they get very frequent or long lasting. I'm very bummed out, but I'll just have to get over it, because she's fine for now. So I bought her a dozen tennis balls and a giant green bouncy ball (I am eternally optimistic for spring, even though we had another 2 inches of wet snow yesterday). And last night we went to a Rotary auction and I bid on and won a gift cert. for dog grooming. DH won a door prize for a haircut. We left happy.
I hope you haven't thrown everything out -- thawing and refreezing isn't all that likely to make food dangerous, since it's still in a very cold environment even if the door was open for a while. It will make some stuff inedible, which will be fairly obvious when you open them. Was the ice thawed all the way to water before refreezing, or are they just ice cubes stuck together? Certainly if they melted entirely, that's a different story (like the refrigerator was actually off for a long time). But if the ice held its shape to some extent, its center remained frozen -- therefore so did the food in the freezer. Logical?

If that's true, I should start sending away for seeds because this will be a garden paradise this summer I was talking to someone last night at the rotary auction who said his bulbs were up (daffodils I think) but he had to climb over a giant snowbank and peer down the trunk of a tree to spy them

I didn't see the show, but my doggie e-list is all abuzz about it. I am so glad someone finally took the Amish puppy mills to task. That is a sickening situation -- and no one wants to criticize the Amish. I think the truth is that they live much closer to natural life than most of us, so are maybe less bothered by messy facts of life -- animal suffering and death seems normal perhaps? But frankly that's no excuse for the way they treat these dogs. Every responsible dog breeder knows that if you do it right, you can't make much money breeding dogs; there are too many costs. Health checks, proper housing, personal handling and socialization -- all absolutely necessary to produce decent pets.

Wow, I hope you are better. Sounds pretty nasty.

That reminds me:I was supposed to hear back from the doctor's office about my migraine meds. Been over a week since I called. They suck.

My sweet DD got glasses for reading. The eye doctor told her she might not need them after she finishes college. Well, she likes them and thinks they help. She got Ray-Bans! She's a good little shopper -- they were half price. It is very hard for me to imagine her with glasses.

Sugar! Flat Stanley has been visiting you! We had a nice visit with him a couple of years ago. Also I absolutely love the pipe cleaner chicken -- a thing of great style and beauty! You are a wonder with your Easter cookin n bakin -- not to mention the great decorations!

People have been stopping me everywhere to congratulate me on the American Idol trip -- apparently they keep announcing it on a radio station, although I haven't heard it. A newspaper reporter buttonholed me last night at the Rotary auction and said she was going to call me to do an interview on my spectacular win -- hard to believe they would actually want to do an article on someone who wins a trip, but they do. I think I will steer the conversation to DD. Perhaps I will use Sugar's classic strapless dress comment. I'll let you know if they print it.

Thank you Kiwi. The ice didn't melt entirely so I feel better. There's not that much in the freezer anyhow.

I will go see who Flat Stanley is when my connection moves faster.

Get well Wabby.

We had thunderstorms today and this tourist asked what the weather would be like for the next few days. Bagger-kid said might be warm, might be cold. Tourist asked if the water was cold. Could he go swimming? Bagger-kid asked "where are you from?" Atlanta. Too cold then, bagger-kid said. Canadians could go ahead and swim though, he said.

How true! Very wise boy.

I went on the spur of the moment to a figure skating show at the university ice arena last night. It was sort of like an end of year recital, only for figure skating students. Some of them were really good. And let's face it, every one of them, even the tiny ones were better skaters than I am!

Jet loves her new giant ball. She chased it around the yard for quite a while last night. It's very convenient to have all these snow mountains surrounding the "dooryard" as we call it here -- she can chase the ball right up a snowbank and gravity will skitter it back down and she can chase it again. During the non-snow months (month?) I usually end up going after it down a hill or in the woods.

Bagz, is it your older dd that's moving to NS? How are things with her Danish bf?

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yes,kiki----dd23 is moving---she already has a serving job at a fancy organic restaurant---her lover is moving thereto live with her in a few weeks--things are progressing well for the young. She is very happy at the moment---i live from moment to moment with these mercurial ladies----the dd22 is moving to PEI and the Vet school for next term!!!

i think we should start a new thread====april showers brings cow power!!! or you know something to that effect---i am afraid to go to sugar's blog cause it makes me hungry..........................

Aloha darlings

I'm reading such sad things here today. Wish I could post but I have the WOOOOOORST effin' cramps imaginable and must go to bed and drive dh crazy by tossing and turning and letting out large sighs.

Stuffed Stanley back in his envelope and sent him off to Switzerland today. He was SO cute - did you see his freckles?

More tomorrow.

New thread! http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/showthread.php?t=139217