what a beeotch for not waiting and sitting with you---i am mad at her and i would have left too-----you signed the book so they will all think you stayed anyway---what an arsepain and a half--------------kiwonk---don't despair!!! when the dd's come home on breaks,they almost always are all booked up with things they have to do-----that is the way of the young people--they are destined to have fun ALL the time===not just once in a while {like us if we are lucky!!}----------my kitchen is a mess,i am tired and i have to clean up before bed-----ARSEEEEEEEEEEE PAIN INDEED!!!

Wow, that woman ought to be ashamed of herself for leaving you in the lurch. In church. Sorry, couldn't help it...

There are situations I'd rather walk out of than bluster my through alone too. And I'm the sort of person who will happily go to the movies alone, drive for 2 or 3 days alone, sit alone in a restaurant reading a book. But some things just don't feel good alone. Parties, for instance. I hate going to a party and finding out I only know the hostess and no one else, because she is always too busy to hang out with. Church is exactly the same thing.

Figure that one out.

I still have work to do. Stop distracting me.

Kiwi

Hi Cowsies! I'm going out in the subfreezing temperatures to deface the town. See ya later.

Hi Cowsies -- I had a McD cheeseburger today for the first time in at least 3 months. If my dietitian appointment keeps being changed, I will have probably increased my cholesterol by the time I see her again. So much for good eating habits...

Hi Cowsies -- my ears were so cute today. I chopped the hair off myself (just a little) so the whole ear showed and it was out of my eyes and I dangled cows from them.

Find the US on this list. and explain.

Easy: We do more airplane travel that anyone else and what's the most common aircraft? 747 -- hence 747 trillion in debt. Clear?

Tomorrow I will explain the chemical theory of color.

blaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah---it's cold and there are flurries and step dd called and said she played a round of golf today in Denver------------why do i live here again????

I haven't had a flurry in a long time. I didn't even realize McDonalds still sold them. You live in a beautiful puffiny whaley place. Stop complaining. On my drive home last night, I saw a wild hog.

ohhhhh peachbutt---to see a wild hog on the ride home---how divine--we saw a freakin moose on the way to Fredericton-----something like a freight train waiting to hit you-----------do the hogs run wild on the roads----does anyone hit them??? can you take them home and fry up the ham hocks???? remember when you used to weigh yourself down't the Winn Dixie---i miss those old days--------------back in the nineties-----some friends held a b-day dinner for me tonight----i was the oldest one there-----it was lovely,but it reminded me---i am advancing down the fifties road and it's a wrinkley journey------------and fat too.

:celebrate:Happy birthday, oh sweet and adorable Bagzie!!!! :hug:

You tried to sneak one by us!!! My baby boy is 25 today, which means next month I'm going to be the opposite ..... 52!!!! Aaaarrrrgggghhh!!!

You'll always be younger than me, so appreciate being the age you are......

:bday2you:

and I will always be older than everyone I have ever met. My own birthday is next week or so and I am already sporting gorgeous silver cow that I got for it (it = birthday). HAPPIEST BIRTHDAYS BABY BAGZ COW. Yes, you can take the pigs home and cook them. I think there's a season on them. They don't walk in the road. Every single night, I drive through herds of deer. The deer here are about as big as Kiwi's dog and they graze by the road. I drive through a military base where no houses are and that's where these critters live.

Wabbo, I was thinking of you and wishing I were there with you. This woman I work with was taken to Bunko. She seemed to resent it. She lost her dh a couple of months ago and tons of people are moving in on her to fill the void. They take her to movies, to bunco, to dinner, to military wives parties and all she does is complain. I would LOVE someone to fill my void. I want to play bunco with you. Can we meet in Kansas?

What is the psychological term for someone is sweet sweet to the boss, bats eyelashes, speaks softly, yes ma'am yes sir but to other employees is a witch? This person has accused me of making a till that is shared by many come up short. She yelled at me in front of a customer for no reason. Etc. I called the boss when I'd had enough and told him no one at that company has ever talked to me this way. Several employees have told him the same thing and he says "She needs to work on her interpersonal skills. I can help her with that." Fortunately, the incident I was reporting was witnessed by another employee who went to him and said he was disgusted by her behavior. So .. is there a term? I want to label her.

My baby will go back today. Sad. Whaa.

I hate that your baby is going back today---and the term for the woman is "MAJOR SUCK UP *****"--- that is nicest thing i can say----also---good that some others are reporting her----twit that she is----THANKS FOR THE BDAY WISHES!!!- the actual day is tuesday,but the feelings of fifty-one began last march------thank god i am younger than someone--cause at my 'celebration' i was the effin oldest one there----the next oldest was sissy who is two years younger!!!blaeachhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

My baby just left. Such emptiness here. I hate to be all dismal but that's descriptive. The day is gorgeous so he's driving in nice weather. Yesterday was so windy. He's got this old tiny cranky car that I thought he'd drive til he graduated from college THIS MAY. But .. he changed his plans and added a year , then changed them and added another year. I don't know about that car.

He has an internship to apply for that is CLOSE BY. I reallllly want him to get it. It's in Pencil Cola.

All the kids go on Spring Break (except DS apparently), check into their condo on the beach and head to the liquor store. They are all born in 85 and 86. I find myself saying things like "You're a very pretty girl. Be careful." They are all nice mannered and don't give me any trouble over the IDs even if I refuse to sell. Alabama gives temporary licenses that are printed on typing paper with computer cartridge ink just like we all have at home. Couldn't accept that. She asked for my manager and he refused also but she was sweet. It seems that every spring, there's one in the paper who fell off a balcony. I somehow wonder what their parents are doing, why they don't demand them home for the break, who's paying for this vacation.

DS called me at work yesterday to say the kitty is sick. This is the kitty who, when he is sick again, will not be coming home from the vet as the bills are too expensive. They think he has a chronic problem like pancreatitis. I told DS Not To Chase Him when he threw up. Do not send him behind the furniture to throw up. Just keep cleaning it up and make sure he has fresh water. Then I came home and gave him anti-nausea meds and appetite stimulants and he's better. But I don't know for how long. He is the sweetest cat imaginable. In the lap, or lying next to you touching your leg and purring and soft and huggable.

Major suck up. I will remember that when thinking of her.

I'm thinking two-faced b*tch, but that's probably not a psychological term... :lol: Perhaps Over-grown teacher's pet. head-case?

Well, the jazz fun is over, thank goodness. It went well, although I was so lame from the hours on my feet that I thought I was going to have to bail out a few times. The festival itself went from about 9:30 am to 10 pm on Friday, and 8:30 am yesterday until 11 pm last night. Not to mention all the preparation and setup. After doing it last year we recognized that volunteers were going to need to break up their shifts to try to avoid the exhaustion that being on duty continuously for 2 days causes, but somehow we didn't really change anything and most of us were once again on duty all day and night for 2 days again. I got to the point yesterday that I couldn't come up with some people's names who I have known for years. :shrug: But the thing went off fairly smoothly. Everyone thought the signs were fabulous. Which of course they were :lol:

Anyway, I slept until 3 PM this afternoon :lol:

Later gators.

The signs are beautiful but ... did you get them up in time? I think you put them up yesterday and missed a day. and why aren't you online? Are they keeping the signs for another year? Did you paint those letters? Did you know that sometimes cells die on purpose so their innards can be used by other cells and sometimes accidently they die and that's bad? I learned that from a paper DS is writing.

Everyone should wear a name tag. When entering a store where cashiers are wearing name tags, customers should put one on, too. Only fair. And at one's birthday party, people should make the b-day girl feel she is younger, more attractive, wittier than those in attendance. Only fair, too.

I'm so sorry to hear about kitty. But I'm glad he has you to take care of him. Sick pets are a tough road.

I'm glad to hear that the kids on spring break are mostly nice polite kids. You always hear the horror stories, but my experience with teenagers and young adults is more like yours. You gotta worry about them, but they're not the nightmares some people would like you to believe.

And then there's our kids, who don't seem to go on spring break, eh? DD, whose spring break started Friday, had some of her friends from high school come visit her for the weekend. They had a great time; apparently went to play pictionary with the muslim students on Thursday :dunno:, went out Friday to the Paradise Rock Club (I saw the Talking Heads there in the '70s), and were at the movies last night. Today she is working on a lab for her multi-media music course, tomorrow she has to work all day at an event on campus, then she heads north to spend a day with the bf, the next day she goes skiing with a friend, and finally we get to pick her up on Wednesday to come home. Not exactly how you picture spring break, but not too awful bad either. I can't wait to see her.

ta. You like my signs? I didn't get a photo of the other ones--this was the only one (actually 2 -- the one behind is the same) I painted on plywood. The others were all on poster board.

kiwi

You speak much truth.

I am shocked by the news about cells. Republicans should pass a law against cells dying on purpose, and not allow them to be used by other cells, because that might encourage trafficking in perfectly healthy cells.

I put some of the signs up Thursday evening with DH's help. The wooden ones we put up Friday at 8 am; I was a little afraid they might be stolen, so I didn't want to leave them out the night before. Also Friday morning I put up all the indoor signs (dozens of them) with the help of some lovely students. The bands started arriving about 9:30am and the performances started about 11:00am that day, so I was not late! Amazingly.

I am taking those 2 wooden signs back to the school tomorrow; they will be able to reuse them every year I should think--sometimes they have the state festival, sometimes they have just the district festival, but there are at least 4 different events that can be called "Jazz Fest". I did paint those letters. I made up a stencil of sorts on the computer and transferred the outline to the board, then painted them. At 2 in the morning. Yay me

I LOVE THE SIGNS!!! THEY LOOK VERY JAZZY!!! LIKE THE STYLIN' OF THE PRINTIN' IS RATE JAZZYYYYYYYY!!!! because Kiwi is so KOOOOL!!!!!---brava!!!---i hear you tired pain----it sounds exhausting----peach--i will beseech the heavens for ds to be close to home----that would be wonderful----he is a sweetie to come home for the break---lots of 'guys' wouldn't so that was adorable of him----what will be his degree when he is done----i assume he will be getting several degreees!!! here,they will give you BIG BUCKS to go to graduate school if you are in the sciences---they need people in those faculties!!!!

Science? Heck no. Double major in math and espanol. Minor in physics. So far. And you can go ahead and call him Dr. Peachesds as in PhD. This is his plan.

Maybe Kiwi could make signs for me? There are no social outlets here. Can you make one up like it's a big event and I could show up along with the crowd? The crowd would be 3 people though, so never mind.

Happy St. Patrick's Day. Wear green. Do not dye your poodle green.

no moos is good moos
 

Ooops.:p

Couldn't post. I was growing out my bangs. I just realized I haven't been to the haidresser since, oh, October 2007. And you know what? I don't care. Well, I do, I'm just too DAM lazy to make an appointment.

Happy Belated Birthday, Bagzerooonie! Can't believe I missed it. We have so much b'day excitement going on in Feb/March that I just can't keep up. My little baby turned 12 on March 11. Wheee! He is still such a mummy's boy.

Very nice signs, Kiwi! Not at all anal. :D

Today I am sending out a 'congratulations on your new baby' card and three condolence cards. Mixed emotions. :smug::(:smug::(

Peachy - Dr. Peachesds sounds VERY good. I bet he can do that with one hand tied behind his back. I'm going to come live with you so we can be lonely together.

Dh is being a carpy husband. Yes, yes, I know I should be grateful to even have a husband, but really, sometimes he is just TOO MUCH and I want to take the credit cards and run away. Oh well, this too shall pass, eh? :dizzy:

Kids have Easter holidays. It's 11:40 a.m. and they're still sleeping. I kind of like it.

I am clearing out the spare bedroom for you Sugar. Bring the kids. When DS was here, he slept 12 hours at a time then complained that he slept too much. He didn't think about how he worked 40 hours that week or how he stayed at night working on/procrastinating his paper.

I want pictures of the bangs.

I think I spend too much time indoors. It's all :sunny: out and when I go out with the pupster, I can't stand the brightness. I am apparently a :dracula:

Thanks for the compliments, Bagzie. They are kinda kool.

I dreamed I had a job. But it's okay, the company was going to move far far away and I wasn't expected to go with them.

Personally I think we can stand to look upon the virtual Sugar even if her bangs are not quite completely grown out. What do you think? :D

Peaches, what would you like for an event? Perhaps a celebrity golf tournament? Singles only fly fishing demonstration? Naked cooking show?

Have you all watched any of Oprah's Big Give? I find it all a bit unbelievable -- that it's so easy to raise thousands of dollars just by saying "we're from the Big Give". I think Oprah paved the way, so the show wouldn't look pitiful.

I've been watching HBO's In Treatment too. Little therapy session every day. Interesting. Not helping me any.

I have no energy. Is it really St. Patrick's Day? I guess it must be. I haven't been paying attention to the real world. :cupgold:

Kiwi

Singles who like foreign films. I haven't seen Big Give. What do they give to? I have mixed feelings about Oprah. Did you know that 2 Brach's choco covered rabbits with marshmallow centers only have 175 calories? Ds left his puter charger here. Who gets to mail it to him? Guess.

okay sugar sugar!!! TODAY IS MY BIRTHDAY SO YA DIDN'T MISS A THING!!--- I AM AT WORK!!! this older gentleman { he says he is 44 ,twice} comes by the shop every day and gives us a chocolate bar-----today it was kitkat 'chunky' version!!!----he wants to take me to bora bora!!------sugar-,tell,carpy that you and the kids are going for a visit to peachland for a bit,and he can change his carpy ways----a few weeks without sugar will turn him around!!! if not,we want you back in CANADA!!!!XOXOXOXO we miss you!!!!-------alot of husbands look and smell like carp sometimes............................

to treat myself-------------i just bought at HOT ORANGE CRANBERRY MUFFIN FROM THE BAKER IN THE MARKET AND I AM SLATHERING IT WITH BUTTER----just thought some of you might want to know---i am telling myself that i can eat whatever the **** i want today {and most days]

Oh that sounds divine. I will eat one on my birthday, too, if I can find one.

About that suckup woman .. the employee who witnessed her snarling at me, told the boss that he's had problems with her, too, and will call the police the next time she speaks to him in such a manner. This guy is in the police academy so I thought it was a great thing to say.

My local satellite post office can't accept anything over 13 oundes due to homeland security legulations. So I can't mail DS the charger without DRIVINGGGGG somewhere. hay-ull.

Happy Delicious Birthday Honeybun.

Bagzz!
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:woohoo: :celebrate: Happy Birthday to the Adorable Bagzie!!! :woo: :gift:

Have a great time in Bora Bora, you deserve a vacation. Just remember to give him a couple of glasses of wine with dinner, or things could get awkward. :lol:

Later darlings

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH !!!! AWKWARD INDEED!!!YIKESSSSSSSSSSSSS----WELL,if anyone would like to come with me to Bora Bora and entertain my 88 year old,you are all welcome---the wine is an excellent idea!!! thanks for all the good wishes cow-cows!!! and thanks for making a guest appearance with the gorgeous lettering Cookie!!!! what's up with you????do TELL!!!----------so ,tomorrow,back to being fifty-one and what the hay ull as peach would say-------------bring on the muffins!

I was just thinking of asking ds to make a point of telling me something positive every week or so when I got an email from him telling me everything is going wrong in his classes. He has a paper not finished that was due 2 weeks ago, assignments not turned in, bad grades, etc. I wonder if he's depressed and I don't know what to suggest. Ideas?

Happy Birthday on the right day, Bagzamuffin! :carrot:(or did I miss it again??)

Bora Bora sound wonderful. Dealing with an 88 yr old can't be that difficult, can it? :o



YES! Buy him this book for his birthday: The Now Habit: A Strategic Program for Overcoming Procrastination and Enjoying Guilt-Free Play

I'm reading it now and it's actually making me DO stuff instead of *thinking* about doing stuff. And we all know that I am the OberSupremeProcrastinatrix. Many examples in there of students being overwhelmed at the the prospect of of writing papers, studying for exams and just generally having poor time management skills.

It snowed all over my daffodils yesterday. Now it's snowing again but the shine is shining gaily. I'm dreaming of a white Easter???

Bagzz, between running up to Little Rock to take care of my mom, my health and one of my kid's health, I just haven't had the energy to do much else.

I started seeing a new doc at the end of February and he determined I am borderline diabetic and no wonder I have been feeling like crap. I have only been on Metaformin, Byetta and Wellburtin for 19 days, but I am feeling lots better already. Thus I have shown up to bug y'all. :D

P.S. Is it just me or is this forum slow?

Hiya Cookie! Wow, sorry about all the family health issues. Hope your "feeling a bit better" days continue. And yes, the forum is soooooo slow.:bunny2:

My suggestion is to send him an email offering to come and stay with him for a few days to help him with his homework. Either he will stop complaining, or he will consider the idea, in which case you know he really is depressed.

Oh, I need that book. It doesn't read like this by the same author, does it? I couldn't read a whole book like that.

Truthfully I have pretty much given up doing stuff at all, I'm so behind. Today I spilled half my oatmeal on the floor, and patted myself on the back for delegating that cleanup job to the dog. :lol:

So glad you are starting to feel better, and glad you are here! I don't notice the forum being slow at all, but I have dialup so if it loads in a few minutes I'm impressed.

People with dialup are really getting the shaft: my ISP dumped all its dialup customers on another, unknown company. They never said anything; it happened in January. We had a couple of outages recently, and they still never said anything, never replied to our queries (not that they ever had very good customer service anyway Prexar, by the way, to name names). We couldn't connect for a whole weekend and finally got through to a number they'd given us when we tried to call their regular support number ("call during business hours" :eek: ). Turns out they had changed our login name without informing us at all. They still didn't tell us our account had been sold (or that we were in fact talking to a different company at that point). We only found out when DH emailed support again to see if there were any other dialup changes we should make, and they replied with a terse "Your account has been sold to xxxx Here's their email address" This address didn't work, so I demanded more info; I did finally get a reply of sorts. Still haven't gotten any response from the new company. Unbelievable. What I don't get is that these companies could save themselves a lot of cancelled accounts and a lot of time spent dealing with complaints if they just told people what was going on. Like maybe they could use the internet of something to let people know...... :rolleyes:

Rant over....

My little kiddo is coming home today finally. Hopefully she is having a wonderful time skiing right now.

Kiwi

Halooooo!
Can't believe it is already late afternoon! I gave a presentation this am on The Brain that Changes Itself I don't know if my presentation was interesting, but the book was. Tells ways to "keep your brain fit" and how stroke survivors are recovering, how sexual preferences/fantasies change...
But it was a lot of work learning PowerPoint and making handouts. Just the same I was revved up enough to clean kitchen and put in some wash. Should have taken a nap immediately. Now I'm torn between painting/sketching or reading or napping. At least I had a sufficient lunch and am not hungry.

Sugp - did you hear about the lady in Arizona (or someplace) who was being prosecuted because she died her poodle PINK for breast cancer awareness? she used beet juice. I can't see that as "animal cruelty" any more than just giving any dog a bath! Hope your white Easter is fun anyway!

Cowper - Sorry your son is having a hard time. If he'll take advice, great... but I think usually people need empathy first... and inquiries about what they're WILLING to do that might help. Or what they think will happen if they don't change their patterns? It's hard to be quiet long enough to let them grow up.

Kiwi - Condolences about the high-handed ISP/login changes. Yipes. How's the energy lag coming? Pretty smart to let the dog work on oatmeal cleanup. I think my DD wishes that her OATMEAL would clean up after her dog.

Bagzz - HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY. I LOVE cranberries and cranberry muffins are at the top of my list. Dunkin Donuts is finally coming to Texas (70 stores planned in the metroplex... holy hot latte!! Anyway, I think their orange cranberry muffings are top notch.

Cookie Amazon - Glad to meet you. And contratulations on finding meds that help. And committing to all of the life-changes people can do to reverse the diabetic tendencies. I gather that Exercise is THE most important. (I read in that book that after 6 months of cardio vascular exercise, rats increased their quantity of neurons by 500%. Maybe then we'd have brain power to spare! (and we'd have room to get out of our old mental ruts.))

TTFN.

Wow -- I need more neurons! Maybe the vacuuming I just did will add a couple. I got sweaty anyway :dizzy: So do you think if you got drunk while riding a bicycle, you'd come out even?

Not that I was thinking of trying that.

I'm a little punchy. Must be all the dust. I have to go grocery shopping. Yeah, at 6:35 PM. Blah. Later dahlings

I need all the neurons I can get! :dizzy:

My sweet DD is home! We are going to go see Horton Sees a Who today. Hee Hee, I used to love reading that book to her. And all the other Dr. Suess books, the more of a tongue twister, the better!

Unfortunately it has been sleeting for about 12-15 hours. There is a buildup of 2 or 3 inches of sleet -- it's like walking through dry sand. Except cold. Not looking forward to the drive, but it's kind of letting up, so I think we'll go anyway.

DH went to the big city yesterday and bought me a big oval crockpot (I actually asked for it) -- there was a coupon and rebate on it and it will end up costing only $12.99. It's very cool looking-- stainless steel with a black crock. Plus it came with a tiny crockpot bonus -- holds about 1 cup. What on earth would you do with that? The box suggests warming hot fudge :rolleyes: -- Just what I need. I told DD it was a potpourri warmer just to watch her roll her eyes. :lol:

So anyway I'm making chicken soup. Before I go to the movie. Except I have to go take a shower first. Uhoh I better get going.

Kiwi

I think I have that crockpot, only the liner is white. The mini pot you use for keeping nacho cheese sauce hot..... or you can put spices in it and simmer it so it smells good. Not that I ever do that, but you can.

I just got back from Tacoma, WA (almost to Seattle) to visit my ex sister in law, who really isn't because she never did marry my oldest brother, but she is the mother of my niece. She asked me to come help her plant her flower pots so that her deck would be pretty b/c she's selling her house. Except I planted flowers and painted her garage doors, and front door, and helped her edit her decorative stuff, and washed a few windows. Now I hurt all over b/c of the ol' rheumatizzzz. It was hard work, but fun to focus on someone else's problems for a change.

Peachez, I'm sorry about your kitty. I feel your pain b/c my golden retriever is not doing well either. I'm going to take him to the vet next week, but I don't want to, b/c I think they're going to tell me there is nothing they can do, and they'll want to put him down. I think he has cancer, and I don't want him to be in pain, but I love this old doggie and I don't want to lose him.

Your signs look lovely, Kiwi, very artsy, and I'm so glad to hear your baby girl is home for a visit.

Hi Cookie! sorry you're having some troubles, but hang around and we'll try to cheer you up.

......and Sugar P, as I tell my sister when she complains about her hubby, don't hold back, it has no bearing on my situation.

I'd yak more, but I really do hurt bad and I've driven 3 hours and I'm going to lay around and watch tv for as long as I d*mn well want. Don't you try to stop me. :faint: