Aw. thanks Wabby. I'm so sorry about your doggie but thanks for sharing that. If my kitty were next to a picture in the dictionary, it would be "gentleness." Yes, I need him here.

And thanks to Painty for reminding me to empathize with DS. I worry about him. All I hear (I've said this before) is negative. Yesterday, I talked to him and he said he'd slept through a quiz. Actually he said, "my quiz" like I'd know what he meant. I learned later that night that he had emailed me to wake him up BUT he sent the email after I'd left for work. Why not leave a text message or voice message on the phone? Why he can't wake himself up is another question I'm not ready for.

Painty, that book sounds fascinating. I try to think more positively but don't get far. For example, yesterday I was working in the liquor store with another woman. There were 3 customers in the store and the woman was yammering at me about her varicose veins. I left her to go help a customer and what does she do??? She comes after me, answering the same questions for the same customer as though she's the great authority .. he turns to her because I'm so uninformed (Does vermouth comes in a smaller bottle?) and the other 2 customers are left on their own. So .. positive thinking would be that she was being friendly to me and I should like that but really I wanted to toss her out the door.

Get up Wabby. Enough tv. Gilmore Girls is off the air.

Nacho cheese and hot fudge sauce -- yessiree bob! Little pot o sin! Yeah, I had thought of simmering spices (because I'm so Martha as you know). Someday I'll do that. Probably right after I paint my house oatmeal.

I wish all the sweet kitties and doggies good health. It's just too hard when they decline.

Peachie, I'm no expert of course, but I think DS is overwhelmed if he's trying to pass off some of his responsibilities onto you, i.e. you're not his alarm clock. Do you think he would be willing to talk to someone at school? Just for some perspective, maybe advice on how to juggle it all.

I'm supposed to be down at the in-laws baking bread with DH and DD. Instead I am home on the computer. DH worked up this whole shebang and I assumed since we were going to be there all day I'd have to bring the dog with me. Before I got up this morning, he comes in and says we ought to take 2 vehicles because he might have to go somewhere or do some errands, and I might have to come home and let the dog out. I.e. don't bring the dog and I don't care whether you show up at all. Can you tell I'm a little p-o'ed? No? I don't even know why I agree to do all this crap he wants to do.

So I'm protesting and taking my own sweet time.

DD and I didn't get to go to a movie yesterday as we planned. We got halfway to the big city and heard that her bf's brother had flipped over his car on the interstate. We were about 20 minutes from the location so we did an illegal uturn and went to see if there was anything we could do to help. He's fine, the car was on its head though. The driving conditions were pretty treacherous, worse than we thought when we headed out. But since we were already halfway, we continued on and did a few errands (picked up another new toy for DH :rolleyes: ) and drove back home rather than stay for a movie. So, no Horton.

We rented Dan in Real Life and watched it, which was really quite good. Not what I was expecting (i.e. not stupid).

Okay I guess I've wasted over an hour. I can probably get going now... :devil:

ta

ho hum here we go again
 

Spring is not starting off well. Guess what? I got an e mail from my mother today telling me that my Uncle E. (Dad's younger brother) died of a heart attack on the 19th while he was in hospital being treated for kidney failure. :(
It was all quite sudden and unexpected. The brothers never got along well but Mum wants Dad to fly from Vancouver to Montreal for the funeral out of respect for the rest of the family - four adult kids + partners,two grandchildren, ex-wife, girlfriend. Dad doesn't want to and won't say why but I know it's because he's almost 79 years old and deaf in one ear and a little confused sometimes and the thought of getting on a plane all alone and figuring out where he's supposed to go is freaking him out. I can totally see both their points of view. One solution is to get Dad to Ottawa where littlest brother lives so they can attend servive together since brother will be going anyway. Another idea is to have middle brother go with Dad from Vancouver. I hope they figure something out because my mother is having a fit. She says she would go but then she might miss her operation date for major back surgery that she's been waiting for for over six months. Ain't life grand? NOT.

Thanks for the permision to rant, Wabs. :hug: dh and I had a long chat and he is no longer being a poop-head. We, uh, kissed and made up and everything is (sort of) OK again and no one will be moving out. :dizzy:

I want to see Horton Hears a Who too! I love that book - And the small kangaroo in her pouch said, "Me too!"

Originally Posted by Kiwonk:
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.

Gahhh! That sounds scary. Nope, I have three or four of those kind of "whatever happens you still have your self worth, yada, yada, yada" books on my self-help bookshelf graveyard, but this one is pretty easy to read and doesn't make one feel like a loser. It goes into the reasons for procrastination and how you need to schedule the fun stuff FIRST and THEN make room for the work you need to do. Quite revealing. :D I know nothing about this author, just bought the book on a whim.

Peachy - seriously, get him that book. Kind of not fair that he's trying to make you be a mom from afar too. Sounds like he wants to be an adult but isn't ready to take responsibility for his own mistakes. I can totally empathize with him, though and I want to fly over and give him a big hug and tell him everything will be all right. Too much to organize and nobody tells you how. Don't they have classes for that kind of stuff? I remember a room mate of mine taking a "Time Management" class at university and getting a lot out of it.

Painty - You'd think people would have other animal rights stuff to worry about than a pink poodle who came to no harm. Not that I would do it myself, but still, pretty silly to get all fussed up over it.

My crockpot is silver with a black pot too. No little pot though. Is it from Rival? I got the big one but I really should have gotten the smaller one 'cause the food looks so lost when it's in there and I'm not into making and freezing big batches yet.

It just started snowing again. Whee.

really glad kiwiddbfdb is ok.

sad to hear about sugar uncle.

This is what ds is getting me for birthday. He may change his mind if I tell him what I really want.

I ordered the book, Sug, but do you think he'll read it? I remember my parents sending me a book when I was that age. I knew it was religious and was happy to find it was the Gospel according to Snoopy but I feared the worst knowing it was coming.

It never snows here.

Might be a good idea to tell him what you really want. http://bestsmileys.com/whisper/2.gif

A Boulder woman facing a $1,000 fine for dyeing her poodle pink has hired a lawyer to fight the charge in court. Joy Douglas says she dyed Cici, her white miniature poodle, to call attention to breast cancer. She says she used beet juice and Kool-Aid. She was ticketed March 1 under a Boulder ordinance that makes it illegal to dye animals. The ordinance is designed discourage people from dyeing rabbits and chicks for Easter. Douglas had a court hearing scheduled Tuesday, but the judge postponed it until April after she said she has hired a lawyer. Douglas took Cici with her Tuesday but had to leave her outside the courthouse.

I found that on the webpage for my local news.

About the gift, I told ds that I already have an empty cookie bag and broken rubber band. Made other suggestions.

OK. I overreact. I worry about catastrophes. My dog has hot spots, not some horrible skin cancer, and it cost me $185.00 to find that out. What can I say, I'm crazy. I admit it.

I went to my Great Aunt's 90th birthday party today. She's still sharp as a tack, but I'm going to go buy me a new big ol' bottle of calcium pills tomorrow.

I also bought a bookcase from Craig's List. In the last month I've bought a cute little desk, a rocking chair for Kayden, an antique bed for the guest room, and a set of Johnson Bros. red and white dinnerware. I have a serious addiction. I guess it's better than gambling.

I painted Kayden's little rocker all Mary Engelbreitish. It is painted red, green, yellow and black checkerboard. It has a section thats black w/ yellow polka dots and one thats red w/ white and yellow daisies, and it has a little lady bug painted on one of the green armrests. It says "Kayden" on the back. She loves to rock her dollies in it. She's quite the little mommy.

Apparently I don't have enough to do.... I finished a smocked Easter basket that I started about 15 years ago. Maybe 20.

Ask DS for a gift certificate for a massage, Peach. That's always my favorite.

Sugar, sorry to hear about your Uncle.... and sorry that your Dad is having a harder time negotiating airports these days.... although he's not the only one.... I think everyone feels a little discombobulated going thru the security maze these days.

Tomorrow is Easter and Kaydy will be w/ her mother and Vincent isn't quite old enough to appreciate Easter candy. I guess I'll have to eat it all myself. We may not be big Easter morning churchgoers, but we will be eating a ham dinner tomorrow.

Happy Easter Y'all.
I think Easter is a Chickie holiday-- what holiday is the Big One for cows?

I took an abstract art class today. I ended up wearing a lot of pink, brown and red paint on my lavender T-shirt. And I'm not sure I like the painting, either. But it sure was fun! Like frosting a cake (we used pallette knives) but without the butter and sugar.

Kiwi-- Sorry you missed Horton (My DD, DS and DDIL were heading off to see it this evening just when I called them)... AND they'd had crockpot supper, too. So glad that DD's BF was OK. My SIL rolled her Pathfinder in MO this week, too. Went out and bought herself another one. She's 62--- so it's not just teens that have challenges driving on the slippery wet stuff.

Cookie-- Some self-help is definitely better than the rest! And some is SO sweet, that you need to have a crock of salt near by to cut the treacle!

Wabby-- Dare I say that I admire your resilience? I know it hasn't been easy. I'd say I was "proud" but I haven't had ANYTHING to do with it. Good for you helping your SIL... and painting Kayden's rocker. I still have "my" rocking horse... I bet Kayden will have it when she's a granny! Any photos to show us?

Cowpernia-- Glad you got the dog dyeing lady back in the right state! Perhaps she and her pink dog could visit you in the liquor store and get the folks with DT's or psychotic visions to leave you alone. BTW: Optimism is NOT denial!! Being positive doesn't necessarily mean cutting so much slack as to say they're "fine," but rather 1) I don't need to take ___ personally, 2) It isn't permanent (i.e., it will change), and 3) It (whatever) isn't impacting EVERY area of my life. That's plenty positive! Good luck.

SugP: Sorry about your Uncle. One of my friend/colleagues had almost the same situation last month. She doesn't know why her dad and brother were on the outs. She doesn't know why her (step) mother was so adament that her dad go. But HE didn't, my friend did. She connected with cousins and the widow and felt fine. She seemed to think it was a useful lesson to all in MYOB.

I am so glad the Cadbury egg season is finally over. :devil:

:easter2:

Click here to see the mysterious Cowbunny.

Or here for a cow in bunny slippers.

So sorry to hear about your uncle, Sugar. That whole travel quandary never occurred to me until a year or so ago when my step-father's brother died, and he declined to go to the funeral, reasoning that he had just seen him not long before. He never liked traveling anyway, but at 92, it must have seemed like quite an ordeal.

On the other hand, my mom is off to visit her sister this week, flying to Florida; had to fit it in between her computer classes. :eek: I talked to her yesterday and she was all computer talk. She said the class was going a little slow for her. Oh my! They have unleashed a monster! Funny--this is the same mom who previously threw up her hands in frustration at the suggestion that she look at my photos online, or that she could download her email to read when she was not online (they have AOL--what can you expect?) I can hardly wait to see what she does with this.

I just ordered that book, Sugar. I found it for less than $3 on Amazon. I'll let you know if any of it takes... My new crockpot is some off brand - EuroTrash or something. :lol: It's 6 qts; quite big enough! I guess my ancient one was only about 3 or 4.

Good god, that empty cookie bag went for $20.50. What is wrong with people? I have some nice trash I could sell. hmm

Oh Wabby, I'm so glad the dog's only got hot spots! Although I know how much work those are to try to get rid of, at least it's not cancer. How is he doing? Kayden's little chair sounds absolutely adorable!! Take a picture! I want to see I want to see!

Originally Posted by PainterWoman:
I am so glad the Cadbury egg season is finally over. :devil:

Well, all except the eating :eek:

We had the usual in-law family dinner today, then DD headed back to school. Her bf is on vacation this week -- they never have the same week, poor dears.. It was so nice to have her home, even if it was only about 5 minutes. Last night we made pizza with her and bf and played a couple very raucous rounds of Pictionary.

For some reason DH decided to get Easter candy and make homemade Easter baskets; they are very funny and cute: crumpled brown paper bags with shredded paper in them. Wish I'd known he was getting candy because I got a whole load of it like I usually do, for DD's basket (yes, I know she's 20) and now we have gobs and gobs. I think I'll put most of it in the freezer.

The great-nephew was at the family dinner -- he's the same age as Kayden. What a cute little boy -- all smiles and grins and parroting people's names. So adorable. He was going around the living room after dinner -- there were I think 11 or 12 grownups there and he was passing out little granola bites. Someone would say "give one to Uncle Frank" and he would march over and hand the right person one. It was very cool. Kayden must be about the same stage -- so much fun!

Kiwi

I think it's delightful that kiwidh made baskets. And I'm realllly glad Wabpuppy is ok. I woke up feeling pretty good today and I must tell you I'm in love with you all. I could give you reasons but won't. I'm just so glad I have cows in my life. I miss Shots and am glad Cookie is hanging out.

Wow, I know had something to post, but I can't remember it now. I read this news tidbit and can't think of anything else at the moment:

Originally Posted by :
Everything they know about evolution, they learned watching Flintstones reruns. A group of Evangelicals that believe the Bible "literally" — that God created everything in six days and the Earth is only 6,000 years old — have taken over tours at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science's evolution exhibit to push their own beliefs upon visitors, most of whom are children.
(Some have suggested that these people haven't actually "hijacked" an existing tour. However, they conduct these tours on their own at the museum free of charge, where any unsuspecting person/kid can follow along and join the tour. So if your kid is at the museum and encounters a tour group, it is easy to believe that they are an "official" tour operated "by the museum." When children see this and are welcomed to follow along, they have indeed been "hijacked.")

If it didn't make so mad, I would just be very sad at this forced ignorance. To me it's right along the same lines as deliberately failing to feed a child or chaining them in a closet, just not so dramatic -- they're "only" chaining and damaging their minds

So anyway, how is everyone today? It's a beautiful sunny day here in Endless Winter. It's so sunny you need sunglasses outside. Jet doesn't want to come inside at all. She's happy to sit on the steps, clipped to a line, and chew on a stick in the sunshine. Who can blame her? I took some pics, perhaps I'll get them up on facebook later.

The dietitian thinks I'm doing fairly well. Although according to her scale I've only lost 3 pounds. She says it gets used so often it could be somewhat off. :lol: I like her attitude.

ta Kiwi

oh my behuddas!!! how could it say you lost three pounds when you have lost TWELVE!!!! she needs her butt kicked---buy her some new scales!!!----SO TODAY I GOT MAIL FROM ENDLESS WINTERVILLE!!! AND I GOT MY BELOVED OBAMA SOUVENIR~!!! THANK YOU MY DARLING KIWONKERS!!!! I AM USING IT FOR A BOOK MARK RIGHT NOW----SO I CAN SHOW OFF AT BOOK CLUB ON THURSDAY--- the deputy mayor of this harbour town is in our book club--she is running for mayor,so that is interesting--my ex is running for counsellor so i have his poster up in my shop-=-----i am so IN with the city politicians!!! ----haha---it's not my bag,but i thought i would mention it for fun-----Easter Dinner was at sissy's and there were over forty people there i think---i forgot to count them all----my husband is obsessed with watching something on maine public tv----i think it's called something like---Bush's War----anyone watching it??? i think i will retire for the evening---i have not finished the book---book club is on thursday ---it's called 'the stonecarvers'by jane urqart---not sure how to spell her name---so far,i am not impressed---

i just read my post--i sound like a nut----why can't i write in paragraphs??? why do i speak with stream of conciousness ---if that makes any sense----i mean,i just shoot my mouth off and bore myself and everyone else---someone edit me!!!

stream of consciousness is a literary technique that seeks to portray an individual's point of view by giving the written equivalent of the character's thought processes, either in a loose interior monologue, or in connection to his or her sensory reactions to external occurrences. -THAT'S IT--I AM A LOOSE MONOLOGUE WAITING TO HAPPEN!!-----TOO BAD I CAN'T LOOOOOSE SOME WEIGHT!!!!

Honestly, Kiwonk, at what age would your child have believe that stuff? Mine would've laughed at them as far back as I can remember. I don't like -- paragraphs anymore. I only like -0--- these things that Bagz does. Good night. Very late. I worked til 11ish and must be back at 8exactly. Not tired. This is bad schedule.

I'm following along, just in a bad mood lately.

Painty, and anyone else who asks for pictures of stuff..... I would share photos if my camera would work. I think I'll ask for a camera for my birthday, and if no one buys it for me, I think I'll buy myself a birthday present.

Bagzie, I like you loose..........I like your dots and dashs--------and your !!!! and your enthusiasm........----------!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I got Chicken Bones! and more! I am a lucky Cowsie!
 

Originally Posted by Cowpernia:
Honestly, Kiwonk, at what age would your child have believe that stuff? Mine would've laughed at them as far back as I can remember.

Well, we're not talking about gifted intellectuals here, clearly. But hundreds of thousands of adults have bought into this garbage because someone told them to. I guess ignorance has an appeal for a lot of people -- it's easier not to bother thinking for yourself, just let someone else tell you what to think. What I don't seem to understand is why you would choose the more preposterous of 2 things to believe.

Originally Posted by Bagzz:
-I AM A LOOSE MONOLOGUE WAITING TO HAPPEN!!-----

Such a loose hussy. It's shocking! :lol:

Sorry to hear your camera is on the blink, Wab -- because I was hoping for some grandbaby pictures too! My video camera seems to be broken -- it's strange - everything works fine, we just can't get the thing open to take out the tape :dunno: Go figure.

Well, I have nothing to say except I'M GOING TO GO EAT CHICKEN BONES :carrot:

Originally Posted by Bagzzz:
someone edit me!!!

LOL! Where's the fun in that? We love you just the way you are, darlin'. :D

Have I got the day wrong or it not the illustrious Peach Melba's (severe lack o' decent dessert colours here!) birthday today???:belly: :celebrate: :hb:

It's the PeachCow Birthday Week!
 

I'm thinkin' tomorra, but nothing to stop us from celebratin' today
:bday2you:

DD is participating in the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life on her campus tomorrow night, if anyone would be interested in donating. They have teams and have to walk all night from 6 PM to 6 AM (at least one person on each team at all times). It's held in the gym. Sounds like quite the whoopdedoo -- all the musical and dance and other entertainment troups on campus come in and perform for the participants. Her team (click here and search for Team Loretta) has almost met their fundraising goal, although her personal goal could use a nudge.

I've been reading at the NY Times about how to cook from the dollar store. Sounds disgusting. They actually cut up Chuckles into a parfait. And anyway, other than in NY, who's got a dollar store that has a frozen food section? Not me. Our dollar store is where you get either common junk food or really scary canned goods I wouldn't even dare to eat.

We're having a thaw of sorts. Hasn't made a dent in the snow that I can see, but it can't hurt. I went snowshoeing with pupster yesterday. I didn't go far, but it was nice to get out. We were able to walk near the lake shore because the snow is so deep and solid. Normally where we walked would be all big rocks. It's sort of an alien landscape this year. I'm wondering if this would be a good time to prune our ancient apple trees -- on snowshoes I'm up off the ground about 4 or 5 feet!

Okay, I have a weird problem: some of you get migraines, right? Have you ever had that aura thing they say that some people get before a migraine? What is it like? I've been getting a sparkly light thing. It's sort of like when you look at the sun or a bright light and look away and still see a residue of it for a while, except this is lasting almost an hour and it's all sparkly. The first time it happened, I got a whopper of a migraine. I'm having one now (although no headache yet); it's the 3rd time this week. It's freaky! I'm thinking I should make an appt. with the eye doctor.

Kiwi the Strange

Wow, I looked it up and it's a classic migraine aura. What is strangest is that it only just started happening. I had migraines for 25 years and they finally subsided a few years ago. Crap.

Originally Posted by Kiwonk:
I'm thinkin' tomorra, but nothing to stop us from celebratin' today
:bday2you:

All righty, then I'll just be a day early for a change and wait until Peachy shows up.

Originally Posted by Kiwonk:
I've been reading at the NY Times about how to cook from the dollar store. Sounds disgusting.

Eeew, dollar store food. We once bought a package of crackers at one in Vancouver and we had to throw them out because they smelled like they had been dipped in a vat of noxious (is that a word?) chemicals. I'd be really careful creating entire menus with that stuff. I think people should spend less on carpy stuff like cigs and booze and junk food and more on REAL food (she says, stuffing the last taco chip into her mouth. I'm PMSing, OK?:mad:)

Originally Posted by Kiwi:
I've been getting a sparkly light thing. It's sort of like when you look at the sun or a bright light and look away and still see a residue of it for a while, except this is lasting almost an hour and it's all sparkly.

Oy! I was thinking of some really scary retinal detachment because sparkly light can be a symptom, but I see that it's that it's also a migraine thing. Might be a wise to see an eye doc anyway. You just never know. :o

I don't get an aura, my arms just go numb. So convenient.

It's really tomorrow but SO NICE to get good wishes today before I'm all bummed out about it. I got ds's gift in the mail. He called to say mine might be late. that is just fine. I'm actually enjoying my day off and giving myself the gift of having parts of the house clean. This woman I work with came in and said "I cleaned my whole house today" and I've been thinking about that. She is such a nut job anyway. I am dismissing it.

I heard the 99 cent woman interviewed. She said she made some kind of 99 cent ham dish and wouldn't eat it herself but her friends thought it was good. Revolting. But .. if you see any good recipes that are cheap, send 'em on.

This is what I got DS. He gave me a list of things he'd like but when I looked at the music CDs they have descriptions like "sounds of a riot." He has vol I of this already and I like it. Cute. So I bought the set.

I put it in a box with some other stuff (clothes, candy, balloon rockets), wrapped it in gift paper and covered the whole thing with clear package tape. I saw this done somewhere and it was so cute. SO CUTE. Actually, I received something like that and kept the wrapping as a template. I need instructions for everything.

hahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaa----i am a packing tape fanatic!!! the rest of you stay tuned for chicken bone fever---i am on a roll!!!!-----okay!!! TODAY IS THE DAY SO HAPPY DAY OF YOUR BIRTH MY DEAR PEACHBLOSSOM!!!!! I HOPE YOU SPEND IT IN QUIET CONTEMPLATION OF HOW LUCKY YOU ARE TO LIVE WHERE YOU CAN AVOID SPENDING A THOUSAND DOLLARS A MONTH ON OIL!!HAHA---seriously my dearest---have a happy day!! myself,i have grown to dislike the day,as it generally is a disappointment----not enough singing the glories of me and whatnot-----not enough balloon rockets and buffets---BUT FOR YOU----maybe some hummus and pita and a walk around duckhudda would be in order--!!!! go peachie!!!

Happy Real Birthday to Peachie!
 

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Okay, I have been waiting all day to get on here and tell someone!

I WON A CONTEST!!
I AM GOING TO THE FINALE IN HOLLYWOOD OF AMERICAN IDOL!!

Not kidding, I found out today. I can take a guest and I am going to fly to LA in May, stay for 2 nights and go on the Results Show! Seriously! I haven't decided whether DH or DD is going with me. I have to figure that out by Monday. aGDSGDASuaioasdp :yikes:

How exciting Kiwi! I feel almost famous just knowing you!!! If that cute little David Archuleta wins, tell him I think he's adorable. Now, how do you choose between your DD and DH??? Somebody's not going to be happy. Maybe you should solve that problem by choosing ME!!!!

DS has just broken the news to me that he, GF, GF's adorable 6 year old and my Kaydy are moving into a condo next Tuesday. No more Kaydy weekends. No more Alec watching cartoons with me at 5 am. I knew it was coming, but I was trying not to think about it. It seems I need to find a life. :?:

Now for good news------

It's the fabulous Miz Peachez birthday!!!! Ta-Da!!!!! I hope you treated yourself extra special today, because you are!!!! :celebrate::bday2:

Ohhhhh Kiwi. This is the most exciting thing to happen since our kids were born. Tell all the details!!! How did you enter? Did you write an essay? What will you wear? EVERYTHING>

Thanks for all the sweet wishes. I got a little book from Europe today. The envelope said don't open til birthday OR ELSE but .. I only got it today so how could I? Perfect timing. Very impressive.

Wabby, I missed the part of your story. Kaydy is not living with ds?? If she's with him on weekends, just go collect her. Kids!! What do they know?

Kaydy is with DS every other weekend and every Wednesday evening. This was wonderful with DS living at my house (he moved in when his house sold last fall) but now that he's moving into his own place with his girlfriend and her son, Alec (my sunny personality adopted grandson) I won't get to see them all as much. My house will be emptied out again. Just me and my doggies. DD, son in law & baby V live right next door in Gpa Jim's old mobile home, but it's not the same.

Peaches, I shouldn't be whining to you, b/c I know you live by your lonesome when your DS is at school..... but I'm whining anyway. I'm happy for DS, though. He needs his own place, I know. Ah well, life is change, isn't it?

don't envy me because...
 

...I just spent most of the afternoon scraping goopy green goo out of my vegetable crispers. What a waste of vitamins. I am slowly learning that it's not enought to buy the vegetables, you need to actually eat them before they liquify. Blurghh. :p

Kiwieeee! Wowzers! You have now acheived pseudo-celebrity status. We are not worthy. :D Take DD - she looks better in a strapless dress. ;)

S'okay to whine, Wabby. So sorry about the change of accomodation, Wabs. But I'm sure you can work something out so you'll be able to see your l'il darlings on a regular basis. Little kids are so uplifting, even if they are hard work.

Peach - it actually got there sort of on time??? Will wonders never cease?

Bagzzzz - they are doing the baby seal thing again. I can't stand it. What shall we dooooooo? Can't they find other jobs for people who make a living doing that? Too many sides to the story and none of them are very nice.

Wabbs, I am offended. Of course you should whine to meee! Who better to understand?? Whine please so I don't whine alone.

When is Kiwi going to tell the story to us?

Vitamins are messy. I always knew it.

I have whines of my own but will keep them til later.

:lol: Isn't it nuts? I entered one of those contests they announced on the local Fox station during American Idol every week. Just went online and filled out a form; it was a drawing. I probably entered it 4 or 5 times. They called from the TV station yesterday. It makes me laugh every time I think about it. The guy says "I have to ask your real age" -- every time I filled out the form, where it asked for age, I wrote "Over 21" or "Plenty old enough" or "Old enough to know better". So I told him 52, and he said "Oh, that's how old I am!" Surely this was supposed to be won by some young kid, right? Not that he said anything of the kind, it's what I'm thinking though.

So yeah, I think you're right, Sugar, DD would look better than DH in a strapless dress. :lol3: We'll see. I'm not entirely sure she cares about going, I'll have to try to gauge that this weekend. Over the phone. :chin:

Sorry to hear the kids are moving out, Wab, everything's always changing, isn't it? Remember when the kids were young and life seemed to stretch way out ahead without great big changes at every corner? Luxurious feeling in a way, wasn't it?

Mmm green goo. Sugar, I know you could whip up something good with that. :rofl:

I'm reading the Procrastination book. I've gotten through the introduction.. :shrug: The good news is that I finished another book before I started this one. Granted it was a cartoon book about dog training, but still, I finished it.

All right, what do you wear to Hollywood? Will I be thinner by then? I need a haircut. Do I have to wear makeup? High heels? Oh good grief, I'm not equipped for this. If I take DH, I'm going to have to dress him too. hellllpppppp.............

kiwi!! get the **** back here and tell us the deetsssssssss-----sugar---i will email paul mccartney and tell him to get back here----without that old hag-----he stepped on my friend's foot in the Newfoundland Airport last year--and said 'oh,sorry love!'-------clubbing seals indeed====TERRIBLE behaviour--

I watch The Price is Right, which is in Hollywood I think, and they wear tee shirts that say "Drew for Prez" and "Pick Me Pick Me." Blue jeans, sandals, shirt not tucked in.

Here's one whine. DS just had a summer job interview on the phone. It lasted 30 minutes and they told him that neither of his letters of recommendation have arrived. Indeed!! i want to smack someone's face.

I get the impression from reading about people who've been to the shows that they discourage casual dress -- how about I wear platform heels, sparkly slit skirt and a tee-shirt that says "Paula is a Ding Dong"? And moose antlers.

Oh, and cow earrings of course.

We've decided that DD is going with me. DH agreed with Sugar; DD will look better in a strapless dress.

Apparently the news about this got around the local high school the same day I heard about it. I don't exactly know how. All I can say is no camera crew better show up at my door; I will not be letting them in.

Unless they're from Extreme Makeover.

Kiwi

Belated Happy Birthday Peaches!

Kids and DH were off last week and have monopolized my time plus I had PMS. My house is a bigger wreck than usual too. DH is back it work and kids go back to school tomorrow. Sadly I am looking forward to it. :devil:

Thank you Cookie . When your kids go back to school, we can celebrate.

I think Kiwidd would be excited to go. After all, it is a music show and she is a musician. I don't get that channel BUT if Kiwi is shown on-camera, I expect someone to send me a dvd. I know the someone will be Kiwi herself as no one else knows how to do anything here.

This is my complaint about ds. I had one of those days yesterday where I really needed to talk so I called ds but he didn't answer or call back. I called friend in CA and talked to her til I realized she was trying to get off the phone then I felt embarrased as I had said NOTHING. I emailed her today to say that she felt she said nothing either but it's not true. Her mom, a person who used to include me in her family, fell but is ok except for 2 black eyes. That is news! I have a reticent kid who does not give me info to share. I want stories! I want to be able to say that ds's teacher said .... or ds's roommate did .... or in class, ds learned ... All I know is he feel sick right now (cold or flu) and and and .. that's all. Not fair.

I'm confused. Whatchu talkinabout girl? I do identify with the whole got-nothin-to-say feeling. When I talk to people on the phone and they ask what I've been doing with my time lately, I usually change the subject -- I would feel pretty silly saying "playing with the dog and checking my email" but that's what comes to mind. They always ask this question after you've told them everything interesting you had to say, anyway.

I have to go to the Big City today and sign some papers for the television station where I won this contest, waiving my right to my first-born grandchild I believe.

Do you think any of these "pranks" are funny? I would be really ticked off at anyone who did any of that to me. We used to pull April Fool's tricks when I was at college; frankly I haven't thought of any good ones since then (possibly because there are none that wouldn't really p*** the person off).

I was just reading some stuff on the website of a local dog training center that I like, and they had a whole page on how bad the training techniques of The Dog Whisperer are. I had no idea.

I'm up too early today. I need sleep and I'm not going to get any.

ta

Just stopping in for a quick whine... (And so Shad, Mel, Ruth or anybody can give me a smack where it counts).
WHY does a @#$%ing number make so much difference to me?
I knew I was fat before I got on the scale this morning. But the number was up almost 10 pounds... which, of course explains why I'm not feeling BETTER as far as lets and joint pain goes... but aside from that.... why does the numerical change make me think I should go stand in front of a bus?
No I'm not going to DO that... but the mental pain of thinking that is just as bad as the other.

DH asked me yesterday, in jest (after I cussed out a TV ad for lap band surgery -- the speaker seemed smug and it made me mad) "You think you might have an issue about your weight?"

Well, D'oh.
Cripes. Tearfully -- and back to "anorexic thinking" i.e., don't deserve to eat.

Sorry to scare those of you who know my chosen profession. All I can say, I guess is that it takes one to know one.

But here's a painting I did (more of a self portrait than you might know)... when I had more self acceptance on board.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2124/...cd740316_m.jpg

Off to the line at the post office.

I tried to leave a message on facebook concerning a wolf smelling a pile of snow but was informed I didn't know my password. It would've taken a long time to straighten it out with this dial-up so I gave up.

No the prank was just annoying and mean. I only saw one prank from that link.

Yesterday this agitated woman told us today is "rabbit rabbit rabbit" day. I looked it up and learned that if you say those words or other words (lots of variations) you will have good luck al month. This is especially true of children. So I did. I think. Except I woke up in the night and may have spoken to the cat. It has to be the first thing you say.