MaRcHiNg to the MOO of a different Cow
 

There, it must be March Madness.

Or Snow Blindness.

:df: Happy First of March :flow1:

:rain: Think Spring http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:...pring_left.jpg

:swim: Yeah right.

I was so dazzled by that flower that I forgot what I was going to say. I just listened to an interview with Carrie Fisher and found out how witty she is. She doesn't lead a life; she follows it around. When she gave up drugs, she changed seats on the Titanic and took up glitter.

It's still snowing up there? I am very surprised as the snowbirds are all leaving now. Do they know it's snowing? Some snowbirds are lovely but a lot are amazingly and unattractively cheap. Some people leave their pennies for other customers to use to avoid a lot of change. Watching this nicely dressed woman scoop them and put them in her purse while her husband watched made me feel ill. It was 11 cents, I think, and disturbing.

Happy March yourself.

I am just posting to get this thread to the top, over the Feb. thread.

I made the transition to March. Regrettably DH is still trying to squeeze appropriate performance out of my new computer. Old MotherBoard fried. New one only wanted to run @#$%'d Vista... so there have been re-formatting, LAN, and mail issues to solve. Feh.

And it's supposed to get thundery and cold tonight.

wahhh
 

I'm sad today.

Last Thursday (which was DS-now-15's birthday!) Mummy phoned from Vancouver to say that her cousin's wife in England had passed away. She had been battling cancer for soooo long and it was really a blessing, but still. Mum also said a dear friend of hers had had a massive stroke and was not doing well and that middle brother's ex-mother-in-law (my parents were still quiet close to her) who had lung cancer for what also seemed like years wasn't expected to make it through the night. Never smoked a day in her life and still gets lung cancer. Oooog. E-mail late last night confirmed that these two lovely ladies had also passed away on Friday and Saturday. *sigh* TOO much bad stuff. I wasn't really that close to any of these women, but thinking how the loved ones they left behind must be feeling right now is making me cry. :(:(:(

On a more optimistic note, Dh's 46th birthday is tomorrow and I'm making rack of lamb. Yum.

On a less optimistic note, I feel REALLY barfy. :p I hope it's not the dreaded Noro-Virus that's going around. I will drink ginger tea and shop for groceries and ignore it.

Well that's how they afford those expensive motor homes. "A penny saved is a penny towards the new Winnebago". :dizzy:

We have 100 percent chance of rain tomorrow. I think this is Painty's rain today and what she doesn't use up, we get. I prefer it to rain when I'm at home. Painty, could you hold on to it til Thursday? No. Never mind. DS will be home on the weekend and that should be nice weather. Unless --- you could keep it a couple of weeks?

Sugar, So sorry. I'd be sad, too. Too much at once.

I don't know about rack of lamb. Whenever people buy lamb in my store, I think about the book of Leviticus and how they had to sacrifice these specific part of animals there and there. Lambs are too small to hide what part it is. I'm sure it's yummy though and the fat makes a "pleasing aroma."

A penny saved should not be one you stole from the counter at the supermarket. People leave them there for the specific purpose of making the cashier's day easier. That's how I see it anyhow.

DS is now a certified or licensed or something fencing judge. Can work at tournaments which doesn't pay money, I think, but travel is free.

Aaaah, Sugar, I'll be sad right along with you. It just does seem to be too much at times. :(

I'm trying to eat myself into some kind of comfort, but it doesn't seem to be working. It's just making me really fat and sad. At first, I was losing weight like crazy, now I'm eating everything in sight. I don't like myself very much right now.

My dryer is on the fritz. Actually it's gone beyond the fritz and just quit working. I have no clean clothes so I can't go out of the house. Anyway, that's my story and I'm sticking to it. I'm also out of coffee. I can go through the Starbuck's drive up window in my dirty sweats and take care of that.

Bunco is next Saturday so I'm sure that will make life worthwhile. Waaaaaahhhhh! ... and this is exactly why I don't like myself right now. I'm such a whiney baby. :bb:

Ackk! Sorry, I should learn to read. I thought she was just taking her OWN change, NOT someone else's. You're right, that is very gauche and uncouth. Bad, bad snowbirds. :o

Yes a pleasing aroma. I have no idea what I'm doing, but dh loves dem little lambs.

Wabby - WE love you no matter if you are thin or not so thin or happy or sad. :hug:

Seattle is beautiful. Fog blankets the city in early morning hours. You can see a classic view of the city from Queen Anne Hill. The skyline at sunset is gorgeous. If you look down from a plane you can see the Olympic Mountains and the Space Needle and other big stuff all at the same time. Pioneer Square is really really cute and has a statue of a cow with a coyote or doggie on its back. How do I know all this???? Wabby sended me POSTCARDS>>!!! yay Oh Yay. I love Wabby.

Aw, Sug.. I'm with you on the difficulty of dealing with big gobs of grief. It was so bad last month, I bought a new book about it!:o (when in doubt buy a book and eat cookies -- that's my motto) Anyway, it was a pretty good one-- it's called Staring at the Sun by I. Yalom. It's a dirty trick to get to a turning point in our own lives where other people's difficulties remind us of OUR mortality. Grrr.

Wabby... I agree with SugP -- We love you no matter what. I'm so glad to see you posting.

My weekend adventures include a new computer that is almost configured as thorougly as the previous one (RIP, MotherBoard), and definitely FASTER. I still haven't located my old email files which survived on the old hard drive, though.
And today my MD said some words you never want to hear. You can read them here.
Oh, and it snowed tonight. If I weren't up so late, I'd probably have missed it. It's supposed to be 53 tomorrow... I don't know if it will even last past sun-up. (Sorry, Cowpernia.. couldn't keep it here till Thursday!)

Painty, I read the words I'd never want to hear and have to say that I have heard them myself within the past two weeks.

It snowed?? Send that. Send the snow.

My goodness, what is it doing snowing in Texas in March? The world has gone cuckoo. Glad you didn't have the scarier diagnosis, Painty. "Those words" can really get your adrenaline going, eh?

Sorry to hear about all your bad news, Sug. How depressing.

I got a scare last night when I heard from my mom -- my stepfather is in the hospital for the 3rd time in a month. But it was not the same thing as before, which was diagnosed and taken care of; this time they were concerned about stroke or cardiovascular issues. He's feeling fine though and just putting up with a ton of tests. They will probably declare him healthy as a horse as usual and tweak his meds or something. I hate to hear that he is not feeling well because it's so unlike him. After 90someodd years of vigorous health, why start getting sick now, eh? Well, I think I'll find him a funny card and send him photos of snow plowing or something; he'll enjoy that.

This house stinks. Do you think I should clean it? :barf: I hate cleaning. You do it.

Did I mention that DD got into her study abroad in Oman and we have been reading up on the particulars? She will have to get a whole new wardrobe, it looks like. When in public, she'll have to wear an abaya and cover her head (not sure that she has to wear this, but probably will at least have one), and even at home (she will stay with a host family) and in class, she has to be covered from shoulders to knees, no tight clothing (unless it's covered with loose clothing), no sleeveless tops. It's going to be interesting and a challenge.

Will you be sewing then, Kiwi? Can you make them up print material? Maybe your own Scots clan plaid could liven it up. Dismal.

The snow lasted about five minutes. but it was really pretty driving to work. None stuck on the roads, just on the grass and most roofs.
It is strange that even stopping meds for only one day would make as much difference as I feel. Perhaps it was intermittent anyway...? I need to keep better records.

Bite your tongue, woman! I will not be sewing, I will contribute by worrying, thank you.

Well, today we had an interesting break from the twice-weekly snowstorm. Must be a harbinger of spring: we had some snow then we had hours and hours of sleet. Tiny little ball-bearings of ice, building up on top of the solid ice. DH went out to get in the truck and fell flat on his back.

I have learned what frankincense is used for and how it is produced.

And I have made spaghetti sauce with moose sausage.

Scenes from Oman -- isn't that a sprightly donkey, cheerful in spite of his load?

Kiwi

Wait a minute, I think I missed something, Painty. You stopped your meds for one day and then had the episode that sent you to the ER or you stopped them since then and feel better? worse? Sorry, I read your page and promptly forgot what you said. :rolleyes: A brain is a terrible thing, as GWB would say.

my goodness!!! sorry to hear of all the parental illnesses and passings---i know my mom is sad that alot of her best friends have gone on-- I was reading painty's blog the other day and thank heavens there was good news at the end of that story!!!!----what a scare!!!!======i can't believe that the possible next president is mom's age!!!! THERE SHOULD BE SOME KIND OF AGE LIMIT???? ---i saw hillary on john stewart and kind of liked her--now i am all mixed up---i guess i will like either one-----either way,it will be cool to have a woman or an african american in the Whitehouse---please tell me that Grampie is not going to win!!!----kiwonkers----SNOW,RAIN,SLEET,HAIL,SLUSH----that is today's forecast-----isn't it a delight--every time i went outside,the car was once again covered in ice---i had to chip away at my window over and over again----people up here may go insane---it could happen. my sister is in Barbadoes with friends who have a three month time share {the sister who is a music teacher} she is on her winter break---SHE SENT ME AN EMAIL TODAY AND SAID SHE SWAM IN THE CARIBBEAN THIS AFTERNOON AND SHE SAID 'THE OCEAN REALLY IS TURQUOISE"-----IT WAS 32c IN THE SHADE-AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH JEALOUS I AM

Kiwi--- I Would Be Having A Bird If My Baby Was Going To Oman---i Will Join You In Worrying----i Have Lots Of Experience-----worrying Is My Forte---if There Was A Job For Those Who Are Good At Worrying,i Would Be Considered An Expert In My Field And Command The Highest Of Wages-----i Am Also A Catastrophic Thinker,if You Need Any Other Talents ----

How long will that baby be in Oman? She will be fine. On NPR I heard this teacher from her school talking about the middle east. He had a nice accent. If it weren't safe, he'd tell her. I think the donkey is a professional model as it walks so well with one foot in front of the other.

Here's what I like about Hilary:
1 She stayed married despite good reasons not to do so.
2 She raised her kid well.
3 She has already tried to push national health care but was pushed back.
4 According to NPR, after she appeared on Saturday Night Live last weekend and a comedy skit accused the press of being pro-Obama, the press has argued this in print, somewhat agreed and are correcting themselves.
5 No matter how bad her dh was, we weren't at war and the economy was better. I don't think he is accused of being a bad president for the country.

On the other hand, Obama would be ok.

Bagz, I didn't know you were such a good worrier. Very impressive. I'm pretty sure there's no market for it but you are role model for me.

Greetings from the Snowy part of Texas (for at least another hour or so!!
Kiwi-- It turns out everybody in my immediately family voted for Obama. I think the kids were surprised that we old fogies voted that way. And, we all think it would be OK if Clinton wins, as well. We are not happy with the Bush party... even if McCain is trying to distance himself.
Newest medical report:
Went to PCP to see why leg was hurting (even though thrombosis has been ruled out). Found out it could be: arthritis, disc/back problem, Tamoxifen side effect, Lipitor side effect. She sent me for x-rays to rule out (or in) arthritis. She gave me AWESOME NEW DRUGS! I should have a report on the X-rays by tomorrow. And if things don't get better w/o the Tamoxifen, I'll probably have to re-start that, but eliminate the Lipitor. THEN, if it's all still the same, they can do the $$$MRI to see if there is a herniated disk.

Anyway, the drugs, cold weather and pain relief are really helping!!

Wow, what's with all the snow? Other places in Germany got some too but we only got wind. Meh.

My goodness, Painty! I'm sure glad you're OK after that scare.

Kiwi - Lovely donkey. I bet dd will have a blast in Oman despite the restrictive wardrobe.

Peacheroo - Contrary to popular belief, I have nothin' against Hillary, I just like Obama a bit better, but I think either one of them would be just fine a WAY better than That Incompetent Dubya Boob (do you think Laura B reads 3fc?)

Bagzieee - Yes, it's getting to that time where everyone around my parents is going and they're still hanging on but I know one day I'll get that dreaded phone call and it totally freaks me out. :(

Wabs - my dryer works just fine but I STILL have not clean clothes and can't go out of the house 'cause I'm just too darn lazy to do the laundry.

Oh yeah, I went to the eye doctor yesterday for the first time in eons and he said my glasses prescription hadn't changed even though I'm having trouble reading the fine print. So I'm shortsighted and nearsighted at the same time but he said he wouldn't recommend progressive lenses just yet. He also did a glaucoma test and that was fine but then he used some new Optomap laster thing to take a picture of my retinas (my optic nerve is very purdy!) and said I have a thin spot on my left retina that could be the start of a detachment and I may need to get it lasered but apparently it's not that urgent 'cause I don't need to go back until after Easter. Whee. :D

Wow, Sugar, I told you we were separated at birth. Except you were born a few years later... I had that same eye doctor visit a few years ago. Had to have some big fancy dancy appointment with another specialist to have my retina checked. Nothing came of it. Lots of todo over zip.

I'm still trying to adjust to the whole nearsighted and can't read thing and it's been years. One of my friends swears by tri-focals, which totally sounds like 90 years old, but you have to see, right?

I don't have a problem with Hillary either; I think she'd make a good president -- she really knows what she's talking about, and she could be a strong leader. The problem I see is that there is a large portion of the population that absolutely hate her, which to me says Hello, President Grampy. (I love that, Bagz) I also think that with her running the country if she did get elected, Bill will be getting in all sorts of trouble, which will lead to more distracting sex scandals instead of progress when we really need it. That was the only thing wrong with his presidency, without the horniness, he'd have been one of the best presidents ever.

It's hard to believe, but I think this country is more ready for a black president than a woman. I think Obama has a somewhat better chance to be elected, and he doesn't have all that divisive baggage to bring along.

I am getting nowhere on my sign project. Get me off of here, you crazy people :crazy:

I wear those trifocals, I think. The doctor told me the secret is to point your nose at whatever you want to see. I also learned that there are different priced lens you can buy and the same prescription in the cheap lens will not work as well as the expensive one. She recommended one in the middle.

As far my personal experience, the people who hate Hilary are the same people who hated Bill. But I don't know why. I'm not asking them. These two guys wrote a book called Aristotle and an Aardvark go to Washington. They were interviewed recently, told jokes about logic and spent way way waay too much time (in my opinion) laughing and asking what Hilary could have been thinking when she said she was named after Sir Edmund Hillary when that could so easily be googled and disproved. They seemed obsessed about it to me. I googled it and read that her mom told her that story because she thought it would make the child proud. It annoys me a lot that people seem to criticize her for things like that. Big issues yes.

As a child, I often told DS that I got him in a department store. I saw this baby on the shelf and reached for him just as another woman also was. I beat her up and she had to take a little girl. He always found it funny so I kept telling it.

I don't like signs. Don't make signs. People who make signs are anal. I know one.

At least nothing here is frozen... except my motivation.
I hope that tomorrow can be full of lots of painting and perhaps some filing/straightening up. Or good writing. Or knitting.
WITHOUT gorging all the time.

Oh great, volunteering is making me anal, just what I needed.

We're getting another snowstorm tomorrow night. Because we didn't have enough snow. Did I tell you I climbed down a ravine on my snowshoes today to retrieve a tennis ball? Sounds a little cuckoo, doesn't it? Especially when you learn that the snow was up to my hips, covered with a layer of thick ice. Even the dog wouldn't go very far and tried to hitchhike on the back of my snowshoes. I got the tennis ball, though... Fell down half a dozen times and had to drag myself upright with nothing but knee cartilage to lean on. Ouch. Nothing to hold onto (not even the ground -- it's 3 feet down) What a weird way to live.

It sounds like Jet has a marvelous life. Romping in the snow. Going as far as she wants and then finding transportation. Yesterday on the news they showed that it snowed in Kansas City (I think that's where) and the penguins in the zoo were all happy and running around in it. So sweet.

Was the tennis ball ok?

Painty, I think we all deserve time off from motivation. It's ok. Relax and go slow.

Yes, thank goodness the tennis ball survived. :dizzy: However, since you asked, it later rolled under the sailboat and I can't convince Jet to retrieve it from there. The boat is up on stilts, but the snow is so deep all around it and covered with ice that there is only one way to get under there and then she has to go over and around some chains and blocks and stuff. For some reason she declined.

And then today I threw another ball over a snowbank on the other side of the house and it rolled on the ice until it fell off a drop-off down a much deeper ravine than yesterday's. Jet chased it up to the edge, got burrs in her fur and called it a day. :shrug:

So ends the saga of the tennis balls. For now. You do see the common thread in all these tales, right? The words "I threw". Perhaps I should have taken steroids.

I wonder if any penguins need foster homes? I think they'd love it here. Jet could herd them around the yard. They could even go fishing. I have lots of little scarves they could wear.

Yeah, he says he wants to take a closer look by using those eye drops (which were supposed to be avoided by using the fancy machine!) and see what exactly it is. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it's nothing, because it's my good eye. :o

Hee! Absolutely. If Hillary wins, I can just see ol' Bill the First Ladies' Man roaming the halls of the White House without a care in the world checking out all the new pages and interns.:bunny2: As one of my brothers always says about the other one, "He goes where his :cb: takes him." :D

I always end up having to get the most 'spensive ones to avoid that coke bottle look. I can't imagine what bi or trifocals would cost me. I'll just make someone else read the fine print and thread the needles for now, I guess.:dizzy:

Cute. We told my littlest brother that my mother found him behind a bush in Australia and that kangaroos looked after him before she took him home. I wonder if he still believes it? That would explain a lot of things.

ds11 is making a pinata for his birthday party next week = BIG GIANT MESS. I better go wipe everything down before it fossilizes.

Oh my Gooo -- a homemade pinata -- ¡Arriba! Nothing like a room full of wet paper and glue. Do you have pets? Better lock them up. Hmm :chin: DO you have pets? Didn't you have a dog? Perhaps a pet weiner schnitzel? Doesn't that sound like it should be a dog breed?

Speaking of weiner schnitzel, I started making country fried steak, which I've made tons of times before because it is the most palatable way to eat moose steaks. But I didn't really have enough to time to put the pot in the oven for an hour and a half (all those important internet activities, y'know), so I figured I'd just braise it on the stove. It usually comes out so tender I didn't think it would hurt it any. Well, I let it simmer for 20 minutes or so and when I went to take it out of the pan, it was black on the bottom and stuck like glue. Plus not so tender. Actually it didn't taste too bad, but good grief. :mad:

Don'tcha wish I'd get a real life friend so I wouldn't have to tell you guys every single idiotic detail of my boring as **** life?

Who wants a nice project?

:rofl:

Hey I've been offline all weekend and no one else has posted! Our internet is down completely, possibly due to the ice and rain and snow and all that carp. We have a yard full of twigs that have snapped off trees.

I'm sitting in the car in front of a restaurant that has a wifi hotspot, listening to, I think it was called The Annoying Music Show on public radio. It is sort of annoying, especially the static. I wonder if that's part of the show?

It's pretty funny watching all the cars zoom up Main Street, as we call it (not its real name) and fly around the corner. I swear I keep seeing the same trucks over and over. There goes the one with Dallas Cowboys lettered across the back end.

Sign project in full swing. Once I finish playing on the internet, I'm going home and make big posters.

ta

I'm here to post, Kiwi. I was in an ugly mood all weekend so you wouldn't have been able to understand me between the blubbering and hickups. I didn't even go to my usual Friday nite movie. I stayed in bed and felt sorry for myself. I do not like myself when I get like this. but..... I think I may be a little better today. I don't want to get too confident....

Sugar, I have a bad case of geezer eyes too. Sometimes I think I should start reading braille, just to have a jump on it. Lucas could be my gude dog. He guides me to taking naps already.

Big news about my laundry appliances --- I bought a nearly new washer dryer set on Craig's list. It's all hooked up and purring along wonderfully. They cost me all of $100. I didn't want to go drop a big bunch of money right now, so it worked out perfectly..... and they're really pretty too. I think these ppl waxed their appliances.

Once again, I'm disheartened to see that in this big old wide country these are the only 3 choices we have for President. I like Obama, but I would have like him to hang around the Senate for a few years before heading up to the big house. Hillary is ok, but Billy boy would be such a distraction. McCain, hmmmm .... too old. Sorry, but reality is what it is. What to do? what to do? Oh, I forgot, it doesn't even matter out here because our primary is so late in the game it doesn't even count. And b/c were on the left coast, the poll are al.most closed back east and it's already decided before we vote.

I'll tell you an internet miracle --- I was going thru Gpa Jims photo and came across an old school board campain flyer. It featured Gpa Jim's younger brother, George. Jim had lost touch with his family over 25 years ago.... and since Jim had changed his name from Disderio to Ellis I wasn't even sure how to spell the old name. Anyway, I did a search on the internet, and there was Uncle George, 83 years old, living at the same address as it said on the campain flyer. To make a long story short, I sent him a letter, then he emailed me and called me. He's sending me a bunch of family pictures. I just can't wait. I soooo wish I'd done this when Rick and Jim were here.

Kiwi, I can imagine you're freaked out about DD being so far away in such a volatile part of the world. Then you watch the news about the 2 young girls in the south being murdered, and school shootings and you realize that it's a dangerous world every where. Even if she stayed home in Frozen Tootsies, there are dangers. Hard as it is we just have to let them go and pray that they are being watched over.......... and think of the life she's living! how exciting!

Painty, take time off for good behavior. You do not need to accomplish things. Pretend you're on vacation and do only fun stuff. Like naps.

Yes, I do know that I spelled campaign incorrectly..... and you thought I was perfect.

i think you are perfect anyway wabby!!! i just love that picture of you---you are such an adorable baby girl---speaking of ----i would LOVE to see some pics of your grandbabies---can you send us some down't the email??? you must have some of them together too !!!! how adorable----i am working again today---i must say this working thing is quite annoying---i mean ---who the **** is buying gifts from a shop like mine on monday in march???? my pants are tight---i am trying to eat good food---not really dieting-----can't do that---i think ten years here has proved that fact-----i sent ONE package out last week--i wonder who will get it-----here is a clue---THE SQUEAKY WHEEL GETS THE GREASE { or in some cases the chicken bones----never the crack laced lentils-------------} has anyone watched the series---"Breaking Bad"?-----the father from Malcolm in the Middle is in it----strange but well done

I am not posting because DS is home for spring break. So sorry. He's asleep now and we're both working a lot.

My 2 cents on the election today is that we have the chance to discriminate or not discriminate against someone because of gender, race or age. I wouldn't vote for a republican. I went to his web page to see how old he is and was upset by it. Republicans do not see things the way I do.

I loved the crack laced lentils. Tired. Must go.

Sorry to hear that. Yay about the new appliances, though!! Man, I could use a new washer/dryer -- we bought ours with the house 22 years ago :yikes: i.e. they were ?? years old to start with. What type did you get?

That's amazing about the great uncle! I'm not sure which is more unlikely -- finding a long lost relative like that, or an 83 year old who knows how to the use the internet well enough to reply to you :lol: Anyway, that's really nice. I'll bet he is delighted with the contact.
When is yours? Funny, I thought you'd already had it :o You never know, though, if Hillary stays in, neither will have topped the # of delegates, so every primary will matter.
I love that show. DH and I have been watching it. It's sort of perverse, but you can't help but want him to succeed. It reminds me a little of American Beauty, in the way that there's this normal guy who just kind of dumps his normality one day, and even though you can't approve of what he's doing, you can't help but be on his side. Just my take, of course: DH hated Am. Beauty, so YMMV.

I love it! Shall we be ageist, racist, or sexist? Or, as I keep telling DH, I'm not against anyone as much as I'm for one of them. Well, I will admit to being a little against them, but nowhere near as much as I was against Shrub both times he ran, or for that matter, against his father, and Reagan, and George Wallace, and Nixon and and and. Do you think I might be a dyed in the wool Democrat? I vote for Republicans here in Maine. But they're women. And moderates.

Glad to hear DS is home. Hope he has some fun while he's home? DD is not going to get home until next Tuesday or Wednesday apparently. She has 3 girlfriends coming to visit her all weekend, then she wants to spend a few days with the bf, then she's going skiing with another friend. I am trying not to be upset. It's her vacation and at least she's not spending a fortune getting drunk in Ft. Lauderdale or Cancun or something. When I was in college, a lot of my friends used to go to the Bahamas during spring break. I went home. Once I walked off the plane (back when you had to walk down the stairs to the tarmac and into the terminal, and people could greet you before you got inside--god I'm old) in Charlotte without a bra on. My mom was a little shocked. It wasn't a political statement though, I had just run out of clean laundry :lol:

Well, I've been painting out in the garage today. Making 2 plywood signs for the jazz fest this weekend. Busy busy busy. I really like the painted poster ones I did; I'll have to take some pics. It turns out I am absolutely anal about this, Peachie. I drew pencil lines and used rulers and everything. I'm putting 2 coats of paint on the plywood before I letter it. On the plus side, I saved everything salvageable from last year's festival and I can reuse about half of it. Yay me.

Later gators, I have to address an envelope to a faraway place :chin: where shall I send it....

Kiwi

You know how Oprah talks about those "aha moments?" I had one. Bad one. The dh of a woman I worked with passed away. She's a sweetheart one hundred percent and I learned about this on my answering machine from my friend who hasn't spoken to me since I asked for borrow her car. So I went to the church and arrived with someone else I had worked with at that place. She was with someone who might've been her sister. I dunno. We walked in together. I got to the guest book first, signed and tried to decide where we could sit. There were 2 chairs by the front door and a lot of space in middle of pews but things were on the pews and I didn't know what that meant. Pillows. Tissues. I could see all the people I knew squashed together in one pew up front. So I went into the pew like a man told me to do, waited, looked around and my former co-worker and her friend/sis were sitting happily by the door. I almost broke into tears. I just left. My AHA is that I have a phobia of being alone in a church. I barely know this woman, don't care a thing about her but couldn't get along without her sitting with me. So now I know. I don't do church alone. Too many bad memories.

I'd like to see Breaking Bad. Will wait for it on Netflix.