Yo, Zadie, how scary about thy sister, but glad all is well.

I've got no time to post ... stayed for a second woodcarving session today and now gotta go do a meeting ... was wondering where everyone has been lately and we are missing our fearless leader Seattle Jo on the NOLA ... I'm thinking I'm posting too much when I see how many posts I have in a row ... maybe will cool posting here for awhile except for the food thread ... dunno. Anyhow, hope everyone is ok and need to go work.

My fav lunch, :queen: K, is I guess an EAS shake and one of my healthy muffins! :)

Dagnabit...I'm sick AGAIN! Feel like :censored:. :mad: Didn't even go to my WW meeting. I'm too tired/achey/sinus painy/miserable. The usual drugs aren't helping AT ALL, and I have an interview with a recruiter tomorrow at lunch. :mad:

zadie, glad your sister (and baby) is okay. How frightening!

Kaylets, I'm too braindead/cold med foggy to read the speech for comment now, but I'm glad you did so well! :cb:

Amarantha, the point is not for you to post LESS, it is for others to post MORE. :yes:

Where the heck is everyone???

I'll be back tomorrow, hopefully not as cranky and ornery and miserable. :)

Dagnabit. Gosh golly gee darn. Poopey-pants.
 

Hey, kiddos.

Dagnabit, Wildfire, I'm sick too!!! I've got a sore throat, stuffy nose, headache, and that general overall dead feeling in my limbs and head. Not a good couple of weeks to be not well, with the move at work and all. People keep coming up and saying things like, "Cerise, are you coordinating our garbage removal?" and "Cerise, have you mapped out our new filing system?" Wha....?? Part of me (the sick, grouchy part) wants to scream, "No, God-DAMMIT!!" and then fall into a long, lovely coma. "Mapped out the filing system"? Help me, God. :rolleyes:

Anyway, got home and promptly ate 7 of my Flexpoints. Feel a little better. I'm guzzling copious amounts of liquids in the vain hope that this present malaise is just a profound attack of dehydration. *snicker* If I were feeling better I'd cry.

So, not so cheerful tonight. Sorry, loves. We seem to have dropped off the radar a bit, here. OK, girls, rise and shine and let's check in and say Howdy. That way Kaylets and Amarantha, our most faithful and wonderful posters, won't feel so nekkid.

Kaylets, huge congrats for winning!!! :spin: I thought about you today - mostly along the lines of How cool would it be if she won the WHOLE THING!! Your speech is very cool. Thank you for sharing it with us. I especially loved the part about life just getting better. I can't tell you how comforting that is to hear now that I'm nearing 30. Gah. I HATE being called Ma'am. I got a chuckle out of your not being carded advantages. Wish I could hear you doing it, but it must have been brill, since YOU WON!!!!! :cb: :cb: :cb:

Ugh, Zadie, God. Your poor sister. I'm so glad she and the baby are OK. Are they watching her pretty closely for a while? I hope the news didn't flip you out too much. And I'm glad your furnace is all better. I cannot imagine living in your kind of winter. *shiver* If it drops below 40 around here I'm out there squealing that it's bitter out and I can't take it. Laugh all you want, Easterners.

Amarantha, any way you look at it, you've lost a LOT this year. Wow. I'm really, really proud of you. And don't pare down your posts here or anywhere else. I depend on you! Besides, who are we kidding? You couldn't pare it down any more than I could. OK, just kidding. :p

Hey, love to the rest of you. Miss you. I'm going to get ready for bed now. Being unconscious through this illness is the best idea I've got. Y'know, I think my bloody SIL jinxed me. She kept going on and on when we moved here in July that we'd get sinus infections, oh, yes. Every newcomer to Seattle gets them. I'm off to have a word with her... :mad:

Hello all!

Thanks Cerise.... I am looking to punch up the speech with a couple more advantages... I know the men gave me blank looks at my reference to "retro"a nd "shabby chic"...Maybe try to work in "antiques".....

Although I won, it wasnt a " pretty win"... my nerves really did take over...
hours later, just the thought of the contest made my stomach clench....

I will persist... might learn that contests are not my strength...


Zadie-- how scary... its amazing how many pregnant women are just fine after car accidents... we are designed really well in that regard...but I agree, hope everyone is on high alert in case symptons present ...

Empress--I felt like you.... that I was monopolizing the board and even was getting bored of myself... then when I got distracted the past couple days, was relieved to know you were anchoring us. YOU ARE THE EMPRESS!!

Thanks to everyone for your patience and all my contest talk...


*****
Thought of the day :
"You can observe a lot just by watching"
-- Yogi Berra

Question of the day :
" What do you fear the most and could you never convince yourself to do, no matter how much money was offered?"

*******

Kettle is on!

PS: I too put a lot of water away last night and the scale rewarded me this am.... Note to self--- its easier to get a big cup down than 2 smaller ones ( when you have to go back and keep refilling)....

Thursday!
 

2 Iar!!!
 

Yo, :queen: K! Somehow I missed the part about you winning the speech contest ... CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!! Pls don't forget to post the speech ...

:queen: s, yea, I do kind of feel like I'm monopolizing things a bit ... but see we have some people not feeling well ... the weather this year is evil and methinks that's what it is ... hope everyone feels better and comes back soon but I appreciate seeing everyone who turned up at the Great Hall today 'cause I wanted to say hi ... gotta work a bit ... just too cold to get dressed, go to gym, come home, work, go out again ... so am not sure what I'm doing today ... gotta do so shopping ...later ...

Empress-- I did post it.... if you're viewer won't let you see it I'll send it to you privately later....

And thanks!

Just popping in to say hi. My son has relapsed and I don't have time or energy for anything else, but I wanted to let you know what was happening. I noticed that he seemed to be getting worse and asked him if he'd been taking his meds. Couldn't get a straight answer, then he said he lost them. So I found them and have been making sure he takes them, and hope he'll be better again soon. I'll keep you posted.

sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick sick
 

Guh. *sni-i-i-i-i-i-i-f-f-f-f* *a-CHOO!!* *snort* *cough*

I'll try to keep my distance today, ladies, since I'm pretty sure it's contagious. It's not a sinus infection, which I think I'm supposed to be glad of. I mean, I won't have to go to the doctor anyway. Though for sheer misery colds beat sinus infections every time.

Arabella, I'm so sorry, dear. Hang in there, and feel us angels :angel: on your shoulders in tough times. There's a lot of us, but we're little enough to fit. Here, have a hug, darling. :grouphug:

So, Amarantha, it's too cold to do much over there. Um, what's the temp. today, anyway? :D It was bitter over here this morning, about 30 degrees or so. Ick. It felt like the wind was flaying me alive.

Ceara, unfortunately for me my nerves go straight to my knees, and they wobble considerably. And my stomach. I've found that I do better when I'm nervous but not terrified. If I'm either cocky or don't care or if I'm frightened out of my wits (competition) I usually do poorly. Ugh. Piano juries. I was hopeless at piano at college, but had to do an instrumental jury to get my degree. I swear that my piano teacher took pity and passed me on through. I feel the same way about my 10th grade chem. teacher.

Thanks, dear, for keeping us updated on your friend. It's good to read about, since I sometimes fear losing my beloved spouse, and don't know what I'd do with the vacancy if we parted. It's good to hear about survivors.

QOD: I would never, bloody ever get into a box with bugs like they do on Fear Factor (so I've heard. I sure as **** don't watch that show!). In fact, anything that required getting into a box and doing anything would just about kill me. I'm claustrophobic.

Kaylets, the thing that kills me is a lot of the 80s music I loved as a kid is now on the Oldies station. Ouch.

OK, loves, onward. This is bad. When I'm sick all I want to do is eat. Those two recent Hershey's Kisses did nothing to alleviate my symptoms. I thought chocolate cured everything... :?:

Hello,
Sending off some get well soon vibes to wildfire and cerise. yikes.

arabella - i am sorry to hear about your son;s relapse, but it is very good that you cought on that something was amiss.

kaylets - huzza for the victory. the speech was quite lovely

amarantha - actually i like that you are a frequent poster. i tend to be rather remiss in the posting area, so i feel that your frequent posts make up for it somehow. plus they are always fun to read.

so the other day i was being frsutrated by the lack of a gender neutral pronoun and insisted that i would use "it" as opposed to the "he/she" route. I worked for a while until leif told me that i sounded like gollum "what has it gots in its pocket" :)

qod: i am afraid of flying, but i do it if i have to. i do not know that there is anything that i have a will not do it for anything in the world fear of. although i supposed i would not know till i was in that situation.

sister and baby are doing fine, although we are on high alert. the baby shower is this weekend.

the car died a couple of days ago. we are debating what to do. it will cost real money to fix and we just fixed the furnace. we may just park it a take the bus (which I actually do anyway for getting to work) but then it is hard to get to places as far flung as my sister's house.

I am doing very well with the whole eating thing today. I am going to get back to the whole exercise thing again as well, now that the ankle is doing better. just need some momentum.

well, back to work.

Kaylets, I loved your speech!!! :D Bask in the glory, my friend. You did well, you deserve it!

zadie, I'm glad that your sister and baby are okay. Scary stuff!
[speaking of babies, how are you out there, Frogger?]

Amarantha, please don't post less--we want MORE!!!

Ceara, DH says they're busier before storms too. People are checking out tons of videos!

Feel better, Wildfire and Cerise. I've been so lucky this year with not picking up crud.

Arabella, be strong. We'll all be thinking of you.

I've felt all prowly for food the last 2 days, know what I mean? Don't know exactly what I want, but am willing to keep eating till I find it!

Jumpin' Jehosephus....how much CRUD can one head hold? My nose is plugged, my ears are plugged, I feel like I'm drowning in crud. I've been on a total body stone since last night. My options are breathing or being stoned, so I'm stoned beyond belief. :dizzy: You could stick a pin in my behind and I wouldn't even flinch. Guess I should be thankful I don't have that blasted post-nasal drip cough that lingers for weeks like I had in December. Yeah, maybe later when I feel better I'll be thankful.

Meeting with recruiter went very well, she thinks I am perfect for the job. It is much closer to home, more money, and more opportunity to use my brain, so keep your collective fingers crossed for me. :crossed: Apparently filling out a self evaluation form while stoned on cold medication is a good thing, because she loved my answers. Will know more next week, but she said of the three (including me) candidates she had seen, I far surpassed the others and she was pushing me through for an interview.

Arabella, so sorry to hear about DS's relapse. I hope you can convince him to take his medication as directed, even if it means playing nurse for a while. We're here for you to lean on. :grouphug:

zadie, car troubles AND furnace troubles? That's just not right. Good to hear you're back on the wagon. If only the wagon could really get you around, you'd be all set.

Cerise, shall we quarantine ourselves together and watch old movies and eat chocolate? Sorry to hear you're cruddy, too. We just have to get through tomorrow, then we can be miserable in the comfort of our own apartments for the weekend.

ceara, interesting about the level of spam. Good to hear about your friend. I've thought about the "what if" too, but I don't like to linger on it....too much to wrap my head around. Tomorrow is supposed to be really messy...drive safely!

Kaylets, the speech was great! Love the humorous delivery mingled with words of wisdom.

Hi Amarantha! You are not monopolizing! :nono: There are no posting limits, so post away!

Eydie, have you figured out what you want to eat yet?

Okay, I'm off to have some toast and tea and zone out. I have NO appetite, but silly DH thinks it's not good to be stoned on an empty stomach. :shrug:

And where is Punkin?

Wildfire!
So glad you had time to stop by and share....

I remember the same sensation one time using a cold medication ... don't even know if its made anymore.. would dry everything up including your brain cells..

And of course, the recruiter liked your answers... can you imagine what she'd think if you went in there feeling well??? She'd quit and give you her job! :lol:


Arabella- You did exactly what needed to be done... And yes, please keep a close eye that DS takes it as directed... come by when you can... Here's another ((((((((((((((((((((((((((((HUG))))))))))))))))))) )))))))))))))))


Cerise-- there's lots of tissues here by the lamp and I have warmed up this afghan here by the fire. I've got nice hot towels coming for both you and Wildfire to wrap on your face...the heat is so relaxing and soothing...

Zadie---Sometimes just letting the car sit for awhile is the best way...
I can relate to "Too much month at the end of the money" ....in fact, was doublechecking balances just today .... In fact, my dryer stopped working this past fall and there are now probably 15 other things b/4 that ....
Not a real comparison I know but I can relate in a small way....
PS Another reason I love soup.... its cheap!

Eydie! You continue to make me smile... .


Ceara! Thanks for the advice! I've read about making "the butterflies fly in formation" but that still means in my stomach... I like the idea of forcing the nerves to the nether regions..... Were you allowed to do rehersals in the room (or w/ the instrument) b/4 hand??? I am seriously thinking of getting to the next competiton super early w/ DH in hand to find out if that room echoes, has loud heating noises, etc... so I'm not caught off guard mid stream...
A sound check if you will....

Empress-- yes, what is going on? has your bicylcle friend been by lately??
and the bonfire folks?? are they cooking, singing, drinking...???
And btw, have you made a decision regarding the massage classes??
And are you able to see the speech??
I am very interested in your thoughts.

ANGAGRAM!!! more ice coming in......its too soon to come back, you'll be sorry...

Frogger-- am getting a little worried about you... hope I am worried for naught..

Seattle Jo-- you too, how are you and what's going on??

wildfire-glad that your meeting with the recruiter went well. sorry to hear your're feeling crummy though. hope you will be on the mend asap. cerise-hope you feel better soon too. kaylets-congrats on the win! enjoyed your winning speech. arabella-sorry to hear about your ds's relapse. sending hugs your way. zadie k.- your sister's accident must have been scary. glad she and baby are ok! amarantha-i always love reading your posts. even when i can't respond, it still makes me feel good knowing you are here. eydie-hope your evening is good. when i think about wanting to overeat, as i was earlier, i remember what an inspiration you are and it helps to keep me on track. i am catching up on posts and wanted to check in and let you know i am thinking about you. i guess i am overly tired from all the excitement of getting ready to move, and so have had more "technical difficulties." that is not keeping me from being excited about this time, however. each time i go to look at the new place, it makes me smile. it is really looking good and my wonderful friends are busting their collective, generous butts to make it look great. they are trying to get it ready so i can be in there in a month (but even if it isn't, i can stay in my apt., so it's not serious.) i think they are just trying to get it done in a few weeks to have me moved in by my birthday. ceara, when you spoke about your friend trying to deal with the loss of her dh and how important and precious every minute is, it reminded me just how right you are!
hi anagram, seattlejo,frogger, punkin, and to all the members of the royal court, mentioned and unmentioned. i know how much it means to me that you are all here. what a great group you are!
well, i need to get to sleep. take care, all.

wsw