Oh good grief. I would have been the little smarta** who pointed out that without the tights, the boys must be wondering where your legs ended. :lol: How incredibly inane.

I don't know where Kiki's Hurricane Hideout is, but I'm booking my plane tickets as soon as I find out. Who's getting married first?

My ad-free subscription ran out and I have noticed that sometimes those Ads by Google down the right side of the page refer to Cows!! They have some nerve.

I went to the dentist today so he could check out the horrible tooth from ****. Turns out the chip I got a month ago actually split the tooth in half and the filling I popped out yesterday was probably the only thing holding it together. There will be no root canal -- it has to be extracted! I've never had a tooth extracted since I fainted several times having my wisdom teeth out. Won't this be fun? He did something to the tooth so it will last until I can get to the professional tooth extracter or somesuch. I think I should sue the Doritos company for the permanent loss of my tooth -- it's the last molar, so they can't make a bridge or anything. Teeth suck.

Kiwi the Painful

i hate teeth too--------let's get them all pulled and wear china clippers.[that's what my painter friend calls them}

i think i have put on ten pounds this summer====i may be ready to take it off---any suggestions??

Oral surgeons will give you drugs and take your tooth. It is surely the way to go. I can't believe they didn't knock you out when you got your wisdom teeth out. I wish they'd put me to sleep just to have them cleaned. It doesn't hurt..but the whole ordeal is so unpleasant.

They can put a rod through the tooth and install it into your jawbone. OR, with your last molar out, you'll have model cheekbones. Next you'll be having ribs taken out.

I have no other news. It is 3AM and I am up, what's new.

We're going away for Christmas this year; skiing in the poconos for four days. I'm surprising the kids. Whatever I got them for Christmas just sits around...they don't need or want anything. So, I'm giving them this. It should be fun. We're going to a resort that is right across the street from a little ski slope that they like.

Ok, now I really don't have anything else to say. L

harkening back to what wabby was saying about "monster" I agree --charlize was still beautiful but i got NOTHING out of that movie but a profound depression!!!---there is nothing uplifting about it and is there really a need for us to SEEE that---how does it help???WHAT IS THE POINT??? --- i started trying to read the Ann Marie MacDonald book----as the crow flies---i did the oprah thing--she used to give a book a hundred pages before she tossed it---now she's down to fifty---at fifty i tossed it---TOO MUCH MUSING ABOUT THE AIRFORCE AND THE SCENERY AND WAYYYYYYYYYY TOO LITTLE CONVERSATION-----CAN'T DO IT----I LOVED FALL ON YOUR KNEES,SO I AM NOT SURE IF IT'S ME OR HER---------anyway,i just finished "she's come undone' which i have been meaning to read for years---- i liked it but man it could be quite depressing----- i think i will reread East Of Eden--i don't mind when Steinbeck talks about the countryside for some reason-----i see there is a movie about that book you people mentioned---a widow for a year----i forget who is in it---did i hear darryl hannah or one of those forty something blond bomshells??? LUSHIE!!!!!!!!!!! i am always awake two to three times per night and am slowly realizing that THIS is how I am meant to live as a female creature ------we are being thanked by the cosmos for all our suffering and dedication to others----if there is a god,he is MALE for sure--------{not bitter,right}---------------------WHAT A GREAT IDEA FOR CHRISTMAS!!! --not only do the "children" not use all that junk we purchase-------or really care----WHAT AN INCREDIBLE WASTE OF TIME AND ENERGY SHOPPING FOR IT!!!!!!!!!!! I DREAD IT EVERY YEAR---- I used to love christmas shopping when i was a teenager and had only so much money and a few to buy for----------christmas {except for my displays which are a joy] can be a full time JOB!

I have solid proof that I have gained many lbs -- I had a physical and the silly nurse insisted on weighing me, even though I told her I weighed the same as last year. Ich. Here's one suggestion: go see Supersize Me -- at least that will put you off fast food.
You'd think. But I'm pretty sure I heard the receptionist who was making the appointment say "no, local", which seems highly unfair, doesn't it? DH will be away sailing that day, so if I have anaesthesia I'll have to get DD to drive me home. I guess I should call them and make sure.
Alas, there is no tooth to put a rod through -- it is cracked completely in half; my dentist pasted it together temporarily so I could eat while waiting to have it properly extracted. I hear you can get artificial implants, for only about the price of a car :rolleyes:. I'm thinking I should go with the beautiful cheekbone theory. Yes, that's it, maybe I'll have a few more out while I'm at it. Fewer teeth, less eating, right?

I think the ski vaca is a great idea. Once kids get over 12 or 13, you can't buy them stuff they want anyway -- either it's too expensive, too dangerous or too specific (in which case you may as well hand them the money, right?)

I need more :coffee:

Kiwi

Lushie, what a wonderful idea. I've often thought of going to a cabin at Mt. Hood for Christmas, although I think it might take too much planning for me because my family would just want me to transport the whole Christmas schmeer up the mountain.

Bagzie, try Crow Flies again. I liked it. I think I may have liked it more than Fall on Your Knees. I'm reading Lushy's Prayer for Owen Meany now. I like it, I like his writing style, but now I remember seeing the movie version of this. Ashley Judd played the beautiful mother who died by being hit by a foul ball.

Kiwi, what do you really need that last molar for anyway? My teeth are starting to wear out too. Getting very heat and cold sensitive.

My head is aching today. It's trying to decide if it should go into full blown migraine mode.

It rained yesterday. It was wonderful. Rain smells so good after 2 or 3 months of dry weather. We're supposed to be back to sun and mid 90's by Saturday.

i was in the right mood to try a book i may not like {too wordy and all} and so i started crow flies-------can't do it,wabs,too old to change me ways!!!----- funny --we just had a few days of sun and NOW we are forecasting more RAAAAAAAAIN------kiki----i don't really like fast food------- I LIKE THE MAPLE FUDGE THAT I KEEP MAKING AND EATING ALL SUMMER LONG---- i finally am able to make decent fudge and i can't stop making it.

Please tell me your secret maple fudge recipe. I've gained 12 pounds this summer (gotcha beat) and right after I eat a plate full of your fudge I plan on going back to WW's.

I have lost 5 pounds.

Today was the first day of school all over this area. I drove DS because this year, for the first year, parents were invited to sit through an information meeting. There were about 70 out of 250. Not bad for a workday.

I am too boring to contineu.

please contineu--i love your french accent--------------wabby---the fudge is just three cups of light brown sugar,i cup of half and half---i tablespoon of light corn syrup-----after you do all the right fudge cooking and take it off at the CORRECT softball stage---you add 1 tsp of vanilla and 2 Tablespoons of butter----let it sit in the cold water in the sink for ten minutes and STIRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR until it thickens,loses it's gloss and pouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuurrrrrrrrrrr and eattttttttt---maybe i will take a picture of my fudge and make kiki post it [if i don't eat it all right NOW]

Wabby-- I don't want to get heat stroke. Can't you think of a way to melt my fat without my having to sweat? Would rather not run, either. I've lost the same 10 pounds, again. I am hoping I have enough momentum to break away into the "teens" lost. The only place you can tell I'm skinnier is around my knuckles. Swell.

Lohani-- Tell them you'll take them to Gretna Green or wherever it is in Scotland so they can have "an impromptu" wedding that NOBODY was invited to! Or tell them to wait until their old enough that all the crabby relatives have died. That's what I did the second time. ;)

Kiwi -- I like the way you think about the tights. Funny that the nuns didn't make the boys wear drawstring pants so the girl wouldn't wonder what was behind the "barn door." So far as I know everyone's legs go all the way up.

Hope you tell your DDS to find you an oral surgeon who will put you out totally. For what we all pay these days, we ought to be able to get what we want. I'd rather have an extraction than a root canal... but I have no idea what is involved in getting a new tooth screwed in.

Happy Friday, all.

I want every one of you to try to solve Freecell #1941.

what the **** is that??? freecell????

I think Bagzie is holding out on us, folks. There is no maple syrup in her recipe. I saw that episode of the Dick Van Dyke show where Laura left out the ingredient in the dip. Or was it Millie? Hmmm.

Congrats on the same old 10 pounds, Painty! Every little bit helps -- :cheer: ONE MORE POUND ONE MORE POUND :cheer:

I have still not heard from my kid. And we're leaving at 2:00 PM for the weekend. Her first week at the guitar workshop will be over tomorrow morning. I have no idea what she is doing between the 2 weeks (if you go more than 1 week, you have a free day in between sessions). I called up and left a message. I said "tell her her mother wants to know if she's still alive". The guy said, "Oh, call home, huh?" You got it. She thinks that when we pick her up next weekend, that we are taking her to Six Flags in Mass. to meet up with her friends who are camping there overnight, but I'm starting to rethink that idea. I mean if she's too busy to call home, I may be too busy to arrange this, don't you think? How petty am I?

Hard to believe school is starting already, Cowpeach. Must be nice to have a school that invites the parents.

The Google ads on the sidebar today are for Root Canals and Tooth Extraction, believe it or not. How opportunistic. Let's talk about something really bizarre and see if they come up with ads for it.

:chin: I need to buy a set of whips and some handcuffs. Horsewhips will do, nice braided leather ones. Does anyone know where I can purchase them online?

How's that? :lol: I hope I don't get thrown out of here.

Kiwi

P.S. For the gullible among us, please note that I am baiting the advertisers, not actually requesting such items.