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helooooooooooooooooooo you little tubby ghosties---i heard that the cute little hallowe'en candy bars were hitting the stores so i thought i better warn you all to stay awaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyy---i bought some hallow's eve decorations today---a tiny black velvet witch hat for miss new brunswick-------adorable!!----first day of school for the kids---i wonder if it's a coincidence that my depression is lifting!!! ahahahahahah
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Hey Bagzie! I was about ready to run away yesterday too but I feel MUCH better today. Go figure. I take back what I said about other people's kids - the library darlings were adorable. New group and they were actually polite and didn't kick each other and run around like chickens.
Wabby - the parental units are headin' down to Oregon today for a road trip, lucky ducks. I told them to stop by your place for dinner. HA HA HA. Only kidding. Dad wants to drag Mummy to some aviation museum and you can imagine how much she's looking forward to that. Did Pilates this morning. Probably won't be able to walk tomorrow. House is still a pit but it's getting there. I may get the hang of this by the time I'm 50. |
Oh dear, it's not time for Halloween candy yet, is it?
We did nothing all weekend. Except eat and nap. I got stung by a yellow jacket when I was working in the yard. My arm is all swollen and painful. And yet, I type for you. Some developer type guy was just here talking to us about selling our property for development. He's been here before. He comes around, making me salivate for a new house, then disappears for 6 months. How would I ever leave my garden? How would DH leave his old barn? And yet, we are greedy, opportunistic types that would love the idea of all new plumbing and wiring. Sugar, I think I've been to that museum. Is it the one which has the Spruce Goose? Howard Hughes big monster of an airplane? The parents are welcome to stop by for dinner anytime. No guarantee for what's on the menu. Lush, when you figure out the work dilemma, let me know. I don't mind my job at all when I have someone else working here for me and my showing up is entirely optional. I'd like lots of money so I could go shopping and out to lunch a whole bunch. I liked it when I sold real estate, because that was basically my job, except the part about lots of money. |
i was on another thread and they gave the addy for the hallowe'en avatars!!! i lovvvvvvved them---wanna go see???go here-----http://www.boomspeed.com/jenr/Halloween.htm
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Who needs Halloween candy bars when there's a mini-bar in the hotel AND 24/7 roomservice? My feet are numb to my hips from walking all over the miracle mile in Chicago... AND the art museum AND the natural history museum. I think tomorrow we're taking the CAR! Mostly I've cut all portions in half and tried to remember to have more fruit and more veggies so I don't wait to fill up on fat, meat, cheese and bread. Except for the last two dinners. Alfredo ravioli one night and deep dish pizza tonight.... But diminished portions.... May all the fat cells end up in Lake Michigan!
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Painty, Glad you're having a good time in Chicago. I know what you mean about being numb from all the walking -- when we spent the week in NYC, it was all I could do to keep going after a couple of days. The friends we were with are super-walking crazy people. When they were doing something different than we were, we mostly took public transport -- and didn't feel the slightest bit guilty! Speaking of NY, the high school music dept is planning a trip in the spring for all the band and chorus students to NYC, and I have signed up to chaperone. Slightly nuts, probably, it will be a real zoo, but who cares. It's NY; one does not pass up NY, even if it has only been a year. DD got a small part in the school musical and is at the first play practice right now. This is the first time she has tried out for the musical, so she's in for an experience. They work their tushies off on this from what I hear. They put it on in mid-November, so only about 10 weeks to get it all ready. Last year she was on the tech crew because she didn't think she'd have time for the practices. This year she got all her music lessons scheduled for Mondays -- she's taking guitar and voice, plus she's giving 3 guitar lessons (plus the 2 hours of driving~whew!), so's she going to squeeze everything in the world in. Including AP Chemistry. Horribly, all I can think of is that when I was 16 and a half, I was in the school musical and had my license, so I was allowed to drive myself to the rehearsals. One of the things I used to do was sneak in a visit to my boyfriend when I was done with rehearsal. :nono: And one day when I was going to sneak in a visit after I did some grocery shopping for my mom, I had an accident and totalled the car. Aaaaaghhhh! But DD is so much more level-headed than I was, right? :?: You think I should tell her that story as a cautionary tale? No, probably not. DH is going sailing for a week and a half with some friends, starting Friday. He's been such a poophead lately, I will have a hard time missing him. Maybe he'll come back with a better attitude, but I'm not holding my breath. Gotta go cook more stuff. Did I tell you that I did a "Freezer Assets" cooking monstrosity last week? I took on so much cooking that I didn't even finish it in the day I had planned. Then we went away for the weekend and I had to stash some of the stuff in the freezer unfinished, so I have to go make meatballs now. This is all Lush's fault. How's the job going, Peach? Kiwi |
When I went to Seattle w/ my friends for the garden show we walked until I had blisters. Everything in Seattle is at the top of a very steep hill. And when you walk up the steep hill, somehow you have to walk up a steep hill to get back where you came from. It defies all the laws of the universe, but that is how Seattle is. Uphill. Lucky for me, I latched on to my pregnant friend and offered to take cabs with her some of the time. You know, just to keep her company. ;) Good to hear you're having fun, Painty.
Kiwi, DD will be too busy to get in trouble. Besides, if you tell her stories of your indiscretions, it's like a green light to whatever she wants to do. Eek. You must tell her you were a saint as a teenager and never did anything to give your mother a moments worry. May DH's absence make your heart grow fonder. Or give him an attitude adjustment. Men are just so like that sometimes. There's a business here, where you go and prepare food for a month. Everything is prepped for you, and you just assemble it in foil pans. Then you take it home and use it out of the freezer for the month. That way, you don't have to do any shopping for ingredients, no waste and they have the recipes posted for you. I'm thinking I may just try it out. It beats fast food on work nights. Tonight is cut and color night. Last night was fingernail night. I'm such a high maintenance girl. Hee. DS has applied for an apartment and has been accepted. He's moving in 2 weeks. At least I'll see him every day at work. |
i just want to thank you dolls for getting in the hallow's eve spirit and changing your avatars----------you are sooooooooooo sweet--------------hey try this on Kiwi=====dd LOVES university,and LOOOOOOOOOVES residence and has not ONCE mentioned being homesick or missing me or NOTHING!!! every time i speak to her she is in seventh heaven---------- NOW HOW DO YOU LIKE THEM APPLES!!!!!!! CRAP!!!!
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HEY WABBS!!! I WOULD HAVE TAKEN CABS WITH YOU!!!---- I LIKE TO WALK,BUT PAVEMENT WALKING IS REALLY HARD ON THE OLD STUMPS!!!-----as soon as i git some money and we can get organized,i think we should all visit YOU----you live somewhere really HIP and COOL-----Peachey has hurricanes,WE have FOGGGGGGGG------it's cold in the east, Kiwonk has mosquitos,lush has had nothing but rain all pool season,it's too hot in Texas,Germany has language issues--------------WE ARE COMING TO YOUR TOWN!!!!
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And you know you are very happy for her, Bagzie. Repeat after me: I am so delighted that my daughters are leading happy, independent lives.
Easy for me to say, huh? Yup. Hey, good news about DS' apartment, Wabby. Do you like my avatar? Ol' Molly lives on in my avatar... Our bats don't look like that one, though. They are more like big black moths. At least when they're flying. When they are downed, they look more like a small mouse with black leaves on it. Kiwi |
OK, the hamster is toast!
That's better. Love that Halloween stuff.
Making a few changes around here. Today I bought a bedside lamp and a kitchen utensil holder thingie to replace the ones I've been using for the past 14 years. Geez, no wonder I'm depressed. AND dh is making new combination night table/book shelves for our room so we can throw out the dusty, musty, crusty ones we have now. I'm so tired of living in this dump, I tell ya. Everything must go. :devil: Kiwi! My dh has been quite the poophead lately too. Maybe we should trade and see if things get better. Oh, I guess there'd be that language issue to deal with, wouldn't there? :lol: You'll have a blast in NY. Not that I'd know what it's like since I've been there a total of zero times, but the pictures look good. :p My kids are driving me NUTZ. One is having anxiety attacks about the 7 minute walk to and from school, and the other one is wailing about having tooooo much homework and no time for himseeeeeeeeelf. Whine, whine, whine. And they've only been in school for three weeks. My newest self-help book: The Purpose of Your Life: Finding Your Place in the World Using Synchronicity, Intuition, and Uncommon Sense. Interesting so far even if it does say "As Seen on Oprah" on the cover. I'm thinking of having large quantities of "Just Say No to Oprah" stickers made up. Discuss. Must go do something productive. :coffee: |
Kiweeee! I love your Molly avatar.
Bagzie, you should be proud to have raised such a well adjusted, independant young woman. Yeah, right. My DD is busy living her life, too. I only see her about once every 2 weeks, even though she lives 20 minutes away. Sugar, I'm feeling the need to do some major clean out at my house too.I'm still just thinking about painting my bedroom. It all just sounds like so much work. Sigh. Where are the Halloween smilies? |
Good question, I love a nice toothless (or one-toothed) grin. Smilies Smilies Smilies Smilies.
I think I'm losing it. It's been raining here for 2 days. The only good thing about that is that it serves as my excuse for not getting at the giant weeds in the yard. Go Sugar -- new stuff is a great idea. I want a new kitchen table (do they sell the magic kind that doesn't accumulate junk?). Everything I have is old. And a lot of it was handed down in the first place. It's so difficult to get rid of other people's treasures that they have presented to you -- which is why we have 2 kitchen sets that I hate (one is in the attic) and other such crap. Gee, Sugar, I'm wondering if not knowing what your spouse is saying might be a good thing! Hey, I wonder if it's okay to get political in your sig here? I think I'll try it. Gotta go do some laundry so DH will be all ready to skedaddle out of here tomorrow morning. Kiwi |
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I was planning on exercising tonight, but my existantial crisis mode made it necessary for me to eat chocolate chips out of the bag instead. Bad me. Tomorrow I will spend the day throwing out crap and then I'll report back here to thrill you all with the details. :p |
What I hate about old stuff is the indecision I'm racked with any time I think about getting rid of it. I've gotten rid of old stuff in the past and then I'm sorry I did. Sugar, you could probably make a fortune selling stuff on e-bay. Granny's coffee service sounds like something that would bring big bucks.
This weekend is a family reunion on my dad's side. I'm not going. I don't need the grief. I'm going to bunco instead. They love me at bunco. |
we love you too wabbeeeeee. and i love keewi's avatar.
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Yep, bunco sounds better than bickering relatives.
I have that indecision paralysis too, Wabbit. I have all kinds of paralysis it seems. Let's see what I can do with a week and a half of sailing-widowdom. I have a ton of things I want to post on ebay. And a ton of things I should just throw out. It all looks so onerous. I'm thinking that watching sweaty young men play tennis is a better way to spend my time... Going out for margie night tonight. Although I guess I have to be fairly sober, since I will have to go back out and pick up DD at the h.s. dance at 11 PM. Sunday I'm going to a birthday party for a really oooooooooooooooooold guy: he's turning 65. What do you give an old guy with only 7 fingers? I was thinking maybe a bag of dirt. Any better suggestions? Kiwi, the nuts |
Went to see Sarah Harmer last night at the theatre---she is a well loved canadian folk singer---anyway-------she had this cute folksinger from Moscow {???} Idaho!! and he opened for her----BOY was he anti-Bush---he sang a song about it and said if Bushwacker gets re-elected he was moving to Mexico for the next four years-----------the poor Dixie Chicks got in so much trouble for bashing Bush,now it seems that no one minds at all!!!!-------------regarding the cleaning and throwing out of old stuff-----------i am the worst at it but i must say----I WILL JOIN YOU ALL CAUSE THIS DUMP IS MAKING ME SICK-------------------i need a margie for SURE :dizzy:
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I think I'll be going out for several margies! We have a dinner date w/ some old friends that we haven't seen for a long time. DH will be my driver. He comes in handy that way sometimes.
Kiwi, now that DD has her license, she's supposed to drop you off for margies and pick you up after the dance. That way you can be an irresponsible parent and drink waaay too much. You've earned it. Dang, I wish you lived next door, DH is leaving monday for the rodeo and I'm going to be a rodeo widow all week. We could have lotsa fun. This was the last day of work for one of our guys who has worked for us for 11 years. He's starting his own business doing window retrofits and one man type glass work. He seems to think he won't have to work as much or as hard. I didn't tell him otherwise. He'll find out soon enough. Anyway, it was a bittersweet goodbye today. We wished him well. Are we really going to get our houses in shape, since we haven't been doing too :lol: well on shaping up ourselves??? Maybe it will just continue on to the rest of our lives. Our houses will shape up and miraculously our bodies will fall in line. :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: |
Back from the Windy City---- sort of let down. Tons o' mail to sort and maybe even answer -- will throw out what ever I can. DH is conked out asleep.... (We only did about half as much stuff as I WANTED to do, but I'm not sure I had the stamina to do more... just the desire...) I should probably go lift weights or something to really get in shape.
Found lots of wonderful places to eat. (Deep Dish pizza must surely be in my top ten list of temptations!!)... but I think I did fairly well. Wrote everything down, even though i sometimes ate more than my "recommended daily allotment.) I have no interest in getting the house in shape. What does that mean? Am also despondent because I read an anti-Kerry piece (about his purple heart) that made enough sense that I might have to take it seriously... which means that BOTH candidates are big fat liars. I didn't want to vote for a liar this year... you know? I'm not sure I can stand another 4 years of Bush's malapropisms... let alone policies and unilateralism.... and I don't want to move to Mexico OR Canada, for that matter. (Maybe I'll just drink Margies or Canadian.... there's a great solution!! :dizzy: |
if you like the climate in texas Painty---you better head for Sol Country-----Canada makes a Chicago winter seem tropical----------------we do have good beer though if you like beer {i'm a mike's girl}ANYway-------------hey kiwonkers!!! it's a beautiful day up here in the north------SOON IT WILL BE TIME FOR THE FALL FOLIAGE TOUR!!!!!! are you heading for the White Mountains????
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Painty, here is what I have to say about the purple heart controversy. Have you ever been shot at? I do not doubt that once there, he used the brains that got him into Yale to get out of Vietnam. If he was my son, that is what I would want him to do. Who cares about his metals. They are unimportant.
No one says this, but he was a schmuck to go to Vietnam. We all know that. He had the money and the connections to stay out, but he was probably idealistic and he went anyway, what a fool. Bush did was we all would have done given his circumstance and connections. People are such hypocrites about this that it makes me sick. But to put Kerry on the same plane with Bush in terms of intregity is, I think, a big mistake. The people who are running our country right now are evil. I'd love to see the real numbers on # of dead in Iraq and Afganistan. I'll bet that 10,000 people have been killed there. It gauls me when we talk about 1000 americans being killed, with no mention of how many were killed on the other side....not combatants.... unarmed citizens we were liberating. I can't understand how anyone can't see what 's going on here. Do you really think that the most powerful people in the world didn't know that there were no WMD in Iraq? I knew there were no WMD. They didn't have a plane that would fly, for God's sake. What is scariest is that it really doesn't matter who wins, because these people will do anything. They have the congress, they have the supreme court...they aren't afraid to use them to cheat. Maybe they will lose the White House, but if Kerry wins,they will do to him what they did to Clinton and anyone else who gets in their way. Argh...you got me started this morning! |
the singer from Idaho the other night said "too bad we don't have an exchange program for world leaders"-------------someone from the audience yelled "no thanks" but i was thinking maybe if you had our boring prime minister for awhile==== Paul Martin==== you could take a break===he is like someone's grandfather ----- nice but boring----Prime Minister Cretien ---the french PM who just left power---he had alot more spunk---that's why we fell out of favour with the Americans---he refused to join the 'colalition of the willing'--------------at the time i was worried that you guys would hate us forever,but that seems to have dissipated-ANYway----it is quite a dilemma---- too bad that the Democratic Nominee is kinda boring but that really is not the point-------i know Clinton was a skirt chaser,but I loved his speeches!!! :lol: :lol:
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oh yeah!!! remember when everyone used to get all up in arms at Cybermom about politics and they were flaming each other and all that!!!----i miss the good ole days----i think Dusty was probably a Rebuplican!!!------------one of my girlfriends has it down to this-----kerry gets the better entertainment---all bush has are gospel singers~!!!!
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lohani---get your hallowe'en avatar come one get in the spirit!!! soon i will be calling out the number of displays i am amassing========== but first we have the canadian thanksbgiving on second week of October!!
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Anyway, the pain of election season goes on. And on. I have swollen glands in my throat or something. I need to watch more tennis. Kiwi |
Oh yeah, and I agree wholeheartedly with Lushie.
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Don't get me wrong, I'm in the ABBB camp (Any Body But Bush). I'd just hoped to be able to vote for someone who could think ahead more than 5 minutes and be HONEST.
Did you know there are more laws limiting what toy manufacturers can say about their toys than there are about whether political advertisers have to be honest? Maybe I'm just mad at myself because the spin Meisters have pulled the wool over my eyes a few times. 2 sites new to me: www.spinsanity.com and www.factcheck.org. What does it say about me that I can relate better to skirt-chasing Clinton than Fundamentalists of any stripe? |
like i was saying----the skirt chaser was better --the devil you KNOW!!--plus he seemed intelligent------being a Rhodes Scholar and all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!---is Peachy in Ivan's Path??? what's going on with the crazy hurricane season!!!------------scary stuff!
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On the Clinton thing...at least he's honest....most men when given the choice of whether to be leader of the free world or get a bj would choose a bj. Don't you think?
It is impossible to get to the top of politics and be honest. They weed them out by that time. I"m cooking today. I don't have time to get a new avatar...and I forget where the link is...and I'm too lazy, anyway. bye |
It's true--people won't vote for someone who tells them the whole truth.
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OK, Kiwi! I'm ready to trade dh's right about now. Here's the deal: You give me the coordinates on the sailboat, and I'll arrange the rest. Why do men have to be so darn difficult? I'm going to go to bed before someone around here gets hurt. :devil: |
SUGAR!!! they have a new reality show called "Wife Swap"!!!! here's your chance to get rich and famous!!!! start up the Husband Swap Series!!!!-----------You better not ask advice from me ---i'm on my second husband!!!---the second time was a charm,so mention that to the dh and see how he likes that one!!! you too kiwonk!!!!----------i am sure they are perfectly lovely husbands on their good days!!! but you do get a bit jaded as you realize that THIS is it and if you don't like the looks of "forever" nows the time to figure it out!!! {since we are still so young and gorgeous}---------useless blathering i am sure but i just thought i'd weigh in on the husband scene!!! xoxoxo ;) ;) ;)
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Hmmm- re:husbands ---- I think in general it's less work to overhaul the ones we've got than to get a new one. Just too much work for essentially the same result.
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A Dove bar sabotaged me on the way past the pantry.
I liked Clinton, too. And I think most men would prefer the bj. Though if they thought about it, like clinton, they could have as many as they wanted AFTER they were leader of the free world. I hope nobody's in Ivan's path. Batten down the hatches. I gotta get back to work. I'd rather take a nap. I never thought about my job as "refurbishing OTHER people's husbands/wives" before. No wonder I'm tired. |
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Today was DD's first day teaching guitar. She had 2 little girls, one 7 and the other about 9 or 10. One was very shy, the other never stopped talking. She's going to have some fun with this! She'll have a 3rd girl next week (they are all separate lessons). The 9-yr-old wants to learn to play "Red Neck Woman" :lol: I had lobster yesterday at the 65th b-day (no, it was not my birthday, thank you) party. Only had half of one, but I have been paying for it all day. Whew, never encountered such a gaseous sea creature before in my life... :eek: Thanks, I knew you'd want me to share. Kiwi |
News Flash: I'm still chunky and I still don't like it.
Peach must be busy w/ the new job. She's neglecting her duties here. I had planned on getting major things accomplished while DH is gone, but so far I've just been watching a lot of tv and eating. I think I may be depressed. I don't know, I'm too depressed to do anything about it. Kiwonker, I never knew Lobster had that effect. Thanks for the warning. Somebody come and entertain me. :^: I forgot to mention that DS is still home while DH is gone. Just in case Mr. Internet stalker wanted to know. His knickname is Trigger Happy. And of course my neighbor Rifleman Bob is keepin an eye on things too. :lol: Hey, all you cows dissed Oprah and now we didn't get our cars. :nono: And this is why I'm feeling sorry for myself--- No pictures of DH on the website, but you get the idea-- He drives an immigrant wagon in this -- www.happycanyon.com |
wow wabby!!! is that your man with the thong riding the horse!!! he's hot!!!----i feel bad that you are here in cyberspace all alone,but i have to go see my friend with the colon cancer---she just saw the oncologist yesterday and she is scheduled for six months of chemo---she is depressed--------anyway-----------LOVE the Happy Pics!!! :lol: :lol:
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Boy, talk about happy!
I KNEW there was some reason I wanted to move to Oregon. :lol: May still do it one of these days. Who knows what the future holds? :o
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