I think Kiwi's DH has moved up a notch on the husband-acting-right-scale. Yummo. I don't like champagne but it sounds wonderful anyhow.

Yes, I lost three pounds in a week. How nice of someone to notice, Kiwi. Thank you. I deserve praise and chocolate covered stuff. Actually, last night, I had a tiny chocolate thing left from Halloween.

BBs is broadcasting about Fallujah and the starving, bleeding civilians. Seems Americans have (thank God) set up a medical station for civilians to come to in the town's train station but they're afraid to come outside. Water has been off for days, no place to get food, no electricity. Of course, they WERE warned to get out but I keep thinking if that happened to Dogpatch. Where would I go? Could I go back into the closet like with Ivan?

Only seven more months and Bagz will mail our Christmas cards and my Rose Tea. Hooray!! I had some this morning.

You know what's TERRRRIBLE???!!? Non-fat half-and-half. It looks like half-and-half but it's made with Corn Syrup. Oh So Gross. I want to brag about DS doing something entertainery and musical. Lemme think. Hmmmm. Nope. He's selling Boy Scout popcorn. Who wants some? He's really too shy to ask people to buy but for sommmme reason, Herbie has been emailing DS lately and he bought $90 worth. Let me recall that:

*Months ago, Herbie mailed DS a little carboard with tiny pieces of wood on it. They're sample of wood that grows in Costa Rica where Herbie had traveled. We thought it was odd and odder and that was that.

*Herbie emailed DS some jokes or something with a note, "Keep in touch."

*I encouraged DS to email Herbie to seel popcorn as Herbie is the person who got DS into scouts and owes a debt there.

*Herbie said he "needed" a case of chocolate and let him know how much.

*Herbie emailed DS that he went to Russia and brought DS some stamps (hooray!!) but won't send them until he know DS got the wood chips. DS responded with "thank you" for the wood.

*Herbie began emailing DS and ME (!!) pro-Bush crapmail about how misunderstood Bush is and unappreciated, etc. I think he's misunderstood by those who voted for him but that's the world I live in. (Another local friend told me he wouldn't let political differences interfere with our friendship. I replied that if I did that, I'd have no one to talk to at alllll!)

*Herbie emailed DS that another man who we all know needs help with his website and wanted DS's site address again to show him.

*That man is now showing DS other sites that he wants his to look like.

Synpopsis: Herbie sees both Bush and himself as saints and is fulfilling his oblligations that will let him continue to see himself that way.

Cowpea, you are my hero, you sent that Psalm 2004 to him! I never have the, um, fortitude to send stuff like that to people who will be incensed by it. Good for you! Well, just make sure DS forearms himself for any possibilities in dealing with Herbie and friends -- the way I figure it, people who are so convinced they are god's gift to mankind can justify anything in their own minds, and that is the source of such things as the Catholic priest abuse problems. Oh, not to besmirch anyone in particular, of course. :s:

Really, dear, anything that is supposed to be made from a high-fat source but is labelled "non-fat" should be rejected soundly. I mean, would you eat non-fat butter? Actually I think most "dairy substitutes" are nothing but corn syrup made white. Eww, when I was at Sams Club yesterday, I partook of all the samples (made a nice lunch) and after one of them I thought I was going to need a doctor: some nasty soy milk thing. Vanilla flavored chalk, I think it was. Then my throat started to feel a little itchy :yikes: -- fortunate it went away quickly, but I was thinking allergic reaction in Sams Club -- this could be the end of me. After all, wouldn't the paramedics have to come in a case of 12?

Gotta go cut veggies, do laundry, take a shower and get dd to her final night of the show. And I get to watch it one more time!! If I get a minute, I'll post some pics of her in her costume.

Kiwi

Kiwipie, I don't imagine that most people are pedophiles. Men who are restricted from sex of any type ... voluntarily ... may require another look. paramedics iin a case of 12??? LOL >>> I love Sam's. There's SO MUCH there of SO LITTLE> There are no green beans but you can get corn several different ways. They have sausage made with apple and chicken. Pesto sauce in a two-pint container. DS has gone camping and I am enjoy being alone. I am cleaning bathrooms. Those fiberglass shower walls are a bear! Does Sam's sell something for that? I could use a lot.

Well, golly I hope not...

I was looking for something for shower walls while I was at Sams. They had something called Kaboom! in 2-bottle packs. Supposed to clean anything off a shower or tub. I wanted the spray on stuff that you just use after a shower, but they didn't have that.

K

It's Sunday. I don't want to think about shower stall walls OR pedophiles.
DH and I did a fair amount of cleaning/straightening yesterday. Looks lovely. Treated ourselves with mexican food... I even had a margarita. Ole. made me sleepy. what a party pooper.

I posted the following at Journals, but i don't think many of you read them... so here goes:
From The Washington Post...in which readers are asked to supply alternate meanings for various words.
1. Coffee (n.), a person who is coughed upon.
2. Flabbergasted (adj.), appalled over how much weight you have gained.
3. Abdicate (v.), to give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach.
4. Esplanade (v.), to attempt an explanation while drunk.
5. Willy-nilly (adj.), impotent.
6. Negligent (adj.), describes a condition in which you absent-mindedly answer the door in your nightgown.
7. Lymph (v.), to walk with a lisp.
8. Gargoyle (n.), an olive-flavored mouthwash.
9. Flatulence (n), the emergency vehicle that picks you up after you are run over by a steamroller.
10. Balderdash (n.), a rapidly receding hairline.
11. Testicle (n.), a humorous question on an exam.
12. Rectitude (n.), the formal, dignified demeanor assumed by a proctologist immediately before he examines you.
13. Oyster (n.,), a person who sprinkles his conversation with Yiddish expressions.
14. Pokemon (n.), a Jamaican proctologist.
15. Frisbeetarianism (n.), the belief that, when you die, your Soul goes up on the roof and gets stuck there.
16. Circumvent (n.), the opening in the front of boxer shorts.

Zzzzzzzzz!
 

Frisbeetarianism - hee!

Nothing to report here. Mundane and monotonous as usual. Busy week ahead filled with this and that. Must exercise again some time soon. Are we doing the Darling by December challenge?

Wow Kiwi! Can you believe that beautiful, funny young woman is your little baby girl? And what's with your dh?? Did he turn over a new leaf or was he just having a guilt attack? Today I said to dh - "You know what? Women think men who take out the garbage BEFORE it starts overflowing are sexy" He just stared at me in disbelief.

The Herbivore never ceases to amaze me with his weirdness.

I went to bunco. I ate chicken enchiladas. I drank lemon drops. I ate pound cake w/ peppermint icecream and Dove dark chocolate sauce. I didn't win any money. I didn't lose any more weight (duh). That was my weekend.

Kiwi, good DH training.

Sugar, I think my darling days are over.

DH is at the dentist right now having 2 teeth extracted. That's what he gets for having a dentist phobia. It's been 5 years since he went to the dentist. Can you believe that??? Thank goodness he doesn't have to have mammograms. That would never happen.

Kalannnnnnnnnnnnnn
 

Kiwi is that a little seedless melon? Not a family-feeder, right?

Bagzzzzzz, this adoration of children is out-of-style. It went out with Brooke Shields and Fabian. You must stop this and develop an infatuation with Andy Williams.

I just bought glasses. My first. Since they and I will be inseperable (like Bagz and the teenybopperboy) I got the zilliion dollar ones.

Now, let's talk about hair color. I've been using that kind that's supposed to wash out in 28 days. I'm tired of it. What now? Lahunnny needs to round up her circle and weigh in here. I'm sure Wabby knows but I suspect Wabby goes to the salon. Must I? Too $$$$

Yeah, that's one of those little round melons. They came 2 to a net bag, I think so you could use them for a costume...

Oh, good idea, Wab! Here I was thinking of using that pitcher for juice or milk or something and I'd totally missed the point! I must be overtired or something. Who wants to come over for margies?

I've never colored my hair. Do I have to? The stray grays go well with my reading glasses.

I'm very impressed with Wabbit for keeping up with the walking vids and losing weight!! Yay!! :cheer: I raked for 20 minutes this morning. It exhausted me.

Kiwi

please post the cheese dip recipe.

the pitcher looks just fine as watermelon holder, I think. How are those melons? Saw them at Sam's .. explaining why they were not sold by the "one."

Also, Sam's has wonderful Land'o'lakes assortments of hot chocolate mix which I think would be a good Christmas present for someone.

My zillion dollar glasses has "progressive" lenses and brown metal frames. I tried on lots of frames and found that the pricier, the better I liked their look. How does that work? They put in extra shape for the bucks?

Cheese Dip

8 ounces cream cheese
4 ounces blue cheese
1 small can chopped black olives, drained & chopped finely again
3 finely chopped green onions
dash garlic salt
dash worcestershire sauce

combine all ingredients, can be shaped into ball & rolled in chopped nuts.

This is really good and even if you aren't a blue cheese fan, lots of ppl didn't even know it had blue cheese in it, just thought it was yummy.

Kiwi, of course you don't have to color your hair. You have good hair. I started having color added because it makes my hair corser. I have fine, baby hair that is a pain because it never looks good without a ton of hair products and messing around with. All my hair genes went into my eyelash production. I have crappy hair, but the longest eyelashes of anyone I've ever met. Go figure.