I mailed Thanksgiving cards to my parents, my sis & my brother. They left this morning via my office mail. Do you think they'll make it by thursday? It's iffy. I don't know nuttin' about Canadian mail. Do their mailmen have uniforms? Do they complain all the time like my mailman does?
MMMMmmmm. Kiwi, roast potatoes w/ gravy. Rosemary and garlicky leg of lamb. I can almost smell it. DH and I went out on Friday w/ our nice neighbors. Prime rib. garlic mashed potatoes. bread w/ honey butter. It was yummy. You can tell it's lunchtime here.
My 20 lb. turkey is thawing in my fridge. I started on Saturday. Do you think it will still be a frozen brick on thursday??? I'll probably be running out at the last minute to find a fresh bird.
Sugar, atta girl on the 3 miles w/ Leslie. Leslie is becoming a pal of mine.
Painty, the world isn't passing you by - if you go to the work of figuring out all this new technology, it will just change in 6 months anyway, and all the work was for nothing. Knitting is a skill that a person can use. And it will still be useful next year.
I am so old that I thought Bagzie's beau was a girl too. Don't boys that age grow beards anymore?
There is dust on top of my monitor.
Kiwi, I have cheater glasses from the drugstore. I passed into geezer-dom when I found out I have glaucoma and have had to spend so much time hanging in the eye doc's waiting room w/ the old folks.
Time for lunch. A lovely lean cuisine spaghetti w/ diet coke. I'll have to drive to Wendy's for a side salad. Has anyone tried their new fresh fruit cup? It's yummy. Geez. I have blathered on, huh? gotta go. See yas.
No red arrows. I have an arm that reaches across the screen, pulls up a previously-invisible shirt and shows me a SMALL Tummy with writing on it. Don't know what it said. In denial and won't read.
I keep seeing that Wabbit posted a new message, but when I come to look at it, it's not here. Where are you Wabbit? You're not Lost in CyberSpace, are you?
No red arrows. I have an arm that reaches across the screen, pulls up a previously-invisible shirt and shows me a SMALL Tummy with writing on it. Don't know what it said. In denial and won't read.
Eww. Probably some intestinal thing. You know, "click here for nausea". heh.
i am not listening to you talk about Kalan like that----he is gorgeous to me and if he looks like a woman,then i must be GAY!!!! hee heee----old and gay that's for sure,but i did get me hair coloured today-----peachbag,our post office is just as lethargic as our health care system----and i am planning on mailing your card ON TIME THIS YEAR!!!! so THERE~~!!!!----------i am freezing go i will go to bed now,but i will address all your insane posts tomorrow!!
Oh, Bagzz... I must be as smart as a brick... I can see androgynous boy now.... For some of us, it is apparently easier to think of ourselves as women loving women rather than CRADLE ROBBERS!!! (I lusted after my daughter's guy friends when she was in highschool, and my son's guy friends when he was that age... Do you think I missed my adolescent flings? Duh. And as it turns out, neither child was interested in guy friends... You just never know, do you?
DH is going to upgrade Quicken for me tomorrow night. If I were smart, I'd clear off my desk/working space so he doesn't get clutterphobic. But I'd much rather send my thoughts over the air waves. Don't expect Xmas cards before January... I haven't designed 'em yet. Yeah, another crafty have to for Painty. I'm not inspired yet, either. Usually when the post Thanksgiving bloat gets really uncomfortable, my brain, reeling with tryptophan wakes up shouting, O MY GOD! YOU HAVEN'T DESIGNED YOUR CHRISTMAS CARDS YET... OR UPDATED THE MAILING LIST. GET to work NOW, because those little elves aren't gonna bail you out.
Will go surf elsewhere for inspiration now.
bagz tell about having your hair dyed. Do you have to go back every 3 weeks for a refresher? I can't afford that. I am going gray. But I don't wanna. TeLLLLLLL
Peachez, there is lots of home hair color product that is permanent. One of my bestest friends w/ lovely golden locks gets it out of a bottle right in the privacy of her own bathroom. She tells me she's been totally gray since her early 30's. I would have never known. I'm sure there's a perfect shade of rich, chestnut brown perfect for a southern belle such as yourself.
I'm not artistic like our Paintypants and Bagzie. I'll have to buy some handmade cards from my friend who is. Such pressure. What ever happened to buying Hallmark?
The turkey still seems pretty frozen. What should I do? Is it time to panic yet?
I thought of something I wanted to post, but by the time I got here, I forgot what it was. OOOOhhhhh I hate getting oldtimers disease. Now what was I thinking about??? Geez. Oh yes, I'm reading Widow for One Year because Lush said it was even better than a Prayer for Owen Meaney. Now she's too busy to come talk about it. Lushy, where are youuuuuu?
Wabbs-- 2 miles... Woo hoo. good for you. Re: froz. turkey..you can run it under cold water... But to meet health department standards, the water needs to run, not "soak" or stand....
amazing how hard those frozen critters can be... Once you get the innards out it thaws faster... so yank 'em if they're in there!
I don't have to cook. I'm hoping that precludes left over bingeing.
Bah. back to paper work.
I'm not artistic like our Paintypants and Bagzie. I'll have to buy some handmade cards from my friend who is. Such pressure. What ever happened to buying Hallmark?
Hold on there, I'm not promising homemade cards. Some years I do a photo card, but I'm not promising that either.
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The turkey still seems pretty frozen. What should I do? Is it time to panic yet?
Mine too. It's 14 lbs and has been in the refrigerator for 34 hours. Nice and solid. A few crunchy places, but it's not too promising. I suppose I will spend tomorrow rolling it around in the sink. I hope it fits. My understanding of water thawing is that if you change the water for fresh cold water every half hour or something, you're okay. I can't keep water running all day; I have a well. Well, maybe I could keep a small stream running over it. Once I almost killed our well filling up a swimming pool -- not even that big a one; maybe 6 feet across. Guess I'd better go to butterball.com or something.
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I don't have to cook. I'm hoping that precludes left over bingeing.
Nope.
I spent maybe ten minutes vacuuming earlier this afternoon and I had to take allergy medicine, my throat started itching so bad. I need a gas mask.
