We are Cow-ch Potatoes
 

I am at least. Tomorrow .. get this ... I am going to an exercise class. I called a friend who has 11111 times the energy of me and who only eats candy and drinks coffee and asked if she knew a class. Said tomorrow and she'll go with me. Oh I am in for it.

First I called my friend I just made socks for and asked if she's busy after work.

No, not at all.

Want to eat some dinner out? I asked.

Can't do that, she said. Has to go online and order stuff for her business.

So, you are busy, I said.

No, she said.

Bye, I said.

I am not having a good day.

The college is 7 hours away.

oh yes---you did tell me that---SO!!! fer lard's sake-----that is 14 hours of driving in ONE day??!!! you are not an automaton!!! what is up with THAT----and your friend does NOT deserve socks if she talks crazy like THAT!!! CRA-ZEEEEEEEEE----I Hope Kiwi is not too sick---she has gone AWOL and i am a bit concerrrned!

Nopers. Going one day, staying in motel, tour the next morning, come home.

We should be worried about Kiwi? She was nauseous, right? Maybe ... a baby???

Thanks for your concern, Bagzie dear. I still feel crappy, but I'm here!
Your friend doesn't seem to understand English.

Oh yeah, I knew about the teacher ed. However I forgot. My brain is much like a sieve, and the contents keep draining down the sink. Which reminds me, I'm making soup again. From the last coupla chicken carcasses. Smells purty good. DH's birthday is tomorrow, and I haven't been to the store to get German chocolate cake ingredients, which are a requirement for his birthday. His birthday present will probably be late. Pooh. DD probably didn't do anything for him, and I will have make her do something. It all makes me tired.

College is 7 hours away? Florida and Maine have that in common, everywhere is too far from where you are. DD went on one college visit without me -- her bf was going, along with his mom and their band teacher, who wanted to show them around because she was an alum. Didn't really matter to me, don't think DD is going there anyway. If she decides she might, I'll have to take her in April. It's probably a good thing they cancelled her French trip, because I'm sure we are going to spend spring break visiting colleges again, so that she can make up her mind. Unless the admissions offices make up her mind for her (which would not be good...) By April I'm going to be a basket case.

Heehee, you're so cute, my dear. Don't you know I am full of crap? Well, I have to admit, I do some odd things, but I really don't lick dead birds. Or live ones either. I have been known to bite my dog once in a while in retaliation.

Did I tell you folks about Jet's white hairs? Most Belgian Sheepdogs have a little bit of white on them, usually in a spot on their chest, or on some of their toes, and of course when they get older, on their muzzle. Jet has the most unusual white spots, though, and I finally figured out why: she got white hairs where the coyote trap caught her on the foot! Take a look below.

So then the other day she chewed up a Wite-Out bottle and she got more white hair -- around her mouth. Ick. She managed to get it on the rug and on DD's new slippers too. We don't think she actually swallowed very much. Yesterday she found something really swell on the floor. DH saw her chewing on something and I came in and I could see it was metal, so I went after her and had to stick my fingers down her throat to get it. Believe it or not, it was a very thin exacto knife blade! She didn't seem to have cut herself anywhere, I don't know how. This dog seems to have more lives than a cat.

We're getting that same weather, Schatzi. We had freezing rain last night and they cancelled school today; it has rained and blown like crazy all day, and more in store tonight I guess. I think it may finally be melting the ice in the yard, which would be good, but I want to see it turn to snow and put down several of inches of that. I hate ice. And ice is a guaranteed aftermath of a rainstorm around here. Never stays "warm" (you know, above freezing) long this time of year.

Better go check the leaks.

Kiwi

Are you trying to get smacked, lady? :rollpin:

I am around. I am round.
I had a horrible day... emotionally. Nothing broke, puked, or required vast unexpected sums of money. I am trying to expand my BUSINESS (as opposed to my butt) and apparently I have "issues." Blech. etc.
did some retail therapy late this afternoon which proved that my BUTT expanded during Couch potato months.

Will try to catch up soon... but maybe not til Friday.
Send rain and cold weather. I'm not ready for spring.

Today, for 2 1/2 hours I had a life!

Well, actually I went downtown and met a fellow blogger lady for coffee and we had a fun time and talked about everything under the sun. Some people have very amazing lives. Had two latte macchiatos so I'll be awake for the next three days in case anyone wants to chat in the middle of the night.

Bagzie! - fer lard's sake - LOL!!! You tell 'em, darlin'!

Peachy - that sounds like the type of conversation I might have with my dh. I usually end up yelling "Just answer the question, will ya!?"

Kiwi - so glad to hear that you did NOT lick a blue jay. I will eat almost anything, but have yet to mistake a bird for a popsicle. Maybe it's just the "is winter ever going to end" flu? Interesting about Jet's white spots. I wonder if trauma to the hair follicles can change the colour. Do you brush her every day? She has a such a beatiful shiny coat. And I wonder what kind of stuff dogs eat that no one ever knows about and they still survive? It always amazes me that they can roll in an ancient dead rotten fish on the beach and have nothing happen.

Painty! Awww, emotionally horrible days are the worst. :hug: We're all here if you need to rant.

And WHERE is the Wabster? Why is she not checking in every 30 minutes from the Aloha Deck's free internet café?

I am fascinated by the white hairs phenomenon. That's all the white hair she has and it's a life long reminder of that day? Eerie. Something you'd like to forget, I imagine. Well, if she had a human type mind and could remember such things it would be an unkind reminder.

Also fascinated that Sugar meets people because she's such an online doll!! I can't even get my local best friend to provide a little companionship while her dh is busy at one of his meetings.

Bagz is always fascinating and Painty, I second Sugar's remarks. Emotional bad days are the worst.

My neck is stiff and I'm uncomfortable. Must go shower and run hot water over it.

I know a cat that got white hair on the tips of her ears after she got a little frostbite there. Well, I'm glad that a line of white spots on Jet's foot is the only physical reminder of that incident. Could've been worse, no doubt. I haven't had her back to that trail since. I might go back there sometime; I would hate for her to remember it though.

I made a German chocolate cake for DH for his birthday (today -- he is 49). It took me over 4 hours just to get the cake done. I couldn't believe they didn't have a mix for it in the store. I need a nap.

Hi Peachy, Painty, andi Sug. That's all I got.

Kiwi

If You Don't Eat All The Cake,i Would Like A Sample.

Hurry over to Sugar's blog and look at those BEAUTIFUL PICTURES of her!!!!!!

Hmmm, be careful what you wish for!

Sugar is so sweet. And purty.

I am still making that cake. :lol: We decided to postpone birthday cake until tonight because DD had to be out till late last night. So I'm about frost the thing now. It smells heavenly.

Kiwi

P.S. DH is out finalizing a proposal to buy into a local business. Wish us luck!

yay!!! kiwonkers and i will be business owners together!!!let's celebrate with some CAKE!!!--- Sugar--you really are gorgeous--your skin is beautiful,your eyes are beautiful----what a DOLL!!! xxoxoxoxo====by the way,the rest of you are harpys---now go look it up,cause i LOVE it.

HARPY is a lethal UAV designed to detect, attack and destroy radar emitters

Silly Kiwi. She didn't mean look up HARPY. She meant look up our adorable Sugar.

Yeah, well, I don't plan to be an active "business owner" -- although I am certainly willing to help out with some stuff if this comes to pass. I draw the line at selling though. I am not a salesperson; I'd rather lick a dead bluejay. :lol: Anyway, so far no positive progress. If this doesn't pan out I may have to run away from home. I need my space, man!

So what else is new?

kiwi

Kiwi: Queen of the non-sequitors.

Heehee, several people have come to my diaryland site by searching for the name or phone number for that stupid spam from "Cornell". Hope they got the joke.

For some reason I thought of this guy I knew when I was about 12 who I had a big crush on, and decided to google him. Turns out he is an opera singer in Germany. How odd is that? I can't read any of the press clippings, but I looked at some translations, which change his last name to: "Swan width unit" I don't think he'd be pleased. Apparently he's also on some baseball or softball team called the Frieburg Knights or he's a coach: here's what it says about him: Coach Juniorenmannschaft
2. Vorsitzender
Platz- und Materialwart

Sugar? Help? These are translating as "Junior crew, Chairman, and Place and material-wait" Oy.

Kiwi, up too late as usual

I am very harpy!
 

Geez, y'all are making me blush! :o

LOL! Can I go with you? We can travel Europe together! I know what you mean about selling. I somehow managed to work in retail for quite a few years and haaaaaaated it. I hate talking to people I don't know. I hate trying to make them buy something. I hate touching money.

But I'm sure there's tons to do behind the scenes that you would be wonderful at.


Heh. Translation programs will never be able to replace the human brain, thank goodness. It's "junior team coach", "assistant chairman/executive to the board" (sort of hard to translate - he's second in line anyway) and he's also "the guy who looks after the playing field, equipment and uniforms" whatever that's called.

His name is untranslatable. :D

People sometimes find my site by searching for "nude German boys". Tsk. :(

Hope the cake was good! I went around the house today collecting all the old chocolate Santas and then melted them and mixed in some cornflakes and plopped spoonfuls of the mixture on a baking tray to harden. They are actually eating them. :dizzy: :dizzy: :dizzy:

Ah yes, it's the Saturday doldrums again.

Where is our Schatzi? I don't believe we've seen hide nor hair for several days. I hear it's rather nice in NC lately, spring weather.

Unlike here where it can get unseasonably warm and a body can still slip on the ice and slide down a hill on her aspidistra. That's what I just came in from doing. I was taking pupster on a nice walk; most of the snow has melted and there are just patches of ice and snow here and there (although in front of our front steps it is still conveniently thick with ice, because we're all about the household maintenance around here) so we took off down the hill toward the lake and I upended in slow motion with plenty of time to contemplate how much this was going to hurt, landed on my hip and then slid several feet. Oh brother.

You'll be glad to know this did not deter me from taking a walk -- I grabbed a branch from the pile of brush/trees DH cut in August and left in a pile (because we're all about the yard maintenance around here), ripped the side branches off it with my bare hands and used it for a walking stick. Me Amazon woman.

Me already sore and shaky.

Is Wabby back yet? I hope she had a wonderful trip! I can't wait to hear about it. I picture warm breezes in the evening :bubbles:, hot sunny days by the pool :beach: with icy cold drinks :cheers: , fabulous spreads of food :eating2:, and fun excursions :dancer:.

Kiwi

Me too. Well except for the money, I don't mind touching money. You need me to touch any money, you just let me know. :lol: I had a job once where I was doing some minor bookkeeping (perfectly fine with me) and "research"--which sounded great until it became clear that what I had to do was call up companies, lie about who I was and try to get information about their employees. As you can imagine I was traumatized. This was for a headhunter -- all I was really doing was confirming the titles and jobs of various people, but it was horrible.

What a riot! Who knew chocolate santas could actually go uneaten? Very clever of you. I think I would have just gone around the house saying "well, I guess this is mine now." :lol:

The cake was very good! 3 layers and gobs and gobs of coconut/pecan frosting, how can you go wrong? It is so filling I almost couldn't finish my slice. I was going to send Bagz the leftover bites, but I decided to push through and finish it.

Thanks for the translations. The machine translations can get pretty funny, especially with people's names. Try these: Neal Schwantes, Eckhard Tröger, Susanne Stachel at the google translator

Kiwi

where did u get those names? it wont' translate my name.

this morning I drove to Pencilcola to take that test. Test was at 8 and I got there 7:30ish as planned. Except I got directions from these people in my class instead of following the signs on the highway and got lost. I kept stopping for directions which were all vague. Finallly, at 8:12 I called DS and asked him if I should come home. He thought I should go in and see if one group started late. While we were talking, a college cop stopped me for going the wrong way on a one-way. I ignored that and asked where Parking Lot G was. He wasn't sure as they just changed from numbers to letters but figured it out in his head, held up traffic whiile I turned around and off I went. I parked and saw this sweet man under a big umbrella directing people to various buldings. He was just doing that for the heck of it as his wife was taking the test too. He warned me NO CELLPHONES were allowed and said his wife had to bring hers out. I didn't have time. I just turned it off and trusted they wouldn't rifle in my purse. At 8:20 I walked in and 4 people were still in line waiting to sign in. The proctor was SO SWEET and said if anyone has a cell phone, not to let him see it, but he was sure no one did anyway.

There were questions like: If Mr. Lee wants to plant grass in part of his yard and that part measure 16 feet times 6 pi feet, how much land will he cover with grass. I don't think this was invented when I was in school Certainly, we would not have referred to it as General Knowledge.

Anyhow, I may have failed the math section but maybe not and this is good because the test is not offered often and it would be hard to get all these parts PLUS the upcoming ones taken in time. They only allow so many a day or something.

I will shut up now so someone else can talk. Like Shots.

Aspidistra!!!
 

oh my goodness peachers!!! that was such a stressful beginning to your day!!! glad you got there,but i am sure you will score in the high percentile,----alot of people would find that question off-putting!!!@!esp ME!!!----kiwonkers---i know your arse will be very sore tomorrow,so here is some advance sympathy===i slipped on sand and landed on a rock once and my leg hurt for daaaaaysssss---we can't do these things anymore!!!! by the way,HARPY MEANS----n 1: a malicious fierce-tempered woman [syn: vixen, hellcat] 2: (Greek mythology) vicious winged monster; often depicted as a bird with the head of a woman [syn: Harpy]also!!!!# One of several loathsome, voracious monsters with the head and trunk of a woman and the tail, wings, and talons of a bird.
# harpy A shrewish woman. AND ALSO FOR FUTURE REFERENCE---KIWI FELL ON HER ASPIDISTRA------ AN evergreen perennial with large handsome basal leaves; grown primarily as a foliage houseplan ALSO KNOWN AS A CAST-IRON PLANT-----------------MY GOODNESS !!! THAT LITTLE HELLCAT KIWONK FELL ON HER CAST-IRON PLANT!!! I LOOOOOOOOOVE IT!!!!:

My answer would have been: "Depends on the kind of pie." :carrot:

I'm sure you got 100% because you are much smarter than I am. Smart enough to evade a policeman and still be early while being late. Pure genius.

No No... I may have failllled the math. It made no sense. Some of them I did by common sense but didn't know the formula stuff. Like this: If the attic is flooded with 18 inches of water and it drains out at 1.5 inches in 30 minutes, how long will it take to be drained completely. Well, you can figure that out but not the way a math teacher would.

I hope Kiwi and her cast iron plant are ok.

so .... am I ... a harpy???

Was talking to this person at the college and getting her to make the college email thing work for me. Had to tell her my birthdate. She enters all this stuff and in a minute or two repeats the birthday and says, "Is that what you said?" Like it's impossible? Or improbable? Should I look her up and smack her?

Tomorrow I going to learn mantras with the swami.

Tonight I am reading the very dull school book. The class is "Diversity" and the chapters are class, gender, culture, religion, etc. dul dul dullll. but the teacher is VERY good.

PEACHPIE----you are a lovely young lady and the "person at the college" is a Harpy who needs her aspidistra booted----GOOD NITE DARLINGS!!!---WHAT ARE YOU DOING AWAKE SUGAR---IT'S THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT OVER THERE!!! GIT TO BED OR I AM GETTING THE FLY SWATTER!!!OR THE WOODEN SPOON!!! OR THE HAIRBRUSH!! OR I WILL STOP THIS CAR AND GET A SWITCH!!!!

is Kiwi still nauseous? now that she's carrying brad pitt's child, we must be supportive.

Get UP BAGZZ. GET UP NOW!! We will duel with flyswatters. Winner gets to name the child.

I am not dead.
I do not care how long it takes a basement with 18 inches of water to drain. Nobody in Texas HAS basements. and if you've got that much water in it, it's going to be too damn long, anyway.

I had a cat who ended up with professorial/ivy league white patches of fur on her "knees" after she scraped them making a less than graceful descent from a pear tree. And MY hair seems to be coming in dark gray. Quite a surprise. Also know a young woman who got conked on the head as a child... it gave her a dramatic "skunk" stripe there.... pure white hair in one streak amidst the light brown.

Cow... glad you persisted and that the proctor was pleasant. I had to take a class that wounds like your Diversity one. I do wish that everyone had to take those classes. You can't know your own prejudices until you are willing to look....

I've been drawing cats. cartoonish cats.

and now, I'm going to take a cat nap... until morning.
Best to all.

Painty! You are SO talented. The cats are fantastic.

Well, it wasn't the basement that flooded. It was the attic. Do Texans have attics? The cat pictures (and everything else on your blog) are beautiful. But what's a ROAK?

Now, I must go read that book.

What? Since when do attics flood? Unless of course you live in N.O.? Basements flood, not attics. Anyway, how many people even have an attic? Of course no one in the south has a basement, I forget why. I think you should have answered that one, "this is a trick question, the attic didn't flood."

I would like to know why stupid Mr. Lee is measuring his lawn in feet times pi? Since when do people use pi as a linear measurement? I object to this question on the grounds that I already had 2 kinds of pie today, at the in-laws where he had dinner. French Silk Chocolate pie which I made myself in honor of DD's early birthday dinner and Pecan pie which DH's sister made for him in honor of his late birthday. We made DD's bf come with him. He was a trooper, although he let go of the dog's leash while he and DD were walking her and she jumped all over an old lady in the street. But still, pie.

By the way, kudos to DS for telling you to go to the testing even though you were late. He smart.

And I'm glad Painty is still here and being kittenish. (I almost said catty, but that would not have quite conveyed my meaning either)

Oh, and I am fine, no longer nauseous you will be happy to know. Or disappointed as the case may be. And my cast-iron plant is okay, not as sore as I expected.

Kiwi

good news on the cast iron plant!!!! mine is made out of rubber---in essence 'a rubber plant'---------painty darling!!! aDORable kitty kats!!!! when you are ready,i will be selling your greeting cards at the shop---that will be divine---remember we also LOVE your sheep pics!!!!-----i have heard of French Silk Pie----refresh me!!-----TONIGHT ON PBS THERE IS A A MINI SERIES BEGINNNING!!! I AM EXCITED ABOUT IT---CHECK IT OUT!!!!----http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/bleakhouse/

Thanks for the catty/kittenish remarks. :D
And for those who wondered, a ROAK is Random Act Of Kindness. You've done them, now learn the acronym!!

I got a meme the other day that asked for a favorite food and Silk Pie was one I listed. Can you imagine that one reader didn't know what it was.... Poor dear. and when I googled it, one site had about 150 variants. ooooooooo dreamy.

Baggz... thanks for the second invitation re cards... my DD is kicking me in MY aspidistra on a regular basis. I now know where to find plastic sleeves, cards and low-cost printing. Wheee!!! Cows, fiber friends and flowers will come soon.:hug:

Tomorrow is the beginning of a new week, thank goodness. I plan to have a good one.

Oh yes, French Silk Pie recipeeeeeeeeee, please! :hungry: (Like I need more food!)

It was -8C outside this morning. That's 17.6F!!! Tooooo cold. There's a Russian front coming in this week. I am afraid of slipping on the ice and breaking my rubber plant! :D

I just love it how my parents keep me informed: My m-i-l (here in D-land) phones my parents (in Vancouver) on Saturday to say hi and my mother tells m-i-l- that my youngest brother is in the hospital with his kidney stones (again - also happened a few years ago) and that s-i-l has such a bad sore throat that she can't possibly look after the 4 yr old Holy Terror so he is at my parents' place for the time being destroying everything. But does anyone tell ME anything? Nooooooo! Hmph.

We're having sushi tonight. Frozen sushi. I may thaw it first. Dh brought home these little frozen rice balls and packages of thinly sliced frozen sushi fish and you just plop one on top of the other and voila! instant sushi.

Painty - your cards would sell like hotcakes! They just have that certain something, you know?

Sugar. Your dinner sounds so .

Painty, after I asked about RAOK I saw the button somewhere and found it was a group of people who do RAOKs for each other. No one else is allowed to join. Not sure I understand how Randon this is.

My little ear hurts. I am blah. I hate that carrot.

I'm baaaacccckkkkk!!!!!!

I posted a long, decriptive post, telling you all about it, but I'm having a helluva time getting my puter to behave and somehow lost it in cyberspace. I'm going to have to actually call someone to fix this dern machine and rid it of spyware.

This is the short version.... It was fun, I'm fatter 'n ever.

now to see if this will post...

Welcome back, Wabby! :rain:

Get well soon, Peachy.:hug: Germans cut up an onion, fold it up in handkerchief and put in on their ear when they have an earache.

welcome home wabby babby. Make sure:

1. you go to Sugar's blog and see how bew-ti-full she is.
2. look around to see if shotsy is in your luggage as she disappeared with you.
3. tell us about the people you met and the food you ate and the sights you saw.

I did check out Sugar's blog and she is absolutely beeeee-uuuuu-teee-fulllllll. Oh to have the lovely creamy complextion that she has. Just loverly.

Schatzi did not stowaway, but I do believe I met a couple of her sisters on the trip. Very funny w/ joisey accents. I'm fat, not because the food onboard was so wonderful, but because the food in port was. We ate shrimp fajitas w/ margaritas the size of fish bowls in Puerto Vallarta, and a thing called the Shrimp Party for 2 in Mazatlan, which was really enough food for 4. Washed it down w/ Pina Coladas. Chicken enchiladas in Cabo San Lucas. More margies. We went on the Jeep Safari in Puerto Vallarta, which was miles and miles of dusty road, a stop at a place to try to sell us Tequilla, and a quick stop at the beach where we were told one beer or bottle water only was included in our tour package. Do not book tours through the cruise line. rip off. It was sunny every day and we had a blast. The friends we went with were a kick..... and it was nice to get home yesterday. My doggies were soooo happy their mommy was back.

Peachy, DH's earache cure from his childhood is to fill a sock w/ salt, microzap it a bit and hold it on your ear.

I've read Sugar's blog, Painty's blog and Kiwi's blog. Did I miss any blogs?

Now for the next month you'll all have to listen to me talk about babies because I should get my grandbaby in less than a month!!!!!!!