I surprised myself. I thought fer sure I would be nursing a headache..but I'm fit as a fiddle...just got in from weeding and watering... it's THE BEST MORNING I can remember in a looooong time.. It's 65 and low humidity.. heavenly DH and I are taking the kayaks out this afternoon... must take advantage of the lovely weather and weekend before DH has to work on weekends again.............

MooooWha...kisses !

I'm glad the cat vet gave DS a discount. I hope it wasn't out of guilt... Yeah, pay no attention to me, I'm highly suspicious.

I don't have a problem with calling fat people fat. It isn't the fat part that makes him objectionable, otherwise we'd all be one ugly bunch, eh? Too bad it's always considered a negative. Maybe we should change that: Look at that adorable fat little baby. What nice fat cheeks you have. I just love the way the fat swings from your upper arms when you talk. Okay maybe it's not going to work.

Wow, lcp has the worst luck. I think there is a provision when you buy auto insurance where you specify how much you will driving the car and for what purpose. It's monumentally stupid to only be insured for minimal driving when you're having to drive a long distance back and forth to school or whatever. She should not take that claim rejection as the final answer. Insurance companies have wiggle room from my experience.

Yes, Wabby, get some new duds! They will be fabulous, you'll have a great time! It's always better to have something that fits.

Hey Schatzi, is the triad area the same as the research triangle? I'm not up on the latest NC developments. In fact I seem to be stuck in the dark ages.... Excellent about the mild weather, I must say. It has actually gotten kind of cold here -- in the 50s yesterday. We finally had to turn off the window fans. I'm not complaining. No bats since the weather changed about 10 days ago.

I got sap in my hair yesterday. Silly me. We had a great day, went to the annual Wooden Canoe festival nearby. Took Jet with us, it was great for her -- she met lots of other dogs and kids and various people. Great socialization, and I was pretty happy with her. She did tend to jump on everyone she could so I had to keep after her, but she was great with the kids. Under a certain size though, she seemed to think they might be little dogs and she would try to play bow and "dog play" with them which really won't work with toddlers (and scares their mothers) so I had to rein her in a few times. It rained off and on which was a little annoying, but there was a good crowd, a couple of our friends were working the registration desk so we hung out with them.

I went over to the "Race for the Cure" table, which was really nice, all dolled up with pink table cloths and neat stuff to buy. I stopped to buy some yogurt covered pretzel sticks (mmmmm ) and Jet thought the ladies there looked like really nice people so she put her very muddy paws up on the pretty pink tablecloth. Arrgh. And then she put 2 more prints next to them before I could juggle my stuff and her leash and all. How embarrassing. I handed her off to DH and went back and tried to scrub off the mud with napkins. The woman behind the table was someone I know a bit. She rearranged some stuff to cover the lovely brown stains, but I don't think she was very impressed. I'm a mess sometimes....

Well, have a good sunday all. See you later.

Kiwi

Kiwi.. We currently live in the Triangle Area (Raleigh,Durham, Research Triangle Park..) .. The Triad is the Greensboro, Winston Salem Highpoint area.. We're looking to position ourselves in between these two major areas...

We went looking at that area yesterday.. and I found a house that I really like.. I'll email a pic... so I'm going to call the realtor tomorrow, see if its still available and make an appt to see it.. In the meantime we are dodging the landlords, as our lease is up... they just want us to sign the new one -same as the old...but we are thinking that we want a month to month... especially if this property is all that I think it is...

shots, I'm still trying to open the pictures you sent. My puter's fault, not yours.

Y'all need to visit my blog agin.

I want to try to better Kiwi's sap in hair. This woman bought a bunch of stuff including a large jar of spaghetti sauce which exploded in my hand. It went all over me, over the people several feet away, left pieces of glass in my clothing, etc. I couldn't think what to do first. I just stood there thinking my thumb is bleeding (scratch), I can't use the scale as it's full of spaghetti sauce, I'm ignoring the customer, All of my clothes are covered in this gunk, the glass needs to be picked up, the sauce needs cleaning up. Luckily other people took over and all the customers were nice about having this mess on them or being detained. I was given a new uniform and had something to talk about for a while. Now, I have spaghetti sauce phobia.

ohhhhhhhhhh good stories!!--- i put a pot on to boil on high and didn't put any water in it--when it started to smoke i took it out to the porch and set it on a rug and the rug started to smoke,so i set it on another throw rug and it started spewing fumes in my face,so i ruined two rugs and the bottom of the pot has plastic rug crap and is all black. and the water is not boiled.---------shatz---your house is GORGEOUS!!!! buy it!!!----kiwonkers,glad to hear the bats are at bay!!!!---and PEACH!!! i can totally relate to doing nothing as you stand there covered in sauce---it's like----just beam me up now and get it over with!!! home today cause ds is constipated--going to make bran muffins .bye bye

Wow, you got me beat there, Peachie. What a mess. I wonder why a jar would just explode in your hands, that sounds really dangerous! Maybe someone had dropped it and put it back on the shelf.

Nice job on that pot, Bagz. I always seem to be melting things. Last week I brought home a huge quantity of roast pork from the sailing weekend. It was in this nice 9x13 plastic container. I melted it. On a burner that had been turned off. Fortunately we ate the leftover roast first. Phew.

Kiwi

Poor Peach! I would have just stood there, shell shocked too. Never realized spaghetti sauce could be so dangerous.

I luuuurv Schatzi's house too. I love the setting.... and the pool, and the kitchen, and the big windows....

Bagz, take DS to McDonald's for lunch. In my experience, McDonalds is the fastest acting laxative there is.

We have an appointment to see a house tomorrow. I don't know why... DH seems to think we could make a crazy offer contingent on our house closing next spring. I don't think so, but I'm humoring him.

I saw an out of focus picture of LCP.

AH well, we have returneth from looking at the house... and, well, It was definitely a man's house. Although it looked nice in the pics... It was ok, but fer that kinda money it should be spectacular.

Lets see -- all the rooms were smallish.. The den where all the windows are had no real walls or area to put furniture like an entertainment center... The dining room was really part of the kitchen.. so you could put a table and chairs in there but not really anything else.. The kitchen was okay, but I dont understand why he put a cook top on one counter and then acrossed the kitchen 2 build in ovens.. and one of them islands...and then there was this odd cabinetry that had no door just shelves that faced out to the hall way.. The main level bathroom had the plasticy insert bathtub that was wayyyy small... The 2 bedrooms on the main were okay... now we go up stairs, a big walk in closet was very nice and a separate dressing thing.. there were all these odd shaped walls where you really couldnt put furniture and then a strange fireplace that was inserted into the wall,,not the floor... The bathroom stymied me.. It had a pedestal sink and a cart like cabinet for stuff... and a big shower with 2 shower heads - one on each side... - no tub... The second bedroom had no access to the bathroom.. I guess you could make it an office... the basement was very cool, it had a fireplace too, and a small kitchen and bathroom.. The screened in back porch was real nice too, and it goes to the pool which was loverly, cept all the concrete around it needs to be replaced as does the deck..and all the landscaping has to be redone. No matter how much we talked about it and what we would have to do to get it to our liking it would cost a whole lot.. and for 350,000 which is our absolute limit we could get a very nice new construction... so Bummer! But something will come along...

That house was really cool looking, but I agree, for the price, it should be perfect inside too! Shows you the dangers of over-customization. It sounds a little like what we did years ago when we renovated the little log camp we lived in then -- I customized the kitchen for myself, with counters 3" higher than standard, a gas cooktop with a separate electric oven, custom sized drawers and stuff. We also put in an oversized shower but no tub. It was fun and I loved the place, but I wouldn't be surprised if someone else would think it was a little weird. Frankly I wish I still lived there!

Wow, we had some good spareribs tonight. DH went to the grocery store with me and insisted on trying pork ribs, so he was in charge of grilling them. I did suggest a few alterations to the typical "throw them on the grill, cook 'em on high and take 'em off" method he favors...and they came out totally delicious! My suggestions (which he actually took -- what's that all about? ) were to parboil them a few minutes first, and also to wrap them in foil after they looked done and leave them on the grill for a while. mmmm! Had DDbf over for dinner; they hadn't seen each other for 3 whole days, don't know how they survived... They are so freaking cute together--they took at least 3 separate opportunities to go off on errands together over the course of the evening. Quite hilarious.

The dog and the cat had a swatting match right here next to me a little while ago. They are both demented. The cat (this is my mental midget cat) lets Jet lick her ears and then Jet wants to jump on her and get her to play, so the cat swats at Jet because she doesn't like being jumped on, then Jet paws her back because she thinks this is how cats play. Somehow they end up doing this ridiculous slow motion pawing thing at each other.

Kiwi

hey!!!!!!!!!! kiwonk--we had pork spareribs too---except i simmered them for an HOUR!!! and then marinated them in sauce for several hours--they were FAB as well---the sauce has 1/2 cup ketchup,2 cups of brown sugar, ONE cup of APPLESAUCE!!!,lemon juice,cinnamon,paprika and garlic----very sweet and deeeeeeeeeeee lishious on the barbeque====i have gained TEN pounds this summer and combined with the wierd plagues i am having i feel like a bloated pig---i am going on a plant diet---i am only eating plants. that's it.plants only. i just ate a pint of blueberry plants for breakfast.{ i did have milk on them}yeah,plants and low fat dairy,that's it,that's what i eat now. this ten pounds feels so slobby and gutty and apron-y. i hate it. plants. i am a plant eater.

Hey, y'all. I'm back in NC. Worked long late hours from the moment of return. Peachy, I'm with you on customers....agree with SNL skit about how the store was better before they put in doors. We've had the most obnoxious customers all week....people who come in at 9 (closing) and wander around for an hour, oblivious to the fact that we are now vacumming!!!! Horrid mother who let her 3 little (under 10) kids go to the bathroom alone and is now complaining to upper management because we took her to see the incredible mess they made (peed on floor, pooped and didn't flush, threw towels and tp all over, emptied trash can, etc). Another b****tch who left the dressing room for 20 minutes and then had a tantrum because I cleaned it out.... Retail would be time if it wasn't for the customers. How can people be so rude!!!!!

I'd post a stress list but I'm too stressed.

Glad cat is better, sorry to hear about brother, kids accidents, glad to hear about phone plans, sorry to hear about house woes, fat issues, bad weather and basic life cr*p.

Have to spend morning cleaning house, doing laundry, going to gym and grocery and get to work this afternoon.

love frappe

Baggzie, I'm on a plant diet too! Funny enough, the weight is not just flying off. Hmmm.

Kiwi, you should get video of the cat and dog playing. That would be hilarious!

Peachie, now I'm afraid to handle spaghetti sauce.

Schatzi, sorry the house didn't work out!

Hello to everyone else! I'm still not getting enough sleep- three more shifts. After that, I will be alert and able to post to everyone and concentrate on stuff for more than a couple of seconds.

Hi Frappe!

Hi Cowsies!

Cherry, I don't know how you keep up with everything thats going on in your life and still manage to focus on diet. Good girl.

Hey there Frappe, you too --- all that and the gym too??!! atta gal.

I want an atta gal too - I called my former walking partner and asked if she'd like to get back on the wagon. We started this morning. We're not walking quite as fast as we used to, and not quite as far, but we have big plans on amping up a bit after we get back into it. It's kind of nice to be hitting the streets by 6:30 am. At least I feel like I've gotten something done early in the day... so if every thing else hits the fan, I accomplish at least one thing.

According to the real estate agent, this house we're looking at today has had lots of abuse. The owner lives in California and his son lives in the house and has apparently not taken real good care of it. I think we'd probably be looking at a total kitchen and baths remodel, plus all new floor coverings and casework. That's the bad part. The good part is that the house is relatively new (1993), is well built, is on 17 acres of the best soil in this area. I could grow anything there. It has a huge shop/barn and a commercial greenhouse, plus irrigation for the entire acreage. Also has some mature trees and a pretty little creek that runs through part of the property. It's only 20 minutes to our work and is close in to shopping. I'm not getting too excited. I have a feeling that we'll be looking at a bunch of places before we find our spot.

MMmmm. I love me some ribs. Lately I've been grilling chicken that I've brined for an hour before cooking. It makes the yummiest, moistest chicken you've ever tasted. I'm getting hungry and it's not even close to lunch time yet. I'm thinking of having a big bbq bash about the 3rd week of September. One last blast for the old place. At this point it's only a thought.

Kiwi, do you ever worry that Jett will hurt the kitty? Our Dotty dog loves to play w/ DD's weiner dog, but I worry that the weiner will get hurt. She's so small boned and delicate and Dotty is big and strong. I know she'd never intentionally hurt the weiner, but they kind of get carried away when they're playing.