Schatzi! You are not shallow. I love me some reality shows. I'm hooked on Dancing w/ the Stars, Deadliest Catch (far from shallow, those guys fish in deep water), Super Nanny, What Not to Wear (can't get more shallow than that), Wife Swap, Dr. G Medical Examiner, Shalom in the Home, plus a bunch more mindless stuff. I'm also known for watching Clean Sweep while the dust bunnies pile up around me....

Have fun in Ashville, sweetie.... we can trade pictures when we get back. See youz heifers when I get back! Yee-haw... I'm off to the ro-day-o..... Let 'er buck!!!!!

oh damn--i am depressed about the school shooting at Dawson College in Montreal-----------the ******* was wearing a black trenchcoat-----it's just too horrible to imagine---all those poor kids running and screaming in fear. It is horrible.

I know Bagzie. I kept thinking of you and your stepdds and the Colombine murders. How scary that was for you. I am speechless.

Isn't that terrible about Dawson College, Bagzie. I was weeping when I saw it on TV. What a disturbed young man that must have been. Horrible, horrible, horrible.

Have a grand ol' time, Wabby! I'm sure you'll be the purdiest cowgirl there.

I am fat and cranky today and would like to kick something around the room a few times. Meh.

Did I mention that my s-i-l is expecting a baby girl a the end of December? A huge surprise for all concerned, most of all the parents who claim that all security measures were in place! Opps. So my parents will have 6 grandchildren. Wheee! We're all looking forward to seeing if this one will be a little calmer than her brother who is 5 now but behaves like a 3 yr old. Eeep.

CSI Miami and Gilmore Girls is a deep as I go when it come to TV.

That is just awful. And scary.

I am still wading through computer backups. At the moment we have 3 computers connected to the internet and each other. That's for the 2 of us. No wonder we have to spend all our time on them.

DD is supposed to be coming home tonight! I washed her old down comforter (newer one is at school) yesterday and have been drying it. It is shedding down like crazy. I pulled a bagful of down out of the lint catcher. I could make a new goose.

Kiwi

I'm glad to hear that my Canadian friends are safe from the contagious insanity of Columbine... and hopefully from the fear-mongering by the US government. It is important that we be courageous and stand up for what is RIGHT and let what is wrong wither away... or at least find no place near us to take root.

I loved reading all the cursing attepts. There have been other blogs that won't "take" TEXAS. I think they assumed it was spam about poker. Nope, y'all it is actually a legitimate word.
WHINE ALERT: Do not read if you are vulnerable.
I am in a funk. FAT. and very sore after a 30 second trial on a Sears Elliptical machine. Kept me in hot flashes for the rest of the day yesterday until I went to bed. Early. Blech.

Have been pretty much beating myself up since.
And counting my aggravations rather than blessings.
I must be enjoying it somehow... because it is as if I can't think how to make my day any better.

The major joints hurt: ankles, knees... (not hips, though), shoulders, neck. I am fat. I cannot imagine "gradually" working up to 30 minutes on that piece of equipment.... nor can I imagine going for a schlep around the block. I am such a weenie and hate any kind of discomfort/pain.

Plus I am disappointed about things that shouldn't bother me... or at least that i don't have any right to try to change. My son's fiance is hard for me to warm up to. My daughter is dating a girl. Again. I love my kids. I hate when my hopes and dreams don't perfectly dovetail with theirs.

I feel physically nauseous when we're at odds. You'd think I could fuel my body in a pragmatic way..... I certainly dont have any appetite now.

I feel your aches and pains. I don't like to embark on uncomfortable endeavors either. I went on about an hour long hike with the dog today which I would probably have foregone if I hadn't been full of righteous indignation over DH's annoying computer obsession of the day.

Furthermore I would like to add my whine of the day: that my recent yearly medical checkup with followup blood-letting and barium x-rays have conspired to annoy me thusly: the tech who stabbed my arm for blood left me with a giant bruise that lasted 2 weeks. The vile barium procedure left me with a ******* hemorrhoid. And after telling me my hormone level test showed I was "in or through menopause", I have gotten my period for chrissake! I am so not thrilled with the medical community. Not that I ever was. But they have gone out of their way to imply that I will be needing them regularly now that I am over 50, and I was giving them the benefit of the doubt. Now I will give them the raspberry

Who knew Texas was a dirty word? I can think of reasons, but there must be so many more reasons it's NOT, right?

I wish you the best in embracing your kids' SOs. It's not always easy, but I'm sure it's worth the effort. I count myself soooo lucky that the scary kid that DD had a crush on for years moved away and finally faded away too with the love-in-bloom that's going on now. To be honest I could see what she saw in him, but talk about Bad News. The current bf drove her back to school today after a very short weekend visit. They seem to be just as enamored as always.

I'm starving. See youse guys later

Kiwi

Oh I keep forgetting, Painty, I love your avatar! It's your own artwork, right?

Looks like I'm talking to myself here.

Hi Kiwi! How ya doin'?

Horribly depressed, how are you, Kiwi?

Not bad. You suppose that's significant?

What?

That we don't feel the same?

You mean, maybe we're schizophrenic?

Or multiple personality disorder. Are there any more of us?

I'm not sure. How would I check?

I don't know. I'm new at this.

Hey, wait a minute. I think you're an imposter.

How could I be an imposter? I'm right here in your head, aren't I?

Hmmm. What if I made you up?

Well, that would mean you still don't have anyone to talk to.

Oh yeah, you're right. So whatcha been up to?

Not much. You?

Ok, I'm signing on. I will be Kiwi-3.

Kiwi-1, why are you depressed?

How do I get them to answer?

Raining here. I like it but later have to drive in it. Won't like it. Short sentences. Good. Verbs not necessary if implied.

I'm a little depressed, too. Been feeling good good but now a little shakey. Must go download pictures of rain.

Lordy, we are a morose herd today. It's started to rain here and it feels like the middle of January. ick.

I spent half of my yee-haw weekend sick w/ a migraine. Anyway, Saturday all day until about 4 pm I was sick as could be. Finally barfed and then started to feel better. Ever have those experiences where you are laughing and carrying on, and still feel sad? That was my weekend. I just couldn't shake it. Sorry. I did my best to be a happy camper.

Painty, I hope you warm up to DS's fiance and DD's gf. Sometimes it just takes a while. When I first met DS's wife I thought she was stand-offish, but it turned out she was just shy and the sweetest thing ever. Now I'm so happy to have her a part of our family. She always thanks me for raising such a wonderful man. Hopefully things will work out as well for you and the significant others.

I missed news of the shooting in Canada. I was in a news blackout all weekend. Sometimes it's nice to not know what's going on.

Is the Schatz-ter back yet???

Well if everyone's depressed, I may as well join the club. Whine, whine, whine. Meh, meh, meh. At least I have my socks.

Taught two classes of little weasels at the library today. Well, one class was in the library and one was in some other room that they shoved me into because they had already booked another mom into the library (which is the size of a broom closet) during that class period. The nerve. It's like I'm invisible. Pffttt.

I'm soooooo tired and I keep breaking out into a sweat and I'm really, really cranky. Do ya think it could be menopause or something close to it?

No rain here yet but other parts of Germany have been badly flooded. Luckily we only get the boring weather up here - no floods, no droughts, no earthquakes, no tornados. Something to be grateful for, I suppose.

Must go. Too sweaty to type.

there. I hope y'all feel better. I don't even have pictures to show youz cows. I took my camera this weekend, but never got around to taking any photos, except one that DH took of some guy passed out on the lawn behind our motorhome, with quite a pronounced plumbers crack on display. Men's sense of humor never develops much beyond pre-teen level.... anyway most of the men I know. I actually watched the outdoor Indian program that DH participates in. He was quite the handsome immigrant wagon driver, and they managed to get in and out of the arena w/ no horse wrecks. (although horse wrecks are always big crowd pleasers - really livens up the show).

Hi Sugar. Getting any me time since boys are back in school?

It's ALL about me, Wabs!

And that's why my house looks like this. 57 loads of laundry on the To Do list today. But now that both kids are at the same school, they don't get home until 2 p.m. Wheeeeeee!

Yes, I know several men who would laugh themselves silly over a plumber's crack picture.

Yeah, leave it up to a man to come away from an event with one photo of a guy's crack. In my experience, it's either that or 10,000 photos of the same thing. Why I usually take charge of the camera (also keeps me out of most of the pictures...)

My alter egos have moved to Flawridder to live with Cowpeach. Seems I was depressing them. You don't really want a list of why I'm depressed, Peachie. It's the usual, except apparently if DD comes home for the weekend and then goes back to school, it compounds the depression instead of getting easier.

Here's something you have to deal with if you ever drink (and possibly one reason not to): people who won't let you say NO. I hate being pressured to "have one more" whether it's a beer or slice of pizza. This friend who has dogs that Jet plays with apparently considers drinking too much as de riguer to spend time with her. Why isn't "No, thank you" enough? I'm not objecting to generosity, being a good host, that sort of thing. Go ahead, ask me if I'm sure, offer me something different, but for heaven's sake, don't you think if I say no, I have to drive home, it's time to drop it? Maybe it's me who's not a good host: I offer people drinks, food and when they say No, Thanks, I drop it. I wonder how people I know would react if I tried to force drinks on them? Might be an interesting experiment.

Well, that's my pet peeve for the day. I should probably get something accomplished today, since I didn't yesterday (except for getting the dog some playtime and drinking too much ).

Kiwi