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[mimitabby]

Mimi- did you ever try, when cutting onions, sticking a small slice on the top of your head- then they don't make you cry? Works for me!

I can also smell stuff in my pee- onions, coffee, asparagus- anything strong flavored.

My mom never let me do anything! No cooking, no laundry, no dish washing...I got to pick up apples in the yard for 10 cents, and mow the yard, starting in sixth grade, for $1.

No, i never put onions on my head, then my hair would smell. I don't mind my eyes tearing up a little...
I am the same way, i can smell all sorts of stuff. Heck, I can smell when my husband isn't drinking enough water on a bike ride because his urine is too strong!
I am well endowed with nose. I have never had a cold that took away my sense of smell. ever. (and i have had some riproaring colds!)

your mom never LET you do anything? what a strange concept!!

[Xrayted]

Off to work, just checking in quick.
BTW, anyone know why I can't edit my posts? The edit button is there, I click it, do my edit and then it bumps me totally out of TE and makes me log in again. I'm doing something wrong, I just don't know what. :confused:

[mimitabby]

Off to work, just checking in quick.
BTW, anyone know why I can't edit my posts? The edit button is there, I click it, do my edit and then it bumps me totally out of TE and makes me log in again. I'm doing something wrong, I just don't know what. :confused:

it could be your browser. try a different browser?
(like firefox?)

[Fredwina]

.
Fredwina- As much as I enjoyed Hugh Laurie in the Black Adder series, I preferred him as Bertie Wooster.

Oh No! another BBC series to check out! Would have checked in earlier , but spent yesterday fighting off a sinus infection. I'm back at the looney bin know as Los Angeles County Department of Public Social Services. Oh joy!

[Quillfred]

We share a hill (sloping north) with our neighbor to the north. Most of it is on our property line. People tend to be pretty chainsaw-happy due to the lake views.

About two weeks ago I noticed some surveying of the north property line. We ignored it (shouldn't have) and subsequently listened to chainsaws and grading equipment all weekend. :mad: So neighbor didn't keep her word to notify us of future plans. Problem is the this hill is sensitive watershed area that is also maintaining the integrity of our east slope. We talk to fiance of owner who (silly him) is initially dismissive of us ("what do you GIRLS want, I'm paying these guys $20 an hour"...). I ask questions with the words permit, licensed contractor, site survey in them. The dufus gets sheepish and admits that the only "expert" opinion came from a landscaping company. :rolleyes: Also lies about trees cut.

So the hill is getting chopped at the bottom. Rainy season is upon us. I call the city who will inspect tomorrow. No permit, no site eval, no consideration.

Thanks for letting me ven.....Quill

[Nanci]

Sorry about the hill, Quill. I had some major beaver destruction at my old place- no way to make them stop!!

I am so smart! SMRT!

I bought BF's Christmas present today. There's this (giant, super-fancy, has everything) health club that he has been pining away for for the last four years. He can't afford it. No other HC measures up. This is the one that _all_ his coworkers and all our friends belong to. I have no interest in HCs. I'm just not into it. But I thought I would stop and ask questions at lunch, since my employer is doing open enrollment right now, and that's one of the things you can sign up for. Oops, you have to be married to have a family membership. I am so disappointed. But wait- I can buy him a gift membership, and don't even have to waste money on a membership for me! I can get it payroll deducted bimonthly, costing roughly one hour of pay per check. After two years, the annual cost decreases by 1/3! They can never raise the rate.

I am so excited I am giving it to him when he gets home. I could have waited till Christmas, but what if he needs the pool, or the ice pool, or whatever before/after IM FL.

Mimi- I'd be so happy when I'd eat dinner at a friend's, and "get to" wash the dishes! Maybe she was like me, just wanted things done her way, and the easiest way to accomplish that is do it yourself.

[mimitabby]

Sorry about the hill, Quill. I had some major beaver destruction at my old place- no way to make them stop!!


Mimi- I'd be so happy when I'd eat dinner at a friend's, and "get to" wash the dishes! Maybe she was like me, just wanted things done her way, and the easiest way to accomplish that is do it yourself.

Nanci
please come to my house. We will feed you good food AND pies if you will wash dishes and do house chores for us.
My kids always "got to" help us but they never WANT To!

you can bring as many lizards as you want. and pigeons too. We are a pet friendly zone.
(and that's why my son's girlfriend's doctor has BANNED her from our house!)

[chickwhorips]

i found out that my dad is now back at home. no more hospitals or meds. seems that his alzheimer's meds were giving him hallucinations and the other meds were giving him problems with his memory. go figure.

so he's off drugs and at home. seems to make sense 99% of the time. though while my stepmum is at school teaching he is at a day care center, but is able to spend the rest of the time at home with her.

:D :) :D :) :D

[mimitabby]

aren't you a little young to have a dad with alzheimers's?? Aren't you in your 20s or early 30s?

I'm sorry to hear that. That's what took my own father out.
but i'm glad that once again the patient did better without the drugs!

[chickwhorips]

my parents had me late. my sister is 40 and my brother is now 44.

[Lise]

CWR, so glad to hear your dad's back home and feeling/doing better.

Nanci, you are smart! Yay! I'm sure BF will be thrilled. I can't belive your mom wouldn't let you do chores. My mom wouldn't let me not do chores! Good news is that I knew how to do it all comfortably when I was on my own. You seem to have picked up plenty of useful skills along the way. How's baby Roy's foot doing?

Xrayted, feel free to live through me. All of you. Heaven knows you've lived through enough of the misery with me! J. is such a sweetheart...and sexy and handsome and smart and thoughtful and smells good...sigh. :p

Re-reading TD would be fun if I had a few days to get through it all! Sometimes I'll just pick a page in the 100s at random and drop back in time.

Had two lovely, peaceful, easy births this morning. Makes up for the lousy night Friday. Off to get a flu shot, what joy. :rolleyes:

[Nanci]

Roy's mom said some of the blackness had pinked up a little which they saw during his bandage change Friday. I'm sure I will get an update today.

[chickwhorips]

oooohhhh one of my co-workers went into "town" and brought back fresh kiwis... mmmm..... the fruit not the people. wouldn't mind a visitor though.

Edit: not only were there kiwifruit, but FRESH yellow (not brown) Bananas and apples... what a way to start off the week!

[Brina]

chick, glad to hear that your dad is doing so much better. I always worry about my mom getting into that kid of vicious cycles with meds.

Lise, j sounds like a dream.

[Trek420]

Nanci, I asked my Mom about the bitter orange root stock and .... she didn't know. A first for her and plants :rolleyes:

You could always let it grow and graft something on if it recovers.

[crazycanuck]

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10407273

The US has banned vegemite!!!! WTF!!! OI!

c

[chickwhorips]

you have got to be kidding... nope that's what the link says.

WTF? :confused:

[Bikingmomof3]

I receieved two bras today. One from Title Nine (It is Moving Comfort's Maia Bra):http://www.titlenine.com/shopping/product/detailmain.jsp?itemID=55&itemType=PRODUCT&RS=1&keyword=MOVING+COMFORT
The other is from TE (CW-X Firm Support) http://www.teamestrogen.com/products.asp?pID=22526

I think they may both need to be returned. :( The first one is very comfortable and supportive, but their 36C Maia is larger than my other Moving Comfort Bra ( Cara bra) and if I continue to run (and I defintitely plan to), my bra size will go down. I will probably need to return this one and give up with Title Nine as this model does not come in a 36B, I suppose I could try a 34C? Any thoughts?

Okay, next bra. I was very excited for the Firm Support CW-X. Holy cow! I almost got stuck putting it on. It definitely mashes the girls. :eek: If I choose to keep it I could go down a size or two in shirts. :eek: I prefer the Sport model and will most likely exchange this one for the Sport model.

Time to put the finishing touches on dinner. I will be back. :)

[Kitsune06]

Yup, That's darn right, Kiwis! After we win the War on Terror, we'll wage the War on Folate, too! MUAHAHAHA!

[crazycanuck]

:rolleyes:

I can see it now " Captain Folate flies again to fight Vegemite"


I'll get back to work now...

c

[chickwhorips]

speaking of work: woo hoo! almost time to go home.

winds have picked up a bit. legs are tired from everything i did yesterday. need to run specially after what i ate for lunch (I plead the 5th), but tired and the weather.... are these excuses flying with anyone or just me?

[chickwhorips]

here knot, deb started the perfect thread for you: http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showthread.php?t=11102

[crazycanuck]

AHEM...I just started.....So..yes you go home and enjoy you're evening..We southern hemisphere folks will just sit here and be jealous...

Hope you had a funky day kids

btw..what's the link to your blog cwr?

hhmmm..i wonder if my ss received her package yet...
c

[chickwhorips]

www.myspace.com/chickwhorips

did you get caught up on the quiz things too?

[KnottedYet]

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10407273

The US has banned vegemite!!!! WTF!!! OI!

c



Nooooooo! I love vegemite!!!!!!

What about marmite? Is that still allowed?

[KnottedYet]

here knot, deb started the perfect thread for you: http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showthread.php?t=11102

I saw that! I'll have to take some pictures tonight!

[chickwhorips]

i broke down and went for the run. figured the puppies needed to run. just got back, just in time, the winds just really picked up!

[DebW]

I saw that! I'll have to take some pictures tonight!

Please do. Flossie must show her stuff for us. However, be warned and do not open the link to Kirkframeworks posted by indysteel. It should have had a "DO NOT READ AT WORK" warning. Those frames are so sexy that I couldn't tear my eyes away for about 30 minutes. Here's the link, just to test your willpower http://kirkframeworks.com/Photo Gallery.htm

[KnottedYet]

My computer sez that URL doesn't exist! AAAAAAG!

Of course, I instantly clicked on it. I firmly believe in giving in to temptation when bike porn is in the offing.:D

Flossie is so lovely, though, that I can even look at Vanilla bikes without envy. (not without bike lust, but free of bike envy)

[snapdragen]

For some reason, part of Deb's link died.

Try this: Kirk (http://kirkframeworks.com/Photo Gallery.htm)

BTW - bike #71 belongs to a friend of mine......

http://kirkframeworks.com/photogallery8.htm

[snapdragen]

Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgh!!!!

Email from my manager today. She wants to meet with me and our HR liason to discuss my promotion. I don't thinks she's even done the paperwork yet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:mad: :mad: :mad:

That's it. After the promotion I have to work 1 year so my new salary will be used to calculate my retirement. Retirement at 51 sounds like an excellent idea. I might even my manager know before I walk out the door.

[DebW]

For some reason, part of Deb's link died.

Try this: Kirk (http://kirkframeworks.com/Photo Gallery.htm)


There is a space between "Photo" and "Gallery in "http://kirkframeworks.com/Photo Gallery.htm". Thanks for the fix, Snap.

[KnottedYet]

Lovely lentils.

I'm making a crock-pot of miso lentil broccoli soup. I just love handling lentils. Dunno why. They are very sensuous little legumes...

[DebW]

I'm still ogling Kirkworks frames. Those curvy seatstays are so d@mn sexy. I've never been in lust like this before. *pant* *pant* *pant*

[snapdragen]

Random snap thoughts.

Reading MP and limewave's marathon reports has made my knees sore :p

I reheated some Chicken Mole and rice with black beans, rolled it all up in a whole grain tortilla. Mmmmm. Trader Joe's Red Mole Sauce is pretty good. It's was nicely spicy, and I could taste a hint of chocolate. Chocolate! What's not to love?

Discovering RadioParadise.com has made work so much better. I'm able to block out the jibber-jabber around me and listen to a good mix of music. Always brightens my mood!

[Kitsune06]

*deep, luxurious stretch and yawn* 3 hours left in my shift... I'm seriously anxious to be outta here. Ugh.

[salsabike]

Random snap thoughts.

Reading MP and limewave's marathon reports has made my knees sore :p

I reheated some Chicken Mole and rice with black beans, rolled it all up in a whole grain tortilla. Mmmmm. Trader Joe's Red Mole Sauce is pretty good. It's was nicely spicy, and I could taste a hint of chocolate. Chocolate! What's not to love?

Discovering RadioParadise.com has made work so much better. I'm able to block out the jibber-jabber around me and listen to a good mix of music. Always brightens my mood!

Meant to thank you for that, last night. I liked RadioParadise a whole lot, Snap.

I also really love Trader Joe's Enchilada Sauce.

Sorry about that promotion thing, but glad they didn't call to just say "never mind about that promotion", either.

[salsabike]

Salsa, you should see the research on pigeon visual perception.

From Wikepedia:

In a famous article in 1995, Watanabe, Sakamoto and Wakita described an experiment which showed that pigeons can be trained to discriminate between paintings by Picasso and Monet.

The birds were first trained on a limited set of paintings: when the shown painting was a Picasso, the pigeon was able to obtain food by repeated pecking; when it was a Monet, pecking had no effect. After a while, the pigeons would only peck when shown Picasso paintings. They were then able to generalize, and correctly discriminate between paintings of the two painters not previously shown, and even between cubist and impressionist paintings (cubism and impressionism being the two stylistic schools Picasso and Monet belong to). When the Monet paintings were shown upside down, the pigeons were not able to properly categorize anymore; showing the cubist works upside down did not have such an effect.

In 1995, the authors won the humorous Ig Nobel Prize in psychology for this work.

In a later paper, Watanabe showed that if pigeons and human college students undergo the same training, their performance in distinguishing between Van Gogh and Chagall paintings is comparable.

Similar experiments had shown earlier that pigeons can be trained to distinguish between photos showing human beings and those that do not, and between photos showing trees and those that do not, among many other examples.

In all these cases, discrimination is quite easy for humans, even though the classes are so complex that no simple distinguishing algorithm or rule can be specified. It has therefore been argued that pigeons are able to form "concepts" or "categories" similar to humans, but that interpretation is controversial. Nevertheless, the experiments remain important and often cited examples in cognitive science.

Fabulous! I love it.

[annie]

A question ------- if you are days behind in TE ---------- which equals many, many pages----------- how do you all remember what's been written and respond to the many and varied posts?? Do you take notes as you're reading through?

Tonight I discovered it's not a good idea to work on your bike AFTER two glasses of wine.

Oldest son is moving to TN. in two days. He's always been a ~challenging~ child. I will miss him immensely yet, in many ways, am happy to see him go. He has lived away before then came back home. He's 28! Time to let go. Am I a "bad" mom for being glad he's moving on?

Weird candle experience! I have tons of candles that people have given as gifts. Don't burn them often enough. I lit a lovely, vanilla/cinnamon scented one tonight, have burned it previously. And noticed, in the melted wax surrounding the wick, a dead fly. Yuck! I did not notice the fly when I last lit the candle. But it was buried in the wax so was obviously interred there when the candle was last lit. Strange.

annie

[Xrayted]

***tip toes in and whispers...*** Hey, why's everybody so quiet tonight?


('cuz Mondays s**k)

[KnottedYet]

"why's everybody so quiet tonight?"


cuz I'm too busy fondling lentils to type.

:eek:

[crazycanuck]

I'm at work..well eating lunch actually...yummmy nice potato & kumara salad.

Perhaps people are still amazed vegemite's been banned in the US? That's the most hilarious thing i've heard all year....hahahahahahha...

I can see a revolt by aussie/kiwis/brits n saffies in the US/Canada..
:eek:

The only other revolt I could see happenin would be if Hockey Night in Canada was cancelled in Canada....

pssst-the package for my ss;s been delivered...

c

[Xrayted]

"why's everybody so quiet tonight?"


cuz I'm too busy fondling lentils to type.

:eek:

Uhh...mmm...ehh... Think I'll go outside and cool off. whew!!

;)

[Kitsune06]

Um... yeah. Knot?
Food is not a replacement for getting l@id.

Well, maybe a ... *** I can't even say it. :o Hush!

Antsy about my interview. Cute manager is letting me leave an hour early after speaking with me on an issue. Told me he'd take a night specially to get me certified on our CPR/AED/First Aid training for adults and children before I left, and he'd make sure it happened even if I gave my 2 wks. He also wished me good luck on my interview, asking where it's at. How cool! :o :p
Little crush there... :o
They (he and the officer on deck) radioed me when I was all the way across our property and asked me to come back to Dispatch. Because I've been running fairly regularly, I managed to make it both without stopping and without looking like I was going to die. Score! They were both kind of impressed. I said "You didn't say what about, but I *said* I'd be here quick as I can...
startling discovery: my Danner GTX Strikers are about as comfortable as (and way more supportive than) my running shoes. Nanci- isn't your BF a cop? He might really benefit from the Danners...

An hour early means I get to see DGF tonight, and maybe watch a little bit of the movie she rented (I think it's "Journeys?" some foreign film) she says it was excellent and made her cry, so I have to see it. !!! And I've missed her lots over the past couple of days, so it'll be good to get home earlier

[salsabike]

I'm at work..well eating lunch actually...yummmy nice potato & kumara salad.

Perhaps people are still amazed vegemite's been banned in the US? That's the most hilarious thing i've heard all year....hahahahahahha...


c

This country is weird. I mean it. My country, the US, is just flat out weird. I cannot believe they banned vegemite. Did the space ship drop me off on the wrong planet, maybe?

[KnottedYet]

Is there NO-ONE awake at this hour?

Geez, what is an insomniac to do?

I know, I could go to every single thread on TE and reply to it! I could dominate the board! Then all would awaken to my era of supremacy!!!

Moooo-heheheh.....

<goes off in search of more lentils>

[Nanci]

I was quiet because I was weighing all the pets on the new scale and entering their data into the new herp software. Got everyone except Maizey (digesting) and Fagalo (sleeping outside). Addy is blue- she is so funny! I was looking for her to take her out, and stuck my fingers under the fake hollow rock she seems to have picked as a home, (it's over the heating mat) and there's this ominous hissing, that goes on and on and on. If one didn't know- no one would mess with her! As soon as I got her out I saw her blue eye covers, and weighed her without even getting her uncoiled, and put her back under her rock.

It's 37F here. Brrr! I'm making white chicken chilli tonight!

Nanci

Salsa, I read that during the pigeon experiment where they were distinguishing between photos of humans and not humans, they would all pick a photo of trees as human. Finally someone noticed that there was a tiny hand in a corner of the photo...

[DebW]

Is there NO-ONE awake at this hour?

Geez, what is an insomniac to do?

<goes off in search of more lentils>
>

I was tossing and turning at that hour. Should have gotten up and kept you company. But why has a whole night gone by without any pictures of Flossie's lugs? Because you were feeling lentils?

[crazycanuck]

I'm here to keep you insomiacs company....It's 734pm and i'm available for babbling!!!

Good news from Western Australia...FINALLY!!! Someone's decided they're going to adopt Daylight Savings...What a novel idea...The negativity is amazing...I do live in a backward state. No shopping on sundays & no daylight savings...

Salsa-
This country is weird. I mean it. My country, the US, is just flat out weird. I cannot believe they banned vegemite. Did the space ship drop me off on the wrong planet, maybe? Reminds me of the Futurama episode where neibler takes the one eyed chick to his planet...

They banned vegemite because it contains folate...

Btw..has anyone ever been in or travelled toFlorida for a shuttle launch?? It's one of ian's 2 things he's always wanted to do..(third one complete) I went to the NASA site & there's a launch in Oct 07..

c

[Nanci]

What you need to know about the shuttle is it is extremely weather dependent. Not to mention they always find little problems at the last minute. So a launch date is VERY likely to be rescheduled, to the next day or two if you are lucky, or further out if not. That's how I got to see it launch during a 200k- it got delayed by weather till the day I rode. It was awesome.

The whole Space Center is very cool.

[crazycanuck]

Hmmm..Nanci...You are right...(I'd love to the Space Centre though!!!) Oh hey i could visit you whilst there...

Perhaps I should go for the other activity on his list..the indy 500....Is Indianapolis (i think i spelt that correctly) a city worth visiting?
My brain is fuzzy and I'm stuck on my geography...I will now leave you to remember where Indiana is...oh and to find how far annie's son has to go...

Knotted-are you sure those lentils weren't illicit? ;)

Annie-how far a drive is it from your house to Tennesee? You're not a bad mama!!!

[KnottedYet]

I was tossing and turning at that hour. Should have gotten up and kept you company. But why has a whole night gone buy without any pictures of Flossie's lugs? Because you were feeling lentils?

Because I was dead tired from work and feeling incredibly lazy. I already have some lug pictures somewhere from when I was putting together my avatar. unless I trashed 'em.

Mainly I'm just lazy.

[Trek420]

I have lug pictures, but I've yet to get the little doo dad so I can get the pix from digital camera to TE TD.

Running late...off to work :cool:

[mimitabby]

A question ------- if you are days behind in TE ---------- which equals many, many pages----------- how do you all remember what's been written and respond to the many and varied posts?? Do you take notes as you're reading through?

just scroll down, below the window for inserting text are all the posts! (well, not ALL)


Oldest son is moving to TN. in two days. He's always been a ~challenging~ child. I will miss him immensely yet, in many ways, am happy to see him go. He has lived away before then came back home. He's 28! Time to let go. Am I a "bad" mom for being glad he's moving on?


annie

Annie, if your son is 28 there's nothing wrong with you if you are relieved that you don't have to take care of him anymore. I have a 27 year old at home.
he's a slob. I love him very much, he is sweeter than his brother and his father. He's better with my wild kittens, and he talks to the cats just like i do. I will still be relieved when he moves out on his own.!

[Pax]

Btw..has anyone ever been in or travelled toFlorida for a shuttle launch?? It's one of ian's 2 things he's always wanted to do..(third one complete) I went to the NASA site & there's a launch in Oct 07..
My folks live in Florida and I've been lucky enough to be visiting for three Shuttle launches, the one I saw from the beach was absolutely breathtaking.

[KnottedYet]

Spam is funny!

This is what it says on the back of my can of Spam, under the "Spamburger" recipe. (I can't imagine eating that much spam in one sitting... ug)

"So. Now you know another of the many secrets of SPAM. This knowledge carries much responsibility. It gives you the power to feed yourself and others. You wield a delicious skill that has far-reaching consequences. Please do not use it for evil."

:D yeah, baby! :D

[KnottedYet]

**ONLY VENTING!! NOTHING IMPORTANT!! MEANINGLESS VENTING!!**


As the Pendulum Swings...

I swore to myself I'd stop airing dirty laundry on TD. But, here I go again.

"Someone" sent a card and presents for SKnot and I. I was doing real peachy until I got the mail last night. Now I'm coming apart at the seams. None of that fabulous feeling from Sunday is left! All gone! Poof!

Knot-wallowing-in-lonely-miserable-uncertainty-even-lentils-can-barely-touch

[mimitabby]

gee, KY,

would chocolate help? I suppose the dark sky at 9am isn't helping your mood either.

[DebW]

**ONLY VENTING!! NOTHING IMPORTANT!! MEANINGLESS VENTING!!**

"Someone" sent a card and presents for SKnot and I. I was doing real peachy until I got the mail last night. Now I'm coming apart at the seams. None of that fabulous feeling from Sunday is left! All gone! Poof!

Knot-wallowing-in-lonely-miserable-uncertainty-even-lentils-can-barely-touch

Maybe returning the presents, along with a 2nd copy of "the letter" would send the correct message? Sorry for what you're going through, Knot. You can be strong.

[maillotpois]

Sorry, Knot ! :mad: Here's a topic changing question for you - do you have a book or suggestions for crock pot stuff? I see you're a crock pot woman, and I am trying to put mine to more use. Being gone all day and coming home to a hot meal all ready is fantastic - but I need some inspiration.

:confused:

[Bikingmomof3]

Lise- Making out???? I need more details about the date-keep it clean. ;)

Fredwina- Definitely check out the Jeeves and Wooster series. Hughie Laurie (Wooster) and Stephen Fry (Jeeves) are hysterical and they were both in Black Adder. :)

Quill-I am sorry to hear about the trees. I would be sad without all my trees.

Nanci-I am not a gym person, but I think your gift is quite clever and will be greatly appreciated by your BF. Did you give him his gift yet?
It sounds as though Roy is doing much better. Keep us updated.

CWR- Great news about your father. I am ever so glad he is home and the meds are straightened out. You have fresh fruit-YIPPEE!! :D

Snap-um, congrats on the promotion? It is a good thing, right?

Knot-I am a little concerned about you and your lentils, and your spam. :p Although your plot to dominate the board is an interesting one. :cool:
Send the gifts back! Okay, my issues come in here, but people cannot buy love. ARGH! :mad:

Annie-you are a good mom. Your 28 year old needs to be independent. The fly in your candle is gross.

Kit-when is the interview? I am thinking wonderful interview thoughts for you.

An update on my endless sport bra saga. The constrictive bra has been sent back to TE and I should be recieivng the sport version. The Moving Comfort, I am too huge Maia bra, has been sent back and I ordered from a different company, Moving Comfort's Melbourne bra. Wish me luck with this next installment of sport bras.

[Bikingmomof3]

Sorry, Knot ! :mad: Here's a topic changing question for you - do you have a book or suggestions for crock pot stuff? I see you're a crock pot woman, and I am trying to put mine to more use. Being gone all day and coming home to a hot meal all ready is fantastic - but I need some inspiration.

:confused:

I am not Knot, obviously, but I have an all time favourite crock pot cookbook. There has not been one bad recipe yet. The entire family loves the meals (huge feat in itself) and the prep time is usually 15 minutes. I use my crockpot all winter long.

Fix-It-And-Forget-It-Cookbook
http://www.amazon.com/Fix-Forget-Cookbook-Feasting-Cooker/dp/1561483389/sr=8-1/qid=1161705895/ref=sr_1_1/104-9364019-7306336?ie=UTF8&s=books

[maillotpois]

Great - thanks Jennifer!

[spokewench]

Ahh! Sunday packed the U-haul truck (just barely made it with all the household goods into the medium sized truck, it was PACKED FULL!) drove to Tucson, got there around 7:30 p.m. dropped the truck off at the storage area; and had a nice late Mediterranean dinner with my sister and Bro in law.

Got up the next morning, unloaded the truck into the storage unit; after some juggling of units due to a mistake in what unit they reserved for us (Yes, moving with Uhaul is an Adventure!) Went with my sister to take a look at the house my parents are buying. It is nice, a little older than I would have purchased for them being that there is quite a bit of work that needs to be done, but it still is nice, it has an awesome backyard with a great view of the Catalina Mountains, nice desert plantings and a waterfall. The back of the house also overlooks a great big wash where they can't build anything so it is very private and quiet. I'm sure my folks will like it once they get settled.

Drove back home got home around 5:30 p.m. Had dinner with my folks who were staying at my house in Flag, then they left this morning to stay with my sister in Tucson till they can get into their new house; and I'm back at work trying to get caught up.

Now, maybe I can get back into a routine. Always have a hard time in the fall. Got to go start my swimming lessons, riding my trainer, etc. We have a hike in the grand canyon planned for November 10th, 11th so that will be fun! I'm finally doing my yoga and core exercises on a regular basis so I guess I'm on my way again!

Tonight I think is a good night for chile - maybe some chicken chile with green hatch peppers, some jalapenos and white beans! MMm MMM It's good to be home

[snapdragen]

Snap-um, congrats on the promotion? It is a good thing, right?


It would be a great thing, if they'd get the flippin' paperwork done! I turned in the application in early August. My manager still hasn't done the paperwork to get it finished. :mad:

[chickwhorips]

knot this is for you
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i295/fairie1323/grouphugg.gif

[Kitsune06]

Flippin' Sweet!

I'm officially, un-officially hired (as soon as the background/credit checks go through) WHEE!!! And my new mgr introduced me to another advisor as her new partner. YEE!

I hope my credit check etc comes out okay... :p :eek: 1-2 weeks and I'm free!

[chickwhorips]

CONGRATS! http://www.smileypad.com/v224/Holidays/Party-Time.gif

does this mean you'll have a normal work schedule now?

[snapdragen]

Congrats Kit!

WW was uneventful - I didn't gain any weight....didn't lose any either.

Radio Paradise is playing Peggy Lee - Bali Hai, looks like Led Zepplin might be next......I LOVE this station!

[margo49]

Wonderful, Kits
Really happy 4 u

[spokewench]

That's great. Not that is always necessary, but is nice to know someone else sees good things in you too!

[Kitsune06]

Thanks, ladies! Thank you for your support, too, keeping me from getting discouraged. :)

[crazycanuck]

Hey Kit

Congrats on the new job!!! What will you be doing? I suppose i could search through TD to find it but i could be here for a while.

~

I started pilates again last night...Remind me not to stop pilates again..OMG my core strength :eek: I just love the stretches!!!:D

Appt with sports nutritionist today..I was good and typed up my three day meal plan & sent it off to him. I have lots of q's to ask him!!!

Have a good evening & i'll start doing some work.

C

[Bikingmomof3]

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!

[chickwhorips]

thanks cc i was thinking about taking the night off, body needs it, but now that you mention pilates i want to do it.... gee thanks.

have fun at work. i'm almost done for the day. :p

[Nanci]

KY- I resisted all unasked for gifts from SOTHTG (SO that had to go) until he sent a BIRD. I named it Cookie, though, after my new BF!

But the bird was a total PITA.

It's hard.

[Kitsune06]

1st off- as soon as I get water proof/resistant gloves, (probably even before) I'm going to be COMMUTING! A 11 mile (est. from bycycle.org) or 22mi round trip ride, with a whopping entire *mile* on a trail. :)

The job is administrative assistant and later, licensed "partner" for a financial advisor. I'm excited. The hours mean I won't really see DGF much anymore, but I'll be making a little more/hr and able to bike... I'll have more 'normal' hours so I can see my friends and do athletic stuff on weekends like normal people do... Oh! and I'll have holidays off (whereas with this job, I was scheduled for all of them. =P)

[chickwhorips]

how did you name your bird cookie after your BF? was his name or nickname cookie monster?

[chickwhorips]

The job is administrative assistant and later, licensed "partner" for a financial advisor. I'm excited. The hours mean I won't really see DGF much anymore, but I'll be making a little more/hr and able to bike... I'll have more 'normal' hours so I can see my friends and do athletic stuff on weekends like normal people do... Oh! and I'll have holidays off (whereas with this job, I was scheduled for all of them. =P)

aka Big Girl Job!

[Nanci]

His last name was Cook, nickname Cookie.

[Kitsune06]

aka Big Girl Job!

Welll... every job I work is a "big girl job"... (I haven't done the fast food thing for a long time...:rolleyes:) But yeah... it'll be interesting, anyway.

Knot, I haven't commented, really, on the dirty laundry, because you already know what I'd say. I just wanna let you know you've got my support.

[Trek420]

congrats to all who got new jobs.

kit, when they call about the background check I won't say where Jimmy Hoffa's burried if you don't tell about that night in Vegas in the hot tub with the Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders.

congrats to all with dads feeling better. To those of you with Dads, go hug your Dad.

KY, try to use your knowlege of SPAM and lentils for good not evil. Unless the gifts from "someone" are chocolate and a Campy headset...I'd send it back but that's just me ;)

If they are...well you could eat the chocolate and install the headset. :rolleyes:

[Kitsune06]

There's always saying "Gosh, thank you so much for your support in my moving on. I really appreciate it!"

...then never respond again. But it'd probably be best and most grown-up to just return them.

Trek- Hey, thanks for your support on the whole Hoffa (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_hoffa#Hoffa_in_popular_culture) thing. You *never know* what'll turn up in my parents' yard... :rollseyes:

[DebW]

Kit, I'm happy for you with the new job.

Looks like I'm in for a major job shift. Got told today there will be no overhead for anyone next year (the company's having lean times) and when my major contracts ends Jan 21, I'll be working part time (like 35%) on my one remaining contract. I'm trying to decide if this is a sucky situation or an opportunity. I've been with this company doing the same thing for 23 years and feeling kind of stale. Haven't been writing proposals or looking for new opportunities like I should. I could end up back at 3/4 time by the middle of next summer if some new work we're expecting comes in, or I could fullfill my current contract (which ends 4/09) with part time work and be done with science. This could be my chance to become a bike mechanic again. I've been dreaming of that, and TE has help me get somewhat more up-to-date on bike stuff (even if I do slip and say freewheel instead of cassette, SK). Probably have to wait until spring to land a mechanic job.

Decisions. Decisions. Science. Mechanics. Go hiking for a few months. Take a bike tour. Be a bum. Worry about retirement. AAAAhhhhh. Brain overload.

[Trek420]

Kitsune06 "it'd probably be best and most grown-up to just return them."

It's so much less fun to take the high road and be the grown-up ::sigh:: letting the air out of at least two tires would be more fun or sending back a copy of the letter stamped 2ND NOTIFICATION but ... I'm Trek-never-been-one-for-Bike-drama-420

Duck on wheels arrives Stateside for a brief visit Saturday night, I'll be on call for potential ride from the airport and will see her Sunday for sure.

Ow, I had some moles removed by the dermatologist (don't worry TE TD they are benign) but dayuhm right under the bra. Healing up but a bit uncomfy spot to have it.

Did you know we're all walking around naked under our clothes? According to the doc clothes have practically no sunscreen property.

[Xrayted]

Congrats Kit!!
and a woman manager too? Good for you!!

Knotted - ***In my best Bronx accent*** Hey, you want I should come over there and kick her axx? :mad: :D
You know she only does these things because she knows very well how to rattle you and yank your chain. She totally expects you to fall apart and welcome her back, which of course your not going to do dear. It's bad for you and bad for SKnot to see you do that again. You already know what to do to finish this once and for all. Be tough!! And then go out and live life on your terms.
BTW, I say use the SPAM for evil. But, just once. :cool:


MP and BMo3 - Yep, the Fix-It-And-Forget-It Cookbook is great. That's the one I would suggest. It was given to me by a dear friend when I went back to school because I just wasn't eating properly. Lack of time ("15 hr work + 4 hr studying" days = no time for cooking or sleeping) was the culprit. Most of the recipes taste great.

Snap - Congrats too, I guess?

Yesterday I had a wonderfully fulfilling day at work. Met an incredible kid with Cerebral Palsy and had a great time talking to him while doing his x-rays. Fast friends. Before I got him back to the ER, I asked if I could have him as my honoree at my CP metric century ride on Saturday. I promised to print a pic of me wearing his name on my jersey and send it to him. Floored him. I got a hug and a kiss right in front of the ER nurses. :cool:
Today, I had an unusually bad work day. :( I'm a little depressed over it so I think I'll just stop there. Tomorrow's another day!

Good health and much happiness to you all! (sorry to those I missed.)

-X.

[Kitsune06]

air out of tires?
Much more fun things to do.
Back when *I* was in school...

The Saran wrap haiku:

When your ex becomes
upset and you are in school,
Saran wrap becomes a
weapon of mass distruction.

Shaving cream under
invisible plastic wrap
eats paint once so clean
large spots then stand nude.

Plain wrap also is
a formidible foe when
one is running too late-
Keys don't cut it well.

Thus dawned the morning
He used a box cutter to
open his Ford Taurus.
My world was then just.

[mimitabby]

well, X, you get the award for the nicest looking post I've seen all day.
I'll bet you really can do a Brooklyn accent too!

I think i'm getting everyone PO'd at me and frustrated because of my questions in another thread. Meanwhile, I'm trying to publish a newsletter which is stupid and hard to do. augh.

No rest for the weary, or the wicked.



CONGRATS ON YOUR NEW JOBS GIRLS

Deb, with your talents I can't imagine you jobless for long.

Haven't heard from KY for a while, hopefully all is well . she sure isn't outside riding!
I'm going to go dive into a book buona notte.

[Trek420]

Xrayted, how would you use SPAM for evil?

I've applied for a transfer to another dept of Mega Telco (actually I've applied for just about ANYWHERE BUT WHERE I AM) but particularly want one office.

My friend E works there, actually many friends are there and that's part of the wish is it would be like old home week with some very good people.

Anyway E''s Pagan so in jest I asked her isn't there some kind of spell she could cast on several annoying co-workers so they would leave and **poof** there's be an opening for me.

She said she can't do that, she can't wish them any harm but what she can do is a ceremony that they would be happier elsewhere :)

Without mentioning to the universe of course that we allllllll would be happier if they were elsewhere. :)

Can one do that with SPAM?

"And here's your lovely parting gift, eat this"

Kit....you didn't :eek: you saran wrapped a car?

[Kitsune06]

Trek- I plead the 5th on the car thing.

Spam used for Evil (as if food with SPAM in it isn't evil enough)-
If you *really* don't like someone and have about 5 minutes alone in their office, take SPAM or (if you're REALLY bad) regular lunch meat. Put it in an open lunch baggie so it retains most of its moisture, but still can 'breathe'. Most office chairs are put together in a way that leaves a small opening in the bottom, either in the spacers or in the base. (How do I know? I built them for almost a year. =P) Insert meat into hole.
Days 1 and 2 aren't so bad.
3 and 4 are icky.
Past day 6 the meat generally mummifies, and there's no smell (or a weak one)

Use gloves, no fingerprints.
How do I know this?
um... I also plead the 5th on this. :p

Also- there's always getting someone's email address, then going to every single religious site (or whatever topic would irk them most) and subscribe to their mailing list... regular mail works too, but email addresses kill fewer trees. (Spam used for evil pt. II)

[Trek420]

Different kind of SPAM....if you really don't like someone ....

You know those response cards that fall out of the magazine allowing you to request free information via mail, phone and or e-mail from all of the magazines advertisers?

Get one, pepper it with miscelaneous requests for responses to person of your choice's address, e-mail .... of course you would not give them the persons phone number because that would be evil bwahhaha.

There's no return address to you, just pop it in the mail. :rolleyes:

I have no clue how I know this...

[Trek420]

Hey, you don't have to explain that you did counseling therapy anything.... this gal is a sociopath, you did nothing wrong and nothing to deserve any of that.

She's abusive, she needs to be outa your life and Sknots. I'd block her number, burn the card (very cathartic) get her outa your life...

[winddance]

*hugs to Knotted*

[KnottedYet]

Winddance and Trek, sorry to leave you hanging. I deleted my post.

[Kitsune06]

No hanging... ::hugs Knot for no apparent reason::

[Lise]

Lise- Making out???? I need more details about the date-keep it clean. ;) You need more details, and I'm supposed to keep it clean? Hah! Suffice it to say that I love spending time with him. He's smart, funny, compassionate, laughs at my humor, and makes me laugh all the time, and the chemistry between us is wonderful. I did a lot of work this past year, getting free of hateful old ideas about myself, and making room in my life for someone new. I learned and practiced loving myself, and I attracted someone who has the same energy. It is wonderful.
..............................
Kit, congrats on the new job!

Snap, I say go for it. The "They'd Be Happier Working Elsewhere" ceremony can't happen soon enough.

KN, I PM'd you. (((KN)))

love to all TD, L.

[Kitsune06]

or a pair of ****ed cheeseheads who're good at shin-kickin'. But I won't prolong this. It's passed... let's just all take a breath for Knot and let it go.

[Xrayted]

Geez, Knot, I go away in the middle of posting to get the next batch of cookies going and you pull the post. Nice of me to quote ya, huh? Sorry!! Fifty lashes with a wet noodle for X!! :o :o :o

Edit: fixed it.

[crazycanuck]

Hello? Oh TD is so quiet tonight. I hope you all had a good day!

*knock Knock*?

Wake up kids! It's time to rise n shine and open those beautiful eyes to a funky world.

:D
c

[Lise]

:eek: OK! OK! I'm up! I'm awake! Is the baby coming? Get me some gloves! :eek:

(***This reinactment of Lise wakened from slumber to go deliver a baby provided courtesy of Crazy Canuk's prodding***)

[crazycanuck]

I'm happy to be an alarm clock. Hmmm....I'm useful to you ladies even down here!!!

I could not get my eyes working this morning...Didn't want to get out of bed at 415am...even the bike ride to the train station was hard on the eyes..ugh..

I don't know about you ladies but is playing football/soccer on one's street at 11pm a bit strange? Some young kids on my street did exactly this last night!!!

To top it off, the wind blew something heavy somewhere at some ungodly hour and woke me up...

I was not a happy camper this morning.

I went to my sports nutritionist appt tonight. The main outcome to start eating more water based foods...A few more things but will let you know more later.

I've joined Calorie king & now have to decide what to eat....


Good night ladies
c

[Kitsune06]

well, Knot, it was bound to happen... Even if it was the Grammar Grouches... :rolleyes: Why is everyone so surprised about "Kitsune (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitsune)"? Oh, and belts and suspenders, indeed. Bah. I'm fine with belts, but suspenders? Um... :cool: If you want, I'll adopt your house and make sure wealth and happiness come your way... (wealth might be other peoples' thongs but hey, when you're yokai, good things are good things, no matter what mere human owns them- and it's better when they're your human!)

FTR, I dont' even know why I'm up this early. DGF had to leave for work at 6:30 but I was up til 1. I need to go back to bed... it's my freakin' day off, too! What am I *thinking?!*:eek:

Edit: Er... "things" not "thongs". Tired. Koffee? .mmph. Sleep. kitsu sleep now. *drool*

[KnottedYet]

"other people's thongs"

Ummm, I really don't find thongs all that appealing.:p

[Xrayted]

Yeah, I agree. I just gotta say no to thongs. (forced to see way to many in my line of work.)

Kitsune - that's where I heard it before! **slaps head** Very appropriate for you, I'd say.

I've figured out how to position my laptop on a pedestal table I have so I can now read TE and ride on my trainer at the same time. :cool: I'll have to remember to not ride without hands when I'm on the street though. Crash!!

Well, off to a shower and then work.

Have a beautiful day kids!!

-X.

[Nanci]

Thong=sumo wrestler

[mimitabby]

sumo wrestler=image of health and well being for a starving population.

[Trek420]

Hey, we want the review and ride report here :D

[chickwhorips]

Also- there's always getting someone's email address, then going to every single religious site (or whatever topic would irk them most) and subscribe to their mailing list... regular mail works too, but email addresses kill fewer trees. (Spam used for evil pt. II)

i would know nothing about this.... or setting up a gmail account and fwd all the emails to another person's account so they couldn't un-signup for anything, but still get about 100+ emails a day. http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/tsmileys2/21.gif


You know those response cards that fall out of the magazine allowing you to request free information via mail, phone and or e-mail from all of the magazines advertisers?

Get one, pepper it with miscelaneous requests for responses to person of your choice's address, e-mail .... of course you would not give them the persons phone number because that would be evil bwahhaha.

mental note to self.... keep those stupid little cards.

[maillotpois]

Congrats Kit!!

More hugs to Knot.

Almost congrats to Snap.

Thanks for the crock pot book recommendations - I will pick that up.

Trying to get some work done. I am distracted by the bar of Scharffenber speaking to me from the cupboard. Shut UP chocolate bar!

[Nanci]

http://www.teamestrogen.com/products.asp?pID=23061

[KnottedYet]

Oh, those are BEEEE-OOOOOO-TEEEEE-FULL!!!!

Yes, Mimi, you must look at the link Nanci found!

[chickwhorips]

http://www.teamestrogen.com/products.asp?pID=23061

they need a dog version of those.

[KnottedYet]

I am experiencing Scharffen Berger bliss....

MmmmmmmMMMMMmmmmm!

Thank you, BMo3!! This stuff is soooooo good!

(I might eat the whole darn thing in one day!) Luckily she sent me TWO bars, so I have another waiting. Just waiting.... calling my name.... :D

Maybe I should open it now, so it doesn't feel left out.

<opened it> Oh, yeah, that one's yummy, too!

Happy Dance!:D

[DebW]

SGF lugged steel roadie seeks similar for LBR and LTR.


Has Knotted become lugged? We know she has abs of steel. And what's an LBR? Google wasn't much help on that. library? low birth-rate? low-band receiver? Load Balancing Router? long biking relationship?

[chickwhorips]

I am experiencing Scharffen Berger bliss....

MmmmmmmMMMMMmmmmm!

ooohhh i just got two bars of that too. thanks to salsa!

right now enjoying TimTam bliss thanks to theav. they haven't banned those in the states have they? better not!

[Bikingmomof3]

The sport bra I ordered from runningwarehouse arrived today and it is a keeper. For any of you interested, Moving Comfort's Melbourne Bra is wonderful. It controls bounce (I am a 36 B/C and it is perfect), no bounce, I did not need to almost dislocate a shoulder to get into the bra, and I can still breathe. :cool:
Hopefully tomorrow will bring another winner, CW-X's Sport Bra from TE.

[Bikingmomof3]

I am experiencing Scharffen Berger bliss....

MmmmmmmMMMMMmmmmm!

Thank you, BMo3!! This stuff is soooooo good!

(I might eat the whole darn thing in one day!) Luckily she sent me TWO bars, so I have another waiting. Just waiting.... calling my name.... :D

Maybe I should open it now, so it doesn't feel left out.

<opened it> Oh, yeah, that one's yummy, too!

Happy Dance!:D



You are welcome. :)

[Trek420]

cwr "they need a dog version of those"

I think the dog socks are behind the plain brown wrapper :cool:

KnottedYet isn't your ad supposed to read "SGF lugged steel roadie seeks similar, send picture of bike" ;-)

[Bikingmomof3]

right now enjoying TimTam bliss thanks to theav. they haven't banned those in the states have they? better not!

I have heard TimTams are wonderful, but have never had the opportunity to have one. Do share the experience with us.

If I can have a romantic life vicariously through Lise, then I certainly can enjoy TimTams vicariously through you. ;)

***Just so no one gets the wrong impression, my DH is wonderful, thoughtful, romantic, and my soul mate (anyone sick yet?).

[chickwhorips]

I have heard TimTams are wonderful, but have never had the opportunity to have one. Do share the experience with us.

i have never had a chocolate treat so good as them. the rest of the package is calling from my desk drawer as we speak. they are chewy and crunchy and oh so good! and you can't eat just one. http://qb.smugmug.com/photos/102799722-Ti.gif

[Bikingmomof3]

Have you sipped coffee through them? I heard that is wonderful and makes them oh so heavenly. I have even heard of people doing that with alcoholic beverages (I cannot recall which, since I cannot drink on my meds). Eat one for me, please?

[KnottedYet]

DebW: LBR = Long Bike Rides. :D

[Nanci]

Hehehe

[chickwhorips]

Have you sipped coffee through them? I heard that is wonderful and makes them oh so heavenly. I have even heard of people doing that with alcoholic beverages (I cannot recall which, since I cannot drink on my meds). Eat one for me, please?

no i haven't tried that but that was passed on to me too. don't usually drink much coffee unless its one of those mornings. though i'm crashing this afternoon so i'm thinking it would be good. to bad our coffee pot broke here and my new one i ordered hasn't come in yet.

never heard of the alcohol part, i'm sure someone will tell us about it shortly though. i will eat one for you, but i'm sending the extra calories to you, i don't want to claim those. :cool:

[crazycanuck]

BMO3...We discussed tim tams a while back in TD...I started something....

I think you're referring to a Tim Tam Slam...

I am more than happy to send you some Tim Tams...all it takes is a PM..
I'll have Ian eat one for you tonight.

c

[mimitabby]

http://www.teamestrogen.com/products.asp?pID=23061

those are cute! ARGYLE TOO!
I love argyle and that's a nice color.

my ss socks just came. and they're not crazy cat lady sox :D

[chickwhorips]

what exactly is the "Tim Tam Slam"?

when i run out can i send you a pm? i'll try to figure out something from up here that would make it worth it for ya.

[mimitabby]

The sport bra I ordered from runningwarehouse arrived today and it is a keeper. For any of you interested, Moving Comfort's Melbourne Bra is wonderful. It controls bounce (I am a 36 B/C and it is perfect), no bounce, I did not need to almost dislocate a shoulder to get into the bra, and I can still breathe. :cool:
Hopefully tomorrow will bring another winner, CW-X's Sport Bra from TE.

You know, BMo3, you are getting to be the local bra expert. I want one that
gives support, does not have metal parts and that you really can't feel.
i'm close to the same size as you but no C, just B. But i'm 54 and well, let's just say that when you get to be my age endowment really means bother.

[crazycanuck]

:D
Hey i'm happy to send anyone tim tams...let me know where to!

Perhaps we should start a TD trading post..

c

[Lise]

OK, this is one HECK of a deluxe problem, but this is what I'm bumming about at the moment. New BF, all around wonderful guy, J, sent me an email inviting me to go to PARIS for a week, starting New Year's Eve. Can you even believe it? And there is no way I can go. I have 5 work shifts that week. Everybody requests that time off; there are more midwives gone than midwives working. I could not get coverage for all of that. I am sad. :( Mostly sad to have to tell him "no"...but I could go for Valentine's day... Sigh.

Actually rode my bike today. It was the dreaded "street cleaning day" in the neighborhood in which I work. You can look for a spot for 1/2 hr, and end up parked over a mile away. Since I only live 3.12 miles away, I bundled up and rode the Larkspur. Felt great to be riding.

[chickwhorips]

lise how sweet! sorry its not going to work out for new years, but hopefully you still can go some other time. don't forgit to tell us about it.

[Bikingmomof3]

You know, BMo3, you are getting to be the local bra expert. I want one that
gives support, does not have metal parts and that you really can't feel.
i'm close to the same size as you but no C, just B. But i'm 54 and well, let's just say that when you get to be my age endowment really means bother.

Mimi-This bra is wonderful. Lets just say I gravity has not been kind to me. So I am a 36 B/C depending on how they roll up into the cups. :p

I took this one for a test run and a yoga run . This sport bra gets an A+. It was $28.95. The shipping is free, they provide the materials and prepaid sticker for exchanges, check it out: http://www.runningwarehouse.com/descpageWRA-MCMB.html

[Bikingmomof3]

BMO3...We discussed tim tams a while back in TD.

I am more than happy to send you some Tim Tams...all it takes is a PM..
I'll have Ian eat one for you tonight.

c

I sent a PM. Thanks to all who are eating one in my honour. :)

[Bikingmomof3]

OK, this is one HECK of a deluxe problem, but this is what I'm bumming about at the moment. New BF, all around wonderful guy, J, sent me an email inviting me to go to PARIS for a week, starting New Year's Eve. Can you even believe it? And there is no way I can go. I have 5 work shifts that week. Everybody requests that time off; there are more midwives gone than midwives working. I could not get coverage for all of that. I am sad. :( Mostly sad to have to tell him "no"...but I could go for Valentine's day... Sigh.


Ah Paris. I am free. :D Seriously, I am so sorry you cannot make the arrangements to go. Would he be free over Valentine's?

[chickwhorips]

I sent a PM. Thanks to all who are eating one in my honour. :)

it was so good too. thanks for taking the calories for me!

[Bikingmomof3]

No problem, i went for a nice run. Have another, I burned off the calories. :)

[chickwhorips]

i'm trying to get out of here so i can go for one of those.

have you tried any of the carbBOOMs yet?

[Xrayted]

Wha? 4 hours since anyone posted? Ladies, ladies, ladies. **shaking head in disbelief.**
I've got an excuse, I stayed late at work on a few OR cases. Of course, I also had to have time to eat my Dairy Queen that Joyce fetched. Mmmm... banana split with chocolate, strawberry and caramel toppings. It went down smoooooth. DQ just loves the Radiology Dept.

Since there's been a ton of stuff going on today... group hug. :D (((group)))

[KnottedYet]

<Knot stomps in lumberjack-like.>

<looks around>

echo...echo....e...cho....

<stomps back out>



Edit: Oooh, comes back at a run because Xrayted posted! There is life on TD!!

[Xrayted]

Hey, Knot while you're stomping around, come on over here and have a run at my lumbar region. Ya know, like Mr. Bentley used to do to George Jefferson. I gotta a crick that just won't go away all day. Right at about L3-4. I've tried stretching it out, but nada. Too much OR time makes Cindy an invalid. (you stand in one place for hours sometimes)

All right, guess I'll go grab a glass of milk, some of the choc. chip cookies I made last night, and head out to the hot tub instead. (Some kinda PT you are... won't even fly over here for a house call. :D )

heeheehee

-X.

[KnottedYet]

Child's Pose! If the hot-tub doesn't fix it, try Child's Pose. It's a yoga move that sometimes gets the lats and QL to loosen up enough that the lumbar critters can move again.

Get down on your knees, and sit on your heels.
(bilateral hip adduction to midline, full bilateral ankle plantarflexion, full bilateral knee flexion, 90 degree bilateral hip flexion, ischial tubs contacting calcaneii)

Bend forward at your hips until chest is on thighs and hands are way out front on the floor.
(full hip flexion, full shoulder flexion, forearm pronation)

Hold 30 seconds.

Walk hands way over to the left.
(left lateral lumbar and thoracic flexion)

Hold 30 seconds.

Walk hands way over to the right.
(right lateral lumbar and thoracic flexion)

Hold 30 seconds.


Or you can try double knee to chest (lie on back, hug knees, hold 30 seconds, do 3 times) Or knee sways (hooklying, let knees fall to left, then fall to right for lumbar rotation 20 times).

And next time you're standing in the OR for hours, unlock your knees! Stop hangin' on those "Y" ligaments and use your transversus abdominus instead! (how are your hamstrings?)

[chickwhorips]

oh that reminds me, i forgot to stretch after i ran today. the bad dinner got in my thought pattern.

i need to take a shower too... no comments from the peanut gallery please.

[snapdragen]

ooooh. I don't want to talk about hamstrings, mine are as tight as piano wires.

I'm very sleepy, but I'm also addicted to Top Chef. Do I stay up and watch it, or go sleepy bye.

[Xrayted]

Um.... wha?

Doing it the easy way first, hot tubbin'. (Now you know I never listen to my PT!) Time to go get a tad nekkid and eat some cookies. (just 2 cause of the banana split) I'll let ya know how it went if I don't drown.

I wish I knew what kind of wine goes with cookies. Oh, right, dessert wine. duh. :D

[crazycanuck]

Oh why oh why can't post offices be open past 5pm?? URHGH..I have a package awaiting...mmmm

Hey, why is TD so quiet? What are you people doing this evening?

I want one piece of chocolate but i'll let that feeling pass.

Have a good evening & i'll go brush my teeth as lunch time's over..

c

[KnottedYet]

I'm falling asleep, too.

gonna go put on my jammies (wooly socks, long underwear, sweats, turtleneck, sweater, fuzzy hat - hey, basement apartments get chilly!) and get ready for bed, then check TE one. last. time.

Really, only ONE last time. (as opposed to the 5 or 6 last times i usually do)

[Xrayted]

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaah! That was nice.

Unfortunately, the hot tub gods exacted a heavy price for the dip. One cookie. Fell right out of my hand. Only a 1/2 a glass of wine, I swear! Geez, I've gotta be the cheapest... Of course, I couldn't get it with my foot so I ended up cave diving. Now I've got a soaked head right before bed! I'm all toasty and loose(r) tho. Shame about the cookie. It had a real future.

Thanks Knotted! I'll try those in the morning if it's still bugging. Can't plantarflex too far on the left and no go with resting the ischial tuberosity on the calcaneal tuberosity. VERY touchy back there. (the heel, not the butt) Can I just rest my bottom on the floor between my ankles if I can get the flex?
Also, how about Pilates back extensions? As for the hams, they aren't too bad now that I pay attention to stretching them out. I also do quadricep, gluteal, and hip flexor stretches. Any other ideas, feel free to speak up. (anyone)

g'night TD

[Nanci]

So is the Paris trip for him, for business, and he still has to go, and he just wanted you to go too, or was it a romantic idea and he can change the date? That's kind of scary- you know what men like to do on big fancy trips...

Nanci

[Lise]

So is the Paris trip for him, for business, and he still has to go, and he just wanted you to go too, or was it a romantic idea and he can change the date? That's kind of scary- you know what men like to do on big fancy trips...

Nanci
(B) Romantic Idea. The Paris trip is because he wants to go to Paris with me. He says he's been feeling like he wants to go back to Paris for some time. He was so sweet when I said "there's no way I can go that week." I half expected (because I've gotten this from others in the past) to hear, "can't you trade with somebody, blah, blah, wah, wah..." Nope. He said, "I accept your schedule for what it is. That was the first opportunity I could think of. I'm just glad you want to travel with me!" It's so early in the relationship that I'm not even worried about what I think you mean about what men like to do on big fancy trips...unless you're thinking of something other than "propose to you". :p

So we'll look at other dates. And even other locales. I mean, Paris is Paris, but in January, it's also...cold. I can still put in requests for the rest of January, just not that holiday week.

I so enjoy spending time with this guy. What a revelation. :D He's going to meet my mom and sister on 11/5, when my sister's speaking at the U of C Humanities Festival (I'm impressed!). Then he and his 16 year old daughter (who lives in another state with her mom) will join my family for Thanksgiving. :eek: I was stressing a bit about meeting the daughter, and one of my co-workers said, "You deal with 16 year olds all the time." Yeah, but they're my patients, not...you know...my guy's little girl!

Had a good night here at the baby factory--slept for three hours, got up, then got to sleep again for 2.5 hours! Now up for the day. Off at 10 AM. Must go to laundromat today. The washer and dryer in our building are both dead and won't be replaced until Monday, and my dishwasher won't drain. Handyman no-showed yesterday. Argh. Since I did get some sleep, I'm going to bundle up all the dirty laundry and just get it done.

Later, TD!

[Pax]

ooooh. I don't want to talk about hamstrings, mine are as tight as piano wires...

Heard that. :( Most of my body is kinda fluffy but you could bounce quarters off my hamstrings. Fun thing though...I found this cage looking thingy pushed off in the corner at the gym, upon closer inspection I found it to be a "stretching cage"!! I look like a complete idiot using it (imagine a half cage with bars at various bizarre angles) but I'm starting to feel a little less tight! :p

[Trek420]

Xrayted "I'll let ya know how it went if I don't drown."

uh oh, now till we hear from you we'll worry that made drowsy by dessert wine and cookies you drowned.

whew, only the cookie died. ;)

[Xrayted]

Xrayted "I'll let ya know how it went if I don't drown."

uh oh, now till we hear from you we'll worry that made drowsy by dessert wine and cookies you drowned.

whew, only the cookie died. ;)

You never cease to amuse me Trek.
Actually, I had a 2004 Chardonnay by Virgin (of all names) from Cali. It's been hanging up there for a while, patiently waiting. Idon't believe I bought that, it must have been a gift. I liked it, tho. Not sure it normally goes with cookie but last night it would have gone with anything.
I have to say, it must have been the 1/2 glass of wine that caused the cookie mishap. Normally, you couldn't pry one out of my grip. (I actually am that cheap... **shakes head in disgust**)
Somewhat made up for my dietary slip(s) yesterday by getting on the trainer for an hour on my off day. (ride every other) Not feeling the guilt so much now. Guilt is destructive.

Glad that the Paris trip was for romantic purposes only, Lise. :) Sounds like a keeper. If anyone asked me to go to Paris, I'd be out the door. (I'll be right there, just give me 30 minutes to pack a little something.) I've never been to Europe and I have so many places I want to see.
Actually, the best pic I've had taken recently was my passport photo for my professional certification. Sad, but absolutely true. I'd love to get copies and make x-mas cards out of it. (Hey honey, check out this card. Is that Cindy? Wow, she never looks that good. :D )

Have a spectacular day ladies.

[KnottedYet]

Heard that. :( Most of my body is kinda fluffy but you could bounce quarters off my hamstrings. Fun thing though...I found this cage looking thingy pushed off in the corner at the gym, upon closer inspection I found it to be a "stretching cage"!! I look like a complete idiot using it (imagine a half cage with bars at various bizarre angles) but I'm starting to feel a little less tight! :p

Those stretching cages are pretty cool. I think they were one of the best exercise equipment ideas out there, just sorry they didn't take off like they should have. Most of them do end up "pushed into a corner" somewhere!

[mimitabby]

Felt so rotten yesterday because of bad sleep, kept nodding off in important meetings with my union and our health care providers.

In between meetings I was on the floor doing some stretches (not child's pose)
and some guy walked in. I wonder what he thought i was doing down there...

I found a parking lot (behind the union office) with a great hill! I want to go back there on a saturday when there are no cars and try riding my bike up and down that little hill.


Then I had my italian club meeting last night and I KNEW I was going to die ... 2 more hours of sitting.. So I took out the trusty 26 pound Veloce (thanks to TE, I weighed it last night) and rode to the meeting in the almost rain.. so at least i didn't have total loss day.

Gee, Lise, PARIS?? Is that exotic, romantic, amazing? This guy has some $$?
what does he do for a living? I'm going to Italy in November, you can go to Paris in January. You just bring lots of warm underwear!

my secret sister gave me chocolate. And it's all gone!
(it must have been defective to disappear that fast!)

Knotted, i will do that exercise tonight. Sounds quite nice really. my deal is when i get into bed without doing any yoga stuff, the small of my back yells at me. And when i'm really really tired, it's hard to NOT do that.

Momof 3 maybe i oughto get one of those bras.. So it's not going to feel like a straightjacket with seams that cut into me? I hate bras SO MUCH.

[Nanci]

Dessert wine....mmm....What kind? I am the WORST dessert wine hoarder. Luckily it ages well. I just finished off a (half) bottle of Muscat (Hardys) from Australia that I had open for two months! It was just too rich for me to drink more than a 2 oz glass at a time. And I'm a _good_ dessert wine drinker! My current fav is Bonny Doon Viognier Doux. (Bonny Doon Framboise is also amazing, and I also love Bonny Doon Muscat Vin de Glacier.) Plus I have a bunch of other weird stuff, like Zinfandel ice wine, and a Riesling ice wine from 1998.

Lise- I don't know...I have a friend at work, radiologist, who God knows why she's even single, but she was dating guys from Match.com, and they were all pretty nice (how'd she manage that???) but just not quite right. So she met this guy, maybe 35-40, financial something or other, last winter, and they went to Hawaii in September, and we're all teasing her- and yes, he did ask her to marry him on that trip. I think older guys, sometimes, know a good thing when they see it. Sometimes. If they are't big puXXies.

I made Choco musk me by kissing him too much...I think he thought I was going to eat him. Poor little guy! I really love that snake.

I am trying to figure out how to brumate Fagalo outside. I think it will be way healthier for him. I think I have to make him a big pile of earth/peat covered by leaves, withhold food two weeks, soak him daily, and see what happens. I don't think it's cold enough yet, though. BF says he will never forgive me if I kill Fagalo by brumating him. I tried to explain that it is necessary for resetting all his hormones and stuff.

[maillotpois]

Lise - I love Paris in the Springtime...... just a thought.... So glad it is working out well. Sigh!!

CWR - were you asking about Carboom the energy gel stuff? I used that a lot before I discovered banana Hammer gel. I really like them. Not super icky give you a huge rush sweet. More a steady sort of energy. They have an apple cinnamon sort of one that's good. And a peachy banana. All fairly natural, too. If you were talking about something more interesting than gels, ignore me... :D

[Nanci]

I like Carb Boom Vanilla Orange.

Didn't Power Gel used to make Key Lime? I liked that. I think they stopped.

Gu Triberry, Orange and Banana

My favorite gel is Cranksports eGel Mountain Rush.

Second favorite is EnergIce Grape and Blue Raspberry. You freeze it!!

But lately, all I eat is Sport Beans...

[Bikingmomof3]

Good Afternoon Ladies!

CWR- I did indeed try one of the Carb Boom gels. The Cinnamon Apple to be exact. Yum!

Knot-I absolutely adore Child's pose. I could fall asleep in that position. After every run, my final cool down is 30 minutes of yoga. Ah, Bliss.

Lise-J sounds like a wonderful man and he is willing to attend a family holiday. WOW! I hope you both are able to find time to got of Paris. Personally, I loved Finland in January. Very nice, very romantic.

Xrayted- I am very glad you did not drown. Sorry to hear the cookie was not as fortunate. Ah Christmas cards. I like the idea of using your passport photo. I wonder if I could send one of my MRI photos...

Mimi- I do so hope your day is better than yesterday. The bra is great. For under $30 free shipping and free return if you dislike it, I say give it a try. I do not like bras either, but this one did not feel as though I was wearing anything. Oh a word on this one. I bought white. Do not wear it by itself if you sweat. When wet, it is very see through.

Nanci- Poor Choco, thinking you were going to eat him. He must have been terrified. You need to talk with him and explain how adorable he is. Has Fagalo ever spent the winter outside? Sounds like a lot of work and trial and error? I have no idea, but I wish you both the best and keep us updated. I am finding a new appreciation for different species by reading your posts.

I think that is everything for now. I am planning to read today. I was going to finish knitting my sweater, but I am in the mood to read. I have exercised, showered, the laundry is almost done, and the house looks as good as it is going to get. I refuse to go into the rooms my children inhabit. They will be cleaning those this weekend. Hopefully the rain will taper off for my run this evening.

[mimitabby]

Hey BMo3
I bought red, which is back ordered. I would never order white, and i'll tell you why. recently i was on a ride and had to take off my under layer because i was so hot. if i was wearing a white bra, i would not have had the nerve to strip down to it in public. instead i had my red and black straightjacket bra on so i felt quite sporty and stripped without feeling nekkid at all.

With feral cats, one must learn to interact with them so they don't feel like you're trying to eat them. When they finally start acting like kittens around you, it is a great day indeed. (and mine are finally doing that)

I haven't eaten a lot of those flavored things. DH buys all sorts of stuff for his 100 mile rides. He's going to AZ to do a 100 km ride with some folks he met on Bike Journal.

I am having a better day. A little sleep goes A LONG way.

[mimitabby]

wah. no red bra for me. They cancelled the order. I can get black or white.
sigh...

[chickwhorips]

lise - awe how sweet. sounds like a winner. hopefully you can get a little vacation in somewhere, you earned it.

BMof3 - glad that gel worked out.

x - sorry to hear of the sad fate of the cookie. how horrible indeed. (don't worry i'm a cheap date too!)


there was enough snow on the ground to do donuts and figure 8s in the parking lot with the quad. i came in work to my boss laughing at me and everyone else that came in saying "gee, i wonder who could've done that". http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/tsmileys2/21.gif this is the time of year that BF and i fight over who gets to take the quad to work.

[Kitsune06]

I'm falling asleep, too.

gonna go put on my jammies (wooly socks, long underwear, sweats, turtleneck, sweater, fuzzy hat )
ARGH just like DGF. Long knee socks, flannel pants, t-shirt, sweatshirt, two comforters (one down, one just fill) and flannel sheets. I wear minimals and she complains *I* am "too warm to sleep near" ... um... :eek:



I have to say, it must have been the 1/2 glass of wine that caused the cookie mishap. Normally, you couldn't pry one out of my grip. (I actually am that cheap... **shakes head in disgust**)

Well, hot tubs greatly increase the effects of alcohol consumption... so you're not *that* cheap...
(I say this to make myself feel better... cheap, cheap date here...):p

[margo49]

*I* am "too warm to sleep near" ... um... :eek:




More proof that Kitsune has fallen thru a hole in the fabric of the space/time continuum.
Think of the physics - the heat generated by the friction of a "mass" falling thru such a stellar phenomenon . Then multiply by the Kitsune factor (named after guess who?) squared (because it is not just a "mass" but no less than Kitsune *herself*)
I rest my case...

[Trek420]

Kitsune06 picturing you Groucho Marx-like with the see-gar "well if you'd take off the Long knee socks, flannel pants, t-shirt, sweatshirt, two comforters (one down, one just fill) and flannel sheets...."

We normaly don't get calls from employees here but my friend J called, got another rep, told her to say hi to me so V messaged me that J was on the line

J & I worked together in collections when I first came to the company then she followed me here (we joked about her being "my puppy" following me around to different departments)

she is the most amazing funny witty wise gal!! you would love her. She is a hoot.

then she left and worked for CTAP

and we lost track of each other....

then she came back to SBC but I did not kinow she was back so we still lost track ....

My first Bike Against the Odds was in a co. newsletter so that was 3 years ago...

and I'm just sitting at work and up pops an e-mail from the long lost Jeri!!!!

only it was bad news.

I found out that she then had stage 4 breast cancer
so here I was at work kinda bawling my eyes out for my friend....

that was i think years ago .

we got together for lunch then, she looked great (just no hair) and she said not to be sad for her, she'd had a good life, great kids, and a great GF if she wins this fight that's gravy and if not don't be sad for her....

I've done more rides since then I never forgot about her

but J never returns e-mail, she never writes she's always been bad about that so I literaly did not know if she's alive ... or not....I send e-mails to her she doesn't respond that's just her.

till today!! she called, sounded good, we didn't talk about how she is I'll try to call, just know that she's alive...

[mimitabby]

Sad story, Trek. I am glad she resurfaced though. we went through the same thing when my stepfather's sister wrote from Poland that she had incurable cancer. We all rememberd her from her recent visit, so much alive, witty, rosy cheeked... Then this letter comes and we all know she's never coming back here. It's very very hard.

hey, here in Seattle we have some NASTY weather. Lots of clouds, sharp winds... the summer feeling is Gone gone gone. Is it going to rain?

[chickwhorips]

trek glad to hear she came back to let you know how things were going.
i have (had) a friend that i've kept in contact with that is (was) a quadripeligic that i haven't heard from in almost a year. :( i hope everything is ok, but i'm kind of assuming the worse.

[Trek420]

mimitabby & cwr, what is good is having heard from her now I'm trying to put her together with some others of "that old gang of mine".

J and her GF broke up also so sure she could use some cheering up or some such.

here in the Bay we have gorgeous weather but where's the daylight??? :confused:

[Brina]

kit, congrats on the job - I know I am a few pages late, but as usual I am behind on TD.

Lise, j is just sounding more and more awesome - that Paris idea of his - wow - and the way he handled your saying not during that week.

Weather here in Chicago is awful - rainy and cold. I would rather the temp just drop another 10 degrees and then it could snow. I was playing paddle tennis this afternoon and it was miserable. I was wet inside my rain gear from sweating so much and outside my raingear from the rain.

BMo3 - glad to hear you have found the right bra. i just got the cw-x firm support and wow, I hear you on the shoulder dislocation problem. But these 36Ds need the support.

[Bikingmomof3]

BMo3 - glad to hear you have found the right bra. i just got the cw-x firm support and wow, I hear you on the shoulder dislocation problem. But these 36Ds need the support.

I am glad you did as well. :)

[Lise]

Brina's right about the weather. Yesterday I was lucky to catch some dry weather for riding to and from work.

Yep, J. is something else. He's an IT project manager, not rich, but hey, if the man has a way to go to Paris, let's go! :D So looking forward to seeing him tomorrow.

So tired. Usually I'll throw some clothes in the laundry and go take a nap on a Thursday, but washer and dryer were both out of commission, so I went to the laundromat. It's efficient, but I have to stay awake the whole time! What's up with that?!? Dishwasher also on the fritz. Argh. Minor problems. Going to bed now. Sleep tight, TD!

[snapdragen]

Just got back from shopping for goodies for this Saturday's Bike Academy Grad Ride. I know I am missing something, here's what I bought for the SAG stops

Water
Mini Bagels and Peanut butter
Circus Animal Cookies
Trail Mix
Hot Cocoa mix

I still need to get Bananas and probably some oranges.

Anything else?

[Xrayted]

Trek - glad to hear you found your friend again. She's still here and that says a lot after going through stage 4 breast CA. Hope she is well and will continue to be so for a long time.
Kitsune - and what's the matter with her wanting to be warm? I get cold easy too and dress the same way in the winter. Besides, it's like getting to the center of a Tootsie Roll Tootsie Pop. The thicker the layering, the more time you have to enjoy getting to the chewy center. :D
Knotted - tried the child's pose tonight after work. Very nice. Stretched out some muscles that I didn't realize I still had. Really stretched me out from ** goes digging in the brain archives** the trapezius, through the lats and into the erectors. Got a yank on the glutes too. Put a twist on it and caught the external obliques deeper in. Course, my knees have stopped functioning now. (Don't think the left one will ever totally straighten out again. :o) It was a little rough on the ankle too. It doesn't like to plantar flex much. Or dorsiflex past 90 for that matter. I already do the other move and it's very relaxing. Any other ones I can use on the lower thoracic and lumbar region with less trauma to my ankle?
mimi - hope you get some sleep. Honestly tho, even with a full 8 hours, meetings just get me bobbing and weaving. And forget it if they turn down the lights for a Power Point presentation. Gone, sister, gone.
Nanci - please explain musking. :confused: I think I have a clue but I don't want to misinterpret.
BMo3 - so glad you're still getting out for your runs since it's so cold these days. I'm a weather weenie and have been on the trainer for a week now. Not nearly as interesting but better than a gym. Get to surf TE while riding. Yea!
Lise - any new canoodling reports? I'm having a dry spell and need to know someone is kissing somebody somewhere. :D

Thanks everybody for the cookie retrieval support. :D I was just glad I got it out before it disintegrated and got sucked into the filter system. Instead of riding this morning, I would have had to check filters and probably shock the tub. I'm almost obsessive about I the water being clean. I bought a tub with filters that work so well, you can drink the water it's that pure. (The first tub's filters were junk.) I don't like to get in for at least 24 hours after a shock so there would have been no tub tonight. And I need it again tonight. :( (Right hip painful after a bit of a fall today. I didn't fall, someone fell ON me. Long story.)

[Nanci]

Musking is when the snake squirts smelly stuff on you. It's not poop, but it smells very bad. Milky yellow-white liquid. It's a defense mechanism.

Last night, Choco ate his first Fuzzy. Addy is shedding. I had Maizey out, and we're watching Wild Boyz Season Three. They do a lot of eating gross things and then vomiting on that show. So Maize is winding around in my hair, around my neck, and I'm massaging her belly- just to see if I felt eggs in there or anything, and suddenly I feel a drop on my wrist, and smell something bad. I lift her away from me, and discover she has totally sh*t on my hair, neck, shoulder, and it REALLY smells. I run to her viv and put her back in, gagging like Steve O and Chris, and tear off my shirt- poop flings onto the kitchen floor, and run to the back door and fling the poop shirt out the door, and run to the bathroom and stick my hair, etc. under the faucet...Ewww!!!

And I got my October SS packaage when I got home, that was cool!! I still have to send out October- I was off to such an on-time start, till I remembered I forgot about stationary, and then we were in the financial crisis...But I'm finally semi-caught up today.

I'm afraid that snake I want to buy on line will get sold at a reptile show November 11th. I could probably scrape up enough to get her now, but not enough for her furnishings. Maybe that's a sign. But it's my birthday in three weeks!

IM Florida next weekend, a 200k on the west coast (of Florida) the next, the Horrible Hundred Century the next, Thanksgiving the next...

Snap- something salty- pretzels?

[Trek420]

Snap ~ I like the mini boxes of raisins.

[Brina]

nanci, eeeeeewwwwwwwwww


i got my SS gift yesterday. It is so cool - the chick (UK Elephant) does her homework - she searched me out and discovered that I post on this thread a lot and geared her gifts towards topics in TD. how cool is that?????

I was able to pop over to a cool stationary store while my youngest was in ballet class yesterday. The socks arrived earlier this week. Now i just have to assemble my SS package and get it in the mail.

[crazycanuck]

BMO3....Ohio not Iowa...Ooops...:D

I now have a map of the US saved so I can remember where you ladies are..

Nanci-ick is right!!!

Unsettling news from work. One of my co-workers has been off sick for 3 months or so now with an inner ear infection. (That's what the dr's said) She couldn't sit up or stay awake for long but recently seemed to be getting better. However someone in her family noticed her neck was starting to swell. Finally went to the dr today and a family member told me she has another lump in her neck and is having a round of tests next week. The young lady had a tumor removed 2yrs ago. She's 23...:mad: I sure hope she'll be ok..I;ll keep you updated.



Anywho...snow or 30c...snow or 30c...I want some snow...

c

[mimitabby]

HOw crazy is life? DH & I are very close. After almost 30 years you either have to hate each other or be best best friends. We chose the best friends route.
For 2 years I've wanted to take a trip to visit some cousins in Southern Italy, but i wanted to go during a particular festival. This little town they live in is not the most organized, shall we say? Recent updates to their website include advertisements for stuff that already happened... in August.. Well, anyway, I know they have their chestnut festival SOMETIME in November, but i don't know when, so I didn't book my flight until i knew. Meanwhile, my DH booked HIS trip to AZ to hang out with a buddy who just moved there. I don't care for the wife, so I was never included in the plans. But he booked HIS flight before I booked mine. So when I found out what the date was... it was too late. He just left for Arizona. I just kissed him goodbye and drove to work with tears in my eyes. I leave for Italy next week. Fun, scary, dramatic.
here's the strangest part:
on wednesday, i have to pick him up at the airport. Then he drops me off.
THAT is going to be a wrenching experience.

and yes, my secret sister is definitely getting something from Italy.

[mimitabby]

xrayted, i really loved your chicken dinner story. especially the doggie bag part.

Nanci, you have to potty train those snakes. Any self-respecting CAT would have held it until they could get to the closest cat litter pan or flower pot!

Crazicanuck, stories like the one about your coworker are part of what makes me so aware of the fragility and temporariness of life. Live every moment to the fullest. Do not take your loved ones for granted. and that includes your bicycles!

[chickwhorips]

nanci i think we should invent some kind of snake diaper. i had the exact same thing happen with me and fido. i think i made more of a mess flinging off clothes than she orriginally made on me. :eek:

[mimitabby]

that stuff must really stink!:p

[snapdragen]

Why am I surprized to find out snakes poop?

[mimitabby]

Why am I surprized to find out snakes poop?

that's a good question. Why does this surprise you?

[Kitsune06]

Kitsune - and what's the matter with her wanting to be warm? I get cold easy too and dress the same way in the winter. Besides, it's like getting to the center of a Tootsie Roll Tootsie Pop. The thicker the layering, the more time you have to enjoy getting to the chewy center. :D


But I want the chewy center NOW! :o I burn calories like a furnace at night- give me a glass or two of wine before bed and hold a hand 3" away from me and you can *feel* the heat. With a heater like that, I don't understand the need for all the clothes, is all. :D

totally wore myself out Wednesday plotting out my commute course (and getting lost- a lot) then much forehead smiting the next day when I looked at a map and found I could cut about 10 minutes off that...

Mom 'n Dad might be helping me with safety gear etc so I don't freeze or get killed. That's a plus. :D Got my hair cut so I could put it in cute little pixieish spikes or ruffle it a little after taking the helmet off, so that'll make life easier, too.

The story after getting lost- I show up at my new place of work (after negotiating crossing 217 at Scholls Fry, and being lost for an hour and a half in the Murray Hills) clean up in the bathroom (after some young guy sputtered when I told him where I'd just come from) put on rain jacket (to hold in some of the sweat smell... no baby wipes yet...) I go upstairs to give my new manager the money for my fingerprinting, and she says "oh! You biked in! You didn't have to! How was it? How far? Think you can do that every day?" She and the receptionist were asking me lots of questions, then the secretary looks at me, and says very quietly "I am *so* proud of you."
It kind of knocked me back a little. I'm used to you ladies going 10-15 miles a day on your commutes and hearing that, and this lady was so surprised I'd bike anywhere more than 2-3 miles from my house to go to work. I thanked her, but wondered if my response was really adequate.
I bonked hard coming home- it'd been about 4 hours on my bike (between being as lost as I was and the hills) and swore someday I'd get a road bike that weighed less than 28#. Came home and about passed out... but the ride home was much easier than the ride there (way easier to figure out where I was going...)
How I can manage to make a 9 mile ride take an hour and a half, I don't know. :eek: Well, hopefully I can speed that up. :rolleyes:

so... that was my weekend.

[mimitabby]

But I want the chewy center NOW! :o I burn calories like a furnace at night- give me a glass or two of wine before bed and hold a hand 3" away from me and you can *feel* the heat. With a heater like that, I don't understand the need for all the clothes, is all. :D

totally wore myself out Wednesday plotting out my commute course (and getting lost- a lot) then much forehead smiting the next day when I looked at a map and found I could cut about 10 minutes off that...

Mom 'n Dad might be helping me with safety gear etc so I don't freeze or get killed. That's a plus. :D Got my hair cut so I could put it in cute little pixieish spikes or ruffle it a little after taking the helmet off, so that'll make life easier, too.

The story after getting lost- I show up at my new place of work (after negotiating crossing 217 at Scholls Fry, and being lost for an hour and a half in the Murray Hills) clean up in the bathroom (after some young guy sputtered when I told him where I'd just come from) put on rain jacket (to hold in some of the sweat smell... no baby wipes yet...) I go upstairs to give my new manager the money for my fingerprinting, and she says "oh! You biked in! You didn't have to! How was it? How far? Think you can do that every day?" She and the receptionist were asking me lots of questions, then the secretary looks at me, and says very quietly "I am *so* proud of you."
It kind of knocked me back a little. I'm used to you ladies going 10-15 miles a day on your commutes and hearing that, and this lady was so surprised I'd bike anywhere more than 2-3 miles from my house to go to work. I thanked her, but wondered if my response was really adequate.
I bonked hard coming home- it'd been about 4 hours on my bike (between being as lost as I was and the hills) and swore someday I'd get a road bike that weighed less than 28#. Came home and about passed out... but the ride home was much easier than the ride there (way easier to figure out where I was going...)
How I can manage to make a 9 mile ride take an hour and a half, I don't know. :eek: Well, hopefully I can speed that up. :rolleyes:

so... that was my weekend.


what do you mean, that was your weekend? You haven't had saturday or sunday yet!! next time take some food with you so you don't bonk.
I am sure you can cut your commute time way way down. Did you see that thread, how much does your road bike weigh? Mine weighs 26 pounds. so it's mental! (your problem) you don't need a 16 lb bike to have a pleasant 9 mile commute. Once you figure out how to get there and stuff, it should be a lot quicker. It was 9 miles to the opera the other day and we did it in about 40 minutes. You have any hills?

[snapdragen]

that's a good question. Why does this surprise you?

I have no idea why! Like the book title says "Everybody Poops".:D

Nanci - is snake poop stinkier than dog poop?


hmmmm, maybe I should take this elsewhere, start The Poop Thread......

[Kitsune06]

what do you mean, that was your weekend? You haven't had saturday or sunday yet!! next time take some food with you so you don't bonk.
I am sure you can cut your commute time way way down. Did you see that thread, how much does your road bike weigh? Mine weighs 26 pounds. so it's mental! (your problem) you don't need a 16 lb bike to have a pleasant 9 mile commute. Once you figure out how to get there and stuff, it should be a lot quicker. It was 9 miles to the opera the other day and we did it in about 40 minutes. You have any hills?

My "weekend" is on Wednesday and Thursday. The entire route is mostly gentle rollers, some higher than others, but I have no real idea as to the grade. I had hammer gel 3x (1x per hour) and refilled my water bottle when I got there, but still felt like dying. The area where I was lost for maybe an hour and a half was very, very steep, to where it made more sense to stand and pedal or I was spinning like a madwoman. I actually got off and walked a little bit to loosen my legs again. None of that is anywhere near my actual commute path, though. People underestimate my magical ability to get lost. :D

I always go slow while warming up... sadly, though, warming up takes me a while. I'm getting better, though.

I'm thinking about OJ and oatmeal in the morning before I get on the bike, then bagels, cream cheese and coffee when I get there, and a gel if I need it on the way. (I have hammer gel in the flask, and love that stuff) It'll be a learning experience, I'm sure.

[mimitabby]

Believe me, you do not have a corner on the market of getting lost.
we could probably have a huge thread just on how lost we have become.
I always love it when my husband goes off on a new road that suddenly goes down a STEEP HILL.... (i'm following or on the tandem) next thing i know, we are far far down to the bottom.... and it's a DEAD END.
what to do? sit and cry? or Ride back up that MUTHER of a hill.

[Fredwina]

Kitsune06,
I've found that you can't "unbonk" yourself. There's an old axiom in cycling that you should eat, drink, and shift before you need to. Index shifting has made last one sorta obsolete, but I find the other two still apply Eating always been a problem for me, espically now that I'm extra-fluffy :p
weekends. I have either three or two days ones, This will be a two day affair :( Now what to for the ride Saturday. I can do the club to San Dimas canyon (and see if anything is afoot at the Circle K) or see if my "falling off the bike curse while in Orange County" is still in force. The Orange County are having the Fall metric from Redlands to Oak Glen. It's In San Bernardino and Riverside counties, which is good. The bad: lots o' climbing, and it fairly close (less than 10 miles at times) from the Espranza fire :( decisions, decisions

[Trek420]

random thought....anyone seen Bikerz in a while?

[chickwhorips]

if you could unbonk yourself that would be so great!

[Fredwina]

if you could unbonk yourself that would be so great!Geez, should have double checked that one. It take a while to unbonk. basically you have to give you body time to ingest some food and turn in to fuel. It's a bit more techincal than that, but that's you get for nutritional advice from some one with half an MBA (I could either go to school or eat) My mom, The Home Ec/ Science teacher/ Senior Center Adm could do better.....

[chickwhorips]

but if you could unbonk in a few minutes that would be really nice!

[Kitsune06]

No kidding- unbonking. I try not to get to that point, though. I dunno that I've 'bonked' for sure, but this was the first time I've felt that "I have to keep moving or I might tip over" kind of determination, where just taking a breather and sitting down somewhere didn't even occurr to me... every ten feet even seemed like a serious effort. I came home and I was just physically shaking. Ugh. Do *Not* want to do that again...

[KnottedYet]

Plain ol' nervousness will also make me bonk! I've taken to carrying Clif Bloks with me all the time just in case. They actually "unbonk" me pretty fast. (I've had blood glucose down around 40, which is not a happy place for me.)

Luuuuuuuuuv my Cran Razz Clif Bloks.:D

[Kitsune06]

Is it possible to get to a point where all you're doing the next day is eating? Last night, DGF looked on in abject horror as I inhaled half a pizza in front of her... then got home and started rifling through the cabinets because I was still hungry. :P I'm still feeling that way today. I think I'm going to hunt down more food...

[winddance]

random thought....anyone seen Bikerz in a while?

No!! I haven't heard from her in ages. I was just about to send a pm.

[KnottedYet]

Dinner....

I set up my crock pot before work today to make beef, potato, and garlic stew. (in my world, garlic is a vegetable)

The smell when I walked in the door was marvellous!

The beef is falling apart, the broth is yummy. I'll eat some stew in a couple hours, when I'm REALLY hungry. Until then it can cook with the spices and extra garlic I added.

I hardly ever eat red meat (SKnot doesn't like it) but I was craving it when our weather changed. Windy chilly rainy fall!

[Bikingmomof3]

I too made beef stew in my crockpot. Mine is more vegetables than beef.

Bra #2 (well actually the 4th, but I returned the first two) arrived from TE and is a winner! This one is CW-X Sport, which does not make me almost dislocate my shoulder like the support version did. :) Thanks Knot for your old bra. I compared the two and amazingly your old bra was not as stretched out as I thought it would be. It is great to know this one will last for a long time. :)

Now I am fully supported. :D

I have been feeling sorry for myself, which is why I have been unusally quiet. Oh chocolate will help.

I hope everyone is having a nice evening.

[KnottedYet]

(((((((BMo3)))))))

[Trek420]

Bikingmomof3

"Now I am fully supported. :D"

we of TE TD fully support you! well not in that way...but you know.

[crazycanuck]

BMO3-Just think, in a week or so you'll have some tim tams so don't feel down...:D

I had a nice surprise when I went to the post office..My mom express posted a birthday card to me!!! :D

My ss package arrived today too!!! :)



URGH...It's 32c at 11am..Hopefully it'll be a bit cooler this afternoon to do some mtn biking...

c

[DebW]

Is it possible to get to a point where all you're doing the next day is eating? Last night, DGF looked on in abject horror as I inhaled half a pizza in front of her... then got home and started rifling through the cabinets because I was still hungry. :P I'm still feeling that way today. I think I'm going to hunt down more food...

One long day of exercise never increases my appetite or metabolism, but a week or two sure does. It can take the body a little while to up the metabolism to match the activity, but when it does, watch out! Then you spend the whole day thinking about food, eat a whole meal and want another one in 2 hours, and wake up in the night thinking about food. You feel like an obsessed maniac. After a 2 week hike, I've made people scared. One friend was going to meet me after a hike, and seriously considered just opening the car window and throwing out the food.

[KnottedYet]

Foooooood!

My beef stew is really really good! I'm snarfing it! Just the right amount of cayenne and paprika and rosemary and bayleaf. I might've thrown something else in there, too, but I don't remember it at the moment.

Might have to snarf another bowl.

thank goodness the only witness to my utter lack of table manners (temporary condition, mind you) is the dog. And he has similar manners all the time, so no judgement from him.:D

His dinner was kibble, and I think he feels hard done by. He's lying at my feet, and only deigns to look at me when I make a really loud slurrurup noise.

[Kitsune06]

Ok, Deb, I'm hearin' ya. I'm so hungry I'm pacing, trying to think of something really big and dense and cheap that I can get from the snack machines to fill me up. DGF has learned not to answer the question "Are you going to eat that?"

Mmmmm beef stew... *drooool* Makes me remember Mom's with venison cooked until it just fell off the bone, lots of potatoes and carrots... *drool*

[KnottedYet]

"big and dense and cheap" (I was gonna comment, but I'll restrain myself. just this once. cuz my mind is in the gutter. and I am uhh trying to be polite. but laughing to myself anyway. cuz I was gonna say something pretty funny. really. don't go look at the Humor thread, cuz I deleted my really bad post)

Got my second bowl of stew...

[Xrayted]

*yawn* Feeling very content tonight before bed. Full of chinese from a very talented friend's restaurant. Comfy in my jammies on the couch and under my blankie. Got the house to myself. Mozart playing on the laptop. Glass of Ocean Spray CranCherry nearby. (my favorite juice - aaaaaah.) Alas, it's time to brush, floss and get some shuteye. Gotta metric in the morning in DE. Life is good at the moment. (Rule of moments: They can be as long or as short as you choose them to be.)

Sweet dreams TD'ers. :)

[KnottedYet]

I'm there, too, X. Quite content at the moment.

good night, y'all. ddd

[salsabike]

After I wore this stupid boring black walking boot for a week, I knew it needed decoration. I bought a GeMagic machine for a friend's nine year old daughter and said, "Would you please do a tasteful design in gems on this boot?" A great improvement, don't you think? It made both our days (not sure what this says about me, but who cares?).

1933

[Nanci]

It's very pretty!

I'm at work today- OT :-) I also am taking someone's day after Thanksgiving for double time and $50 cash, and the Saturday after Thanksgiving (ew, 1-11 PM) for OT and $50 cash. Maybe I will recover from the septic tank yet...

I love it how people pay you to work for them- that's great.

I think I am going to try to feed Addy tonight. I am so nervous- I have grown very attached to her. She has the funniest personality.

Snap- I would compare the stink of snake poop to cat semi-diarrhea. It's very, very smelly.

[Pax]

Last night my brother and I had a party for our folks, it was their 50th wedding anniversary and it was WONDERFUL!! Before the evening got going my mom asked me how I felt about her passing on her wedding ring (that she can't wear anymore...arthritis) to my 23 year old niece (and only grandchild), I told her I thought it was a beautiful thing to do and she has my full support. Anyhoo, fantastic night with lots of stories, tears, jokes, and laughter. I am blessed.

My parents:
http://QB.smugmug.com/photos/50299934-M.jpg

[mimitabby]

Salsa, i love what you had done to your boot! I have a girlfriend who is also languishing in one of those. I will have to tell her about that.

Happy Anniversary to your parents, Queen! I like what you are doing with the ring. Unselfishness goes a long long way.
My parents haven't shared the same room since 1960...

Nanci, cat diarrhea in my hair would be pretty bad. So snake stools are loose?

x, your evening sounds wonderful

knot you riding today?
I have to go shopping for my trip. I need inexpensive gifts for Italian cousins.
I'm going to get every girl cousin a colorful silicon spatula.


Nothing like being the only one in the city awake before 5am. Oh, that is, me and the thieves who break into cars...

[Brina]

Queen, my congrats to your parents - an awesome accomplishment under any circumstances, but you can tell by the look in their eyes that they are still and truely in love.

I think it is wonderful that your mom is handing the ring to your niece - and that you are in support of it. I hate when people start squabbling over their parents possessions.

[KnottedYet]

Salsa - love the boot!
Queen - congrats to your parents. Very cool. They look like fun folks.
Mimi - yup, I'm gonna try to ride, depending on weather. Wanna meet me somewhere?

I'm feeling a little lonely this morning, so even though I have a ton of housework that needs to be done, I'll probably go out. Library if it's raining, riding if it's not.

Title 9 is having their warehouse sale here in Seattle. I'd go, but I have no money. I really need some work pants that won't fall off my hips!

[mimitabby]

ah, Knot, i'd love to ride with you but i promised a friend i'd meet her at Seward Park and walk with her at 830!!. (So instead i will RIDE to Seward Park to meet her, so at least i get a little riding in)
i guess i'd better get dressed.!!

[Trek420]

Queen, Congrats to your parents and many many more. They sound and look like great folks but of course the apple does not fall far from the tree. :rolleyes:

These were too big to upload so...pictures of my Mom and Dad at their 60th!

http://rudinow.net/pictures/pictures.htm

Mom's on her 2nd wedding band. Her plain gold band wore through. She had family friend Oppi Untracht melt it down and design a new one...now that's wearing out.

[Nanci]

X- You'll appreciate this. How (and why) am I supposed to do standing TL spine films on a woman in a vegetative state??? And, what do they expect to see in an abdomen film, where the doctor is injecting water into a fistula? (That guy came down yesterday, said he had an IV contrast allergy and would stop breathing- so we had him reschedule till Monday when he can be premedicated. Not like our contrast is going to get into his circulatory system, but you never know what the fistula is connecting to...Errrrr....

[Pax]

Queen, Congrats to your parents and many many more. They sound and look like great folks but of course the apple does not fall far from the tree. :rolleyes:

These were too big to upload so...pictures of my Mom and Dad at their 60th!

http://rudinow.net/pictures/pictures.htm

Mom's on her 2nd wedding band. Her plain gold band wore through. She had family friend Oppi Untracht melt it down and design a new one...now that's wearing out.

Very cool pics!!

BTW - I have my grandmothers old gold band and it's worn so thin it's almost razor sharp on the edges. :eek: I tried wearing it for a while but kept cutting myself. :p

[KnottedYet]

Trek - very nice pictures. You look like your mom, especially around the eyes/nose/cheekbones. I love the pictures of your mom in the garden, and your dad eating!

[Xrayted]

X- You'll appreciate this. How (and why) am I supposed to do standing TL spine films on a woman in a vegetative state??? And, what do they expect to see in an abdomen film, where the doctor is injecting water into a fistula? (That guy came down yesterday, said he had an IV contrast allergy and would stop breathing- so we had him reschedule till Monday when he can be premedicated. Not like our contrast is going to get into his circulatory system, but you never know what the fistula is connecting to...Errrrr....


Er, um, wha? I understand your frustration. Well on the first one, I guess you could always duct tape her to the fluoro table and stand it up. (put the tape on her, not the gown or whoops... there she goes! :D ) To play it safe, you could put a bike helmet on her first in case she falls off her "ride". Better keep the crash cart handy... for both of you. :eek:

On the second, geez. What really gets me is, you can tell them it's a worthless test due to the circumstances, and they'll still want it. Get out the physics books and tutor them on atomic number properties in x-ray.
Anyway, have they US'd him at all to get a prelim idea where or how deep it goes? We sometimes do this under fluoro guidance to "map" what we can until they can get premedicated and do it up right. (gets the doc off our butts for a day or two) It's easier in an Angio suite setup.
Or if all else fails, pull on some gloves and just go spelunking in there, girl. ("Mmmm.... the cream filled kind!" - Timone from The Lion King) Oh! Ew!

Good luck! I wish I could find a way to cheer you up! hehe.

[Kitsune06]

Everyone's posting pics of their parents... so I thought I'd follow suit-
Ma 'n Pa Schafer, 25th anniversary. :)
http://pics.livejournal.com/arynsylverfox/pic/0000ga46

Daddy's Girl- the next weekend hunting and reminiscing over Jack Daniels and cigars
http://pics.livejournal.com/arynsylverfox/pic/0000hwpy/

[Xrayted]

Great pic Queen! Aren't your parents just the cutest? Very nice on the ring.

Trek - wow, big family. Reminds me of mine except they aren't trying to pick a fight during the get together. (I really think my one brother needs medicated, seriously.)

I wish I had some to post but my Dad passed on a few months before I graduated HS. Mom's got all the family pics and won't let them out of her grasp long enough for me to scan them. So, I bought her a nice fire-proof safe to store them in instead. I'd take a pic of my Mom and post it but she'd never talk to me again. Or feed me! That would be too much of a sacrifice, even for you fine ladies. ;)

[Trek420]

Xrayted "Trek - wow, big family. Reminds me of mine except they aren't trying to pick a fight during the get together."

not really just 3 of us kids. If you look at the "pyramid" in the group shot on the right hand side at the top, going downward are the three of us kids, Duck on Wheels, me, then my bro. Duck on Wheels you can see has a blue vest on. UK Eliphant was not there I think? But we do get along.

The gal on the lower right hand side perched on the stairway arm of the rail as if she'd slid down to that pose is my amazing cousin Dina.

She is pushing 80 now or may have passed that goal.

Duck on Wheels has introduced her to the board so she may be lurking. She rides :D Hi Dina!

The photographer of the shot (used a remote) is my cousin he's in the dark jacket light blue pants to my Moms left. He and his fiance (to his left, blue skirt) do double centuries and crazy stuff like that.

I'm trying to recruit them to the board and then I think I'll have the record. Do I get a toaster if I do?

[Pax]

...
I'm trying to recruit them to the board and then I think I'll have the record. Do I get a toaster if I do?

Wrong board. :D

[Trek420]

oh yeah, oops. :o that's like trying to talk on some other board about finding a costume I can bike to work in and what foods can I bring to the potluck that will survive a ride?

[Lise]

Wonderful pictures, you guys! Thanks! :D Trek, I don't know why I thought your sister, the Duck, would look Norwegian. Sheesh. I'm a doof. :rolleyes: My sister lived in Israel for years, and came to a prenatal class I was teaching when she was home for a visit one time. After class, one of the dads complimented her on how well she spoke English. ...:confused: ... Finally my sister said, "well, I grew up here. With Lise." This guy had constructed this entire story in his head about how our parents divorced when we were young, and Emily got taken to Israel... I guess my teaching about labor wasn't too riveting that evening , eh?

At the hosp now. Two tough labors going on. Stayed up waaaay too late with J. last night, but I figure the endorphins will compensate for lack of sleep. I hope. That + caffeine. Am happy. Yea!

Note to self: Not that you were ever going to get a snake, but this snake poop story has pushed it into never NEVER going to get a snake! :eek:

Nanci and X, love the duct tape idea. You're right. Have to duct tape the patient herself. Good grief.

[Lise]

I'm trying to recruit them to the board and then I think I'll have the record. Do I get a toaster if I do?Yeah, wrong board, and haven't they upgraded that incentive to microwave? But I have one (a microwave, that is, not to mention a boyfriend) anyways!

[chickwhorips]

cute pictures of the parents.

salsa if i have to wear those funky boots on my feet after foot surgery can i send them down to you first to have them customized?

[Fredwina]

Before the evening got going my mom asked me how I felt about her passing on her wedding ring (that she can't wear anymore...arthritis) to my 23 year old niece (and only grandchild)
I've got a similar story. I have my dad's engagement ring, which I put on a necklace.
and now, actual cycling info! (on, no( scroll down quickly!)
I went to the club ride, no else showed,so I scooted over to a shop ride. rode with them for 15 miles. then split off , did some climbing(with Santa Ana headwinds to boot), and got a metric in! without playing crash test dummy :) :) :) got to try some hammer goodies (yes, I'm becoming a hammer junkie) and it felt really good (aside from the uphill into 30 mph wind part!). Alas, I did not go by San Dimas, so I cannot report if strange things were afoot at the Circle K :rolleyes: Things looked normal at the Upland one.

[chickwhorips]

good job!

[Nanci]

Addy didn't eat her toad-scented mouse. The toad was scared by this procedure, though he eventually figured out he wouldn't be harmed. That's ok- I still have a few tricks up my sleeve. I am not hopeful, though.

If somehow I can acquire that snake I want, though, the birthday snake, I woud name her Inez.

TD has 80,something views. We are about to overtake Getting to Know You!

I have nothing cycling to report, except it's a week till IM Florida!!

I saw a funny thing in the yard. A hawk was chasing a squirrel. The squirrel ran up a big tree, in a group of trees, and around the trunk. The hawk tried, and missed. He flew off across the grassy yard to another small tree in the middle of a blackberry patch. The squirrel immediately came down from the tree and headed off toward the blackberry patch. I'm thinking, doen't he know the hawk is there? Why doesn't he stay where he's safe?? The squirrel goes all the way across the bare grass to the blackberry patch, to the tree, and runs up the tree! Was he trying to get the hawk???

[Kitsune06]

Squirrels are suicidal, I swear. From running back and forth in the middle of a road in front of cars to dinking around under hawks to crawling up into attic crawlspaces to die...
Gruh. Too few people are genuinely interested in squirrel hunting.

[Bikingmomof3]

Salsa- I love the beadwork on your boot. You may have started a new trend. :)

Queen- The picture of your parents is adorable. I am glad the party went so well. Your family sounds very loving.

Knot-I wish I could have gone with you to the Title Nine warehouse sale. Did you end up going? Did you ride or choose the library due to rain?

Trek-Great family photos, thanks for sharing them. :)

Kit-your parents look so happy! It is lovely to see "normal" families.

Lise-a late night with J? You can do much better than that. ;) I do so hope the two difficult labours have progressed further along now.

Frewina-Sweet ride. However, I do so count on you letting me know if there are any strange things afoot at the Circle K. :D

Nanci-Oh No, Addy would not eat? :( Now what? I do not understand enough about snakes, yet. I am learning through you.
I think it is so cool that you will be doing the IM Florida.

I am about to have a cup of hot tea with raspberry crepes, curl up with a book and drift off to sleep. Although the book my be too good and keep me awake.

[Kitsune06]

*giggle* glad you think my family's "normal"- they fooled yet another person. muahaha! :D

[Bikingmomof3]

*giggle* glad you think my family's "normal"- they fooled yet another person. muahaha! :D

Note I did not even put a photo of the nut cases, I mean my parents, on here.

[Kitsune06]

Note I did not even put a photo of the nut cases, I mean my parents, on here.

Note, I didn't post the "Gomez and Morticia" picture... :D The apple doesn't fall far from the tree... if you think I'm weird... :D

[crazycanuck]

Who is Harold Ford and why is he concerned about Australia??? Errmm yeah...BUT..at least the USDA has revoked the ban on vegemite...:D

I'm a bit confused, what exactly are you folks in the US voting for in November??? I figured out yesterday that it's not the presidential elections...

Anywho...Ian has a cute squirrel story from when he first landed in Vancouver all those years ago. Long story short, the squirrel stole his hamburger patty but left the bun..

We went out to do some laps on the 12hr track and was frightened by the magpies...reminds me of Hitchcock's The Birds..

A baby tiger snake crossed paths with Ian..the only excitement for the day...

I'm not from a normal family, nor am I normal :D Ian & I aren't normal...we like it that way...

c

[mimitabby]

Crazycanuck,
UNFORTUNATELY it is not the presidential election. In my state we have a senate race (very important) where the GOP guy is telling everyone that he will act like a democrat when he is elected even though he's in Bush's pocket... I am hoping that not too many people are fooled by this.

Notice to all, my parents are not showing up here either. The last photo i have of them together (and the first one too) is of them both at my christening. (I am not in the photo, can you imagine, they put me to bed during my own christening party!) They are cute and young and happy. I always wonder what went wrong.. well, not that much. I can watch my mother today with DH #5 or 6..
What is a normal family?

Yesterday after I posted here, I jumped on my bike and in the fog rode 2.5 miles down the hill (and up too) to Seward Park, a beautiful old growth peninsula right off seattle. (technically, it's IN seattle) THere I met my friend who has gotten some really strange malady which she believes was caused by her being vegan for too many years. It's an autoimmune thing. She lost strength in her hands and has never gotten it back. SHe's gone from gorgeous to skinny. SHe's having expensive treatments done, I hope it helps.
We walked aroundthe park 2.5 miles in the cold fog. She was freezing. I was feeling great thanks to the bike ride down. Then I went back home and on to 1000 other silly chores.

This morning, it's raining. But it's so early thanks to the change in time that it might have stopped raining by the time it gets light out.

[Brina]

mimi - we have been following the election in your state rather closely. My bil is the Libertarian candidate for senate. After the recent debate he has gotten a lot of press as the only candidate with anything intelligent to say. He doesn't have a snowball's chance in hell of winning, but there are alternatives for your vote.

here in Illinois we have a lesser of two evils choice to make for governor. They are both corrupt.

i have a dog who likes to hunt squirrels. Not the cutie in the av, a mixed breed who we think is part sight hound. She hunts like a site hound - she will stand like a statue, just her eyes slowly moving, until prey gets close enough and then boom, she's off. We think she is about 12-14 years old now, not sure exactly, and she has lost a step, so hasn't caught anything in a while, but over the years she caught a number of squirels and one rabbit. once we were in a park and she was off leash and ran behind a clump of trees. Suddenly this old woman starts shouting, "stop, get off, get off". DH and I are amazed, cause Mamie doesn't really approach people, much less attack them. We go sprinting across the park to find out what is going on when Mamie comes running towards us with a squirrel in her mouth. She goes right to dh, drops the squirrel at his feet and sits down, looking up at him, waiting her praise. Apparently the woman was freaking out because our dog was attacking an oh so endangered squirrel.

[Xrayted]

It's not the squirrels I have issue with. They are content practicing their flying skills all day long, trying to get on the bird feeders. What determined little rodents they are. It's the groundhogs. Aaaaaaah! They come in and chew off all of the succulent stalks and then just let them lay. Wire cages around the plants don't help. They just climb them. I set traps now, the humane kind, and then give them a new home far away. I had one who really liked the gas grill. He would climb up in from below and lick everything. Ew! I couldn't figure out why the hoses were off and then I saw him. Powerwashed the grill and gave it away at a yardsale. Got a new one that's totally enclosed underneath. Thankfully, the groundhog's LDL should be lower by now and that's what matters. ;)

[mimitabby]

you had a groundhog that licked your barbeque grill?? that sounds like a scene out of Caddy shack!

[KnottedYet]

Good morning everyone!

I was a lump yesterday. The only time I left the house was to take the dog for a walk. I spent ALL DAY napping and snuggling on the couch and reading and playing on the computer and yakking on the phone. A complete and total Day Off.

Today I must do housework. I should also fill out my ballot so I can mail it on time.

Mimi- I didn't go to the Title 9 sale, and won't go today either. I can't be spending the money right now, though I'd really like to. My clothes just don't fit anymore...

Think I'll weed out my closet and drawers again today. I've already got quite a pile of "too big" clothes ready to go to the Retex donation box. Payday is Wednesday and I'll go buy a pair of pants then. Maybe a shirt. Maybe I'll order that Ibex Collo turtleneck...:D

[mimitabby]

KY mailed my ballot yesterday. there were so many little nitpicking detail things to vote on.
Brina, your bil is probably the best candidate. but like you said, his chance of even getting noticed...isn't too good.
KY help! seem to have hurt lower back. Did all my normal stretching exercises yesterday and nothing helped/hurt... b ut when i bend down to pick stuff up
off the floor OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOy!

DH just called from the start line of a 100 mile ride in Arizona. He ran into MTKitchen, one of the TE girls.

He was bragging about the sunny and 80 degrees. Well, so what! we have 48 degrees and grey wet stuff. his point is?

[KnottedYet]

Mimi - Where in your back does it hurt? If it's really bad, you need to go visit your doc.

Bend your knees when you go after something on the floor, keep your back as neutral as you can while it's grumpy.

Is it hurting low low low in your back, like between your hips and north of your tailbone? (sacro-iliac joint) If it's getting you there, I can tell you a couple really cool and very easy ways to try to calm that down.

[Trek420]

mimitabby "but when i bend down to pick stuff up
off the floor OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOy!"

then don't do that :cool: get DH to pick things up (when he gate back from AZ that is).

It is gorgeous outside, clear and going to be in the 70's. I love October here.

I will be going up to Sonoma to see Mom and Duck on Wheels. We'll have lunch with Mom, and we'll probably take a walk with DDog.:)

I hope the rest of the local TE gals are out there enjoying this perfect day for a ride.

KY I do similar stuff with the worn or shrunk outa clothes. A gal at work helps run a homeless shelter. I shamelessly abuse the compnay mail and ship clothes to her.

This will keep me from growing back into a size that fits them....right? Once the clothes are gone I can't gain weight back. Right? Also the clothes can't come back in style.

And the old towels I take to local ASPCA, they can use them on dog or cat beds...

[mimitabby]

i am thinking it IS sacroiliac!
what the heck did I do?

DH doesn't pick stuff up well. He doesn't see the floor.
hmph

[mimitabby]

KY, i am doing everything I usually do, i am not like laid up or anything. But i am ready to travel to another country and I DO NOT NEED this to get worse!
But coincidentally, i am going to the Dr about something else. AMA doctors usually just want to give you drugs for back pain, so I'd ask someone like you first ANYTIME.

[Xrayted]

you had a groundhog that licked your barbeque grill?? that sounds like a scene out of Caddy shack!

I tried to get a pic of him doing it, but he heard me opening the door and took off. He was way up in there too. I was sitting down on the couch reading and something caught my peripheral vision. I looked over to my right out the backdoor and just saw his bum hanging out the bottom! I deliberately picked a new grill that was groundhog proof. (I was soooo glad I hadn't grilled anything after putting the hoses back on.) For the new one, I extended the patio with some nice brick and pavers and put the new grill there. In the end, it was ok, I got a rotisserie in this one. :cool: The upper rack is great for corn on the cob too. Ah, I love picking summer corn and grilling it up.

Here's some recent backyard pics. Why in the world can't they chew on some of the other vegetation? I've got almost an acre of trees back there. Gnaw all ya want. The Buddha was used as a stepping stool for one who tried to climb over the plant cage. He's too old to have critters standing on his head. Maybe I should put a bike helmet on him?! :eek:

**Note to self: Get out there and rake that mess, woman!**

[Trek420]

mimitabby "DH doesn't pick stuff up well. He doesn't see the floor.
hmph"

you don't need to see the floor, it's always like....straight down :cool:

[mimitabby]

mimitabby "DH doesn't pick stuff up well. He doesn't see the floor.
hmph"

you don't need to see the floor, it's always like....straight down :cool:

ha. Tell him that. The floor is for him a catchall.
He's better about countertops... and he cooks. So I've always been in charge of the floor. NORMALLY, it helps me stay flexible.


what's wrong with that Buddha X??
he lost his brains, but he seems happy about it!

[Xrayted]

mimi - sorry about the back. My advice, do whatever Knotted tells ya. Oh, and eat plenty of chocolate.

Trek - hehehe - another true smartazz!