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[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Jane- I've only seen an ind.bunting once here in my life- beautiful!!!!! You are so lucky. I heard one sing once- a very pretty dainty song.

Zencentury- I would really wonder how many days those "hot dogs" had been on the rollers at the 7-11.....
Rollin', rollin', rollin',
Though the river's swollen,
Get them doggies rollin'...Rawhide!!! (insert whip crack sound here)

BMO3- I have indoor cactus too! I started growing them because my cats kept messing up and chewing my "regular" houseplants. I had a mental "plant frustration meltdown" a while back and tossed all my mangled indoor plants and got some cactus instead. We could compare ours! :D
Tell us what you got, and pictures please. Mine need some repotting too. Now you've inspired me to give them bigger pots for the Spring.

OK, moving on from buffalo burgers....what's the most unusual meat all of you gals have eaten? I want to know, in a strange twisted way....:eek:

[Pax]

Lisa - I've had rattlesnake, alligator, turtle, squirrel, and raccoon. The first three were fine, the last two were nauseating.

[Trek420]

Lisa: I've had bear, venison, reindeer, ants and grasshoppers (those two both covered in chocolate)

[Pax]

Lisa: I've had bear, venison, reindeer, ants and grasshoppers (those two both covered in chocolate)

Venison...mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!

[LBTC]

moose salami
:eek:

I'm not built to eat wild meat!
H&B
~T~

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Myself...not too exotic. I ate frog's legs as a child once. Buffalo & Elk. Ate a deer who committed hari-kari on my car once. Escargot & sea urchin & octopus, etc. Tripe (wonderful when prepared well). Quail, pheasant. Shad eggs, caviar, eel.

[Wahine]

I've had all the more common wild meats... moose, elk etc. I tried bear once but didn't like it. I think that was more mental. Alligator, yes, no great shakes. I've eaten live crckets on a dare. The worst part is the guooosh when you bite down.

I'm sure I ate many things I don't want to know about when I was in China, does jelly fish count as meat? I did like yak meat. Loved the taste of the chicken hot pots but did not like finding the chicken head in the bottom of the broth at the end.:eek:

[Trek420]

I forgot the frog legs. Sweet and sour frog legs at a Chinese spot in the Loire Valley. So good it hardly counted as exotic.

[DebW]

I've had ostrich jerky. Not my favorite.

[Kitsune06]

Wahine has me beat. Crickets and mealworms have been my 'most exotic' but then there's skurrl, too. :D

[Eden]

My father in law used to send the hubby back from college breaks with venison and ground moose. We used to make chili and spaghetti sauce with it since its very very lean and won't stick together to make burgers..
I'm more on the exotic sealife side I guess.. along with the fairly normal stuff - octopus, eel, squid, I've also had conch, sea cucumber (acutally quite yummy) and geoduck (unless you live in the PNW you may not have even ever heard of this one....)

[Bikingmomof3]

Just took this picture outside my breakfast room window (where I am sitting right now). Indigo Bunting....isn't he pretty?


I have never seen an Indigo Bunting before. The colours are stunning. :)

[Bikingmomof3]

BMo3 - I love the idea of your cacti garden! Can I see pictures? You can email if you'd rather :) I actually started some plants indoors this year - dahlias. I think they're ready to plant outside now. I can't believe they aren't dead yet! I have the most obnoxiously purple thumb! heh

~T~

I will send pictures after the are repotted and looking pretty. :) I am very excited about beginning a cacti garden! I think it will be placed on my dining room table. I had wanted to have them in my bay window for the time being, but that meant moving the cat's Kitty Pi bedding and she rebelled vocally all day yesterday until I restored her sacred space. :rolleyes:

[IFjane]

I have never seen an Indigo Bunting before. The colours are stunning. :)

BMo3 - They are very shy birds and I was amazed that he was on the feeder long enough for me to take a picture. We have them here each summer, but usually don't get much of a look at them. They are truly gorgeous - if you see them in the bright sunlight they look almost neon.

On a side note - if I had been at work instead of home recovering, I would have missed him, too!

[Bikingmomof3]

BMO3- I have indoor cactus too! I started growing them because my cats kept messing up and chewing my "regular" houseplants. I had a mental "plant frustration meltdown" a while back and tossed all my mangled indoor plants and got some cactus instead. We could compare ours! :D
Tell us what you got, and pictures please. Mine need some repotting too. Now you've inspired me to give them bigger pots for the Spring.

I will happily send pictures after I repot them and make them look even more stunning then they already are, plus I have a feeling I may buy a few more. They are addicting! :eek: I currently have; Tiger Aloe (Aloe Zanzibarica), Cinnamon Bunny Ears (Opuntia Rufida), Bunny Ears (Opuntia Microdasys), Mini Caterpillar (Echinopsis Cristata Minima).

Which cacti do you have? Any suggestions on which ones I should be looking into? Any cacti advice would be greatly appreciated. I tend to ahve a black thumb. :(


OK, moving on from buffalo burgers....what's the most unusual meat all of you gals have eaten? I want to know, in a strange twisted way....:eek:

I am fairly boring in this area. Buffalo and venison are the most exotic meat I have had.

[Bikingmomof3]

BMo3 - They are very shy birds and I was amazed that he was on the feeder long enough for me to take a picture. We have them here each summer, but usually don't get much of a look at them. They are truly gorgeous - if you see them in the bright sunlight they look almost neon.

I am glad you shared the photo with us. :)


On a side note - if I had been at work instead of home recovering, I would have missed him, too!

How are you feeling and how is your recovery coming along?

[mimitabby]

I've eaten Alligator & Goat. Both tasted good. The Goat was incredibly good. I don't consider venison or elk unusual.

Now organ meats, I've eaten brains, spleen, heart, kidney, pancreas, tripe (stomach) and tongue.

BMO3 why dont you grow plants for your indoor cats?

[Bikingmomof3]

BMO3 why dont you grow plants for your indoor cats?

Well I have a very, very black thumb. :o It is not that I dislike plants, quite the opposite I adore them. I just do not do well with them. :o The cat has never cared for any plant except the one succulent I bought yesterday. She loves it. :D

[IFjane]

How are you feeling and how is your recovery coming along?

I am feeling great! In fact, believe it or not I just got off the bike. I posted a "ride report" in my surgery thread in the Health forum. I am almost beginning to feel guilty about being on sick leave. :rolleyes:

[chickwhorips]

caribou... so good! love venison too. surprisingly haven't had moose yet.

things i won't eat due to karma: bear, rattlesnake, alligator, or anything else that could easily kill me.

[LBTC]

things i won't eat due to karma: bear, rattlesnake, alligator, or anything else that could easily kill me.

Cool! I might have to use this line sometime - I hope you don't mind! :rolleyes: Oh, perhaps you should add moose to the list - I've heard many a story of cars being chased by and attacked by moose...which could easily do somebody in....

Hugs and butterflies,
~T~

[Wahine]

I ate sea cucumber once, yuk. It probably goes down as the grossest thing I've eaten. I do like goat meat.

And I always try to eat the shark before it eats me.

I was all geared up to try scorpions on a stick in China. But ty the time I got my courage up the season ended and my opportunity was gone. Probably a good thing.

I was forced to eat various organ meats as a child. I avoid them now. Kidney was the worst. I'll still eat liver, kinda like it.

Now you all understand why I cannot truly call myself a buddhist, I like to eat meat. Having said that, I try to eat meat responsibly. That's one of the reasons I like wild meat so much. IMO it's the most humane way of harvesting meat. Those animals were happily running along, then it's over, no feed lots etc.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

things i won't eat due to karma: bear, rattlesnake, alligator, or anything else that could easily kill me.

There's some pretty big chickens out there....




Well I have a very, very black thumb. :o It is not that I dislike plants, quite the opposite I adore them. I just do not do well with them. :o The cat has never cared for any plant except the one succulent I bought yesterday. She loves it. :D

I hope she is not eating it? Some plants can be toxic to kitties...

[Kitsune06]

I try to eat meat responsibly. That's one of the reasons I like wild meat so much. IMO it's the most humane way of harvesting meat. Those animals were happily running along, then it's over, no feed lots etc.

+1, Wahine.

Eden- Geoduck... you know... I can't eat it just because it looks like a cross between a clam and a wing-wong. I mean... really (http://www-sci.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/geoduck/Images/intro1.jpg).http://www.timwing.com/geoduck/geoduck3.jpg


Geoduck- the clam that's happy to see you!

[Blueberry]

I will send pictures after the are repotted and looking pretty. :) I am very excited about beginning a cacti garden! I think it will be placed on my dining room table. I had wanted to have them in my bay window for the time being, but that meant moving the cat's Kitty Pi bedding and she rebelled vocally all day yesterday until I restored her sacred space. :rolleyes:

How hard was the Kitty PI to make? I've been thinking of trying for a while....I've done hats, socks, etc. Just nothing specifically for the kitties (though they love to drag my knitting all over the house given the chance:cool: :cool:

Of course, it's hard to knit this time of year - all I want is to be outside....

But, we're moving. And now the house we bought has even more problems:mad: :mad: At least hopefully we'll be there for a long time:)

[Eden]

Eden- Geoduck... you know... I can't eat it just because it looks like a cross between a clam and a wing-wong. I mean... really


Geoduck- the clam that's happy to see you!

when its cut up in tiny pieces on sushi you don't have to think about it.....

[Wahine]

Geoduck. That is quite obscene looking. But I can see how it might be good sliced up on sushi, hmmmmmmmmm, maybe I can find some around here.

OK, enouhg horsing around. I should go swim. Blech. It's always hard to make myself go but once I'm in the pool it's OK.

[Bikingmomof3]

There's some pretty big chickens out there....

OMG, this struck me as hysterical and my computer was bathed in water. :rolleyes: Note to self: do not drink and read TD. :p


I hope she is not eating it? Some plants can be toxic to kitties...

Oh never. She likes to rub against the spines. She rubs back and forth and purrs. So, being me, I thought they were soft, only to discover quite the oposite. :o

[Bikingmomof3]

How hard was the Kitty PI to make? I've been thinking of trying for a while....I've done hats, socks, etc. Just nothing specifically for the kitties (though they love to drag my knitting all over the house given the chance:cool: :cool:

Oh my no. They are super easy and fast, fast, fast. Did I mention it was a quick knitting project? I used some thick Norwegian wool from Elann and this free pattern: http://wendyknits.net/knit/kittybed.htm


Of course, it's hard to knit this time of year - all I want is to be outside.... I knit the most in the summer, I have no idea why.


But, we're moving. And now the house we bought has even more problems:mad: :mad: At least hopefully we'll be there for a long time:)

Talk to us. When are you moving? What problems have you run into? TD is a great place for venting. :)

[Bikingmomof3]

Eden- Geoduck... you know... I can't eat it just because it looks like a cross between a clam and a wing-wong.

I watched some PBS thing on the harvesting of Geoducks, the whole thing looked wrong. :rolleyes:

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Eeeew....Geodongs are GROSS!!!!!!!

I like "normal" clams though! :D Oh and now I remember I did used to eat both conch and goat too when I lived in the carribean.

Jennifer- You inspired me- I am repotting my cacti.

[chickwhorips]

only kit.

[Bikingmomof3]

Well my new cacti are all potted. I am not good at arranging, so I still am not sure how to postion each one. Sorry about the flash, the sun is not out.

[LBTC]

Jennifer, your cacti are beautiful! A very nice variety, and I really do like the way you have arranged them - balance without symmetry. :)

Nice work! That cat thing you made is awesome!! Do you take orders? I would love to put a few of those around the house....the blankets here and there never look very tidy, although they are definitely easier to clean than the upholstery!

And I'm so glad you are feeling well enough to post so many and such lively posts! yay!

All that talk of strange foods and what geoduck looks like and....whew. Good thing I was too busy at work to comment much! They'd really start to wonder about me, I think!

Hugs & butterflies,
~T~

[mimitabby]

Geoducks are not well known on the east coast. When my grandmother saw them for the first time on a visit here in Seattle, She was horrified, and did not believe they were real! (and they do taste good, and they should not be harvested, you're right!)


I WANT A KITTY PI!! when my homework is done tonight, i'm going to start one. What a great idea!

Oh no! they're Knitted! I don't knit, I crochet. I think I'm going to try and do it by crochet instead.

thank you!

[Blueberry]

Talk to us. When are you moving? What problems have you run into? TD is a great place for venting. :)

Thanks for the feedback on the kitty pi - I need to get to work on socks for sockapalooza 4 (don't ask!), and then I could do something like that!

Hrm....house. We've been living in a condo for a couple of years. It's nice, we own it, and the HOA SUCKS! Our dues have gone up 50% over 2 years, and we're averaging 2k in assessments per year. So, we started looking at houses and trying to sell the condo ourselves. Note to realtors: if the house is FSBO, I do NOT want a call from you telling me I'm crazy and I *need* your services... We still haven't sold the condo.

So, we found a house we like in the neighborhood we wanted. We knew the owner. We signed a contract, closed (the financing is F'd up, and our erstwhile mortgage broker can't fix it the way he said he could to get us to close). We were kind enough to lease back to the prior owner for 1 month so they could close on a new house and move.

The house was built in 1912. We knew we needed cabinets. Taken care of (except running a week late). We knew we needed foundation work. OK. We knew we needed to re-inforce the roof supports. OK. When prior owner moved out, we discovered that the darling little not-house-trained (and apparently not-cleaned-up after) dogs have turned the floors in one room black. Apparently they had in another room, and the prior owner tried to re-finish and turned the floor bright red. Not attractive. I have dogs. They're house trained. I clean up if they have an accident. Apparently this was too much to ask.

So, we need to re-finish the floors. This shouldn't be a huge deal. But for some reason that, and the fact that the ceiling fan that was installed so they could take the light fixture is wired wrong and the fact that the entire house was FILTHY, have me coming unglued. We hoped to move mothers day weekend. Likely going to get pushed back since the floor guy hasn't even done a quote yet. And I'm thinking we won't get to go out of town for memorial day weekend. Not good. I've been through a really rough patch at work and NEED a break. Now I'm thinking that downsizing into an older house was a really BAD idea. Not sure why. It's walking distance to Whole Foods, and it's a great neighborhood - it just doesn't seem like home.

So....long story, but you asked:o :o Any advice or words of wisdom??

[Blueberry]

Well my new cacti are all potted. I am not good at arranging, so I still am not sure how to postion each one. Sorry about the flash, the sun is not out.

Very pretty:) I've discovered that my citrus trees do quite well around cats too. Guess the spines are a nice deterrent:cool:

[LBTC]

CA, sorrey to hear about your "new" house. It's one thing when you know what you're getting into, and to know that there's always "something" else. Sounds like your extra somethings are pretty annoying, pretty expensive and pretty gross.

I sure hope these people you bought from that you say you knew, were not considered friends! My goodness!

Try to be patient. It can still end up feeling like home! You can do this. In so many ways the neighbourhood and location are much more important than the house itself!

As for the floors, any chance you can replace instead of refinish? I'd be so worried that the smell and whatever would not be gone with refinishing.....not sure, it depends on the floor material, etc.

Happy house fixing butterflies! They're all sorts of colours and spreading the workload lightly between many hands, and making the jobs that look huge end up being much simpler to fix than you'd ever expected. Cool, aren't they?

Hugs and butterflies,
~T~

[Bikingmomof3]

Jennifer, your cacti are beautiful! A very nice variety, and I really do like the way you have arranged them - balance without symmetry. :)

Thank You. I am very new to this, as in yesterday! :eek: :rolleyes: :)


That cat thing you made is awesome!! Do you take orders? I would love to put a few of those around the house....the blankets here and there never look very tidy, although they are definitely easier to clean than the upholstery!

How sweety of you to ask, but I cannot even finish the sweaters and socks I have on needles. I wish I was organized enough to make money knitting.


And I'm so glad you are feeling well enough to post so many and such lively posts! yay!

Thanks. :)

[Bikingmomof3]

I WANT A KITTY PI!! when my homework is done tonight, i'm going to start one. What a great idea!

Oh no! they're Knitted! I don't knit, I crochet. I think I'm going to try and do it by crochet instead.

thank you!

You are welcome. :) I do not see why it could not be crocheted, since it is just going to be felted anyway. Have fun! :)

[Bikingmomof3]

Thanks for the feedback on the kitty pi - I need to get to work on socks for sockapalooza 4 (don't ask!), and then I could do something like that!

Oh I know all about sockapalooza. :D



So....long story, but you asked:o :o Any advice or words of wisdom??

Oh I am sorry you are having so many difficulties. It will work out and it will feel like home, give it time. *hugs*

[Wahine]

So I know we're off the gross foods list, but I just found my pic of the scorpions on a stick. I forgot about the seahorses.

[KnottedYet]

"gross foods list"

I just had baked potato with cheddar and SPAM. Does that count?;)

[Xrayted]

Yes Knot, it counts. :D

Ok, I've grown up on eating stuffed pig stomach, cow tongue (don't like that one at all - it feels like it's tasting you back) and scrapple. (you don't want to know)

I've found a locker room with showers and a scrub dispenser a few floors below my dept. Easy access to where I can lock my bike in the parking garage. Also, it's right where my bus stop is in case it's blasting raining outside at the end of the shift. I need to claim a locker and look for towels yet and then the commuting can commence.

[LBTC]

Wahine: eww

Knot: eww

X: cool! the new job location sounds really amazing. How is the job??

Hugs and butterflies to you all!

~T~

[snapdragen]

Ewwww - I will stay away from bizarro foods. The closest to "different" for me was Reindeer Stew.

I'm fighting insomnia this week. Can't figure it out, I wake up at 3:00 and can't get back to sleep for an hour or more. I was dragging at work today, then E asks me if I'd changed something? Why I ask..."Because you look so fresh and rested!" :confused: So, perhaps the "walking dead zombie" is my look....

My arm was especially sore today, perhaps I shouldn't have gone to my Pilates class last night. It was visibly swollen, my friend V brought me an ice pack she pilfered from the fridge. It helped, and I managed to sneak it back to it's spot in the freezer.

[Pax]

Snap - Are we related or somethin'? I haven't slept worth a darn this week, I keep thinking it's the new job stuff swirling around in my head.

[mimitabby]

Snap, why did you put your arm in the freezer?

[margo49]

When it hurts you have two choices: hot or cold (i.e. frig or oven).
Of course if you choose wrong it makes Everything Worse.
Tricky thing, Life

[chickwhorips]

I'm fighting insomnia this week. Can't figure it out, I wake up at 3:00 and can't get back to sleep for an hour or more.

is it in the water? the moon cycle? the something? i'm doing the same thing. i just want to sleep!

[snapdragen]

Snap, why did you put your arm in the freezer?

:o :o Well, it wasn't doing me any good at my desk........:p :o

[Kitsune06]

Please hand me a wakizashi. I need to commit hari-kiri right here, right now. I feel like such a clod at work. all my other jobs- fast, fast, fast, and forget the details. This is details, details,details, and eventually you'll get speed. *sigh* I feel like such a f*ckup here. Why must my life be this masochistic cycle of 'unlearn everything you've learned'. ...then 'now unlearn that and do this different' ...then 'this is completely different, so get used to this change, too'..
to learn to flinch when you see someone move quickly, break yourself of flinching when your partner feels hurt you don't trust them... learn to suppress your hopes, dreams, desires, then attempt to bring them back from the depths you've swallowed them into. Someone said "You take SO LONG to process things" but I don't. It's just that the muscle memory and shadows last far longer in my mind than maybe they should.

Just...
pass the wakizashi. CWR, take the katana, you can be my second.

[LBTC]

{{{{{{{{{{Kit}}}}}}}}}}}}

Here's some butterflies to help you balance protecting yourself with being open to all that the universe has to offer. Been there, done that. It wasn't fun. Have Crohn's now. Hopefully your scars from this experience will not include a chronic and incurable disease! (but if they do, I hope it is one that, with patience will be manageable) :)

I am having one of those shaky, feel ravenous, can't stop eating and drinking can't quite think right jittery days. If I were a coffee drinker, even I would recommend that I switch to decaf! :eek:

mmmm Just snacked on a boiled egg, and then 3 Kootenay Krackers each with a slice of mushroom and soy cheese melted on them. They have not reached my stomach yet. I vow to do one more work task before I put something else into my mouth. I can do this, right?

Hugs and butterflies,
~T~

[chickwhorips]

hugs kit. it will get better.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Life is neverending change. Change makes us learn new things, let go of old things (but learn from them), and grow....whether we want to or not! Life stops changing when we're dead. ;)

[Kitsune06]

Then it's the cycle of corpsebeetles, hornets, maggots and wasps, then more pillbugs and earthworms, then mice gnawing sunbleached bones and mealybugs burrowing through leather, then decay on a more dirt-like level. Green lichens growing on and in the spongy inner sections of bone...
see, Lisa, change even occurs after death!

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Then it's the cycle of corpsebeetles, hornets, maggots and wasps, then more pillbugs and earthworms, then mice gnawing sunbleached bones and mealybugs burrowing through leather, then decay on a more dirt-like level. Green lichens growing on and in the spongy inner sections of bone...


Kinda gives me a hankerin' fer some of them scorpion ka-bobs! Somebody pass the Tabasco, will ya? :p

[Kitsune06]

Such things are highly underrated. maggots are being widely researched as a way to reduce scarring and tissue loss from MRSA, Crickets and mealworms are a great source of protein...
mmm... *passes the tobasco*

[Trek420]

Kinda gives me a hankerin' fer some of them scorpion ka-bobs! Somebody pass the Tabasco, will ya? :p

I'm thinking with a little Thai peanut sauce and hot/sweet dipping sauce.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Such things are highly underrated. maggots are being widely researched as a way to reduce scarring and tissue loss from MRSA, Crickets and mealworms are a great source of protein...
mmm... *passes the tobasco*

And bee stings are sometimes used therapeutically too! Not to mention the old standby, leeches.

[KnottedYet]

leeches, maggots, crickets.... naw, I just need me some lemonade!!!!;)

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

http://leeharps.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/06/Lemonade.jpg

[IFjane]

http://leeharps.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/06/Lemonade.jpg

wow....I didn't know lemons came with doors in them.....**digging in fridge to find a lemon**

[KnottedYet]

I wasn't looking at the door.... ;)

(my mind is soooooo in the gutter this morning)

[Trek420]

I wasn't looking at the door.... ;)

(my mind is soooooo in the gutter this morning)

Turn your head to the side and it looks like the lemon has a big ol' smile on his ... uh its face. Nice .... if you like that kinda thing.

[KnottedYet]

Turn your head to the side and it looks like the lemon has a big ol' smile on his ... uh its face. Nice .... if you like that kinda thing.

I don't see that.
Kit, how big a ring would that lemon need for a nipple piercing?

(and Trek, why do I see a GIRL lemon, but YOU see a *BOY* lemon?!?!?:eek: Is there something you need to tell me?)

[Pax]

Definitely a girl lemon! :p

[Kitsune06]

Good God. I just saw a lemon. just a lemon. what does that say about me? Then again, I looked at the guy standing next to it and thought "He's standing sorta funny..."

oh and Knot-
that'd be a helluva nipple ring. :rolleyes:

[chickwhorips]

sadly my first thought was the guy next to the lemon, then to the girl lemon. if i'm thinking like the three of you together what does that mean? :eek:

[Kitsune06]

it must mean there's a hole in the side of that big lemon! :eek:

[IFjane]

I want to thank you ladies - through this forum I am learning so much about lemon sexuality! (I didn't know the girls had green nipples....):cool:

[Wahine]

Man, I have searched the web and I can't find it. Mike's Hard Lemonade had a billboard in Canada that was a huge lemon with a piercing. That's it. Nothing else on the billboard except the product name, subtly printed below the lemon. Histerical.

D@mn I wish I could find it.

[Kitsune06]

http://www.xanadufarms.com/Carly/images/portfolio/mikes_lemonade.jpg

[Trek420]

I don't see that.
Kit, how big a ring would that lemon need for a nipple piercing?

(and Trek, why do I see a GIRL lemon, but YOU see a *BOY* lemon?!?!?:eek: Is there something you need to tell me?)

Nah, don't worry, I only like girl lemons.

And as I always say "clean mind, clean body....take your pick"

[Bikingmomof3]

Anyone want to come and deep clean my house? No, I did not think so. :( I do not want to do it either. DH is one the who invited relative's to DS #1's Confirmation, so he should do the cleaning, right? ;)

Hopefully everyone has wonderful plans for the weekend.

[IFjane]

Anyone want to come and deep clean my house? No, I did not think so. :( I do not want to do it either. DH is one the who invited relative's to DS #1's Confirmation, so he should do the cleaning, right? ;)

Hopefully everyone has wonderful plans for the weekend.

BMo3 - of COURSE DH should do the cleaning!!! ....and he's busy right now, right??? Good luck - and enjoy the outlaws....uh, I mean INlaws this weekend!

[mimitabby]

phew! big day at the cat rescue. They are having their grand re-opening this sunday with three big walk in rooms for the adult cats. They will finally have room to stretch out without getting into another cat's personal space!
I can't go sunday because instead i am doing SAG support for 5 people who don't know when they should come in out of the rain or go to bed when it gets dark, so instead I volunteered today; I brushed at least 20 cats. It was fun. I found two I would adopt in a minute if i could. one; Horatio, a warm orange tabby with a low sweet voice, he is so loveable and easy going. He would be good with kids, cats, people. If you brought him into your home he would just saunter in and sit down. And Gateway; a black and white cat. she's the sweetest little thing, and is always happy to see me. She's about 9 years old and just wants to be loved.
and then I completed my bike to work week with 3 days of commuting. I took buses and rode to get to the cat rescue, so my car is just sitting there not burning gas. NExt week I may do even better.

I don't know about you guys and lemons.
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[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Horatio, a warm orange tabby with a low sweet voice, he is so loveable and easy going. He would be good with kids, cats, people. If you brought him into your home he would just saunter in and sit down.

That's the way my Lydia was when I adopted her 5 yrs ago. Just walked out of the cat carrier like she'd been in my apt. all her life. Pearl took one look at Lydia and had a hissy fit, then decided to spend the next two weeks on top of the refrigerator. When I moved, I had to put the other two traumatized cats into carriers to bring them to their new home. But Lydia?....heck I just slung her over my shoulder like a fox fur stole and drove to the new house. Again, she just started happily walking about the place as though she'd always been there, while the other two kitties cowered under couches. :D

Jennifer- how did the cleaning go so far? Have your guys all been helping I hope? Oooo I detest house cleaning! But with 3 indoor cats it's a necessity every couple of weeks or so or furniture would be unrecognizable under a shroud of fur. "FUR"niture. Shades of Meret Oppenheim's Coffee Cup....:eek:
http://www.beloblog.com/ProJo_Blogs/shenews/images/fur.jpg

[snapdragen]

Geez Lisa, that cup makes me want to spit..pbbbtt....to get hair out of my mouth! :D

mimi - I LOVE orange tabby cats. My neighbor had one, his name was Little One. When I'd go over to her house, Little One would drape himself around my shoulders. Such a sweet kitty.

I've bumped the Advil up to 3 at a time, along with an ice pack 3 times a day. Tomorrow I see my CMT friend.

[snapdragen]

Now this could be interesting

http://www.3hundred.com/corporate/index.htm

Bowling and LemonDrops :rolleyes: :eek:

[LBTC]

Tazo Calmo tea works.

I'm headed to bed

Hugs & butterflies,

~T~

[KnottedYet]

I paid $3.70/gal for gas.

I need an Xtra-cycle. And a tandem. And a doggie trailer.

and more muscles..... :D

[chickwhorips]

Bowling and LemonDrops :rolleyes: :eek:

we're doing drunk bowling for next weekend for a birthday party. should be interesting. i'll have a lemondrop for you snap.

[DrBee]

mmmmmm lemondrops...

[Pax]

Knot - We're gonna spend time this weekend trying routes from our new place to work so we can start bike commuting. There is something about $3 a gallon gas that just makes something click in my head...I am NOT going to pay that kind of money out when I have a bike that only takes my muscles to operate.

[kelownagirl]

We're paying $4.50 Canadian for a gallon of gas right now. :eek: :eek: :eek:

[KnottedYet]

I'd like to find gas for $3 a gallon! Last night the local news showed a Shell station that was selling gas for $3.98!

If it weren't for the kiddo just learning to ride, hauling the bassoon, the after-school carpool, etc, I think we'd be doing a lot more by bike.

[snapdragen]

we're doing drunk bowling for next weekend for a birthday party. should be interesting. i'll have a lemondrop for you snap.

Excellent!

[snapdragen]

I need to start bike commuting too - it cost $48 yesterday to fill up the Suby!:eek:

[kelownagirl]

Well we managed to commute 4 days out of 5 this week. The little guy did the ride home twice out of the 4 days. One day he had a cross country run after school so we didn't make him ride home. It's a 455' climb home so he's doing well!

On top of the gas savings, I find that when I have my bike at work, I tend to go the long way home and end up with a 20-40k ride most days. It's doing wonders for my mileage. This week I burned over 3000 calories riding and running. And I saved gas too!

[KnottedYet]

$350 gets me a Kona Smoke
$400 gets me an Xtracycle kit
$100 gets me a few extras

So, for around $850 I'd have a commutermobile that would haul SKnot (on the flats) AND his bassoon AND a bag of dog food.

At about $50 per tank, and at about one tank a week, that's about 4 1/2 months of driving to pay off the Xtracycle.

Hmmmmmm...

[Trek420]

I'm way behind on my vow to bike to work twice a week and with the ride looming in June I should step it up and get the extra saddle time.

This is my plan on BTW day to maximize SWAG. :D :cool:

Standard route to South Hayward BART pick up SWAG
Swing over to Hayward BART to get more, take train to Macarthur exit train and more SWAG
ride to Piedmont Ave (stop at Peets)
Up and over Linda down to Grand and down to a LBS which is also a refresher station
then down to City Hall.

I'll miss the pancakes but that's my plan.

[KnottedYet]

This $200 trailer does 100 lbs. http://www.burley.com/products/flatbed.html The doggie trailer only does 50 lbs. My dog weighs more than that. I could put him in his crate and strap the crate to the flatbed, et voila! One panicked dog on a wide trailer taking up lots of room on the side of the road.:eek:

But I'd get some juicy muscles from hauling him to the dog park!

My commuter could tow a trailer. But if SKnot is using my commuter, I'd need to get a new commuter for myself, right? So, buy another bike, right? I like where this is leading... :D

This gas-reduced lifestyle could cost me some bucks!

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

we're doing drunk bowling for next weekend for a birthday party. should be interesting. i'll have a lemondrop for you snap.

(Nobody's driving home afterwards, I hope?)
Or maybe have it turn into a pajama party so everyone stays safe....

[KnottedYet]

Ooooh! A pajama party! We need a TE pajama party! We could look at bike magazines and watch bike movies and drool over expensive bike catalogs and and and...

don't think I've done a pajama party since high school. snif.:(

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Ooooh! A pajama party! We need a TE pajama party! We could look at bike magazines and watch bike movies and drool over expensive bike catalogs and and and...

don't think I've done a pajama party since high school. snif.:(

Yeah, we could cut out pictures of the women and clothes in the Terry catalogs and make paper dolls out of them, trying the different bike apparel on them!! :p :p Party favors would include teeny Easter baskets with peeps and Sport Beans. Watch movies with bikes in them....El Postal, etc...

[chickwhorips]

i'm all about the TE pajama party, but don't we do that all the time anyhow, or is it just me in my jammies?

no need to worry, i have responsible friends who get cabs or don't drink at all. its so nice not to worry about my friends anymore with drinking and driving.

[margo49]

I am reading this in my jammies.
Where *is* everybody??

[off to see Who's Online]

[margo49]

Yoooh!
Lotsa peeps - incl my special friends Colby, DebW, KG, Queen, Trek420 and Tuckervill...
What a good idea this party is...

[KnottedYet]

Just got in from a bike ride (an errand, not a big ride) and am now dyeing my hair. Isn't it traditional that *someone* at a jammie party has to be messing with her hair and have a towel wrapped around her head?

do I get extra points cuz my head is covered in green goop that smells and looks like rotted spinach?:D

I've busted into a bottle of red wine (my reward for putting up with green goop for 2 hrs), so lets get out the glasses and toast our bikes!!

[Trek420]

A toast to green goopy spinach hair!

[Xrayted]

Knot, I'm hoping the color of your hair isn't slimy green, just the goop. :rolleyes:

Finally got Kit moving so we are out of here for a late dinner and to see if we can still catch up with Mimi and Raleighdon at the Lodge after his Seattle to Portland ride. :eek: :cool:

We shall be partaking of some alcohol this evening as well, just not in our jammies. (don't worry, no drinking and driving will occur)

Have fun ladies!!

[LBTC]

DH is about to start dying my hair for me, then we need to pack up his gear and such for the race tomorrow.

He got his haircut today, and it's pretty much as short as possible without being completely shaved. He looks sexy! :D

I was really really happy we got up at 7:00 this morning because, just after we'd eaten our waffles, the phone rang and I was invited on a ride with a couple of women - one who has chronic arthritis in her knees and is new to biking, and one who has several disc problems and is new to biking. I really really enjoyed our ride, and I felt well enough after to do a few things and shop even, before I layed down on the couch with my cold magic bean bag. Oh, and DH insisted I renew my wardrobe at my friend's consignment store. I bought 3 skirts, 2 pairs of pants, 4 shirts, and a pair of pointy burgundy snakeskinish high heeled ankle boots...for $120 CDN. Most of it is work or home wear, and most of it works very well with clothes I already have. It's like a whole new wardrobe for the price of a fancy jersey! Sad, but I have to buy those types of clothes too.

I still need to cook hash browns so we don't have to be up at 5:00 to make breakfast, so I'd better go....but I"ll check in on the pj action a little later.

H&B,
~T~

[Trek420]

Knot, I'm hoping the color of your hair isn't slimy green, just the goop. :rolleyes:

uh, no, her hair is neither slimy, green nor goopy :cool: :rolleyes: ;) :)

[KnottedYet]

At the moment (and for the next 1 1/2 hrs) my hair is QUITE slimy, green, and goopy!

But the wine is good, and my spaghetti was yummy, and SKnot is at a Euchre party (what is Euchre?), and I have my TE for frolicking good fun.

[Blueberry]

$350 gets me a Kona Smoke
$400 gets me an Xtracycle kit
$100 gets me a few extras

So, for around $850 I'd have a commutermobile that would haul SKnot (on the flats) AND his bassoon AND a bag of dog food.

At about $50 per tank, and at about one tank a week, that's about 4 1/2 months of driving to pay off the Xtracycle.

Hmmmmmm...

Factor in a few oil changes (or "pay" yourself the federal mileage rate - which lots of people would argue doesn't cover the cost of driving), and you'll be there a whole lot more quickly!

Food for thought:)

[mimitabby]

X you waited too long! we're long gone. the folks i was with were not real exciting. they were so sleep deprived that conversation was loopy.
no one could make sense to each other. I think there's a reason people sleep at night. .. well, they were happpy sleepy people anyway. the party's over at 930pm.
oh, they rode 242 miles..

[chickwhorips]

I am reading this in my jammies.
Where *is* everybody??

well i am now in my jammies after two margaritas. don't know how i got the second one, peer pressure i tell ya! happy cindo de mayo!
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i295/fairie1323/drunk.gif

[sarahlou]

Quote:
Originally Posted by KnottedYet View Post
$350 gets me a Kona Smoke
$400 gets me an Xtracycle kit
$100 gets me a few extras

So, for around $850 I'd have a commutermobile that would haul SKnot (on the flats) AND his bassoon AND a bag of dog food.

At about $50 per tank, and at about one tank a week, that's about 4 1/2 months of driving to pay off the Xtracycle.

Hmmmmmm...
Factor in a few oil changes (or "pay" yourself the federal mileage rate - which lots of people would argue doesn't cover the cost of driving), and you'll be there a whole lot more quickly!

Sorry, haven't figured out how to quote properly but wanted to say... don't forget to add in insurance costs and wear and tear (things like tyre changes). Xtracycles are awesome.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

DH is about to start dying my hair for me, then we need to pack up his gear and such for the race tomorrow....
....Oh, and DH insisted I renew my wardrobe at my friend's consignment store....
~T~

A DH who dyes your hair for you and "insists" you buy more clothes??
Hey, pretty good score, girl! :eek: :p :p


P.S. WWAAAAHHHH....I missed the pajama party!!! :(

Knotted- green and goopy? Are we talking henna here? If so, I always thought it smelled nice, like hay, not like rotting spinach! ...Going red?

[Xrayted]

G'morning party go'ers! How's the head? :cool: I stuck to cola, Kit had a couple of drinks with dinner and was very happy when we left the lodge. :D Everyone got home safely and no hangovers. I'm about to make b-fast then we are heading over to Forest Park for a hike and a picnic. It's beautiful outside today. I'm not sure if we will take the mtb's or not. Kit says it's a lot of climbing with bikes.

Knot - looks like there will be a double Henna party here tonight. I'm a Henna virgin so Kit is in charge. :eek: She promises I won't look too alien. I trust her. (ssshhh... she's right over my shoulder reading this... :rolleyes:)

LBTC - I'm so glad you had a good ride with those ladies. You told them about TE, didn't you? :D

Have a great day and be safe. :)

[snapdragen]

No party for me - unless you count big fun with Advil and an ice pack.:o I did catch an interesting film on PBS last night - "Screaming Queens - The Riot at Compton's Cafeteria". San Francisco in 1966, when a group of transgender and gay folks fought back against police harrasment.

My arm is very sore today, I don't feel like doing much of anything. I'm not sure the bruises aren't going to turn a lovely shade of purple.

[Trek420]

I did catch an interesting film on PBS last night - "Screaming Queens - The Riot at Compton's Cafeteria". San Francisco in 1966, when a group of transgender and gay folks fought back against police harrasment.

Noon to 1:00pm
Oshun Center
June 22, 2006
101 Taylor Street,
San Francisco

There will be a commemoration reception and a short program to honor Officer Elliot Blackstone followed by the unveiling of the historical plague at the corner of Turk and Taylor.

Officer Blackstone, a pioneer in community policing acted as facilitator between the police and Gay community.

I remember (Trek shakes cane at youngsters) back in the day every Gay bar had a peephole at the door, couldn't just walk in, a bouncer checked you out because you never know.

The person could be a cop wanting to shake down the bar for payoff or worse, or harassment in general from the public.

In these days with Ellen and Rosie on TV and even *gasp* LGBT bike clubs let's not forget how far we've come because of men like Officer Blackstone.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Knot - looks like there will be a double Henna party here tonight. I'm a Henna virgin so Kit is in charge. :eek: She promises I won't look too alien. I trust her. (ssshhh... she's right over my shoulder reading this... :rolleyes:)

Be careful with that henna. I found out years ago the hard way that though natural henna adds wonderful warm reddish highlights on top of brown hair, it can produce a brilliant shade of orange when applied to blond hair. :eek: :eek:

[KnottedYet]

Mahogany henna is my friend. On top of my steel-gray and white hair it brings me back to the deep mahogany reddish brown I had in my 20's, with bits of strawberry blond.

[KnottedYet]

I've taken the first dangerous steps toward Xtracycle ownership.

SKnot decided he wants to take over my Kona Dew. He doesn't want a new bike of his own, he likes the Dew and wants it.

So I need a commuter.

Went to the LBS (which was very busy) and examined a Kona Smoke and had a discussion with one of the guys about turning a Smoke into an Xtracycle. There was an enthusiastic response on the part of both parties.

I didn't ride one as they didn't have one upstairs in my size, I didn't really have time at that point, and I didn't want to make the LBS dude go searching in the basement storage for one.

But Monday I'll go back.

Love that tax return...

[Pax]

Knot - New bike? Very cool!!

After my commute today I decided if it "takes" and I start riding daily...I'm gettin' a new bike! Now I have to decide between the Breezer Uptown 8 and a Trek 7.5, decisions decisions. :D

[mimitabby]

Knot,
tell us about what you are going to do with your bike?

[KnottedYet]

My commutermobile is going to become SKnot's bike, which he will take charge of.

I am thinking of getting one of these www.konaworld.com/bikes/2k7/SMOKE/index.html as my new commutermobile. It's steel, and it has juicy fat tires, comes with fenders, plenty of braze-ons, and a sqeaky horn.

Eventually I want to add one of these www.xtracycle.com so I can be the coolest mom in the carpool.

[mimitabby]

ah very cool! you are getting ahead of me with new bikes, ya know... you're already on your second and i'm still waiting for my first (not counting my bianchi of course)

[Trek420]

But I like your steel gray and white hair :(

OK, you have an interview, break a leg. :)

[KnottedYet]

But I like your steel gray and white hair :(

OK, you have an interview, break a leg. :)

When ALL of my hair is steel gray and white, then I'll stop dyeing it. But right now it's uneven and looks odd, kinda washes me out.

Hey, I just rediscovered the joy of a buffing-block. I wanted to make my nails look clean and shiney for tomorrow. Man, just a few seconds with the block and you've got results! Instant gratification without any nail polish to mess up!

[chickwhorips]

careful knot if you buff them to much it thins out your nails.

[KnottedYet]

I'll be good. The block has 4 different strength sides, and the instructions say to only use the 3 rougher sides every 2 weeks, and the vinyl-like shining side once a day.

I'm not organized enough to do my nails even that much. But they certainly do look spiffy right now! (I'm sure I'll get the job offer *just* because I have neat and tidy nails.)

[sarahlou]

knot- buy the xtracycle, you won't regret it!:)

[mimitabby]

KNot, best of luck on the job interview tomorrow!

[DebW]

I am thinking of getting one of these www.konaworld.com/bikes/2k7/SMOKE/index.html as my new commutermobile. It's steel, and it has juicy fat tires, comes with fenders, plenty of braze-ons, and a sqeaky horn.

Eventually I want to add one of these www.xtracycle.com so I can be the coolest mom in the carpool.

Very cool, Knotted. When it's your turn for the carpool, I can see you pulling up at the school, 3 teenage boys climb on the back of the xtracycle, one bassoon and a cello get strapped on the sides, and off you go, whistling merrily and sweating like a banshee. :D On second thought, maybe you need a bicycle rickshaw.

Best of luck with the interview tomorrow. You'll be fabulous.

Have a good week everyone. I'm off to play with my chainsaw in the woods tomorrow. Back for the NEBC women's group ride Tue evening.

[Wahine]

too tired to write much....

cannot focus on the screen....

more than 6000 feet of climbing today, legs very tired.



But I have enough energy to say...

Good Luck tomorrow Knott, knock em dead!!

[Trek420]

Good Luck tomorrow Knott, knock em dead!!

TE TD, let's all remind Knott to take her nose ring out. They'll know she has one on the first day of work. :) :p

[LBTC]

Lucky, happy, confident butterflies in red, yellow, orange, and a little blue to keep it balanced....You'll rock 'em!

I'm too tired to post much. DH and his partner placed 3rd in their race today. I've been up since 6:00, cooking, packing, doting, organizing, helping, rubbing soothing creams into sore muscles, getting people to the start line on time, teaching DH's team mate's wife how to be the support person, taking pictures, making dinner, unpacking, etc. Time for a shower and I'll pass out shortly after that I'm sure.

More stories to come, probably.

Hugs and butterflies,
~T~

[kelownagirl]

Good luck on the interview Knot!

Glad the race went well LBTC! Also glad you got to go on a ride with some wimmen friends!

I need a new 'puter so I can use the software that came with my new bike 'puter... :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

(What's an xtracycle??)

[crazycanuck]

Knot...I think i may have missed a post..what type of company do you have an interview with? I guess what i want to ask is, what job did you apply for?

Good luck kiddo!

Kg-Check out saralou's post about her xtracycle..Geonz has one too..It's bike with what looks like an ironing board on the back..

I think i'll change my signature to " draft buster" :rolleyes:

C

[chickwhorips]

good luck knot!!!! you are going to kick @$$!!!

funny cc great minds think alike. i was going to point you to that post too KG here so you don't have to look it up: http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showthread.php?t=15180

[Trek420]

(What's an xtracycle??)

This;

http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showthread.php?t=15180&highlight=xtracycle

Reminder to Knott, take the nosering out tomorrow :p :cool: :rolleyes: (TE TD, not nagging, she asked me to remind her)

[KnottedYet]

35 minutes to launch.

And I remembered to take out my nosering. :D

[chickwhorips]

you are going to do great!

[KnottedYet]

I might have a new job.

I *do* have a new bike!

Will put a nifty little post in the bikes thread.

[LBTC]

Congrats on the new bike.

When will you find out about the new job?

Happy floaty indigo butterflies sweeping in gentle arcs all around you....

Hugs & butterflies,
~T~

[kelownagirl]

Whoo hoooo! Hope the job comes thru! Keep us posted. Congrats on the new bike too of course!

[KnottedYet]

Should find out the details (hope for high $$ butterflies!) by the end of the week.

[Bikingmomof3]

I might have a new job.

I *do* have a new bike!

Will put a nifty little post in the bikes thread.

Wow, I am offline for a few days and everything changes. :cool: :)

So, tell me about the new bike and the potentially new job. :)

YAY Knot!! :D

[Trek420]

Should find out the details (hope for high $$ butterflies!) by the end of the week.

I hope they let you know soon. It's hard to ride with my fingers, toes, eyes and legs crossed.

Bmomo'3, Knott got another Kona.

[Bikingmomof3]

It's hard to ride with my fingers, toes, eyes and legs crossed.

I can only imagine. ;)


Bmomo'3, Knott got another Kona. Cool!! :D

[Xrayted]

Congrats Knot on the new bike and the possible new job!! Woohoo! :cool: :D

[Trek420]

Keep those butterflies flappin' TE TD

[KnottedYet]

I'm so tired. Tired tired tired. Work makes me tired.

Rode Mitzi the butch-mobile (Kona Smoke) to work today. I'm gonna let SKnot choose which Kona he wants for his own. Hoping he'll fall in love with biking.... please please please.

I'll write a review in my New Bike thread. I'm so tired and hungry right now I can hardly type.

Spaghetti (rice noodle) cooking right now for dinner. Lots of parmesean....:D

[Bikingmomof3]

Keep those butterflies flappin' TE TD

I shall indeed. :)

[Pax]

Good morning all! No commute for me today as I awakened covered in a rash. My Honey has done all the laundry for the last 17 years but now that she's traveling for work every other week I've started doing it...apparently I used twice as much soap and softener as I was supposed to. :eek: So, I'm rewashing the clothes this morning and trying not to scratch. :p

[LBTC]

Queen - is your rash gone? did re-washing do the trick? I sure hope so! Being itchy is one of those terribly annoying things!

Another sunny day in the Okanagan Valley! Yay!

It would be a great day to not go to work, but that is not an option! Later today we meet with our lawyer about the SSIL's lawyer's threatening letter. Lucky our lawyer is such a calm influence!

Gotta go find a picture to send out.

Happy day everyone! (You know who you all are)

Hugs and butterflies,
~T~

[Pax]

LBTC - Nope, it's all over my torso now and doesn't itch anymore. :confused: I'm seeing my doc in an hour and they had to reschedule my mammogram from today to next week (oh darn ;) ). Hopefully it's just something simple and I'll be right as rain soon.

[KnottedYet]

Man, there is no-one around at 1:00 a.m. Whatchall doin'? Sleeping? Jeez...

I can't sleep. Downloaded a bunch of stuff from iTunes.

This time 14 years ago I was in labor. Weird.

[kelownagirl]

I'm up. :)

[Bikingmomof3]

I picked up from my library what looks to be a fabulous read. :)
Miss Zukas and the Library Murdersby Dereske, Jo. :D :cool:

I also keep playing the song Hallelujah sung by K.D. Lang's as well Jeff Buckley's version, since i could not decide which version I liked better. :p

[Trek420]

I picked up from my library what looks to be a fabulous read. :)
Miss Zukas and the Library Murdersby Dereske, Jo. :D :cool:

In my backpack, reading on BART Bookmarked to Die by Dereske, Jo

[Bikingmomof3]

In my backpack, reading on BART Bookmarked to Die by Dereske, Jo

I shall need to add that one to my "hold" list at the library. :)

I was meaning to tell you that because of Knot's Haiku, I finally noticed your sig line (oh yes, I am that slow at times :rolleyes: ). Support is coming....


You rock! :cool:

[Trek420]

I shall need to add that one to my "hold" list at the library. :)

I was meaning to tell you that because of Knot's Haiku, I finally noticed your sig line (oh yes, I am that slow at times :rolleyes: ). Support is coming....


You rock! :cool:

Thank you, save the "you rock" till after I'm done :p :cool:

But I'm sure somehow I'll do every mile.

I don't say it often enough but it's true, I could not do the ride without this board.

Everything I know other than the stuff you just have to get out there and pedal but everything about cycling that you can learn from others....I got right here.

You gals (and the occaisional TE guy) took me from "I just rode 10 miles wheeee!!" to "I can just do easier metric centuries" to "I can do multi day rides". What's next? Stay tuned I guess.

My first ALC day 1 was my longest ride ever, day 2 was my first true century ever :eek: What was I thinking? But I did better than I had any right to do.

The next year was really a pretty good ride for me, all but 10 miles of the 585 miles. So I'm looking forward to this.

I'm sure the same is true for a lot of us, that first Tri, first race, first bike to work ....

TE rocks. Long live TE TD :p :cool:

[KnottedYet]

I get to do one of these.

Will they let me bring my Brooks saddle and Speedplay Frogs?

(if they say I have to stress on a treadmill, can I bring in Flossie instead?):D

I'm such a troublemaker...

[snapdragen]

I'm reading Ray Bradbury - Farewell to Summer.

I love Jeff Buckley's version of Hallelujah. I don't think I've heard KD Lang's. Must search it out.

Go Trek Go! I'll be at tent assignment again this year.

[Trek420]

I get to do one of these.

I'm such a troublemaker...

Yes you are :p I don't think there's a Cycleops Cardiogram

[Bikingmomof3]

I get to do one of these.

Will they let me bring my Brooks saddle and Speedplay Frogs?

(if they say I have to stress on a treadmill, can I bring in Flossie instead?):D

I'm such a troublemaker...

You get to have all the fun. :p

Seriously, take care of yourself. rest, pamper, induldge. No stress is allowed.

[Bikingmomof3]

I'm reading Ray Bradbury - Farewell to Summer.

I do not recall if I have read that one.


I love Jeff Buckley's version of Hallelujah. I don't think I've heard KD Lang's. Must search it out.

I bought both off itunes, since I could not decide which version I was in the mood for. :rolleyes:

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

I like Bradbury's October Country.

Anyone else here a fan of H.P.Lovecraft?

[Wahine]

Meeeeee. I like HP Lovecraft.

Not as much as I like Poe though.

Love KD's version.

[KnottedYet]

Poe is my several-greats uncle.

[Wahine]

I knew there was a reason why I liked you.

[LBTC]

Cool, knot
you're sort of famous!

[Bikingmomof3]

My son made these this morning and they were delicous!!

BLUEBERRY-COCONUT-MACADAMIA MUFFINS
http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes/blue_coconut_muffin.html

[mimitabby]

oh, wow, you are related to Edgar Allen Poe!! how cool is that?


I'm related to my own grandpa!

[Kitsune06]

Kthulu '08- better the evil you know!

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

My younger daughter is currently in graduate school in New Bedford, MA. I told her she was living in the heart of Cthulhu territory, and then I had to explain to her about the strange townfolk with vestigial gills hidden under their turtleneck fishermen sweaters. :eek:

Jennifer, those muffins sound REALLY GOOD. What a great mother's day treat!

[DebW]

My great-uncle used to go hunting with Ernest Hemmingway, when Hemmingway lived in Piggot, Arkansas. My uncle lived in Holcomb, MO, in the boot heel where they grew cotton. Hemmingway had dinner prepared by my great-aunt once - when preparing dinner meant plucking chickens. Didn't know the great-uncle well because he died when I was small, but I used to spend a week every summer with my wonderful great-aunt in the old farmhouse.

[IFjane]

wow....Impressive literary relatives y'all have. I am not related to any that I am aware of, but my daughter is a writer....so maybe SOMEDAY I will be related to one! :rolleyes:

[salsabike]

Hello, TD. Miss you a bit.

[margo49]

Too cold - let's go to Australia where it is summer!

[kelownagirl]

I was wondering where this was buried Salsa... :)

[salsabike]

I'm sure CC would let us visit. It snowed here again today.

[Bruno28]

Ah, old TD I miss you too.

Did we not have 3 or 4 of these on the go at one point. How young and foolish we were then.....

[crazycanuck]

Only you..Yabba dabba dooo..ey ouuuuu..

Yaba doo time..

Salsa n Bruno-It's 32C here..you're more than welcome to come on down n be the next contestants!

yabaa dabba de do de do..

Meet the flintstones..I should watch some cartoons one of these days...Hmmm..Sesame street & perhaps i'll be corrupted forever :rolleyes:

Until the next episode..do have a good day


Oh! OH! Trekhawk arrives in Perth today..YA YA!! No idea when i'll see her as it's the crazy season..

C

[KnottedYet]

This was the original.

Where is Nanci?

[Trek420]

and still the best.

Has anyone seen Bikingmomof3?

[snapdragen]

Kaff, kaff, kaff.

I called in sick today. :rolleyes:

Only problem with my new job, I'm in a new union and my first day sick comes out of my vacation time. Oh well.

[chickwhorips]

and so it begins..... (again)

[Duck on Wheels]

Are we leaving Australia?

[salsabike]

I know---it's just not the SAME without Nanci. I keep telling her that.

"Rocky, watch me pull a rabbit out of my hat!"

"A-GAINNNN?"

"Look--nothin' up muh sleeve--" (rips sleeve completely off) "PRESTO!"

[snapdragen]

Nanciiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii !!!!! We need a check in! How are the critters?

[maillotpois]

Yeah, where IS Nanci? She's the one who made me do that silly 600k.

I hope she's well. Anyone talking to her off TE?

[salsabike]

Yes! Nanci says hi. And here is her latest acquisition. Meet the stunning Cherry:

4988

[chickwhorips]

I've missed the snakes.

Thanks Salsa!

[mimitabby]

um, Cherry the headless snake!

my son's snake has a facebook account. if anyone wants to be oroboros's friend, do a look up.

[Blueberry]

Glad to hear Nanci is well! She has been missed:)

We're missing a few other folks - BMof3, Caligurl - any ideas whether these folks are doing OK??

CA

[Bruno28]

Come back Nanci - It just ain't the same without you.

[chickwhorips]

What happened to Betagirl?

[maillotpois]

Thanks for the update, Salsa!

Yeah, BMo3, Betalgirl, where are they now?

[chickwhorips]

Soon there will be a VH1 special:

TE Girls: Where are they now?

:p

[Pax]

Soon there will be a VH1 special:

TE Girls: Where are they now?

:p

http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb217/Deepliquid/Smilies/ROFL.gif

[Velobambina]

Nanci is such a special soul. I loved her posts and miss hearing her adventures. Maybe in 2008, she'll start posting again.

[crazycanuck]

'Silly thoughts required..

[Trek420]

Soon there will be a VH1 special:

TE Girls: Where are they now?

:p

Then we go on Dancing with the Stars.

[mimitabby]

I always thought it was because my son got a snake. Once he got a snake, Nanci left. Snakes don't like other snakes. Maybe she was worried her snake would find out about his snake.

[salsabike]

She is now up to 11 snakes, a second toad, and also this fabulous creature, Isabel:4992

Think silly thoughts, think silly thoughts
<sprinkles Peter Pan dust all over everyone>

Half the day I go around with the Helsinki Complaints Choir going around in my head. It's really hard to listen to Finnish singing in your head when you don't even know the language.

[mimitabby]

how many times did you listen to that choir, Salsa???

[salsabike]

Maybe 3 or 4 times--listened to it once when it was first posted here, played it for dinner guests Saturday night, played it once more for someone else...it doesn't take much for me to get the music-in-the-head earworm thing. I think I posted here once about that. I'm always giving Chris the song report---"Now it's "Casey Jones"! Now it's "Tiny Bubbles!". It's often stuff I really hate and wouldn't listen to voluntarily. At least I know the form my madness will take, when it comes (or maybe it already has...).

[IFjane]

Thought about posting this in Humor, but realized there really isn't any cycling humor in it. I really have to find out what that accordian player's name was...:D

From the Manitoba Herald, Canada (a very underground paper):
The flood of American liberals sneaking across the border into Canada has
intensified in the past week, sparking calls for increased patrols to stop
the illegal immigration.

The actions of President Bush are prompting the exodus among left-leaning
citizens who fear they'll soon be required to hunt, pray and agree with
Bill O'Reilly.

Canadian border farmers say it's not uncommon to see dozens of sociology
professors, animal- rights activists and Unitarians crossing their fields
at night.

'I went out to milk the cows the other day, and there was a Hollywood
producer huddled in the barn,' said Manitoba farmer Red Greenfield, whose
acreage borders North Dakota. The producer was cold, exhausted and
hungry. 'He asked me if I could spare a latte and some free-range chicken.
When I said I didn't have any, he left. Didn't even get a chance to show
him my screenplay, eh?'

In an effort to stop the illegal aliens, Greenfield erected higher
fences, but the liberals scaled them. So he tried installing speakers that
blare Rush Limbaugh across the fields. 'Not real effective,' he said. 'The
liberals still got through, and Rush annoyed the cows so much they wouldn't
give milk.'

Officials are particularly concerned about smugglers who meet liberals
near the Canadian border, pack them into Volvo station wagons, drive them
across the border and leave them to fend for themselves.

'A lot of these people are not prepared for rugged conditions,' anOntario
border patrolman said. 'I found one carload without a drop of drinking
water. 'They did have a nice little Napa Valley cabernet, though.'

When liberals are caught, they're sent back across the border, often
wailing loudly that they fear retribution from conservatives. Rumors have
been circulating about the Bush administration establishing re-education camps
in which liberals will be forced to drink domestic beer and watch NASCAR
races.

In recent days, liberals have turned to sometimes-ingenious ways of
crossing the border. Some have taken to posing as senior citizens on bus trips to
buy cheap Canadian prescription drugs. After catching a half-dozen young
vegans disguised in powdered wigs, Canadian immigration authorities began
stopping buses and quizzing the supposed senior-citizen passengers on Perry Como
and Rosemary Clooney hits to prove they were alive in the '50s.
'If they can't identify the accordion player on The Lawrence Welk Show, we
get suspicious about their age,' an official said.

Canadian citizens have complained that the illegal immigrants are creating
an organic-broccoli shortage and renting all the good Susan Sarandon
movies.

'I feel sorry for American liberals, but the Canadian economy just can't
support them,' an Ottawa resident said. 'How many art-history majors does
one country need?

[mimitabby]

that's quite funny. and I'm a liberal!

[salsabike]

Shoot, and I was planning on going there too...

[chickwhorips]

Canada has always been my default.

So Salsa.... what do we do now?

[MM_QFC!]

that's quite funny. and I'm a liberal!

I agree...very clever, oh so true and when is the TE-libber ex-pat launch??!!

[Bruno28]

Well, I'll be in Canada 26th December waiting for all of you.:D

[IFjane]

I agree...very clever, oh so true and when is the TE-libber ex-pat launch??!!

Let's rent a bus & storm the border!

[Kitsune06]

I hear everyone almost gets treated equally in Canada...

[MM_QFC!]

Well, I'll be in Canada 26th December waiting for all of you.:D


yeah, and you're figuring that we're all falling for that??? methinks you'll be busy w/o us, Bruno...:D

[Trek420]

Let's rent a bus & storm the border!

I'm waiting for Canada to invade and liberate us :rolleyes:

Duck on Wheels has safely arrived, she's at our Moms. Mom has internet access but it's not high speed so she probably will not be on (besides which, she's visiting Mom :) )

[mimitabby]

who's got the white wigs?

[chickwhorips]

I'm waiting for Canada to invade and liberate us :rolleyes:

I wonder if we could help them along with this.

[MM_QFC!]

who's got the white wigs?

hehehe, well, if I didn't get my "natural highlights" put back in regularly, I wouldn't need any white wig! ;)

[mimitabby]

lalalalala

[MM_QFC!]

well, me too but i' d never admit it.

never, Mimi?? what just happened there then? :eek:

Also, am counting on our gentle friends to the North to remain that way and not come stormin' anything...isn't that part of the problem down here in the first place?? Too many idiots with weapons and no sense nor sensibility, IMHO...just my $.02, folks.

[mimitabby]

where? you making that up?

[MM_QFC!]

ha, guess that's why we have both helmets and beanies, eh? hide the evidence...until I'm ready to go au naturel on my head...
I think a TE henna or highlights party might be very interesting!

[crazycanuck]

I doubt that Canada would want to invade the US..Sorry but why waste our resources..:rolleyes:

I would expect the US to invade Canada as we do supply your northern states with water...

C

[salsabike]

Noooooo!!! I'm not ready for serious political discussion. Reality is bad enough already in that regard.

Let's get back to the TE highlights party idea. That sounds like fun! When I was in 8th grade and a little hoodlum chick, a bunch of us had one of those "let's put blonde streaks in our hair" parties. Luckily, it didn't work. My parents would have sh*t. Now I get to do it without parental censure. I take my fun wherever I can find it...

Anyone know how to do those little hair wraps with colored thread and beads? I used to love those.

[Kitsune06]

Knotted's Chicken Soup (post 800, I think?)

3 lbs frozen chicken thighs (minus the one that slipped into the garbage disoposal...ewwww)

1/2 head of garlic, cloves chopped in half

Thumb-sized knob of ginger, sliced thin

palm full of whole peppercorns

3 big splashes of soy sauce

4 handfuls of brown rice

All tossed into the crock pot with enough water to cover. I plan to repeat the garlic and maybe the ginger and probably the soy sauce after it cooks a while.

Making this tonight. mmm. We need to make a recipe compilation for TE

[Xrayted]

You're cooking? :eek: :eek: :eek: *falls over* :rolleyes: :D

[Bad JuJu]

I'm a big fan of crock pot cooking, but I never tried putting the chicken in frozen. Does it get cooked through?

Here was last night's crock pot creation:
Chicken Jambalaya

Cut a pound of chicken into chunks then stir-fry for 2-3 minutes.

Add chicken to crock pot along with three cups of chicken broth (or stock, if you have it) and a can of tomatoes (or chopped fresh if you have them).

Throw in about a cup each of chopped green pepper, onion, and celery (mmm, all that good aromatic stuff). Add a couple of minced garlic cloves, a couple of teaspoonsful of Cajun or Creole seasoning.

Finally, add a half-pound of smoked sausage, and a cup or so of brown rice.

Cook on high for 4-4 1/2 hours. Hot, hearty, healthy.

[Xrayted]

Uh Kit, please take it easy on the peppercorns. Thanks. :o :)

[Kitsune06]

yeah yeah. I know,or I'll hear you brutzing all night. :rolleyes: ;)

[kelownagirl]

Well, I'll be in Canada 26th December waiting for all of you.:D

Uh, if you're in Canada that day, you'll be busy at the mall - the 26th is one of the biggest shopping days of the year!

[snapdragen]

Oh that's great, I am so stealing that to post elsewhere! :rolleyes: :D

[chickwhorips]

I can't believe OT:A beat the original TD in posts!

[snapdragen]

who's got the white wigs?

White wig, hell, I'll just stop dying my hair! :eek:


///damn, late to the party again.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

I love my hair now that I'm letting it turn silver. It glitters in the light! :)

[kelownagirl]

My blond highlight disappeared with my last haircut and I need to get it done again. I am surprised at how many grey streaks I have now though. They seem to be a nice silvery, not-too-noticeable colour so it's ok for now - I think.

[KnottedYet]

"Canadian border farmers say it's not uncommon to see dozens of sociology
professors, animal- rights activists and Unitarians crossing their fields
at night."

Guilty!!!! :D

(grew up within walking distance of the border. I'm guilty of many things... and by Senate Bill 1956 I can be jailed just for thinking the thoughts I think and posting this.)

[salsabike]

We need to lobby for some kind of amnesty law for ourselves...

[Xrayted]

Hmmm, a funny thing happened when Kit tried to cook today... :rolleyes:

Thanks for that wonderful recipe Knot. Unfortunately, Kit didn't follow it too closely. It was... um, er... :eek: :eek: She's choking me now so I'm all done typing. :p She went through a lot of trouble today to make me a great meal. I love her so much. I really do. :) :) :D

G'night TD, OTA, QM 2 and that drift that apparently can not be named... :rolleyes:

[salsabike]

I want to do something wholly frivolous. I just haven't figured out what yet.

[KnottedYet]

I've sneezed 5 times in the last couple minutes. Howzat for frivolous?:p

(PS, the "unnamed" thread appears to be "Whats a Thread Drift?")

[chickwhorips]

X its the thought that counts. A+++ for trying kit.

[Kitsune06]

For the record, X's chili was excellent (as always). And she wonders why I don't cook that often! ;) I may be able to salvage the chicken/ginger/garlic/rice brick by adding a bunch of chicken broth and treating what I have as a 'concentrate'. hmm. Kinda forgot that rice sorta doubles in volume as it's cooked. That was a learning experience.

X liked her present. :D


Not much for plans today. Gonna finish my coffee and give Tai his playtime. He's doing better every day. No cysts anymore at all. little white things swimming in the water that I assume are the later stage of the bug, detaching to diversify (and then getting killed by the saline/formalin/malachite--- MUAHAHAHAHA) Full tank change tomorrow. Gotta figure out where to put the gallon of water to settle and age a little...

Heading to the motorcycle shop for parts and to the video rental place to return our strange selection... (Shrek III, Pi-arrrrr-ates of the C-arrrrr-ibbean, Wanda Sykes, Reservoir Dogs) I always get a little thrill picking weird stuff altogether and seeing what the clerks' reactions are.
It's the little things in life...

[Zen]

Where do you get those big giant bows they always show on new cars in the xmas ads? Car dealers?

I want to put one on my ten year old jeep and make the neighbors jealous.
Probly won't be fooling too many people.

[IFjane]

Where do you get those big giant bows they always show on new cars in the xmas ads? Car dealers?



A big box store?:rolleyes:

[salsabike]

5007

[snapdragen]

That's cute salsa :D

I baked cookies today, Pistachio-Cranberry Biscotti and Lemon-Honey Drops. I still need to do the Rasberry Strippers, and possibly some Orange-Spice Madeleines.

[KnottedYet]

I played World of Warcraft for 5 1/2 hours.

Ummmm, maybe I shouldn't admit that...

[bmccasland]

Snap - you have freshly baked cookies? I'm on my way over!

[Velobambina]

Snap -- Could you please post the recipe for the raspberry ones?

For tomorrow's Holiday Party at work, I made Veronica's oatmeal (added semi-sweet chips & white choc chips) and M&M cookies. I was going to make Thumbprints but it was too labor intensive. I've been on dog watch. My 4-month old golden is going through a "hell on paws" phase of utter badness and today, the minx chewed up my expensive reading specs. I can't use the cheapo drugstore kind, unfortunately, so they are in the hospital. My only pair. Boohoo. The doc changed my script for distance, so now it's even tougher to make do and not put on my "low beams" for reading. I'm dreading the $$$$ -- new lenses and ear pieces. There's a little damage to the temple, but I'll live with it (they are very nice TITANIUM frames).

[Trek420]

I played World of Warcraft for 5 1/2 hours.

Ummmm, maybe I shouldn't admit that...

Uhm, maybe not :rolleyes:

[salsabike]

Too late, Knot and Trek. We're already planning the intervention. We think it should be at Red Hook Brewery, somewhere around lunchtime...

[KnottedYet]

TE ride to RedHook!!!!!! :p :D :p

[snapdragen]

Snap -- Could you please post the recipe for the raspberry ones?



Here they be! The recipe is from Cooking Light Magazine. I've made them with both raspberry preserves and apricot preserves. Both are wonderful.

Raspberry Strippers

1/3 cup granulated sugar
5 tablespoons butter or stick margarine, softened
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 large egg white
1 cup all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons cornstarch
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
Cooking spray
1/3 cup raspberry or apricot preserves
1/2 cup powdered sugar
2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
1/4 teaspoon almond or vanilla extract

Preheat oven to 375°.
Beat granulated sugar and butter with a mixer at medium speed until well-blended (about 5 minutes). Add 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla and egg white; beat well. Lightly spoon flour into a dry measuring cup; level with a knife. Combine flour, cornstarch, baking powder, and salt, stirring well with a whisk. Add flour mixture to sugar mixture, stirring until well-blended. (Dough will be stiff.)

Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface. Divide dough in half. Roll each portion into a 12-inch log. Place logs 3 inches apart on a baking sheet coated with cooking spray. Form a 1/2-inch-deep indentation down the length of each log using an index finger or end of a wooden spoon. Spoon preserves into the center. Bake at 375° for 20 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove logs to a cutting board.

Combine powdered sugar, lemon juice, and almond extract; stir well with a whisk. Drizzle sugar mixture over warm logs. Immediately cut each log diagonally into 12 slices. (Do not separate slices.) Cool 10 minutes; separate slices. Transfer slices to wire racks. Cool completely.

Yield: 2 dozen (serving size: 1 cookie)