OMG. We're watching "Shelter Dogs", an HBO documentary about a shelter for dogs. This place is wonderful, all things considered, but this is just gut wrenching.
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OMG. We're watching "Shelter Dogs", an HBO documentary about a shelter for dogs. This place is wonderful, all things considered, but this is just gut wrenching.
It is a good sign. I'm glad you're getting into something that captures your imagination.Quote:
Originally Posted by maillotpois
The boy is good. He's moving into the city tomorrow. I'm having dinner with him and his sister before I go in for a night shift tomorrow. Then on Sunday I get to just spend time with him! Neither of us will have anywhere we have to be, no train to catch, no job to go to, just get to spend time with each other. I am so looking forward to it. :D
My pal, Darryn, is running the marathon on Sunday. When we were in midwifery school together, he weighed nearly 500#. He's had the bariatric surgery, lost over half the weight, and taken up running. I was planning to ride my bike to various spots to cheer for him. But it's going to be pretty chilly, and he wants me to hop in and run at least a mile with him. Not in bike shoes, that's for sure. So I'll drive down, get as close as I can, and get to be part of this with him. One of our other classmates, Pam, is working at "my" hospital now. This morning we ran into each other as I was leaving after my night shift, and she was coming on to her job. I told her about Darryn, and we stood there reminiscing for a few minutes. Who would ever have dreamed, when we were all student midwives 13 years ago, that we'd be here now. It's good to have friends.
Oh good for Darryn! Have fun - I have friends coming to run, walk or bike parts of the course with me. That support means a lot. He's lucky to have you - and what an amazing guy he must be.
Have fun with J.... :cool:
"I'm cute! I'm cuuuuuuuute!" - RudolphQuote:
Originally Posted by maillotpois
BMo3 - this is the bra you have now http://www.teamestrogen.com/products.asp?pID=22525 Don't be ashamed that you didn't think it would work for running at first! One of the things I like so much about this bra is that it DOESN'T feel like it could possibly support as well as it does! It doesn't squish or bind or cut in! Cool beans!
If you have any doubt of the Sport Support holding you comfortably on a longer run, do try this one http://www.teamestrogen.com/products.asp?pID=22526 same idea, just with a bit more "oomph". I probably would've ordered this Firm Support one back when I was bigger, but the only one I found was the Sport. And I run very little, so it was just peachy.
Jeez, Susan outdid herself! She's got a whole bunch of CW-X goodies in the shop! Might have to buy another something for myself... :)
Now that I'm recovered, I had a great adventure yesterday.:rolleyes: I went to a Timeshare presentation. :eek: :eek: :eek:
The things I'll do for a free trip...sat through a short video showing all the lovely properties, and a 30 minute presentation by Rocky about how we are suckers if we're paying for hotel rooms when "WE COULD OWN OUR OWN SHARE IN 61 DIFFERENT CONDO PROPERTIES!!!!"
Then the sales pitch. I was really curious what these things cost. Phase one sales pitch - lowest price is $21,000. OMG!!! "But we will finance that over 10 years!" Finally convinced him I wasn't going to write a check, so he calls in reinforcements. Ah! A lower priced option - only $11,000. That's $159 a month, what's not to love? Another round of no, no, no. I even resorted to a white lie - "I'm paying $500 month on my car right now"...(suby's been paid off for 2 years). Finally, they accept my no. They'll send someone over with my gift. BUT FIRST - here's a trial offer $695. That will give you a week in one of our properties, with the option to buy. I wavered....until....."But you have to come back for another presentation" Nooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
But I got my free trip.......two nights in Las Vegas sometime in the next year.
I Don't think they would mind if you showed up sweaty, BMO3:cool: Just don't push it on the comeback trial (would I do that? nah :rolleyes: )Quote:
Originally Posted by Bikingmomof3
Been meaning to Chirp up earlier, but that nasty thing called work gets in the way. when you spend 9 hours a day with someone coming up to you and saying " I need to have the program approved right away, or I will be fired" and you look at the program, and , it , well, it's real obvious to Ms. Quality Assurance that they should have spent some more time going over it. Maybe I need to post on the "so and So" thread Anyway , tomorrow's my day off! I'm going to try and ride again (avoiding orange county), get my hair done, and do some helmet shopping! and no desperate programmer with unrealistic deadlines until Monday ! Plus , I got some new nutrion stuff in the mail from Hammer today, si I have an excuse to get active!
Maillotpois, now that you've watched that shelter show (don't think I could have managed the whole thing), want to start a big animal sanctuary with me? I know Nanci would help, and Lise, and Mimi, and I'm guessing most of us, actually. All we need to do is find the money...I could easily end up being a little old lady with a million animals. Think I told you guys I have a very cool neighbor whose heart doesn't have much cover, so she has ten rescue cats, four rescue dogs, and a bunch of other smaller critters (remember, she built the dollhouse for the rat she trapped and then felt sorry for?). Hey, are you looking towards mediation/arbitration type work? I did a lot of labor relations training about a decade ago and yearned after FMCS jobs.
Mimi, see TD pages 357 and 363 for broken toe info. Bleah. Did you just emerge from mandatory Boeing overtime time worp?
BMo3, thought hard about you last night and glad to hear from you today.
SK, I love cheese more than any food on earth. The cheese shop at Whole Foods is my idea of serious heaven. Let us know about the Rogue blue cheese. I had an incredibly buttery blue cheese made by some small place in BC and have been searching for something like it ever since.
Snap, I'm so impressed you had the patience to sit through the presentation. Have you been to Vegas before?
What you can't really see in Knotted's photo are her fabulous cheekbones---high and sharp, quite elegant.
Kit, another Massive Attack fan here, by the way.
Nanci, Addy the baby snake is very cute and very funny. Looking forward to future playing-dead maneuvers. Is Choco still blue, by the way?
The weather here absolutely stinks. I guess this is the price we pay for our glorious summers. We are in total fall rain mode now, disgusting and windy and wet.
We spent three hours yesterday at the contractor's office picking stuff like granite for bathroom countertops, and tiles, and laundry room cabinets. That was truly fun, although my brain capacity got outstripped fast. Starting to pick colors to paint the new rooms. Warm gold/ochre living room...like in this picture of Rousillon, a Provencal town where they mine ochre and use it to build the village houses...and we'll have one wall in there painted royal blue, where this wedding kimono will live, like so--
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I would really like to get that rhinestone-clamper thing to decorate this walking boot. I am SO done with this toe thing already. The two daughters of a friend gave me glitter hand lotion this morning, as a sort of consolation prize. They have also in the past given me a glittery wand, a tiara, and a stuffed cat with butterfly wings that are bejeweled. I am a definite magpie. If I decorate it, will post a pic.
Woo! DGF presented me with "the early Xmas present". a trip to see Cirque de Soliel at the Rose Garden. WILD. Music by Delerium (Salsa- if you like Massive Attack, check out Delerium on iTunes. Worth the effort!) Acrobatics that were just amazing. These guys' muscles had muscles. So cool. Best line: "Good thing this is a dream... some of this is pretty WEIRD!"
sleepy, sleepy. G'night, TD!
I found some real live pie eating help. My daughter came over for dinner last night, so 3 pieces of pie have now been consumed. And I'm taking some to a friend tonight, so that's 2 more full pieces, and a tiny piece for my 3 year old nephew, and I'll leave a piece for my friends wife. DH will be home tonight and said to leave him one piece, but he's been eating too much all week.
I've been playing with bike lights. I wanted a lighter smaller battery pack for my 10 watt helmet-mount light, so bought a battery case to hold 6 AA NiMHs (need to solder the connector). Then decided the 10w light on my helmet gives me a headache. So now I've modified a hiking headlamp to fit on my helmet, and will try the 10w on the handlebars. "Velcro one-wrap" is great stuff.
It seems that I've been called a "steel person" by someone in the Open "Vintage bike help" thread http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showt...145#post135145. I've even found two new occupations. What are my chances of making a living as a "traveling steel bike doctor and cheap date" or a "mail order vintage wheelbuilder"? That 2nd one makes me sound like a cheap old date.
DebW-you're an invaluable lady..I like the mail order vintage wheelbuilder name..sounds cool to me!
Can you post a pic of your light? I'm sure that if i get off my behind and get techno i could post a few pics of the ones ian made for us...freakin heavy but bright at the right time..(12hr coming up...)
Kit-I'd love to see Cirque du Soliel...I do believe they're coming to Perth..I missed them in Auckland, Edmonton, etc etc...I will see them even if i have to drag Ian along.
Salsa-Did you get married in the Kimono shown?? I remember I wanted to get one when i lived in Japan but couldn't face paying for something unique like a kimono and never actually wearing it..
Would love to help with the animal sanctuary...but since i'm so far away i think i''d just be emotional and sometimes financial supporter.
BMO3...Our posts crossed paths..good to hear the tests went well. 'Take care of yourself dear.
I'll be the twit for the week...To make a long story short, Ian & I booked tickets for christmas to NZ to visit family & friends in July. I thought it was a bit early then to book christmas leave and waited until september. In sept I was told to wait as structure within our area was going to change etc...Didn't tell them i'd booked the ticket and found out this week i'd have to change my leave..So we both fly out on dec 22nd and I fly back on the 27th..to a lonely house..until jan 8th...I have tons of leave available so i'm saving it for our next jaunt..
I'm off to search for summer posts...It was hot today 28c and don't like hot weather..so i'll be the whinger for the next few months...
Any suggestions for bike jerseys that are good for hot weather?
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Originally Posted by snapdragen
oh, Snap, i don't know how you did that! the last time we tried, we got hostile and were asked to leave!! lol!
DH & I just don't have the patience to sit through that stuff. worse than buying a car!
congrats on your free trip!
why, yes, Salsa, i am coming out of 3 weeks with too much overtime. They wanted me to work THIS weekend too and i said i couldn't. It took 2 days of begging the other guys before they came up with a replacement for me.
wahwahwah..
The colors you are picking are beautiful.
And speaking of colors, while we are saying nice things about KY, she has the most beautiful skin and hair color too. The day I met her the sun was out (and she was trying to hide from it) and her hair is a beautiful color!
I am rather unhappy, I am trying to get ready for my trip, a lady was going to pick my foster kits up today, to take them to the cat show that will be at Seattle Center this weekend. One of them had some spots. How funny, i thought, he scraped his face. oh no, another spot on his ear. uh oh, on his other ear too. AUGH!!! IT IS RINGWORM!!!!
no cat show for these guys... and they won't be adopted for a while now.
Sigh...
and i wanted to get rid of them so i can start preparing for my vacation.
ARGH. and the hair dresser lady wouldn't take me yesterday, no haircut until NEXT WEEK.
can you say, MERCURY RETROGRADE??!?
I've gotten a couple of Cannondale Harmony Women?s Sleeveless Jerseys from Nashbar. Loose fit, cool, descent pockets. On sale now for $30, but I got mine even cheaper ($18-23).Quote:
Originally Posted by crazycanuck
Wow, Salsa, those colors are so warm and just yummy!! Love that picture. It will all be worth it eventually! The kimono is beautiful, too. Was that for your wedding?
Snap - we've sat through one of those, too. I can't even remember how we got suckered into it, or if we even got a prize. This was pre-kid. I think we kicked it around for a while, too. Those are some strong sales people!!
PP is practicing violin. It is alternately cheese grater-y and lovely.
to bad you can't use it this year for when you'll be down (or up) there.Quote:
Originally Posted by snapdragen
some neat photos of the earth: A Beautiful Planet
Oh, crap, is it that time again?!? :pQuote:
Originally Posted by mimitabby
Life is good. Short day at the clinic, the boy sent me an email saying I make his heart flutter (wait, maybe not so good as we're no longer in our twenties...:rolleyes: :D ), I grocery shopped and now am going to try to nap. Tonight dinner with J and his sister, then back to work for me, a night shift.
Salsa--I *love* the colors, and the kimono is a work of art. We all want to hear the story.
KN--sing along, "I feel pretty, oh so pretty, I feel pretty and witty and wise!" ;)
Mimi--DRAG about the ringworm. Ariel had that on her ear when she was a baby. I wrote "ringworm" in a patient's chart recently, and one of the other midwives corrected it to "tinnea cruris". Well, yeah, I know, but we call it ringworm! :rolleyes:
Snap--once I got nearly highjacked into one of those talks. Yikes. I'm impressed that you got through it without bolting. Enjoy LV!
btw lise, i'm glad to hear things are going good with you and mr man with the heart flutters!
I'd rather work OT as much as it took to pay for a trip to LV than sit through one of those time share sales things. YUCK!!
Tomorrow is the first anniversary of my first Century!
Yes, me too, Nanci
I'm the one who won't watch TV because I abhor the commercials. Non-stop
directed at me high pressure sales is not something I want to have done to me!
I knew I was going to get a trip - so I suffered through the whole thing. I truly was curious about how this particular plan worked, and what it cost. I doubt I will ever do it again. I was just about to the point where I was gonna say "You guys are pissing me off, give me my prize and let me leave! I also got tickets for a Champagne cruise out of Alameda. Which would be fine except it appears it only happens once a month, on Tuesdays, at 2:00 in the afternoon. Pffft.
I need to get my SS gift packed up and sent. Hope she likes the goodies and sox I found.
Mimi's correct about getting behind in the Thread Drift. I can't make heads or tails of what I just read since I haven't looked at them for a while.
The only thing that stands out right now for me is that I need to make a pumpkin pie tonight (I must be hungry!) See what you did Deb!
Hubby is up at the Grand Canyon working at the clinic today and tomorrow so I am alone with the Big Kitty tonight and tomorrow. Sunday, we go pick up the moving truck at U-Haul to go load up at my parents (20 miles south of here). They are moving to Tucson to the warm climate (very near my sister). Dad is 88 and mom is 81.
Everything worked out really well since they really needed to get out of snow country before it really started socking in here. I'm so glad, they got a good price for their house and found a nice house they like down in Tucson. It needs some work so they will move in to their new house mid November. In the meantime, they will be staying with my sister. That's hard for her and her husband cause no matter how much we love them, they are getting old and hard to live with - Oh, well, those are the breaks. At least they are still with us!
I'm not sure I'll be able to help them with their move from the storage place to their new house in Tucson though. I'm scheduled for a hike on veterans day weekend into the Grand Canyon for 3 days; and am going to visit the hubby's mom and step dad in Florida for Thanksgiving. I feel bad about that, but we will hire them help if they need it!
So Spokewench, who or what is the big Kitty?Quote:
Originally Posted by spokewench
I am happily about ready to leave the office, for the entire weekend.
The sky is mostly blue, and there's 40-50 mile ride scheduled for tomorrow.
Maybe I'll actually do it.
Mimi
if the world was reduced to 100 people this is what it would be like the miniature earth.
Lise- I am so pleased to hear things are going sowell with J. Enjoy dinner with him and his sister. Sunday sounds delightfully wonderful.
Wishing Darryn all the best in the marathon.
Knot- I waffled on which bra to order. I want them both, but could barely afford one, so I chose http://www.teamestrogen.com/products.asp?pID=22526 I will give a report once it arrives.
Snap-I cannot believe you sat through all that. You deserve several vacations for endurance.
Salsa-I will help with the shelter, I am good with cats. :) Thank you for thinking of me. I hate tests. I just hope there are not more to come anytime soon.
You have picked out some of the most gorgeous colours I have ever seen!
I do so hope you decide to decorate the cat, I would very much like to see it.
Do tell the story behind the beautiful Kimono
Kitsune- I have never seen Cirque de Soliel, enjoy!
Mimi-I am so sorry to hear about the ringworm. The poor kitties.
Maillotpois-I will see your violin and raise you a bassoon and an oboe (it sounds as though a moose and a duck are being tortured in my home).
Big Kitty is exactly that - a very large 20 pound 19?-20? year old Main Coone kitty. He has long hair, tabby and lots of white - I don't have a digital camera or I would post a picture. We love him very much - he's been with my hubby and me since we have been married and before.
Big Kitty is indeed big. :)
how much does big kitty eat!?
Salsa and Mimi - c'mon you guys, yer makin' me blush...:o
BMo3 - I think you made the right choice on the Firm Support CW-X.
Lise - heart flutters, tummy flips, it's allllll good!
I've got a whole 8 minutes to play on TE and finish my lunch. Whoo-hooo!
Actually Big Kitty doesn't eat that much - I'm always amazed at how little he does eat and still maintains the weight - probably 1/3 to 1/2 cup cup of dry kitty food a day - sometimes less sometimes more.
But I'm sure if you sent him some salmon from Alaska - he'd be all over that!:)
I hope so. I ordered white, since all my other support bras are black.Quote:
Originally Posted by KnottedYet
Oh, Dh went to give a presentation at work and the last thing up on his computer was TE's sport bra section. :p Yep, he was a tad embarassed.
we may be able to arrange that... though i would need a cooler or a pressure cooker to can it.Quote:
Originally Posted by spokewench
note to self: really need to invest in a perssure cooker. though they are so expensive. :mad:
Ha! :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Bikingmomof3
Salsa, I'm in on the shelter. I would love to take care of baby beasties all day long.
Funny thing happened today. I got an email from an ex-boyfriend, the first guy I dated after my four years of stunned celibacy post-breakup. He and I went out for 7 months, ended it when he wanted more "freedom". As I wanted more "committment", I determined that we were incompatible. Which I knew, anyway. It was an amicable breakup. I cried, but then again, I always do. I missed him a bit...but I missed him while we were dating! So no big loss. We stayed loosely in touch, as in, he'd write me, I'd write back, he'd write again 6 months later. So. We ran into each other last February at a Starbucks. Hugs, chat, oh, sure, let's be in touch. I wrote him a friendly email that day, heard nothing back. Fine. Then in April, he turns up at the clinic I work at (on a day I was off), with his new Romanian wife. Of course my pals who knew him tell me about it. I'm pretty surprised. I figure, well, he found a woman who will depend on him, someone he can take care of. Good for him, hope he's happy.
And today he writes me. Wonders if I'm running the marathon, wishes me well. I write back, say no about the marathon, congrats on his marriage, best wishes, period. He immediately writes back that wife has left him, left the country, in fact, divorce pending. He wonders how *I'm* doing.
Good grief. I don't even know how to respond. "Sorry to hear it, I'm doing great, dating a wonderful man, take care" ? I mean, the guy's not capable of being my "friend", so it sure sounds like he's checking out my availabilty, no? :confused: Wierd.
Poor J. called. They can't get his headboard in the door. I've made him chocolate chip cookies. MWBR. :)
ha! what goes around comes around.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lise
EEEEEEEEWWWWWW. Carolyn Hax would love this one (http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp...sb=-1&st=hax&z)Quote:
Originally Posted by Lise
More later.
PS I think that's the perfect response, Lise.
Lise "Good grief. I don't even know how to respond. "Sorry to hear it, I'm doing great, dating a wonderful man, take care" ? I mean, the guy's not capable of being my "friend", so it sure sounds like he's checking out my availabilty, no? :confused: Wierd."
sounds like he's going through his little black book? there's somone I know kinda like that, generaly hear from her after her break up and before the next one....I'm "sorry, you had your chance, moment over, good luck wish you well, buh bye" :p :D
Nanci, it's impressive that you can remember the anniv of your first century.
MT and ? (has TD gotten so bad that we need to take notes?) I listen to NPR all day long at work. It's always shocking to tune to a "regular" Radio or TV channel and hear the pandering on the commercials. I was thinking about when I filled up the Hocus Focus today and the young man (45 and I type like Grandma:eek: ) was blasting a Spanish language station. My normal Espanol skills are limited to "Mucho Creveza", but it was obvious that they were airing the same kind of drivel. I've been debating having the TC half of cable pulled. I'm blessed that I can pick 4 PBS stations off the air where I live.
I did a 32 miles up into San Dimas Canyon. Went by the Circle K, but I didn't see Bill and Ted:rolleyes: The hammer stuff worked great. Got a new helmet at Cost :cool: , and got my hair done. Meant to write some for my blog, and to go by borders and pick up a Blackadder DVD. Wanted a Red Dwarf, but I guess that to weird for the Republican part of So Cal
Speaking of radio - a guy on another board kept going on about Radio Paradise. I finally gave it a try, I really like it. Super eclectic mix, one minute you listening to Elvis Costello, then here comes Jimi Hendrix. Throw in some Madeleine Peyroux, a little Rodrigo y Gabriela. NO COMMERCIALS!
Find it here: www.radioparadise.com
For those of us who've never seen the film, can ye explain?Quote:
Originally Posted by Fredwina
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Good Lord you ladies are prolific!
Okay - here's my update before I eat dinner...
The house is great (yes - MP - we're in the house now)! There are a gazillion (snap - I like ginormous and use it regularly) kids in the neighborhood. FishJr has come around. We had to threaten to take her to the hospital if she didn't eat (3 days with virtually no food and mainly juice). She woke up the next day singing and remarking on how beautiful the day was. Big Sigh! She's been fine ever since. Poor thing - she was obsessing about every little thing.
Roux is still doing great. Thanks for asking - I really appreciate the thought. He's started his treatments at LSU. The tumors are almost completely gone. He starts a new medicine on Tuesday which should double his life expectancy. That's very good news!
Due to popular demand - I'll keep my name for now ;)
Gotta run and eat dinner. I'll try to catch up with everyone tomorrow.