I really like the word whinge.
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I really like the word whinge.
Thanks everyone for tolerating my rant earlier. Partly it was due to too much wine - I have become such a lightweight now that I am on a healthy kick. One lil' ol bottle that used to just tease me now knocks me on my proverbial arse.....
KEL - We are re-doing our kitchen. Ripping out cabinets, sinks, etc. And we are both so strong willed and stubborn. Combine that with wine on my part and its sure to spell a night of squabbles. My DH is really a good guy. The best even. And yes , Mr. Wonderful fits him well. Its just sometimes working together isn't always the smartest avenue.... tomorrow at least the wine will be gone and I'll have coffee. (Gawd, have I turned into such a lightweight that one lil ol bottle is gonna give me a hangover???? :eek: )
Coffee fixes everything :p
CCHCk..yes coffee fixes everything...ahhhh..
I'm sure you'll get through fixing your kitchen without having to strangle your dear.
I guess I can sort of relate when Ian first tried teaching me how to drive...Let's just say I found a nice driving instructor, failed the test 3 times but now have my licence. It's not that i was a really bad driver, i have difficulty with judging distance & depth with my left eye.
May I ask why you're dreaming of Boston?
BM03 will probably tell you Tim Tams fix everything..? Christmas crumbs perhaps?
Peeps are nice after being in the freezer!!!
I am counting myself lucky atm...I just looked at the weather forecast for Grand Prarie & Edmonton..:eek: Do i ever feel guilty...Grand Prarie's expecting a high of -26C on Monday. :eek: Fort Mcmurray's warmer..hahahaha..
I need to go back to Canada just to experience that temp again. I've been away from temps that cold for a few years now.
Sticking my head in the freezer just doesn't do it for me..
c
CC many congrats on the license. The 3rd times the charm they say ;)
I am dreaming of Boston as it is my most fav city. Granted I have not been to many but Boston holds a special place in my heart. Its where my DH and I really "feel in love" and spent so much of our early relationship together. And Boston is just so cool to me, with its history and recreation and tourism. I love Boylston Street and its architecture and the old churches in Boston and Back Bay and Faniul Hall and the Fleet Center and the Aquarium...... I could go on and on.....
(sticking my head in the freezor is about all the really cold I want these days..... )
I've never heard the word whinge until I came to TE. In fact, I still haven't actually "heard" it. Is it pronounced like hinge? Does it mean whine? Is it an aussie word?
CChyk - Tomorrow is another day. I had too much wine tonight too. Shared a litre at the restaurant, then came home, plugged in the amp and have been singing with my sweetie since. Oh my, what the neighbours must think... :eek: :D
At least you are giving the neighbors something to talk about. There's nothing worse than boring neighbors and I am surrounded by them :p
And nothing soothes the soul like a good song.....
Cchk-Boston's a nice city & would like to go back one day.
KG-Whinge means whine & is pronunced like hinge.
It's an Australian & Kiwi word...If you really want to hear it, you could always watch a couple of the following Australian & NZ films & see if they say it:
Muriel's Wedding
Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert
Dirty Deeds
Once were warriors
Scarfies
The Castle
Romper Stomper-(back when russel crowe was young!!)
Goodbye Pork Pie
An Angel At my Table
Heavenly Creatures
I don't know if the humour of The Castle, Goodbye Pork Pie & Scarfies would be totally understood in Canada/US..
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Stop talking about snow! ;) I HATE the stuff. (But then why the heck do I live in the Northeast? Good question.)
me too. how do you pronounce it? do you pronounce the G?Quote:
Originally Posted by snapdragen
well, there's snow mixed in the rain this morning. It's bitter cold okay, for HERE it's bitter cold, about 36 degrees. DH wants to ride today. He's gone off the deep end and I am NOT following him.
Yesterday was bad enough at 38 with sunshine. This is 36 with snow mixed with rain falling down.
crazy crazy crazy. i'm not going there!
Instead i will do fun INDOOR activities, thank you very much.
It was nice to have ridden yesterday, but the pain in my hands was very disturbing.
I only went 16 miles. did my arms shorten up since October? what the heck is going on?
CrazyC, (we have two CC's i noticed) you are right that we would miss the humor. When watching british or australian films I do a lot of huh? what did he say?
and that's with words I already know.
crazycanuck "If you really want to, you can check out the weather in west aust."
oh yeah....
Early drizzle, then fine.
Fine.
Possible late storm, then fine
Fine. Early cloud.
Fine. Mostly sunny.
Fine.
Fine and sunny.
Fine, mostly sunny......
and earlier "...Remember not to eat any yellow snow..." ewwww, but do write your name in it.
CC, that's better than here :p
the weather here? Wet. From October to April. Wet. Blinding flashes of some unknown orb rising in the sky in the east, thankfully obscured by the soft, mother-like clouds, then setting in the west, where it can no longer harm us...
yay for pnw.
OTG - plug your ears. Well, the snow is still falling, but it's cold and not big flakes any more so it takes awhile to pile up. It's -6 right now (21F). Then some really cold air from the north is supposed to descend upon us tomorrow with lows of -22 (-8F) and highs is -13 (8F) most of next week.
Nevertheless, I am going to dig out my cross country skis which I have not used in about 10 years and ski out my door today. When I bought this house two years ago, I was excited to be out of the valley bottom again and looked forward to getting much more snow. Unfortunately we had almost no snow last winter so I am looking forward to it even more now.
Crazy - I have never heard of any of those films. Well, I think maybe Muriel's Wedding sounds familiar.
Trek - don't I quite have the talent required to write my name in the snow. Maybe my little guy could do it but I'm hesitant to suggest it. :)
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Originally Posted by kelownagirl
Yeah, I can hear him in the school ground, talking to his teacher; "yes, but my mom taught me how to do it!"
And at our school, no teacher would be surprised. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by mimitabby
I've actually seen these three!! I think. I'm actually not sure about Romper Stomper, but it sounds very familiar.Quote:
Originally Posted by crazycanuck
I love Aussie humor, along with British humor. Our local PBS station used to show all kinds of "imports" - lots and lots of comedy. Now it seems to show nothing but "How to improve your life and live to be a million years old, even if you don't want to...here have a hug" shows.
:o I'm becoming addicted to the two games on my new Palm. One is plain old solitare, the other is Bejeweled. This is bad. :o
kelownagirl "Trek - don't I quite have the talent required to write my name in the snow. Maybe my little guy could do it but I'm hesitant to suggest it. :)"
oh look, he's writing his name, and he's doing his homework in snow....awww, how cute.
I was just checking Denise223's last post and she was concerned about a questionable mammogram test. Sure hope everything's ok....
KG-I just emailed Denise. I will let you know what I hear.
Did you use her cycling4life email address? I emailed her yesterday too but haven't heard back yet.
Got an email from her today. She's been busy and hasn't been biking but she didn't mention any serious concerns. I'm glad. :)
SNOW!!!
This is the snow at my mom's house yesterday, with another big storm coming in. When we left this morning, there were about 6 inches of snow. We left early while it was still kind of dark, when the snow was stopped. After we made our escape, she got another 6 inches, and is expected to get MORE through-out the day and evening. She's about 3 miles from Abbotsford BC.
http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m...t/DSCN0337.jpg
At my house it is dumping huge wet sloppy flakes. They are sticking, but not well. We have maybe 2 or 3 inches, but it's so warm they are pretty much melting into the ground.
Sknot is hoping for a snow-day tomorrow. We're gonna put up the (fake) tree this evening. After we clean the house...
(oh, yeah, our holiday tradition? Vacuuming! Shoving stuff aside so we can find a place to put the tree! Bending the wire branches so they look semi real! And squirting Crabtree and Evelyn Christmas oil around so it smells like Christmas/Saturnalia.)
Gotta get rolling on my cards. I think I'll do a watercolor, a bike with a tree on the back rack, which idea I freely admit I stole from the cards Terry Bicycles sells. I'll either do watercolor or Pigma pens. Last year was Pigma pen strings of xmas lights. Kinda boring by the time you've drawn the 30th card...:rolleyes:
Did you ever notice how old ladies all have the same haircut? Is it like one day you walk in the salon, and the hairdresser says, "Oh, I see that you're 70 years old now. You're getting short hair and a perm today"?
Yes, i have noticed that. I have also discovered that little by little MY hair is too crummy to grow out. I used to have hair down my back.. now.. well,Quote:
Originally Posted by Offthegrid
it's just a little longer than the old lady look. (my 55 birthday is in a couple days... i'll be bald by the time i'm 80)
Where O where is everyone. I am in the midst of decorating and desperately need someone to chat with. I need a break. :)
I'm here, but debating going off and making some cookies.
V.
V,
Do you have my address so you can send me cookies? ;)
I am going to cry. We decorated the outside of the house in shorts and t-shirts. :(Quote:
Originally Posted by KnottedYet
I do hope Sknot gets his snow day. Make snow angels for me. :)
I'm here, too. But I'm bouncing around doing laundry and dishes and trying to get the house cleaned.
Love my wool long underwear. Sknot just informed me he lost his. Greeeeeeeat. This kid is already going without a coat because he lost 6 (count 'em SIX) coats last year and now has to buy his own. Gameboy cartridges are more important to him. Can't be bothered to use his money on a coat. So, now he's cold. Tough.
Oughta make 'im buy another set of wooly longies, too....
Grump grump grump.:mad:
Edit: HAH! He just informed me he wants wool longies and a new coat for xmas! Can't get around it that way, boy! But 10/10 for effort...
I'm jealous of the snow. Popoki_Nui posted some nice snowy pictures (today's ride thread) from Victoria - including a bike leaning against a snow(wo)man. And now Knotted's pic.
This morning I baked a very nice loaf of pumpkin bread with pecans.
Still enjoying my cranberry-orange relish from Thanksgiving. Very simple recipe: one 12-oz pkg of fresh cranberries and one whole orange cut in 1/12ths chopped together in food processor. Add sugar to taste (1/2 - 3/4 cup). Let sit in fridge overnight.
Leaving in 30 minutes to drive my son back to college, a 3 hour round trip. Could have left an hour ago if he'd done his laundry sooner.
No, can't say that I do have your address. :p
We decorated on Thanksgiving. Thom got the tree delivered on Wed. There is a picture of it in some other thread. It's wrought iron and wood. It looks nice. You can really see the ornaments. I can't believe KY draws all her Christmas cards. That's some dedication. :)
We use a photo and get the cards make at Kodak.com
Here's this year's. http://images.kodakgallery.com/photo...37107_0_SM.jpg
The ornaments were handmade by various relatives. The snowman is wax and is probably at least 50 years old, maybe more.
V.
KnottedYet "Gotta get rolling on my cards. I think I'll do a watercolor, a bike with a tree on the back rack, which idea I freely admit I stole from the cards Terry Bicycles sells. I'll either do watercolor or Pigma pens. Last year was Pigma pen strings of xmas lights. Kinda boring by the time you've drawn the 30th card...:rolleyes:"
do one and then color xerox? I gotta get rolling on cards too, I haven't done my yearly cartoon in....like years :rolleyes:
V your always making cookies. i would gain so much weight if i were you.
i had it today and lifted some weights. about the only thing i can do without shoes on. don't worry BM3 i was a good girl and didn't hurt the feet. i just feel so much better doing something. it was driving me crazy!!!!
TREK!!!!! "color Xerox"!!!!!!!
Gasp! :eek:
No, dear, my "art" is too sacred to Xerox. Actually, it's too crappy to xerox. I figure everyone who gets one of my misbegot creations is so thrilled to recieve an original that they forgive the poor quality. Either that or they think, "gawd, poor woman sucks as an artist, but look she tried so hard, bless her little cotton socks..."
That's why I try to burn 6,000 calories a week riding.Quote:
Originally Posted by chickwhorips
My new recovery drink is egg nog.
V.
ah good plan V.
mmmm..... egg nog.
I tired to upload a photo of my undecorated tree, but it is too big. So is the tree. Wider than my love seat.
Okay, I shrunk the photo. Sorry all the tree does not fit. Time to put the lights on.
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e3...3/100_2161.jpg
I drank Thom's entire glass of eggnog when I got home today. He says, "You don't want any of this do you?" I answer, "I'll just take a sip of yours." Twenty seconds later his glass is totally empty. Oops.Quote:
Originally Posted by chickwhorips
V.
wow BM3 that is a huge tree!!!!! happy decorating!
V that sounds exactly like something i would do. now you see it.... now you don't. :eek:
Wow, you're not kidding when you said it was a huge tree!
I'm not putting up our tree until it's December. No decorations till then either. We do have the houselights up now though.
I went cross-country skiing around the neighbourhood this afternoon. Just beautiful out...
Here's my snow picture. It's snowing heavily right now and I just got called to go pick up my little guy. Argh...