Had my annual review, got a rating of "outstanding" which in my beloved South translates into a 4% raise...
Still not worth going back to snowy Unionland, though.
Nanci
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Had my annual review, got a rating of "outstanding" which in my beloved South translates into a 4% raise...
Still not worth going back to snowy Unionland, though.
Nanci
7:45 am. I hear a melodious sound.... is it my beloved? Is it the ringing of celestial bells? Nope. It's my phone. Mimi calling to tell me the power is out in Seattle. So if no-one hears from those PNW'ers for a bit, it's cuz they don't have electricity.
I do.:D
I hope Mimi baked enough potatoes to make it thru the blackout!Quote:
Originally Posted by KnottedYet
My sister always said that hardships come in two's
A funeral and break up afternoon
There is really no good time for anyone to leave
In a couple weeks I'll get my chance to grieve
And hopefully by then my mind will be all clear
And I can cry for the reasons that I'm there
Not for the all things that are happening at home
The church was filled but I was still alone
But this is not a ploy to gain some sympathy
I made this bed and now it's time to sleep
And you don't know me
But you owe me
A little time to find some piece of mind
And when you hold me
I'm not so lonely
It will be difficult to leave this life behind
-Her Space Holiday
A step away couldn't come at a better time.
I may eventually get used to living here. I really miss snow and cold weather, so the climate is hard on me.Quote:
Originally Posted by spokewench
(((((((KG)))))))) I hope things are better this morning.Quote:
Originally Posted by kelownagirl
Thank you for saying I type seemingly well. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by maillotpois
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Originally Posted by Nanci
Congratulations Nanci!!!!
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Originally Posted by Kitsune06
(((((((((Kit))))))))))))
Oh, Kit....
You mean my signature line?? That's just a snip from the "Silly Tasting Notes Generator" circulated by Snap some time ago...Quote:
Originally Posted by Nanci
http://www.gmon.com/tech/output.shtml
Oh, I thought it was something I was missing out on...
The latest on daughter's Roy, as of a couple days ago: He has an Elizabethan collar, only it's put on upside down, so it's like a cone that goes from under his jaw to just above his feet. He can no longer chew his leg, which is now looking better and growing pinfeathers back. He has stopped losing weight. He has to have his stump soaked four times a day, and has to be bathed twice a day. When I heard him on the phone, he sounded chipper. He has to walk in tiny baby steps. So- crisis averted for the moment. The big question is, will he ever stop having the urge to chew his leg off, so he can get the collar off?
The weather down here seems warm for December to me. 70's and 50's.
Nanci
Kit - *sigh* Life changes and sometimes the transition is extreme and harsh. But those sad feelings fade and our hearts mend and we go on. Life flows in the direction it is meant to. It will be ok. It will be ok. I promise.
Just hold it together today. Tomorrow we'll embrace, cry, laugh, learn to enjoy life again and start working on your future. Your happier future.
Remember what we talked about this morning. Try to be positive and supportive. It will benefit and strengthen both of your hearts in the long run. You can still be OK, just not the same as before. "OK" can be very good place though.
Hmmm... I think it's a perfect time to get away from it all and take a little break from life, don't you? ;)
Know this - anytime you need me, I'm here. :)
~mick
Huh. I did not know this. The last time I had strep throat, I think I was 14 (32 years ago). Whoa. What a butt-kicker. Sometimes I get lesser sore throats, though, so I'll keep the suggestions in mind. Congrats on the raise! Richly deserved. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Nanci
X-mas party at the clinic today! I saw 3 patients and I was done! :D :D :D Now I must go eat dessert!
Kit--I don't know what's going on for you, but I send gentle best wishes.
PNW girls, Mimi, Salsa--I hope the power's back on soon and everybody's OK.
Knot and Trek...oh, heck, you don't need any encouragement! Just keep on ! :p
Hey Kit - How's about I harrass you all weekend just for the heck of it? :D
I think I could accept that. :rolleyes:
Me too! :D
Kit, my 2,000th post is just for you. :cool:
Lise-That picture of you and J is the best. You both look SOOOO happy!
Kit-ditto what Lise said
Knot & Trek-Glad to hear the visit's going well :D
Hope you all in the PNW survive the storm.
Congratulations Nanci.
I got an email from Hiker Guy. He can't ride Sunday, family obligations. He did mention that he had a good time Wed, but didn't say anything about getting together again. Dating sucks.
I tried on my swimsuit after months away from the water and a scared myself. :eek:
He'll have to have some things change in his life so that he has a lot of interesting things to see and do and listen to once his collar comes off. That's the only way to distract him from working on his foot. Mirrors, jingly toys that get changed/rotated every couple days, ropes or branches with bark to climb and chew on, many good things to chew and destroy (they love to shred cardboard!), radio and music, nuts in their shells to work on (almonds are good!), perhaps even a little companion bird in a cage next to him to keep him occupied and amazed. Give him nutiricious stuff to rip apart and eat- carrots, string beans, orange slices, celery, even stuff like cooked whole shrimp and chicken bones! Once the collar is off, daily spraying with warm water would be a delight for him, he'll make happy noises and open his wings to get more spray, and he'll spend hours preening and drying and arranging all his feathers afterwards. Parrots are extremely social, smart, and active. They don't do well if they sit for hours alone in a cage with not much new to do.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nanci
That's all I can suggest, hope it helps.
The eBay person has refunded my money, although he claims to have sent several e-mails saying he didn't actually have the item and offering replacement items. I never got anything! I need to check my Junk Mail folder, though, but I check that ever few days- so I think I would have seen anything from him, plus from 6AM till 4PM at work my e-mail is unfiltered...
Lisa- Roy is like her first (very spoiled) child. And she's a stay at home mom. He's in no danger of not having toys or being left alone! I bet, with time, he'll even be able to climb again. (He's got a cage big enough for an Amazon.)
Nanci
That sounds good Nanci. With my Amazon, I used to get a thick hemp rope and tie big knots in it and attach one end to the top of his cage and the other end to a heavy hook in the ceiling. Man, did he love to climg and swing and twirl and chew on that rope, just like a little wild Tarzan bird! :D
AG- I do hope you hear from him soon.
PNW Gals-is everyone dry and safe?
Knot-continue having a blast. :D
Nanci-I am glad your money was refunded and pleased to hear Roy is on the mend.
Ayone want to come clean my house? T-20 hours until X arrives. :eek: :D :eek:
The :eek: is over the status of my house. The :D is beacuse she will be here in about 20 hours.
well, i wouldn't have believed it myself if you were to tell me how crappy
it was going to be last night.
when DH and my son got home last night they discovered that it rained so hard that water came in under the door in our daylight basement and flooded my son's room. The son uses the floor as his catch all. so everything was wet!
we got the water out of the house and 90% dried out and went to bed.
The house was being battered by wind. I was surprised at the intensity and the length of time the storm was there, it was like a hurricane.
Then about midnight, the power went out, but the storm continued its pounding and shrieking.
DH, whose job involves accidents (like windstorm damage) started getting phone calls at 630am and went off to work. around 11am I went out on the FUJI that Eden let me try out and saw some serious stuff, rode a few miles to observe the neighborhood. A block away from my house, a huge tree is down and people can't drive down that street.
trees were down everywhere. The house across the street from mine is
on the same construction schedule as Salsa's and i am happy to report
that except for the portapotty moving several yards away, the new construction seems to have held. My garbage can lid is still gone.
I stuck around until 2pm (and cleaned the patio so more leaves wouldn't clog the drain and drown the house again) and decided to get out because i was cold.
Now i am at my mother's house. normally, it's about a 25 minute drive from here to there
but traffic is totally insane. All the gas stations have long lines of cars, and
i couldnt believe how many folks were on the road!
i was going to run home to feed my cats but the traffic was so bad i turned aruond and came back! again i am waiting for DH to get here. It looks like i am camping at my mother's house tonight
Nanci i am glad you got your money back. that is a big relief
yes, there were 1 million homes without power! and our entire neighborhood (about 4x 4 miles is entirely dark still!)
Lise, you look miserable in your before picture.
Thanks for the update, Mimi. It's good to hear you got through the storm with minimal damage. Hopefully this will prompt your son to start hanging clothes up and putting things away. On second thought, if he's anything like mine (25), this incident will not change a thing :rolleyes: ! Sounds like it was a horrendous experience. DH is a consulting aborist and also owns a tree service. He's always very busy after a storm involving high winds.
Hope Salsa reports in when she can.
Spam Sushi!!!
I have experienced the spammy goodness that is spam musubi from the L+L Hawaiian Barbeque a couple blocks from Trek's house. MMmMmmMM! I will have to try to replicate this fabulous taste sensation.
We did a little shopping in SF. We'll go back sometime later this week, as there is waaaaay to much to see in SF in one afternoon. Today we saw the Castro and Mission, and I got to ride the BART system, which is pretty cool. Except for the tunnel under the bay. That was little nerve-wracking, but on the ride home I didn't feel like I was gonna puke out of sheer terror and didn't have to fix my gaze firmly on the floor, so all is well.
Next time I'll be an old hand at the tunnel-under-dirt-and-under-water thing.:o
Mimi - I cannot believe the storms we've been having, well, at the coast I mean. We get the tail end of them all - today some wind and more snow. I just want it all to end by next Saturday. The highway to the coast has been closed more than open for the past few weeks and I have to drive there next Saturday, and not miss the ferry to my sister's.
Knot/Trek - sounds like you are having a lovely time. ;)
((((Kitsune)))
Nanci - so glad to hear the bird is doing well and yay for getting a raise! A little extra cash always comes in handy eh?
My DD has decided that she's not going to my sister's for Christmas after all, not since she learned that I am getting remarried. She hates my fiance, well, she actually just hates that I have a fiance, and she doesn't want to be around us, so she's decided to stay here for Christmas. I have tried so hard to be understanding for over 2 years but for heaven's sake, she's 23 and I think it's time to grow up and stop being so self-centred. If she was still young and living at home, I'd be much more concerned with her opinion of my potential spouse, but she's not, and I just don't understand why can't just accept that I'm getting married. She's willing to cut me out of her life completely unless I end it with him. She's certainly had boyfriends that I didn't like all that much but I was always civil and polite to them and I didn't share my opinion of them with her. I don't know why she can't do the same for me. I am so saddened that she's willing to completely cut me out of her life over it. I think she's trying to force me to make a choice - her or my partner. Ugh... :(
My 2 cents on this-Quote:
Originally Posted by kelownagirl
Actually, she is not forcing you to make a choice. She is not giving you a choice at all, it is SHE who is making all the choices here. If she decides to cut her mother out of her life using threats, well than that is HER choice. It is certainly nothing YOU would make into an either/or choice/threat thing. Your choice would be to not be put into this ridiculous power play position by your child. Someone who loves well does not force their choices onto others.
Tell her firstly she needs to stop threatening people, and also she needs to "own" her own choices and not try to force them down other people's throats.
Sheesh.
You are right Lisa. She is making the choice and I won't be put in the position to even discuss it as an option. But she actually believes that by getting married, I am choosing him over her. I find that so sad. I have never given her any reason to think that. Both of my other children (9 and 21) are happy for me, and love my partner, and every single person we meet says it's obvious that we were meant for one another. I know I can't make her think differently - I am just trying to be patient and undertanding and let her know I love her and will always be here if she decides to "come back" to me. But I will not be put in the position of making that kind of choice. It's ridiculous.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lisa S.H.
That being said, it is still hurting me, and I am feeling down at a time when I should be so happy. I don't usually stay down for long so I'm sure I'll stop dwelling on it soon, but my mom is really upset about because having family together at Christmas is really important to her. Ah well, I guess we're just another disfunctional family. I was always so proud that we were all so abnormally "normal". :rolleyes:
Well, so now you'll all be "normally abnormal" instead of "abnormally normal". Big deal! ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by kelownagirl
Good that you have your head on straight about it all. Do try to have a good time with your family! Your daughter sounds like she is having a case of teen flashback. She's obviously feeling really insecure. Insecure people have a hard time giving out love, because they are still struggling with loving themselves- they don't have any to spare! :( Hopefully she'll mature eventually when she's ready. Good luck to you!
P.S. Mimi- so glad you are safe and your home is too!!
ugghghgh...it's 38c today...:eek:
back later...
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Water, Water & more water...It's hard to remember what I want to say as I keep having to step away from de computer & visit the loo!!! Just trying to make sure i'm well hydrated for tomorrow. Watching pirated music on our computer is helping me relax..
Anyone for "Dream On"-aerosmith or "groove is in the heart" dee lite or "princes of the universe"queen or "sailing" rod the mod
It's not going to get below 20c tonight...great...Forecast for tomorrow is 36c..
Well ladies, i'm off to bed soon. My "stuff"is ready for tomorrow & no i've not forgotten the reindeer horns for the run.
X-have you left yet?
bm-Did you manage to clean your house?
Mimi/salsa & the seattle ladies-hope the clean up isn't too painful & the weather improves. Can you please send the rain this way?
Kit-:) :D :)
KG-Sounds like your daughter needs to realize life doesn't revolve around her..
knot/trek-what's the Castro & the mission? How's SF???
Must get to bed soon with the following thought..I sure wish i could swim as fast as i could bike...:eek:
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Mimi-thank you for the update. I am glad you and your family are safe. :)
Anyone hear from Salsa?
While you ladies are experiencing storms, we are having unusually warm temps, upper 50s and 60s. :(
KG-I agree with the advise given thus far from Lisa and CC. She needs to grow up. :( Not easy for you, but it is her problem.
CC-have a wonderful time, pictures, will will need pictures. :)
I do not know if X has left yet. My house is still depressingly not clean for company. :eek: Slightly freaking out this morning.
Well, one good way to get your house clean is to have burglars come by. There were a lot of clean spots left in the dust. :rolleyes:
V.
hi guys, still at my mother's house.
i checked the seattle city light map and it looks like up north they have power
but where i live.. it's still dark. argh.
my poor kitties..
So,theoretically, Salsa has power. Haven't heard from Eden either. she lives in Seattle too
CC- X has indeed left :D and is taking pictures along the way. :)
V- My house already looks as though we have been robbed. It is a disaster. What was clean last night, 3 teen boys destroyed this morning.*sigh*
Mimi-thanks for checking on the electricity staus of our fellow TDers. Is Oregon with power? Or did they lose power as well from the storm?
I haven't heard a thing abuot portland. But just reading my mother's paper,
it is even worse in seattle than i realized!
one lady DROWNED when a wall of water rushed into her basement!
houses were destroyed by big falling trees. SInkholes are in the middle of streets.
we were very lucky..
and i'm still worried about my cats, it's 32 degrees out/in!
i want to go home and start a fire in the fireplace warm the house up
and hope they turn our power back on today!
It's supposed to snow near here today. Yeah, "sunny california"....
But Seattle sounds less fun.
Surprise! We do have weather in California! :D One of our best kept secrets...Quote:
Originally Posted by KnottedYet
I finally got some good news on the elusive promotion - my application has been accepted after some minor changes. Yay! Now they have to "annouce" the position, the specs have been written to match my job description (Must have experience in operating a Linux based D3 database system, along with previous experience in hospital billing/collections.....:rolleyes: )
Chloe was limping around yesterday like an old crippled dog. Gave her a dose of doggie advil and made her stay calm (yeah right). Today she is prancing around like a pup again.
For Kit - a Kit to cheer you up: