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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Good morning everyone!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Originally Posted by Trek420

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

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

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


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

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

Trek - hehehe - another true smartazz!