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[maillotpois]

Wow. 7 pages of TD since Friday. Here's what I get for not being on a computer for 36 hours....

Knot - wow you are going through a tough time right now - huge hugs to you. And I second the sausage biscuit suggestion. GREAT hangover food.

Salsa - I hope your toe's okay - I have lost most of both big toenails. Like Nanci's they had to be helped. (EEWW). I am hoping they grow back normally? Never lost a toenail before. Nanci, any insight on this?

The marathon's next weekend. Whatever. My enthusiasm is not high....

Had a lovely breakfast yesterday with SK and Yellow. Great to me her! She's like one little muscle!!! I had a great time, and SK even shared the last bit of her SB gold bar with me!! Wow. I tried hard today but could not find one of those. Maybe I have to stop at SB on the way back from work some night this week and see if they have them.

I got the PP and myself a small (1 oz). nibby bar each for the football game today. Yes, I am going to a pro football game. Chargers/49ers. I am SO not a sports fan, and last time I went to one was easily 15 years ago. But we were given tix and it seems like a fun family outing, especially with a nibby bar in tow....

Okay - gotta do some other computer stuff and then get ready for the game.

[salsabike]

MP, they do grow back normally. I lost a big toenail a couple of years ago after a strenuous hike with a wrong-fitting hiking boot. The podiatrist who took it off (once it detaches, it has to go, apparently) said it would make about 10% growth each month, and that is exactly what happened.

Snap, that's a classic construction story. Smart nuns. The guys--and they are nice guys--are just profligate in their waste. Slobs, too. Lots of cigarette butts. I will give them all their nails back but have a firm conviction that as soon as I leave for work they'll toss them high in the air and let them redistribute themselves around the site. Double arrrrr.

Nanci, wish I could see your yard---sounds really cool. I find I am missing my garden a whole lot--it got pretty much turned into a moonscape as they started the house expansion. I moved the flowering plants I most wanted to keep to a holding bed, which they destroyed part of, of course. The yard won't be relandscapable till at least early spring, after they're completely done with the house. All my bird feeders are still up--in fact, we got a pileated woodpecker for the first time last week at the suet feeder (think Woody). We've only had downy and hairy woodpeckers before, and of course northern flickers, who are gorgeous. Anyway, you get to plant all kinds of stuff in Florida that would roll their eyes upwards, swoon, and die here, like lantana, which I like (you can manage it here but it's really hard work--doesn't fit the climate). And yes, I hear weird noises at night especially when Mr. Salsa is traveling for work. Last week, I got to walk the entire yard with a flashlight since I was sure someone was breaking in (they weren't). Hate that. Wish we didn't have to experience that level of paranoia. Your waterbed thing is SO interesting---maybe it's the work of the moon and the tides on some profound planetary level. Not kidding about that. That is fascinating. Re Choco being blue--that's a sign that a shed is coming? Is there any worry about that or something you have to watch for/help with?

Knot, I know this sounds weird, but if things are bad, the relief will SO outweigh the loss. At least, that's sure how it worked for me with the seven-year-relationship-pre-Mr.-Salsa guy. Felt like someone had taken an elephant off my forehead when I finally ended it. It felt great--hard but great.

BMof3---your YOUNGEST twins came up with the umbrella cockatoo? Um..how many twins do you HAVE, anyway? Did you tell us how old your kids are, etc.? Did you do the Getting to Know You thread post yet?

Maillotpois, I am sorry you are feeling blah about that marathon. Expect you're more than a little frustrated about not feeling as strong as you hoped to when you ran last week. Should I send you another funny tearjerker book? (joke only! don't think I have any more like that book)

I will go to the doc tomorrow about my toe, since the purple area has extended down into my foot a little bit. Bah. It's raining like hell here.

[Bikingmomof3]

BMof3---your YOUNGEST twins came up with the umbrella cockatoo? Um..how many twins do you HAVE, anyway? Did you tell us how old your kids are, etc.? Did you do the Getting to Know You thread post yet?

Sorry, it should have been, my youngest twin (I only have one set of identical twins). He was born 5 minutes after his brother.

My boys are 14, 12 and 12.

Yes, I did indeed fill out the getting to know you form, it was prior to my purchasing my still nameless Trek 1000, so the bike listed is no longer in mine, the bike store thankfully bought it from me and gave me store credit. Here is the thread:http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showp...postcount=1311

[chickwhorips]

sounds like no one really got much sleep last night. add me to the bunch, but thankfully i didn't wake up with a hangover like some. (sorry to hear bout it knot, kit i told you not to drink that much.)

nanci i'm the same way when BF is gone out of town. i usually lock the doors when he's gone to make me feel better and grab one of the shot guns. i have a better chance of a bear coming in then a person, but still. amazing how those weird sounds come out at night.

salsa hope your toe feels better and good luck with cleaning up.

[Nanci]

Nice- just found out the lantana is toxic...But I have a different place for it! I got my mini rose, a tiny creeping sedum, coral bells, and a 1" live oak for a steal! It's all planted and has its own waterer and has its trunk wrapped and has a fertilizer stake and mulch. I've always wanted one.

When my toenails fall off, usually it takes several months, and the new nail has a good start underneath. I didn't htink this one was going to fall off, and it took six months. It was never black- just a vague light green, so I thought it was ok. Black toenails a VERY related to not enough electrolytes, it turns out. The new nail underneath is all soft nad weird looking, but once the dead one is gone, what grows out after that is normal, and when the icky soft part is grown out, it looks perfeclty normal again. That has been my experience in the previous two rounds of losing my big toenails.

Choco going blue is normal before a shed. They go blue, hide, turn clear agian, shed. I will increase his humidity and give him a moist hide. Actually first I will roust him out to make sure that's what's going on.

[Kitsune06]

sounds like no one really got much sleep last night. add me to the bunch, but thankfully i didn't wake up with a hangover like some. (sorry to hear bout it knot, kit i told you not to drink that much.)

Well, as long as everyone told everyone else not to drink that much, I guess we're good. Or at least responsible. For someone else.

I'm feeling better now... a bagel and some hydration later (orange juice!) and life is lookin' up. I had to fight with a blanket thief all night, too. gruh.

Chica, wanna make a quick flight down here so we can play bartender with each other?

"Drink this- you'll feel better!"

[Nanci]

http://tinyurl.com/yj5m6b

I asked for this for my birthday! Sweet!!

[salsabike]

http://tinyurl.com/yj5m6b

I asked for this for my birthday! Sweet!!

Beautiful!! What kind is it?

[Pax]

http://tinyurl.com/yj5m6b

I asked for this for my birthday! Sweet!!

Note to self...NEVER visit Nanci at her home!

[Nanci]

Female Nelson's Milksnake, hatched 08/04/06, pin-banded aberrant. I love her. She'd get big, though, maybe 50 inches. I guess that's only ten inches longer than Maizey is now, though, and she doesn't seem big.

Here's a normal adult: http://www.vmsherp.com/ImagePages/Milks/Nelsoni.htm

Hey, look up in that MTB thread- I posted links to three little guys I caught and released.

[salsabike]

Hey! Coral snake? Or California Mountain King?
Will you really get and keep one, or are you joking on this one?

Oops---see that you told us already it's a milksnake. Handsome bugger.

[Nanci]

Oh come on, Queen! A few glasses of wine and you won't even notice the snakes any more! You can cuddle a nice tort or boxie, too!

[Nanci]

It's not a Coral, it's a Milksnake. A Nelson's Milksnake. Red on black, friend of Jack! Red on yellow, kills a fellow.

Really I wanted a Pueblan Milksnake which is about a foot smaller or so at adult size, but this girl is just so striking. But- $75, plus $55 to ship. Like where am I going to get that.

[KnottedYet]

Went for a good walk in the rain.

salsa - I am feeling huge relief. Amazing huge relief. In fact, right now I'm in terror that it WON'T end after all. Letter or no. That I'll cave again, or she won't get it.

Rain has stopped, and the sun is shining a little. Maybe I'll get to ride this afternoon.

My new battery for my iBook has arrived. so now I've gotta drain the old one. Got the cd player running and the brightness turned up trying to use up the old battery. Down to 85% battery power now. Jeez, my house goes to heck, but I keep my iBook charged!

[Pax]

Oh come on, Queen! A few glasses of wine and you won't even notice the snakes any more! You can cuddle a nice tort or boxie, too!

Don't you have anything cute and furry to pet...maybe a puppy or a nice hamster??