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[Kitsune06]

I think I could accept that.

[Bikingmomof3]

Me too!

Kit, my 2,000th post is just for you.

[AllezGirl]

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

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.

[Bikingmomof3]

I tried on my swimsuit after months away from the water and a scared myself.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

He can no longer chew his leg, which is now looking better and growing pinfeathers back. He has stopped losing weight....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?

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.
That's all I can suggest, hope it helps.

[Nanci]

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...

[Nanci]

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

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

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!

[Bikingmomof3]

AG- I do hope you hear from him soon.

PNW Gals-is everyone dry and safe?

Knot-continue having a blast.

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.

The is over the status of my house. The is beacuse she will be here in about 20 hours.

[mimitabby]

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.

[five one]

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 ! 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.

[KnottedYet]

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.

[kelownagirl]

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...

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

She's willing to cut me out of her life completely unless I end it with him. ....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-
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.

[kelownagirl]

My 2 cents on this-
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.

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".