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[salsabike]

Oof, WA summers would make me a slug. 35C is way too hot for me.

By the way, you guys, the Beeper is holding her own (remember, our Siamese with kidney disease?)---on subq fluids twice a week, her kidney values are pretty decent and stable for now. The vet says when a serious problem does come, it'll come pretty fast--but for now Beeper is doing well and enjoying life (although very pissed off about being boarded again--better than having to hide from the plumber and the shop vac, though).

We have a really fabulous view of Mt. Rainier and the Cascades from the hotel window too. Quite a backdrop for watching Boeing jets be tested.

I can never figure out whether to pray for sunny winter weather here or grey--when it's sunny, it's colder and my toes get cold on the bike; when it's grey, it may be warmer but may also end up wet and I ride through water-covered goggles. OK, all together now---um...doesn't really matter which one I pray for, since I'm pretty sure my own personal prayers do not actually determine Seattle weather. Ya think? Huh.

Nanci, is Zee still biting?

[crazycanuck]

Just a song for you ladies:
(no i'm not a Johnny fan )

"You're the voice"by John farnham..an oldie but still a goodie...

We have the chance to turn the pages over
We can write what we want to write
We gotta make ends meet, before we get much older
We're all someone's daughter
We're all someone's son
How long can we look at each other
Down the barrel of a gun?

You're the voice, try and understand it
Make it noise and make it clear
Oh-o-o-o, whoa-o-o-o
We're not gonna sit in silence
We're not gonna live with fear
Oh-o-o-o, whoa-o-o-o

This time, we know we all can stand together
With the power to be powerful
Believing we can make it better
We're all someone's daughter
We're all someone's son
How long can we look at each other
Down the barrel of a gun?

You're the voice, try and understand it
Make it noise and make it clear
Oh-o-o-o, whoa-o-o-o
We're not gonna sit in silence
We're not gonna live with fear
Oh-wo-wo-wo, whoa-o-o-o

ooooh We're all someone's daughter
We're all someone's son
How long can we look at each other
Down the barrel of a gun?

You're the voice, try and understand it
Make it noise and make it clear
Oh-o-o-o, whoa-o-o-o
We're not gonna sit in silence
We're not gonna live with fear
Oh-o-o-o, whoa-o-o-o (X3)

We're not gonna sit in silence
We're not gonna live with fear

[kelownagirl]

Salsa - glad to hear your kitty is holding her own. We did sub-q fluids for our Kitsa for a long time and she managed to have a comfortable life during that time.

[salsabike]

Thanks, KG. Much appreciated.

[kelownagirl]

I've decided I'm going to go for a ride tomorrow since it's the last day of the year. I am posting my intentions here so I am less likely to bail tomorrow when reality hits. I have not been on my bike outside since November 9th and I am missing it SO much. It's supposed to be -3 tomorrow (hmm, high 20's?) and I do not have warm enough gear (could use some shoe cover thingies) so it may not be a long ride but I will feel good if I can at least get out for 10k or so. There's too much snow up where I live so we will put the bikes in the car and drive down the hill to get onto the flats where most of the snow has been pushed to the side and there's pretty clear pavement right now. I think I'll take my mountain bike to be on the safe side. Wish me luck!

[salsabike]

I've decided I'm going to go for a ride tomorrow since it's the last day of the year. I am posting my intentions here so I am less likely to bail tomorrow when reality hits. I have not been on my bike outside since November 9th and I am missing it SO much. It's supposed to be -3 tomorrow (hmm, high 20's?) and I do not have warm enough gear (could use some shoe cover thingies) so it may not be a long ride but I will feel good if I can at least get out for 10k or so. There's too much snow up where I live so we will put the bikes in the car and drive down the hill to get onto the flats where most of the snow has been pushed to the side and there's pretty clear pavement right now. I think I'll take my mountain bike to be on the safe side. Wish me luck!

Go go go! You'll be happy that you did, and distance not important.

[Duck on Wheels]

It's a fine line we walk between what is right and what is wrong but who is to say what is right, and what is wrong? We fight to help those who cannot help themselves, we fight when there is nothing left to fight for. And what is there left to fight for? Hope. Hope that a nation will once again live in peace and find leadership they can believe in. Can we help to achieve that goal? Maybe not, but can we really hurt it?

Whether or not you are for Bush or against him, pulling out of Iraq right now might be very detrimental to the cause......... It might save lives; but it could cause the loss of many due to the resulting choas.......

I grew up an Army brat of a Viet Nam vet; my brother has been in the army for 22 years... he WAS the front line of Desert Storm....... and whether or not he agrees with Iraq, he is ready to do what is expected of him.....

Soldiers and sailors very bravely do what's demanded of them. I admire them for that. I do not admire those who lie us into wars, putting the soldiers and sailors at risk for no good reason. As for what will happen when we pull out(not if, there is no if, eventually we WILL pull out) ... well, the future is notoriously hard to predict. Could get worse before it gets better. Things very quickly went evil in Cambodia when we were chased out and it took our old "enemies" the Vietnamese to put them straight again. But things got better fast when we pulled out of Sudan (or was it Somalia? so many wars, so hard to keep track. and I wonder how things'll go now we're backing another invasion there). As of now, Iraqis are largely of the opinion that we need to go and that our presence is only making things worse.

[crazycanuck]

Happy new year from Down Under

c

[snapdragen]

Happy New Year cc! I'm sure I'll be sleeping when midnight hits in California

KG - I know a fellow that lives in Kelowna who rides his "Battle Trek" during the wintertime. 'Course, right now he's basking in the sun in Mexico.

Today I'm going to the movies - by myself. This is a big deal for me. I can go into a restaurant, and eat a meal by myself; yet I have never been able to go to a movie on my own. I've already bought the ticket - no bailing out! I'm going to see Children of Men.

[KnottedYet]

My big New Year's Eve plans:
go look at running shoes
clean my house (it never ends...)
take dog to the dog park (brrrrrrr, it's down by the bay and the ferry dock)
watch "Zoolander" at my friend's house
kiss my dog at midnight (I'll likely be on the phone at midnight with someone I'd rather kiss than my dog, but what can you do? )

[Trek420]

now there's a mental picture I'm just not sure about

[KnottedYet]

Well, you both have soulful warm brown eyes...
(but you brush your teeth more often!)

What song is that? I can almost hear it... "looking at the moon"? It's gonna make me nuts. C'mon, hon, sing it so we all know which song it is. (1930's? It's a torch song, innit?)

[Duck on Wheels]

hmmm. I'm guessing you don't mean this one:
Hey You (Looking At The Moon)
Artist or band: Nash Graham
-----------------------------------------------
Hey you (looking at the moon)
waiting for the stars to give you answers,
eating in your cars and building fences,
is this what we've come to?

Hey you, wailing by the wall,
hoping it'll fall in their direction,
you're waiting for another resurrection
is this what we've come to?
Tell me how come everything appears to be hazy,
there's nothing left to see
Tell me how come everyone appears to be crazy too

Well, maybe it's me there, shaking at the gate
can I bear the weight of all you borrow
you know it never comes, so pay back tomorrow.
How come if it ain't you, this is what we've come to?

Maybe this one though:

I'll be seeing you in all the old familiar places
That this heart of mine embraces all day through
In that small café, the park across the way
The children's carousel, the chestnut trees, the wishing well

I'll be seeing you in every lovely summer's day
In everything that's light and gay
I'll always think of you that way
I'll find you in the mornin' sun
And when the night is new
I'll be looking at the moon
But I'll be seeing you

But it doesn't say anything about "while kissing my dog"

[Trek420]

It's the second one, and it's 1944 which of course the old gal remembers, right?

[Duck on Wheels]

No need to rub it in. I know I'm the older sister, but not THAT old. I'm young enough to be Internet savvy, tho'. "Google and ye shall find; Ask and ye shall be answered."