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[Pax]

Queen, I grew up in NJ which has similar weather to you. I hated it there (weather that is) too hot for MONTHS, then when it rains, it REALLY rains.
and don't you get tornados too?
we just get earthquakes from time to time..

Yup, we get tornados too. On the plus side...there are zero hills here.

[Bruno28]

Bruno - sorry that your head is sore. Perhaps you need to stop banging it on your desk?

That made me laugh.

The weather here has been really unseasonal - we should be having sharp frosts and some snow. Instead endless rain and high winds. The rain makes the sky so leaden it's really depressing - the days are short and dark enough at this time of year.

[mimitabby]

Yup, we get tornados too. On the plus side...there are zero hills here.

Queen, I can honestly say that i am now glad that i live surrounded by hills.
You have headwinds to make you strong. They are relentless and unpredictable.
You can PLAN hills. I used to complain that i couldn't ride anywhere without having to deal with hills. but now? they are my friends, and I plan on which will be my next conquest.

ps what i told you about our weather, if anyone else asks, it's all lies. I'm not supposed to divulge this information. They'll probably kick me out of seattle for being honest with you!

[Pax]

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ps what i told you about our weather, if anyone else asks, it's all lies. I'm not supposed to divulge this information. They'll probably kick me out of seattle for being honest with you!

It's okay, my grandparents lived in Federal Way for many years so I can always say they told me about it.

[mimitabby]

It's okay, my grandparents lived in Federal Way for many years so I can always say they told me about it.

oh, thanks for covering me!!
phew...

[Bikingmomof3]

Bruno-I am sorry to hear about your head.

Queen- I am in SW Ohio and we are having flooding issues. My backyard is now a lake. I do not remember the last non-rainy day.

Oh yes, it is also very flat here as well. We had tornados right around Christmas.

[salsabike]

I love the weather here. You can ride through the winter---always excepting our current totally aberrant icy streets---and the summers are glorious and not too hot. It's really wonderful.

They are sawing and hammering over my head. Can't go to work or the library because both are closed. Am sticking around to see if the cats are going to be so stressed out by the noise (laying new hardwood floors, hammering on window trim) that I'll have to take them to the boarding place. I think I'm more stressed so far than they are. Ugh.

[mimitabby]

Noise really bothers my cats too Salsa. Even from the television (I should leave it on during the day when i'm not home just to get them used to it.)

We dismantled my office, the bookshelves, closet, everything. I thought the disorder would scare the cats. NOPE they loved it. They jumped into every box, checked out all the new empty space...
But when i stamp the snow off my shoes when i come into the house, they freak!

[Pax]

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They are sawing and hammering over my head. Can't go to work or the library because both are closed. Am sticking around to see if the cats are going to be so stressed out by the noise (laying new hardwood floors, hammering on window trim) that I'll have to take them to the boarding place. I think I'm more stressed so far than they are. Ugh.

I feel for you Salsa. Our old neighbor decided to rebuild his back porch and lay new decking, the probelm was he had no skill whatsoever with carpentry (I grew up a carpenters daughter and have decent skills), so every single nail he sunk took about 50 whacks from the hammer...it went on for WEEKS! Early in the morning, every weekend, evenings... bangbangbangbangbangbangbangbangbangbangbangbangbangbang *pause* bangbangbangbangbangbangbangbangbangbangbangbangbangbang *pause*.

It was maddening!

[salsabike]

It's funny--it's like with sick babies. The noise bothers me but I know what it's for. The poor cats, though--15 and 16 years old, with their own medical fragilities, etc., just know that awful noises are happening, and I can't explain it to them. Poor everyone, I keep mumbling to myself--poor everyone.

Wish I had some of those carpentry skills. I am so incredibly left-brained--can pick up any foreign language; still get a headache from geometry.

[mimitabby]

man I wish I had carpentry skills, DH sure doesn't ! so between the two of us,
we're not very handy, I'm afraid.

you're left brained and can't do math? I thought the left brained folk were the nerdy ones and the right brained ones were the airhead artist types.

Do your cats actually seem to enjoy being boarded?

[salsabike]

man I wish I had carpentry skills, DH sure doesn't ! so between the two of us,
we're not very handy, I'm afraid.

you're left brained and can't do math? I thought the left brained folk were the nerdy ones and the right brained ones were the airhead artist types.

Do your cats actually seem to enjoy being boarded?

No no no--I'm good at math calculation, statistics, etc. I like that stuff. It's only the visual-spatial stuff like geometry that I can't do well. Mr. Salsa the engineer is the world's best fix-it guy, baby MacGyver--but doesn't have woodworking skills either. Very handy with gadgets, computers, machines, and sticking stuff together that has fallen apart, though.

No, I don't think they enjoy being boarded. But our boarding place is especially nice. It's in a huge heated garage that's part of their home and of Jeff's metal sculpting studio. It's really homey, it's cats only, and they are rotated in and out of their cages all day long into a playroom--toys, windows to sit in, etc. And they know the place and the people very well, so it's manageable. And it's only a five minute drive away.

[chickwhorips]

bruno! so glad to see you again! its been so long. hope the head feels better.

BM3 i'll be over later to help build that ark. i have some good skills.

salsa we'll be sure to make that ark far away from you, you've had enough banging.

[salsabike]

The hardwood floor guys are moving the planks around. It sounds like giants playing mahjongg.

[chickwhorips]

i know its nothing special, but i was able to take a shower tonight! woo hoo! it felt so good, oh and i didn't fall!

i took the bandage off my foot and it looks very good. i have a cute foot again. so happy. doesn't seem to be swollen and it seems to be healing on the outside very nicely.

so now.... does anyone have x-ray vision that can see how the bone is healing?