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[BleeckerSt_Girl]

uh, Knot, how can you eat spam? It's like 25% salt!

And the other 75% is ground up pork lips, ears and anii !!!!!!
(the salt part sounds good to me though)

[KnottedYet]

Don't forget the potato starch! SPAM is a complete meal in itself: protien, fat, starch!!!! Meat and vegetables! MMMMMMMmmMMMMMMM good!

[Trek420]

Hey, Knot! Make it an easter tree? The neighbours have a couple of trees in their yard decked out in bright coloured plastic easter eggs. It looks much more festive and fun than that sounds. Honest.

H&B
~T~

Yeah, keep it up and do the Easter/Passover tree, with Passover rabbits underneath (easter bunny with a yalmuke?)

Salsa, sorry about your Mom, happy about the house.

[KnottedYet]

(easter bunny with a yalmuke?)

That reminds me of an old "Sylvia" cartoon of uses for a worn-out certain birthcontrol object. It could be reused as a waterproof yalmuke for cats...

Well, the tree is down. In the process of trying to put the tree back into the hall closet I managed to create an avalanche of the contents thereof, and found that the tent and camp stove I thought had been left in exDPITA's basement were, in fact, residing peacefully in the depths of my hall closet.

Happiness for the fate of those two things, but still morose about several others which I *know* are in ex's sphere of influence.

Must "leave it" and "move on".

Better things ahead, eh?

(ooh, my cd just started up "Clocks" by 12 Girls Band. It's a sign!)

[chickwhorips]

salsa glad about the house! woo hoo! hugs to your mom.

[Aggie_Ama]

KNot- You would so fit in Austin. We have gluten free sections in the grocery store and a SPAM fest! My Pawpaw used to eat SPAM, I never have been one for canned meat.

Salsa- great news on the house. Are you going to post before and afters? Hugs to your mom.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

That reminds me of an old "Sylvia" cartoon of uses for a worn-out certain birthcontrol object. It could be reused as a waterproof yalmuke for cats...

Gerbil trampoline...

[KnottedYet]

SKnot rode the Commutermobile!

My little baby rode an adult sized bike!
Granted it was only 10 minutes, and it was around the school track, but he did it!! I let him decide when we would go home, because I didn't want to push him and have him give up on biking again.

As we walked home he said he felt really good and liked riding!

So, now I hope I can get him to ride around the track a little bit each evening as I either walk or run around. Slowly but steadily... He did say that biking was one of "his" sports, so even though he's a reluctant rider he thinks of himself as a cyclist.

Awww, I'm so happy!

(BTW: I thought I'd have to lower the saddle, but he could sit and touch the ground flat-footed! The kid has longer legs than me already! He didn't want me to raise the seat, that's fine. I just want him to ride and if he wants to touch the ground for now, that's fine.)

Knot-trying-not-to-be-a-pushy-mom

[Bikingmomof3]

The house is DONE. That just happened last week. We still have a ton of stuff to do. Our bed, dressers and bed tables are in the new master bedroom, and our horrible old couch is in the living room, so we are OUT of the basement dungeon. But we still have to get everything out of the basement so they can drywall the ceiling and replace the carpets they ruined in their flood. So I think the moving back in process will be quite slow. Key things we still have to do, soon: get window coverings; get new couch(es); get the relandscaping done.

We did end up sponge-painting the living room to try and match that sort of goldy-orange color from the ochre-mining village in Provence. It's more red-orange than gold-orange, but we still like it, and more to the point, have no desire to do it all again just now! I will post pics as soon as I can get them from Chris.

Now to pay for it. Holy ****! It cost a huge amount, with about an $80,000 overrun. About half of that were upgrades we requested, the other half just the builder's poor initial estimates re time. Bleah. It really is nice, though, and I have no doubt about the quality of the work.

In other news---Mom rehospitalized for two days last week with congestive heart failure and maybe a TIA. Now seems fully recovered, discharged back to assisted living on Saturday. I am trying to find an assisted living place out here to move her to this summer, and am going to see one later this week.

Work has been pretty stressful all winter. Because of this recent consulting project, I have not been on my single bike for five weeks, and have only had two or three 30-mile tandem rides during that time. I hope to start fixing that this week, when I have a little time off. Although have to spend most of it on house stuff.

Thanks for asking! I feel like I've been buried in everything for several months, and am just now coming up for air.

YAY! Pictures please, when you get the time. Everything sounds lovely.

I am very sorry to hear about your mom, but encouraged to read she is on the mend. Hugs to her and I do hope you are able to get her into an assisted facility closer to you.

It is wonderfult o hear for you.

[Bikingmomof3]

SKnot rode the Commutermobile!

Very cool! DS#1, same age as Sknot, took over DH's Trek last summer. My son did not inherit long legs from me.

Jen-still waiting for my growth spurt, I *know* I am meant to be 5'7

[DirtDiva]

5'7"? I'm at least 6'3" on the inside!

[mimitabby]

SKnot rode the Commutermobile!

My little baby rode an adult sized bike!
Granted it was only 10 minutes, and it was around the school track, but he did it!! I let him decide when we would go home, because I didn't want to push him and have him give up on biking again.

As we walked home he said he felt really good and liked riding!

great news!!! yep, he's ALLL leg.
what a relief!

[crazycanuck]

I need a drool smilie..please help...

Dan carter..drool.. ahhhh

c

[KnottedYet]

Here, drool over the brownies I'm making for an Easter Egg Coloring party.

Smell them? Mmmmm! Namaste Foods gluten-free brownie mix. 2 lbs of chocolatey gluten-free goodness!

[Bikingmomof3]

They sound good Knot. Have fun at the party.