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[BleeckerSt_Girl]

RedR- most hives won't give honey enough to take from until their second year- and this is the second year for this hive (another will be a first yr hive)...so I'm hoping for some honey by this coming Fall...if my luck holds...knock on wax. lol

[Biciclista]

don't knock on the wax too hard, it might upset the bees.

[spokewench]

Hey X! Good to "see" you! I don't see anything wrong with giving the the old boss a call, he may be super happy to hear from you.

What herb did Kit try for sleep? I found valerian helped me, even though is smells like socks.

Valerian = DIRTY SOCKS! We used to have this growing in our yard. One of my nieces, when she was quite young, brought some in and put it in a vase on our coffee table. Everyone that sat down there with my niece started accusing the poor little girl of having really stinky feet until we figured out where the smell was coming from!

[Xrayted]

Ahhh, off to fix Kit's car. It left her sit by the side of the road the other day on the way home from her clinicals at the hospital. It was just the alternator. She had it towed through a tow service that the police told her to call. They charged her over $200 to go 4 miles!! (turns out, it costs extra for the kickback to the police when they are involved) Then the shop calls me the next day and tells me that it's going to be $600 for the new alternator to be put in. ???? (an alternator is usually in the range of $150-180) So, I added the roadside service to our insurance yesterday, (my fault for not having it on there to begin with) we will have it towed home today for the premium of $13, and we have an alternator from AutoZone for $180 to put in ourselves today. I won't go into what I said to the shop guy when he called me "missy" on the phone as he was telling me how hard it was to do this, thus the $600 bill. I just showed up on my Harley, paid the $50 for the diagnosis (which is free at any AutoZone and most other parts places, just so you know) and told him it will be gone tomorrow. (today) I did add that I work for the largest employer in Portland and he won't exactly be getting an endorsement from me.

Time for an adventure we weren't planning, once again. *sigh*

[Trek420]

X! Welcome back!

[Xrayted]

X! Welcome back!

Nice to see you, too. How's that hot wife of yours these days? Tell her I say hi and send a hug her way for me, please.

Bikes are all tuned up, aired up and, and, and... we gotta go fix a cager.

[Trek420]

Yes she is hot, isn't she and brilliant. I was just up there, she'll be down here in a couple weeks. My job at the antique store cough cough is being an absolute Richard Head about any transfer/promotion/movement. I've read somewhere it's bad form to post about your current job especially whilst seeking another somewhere else even in the anonymity that is our very own TE TD. So I will spare you all the details at least publicly. It's tough but I remain cautiously optimistic.

[Xrayted]

Wow. It works and we fixed it! We still like each other, too. I need a nap.

Brilliant! I somehow left that out. I apologize. She truly is brilliant in marrying you, among other things.

[Trek420]

I often forget about the brilliant bit. It's easy to just get dazzled by the beauty. Enjoy your nap.

[Kitsune06]

Hey ladies!

I was using an herbal tincture with catnip, passion flower, valerian and chamomile in it. It was pretty potent and really made me tired, but I could never get to sleep right. I suspect part of it is just having a lot on my mind, though.

We never did get to nap... it was too close to supper time so we went out to thai (mmmm Zeb thai!) and maybe later I'll show X the commute route I've plotted to school. I haven't really been riding in *mumblemumble* so I'm wondering if it's necessarily wise to jump into a 5 mi one way commute... I hadn't really commuted before to this campus because I either had work right after class (too far to commute there/back/up the hill in a timely manner) or it was the first and 2nd term of the program, where literally everyone stops running/jogging/eating right/sleeping right because there's just so much going on.

Ladies, I'm gonna try to get my groove back. :P

[Pax]

I've missed you gals, and I miss riding a dang bike. Stupid knee.

[OakLeaf]

Hey Pax! We've missed you too. Bummer about your knee. Hope you're finding other things to keep you busy.

[Trek420]

Valerian = DIRTY SOCKS! We used to have this growing in our yard.

So I tried it. Made tea with dirty socks. It had no calming effect

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Hey Pax...i'm sorry about your knee. I hurt my shoulder this winter and it's so slowly healing- amazing how much such things can curtail your activities.

I did a 3 hour contra dance last night- wonderful full body exercise that's never boring.

Today I finally got back on my bike after this dreary winter and did an easy 6 miles to ease my rear back in gear slowly...Spring Sitbone Soreness isn't much fun.
I was surprised I made it up our steep hill without any major trouble. Nice to get back on the bike again, and nice to feel my legs burning afterwards.

[kelownagirl]

So nice to see updates from people in here again!

I got out on my bike for the first time today - it's been a loooooong winter...