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386 1,365
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492 1,051
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278 total words

12:00 am

first?

12:00 am

flip

12:01 am

flip !

12:01 am

ro7

12:02 am

to7

12:02 am

hello everyone :)

Clues are up

12:03 am

thank you lickety. you are great

12:03 am

Many thanks Lickety!!

12:03 am

Thanks, lickety.

12:04 am

sm7

late flip and hi all

12:06 am

ah, our favorite volcano is back! :-)

12:06 am

ty une

12:06 am

cy 8

12:06 am

ty lickety\

12:08 am

ga 8 and re 8

12:08 am

go, mrp!!!

12:08 am

kr7 and kr8... luv it!

12:09 am

Hey mrp and all

12:09 am

hi chic! good to see you

12:09 am

brb, kid just home

12:09 am

It's been a very ruff day

12:10 am

NBT,NBS

12:10 am

Kiln

12:10 am

Hams

12:10 am

make sure you lit it cool down before you open it chic

12:11 am

Sorry I'm on meds

12:11 am

nbt/nbs

12:11 am

nbs, but need the c

12:11 am

cy 8 Nan

12:12 am

yikes

12:13 am

nbt/nbs

12:15 am

8's done

wtg doxy and other nbt'ers

12:16 am

stats for 8's?

12:16 am

ga 8/55 is the only one I have

nbt here!

12:17 am

re8 is the only one i have

12:17 am

8's are cy, ga, kr, re

12:17 am

ty diz

12:17 am

yw

12:18 am

got the kr (how could I have missed that!!!)

12:18 am

halfway

ty diz!

12:18 am

8's obliterated

12:19 am

feeling very stupid -- don't see the cy nor the re

12:19 am

100 down. I'm off to try to get some sleep. Have a good night all.

12:20 am

gnite!

12:20 am

night doxy

would have thought the kr 8 was capitalized

12:22 am

me too!

12:22 am

no -- it is generic for the old walled cities in a certain country

hi une

12:23 am

hey, dee :-)

12:23 am

visited several a few weeks ago!

12:23 am

how cool, nan!

nice to know nan cool

ty diz got all the 8's!

12:28 am

found the re 8 -- just need the cy and would love a clue whenever eveyone is ready for clues

12:29 am

165 down, 113 to go -- bonne nuit a tous! *poof*

cy + ta 6/18

nite une

12:29 am

ty dee -- a new one for me!

12:29 am

nbt at last

new to me, too; wtg

12:29 am

and half way as well

ki 7/48

lol did I kill the chat?

12:40 am

te 6/7...seem to always forget that word

ty looking don't have them...

12:41 am

I guess I do too, vash ;)

12:42 am

I still have 7 7's to go

excellent vash... still have 13 to go here :(

12:43 am

10 here

12:43 am

do you have the so 6/7?

no, ty looking

12:44 am

yes

12:44 am

I think make bread brown again should be a word

and retame...

12:45 am

just got an st 7/28

sm 7/32

12:47 am

ty dee looking

12:48 am

thanks...found it

yqw glad to help

12:48 am

now 5 left

very impressive vash

12:48 am

5 7s left, that is

12:48 am

i have 46 left....

12:54 am

ok...found another wierd word...sa 6/7

tyvm looking

I've never seen the sa before interesting

12:57 am

me either

12:58 am

i've added it to my list

I need to start one of those

12:58 am

i just keep them in notepad by 4,5,6, etc

great idea, ty for sharing

12:59 am

200 down -- enough for tonight -- see you tomorrow :)

nite nan

12:59 am

ooohhh, a very famous Anne Rice vampire is in the grid!

1:01 am

ok, 1:00am -- really poofing now *poof* :-)

1:02 am

1:01 ..here

odd la 7/32, too

1:02 am

lol

hi ru

1:02 am

ty dee....looking

1:03 am

Hello all and thanks, Lickety!

hi jili

1:04 am

i got ag 7/40

hi and nbt

took me a bit to get that cy8

weird word

hi josh wtg

ty vash looking...

1:05 am

it is an addition to the ga 6/27 if that helps

ha 7/36 x 2

1:07 am

ty dee...i have one, looking for other

1:07 am

found it, thanks!!!!

wtg

1:07 am

now one 7 left

1:08 am

I think snile should definitely be a word. Can't you just see the villain sniling sneerily?

1:08 am

hi everyone

sounds good to me... then we could retame the villain

1:08 am

lol

1:09 am

hi flosey and jilli

1:09 am

hi flosey

1:09 am

hi vash, jilli

hi flosey

1:09 am

hi Dee

ty vash found the ag... now 5 7's left

1:10 am

hi dee hi and hi vash

1:10 am

only one 7 in the a's

hi jili

1:11 am

i have the bottom 3 rows greyed out and still missing a 7

wow

you have k7, l7, m7 x 2

ki 7 and kr 7

what is second letter for the m's?

1:13 am

ha 7x3

1:13 am

gn6/30

ma, me

1:14 am

haslet

ty ty ty

1:14 am

damn!!

1:14 am

thanks diz

1:14 am

don't stop there diz..lol

ty diz

1:14 am

ty diz

1:14 am

7's so far ag ha ha ki kr La, ma, me, re re, ro sa, sm so, st, te, th, th, to...so ha is the one i'm missing

1:15 am

thanks grannie!!!

1:15 am

and plural...LOL

1:15 am

hi ruru

1:16 am

phantom: lasagna

1:16 am

hi jilli

1:20 am

now i'm heading to lickety...thanks for the help

1:20 am

i've got 200 already

go vash go!!

ty all for all of the 7's... they are wiped out!

1:24 am

nbt + nbs

wtg flosey that was quick

1:24 am

wtg Flos

1:24 am

nbt/nbs

1:25 am

and Jilli

1:25 am

ty Dee and diz, and wtg jilli

1:25 am

good writeup, jilli

1:25 am

wtg flosey

1:25 am

ty diz

1:25 am

and flosey

very strange spelling for the sm 5/20 (at least to me)

this grid feels bigger than 278

agree

a very twisty an 5/14 :)

1:33 am

finally fireworks

1:33 am

good night

wtg vash!!! gn

1:33 am

wow, wtg vash

1:34 am

fab, vash!

1:34 am

and gnight!

fireworks

1:39 am

wtg Dee

1:39 am

yay dee!

tyvm may I help anyone? all of the 8's and 7's can be found in the chat thanks to vash, josh, diz....

1:40 am

cy7?

1:41 am

cy + ta 6

no cy 7, only cy 8... cy + ta 6/18 (one who eats food to see how the flavor is)

1:42 am

thanks.

1:42 am

okay.. i can go to bed now

yw

any others?

1:43 am

g'night ru

okay all.... poofing til the morrow ... have a great day / eve!

1:44 am

gnight ruru and dee

gn.....ttfn

1:45 am

g'night Dee and thanks for clues

1:49 am

too tired tonight, be back tomorrow, goodnight all

1:50 am

same here...*poof

2:10 am

good morning all

hi Sprite from Zaanstad

2:13 am

hi vanilla :)

I have a sister in law in Krommenie

2:14 am

lol! Are you kidding? That is SO close. I live in Koog aan de Zaan. Only one small village in between.

I stayed at her place as a kid before she married my brother who dies later and she went back home

2:15 am

am sorry he passed away. But nice to know you know the area :)

fished in the river across from her home

remember going past the chocolate factory in Zaandaam boy did that stink

2:17 am

doesn't it just! Am glad we are usually upwind from it.

so it still stinks??

2:19 am

oh yes. Both the chocolate factory and the cocoa producing factories.

she now lves just down from the station we stayed with her three years ago. My brother was 29 when he died a long time ago and they had two little girls

She came here to marry him so thats why she immediately decided to go back. Never married agin

2:21 am

WOW its a small world in Babbleland. xxx to Sprite and Vanilla

2:21 am

well if you ever come visiting again, pls let me know.

2:21 am

hey dizgrannie :)

great. May not be for a while because my wife is not very mobile

2:22 am

sorry to hear that. I am neither, I know how it is.

2:22 am

morning

Anyway I have 20 left I'll keep them till later have a great day everyone

2:23 am

you too, vanilla, and pls tell your wife hi from me

2:23 am

morning Katie

thx will do that!

2:34 am

100 words down better go and do some work x

2:34 am

bye Katie, have a good day

Hey everyone

3:28 am

hey lickety

You have to check out this video, it's from my daughters school - It's amazing

3:33 am

do you have a li4?

3:41 am

lol... well hard to check out a vid without a li4, alas

3:45 am

hi, I had trouble logging on this AM. Do you think I can get 278 words in 15 minutes, all the time I have this morning?

3:46 am

goodmorning ruby and sprite

3:46 am

been lurking, notmuchtimetoday

3:47 am

hello kalia

3:47 am

husband is already thumping around upstairs grrrr

3:48 am

hi Kallia, hi rubyfoo

3:48 am

let him thump, he can wait

3:48 am

{{sprite}}

3:48 am

I should put a dog sedative in his aperitif!

3:49 am

or tell him no, hun

3:50 am

yep just tell him no you are his wife not his slave

3:51 am

hear hear Kallia.

3:51 am

"I'll be with you in 30 minutes with coffee" is a perfectly ok answer

3:52 am

it's what I tel lmy DH when he gets 'needy' lol

3:52 am

he's not really just occassionally

3:52 am

indeed it is Sprite

3:52 am

I am very happy my love and I are not having that kind of relationship.

3:53 am

this is annoying, because I just sat down after picking blackberries for a half hour and I'm very sticky and my back hurts!!!! whine whine whine

3:53 am

me too.....it is more a jokey thing

3:53 am

don't whine, stand up for yourself :)

3:53 am

well STAY sitting Ruby....you don't need to be at his beck and call

3:54 am

no no, I meant I'm whining to the chog, as usual. I just ignore him!

3:54 am

very good

3:54 am

and you of course are going to have to do something with those blackberries....

3:54 am

I don't mind that, I make fruit salad for him and jelly for me

3:55 am

they are gorgeous!

3:55 am

good ignore him a bit more...he will get used to it

3:55 am

I love blackberries

3:56 am

exactly... and when he is very na5 when you go to him, you can tell him you will be back as soon as he is behaving more respectful towards you. Would do miracles for the relation.

3:56 am

I love the jelly, but the seeds are annoying (except when I eat them as I pick)

3:56 am

anyway... fireflies. Nice grid, but with some uncommon words.

3:56 am

we also have huge ripe tomatoes now

3:57 am

amazing, sprite. I have 58 words in 13 minutes!

3:57 am

wd Sprite....I have 107 left nbt

3:57 am

I am off, I need to pack. We go home today (YAY) but before we can leave, there is very much to do.

3:57 am

training, rubyfoo, lol. I've been at this for quite some years.

3:57 am

have a good journey home Sprite

3:58 am

thanks!

3:58 am

bon retour, sprite!

3:58 am

thank you both :) Have a lovely day and see you back home.

3:59 am

oopsneed to go, strange dog in my house!!

4:00 am

OMG, how big?

4:01 am

87!

4:02 am

*poof*

5:21 am

hello, all. I got a call yesterday from my mother, who will have her 78th birthday on August 8, one day after my parents' 58th anniversary. A few weeks ago, my mom was having some unexplained internal bleeding, and she had some testing done. She had a colonoscopy, and it was found she has colon cancer. Surgery will be tomorrow morning. Prayers are welcome.

5:21 am

oh no angel... am so sorry... sending prayers...

5:22 am

and hopefully surgery will go well..am praying is so

5:23 am

so sorry to hear, angel. when caught early, this is a common procedure in this age group and they do quite well... prayers for her and you

5:25 am

its very scary for u am sure angel, the knowing all the possibilities and not knowing ....{{hugs}}

5:28 am

i gotta try for sleep again... i only got an interrupted 2 hours.. andi have busy days ahead...

5:29 am

hi, all. My mother, who will have her 78th birthday on August 8, and her 58th anniversary on August 7, is having surgery tomorrow morning for colon cancer. Prayers welcomed.

5:30 am

angel?

5:38 am

What is her name Angel? I will pray.

5:42 am

her name is Lillie

5:42 am

She will be in my prayers

5:46 am

Prayers out for your Mom, Angel.

5:52 am

how are you carlee?

5:52 am

sorry I had to jump off last night. The kids needed attention

6:01 am

hello everybody

6:01 am

Hey Ruby

6:03 am

my prayers for Lillie, too, Angel!

6:03 am

{{molly}}

6:05 am

thank you all. I know prayer just works. this is the third time she has had cancer.

6:10 am

am

6:10 am

{{annie}}

6:11 am

I just started and hello (((rubyfoo))

6:11 am

My Mom beat cancer several times Angel. I'll pray your Mom beats it again this time.

6:11 am

hints, please, for the lone c and a y

6:11 am

I just read the chog...angelsong, my prayers will be said for your mother too.

6:12 am

cy8...cy + one who samples wine or food

6:13 am

Molly, great clue and hi

6:13 am

ty, molly, I can always count on you!

6:13 am

Morning Annie. Annie, Ruby...I don't know if you heard, but Carlee's Dad passed last night.

6:14 am

oh, so sad!

6:14 am

Oh no, sorry to hear that sad news

6:14 am

Is Carlee here?

6:14 am

gamer

6:14 am

game

6:14 am

games

6:14 am

gamest

6:14 am

whoops, sorry

6:14 am

LOL

6:15 am

She was earlier, but I think she's trying to get some sleep.

6:15 am

ruby, you forgot the legs

6:15 am

I got the legs!

6:15 am

bad ruby, slinking off to the PB

6:16 am

going into the kitchen to start coffee

6:18 am

*Passes warm butter croissants to Ruby in the PB*

6:18 am

ty molly

6:19 am

see you later, not even half yet!

6:19 am

*poof*

6:24 am

*puts coffee, cream, sugar, bagels, cream cheese on the sideboard*

6:28 am

nbs and nbt :-)

6:28 am

and good morning, all!

6:28 am

Ah, thank you Annie. : )

6:29 am

Morning Sue.

6:29 am

hi uu

6:40 am

positive thoughts and prayers with Angel and her Mom right now (just came on and was reading back a bit)

6:42 am

yes, hugs to carlee and angel!

6:50 am

hi, herin!

How you?

6:51 am

ok, herin, not looking forward to yet another really hot day

I just took 4 panadol's to get rid of a head ache.

6:52 am

but I AM looking forward to visiting my dad next week - my son and I are going to drive out to see him :-)

6:52 am

gaaahh i hate headaches, have started having trouble with them myself again

6:53 am

hope you feel better soon!!

Much better

I had a back massage before

6:53 am

oh, good.

6:54 am

ooh,I would love a massage...they are SOOOOO nice!!!

Well my brain was trying to leave my head all day

6:56 am

yuck, I know the feeling :-(

I did go to my neighbours for a chat today that was nice

6:57 am

wish I knew my neighbors better...

I was in the bathroom and I get a ''HEY what you doing from across the fence

Her little girl didn't want me to go home. It was rather cute.

6:59 am

OK, that would be a little weird

I was cleaning.

6:59 am

ah,kids are so much fun! my neighbors on both sides are quite elderly (older than me, even!)

7:00 am

ok, that's better :-)

He kid is in grade 3 she is a little demanding but cute.

7:00 am

that's a good age - they are still cute but starting to mature a little

Yes

It was nice to go and have a chat with someone other than myself

7:04 am

indeed!

And my house work got done

7:07 am

wish my housework would get done! i suppose I could do it myself although you'd think that the people who are home all day could do it...

7:08 am

No kidding Sue. I've never understood that home all day and no housework done thing. : )

No. It takes discipline and 15 min

I am home all day and it is one of those things. It is only takes 15 min at a time.

7:10 am

Oh, discipline. That's probably it.

I right to do lists. Today I had 4 things on there I did only 2.

7:11 am

My friend has a day off with her kids and not only does she spend time with them, but laundry gets done, vacuuming gets done and the house gets tidied up. Her husband has a day off with the kids and video games get played and TV gets watched.

Fly lady system is good

7:12 am

I should do that. Maybe once classes start and I have more of a schedule (I'm going to work anyway even though I am only paid for one of the three summer months, as there are administrative things to do and lectures to write...)

7:12 am

oh, I like flylady, although I am still on the "polish your sink" step

http://www.flylady.net/. I tend to ignore the products but find that the concepts are great

7:13 am

I'm still at "Get dressed to shoes" step.

Meh. I don't bother with the sink thing. I tend to do that once a month. I just need to get on to my todo lists.

I don't wear shoes in the house. Mine is put a bra and house clothes on.

Hi Bzz

7:14 am

Morning al.

7:14 am

hi, bea!

7:14 am

My sink gets cleaned with Comet. I don't get the concept of "polishing" it.

7:14 am

Morning Bea.

7:14 am

well, I do the dishes and swipe the sinks, which counts as polishing in my book

I do the sink about once a month the proper polish thing. I use car polish

7:15 am

If I clean the sink, Hubs always decides that is a day to paint/poly and clean the brushes in the sink.

The kitchen and bathroom are fairly clean and awesome as I can't stand either area being nasty.

7:17 am

I agree Herin. Dirty kitchens and bathrooms creep me out.

7:17 am

And Bea, yes. Men have some inner drive to muck up a clean sink. I think it's a primal instinct.

7:18 am

my bathroom is a construction site (has been for years, I can't afford to finish it) so it is hard to keep clean (it gets dusty very quickly)

Bathrooms are a def no no in grot zone

7:18 am

My entire house is a construction sight. <sigh>

Sue what needs doing?

7:20 am

ceiling has a hole in it where the room was expanded (there used to be a wall there) and one outside wall is unfinished, also the new part doesn't have a proper floor, just plywood

Erk.

We have an old house and it is a pain in the butt dust wise

7:21 am

what it really needs is a total makeover, new fixtures, new floor, finished walls and ceiling, but that will be many thousands of dollars and I am broke

7:21 am

living room is in a similar condition, and my kitchen has no countertops, just plywood

7:22 am

my house was built in 1892, so I understand about old houses :-)

Sue you can use Habitate for humanity

it is called Restore

7:23 am

no, I make too much money - trouble is we took out large short-term (15-year) loans to pay for the work that's already been done and the payments are killing me

7:23 am

afternoon everyone

7:23 am

but the first mortgage will be paid off in another 7 years so then things will ease up - also my son will be out of college by then

7:24 am

hi, katie!

No no no. I mean the place is called ReStore. Apparently it is great for bargins. Same as Ikea.

HI katie

7:27 am

oh, right, there is one of those not far from us (meaning under an hour's drive). Will check it out.

http://www.habitat.org/restores/ This

Have you seen the Ikeahacker website?

7:28 am

I have not (there is an Ikea about an hour from here as well)

http://www.ikeahackers.net/ this. It is how you make things Ikea but different. I use it as an inspiration

and http://signedbytina.blogspot.com/ I hope to do: http://tinyurl.com/3ctjogu this

7:32 am

hey, herin, I watched the tiny URL you posted yesterday re animal rescuers -- VERY sweet! :-)

Ikea is great if you can get stuff you need as in the AsIs section.

ANd so true Ine

Une

Sue I was at Ikea the other day and this man got a massive kitchen bench and shelves for $25

7:43 am

morning all

7:43 am

((Carlee))

7:43 am

(((carlee))) so sorry to hear about your Dad

7:43 am

Did you sleep at all last night?

7:43 am

hi scrabs..

7:43 am

thanks you annie

7:43 am

hello scrabbs

7:44 am

thank* even..sorry...i didnt sleep much...an hour here and there overnight...

Hi Carlee Annie and Scrabler

7:44 am

yea... i bit scrabbs i think in total about 4 hours..

7:44 am

hi herin

7:44 am

Annie--new kid to pray for--Dara, 32 mo, with rare cancer.

7:44 am

longest was 6:30 to 8:30 this am

7:44 am

It must feel surreal, Kat.

7:44 am

{{{{{{carlee}}}}}}}}

O Scrabbler. I tell you these Fates need a kick in the ass

Sue I hope my links help

7:45 am

Scrabbs, I am still praying for the other children and will add Dara to the list...I wish the higher power would leave children alone

7:46 am

yea... a bit... i watched alot of video online of dad last night....i felt like if i turned it off it meant he was gone..was afraid to close my eyes..and was afraid to turn it off..around 2 i finally did...i turned on a jack benny...i think i listened to 6 jack benny episodes through the night

7:46 am

yes, thanks, herin! I was off enjoying them...

7:47 am

and a got a chunk of the grid done...

7:47 am

carlee, i saw the video you posted, so wonderful that you have that!

7:47 am

i ate at about 3:30 this morning too

7:47 am

How are your kids, Kat?

7:47 am

( there are actually 5 at that link sue... there are 5 pieces )

7:47 am

taylor is fine.justine is angry

7:48 am

( if u skip over to fb...i can explain why she is mad... both herin and sue know but for others not "chatting" i dont want it public )

I totally understand

7:50 am

carlee, so very sorry to hear of your dad. my heart goes out to you.

7:50 am

yes, I haven't had time to listen to all of them, carlee, but it is music I love!

7:51 am

thank you eva

7:51 am

scrabbs, I know that G-d has nothing to do with the scourge of cancer but I felt better "saying" that

7:51 am

anyway, time to do a little exercise, bbs

Later SUe

Hi Eva

7:53 am

Annie, it is so hard to understand. It doesn't "make sense." Why would an all-powerful, all-loving G-d allow it?

7:53 am

Hi Eva + Sue

Scrabbler I did read this wonderful thing about how the Fates knit out our lives and sometimes they cut the string really small or it is knotted and that makes them sad

7:54 am

scrabbs, I asked the same thing about the holocaust. He watches over us and gives us the strength to endure.

7:54 am

in many faiths Scrab's it is not for us to question God's actions or motives it is to accept his tests of faith and know He loves us and has a master plan... is how I make it through day to day

7:56 am

It is so hard to be patient, to wait to understand the WHY, and maybe we will never understand.

7:56 am

I am reminded of Harold Kushner's book "When Bad Things Happen To Good People".

7:57 am

wow, already have NBT and NBS. guess i should work on the halfway pint, then...

7:57 am

that is where faith comes in... i dont question, i accept is what God wants for me for His reason and i deal with best as i can and when it is too much i pray to God that He help me and i place the problem into His hands to carry the burden... and for me...it helps

7:58 am

Yes,how can God be all 3: all-knowing, all-powerful, and all-loving and allow such suffering?

Scrabbler how is the other little one now?

7:58 am

Eva, are you knocking back pints this early in the day? : P

7:58 am

Little One--heart surgery back on 5/20--is doing very well!

7:59 am

just a halfway pint, molly...heh

7:59 am

((((Carlee))))) My condolences on the passing of your dad

7:59 am

scrabbs, good to hear

7:59 am

Scrabs, it must be difficult for you to deal with sick children all the time.

7:59 am

good morning everyone

7:59 am

thank you {{mom}}

8:00 am

Good morning. ((carlee))

8:00 am

(((Mom))) good morning

8:00 am

hi car.ee {{hugs}}

8:00 am

Hi Mom

8:00 am

((Annie)) good morning.

8:00 am

hi car. :)

8:00 am

Scrabbler, good morning. Long time since I have seen you. Hope all is well

8:00 am

good morning everyone.

8:00 am

Good morning Car.

8:01 am

{{Scrabs}} hugs for you this morning too I see are needed.

8:01 am

Hello Mom!

8:01 am

Molly, it is not frequent, but it sure is tragic.

8:01 am

Hi Annie.

8:01 am

I amdoing well, Mom & Car.

8:01 am

Carlee...I left you a note on FB, but you know to call if you need anything.

8:01 am

u sounded like u had a lovely vacation scrabs

8:02 am

Yes, and I go back to the Adirondack Mtns in 3 wks for my last summer vacation.

8:03 am

I am going into the kitchen to grab breakfast. Anybody want something?

8:03 am

Bagel, please.

8:03 am

no thanks, Scrab

8:03 am

tels

8:04 am

i saw it car.ee thanks :) yes...i know... other than a significant lack of sleep i am well...today i am taking the kids shopping for clothes for the memorial service on sat... and myself shopping as well ( yeuck )

8:04 am

oops sorry

8:04 am

Horrible but necessary task. I wish I was there to go with you.

8:05 am

mum is going with me today...and if i am unsuccessful for myself a girlfriend of mine and i are going tonight for me

8:05 am

Molly...I left you a message on FB too. Thank you for posting that poem. I first heard it at my Grammie's service.

8:06 am

i also need a new house phone...and as i am going for an iftar dinner tomorrow...i will buy anew scarf to go with a galabeya that my girlfriend brought back for me from egypt that i plan on wearing...as she is hosting the iftar tomorrow

Hi Mom and anyone I missed. BRb

8:06 am

It's a nice way to think of the fact that while we are sad to see someone pass, others are glad to welcome them home.

8:06 am

((Herin)) good morning

8:07 am

Car, here is a multigrain bagel, lightly toasted, with a small amount of butter.

8:07 am

Carlee...if appropriate...I would love to see a picture of that outfit! I bet you look GORGEOUS in it!

8:07 am

thanks scrabs... i appreciate it :)

8:07 am

Thank you very much Scrabs!

8:07 am

off to google iftar and galabeya

8:07 am

Oops...looks like we are sharing again Carlee!

8:08 am

hahaha...we shall see... i look pretty dreaful atm....i tend to very dark racoonish circles when am sleep deprived

8:08 am

I know...not really a good time for pics....

8:08 am

iftar is the meal u break your fast with at ramadan...galabeya is a middle eastern dress

8:09 am

sorry car..i scooped ur bagel...my bad

8:09 am

thanks Carlee, just read about it on google. The galabeyas are very pretty

8:09 am

( as i helpout at the international dinners.....the ladies always invite me to iftars when they are the ones hosting...the first oen i am going to is tomorrow )

8:10 am

mine is navy blue with gold stitching and a very retty emroidered rose pattern

8:10 am

sounds lovely

8:10 am

Ooooh...an 5/14...one of my favorite words!

8:10 am

Goodness carlee! Stunning!

8:10 am

( actually i have 2..i have another that is maroon with almost a tie dye ishness to the fabric..and gold on it as well )

8:11 am

they both sound lovely, carlee!

8:12 am

they work well as a dble for hallowe'en costumes as i hate dressing for hallowe'en....throw on a galabeya... toss on a head scarf...some jewellery ...good to go

8:12 am

Sue! Good morning!

8:12 am

good morning uusue

8:12 am

I have a weird diet-thing to share with you.

Hi. Sorry arguing with laptop

8:12 am

hi, car! just back from doing my 8 minutes of exercise...

8:12 am

Hello Herin!

8:12 am

what, car?

8:13 am

Oh Herin...I feel your pain...have had the blue screen twice in the last 24 hours....

8:13 am

and hi, mom!

Mine decided to update on its own and had a mental all day today

8:13 am

Well, all of a sudden, I am thinner. Have not been following diet or exercising, but went to try on shorts and I had to go to a 16 (was previously at a 20 at the beginning of the year). And my tops are now really loose.

8:14 am

Caree, the yoga word or the upset word?

8:15 am

Teenage an5....for some reason it sounds so dramatic and I love it!

8:15 am

A couple of stress producing "in the hospital" days will do that to you Caree.

8:15 am

wow, car, that is great!!!

8:15 am

And Zack hugged me the other night and said, "look Mom! I can get my arms all the way around you!"...but I think he is growing and that is why.

Wow Car

8:16 am

I am also comfortably a 16 now although that is just one size, still it is nice

8:16 am

I am actually wearing tank tops that aren't clinging to every roll of my tummy.

8:16 am

car. that is great :)

8:16 am

Wow, Car! How did that happen?

8:16 am

and that is great about Zack, car! (my son doesn't hug me that tightly any more...)

8:16 am

As I said, my goal is to just be able to shop in "regular" stores again so I have more choices.

8:16 am

woohoo!!!! that is very cool car.ee

8:16 am

wonderful news for the both of you

8:16 am

ooh, I stay away from tank tops - my arms are not something I want anyone to see -

8:17 am

I think I will go with it, get myself back to the Y and I bought all sorts of salad stuff at the grocery.

8:17 am

I usually only wear them in the privacy of my own home, but I actualy wore one out the other day!

8:17 am

car. keep up the good work

I actually wore a Tank top today under a cardi. Which was a bit of a shock

8:18 am

But heres the kicker...when I went to my PCP...on their scale, which I have weighed myself on before and it matches my home scale perfectly....I was up in my weight a few pounds.

8:18 am

Nice Herin!

8:19 am

brb

8:19 am

well, that is quite an incentive, car! keep up the good work!!!

8:19 am

Sue, on your drive from Illinois to NJ will you come through western NY state?

8:20 am

we could, scrabs!

It is still winter here though

8:20 am

sue...will u be passing through canada as a short cut or going under lake erie?

8:21 am

can't go through Canada, carlee, we don't have passports :-(

8:21 am

I live 35 mi southeast of Buffalo.

Would love to visit you all

8:21 am

Take a tour of the US, herin.

8:22 am

sure, we could take I-90, scrabs - send me an email, uusuzanne at yahoo dot com, and we'll see if we can work it out

Would love to.

8:24 am

Herin...how cold does it get in the winter there?

8:24 am

and i dont have mine yet so i cant scoot over to meet up for lunch somewhere

8:24 am

Party at Scrabs house!

8:24 am

Time to get busy. ((Hugs)) to all of you

8:24 am

Bye Mom! Have a great day!

8:24 am

bye m um

8:24 am

Molly...clue for the "yoga" word please?

8:24 am

Bye bye Car., you as well

Depends Car. We have had a mild winter this year. No one believed me.

8:25 am

anyway, time for shower and breakfast, bbl! and if anyone wants a visit from us next week, and if you live between IL and NJ somewhere, let me know!!

Were I am 3 C over night can happen.

8:25 am

Bye Sue!

8:25 am

absolutely frosty herin <snort>

8:25 am

bye sue

so 37 F

Later Sue

8:25 am

LOL Herin! I was just heading over to Google to do the conversion! TY!

8:26 am

That is nippy!

I don't do snow.

8:26 am

f- 32/9x5=C )

8:26 am

Does it ever snow?

8:27 am

ok..gone to fluff my duff..and get my tookus in gear..get this shopping nonsense over and done with..visa is gettign a work out today...

8:27 am

Love to you carlee. I hope your day goes as well as possible.

No it doesn't snow were I live. It does in the mountains But as I said I don't do snow or really cold.

Blessings Car

8:28 am

thanks car.ee [[hugs]]

8:28 am

{{group babble hug}}

8:29 am

Bye Sue and Kat

8:31 am

OK...I need help with the monster CY 8...I assume it has to do with cells?

8:32 am

cy8 is cy plus one who samples food (Molly's clue)

8:32 am

Oh my! TY Annie! Not what I was looking for at all!

8:33 am

youre welcome car....yes, that took me by surprise too

I had to look up that Cy

8:42 am

Good grief...all sorts of technical difficulties at this end. Good bye my friends!

8:42 am

How is there a plural of the volcano? Isn't there only one by that name?

8:42 am

Bye Car

8:42 am

That cy8 is an odd word.

8:42 am

I think they are a type of lab burner as well.

8:43 am

... it's also a name for a type of lantern

8:43 am

Oh duh, yes. It's been a long time since I've been in chemistry class.

You can have a singular

8:50 am

hello everybody

8:50 am

At 94/184 I must get on with my day. Bye!

8:50 am

phantom"rheostat" morning everyone

8:50 am

(((RUBY)))

8:51 am

Good morning, loves!

8:51 am

{{crossy}}

8:52 am

hello judi

8:52 am

bye scrabs' back

8:52 am

{{herin}} if you're still here

8:52 am

and molly!!!!!

8:53 am

cy8= cy+ a food sample at the grocers

8:53 am

phantom: kestrel

Hi Ruby and Cross

8:54 am

howdy herin

Hey Cross you needs to accept my FB friend request

8:54 am

k herin,fb is still pretty much a mystery to me,so not to worry i am not ignoring you

No probs

8:55 am

ct8 = a star-shaped figue appearing in a cell during mitosis, consisting of a centrosphere and threads radiating from it.

Retan is a word. Tell Snooki that it isn't

HI Hoot

8:55 am

ahh ha!..lol

8:55 am

as per my World Book dichionary - and ty for it. Morning all!

8:56 am

hi herin 0 cmp problems over?

8:56 am

my cmp is wonky today.

Yes.

8:56 am

mmm more words is not helping with the ct

Back on my pc now and just happy about it

CY 8

8:57 am

it has ctenidia

it means CY person that eats food

8:57 am

ahh got the cy already

8:57 am

glad to hear it herin. Hate when mine is out

8:57 am

hoots said ct and scared crossy

Awwww Poor Crossy

Yes Ruby i am here just taking a pic of the kitty.

8:59 am

did I - sorry! still not too awake!

9:00 am

"np hoots,had a sip of tea and am better now

9:01 am

I had a double coffee and still can't read, write or think

9:02 am

not to worry, i peak tween 2:45 and 3:00 pm lol

9:03 am

Yep - me too!

9:04 am

good,we should get together,have a tea,solves the worlds issues then promptly forget to write it all down

I have cookie dough in the freezer calling my name

9:04 am

lol herin

9:05 am

yep! - that'll work!

9:07 am

last time i did home made choc chip cookies,i used a bit too much butter and it all spread across the cookie sheet during baking and i ended up with a single giant choc chip cookie:/

That isn't a bad thing cross

9:07 am

so of course i grabbed the pizza cutter and we were set to go!

Dang straight

I use a Toll House Cookie recipe for my cookies

9:15 am

Mmmmm. Cookies.

Hi Judi

9:19 am

Step away from the dough, Herin.

I haven't moved. If I do the cat will jump

9:21 am

crossy has,home fries are cut and sizzling in a buttered pan with secret herbs and spices getting all crunchy and golden brown for brekkies

9:21 am

Heaven forbid.

O yum

9:23 am

*holds out plate*

9:23 am

i use only russet taters,nest kind for frying and baking

9:23 am

best

9:24 am

not yet judi,have to get peameal bacon and egss going first along with english muffies..patience..lol

9:24 am

*waiting*

9:25 am

how is your colesterol? lol all theses brown eggs are jumbo double yolkers right from the farm up the road

9:26 am

40 mgs of Zocor a day keeps the cholesterol away. That and some fish oil.

9:26 am

crossy never bguys eggs from the grocery store

9:27 am

my colesterol is fine as i have never had it tested..life is easy eh? lol

9:27 am

One of the vendors at our farmers market sells blue and brown eggs. They are delicious. All different sizes. Had one double yolker in the last dozen.

9:30 am

P.S. Crossy - you should now be cooking in the PB. Ta5/10 violation I'm afraid.

9:30 am

hi again, all!

B.f used to get the double yolker eggs all the time as a kid. They were ''rejected' and his parents would get them all the time

9:30 am

actually i was cornered at the last doc visit for the wife.we have both been ordered to have full physical next month:(

9:30 am

howdy sue!

9:31 am

just to repeat what I said earlier - we will be driving from IL to NJ and back next week, if anyone wants a drop-in visit,write me at uusuzanne at yahoo dot com!

Hi Sue.

9:31 am

lol. The double-yolker I had was huge. The carton wouldn't close tight because of it.

Spot the Grammatical error:AUSSIE tots are failing to grasp the basics of tooth brushing

9:31 am

and hi, crossy, unfortunately we can't go into canada as we don't have passports :-(

9:31 am

Felt sorry for the hen.

9:31 am

nice:))...mmmm,good dippin egg

9:32 am

and i was going to put brekkies on for you

9:32 am

and hi again herin! can't drop by Australia either although that would be fun = I have never been there

9:32 am

Shouldn't that be "teeth brushing" ?

9:32 am

maybe next time, crossy:-)

Yes Judi it should This is from a major paper too. This sort of thing drives me nuts

9:32 am

AUSSIE shouldn't be in all caps :-)

9:33 am

Oh Lord. Don't ever look at our paper, Herin. Every day there are numerous grammatical felonies.

It is in caps as it is a heading.

It is the tooth thing I have issue with. Seriously we have one tooth or many teeth. The kids in the photo have teeth.

9:37 am

OK, I must be REALLY distracted - I almost forgot to eat my breakfast!!

Well I am going to go to bed and try not to disturb a kitty in the process. he is asleep on the bean bag at my feet and he is very jumpy

9:38 am

night, herin! Hope the kitty stays asleep!

I doubt it. I think he will probably follow me followed by protests of yips and howls when i go to bed

9:42 am

Interesting picture of Vesta, uusue. I believe that is NASA's next destination - for asteroid landing.

9:45 am

Herin - I honestly think the editors of our paper are a bunch of 7 year olds. They even botch major headlines on a regular basis. Evidence of the poor public school system in Delaware I guess.

9:45 am

There is an orbiter closing in on it now, Judi; I don't know if a landing is planned but we should be getting ever more detailed pictures over the next few months.

tooth brushing is grammatically acceptable.... but it's usually hyphenated.

9:47 am

One thing I hadn't realized until I started dealing with the press is that the person who writes the article doesn't write the headline - even on our student paper. This can lead to some real howlers, especially if the headline writer hasn't read the article carefully, or doesn't understand it

One funny little news item error has kept me smiling for years.... Article was telling of a young woman who had suffered extensive burns, and was now going through "skin graph" treatments. Of course, the spell check would not pick up on that !!

9:49 am

Hmm. Wonder if they were using bar or pie graphs for her???

LOL.... can't you just conjure up a mental picture ???

9:50 am

When I was the president of our faculty senate, I encouraged members to attend the university president's state of the university speech, as he had some important announcements that he had been waiting to make - the headline said "Faculty Senate President Says University President is Withholding Information"!

9:50 am

*face palm* Hilarious, but tragic at the same time.

9:50 am

My favorite newspaper typo was a real estate ad that gave an extensive description of the property...vaulted ceilings, finished basement, hardwood flooring, state of the art kitchen, huge dick...

We had Amy Parks present at AAMI PARK it was dang funny

9:50 am

LOL!

lol

9:52 am

are you sure it was a house or was it a condominium molly?

9:54 am

hi ruru!

9:56 am

Down to 75. Time for a break. BBL. *POOF*

9:57 am

One of the first moves any publisher made when they decided to cut back was to fire the proof readers. I've gotten to the point where I proof as I go but a real pain the butt if yu have kids! How do you explain that a "grownup" made a mistake!

9:57 am

bye, judi!

Right I am going now and for the night

9:58 am

night, herin!

9:58 am

nite herin

10:15 am

and now I am off to work, see you all later!

10:16 am

bye sue

10:38 am

could someone clue the last ga 6/.27 please

10:39 am

the A flower with a g.......ruru

10:40 am

hast

great clue... thanks maryte

10:40 am

Oh, good clue!

10:40 am

:0)

10:41 am

that's the 6/24.. I need the last 6/27

10:41 am

it's the word for the person who comes to check on your gas meter

10:41 am

thank you erda

10:41 am

i didn't see that n on the right

10:42 am

you're welcome

10:44 am

ty - that finished the g's

10:59 am

hi again, all! Have finished wasting time at home and can now waste time in my office :-)

11:00 am

In that case, uusue, maybe you can help me with the SECOND re7,28...

11:01 am

re+ orally sample something

11:02 am

That simple!!! It never fails to amaze me -- Thank you, ruru

11:06 am

thx, ruru! I don't actually have a lot of words yet...

11:07 am

but I just found another entry for the physics babblets, ma5/12. Back shortly...

11:09 am

ok, it's in the list. In case you were wondering :-)

11:12 am

those s's were tough

11:12 am

well, so far I have 5 of them, which weren't too hard :-)

11:15 am

stuck with cy and kr to go.

11:15 am

wow.. I didn't have any th's

11:16 am

I have the cy if you want a hint

11:17 am

yes please uusue2

11:17 am

cy + someone who tries a food sample

and the kr ... think of Russia ( although one would think it would be capitalized )

11:18 am

ty uusue. 2 left.

11:19 am

No, diane, they exist in several Russian cities

11:19 am

thx, diane! I have been there and it is sort of a small city so maybe that's why it's not a proper noun (may be a general term rather than the name of a specific place)

11:19 am

like erda says :-)

11:19 am

I thought the same thing about the kr Diane.

it has another meaning.... a heaven of sorts

11:19 am

Good morning - how is it you can have reheel, but not retoe?

11:20 am

Good point, Nan!

11:20 am

ty Diane. fireworks.

11:20 am

lol, nan!

11:20 am

yay, mixi!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

way to go , finishers. I still have 135 to go, but have to go play the piano for the dear folks in the nursing home... will be back later !

11:21 am

bye, diane!

bye :-))

11:21 am

How nice of you Diane. I bet they enjoy that.

11:22 am

play pretty diane.

as do I :-) I play at 2 different homes.

11:22 am

I performed in my mother=in-law's retirement place a week ago.

I don't get butterflies as I do when playing a funeral or wedding or for church... It's been a good confidence builder,..... they don't notice ANY mistakes !!

byeeee .... and gone ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

11:31 am

have to run -- hair cut today

11:37 am

bye, nan!

11:38 am

hi, folks -- a/o have a clue for the kr's?

11:41 am

There's a famous one in Moscow, foam...

11:41 am

aargh! of course! thanks so much, erda!!

11:41 am

aargh! of course! thanks so much, erda!!

11:42 am

It's Russian generic for a citadel

11:42 am

oops--sorry for the hiccup

11:42 am

Can i return the favor for anyone?

11:43 am

yest, a hint for the c

11:43 am

please

11:43 am

cy + one who samples a bite of food

11:44 am

tyvm foam

11:45 am

yw -- any others?

11:46 am

the st7 plese...or am I being dense?

11:46 am

not a bit dense -- took me forever -- let me think...

11:47 am

st + singer lo***** lynn or very old-time actress lo***** young

11:47 am

that makes me feel better

11:47 am

tytyty!

11:48 am

:) yvw

11:48 am

and firebirds!

11:48 am

woo hoo!

11:49 am

any others?

11:49 am

ty was al over the map and your clue helped me get the 5 after the 7!

11:50 am

excellent!

11:50 am

bbl

11:50 am

Yes you are!

11:51 am

bye

11:51 am

okay, i'm off -- good luck, everyone!

12:01 pm

hello...stats for the C?

12:02 pm

cy 8/55

12:02 pm

ty

12:11 pm

hey all. how's today's grid?

12:11 pm

taking a short break...

12:13 pm

it's a good one

12:21 pm

howdy all,back for a few more:)

12:26 pm

oops. wandered off. LOL trying to "clean up" my hard drive. It's a task!

12:26 pm

hey cross!

12:27 pm

hi, stid and crossy!

12:27 pm

I think it must be lunch time...

12:28 pm

hey sue -- I am waiting for stidkid #1 to get up and come help me catalog books. *sigh* no sun yet, but it is promised for later.

12:30 pm

rain would be nice here, we are expecting 95 degrees and humid

12:32 pm

ick. 95 I can tolerate, humid is not my favorite.

12:32 pm

AH! I hear sounds from the kitchen.

12:32 pm

before I go, clue for the C please? assume a CY?

12:32 pm

yesterday when I was walking home it was only about 83 but it was really humid and no wind - yuck!

12:33 pm

cy + person who samples food

12:33 pm

cy 8/55

12:33 pm

(it's a cy8)

12:33 pm

hmmm.... thanks *thinking*

12:34 pm

GOT IT!!!!

12:34 pm

didn't have the food person!

12:34 pm

yay stid! (I had to use morewords)

12:34 pm

that's NBT for me, and I am off to see what's up with the kiddo. back later! *poof*

12:35 pm

bye, stid!

12:36 pm

hello. didn't even reach half in two attempts!

12:42 pm

half! yay

12:42 pm

(((RUBY))) this is also my second run through at this grid'

12:42 pm

it is not easy {{crossy}}

12:49 pm

for all those who wish it,i will have all of james herriots vets series books available in pdf and e-pub format.those who wish copies,e-mail me at p.a.melbourne@gmail.com and mention you are a babble buddy

12:49 pm

yay, ruby! am not half way myself yet...

12:57 pm

9 books in the all things great and small series,and three extras,herriots fav animal,cat and dog stories

1:00 pm

lol,crossy will shut up now..books are a passion of mine and that is my excuse

1:03 pm

biab...poink!

1:13 pm

B

1:17 pm

missing the corner C for nbt...any clues?

1:17 pm

cy8

1:18 pm

cy+food sampler

1:18 pm

ty bzz

1:19 pm

yw

1:19 pm

never seen that b4

1:35 pm

me either, interesting word!

1:36 pm

hi sue

1:36 pm

just listed with 115 to go

1:39 pm

later all - need a nap

1:40 pm

rest well, Harry

1:40 pm

rather tough grid. Hey, yall

2:07 pm

big old grid :) I am halfway through~took me about 45 mins to get there but am starting to lose steam quickly lol

2:09 pm

bye, harry, and hi dc and lisa!

2:09 pm

still not half way...

2:09 pm

hello sue

2:09 pm

and I am technically working so in and out

2:10 pm

yeah, im done with work for the day :) sitting in air conditioning, listening to my son play xbox behind me

2:11 pm

i have all the i words and the big cy word, but other than that, no other dark squares yet

2:13 pm

and your son is a (wait for it) . . . ga8!!

2:13 pm

hi all -- back from town :)

2:14 pm

ooh... i dont have that one...i can figure out what the root word is...

2:15 pm

root word is "I like to play ga*** -- like Monopoly, Solitaire, Charades"

2:16 pm

got it :)

2:16 pm

hi, nan, une, lisa, uusue

2:16 pm

hey dc :)

2:16 pm

i'm in and out while doing a good amount of house cleaning today.

2:16 pm

hey, seain :-)

2:20 pm

thx for the ga word, une! (my son is one too :-)

2:20 pm

yw :-)

2:21 pm

ooohhh, reserve library books ready to pick up -- off I go *poof*

2:21 pm

bye, une!

2:28 pm

*!* ta da *!*

2:29 pm

yay, nan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2:30 pm

hello all - came in from meeting - ready for early night and remembered still have 89 words left - it is lickety for me

2:31 pm

hi, ursh!

2:32 pm

anyone need clues before I leave?

2:33 pm

cy word please?

2:34 pm

cy and one who samples a meal or wines

2:34 pm

Thanks!

2:34 pm

Thanks

2:34 pm

yw

2:36 pm

hi usrsh -- just noticed that you came in. Thankful for lickety on this one -- so many plurals that I missed or vice versa and a few innovative spellings.

2:37 pm

yes cybernan - i had the cy from an earlier clue but did not have the ta that goes on the end

2:38 pm

any other clues wanted? -- if not I'll go and make some lunch

2:39 pm

I am actually doing some work (!!!) so will be quite itinerant for a while...

2:40 pm

work? -- stop using 4-letter words, sue

2:41 pm

I guess everyone is doing OK so I'll be off -- will see some of you at the flip :)

2:49 pm

any clue for the last sa5 ? ...last one I need

2:50 pm

nevermind...I got it

2:58 pm

11

2:58 pm

can someone help with the ag6/27?

2:59 pm

ag6 flabbergasted - in a bad way

2:59 pm

a+give up the ***** (change the vowel (demi moor movie))

3:01 pm

aaah!

3:01 pm

thanks

3:01 pm

:)

3:03 pm

8

3:03 pm

any clues on teh kr ?

3:06 pm

russian centre of secret service ?

3:06 pm

or is it just political centre ?

3:07 pm

ty

3:07 pm

last word - ag7

3:07 pm

DONE

3:08 pm

yay harry thank goodness no idea how to clue ag7 and can not remember how i got it

3:08 pm

monkeyed :)

3:09 pm

this puts me over a million woohoo

3:18 pm

i am one word away from blacking out 5 different tiles lol...

3:22 pm

yay, harry!

3:22 pm

any clues for ki 7?

3:23 pm

a million what, may I ask?

3:24 pm

ki7 is just ki4 expanded - familial person of the male persuasion

3:43 pm

thx, firefly!

3:55 pm

Enable never ceases to crack me up. Buford! Dat bee done st5 me! Dagnabbit, I have st6 all over my face!

3:59 pm

obviously these are words I don't have yet....

4:04 pm

uusue where will you be in NJ next week? hi all

4:05 pm

Hi Peri

4:06 pm

Hi, Peri! My dad lives in Millington (north central, near Morristown)

4:07 pm

ah - got molly's words, finally :-)

4:07 pm

ok, nowhere near me just thought I would ask. would love to meet you

4:07 pm

Where are you, peri?

4:08 pm

(I mean, New Jersey isn't THAT big!)

4:08 pm

I am outside Phila in PA

4:09 pm

when I cross the Ben Franklin Bridge I am in Camden

4:09 pm

ok, about an hour and a half from my dad's place, looks like

4:10 pm

well,maybe another time

4:10 pm

just stopped in to say hi, will be going now

4:10 pm

bye, peri!

4:14 pm

back again..tough grid:(

4:15 pm

hi, crossy!

4:16 pm

howdy sue:))

4:17 pm

lo an 5/14 =what my 17 year old kid is full of lol

4:18 pm

ah, yes - I'll bet he's a ga8/55 too! (mine certainly is)

4:18 pm

ty sue..needed that one

4:21 pm

cannot wait till these books are ready.have never read herriots material in order or one after another.one year i will find book 4 and enjoy it,5 years later i find book 3 and so on

4:21 pm

I think I read the first one ages ago, but haven't read the rest

4:22 pm

put it on yer list when you send it.i hope to start file converting tomorrow on them

4:22 pm

will do :-)

4:22 pm

right now they are in microsoft lit files,which is a pita

4:28 pm

hi all

4:29 pm

hi, carlee! how are you doing?

4:29 pm

tired but ok

4:29 pm

spent the day shopping and now that i am home i hate my outfit

4:29 pm

{{{{{carlee}}}}}

4:29 pm

so i have to take it back

4:30 pm

it looks like something y mother would wear

4:30 pm

oh, bummer :-(

4:30 pm

i like the skirt..love it actually its the jacket and top

4:30 pm

and i frigging HATE shopping

4:31 pm

is a navy blue trumpet skirt

4:31 pm

me too, especially for clothes

4:31 pm

so you can keep the skirt and just find a better top, right? lots of things should go with navy

4:31 pm

Ah! Kindred women who hate shopping. There are not many of us.

4:32 pm

its matching the navies

4:32 pm

What's wrong with the jacket?

4:33 pm

i just....it looks like somehting my mother or step mother would wear

4:33 pm

not me

4:33 pm

maybe you could get something in a pattern that has the navy in it? then it wouldn't have to be exact

4:33 pm

How about a vest instead of a jacket?

4:33 pm

i really dont want..pattern...i want solid..i'd love to find a nice linen tunic...

4:33 pm

3/4 sleeve

4:34 pm

long lines...

4:35 pm

or something a line that falls nicely

4:35 pm

A-Line*

4:37 pm

sounds like you really know what you want - now the hard part is finding it...

4:38 pm

yeap...that the hard part

4:41 pm

and i need shoes..and this town sucks for shoes

4:41 pm

I REALLY hate shopping for shoes - much worse than clothes for me (I have strange feet)

4:42 pm

I'm so pathetic when it comes to shoes. I went through six pair that I have before I decided on the right ones for a recent dressy appointment.

4:43 pm

i know what i want..but MY DAUGHTER bought them first

4:43 pm

You're the Mother. Make her take them back. : P

4:44 pm

can't you get the same ones? I can't imagine that anyone will look at your feet that closely (but then I have absolutely zero fashion sense)

4:45 pm

Oh I couldn't do that. I don't have a daughter, but my girlie-in-law and I would never show up at the same event with the same shoes on. Nope.

4:45 pm

exactly...cant do that

4:45 pm

<--- obviously a fashion moron

4:46 pm

Girlie and I are still wondering about a family member who recently wore the same dress to both her step-sons weddings.

4:46 pm

well, dresses are different, they are so much more obvious

4:49 pm

today,i had to buy a 100!!! dollar pair of walking shoes! i am wearing right through pairs of 30 dollar big box store shoes at the rate of one pair every 2 months,so i had to do something

4:50 pm

anyway...i will take the skirt with me....and hopefully get someone in the younger store..sympathetic to my situation..and go top searching

4:51 pm

I used to spend $100 on running shoes; they would last me about 6 months but I was running about 30 miles per week

4:51 pm

The younger store?

4:51 pm

good luck, carlee!!!

P.s Shopping is evil. I do ever thing online then go to the store

4:54 pm

hi, herin!

4:55 pm

hi herin

Howdy. Got to love a 7:30am wake up call

Carlee that your son of FB phoro?

4:57 pm

yeap...that is my son

4:57 pm

I feel your pain herin, sitting on train on way to work at 730Am now, I can think of things I'd rather be doing

4:57 pm

( mym mum there too sitting )

Very Spiffy Carlee.

Sparks were are you located?

4:58 pm

he is rather handsome if i do say so

4:58 pm

SA right now

4:58 pm

You?

Melbourne.

Watching Today and refusing to turn to 7 as I do not need to throw things at the tv

Are your trains busy there too?

5:00 pm

we are friends herin,you can use my babble name lol

5:00 pm

Standing room only, really frustrating that they won't add extra carriage

We just have trains cancelled on my line. I am so grateful I am not working at the moment.

5:02 pm

must visit there sometime herin..i should get 20% off anything city wide:)

It is YUK Cross.

5:03 pm

Ew hate that! We had a line closure for upgrade for 4 months and I have to admit, I much prefer train to bus. It was awful

5:03 pm

:(( do not like a city using my name being a mess:(

AWWW Crossie

Did I just scare everyone off too

5:04 pm

i am still here herin.....

5:04 pm

i probably did:)

5:05 pm

Nah, I'm not scared. Lol

5:05 pm

busy txting with my daughters best friend about the outfit..she liked it..everyone liked it...i jsut...dont...

5:06 pm

then return it,life is too short to worry bout what you do not like.then get something that makes you feel good

5:06 pm

Gotta go at station now. Have a good day/evening all.

5:06 pm

tc sparks

O Carlee. It isn't good if you don/t like it. Bye Sparks have a great day

5:06 pm

so my son texted me at 4:36 saying that he is on campus, has the car, will be leaving soon, and his phone is almost dead. I texted him back telling him to pick me up when he leaves. Question: Should I give up on him and walk home (note that the temp is 90F with a humidity index of 107F), or wait, assuming that he will show up sooner or later?

5:08 pm

if he got the mssg,then wait

5:08 pm

how far a walk?

5:08 pm

but I don't know if he got the message, his phone might have died

5:08 pm

a mile

Sue that is a tricky one

5:09 pm

ahh,that is nothing..walk it

5:09 pm

I would survive but be hot and crabby

5:09 pm

walk the route he would drive on

5:09 pm

grab a bottle of water from vending machine...

5:09 pm

if it was five miles,i would of said wait

5:09 pm

not sure which way he would drive (that's the trouble with living in a flat place)

5:10 pm

but one mile?? 15 min tops

5:10 pm

no cash for water but I have a bottle

How the heck does a fat cat run so fast.

5:10 pm

also we are supposed to go to a ball game at 7. Probably I should leave. See you all later!!!

5:10 pm

i am 6ft 2 in and have a long stride herin:)

5:11 pm

though not quite a fat cat:)

5:12 pm

i like to think of myself as "fluffy" :)

5:13 pm

u can do 1 mi in 20 mins at a stroll....other day i did 3.5 with the dog in 1 hour 15 mins and was 90+ out

5:13 pm

Hi Everybody

5:13 pm

howdy nef:)

Hi Nef

5:13 pm

<--- also fluffy but short, and with bad knees, can't go too fast. but will get there. bbl.

My dang cat was eating the other cat's food. I just busted her and she bolted faster than I could get her

5:14 pm

hi nef

5:15 pm

your 2 cats are always sharing bowls

5:15 pm

our

5:15 pm

u just dont catch them

5:15 pm

my cats share 3 bowls

5:16 pm

(((Carlee))) My condolences.

5:17 pm

thanks nef :)

No they have separate bowls she is a pig. I thought it was her as she sounds different to him. They are even different spot,s different types of bowls. I need to bell one of them but that isn't going to work

5:18 pm

how is this grid? Is it worth starting (it looks huge to me right now; and I can't sit here too long yet)

5:19 pm

i started at 1 am babble time....and i am not working on it...not ever 1/2 way

I got to 114 left

5:19 pm

I think it has been a difficult one.

5:19 pm

And the cats that live here now both seem to steal each others' food (even though the one has a sensitive stomach!)

But Pandora is turning into Jabba the cat

5:22 pm

well, I started already. I have no hope of finishing this grid; but it should help me get the brain cells working again.

5:23 pm

Nef, how is your hip?

5:25 pm

it's getting better each day, Molly. I have the post-op pain; but at least it's only a muscular pain and I know that it is getting better each day (as opposed to the pre-op pain!)

Nef it is good to see you here.

5:25 pm

good news nef :)

5:26 pm

Good to hear Nef. So glad you finally got the surgery done. Wishing you a speedy recovery.

5:29 pm

thanks. The doctor took the dressings off yesterday and the stitches came out. He's says I'll have very little scarring since it's healing so well (but you still won't catch me in a bikini!)

Awwwww Nef.

5:32 pm

Nef, bikinis are highly overrated. Unless your are a hormonal adolescent boy.

5:33 pm

my physical therapist is really a task-master too! She wants me to work harder each time (but she did tell me that I need to in order to preserve my function for the rest of my life. SO I do what she tells me and then an extra couple of each exercise each time

No they are over rated full stop.

5:34 pm

That's good Nef. Determination like that will help you heal.

5:35 pm

I agree, herin. I find that a lot of one piece bathing suits are cut too high these days too

I always wore boy leg style bathers except with school sport. I actually found a pair of my size 10 racer shorts the other day. Smart alec DH actually asked if I wore them

5:37 pm

what was your response to that, herin?

The one eye brow look. That and I told him they were shorts that I wore one size smaller than normal as I don't like bathers that are loose (lose)

5:40 pm

sa 5/10 plz

5:41 pm

Kris Kringle with a different vewel ending

5:41 pm

Or vowel

Thanks didn't have that

5:41 pm

ty molly

5:42 pm

does anyone have the ag7/40?

5:43 pm

ag + vowel + you put coins in a parking ****r

Thanks that has given me a few words

5:44 pm

ty!

5:44 pm

Any clues for c word

5:44 pm

Glad to help folks.

5:45 pm

cy8 - cy+ food sampler

5:45 pm

cy + a person who samples food

5:45 pm

cy + someone who samples food

5:45 pm

hahaha

5:46 pm

ma 5/12 plz, the first one

5:46 pm

Thanks for that. Would never have gotten it.

5:46 pm

Which ma 5/12?

5:46 pm

ma5 rhymes with electronic police weapon

5:47 pm

first one plz

5:47 pm

Welcome to Babble, R.Sparks. We love newbies here! :-)

5:47 pm

Oops, you said the first one. A slave is ruled by his ma6. Leave out the middle consonant.

Sparks you doing this on the sly at work?

5:47 pm

ty bzz, and molly

5:48 pm

yw

5:48 pm

herin, your icon looks so calming

5:48 pm

Just stopped for coffee at cafe lol wanted more words. My boss makes me bring her the puzzle to look at now too. We're all word lovers.

Nef that is one I took at Russell Falls.

5:49 pm

We're hopeless what can i say.

At least you can't be told off for doing this :D

5:50 pm

it's beautiful. Makes me relax just to look at it (and it looks nice and cool too. It's way too hot here right now!)

You can't swim in it though (too cold)

I have taken various sizes for the thought of putting it on canvas

5:51 pm

Exactly! I'm trying to squeeze out a few more before I have to go in, but I'm still not too good at this. Only have 70 words atm.

5:52 pm

I only have 36 so far, R.Sparks. I don't care if I finish these days; it's the joy of the search

Coffee is good unless it is Gloria Jeans.

5:53 pm

herin, do you paint? I'd love to see this on canvas!

No I don't paint but you can get images onto canvas

5:54 pm

I totally agree, I just enjoy the calmness of this game. Rest of the day is not quiet at all so curling up with my xoom and babble is good regardless of score.

5:55 pm

BRB, gotta move a bit

Today is the day of a funeral of a really nice guy. I didn't know him too well but he was really nice. A lot of a freak but lovely

5:56 pm

:( sorry to hear that herin.

He fought the good fight but it was too much. The chapel will hold about 200 but I have a feeling that will be too small

5:59 pm

I'm sure the service will be lovely. Sounds like he was very loved and will be missed

6:00 pm

Right I'm off for "real" this time. Back to the old grind. Thanks for the help.

6:00 pm

OK, I am home - wound up walking to the music building, got there just as the kid was leaving, so he drove me home. (I know you were all worried :-)

6:01 pm

te 618 plz, first one

6:01 pm

herin, so sorry to hear that :-(

6:01 pm

back. (Gotta get the kinks out every so often). orry to hear that, herin.

6:01 pm

te6 - rhymes with weasel like pet

Thanks. Sue good timing

6:01 pm

ty bzzn

O Sparks he will be missed. He was a true gentle giant.

6:06 pm

Sue, just read your update on your Dad. What is with her, anyway?

6:07 pm

(And you sure have added a lot of Physics Babblets lately! :-D

Thanks Nef

6:11 pm

hi, nef, I have no idea what she is thinking - she is just desperate to get divorced before she dies. crazy.

6:11 pm

mmmm..crossy made spegatinni al dente with a sauce made with sweet italian sausage,peppers and onions and grated provalone on top instead of parm and mini garlic loafs with garlic butter ,basil,oregano and other secret spices and a simple greek salad with feta,black olives and croutons and a light dressing

6:11 pm

yummy, crossy!

Yum Cross

6:11 pm

sounds good crossy!

6:12 pm

and I have been adding physics babblets whenever I find them, including today!

6:13 pm

see? crossy can also cook for the vegetarians:)

6:13 pm

well..other than the sausages...well crossy tried...:/

6:14 pm

crossy, that sounds delicious.

6:14 pm

indeed nef:) the sausage cannot be too spicy,but just enough to give a mouth tingle

6:16 pm

we're having a pork loin roast that my Aunt brought last week (it's been in the freezer); pasta and fresh garden veggies (my DH is fixing it)

6:16 pm

and for us older folk,i do the garlic loaf a tad softer bottom and crunchy on top so we do not end up with sore gums from scarfing all that garlic bread and melted cheese;)

6:16 pm

sounds good nef;)

6:16 pm

we had a free-for-all. LOVE doing that!

Left overs here or what ever I feel like cooking

Cross did you put butter on that garlic bread

6:16 pm

we're going to a baseball game, so I am anticipating hot dogs :-)

6:17 pm

a pork loin roast is perfect to make jamacian pulled pork in da slow cokker:)..on of my speciualties

6:17 pm

garlic butter,,no cows were killed so good for vegetarians

6:18 pm

phantom: terror

Butter is the best. I hate garlic margarine that is yuk

6:18 pm

bulb killer!!!!!!!

6:18 pm

when cooking,i always use real butter,for sandwiches and fast stuff a good marg will do

6:19 pm

when i do use marg,i use one with a buttermilk base

6:19 pm

and i use ground garlic in da jar and not garlic powder

6:19 pm

am I the only one annoyed by this grid? crossy, why not the garlic press?

6:20 pm

faux bulb killer!!!!!!!

6:20 pm

i can get a 1 lit jar of over 300 full cloves for 5 dollars and it keeps forever

6:21 pm

Ohhhhhh...that's pretty dang easy!

6:21 pm

1/2 tsp = 2 garlic cloves

6:22 pm

since it is packed in garlic oil,i can store it anywhere

Hi Champ and Ru

6:22 pm

hi herin!

6:23 pm

so close phantom orgasm

I use Garlic crushed in a jar and get the cheapest one there is as it is all garlic and hardly any water

6:23 pm

and there is rheostat as a nice phantom

6:23 pm

mine phantom is isle and islet

6:24 pm

that is what i use

6:24 pm

Shirlockc I like your phantom better than mine!

Mine is Realm

6:24 pm

who doesn't like that phantom ;)

6:24 pm

ahhh the phantom bit O lol

6:25 pm

big

6:26 pm

that makes more sense,crossy :-)

Good grief I have nearly 50gig of podcasts.

6:27 pm

anyway i am out of here, probably won't finish this one unless we get rained out (which is quite possible). bbl.

Later Sue

6:29 pm

bye sue. enjoy the game!

6:29 pm

hi again herin

6:30 pm

don't talk to me about rain uusue! still in a major drought here. need to do a raindance. ;)

6:30 pm

herin, you need to start listening to them!

6:30 pm

hi ruru

I do. I use them on my iphone. I love free music especially living in Aus and importing is a nightmare

6:31 pm

Champ PLEASE take our rain! I'm feeling waterlogged and moldy these days (and the humidity sucks too!)

It is winter here and yesterday I was strolling about in a singlet and Cardi

6:32 pm

Can't even imagine! If you could see the dead trees (looks like Fall), and lakes with sand bars , and it was 100 degrees with 98% humidity today!!!

6:32 pm

ugh

6:32 pm

I broke a sweat walking to my car, in a sleeveless top and capris. Just disgusting. And the forecast is for 100 or more all week...no rain to be seen.

6:32 pm

I couldn't take that

Champ was it relatively warm before the 21 June?

6:33 pm

Absolutely. Started in May.

I know we avoid politics here, but is anyone else as depressed about the "debt deal" as I am?

6:33 pm

Kap, I can't even watch the bull@#$%^ anymore!

6:33 pm

we are having a very wet and humid summer here. I'm really homebound because it's just too hot to be outside in this weather

That is why.

Ok, let's talk about climate change.

6:34 pm

Yeah...I'm just holding out and hoping it'll be ok by September. KAP!!!

Everyone said I was barking mad when about 2 weeks before Solstice I said that if this is the indication before Solstice winter will be mild

6:34 pm

Yes, please change it to be a little cooler here.

6:34 pm

Kap, 10 years ago we had a balanced budget.

We are soooooooooooooo screwed.

6:35 pm

In other news, fun board today?

6:35 pm

And the climate was perfect! :)

6:35 pm

I for one, am less than thrilled with the board today. Not going to finish...

10 years ago- all we had to worry about was terrorism.

6:36 pm

I've found that a good balance of fun and time-saving is to get 90% of the words and then finish off with Lickety's list

6:36 pm

Yes...keep trying to hold out on the list. LOVE expert to finish.

I don't remember much of my early 20's and that was 10 years ago argh

6:36 pm

*Pours Kap a consoling glass of whatever she drinks*

6:37 pm

I'm into the red vino...lovely! Grid? What grid?

6:37 pm

tough day for NBT, I guess - took several minutes to get that C

6:38 pm

I only found it with the benefit of help from the chog.

6:38 pm

I figured it had to be a word with the cell prefix, but I thought it would use all four letters of that

6:39 pm

Tried the prefix, but hadn't checked the list so didn't know I was looking for a biggie.

6:40 pm

Speaking of which, apparently I need 2 more 8's. Have the c and the g...hints?

6:41 pm

kr7 kind of like my name, then plural

6:41 pm

re8

6:41 pm

bbl; gotta move (and go eat too)

6:41 pm

thanks all!

Great clue on that Grem

What is teh Re 9

opps 8 sorry

6:42 pm

re + ma6

6:42 pm

Stupdendous clue!

Cheers

6:43 pm

ty gremlinn

6:50 pm

can someone clue the c, i think i know what it should be, but i'm just not spelling it right

6:50 pm

cell prefix, star suffix

6:50 pm

cy + a person who samples food

6:51 pm

thx molly, it's NOT what i thought it would be so wouldn't have got it

6:51 pm

It's a bizarre word Shirl.

6:51 pm

that would be because it's a goofy word!

6:52 pm

i thought it was something like cytoses

6:52 pm

Ah, we are all in agreement. Cheers!

6:53 pm

I think a lot of us were going for that cell/cyto thing.

6:54 pm

Hey, does anyone want to feel ancient? MTV is thirty-years-old. : O

6:55 pm

I know! I have to tell my kids all the time...

6:57 pm

hey all -- I remember watching MTV when I was babysitting one summer. It's the only thing that kid wanted to do... watch MTV. *sigh*

6:57 pm

MTV...pong...don't get me started!

6:58 pm

TI calculators...

6:58 pm

oooh! PACMAN!!!!!

6:58 pm

*Goes to get hairspray to style up some big 80's hair*

6:59 pm

Remember audio cassettes?

Hi Stid

6:59 pm

Don't forget the comb to make it super big!!!

6:59 pm

*stage whisper* (mullets and mohawks)

We still have a fully working Atari here

6:59 pm

Remember them? I still have some.

6:59 pm

remember 8-track? (I do)

6:59 pm

Yes to the 8 track Stid!!!

I had an 8track in my bug

Never had 8 track in our house

7:00 pm

Molly still has a mullet??? *innocent mama look*

7:00 pm

Yes, but it feels more like we're in the future when we can reminisce about things that aren't all that old!

7:00 pm

very cool, axelady!

7:00 pm

I had a cassette player in my car. I did have a cell phone early on, and it was attached to a huge battery pack.

7:00 pm

Like, "ooh, I remember when games came on DVDs. What puny little discs!"

7:01 pm

gotcha gremlinn. It's just funny to me!

7:01 pm

my car has a cassette player still. it's an '01

7:01 pm

I remember 8-inch "floppy disks"

7:01 pm

Really dc? I thought by then they were all gone. Amazing.

7:01 pm

No Mullet Stid. Think big Tawny Kitaen hair. And only if I sprayed it up 80's style.

7:02 pm

The Wedding Singer!!!

7:02 pm

My old '99 car had a cassette player.

7:02 pm

LOL Molly!

I still love the t-shirt C:Dos/run Run Dos run

could never pull off the big hair

7:03 pm

oh lady -- I have never seen it! *giggle* I want one now!

Our car still has a cassette player which is great for the ipod

I still have a truntable and all my records. My youngest kept trying to play them from the center out. She kept putting the needle in the middle.

7:05 pm

An ipod plays through a cassette player???

turntable i really can type

7:05 pm

we have a couple turntables -- tom is an audiophile

7:05 pm

knew what you meant

my dad is an electronics feind and I got his genes

7:06 pm

i used to be an audiophile,then some sweet young thing of 25 asked me what 8-track tapes were and i got depressed

I give up. Just ignore my spelling and typing tonight

7:08 pm

How old can I be and not be familiar with 8-track tapes?

7:09 pm

Crud...they were out up to the early 80's. I don't remember when they phased out.

7:09 pm

My older two are 30 and 31 and they know what 8-tracks are.

7:10 pm

I'm 35 and never had any. But I didn't even buy music until around the time I started college.

7:10 pm

By then, CDs were pretty common.

Stid: http://tinyurl.com/3upmdss

Grem you are 1 year older than I am

7:11 pm

They never had any either. They know about them from me. Just like I know about 78RPM records from my parents.

7:11 pm

the bulk of my music were on vynal and cassettes

7:11 pm

You don't remember 78's Molly? I do.

7:11 pm

I think my parents didn't have any - just lots of turntable records.

You can get a cassette tape that goes into the car stereo that has a lead from it with a headphone jack. That jack goes into the iphone

7:11 pm

That is cute, lady! thanks!

7:12 pm

I remember 78s... and 33 1/3s too...

7:12 pm

I just mentioned 78's Champ.

I still have my turntable and LPs

7:12 pm

My folks even had a tape recorder that was reel-to-reel. I could thread it before I turned 5.

7:12 pm

and 45,s that we got for 99 cents and the record shoppe:)

7:12 pm

Me too stid! Molly, saw that but thought you knew about them more from parents, like your kids know 8 tracks.

7:12 pm

oh -- and 45s!

7:12 pm

Cover art was so much better on albums.

I still have an old projector in our cupboard and film

7:13 pm

herin: I think I had something like that. It was a cassette that I could use to use my portable CD player in the car.

7:13 pm

reel-to-reels were amazing..i still know how to splice tape

7:13 pm

I decorated my walls with all my album covers.

yes it was molly

We didn't have 8 tracks growing up just cassettes which still work to this day

7:15 pm

i can still hear the 8-tracks now changing channels...ka-CHUNK!

7:15 pm

And they were so big!!! Chunk one at someone and take 'em out!

7:16 pm

And as I recall, they had some art on them too.

7:16 pm

Trivia: apparently, the first recording of a song may have been a ten second bit of the folk song "Au Clair de la Lune" on April 9, 1860, on a phonautograph.

7:16 pm

THEY DID INDEED

I love my LP's

7:16 pm

crossy misses his lp,s

7:17 pm

First of all, remember video stores? Now, remember when they had two sections, VHS and BETA?

Cross why dont you get them out of the basement?

OMG Beta I so remember that. I still have my VCR's

do any of you remember close and plays for kids

7:17 pm

I had one!!

7:17 pm

i should,but i married a woman who grew up listening to never ending news -talk radio and hates the audio way of life:(

cool me too

BAH to that

7:18 pm

I think we held off and went VHS

7:18 pm

crossy had a beta machine and a video disk machine

I remember my very very first CD

who was it lady

Pink Floyd The Wall. Berlin concert.

7:19 pm

my first cd was dire straits-brothers in arms

7:20 pm

1984

I would have been about 15 or 16 at the time.

7:20 pm

Oh I can top that. My first 45 was "Sugar" by The Archies. Ahahahahahaha!

I also remember when I got my very first SMS too

7:20 pm

Ahhhh Honey-Honey!

7:20 pm

my first 45 was 1-2-3 redlight by the 1910 fruit gum comapny lol

7:21 pm

What can I say? I was 10.

My first LP was Beatrix Potter stories and I was under 4 at the time.

7:21 pm

I can't remember what my first was. I had a lot of the Carpenters though...

7:22 pm

caren carpenter..starving herself to death:(

7:22 pm

I was very into bad pop music until I discovered Credence Clearwater Revival.

7:22 pm

Sad. Such a pretty voice!

7:22 pm

Or Creedence

7:22 pm

my first was air supply

7:23 pm

ccr rocks!

7:23 pm

My brothers and I were reminiscing just this past weekend about bands we'd seen in concert. Fun thinking about it!

First concert was Red Hot Chilli Peppers. First alone concert was Marilyn Manson

7:24 pm

Ah...Lost In Love...

7:24 pm

hi folks

7:24 pm

Mine was Ted Nugent, Def Leppard and the Scorpions. This was when the drummer for Def Leppard still had both arms.

7:24 pm

First band I ever saw in concert was The Doobie Brothers. 10th row seats, what a show!

7:25 pm

okay, time to get back to cataloging books. Back later maybe... (((Hugs all))) (my first rock concert was The Monkees -- this past July...) *poof*

Hi Welki

7:25 pm

LOVE THE DOOBIE BROTHERS!!! I'd go see them tomorrow!

BRB mail call

7:25 pm

Rick Allen is awesome.

7:26 pm

I had a major crush on Joe Elliot. Um...he hasn't aged well.

7:26 pm

Few have...sad.

7:28 pm

Crush...David Cassidy. And he's still in good shape, but it's not ok.

7:29 pm

hmmm .. performers who've aged well. james taylor, john fogerty (yay, creedence!), john prine, yo yo ma, must include steven tyler, bonnie raitt...

7:29 pm

Not the same, is what I meant.

7:29 pm

Agreed on all counts Welki. I love Bonnie Raitt.

7:29 pm

we've sung her songs together, molly :)

7:30 pm

That's right. We're Angels From Montgomery. : )

7:30 pm

and devils with a blue dress on, too

7:31 pm

Paul McCartney has aged exceptionally well, too, don't you think?

7:31 pm

Nobody sings "Love Me Like A Man" like Bonnie Raitt.

7:31 pm

Yes Callie, McCartney has aged well.

7:32 pm

ohhhh, you just reminded me of her song, "i can't make you love me"

7:32 pm

and on that 'note,' off to supper ... later, gang!

7:32 pm

My first concert was the Beatles in DC. Their first US concert. Sigh.

7:32 pm

Tina Turner has aged very well too.

back from mail run no bills

7:36 pm

back from supper break. DH out did himself in the kitchen again. :-)

7:38 pm

no bills is good news, herin.

7:40 pm

Not if you were expecting to get a bill!

No not expecting any just didn't want any

hello all. nef how are you doing?

7:43 pm

doing well, red. Stitches out yesterday, will have minimal scarring. PT is a tough cookie, but she explained that I need to regain my muscle tone that I've lost over the past year. (I'm at that age when if I don't do it now; I may never regain it)

7:43 pm

how are You?

I'm alright, went back to work this week, and that has been incredibly hard, but I'm alright.

7:45 pm

are you able to keep up for a whole shift; or are you doing half shifts?

I did a full 12 hr shift today in the trauma rooms, which was hard, and sort of unfair to give it to me, but I am able to do it..

7:47 pm

YIKES!! 12 hours PLUS the trauma rooms? No fair!

You are really progressing well.

Red you better take care of yourself

Well, I am ready to be back at work, it was just a big assignment...and now its OVER!

7:51 pm

thank goodness that you made it through that day. I'd be really angry at whoever did that assignment ; can I smack that person in the head for you?

I think she realized that it was a lot for me, so we will see how it goes over the weekend, hopefully the storm will keep people home.

7:53 pm

I'll bet she'd expect better treatment herself if it was HER coming back.....

she would, but...there were a ton of agency ppl and you know...i am sure she did it on purpose, but...i think her days may be numbered...

7:55 pm

(i'll help number them for her)

I

m ok with it. at least I am strong enough to handle it.

7:56 pm

LOL! I had a message from my ED to call her; so I returned her call today. She wants to know when I can come back! The doc says 4-6 weeks; but I can't drive for 6 weeks....

I was out 8 weeks, and the doc almost made it ten...but..

7:58 pm

WOW! Of course, I can regulate how much I'm on my feet (and I wasn't doing marathon running either pre-op); so maybe your doc knows you too well?

I think Red is too stubborn to sit still for that long

I think a lot of it is because the replacement replaces the joint entirely, the surgery I had tries to reattach and heal the cartilidge, so it actually takes longer to heal, even though it seems like a simpler procedure.

7:59 pm

LOL!

8:00 pm

I was too at her age; I'm mellowing out these days

8:01 pm

So then red; you need to NOT have 12 hours in the trauma rooms!

8:01 pm

That was a cruel assignment on your first day back Red.

Yes, it was odd. Surprised everyone. I think they keep trying to pretend that it was a simple thing.

8:01 pm

st7, the last?

8:02 pm

or even in the 1st week back

8:02 pm

sorry, Shirl; I don't have it

8:03 pm

hi all

8:03 pm

*gets out gun for red's boss!

8:04 pm

Hi JMC. Hope you had a very happy birthday.

funny thing was I was fine for the first 5 hours and then really the patients were just sick, and we had so many agency people asking me what to do...I think I just got a little tired...I feel much better now that I have iced everything and I'm going to stretch it out...and all will be well...In a few weeks, this will all be a distant memory!

8:04 pm

i did i was just sorry i didn't get to spend it with my babble friends :-(

jmc, you are non violent!

8:05 pm

happy belated b'day, jmc

8:05 pm

no i am a conscientious objector to war hahaha!

we were with you in spirit, Did you do anything special?

8:05 pm

The last st7 is st + a ba***** is a kind of gun. (It was also a TV show)

8:05 pm

is it okay if it is a nerf gun?

8:06 pm

zooka?

je, how are your visitors?

8:06 pm

i am now at another conference with them TO

8:06 pm

i am in western maryland

going to jump in the bath. thanks for the "tea and sympathy" feel better Nef and see you all later!!

8:07 pm

(((RED)))

8:07 pm

bye red take care!

8:07 pm

the nicest part of my birthday was reading all the birthday wishes on facebook on my blackberry

ooh, it is your birthday?

laters

8:08 pm

No cake? : (

8:08 pm

bye herin! *waves*

8:08 pm

sorry I missed it jmc; haven't been on the computer much since surgery (sitting still isn't so good)

8:09 pm

i turned 60 and unemployed on the same day

8:09 pm

np nef i hold it against no one who didn't write

8:09 pm

Serendipity

8:09 pm

how are you feeling about that?

je, i gave up fb

8:10 pm

jillibus had wonderful jack daniels irthday cake for her icon for me

samek

8:10 pm

That cake was very cool.

8:10 pm

oh i didn't know TO but that is fine since we have each other's email

8:10 pm

ma

8:10 pm

I saw that!

8:10 pm

ty TO

8:10 pm

hi lbd

8:11 pm

Ma LBD!

8:11 pm

i feel fine about not working for the Center--it was time to go and the new person is a good fit

8:11 pm

hi lbd

8:12 pm

Time for a new adventure.

8:12 pm

*opens the pb door for TO*

when do your guests leave?

8:12 pm

so; what's your next step from here?

8:12 pm

exactly molly

8:12 pm

i am in charge of them until monday august 15

8:13 pm

i am selling my silly little book--i have sold about 50

8:13 pm

and i am applying for another job--this one is in london

8:14 pm

oooo, diff time zone for babble, jmc

gtg get lunh, i did not get on e today so must be sure to bring one gro tomorrow's meetings

8:14 pm

Where do you want to go from here? I'm seriously cnsidering retirement at this point myself.... but my co-worker is retiring in December (when she turns 70); so I may have to stay on for another year...

8:14 pm

haha shirl i keep pretty odd hours so have babbled in all time zones in effect

8:14 pm

some want to retire--i do not nef

8:15 pm

where can we buy your book, jmc?

8:15 pm

i want to travel and speak and write and be a boss

8:15 pm

www.centeronconscience.org

8:15 pm

(for the book)

Hi Nef been looking for you. I succumbed to your pressure and coughed up the money. So nice to have the stats back and to get rid of the shame of the free ride!!!

8:16 pm

whooo hoooo vanilla!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

8:16 pm

eta as

later all, je i will email you

8:16 pm

I didn't "want" to retire; but I think personal and family health problems are trying to tell me something

8:16 pm

et as

8:16 pm

YAY, vanilla! WTG!!! Welcome aboard! :-)

8:16 pm

bye TO talk to you later

8:17 pm

well you should listen to your body nef

ty you can turn your attention to razor now Nef

8:17 pm

hahaha

8:18 pm

hi all

8:19 pm

hi carlee

8:19 pm

hi jmc...

8:19 pm

sorry about your dad

sry to hear you haven't been well Nef hope things improve

8:19 pm

I'll wait a bit, vanilla. It takes time and patience; and I'm recuperating from surgery right now

8:19 pm

thanks ... it was a shock at how quickly he went..but..its better this way

8:20 pm

{{{carlee}}}

and don't wait with retirement till you can't enjoy it

8:20 pm

Hi Carlee

8:21 pm

<---- carlee places "THE Cake" in the pb

8:21 pm

hi cad

8:21 pm

hi cad

8:21 pm

Hi!!

8:22 pm

Did you want to retire, vanilla?

No I didn't and kept going for a few years, but then I'm in good health

8:23 pm

i do for my work what i would want to do for retirement so getting paid is better

8:23 pm

stats for the C please

8:23 pm

hello everyone

8:24 pm

cy 8/55

8:24 pm

hi bugs

cy8/55

8:24 pm

ty nef

8:24 pm

It isn't just my health; it's DH and his Aunt that I also worry over.

8:25 pm

I would like to retire soon because my husband is older than me. I don't want to wait and then regret that we didn't have enough time together........ if there ever is enough time.

I know, circumstances play a big role, I suppose I would have kept going if my wife had been in better health

8:27 pm

tht makes sense

8:27 pm

cy + ta*****

8:27 pm

ty shirl

8:28 pm

nbt

8:28 pm

wtg, jmc!

now we can enjoy trips together and I do the heavier housework

8:29 pm

I think that that is what my DH envisions, vanilla. But he doesn't have the stamina to travel

8:29 pm

what a nice hubby you are vanilla

my wife thought so to but we self drive and we take our time

8:30 pm

we would travel in short stages with my mother nef

8:30 pm

ag7?

8:31 pm

ooo nm, just got it

8:31 pm

we took a 3 hour drive about a month ago; it took him a week to recover.

we've always done things together, have had our ups and downs and we are now more comfortable with each other than ever

8:31 pm

dear me nef!

we drive for about an hour, have cuppa in a park and do another hour, perhaps 3 hours in the whole day and crawl into a motel

8:34 pm

We'd never get to Vegas that way, vanilla! ;-) (just kidding, but that is one of his dreams to go there again)

8:35 pm

he may feel better when his aunt is no longer a worry

We are five hours away from a larger city but there's great country and nice places on the way and several ways to get there. There's also the train option

8:36 pm

his Aunt is dying here now. I don't want her to; but we will honor her wishes and follow them.

how far is Vegas

8:37 pm

1200 -1400 miles? *I* don't know

8:37 pm

Nef, sorry to hear that. I didn't realize your husband's aunt was that ill.

8:38 pm

24 hours to Vegas from the Twin Cities so a very slow week and then a week to recoop in Las Vegas

can't fly?

8:38 pm

about 1600 miles

8:39 pm

about 800 from me

8:39 pm

the stopping in the desert might be trickey

8:40 pm

we would drive to the airport with mother and then stay at the hotel there, fly the next day, stay at the hotel there and then drive to where we were going

8:40 pm

baby steps

8:40 pm

i did that when my back was hurt too

yeah thats a good way jmc

8:41 pm

ok..back...sorry...was cleaning up the kitchen

8:41 pm

Molly, she was diagnosed with heart failure in March; then (I think) got depressed and stopped eating. She's lost 30 pounds since then (at age 86). Her condo had a fire last month; so she's been here since. I'm force feeding her; but she can't maintain her oxygen levels and sleeps all day. Home Hospice was started today.

8:42 pm

oh dear nef... life altering for you...

8:42 pm

Hospice are wonderful people Nef. I'm glad you have them there. I hope it's not a difficult ending for her.

8:42 pm

a one L la** is a priest, a 2 L lla** is a beast; you can bet your cats pajamas that there is no such thing as a 3 L llla**

Wish you strength Nef

8:43 pm

is she getting antidepressants, nef?

8:43 pm

it is hard i know nef with everything else

8:44 pm

she's on them, jmc. Her hemoglobin is half of normal; we had to take her for a transfusion last Friday.

8:44 pm

Poor Nef. What a burden for you after your surgery. I am glad that Hospice is involved now. Please be sure to tell them what you need!

even then looking after someone in need often puts life into perspective..its not all beer and skittles

8:45 pm

<--- Looking forward to some happy news in Babbleland. It's been a tough year for so many.

8:45 pm

so... ok pets are great...but having a 55 pound puppy realise ur are upset....is... distracting...he doesnt leave my side..and keeps gifting me with his fav toy...a stuffed duck that quacks...

8:46 pm

Okay, I'll stop complaining now

8:46 pm

and currently believes he is sleeping with me..in my bed

hey you were'nt complaing just sharing and thats great

8:46 pm

nef u arent complaining...

8:47 pm

Nef, you have such an amazing attitude. I would never take your comments as complaining.

anyway I just came in to look for you Nef, so have one of my strawberries and I'll go and polish the silver

hagd all

8:48 pm

Carlee, that would be more than distracting for me.

8:48 pm

<carlee has evicted the dog and the duck....and is now.going to attempt sleep...

8:49 pm

Hope you get some peaceful sleep Carlee.

8:49 pm

goal is 3 hours... uninterrupted

8:49 pm

( i was being..polite... he is so cute about bringing me his duck...

8:49 pm

your strawberries look luscious. Ours were all eaten by the rabbits this year (I wasn't out in the garden)

8:49 pm

Hospice doesn't call it complaining either Nef.

8:50 pm

benedryl carlee

8:50 pm

he comes up....and places his paw on my arm...then drops duck in my lap...he never drops toys like that....

8:50 pm

nonaddicting and works wonders when you are depressed and can't sleep

8:50 pm

good night carlee. I am holding you and your Dad in the light as well.

8:50 pm

thanks bugs...

8:50 pm

what kind of dog is he, carlee (besides sensitive to your moods)

8:50 pm

sleep well carlee

8:51 pm

german shepherd...

8:51 pm

Nef, my garden has done very poorly this year. Even though I have diligently watered, I think the heat has taken it's toll.

8:51 pm

( I have a pic posted just tonight on my fb nef )

8:51 pm

Really? He looks like a lab.

8:51 pm

oh my, carlee. Take good care of him

8:51 pm

[blushes at the thought of garden gasping for water]

8:51 pm

i will put on a jack benny episode... molls..take a look at tonights pic...

8:52 pm

we've had so much rain that it hasn't helped the garden at all

8:52 pm

My tomatoes got some kind of blight too. I've only gotten five or six small ones and no prospects of any future ones. Ah well, next year.

8:53 pm

make sure you plant the tomatoes in a new spot next year then molls

8:53 pm

u will see he is definitely not lab...his ears have FINALLY gone up...

8:54 pm

I don't have much room JMC, as I'm in a ground floor condo. I may have to do potted tomatoes next year.

8:54 pm

just in last 2 days...he has been trying to get them up for a few weeks..but in last 2 days...they are UP....wahooooooyyyy

8:54 pm

we never plant tomatoes in the same soil each year.

8:55 pm

that would be a good plan molls you have to keep the tomatoes out of the same soil if there is any sign of blight

8:55 pm

if you get a blight in the soil, it will ruin your future tomatoes

8:56 pm

i do nef but only for about 4 years in a row with no blight and then i move them no matter what

8:56 pm

*Still dreaming of a house on a piece of property where I can plant a REAL garden*

8:56 pm

i bet cigarette smokers got your tomatoes

8:57 pm

there some house for sell in Petworth Molls

8:57 pm

ok..off i go to dreamland...jack can knatter away at me until i sleep

8:57 pm

nitenite all

8:57 pm

*puts a sprig of lavender on carlee's pillow*

8:58 pm

I'll check those out right after I win the Mega Millions JMC. : )

8:58 pm

wehave a raised bed garden (only about 14-16 inches); but we move the soil out of the areas where the tomaotes are and put in new compost each year ("used" soil then goes to flower beds that we don't compost

8:58 pm

you can find one for $300k there molly

8:58 pm

Good night Carlee - I wish for you uninterrupted blissful sleep

8:58 pm

niters, carlee. Sleep well

8:59 pm

Perfect! I'll buy two!

8:59 pm

or less if you are willing to put in sweat equity

8:59 pm

:-)

8:59 pm

Sheesh - I should check out and go get packed = leaving for CA tomorrow :)

8:59 pm

Safe travels Cad.

8:59 pm

where in CA??

9:00 pm

Northern San Diego county - my sister lives in Bonsall

9:00 pm

and I need to move again (wearing a track in the carpets doing my walks with the walker)

9:00 pm

Disneyland Sunday and Monday ;)

9:00 pm

well have a great trip (that is near torgie)

9:01 pm

Will do :) Thanks

9:01 pm

yay cad! have fun at disney!

9:01 pm

That a tough order but I'll do what I can!

9:01 pm

*runs a steamer behind nef to raise the nap of carpet*

9:01 pm

LOL

9:01 pm

haha cad

9:02 pm

Bye for now!

9:02 pm

bye cad

9:02 pm

JMC is like The Good Fairy tonight. Lavender for pillows, steam cleaning behind Nef. : D

9:03 pm

*Holds out lottery ticket for Fairy Dust*

9:07 pm

Steam cleaning behind me? I didn't leave stains!

9:09 pm

She's fluffing up your carpet Nap Nef. : )

9:09 pm

NEF!!! (((Hugs)))

9:10 pm

are you okay? *finds extra-comfy chair* are you healing? I miss you!

9:10 pm

hi stid.

9:10 pm

I could have my nap fluffed too! ;-)

9:11 pm

I just read your profile, sorry about DH's aunt. I hope she is comfortable?

9:11 pm

*fluffs Nef's nap and puts choclits out for later*

9:11 pm

sorry i am no good at fluffing personal nap

9:11 pm

hi stid

9:11 pm

I'm doing well, stid. Hanging in there. How are you?

9:11 pm

hey jmc! how are you? sounds like your bday was eventful

9:12 pm

*checks for fairy dust for mollys lottery ticket* sorry molls all out of dust

9:12 pm

if you call driving from ohio to DC eventful it was

9:12 pm

okay i have to drive to pittsburg in the morning so i am hitting the hay

9:13 pm

see you all tomorrow!

9:13 pm

Nef, I am a complete airhead today. Meant to call three people to ask if they would be references and write letters of recommendation for me, and I didn't. Will email tonight and follow up with phone calls Thursday (tomorrow I won't be at home). Also meant to do some additional "tidying up" for the online class I was taking and forgot that. Also meant to do ... *sigh* you know...

9:13 pm

good nite, jmc. Drive safe!

9:13 pm

sweet dreams jmc! (((hugs)))

9:14 pm

Hi stid! just looked up and you were here!

9:14 pm

(((stid))) some days are diamonds; some days are rust. We need to take time off so we can do what's necessary

9:14 pm

BUGS!!!! *bounce bounce* I am SO bummed out that I can't find my passport and come up to see you. Happy to see you here though!

9:15 pm

One nice thing -- I was able to work in the garden about half an hour yesterday and half an hour today doing some weeding near our front door. AND the plum tree is bearing! I had almost lost hope. Got more than a quart today! :-D Plum jam in a couple weeks!

9:15 pm

we took our holiday to the south but did not have time to visit you. Felt a bit bad about calling anyway since you are always so busy and I wasn't sure you would feel good about giving me a paintbrush to help you.

9:15 pm

Good evening to my fellow babblers! How is everyone?

9:16 pm

By the way, congratulations to all the finishers! YAY!

9:16 pm

welcome to the grid Min!

9:16 pm

Hi Minveryork

9:16 pm

hi Min

9:17 pm

hi again, all! baseball game got called due to rain so we are back earlier than expected...

9:17 pm

Bugs you are always welcome here and never have to lift a finger -- unless you have to shift a pile off a chair to sit down! LOL next time, perhaps.

9:17 pm

Hello stidmama and thank you! I will be chaperoning a trip to South Street Seaport tomorrow with ESL kids.

9:17 pm

hey sue -- rain, eh? *looks outside at little white fluffy clouds*

9:17 pm

Hello uusue2! How are you doing? Welcome to the grid

9:17 pm

we had a medical situation that meant getting home quickly and then the car broke down on the side of the road...

9:17 pm

did you get a hot dog for supper, sue?

9:18 pm

oh no -- I hope you-all are okay now Bugs?

9:18 pm

brat, nef :-)

9:18 pm

bad car! *stern mama look at car*

9:18 pm

and intense storm with megalightning, stid, although it seems to be passing now

9:18 pm

sounds good, sue

9:18 pm

rofl... I thought sue was calling Nef a "brat" *sigh* airhead, see?

9:19 pm

lol, stid!

9:19 pm

stid; I'd reccomed a whole day in the garden for you. Your mind will regenerate then

9:20 pm

also had cajun fried potato salad, which was wonderful (from a local restaurant that apparently runs the concession)

9:20 pm

I would blame the "palouse pilsner" (brewed many years ago by my tom and a group of friends) but I have only had a couple of sips -- not really a beer drinker

9:20 pm

recommend, that was

9:21 pm

Nef, you are brilliant -- and I can do a little bit more each day. :-D

9:22 pm

I am fine but my DH (I hope that means Dear Heart) got some kind of inflammation in his wrist that was becoming very red, swollen and painful so we needed to see the doc. Then the water pump died and the overflow tank exploded. Only my husband would pack a spare water pump and we cut up yogurt containers to "weld" the plastic tank together with our camp stove and a screwdriver. It was good all around

9:22 pm

you used to enjoy gardening I believe; it is a great thing for those that love it

9:23 pm

gee, what a guy! *admiring ingenuity and resourcefulness of Bugs and DHBugs* hope his wrist is now 100%

9:23 pm

I used to, Nef, but had such a scare from a contact allergen in the garden in June that I have to go very slowly. We don't know which plant caused it.

9:24 pm

it is healing, thanks. I am only sorry that I felt too bad about his pain to stop for an hour or two to see you and your wonderful family.

9:24 pm

oh. no, stid! How horrid!

9:24 pm

no, never feel badly about taking care of the people you love! You did the right thing.

9:24 pm

storm seems to be clearing - going to expert, may be able to finish this puzzle after all

9:25 pm

I am stopping at 186 words and 1984 points.Bye to all

9:25 pm

make sure you don't have hogweed somewhere stid.

9:25 pm

Yes, I even had to use an inhaler for several weeks after the prednisone.

9:25 pm

Goodnight to my fellow babblers! I'll see you tomorrow

9:25 pm

night, min!

9:25 pm

hm. I don't think we do, but it's possible. Was thinking it might be the native St. John's Wort, but not willing to te4 that theory

9:25 pm

sweet dreams Min!

9:25 pm

goodnight Min. Have fun tomorrow!

9:26 pm

can you go through allergy testing, stid? That sounds serious enough that you ought to know what caused it

9:26 pm

niters, Min! Sleep well!

9:27 pm

hmmm. It looks like queen anne's lace, which we definitely have. Only bigger. Will research a little more.

9:27 pm

I have had allergy testing Nef, and it seems useless. Not sure what asking for more would do.

9:28 pm

apparently people brought it to this area to beautify their gardens! I only heard about it from the news

9:29 pm

could be hemlock (according to my resident plant expert), stid

9:29 pm

I just went through a whole series of it to have my hip surgery, stid. I'll have to go through the shots for bee stings (that allergy is much worse than we thought!); but it's important to know what plants cause problems for a gardener

i need help please// it seems the smallest words are eluding me tonight

9:29 pm

yep. folks can be silly... I think based on the reaction I had (hives, followed by asthma-like symptoms, but no "burning") that it wasn't hogweed.

9:30 pm

Hi TO. some of these words are pretty stupid

9:30 pm

when is your hip surgery, stid?

9:30 pm

andhi, TO1

9:31 pm

we do have hemlock locally, but I thought that was an ingestion thing

9:31 pm

gaah. This rubber keyboard repels water but the space key and shift key are tricky :-(

9:31 pm

I will NEVER have hip surgery, sue! LOL

9:31 pm

We have hemlock here, uusue

9:31 pm

it's also a skin irritant, stid

3nd an5/14 pls?

9:31 pm

hey TO!

s

9:31 pm

I won't bore you about it, stid; but there are about 4 levels of allergic reactions; once you reach the asthma-like symptoms; you need to worry about airway swelling and your breathing blocking off

hi stiddy! make that 2nd an5/14

9:31 pm

I will look into it, sue -- thanks.

9:31 pm

oops, meant to ask nef - sorry stid! you are not the only one whose brain isn't quite right tonight!!

hamlet

9:32 pm

ooh, didn't have that one, TO!

9:32 pm

you're forgiven -- brats affect the brain sometimes (at least mine do... ) *wicked mama grin*

9:32 pm

don't have it yet TO, sorry

9:32 pm

I had it sue; on the 21st. Doing very well too

9:33 pm

oh, you did! and I missed it!! Glad to hear you are doing well (and that explains the walker...)

9:35 pm

oh! down below 100 -- I am enjoying visiting, but my bed is covered with books that lack ISBNs, so much hand-enter into the database before bed.

9:35 pm

stitches areout and doc is proud of his handy work; I should have a very little scar (only about 4 inches long!)

9:35 pm

I have heard that hip replacements are easier to recover from than knee replacements; I certainly hope so!! I have heard that you really need to do what the physical therapists tell you (true for knees too) - you need to get the range of motion but not stressi t too much

9:36 pm

(((hugs all))) Nef, I will consider asking for another trip to the allergist, thanks. One of these days I will go a whole month without some medical issue... *determined mama look* probably the month after my tombstone is installed! *wicked mama grin* *poof*

well that an 5 is my lst word

9:36 pm

Found it! the second an 5/14 is a shortened version of anguish

9:36 pm

bye, stid!

yes it caused me geat an5 to find an5

9:37 pm

me too

good luck neff and bye everyone *poof*

9:37 pm

yes, sue. I have a very tough PT who has given me my exercises and I'm following her commands plus doing just a bit more

9:37 pm

bye stid. see you later

9:37 pm

good, nef - only a tiny bit more, though!

9:38 pm

and bye, TO!

9:40 pm

I know, sue; I'm not going to push too much on the exercises (but I've done too much around the house caring for Aunty last Friday). I won't do that again

9:40 pm

gahhh, can't believe it took me that long to find the volcano!

9:41 pm

ty uusue. I needed that one too

9:41 pm

my left knee never did heal properly,and I think it may be because I was alone after the first month and had to shovel snow, get myself around all by myself, and whatnot

9:43 pm

my friend has the same problem sue. She lives alone and I had to go over and help her every day (this was 3-4 years ago). She's returning the favor now

9:44 pm

oh, that is nice, nef!

9:45 pm

Hello briefly -- just wanted to touch base with fellow-islander Bugsaw before I get my late dinner!

9:45 pm

hi, jilli!

9:45 pm

hi jilli!

9:45 pm

and ty uusue for the volcano -- can't believe I missed it too!

9:45 pm

HEY Jilli! How are you?

9:46 pm

I'm alomost healed from the cat-bite, bugs -- how are YOU? Long time no see -- when are you coming for that visit?

9:50 pm

could be soon Jilli. If you set a date sometime in the next two weeks, I will be there with bells on!

9:50 pm

yw - always happy to help with volcanoes :-)

9:52 pm

time for bed for me I think. Take care Everybody and Happy Babbling!

9:53 pm

sleep well Nef. I am holding you and your loved ones in the light as well.

9:54 pm

Bugs -- YOU set the date. My no-nos are Mondays (bridge night) and Saturdays (bridge afternoons), and next Sunday (Aug 7 -- library job). I also have a haircut at 2 pm Friday Aug 12. It would be good if you were here on a Friday evening and could meet my interesting neighbours at a Happy Hour.

9:54 pm

THanks, Bugs. I appreciate that

9:55 pm

And Nef, you and carlee are in my thoughts too.

9:57 pm

Bugs, email me, ok?

9:58 pm

How about I come on Friday, Aug 12th and stay over until your bridge starts?

9:58 pm

oops, just looked up from the calendar to see your post....

9:59 pm

Bad Friday to pick, bugs, lol!

9:59 pm

pick the 5th or the 19th then

10:01 pm

I'll let you know shortly, bugs, via email, ok?

10:02 pm

sounds good Jilli

10:09 pm

May I make a suggestion to those who pick their own icon themes? Why don't you send your ideas to sprite (address in my profile) so that we can all partake?

10:09 pm

Harold Lloyd and asteroids would make good themes...

10:12 pm

will do Jilli. I went thru a period where changing the icon became not fun anymore. I think I am over that now

10:13 pm

I guess you've had a hump to get over, bugs -- glad to see it's done :-)

10:14 pm

I did. the summer off was just the solution!

10:14 pm

poor sprite has had to post icon ideas by herslef for ages now and could really use some help

10:15 pm

Well, I just do the astronomy picture of the day (every day there is a new one). But that's just my thing.

10:16 pm

I really must go and get my very late dinner now -- it's been a busy day.

10:16 pm

bye, jilli!

10:16 pm

have agood sleep Jilli. Will email you when I finish this thing

10:17 pm

Uusue, I realise that, but there's more to learn about the icons you pick each day, which we could all share. That's what the themes are about -- to see what others find about the subject, serious or silly!

10:18 pm

I'm not going to sleep, bugs -- will be back here after dinner! You know me -- the nightowl.

10:18 pm

true - only trouble is I don't know what the picture is until the day comes. But I could make some "sciency" suggestions - galaxies, planets, planetary nebulae....I'll send sprite a note.

10:21 pm

JOE GIBSON IS HERE :D

10:36 pm

Hi, Joe!

10:41 pm

evening all ... passing through ... wanted to stop in and say, "Howdy!"

10:41 pm

Thanks, sue -- I'm sure yo can come up with some fascinating stuff.

10:41 pm

howdy

10:41 pm

Hello Joe

10:41 pm

howdy

10:41 pm

hi uu, jilli...and joe (you new?)

10:41 pm

and hi pini-cuz!

10:41 pm

howdy

10:42 pm

I must go and get my very late dinner (I keep saying that!)

10:42 pm

glad I was able to catch you for a hello, jilli-cuz...now off you go to forage! :)

10:44 pm

BTW, the next icon theme is Favourite Artist. Wow -- an awful lot to choose from! Or is it an awesome lot...?

10:45 pm

...will keep my eye for something cool, jilli...

10:45 pm

and toodles for now -- back for the flip

10:46 pm

bye, jilli, and hi, pini!

10:46 pm

yet another addition to the physics babblets - re4/5.

10:47 pm

danke :)

10:49 pm

and I did send a short list to sprite - should I have copied it to anyone else? (list of icon theme ideas, that is)

10:49 pm

maybe jilli...I think she's been keeping a list for when Sprite isn't around?

10:51 pm

evening all! button on the beach photo in my profile, but I must off to bed

10:51 pm

ok, will do.

10:51 pm

hi/bye dan2 ... ;)

10:52 pm

night, dan!

10:52 pm

very cute pic of Button!

10:52 pm

and what a little cutie!!!

10:53 pm

that's it...jilli's food comments have sufficiently made me hungry enough to run to the kitchen to get some pistachio pudding dessert...brb

10:56 pm

a little help . . . the first re6/30

10:57 pm

I'm of no use, PC...I haven't been able to get very far into a grid lately...

10:57 pm

hi, pc!

10:57 pm

hi sue

10:58 pm

to attach again, pc

10:58 pm

ooooh, thank you!

10:58 pm

mags

10:58 pm

oops...

10:59 pm

that too :-)

11:01 pm

got it sue . . . that was fireworks for me.

11:02 pm

yay, pc!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

11:02 pm

26 left for me, hopefully won't take too much longer (want to go to bed.....)

11:03 pm

wtg pc

11:04 pm

198 to go for me

11:04 pm

well, stick -er, -est, and -s on everything, that should get you a bunch more :-)

11:04 pm

also -ster

11:09 pm

thx for the endings!!!

11:09 pm

fireworks! last word was ye4/6

11:10 pm

wtg uu :)

11:11 pm

well, the pistachio pudding dessert was good...now Koda is indicating he needs a "moment" outdoors...

11:12 pm

so, back later (hopefully)

11:12 pm

how could pistachio pudding not be good?

11:12 pm

well, it's not really 'pudding'....

11:13 pm

...it's a chilled dessert consisting of a tub of cool whip, pistachio pudding mix, crushed pineapple, and mini-marshmallows...yuuuuuummmmm!!!!

11:16 pm

I want some.

11:16 pm

I'd share but it won't move well through the screen! :-)

11:17 pm

bummer :-)

11:18 pm

... but it's easy and not expensive to make! :-)

11:19 pm

hmmm - I may have some pistachio pudding in my cabinet...

11:20 pm

my granddaughter loves making it...she's 10 (11 next month) and all I have to do is give her the 4 ingredients, a bowl, and a spoon...and she's one happy camper!

11:22 pm

(oh, and she loves eating it, too!!!)

11:22 pm

...and now for Koda's moment...back later...(enjoy!)

11:23 pm

bye,pini!

11:27 pm

bummer. missed pini

11:27 pm

oh well... hey all! I got another big pile of books cataloged.

11:35 pm

and down to 80. That's good enough for today. Back tomorrow... *poof*

11:58 pm

hello pre-flip:) can't sleep

11:59 pm

Hey Peri :0)

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