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191 total words

Clues are up

12:02 am

yay Lickety

12:02 am

thanks lickety!

12:04 am

that was quick

12:04 am

hi folks and thanks Lickety

flip; hi flosey, smom, bigbird, and erda!

12:05 am

hi Dee

12:05 am

nbt .. Heyas kids ..

hi tor

wtg

12:06 am

ao 6 and 7

12:07 am

et 8/9

12:08 am

actually, et 5, 8, 9, 6.

12:09 am

you know you've been babbling for a long time when finding an the AOs is that easy :)

12:09 am

lol dc, my first words

12:12 am

NBT/NBS

12:12 am

wtg diz

wtg diz

12:12 am

ty

12:12 am

st8

12:13 am

BBL

12:14 am

st9

nbt nbs

12:16 am

wd Dee

12:16 am

wd dee

ty vm!

12:20 am

ta7

ty flosey

12:23 am

th7

oats

12:24 am

yw Dee

12:24 am

ra7

ooops

12:25 am

are you going against the grain dee?

LOL... sure seems so tonight lol

12:26 am

th 8/9

ty tempo, nice find

12:27 am

:)

tw 7

th 7 x 2

12:33 am

th8/9 x 2 ..

12:35 am

nice, tor

ty, tor, my last 9 :)

12:37 am

thanks tor, got 1 th8 & 9

12:37 am

ch7 if not called

12:38 am

ao7

12:44 am

ch7 x 2

ar 7

12:49 am

hello everyone :-)

12:50 am

hello nan

hi nan

12:51 am

hi Nan

12:51 am

howdy nan :-)

12:52 am

thanks Dee, that ar7 is a new one for me

yw... finding this grid a bit tough; must be tired

cr 7, cr 8

or 7

1:02 am

th 7/48

1:02 am

missing three t's

1:03 am

one now

1:05 am

et8 called?

1:08 am

et8 and 9

1:08 am

yep

1:08 am

thanks ru and 5, 8, 9, 6

1:09 am

120 and signing off -- gnite :-)

1:10 am

night une

1:10 am

170 here

1:10 am

goodnight Une - what a sweet little dog

1:11 am

stats for the i or s in the bottom left corner

1:12 am

please?

1:12 am

sc4/5

1:12 am

found the ic

1:12 am

is 6 nan

1:14 am

cooee and g'day from me

1:14 am

wow granny

1:14 am

you done already

1:14 am

yup ruru

1:15 am

wow

1:16 am

not seeing that is 6

1:16 am

got te sc 4, ty flosey

1:17 am

yw nan

1:18 am

soon as I get to 100 I'm done for the night now that I have nbt, nbs

1:18 am

nan, is6, the bones you sit on

1:18 am

it is a latin plural

1:20 am

maybe you sit on bones - I, unfortuneately sit on fat!

1:21 am

that's a cheeky comment

1:21 am

lol, nan

1:22 am

where the femur meets the hip bone

1:22 am

no idea

1:23 am

okay, is6...is + first 2 letters of to cut up, hew + 2 vowels

1:24 am

ty - needed it spelled out - new one for me

1:34 am

thats 130 -- good night all :-)

1:34 am

sleep well, nan

2:19 am

good morning. (I typed goof first, which probably made more sense)

2:19 am

{{hugs}} dearest ruby

2:20 am

{{my rosie}}

2:21 am

I start out the day tired, but at least the work is progressing pretty fast. Yesterday and Wed, he did the ceilings in the kitchen and B.'s bathroom and painted over the old kitchen wallpaper which was only dirty, not peeling or anything.He wanted to remove it and staryt fresh, but \I felt that would take longer, be more messy and cost more

2:21 am

i keep meaning to ask you if the chain on the pendant is long enough.

2:22 am

It is awful having somebody working in the house all day and between the painter and my clingy husband, I have no privacy at all.

2:22 am

wow, ruby. you won't know your home.

2:22 am

Yes, I love my lizard!!!! It fits and I am a bad friend fr not having written to you at length.

2:23 am

never a bad friend, ruby. and that's okay. with all that is going on, i am surprised you have time to breathe.

2:24 am

Hi all and hugs :)

2:24 am

{{hugs}} liz girl. how was your day?

2:25 am

{{liz}}

2:25 am

OK. Onto the next question!

2:25 am

The good news is that the house should be lovely again by the time you and Don arrive in the Spring/early summer

2:25 am

oh dear....

2:26 am

How was your evening last night, Rose?

2:26 am

that was to liz, not you ruby...lol.

2:26 am

Today we have to shlep the kitchen drapes to the dry cleaner but, although they are cotton, I don'tthink my little washer could handle the load and I'm afraid they'd shrink

2:26 am

liz we have had a lovely cool change. it was still 26C at midnight.

2:27 am

oh, liz, to die for. the food was glorious.

2:27 am

It wasn't that bad really - just got off to a frustrating St 5 thru an email and I let it get to me all day!

2:27 am

Lucky you Rose - temps of 40 C predicted for the weekend.

2:28 am

I'm happy it was a good evening.

2:28 am

we didn't wait much more than 5 minutes for our first 3 courses. and the flow was kept up. the waiter was incredible. the restaurant was nearly 3/4 full, and he was on his own.

2:28 am

It sounds as tho your renos are making really good progress ruby

2:29 am

Sounds wonderful :)

2:30 am

it was worth the drive. and we took the opportunity to inspect a different park for our boxing day celebrations.

2:30 am

do you want to share about the email here?

2:31 am

No! Thanks for asking. Nothing serious, just frustrating. Business stuff from the UK.

2:33 am

np's, liz. {{hugs}} for you in your frustration

2:34 am

Thanks - I'm over it! Well, more or less!

2:36 am

How was your day and where's Ruby gone?

2:37 am

ruby is still on-line. my day has been quiet. a few spasms in back which were inconvenient.

2:38 am

Did Don get over his post hydro aches?

2:39 am

yes he did, thanx for asking. he has taken it easy today as well. it was so hot overnight, even with the aircon going.

2:39 am

The painter had a question.

2:39 am

do 30-40 flights of stairs a day

2:39 am

we didn't sleep too well.

2:40 am

Hopefully better tonight with the cool change!

2:41 am

no wonder you are thin as a rake, ruby

2:41 am

Keeps you fit too:)

2:42 am

What's odd is that I still get breathless and my heart pounds

2:43 am

Don't overdo it!

2:44 am

Being breathless and having my heart pounding sounds good to me..

2:45 am

Better than not!

2:45 am

aaah, ru, a man after my own (but old) heart!

2:46 am

ooh, just found a nifty th8, almost by accident

2:47 am

WTG ruby :)

2:51 am

ruby, don't forget to plural it.

2:52 am

(I forgot lol)

2:53 am

most of the words ending with T or R can be pluralled

2:57 am

good morning all :)

2:57 am

ello Sprite

2:57 am

I am hiding in the studio

2:57 am

*smooooooch* sprite

2:57 am

Hi and hugs, sprite

2:58 am

hey ruby :) How are you holding up?

2:58 am

*hugs rose and liz* Hello darlings :)

2:59 am

how was your night dearest? how are the ac4s and pains?

3:00 am

night was ok mostly. The ole body is complaining but will have to move it today. And you, rose? How was your day and how is your body doing?

3:00 am

and Liz, how is the renovation going?

3:01 am

a little sore from spasms in the back. didn't sleep well last night. it was too warm and humid, even with the aircon on.

3:01 am

oh rose :( Bad night make for painful days. I hope this night will be better for you.

3:02 am

a lot cooler today/evening.poor don couldn't sleep either.

3:03 am

ah good, cooler is nice. Turn in early and sleep in! :)

3:04 am

i think thatidea is a goer, sprite. what's on your agenda today, hun?

3:04 am

Tens took a break today - a friend brought round some plants which needed planting.

3:04 am

Renos*

3:05 am

now how did spell check get tens out of renos?

3:05 am

Spell check and enable have minds of their own!

3:06 am

Almost time for dinner, so I'll say bye and hugs now

3:07 am

{{liz}}

3:07 am

babble, doing dishes with Rob, shopping groceries, cooking dessert, resting, cooking dinner, resting, eating dinner and talking with friend who comes for dinner again. Also listening to daughter who goes protesting the new study finance system, and son who made it into the top 3 of national science competition and has a meeting about that today.

3:07 am

lol, crazy spell checker. Nice Liz, earthy pleasures :) Enjoy dinner *hugs*

3:08 am

111 abd a kuttke breaj ti naje syre nthng is burning up or down

3:08 am

eeeek...sprite.

3:09 am

lol ruby. That was almost perfect Klingon.

3:09 am

oh, and tell caya i found her song "downside up" ??? i think it was.

3:10 am

yeah, packed day. I picked an oven dish for tonight, so that I only have to start the oven tonight.

3:10 am

downside up? Wth.... a new one?

3:11 am

*sigh * i can't remember...waaahhh, and now i can't find it. hang on

3:11 am

ups and downs? Back to front?

3:12 am

back to front....LOL....

3:12 am

hehehe great! That is a cover. Well done, isn't it? :)

3:12 am

i knew it was two opposites

3:13 am

absolutely

3:15 am

am so doggone proud of them. They really put themselves out there. I never did. Too scared. But they are going to make a success of themselves.

3:15 am

which is a tribute to how you and rob have brought them up.

3:16 am

thank you, darling. That means a lot to me.

3:19 am

fairytale is her last original. Haunting.

3:19 am

okay, must remember to look for it

3:21 am

aha, found.

3:21 am

:)

3:26 am

i wonder how our pugs and her sister are doing? another 36 hours at least until we may hear. how dare she sleep and leave us in suspenders like this?

3:28 am

sister was doing better, bs leveled again. Seems to be related to food intake. pugs was frustrated. Doctor said he needs an ultrasound first, with the insurance must ok. So no news there.

3:28 am

which* not with, sigh

3:29 am

yeah i heard the same. i am wondering if sister is helping herself to foods which she isn't allowed to have. in the hospital there would be no access to extra food.

3:30 am

that is the idea now. Sounds like she needs constant care, more than pug can possible give her.

3:31 am

i hear don home with dinner. sprite, love, will be back as soon as i inhale it.

3:31 am

eat at your leasure, darling. *hugs* and enjoy

3:37 am

brb, potty break

3:43 am

back. Potty still well and whole.

3:48 am

back, glad to hear it....lol. tummy full again.

3:48 am

Tummy full here too, but only back for a minute or two

3:49 am

good :) Simple pleasures here... two cups of coffee in stead of one this morning. Almost ready to go shopping now.

3:49 am

nice liz girl.

3:49 am

hey Liz :) Enjoy the good feeling.

3:49 am

I think my fingers were in the wrong place. It almost looked like Dutch (or Klingon, like sprite said)

3:49 am

take it slowly sprite. and try a rest between shops.

3:49 am

I just had to write two enormous checks to the painter for the wallpaper. Unbelievable!

3:50 am

And brain obviously fired by food - found that th8/9 combo!

3:50 am

lol hi ruby, yes it did. More Klingon than Dutch.

3:50 am

yay Liz! Good job!

3:50 am

two such combos liz

3:50 am

Both with th?

3:51 am

ah, indeed, thanks rose and Liz

3:51 am

This is exhausting both on the wallet and on me. But, hopefully, it will be nice when finished

3:51 am

yeah, same prefix

3:51 am

yes liz

3:51 am

I have the ao ones

3:51 am

I have the ao ones

3:51 am

I have the ao ones

3:51 am

glitch!

3:51 am

you know it will, ruby. Not perfect, but nice.

3:52 am

ty for the idea of the ao'sm liz

3:53 am

Yvw

3:53 am

Liz, the other is someone who rules like a god.

3:54 am

Thanks sprite - wouldn't have thought of that.

3:54 am

yvw :)

3:54 am

Have all 4 x 9s now and 54 more to find later or tomorrow. Hugs again

3:55 am

115 words and still don't have the bottom I! duh

3:55 am

bye Liz, have a lovely evening

3:55 am

bye liz

3:55 am

think anger, ruby

3:55 am

slap me with a mack!

3:56 am

*hits ruby over the head with the tiniest guppy in the tank*

3:57 am

hope you have a good night, liz girl. {{hugs}}

3:57 am

what are your plans for tomorrow, rose?

3:59 am

first thing, down to medicare, to lodge that claim for my prescriptions, then the shopping on the way home. also lodging redirection of mail for while we are away. then collapse....lol

4:00 am

hm, too much too. Collapse sounds about right. Take care of yourself, ok?

4:01 am

yeah, lots of sitting. if i can't 'do' the second supermarket, don will have to do it on his own. at least the list is written.

4:02 am

ah, good thinking.

4:02 am

when will you be leaving, rose?

4:02 am

early, about 8am. want to be at medicare first thing.

4:03 am

lol no I meant on your trip

4:04 am

when i showed chemist my pension card, she rang medicare ( government health insurance people) and they said i was due for all the monies from over 140 prescriptions to be returned. we are talking close to AU$1000.

The word of the day (not babble word) is YAWN

4:04 am

oh....lol....next sunday, the 23rd. not sure if there is wifi available.

4:05 am

omg rose! That is great news!

4:05 am

hi matty :) *hug* And a cup of coffee for you.

4:05 am

g'day matty, nice to see you, hin

4:05 am

we will see, rose. If there is not, too bad. Just go enjoy your holiday. You guys need it. And deserve it.

4:08 am

i know that there is wifi at our last point of stay. will be checking at the others when we arrive. *fingers crossed*

4:08 am

hehehe. Not the most important thing, dear friend. We will be here when you return.

4:09 am

fireflies

4:10 am

WTG SPRITE!!!

4:10 am

I have to go, although I don't wanna... too much to do today. *hugs* and lots of love to you guys. And to all, a blessed day and a peaceful night.

4:11 am

take it easy today sprite. frequent rests and you will get it all down. {{hugs}}

4:11 am

ugh...*done* ( eye rolls )

4:47 am

hello dear babblers

4:48 am

I have yesterday's clues, I went to the archives and Lickety said the clues were up???

4:59 am

mine did that too annie..just refresh clues should take care of it

5:06 am

I refreshed, it said Friday's clues, but they were still Thursday's, with all those al words. Hello, everyone.

5:07 am

When you click Printable clues, it's still Thursday's so I can't print my list as I always do. Boo-hoo!

5:19 am

I refreshed and still have Thursday's clues. I agree with hydra. Boo hoo

5:23 am

hmm.. refresh worked for me..try closing babble and restart mb?

5:24 am

ivesy, I tried that. will try again.

5:25 am

Double YAY. It worked this time.

5:25 am

yeaaaaa...!!!

5:25 am

hydra, did you get today's clues?

5:25 am

Name that Proper Noun - Hungarian Piano Player

5:26 am

Liszt

5:26 am

or Lizst

5:26 am

You win a Czarda!!!!!

5:27 am

thank you!!

5:28 am

I have the list, I need caffeine, be back soon

5:37 am

good morning everyone:)

5:42 am

very cool...first snow squall warning of the year for us with 15cm of blowing and drifting snow:(

6:22 am

r

6:31 am

ahh... there is life:)

6:39 am

sort of..:)

6:41 am

don't be a snowhog, crossy -- send some of it down the coast

6:43 am

I will if I can.. lol!, really blowing and drifting out there atm:)

6:44 am

everyone gets to learn how to drive all over again:/

6:44 am

morning all. library coverage, my favorite!

6:44 am

are you snug and warm inside?

6:44 am

slic

6:44 am

whoops

6:45 am

yup, still in my jammies with a nice cuppa tea

6:45 am

howdy trif

6:46 am

crossy, do you have to go out and shovel or put chains on the car or something ... or can you stay indoors and enjoy

6:47 am

lol, not anywhere near the chains-on-the tires-stage, but yes, I have a three day weekend ahead of me.

6:48 am

Terrific! Hope we get a nice 400-worder for you

6:48 am

I am going to a party tonight, and have NO IDEA what the dress expectations are....such a quandary! :)

6:48 am

morning all :-)

6:48 am

This little dust up is just winter's way of saying "Howdy, I am back again for seven months!"

Trif, my advice is to wear...clothes. Nudity is usually remarkable at such events.

6:49 am

Overdress with a jacket removal option to bring it to dress casual

6:49 am

howdy, wolvie

6:49 am

matty, normally this is true, but these are some fine party animals. Nudity can and HAS happened at their gatherings!!!

6:50 am

zoar

6:50 am

Oh them just go with your favorite spray-on party dress:)

6:50 am

sorry again. whoops

6:50 am

I miss real winter -- used to spend winter vacations in the laurentians, Ste. Adele, Ste. Agathe... rope tows and wooden skis.

6:50 am

Crossy, you are SPOT ON - I actually kept threatening to do that one year at one of their Halloween parties

6:50 am

dating yourself with tow-ropes....

6:50 am

and I still might

6:51 am

nah. 74th birthday coming up tomorrow

6:51 am

our ski resorts will already have the snow-guns going full blast:)

happy birthday jwr!

6:53 am

that's good. The situation in Tahoe and elsewhere in the mountains in this part of the world is looking worse every year

6:53 am

happy day to you jwr :-)

6:53 am

thanks, lady - waiting for next year, though. Somehow "75" just seems more important, doesn't it

6:53 am

Though, saying that, jwr, our winters are a shadow of what they used to be:(

yes it does - 3 quarters of a century !!

6:54 am

and a ty to you too, wolvie. ... Crossy, didn't know that. (memory going ... didn't someone say something about warmer temperatures>>??

6:56 am

we used to get minus 30c- minus 40c in Jan-Feb quite a few times. These days we are lucky if it dips below minus 20c all winter long; plus, the winters seem to end a month earlier than years ago.

6:56 am

Good moning

6:56 am

best get back to work, calls coming in. Feel better about running off now that crossy has good company. happy babbling all

6:56 am

morning sukee

6:56 am

It snowed last night, looks like about 2 inches. Glad I'm not going out today.

6:57 am

5 inches for us today, sukee and snow squall warnings

6:57 am

caught sukee as I was gong .... didn't someone just cover the Canadian weather report?

6:57 am

bye jwr

6:57 am

yes, we have the warnings too. It came too quickly :)

6:57 am

byeeeee

6:57 am

There will be a lot of fender benders today

6:57 am

Well, I just got here :)

6:58 am

we are like that, jwr, we like to yammer about the weather us canucks

6:58 am

Isn't that a universal trait crossy

6:58 am

Yes, just talked to a friend yesterday who said she was going to put on her snow tires soon.

6:58 am

and with the new weather patterns, all you have to do is go 10 miles and it is totally different

6:59 am

I told a friend in Cleveland not to send us their snow but she ignored me :)

6:59 am

My 4 wheel drive is all warmed up and ready to go:)

7:01 am

Paging Bich to the PB : D

7:01 am

mybeloved

7:01 am

Thanks for pointing that out Molly :)

7:02 am

Oh boy. I put my foot in it

7:04 am

This looks like a challenging grid.

7:04 am

good morning all, help with left corner S pls

7:04 am

It's okay Bich, it's made to order omelette day in the PB.

7:05 am

I'd prefer waffles

7:05 am

Corner S, plural of the twinkler

7:05 am

the other other S Molly pls

7:05 am

gotta run....

7:06 am

Ack, heavy snow right now.

7:06 am

we got a dusting of snow last night

7:06 am

I HATE snow

7:06 am

I am right there with you.

7:06 am

Better than oobleck

7:07 am

sc4

7:10 am

duh, ty Molly

7:11 am

Chiming in with Peri, I hate snow too. All it does is mess travel up and make people cold and grumpy.

7:15 am

Then there are the skiiers, snowboarders, etc

7:20 am

Yes, but they can go to the mountains for that.

morning everyone, I can't get todays Lickety's list to load on Babble Expert. Does anyone know the fix for tha?

7:57 am

Hi Luv, I also had that problem..I closed BE and opened it again. Hope it works for you.

7:57 am

good morning

thanks Annie but I tried that a couple of times

7:57 am

I did too and it finally worked

okay, I'll try it a few more times

7:59 am

halfway, NBT and NBS - time for breakfast break and get to an appointment

8:00 am

Happy Friday, Babblonians!

8:01 am

Hi Judi

8:04 am

People seem to be having loads of trouble with Expert lately.

8:05 am

Luv, were you successful?

8:05 am

Hi Molly

8:05 am

Run for your life! Giant cat in Judi's profile! : D

yeah, I tried re-opening it several times and still can't get it to load. Guess I'll have to use the list but not in Expert today.

8:06 am

did you also refresh?

yes, tried that too

8:07 am

Restarting the server. Be back online in a few.

8:45 am

Anybody here?

I'm here!

8:45 am

Hi Matty. I see that there were some server issues earlier.

Yep, spotted that too. I'm at work so haven't really been on much

8:46 am

I am off today and slept til 9. I like staying in my flannel nest.

Lucky you - I'm jealous!

8:47 am

howdy scrabby, matty:) crossy has a three-day weekend!:)

8:47 am

But I get up at 6 4 days weekly and that wipes me out.

I don't like the E words

8:48 am

I am looking for ao6 and 7

8:48 am

aortae

8:48 am

Don't bother with that word.

ao 6 ao + your hand is connected to your w****

8:49 am

I found them.

8:49 am

ao6 was the only other ao6 I know.

sc 6 pls?

nm

8:55 am

Is it an sch word?

yes

si 5?

8:58 am

Si plus most of russian ruler

8:59 am

sitar

8:59 am

Bad guess

8:59 am

no Scrabs

8:59 am

The 20 points is a good clue

8:59 am

Haha.

9:00 am

last three of ruler

9:00 am

I found it right afterward.

9:00 am

You have snow?

9:01 am

.no

9:01 am

yes, we know Ru

9:01 am

Several inches and it is beautiful. Not enough to snowshoe or cross-country ski, but soon.

9:01 am

I could mail you some snow, Ruru.

9:02 am

You can have my share too.

9:02 am

Just confirming hego

9:02 am

:)

9:03 am

Sheeeit we snorr snow out here in california

9:03 am

Snort

9:04 am

uh huh

9:04 am

I forgot.

9:10 am

Hiyo again. Stop saying the "S" word!

9:10 am

hiya!

9:11 am

We aren't getting any, so I am smug.

9:12 am

We had a little "wintery mix" last night. Fortunately, it did not stick around.

9:15 am

Wintery mix is an assortment of squash out here

9:15 am

Does sound like a menu item.

9:15 am

lol. Egad! It rains squash? That's rather horrifying.

9:16 am

Painful even.

9:16 am

Haha, ruru.

9:16 am

Hi Judi

9:16 am

Only in the seedy areas judi

9:16 am

:)

9:17 am

Makes for gourdgeous scenery, though.

9:18 am

Squash puns are difficult.

9:18 am

As far as the eyes can zuchini

9:18 am

lol

9:19 am

yes, I see they are tough.

9:19 am

Takes a lot of courgette.

9:19 am

That is just bad, Ruru. Go sit in acorn-er.

9:19 am

Ha, I just answered the phone with Buon giorno and the telemarketer began stuttering.

9:19 am

Not from a pulp-it judi

9:20 am

Well played, Scrabs.

9:21 am

I am trying to pumpkin this squash thing for all it is worth

9:21 am

Hello friends

9:21 am

Hiya, Car!

9:21 am

Hello Luv!

9:21 am

Ru, I think you already have.

9:22 am

I didn't know it was a telemarketer, I figured it was my mother, but it worked out well.

9:22 am

No caller ID?

9:23 am

Now there is a scary thought

9:23 am

Jewish mother telemarketing

9:24 am

help with st9 pls

9:24 am

Oy! You shouldn't answer!

9:24 am

You never call, you never write...

9:24 am

Hi Peri

9:25 am

hi hego, hi all

9:25 am

Hi

9:25 am

I am tellingah you you should have one of these you schmeel

9:25 am

You never buy...

9:25 am

Are you eating your vegetables? Your father thinks you've gained weight? When are you coming over?

9:26 am

I don't have caller ID on my landline.

9:26 am

I had a Jewish mil for many years and she was exactly like all the stereotypes.

9:26 am

Just subscribe to Yenta-Flix. (So worthing going to the penalty box for).

9:27 am

funny as Hell.

9:27 am

Peri, it builds on the st6,24 and means stiffer.

9:27 am

ty Judi

9:27 am

ty hydra, looking

9:27 am

Hopes Ruru didn't see that clue....

9:27 am

Imagines scrabs with a princess phone

9:28 am

ty hydra, found it

9:28 am

Pink princess phone. And her TV still has rabbit ears.

9:28 am

real rabbit ears.

9:29 am

ty Hydra

9:29 am

ty

9:29 am

I am no princess, Ruru. I am an outdoors woman, remember.

9:30 am

Not in the privacy of your home scrabina

9:30 am

Off to get more shots in my back. BBL this afternoon. *POOF*

9:30 am

Poor Judy

9:32 am

Get one for me!

9:34 am

Gee, I would expect "Get one for me" as a response to "I'm off to get a cheesecake" or "I'm off to buy a bottle" but "I'm off to get a shot in my back"???

9:35 am

It hurts,

9:35 am

Been on the floor scrubbing dog shit this morning....

9:35 am

I am literally having a "shitty" day.

9:35 am

Wishful thinking for Car.

9:35 am

I'll take some for Judi too

9:35 am

Yuk! Car!!

9:36 am

Poor Car.

9:36 am

Didn't even get to have 1 cup of coffee before...

9:37 am

((Car))

9:38 am

And we have no idea which dog...so both are isolated.

9:38 am

Its going to be a long day

9:38 am

run the DNA.

9:39 am

ewwwww

9:39 am

It's been compromised with a lot of bleach by now

9:39 am

:)

9:39 am

We watch too many cop shows.

9:39 am

anyone have good plans this weekend?

9:40 am

not me

9:40 am

Nope.

9:40 am

I gave up plans 2 years ago.

9:40 am

Now I just drift.

9:40 am

Wish we were closer...we could all get together for a cocktail!

9:40 am

That will fix your back

9:41 am

Ears just perked up. cocktail!

9:41 am

Yup!

9:41 am

the last time i had a cocktai was about 25 years ago.And it was a singapore gin sling.

9:41 am

Oh myyyy!

9:42 am

At least you went out with a good one.

9:42 am

Had a couple scorpion bowls the other day....

9:42 am

Housecleaning interspersed with outdoor activities.

9:43 am

Will the weather cooperate, Scrabs?

9:44 am

To be honest I would not know the names of many of them now.The last wierd named cocktail I remember was one called salty dog. No idea what was in it or what it taste like.With a name like that..I did not want to find out..lol

9:44 am

Vodka and grapefruit juice with a salted rim, I think

9:44 am

weird*

9:45 am

Yup! Just looked it up

9:45 am

Ahh good job I did not have one then.Not keen on grapefruit.

9:45 am

I love mojitos and cosmos

9:45 am

and margaritas!

9:45 am

I do well on Key West.

9:46 am

Oooh...sorry....typically gin, not vodka. Vodka makes it a greyhound.

9:46 am

OMG Hego. Cosmos and Margaritas are my favs. And we're close enough to meet up for cocktails!

9:46 am

Oh i have heard of margaritas!

9:46 am

LOL are you kidding me, Car?

9:46 am

Yes we are Judi!

9:46 am

Captain morgan and diet coke or flavored martinins are my thing

9:46 am

Nope!

9:47 am

Good grief..lol

9:47 am

I lured Judy out of lurk with that one. :)

9:47 am

Salty dog is typically gin (but vodka may be used) with grapefruit juice and a salted rim. A greyhound is vodka with grapefruit juice, no salted rim.

9:47 am

:-)

9:47 am

So jealous of potential cocktail meet up!

9:48 am

LOL Hego

9:48 am

Really must go. Havw a great one, All.

9:48 am

I had a rootbeer float martini last week that was to DIE for!

9:48 am

Well, now the damn snow is lurking! Guess we'll need a spring cocktail soiree.

9:48 am

Don,t tell me there are poodles,dobermans etc cocktails too..lol

9:48 am

{{Hego}}

9:48 am

I can hike if there isn't enough snow for snowsports.

9:48 am

*waves bye to Hego*

9:49 am

also the salty chihuahua, the pomeranian, bloodhound, bulldog, and a regal beagle (not the three's company bar they used to go to ! LOL)

9:50 am

lol

9:50 am

Retriever Believers are nice drinks

9:51 am

phantom: Licorice

9:51 am

ooooh! What's in those?!?!?

9:51 am

dog needs to go out....back later.

9:51 am

vodka, oj and amaretto

9:53 am

Wonder how they come up with these names for cocktails..lol

9:54 am

did someone say cocktails?

9:54 am

It's almost 5PM here

9:54 am

the same place the get DeSean and Shaniqua

9:55 am

Hello, Ruby :-)

9:55 am

or Anjenoo

9:55 am

cheers, everybody

9:55 am

*Clink*

9:55 am

or Jamarcus

9:56 am

so you don't drink alcohol Zooz?

9:56 am

my sister sends me weirdly-named criminals from the NYPost

9:56 am

no, not the criminals, the articles about the

9:56 am

Southern comfort and lemonade or mostly stouts, Ruru :-)

9:56 am

oh

9:57 am

were you Janis Joplin in a past lifetime?

9:57 am

Must admit I am not a big drinker of alcohol.

9:57 am

lol probably a slug, Ruru :-)

9:58 am

HA

9:58 am

I am a little drinker of alcohol! The only think I don't drink is red wine because of the tannin

9:58 am

I'm not a cocktail person by nature.. once or twice a year is about my average

9:59 am

phantom: thorazine

9:59 am

that's not a phantom around here ruby :D

9:59 am

someone said vodka...

10:00 am

we're working up to a cocktail party, crossy

10:00 am

well, I am ready-- always an arm out and a leg up as it were:)

10:01 am

(not that it takes much working up.....)

10:01 am

like "It must be 5 o'clock someplace!"

10:01 am

well you are out on a limb there crossy

10:02 am

this grid does not look easy?

10:02 am

hello mlf

10:02 am

lol Ru

10:02 am

hi ruby

10:03 am

hi zooz

10:03 am

the first 120 words were easy, now I'm stuck

10:03 am

hi ruru

10:03 am

hi cross

10:03 am

gm mlf

10:03 am

Hello, Mlf :-)

10:03 am

i just started only have 7 at the moment

10:03 am

*sets MLF counter board*

10:04 am

counter board?

10:04 am

yes.. we keep count of all the words you find

10:04 am

oh gee thanks lol

10:04 am

see you later, kids

10:05 am

bye Foo

10:05 am

Toodle pips, Ruby.

10:05 am

bye ruby

10:05 am

And I'm bakc

10:05 am

*back

10:06 am

pour car. another drink! on th house

10:06 am

*thought caree meant Baked*

10:06 am

Wheeeeeee

10:06 am

hi car

10:06 am

Oh, ruru! How I wish I was!

10:06 am

LOL

10:07 am

there's still time today caree :D

10:07 am

Oh, those days are over. Too many responsibilities.

10:07 am

First column i?

10:07 am

ah.. well.. .that's good then

10:08 am

Archer is the pup that is having issues today. :(

10:08 am

is 6 mlf

10:08 am

ic 5 and 6

10:08 am

like what car?

10:08 am

My responsibilities?

10:09 am

clue please?

10:09 am

The kids, my mom, driving to go get my mom, getting my work done, etc.

10:09 am

no.. the dog issues

10:10 am

Oh...you missed the chog earlier. been scrubbing floors and carpets all morning.

10:10 am

uh oh.. that doesn't sound good

10:11 am

That's why I prefer talking about cocktails!

10:12 am

I need a clue for the is word too.

10:12 am

No, I don't! Found it!

10:12 am

is + one of those ceramic things you grow sprouts on

10:13 am

ruru umm?

10:13 am

think around xmas mlf.. the .... Pet simply pour water on it and watch it grow

10:14 am

lol ohh THOSE :)

10:14 am

is + ch 4/6

10:14 am

z stats?

10:15 am

I only have zi 5/24 meaning "zero" or nothing

10:15 am

car yes that is the one i just saw thanks

10:15 am

ty car

10:15 am

zo 4 larvae

10:15 am

zo4

10:15 am

It also happens to be a gorgeous Italian island in the Tyrrhenian Sea

10:16 am

5th column S for nbt please?

10:16 am

How strange to be both

10:16 am

really erda? Zi 5 is an island?

10:16 am

plural of ST 4/4

10:16 am

No -- Is

10:16 am

they must talk about nothing all day there:)

10:16 am

ah ty car

10:16 am

oh

10:16 am

Oh!

10:16 am

lol

10:17 am

they have zero things to do crossy

10:17 am

when they have a squabble in the port .. it is usually about nothing

10:18 am

better that the island next door that is infested with really big larvae:)

10:18 am

they only have short piers in zi5

10:19 am

does anyone have the et 8/9?

10:22 am

I just found it....one who studies ET 5/14

10:22 am

Yes thank you, Mlf.

10:22 am

car which et is it?

10:22 am

Both, the ET 9 is the plral

10:22 am

plural

10:23 am

Below the W

10:24 am

OK...need to get my work done. HAGD everyone! {[group}}

10:24 am

got them all thanks

10:24 am

Hope your day gets better for you, Car :-)

10:26 am

hi all.

10:26 am

hi mkg

10:28 am

i am confused by et 9 clue. i have et 5 and 6 which is like morals. but i dont understand the ending.......any further clues?

10:28 am

ci 4/5is what it ends with

10:28 am

never mind. i did get it.

10:28 am

ty

10:28 am

ty mlfan. any clues for other 9s?

10:29 am

its the only 9 i have

10:30 am

st9 more full of what's in a potato

10:30 am

thanks une

10:30 am

extend what you spray on a shirt to make it stiff

10:31 am

yw :-)

10:32 am

une what are the stats for that about the shirt?

10:32 am

ty uni. got it.

10:32 am

any other 9s out there that can be clued? ty.

10:34 am

th 8/9

10:34 am

ty ml. any clues?

10:34 am

are the th 8/9 words an extension of another th word?

10:34 am

viagrarches

10:35 am

damn it

10:35 am

i dont have them mkg its another i need

10:36 am

ruru what was that word????? i dont see a v in the grid.

10:36 am

It was a joke about the ST9 Mkg :-)

10:37 am

lost wireless connection -- back now

10:37 am

wb une

10:38 am

sheesh

10:38 am

une do you have th 8/9?

10:38 am

nope

10:38 am

une that dog is so adorable

10:39 am

all the drivers fell in love with him!

10:39 am

well i just dont see more so off to work.

10:39 am

his adoptive family is soooo happy :-)

10:40 am

ah.. I have to get to work.. bye you guys

10:40 am

bye ru :-)

10:40 am

Toodle pips, Ruru :-)

10:40 am

I have these 9's: et, st and th. help with other 9 pls

10:41 am

i would be too une if i had a dog with that face:)

10:41 am

the th9 is a plural

10:41 am

TH 8 & 9 is to surmise?

10:41 am

peri clue for the th 8/9?

10:41 am

There is another Th9, Peri.

10:41 am

I need the other one zoo

10:42 am

look at zooz's clue mlf

10:42 am

got them

10:42 am

:)

10:43 am

i dont get the th words either. surmise is assume. or decipher or analyze or think. not in grid so far.

10:43 am

i have exactly 1000 pts

10:43 am

one who does

10:43 am

well i got one of them!

10:43 am

Same first four letters the second part normally has bureau**** + plural

10:43 am

to surmise was great clue.

10:43 am

Not sure if that helps, Peri.

10:43 am

ty for that great clue.

10:44 am

Welcome.

10:44 am

yeah! ty for clue zoozzoom. got both th 8s! ty for great clues.

10:45 am

tyty zooz for 2nd th8/9

10:45 am

zooz help please?

10:45 am

i would love a clue for one of the I words for first column I. i then will have nbt.

10:46 am

ic5/6

10:47 am

help with cr8 pls

10:47 am

Ic + most of the neigh animal.

10:47 am

ty got two of them from that.

10:47 am

I need a cup of tea. Back soon.

10:47 am

ty zooz greyed that i

10:48 am

help with the th word please?

10:48 am

grey? i got two of the words. what is third mlfan?

10:49 am

i got a 5 and 6.

10:49 am

i have the 9/60 need the 9/66

10:50 am

i think is6?

10:51 am

a kind of government. the person in charge would be this.

10:51 am

ends same as being a demo****. and plural. but instead put a term referring to a god.

10:52 am

phew tyy mkg

10:57 am

hi all

10:59 am

clues for the corner s's pls

10:59 am

Plural of your fav subject, Sue :-)

11:00 am

Sorry.Wrong Sue..lol

11:00 am

Still plural of what is in the sky at night :-)

11:00 am

lol

11:00 am

i was thinking, what?

11:01 am

got it

11:01 am

LOL sorry about that :-)

11:01 am

other s?

11:01 am

SC4

11:02 am

ty

11:02 am

welcome.

11:03 am

*Laughing at "wrong Sue"

11:04 am

*Pours Zoom a pint*

11:04 am

Slaps forehead..What an idiot.Was still funny though.

11:04 am

Takes a big gulp!

11:14 am

No, not an idiot, not you. Cheers!

11:21 am

morning all! I think I am the right Sue :-)

11:22 am

also wondering what it means that I saw Liszt before I saw the li5/10 ...

11:22 am

also wondering what it means that I saw Liszt before I saw the li5/10 ...

11:22 am

(although I wasn't wondering it twice. Sorry for the burp.)

11:23 am

howdy suze:)

11:23 am

Hello, Sue :-)

11:23 am

hi zooz and crossy!

11:23 am

Nice icon of the satelitte comet!

11:24 am

isn't that cool? It was actually taken by the lander - that's its foot in the corner.

11:24 am

Do you know if it managed to drill into the comet in the end? Or is it still not attached?

11:25 am

Last I heard the harpoons still hadn't deployed.

11:25 am

wonder how long it will be before countries are fighting over "orbital" borders for mining rights?

11:25 am

It's also in the shadow of a cliff, so may not be able to recharge its batteries.

11:26 am

Yes I heard about that.Only has power for 90 minutes I think and one of the legs is off the ground.

11:26 am

They were going to try to get it to move a little, but it's not really made for that.

11:26 am

Amazes me how they can communicate with it at over 300 million miles away..lol

11:27 am

Wi6?

11:27 am

Last resort i heard for that, Sue.

11:27 am

WI6 houston..singer no longer with us.

11:28 am

well, we're still communicating with the Voyager probes, and they're 12 billion miles away!

11:28 am

without the h

11:28 am

thanks zooz

11:28 am

thanks for the wi, zooz, I wouldn't have thought of that!

11:28 am

I knew you would get it, Mlf :-)

11:29 am

not always zooz but i do try

11:29 am

That must take eons for the signal to get back to us..lol

11:29 am

quite a few hours, zooz; also it doesn't have much power left so its communications are rather terse :-)

11:30 am

Shame..but it has served its purpose and more!

11:30 am

Indeed it has!

11:30 am

For first column O i have oi4 any help with the other O from there please?

11:31 am

sorry, mlfan, that's all I have

11:31 am

Oh4

11:31 am

ah, thanks zooz!

11:32 am

Welcome.

11:32 am

<snowed in in ohio

11:32 am

ty

11:32 am

we had a dusting yesterday, sammysmom, but it didn't stay

11:33 am

hi sammy

11:33 am

Brrr sorry to hear that, Sammysmom :-(

11:33 am

hi

11:36 am

so grateful that we did our shopping and errands yesterday... not that we needed a great deal... i have always kept stocked up on stuff ... we could function very well in this house for 2 weeks if we had to including oxygen for walter..... water......... food.......... whatever

11:39 am

we thought the storm had gone east of us sue and were grateful , but then it doubled back and got us anyway

11:40 am

at least we get to make chili now

11:41 am

Hi4?

11:41 am

bummer, sammysmom! Glad you don't have to go out.

11:43 am

never mind

11:44 am

are you psychic suefrock? that's just what walter was starting to do... put on a big pot of chile ... and i am going to do a spaghetti sauce and a soup... folks with gather

11:44 am

i did a very large veg. soup for me (diet) and chili for hubby and the kids.

11:45 am

great way to warm the house

11:45 am

yup

11:46 am

pb for me

11:46 am

with my ch5

11:46 am

how can this grid have so many HO words?

11:47 am

ty sue:)

11:47 am

close to Christmas mlf

11:47 am

sue huh?

11:48 am

ho ho

11:48 am

:)

11:48 am

a gift?

11:49 am

or weeding?

11:49 am

and the good thing is that that stuff can be frozen in single servings for lunches..yummmm

11:51 am

i found ho5/6, like riding animal but change the last letter & pl

11:51 am

bbl, off to find pants for my kid

11:52 am

got those

11:54 am

i have ye 5/14 ending in an S similar for the other ye 5/14?

11:58 am

SC6?

12:01 pm

hello?

12:02 pm

ye5/14 ends in a vowel

12:03 pm

hi dc

12:03 pm

can you elaborate a bit more please?

12:04 pm

starts with yearnig

12:05 pm

a ye word that means yearning?

12:06 pm

3 letters

12:06 pm

unit of money

12:07 pm

found it

12:08 pm

sc6....3rd letter h... all in that lower corner. Sorry can't think how to clue it.

12:09 pm

what does it end with?

12:09 pm

l

12:10 pm

got it ty again dc

12:10 pm

yw

12:10 pm

i will be back

12:50 pm

: D : D

12:53 pm

*lurk lurk lurk*

12:55 pm

Uhg. Gotta get up and move around or I'll fall asleep. POOF*

12:58 pm

But will you be back?

gee i want that H to be by the W

1:57 pm

Wait, I'll try to move it. :)

:)

2:01 pm

:)

you know what i really like? warmth.

2:03 pm

Well, you won't find it here today.

i don't mean the WORD i mean the THING, which, i do have right now.

2:04 pm

sorry, are you cold?

no i am not cold that is the whole point, i am happy and i am just appreciating what a nice thing WARMTH is

2:04 pm

Well, that's a good thing.

2:05 pm

We tend to take that for granted.

yeah maybe

that's quite a lot of t words when you add them up

2:51 pm

2nd ch5/14 pls

2:56 pm

small hot peppers

2:56 pm

ty I must be spelling it wrong then

2:57 pm

no I got it thanks

3:28 pm

Hi everybody. :-). I'm just home after visiting my Dad in the nursing home. I laughed all the way home. He told me that his memory was getting quite bad. He looked me directly in the eye & asked me if I thought he could be getting 'early-onset Alzheimers'. Early onset??? He will be 87 in January!!

3:29 pm

Hilarious : D

3:31 pm

All I could do was laugh. Age is definitely a matter of perspective!

3:45 pm

who are you people?

3:47 pm

No one important, Mr. Old Goat : P

3:47 pm

Hello Ru. My name is Soodle.

3:50 pm

Old Goat? .. that sounds familiar

3:51 pm

Oh ...

3:51 pm

MOLLY!!! you little cutey.. I could just hug you to bits!!!

3:53 pm

: D : D

4:16 pm

Just backing out of the chog to allow this love-fest to continue in private...

4:18 pm

ha

4:25 pm

Good timing Soodle

4:31 pm

hello everyone :-)

4:35 pm

Hi nan and everyone.

4:35 pm

ethic

4:36 pm

ethics

4:36 pm

Sorry

4:36 pm

yes, gramma!!!

4:36 pm

yep -- couold use more of that in the world gramma ;-)

4:39 pm

I hate when I do that. I hardly ever chat anymore because I don't know many people. When i saw tonights line up, I felt the need to say "hey".

4:40 pm

Hi Nan , Pen & Gramma. I'm studiously ignoring the Molly/Ru shennanagins in the corner. 😛

4:40 pm

no problem... happens to us all....

4:40 pm

nice to hear that you feel comfortable enough with us to chat :-)

4:41 pm

hi soodle

4:41 pm

good luck with that soodle ;-)

4:41 pm

Hey (((Nan)))

4:43 pm

anothr enablism -- doesn't no the dif. bet. a body of water and lined up

4:43 pm

(it's catching!)

4:44 pm

Sad news chez Soodle this evening. I found my budgie, named Babble, dead on the floor of his/her cage this evening. I'm inordinately sad.

4:44 pm

condolences, soodle -- hard to lose a pet

4:45 pm

Thank you Nan.

4:55 pm

*Raises a glass to the bird*

4:55 pm

maybe you need to restart the server soodle?

5:01 pm

Am I just too tired or is this grid a bit of a beast tonight??

5:01 pm

there are a few beastly words or non words as the case may be

5:01 pm

i hate it...

5:02 pm

it certainly pays to use your imagination

5:03 pm

i hate grids that force me to make up so many words...

5:03 pm

stuck on both tw 5's

5:03 pm

oh -- stumbled over the first one

5:03 pm

i have those if you want clues...

5:04 pm

just for the 5/22, pleaseC

5:04 pm

just change the middle letter and you have the other...

5:04 pm

they sound the same...

5:05 pm

ty pen

5:05 pm

wi 6, please?

5:05 pm

like Houston the singer

5:05 pm

or the NY City museum

5:07 pm

Seems she is ignoring our "shenanigans" Ru.

5:07 pm

ty ruru

5:07 pm

I guess.. it always seems to work for Dr. God

5:09 pm

has anyone ever heard of any of those zo words before?

5:10 pm

Sorry. I was attending to domestic chores. Like burying

5:10 pm

i have seen the first zo word before, not the others...

5:11 pm

... poor old Babble. 😥

5:11 pm

How old was he Soodle?

5:12 pm

*!* ta da *!*

5:13 pm

We had him for about 3 years, Deeha. The lowest maintenance pet ever. I can't believe how bereaved I feel.

5:14 pm

That's no age isit. I can understand how you fell,

5:16 pm

I guess my condolence toast to the bird was shenanigans too.

5:17 pm

exciting news in our household -- have booked our next trip to Europe for the fall (both knees should be good as new by then). We'll begin with 4 days on the Amalfi coast to get acclimatized then join our land/cruise tour from Rome (3days) to Venice for 3 days (via Asissi and Florence) then on board ship for 8 days cruising the Aegean. :-)

5:17 pm

I raised a glass with you Molly.

5:18 pm

sounds wonderful!

5:18 pm

*fall of 2015

5:19 pm

I give up think Ill have an early night and finish my book. Good night all and good luck

5:19 pm

g'nite...

5:19 pm

good night deeha

5:20 pm

can someone clue either of the st 7's please? I have given up on monkeying those...

5:22 pm

st 7's: one vowel different from layers in sediment (with a double consonant)

5:22 pm

One ends like a v word, a grudge held by a mafia family

5:23 pm

ty...got molly's word...working on the other...

5:23 pm

*change last vowel in the 2nd st 7 from the first

5:23 pm

or are they the same??

5:23 pm

nm....i am done!

5:23 pm

last vowel different from first

5:23 pm

grats, pen

5:25 pm

on my way as well -- back at the flip :-)

5:26 pm

ty!

6:02 pm

Sthitthematresses

6:11 pm

There you go, with the shenanigans again. : P

6:12 pm

Don't you know that this is not a place for tomfoolery and ballyhoo?

6:14 pm

Good morning - what a boring place this would be without shenanigans ;)

6:14 pm

Fireworks - stoopid z's!

6:38 pm

congrats Liz! evening all

6:39 pm

what kind of folderol is going on here?

6:46 pm

hi dan....

8:10 pm

Hello people.

8:10 pm

I only have 90 left :)

8:11 pm

Is anyone here? :)

8:11 pm

Hi sukee

8:13 pm

Hi Dianne

8:26 pm

hi Dianne, I am in and out

hello Dianne

8:28 pm

and HI Sukee

8:28 pm

and Marc

8:28 pm

Hi Bugsaw

8:28 pm

This grid is giving me a headache

heh Bugs

8:31 pm

me too Sukee. Not the most fun I have had all day

8:37 pm

Finally got the Zs with the help of lickety

8:38 pm

ok I will try those

8:49 pm

Okay, going to have to stop at 47 to go :)

8:52 pm

well done. See you again

What are the stats for the 4 nines?

9:06 pm

et 9,66

9:07 pm

it is a plural, and st 9,66 that is a superlative. I don't have the others yet

thanks

9:47 pm

have you found the other 2 yet Marc?

9:50 pm

hey all

9:50 pm

th8/9 x 2

9:50 pm

stid!! higs to you

9:51 pm

((((bugs)))) I made it through my first round of conferences!!!!!

9:51 pm

Heyas stid & other kids ..

9:51 pm

hugs I mean and thanks to torgone

9:51 pm

of course you did! the kids love you and the parents are grateful

9:51 pm

hey tor!

9:53 pm

my tutees are going to get their first report cards soon so they are not stalling nearly so much. One of them is still in trouble tho

9:54 pm

ah, good that they have an incentive for that!

9:54 pm

my house renos are coming along slowly. I am repaiintiing and reorganizing the

9:55 pm

I have alerted my kiddos that something that was optional for this past report card is now a requirement and that I will expect them to take (and pass at or above a certain percentage) some online reading assessments... some of them were looking really worried.

9:55 pm

the office I mean

9:56 pm

Oh, I am glad the work is coming along... I am looking around the house now that I have school more in hand and thinking of all the things I want to amend next summer.

9:56 pm

:-) I bet the office is going to look great!

9:57 pm

I am putting shelves up in the closet this weekend. No room for clothes but lots of shelves for storage. It will really help

9:58 pm

:-) I am SO glad I put in shelves in our closet spaces! Hanging in a couple spots, but mostly shelves...

10:01 pm

We do not live for the latest fashions as you know but we do have hoarding tendencies. I think a compromise would be a limited amount of space for hoarding. When it is full, do something!

10:02 pm

I am very unhappy -- a catalog came in the mail with a "scented page" that I didn't know about. So I was paging through and now I am miserable and starting to itch. DUMB STUPID DUM-BASS marketers!!!!! *very allergic mama look at catalog*

10:03 pm

Oh I am sorry. I don't think they do that here or else I don't get many magazine.

10:03 pm

I hope you recover quickly

10:05 pm

{{stiddy}} hugs dear. do you have your epipen at the ready?

10:05 pm

g'day bugs, hin

10:05 pm

I found one torgone! on my own!

10:06 pm

Hugs to granny. I do hope you are well again today

10:06 pm

yes thanx, bugs. and you?

10:07 pm

I am well. It was very cold today so I was glad to be inside most of the day, tutoring and preparing for shelves in the closet

10:07 pm

yes, GR (was off taking antihistamine) but more likely to need the inhaler than the epipen for this.

10:07 pm

Go bugs go!

10:08 pm

never can be too prepared, stidmama.

10:08 pm

did you have hydrotherapy today, GR? I always picture you in a swimsuit with a skirt feature and one of those silly little swim caps from 50 years ago -- you know, the ones with the fake rubber flowers all over them! LOL

10:09 pm

poor granny! what a vision!

10:09 pm

oh, and a fancy cocktail of some sort being handed to you by the exceedingly handsome cabana boy ....

10:10 pm

our stupid computer has been down-loading stuff we didn't know about, and pushed us over our down-load limit and it's only halfway through the month. *glares daggers at himself* DH decided to try a new windows app, and this is the result. grrrr

10:10 pm

;-) Probably better for him to hand you cocktails than trim trees, eh?

10:10 pm

I will keep the cabana boy in my vision.

10:10 pm

roflol, close stid. not the hat, but if i had one.....

10:10 pm

oh oh, that's too bad, GR

10:11 pm

I would hate a computer that downloads all by itself. Smacks of ghosties and ghoulies

10:12 pm

btw, i am exceedingly proud of my 'granny' swimsuit, skirt and all. no more bikini line waxing for me....or is that too much information?

10:12 pm

I am glad you could be inside today bugs -- it has been bitter cold in the town I teach in, I am letting the kids into my classroom as soon as they start arriving instead of making them wait until 8:15 (their official arrival time).

10:13 pm

I have been to those classes and all the ladies are very kind about looking into each others' eyes only.

10:13 pm

*giggling * bugs....and in the showers later ???

10:13 pm

8:15 seems early. Is that for a 9:00 beginning?

10:13 pm

I think that we get too hung up on our body shape and stretchmarks and are too little concerned with the love that our bodies hold.

10:14 pm

It's for 8:30 start time.

10:14 pm

Many kids arrive at 8, but we feed them breakfast, so they start filtering out of the cafeteria around 8:10

10:15 pm

oooh! I just got NBT! :-)

10:15 pm

it's a tough grid today

10:16 pm

It is a tough grid. I am tired of it so I went to Morewords to finish.

10:16 pm

how about you, tor? did the cold air affect you in the sunny south at all? It actually SNOWED about 80 miles south of us today!

10:17 pm

I am glad their is a meal program at your school. It always helps when they are not hungry and very few of them are willing to tell about it.

10:17 pm

I haven't listed yet, not sure I am that interested in finishing. Was just glad to have some time to play tonight.

10:17 pm

It's seasonably cool here ..

10:18 pm

Our school received a grant to feed ALL the students breakfast and lunch for free this year -- we have so many who need the help anyway that we qualified for a full-school program.

10:18 pm

I was always proud of those who could admit that some food would definately help them feel better. I had a stash in my desk or locker.

10:18 pm

It is below freezing here torgone and has been for days

10:19 pm

I keep some snacks, but I cannot afford to feed 25 children once a day... not even with little snacks. So I dole them out sparingly.

10:20 pm

That's great about the school meals. Kids do so much better with adequate nourishment.

10:20 pm

I agree, tor -- their growing minds and bodies cannot function when they are thinking about empty tummies.

10:21 pm

not so much of a need if there is a food program. I worked in middle schools that had canteens where they could pay. If they couldn't pay, tough luck

10:22 pm

we have that happen sometimes, too -- in the more affluent schools (like the one last year) some children were always "volunteering" at lunch in order to earn a meal.

10:22 pm

I don't understand how we can live in a society that so little values our children.

10:25 pm

I am glad they found a way to meet their needs while helping others. Smart kids

10:26 pm

they were smart kids! :-) I just regret that they missed all the clubs that met at lunch. :-( Maybe someday...

10:32 pm

I must take my leave. I am too distracted by Doc Martin to care about this grid. Good night

10:33 pm

sweet dreams bugs -- love to mr bugs

10:40 pm

I am also heading out. have a good evening, all. *poof*

11:56 pm

328 next grid

11:59 pm

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