Bah humbug!!! Schools are closed here, went outside don't know how much is on the ground so far but.... I am waiting for daylight to deal with it.

Kids are bummed because of the S**w Day - really, tonight the schools were supposed to go to a Ski Resort.

Awwww, the schools are closed. Those kids are missing a day of education. And now... hey wait - put them to work Tom - get THEM to shovel your snow!

Good Morning Tom! And all!

Oooooops, I was bad.

Goooooooooooooooooooooood Morning all.

Eileen, Katie (aka Medusa) has been walking around complaining about the schools closing for over 20 minutes. Ben on the other hand said "Darn it." and went back to sleep If it had been a "test" day, they would both be doing the happy dance.

The plow truck just went by for the second time since 4 a.m..

HEY, WHY DON'T I GET A SNOW DAY FROM DEALING WITH THE SNOW?!?! Oh wait, my truck will go through it - no problem.

"Hey W.Y.N., better get busy clearing the driveway. What? Hey, I thought of you, the snowblower is gassed and ready. Enjoy!!! Oh, would you bring me another mug of coffee before you clean the drive? What's that? What should I do with my mug? That's not physically possible! No, I don't care for you to show me it can be done.! Geeeeesh, a bit grumpy this morning aren't you?
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How about a half a mug?"

I have some Baileys for your coffee?

I want some of that Sn*w so I can stay home...I'm still sick, but plan to drag myself into work for part of the day at least.....cough, cough, cough...ugh!!

Good morning Friday friends!!

GOOD MORNING TOM, EILEEN, AND EVERYONE ELSE!!!

On a different note they caught the person who tried to burn down the company.

Donna, I hope you are feeling better soon.

Patrick, that is good news.

Tom, it's who I thought it was. They arrested him and he confessed to it all.

Morning Donna.

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Patrick, good!!!

I hope everyone is okay where this storm is visiting. Saw that Jerry mentioned ice (eeeek) down his way. The storm is moving fast, fortunately they dropped the expected s**w total to 8-12. Just heard the weatherman say that ice and freezing rain are to be expected. The dude had a smile on his face, I hope he gets coal in his stocking. It is supposed to be down to 0-10 (f) this evening - JOY!!!

I need more coffee. "Honnnnnnnnnnnnnnnney, will you please come down stairs and get me some more coffee? Don't forget the cream in it - okay?" Geeesh, I guess I have to get my own. Now I know why she removed some things like "obey" from our vows. ROTFLMAO

Good Morning to you all.

Patrick, glad they got the guy. Great news.

All you BT'rs who got snow/ice, stay safe and take the day off! Break out the hot cocoa with whipped cream.

We got rain and lots of it, big flooding in our area, so glad it wasn't snow or ice. Ice storms are not fun.

Jerry, hope you defrost today, we lost three of our white birch trees to an ice storm one year in an ice storm. Sorry to hear you lost some trees. Stay safe and inside today.

Seems old man winter is off to an early start this year.

Can you believe we still have leaves in front of our street? Seems the township is running a little behind this year and they haven't gotten to getting them yet. Our street is piled high 4-5 foot in some stretches with them.

Sorry to hear about the snow, as I personally hate it! That is really good news Patrick! Sorry about the flooding Debbie, I would take snow over floods. Feel better Donna! Eileen...send me that Baileys

Good Morning all!

Debbie, sorry to hear of your flooding, and leaves. Tribs - woohoo! And Baileys on it's way! Get better soon Donna! Great news PATRICK!

Good Morning Everyone

Yikes for all those up north! Be safe.....hope you've all still got power. It's been all rain for us & lots of it.....should be ending by noon-ish today.

Patrick - glad they got the guy!

Donna - feel better!

Tom - we've got coffee brewing here

Eileen - hope all your kidlets are OK now

Debbie - still have lots of leaves to be picked up around here

Good Morning Judy! The kidlets seem to be 99% better now! Thank-you!

Yes, I hope everyone stays safe today!

Good Morning to all who stopped by.

Donna, hope you feel better soon.

Going to take the canoe out and battle the flood waters to get a second opinion on blood tests now. Will be so glad when that is over and done with.

Eileen, glad the kids are feeling better.

Judy, still raining here too.

Good morning Tom, W.H.N., Eileen, PATRICK, Donna, Debbie, Speedy Tribs, Judy, and all to follow.

Jerry, sorry to hear you're sick, too. (Well we knew........) Plus your poor trees.

Everyone take care.

I get my annual job review today. Can't wait for that.



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Debbie, Does everyone just rake/blow their leaves to the curb, or are they bagged?

Patrick, Thats great news about the dirt bag being arrested. Was he a former employee?

Thanks Debbie!

Good Morning Linda! I am sure you will have a great review!!

Thanks Eileen. I do a good job fielding all the stuff that gets thrown my way. I just hate the questions I get asked like: "And what was your thought process during...." That kind of question has me asking questions like what do you mean thought process? My brain just works on it's own. How does your brain/thought process work?

YES!!!

The Rat B*&^%%d

Tom - sorry to hear you are in the middle of what we went through just Monday and Tuesday. Grrrr

OMG - I just found out I'm fostering a PUPPY!!!!! She's a 4 month old tri-colored rough collie puppy who was dumped at the shelter due to health problems. She has a neurological syndrome called wobbler's, its where the neck vertebrae don't form correctly and pinch on the spinal cord causing incoordination. It may be surgically repairable (not by me!!!) and it may be able to be slowed by diet. Not sure on the details, and I'll post pictures as soon as she gets here tomorrow.

I have to go puppy proof my house!!! Good thing I have off today

Tribs - she may be coming with me in January! Can your household handle a puppy???

Sorry - HELLO to all, I'll be back later, but I have to get my bum moving and feed horses and get to a dr's appt. UGH

I'm back and all I can say is this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReJtbOaoEUk

Becky, congrats on the foster puppy.

Tribs, glad you are hi-speed now.

Good Luck, Linda!

Ha! Debbie. Dance that happy dance, girl.

Good Morning All

Stay safe in all that bad weather up past the M/D line.....snow all around but, I had to come to work....no snow(CRAP).

Thought I would pass this along cause I know you made a difference:::::

A short piece from Grayson's Caring Bridge Webpage*****

I have gotten some really cool cards from all over the country. Thanks for spreading my site and for all the good wishes and prayers. Yesterday I also got 2 boxes with stuff to decorate my room for Christmas! I am going to wait and let Jacob help me when he comes this weekend. That way I get to lay in the bed and tell him where to put everything. Finally, I get to be the Boss!

Morning Y'all.
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I was on the other thread

whats up with that?

The puppy I brought home yesterday is soooo sweet. Too sweet actually to really have been dumped or mistreated. I am going to put ads on the radio. Maybe they are looking for her. She is soo cute and cuddly!!

I've had wobbler's...so I'm told.

Well there's the Smack Daddy.

Morning Kristi!!!!!!


Heck let's just have a party today.

Good MOrning to all those who are here!

Congrats on your foster puppy Kristi!

Someone say Party?

I am off though... getting everyone ready, Costco shopping trip... milk, food, you know LOL!

Hey Chuck! Kristi! All!

TYS got no snow, which sucked cause I had arranged the teams for a snowball fight at work last night. Some were considering ice cubes as a substitute.

Morning Timmy, Krispi, Smack, BH, Beck-ee!

Congratulations to those with new puppies.

We got lucky the temps didn't drop as far as they said.....would have been ice skating to work this morning.

Maybe Tom can got throw some snowball's at W.H.N. and take PIC's while she's trying to clear the driveway????

I found something for HH.



You could use it for snowball fights, too.

Linda, Smack, BH, Eileen...HI Y'ALL!!

Let the PART-AY begin!! hehe

Major, you feelin' better?of snow



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Morning all

Hugs to those to need them, get well soon.

Congrats to those that got good news

Congrats to the new puppies

Lots of stuff going on today! lol!

Krispi...LOL!

What is this "snow" stuff you are all speaking of? Please explain. It's 53F this morning...hmmm...open or closed toed shoes is my big dilemma...

Hi Smack...glad to see ya here

Am not on much..operating with one memory card..Mags brings a new one Tue. Mom is stuck inside in Holden, north of Worcester with no electricity..iced in..shoot

night, night. gotta work tonight.

Have a good one Smack!!!!

NIGHTY NIGHT SMACKSTER!!!!!!!!!!

nite...sleep tight...dont let the bed bugs bite...hey, you GUYS get that on your phone???it is BAAAAD, LOL

Hi folks, I have been dealing with some really bad cases at work. My team is dealing with a young man who is a refugee from Afghanistan. Dad was killed in the fighting, the house was burned down with him in it and he lost contact with his mum and sisters on his journey out of the country and has no idea if they are alive. Where do we start??? I am also sorting out a Polish child who has had a major operation as she has restricted growth and a lot of other problems connected with her condition. One of my older girl students is eating plastic as she is a self harmer and another student ran away from home to meet someone that he met on the internet!!!!. I hope to resume proper mods duty when I break for Christmas but don't think I don't read everything you write!!!!! It is the only thing keeping me sane at the moment. Poor Bob is being an absolute saint.
However I have found time to book our next Flight to Bonaire. Not until late next year but when I am dealing with yet another social worker or police officer I will have my year planner on the wall with Bonaire written in big BT purple letters!

Good grief, Julia. I thought I was having a tough day. Good luck.

Hope Cecil, LaDonna, Denise K, Jerry and Tom are o.k.with all the snow and ice. Can any of you check in and let us know? Worried, as I read about the widespread power outages in your areas. Hope you have some generators for times like these.

Julia, Big ((((HUGS))) to you, hang in there.

Oh and Dan and Darlene and Susan and anyone else I may have forgotten up that way too.

Love and hugs to you, Julia. You are an angel !

Debbie, Snow S***s!!! Consider that my check in.

Did two drives then came to work only to find our contracted snow removal people hadn't shown up. Called and was told something like "We are getting there as fast as possible." Reminded them that this was a retail business, can't open the doors with a foot of snow in parking lot. Ran home loaded s**wblower and quickly did one lane in drive and half of parking lot between... oh, what are those people called again? Er, um customers, yeah that's it.

Soaked, cold, in other words not feeling fresh. Beau wants to move to Beaufort, thinks it's named after his uncle/cousin. I think that might be too far north for me.

Gotta run, have a few regs I need to Armor-All No time to play today Have fun, play nice.

CYA-POOF

oh my. I just tried calling Jerry at home, as I'm worried about him...his home phone was just this weird busy signal. I'm assuming they lost power...

Tom, hang in there.

Ann, hugs to your mom...

Julia, hugs to you to

Good afternoon kids. We are safe, cold, but are ok.
Came in just to place a order.
Amesbury got nailed. My street looks like a bomb went off, trees down on cars, houses, wires down all over town. It's a total mess. We will be without power till Mon, or Tues. Will be cold for sure.

The sound all night of trees cracking, and falling was so bad that Louise or could sleep, so I'm running on coffee at this point.

Click!

Jerry. Hugs to you and the saint to keep you warm.

Hi everyone. Just lurking this morning, nothing going on here, but had to give Jerry a hug.

ok, iming him now. They don't have power at the house...no heat...won't have any till Monday or Tuesday!

Jerry, we were posting at the same time!

donna has ur doc ruled out pneumonia? just wondering?

debbie are u in the wayne area of nj. that is a real bad flood area.

hope everyone feels better soon.

glad i am a woos and moved out of snow area.

all have a great day and be safe
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MORNING BT!
Major hugs and hot chocolate with Peppermint Schnapps and Baileys for all you Nor'Easters.

Tom- I should be 1/2 as dedicated to my work as you are. There's not a snowball chance in HEdoubletoothpicks that I would drag my butt into work with conditions like that. Are people really going to go to a dive shop today?

Debbie
You get 20 Happy Faces in a Row!!

Julia there just aren't enough happy faces and hugs to cover all that you deserve. Bless you for all that you do.

Accounting day for me today -- seems vendors like getting paid. Picky, picky, picky!!! Sheesh, there's money in my bank that should make them happy, no?

Here's a little something for QuickTribs and anyone in need of a chuckle
Shrek Kitty Nite Before Christmas

Jerry, glad you checked in. So sorry to hear of the damage to your town. Please, please be careful and stay snuggled with Louise, Caymus and Nicki

Hi Tink! Hi Gail too!

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Jerry glad you and Louise are safe....hope you get power back sooner but, they say 350K without right now....goodness....sitting here looking at Fox25 in Boston right now and it looks like traffic is moving good on the highway.

BH thank you for posting the piece from Grayson. I've passed it on to those on my email list who sent cards so that they could feel the love too! What a great kid

Hugs to you Julia.

Jerry, glad that all of you are safe. Sorry to hear of all the damage .

Hello all!

YW...Tara

Thanks for passing it on.

Eileen, I think I've been remiss in telling you just how much I've enjoyed your pictures. Your kids are just too cute for words.
And Keddlebug, OMG!! She can give the look that says it all--- that girl is going to rule the world!!
Thank you for taking the time to post them here on BT

Thank-you Boom .




It's naptime right now... though I am going to sit on my behind and look outside at the sunshine, and do nothing!!!

Hi ya'll! Julia...don't know what to say. I really wish I could help. Maybe just start with the little things and the big stuff will fall into line? I know, wishing on my part. Ann...warm hugs to your mom. Hugs to everyone stuck in the snow!!!!

BECKY BRING THAT PUPPY WITH YOU!!!! This is going to be a riot!

Louise just called, seems the sun is out.

We are lucky that a tree did not cut my house in half, they fell all around us.

Im typing with tears in my eyes, I just got back from delivering the toys to Sacred Heart. All I can say is WOW. The people donating were wonderful, all the volunteers were working very hard. I'm humbled by all the good thats going on there!
An elderly man was delivering 50 loaves of bread and 50 cakes that his wife had baked and hand decorated the cakes!!! I'm speechless at the generosity and love that people do these things with.
Julia, you are truly an angel
Just when you think the world has gone berserk and in the toilet I see these acts of kindness and honestly it makes me feel renewed. I'll be smiling the rest of the day (maybe a few tears of joy, but I can handle that!)
Have a wonderful day everyone

Did I tell you that I'm not feeling all that fresh today?

Jerry, wow...glad the sun is out!

Jerry, my goodness. How horrible. I am sooo glad you guys are OK. Do not look at the link I posted on the other thread. I am sure you don't feel like shopping anyway

Tara...I was wondering the same thing, but hey, who am I?? HEHE

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Jerry, sorry to hear about the ice storm, power outages, broken trees and no heat at your house. How will you deal with the cold and Niki? Does he have a little fleece jumpsuit and boots?

dang...

12 days of christmas the shrek way

They don't link well with the movie link

Hey TINK guess who we are going to see this Sunday.....

VENICE for their Christmas show
Venice Family Tree

try again...

A Christmas Story by the Donkey

And just in case that song was too slow for you try this one
Venice If I Were You

Cynde, I haven't been able to get those to post with the movie link -- what am I doing wrong?

Boom, it's \movie {everything after the equal sign}

obviously, no space between movie and {

My local radio station does a 'breaing and entering' thing ever year. They pick a family that is in need. Well, they read this letter on the air this morning...and I was just balling...we should all count our blessings...

Click here to listen to the letter

click on:

Breaking and Entering Letter 2008

Ok, you have to listen to them do some promo stuff, but they get to it, it's worth the listen.


(Message edited by cyndelee on December 12, 2008)

Had to do a SUPER quick peek to check in on my NE peeps - so far, so good...well, at least hearing from many. Sorry to those without power - YIKES! Big hugs and cuddle all weekend long.

Gotta run now - a meeting got cancelled so that's my queue to head our for some Christmas shopping for another teen angel. Can't stand that some teenager would not wind up with anything for Christmas.

Love ya'll - really. poof

Jerry, I'm glad that you and Louise are ok. and I hope everyone else up there is ok. I wish I could send the heat that we had here the other day to you!



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Hello Y'all... phew plenty to catch up on again! can you believe it I was over 48hrs without internet whilst driving around Germany

Glad to hear your house is still in one piece Jerry! No electric or Heating!! a good excuse to cuddle up

Speedy healing vibes to those who need them.

Hugs to all the rest

A special HUG for you ((Kathy)), very sorry to read about your brother, sincere condolences for You and your family.

Me thinks this person whispered the wrong thing !!
Should have taken the KADUI certification !!

timmy, would they hurt you? the cuttlefish...

HI TIMMMMMY!!!!


have a good weekend everyone.

Jerry, stay warm...cuddle with Louise...OK and Caymus too,
>>>>HUGS<<<<< to all

Thanks Tink..Mom is going to bed..she is frozen..she cannot get out to go to a hotel either. I am really worried.

Good night kids. I need to go out and buy some survival items.

Click!

Cynde - no way - I know what to whisper to em.

Hey Krispi

Hi Ann - these work wonders in this kind of situation click here reusable hand warmers

Timmy, i thought that it would be the same as a bon squid, I would have LOVED the opportunity to cuddle with a cuttlefish.

Ann, eek on your mom. Does she have food, a fireplace, etc.? What is the community (gov) doing for those that don't have any source of heat?????

Jerry, hang in there...ugh!

Here's one of my encounters with a Cuddle fish off of PNG. You can see its colors change and hear me making noise at the end. It was such a cool encounter.

I'm sitting here laughing at myself squealing away with excitement.

Time to hit the road and head home.

Ann keeping thoughts and prayers for your Mom. Is there a neighbor or churchmember you can contact to check in on her? Please let us know how she's doing.

Tom!!! You need to take your big ol' truck and plow and head on over... 'kay!!

No word from Cecil or LaDonna or any others....

Linda, very cool. That's what that guy should have done instead of freaking out...lol!

Hi all.

Jerry, glad that you are okay, sad that I missed ya.

I hope my BT neighbors to the east and Ann's Mom stay safe through this hard time.

It stopped snowing here and is now a balmy 25 (f). Think I'll take a break until closing time.

Today was actually a good day here, go figure. The Lion's Club have been selling trees also. I hope the people realize that the icicles on those trees are going to melt when the take them inside

P.S., get your butt up here if you want s**w If you are nice I'll show you how to make snow angels. If I am nice, I will help you back up

WOW Linda that must have been a cool dive :0
Tom, glad to hear that you had a good day but I still can't figure for the life of me!!!! The term "selling ice to an eskimo" comes to mind

I'm off to face the lines at the Post Office. I'm bringing a newspaper with me to pass the time.

Wow - I hope all our NE BT'ers and family members are safe and warm tonight. I may complain about the cold, but I don't have much of a right to right now seeing that I actually have electricity and heat.

PS - my door is always open, too, if you really want to see snow! Be careful accepting Tom's offer to show you how to make snow angels... I think it involves a good shove! LOL

Time to feed the horses... they expect to be fed daily - can you believe it?

I'll check back later... gotta see what a puppy might be able to get into around here.

Tara, the folks that were coming in today ar naytives, this lil dustin doan skare em nun

BECK-EE, SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!

Please Mr. Wizard, I don't wanna work any longer.

Drizzle Drozzle Drazzle Drone, time for Tommy to go home

All you guys up north....thinking of you!
Jerry - Louise - Caymus hope you have a generator or can get some heat somehow. What a mess! Hope everyone else is OK. BIG warm Hugs to everybody.

Ann - hope your Mom is OK too.

Julia - Very BIG Hugs coming your way. Very difficult for everyone.

Becky - good luck with your new puppy. Hope to see some pics Yeah - horses are like that!

Krispi - good luck with your puppy too! Hope you find the owners.

Gotta get started on my Christmas Cards

Have a Great Night Everyone
Warm Hugs To All

Tom - safe driving! Hugs to 'ya

Great Full Moon rise at Lac bay tonight, even better because the moon is at it's closest point to the earth.



and lookin pretty cool in Black n white at 'the other Cam'

Tom, warm hugs

The puppies got into it this afternoon. They ripped the tape off the doggie door (it was holding it open)


This one is pulling the dog door open by the tape..you can see the blue tape on the floor too...lol!

good evening every one.. lets hope that this evening is better for our friends up north and that Jerry gets his electric before Monday.. egaddddddd....... Hope all is well with you and your world.. I did a bit of shopping today and yes I did go in the attic to get "stuff" out and get ready to decorate.. I have the 2 of the grands this weekend as Mom and Dad are going to DC to the annual Holiday party.. we will have fun.. George and Kenny are entered in the Polar Bear plunge tomorrow.. If Judy goes maybe she will take photos too cold for the little boys to stand around on the coldddd burrrrrrrrr sand in the cold burrrr wind.. LOL so we will wait by the hot tub for the men/boys {cold water lol} to get home so they can have their hot tub and cigar ... then we might have to find a Santa to take the boys too.. oh there is a bon fire tomorrow evening for the aquarium so maybe we will go there, sounds like fun.. OK time to finish up here this evening and call it a day. have a good night all.. Luv ya

Greetings from an island of power & light in the middle of a sea of darkness & cold! Lots of ice here last night, fell asleep to the wonderful sound of pine trees & oak trees shattering in the back yard. No damage to anything but the trees, luckily, and miraculously we're the only road in town that appears to have power! Definitely not complaining -- they closed the main street here in Bolton all day as they replaced a number of power poles that had snapped under the weight of the ice and falling branches. Not fun. We're hoping Dan's office (in the dark part of town) isn't frozen solid...

Hoping the rest of the folks in this neck of the woods are doing OK. Tom, I'll trade you -- I think I'd rather have sn*w than ice...

Faith

Evening all! Big warm hugs and thoughts for Jerry (especially Nicki!!!!). Tropical birds don't like the cold.

Does anyone have the link for the shiba inu spoof with humans that was on YouTube? I can't find it and want to show it to Wes.

Great videos today. I just watched them...from home!!!!

Wow Faith! I just saw your post. Be safe and warm!

Here you go QuickTribs
Puppy Cam Spoof
I can't get the movie thing to work for me anymore

Faith thank you for checking in. That must be a strange feeling being the only street with electric. I'm always so amazed at just how quickly the crews get things restored though --- they are Heroes too!

I never did make it to the post office. Every time I grabbed my keys someone came in. Imagine! It's only taken me 15 years to figure out the secret to successful retail

Any rate, it's time to start closing it down for the weekend.

Please keep checking in as you can Northern BTrs --- Ann please let us know how your Mom is (remember you can call the city or Red Cross if you need to have someone check on her welfare).

Stay safe and have a nice night

Thank you Boom!

Good Evening friends...well, I survived work....still sick, but MUCH better than yesterday...Andrea is home now and we decorated the tree together tonight!

No awful weather here...I'm thankful...hugs to all who are sick, snowed in, without power, etc, etc...

Happy weekend..love to all!

This was definitely a messed-up day in New England, weather-wise. RI and the south coast of MA had 60 degree temps and 50 mph winds, NH and central/western MA had ice, all had (and continue to have) flooding. Around here, the roads were perfectly clear, ice-wise, but the trees & wires down kept blocking up all the roads. News reports of anywhere from 200,000 to 1 million households without power, either because of ice damage or wind damage.

Ann, hope your mom is OK!

Oh Faith - I so wish everyone could stay snuggled up in a Norman Rockwell Christmas scene - safe sound and happy ~ oh and well fed

I'm being really anti-social tonight. I stopped at the store and bought 4 nice bottles of wine (they had a lot at 50% so my $11 bottle normally was the $22 bottle that I just can't afford!). I was going to take one and a box of cupcakes to take to the neighbor's tree trimming party but....
I got home and fed the furkids and just don't feel like going out My Little Guy is snuggling up next to me, I've got laundry going and a movie... Christmas cards to write.
I think I made the right decision.

Good night Friends