Good Monday morning...still feeling so-so, but...
Last night Vespers at Moravian was AWESOME. Amanda did a great job reading in front of 1,000 plus total strangers. I'm so proud of her!! The service was also beautiful and inspiring. I'm so glad I went!! I needed that!!

anyhow...back to work and reality today...
and Vote for Pegisue..I did!!!

To view and vote go here
http://www.brickfish.com/Lifestyles/ArtistsChoiceRound1?tab=entries&rnk=true&gridview=false

Denise's web page:
http://fracturedeye.com/denise/denisehomepg.html

French Angel:
http://www.brickfish.com/Pages/PhotosAlbums/PhotoView.aspx?picid=659368_84127495&pid=537467&scid=363&

Reef: (love the turtle!!)
http://www.brickfish.com/Pages/PhotosAlbums/PhotoView.aspx?picid=661468_76182470&pid=537467&scid=363

Reef dreamer:
http://www.brickfish.com/Pages/PhotosAlbums/PhotoView.aspx?picid=661466_61405344&pid=537467&scid=363

Hope you all have a great Monday....time to get ready for work...see ya'll later!! Hugs all around!!

Morning Donna! We got a warm day on tap here, going up to 63 degrees, wow!

Hope all those in the NE get a warm up today and Jerry gets power back on.

Good mOrning Donna and Debbie! Sound like a wonderful wkd Donna!

We have rain right now.

I hope everyone is OK in NE!

I wasn't feeling 100% yesterday, feel burnt out - lots to do this month! Body just telling me to 'rest' - like that's going to happen!

Good Morning everyone!

Good Morning Everyone

Voted for PS

Eileen - feel better

Good going Amanda! That's not easy getting up & reading before 1000 + strangers!

Has anyone heard from Jerry? Hope you've got or will get power back soon.

Warm here too today - mid 50's - I'll take it

Have a Wonderful Day Everyone Off to work soon

Hugs

Good morning kids.
Our power came on at 3:00 AM this morning.

Good Morning Donna, Debbie, Eileen, Judy, Skippy and all to follow.

Looks like Florida will be having great weather this week. This morning it is damp - not raining yet, but there is cloud cover.

Hope you all had a great weekend. I finished lots of holiday stuff and hope to be complete by Wednesday.

I didn't get much of a chance to hit the boards this weekend since my monitor made me dizzy. It's all fuzzy. Looks like the shelf life of the Dell flat screens are one year - at least for mine. But now that I can see clearly, I'll be checkin' ya'll out today.

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Good for you Skippy! Did it wake you up? Were all the lights still in the on position?

Dizzy and fuzzy, hey, I know that.

That's kind of like Itchy & Scratchy.

Good Morning Everyone!!

Jerry, THAT is GREAT news!!!!!

Donna, thanks for the links!! And I'm glad you had a GOOD weekend!! There are things in life to enjoy!!

I'm happy for everyone w/ their slight warm-up in the weather department. It's cloudy here too, and damp. Not so cool, but I will NOT complain!! Or we'll have an ice storm!!!

I have sooooo much to do today. It's kinda overwhelming. I just hope I can get it all done and not just give up. I do have to go get bloodwork done AGAIN, and I have a test at the hosp. this afternoon. Then clean this house! DOGS AND DIRT=HIDEOUS MESS IN MY HOUSE!
But, IT'S ALL GOOD!!!!!

Do what I do PS. I make a list of the things that MUST get done, then I give it to Louise.

See you at work.

I'll get it in the mail to Louise today!! Thanks for the tip

Good Morning All!!!!!!

Jerry always has good ideas. Poor Louise.

Good morning all. My list is on it's way to Louise, I do hope she can get right on it. I am really behind.

Well I got in the car this morning to go to work. I hear on the radio that there are 200,000 homes and businesses without electricity in Mass, so I call work and all I get is a busy signal. I even tried the fax number (which is where we get orders), still busy. No juice for them. Pull a u'ey and back home. Actually a pretty sucky situation, how exactly do I know when they get power without a 120 mile trip.

Cecil. Call your boss or someone who you know is always there. Call their cell phone.

Cecil, that's right, you're really behind! You're behind ME!! My list is first!!!

Wonderful news, Jerry! Boy, Louise sure is going to be a busy Elf now. Off to the food store, didn't get there yesterday.

Debbie, that reminds me. I went to check out the new Aldi grocery store Saturday. I knew it carried mostly "off brands", but I don't care about that. What I didn'tn know was that they don't take checks and they don't provide bags. HA! Well I didn't bring enough cash and no bags so I just looked around.

You know business are desperate when they send your pets mail. My friend's cat is named Dinah.


She's like - WTF?!?!?


(Message edited by tlraz on December 15, 2008)

If they were trying to sell Dinah some pet insurance it would almost make sense, but car insurance that just plain silly, she's way to young to get a license and even if she was old enough cats are way to cool to be caught driving a car (as opposed to being driven).

My brother in law had some blood work done a few years ago and was charged for a Pregnancy test. He called to inform them that he was happy that the Pregnancy test came back negative, but, he was a male.

Person at the other end said,"But you still had the test right?"

Cecil, start a new list, you got the day off.

I don't know Cecil... remember Toonces?




we'll see if that works, it's my first time trying to put a video in

Jerry - so glad to hear you have power, and therefore, HEAT!!! How's the tree cleanup going in your area?

We had mid 30's all weekend and then in the wee hours of moning got a nice cold front with 30 mile an hour winds and the temp dropped to 2 with -20F windchills. Nice

I'm going to crawl back under my desk now - but I'm taking the puppy with me

Skippy...LMAO..."we did the test regardless so you owe us the money"

Debbie, i thought you said "time to go flood the store." i was like WTF?

eileen, hope you get recharged...I'd be exhausted 24/7 365 if I had your job!

It's raining here! yeah! We need it badly. Funny though, on the news "teasers" last night it was "WINTER STORM WATCH AT ELEVEN....HUMONGOUS STORM HEADING TOWARD SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA....BE PREPARED"

geez, they treat rain like it's a friggin' blizzard...if only folks knew what REAL weather was like, right Cecil and Skippy?

Hmmm....maybe I should call work and hope that the powers out...dialing now....ring ring ring "you've reached the VM of cynde....blah blah blah" DANG....

ps, good luck with the tests...what's going on now? PM me, I'm worried.

Donna, glad you had a good time last night, you needed a boost in the arm, watching our kids excel does it every time

i hope i didn't miss anyone (hi linda and bh)

oh, and morning all!

Cecil, You're right - cats are too cool to drive themselves around. Besides, they would need some mighty tall platform shoes to hit the gas.

Why can't I get YouTube to work, just a black pitcher, no controls?

it's low 40's here in ohio...and rain. not much out there is worse than 40 and rain. i'd rather have 20 and snow. just talked to our son in denver yesterday...it was 0 there and i heard it went to -15 last night. he was lucky....when i talked to him last week his furnace had broken and he was getting it replace...fortunately, that day the temps were in the 60's so it wasn't bad at all without the furnace for a day. he's very lucky it didn't break saturday.

51 1/2 days till we leave.

I agree Pat - mid 30's-40 with rain is terrible. That's what we had this weekend, then the arctic blast hit us and BAM - instant skating rink. Luckily the roads were clear... my driveway was not so fortunate.

Hugs to all who need them.

I need ChRiStMaS cOOkies

101 days until I get to go back to Bonaire, yipee

(Message edited by morgans4me on December 15, 2008)

Morning Everyone!
So glad to hear that some are getting over the hump and others are trying to take it easy (Eileen!).
We had such a great time last night at dinner and then the Christmas concert.
It's been raining steady since --- a few mudslides but so far not the major evacuations like last time.
AND, for the first time since we bought our house 14/15 years ago we DON'T have rainwater running through our garage. Guy's new cabana did the trick and kept things buttoned down and dry

We're both home today --- we HAVE to do some online shopping. We've totally decorated and the house feels like Christmas but we haven't spent one plug nickel on gifts I kind of like that!

Pat - lucky you!!!!

Boom, nice!

Buttercup used to walk me out every morning, and Geezela has taken on the task now. she HATES getting wet, this morning she really wanted out with me, we thought, she'll hit the water and turn around. NO...michael went out to get my umbrella from my car. she would NOT move from the gate despite me calling her. she waited for me to come out and get in the car...we were laughing because she hates getting wet, but still wanted to walk mommy out to the car...


and the puppies are sleeping

Glad everyone is doing well, Skippy, happy to hear your power is back on!

Yucky here, rainy and cold!

Cynde, can I borrow your "special helmet", you know the one?
Yesterday I took the kids ice skating (indoors, this is California!) and I was taken out by a 6 year old out of control. Yep, out cold, came too surrounded by medical personnel. I had to wake up every 2 hours all night and am feeling a little achy to say the least. Rajan is destined for Hollywood, he does and awesome re-enactment.I was so worried about the kids getting hurt and then I go and do a whopper. Oh well, one more notch in the "Freak magnet/freak incident" belt I so proudly wear!

What a nice little pile of puppies. Buttercup looks like she REALLY wants to go out the gate.

We have plenty of Christmas Cookies here at work. From now till the New Year all the different departments will be having in office parties and food all over the place. It will be a challenge for me not to OD on sugar - I say with a peanut butter cookie in my mouth.

OMG RA!!! OUCH!!! How are you feeling today?

I'm feeling okay, head is sore and my body aches but over all pretty good. I guess I went up in the air and landed flat on my back. Body is too old for this $%^%$!

RA...I can see Rajan...lol...EEK...is that one of the most 'embarrasing moments'...were the medical personel cute at least????

Here's the helmet, it's all yours...


i was searching for that pic and found this...



Linda, that's geezela, buttercup is the one we lost

Sounds like you need the same kind of skating protection I do. You know those blow up sumo costumes?

A little Luther Allison for your afternoon.
5:13



here's the link if you have another window open
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0o0RLR0mnY&feature=related

Oops. Sorry Tink. I read it too fast.
Let me take my foot out of my mouth.

LMAO!! I like the sumo style protective gear! The doctor was real cute but looked like he was 12! I told him I was so embarrassed, he said oh don't be, you came back quick! Yesterday we had a guy do the same thing and he went into shock and had to be transported by ambulance! He said "your fine, rest for 10 minutes and you can go back out and skate! I'm like "yeah, okay, not in this lifetime"!

RA.....your never to old!!!!!!!

Heck Jerry and me are thinking about going base jumping...well sort of......both our better halves told us to take a flying leap....that will teach them to say stuff like that to us by golly.

Jerry what was the red cord for???????

Linda, no problem

RA...you didn't go back out? lol!

Hi BH

Just heard this on sirius radio
Jimmy Buffet Mele Kalikimaka (Merry Christmas in Hawiian)

Now that was just dedication....yeah I really liked the light show!!!!

Hi Kids!! I'm here for a few minutes, then the next test...I've got to drink 32 oz. of water before 2:30, but I'm starving. So, I'm eating now, but will chug the water like I'm in a beer drinkin' contest during Spring Break!!!

Don't know what is wrong. They are trying to decide that. It all has to do with the same thing back in April or May...whenever that was that I had to go to the hospital. I don't know, and neither do ANY doctors. But, heck, I'll play along!

I actually went to a salon today!!! I got my hair colored and cut!! I NEVER do that!! I feel like such a girl!!!!
My hair is real dark underneath and blonde on top and layers and it's just HOT!!! RA, I may have to go buy Guitar Hero, just to make my hair look better!!!LOL

Pictures, PS.

Hi Y'all.
I have done basically nothing all day. Pittiful


RA...good grief woman, you know, the older I get, the slower I get up after a fall, whew. Glad you are OK though.

Jerry, Been worried, glad all is well.

Had a huge lunch with my work crew today. I am stuffed. We exchanged presents. I tell ya. Wish this season would hurry and be done. I am gonna be HUGE, LOL

Hair sounds nice PS.

Hi Linda, BH, Tink, Cecil, Debbie, Donna, Judy, Eileen...

Hope I didn't miss anyone.

Major, Love your outfit!!

hi gang
hi pegi sue hope u are feeling better big hugs coming ur way
ra did the same thing coming off ski chair years ago-the person next to me caught her ski in mine and i went flying. husband is coming down from upper slope and sees this crowd around someone and stops to look. da daaaaa it is me crying my eyes out and tears freeze on face so cold. went into lodge for rest of night. if there is something to trip on believe me i will find it.
jerry glad ur heat came back on
have to get ready for work. x-mas dinner tonight after work. see ya all later have a great day
donna thanks for sending link u must have been very proud
elaine

this is a cam by work..it is really storming out there! omg, and it looks like there are surfers out there??? The camera looks at several different views

http://www.surfrider.org/surfreport/live_cam.asp

That's some wild surf! Any windsurfers out?

(Message edited by tlraz on December 15, 2008)

We don't have windsurfers in our area, just board surfers. Occasionally we'll see a kitesurfer in the Laguna Beach area.

I think I'll go home tonight and bake some Christmas cookies.

(Message edited by bonaire9 on December 15, 2008)

Put some candles in the window.

Skippy, glad you got your power back on!!! Sugar or gingerbread?

Tink, just read the touching story of Peter and the Elephant

Tinker with the tree and sing Christmas songs, Joy to the world, Ful a lade da.

It's such a joy to spend time with love ones and catch up on the goings on.

Jerry, stop it before you start sewing curtains again.

I might make hand made Christmas cards, would that not be just fine I ask you?

I'll think of that image on my drive home. Jerry behind the sewing machine.

See ya later.

I want some cookies.

I could make little angels out of clay and Nicks feathers?

Why is it that a woman can put on a pair of guys boxers and walk around likes it's the norm, but when I put on Louise's panty's, she calls the police?

Drive safe Linda.

skippy, i am in tears....LOL!

Tom, wasn't that a nice story? Brought tears to my eyes.

(Message edited by cyndelee on December 15, 2008)

There are bells, on a hill, but I never heard them ringing, no I never heard them at all because I'm def.

(Message edited by bonaire9 on December 15, 2008)

The smells this time of year brings me back, I would sit on Grand Dads lap, he would have me pull his finger, oh my what I time we had back then.

I'm going to go buy some paste, do they still sell that crap?

Make Christmas loops

ahhhhhhhhhhh the life of Skippy, made for some interesting Norman Rockwell paintings for sure.

PS, you better wake up, I'm almost out of here.
Yes boys and girls, Santa is watching.

don't eat the paste this time Skip.

Tink,

W.H.N. wants the tree put up tonight, da***** it's on the porch. Isn't that close enough.

On a different note, for the first time in a couple of years I can see clearly - EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK!!! Da***d mirrors!!!!

Here Tom, pull my finger, that will make you feel better.


Yes, good times.

Well kids, time to head to the coast.

Enjoy Tom.
Move it a little bit back, left, left, back a bit, right, more right, no, move it back to the right, left, left.

I'll pass on the finger pull so you don't pass ***. Ready to head south? Me too, trying to figure out how to trailer the truck

Hi guys.

PS, whatever is going on, I wanna know! Wishing only good news for you, hon.

I'm in that time and place where there are things I can't control and some things are still unknown. Which I don't like. I had the oral surgery and haven't gotten to do the follow up and I suspect a crown? yet. So my teeth look funny as one is all filed on the sides so I don't/won't smile. Then my other doc did the biopsy today and it wasn't fun. At least the pill they gave me made me not care! (and sleepy) So, still don't know what kind of hyst (no need to spell things out here, y'know?) But I know it's 1st of the year. I'm hoping hoping for the one where you're only down 6 days.

Still grieving my brother and worrying over my brother's decision about his son, (though I know in my heart it was the BEST decision), and I'm having to be talked to sleep - ever heard of progressive relaxation techniques? Works.

OK, well if that's too deep pull my finger. lol We had another party at work and I'm afraid I tasted everything. A mishmash of cultures, and some funny food.

G'night all. Sun just set and dinner's ready, just waiting on Larry.

Kathy, wishing you all the best. I know it is a hard time and you have lots of questions but, on F.B., you said the people your brother chose were "salt of the earth". I am sure your nephew will be well taken care of. Remember, those folks want you in his life, and that is a good thing. Hugs to you.

Tom, she is a teacher at his school, and her husband (who he calls Pop already....well, they've been keeping Mitch while Ron was in the hospital since I moved to FL - that's 4 years so they've really bonded), her husband works for Big Oak Boys Ranch. They assured me they'd make sure Mitch got a college education, and would continue his education at the Ranch's Christian school. He'll go on vacations, learn to ride and handle horses, and will have counseling. He needs that, I think. He certainly loves them. They ARE salt of the earth, and they cried and cried as we talked, it was a major cryfest for us all, as Ron left all of us in the dark, denying he might pass. He was all of 60 lbs when he went in the hospital, and it took a fight with me (deep, long sigh of grief), to make him go. And of course, once he was there they saw there was no way to keep him alive, and killed him kindly by morphine - shut down his organs. I did get to say goodbye, so did my aunts, uncles and my a-hole of a dad (who made me pay for the cremation and service while he cried poor and drove up in a 2008 Cadillac Escalade and then tried to rob Ron's house of anything valuable to give to his stepsons - younger than my own daughters, who he gave us up for). Ssshhhh. OK enough.

I have my brother's ashes and they aren't even in an urn, they are in a plastic bag in a plastic box, and they weigh about 15 lbs and drive me into deep grief. Plus TSA opened them even though I had papers. I have to do something honorable with them. Keep some in a nice urn, and take him places in the wind.

OK, QUITE enough. Sorry.

Love you guys. Don't even bring it up again, as I don't want to be a Downer Debbie (re: Saturday Night Live).

Kathy, you had a very had week, now it's your turn. No guilt. We all need our safe place from time to time.

You are not a DD.
We are here for you.

(Message edited by bonaire9 on December 15, 2008)

Kathy, right now I say GOOD FOR YOU!!! Look how much you just let out, that HAS to be good, for YOU!!!!! So much drama and stress lately, you can't hold it all in and that is why WE are here. Well, that and to pull your finger!!!!!!

(((HUGS))) to you and anyone else that feels the need

Hugs all around...a busy but ok day here in my world....if this congestion would only go away!

Want to know why I became a mod?
So I could help keep this family alive. Use it as a vent, seek help to problems, get advice, what ever. Yes we can and do act like an ass but you know what, THATS OK. This is a powerfull family here, and it belongs to you all. Never, never feel that you are a DD. It does not happen here.

Is this a special place? YOU BET YOUR ASS IT IS.

Slap slap slap.

I can post this because I know all the other mods are asleep and might not read all the posts in this thread. I will get my ass slapped for saying ass. You had better be talking about your newly aquired Donkey Jerry!!!!and we want photos of him..


Good night kids.

(Message edited by modfreddie on December 15, 2008)

Tommy Boy, 14.5K Where are my GD flowers?

Jerry - you are very special and simply THANKS
Kathy - love and BIG Hugs to you
Donna - have you tried Echinacea Tea?

Love and Hugs to All
Nighty-nite

HeeeeHawwwwwwwwwwwwww

Kathy I totally second what everyone else has said, especially PegiSue. Keeping things in only makes you ill... my friend who just lost her mom is having such a hard time and it's so hard to know what to do to help. I know only one thing for sure... talking, listening, hugging, crying, and just being together.
That's what we're here for

We got our family gifts all done and I got a couple of small things for Guy. I love online shopping

I made a wonderful Chicken Chili for dinner -- too bad I was so bad with a Kobe burger for lunch --- it was a perfectly balanced meal.

Well, goodnight everyone.

Sweet Dreams

kathy
u vent all u want. sometimes we all need to do it and that is better than keeping it in. big hugs coming ur way
es

Jerry

Congrats on your 15,000 makes my efforts look tame.

See what happens when you vent on BT?? Things get better, all your friends are here, and Jerry gets a new ass. I heard he needed one!!LJAO



the J is for Jerry's

Here you go Freddie.

Hee hee!!! Good one!

Jerry, I love it when you get to pick out your own meat for dinner.

Oh thank you, thank you, thank you!!! That pic just got saved.