hi gang
ra how interesting. that must have been so exciting.

took dog for walk yesterday and saw 15 wild turkeys on path. bess went crazy.

donna u and my daughter changed pics? how nice

hugs to all

going to bed now. can hear the rain yuk.

i get morning walk with bess hope it is not raining she will not go out in rain. had her nails clipped today. they did nice job. have made a dental appointment for her beginning of april to have tarter removed. supposedly women who does it is fab with dogs.

goodnight es

Good Morning Elaine....pics? Perhaps you were talking to LaDonna?? I'm confused.

Good Morning everyone else!!

It's sn&*ing here on a Sunday...AGAIN!

But next Sunday at this time I will be ON BONAIRE!!

Donna you could have done us a favor and kept the snow down there.... it's starting here and I've got 34 more days.... so there's a chance that while you sit in the SUN, I'll be shoveling snow... but it's all good...sigh

Donna - go ahead and rub it in. We all are happy for you but wishing you had stow away room!

Hi guys!

Wish you were ALL going to be there when I am...I'd love to be part of a BT Island MEGA-meet!!

Good Morning Elaine, Donna, Linda, Bill & Dan

Have a good sleep, Elaine

Susan - fingers crossed for you that you don't lose your job

Boom - lots of good thoughts for Rasta today & getting a good report

Linda - have fun at the Tampa show I love going to shows like that

Donna - it's going to be rain for us This time next week

Bill
Dan

Les has a FD dive drill today in the very chilly waters! Will go watch him & the team for a while then in to work for a bit

Have a Great Day Everyone

Donna - that would be so cool if we could ALL meet sometime on Bonaire!!!!!! We'll have to work on that

OMG, I used to be part of a team of instructors that taught the north country sheriffs depts. ice diving and rescue.... truth be told... I don't miss that at all... but my secret was, once I went through the hole, I just kept my face down and thought about Karpata.... ah yes..
Now I've joined the ranks of warm water wimps... except for Spring when I dive for my mooring... and the occasional lobster dive on the wrecks in Provincetown harbour....(illegal) sorry they won't let me get a licence anymore... but I only take one for dinner... :-)

Bill Think it'll work? I'll tell Les to close his eyes & imagine he's at Karpata looking for frogfish, seahorses, dolphins and whatever else the imagination can muster up

Catch ya'll later.....

Good morning kids.

Well it was a hell of a weekend here, my friends can cook, drink, and know how to have a good time. Pic's will be posted soon. Mr. Chef preped for hours, it was a blast to watch. Miss Chef had everything planed out so her prep was not to bad. Louise and I had most of our things ready to go.
Being around these guys is nothing short of a big breath of fresh air, you smile all the time.

Louise put it right, "A weekend like this is a keeper".

Good Morning everyone!!!!
Happy Sunday - its all good here no matter how much sn%w...

Bill - When do you get to P-Town - were there every summer in N Truro - at Shearwater -

26 days and counting!

Good morning everyone. Cloudy and about to rain here. Allergies on the rise since all the trees are in full bloom now. I haven't sneezed this much in a long time! The rain should help keep the allergens down in the air.

I hope everyone has a wonderful Sunday.

Good morning! Let's see....I have a cold that won't go away. We have more white stuff on the ground. I broke a molar last night. Something good is bound to happen, I'm due!

Glad you had a great time Jerry. Donna, are you flying out of Newark on Continental?

Last night, 12 of us ate at a really cool little Italian restaurant, not that far from my house. It is also a BYOB, which I love. I had their Osso Bucco. I always gauge Osso on Becco in NYC, and Capriccio, on Bonaire. It was right up there with them. The risoto at this place was tremendous too. He did his with porcini mushrooms.

Carl... usually these days I go in Sept... I like late Aug, but I get a real nice value in N.Truo the new condos up by the winery... I used to tow my boat out and leave it in the harbour.... then could dive when I wanted... got buzzed a few times by small sharks at 80' with 2' vis.... whoa that'll change your day... but I didn't give up the lobster..
Have a nice pic of shark at Witches Hut @ 7AM 3-4 yrs ago... Aud.... love those sharks I can see...lol

Hi, Kids. It's Shift Change at my mom's house....my sister got here last night and I can go home today! This has been a hard haul for me....I'm missing my own life a lot right now. I can't tell you what a good friend RosAnne has been, calling me with every silly piece of news she can to keep me in the real world.

But, Mom is doing better in the PT department....walked all the way around the block yesterday.....and I have some leads on household helpers she might actually accept, so we're making our little baby steps along the path.







I might even go diving one of these days.....

Good Morning Everyone!!

Donna, glad you are having a better day!

Jerry, I SO want pics! Sounds like a wonderful weekend.

Barbara, have a wonderful day today. How nice to get to go back to "your life" and have your sister there to take over for a while. Sounds like your mom is doing great!

Tribs, LOVE the kitty pic!! I did my pastel portrait of Bas over this morning. It only took an hour. But since I posted it on my blog, I can see things that need to be fixed. Like my mom says, we are our own worst critics!!LOL

I hope everyone has a GREAT Sunday!! I don't know what I'll do with the rest of my day...I certainly have lots to chose from here in my studio and since I've been feeling artistic again, it'll be a good day!!

I'm not feeling all that well today, but am having a good, quiet Sunday and have started to PACK!!!

Yes, Jim, I am flying Continental out of Newark next Sat 11:55pm.

Beautiful kitties, Tribs!!

Morning Everyone!!!

Pictures!!! Jerry Jerry Jerry!! can't wait

Poor Rasta does not like having the vet and techs hold her down to get at the vein in her neck --- I so hope we don't have to do that again any time soon. We'll see what the tests say tomorrow. I think she's doing better -- she's had her Happy Tail (up and wagging!) back in form lately.

CB, so so so glad that you get to spend time at home. And happy to hear that your mom is making the baby steps. I just can't imagine how either of you feel right about now.

Donna, you're heading off to Paradise --- think only that thought

Jim, sounds like a fun night.

My dinner came out really good last night (and for breakfast this morning)...
2 chkn breast and 3 cloves of garlic sauteed till browned in 1 T olive oil
add 1 yam (cubed) to carmelize the outside
add 1 red onion and 1 1/2C ckn stock
cinnamon
mace
cumin
cloves
cayenne pepper
simmer for 20 mins
add 1 bag spinach and handful of bacon bits
wilt
top with shredded aged white cheddar cheese

It was soooo good! Now I'm full and it's only 9:30am.

Boom, so happy to hear the Rasta's got her happy tail!! I hope all is good tomorrow!

MY!! That dinner/breakfast sounds FABULOUS!!!!!

Yea for Rasta! Glad to hear you are painting PS. It does a your soul good, no? Thanks Donna. It is so funny to see Oceana next to Purrseus because he dwarfs her. Jim...not jealous. Jerry...not jealous.

Have a great day everyone!

Howdy folks!
Slow Sunday here... I was baking some chicken and my glass baking dish EXPLODED in the oven! WTH?? Not happy... now I get to go clean the blasted oven. If money weren't an issue I'd throw the dang thing away and get a new one! I hate it because it is electric... hopefully by the end of summer there will be a nice new gas stove

CB - glad to hear mom is improving and you can get back home for a while.
Jer - we want pics of at least the food!
Tribs - sorry about your tooth
Donna - are you excited yet????
Judy - God Bless Les and the FD divers - it's more than I could ever do
Boom - here's hoping Rasta is feeling better

Everyone else - have a great day!

Tribs looks like Oceana still has her baby fur too. She's just adorable.

PS how's that last painting going? Can you post a pic of it today?

Beck-ee...I'm excited!! I started to pack....but I'm feeling a little under-the-weather today so that's kind of dampening my enthusiasm

Beck-ee!! OMG! What a mess! I'd just say "time for new" and give up on that oven!!LOL

Tara, I love when I'm typing your name and I hit the "t" instead of the "a"!! You little "Tart" you!!

That painting....well, it's here. I messed with it some the other day, but the fish looks like a cartoon against the coral rubble. I just keep looking at it, and I know what to do. But I am so into these pastels now!! I'll get that painting done, one day, really, I will
I'll post the pic of Bas from this morning, but yall have to over look that club foot of his!!

I look at it on here now, and I REALLY want to blend those colors together and make it "soft"...Hmmmm.....I might just do that...

OK, I'm blending...

...now for some detail and let's see what happens

Boom we are glad that Rasta seems to be on the mend, fingers crossed.

PS great drawing, how are you with doggie drawings?

Busy day today cleaning, shopping, dog walking and filling up the bird feed stations.

Have a great evening all.

Tara, healing thoughts from this house!!! Keep us posted on your girl.

PS, very nice work!!! I like both drawings. You have got it going on, girl

PS, wow, beautiful! I love it. you have such talent!

Becky, WTF on the explosion?

Boom, hugs to Rasta, tribs, hug to your tooth? ouch!

OK, off to the boat with the pups for some R&R (reading and r???ing???) Got a good trashy romance novel to begin.

Thought about doing some beach diving today, but decided against it...

I don't know yet Brian...let's see what I do with Bas first!! I do like it softer.

I hope yall don't mind me posting this. I haven't done a "watch me draw" in a long time on here. Of course I used to do "watch me paint"...but at the rate I'm doing that, we'd have to keep going into the archives to see it!

Hey There Brian, Tink and Kiv

Tink, a little Rest and Romance

PS, I'm always amazed at your talent and I love the 'watch me draw'.

I actually got a little bit of work done... now time to highlight my hair and get ready for an outing. A friend is having a "Stitch and Bi#@%" party. I don't have a crafting project that I'm working on, so rather than start something I'm going to bring my laptop and work on my pictures from BONAIRE.... yup still have more to do

Be back after I get the yeller streaks in my hair

Holy Moly tinks -- there's no way there could be any viz worth going through those waves.

An afternoon on Tuffy sounds perfect

Tink: A little wildside diving while you were on Bonaire ????? There ought to be a specialty for doing those waves. Something like "Suicide Shore Diver".

Hi, Tara. I'd be no good on the stich front but OMG I would excel at the b**ch part LOL!
Sounds like you're in for some great fun with good friends!

Cynde, I would have aborted that dive for sure. Holy schmoly!!!!
The boat sounds like a more calm, serene place to be today Enjoy the novel!

CB, glad to read that Mom is doing well. Each of those baby steps is one more in the right direction! AWESOME!!!
Glad your relief arrived and hopefully you're home by now.
RosAnne does rock!!!!

Those waves!! NO WAY!!! I'd be the one on shore trying to clean out my wetsuit!!!LOL

OK, I'm just gonna cut the foot off. He does not need it and I can't get it! But, here it is soft

Nice idea for a course, Dan
That's one cert I won't be getting LOL!

I have had my share of hairy entries on BON. Nu Cove comes to mind (back many years ago) and even a few scrapes at Karpata.

Tara, how fun is that??? I so wish that we all lived closer together and could get together and do stuff like that! I'm just sitting here all by my lonely, the only "fur" kid that's awake is Henry! He's not a whole lot of fun! And he has no fur!!!LOL

I should've gone to my Mom's...sorry Mommy...
I know she's lurking...

Kobi, me, you, b**ch? NEVER!!!!

LOL....I was just saying that there would be more than salt water in my suit

PS, the drawing is NICE!!!! I like watch me draw I also think you're going to have some clients in waiting
That little Bas is a cutie!!!

Hi all!!!

Tara, HUGS to Rasta. I got maced a few times - you cook with that ****?

HELL, HUGS TO YOU ALL!!!

Tink, have a great time on Tuffy - ohmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm-shannnnnnnnnnti-shannnnnnnnnnnti-shannnnnnnnnnnti. Ah come on girl, we need to dive Bonaire together again and dive Baby Beach (or south). The rollers there feel good.

P.S., I still marvel at how you cover every number

Beck-ee, I used a stove this weekend that kicked-***. If yours is a standard 31" ask Jerr-Skippy for the model.

F,L,J and Golden Boy, Thanks! I needed this weekend so much

Will try to resize some pics to share later. Right now I need to go curl up with a tiger. RILEY, C'MON!!!

CYA-POOF!!!

PegiSue - LOVE the pastel of Bas!!!

Cynde - not sure I would have attempted that shore entry... I've been rolled by lesser waves than that in Bon, LOL! I have no idea about the explosion... unfortunately, I have 2 more pieces from that set, a deep dish pie pan and a casserole dish. Needless to say, they aren't going into the oven ever again!

Kobi - you and me on the B**ch part... I'm not too handy with stitchery crafts (yet I can do surgery??? Go figure, LOL)

Tara - we want pics of the highlights!!!

Dan - Suicide Shore Diving is right - yikes.

I'm off to do more piddly stuff around the house. Check back later!

AWWWW, Tom, I miss you!! AND, now I'm getting what the weekend at Jerry's was all about!!!!! OMG! HOW FUN!!!!!
You know, I could've been there in a matter of hours. I need no prep time for getting to Boston!!

And yes, I just blend some black over the numbers!!

I have to b**ch or I'll explode!

All the kids, here, were sleeping until YOUR daughter saw a goat on TV LOL!
She's awake now thanks to the Military Channel
A goat though? LOL....it must have been dinner for somebody

LMAO!!!! Go Bubbles!!! A GOAT??LOLOLOL

WTH was a GOAT doing on the Military Channel??? Was it like a homing pigeon or what????LOL

LOL....it was an Iraqi camp so assume it was dinner
She is really in tune with the TV and critters if they come on the plasma.

I am exhausted from my weekend home and still have my entire kitchen to re-paint. I forfeited that in order to go continue the make-over at my sister's house.
We have 3 more weeks to get r done while she's away. BIL has been good help and Rylan was somewhat cooperative yesterday while we worked in the basement. She had a bee up her butt most of the weekend though LOL!
We have a long way to go but we'll get done what we can and then call it done

I found some furniture, on Craigs List, that we're going to buy for their bedroom.
It's only 45 mins. from me so will go check it out this week.
http://charlottesville.craigslist.org/fuo/1045273825.html

Will consider that buy our donation to the project. We have the same taste in decor so I know she'll love it.
She will appreciate what we've done and it's been fun to do this while she's gone

I am SO gonna need a vaca after all this though as will my Mom!!!

I just added links to Annie's web page and her blog to my page (with her permission ofcourse). So if you haven't added either to your favorites, you can always find her through my page :-) http://www.denisekacavas.com/ while you are there vote for PS again

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Is it time yet?!?!?!

Rob's mom is on a vacation in the middle east. Jordan, Israel, Cairo, and several other hot spots. She's gone for 3 weeks.
I sign on to check my mail and read this!!!!

http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-general/20090222/ML.Egypt.Blast/

Her itinerary is at work!!!! I think she's already been to Cairo and Bum F***, Egypt but OMG now I know my whole family is a wreck! We were nervous about her going over there anyway but can't stop an 81 year old woman from traveling.

It' a double Crown kinda night, gang!

VERY nice Kobi!! She'll love it, I'm sure

Thanks Denise!! I actually forgot about that!!! I need to go vote for my BF Peeps

Denise,
Thanks for posting your link.
I am always perusing blogs and Ann has done a fine job with that and her website.

Thanks, PS! I need to go vote as well

I am just NOT motivating off the couch today at all. Rob wants Chinese for dinner so I told him to call and have it delivered cause these flip flops aren't made for walking tonight!

OMG Kobi! That is TOOO scary! I hope she calls or something...
I'd say some Crown is in order after your weekend and now this!

Yep, I just told Rob to break out the BIG bottle tonight He's like but that's the expensive sized bottle. I replied, WTF does that matter? I need it dangit! LOL

Oh well, I am sure my MIL is safe but just hated to read that article and know Rob's sister is a wreck now!
She said she would only call us if she had an emergency. They are staying one night in a bedouin camp somewhere; doubt they have a phone there
She has bigger glitters than I do for sure!!!! I would never go but she has always wanted to go to Jerusalem so she is!

I just have to laugh at the stuff going on in my life the last few weeks! My sister's 8K miles away in Manila and Rob's mom is in Bum F***, Egypt and touring the middle east. Nah, no stress at all worrying about their safety!!!!

Needless to say that's part of why I am the way I am LOL!
OK, so it's only a small part

That's pretty inspiring tho...at 81 and still traveling to places like that. GOOD FOR ROB'S MOM!! But, she should so stock up your Crown supply before leaves!

Rob, Rob, Rob...Have a drink!

I just noticed I have a "follower" on my blog!! Some guy in Italy!! How nice

Everytime you say Egypt and WHERE in Egypt, I crack up!!!!

Hi kids, have a fun day?

Mr. Chef, the same here my friend.

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Yes, PS, I totally agree. I am going to recommend that prior to any future exotic departures for the MIL. Pre stocking is mandatory LOL!

Hmmmm, Italy? Does he have a villa we can do a house exchange with? LOL!

Well, guess who's gotta get out of their jammies, dress and go get Chinese take out? Moi!
Next time it's rock, paper, scissors!

I wonder if it would be too painfully obvious with my yellow, flannel Yorkie jammie bottoms and a T shirt? I may can pull it off

Racing's about the start too! This is just so wrong!!!

Rob, put the drink down and go get the food! Gosh!!!!

I've been lurking. I love the pastel PS! He is adorable!

So I just wanted to tell you what lovely new word Daryl picked up...."Butthead." UGH! He called Wes a butthead. I'm in so much trouble.

KIV, I can come along and make meat balls.


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That looks wonderful Jerry!!!!

Well, I may just do a "food portrait" of that!!!! How gorgeous!!!!
G's on his way home, I may have to close this window on my computer...'cause he's gonna wonder why I don't fix him food that looks like that!!! I tried to get the Hamburger Helper to look pretty, but it just NEVER looks like THAT!!!LOL

Tribs, where could he have learned to call Wes THAT???LOL

Shhhh!!!! LOL!

LOL, Tribs Sorry to laugh at that but it's kinda funny from where I'm sitting!

If we ever had a bird, OMG, it would be in trouble all the time or would that be ME that would be in trouble? LOL

Jerry!!! Glad to see you.
Man, that plate looks wonderful!!! You did well

It's ok to laugh Kobi, we sure did. I saw a plaque at a bird store once that said something to the effect of: Only speak in front of your bird, what you would say in front of the town gossip. That is sooooo true!

Not my doing, it was Mr. Chef. Only took like 4 hrs to make.

You are right, Tribs. I can only imagine what some birds repeat The avian police would come get me for sure LOL!

Mr. Chef did well It's almost too pretty to eat. I am sure it was delish!

I made it to the restaurant, & back, in my jammies and nobody knew anything different Flannel capris, T shirt and flip flops. I was SOOOOO praying there would NOT be a license check! There is the occasional check on our main street but tonight I was safe I would have hated to explain my attire to the occifer

Mr. Chef cooks like he trained in Paris. Everything has to be just right. And it was!

Jerry, are you working on those meatballs?!! LOL
I still have duck sauce left.

Good food with good friends is PRICELESS!!!!

Hey Jerry...does Mr. Chef make house calls?

PS...NOT hamburger helper! That is what we were eating when my molar broke.

Kobi...you are as bad as my students. LOL! They run around outside in their PJs too.

I am bad but in a good way LOL!
I pull the jammie run quite often. Always tasteful jammies; nothing with feathers or see through.
Speaking of "thru's"....drive thru's are great BUT there is going to be that one time I have to get out LOL!

I dropped some change one time and the gal was like are you going to get that?!?
I replied, uh, I am in my jammies so NO!!!!
You're welcome to it and I could have cared less how much it was. I wasn't opening the door

I am going to call it a weekend.
I have to talk to my sister and my Mom in a few; webcam and all.

Hopefully will see you guys tomorrow..............

Barbara "CB", I am glad you are getting a break and that your Mom is improving. I hope that, you, your Mom and your sister, keep up the good work and enjoy EVERY SINGLE moment

Sadly, I just realized that I did not capture Queen Louise preparing and serving THE BEST Italian wedding soup ever - WATCH OUT Giada De Laurentiis I also missed the "Saint" as she plated this
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Ready?



Louise, I am willing to wash your plastic picnic plates and utensils - ANYTIME
Next (and only because I was finished using Jerry's pedegg to make zest) I captured M.F. as she worked wonders on her offering



until she presented us with this


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Sorry about your molar Tribs...but we are safe. I did steaks on the grill w/ roasted garlic mashed taters and steamed veggies. Now, doesn't that sound marvelous?? Yeah, taters and veggies were in a bag!!!!!LOL

I am so going to eat now!!

P.S., save me some, I am on my way

Unreal, just unreal looking food!!!!

I'm off to eat my little steaks w/ instant potatoes and microwave veggies

We have PLENTY Tom!!!! And it's warmer out now...

Nice pictures, Mr. Chef!!!
Thanks for sharing.

PS, have a great night. Thanks, to you, for lending me your ear on Friday night Made my drive home go a lot faster!

After I put out my "Lean Cuisine Medley" (ayup the four hour prep was time it took me to open the boiling bags), the Master worked his magic with the aid of Chef Extraordinaire....... (yup) the "Saint".

I want to also thank Caymus for sharing some of his truffles with us. THANKS GOLDEN BOY!!! WOOF, WOOF, WOOF

Back to the same old, same old tonight. Yup, pork rinds dipped in melted "I Can't Believe It's Not Butter". Good ol fashon comfort food ya kno..... CYA - POOF

Ah, ta heck with it. Jerry, if there are any bones left... leave the back door unlocked and cage Nikki - OKAY?

This says it all.

I will post the rest tomorrow along with the menu.

Tom, that's so funny! I was just gonna say I saw ALL of that food in Lean Cuisine!!LOL
I know a microwave lamb chop when I see one!!!!

Wow - that's quite a food fest
Great pics

Looked like a wonderful evening!!!

P.S., I am LOL here No, really!!! I just looked through all the pics from Saturday and the fall MM because..... I didn't remember there even being a microwave oven in Louise and Jerry's kitchen

Judy, can you verify something? M.F. told us that she had never made her scallops with grape and almond sauce nor the prosciutto wrapped asparagus. I FOR ONE, DON'T BELIEVE HER

Hey Skippy, when one considers all the time you folks spent smoking duck, playing keep away with Caymus (thinking truffles here), sweet balsamic sauce as well as that wonderful creation you put on the lamb - mmmmmmmmmm, the four hours I spent burning my lips while tearing the boiling bags apart with my teeth ain't nothing The blisters I got on on my lips from doing still hurt!!!!

Well, all good things come to an end. I just spent an hour and a half slowing bnow JOY!!!

Please believe me Tom Dear... I do a lot of stuff without first trying them out.
Good morning all!! weekend was a blast!!! Thank you again Jerry and Louise for your hospitality..and sorry you had to clean the stove AGAIN Jerry

You guys are awesome foodies! What a wonderful time you must have had. Love the pictures with Caymus looking like he might get a taste.
Can't wait to see the menu.
Tom I'll have to send you some tiger balm for your burns.

Tom - whatever Freddie makes is always great......although I've never experienced her scallops w/grape & almond sauce nor prosciutto wrapped asparagus!
Glad you had such a good weekend