It's...



Let's Hug Day
You all Deserve A Hug, so...

HERE IT IS!

HUG!

Ok, I cheated. I haven't been here so much lately, 'cos I got some serious stuff goin' on with my daughter. We are at the hospital today for the umpteenth time in three weeks. She needs some serious surgery. Will post when I get home. This is my special hug to all of you. Annie B.

Hello Annie B, do not worry I have not been able to come on so much either for the last couple of months , many things going on too.

Sounds like you need a special hug too, here is one from me...

Eileen thanks for that. I need it. I will see you in the morning, the proper morning that is. Annie B.

Hi Everyone,
Hi Annie and Eileen,
Same goes for me, always lots to do.
Annie, sorry to hear about your daughter, I hope everything goes well and a speedy recovery.
Here's a for especially for you


Have a nice day everyone.

Annie, Sending many HUGS to you and your daughter. Hope all is well soon. Debbie

Annette, Eileen, Maria, Deborah,

OOOO I hate being left out of the hugs! Back at ya!



Annette - Hope your daughter is O.K. soon.

Eileen - Hope the "stuff" gets sorted out.

Cheers,

Bill

Annie, I looked in my collection and I don't have any hugs. So I thought I would send you an angel to watch over you and your daughter,but (you guessed it),my only angel is corrupted and won't come up. But, I do have an Angel Fish maybe that will do...I'm sending it with lots of love and best wishes.margarite

Hi all,
heres a hug 4 all of u!


I hope everything works out okay 4 u and your daughter, Annie. I guess we cannot do more... (of course: in case we can, let us know)

Hi Eileen,
that's been a while. Nice 2 see u didn't 4get about us and I hope u're all right?

Good Morning Everyone! I miss the diving pictures the most. I have just been busy, our work (lab) has been working Saturdays since mid August so we have had only one day weekends - not much time to do things! Now with the holidays - Yikes! Actually I only have 2 more Saturdays to go !

I am glad I see bluebeard before I am off to work!

I am off to work now. Anyone want to fight traffic for me? It's even in the dark ! See you tonight (if not - I have some cleaning to do tonight for a meeting tomorrow night - anyone is welcome to come over and clean for me ). I have wogga!

Have a great day!

This is it people!! I'm outta here. Remember, watch for us at the gate(either in our matchie-pooh flamingo pink and black skins or in the same swimattire as in profile) or maybe in something else. you will know me mostly by my BIG smile. Thanks for the lovely portraits Igor! Magic wand is packed.....prepare to be zapped to Bonaire (around wogga time).. margarite

Here we go!!!!

Have a great trip Margarite!!!
See u at the cams....

Great Airport GIF Margarite!
We'll be on the lookout 4 a huge smile...

Good morning and happy hugging! It's almost as good as kissin' day!

Annie - hugs and happy thoughts for you and Emma!



We'll be watching for you, Margarita!

I caught a diver or two - then got knocked offline a half dozen times. Grrr. Is my PC tired?

Hugs under blankets here today!

Sunny and -14C (6F). Better than the threatened -21C.

Better in Bonaire though!

Cheers,

Bill

Hi Rusty & Bill!
Maybe your computer needs a holiday 2 Bonaire as well, Rusty. By the way, I think the diver is our mad doctor again!

It is SOOO cold here, too. I let the dawgs out a few minutes ago and it is painfully cold.

TODAY
Mostly sunny, windy and cold
H 24

TONIGHT
Mainly clear and very cold
L 11

Oooommmmmmm! Booooonnnnnn!

I think it's pretty cold over here 2, but I cannot see it 'cause the clouds are hanging low 2day. I cannot see the other side of the street!
Maybe u should get a hot-water bottle in with u Bill!

Does this say MIKE?

Wait - wasn't there another Mike heading to Bonaire right after Dr. Dolittle? Who's got the spotter's list?



This is a good time of day to show up at the street cam - excellent colors!

I think it does Rusty & it's the same outfit we saw yesterday. U know, be4 he appeared stripping 4 the streetcam? The later view probably erased the earlier ones from your brain...

Hi Everyone,

Hi Rusty, Give the PC a good kick, still I suppose it does work hard. Any Idea what the average life of a computer is?
Very damp and overcast over here,

Margarite, have a great time, will be looking out for you. You sure we can trust you with that magic wand. If there's a lot of toucan's flying around Bonaire we will know what happened. LOL.

Morning everyone!!!
yep I think that is Mikey!!!

I wonder what all the PINK hose stuff is.. Is Mikey keeping something from us????

But didn't Dr. Dolittle have red STRIPES down the arms?



There was a couple who were going Mike and ? - sorry, too lazy to go back and look it up.

Hey, here's one we missed yesterday. You'll never guess who Mikey found sitting on the coral at the reef cam yesterday.

Freddie, he'll kill me if I don't correct you... ha ha... but I think it's RED! Looks like our handsome doctor is logging some serious bottom time this trip. And he's officially fulfilled his wish of diving every month in the year 2002. Yay Mikey!!

Hi, Maria, Freddie & Kelly!
If what u tell us is true Kelly, I guess it's the Red Doctor than
Rusty, u posted a nice mermaid! Are u still not convinced that this is the doctor (u can compare the pics now....)?

hello everyone, if you look on Mike's website, under the "interest" part, there's a picture of him in his red dive outfit.... can't post it for some reason. I agree, Igor, that is a great mermaid!

That mermaid is one of us chatterbugs.

I agree that it is the real Dr. Dolittle. I just didn't recognize him without his ears.

The wrasses are having a party!

mornin' friends...boy, that annie b. sure makes a lovely mermaid! annie, hope things go well with your daughter...margarite, probably already gone, but have a fabulous time!

i gotta tell you that the title of this thread is just what i needed this morning...michael got home from school last night and my oldest kitty, sombra, was dead laying in the doggie run...we burried her on the hill behind our house...both the other cats slept on the bed with us last night, i think they miss her already. sombra was 12, michael thinks she had a heart attack or something like that because she wasnt' sick at all...she was fine yesterday morning before we left for work...here is my little sombie...

Awww… sorry Cynde. I’ve lost my kitty a several years ago and I know how sad I was. I’ve had my current one for 4 years (came with my wife, good package deal). He’s now getting to be an older cat and I hate to think about him not waking me up every morning and falling asleep with him on our feet. Best thing to do is to drive down to the pound and return with a new friend who will never replace, but help you remember how much you like having a good kitty around.

Annie, I hope things go well for your daughter.

The PBD is starting to kick in, probably brought on by the 25 degree temperature and the 25 mile an hour wind. Perhaps a little snow tomorrow night will cheer me up and get me in the holiday mood.

Cynde,

So sorry to hear about Sombra. Takes you aback when it happens so unexpectedly. Sombra looked comfortably large, like our own 15 year-old 23+ pound black-and-white ball of fur. Trips to the vet. are like, "here comes the guilt trip!"

No doubt your other cats know what has happened.

Hope you all give each other lots of hugs today and always,

Bill

Cynde, I'm sorry to hear about Sombra. But it sounds like she didn't suffer...

Hiya gang


Cynde, I am sorry about your Sombra. What a shock for you! And there again I'm glad Sombra didn;t suffer and have a lot of pain.
A hug for you


Annie, sorry to hear about Emma. Hope all works out well. Sending you both [all] my love, and a hug

And to all my other pals, who have helped me and supported me and sent e-hugs when I have needed them, I send you each a hug

thanks for the kind words everyone...i am thankful that she didn't suffer (and that michael found her, not me...i told michael that maybe the 4 teenagers in the house for thanksgiving did her in!...poor thing...she went through one divorce, one marraige, and saw 2 dogs go, and 4 added, plus our other 2 kitties added...maybe it was just too stressful for her....billbot, our wiener dogs are fat too, and yes, a trip to the vet is definetly a guilt trip!

Blow the work, here I am.. and I send out hugs to all of you...

I'll be on Bonaire in approx 3.5 weeks...

Cynde, I did it, I broke away!

Sarah,

You rebel you! Out there evolving faster than the rest of us then. Eh? Another count-down 3.5 weeks. Give me strength!!

Well I'm sure that your time spent on Bonaire will be 90% work-work-work on Zoology. Judging from the street cam it is a zoo out there! Remember, no taking samples!

Bill

Sorry Bill, I know it hurts!.. But I need Bonaire..bad.

As much as it would be tempting for me to take samples and analyse the hell out of them back here.. I won't!

yeah sarah!!!! you did it!!!! just keep saying...3 more weeks, 3 more weeks, 3 more weeks...time will fly!

Poor Cynde! I'm sorry you lost your sweet Sombra. When a pet has been thru so much with you she's family and best friend. Right now she's in Heaven chasing sunbeams and butterflies.

How'd you know that was Annie?? Hmm?

"Blow the work"?? I won't go into that one... too easy... I won't... I won't... [g]

Angst, agony, torture! (Have I got your attention?)

Not only do we get to "enjoy" all these count-downs. Today the annual "Happy New Years" greeting card from Sorobon arrives in the mail. No wonder I grind my teeth when I'm awake! The only people this is helping is the lottery guys!

Come on baby - roll my numbers.....

Yours in need of some self-inflcted Ommmm,

Bill

Sorry 2 hear about your cat, Cynde.
Nice 2 hear u were able 2 bury her yourself.

Welcome back Sarah! Are u going 2 do a dayly countdown 4 us?

If I stare long enough at this cap it looks like Margarite has arrived already on Bonaire and is diving in her Flamingo-outfit!

Good luck, Bill - will you take us with you if we help you pick the winning numbers?

Hi everyone, I'm back. Thank you all for your hugs, they are most welcome, and I feel much better now. You guys sure know how to cheer a gal up.

Cynde, I am so sorry to hear about poor Sombra. I know how you must be feeling right now. Here's a hug from me yes,how didja know that was me? LOL

Rusty, You are a little devil, but I love ya. I just cracked up when I came here and saw that pic.

Moi?

Hi Charlotte!

Gotta go, kiddos! BB home early - no power in that area of Connecticut and his coffee was getting cold in a dark building. Early dinner today.

Hi Jenni! Hi Sarah!

Great to see you Snork - it is hard to feel sorry for ya, though. LOL

Well since Rusty is at a wonderfully romantic dinner with her BB I figure I might as well start the sunsets.. Maybe some one will join in..

OOps sorry because I was such a chatty cathy with some BTers that will remain unnamed I almost missed the sunsets!!!

look at the colors in this one..

Going for the dark ones..

Igor, I'll try and remember!.. To be honest, I'm wondering whether I'm going to make it..

Hey Cynde, I'll do that..;-)

Bye Rusty,

Annie B, chat with me next time we're online together.. I'll look out for you..

Bye friends....

Bye Sarah, have a good evening!!! and have fun preparing for your trip!!!

Here is the last on for me buddies.. time to rattle some pots!!! have a wonderful evening and be careful out there!!!

Bye Freddie..;-)

Blimey Freddie you're too quick for me tonight. I gone all slow here. LOL



Is this the dive boat I see here.

Now lets see if I remember how to do this. It has been a while. Sweet dreams everyone. Annie B.

Flippin eck! looks like a moonie. LOL

Night Freddie.

night Annie sweet dreams!!

thanks for the sunsets gang!