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Happy to report that all is well here, I feel kind of sheepish after all of my preparations….
It’s windy but we haven’t gotten one drop of rain and I haven’t heard any thunder….
The heat and humidity is still with us, it’s 5-7 degrees cooler than it was yesterday at this time, which is to say still fucking hot — at least there are breezes. Supposedly we are under a wind advisory until 4 pm and they have decreased the rain chances to 30%. Rain forecast for Monday and Tuesday…my husband wants to barbecue today!
I will be watching the march today as well as trying to find accurate information for Taku and his family about retuning to Katy. Hope everyone is well!
I’m very glad for you. A barbecue sounds much nicer!
Thanks, katiebird!
It was good practice in any case — here’s hoping the weekend doesn’t hold any nasty surprises…for ANY of us!
I was just browsing the photos from the gathering last night. It looks like our friends are having a good time.
I can’t tell how things are going in the Gulf (and I guess it might be too early to know?).
The most exciting thing happening for me is that I think I’ve finally found an online source for photo prints. I ordered a largish print from this place on Wednesday evening. Thursday they sent an email that it was in the mail. And yesterday (Friday) it was on my porch!
It looks great, the packaging was fantastic and it cost $16 including postage.
And the timing couldn’t be better, I can take it to Mom this afternoon!
(here’s the same message in a more readable form.)
I was just browsing the photos from the gathering last night. It looks like our friends are having a good time.
I can’t tell how things are going in the Gulf (and I guess it might be too early to know?).
The most exciting thing happening for me is that I think I’ve finally found an online source for photo prints. I ordered a largish print from this place on Wednesday evening. Thursday they sent an email that it
was in the mail. And yesterday (Friday) it was on my porch!
It looks great, the packaging was fantastic and it cost $16 including postage.
And the timing couldn’t be better, I can take it to Mom this afternoon!
(The above problem happened because I set formatting to HTML format (instead of Auto Format) so the Diary wouldn’t stretch down te page. Then I forgot to set it back)
Like the rest of you (I suspect), I want to spend today glued to blogs/radio/TV for march coverage … but the life that wouldn’t permit me to go to DC probably won’t let me sit on my rear all day, either. Got one child off to a debate tournament early this morning; have the other child sick with a fever in front of the TV; dog needs walking; much Saturday-morning housework beckons. Oh well.
Brinnaine, I’m glad to hear Rita didn’t head your way after all. Do hope the heat breaks and that your guests get home safely when the time is right. What a houseful you must have!
I guess my 3yo isn’t so terribly sick; he turned up his nose at the eggs I scrambled, but only because he prefers Daddy’s Saturday-morning waffles instead (all that syrup, yum).
I know what you mean. I’m sitting here convincing myself that it looks too much like rain for me to attempt a walk.
But, I’ll feel much better once I’ve done it and I won’t do it unless I leave. Which involves getting dressed.
And actually, unless I get dressed, I probably won’t get many of the other things on my list done.
(and I don’t even have a three-year-old!)
Do you have some nice woods to walk in? Not only are they nice in the rain but they do lessen the amount of wet that actually hits you.
Invest in a good rain jacket (and maybe some rain pants) and enjoy yourself.
That’s a good idea (the rain clothes). It’s only very recently that we’ve had whole rainy days like this here (in Kansas). As a kid in Northern California, I had a whole rainy day wardrobe!
We do have some shady walking paths, but you have to drive about 20 minutes from my house to get there. So I don’t usually do that. I’m trying to walk 2 hours a day, so if I added nearly an hour to that for driving, I’d never do it.
This picture of mr. katiebird was taken at one of the parks:
I love walking there.
Gorgeous and the perfect place for a rainy day walk! And if you probably won’t take the regular 2 hr walk on a rainy day, a one hour walk there will actually be a bonus.
Showing off my woods right after a rain:
Sorry to hear about the sick kiddo, that’s never much fun! We do have a houseful! 6, 3 13 and 2 year old boys and a 9 month old girl — 4 adults. Everything has gone smoothly so far, but I will be happy to have the space back ASAP! I have discovered I have VERY little tolerance for crying babies left!
😉
Here I sit only a 4-hour drive from DC and I was physically and emotionally incapable of joining the march. I felt so bad yesterday that I kept weeping in pure self-pity.
Sjct, I am so sorry. (I wish I had a real treat to offer instead of just these virtual ones)
Virtual friends are better than no friends at all.
One very nice nice thing about virtual friends is that (around here at least) there is almost always one available.
Are you up to watching the march on TV with us?
Sjct, please take heart. Every one of the million or so marchers is there on behalf of many, many others who could not attend. They are empowered by our existence, too.
I do hope you feel better very soon.
you bet that is the way it is…..we all out here are behind this movement…stand tall with us out here and get the movement done at home even tho you cant be in DC….it is not just for DC it for the whole of America. Stand tall with us all out here..feel good with us here and just know that we support YOU…hugs…
The nice thing about virtual friends is that whenever you want to talk, someone will be here to listen.
When my sister was going through her very ugly marriage breakup, she used to call me to talk and cry and I could never think of anything to say. Much later (after the divorce and a happy second marriage), she told me how important those calls were for her and I told her how inadequate I felt. “But,” she said, “you listened and that was exactly what I needed.”
Sorry to hear you’re so down. Depression is an utterly miserable state of being. Hang in there. I haven’t been hanging around here long, but I’ll send you blog hugs anyway.
Hope the darkness lifts soon,
Kelly
Looks like it’s gonna be one of those days…
This is how it starts:
Just for grins, author unknown, sent to me by a friend.
Have a good one!
Peace
Watching the march on C-SPAN, trying to get the spouse moving so we can head for Urgent Care and get his ear looked at. 🙁 After Urgent Care, we need to go look for an anniversary card for the in-laws; we’re having dinner with them tomorrow for their 50th. Wow, 50 years…seems so long!
Sending love to all the folks in DC and preparing for marches around the country…
Morning,everyone
Err,afternoon.
We are STILL stowing stuff after the recent excruciating August-in-the broilin-heat move. Whose idea was that anyway?
Puter been very iffy lately,and hotmail would not play with me.
However,I now have mt Boo T-shirt on,so what if it doesn’t go with my pink flamingo shorts?
In ref. depressed. I for onw was very depressed until I found my voice here and in the begining, at kos. I flet no one would listen to me and really understand how I felt about this gov of ours. It was not till I finally lit here at booman tribune, that I finally felt the cloud of darkness lift so that I could breathe once again. I still have many issues…but I feel I can voice those issues and be heard and understood. This is what brought me out of my depression. I am excited to be a part of the resisitance for our democracy. Myheart is very happy that today/everyday, but mostly today that we can gather together and speak in one voice and strongly to he unjustices of our gov. This is very important for us all…as an individule or as a group. we have to stay strong and think ahead to better days and a stronger government that we will all ahve a hand in making.
So feel down for it is not a good feeling…feel it now for tomorrow..will be a better day and we shall overcome this together….Hugs to each of you…..my dearest friends…..
I hear that,Brenda, been wavering on the edge for a very long time myself.Nice to find some solace here.Lifesaving ,maybe.
shycat, Darlin, it will get better..this is a promise from America. I know, for I have lived it for many years. It is very hard on somedays to really feel it, but it is there..America is finally fed up with this whole mess!!!!!!!!!! We all knew months ago that it was gonna get bad..when dubya was place int he WH. but now we have an option. That option is to get rid of him and his cronies…we must get out there and get to work and work hard for hsi belief. complacency is not in my dictionary. I have worked toooooo hard for America to give it away for nothing….Come and join with me to do this…will you, please….??????? hugs..
I’m there.
boy am I glad of that tooo……:o)…love ya…
The Bonus March — WW1 Veterans demand their promised, but unpaid war bonuses.
Puter choking lately- so I am pretty much just slipping in a comment or two-and neglecting rating duties- please accept virtual 4’s for all –
BTW- for the first time here, I saw a hidden comment on a thread- what was that about?
what does a hidden comment look like?
:{)
Peace
where is it?
I’ve never seen anything but a 4 here, much less a 0
FYI there have been some ‘code’ dropping people who have passed by here and left huge deposits of coded messages, with links that turn strange, so that is why…we trolled them out…