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Good morning, everyone!
Need coffee. Now. :S
Thanks for doing the cafe.
So what’s the temp? It’s 29 in Chicago.
You’re welcome!
This where you all find out I’m a sissy wimp about the cold…it’s in the 30s.
I actually like cold weather (as long as it isn’t accompanied by a hard, cold rain) until it gets down into the teens and lower.
I like cooler weater, but once it starts getting this cold, my dry skin problems kick in.
For some reason, cold doesn’t bother me if it’s snowing, though. 🙂
Hah! I’m actually up with you guys! Dog woke me up at 6 by licking my ear and within two minutes I was standing in the backyard under a starry starry sky listening (too dark to see) to her pee and watching the steam rise. Ah, the joys of cold weather.
Oooh, you’re here! I have to upload the picture of my thrift store find this week so you can see. Be right back.
(well, maybe without the peeing sounds) — makes me a little sorry (very little) that I don’t have to actually go out with the dogs.
It’s a rude awakening – made tolerable by the clear air and the stars and the quiet.
We’re getting new carpeting (OMG the dog!) in the family room today and I have to clear it out this morning. Yuck.
I know you’re loving the idea of getting to thoroughly clean up a room.
Hey, how did the kitchen turn out?
Only half the kitchen – and it turned out okay. Sure beats the fruit. But it was only a stop-gap measure until I can gut the whole thing when I win the lottery.
I’ve seen pictures…your house is spotless. No clutter.
All you’re going to have to do is move the furniture out. We know. 😉
Okay, so I really just needed an excuse to generate a clickable thumbnail…
Good one, CG! That’s really unusual and cool looking. What are you going to put inside the glass (?)
I’m not sure yet.
How’d little dude come through yesterday? Been thinking about him.
I’ve been thinking about them too, but I haven’t heard from them yet, and I didn’t want to bother them while he was coming out of recovery, etc. I’ll call later this morning though, and then let you know how things are.
Things went very smoothly. New pain management technique, no pain at all this time, and they were also able to take some of the curve in his neck out this time.
I’m so glad! What a brave little guy.
What a cute little display table … 🙂
We had a nice rain this morning – a whole 9mm. Luna had to come inside at 6:30am to avoid the initial downpour.
The day’s high was 16C/60F.
So is pond recovering somewhat?
How are Jim and the dogs doing without Alpha Dog?
I’m just a beta with fingers.
I guess we can only aspire to being the alpha. HJ got bullied by an unaltered pit bull at the dog park. I was pissed but she held her own – if rolling over on her back and playing dead is holding her own.
I wonder if I would do better with this customer if I tried that strategy — at least I might get my belly scratched. On second (and 3rd, 4th, 5th, etc), yuck. I’ll just take the unaltered approach.
THis pit has the most humanoid looking balls – really, it’s unsettling.
Hope you get back safe and sound.
I won’t get home till midnight or so — I hate that drive home when it’s late because most of the time I get home and realize I don’t actually recall most of the drive.
Don’t worry, autopilot kicks in at times like that. Hopefully everyone else is paying attention and you’ll be fine.
Good morning, all.
Chilly here in the NY area as well, low 40s, though.
40s, though, that’s just a good wake-up your brain temp.
Good morning!
How’s that NY weather looking for Friday?
Pretty good, though cool.
High in the upper 50s, they say.
That works for me. I just don’t want it to rain!
Partly cloudy and 43 degrees out here in Seattle. I’m going to stay under the covers as long as I can get away with it.
Omir … are you blogging in bed? That sounds lovely … not having to get up in the cold! 😀
Yeah, I pulled out the laptop and have it parked at the head of the bed next to the pillows. It serves two purposes — it lets me blog from under the covers and it keeps the bedroom warm. I had to buy a $50 fan to sit under it to keep it from shutting down from overheating.
Cool but no rain in P-town-I’m off to mow the lawns. It’s possible they won’t need it next week (although we often mow periodically until xmas or later).
Actually going to get the spud butt to the gym this morning — we’re leaving in about 10 minutes to drive over to the Y, then after we’re done with our workouts (him on the treadmill, me with water aerobics), we’ll go do some erranding — I want to try on jeans and see how close I am to next size down. 🙂
See you folks in a bit…(glub glub)
didn’t get there in time for the class (we hit practically every single freakin’ red light!), so came back and showered — heading out shortly for erranding. We’re going to make sure our gym bags are packed and in the car the night before — that’ll save us some valuable time. And I called and made my fitness orientation appointment for Friday at noon, so we’ll have time for a light meal between workouts. 🙂
Just heard Ellen Burstyn interviewed on “The View” — she got pregnant at 18, in the days before Roe v. Wade, so had an illegal abortion…that left her unable to have children. Another reason to keep abortion safe, legal and rare… 🙁
Okay, off the soapbox and out the door…
Hi everyone! Here I am at the crack of noon to wish you all well. I’ve been feeling a bit crummy, which makes me kinda bitchy, which makes me really mouthy, which somehow makes me feel better. Ah, the mysteries of life.
I think we should all have a group hug just to piss off the lurkers, who can bite me. Everyone else, have a happy!. 😉
Sorry to hear you’re feeling crummy. {{{Nag}}} … my contribution to the group hug.
Did you get my e/m?
Hi Olivia, Yes, I just checked when I saw your post and I did get your e/m. I’m going to fire off a return email right now.
Hope you’re feeling better soon, Nag — in ways that do not require you to mouth off.
🙂
Please take a moment to read … thanks!
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Howdy, all. ‘Chilly’, you say? I truly wish.
Temperatures here in South FL dipped into the frigid low 70s yesterday — inspiring many to unpack their woolens. Today, it seems we’re back to the 80s, with renewed humidity.
Those who know me, know I’m definitely not thumbing my nose at my northern pond-mates. I’m just about to send my legion of flying monkeys out to recapture my ruby slippers ..
Combined with fortified heat-index this morning came yet another flailing Bush presser, complete with fortified unibrow. Doubleplusgood!
Good to see you, as always.
Flailing presscon is right.
I missed the press conference – instead I was orgasming in the aisles at the new Costco.
You missed nothing, my dear, aside of the increasingly pronounced sighs of impatience (not orgasm).
Honestly, I can’t stand to hear his voice anymore. It makes me so angry I want to scream and swear and do lots of unladylike things.
I did scream at my tv this morning. 😉
Understood. Me, I find it helpful to remind myself he’s just a spokesman. If he was told to get out there & recite the alphabet backwards he’d do that.
Oh wait, that’s called a sobriety test ..
What’d ya get?
A gallon of mayonnaise, of course! 🙂
Howdy, CG! Wonderful score you posted upthread. Very nice!
Honestly, don’t know why I sat still for (some of) that presser — since I’ve done perfectly well without the visuals since 2001 (sans tv). I s’pose I wanted to check the presidential annoyance level, which seemed moderate-to-high this morning.
Dropped a note on this into the Bucket this morning, but that comment re ‘voting our folks back into power’ on Election Day (?) seemed like a little red flag to me. Alas, from the mouths of boobs ..
Seems you’re on your way to NY. Anything special happening?
Chihuly at the New York Botanical Garden.
Great! That’s a lovely place.
Thanks.
I can’t watch those press things…I turn on the tv in the other room and listen. And his voice definitely betrays his stress level…
Yeah, it’s hard to tell whether he just misspoke about “back into power” or if he meant what he said. He was pretty flustered more than once.
Can’t help but remember his take on ‘the Google’ — says he likes to use it to see the ranch, where he’d ‘like to be sometimes’.
This morning was definitely one of those times. Poor guy — if only they’d let him dress up again.
Yeah, he’d show that brush on the ranch just who is boss…
Yeah — his gardeners.
Check y’all later. Enjoy the day!
trying to get caught up at work after taking Monday and Tuesday off for a family funeral [blech]. Great picture above, I may have to take a road trip to get my autumn fix of smells and colours.
Good to see you … {{{Manny}}}
I tried to take pix this past weekend but it was stormy so the light was terrible. Hopefully will be able to get a few new shots in before the weekend so the Sonoran Desert can contribute to the fOtofair 🙂
(((olivia))) how goes it?
I hope so too … 🙂
It’s going okay here…it’s chilly, definitely fall. I spent lunch outside trying to get some new stuff too. Only the most valiant flowers are still blooming.