Alright, who put Jigzone on here? Fess up!! I have wasted the last three hours on that stupid site. I finally got a couple in less than average time so I could quit.
I don’t know if I reported in - I got accepted for the restless legs drug study. I go to pick up my meds tomorrow; keep your fingers crossed that I get the drug and not the placebo.
Well, most of you are abed, but it’s been a busy evening.
First, Bobbio and Bibs, I too am grateful for people like. I’m glad you weren’t hurt at the fire, Bobbio.
It is snowing gangbusters here again, and tomorrow’s commute will be dicey. Temps, with windchill are supposed to been in the teens and maybe as low as 5 degrees. Brrrrrrrrrr. You Northeasterners and Canadians take your winter back right now!
We had “The Talk” with our daughter tonight. All things considered, it went much better than I expected it would. Things were very tense a couple of times, but somehow we managed to hash through the issues. She’s agreed, albeit reluctantly to the following:
When it’s time for college, she’ll attend an in-state school. If the boyfriend and she are still so in love, he can move out here. We will do all we can to help her get to college including trying to pay for some of it. Even if it means downsizing and buying a cheaper house.
We’ve agreed she can keep in contact with the boyfriend via phone and e-mail, but he cannot, under any circumstances come out here. I was very surprised and pleased that my husband offered this on his own.
We’ve agreed she can have computer and phone access and have a social life.
The husband and the daughter apologized to each other for the hurtful things they said to one another.
To be sure, my daughter is not exactly pleased at the whole in-state college thing, but even she admitted that she did not expect my husband to relent on the no contact thing with the boyfriend.
We are not “punishing” her in any way. We figure she (and us!) have been through enough for the last few days.
I expect there will still be some rocky times, but I am hoping we can get back to some semblence of normality here. This is the toughest thing we’ve had endure with her. We’ve been blessed, as both of our kids are really great, and we know that. We never doubted her intentions of starting college and finishing it, but it’s far too easy to let things slide when real life intrudes. I had plans for attending college and going on to law school. It never happened because the hubby and I met when we were nineteen, we dated, we lived together, then we got married, we struggled financially, I had my daughter, then three years later, I had my son. Then we were just too busy trying to SURVIVE. I used myself as a perfect example what can happen.
Thanks everyone for the well-wishes and hugs. They really did make me feel somewhat better and were very much appreciated.
Nava, nice pictures! You’ll be pleased to know that we’ve been WoW playing fools these past few weeks. Tonight we actually broke out our lvl 59 characters and ran around with them for the first time in probably a year. We’re more than halfway to 60, so we’re good and ready for the new expansion pack release next week.
Happy month-long anniversary taxi. Before you know it, you’ll be hitting 10, then 20 years, and you’ll wonder where the time has gone.
Congrats to Mr. Gotti! I hope your celebration was nice!
I’m going to get ready to watch the news now. This evening’s commute was epic and nightmarish for many folks. I want to see if the forecast has changed any, because last I heard, the snow was supposed to stop at 7:00 pm and it’s now going on 11:00 pm.
Sleep tight, everyone.
Cool, Taters! It’s so much nicer when people can manage to talk instead of yelling, isn’t it?
rosie, yes it was me. After the flight and, uh… what do you call a landing when it’s in water? I was as soaked as you can be and not turn into a puddle. But I’d already spent my guts quota for the day going back home the first time.
Everybody, thank you, thank you, you’re great on the ego.
Good morning! It’s a cool and crisp 27 this morning.
I’m glad things are starting to work out, Taters.
Morning all, it’s a wild and windy one over here! Good job the windswept look is in.
Taters, it’s good to hear that there’s light at the end of the tunnel and it’s not just the oncoming train. Hopefully with a little time to think about things (and to be grateful for the outcomes), Daughter will realise that compromises have been made and that she’s really not so badly off as she might think.
VunderNuts and BookFeline, you do an admirable job in difficult circumstances, I take my virtual hat off to you both.
Mr Gotti - is there some happy dancing going on?
Taxi - happy first-month anniversary!
Nava - cute pics, even the nephew…
What’s new over here? Plenty! Yesterday I had my hair cut and for once the hairdresser actually did what I asked her to do…must be a minor miracle. So today I’m still feeling all sleek and lovely, but rather blown about as there’s a small hurricane blowing outside.
Even better news, we seem to have got ourselves a new cat! He’s 2-3 years old and apparently is very friendly, likes a lot of fuss and is a complete lapcat. He’s a stray that was found by a friend’s colleague wandering on the campus of Warwick University. Neither my friend nor her colleague can keep the stray as they’ve both got two cats each, all of which are extremely territorial. So we took pity on the little scrap and decided to throw him in with Ophelia instead. I hope she doesn’t mind too much. He’s a little older than the cat we’d intended to have, but obviously The Ubercat has decided he’s the right one to take over Orly’s spot in the house. More later!
Taters good to see there’s been some resolve. Good on Mr. Taters for what he did. Ain’t it great when cool heads prevail? Your daughter seems like a level headed kid. I’m sure she knows there’s give and take in any kind of negotiation. Here’s hoping things smooth over even more.
Oh, and as for weather, it’ll be mid 60’s and sunny here today. Tomorrow and Saturday call for lows in the low 50’s and highs in the mid 70’s. Just thought I’d share.
I am dying to know how Gotti and DH celebrated last night. 
gt I often feel I missed my calling. I should have been a combo decorator/events planner. Obviously all my f-aaaaaa-bu-lous talent is going to waste.
Snakes good luck with the study. There are folks to blame for JigZone but I ain’t one of 'em. I’m just a hapless victim and addict like you. I bet you just squeed with delight when you saw the hockey one. 
rosie the dang thing does look like fun don’t it?
Last night was quiet, so not only am I at work today, but I also got my substantial keester to the Y this morning for a workout. 
VWife and I went to Lowe’s and Sears last night scouting for new refrigerators. We will have one bought within 24 hours of the insurance check arriving. I guess we’re true Southerners now, 'cuz we’re keeping the one I bought off the assistant chief, too. Fortunately, our front porch is too small to put it out there, so it will probably wind up in either the garage ( 
) or my workshop ( :mad: ). Guess where VWife wants it… :rolleyes:
I’ve been invited to attend a search and rescue class tonight and Saturday (Bibs: RIT). This one specializes on extracting people from hazardous situations, such as firefighter down in a burning building. There’s a different SAR class for the likes of lost hunters and Alzheimer’s walk-offs. I wanna go, but the only reservation is the time involved on Saturday. So far, I’m leaning toward going.
Carry on…
FireBob, the extra fridge goes in the basement or an attached garage. Then it becomes The Beer Fridge. We have one, and it keeps the beer cold without taking up extra space in The Regular Fridge. Okay, it can hold soda or other stuff, too, but it is referred to as The Beer Fridge.
We did RIT in FF1. They have a dummy (no, not me, a real dummy) in gear with an air bottle on and they set off its PASS device - the alarm attached to the bottle straps that goes off when a firefighter is ‘down’ for more than 30 seconds. You have to go in and find him and get him out within a certain amount of time. I think it was 2 minutes. The building is all smoked up, too.
Bobbio’s gettin’ a beerator! What’s a workshop without one after all. Might I encourage you to go to the class about Alzheimer’s walkoffs? See, my neighbor has Alzheimer’s and he’s wandered off a couple times. Fortunately he only got a couple blocks away each time and even more fortunately the local deputy sheriffs have been trained in dealing with it. Most fortunate, he has one of those ID bracelet thingys with name address and phone number. Scary stuff! I’m glad we never had to deal with that with my dad. That’s one thing he never did.
Swamp and Bibs, I already have a little cubic beer fridge. It’s collecting dust right now because I still don’t have The Workshop[sup]tm[/sup] properly arranged.
I’ll also go the the other search class when it comes around, it’s just not offered at the moment.
There’s so many Alzheimer’s walkoffs you guys actually have a procedure and courses for it? Wow.
That’s one illness that really scares me. I guess it’s because since, nuts as it is, my mind is my best part, it’s the one I’d hate to lose.
In my bio family we’ve been very lucky: no known cases of Alzheimer’s anywhere. Some of my ancestors “lost their wits” at the end but we’re talking about during and at the end of a “general systemic failure” (aka a relatively sudden attack of old age). A close friend’s father was a real nasty case in that he remained very strong until the end but he mistook his sons for his BiLs and repeatedly tried to kill them. Another friend received a call from the train company one day; turns out her father had wandered on the train tracks until the next town. On, not following. They’d thought he “wasn’t that bad” and been leaving him alone most of the time. He had his ID on and the lastname was rare enough to find the family easily.
Sssshhhhh, don’t say that word, she’ll hear you and then the whole “talk” will happen again. 
But seriously, we ae still very committed to each other through the years. Before anything though we want to see her graduate from college. From there we can move onto whatever comes next. If I’m going to propose to her it really should be to her and not to a message board…
Here is a picture of us in Florence.
And here is a picture which should be titled: I’m a jerk because I know you’re trying to take a picture of me. (Taken in St. Peter’s)
I swear, I went to Europe and what did I get pictures of? The Eiffel Tower? St. Peter’s? Notre Dame? Vienna? The Leaning Tower of Pisa? Brussells? No, no, no, no, no, and no. I came back with a camera full of pictures of her. But I guess it makes sense, since she’s what I went over there to see. 
Oh, and here is a kitten . I don’t own one, but I know that they’re sort of mandatory when posting pictures. So here you be!
I’m glad things have been worked out, Taters. Good on all of you for your patience.
QD is presently making a pro/con list about marrying Driving Husband, and is thinking about starting a thread when she joins, probably this weekend. List-making is her favourite form of procrstination. I got yelled at for telling all sorts of internet people while she’s still in denial.
I bought a Dirt Devil cannister vacuum yesterday, and it works fine so far. It has suction! I picks things up! I’m in awe.
For gt and anyone else interested, we’re almost through the Green Book (Compendium of the Catechism) at RCIA, and we’re sort of preparing for scrutiny and Lent. Although none of of us really know what happens. ‘Preparing’ means, ‘being confused’.
You know, that’s kind of a scary kitten. Really.
rosie, calm down. No mugging anyone for their iphones. Is the release date today?
baby, the 'net and bookstores are full of pictures of buildings. Walking monuments are harder to catch on paper.
LiLi, the idea of any of my Bros joining gives me cold sweat. Looking forward to meeting QD though.
Hey, Bobbio, is this your fire?
Maybe you should go over to that thread and comment, in your role as Hunky Woodsman.
'im indoors had better not think about signing up either. Where else am I going to go and whinge about him?
Bwahahahahaha!
Much of the training for that kind of search centers around coordination of the searchers, plus medical responses once the person is found.
Since sweetums started it, here’s another random picture. A baby pigeon. Disclaimer: I do not have a pet pigeon.
