# Indian Winter **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 25, 2005, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indian-winter/301009 "2005-04-25T11:48:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2005, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indian-winter/301009/61 "2005-04-26T13:46:03Z")
Ginger has a faux fur coat. I’ll take a picture this evening. She really struts when she’s wearing it. Pugs are such clowns. They seem to love dress-up, so she’ll get more outfits this summer. She’s only lived with me for about 8 months, so I haven’t had time to stock up on summer clothes for her. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2005, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indian-winter/301009/62 "2005-04-26T15:25:45Z")
Poor Ginger! She’ll be in stiletto heels and pearls before it’s all over. 😃 I’m through torture…err… testing. Now I have to score all this stuff and write up a technical and all so professional report which I will then have to explain, cause that’s always what happens. It’s the curse of greatness. I’m also hungry and don’t know what I want for lunch. This evening I am making a ton o’ chicken salad. The chickens got cooked and deboned last night and are sittin in a big bowl in the fridge waitin’ to get made into salad. Our Board of Directors meeting is at NOON tomorrow and we feed 'em to get em to show up. So, we’re having chicken salad and other stuff. I don’t know what the other stuff is cause, well, I ain’t got to worry about it, so I don’t care. The fun thing about BoD meeting day is everybody gets to descend like vultures on all the leftovers after the meeting. Leftovers are not a big problem around here. In fact, there ain’t no such thing as leftovers where I work. All ya gotta do is say there’s food in the break room, then stand back or else you may be trampled and/or eaten. :eek: Eatin’ is serious bidness here. ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2005, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indian-winter/301009/63 "2005-04-26T15:35:43Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > Poor Ginger! She’ll be in stiletto heels and pearls before it’s all over. 😃 \*It don’t matter what you wear They’re checking out your savoir fair And it don’t matter what you do 'Cause everything looks good on you Supermodel work! (cover girl) Work it, girl! (give us a twirl) Do your thing on the runway \* ---
**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2005, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indian-winter/301009/64 "2005-04-26T15:36:56Z")
**Homebrew** , that is a perfectly adorable coat. She’s so cute! Wow. Working all day Monday with no internet access makes for lots of reading all at once on Tuesday. I could have posted last night, but Driving Husband was over wanting food and then Attacks Husband showed up and then Mr. lissar got home from work, so it was busy. We have compiled the Trader Joe’s list for Best Friend to bring up. I hope they have space in the car. Among other things, there are three things of cocoa almonds and five boxes of triple ginger snaps. And if Attacks Husband doesn’t stop eating my chocolate covered cherries (I still have a few, but I’m not getting more for two weeks!) I shall smack him. Here’s the complete list, because I know you’re all interested: 5 boxes gingersnaps 1 box chocolate covered cherries 1 box peanut butter cups 3 boxes cocoa almonds 2 things instant chai mix 2 jars chipotle salsa 1 garlic oil 1 truffle oil 3 boxes TJ’s mac’n’cheese 2 bags Hawaiian style white cheddar chips 1 ginger altoids 1 peanut butter joe-joes And then we’ll all die of sugar and fat overdose. ---
**Author:** ![Taters](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/taters/32/2845_2.png) [@Taters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taters)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2005, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indian-winter/301009/65 "2005-04-26T16:13:29Z")
**Swampy,** we’re still not done. My gosh, this is taking forever. The hubby spent **three,** count 'em, **three** hours on ONE wall. Of course, that’s a two story, 20 foot tall wall so I guess that would explain it. And…for whatever reason, the walls in that dang entry way are just SOAKING up the paint. At any rate, while the hubby was working on mega wall out in the entry/foyer I was out in the kitchen finishing the last of the touch up and trim there. I then made it out to the hall and staring touching up out there. Every time I thought I was done I’d notice a new spot, and then another, and then another, and then another, and so on, and so forth. Plus, the STOOPIT little roller I was using was a piece of CA-CA! I didn’t even wash it; I threw it in the trash where it belonged. It kept collapsing and breaking apart on me (the roller thingy kept falling off the handle thingy). So, I’m going to the store today to get a different new one; one that is NOT a piece of CA-CA. So today we should get up the last wall going up the stairway and then we’ll actually be UPSTAIRS and have only the hallway there to paint. That hall should be a piece of cake! Then it’s just the trim and touch-up and we’ll be done. We’re going to take a week break after that, then we’ll start on either the den or powder room. We have decided that we’ll show the kids HOW to paint and then they are painting their OWN rooms. I should say **HUBBY** has decided this, I don’t fully agree. You know why don’t you? Because we’re just going to have do it over after the kids are through. Why waste the time, energy and aggravation? Maybe the kids will surprise us and do a good job. My owie from the U2 concert still hurts. I’m hoping it will start to scab over pretty soon. I had to take my ring off because it kept bumping and reopening the gash in my finger. Need coffee now…I’ll try and check in later. ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2005, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indian-winter/301009/66 "2005-04-26T16:19:21Z")
> [@Taters](#): > > We have decided that we’ll show the kids HOW to paint and then they are painting their OWN rooms. I should say **HUBBY** has decided this, I don’t fully agree. You know why don’t you? Because we’re just going to have do it over after the kids are through. Why waste the time, energy and aggravation? > Maybe the kids will surprise us and do a good job. Actually I think that’s a great idea. Even if they don’t do a great job, it’s a good learning experience for them and they’ll get a sense of accomplishment from it. Don’t even repaint if they don’t do a spectacular job. Let it be their space with their handiwork. ---
**Author:** ![Taters](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/taters/32/2845_2.png) [@Taters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taters)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2005, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indian-winter/301009/67 "2005-04-26T16:36:58Z")
Okay, here’s the link to a couple of photos of the great room. I hope this works because I suck at this kind of stuff. [http://groups.msn.com/Taters/pictures](http://groups.msn.com/Taters/pictures) Once the final wall (the Estate Vineyard color) is painted in the kitchen I’ll include the kitchen photos. I still need to buy drapes/window treatments and obviously, I need some art work. Please excuse the tacky picture above the couch. It will go when I purchase more artwork. For now, it’s something to hang on a blank wall. ---
**Author:** ![Taters](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/taters/32/2845_2.png) [@Taters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taters)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2005, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indian-winter/301009/68 "2005-04-26T16:40:19Z")
> [@Homebrew](#): > > Actually I think that’s a great idea. Even if they don’t do a great job, it’s a good learning experience for them and they’ll get a sense of accomplishment from it. Don’t even repaint if they don’t do a spectacular job. Let it be their space with their handiwork. Oh, I know it’s a good idea, and by Og, they are both more than old enough. One is 12, the other 15. The fifteen year old wants some pretty fancy stuff though, so I may end up helping her. We’ll see. The boy, he hasn’t even decided on a color, I don’t think he really cares. We’ll take him with us to choose paint colors, but he just doesn’t seem interested (naturally enough). ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2005, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indian-winter/301009/69 "2005-04-26T16:41:04Z")
That looks really nice. Very warm and sophisticated. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2005, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indian-winter/301009/70 "2005-04-26T17:48:28Z")
Tomorrow I go get my pshrink evaluation for my proposed gastric bypass surgery. They’re mandatory, a NIH requirement. I happen to be the most unscrewed-up person I know. I’m soliciting ways to get the session going on the wrong foot. I’m imagining it something like this: _Psychologist:_ Good morning, **VunderBob**. How are you today? _Me:_ Well, 3 of the 4 voices in my head tell me I’m sane… Any MMPers have a better line to use? I’m sure \*\*Ashes[sup]2[/sup], Swampy, \*\* or **FCM** can do better… ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2005, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indian-winter/301009/71 "2005-04-26T17:58:29Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > I’m soliciting ways to get the session going on the wrong foot. I’m imagining it something like this: > > _Psychologist:_ Good morning, **VunderBob**. How are you today? > _Me:_ Well, 3 of the 4 voices in my head tell me I’m sane… > > Any MMPers have a better line to use? I’m sure \*\*Ashes[sup]2[/sup], Swampy, \*\* or **FCM** can do better… When the shrink asks how you are, you reply: “Why? Why do you want to know? What have _they_ told you?” If the shrink asks you why you want the surgery, you say: “So my ass won’t look fat in my new Calvin Kleins. Do _you_ think my ass looks fat?” See, it’s easy! ---
**Author:** ![MagicEyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@MagicEyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicEyes)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2005, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indian-winter/301009/72 "2005-04-26T18:10:55Z")
**Taters** , your great room is gorgeous! The couch looks so comfy. Was the U2 concert worth an owie? I’d love to see U2, but they’re not coming anywhere near here. ☹ So I’ll just listen to CDs. **V-Bob** , only 4 voices in your head? I have at least 20! They like to argue sometimes. It gets loud in my head. But seriously, good luck with the interview. And your butt looks great in those Calvins! 😉 I’m still sick, so I stayed home from work again today. I’m a little bit afraid they’ll find out they can get along just fine without me, so I won’t have a job when I go back. But that’s not true, because I’m brilliant and I do good work and everyone misses me. I got up and took a shower, and then I slept until noon. I could probably go back to sleep, but if I take another nap, I won’t sleep tonight. I’ll probably go back to work tomorrow, but I’d rather sleep all day. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2005, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indian-winter/301009/73 "2005-04-26T18:10:57Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > If the shrink asks you why you want the surgery, you say: > > “So my ass won’t look fat in my new Calvin Kleins. Do _you_ think my ass looks fat?” I do happen to have 2 smart-assed answers for that one. 1. “Because I want to be taller standing up than I am laying down.” 2. “Because I want to see my wedding tackle again, without the use of a mirror.” ---
**Author:** ![Taters](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/taters/32/2845_2.png) [@Taters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taters)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2005, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indian-winter/301009/74 "2005-04-26T18:44:30Z")
> [@MagicEyes](#): > > **Taters** , your great room is gorgeous! The couch looks so comfy. Was the U2 concert worth an owie? I’d love to see U2, but they’re not coming anywhere near here. ☹ So I’ll just listen to CDs. > > **V-Bob** , only 4 voices in your head? I have at least 20! They like to argue sometimes. It gets loud in my head. But seriously, good luck with the interview. And your butt looks great in those Calvins! 😉 > > I’m still sick, so I stayed home from work again today. I’m a little bit afraid they’ll find out they can get along just fine without me, so I won’t have a job when I go back. But that’s not true, because I’m brilliant and I do good work and everyone misses me. I got up and took a shower, and then I slept until noon. I could probably go back to sleep, but if I take another nap, I won’t sleep tonight. I’ll probably go back to work tomorrow, but I’d rather sleep all day. Thank you! As **scout** noted, I was going for a “warm” look. I wanted the room to look inviting and I didn’t want it to look all formal and stuffy. I’m hoping I’ve achieved that. The couch is extremely comfortable and so is the chair and a half. Well, all the furniture is extremely comfortable; so comfortable it’s too easy to fall asleep in it. I got all the furniture in December so it’s new too. The U2 concert was well worth the owie. I am surprised I liked it so much. I must have burned off a pound or two with all the dancing and clapping I did there. It was a real work-out! I won’t be spending that kind of money on tickets again, however. It was sort of a once in a lifetime deal for us. I don’t mind tickets around 75.00 to 100.00 (well, not too much); but these tickets cost us almost us much as our monthly truck payment. I’m sorry you’re sick. I hope you get to feeling better soon. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2005, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indian-winter/301009/75 "2005-04-26T18:53:14Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > I do happen to have 2 smart-assed answers for that one. > > 1. “Because I want to be taller standing up than I am laying down.” > > 2. “Because I want to see my wedding tackle again, without the use of a mirror.” OOH! OOH! If you get to look at inkblots, say they remind you of your goldfish “Fluffy” and sob a little or say they remind you of how you want your ass to look in the CKs, or cotton candy, or the time you ran over the neighbor’s grandmother with your tricycle… the possibilities are endless! ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2005, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indian-winter/301009/76 "2005-04-26T18:58:13Z")
**Taters** , the room is lovely - I really like the colors a lot. But please please please please center the TV over the fireplace. The lack of symmetry is giving me a nervous tic!!! :eek: No, I’m not obsessive. Why do you ask? **VunderBob** , I think you should go for uber-perky answers to all questions. The more Valley-girl-esque, the better in my book. Or you could do Big Gay Al: I’m _super_, thanks for asking! Or go for monosyllabic, but ya gotta dress goth for that to be most effective. Or you could sing all your answers. Or better yet, reply with interpretive dance! Would you like me to think of more ideas?? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2005, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indian-winter/301009/77 "2005-04-26T19:00:58Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Or go for monosyllabic, but ya gotta dress goth for that to be most effective. Well, it wouldn’t be too much of a stretch to answer like I was a grumpy old fart… ---
**Author:** ![Tupug\_Anachi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@Tupug\_Anachi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tupug_Anachi)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2005, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indian-winter/301009/78 "2005-04-26T19:08:51Z")
**taters** , love the paint job! I wish my foray into a dramatic color for my living room turned out as well. ☹ **bob** , maybe you could say to the doc “I’ll be just fine when my anorexia is cured.” 😃 Tupug ---
**Author:** ![Taters](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/taters/32/2845_2.png) [@Taters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taters)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2005, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indian-winter/301009/79 "2005-04-26T19:19:25Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > **Taters** , the room is lovely - I really like the colors a lot. But please please please please center the TV over the fireplace. The lack of symmetry is giving me a nervous tic!!! :eek: No, I’m not obsessive. Why do you ask? > > **VunderBob** , I think you should go for uber-perky answers to all questions. The more Valley-girl-esque, the better in my book. Or you could do Big Gay Al: I’m _super_, thanks for asking! Or go for monosyllabic, but ya gotta dress goth for that to be most effective. Or you could sing all your answers. Or better yet, reply with interpretive dance! > > Would you like me to think of more ideas?? 😃 Yeah, the TV drives me crazy too. You’re not obsessive; _I_ however, am slightly anal in that respect. I’d move the TV myself, but it weighs 10 tons and I don’t want to scrape the paint there either. It’s already happened once. The hubby wants a big screen which we will be putting in the bonus room. When we get the big screen, the TV is coming out of the great room and will be re-located to the bedroom. Then I can decorate that little fireplace area to my heart’s content. I will tell the hubby that **FCM** has said that we MUST center the TV. Maybe that will make him move it for me. 😉 I’m loving all these answers for **V-Bob’s** upcoming doctor visit. I can’t think of any good retorts/answers myself. The credit union has called and we are pre-approved for a boat loan. I was really hoping I wouldn’t like the terms so much. I liked having a little extra cash. At any rate, this news will make the hubby quite happy. So, now we have to go haggle with the boat dealer and see if we can get the boat we want for the price they quoted us in January. I am sure that once the hubby gets home we’ll be driving toot-sweet to the boat dealer. So much for getting that wall painted. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2005, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indian-winter/301009/80 "2005-04-26T19:54:14Z")
**Taters** if you painted your ceiling _bronze beauty_(not pink) your room would look a lot like our (not pink) bedroom, except that our accent wall is dark red (not pink) instead of dark purple. BTW, _all_ inkblots look like an elephant. Lying on it’s back. Wearing a hat.\* - extra bumbapoints to anyone who gets that reference. Did I forget to e-mail anyone who needed e-mailing? I’m not sure. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indian-winter/301009.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indian-winter/301009.md?page=5)