Wait until they come streaming out for the night’s hunt, and caulk the hell out of every crack you can find…
Mice eat stray Cheerios and Rice Krispies.
Maybe you could lure the bats to a bathouse in the backyard. Smelly definitely needs to be fixed, in my book.
I am hoping that #1 son doesn’t ahve mono–he has been sleeping all day! I forgot he was home for a bit there.
2 loads of laundry done (I fold during the Daily Show) and my sheets changed. Brownies and most of dinner done.
Carol Brady–eat my shorts!
I am a little too fascinated by the Roman Sex God thingy. Hmmmm.
I feel for the pine allergy sufferer. I also get indignant when my space is intruded upon by others. Just the other day, the workers at the golf course were using chain saws to cut up certain trees. I didn’t want to listen to chain saws all day! Those aren’t my trees, so shut up already!
They couldn’t hear me because of the noise.
Sean --sorry about the door and all. That sucks.
No, no, no–there will be no end of jokes about bats in your belfry for you!
I WANT bats and am trying to attract them to my yard–they eat their body weight in mosquitos or something like that. It’s all good, any way. (am having a brain fart–is it “anyway” or “any way”? help!)
“anyway”
And gotti I misunderstood. Thought you were worried about the care and feeding of said bats. I’m pretty sure that a local pest control service can help you out. Or do what VBob said. Although I don’t know if I’d want to strap myself to the chimney waiting for dusk. The neighbors are already talking.
Hmmm… sounds like some people really shouldn’t use power tools. 
I stopped by Eckerd Drugs on the way home for some Benadryl[sup]TM[/sup]. While I was in there I saw this keeee-yooote little Valentine’s critter. Well, duh, couldn’t help but see it, you can’t walk in there for trippin’ all over VD stuff. Anyways, it’s this little mutt dog that sings “Puppy Love” when you press its tummy. It’s little ears wriggle and its eyes light up and its head moves. I just had to get it for ACBG. We’re not supposed to be buying each other stuff, but I couldn’t help it. It called out to me. Ok, well, maybe not really, but while I was getting my Benadryl [sup]TM[/sup] I heard it singin’ again and that’s kinda like it called out to me. I just had to buy it then. It’ll have a good home. It needs a good home. ACBG’s gonna get all huffy and carry on about how I wasn’t supposed to do that, but then I’ll get a hug and kiss, so it’s all good.
Hi, cool kids! I’ve been away from the MMP for a while, but I’m baaack. I’ts been cold here too, but the temp is up today. I wish we would get snow or some kind of precip, we’re about to dry up and blow away or burn up. The weather dork on the local news says possible rain this weekend. I hope so, the last significant rainfall we had was in October!
On the food front, not so much cookin’ here, 'cause my stove went on the blink. Oh, darn, we have to go out to eat!
My hubby got me a cake with pretty flowers on it, and a red bowl with red tulips in it for Val’s Day. I looooove tulips.
Gotta get back to foldin’ the laundry.
Ooh, I like tulips, too. Those and gerbera daisies are probably my favorites.
Haven’t caught up with all those posts yet, but wanted to let everyone know I’m home, but haven’t heard anything from **FCM ** yet. Going to eat something and read and hope that by the time I’m done with that, she’ll have checked in…
GT
88 degrees past three or four days, AC on in the car driving around town. And yet I am intrigued by and slightly jealous of the Doper who got 26 inches Sat. night. I promise, no snerking 
All caught up on reading. Still no call from FCM.
Started the dishwasher. And started to sort some tax stuff and enter some stuff into Money so that I have a complete record of where $ went in 2005 and 2006 to date…although I’m thinking about giving up on Money and moving down a technological notch to a fancy spreadsheet. If anyone has any ideas on how else to track $$$, this would be a good time to chime in. I’m actually looking for something Windows-based because none of my $$$ stuff goes in the iBook as it is a toy. I like being able to balance stuff without thinking and being able to interconnect accounts, but that’s really all the functionality I need and there’s something about Money that gets tiresome and overwhelming… Maybe I’ll try going back to Quicken…
Anyhoo, swampy, I haven’t tried the biscuits yet because I’m lacking buttermilk. I have shortening. I have self-rising flour (White Lily, even). Somehow, I missed the buttermilk. Might get to them tomorrow night. I promise that a full report will follow…
White chili is yum. Somewhere, I have a recipe for Aztec Chowder, which is essentially a white chili, and which a restaurant around here used to make. The restaurant is no more, but I still fondly remember the soup. I’ll post it when I come across it.
Oooh, I really like gerbera daisies too. Seems like I bought some about this time last year. I guess I’ll need to go look for some. Tulips are nice too, though.
Got something like 5 valentines in the mail today, including a Tweety Bird from rosie. (Mika’s arrived over the weekend… I think those were all the MMPers that were on my list. My mantel is looking very cheerful, I must say.
Speaking of Mika…you’re going to post a pic of the robe, right?
Why am I not surprised that swampy would buy a singing Valentine’s critter?
I’m still getting over the terror of being dive-bombed by a bat in my old bedroom. That was maybe 10 years ago. So, no bat houses for GT.
Hope #1 son is feeling better quickly, rigs.
It snowed here this morning, but the snow promptly disappeared. It was completely evaporated by the time I left work. Not sure where it went, since it was still pretty chilly. I’m sort of envious of the people with real snow. Although I don’t miss having to shovel.
Well…that’s all I’ve got for the moment. Gotta get moving with the paper organizing and such…
GT
We could have mammoths, we still have a few unexplored wild places left here that could be hiding mammoths. Of course by summertime, which should be next week, all their fur would fall out and the alligators gnawing on their ankles might get annoying. But hey, we could have mammoths.
Snow flurries in Tampa? I didn’t see any but we run about a degree or two warmer than the other side of the bay. The last snow I saw was around 1976, when we actually had snow flurries here but they melted by the time they hit the ground. It was the only time I’ve ever driven in snow. I think I’m too Floridian now to last long in actual snow.
#1 son has eaten something, so he’s not dead yet. He is really congested, which makes me no longer think of mono and just htink of nasty head cold.
nothing going on here. Going to watch Olympics a bit and wait up for Daily Show. Work tomorrow (and then “off” til next Tuesday! woot! except for a weird retreat thingy on Wednesday–4 hours in a room w/o windows. I can hardly wait!
Hope FCM and FCD are ok.
FCM just called. She just finished talking to the doctor. It took longer than she’d anticipated and she was the last person left in the waiting room, but FCD is doing fine. She’s waiting to get to see him (to make sure that he’s her definition of OK) and then she’s still got about a 40-minute drive back to her Mom’s.
I told her that there were lots of good wishes in the MMP; she said she could feel them.
So: YAY! Things look good so far.
She said she might not be able to post details before Wednesday.
GT
glad to hear FCD’s is doing okay. I was sending out vibes all day.
Good. I’m glad FCD’s doing well. Hugs to the FairyChatFamily.
Working was booooorrrriiiiing data entry almost all day. I’ve borrowed a book called House Thinking, A Room-By-Room Look At How We Live, and it’s so interesting that I just moved some bookshelves around to see if I could increase the cosiness in my bedroom and the open feeling in my living room. We’ll see if Mr. Lissar hates it when he gets home.
I’m tired, and I think I’ll go to bed early. Maybe before midnight. After I tidy up some of the stuff from moving furniture.
Well, I can’t blame the cat for this one - but I was up at 4AM. Swell - that means I didn’t even get 5 hours sleep. And what to you do when you wake up that early? Go on line, of course. And here it is 90+ minutes later, and you’re wondering what the heck took so long? Well, Mom has dial up… Also, I brushed my teeth. And I did try to fall back to sleep, but it wasn’t gonna happen.
Anyway, thanks, all for the good thought, and thanks, GT for taking my incoherent phone call. I was close to out of it by the time I called you. What the doctors said was FCD’s vertebrae were a bit tougher than they’d expected, and what with all them nerve bundles, they had to be really careful and work slowly. I also expect they didn’t roll him into the OR right after they sent me to the waiting room. Still, I started waiting a bit after 2 and it was 6 hours before I heard anything. I was all alone in the waiting area, trying to read while some really bad sitcoms were on the TV. I know they were bad by the occasional punchlines I heard when I got distracted.
It was after 9 and the only people I was seeing were the cleaning crew. No one was at any of the information desks. I had no idea where my sweetie was or how much longer it would be. And there I was with two plastic bags STUFFED with his stuff, plus the folder with his Xrays and MRI films, plus my purse. I looked like a bag lady. I decided to risk a run to the potty, and I realized that I should have gone to the cafeteria hours before. I was starving and pooped and worried.
When I emerged from the facilities, there was a guard who picked up on my perplexed and confused aura. I told him my sad tale, and he found and led me to my sweetie. I shall spare you the details because I’ll get all woozy again, but he was OK, considering what he’d been through, and his nurse was great, which made me feel better. He had lost a bit of blood, but they didn’t think they’d need to transfuse him. He was in pain, and they were trying to get good blood oxygen numbers before taking care of that. And he was semi-alert enough to make jokes and squeeze my hand.
Once my initial worries were quieted, I started getting woozy, to the point where I was kneeling with my head down. The nurse brought me a chair and I sat with my head between my knees. Yes, I’m a wuss. No, I don’t do hospitals well. Plus I hadn’t eaten for over 10 hours, except for a donut and a non-caffeinated diet coke, so my system was pretty well messed up. I could tell it would be a while before they moved him to his room, and I was exhausted and starving and still a long way from Mom’s. So I got his room number, found out visiting hours start at 9, and I said my good-byes. I feel bad for running out on him, but there was absolutely nothing I could do, he was pretty much out of it, and frankly, I was in the way. The nurse did call for security to escort me to my car - it wasn’t all that far, but with all the snow and icy patches and me with all my bags of stuff, it would have been treacherous at least. So the nice security guy gave me a lift and stayed till I was in my car.
Mom was still up when I got home, and she heated me some veggie soup. We talked a little and I relaxed, then hit the sheets. The COLD sheets. She keeps her house cooler than mine, plus I have an electric blanket to warm my sheets. So I slept in my fuzzy robe.
I’ll be leaving here between 8 and 8:30, stopping enroute at a Dunkin’ Donuts, since I promised FCD that I’d bring him a toasted coconut donut. I’m hoping I don’t pass out on him again. I’m also hoping I’m there when the Dr comes by - I forgot to ask him when he does his rounds. No idea yet when we’ll be going home. I guess it depends on his pain level today. But I am starting to think that I won’t be going to FL this weekend - I don’t think he’s going to be up to caring for himself since this procedure was much more invasive than the last - like going to someone’s spine can be less invasive… :rolleyes:
Next Thurs (I think) he’ll come back to get his staples removed. Now, if I can just convince him to sell his motorcycle. What are my chances of that??
Again, thanks, all for the good thoughts and prayers. It was truly a comfort to me knowing that a bunch of strange people (I mean that in the nicest possible way :D) were thinking about us. Today’s going to be a long one, but we’ll get home soon and life will be good. I’ll try to check in later this evening, depending on when I get home. And for now, I need caffeine…
Wow, FCM, you didn’t sound nearly as tired as you must have been! (And you certainly don’t sound like a wuss!) I’m so glad you made it back to your Mom’s safely. Keep us updated on FCD’s progress.
I woke up early and am trying to figure out what extra thing I can accomplish before getting ready for work. Maybe a bit of breakfast will help.
GT
Forgot one geeky note: gotti, if you’re reading this, could you take a look at my Mac Security Poll over in IMHO? I read something you wrote in another Mac thread and thought you might have an opinion…
Also, you could stop by and help me refinish my floors? It’s a really small house, so it’ll just take a few minutes. 
Thanks.
GT
Dang trav don’t work poor gotti to death. After all I might need him to swing by and help with a couple projects. Make of that what you will.
YAY for FCD coming through the surgery ok! FCM don’t forget to take care of yourself, ok? We don’t need both of ya laid up after all. Prayers and good thoughts continue from south Jawja.
HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY!!!
Happy V-Day, all!
So glad to hear FCD came through ok. Make sure you EAT, FCM!
I got purty flahrs! They were all arranged so pretty when I got up to go to work. And sugar-free candy and a bee-yoo-tee-ful card. I love my sweetie. 
I hope everybody has a great day!