We went to the park yesterday. Oh, yes, we froze our little butts off but we got some nice pics and really enjoyed ourselves all the same.
…pssst! Guess what?
ME BAAAAAACK!!!
How dee doodle ee oo gene baby. Now I remember whom you remind me of! You know how Grover on Sesame Street gets a bit frantic on occassion? That’s you, with a little Cookie Monster thrown in. You’re not scary so you aren’t Animal, sorry.
Picunurse, my cousin is building a hospital (childrens’ even!) right now. We could have him design a part especially for you and then they’d have to hire you since they couldn’t put someone else in your office or space. And everybody would be nice to you because you’re so spiffy they made an office just for you. Sheesh, your cow-orkers would have coronaries if they saw what goes on in our workroom at lunch.
Why is that particular phone an apartment phone? Also, which are oldest, wood boxish phones or the stand up skinny type? My grandparents had both and it wouldn’t make sense if the box was oldest. They also had a big black phone in the foyer that grandpa used to clobber a guy who was breaking in, but that one is clear in my phone timeline.
I wish I could share a picture of the wallpaper in my parents’ old bedroom. Shiny orange, yellow, flocked brown, and metallic-silver stripes in all different widths, which they put up diagonally. On every wall, over soffiets, even the door and closet. The floor was orange carpet and mom made a bedspread to match the wallpaper. I never have understood that room since they were otherwise pretty conservative with their decor.
Swampy, how on earth do you get the KitchenAid splatter guard to not make a bigger mess than without it? Maybe mine’s possessed-- there is spinning and food being spewed whenever I try it. That’s a good looking couch too. And please do get rid of the wicker etagiere. Bears shouldn’t own wicker for many many reasons, but mainly because it catches their fur.
Oh, my mixer is a beautimous dark red and has no name as I was raised in a non-naming of appliances household. Come to think of it, we’re not even so great at naming pets. A calico cat named Calico, another cat named Baby Kitty, then there was Blackie, a dog that whizzed everywhere named Whizzer and a border collie named Lady.
It’s a freezy cold 47 degrees right now, which is 10pm and bedtime for this Bonzo. Gots to check the weather channel for frost advisories for tonight. Back in the twenties, it snowed here. But just once and for only a few minutes.
dangergene! I was just wondering the other day if you were still around… You’re coming back to say more, right? Right!!!
Ummmm, Ashes, perhaps your parents weren’t quite as conservative as you thought…? Diagonal orange stripes? Eeeek!
I’m up and at the 'puter to send a couple of e-mails before I head off to work, so I thought I’d stop by and say good morning. Why does it feel like a Monday? (For a moment there, I thought I should be looking for a new MMP…)
GT
It ate my post.
My teapot is Achilles and my dressform is Darlene. We name things here. I’m leaning towards Matilda right now.
I went to bed at 9:30 and got up at 7. I must have been tired. I’m still a little sleepy but I’m about to have tea, and then go to the doctor. Before I leave I should throw out anything in the fridge that’s become capable of spaceflight.
I’ve always associated the word “choir” with a more religious base (church or synagogue) whereas a chorus is more secular.
And since barbershop harmony is traditionally one gender at a time, some women sing bass and some baritone - but an octave higher than in men’s barbershop
But boy howdy, I sure do! I managed a personal best over the weekend. What with being so freaking busy at work I haven’t been getting a lot of sleep. So on Sunday I decided to hit the hay around 7:00pm.
I slept until I had to pee, right around 4:00am.
Then I slept until I had to pee, right around noon.
Then I slept until the wife came inat 5:30pm to make me go over to my grandparents house for a birthday party for my uncle. We’re being hyper supportive of him right now, since he lost a son, my cousin, in a motorcycle accident a few months ago. So we had a nice little party, my granddad put together one of his famous slideshows, and we all ate waaaaayyyy to much cake and ice cream. Then I went home and slept until this morning. MAN I feel good.
Odd, the only thing I name is my cars, though I’m having trouble picking out a name for my new car. In the past, I’ve always gone with something that seemed to speak about the car’s personality, though with my last one (an Isuzu Rodeo) I think I mainly called it “You *&%! peice of *&^@!!”
Any idears? My new car is a Chevy Impala, and it’s “Dark Silver Metallic”, which is a marketer’s way of calling it silver.
<snerk> IN BED! <snerk>
One can <snerk> at anything if one tries hard enough.
Sean we didn’t get fortune cookies. We forgot! See, at this place you get them at the counter when you pay on the way out. They sit right there with a sign that says “One Per Customer, Please.” We were actually in the furniture store when we realized we forgot to get our cookies. We were devastated! Just devastated I tells ya! Finding my beee-yooo-tee-ful sofa made up for it though.
Thanks for all the sofa compliments everybody. The pillows do come with it. They are the funky design on one side and match the sofa on the other side. I can mix and match! How exciting is that! Ashes[sup]2[/sup] the purpose of the spatter guard is not to have spatters. Mine works just fine at doing that. No KitchenAid spatters for me.
Howdy dangergene! Do drop back by and catch us all up on your life.
Did I tell y’all I scored the coolest item for the silent auction/chocolate classic fundraiser we have coming up next week? I got a Harley-Davidson leather jacket donated! It’s hanging here in my office as we speak. It’s a small so I can’t try it on but still nobody else will get anything cooler than that. I know it. It’s cool! It’s jake even!
Lissla, I’ve wanted a KitchenAid mixer for years! I do envy you, as you wanted to be envied.
swampy, all of your pictures led me to believe that you wore a small.
We had a silver car named The Silver Bullet. Feel free to use the name, our Silver Bullet has gone to the giant junk yard in the sky. That car knew it was on its way out too. On the last day I had to drive it, the hood came loose and flew up completely blocking my view at 65 mph!
I made cheese straws last night (thanks SwampBear) They where so good that they disappeard almost instantly. IndeciGuy insisted on squirting squeeze cheese on them. Classy guy, huh? But I love him, and he gives me all his paychecks so I let it slide.
Whoa whoa whoa. Jake? Are you sure? Jake isn’t a compliment to just be tossed around lightly.
I think you need to send it to me so that I can decided on its Jakiness.
donkeybear what part of large hairy gay man led you to believe I was small? :dubious: Besides, what with you stalking me and all, I woulda thought you’d have that figured out by now.
welby go to your nearest Harley-Davidson store and check out the leather jackets on display. I believe that will lead you to the conclusion of jake! I have definitely locked up the coolest auction item title. I also kinda locked up the kee-yooo-test auction item title because I got two cute baby strollers donated. Is it not interesting to know that I know somebody who sells Hawgs for a living and somebody who sells baby stuff for a living? How’s that for extremes!
Oh, and speaking of my new sleeper sofa and curio cabinet, I was faced with the dilemma (close enough) of what to do with the futon and the wicker etagere. Friends of mine who have a cabin at the river allowed as how they could use 'em at the cabin, so they are going to come and get them. The futon frame is kinda ratty but they’re handy type folk so they reckon they can fix it up to be a bit more sturdy. The futon itself is in good shape. The etagere is in good shape as well. They will be lovely additions to the cabin and will have a good home there.
indie (that’s your nickname now) I’m glad the cheese straws were a hit. Squirt cheese on cheese straws is not a bad thing. Mind you I’ve never done it, but I might now that the idea has been planted. 
I forgot to mention that today I get to talk to a bunch of parents about transitioning from school to work and the community. Those parents are in for such a thrill. I also get to do it again on Thursday for a bunch of parents and teachers. Oh well, at least I get a free lunch both times.
Gandalf. Gandalf the Silvery-Gray.
Have you ever sat staring at a piece of paper, trying to remember all the things you had to write down so you wouldn’t forget them? That’s me. What did I need to remember.
With a question mark, not a period. Like this–> ?
Y’all think I should get some new swimming trunks? I seem to be mooning the lifeguard on a regular basis these days, and I’ll have to stop swimming to re-tie my suit.
Is the world ready for Bobbio in Speedos? Snerk away, MMPers…
I’m alive, I’m back at work, and the Bell Tower is faaaaabulous. The phone and internet don’t work yet, which is why I haven’t posted pictures yet (also, can’t find the camera), but I’ll be back to tell you all about it once I plow through the work nobody else did. 
I’m back at work, too, and it’s cold up here in Upstate NY! The water bottle I forgot in my car is frozen solid (it was only half-full, and certainly not capped). And it took forever for my car to thaw out. Brr!
Maybe you should ask the lifeguard if he likes being mooned first.
I say buy the speedos, put 'em on, take pictures and post 'em so we can judge. How else are gonna be able to tell?
Drae’s internet doesn’t work, so she is communicating with us telepathically.
Now, THAT’S jake!
hello there, dangerene --when come back, bring words!
Off to grocery store, in the rain (not snow-grrrrrrr).
Not much going on today over here in Strawberry Fields. Need to look at the application for grad school and start it. Laundry and that’s about it.
Ooh, took #1 son (with #2 son; #1-and only- daughter was studying at the coffee shop) to Office Max and got us some computer desks! He has saved and worked for 3 years for his new computer (don’t ask me what it is, but it costs $1000 buckaroos). We are spotting him the desk–he has agreed to work if he wants a new chair.