Evening all.
Great OP gt. Spring here is pretty much non-existent. We have cold (aka nice) weather and we have hot weather. The cold weather ended in late March and it has been hot since then. Flowers do well in winter here, except for certain flowering shrubs that bloom profusely in hot weather, like bougainvilleas. I see lots of those, blooming beautifully in summer!
Okay, off to forage for dinner stuff!
VBob, clearly, you need some assistance in digging yourself out from those 45 gallons… and me being a kind and generous soul, would be willing to accept them as a gift if you wish to ship them northwards to your pecan-deprived Canadian brethren.
In exchange, I can provide Canadian goodies like maple sugar, REAL Smarties (the chocolate-centered kind), President’s Choice sauces, Sunshine Girl calendars and/or beaver pelts.
(actually… might be hard to find beaver pelts, so scratch those)
Rosie, does it count if I make dinner for an animator? 
yup
Show of hands everybody who wants to see BBBobbio in beaver pelt pants with a matching jacket. 
Muppet you offer many fine tempting things in exchange for pecans. Bein’ as I live in pecan country I am always plentifully supplied with ‘em. Plus, I go to a church that is surrounded by pecan trees, so I “adopt” a couple of trees each year, meanin’ I get to be responsible for keeping the limbs and nuts picked up. Of course that means I get to keep the pecans I pick up, so it’s all good.
Spaz you should get your father one of those pecan picker upper thingys that one rolls around the yahd. They’re handy dandy!
Howdy Y’all! I snuck home for lunch and thought I’d post.
So then take out a mexican and give me…I mean him tequila!
Kidding, tomorrow’s a school day and I don’t want to be dead for it. Tequila kills me.
Hmmm, do you think bobbio has one of those to pick up his nuts? I think the beaver pelt should be made into swimming trunks…bein’ and all as it’s waterproof. 
Erm, tea, I expect.
gt Purty flahrs! I haven’t seen bleeding hearts since I lived up nawth. I really miss lilacs. The new gardenia tree Mr. Anachi just planted is a close runner-up though.
Spring? Um, it’s gonna be 88 Murkin degrees today, folks.
We are having a Cinco de Mayo party here at the office this afternoon. The last thing I want to do is a tequilla jello shot just before I drive home. :rolleyes:
Anybody watch the derby? I can’t believe yet another horse has busted during the running of the triple crown races. I was happy for Big Brown but even he has bad feet. They actually have to glue on his shoes because his hooves can’t take nails. Very sad for Eight Bells, though. 
Tupug
Four of us killed off an entire bottle of tequila yesterday.
Invisible Tenant had a friend over for the weekend. Unfortunately, he didn’t share, but they did provide the tequila, plus a pile of shrimp and mini lobster tails to add into dinner.
I came out of the closet yesterday. (Stop that giggling, *swampy ** and bloodydonkey!) What started as a conceptually simple task of yanking out the old-style single pole and shelf from the bedroom closets and replacing them with fancy adjustable poles and shelves to double the usable space turned into an epic task.
Once the old shelf brackets and cleats came out, it was decided that the closets needed to be painted. And it was decided that the hated mirrored closet doors needed to go. So, while paint dried, I swapped the mirrored doors over to Invisible Tenant’s room, since he said he’d like them. DH then decides to extend the paint out onto a couple accent walls in the bedroom, and while we’re painting the walls, why don’t we replace those old ugly outlets with new ones? And re-arrange the bedroom, and clean every square inch of carpet, and the top of the TV, and let’s get rid of that horrible hotel-styled mirror over the bathroom sink, and that doubly-horrid “California” light bar? And, And, And…
It is looking better, at least!
That’s all.
Mmm, beaver pelts. Do people even skin beavers anymore? (Looking at you, Canadians!) I bought some leather from the internets and one of my friends in town is supposed to make me a jockstrap.
Caffeination consists of a Diet Pepsi for me, although since I didn’t wake up until almost 10 AM, I don’t know if I can be as angry about it being Monday as you guys.
Also, I love how all I have to do is not post in the MMP for a few weeks and get welcomed back! (Hi, everyone!)
Pecan trees? I’m fascinated. I love pecans, but didn’t realize that they were so prolific! Is the 45 gallons from one tree? Why do pecans cost so much then?! :mad:
One final down, one to go (about an hour and a half from now), then I’m DONE forever with school! (Until I come back in the fall as a post-bac to retake some classes in which I did badly to increase chances of getting into pharmacy school.
gnnrff…gnrgl…yaaaaaaaawwnnn shuffle shuffle shuffle… cooooooofffeeeeee…
Oh, g’mawnin… ass scratch, shuffle shuffle, sip sip
Spring. Bah! It’s cold and cloudy here… this is San Diego, dangit! That ain’t supposed to happen!
Mine looks like a Slinky on a stick… <snerk>
I’m having a hard time keeping my mouth shut about the too obvious lines about my fondness for beaver. <snerk>[sup]2[/sup]
This is my nut picker. A Slinky on a stick, just like I said.
Apparently, it’s the Brazilians that skin beavers nowadays.
ZING!
[botany lesson]
Most nut trees have a 2 year cycle; they bear every year, but 1 year is light, and the 2nd heavy.
[/botany lesson]
The 45 gallons represents the 2 half of the heavy year output that I haven’t bothered with yet…
Hi all, remember me? I am so behind, two weeks of crap has kept me off the 'puter, so I don’t know the status of Haze’s situation with That Guy, and a whole lotta other things. Since I was last in the MMP we had a storm with hurricane force wind, a four day blizzard, a week of snow falling every day, then last week I also had the flu from hell. Grins and giggles. There has been some minor drama over skiffman’s working for his skipper, but it’s his business to take care of that sort of thing, I get to just quietly stew over it. Much more, but right now I really need all of the MMPers best thoughts as I am waiting for tickets to go on sale in less than an hour for Elton John. He will be in Alaska for the first time ever, and the tickets are going to go fast. The Fairbanks show sold out in three hours, I need four tickets, so send the good vibes, please. This also means a trip to Anchorage, where I will get to see my two oldest daughters, and granddaughter Tea! 
I’ll post pictures of my spring in a bit, it’s a whopping 40 F and raining right now, yee fricken haw.
Hi!
Page 2 already?
Can’t catch up!
Bye…
oh, kai, there has been much drama in Haze’s world - She’ll fill you in, I’m sure.
You expected IT to share his friend? In what way? :dubious: :eek: 
I am back from running errands from hell–3 hours worth. Now I rest (for a bit) then do more pots. I also have my very first guitar lesson today.
And I found out that my 401k lost 2 grand. The cardboard box under the freeway overpass is looking more and more likely.
I should just keep a blog of my life so people can keep up! kai, long story short - he broke up with her, so we’re together now, I guess (I’m still getting used to the idea). He’s also asked me to marry him so we can stay together (without a visa I wouldn’t be able to come back to the US). We’re still thinking about that one.
Speaking of drama, I just exchanged another bout of emails with Cloud Maiden. She continues to accuse me of taking advantage of her, and NOW she’s saying she might abandon all her shit she left behind in the apartment.
Maybe this is a character flaw of mine, but I CANNOT STAND the idea that a friend of mine (or soon-to-be former friend, even) thinks I wronged them in some way. And she is absolutely convinced that I refused to live with NE Gentleman so I could live by myself and mooch off her rent.
NE Gentleman would have moved in with me in May, had I accepted him as a roommate. So I finally told Cloud Maiden that I’d give her back the May rent, since that’s what she would have saved had he moved in.
Yeah, I know, it’s stupid. But seriously, the idea that she thinks she is in the right here irritates me so much I can’t even being to describe it. If giving her back May’s rent will shut her up about how martyred she is, I’ll give it to her with a smile and never speak to her again, and that will be that. (That Guy says I’m being melodramatic about the whole thing, and I probably am, but to me several hundred dollars is worth my peace of mind.)