Lite Brite CUBE???
I want one. When the Kid was a kid, I spent more time than she did with her Lite Brite, I swear…
It’s the Last Day of School for 2006 here.
YAY!!
We’re back on the 3rd, next week, it’s pretty much me and one other person all week.
Oh, and while some are discussing holiday goodie making, I’m getting really tired of peecans. Last night, I made 5 batches of sugar spiced nuts, and I have 11 more to go for tonight. VWife has made so many cookies in the last few days that her shoulders hurt.
We leave for Indyanner tomorrow morning, and all this stuff is Xmas gifts for this year 'cuz we’re so house poor at the moment.
<snerk> sugar spiced nuts <snerk>
A friend of ours - Bill - runs a side business making glazed nuts - the ones they sell in paper cones?
The common joke is that Bill has the best salty nuts ever.
Get it? Salty nuts?
Haw!
Holiday goodies…this weekend I be mostly baking beetroot chocolate cake. Ha!
You sure it wasn’t Salty Chocolate Balls?
Obligatory South Park reference…
Congrats, kai! I think being a gran is very special. I can wait a little longer, though.
Vertigo is better today. BarbeeDoll[sup]TM[/sup] and I are meeting with elderly care attorney at 11:00 am. Think good thoughts, please.
bibby, so good to have the picture to go with the posting.
li-li, no whinging! Offer it up to the Baby Jebus. 
Billing is finis!
Tupug
AGH!
Three – three – of my cow-orkers have The Sick. I’m trying to stay the hell away from them. My body is of a particular design that it appears to be drawn to The Sick, and I do not want The Sick. At all. Ever. I went through two consecutive bouts in September and October, one beginning just as the other one faded. No more sick for 2006! No more! No! Hex! Away wi’ ye, foul beasties! A pox on your capsids! Come any closer and I will rend thee with sharp pointy sticks tipped with NyQuil!
Good morning one and all.
Sending very good wishes to all those who need them.
Congrats to kai on being a Grandma! I am years (I hope) away from that.
My Og! I am soooooo tired, I can’t think straight.
In fact, I can’t think straight enough to post, so I’ll come back later.
Quick post before bed.:
Congrats Grandma kai!!!
Maggie has to have blood tests every year for her Addison’s, this year she had odd liver readings.
Nava, you can sing to me any time.
Bookcat, I think I need mouth to mouth, cna you help me out?
Back from the dentist, 4 fillings and over $300 later… :eek: We’ll be leaving in a few to take Bernie to be “done” - OK, to be destinkified. We’ll try to find a gift for my future son-in-law and grab some lunch, then home for clay play!
I threw together a pork BBQ - it’ll be low, slow cooking till dinner. yummmmmmmmmm
Oh God… BBQ… now that’s one reason for moving Over There…
There’s several US-themed restaurant chains Over Here, only places where you can find BBQ or something resembling it. Wonder where the nearest Hard Rock Cafe is?
Munich.
Is four hours too far to drive for BBQ? Why are there no HRCs in Switzerland? Will this horrible oversight be corrected any time soon? Why have I never been able to find better baby back ribs in Europe? Why am I hungry when it’s still about three hours to dinner? Would it be better to go to Rome, which is farther but we can just speak in our respective native languages? How expensive is Rome at this time of year?
I did see a Buffalo Grill while I was driving from Spain… uhm…
Hey! Those are French! And there is one just across the border! Guess the being French explains why the BBQ sauce isn’t the best but heck I’ll make do. OK, plans for Saturday, after verifying that the webpage for the local IKEA doesn’t show bedsheets (why do people here not use bedsheets?): hop over to France. Buy bedsheets and some sort of low, oval recipient to use for my Christmas decorations. Buy some food items that they have in France but not in Switzerland. Eat the french version of US food. Tell the guy at the border that I ain’t got nothing to declare.
We’s got a plan!
Why officer, I do declare that I don’t have a thing to declare.
That’s how you do that in the southern U.S. Nava. 
Yay, grandmaKai!
Good luck on the BBQ trek, Nava.
Last night I dreamed that I bought a house on the top of a hill, only the “house” was a 10 story office building, you know the big box kind that’s all windows? And it was next door to a mall of the same shape. And it only cost $199,000!
Next door cube neighbor is gone today, so I can listen to iTunes!
Tomorrow is the big meeting to explain How Working in the Secretarial Pool Can Advance Your Career! Yeah, right. It looks fantastic on the resume to go from Executive Assistant to Manager Service Center Coordinator. :rolleyes: Not that I’m bitter or anything.
Bibcat is female?
<head hits desk-I’ll never figure all of us out…>
I am still sick–and now I am sick and tired of shopping. Did the grocery store today-am now very poor, but we have crab legs for CE dinner. With crab fondue, French bread (shit-I forgot to buy that–or well, it’s best the day of), wine and salad. Nummers.
Went to Target-they lowered my cover! I got outta there for $33. thank god. Off to make Hello Dolly Bars-I have no idea why they’re called that.
Hope all are well, if not, I’m sorry.
The little pop-up Carol Channing isn’t enough of a clue? Just don’t expect me to explain Whoopie Pies to you… 
Anytime, dogslaveguy.
Definitely snerk-worthy: One of those ‘Things that sound dirty but aren’t.’
We were learing how to adjust the facepieces in fire class. You strap it on tight, and put your hand over the valve part in front and suck in to make sure you have a tight seal. You can still breathe through the one-way valve (after you remove your hand) and you’re ready to hook up to the regulator and go ‘on air.’
I was still getting the hang of getting a tight seal (and I was using the wrong size mask, to boot). I had it strapped on and was trying to get it to seal to my face and knew I was doing something wrong. I raised my hand and said, quite innocently, “Am I supposed to suck or blow?”
:o
Congrats to you and your daughter, kai
Nava I thought the Hard Rock Cafe was started in London? That’s where I saw my first one. It was twenty years ago today.
I am never trying to flirt again. I end up with nothing, and look at all the problems it caused this week.
So the Aggravating Siding Experience continues. I stayed home from work for the first couple of hours this morning because the siding guy was supposed to come by "early"and fix the shakes that are falling off of the house (see the first two pictures here), and to get the window replacement guys started (we’re replacing all the windows and the back sliding door).
So I was hanging around the house this morning. Window guys shoiw up at 8 a.m. sharp, and start working right away. But the siding guy… he was supposed to be there “early” in the morning, and only showed up after I called the company at 9:30 asking where he was. I was told he’s be there “in ten minutes”. Half an hour later, he shows up. It’s now 10 o’clock.
And of course, they didn’t think that when I said that “siding fell off the house and needs replaced” that he would need to bring more siding. So now we have to wait until Saturday afternoon to get this crap fixed. That started falling off the house exactly one week after the job was finished. We paid a sh*tload of money to get the 100% PVC shakes and an experienced installation team.
I’m telling you, I think I’m going to go with a less-reputable firm next time. Some guy running the business out of the back of his station wagon sounds about right at this point.
Congratulations Grandma Kai 
And my sympathy FCM. 
The answer to the question of what to get two or three neighbour-children of indeterminate age, gender and religion turned out to be lego. I can’t believe nobody here worked that out before I did!
I did my verbal test today. I’m nearly a real live traindriver but I gotta do the practical tomorrow. It’s incredibly foggy here and I hate driving in that, not to mention the fact that no only will there be an examiner watching my every move (hate that) but my first train will be filled only with experienced traindrivers whom I am taking to work. Eek.
Must remember to check my cocks are upright…