Wow! I’ve been out and about so much (end of school stuff for the kids, mostly) that I’ve missed a lot!
It looks like maybe I should whip up a pot of vegetable soup, though, and maybe light some of these new candles I made…got Warm Vanilla Sugar scent here, a to-die-for Wisteria, and a nice Spiced Apple blend. One of here, one for the kitchen, one for the bathroom.
Let’s see, what else…hey! Got a whole new collection of colored Sharpies! Anyone got anything they need permanent doodles on?
Hey all…I’m still here, just puttering around with the soundtrack some more…as luck has it, I have another magic box with virtually every great song in creation on 45 rpm. Any requests?
So glad to see y’all here, and the new faces too. Todd whips out peppermint tea for the new arrivals, and some iced coffee per a recipe that his dear bodypoet found online for him
Washte…Toad In The Hole sounds amazingly good! Is it considered okay form for me to have this with maple syrup, or is that a no-no?
Peppermint tea!!! swoon Iced coffee!!! double swoon
Just thought I’d drop in and say Hi. Still haven’t had time to excavate the back room to get to the other kittens, and if I don’t get it done today it won’t be until next week, as I’ve got an SF convention this weekend. Considering what I still need to do before we leave, I doubt I’ll get to it.
I’d heard of Toad in the Hole, Washte, but I’ve never tried it. Sounds wonderful, especially with taters and mushy peas.
Maybe next week I’ll also have time to woprk on my LJ.
{{Siege}}
(I’m still not used to seeing that instead of your old name. I keep wondering who the newby is. )
Here, have a kitten. they’re two weeks old today. Fluffy, squirmy, and squeeky (no that’s not their names).
Sounds as if lots of hugs are needed.
{{{everyone}}}
Toad in the Hole is fantastic, as Siege will vouch for. Maple syrup on it?? They don’t do maple syrup over here I’m afraid (hard to get and rarely used if you can find it).
It is normally a dinner item. Ask Siege what is the best sausage to use in the US. Give it a go and then why not have the left overs for brekkie with syrup? What the hey, eh? Let me know how it goes!
Oh, and mushy peas - food to die for - must be eaten with mint sauce for the best experience.
My puppy is growing, but always good for a cuddle (when she’s not running around like a blue arsed fly).
Having seen you photo Siege, I can guarantee you are not scary looking. You look just as I had imagined actually… 
Oh, and Lurky darlin’. Please get busy with that LJ thingy. You are a paid user and you’ve yet to post anything!! Enjoy your convention.
Siege, thanks a lot for the thought, and if you need some virtual cuddling on the couch, hey, I’m right here next to ya.
As for puppies and kitties, I’m actually going to a friend’s house in real life later today for just that reason. (Okay, I’m actually going to drive them to the airport, but they’ve got dogs and kitties, and I often like to call the place my ‘puppy therapy’)
Toad in the Hole sounds really good, by the way… Have to add that to the bar n grill menu.
CJ / Seige, that IS you, isn’t it? Hmmm. Apparently I missed a memo around here…wonder what else I’ve missed!
You guys…I just went back to the beginning of this thread and read the first few pages. What a great experience! All these people popping in, needing a hug or a snuggle or just a cup of tea, and all these other people willing to pitch in whatever is needed. You all are wonderful, and I’m going to go around and hug every single one of you now, okay?
Just everyone sit still for a minute, or I’ll get all confused…In the meantime, you can play with this new pack of Play Doh I got today. Mmmmm, the smell of Play Doh!!!
[look of consternation] Mushy peas? What the hell is that? I’m envisioning baby food here…
Maybe Todd would whip up some margaritas…oooh! or strawberry daquaris! Fresh strawberries right there in that grocery bag I just carried in! Mmmmmmm…
[commences to hugging]
Mushy peas are one of those foods that you either love or hate.
Mushy peas are large marrowfat peas that have been soaked in bicarb, rinsed, then cooked and partially mushed.
Imagine refried beans type texture only thinner.
The colouring varies greatly depending on how much food colouring was added (tinned/canned). It can vary from a grayish green to a very bright Kermit green. Doesn’t alter the flavour, just colour.
Mint sauce just makes it all the more beautiful!
Whatdya call it when you break up with -friends- for being jerks?
I dunno, but I’m here because of it. Makes me feel worse because -I- initiated the ‘break up’. sent out an email to the jerk-group last night. no responses as of yet. 
Sorry ArrrMatey…
There, there, ArrrMatey.
Sometimes you have to do the healthiest thing for you, and if these folks were jerks, then you did the right thing. I know it doesn’t feel good right now, but maybe a little time, and a few brownies and some ice cream, will help the hurt a little.
Here, lemme rub your shoulders a little. Therrrrrrre we go…now, take a nice deep cleansing breath.
Better?
OK, time for some Lynne-love.
My mom found my pills, asked me why I had em, so I went to lunch with her today to tell her. I told her that I’m sleeping with my boyfriend, and the only thing she says is “I’m sorry to hear that.” And then I leave.
Can I have some hugs, and some reassurance that I’m not going to hell?
Lynne, you’re not going to hell. Many parents have a hard time letting their children grow up- they always imagine the worst, and they always see you as a toddler.
Siege, you are way too cool to be unloved. Here’s a hug:
{{{{{Siege}}}}}
I’m stuck in a rut. I haven’t been working steadily for a long time now, and I’m going stir-crazy at home. I have no friends in the neighborhood, everywhere else is beyond comfortable walking distance, and the closest thing I have to conversation is this computer.
I have to wait until the end of July to see a specialist (endocrinologist) about my diabetes. My present doctor has tried many different drug combinations and nothing is making my glucose levels go down. I may need to go on insulin.
The body pain from the neuropathy I could live without- along with the arthritis. I now have some type of sinus infection, probably related to the staph infection that put me in the hospital for 5 days in February.
I just don’t have the energy to do anything, the drugs take the rest away, and there’s no one to cheer me up.
Well, I’ve needed to complain about it for a while, and here it is. What a whiner, eh?
Lynne, I promise, you will not go to hell. Good luck trying to go ANYWHERE.
I’m just teasing, I know that must have been tough (((Lynne)))
Hey friendly people…mind if I throw myself on your comfort? I have 2nd year university exams in 3 days and I think I might have blown it…nothing’s making any sense…i just want to lay down and cry…
7 hour days every day of revision and a pass mark seems just as far away as ever, if I ever needed a comfort party, now’s the time:(
{{green_dragon}}
{{ArrMatey}}
{{Lynne}}
{{Steelerphan}}
{{Seige}}
Sometimes life just sucks, I know.
Lynne–if you’re going to Hell, I’ll be right in there with you. Maybe we can room together, or something.
ArrMatey–if those people were jerks, then they were jerks, and that’s really all there is. Good for you for telling them to get lost.
Green_dragon–best of luck on exams. I feel your pain–really, I do. I had plenty of doses of premium-grade anxiety in my undergrad, too, along with some flunking and close calls with flunking. I survived–you will too. And you’ll probably do better than I did, anyway.
Seige–I know how you feel, too. I’m nearly 30, I wasn’t exactly hugely popular to start with, and I’m not getting any younger or more attractive. Being surrounded by a population of people between 18 and 22 years old doesn’t help, either.
At this point, I’ve accepted the idea that I might well not be dating anyone again until after I’ve graduated, moved, settled into a new place, and started a new phase of my life. I have a bad feeling that it’s gonna be a long, cold, celibate couple of years.
Thanks Scrib but tell me…were you a lazy idiot who left all of his learning till the last few days before exams?
I sincerely want to pass…I want to be a teacher and, well, can’t do that without a degree
Green_dragon–honestly, for some classes, yes.
Well where there’s life, there’s hope I guess
And regardless of whether I’m out on my ear or not, it’ll all be over in a little over a week, at which point I’ll probably be past caring.
Where’s the cute little kittens?
Actually, for lots of classes, yes. Sad, isn’t it?