Happy Soapy Day
Happy Dave Day**{{{{{{}}}}}}}**
Trying to wake up, not working so far
Jim
Happy Birthday Soapy!
I fell back asleep this am and had a little… well I can’t call it a nightmare, but I dreamed I forgot to let piddle pup out and her owner is a real stickler about me showing up exactly on time and I was rushing to find my keys and woke up in a panic.
The first time I pet sat for him he was getting me 4x a day to let his dog out and he called me every visit to make sure I was there and that his dog was okay.
Well, that was interesting… I was in the yard looking at my new gardens and I saw a snake in the process of eating a frog. :eek: Luckily, Higgs didn’t see it and I was able to get her back in the house.
I know, circle of life and all that. I just didn’t want the dog to start playing with them. And I don’t know what kind of snake it is. Not a coral snake, not a rattlesnake. That’s all I know.
You know you wanted to see it… unless you’re queasy about nature and stuff.
Why am I suddenly hungry?
Jim
Happy Soapy Day!
{{ picu & sticky & anyone else I missed}}
Not much to add other than it is hawt here. Really hawt. I think we stepped over the magic 100 line yesterday and will continue to do so for a while.
mr ems is out of town til tomorrow so one more night of no adult supervision! 
I might just go wild!
**mmmmmmmm **- too bad you’re so far from me - we could be Mumpers Gone Wild!!! :eek: Altho I expect my wild night will be spent knitting while watching TV - just like every other night of my life.
**Jim **- you want a big gulp, too?? 
Happy Soapy Day!
{{Nurse}}
{{Sticky}}
Happy birthday Soapy 
I think I’ll save the air rifle for the gits painting the back of the house- today I’ve come back to find they’ve been, left the lights on, trampled paint into the carpet (and a rug which is not the landlord’s property), used the toilet and not flushed, left heaps of crap around both in the back yard and the front, and gone. They were supposed to be finished today, but there’s still a load of stuff out there.
We had been told they would be done by today, but I just phoned the agency to ask when they were planning on coming back, and to complain about the mess, and the lady I spoke to this time casually mentioned in passing (when I asked if they knew when the scaffolding would be gone) that they weren’t just painting the house, they were fixing the roof, and might be there several months.
The scaffolding is set up in our private access back garden. The only access is through our flat. They apparently did not feel that the fact that a building crew was going to be tramping through our flat into our garden potentially for months was something we needed to know :mad:
Ps, your snakey looks like a checkered garter snake Mooooom. It’s not really venomous, which is a shame- otherwise I’d like to borrow it. I might just have to make do with the spider army, and perhaps a landmine.
I have two large and ugly dogs, so I can fix you up with a large quantity of landmines…
**Nuts **- I looked up the checkered garter snake - from what I can tell, its range is the southwest of the US into Mexico and Central America. Altho I suppose it could be a pet that was released or escaped. I’m going to post in GQ about it - no offense. I think you may be right, but it doesn’t make sense that it would be on the opposite end of the country.
But what do I know? I’m an engineer…
Hugs to all who need them and to some that haven’t asked for them anyways.
Happy Soapy Birthday!
Why is it the morning seems to zooooooooooooooooooooooooom by but then the afternoon c.r.a.w.l.s. U.g.h.
I have officially run out of patience. Anyone know where I can buy some?
Not even close. I think they are coming from the attic
**Apes **- I’d suggest a local bar, but that’s probably not a good answer for you. So deep breath, think happy thoughts, this too shall pass, etc, etc. Sorry. 
N.O.L. is et. It’s hawt. Da bear is, in general, ill as a hornet today. Irk has irked me to my irkmost. Pointy stick wieldin’ Sri Lankan Spiders may be needed.
I’ll take my ill grouchy ol’ self away now. I feel like that frog that’s bein’ swallowed by the snake.
**swampy **- maybe you should take my bar advice…
Eastern garter snake. I love the Dope - I got my answer within 5 minutes in GQ! I was just out there and he and the frog are gone. No idea where, but I feel safe turning Higgs loose now. I didn’t want to worry about her killing the snake.
I opened the house. It’s a bit muggy out, but I don’t mind it, and with **FCD **gone, I don’t have to listen to him whine about how hot it is… 
It’s overcast and not oppressively hot, so I’m going to enjoy the fresh air.
And my sweetie just got to his hotel, so yay!
I want ice cream!
Lunch was delicious enough that I do feel somewhat appreciated, and they were nice enough to leave stuff out until one so those of us who don’t like early lunches were still able to eat.
However, myself and the two other people that chose to wait had to defend our decision to “Why aren’t you eating?” queries no less than five times over the course of the hour.