Good morning all; up and caffeinating here. Woo hoo, thanks for the puppies pics, kai, they are cute, what we can see of them, that is. LOL Poor little pups!
Happy Tuesday folks … and welcome back, Haze!
OMG, First on Three! 
Yay for wakin’ up to keeeeee-yoooooote puppies! AWWWWWWW…
Rick AIR they are Poms. I could be wrong though. I’m really not all that smart.
SmartyPants that’s Emperor of nasty paper cuts and shoes that don’t match outfits thankyewverymuch. 
CutiePie some folks is a combo of dumb and lazy.
Haze were you in any of that nasty early Sunday mornin’ storm in Etlanner? I was about 60 miles south of there and it woke me up.
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffienatin’ away here. Brekkies soon to follow cause tummy is rumbly.
Yays, boos, hugs, congrats, get over its as needed.
Later Y’all!
Home again. I’d say Home Alone, but I’ve got a menagerie to keep me company.
I felt OK, tho a tad tired, when I got up, so I figured I’d go to work. As I was packing my lunch (pouring some chickie soup into a container) I started coughing, but I didn’t think it was a big deal. However, halfway to the base, I was coughing and sneezing and it occurred to me that I should just turn around and return home. And I did. On the way back, I called my boss and told him that out of the kindness of my heart, I was keeping my germs home with me.
Once I got home, I changed into sweats and slippers, and hung up the jeans and top to wear tomorrow. I just finished some breakfast and my morning caffeine. I may try to nap. Or hydrate. I dunno. All I do know is that my nose is starting to get all snuffly again.
I hate Teh Sick!!! ick
Emperor Swampy? <snerk> Yeah, I can see that… <snerk>
**kai ** - you need to stick a ruler or a quarter or something next to the puppehs for a sense of scale. You say four and a half ounces, and all I can envision is a quarter-pounder! 
I’m guessing they’re not even a handful.
Gotta call my daughter today and have her check on the deposit refund from the wedding venue. I’d like my $200 back - I think we left the place in good shape. There was no blood on the walls or vomit under the tables, as far as I can recall. I also need to remind them to get a copy of their marriage certificate so she can get her new license and other legal stuff involved in the name change thing.
Off to finish reading the morning funnies before mebbe napping.
Hope you feel better soon, FCM!
And hope things go better today, Pie. Interesting employee… :rolleyes:
Puppies! Yay!
Welcome back, Haze!
Up. Need to make lunch and have breakfast very quickly.
Happy Tuesday!
GT
Hope Teh Sick leaves, FCM.
Morning, everyone. I’d like a boatload of caffeine and some child restraints.
I think today we’re clothes-shopping somewhere for the little one. We had a clothing crisis yesterday, when all his sleepers were in the wash, because I hadn’t done laundry in a day. Ridiculous. Needs more clothes. Which is also ridiculous, because he’s got tonnes of clothes, it’s just that it was mostly onesies. It’s a little chilly for bare legs.
tiny new puppies are cute, but I think slightly bigger puppies who keep tripping over their own paws are cuter. Please take and post pics when they reach that stage.
'Nuther day, 'nuther kick to the haid…
Blurf.
Up, caffeinated, vertical. Booster Club meeting tonight.
FCM, no blood or vomit? It wasn’t a fun wedding, then. 
Aw!! Puppies!
Feel better, FCM. Mr Rebo finally went to the doctor yesterday. He’s been coughing his lungs up for weeks now. The doc gave him this inhaler thingie, and this morning he was feeling much better. Yay!
Welcome back, Haze!
Have a better day today, Pie.
I guess I need more caffeine - I can’t remember anything else I was gonna say.
Ugh woke up late for work this morning, my phone was somehow on silent and under my bed (which is an air mattress and no frame 
), bit I knew I’d never catch up if I waited until after work.
If there wasn’t blood on the walls or vomit under the tables, are you sure they’re married? :dubious:
Off to run errands and #1 son to the dentist.
I got up early enough to make it to the Y this morning, unlike yesterday. It’s amazing how much we take little things like electricity for granted.
BTW, the best I’ve ever slept is when there’s a bare mattress on the floor. VWife won’t go for it, however. :: Dreams of a bedroom where all the floor is mattress ::
YAY!!! PUPPIES!!!
They’re adorable, kai. I am marinating in jealousy as we speak.
Welcome back, Haze. One of the most wonderful things in the world, IMO, is getting off a flight knowing that someone is waiting for you on the other side of the baggage pickup.
LiLi, if there’s one thing I learned in three years of [del]slavery[/del] employment with Baby Gap Inc, it’s that those little twerps go through more clothes than Paris Hilton on a photo op. I can’t complain… the never-ending demand for cute sleepers kept my rent paid and my cupboards full.
I think I ate something that didn’t agree with me last night, or maybe one of those nasty stomach bugs decided to take up residence for a spell… either way, last night’s dinner made a swift exit at 3am in the morning, and I’m still a little fragile. I decided to drag myself to work on my Jello legs anyways because I despise calling in sick unless it’s absolutely necessary, but if I’m not better by noon-ish, I’m going to call it a day.
Use your imaginations, and insert your favorite string of expletives here.
VWife just called. She’s going to the shelter to pick up an orphaned litter of 8 day old kittehs, and we still have Buster in the house. Four grown cats on hand right now, 2 over the tail limit, and she’s bringing more.
:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:
I told her to get rid of Buster now, before I shoot the f*ker through his obnoxious head. Six months in the house is not fostering…
Have I told y’all I hate cats in general, Buster in particular, in the past 30 seconds?
Aww! Puppies puppies puppies! Pwecious widdle puppies! Squeee!
Ahem. Morning, all. The sun is out and the Idiots woke me up barking at the garbage men. And barking. And barking. And barking. I guess they’re feeling good this morning. :rolleyes:
Hugs, yays, boos, etc. to everyone – I need to get my behind in gear this morning and get stuff done today, like packing, taking the dogs to the kennel, etc. So everyone have a good day!
Thanks for the welcoming back, everyone. I was too lazy to do more than skim, sorry. The only thing I remember is CUTE PUPPIES SQUEEEEEEEEEE!
:: get-well kisses for FCM ::
And congrats for Quasi Daughter, finally!
There’s a mini-Dopefest tonight! Too bad rigs won’t be there. 
Oh, kay they are soooooooo KEE-UTE!!! Have you been able to get away from the whelping box yet?
bobbio, it’s not the kittens, it’s the CATS that you really don’t like, right?
haze, glad you had a good time in Hotlanter but we missed you around here.
li-li, be glad it’s sleepers you are looking for. Wait till he needs size 13 sneakers
fcm, did you track down the source of the water in the basement?
We are STILL on fahr down here. Latest count is around 75 houses destroyed or damaged and they believe there’s an arsonist running amok. We are very dry still and no rain in sight.
Both the department head and my team leader are out of the office at the moment so I am doing make work. Why, yes, reading the Dope is make work. I must keep up with, erm, current events after all.
Tupug
I did it! I managed to nap!! Woo and hoo!! I had a kitteh under the covers curled up next to my legs sharing his warmth, and 2 doggies guarding the bedroom floor. Cleo refuses to come into our bedroom, so she guarded the guest bed. Anyway, I slept and I’m feeling less ick! I’m still a little snuffly, but the occasional cough isn’t ripping my lungs out, so yay!
BBBobbio, just give up an surrender to your feline overlords. You know you can’t win anyway…
Oh yeah, and it’s sunny out - **SUNNY!!! ** And getting warm!! And drying out!!! Maybe tomorrow I can mow down the foot-high growth in the back yard. I just took the doggies out and I moved several fair-sized branches that were knocked loose in the storms. We’ve got a metric buttload of firewood just in fallen branches. I see a lot of wood-cutting this summer.
**FCD ** ran some numbers, and it’s looking like we can build the apartment and the new workshop for arounf $11K - not bad at all! Of course, it’ll delay the new roof and replacement windows another year or so, but that’s doable. The roof doesn’t leak - it just needs to be replaced before I retire. And the windows are crap, but we can caulk them for one more winter, I suppose.
So, I’m up. I could run a load of jeans. Yep, I could. Maybe I will. Maybe. Eventually.
'Cause I’m still a little sick… <koff-koff>
**puggy ** - I think the answer to the one leak is a french drain across the front of the house. It is located, suspiciously, near where I put in the pavers for my hose, so I may have caused the problem by damming water against the foundation. But we’re experienced with the whole drain thing - we put one in at my mom’s house. This, at least, will be a shorter span. And luckily, there’s nothing planted against the house there, so we have nothing to clear - just dig, lay some rock and a drain pipe, and cover with gravel. Bonus - no weeds growing against the house.
So add another chore to the list.