Chris, that motorcycle comment by Crane is EXACTLY where i laughed out loud. (my husband yelled : "WHAT?" from the other room. try explaining THAT. ok. Ichabod Crane and his fellow Witness stole a motorcycle, the first Crane had ever been on, and at the end of the ride he said, "After this is...

hey, i like everyone's new photos! you all look gorgeous! Chris, i know what you mean about time speeding by. i feel like November lasted about 2 hours. hopefully January and February will seem the same. hope you get all your stuff done. at least you got to collapse and watch some tv. i caught...

Chris, here's the link for that song on Amazon : http://www.amazon.com/Lay-Down-Your-Burden/dp/B001NU1ANM/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1417615050&sr=8-8&keywords=Lay+Down+your+Burden

howdy. i am still dealing with trying NOT to think about the Social Security B*&^%$#. every time i do, i can feel it doing damage to my vascular system. apparently i have no choice but to drive into the city, pay $25 to park somewhere, if i can even GET a space, and go stand in line so that the...

well. there went MY day. i got my fabulous Medicare card on Sat. and just noticed that they spelled my name wrong. after almost TWO HOURS on the phone and on hold, dealing with saucy, rude women who should NEVER be working with the pubic in any capacity. it boils down to this: someone made a...

Chris, i'm convinced that your last few days should be a short story. write it. i think it will help and be lovely in the bargain. i was thinking of you yesterday when i was listening to my 2014 Christmas CD that i assembled for this year. can i convince you to go to iTunes, find the song "Lay...

oh, Chris! i don't know what to say. this is all so painful. i think you're doing the right thing with Merlin. i think you can hold him at the vet's, and he will purr, then go peacefully. a friend of mine just used one of those AT Home services for one of her dogs, and she couldn't say enough...

Chris, SO sorry about the bad news about Merlin. this is such a dreadful thing to have to decide. it about killed me when we put our German Shepherd to sleep back in the '80s. i never got a dog after that. and now i'm worrying about my 12-year-old kitty, because you always know that at some...

hiya. well one down, one to go!! Thanksgiving was actually pretty nice. lots of people, largely because my niece had two little boys, then gave birth to boy TRIPLETS, so there were loads of little boys running around. it snowed unexpectedly after dinner, but not much. the cars were all iced up...

hiya. a teeny bit of snow here. i think we're getting a half inch, and then nothing tomorrow. :cheer2: i've been making pies this morning for tomorrow, and some cauliflower cheese soup for dinner tonight. i think Hubby will be getting out of work early today, so maybe we can have dinner at a...

'morning. almost afternoon, really. the sun is shining, and so far i've heard two different versions of our TG forecast. Intellicast and Weather.com say a very little, remote chance of snow. Weather.gov says 40% chance. you know me. i believe that most things that end in ". gov" are probably...

howdy. just a quick fly-by this a.m. i have to get out of the house and grocery shopping before Laurie sends me all that wind. we actually have a "wind advisory" today, with gusts up to 50 mph. honestly. this already looks like a great year for The Weather Bitches!! :rofl: guess i better check...

freezing rain here yesterday, too. what a MESS!! a total surprise, too, since there was no rain in the forecast. shall i rant about people who believe in computer models that are projecting climate over decades?? nooo. well, happily, i didn't have to go out in it. Hubby did, though, and said it...

Laurie, glad you got your heat back. i had to laugh at the 59 degrees. during the winter, when we're running the wood stove on the main floor of our house, the furnace rarely comes on, so our upstairs is ALWAYS around 59 degrees! Chris, the picture i get of you chasing after your $$$ is...

howdy. i'm really tired of feeding the woodstove. and it's not even Thanksgiving. i could go on and on about what i'm already sick of...and it's not even Thanksgiving. ATTITUDE ADJUSTMENT NEEDED!!!!:drama: Chris. you KNOW what i'm going to say to this: if you demand that you need this, you...

Chris, good luck on weathering the Tindamax Storm. if i was taking that drug, i wouldn't be able to tell the difference in my mood! :pound: not to laugh at what you're going through. it must be awful. i hope your family knows to be helpful and QUIET!! i sometimes had days when my kids were home...

Chris, hahaaa!! too true. i was once on hold for 40 minutes trying to reach the billing department at the childrens' hospital in DC to find out their billing address!! i hate the music, but what i really hate is when the recording keeps coming on telling them that they know how important my time...

Chris, the reason why is that there are sizeable numbers of people like me who don't want the Government running our healthcare. look at the mess they're making of this. you know we disagree about stuff like this and the ability of the Government to do almost anything competently, so we'll have...

hi, Rae. glad you dropped in! sounds like you have a lot of ambition, with all the cleaning and organizing. i laughed at your diced tomatoes. the same thing happens to me, but it's usually refried beans! Chris, hope Cait is feeling better, poor kid. it's cold and dark here, too. AND snowing...

hiya. looks like a gray, pre-snow kind of a day. i understand that tomorrow is going to be a mess around here. oh, goody. i need to get out for a long-overdo haircut, so it should be interesting. Chris, glad your coffee party went well. how's the new machine? too bad about your MIL's foot...