Happy Birthday, Aimee!!

Ahhh, it's time to celebrate the Empress.

Happy birthday, Aimee!

Oh, Em, what dreadful timing! So sorry.

Eh, it could be worse. It's not great, but it could be worse. We'll see what the repair guys have to say about it.

Happy Birthday, Empress! May it be possum-free.

Cash, that Owen quote kilt me ded!

Hairpats and suchlike to JZ, and stay-put-ma and don't-kick-the-place-down-ma to the Halloweenie.

{{{Bev}}}. I'm so relieved that StE is improving. I know it will be hard, but things are moving in the right direction.

Here's how well my DH knows me:

Me: So I was thinking, we could do photo cards for Christmas this year and---
DH: No!

Aaaand we have a fire drill. Ciao.

So, the people I went to school with? Still batshit crazy. Nice to know. Just have to stop myself from responding to the crazy.

Must.... control... fists... of... death....

Happy Birthday, Empress Aimee!!!11!!1!

JZ, I'm so glad you told your boss about the run-around you were getting. Good for him. You and David should think about putting the PC somewhere you can use it, while you're lying down. Then we can distract you from those Salon letters.

Beverly, I threadsucked last night before I turned off the PC, because I hadn't seen anything from you all day. I was so glad to read your font this morning, and that StE will not require surgery, and is making improvement. I hope he regains consciousness, soon. Please keep taking care of yourself during all this, to the extent that you can.

Cashmere, I read Owen's: Too impinity and deonde, last night, in the thread suck, and laughed aloud. The sad thing, I knew what he was saying at 'impinity'. I speak toddler now, better than English, and there's not a toddler in sight. I think that line was big in Chris's repertoire, right when he was about Owen's age. I just went in the kitchen to tell Scott about it, and he started laughing before I finished 'impinity' and knew exactly what O was saying, too.

This afternoon Andi and I discovered that the hollow wooden awning above the basement access doorway seems to have honeybees coming in and out of it, in a small space between the siding and the wood of the enclosed awning.

We would like to avoid lethal methods of dislodging, then I would seal up the crack after.

Any practical/real world experience and suggestions?

• First, you roll in mud.
  
• Then, you get a blue, helium-filled balloon, large enough to life you.
  
• Then, you sing that you're only a little, black rain cloud...

I forget the rest, but somehow feel the urge to tell you to try and determine soft landing points, aforehand.

Daniel, there's a chance these aren't honey bees, but rather, are Carpenter Bees (bees that bore into the wood in your home). If so, you will probably have to kill them, and treat the wood, and then plug up any holes, and paint any wood that is exposed (either because it's bare, or because the paint job is oldish). There are a few different types of Carpenter Bees, and some look a lot more like honey bees than what I'm seeing on-line, including the ones that nested in my house.

Happy Birthday, Aimee!!!

(Sail, close your color font tags.)

Happy b-day, Aimee!!!