Kat, I'm so sorry. Health~ma to Gracie and coping~ma to you.
Plei, I had to leap to the end to say that those pictures of the Boo are unbelievably cute.
Now, this would be the perfect time for a swear word.
Kaylee ,'Jaynestown'
Natter 55: It's the 55th Natter
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Pix - Nov 18, 2007 7:33:51 pm PST #2979 of 10001
The status is NOT quo.
Lee - Nov 18, 2007 7:38:54 pm PST #2980 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
I am so sorry, Kat. Health-ma to Grace.
-t - Nov 18, 2007 7:53:40 pm PST #2981 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Smoke alarms! I need some of those. What a timely, er, time for this to come up.
Health~ma to Grace, poor little noodle.
Vortex - Nov 18, 2007 8:14:15 pm PST #2982 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Kat, this one looks good [link]
It's from Patti LaBelle, and her stuff is usually good.
There's also this one, from Tanya Holland [link]
Kat - Nov 18, 2007 8:17:34 pm PST #2983 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
OH! Vortex, thank you!
Conversational gambits I love:
"Bless her heart."
"She's a piece of work!"
Vortex - Nov 18, 2007 8:20:56 pm PST #2984 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
OH! Vortex, thank you!
no prob. I've been scared to attempt sweet potato pie, since my grandmother's was so amazing, but I think about it occasionally :)
Theodosia - Nov 19, 2007 2:02:11 am PST #2985 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Darn you all, instead of getting some good work done this AM, I'm looking at Hawaiian firefighter/surfing instructors, all of whom look exceptional. Also, some of their students are no more great physical specimens than I am, which makes me want to book a trip to Hawaii right now.
Instead I have to go to school, with my scratchy throat.
Smoke detectors shouldn't be put on a wall -- because of the way that smoke moves in a room, it takes a while to build up enough to accumulate anywhere BUT the ceiling, and you want a warning as soon as possible, hopefully to be able to put out a smolder instead of having a full-blown fire set it off. Center of the room's ceiling is the absolute best placement.
For a kitchen or bathroom, spend a couple extra bucks and get a detector with a large "Off" button in the center, which suspends the alarm for a couple minutes before resetting. Then if it goes off, grab a handy pole or broomstick.
What smoke detectors gain you is vital time -- to either be able to stop a small fire before it gets to be a big one, or a big one where you have enough warning to you can grab your loved ones and get out.
Jesse - Nov 19, 2007 3:02:37 am PST #2986 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Poor sick Gracie! I hope she gets better soon.
§ ita § - Nov 19, 2007 3:11:15 am PST #2987 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Kat, I am so very sorry. Can she be visited, in case I have the energy while she's on the west side?
My smoke detectors are all on walls. I wonder if there's a code that landlords have to meet, or something. My ceiling's stuccoed, though, so I'm not sure how that'd work.
I never close the bathroom door. Comes from living alone for 8 years, and a bathroom door that had swelled so that it didn't shut easily.
But you're at a new place now...
I close the door when I'm showering to keep the heat in. I'm wimpy that way.
Went to the ER yesterday. Have very vague memories of what happened because the doctor ponied up a lot of drugs very quickly. I'm really kinda curious about my behaviour...
Jars - Nov 19, 2007 3:17:45 am PST #2988 of 10001
I'm really kinda curious about my behaviour...
I wonder if there's stuff you could get away with while you're away with the fairies on drugs? You could be very truthful with people you don't like, and it's not your fault! Or... rob banks? Or... something else exciting that my law-abiding brain can't think of. At the very least, you should get something cool and fun out of all the drug ER pain-in-the-assness.