Dogs afraid to walk past cats.
That happens in our house on a regular basis. Big dog, afraid to walk past (mean cranky cat) to get into the kitchen for dinner.
Everything looks good from here... Yes. Yes, this is a fertile land, and we will thrive. We will rule over all this land, and we will call it... 'This Land.' I think we should call it 'your grave!' Ah, curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal! Ha ha HA! Mine is an evil laugh! Now die! Oh, no, God! Oh, dear God in heaven!
Wash ,'Serenity'
Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This
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.
Steph L. - Dec 09, 2013 7:59:27 am PST #14144 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Jesse - Dec 09, 2013 8:22:32 am PST #14145 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
That's great news about your friend's dog, brenda!
Oh man, Consuela. It's hard.
So, my mother made me a loan a few years ago, and she needs proof of my payments to apply for Medicare. So I had to go buy new printer ink and request all of my bank statements to get the canceled checks. Good times, man.
Burrell - Dec 09, 2013 8:32:03 am PST #14146 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Jessica is right of course, you can always skip the holiday letter. That said, some of the letters I cherish the most and still save are those that chronicaled bad times along with the good.
Okay, heater is on, I'm wearing tights, extra sleeves, and warm slippers. Plus I'm wrapped in a blanket. Tea is steeping. I am so not built for the cold.
Amy - Dec 09, 2013 8:39:26 am PST #14147 of 30000
Because books.
Suzi, I'm so sorry about your friend. Fuck cancer indeed.
Consuela, you don't have to do a holiday letter, as everyone else has said. Do what you can this year, and make the holiday enjoyable for you and your family.
It's so hard to imagine houses without central heat, but I guess it's just the flip side of older homes on the East Coast without air-conditioning. I honestly can't remember if our house in Florida had heat, either.
Burrell - Dec 09, 2013 8:49:59 am PST #14148 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Amy, forget central heat, my house doesn't even have insulation.
Jesse - Dec 09, 2013 8:55:54 am PST #14149 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Eek!
Amy - Dec 09, 2013 9:14:22 am PST #14150 of 30000
Because books.
WOW. Even the houses without central A/C here have that.
I was so looking forward to summer really being over, but six inches of surprise snow is not really what I wanted either.
Theodosia - Dec 09, 2013 9:17:31 am PST #14151 of 30000
'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"
It turns out that insulation is also good for keeping the inside cold when you have AC.
I just read over a year of my status updates from Facebook and determined that I've had a crap year.
Amy - Dec 09, 2013 9:20:46 am PST #14152 of 30000
Because books.
I honestly can't think too much about this year. I'm just hoping next year is a little better.
Jessica - Dec 09, 2013 9:27:18 am PST #14153 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I've spent most of this year waiting to hear either good or bad news and I expect to spend the last three weeks of the year continuing to wait. Goodbye and good riddance indeed.
Thinking of these for my office's white elephant on Friday.