Health~ma, Maria.
Simon: Captain... why did you come back for us? Mal: You're on my crew. Simon: Yeah, but you don't even like me. Why'd you come back? Mal: You're on my crew. Why we still talking about this?
'Safe'
Natter 76: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Foaminess
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Calli - Aug 30, 2020 11:05:21 am PDT #25468 of 30019
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Sheryl - Aug 30, 2020 11:22:21 am PDT #25469 of 30019
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
Health~ma Maria.
Theodosia - Aug 30, 2020 12:01:27 pm PDT #25470 of 30019
'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"
Health-ma, Maria!
Kalshane, I hadn't realized that you're at Ground Zero for that particular dumpster fire. Yikes.
Jesse - Aug 30, 2020 2:31:17 pm PDT #25471 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Fingers crossed, Maria!!
Kalshane - Aug 30, 2020 3:10:09 pm PDT #25472 of 30019
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
Lots of health-ma Maria!
Theodosia- We moved here from northern IL about 12 years ago because taxes were lower and the schools were better (at least where we could afford a house.) Living so close, I spent a decent amount of time in Kenosha before we moved here anyway, so it wasn't a huge change for me.
My wife loves that we're in walking distance from downtown (where she has several favorite local shops) while still in a more suburban-style neighborhood. She knows all the neighbors and pre-Covid we used to do cookouts with a few of them several times a year. (Though I'd take my leave as soon as it was polite to do so. Not because of any issue with the neighbors but just that I can only take so much peopling at a time.)
She's a social butterfly, so the Covid lockdown has been really tough on her. She also hates that she can't help with the downtown recovery efforts because she's high-risk with Covid-19. (Some friends of ours who live nearby also just had their first child back in May and it's driving her bonkers she can't go visit and get baby snuggles.)
One thing that gave me a good laugh today is one the auto repair places in town has painted "I assure you we're open!" on their boarded up windows a la Clerks. There's some idiots in town, but I think the vast majority of people want to stay hopeful and make things better for everyone who lives here.
Shir - Aug 30, 2020 9:36:59 pm PDT #25473 of 30019
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
Health~ma to you Maria. May it be something minor and easily treated!
This. Lots of health~ma!
Laura - Aug 31, 2020 1:25:07 am PDT #25474 of 30019
Our wings are not tired.
I so hoped to see a Maria update this morning. Continuing the ~ma and hoping for word soon.
Fred Pete - Aug 31, 2020 3:42:12 am PDT #25475 of 30019
Ann, that's a ferret.
Also hoping that Maria is doing better.
sj - Aug 31, 2020 4:37:26 am PDT #25476 of 30019
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Tons of ~ma Maria.
Toddson - Aug 31, 2020 4:55:47 am PDT #25477 of 30019
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Thanks for the sympathy and advice re mosquitoes. I think they might be breeding in our potted plants which I've been watering ... possibly too much, so I'm cutting back on the frequency. I always have Benadryl ointment to hand - the bugs think I'm yummy, so I get a good number of bites and the ointment almost always works. I'm now wearing two pairs of socks, with my pant legs tucked into the top layer.
The weekend was kind of stressful - I went to the grocery Friday evening and there was a woman there who was exasperating. The store has one-way signs for each aisle and she ignored all of them ... she'd go the wrong way in an aisle, park her cart in the middle of the aisle while she searched the shelves or the freezer sections. When I went to the line to pay, she was literally right behind me - kept bumping me with her cart, put her groceries on the belt close enough that the cashier had to ask which were mine and which were hers. And when the cashier told the woman to move back, she moved forward (bumping me again). After I'd gathered up my bags and went to leave, she'd pushed her cart so it blocked the aisle. THEN, when I got home, I discovered I didn't have my wallet (not a serious problem - learning from someone else's issues, I have a wallet for cash and store loyalty cards, a card case for ID and cards and a checkbook). Thought of going back, but it was pouring rain. Went back to the store Saturday morning and they had the wallet; had a minor issue getting the wallet back, since the only identification in it was a largely rubbed out signature on the back of one card. Whoever found it took the cash, but I regard that as a finder's fee. Just happy not to have to get all new store cards.