Wonderful snippets!
Willow: Were there dolphins? Tara: Yes. Many dolphins at the pound. Willow: Was there a camel? Tara: There was the front of a camel. A half-camel.
'Selfless'
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.
Shir - May 11, 2019 4:01:11 am PDT #7697 of 30019
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
Gudanov - May 11, 2019 7:17:29 am PDT #7698 of 30019
Coding and Sleeping
Today I've gotten some auto parts, started some laundry, went out to look at a car (which was a bust because nobody was there and I ran out of time), I still need to put away laundry, take my son to an appointment, do some cleaning, repair the brakes on my car, replace two lug studs on my car, and pay bills. I also don't have any plans for dinner or time to do anything if I did so my wife will be pissed. I don't think it's going to be a good day. Today is exposing a flaw in my plan to look for a car for my son. There are a lot of dealers whose hours don't intersect with my available time.
Gudanov - May 11, 2019 7:29:30 am PDT #7699 of 30019
Coding and Sleeping
Paying bills is depressing because medical expenses are continuing to kill us. It seems like every month something with a big expense comes up or insurance decides to not pay for something that I thought was already taken care of. It's like the eighth month of large one time medical expenses.
Theodosia - May 11, 2019 8:32:02 am PDT #7700 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"
What is your wife doing while you're doing all this?
Laura - May 11, 2019 9:35:04 am PDT #7701 of 30019
Our wings are not tired.
Get your ass in gear, Laura. I had a lovely dinner out last night, but drank wine, which I am now unaccustomed to, and have the lazies today. I've done the dishes and cleaned the litter box. Period.
My son Bobby is coming over tomorrow with the wife and in-laws to cook for his moms. Probably have my MIL and SIL here too. So I should do a bit more house cleaning. And do my nails.
Thinking of my mom as always on Mother's Day, and mostly just grateful that I had her until she was 95.
Scrappy - May 11, 2019 9:58:53 am PDT #7702 of 30019
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Order pizza for dinner, Gud. Perfect for Saturday night!
Sheryl - May 11, 2019 10:21:18 am PDT #7703 of 30019
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
Gary took Mr. S to a classmate's birthday party, so I have a little quiet time. I don't remember the name of the place where the party is, but I do know that the activities include cookie decoration and eating cake. A bunch of sugared-up 4 year-olds...what could possibly go wrong? :)
Jessica - May 11, 2019 10:29:13 am PDT #7704 of 30019
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
My mom brought me a bunch of plants for the backyard and we spent 2 hours putting them in. So later this summer I'll have butterflies and maaaaaaaybe hummingbirds!
Beverly - May 11, 2019 11:02:51 am PDT #7705 of 30019
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
H has finished all the container planting for this year, except for two "clump" bamboos to anchor the corners of the lot. There are things he wants to plant in the curved bed under the small anonymous (we don't know what it is, but we like it) weeping tree, but then he'll be done for the year, except for "dragging hose" for the dry months. Which are usually mid-June to mid-September, but seem to have started already, with 83F yesterday and today, and no rain for three weeks, none in the forecast. I dread the fires this year.
Last Saturday we drove down to take pictures of my favorite mountain, Whitehorse Mountain, in Darrington. There are three routes from our house to Darrington: go to Concrete and turn right, go to Rockport and turn right, go to Marblemount and turn right. Concrete is faster, the Rockport route is pretty, but the Marblemount route is longer, more rural, and follows the river through miles of forest and the occasional farm.
We crested a hill and saw a dark shape on the left shoulder. Dog, we assumed, worrying at something on the shoulder. We slowed as we got closer and the shape started to cross in front of us, went back and then started to cross again as we got closer. Both of us: "That's not a dog. Thats A BEAR!" as he (or she) nimbly loped across the road and up the embankment and disappeared into the trees. Beautiful animal, black coat glossy in the sun, the light dusting the fur with cinnamon. Both of us were wide-eyed and grinning for a few miles, "BEAR!"
H looked back after we'd passed, and the bear scooted out of the trees and back across the road to the shoulder. I'm just glad there wasn't any other traffic on that road.
Oh, and the clouds cooperated and the mountain was gorgeous and we got some pretty shots.
Theodosia - May 11, 2019 12:08:44 pm PDT #7706 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"
I've never seen an actual wild bear.
(There was one at the house in the Catskills ONCE, but I was upstairs in the bathroom at the time. Sort of like Erin seeing DOLPHINS on the same beach that I spent countless hours sitting watching the sea as a child but not even one small dolphin during all that time. She walks on the beach and boom!Dolphins.)