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I think they'll live, but they won't be pretty for a while. I need to find a nursery that carries "Superthrive" around here. My mom already called this morning. She still can't get over all of the great sewing, quilting and fabric stores around here. Uh oh.” 7:46:32 AM 4/09/07 “good mornin'... It was a chilly easter, but the kids still wanted to sleep outside - lots of wet snow so we slept in the truck. Woke up to a hard frost on the windows, and a cold egg hunt in the snow. :)” 9:18:57 AM 4/09/07 “Morning!! Home is wonderful. No goat this trip, even worse....Menuedo. It's the most vile smelling stuff I've ever put in my mouth. It was very difficult to eat. After the meal Birch and I compared notes. We both swallowed the tripe whole and both agreed it smelled like a combo of pee and poo. Birch said he just kept on imagining he was on Survivor, lol. Do not try it EVER. Texas was cold too but had some lovely wildflowers blooming. Got in a short visit to the Japanese garden again for a bit more inspiration. And it is soooo good to be home again. Hope you all got a nice fat chocolate bunny yesterday!” 10:32:35 AM 4/09/07 “Sass actually ate menudo?! You poor thing! That's awful!” 10:34:13 AM 4/09/07 “My mother eats tripe, from her own cows, it's the vilest thing I've ever seen/smelled...” 10:40:11 AM 4/09/07 “Taint' nuthin' compared to the SC Chitterlin festival.” 10:41:06 AM 4/09/07 “Tripe is very popular in my area served with tomato sauce, don't ask me why.” 10:58:45 AM 4/09/07 “Hey if tomato sauce can help cut the smell of skunk then it should work on tripe.” 11:00:26 AM 4/09/07 “Now it makes sense why they serve it that way. I'm pretty sure they boil it just like you would pasta and it's cut up into small strips that look like pasta.” 11:04:23 AM 4/09/07 “Fear Factor: TEXAS!” 11:13:30 AM 4/09/07 “forget it, I ate chittlin's once.................once...............” 4:56:55 PM 4/09/07 “worse than eating them....watching them be cleaned...I would NEVER eat them after that... gag....” 5:16:43 PM 4/09/07 “Good morning, where is everyone? Anyone having tripe for breakfast? It's nicer out today with the sun shining and 43 degrees.” 6:56:39 AM 4/10/07 “ACK! Never again, lol. I'm glad it wasn't just us. We tried so hard to be gracious and polite. Get to meet wolfeyes for a short hike this morning. Should be sunny and cold (imagine that). So far we're at 30°. My poor pansies don't look like they're going to bounce back from the last (I hope) dregs of winter. Have a good Tuesday everyone.” 7:03:51 AM 4/10/07 “Tuesday is my Wednesday(hump day)” 7:05:46 AM 4/10/07 “happy hump day!” 7:08:17 AM 4/10/07 “Gard your legs!” 7:15:00 AM 4/10/07 “Morning everybodie........its rainey looking here so I guess it will........54 degreez........oops, it just started pouring outside....guess that means rain.......” 7:25:01 AM 4/10/07 “Just got back from the wrong side of Wisconsin last night. Todays job: digging up a sewer line. It seems my tenants are not delighted with wading in their own poop while they shower. Picky-picky. When my septic tank was froze up, I pooped in a plastic bag and bathed in the sink. Clearly these people aren't hikers. Sissies.” 7:37:29 AM 4/10/07 “Morning! I'm off to the dentist in a few minutes. Its over an hour drive...she's a friend, but its time to find a new dentist. She's not cutting us any deals on our bills, so forget it!! No work again for me today. Not even a phone call this morning. I'd say I'm becoming depressed about my career, but I've been in the dumps for a while. We find out (hopefully) if we're having a boy or girl on Thursday! Hopefully the baby cooperates, and everything else looks good too. :) Stay warm out there. We're going to be in the mid-40's today, but more snow is on the way tomorrow. G is so depressed about baseball season. Probably won't have any games tomorrow either. Have a good one, all!” 7:38:28 AM 4/10/07 “Good morning all you happy campers...32F and our predicted 3-5 inches of predicted snow has so far resulted in, oh, what, maybe an 1/2 inch...of course, this may change as the day moves forward. Kicked my pneumonia last week-end by staying in bed, nonstop, for 48 hours...knew I had won when I woke up starving Saturday morning and ate 3 sausages, 2 fried eggs and hashbrowns... Now, I'm just fighting off the pain from, what feels like, a broken or cracked rib on my right side...trouble is, I don't remember doing anything to injure it...I can lessen the pain with Aleve or ibuprofen...too cheap to go to the doc, spend $300 for appointment and x-ray to have them tell me to take it easy until it heals...actually, I'm just sick of going to doctors...period...the hardest thing to do is breath and cough...no problems picking up heavy stuff...weird... I wish my body would give me grief in winter when I don't plan so many adventures...I'm having to miss a trip this week-end where I was going to see many old friends and some new ones...that just sucks...” 4:48:25 AM 4/11/07 “It could be a gall bladder tic too, MHH. Those hurt like a sumthinerother. It's cold and raining here, and I'm glad of it. No rain for at least 10 days now. The ground is crunchy.” 6:54:49 AM 4/11/07 “Snow to Rain today and Rain to Snow tomorrow. Highs of 39°. I should get out there and fill the bird feeders before it starts. It's dark enough to be 5am here. Next Tuesday the house two doors down auctions. Bids start at 10,000 if anyone needs a filthy 2 Bedrm/1Bath fixer-upper with a big back yard. I'm scared about what's going to happen there. Going to pick up a friends wedding gift today, what fun! Ordered it over the phone and am anxious to see it. You all stay warm and have a happy Wed!” 7:10:40 AM 4/11/07 “Good morning all..........it's warm here and cloudy......lets see if it rains today like yesterday before it gets sunny and 80 again............I need a long hike....60 miles should do it nicely.............” 7:23:32 AM 4/11/07 “good morning... I don't know if lizs posted this anywhere yet, but Stove Stomper had a stroke...sounds like he will be okay...” 8:04:51 AM 4/11/07 “Wow, hope he has a full recovery!” 8:22:57 AM 4/11/07 “Crap” 8:25:24 AM 4/11/07 “I wish him a full recovery. No joke! Let's all hope for more good news.” 8:30:57 AM 4/11/07 “What? Stovie? OMG, I hope he's OK! My day is off to a slow start. Gotta get off my duff and get some things done. I found out yesterday that I have a cracked tooth, and got fitted for a bite guard at the dentist. Dang, I'm getting old! Ok, off to do something. Have a great day. I'll be dodging the raindrops/snow later today.” 9:16:22 AM 4/11/07 “Wow, hadn't heard that one. Thanks for the update twiggy. Get well SS.” 10:47:14 AM 4/11/07 “twig! thank you for telling us. Is there a way I can get in touch with him? Is he home or in the hospital? Pleae, keep us updated!!!! I have his address around here somewhere but not his phone#. Maybe CMB has it.” 11:40:00 AM 4/11/07 “SC, Twig already posted the hospital address, and I have the phone number. Email me if you want it. He should have some pretty plants coming to his hospital room this afternoon. It was a tough choice between sending plants and sending cookies. We all know how much he loves cookies.” 11:44:23 AM 4/11/07 “tb - email is on the way.” 11:49:20 AM 4/11/07 “tb, you have mail.” 11:51:47 AM 4/11/07 “Right back atcha!” 11:54:51 AM 4/11/07 “As noted on the thread to Stovey, I kept wishing it was a bad joke, ala chili or Buddha Bear style, during one of their great pranks. Good to hear people are getting in touch. All prayers and best wishes going out to Stovey.” 5:52:17 PM 4/11/07 “That was my first thought too but then I thought about the delivery and didn't think Twigeater would have much to do with a joke like this. Wish it was a joke.” 6:02:09 PM 4/11/07 “Well, I finally broke down...the pain was just too much...went for chest x-rays yesterday...doc said, "yep, you HAD pneumonia and, by the way, that pain in your side that makes every breath hurt like the dickens is pleurisy" She also told me to continue the treatment I had begun myself a few days ago but to double it...Aleve...intense pain everytime you take a full breath is not lots of fun but I'll deal with it...I am kinda tired of spending hundreds of dollars only to find there is nothing to do but at least I will recognize pleurisy in the future...and I know I beat pneumonia without drugs again...so, I'm pretty happy but very quiet about it...laughter also hurts... Now, for the important stuff...it's 28 here and I think we MAYBE got a total of an inch of snow...hard to tell as it melted almost as fast as it hit...not even a half inch on the ground now...that is all to end and we've got sun and 60's in our week-end forcast...if that were the case in eastern Wisconsin I'd join the group heading to Kettle Morain State Park this week-end, pleurisy or not... Neighborhood bear caused me to remove all my birdfeeders for awhile...unhappy birds surround our house...this is a bad time of year to be removing feeders but I've heard this bear is very destructive... I am totally bummed to read about StoveStomper having a heart attack... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "being a pessimist is a good thing when you're in the woods--that way you're never disappointed and you're usually not unprepared." quote from Steve Howe's podcast on his Sierra High trail hike last edited: 4/12/07 5:18:45 AM” 5:15:49 AM 4/12/07 “Good morning, it's raining here, damp and foggy out. I'm off to get new tires for my vehicle soon. I hope they aren't too busy. Get well soon Matahari.” 6:34:15 AM 4/12/07 “Mataharihiker, it is very impressive that you beat Pneumeunia w/o antibiotics etc! I hope it's you r last case ever. Feel better quickly. It's warmer than it' was supposed to be here. 44° and looks like it rained all night. Yard is underwater again. I guess really we shouldn't be too hopeful for spring weather until next month. That week of warm sunny weather earlier was such a tease! The kiddo is feeling better this morning. Now we just have to hope she keeps whatever it is to herself. Happy day before Friday!!” 6:39:40 AM 4/12/07 “Morning. Snow on the ground here, eech!” 7:27:47 AM 4/12/07 “Morning. I haven't looked outside yet. All I know is its going to be another crappy day. We already hit the high for the day, the temps wll drop from here. Today's the day we find out if we're playing for Team Blue or Team Pink. Keep your fingers crossed that all the baby's parts are good and healthy. Have a good day!” 7:51:15 AM 4/12/07 Hugs. “Good morning. With a great summer approaching, let's all get well and stay that way. The weathermen are still trying to make up for not giving an adequate warning about those tornados that hit Paisley a few weeks ago. Last night round midnight they issued a severe storm warning for much of the east Florida coast as storms moved across the state. Shortly afterwards things fizzled and they dropped the warning. We did get a little rain, but that was it. Enjoy your day. last edited: 4/12/07 8:28:39 AM” 8:26:42 AM 4/12/07 “TGIF XIII [gulp]” 6:20:27 AM 4/13/07 “Morning. Stayed up too late searching for rabbit hutch plans online. Feel like my eyeballs are coated with sand this morning. Found my plans though. No idea what the weather is, aside from sunny (so far) and cold. Have a great Friday and happy trails this weekend!” 6:48:21 AM 4/13/07 “I'm up! Sunshine pouring through the windows right now. If only it would stay like this, and get a little warmer. Looks like G will get some baseball in today, if the fields are dry enough. Looks like we'll be adding to TEAM PINK in August! Baby Smiley looked wonderful on the ultrasound yesterday, so I guess its time to start making some baby purchases! Anyone got one of those kid carriers they want to hand down???? Have a wonderful day, everyone!” 6:50:36 AM 4/13/07 “What's a rabbit hutch? Well, the day is finally here, the contractor is breaking ground on the house. I hope I don't go over there at lunch and find all those trees I flagged to stay on the ground. I was able to flag about a dozen dogwood trees while they were in bloom and easy to find. I'm taking an architect buddy to lunch next week. He's going to suggest some changes to my plans. The thing that stood out to him was wasted space in the kitchen. He'll rearrange it for us. My wife was super excited about that. She's comment that the kitchen is, "sorta weird." Beautiful weather here. Emma's first soccer game is in the morning. We're supposed to have thunderstorms starting at lunch. I hope we get to sneak the game in.” 6:51:13 AM 4/13/07 “One other thing, it needs to rain like crazy for the next two weeks. Our office retreat starts in two weeks and the Chattooga River is way down. We're rafting section IV which has tons of class IV, V, and V+ water...when the flow is good. IV and IV+ will still be fun, but give me the V's!!!!” 6:55:14 AM 4/13/07 “Good morning, it looks gloomy out, but is supposed to be nice later. I'm so glad it's Friday. Everyone have a nice weekend.” 7:07:31 AM 4/13/07 “YAY TEAM PINK! Any girlie names sounding good Smiley Girl? Dayhiker: http://www.bae.lsu.edu/en/our_offices/departments/Biological_Ag_Engineering/Features/Building_Plans/small_animal/rabbit/Hutches+for+Rabbits.htm We're going to try our hand at rabbits. Abby will get two pets (which will never ever be eatten) and hopefully we'll get a full freezer from their offspring. last edited: 4/13/07 7:13:34 AM” 7:09:24 AM 4/13/07 Jump to Page << prev
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