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We need rain too and all of May has been too dry. The few showers that we had over the weekend didn't do much.” 7:11:23 AM 5/30/07 “speaking of dry, I saw something yesterday that I have never seen before in the 12 years I have been in our house. The grass between my septic drain fields was very brown and ugly. I was a bit shocked. Usually the dang grass stays green and lush and grows way to fast all summer no matter what I do to destroy it. We were connected to the county sewer system last fall, so now I guess I am going to have to water that section from time to time.” 7:27:02 AM 5/30/07 “"The Grass is Always Greener over the Septic Tank" was a funny book. I can't remember who wrote it though. I just spent 2 hours outside. Thanks to fish spawn I had to disassemble the filtration systems for the quarantine bin and clean the filter components, pumps, lines, and scoop out handsful of caviar from one of the primary filters. Blech. I really want to get going on the new pond now but nope, I have to head to Florida...I still have to pack, clean etc.” 7:44:35 AM 5/30/07 “Good Morning hugs frow Lower Alabama!!! warm and steamy here with a chance of rain...wooo hooooo!!!!....... ..I went to Lowes yesterday...I wanted some plants...potting soil and some pots...came home with soil..our Lowes SUCKS.....I need to find a nursery.... ...anyway...hope ya'll have a GREAT day!!!!!” 7:49:30 AM 5/30/07 “That "Morgenmuffel" looks toooo familiar. I think I've seen it in the mirror a few thousand times, LOL (hanging upside-down like a bat is a thankfully rare occurrence)” 8:55:29 PM 5/30/07 “morning ya'll” 3:53:20 AM 5/31/07 “Morning! Our chance of rain jumped up 20% last night. It looks promising out there....” 6:08:00 AM 5/31/07 Hugs. “Good morning.” 6:16:55 AM 5/31/07 “Hey Nowslimmer, how are you doing?” 6:20:33 AM 5/31/07 “aww, thanks for the hug, NS. Good morning to all you kind wonderful people out there, and Tilt. I'll be all alone in my office today since everyone will be out playing in the office golf tourney. maybe I'll mosey to the main office where only the clerks and secretaries will be around.” 6:21:45 AM 5/31/07 ““"The Grass is Always Greener over the Septic Tank" was a funny book. I can't remember who wrote it Erma Bombeck maybe?? Good morning from LA......foggy and humid.... ...we went across the bay yesterday to Weeks Bay to the bogs and saw carniverous plants!!!...I have always wanted to see some ever since I did a report when I was in JR High.....there were hundreds of them and they were beautiful!!!....there is a nice boardwalk so you can walk all through them...wonderful!!!!!!” 6:51:45 AM 5/31/07 “Hey, divinity, Venus Flytraps grow naturally (ie, indigenous) only within a 50 mile radius of my office chair (actually the exact center is probably a few miles south). I have seen them growing in the wild away from any trails on many occasions. I have also seen several varieties of pitcher plants and other carniverous plants. There is also quite a few trails and gardens around here where you can see them growing in the "wild".” 7:15:59 AM 5/31/07 “Morning. I want to be motivated today but its already too darned hot and humid. Ug. I have to go outside and plant a few things quickly, and then back in. G obviously didn't wash a dish while I was gone. The kitchen is a disaster. Stay cool out there, folks!” 8:02:36 AM 5/31/07 “Weeks Bay used to be where Lulu's restaurant was...before she went commerical. Big brother Jimmy Buffett would drop in unannounced and play a few sets from time to time.” 8:08:08 AM 5/31/07 “Morticia Addams had few carnivorous plants as I recall....” 8:15:58 AM 5/31/07 “wakie wakie eggs and bakie” 6:53:19 PM 5/31/07 Troll Alert. “WTF! It must be the "Blue Moon." It always brings out the trolls, people with no respect for this being a morning thread. I was afraid that it might be an emergency. Thank goodness it was not. Welcome to Trail Talk, Gobblegook. Thanks for stopping by. Now good bye. Isn't it past your beddie-bye?” 9:40:42 PM 5/31/07 “If we had more international posters this would be an around the clock thread” 9:48:19 PM 5/31/07 “It's a Smiley Girl's fault.... Posting in the middle of the afternoon! Then Pammie and her upside-down schedule... Then DH checking in from a higher latitude than usual... Now it's gone completely bonkers. You're right-on, Hyway. We need more contributors from Southeast Asia.... How's the weather at Angor Wat?” 10:33:10 PM 5/31/07 “I refuse to get up unless it is for a snack.” 11:00:11 PM 5/31/07 “Pammie doesn't want to be upsidedown, she just can't see to get turned around.” 11:05:00 PM 5/31/07 “You need to whack the schedulers with a lead-filled snowshoe to get their attention! Snacking is the bane of my existance --- Invoke Not the name of the Dæmon! Back away slowly from the chocolate chip cookies and the crunchy p-nut butter. This combination really is concentrated evil. (and it's great for Breakfast when there aren't any witnesses, LOL... washed down with freshly brewed coffee, of course) evil, evil, evil.” 11:24:14 PM 5/31/07 “there are no schedulers, i'm not back at work, yet. i've screwed myself up.” 12:04:33 AM 6/01/07 “its an up with a headache morning waiting for the f'ing meds to hit” 3:28:56 AM 6/01/07 “Morning. Groggy still. The plumbers are at it already. Field day at Abby's school today. And everyone's a winner. Should be loads of fun even if it is going to be 89°. Have a great Friday/weekend!” 6:17:33 AM 6/01/07 “Good morning, it's warm and humid this morning. It's going to be hot today and right through the weekend. I'm not sure the fishing is any good because the streams are getting too low from lack of rain. It's early in the year for that to happen and I hope the whole summer isn't hot and dry like this.” 7:10:11 AM 6/01/07 “I'm still groggy. I haven't gottem more than 4 hours of sleep a night for the past few nights, and last night dad offered me one of his prescription sleeping pills. Wow. I was very sleepy within half an hour, and didn't wake up once in the night despite having Laurel in the room with me and my mom's snoring in the next room, literally rattling a picture on the wall.” 7:12:13 AM 6/01/07 “My passport is still not done. They put an order in for it to ship today. I explained that if it's not in the mail Tues night it's a little late for me to claim travel insurance. I started chatting with the guy and he said that they get lots of people mad as hell that their passports aren't ready and they find out the people are traveling to Florida. I had to LOL at that one. I said, "Well, it is below the Mason Dixon line, but it's still part of the country. Didn't that get settled almost 150 years ago?" That's funny as hell to me.” 7:15:55 AM 6/01/07 “summertime, summertime, sum.., sum.., summertime.... Supposed to be close to 90 today. As of today, we have been in Spokane one year. Time flies!” 8:11:41 AM 6/01/07 “Good morning Alabama hugs!!! off to downtown Mobile this am to stroll around, look at the buildings, at eat lunch @ The Cafe Royal....yummmm....I'm gonna have some Hummus with pita and roasted veggie sandwich...or should I get the schawarma chicken?? ...anyway....we may take in the fort...or maybe the Mardi Gras Museum... ...going fishing tomorrow...wooo hoooo....Lee caught some pretty nice fish last time...a 2lb something bass...and a 3 lb catfish....wooohooo....we sat in the boat all day...(they will not let me take my kayaks in to fish out of...said they would disturb the fishermen...BUT they have these noisy aluminum boats ya can either paddle or use a trolling motor on...I didn't quite see their point...grrrrr...) ..but by the end of the day my butt hurt..and I got sunburned....(still itches...) ..ya'll bet proud of me...I was reeling in my line, and Lee said "you have a fish."..I said "no..I'm just reeling in" ...I was too busy watching the herons fish... He said "I'm tellin' ya...ya got a fish"...well...i did have a nice bass....I reeled him in...and he jumped off the hook...so I am doing the "girly scream/giggles" cause I couldn't get ahold of him....and I tried twice to pick him up by the tail...and he slid right out...and I knew Lee was getting irratated with me cause he said "ya know noise travels on this lake...pick him up by the body"...so I did and threw him back in the water, so I can catch him next visit!!! ...so..maybe this weekend will be as good a fishin weekend as last....” 8:30:06 AM 6/01/07 “It's a Smiley Girl's fault.... Posting in the middle of the afternoon! You are welcome to blame me for whatever you want. I do not necessarily have to accept the blame. :) Uh, what a day. Everything is making me cranky today, especially G. The heat and humidity are a close second. Tomorrow will be a better day, right?” 11:41:26 AM 6/01/07 “ "You are welcome to blame me for whatever you want."OK, it's all your fault that it's raining so hard tonight. It appears that we're getting our June ration of rain in one night. Good morning, all you beautiful people. Don't forget the Rhubarb Festival today. See the string.” 2:01:18 AM 6/02/07 “Morning. I've been up since 2:30, but I think I'll be back asleep soon. Way to many swirling emotions to actually sleep. Nieces' dance recital this afternoon, and then G's sister's b-day, and we're spending the night. I feel like I never get to do what I want to do lately. :( Good night.” 4:06:58 AM 6/02/07 “I got up at 3:40. I think I will take a nap later.” 4:08:14 AM 6/02/07 “I think SG needs to take a hike! [WINK] Well, today should be interesting with TS Barry heading this way from the Gulf ---- Marco took a similar route and we had some flooding.” 6:24:31 AM 6/02/07 “PS --- Happy Birthday, Sgt. Pepper's” 6:35:12 AM 6/02/07 “I needed to getup at 3:40. I had hoped to work 4 to 12 today so that I'd have the afternoon at home. I got here about 5:30 and am behind. If I can just get this one project off my chest then Mon and Tues shouldn't be too bad before we hopefully leave town. Passport, come to papa.” 6:37:16 AM 6/02/07 “Morning! Boy, our house is trashed!! I'm actually glad to leave puting it all back together to Birch (Have to go to work). Water pressure is delightfully high and the wait for hot water in the bathroom is down to 20 seconds (from about two minutes, lol). New pipes rock. Hot here again. I think after work it's going to be a day where the slip n slide comes in handy. We'll see.... Enjoy your Saturday all.” 7:03:54 AM 6/02/07 “We actually got rain here yesterday. I haven't heard the offical count, but I think it's close to 30 days without rain. More spot showers throughout the weekend. We're around 13 inches below normal for year to date rainfall.” 7:13:28 AM 6/02/07 “I'm enjoying Barry's rain, although I wish this was over my house instead of my parents' house. Of course I forgot all of my rain gear for thsi trip to Florida, EXCEPT for Laurel's rain pants and the 2 umbrellas already in my car. I lost my rain hat somewhere in the move. Dang I miss that thing. It's my most impotant piece of gear.” 7:24:12 AM 6/02/07 “Everything has come up in my garden, green beans, peas...oops, not the carrots...sweet corn, onions, pumpkins, cukes, cantalope, etc. etc. I started weeding this morning. My pc got zapped by lightning (despite the surge protector), but I got a new one free. I have to haul a few wheel barrow loads of firewood up to the stacks by the house, maybe get that chore finished tomorrow and start cutting a new load. This evening I'm out in the canoe for a little pan fishing. Those pans are hard to catch, tires not so difficult. Sass, the spuds are up in the "tire garden"; time for another layer of tires in about a week. Progress is being made, begrudgingly so.” 3:37:19 PM 6/02/07 “Up early, a slow drizzling rain waters my garden while my runaway cat hides in the bushes. I caught half a dozen nice fat bluegills yesterday evening and fried them up for dinner. Now that the woods are full of new growth, I have found wild raspberries, blackberries, blueberries and strawberries that will be shared with the local bears in the later summer. Some will end up in my freezer...maybe the bear too. On my way to town early this morning to get brakes on my old truck. Hopefully I will make some progress on my firewood project and begin the weekly process of lawn mowing (about 3 acres). The ticks are still horrendously bad. A couple of weeks ago I stopped counting after pulling off 30. I've never been so chewed up in my life. Nibbled up yes, chewed up no:)” 5:19:48 AM 6/03/07 “nimble, the garden sounds nice. Ours is going crazy, lots of heat and good rain lately. Our potatoes (in the tires of death)are doing amazing! Second tire has been added and the third should be late this week. I hope we get a good crop. I would rather have your day than mine. Enjoy it!!” 9:03:09 AM 6/03/07 “Lightning, eh? I figured you might've upset the powers that be and had to dodge a bolt or two. Glad to know it was just a temporary condition.” 10:17:34 AM 6/03/07 “All conditions are temporary:)” 2:01:55 PM 6/03/07 “True That.” 2:27:45 PM 6/03/07 “Finally home. Now I can sleep.” 2:42:58 PM 6/03/07 “Passport still hasn't shipped. I just talked with a guy who said they can only send notes 2x requesting them to be shipped and then your done. He said that the lady who said I was 1/4 of hte way complete 2 weeks ago was "just guessing." The whole process is just totally messed up.” 5:14:48 AM 6/04/07 “Got the brakes fixed on the old farm truck yesterday and moved some tires so the ones in the front are the same size and so are the ones in the back. I can now drive down the road at 60 without it shaking to pieces. Previous safe speed was 45. Some of the afternoon involved cutting more wood, but none got hauled since it was too big to get in the truck. I misplaced my favorite splitting wedge. Later I made one more stack of "tire potatoes". This place is a bit more to manage than anticipated. I am also a bit older than anticipated. Looks like there may be a renter for the duplex, an incredible relief:)” 6:01:37 AM 6/04/07 “I am also a bit older than anticipated Great quote. I experienced that last Wed when I went for a jog for the first time in probably 6 months. There is a loop around the house that's maybe 1.75 miles. I had to stop 3x and was still sore on Sat. I ran it again last night and still had to stop 3x, but I'm not really sore this morning. My stops basically involved walking for 30 yards or so before continuing running.” 6:08:50 AM 6/04/07 Jump to Page << prev
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