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Looks like cold weather...and just in time for Debs and I to go camping in the Ouachitas this Thurs-Sat......yippee!!!” 5:26:14 AM 10/22/07 “It was low 70's on the drive in this morning. It's supposed to rain all day today and then most of Tues and Wed. This is awesome.” 5:29:24 AM 10/22/07 “Today is our last gorgeous, bonus "Indian Summer" day. Tomorrow starts rain and fiftys, like we should have. Abby's home from school today. Poor kid is working on two six year molars and has gone back and forth all weekend from normal temps to low grade fever to 103.5°. A day off, just to make sure she's all done with that. Yesterday we went to the cider mill (in between fevers). It was packed! We tried the corn maze this year. WHAT FUN! And, the bonus is you get cider and donuts if you make it all the way through. =) Next year we'll do it first. Have a good day all.” 5:39:57 AM 10/22/07 “103.5, ouch.” 5:44:57 AM 10/22/07 “  Good morning my TT friends...big hugs to all!!!” 6:00:56 AM 10/22/07 “oooou, ahhhhh. Pretty! Yes, Dayhiker. I was up until midnight listening to the poor kid talk in her sleep, toss and turn and shiver. At one point she had a down comforter, two fleece blankets, flanel sheet and an afghan! I was sure glad to find her all sweaty at midnight. Teething is the worst for her. And I'd thought we were all done with this misery when all her baby teeth were in!” 6:11:39 AM 10/22/07 Obligatory first kid picture.... “  More pics where that came from. She's grown so much!!” 6:18:03 AM 10/22/07 “Cute one smiley girl!” 6:20:43 AM 10/22/07 “Look at those little toes!!! She is wonderful Smiley!!! Sass..hope she is feeling better.” 6:27:33 AM 10/22/07 “So they're growin' 'em in the Punkin' Patch these days.... ? Amazing.” 6:53:59 AM 10/22/07 Hugs. “smiley girl - Boy, that little beauty is bound to be a big hit at TT Gatherings. We're getting a couple of days of rain at Big Creek. The Smokies Fall Hangout at Elkmont was great with nice weather and wonderful people. Events like that one should not be missed. Have a great week.” 7:38:16 AM 10/22/07 “Hey Smiley, can my wife borrow that little one?.....she's outta practice......... Windy and 44 here....just in time for our camp trip. The leaves are changing and man is it ever gonna be purdy around here in a couple weeks.........yawn, gulp........ OH, btw....my Hennessy Hammock came in the mail yesterday, the Expedition ASym with a set of Snake Skins for it. I set it up on the back porch and installed the skins and folded it all up in a neat package..ready to go this Thursday....Debs is not convinced yet of it's advantages, but she will be when I get it set up and she gets to climb in.....then I'll have to get her out of it.....hmmm, could be a problem developing here.......... last edited: 10/23/07 4:23:53 AM” 4:19:56 AM 10/23/07 “Very cute little one. First Halloweens are good stuff too. I ssaw a fox on the way to work. That was kind of neat. We have Cub Scouts tonight. WIth the move and trip he's missed several meetings and we haven't been working with him on his tasks. Catching up starts now. His first campout is Sat, that should be fun.” 4:24:20 AM 10/23/07 “Good morning! We get rain and a high of 58° today. Our leaves have done changed! I think they peaked last weekend. Enjoy your trip Chappy. Smiley, Evie is precious! We've got babies at our house! Five baby bunnies born yesterday afternoon. Mom seems to be taking care of them thus far. They're the littlest teensiest things. Five as best as I could count. I guess later on today I have to go look for dead ones (EW!). Enjoy your day everyone. You only get one today!” 4:24:42 AM 10/23/07 “Hoping for some drizzle today.... Looks like the politicos are beginning to fire salvos back and forth across the GA/AL border re: water rights.” 4:35:17 AM 10/23/07 “next they'll be fightin over who's cloud it is that is passing overhead....lol. mmmm...Debs made some apple pie last night, it's even better with coffee in the mornin... last edited: 10/23/07 4:38:09 AM” 4:37:25 AM 10/23/07 “Hey you! Get offa my cloud!” 4:43:07 AM 10/23/07 “don't hang around boy........(uh, forgot the rest) last edited: 10/23/07 4:47:48 AM” 4:47:29 AM 10/23/07 “Mornin'...had a great week-end bping the Traps (Trap Hills in Michigan's U.P.) with 11 TTers...AND I met the very congenial Nimblefoot who has one of the nicest pieces of property I've seen lately...really enjoyable visit and the man makes great cookies...I should've taken more with me...next time 4:53:53 AM 10/23/07 “Good mornin' 27 degrees this fine day. 56 in the house, but I got the wood stove roarin' and it should be taking hold in a bit. For now I'll settle for the internal warmth provided by that wonderful first cup of coffee. More wood to stack today and maybe a little more cutting over in Danbury. Great picture, Smiley. It brings back lots of warm memories. Next year she'll be riding that pumpkin. Yup, it was nice meeting Mata. We toured the property and even across the road over into some other guys stuff (which is really mine cause I'm here and he's not. Wait a minute, I forgot, it all belongs to Mata...). Have a nice day all. I gotta figure out whether it's oatmeal this morning or fried potatos, ham and eggs. Rough choices.” 5:43:07 AM 10/23/07 “Glad she survived the visit. ;-) That's a very adorable baby, Smiley!” 5:46:31 AM 10/23/07 “I'd really like to go back to bed but I have to go find filters for my aquarium. I was just watching my neighbors' 8 mo great dane in their back yard. Looks like he just finished unrolling about 50 feet of duct tape, across the yard. I'm impressed, and he is obviously bored.” 7:28:45 AM 10/23/07 Hugs. “Good morning. Chappy - Can you fit the Hennessy Hammock into your little backpack?” 7:56:14 AM 10/23/07 “nope, but that's why he hikes with those llamas.” 7:57:30 AM 10/23/07 “Mornin' Damn COLD this morning. It got down to 61.” 9:09:14 AM 10/23/07 “Thanks for the nice comments. YEsterday, I didn't like her so much. Now that she's sleeping today, I like her again. :) She took 2 1/2 hour naps yesterday. Today, sleeping like a champ! Sun has come out after the rain this morning. Nice to have cooler weather again. Makes it seem right that the leaves are coming off the trees.” 11:27:52 AM 10/23/07 “Sounds like you have a Midget Speed Freak at your house --- < G >” 11:31:15 AM 10/23/07 “Nowslimmer, yep, it fits, I can go ultra lite with this thing, it weighs 2 lb. 12oz......can't wait to try er out on Thursday when Debs and I get to the Mountain.....” 3:00:43 PM 10/23/07 “GOOOOOD MORNING! It's going to be a pretty day around here, (at least that's what NOAA says). Working this morning and then shoe shopping for shoes to go with my gigantic brown bride's maid dress. I love shoe shopping! I hate bride's maid dresses. Hopefully it will be fast so I can rake leaves into a gigantic pile for the kidlet to jump in after school. =)” 4:43:11 AM 10/24/07 “Yah !! it`s hump day,only two more days until Friday Woohoo !! Today promises to be a not too bad day at work.The usual morning routine,get the guys shaved,beds made,teeth brushed etc. then I have a mall walk with some clients and a fitness swim in the afternoon and my day is pretty much done...yah gotta love my Wednesdays.” 4:52:12 AM 10/24/07 “Good morning, I had my first chemo treatment yesterday and woke up with no bad effects so far. I don't know how long that will last, but I'm surprised at this point. We had almost an inch of rain overnight and it's still coming down. With it being a rainy day, it's looking like a nice day for sewing some backpacking gear.” 5:25:12 AM 10/24/07 “That sounds good RichB. Glad to hear you're doing well so far.” 5:33:12 AM 10/24/07 “Thanks, I just hope it works when the 8 weeks are up. I also hope I don't get too sick as the weeks go by.” 5:39:09 AM 10/24/07 “Glad things are going well, Rich. Hey Sass. Back to wood splitting this morning. It's getting a little tedious, but I'll be glad during the cold months. There's frost for the 2nd night in a row and it looks like a clear sky is just opening up. I really should make some oatmeal, have breakfast and get to work. Peace.” 5:57:32 AM 10/24/07 “Hey Mr Foot! We've got four trees with our name on them for Saturday. It does get a bit old doesn't it? We found out we have a friend with a hydraulic splitter and no more woodstove. He misses the splitting and stacking so much he's going to bring the thing over and do all of our knotty pieces! =)” 6:02:05 AM 10/24/07 “RichB try taking some linseed (flax) oil.It has great Antioxidants and cancer fighting abilities. Glad to hear things atre ok so far.” 6:04:10 AM 10/24/07 “Did you find out he's a friend or find out he had a splitter? I guess if he has a splitter, he's automatically a friend:) A "friend" loaned me his splitter as well. I've gradually gotten smart enough to do the splitting very close to my front door...not so far to carry the finished product. "Knotty pieces", there should be a joke in there somewhere (naughty pieces?).” 6:07:29 AM 10/24/07 “Morning All!!! Rich..I'm so glad things seem to be going well. Enjoy your day...rest!!! It has rained 1.25 inches since Monday. It doesn't seem like much but it has been a good soaking rain. There were some heavy cells move through last night but they didn't last long. It is supposed to continue until Friday!” 6:24:31 AM 10/24/07 “Yeah Sass is a big perv. I haven't been sleeping too great...ever since I got with child my hips have been freaking killing! I sleep on my left side until my left hip aches like a SOB, then switch over to the right, ad nauseum. Tonight maybe I'll try sleeping on top of a couple sleeping bags! Those will count as bag nights, right?” 6:24:32 AM 10/24/07 “Mornin'” 6:26:53 AM 10/24/07 “Hey Lyra, try sleeping on your side with a pillow between your legs. That might help with the hip soreness. I used to use one of those really long body pillows. Sleeping on your left side can also help with your blood pressure if you are having any problems with that.” 6:49:33 AM 10/24/07 “Well I already sleep with a pillow between my legs, and anyway I don't think it's an alignment issue, b/c then probably they'd both hurt at the same time, or the top one would. But it's the one I'm sleeping on that hurts...like if I'm on the left side, my left one hurts. From the way it feels, you'd think I was sleeping on some hard surface or a crappy mattress, instead of a nice new plush-top mattress! Actually the past couple nights I got desperate and started sleeping with my hips on TOP of a pillow, and that actually made it feel a little better...but then I was in some kind of crazy lopsided position with my chest & arms lower than the rest of my body, LOL.” 6:56:11 AM 10/24/07 “Morning. THe rain missed us completely. We will be going to stage 4 restrictions in the next 3 to 6 weeks, so sayeth the power company (Duke) that controls all the water around here. It sucks. I wish this cold would go away already. I opted out of Laurel's fall party at school on Friday, since I'm constantly bringing up goo. She wasn't too happy about that, and I'm sure her teacher and the class parents won't be, either. It's that or make them sick too.” 7:01:24 AM 10/24/07 Lyra “Oh boy, I feel for you. What about a hot water bottle, the old fashioned heavy plastic kind that you fill with hot water and screw the top on. It would be nice and cushy and warm too. last edited: 10/24/07 7:04:28 AM” 7:03:18 AM 10/24/07 “Lyra, just be sure that the guy what done it to ya get's as little sleep as you. CrazyGurl, send some of that rain down Georgia way.” 7:07:48 AM 10/24/07 “Thermarest? Or maybe you need your tires rotated....” 7:08:36 AM 10/24/07 “Mmm that could be a good idea, Grave Dancer! Haha, I was actually thinking of a Thermarest last night. Could work! I ain't no meanie, MarkO!” 7:09:42 AM 10/24/07 “We did get about 1/20 of a inch of drizzle a little while ago..... Every little bit helps! Duke does the water, too, up there? yikes. Watch out for those guys.... Remember when they wanted to cut a swath of trees 100 yards wide across the Smokies to run power lines between TN and NC.... (probably just biding their time to try it again later).” 7:24:48 AM 10/24/07 “Lyra, I hear your pain. I had that same problem! I never found a good solution. All I can say is it'll go away after the baby is born, like a million other pregnancy problems. Don't ya just hate hearing that? Ahh, my child slept from 9:30 until 6:30AM with one quick feeding at 2:30. How awesome is that?? Sass, do you shop at the Village Shoe Inn? I miss that place. I also miss the Thai place on Grand River. I miss a few things from that area, but not the traffic! Enjoy your shoe shopping. "Volley for the Cure" game tonight at the high school. That's about my excitment for the day! LOL! Need to finish the laundry leftover from last weekend, perhaps a walk when it warms up a bit. RichB, hope you continue to feel well! Have a good one!” 7:27:03 AM 10/24/07 “That is very awesome, smiley! Yeah I figured that's the way it would be. I just thought I'd whine some! Poor me. ;-D heehee” 7:29:57 AM 10/24/07 Jump to Page << prev
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