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I did that one myself back in college. Caffeine.....need more.... Didn't sleep because I kept thinking of all the stuff I have to get done, the dentist appt. I have this morning... some of my neighbors are having a rather colorful relationship upheaval... Fun stuff like that. I'd much rather r-u-n-n-o-f-t (O Brother reference) to some nice, cool spot in the Smokies and hang out there for a while.” 5:02:39 AM 6/17/10 “some of my neighbors are having a rather colorful relationship upheaval... treebait 5:02:39 AM 6/17/10 pics?” 5:12:36 AM 6/17/10 “Colorful language, that is. Back form the dentist. I hate final fittings for crowns. They can't numb you at all because you need to be fully aware of how the crown fits/ touches other teeth. Oy, it hurts right now. Kick in, ibuprofen!” 8:20:04 AM 6/17/10 “I went to the dentist this morning too. The other day I was alseep and the doorbell rang and when I got up fast to get the door I never made it out of the bedroom. I passed out and on the way down hit my jaw, face and head off the nightstand and broke a tooth in half. Found out this morning that the root is exposed and started a root canal. Just what I needed along with all the other crap going on.” 11:05:49 AM 6/17/10 “ouch rich! dang...” 11:12:20 AM 6/17/10 “only 93 in Jackson today...Im sure it would be impossible to breathe if I were outside...I just turned off the ac in my office because I'm getting a little chilly...hope I'm not getting sick...” 11:13:44 AM 6/17/10 “Damn, Rich...You be careful.” 11:25:19 AM 6/17/10 “I will be from now on. No more getting up fast. They put a compression dressing on my neck to stop an air leak through my mouth and it was probably too tight. Must have pressed in enough on an artery to impede the blood flow to my brain. My blood pressure runs low too so that probably didn't help.” 11:42:49 AM 6/17/10 “” 5:28:15 PM 6/17/10 “Between the wren trying to attract a girlfriend in the back yard, the damn dog, and the baby it was a very short night. Packing up for a week Up North today. No small feat w/ a baby. Not sure how it will all fit in my little car. Good thing Birch is coming up later on or he might have to be strapped atop the car between the two kayaks! Rich, there are times that it's better to let the door go unanswered. I hope the rc goes smoothly.” 4:33:13 AM 6/18/10 “I don't know what happened to my former post..... ....anyways.....Good Morning!!!.....a lovely day in Ohio!!!....I hear it's really hot in Mobile, so I am tickled to be here.... ...rich....fast is overrated!!...hugs.... ...sasssss have a great time!!! ...tree...I thought the crown thing was much worse than anything else I had ever had done by a dentist!” 5:43:27 AM 6/18/10 “Afternoon, everyone. Parents are here. I'm acting chauffeur for the day. Fun. I got a good lunch out of it today, though. We went to Sakura out in Gastonia (nearby the famous Mary Jo's fabric store) after looking at fabrics for 3 hours. It's a combination of creativity- and headache- inspiring, going there. Especially when the 7 year old won't stop running off at the mouth. Yikes.” 9:52:46 AM 6/18/10 “Had a heck of a week...my dad insisted on going to the VA on Tuesday where we spent the entire afternoon since the computers were down...got some new meds. Wednesday am he wants to go back, side affects of new meds are making his arms jump (prednisone), it takes the whole morning, but we come home with something to calm the twitching. On the way up the stairs to the house I'm noticing he's looking fragile and I need to go help him - before I could do that, he looked up at me, the bottom of his slipper caught on the lip of the top step and down he went. It seemed in slo-mo to me, and I caught his upper body before it hit the porch. 9-1-1, a few more hours in the emergency room, then surgery to put a screw in the broken hip. Fortunately, my new boss believes in Family First.” 10:08:42 AM 6/18/10 “Damn Twig...I hope he heals quickly. How old is your dad?” 10:15:11 AM 6/18/10 “Came back from a short strip to ATL and daaaang, it was soooo hot and humid there. Just awful and no rain to cool it down. I spent most of my time inside and in the a.c. Funny how after I left home my parents finally invested in some window units. I grew up in the house and a.c. back then was called an attic fan and sweat. I do miss that friendly southern demeanor tho...” 10:22:12 AM 6/18/10 “treebait, he just turned 83 on the 10th. The "good" part about it, is maybe now he'll qualify for some assistance - I'd love it if he had a relaxing year or so before he leaves us. He's been wanting to go to a home or something for a while now, just isn't bad off enough...” 10:46:43 AM 6/18/10 “The bottom just fell out here in Jackson. Its 91 deg for the moment..hopefully this will cool it off a bit more..” 11:50:00 AM 6/18/10 “Congrats on the new boss, twiggy. I'm glad you were there to help your Dad. NG, 97 here.” 12:23:02 PM 6/18/10 “a breezy 83° here.” 12:30:43 PM 6/18/10 “80 degrees here with low humidity. Beautiful day, but looking hot and humid for the weekend. Days like this I want to ride my bike so bad.” 1:00:51 PM 6/18/10 “Well, my leeetle car is loaded up, two kayaks on top. Now I just have to wait a few more hours and I'm outta here. I hear the cabins we stay at now have wireless so don't be talkin about me while I'm gone! ;) Cross your fingers and hope that Libby has a good four hour car ride. I admit to being kinda scared.” 4:33:37 AM 6/19/10 “...going to the farmers market today! tomatoes...lettuce and a real cherry pie! ...wow twig! .wonderful weather in ohio!...have a great time sass” 4:56:18 AM 6/19/10 “It's supposed to be 93 today, 96 tomorrow, 97 Monday, when Laurel starts outdoor day camp. She's taking some Gatorade (frozen) to go with the water she's required to bring. The weather is forecast to be really effing hot for the 5 days, with temps in the mid to upper 90s. Yikes.” 6:06:20 AM 6/19/10 “Don't know how my neighbors felt, but I felt pretty good about mowing my yard at 7 am this morning. It was a nice 78-81. It will be around 95+ later.” 6:25:34 AM 6/19/10 “HPM just finished mowing the lawn here. He's supposed to go mow the lawn at his parents' fixer-upper, but i don't know when that will happen now.” 6:27:05 AM 6/19/10 “god stovie, you're just plain evil.” 8:31:05 PM 6/19/10 “ok...I'm up...showered and kitchen cleaned!!!...goood morning all!!!” 6:32:27 AM 6/20/10 “This afternooon temps are around 53°F” 7:34:17 AM 6/20/10 “I'll trade with you, Euro! It's 93 outside right now.” 11:13:39 AM 6/20/10 “48°F this morning. Where is the summer gone?” 4:15:14 AM 6/21/10 “Good Morning!!! ...Leah and I have a busy day!...lots of work and errands..... and a softball game at 9pm...9pm...I like to go to bed at 9pm...which means I won't get home until 11pm....sheesh ....anyways...beautiful weather here....cool at night...warm during the day..... ...today I need to get my pack out and set up my tent for trip to W VA this weekend...woooo hooooo....I hope my tent is ok...last backpacking trips I have taken a larger tent...so we will see...it is getting old..... ...I had a dream that an apt building burned and they fixed it back up and the owners would not allow anyone to have pets, and prior to the fire almost everyone had pets.....(there was a fire in town last eve and we could smell smoke all eve....that must have triggered the dream)” 5:03:37 AM 6/21/10 “Highs today 100 deg...wowza! Glad I work inside. Chili went out late yesterday to do a little weed eating came in about 15 min later soaked thru....got a shower and layed on the couch the rest of the night...oh and we made some awesome peach icecream..YUMMY!!” 6:08:13 AM 6/21/10 “We had loads of watermelon and 3-berry shortcake (strawberries, blackberries and blueberries) after dinner ( a big hunk of filet mignon my parents brought with them) last night. Parents left this morning. :D I dropped Laurel off at Girls Scouts day camp this morning, too. They changed check-in protocols, so it's even more screwed up than usual. They also put a total B!tch in charge of morning check-in. Boy howdy, she got told told off a few times. I didn't have to say a word. Bad day to skip her coffee, I guess.” 6:15:44 AM 6/21/10 “By the way, treebait, 93° would be too hot for me :-)” 6:18:36 AM 6/21/10 “Its been raining today. The puppy ate my cell phone. I'ts monday and I have to work. ...........But it's summer!!!!!! WOHOO!!!” 10:13:45 AM 6/21/10 “Just got back from a weekend in the mountains. The car barely made it back. Was overheated on the side of the road when a convertible full of models pulled up with a flat tire. My wife called AAA for them. Drove the rest of the way home with the heater on, windows down and transmission slipping. When we got home we found that the guy from the spa place had fixed the new hot tub and it just needed some chemicals. So after cleaning dog puke out of the back seat of the car we uncapped some local ale and took our first soak in the new tub. Life is good...” 5:29:58 AM 6/22/10 “Morning. I haven't posted here in forever, but I still read the thread every day. Not a whole lot new new to share.” 5:54:45 AM 6/22/10 “Hey, Smiley! Great to see you here! I had one of the pumps for the koi pond fail the other day, and I just finished buttoning the whole thing back up and now I'm refilling it. Apparently, some m----rf----ing fire ants got into the fibrous filtration, so now I have a mass of bites starting at my neck and going down my torso, with most stuck around my armpit and where they got stuck in my bra. I'm in pain right now. Topical benadryl isn't doing much at all.” 6:01:39 AM 6/22/10 “Good Morning!!!...Nice and cool today...wooo hoooo!!!...I got too hot yesterday ( I'm a wimp when it comes to heat)..and felt icky.... ...9pm ball game last eve...way too late..... ...toejam...isn't that when a beer tastes the best???...after a tough day??? ...Hey Smiley!!!!...we miss ya!!! ...OUCH tree...those hurt!!!!..in Mobile we have ants all in the yard and they bite..I call them "little bastards"...and sit with my feet up..... ...spirit...thanks for sending the rain my way!!! ...ya'll have a GREAT day!!!” 6:28:49 AM 6/22/10 “I didn't see any ants, just felt bites/ stings. I'm not so sure it was fire ants now. There were quite a few spiders in the enclosure for the skimmer that had the pump die. I don't have more welts, but I now have burning cold itchy areas all over. I popped a benadryl tablet and some vitamin I. I hope it helps. Other than being itchy, there's no other effects.” 7:56:29 AM 6/22/10 “...well good tree...I got bit by fire ants once...they left nasty little pus filled blisters....and burned like fire....hence the name I guess...lol;...” 8:03:34 AM 6/22/10 “The stupid mama cat moved her kitties from my boat into the woods. They were safe in the boat, now I'm afraid the coyotes will get them. I still have not found them.” 8:19:38 AM 6/22/10 “My sister had some babies in front of her house several years back. I went over and looked at them and got a bit too close I guess, next day the momma had moved them.” 9:03:39 AM 6/22/10 “That's a quote either in context or out. ;-)” 9:07:59 AM 6/22/10 “dad got moved to the rehab facility yesterday, he is NOT happy. Maybe it's just what I'm used to with him and other family members, but do 80 some odd year olds rehabilitating from broken hips, etc, enjoy pizza, pulled pork, and stir fry? My father doesn't even know what quiche is.” 9:18:42 AM 6/22/10 “maybe he will meet some folks his own age and enjoy that!..I hope so....” 9:22:52 AM 6/22/10 “that would be great, but he is so ornery... he was spoiled while in the hospital, it was a big change to go to this place.” 9:32:48 AM 6/22/10 “HAHAHA Stovie..yeah...babie kittens that is...and the mommma was a cat too...” 9:45:21 AM 6/22/10 “Twiggy, he will be in for some painfull rehabilitating. Most of the people in the rehabilitating center with me when I was relearning to walk were for broken hips.” 10:01:26 AM 6/22/10 “I'm up WAY too early this morning. Can't get back to sleep. Have plenty to do so I guess my mind can't settle down. Expecting severe storms this afternoon, so I better get my outdoor work done this morning. Dentist appts. this afternoon. Can't wait for that!” 3:01:33 AM 6/23/10 Jump to Page << prev
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