Warning: Some Violence and Much Strong Language.SHE WROTE: Don't Panic
We're going to be doing some year-end maintenance on the blog for the rest of this weekend, updating some tech stuff, getting ready for the new year, and HWSW may disappear for awhile. We're doing that on purpose. Don't shriek at Blogger. In fact, you may just want to go away until Monday if logging on and finding nothing here raises your blood pressure because that's probably what's going to happen. We're telling you now, go read a nice book. Talk to real people in person. Eat something nutritious.
See you on Monday.
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Nope, won't panic. I've got my towel.
I'll just curl up with a pot of tea and try to wrap my mind around the Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide.
Just call me Cherry Dent.
Coffee in one hand, book in other....off to a comfortable chair.
Crack the whip on Blogger!
qfsjlvxz...green
alphabet soup
Watching Football, Christmas shopping online, reading Hot Toy again, Celebrating birthday 3 days early, enjoying unseasonably warm weather, re-arranging all my Jenny Cruise books in alpha order(from release order).....sigh
I guess I can last until Monday.
But it won't be easy.
Read a nice book? Ok folks, she's lost her mind. Obviously, she forgot that DLD was released back in April, Hot Toy has been out a few weeks, and we have NO NEW CRUSIE/MAYER books to read for at least half a year.
Read a nice book indeed!
Uh, Robin? Penny? Would you please mind e-mailing me your NaNo manuscripts so I'll have something to read over the weekend? I'm sure yours is going much better than mine, and I need something to break the sorry circle that is my life today... I'll be anxiously checking my e-mail for those mss...
The Cherry has ordered us to go read a book? Gee twist our arms.
The talking to real people thing, though ... I dunno. Real people are sooo annoying. I much prefer fictional characters.
Started my Christmas shopping with a trip to the bookstore. MC Escher drawings and a Terry Pratchett YA for one nephew. Magazines (and I think subscriptions to same) for baby sister. Book on fishing tall tales for my cousin's boy (who is heavily into tying flies just now).
Maybe when her zebra vaults.
I did buy two books for DH for Christmas today at a steamboat museum. Or maybe one is for him and one for me, I have to check it out.
I've obeyed most of Jenny's orders. Read a good craft book, talked to and had lunch with my sister and I ate a nutritous lunch. Glad the blog's here at the moment since I finished her list.
Dee the mss is nowhere ready for anyone else to see. It's also not finished. I'm hoping to finish the first draft before Christmas. Then it's going to need massive rewriting. Hope your day got better. Sending positive vibes.
wapak: I think that means we share a birthday...the 28th? If so you'll only be the 3rd person I've ever met who shares my birthday (different years, never met someone who was same day and same year).
Happy early birthday wapak and GG.
Jenny, you crack me up. I come over here to take a wee break from all my real people, who are demanding non-stop nutritious food, in between bursts of writing what I hope will be [my definition of] a nice book, before I go finish reading someone else's nice book, and what do I hear? Go back and do it all over again? Geez, I'm sooo tempted to do a childish version of "you can't make me."
If this blog didn't go out of commission every once in a while we wouldn't know what to do.
Happy birthday to all of us Sags: Wapak, didn't know that included you as well, but happy day to the rest of us too: G-G, MCB, Christina (the other one), Zaza and me (no, not ME, me, well maybe ME too).
I got a very nice B-day present this year, even though it's not quite my birthday yet. It involved having to go apply for an expedited passport yesterday. I'm very excited. More later, when it's too late for those humourless HS guys to put a stop to it [grin].
Right now I guess I have to go back to all those hungry real people.
If you think I won't be back before Monday... Huh. Really, all you imaginary friends should know me better than that by now.
bw
After an exhausting day helping move some wonderful friends, I was thrilled to come home and see the blog still functioning. For now. Just finished a Very Good Book late last night - Time off for Good Behavior by Lani Diane Rich. Man did I laugh. I'm going to steal back my copy of Santa Baby from my housemate, then take a bat (so pronounced by the Irish gentleman who was laying carpet as we moved furniture around him)
"go read a nice book."
Check. (Monkeewrench by P.J. Tracy)
"talk to real people in person."
Check. (Just got home from Auntie's. Been there for days.)
"eat something nutritious."
Check. (Veggie platter leftovers. Yum)
Now what?
I suppose I could clean my room, fill out job applications, and do laundry.
Nah.
dauzww: Does Andi use ZaZa's Wonder Woman?
Should the blog disappear until Monday ... everyone enjoy the remains of their weekend. And I'll add my birthday wishes to BCB's, for all my fellow sags. There are quite a few of us I think.
And it just so happens that I went to the library today so I'm going to go obey my favorite part of Jenny's orders. (g) Maybe with a glass of wine ... hey, it comes from fruit so its nutritious. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
twueteur ... the sound made by a French bird.
In a perfect example of the bad behaviour Bob and Jenny will not permit in next year's blog:
Major Accomplishment today! I ran the whole way 'round the lake without stopping! That's 2.7 miles in 30 minutes (11 minute mile), so I won't be participating in the Beijing Olympics or anything, but it's a major accomplishment for me. It was one of my goals and I have actually managed it. Another goal was running (however slowly) for 30 minutes without stopping, so I can tick that box as well.
The best part is that this means my quad/hip flexor/knee aches and pains must be on the wane. Woohoo! Now that's a birthday present!
And happy birthday to all the other autumn/winter babies!
Lori - may I recommend the rest of the series by PJ Tracy.
Good book... I wish. My holds list at the library has 30 books in it. And btwn 3 orders at Chapters I have about 6 books I still don't have.
My TBR is empty...
My dh tells me I have a computer addiction....
What's a girl to do..
Find an old fav :)
Sheri - not the Cherry one.
Um, would someone please tell my husband that Jenny says I can sit down and read a nice book?! He thinks that on my day off I should be "productive". Productive. You know what? I was "productive" twice in my life--once I "produced" DD#1 and the other time I "produced" DD#2. I think that is enough "production" in my life, thank you very much!! *tongue firmly in cheek*
Actually he thinks I should be doing things like cleaning the house, raking the yard, doing laundry--yeah, I know, I find that really funny also!
But I did blow the leaves off of the front lawn AND I washed my van (no small feat!) AFTER I worked today from 7AM-230PM. So I think I earned the "read a good book" part of Jenny's command. Don't think I want to talk to anymore "real" people today.
And by the way, I thought Cherry Bombs were "real" people? I mean, I hear that some of y'all have even MET each other--in PERSON. Doesn't that make us real? Or are we figments of Bob and Jenny's fertile imaginations? Do I even exist? How do I know I exist? If I don't exist, does that mean I don't have to go back to work on Monday?! *grin*
Hope everyone had a great weekend!
gexqfqg--"I hate Blogger!" in SimSpeak (sorry, been playing Sims2 too long!)
Happy birthday to all you SAGs. Congrats on meeting your goals glamour geek.
No writing today either. Had to take Sarah to the Santa Claus parade. She says it was the first for her "EVER" so she was quite happy to see Santa and Mrs.Claus at the end of the parade. She knew the parade, which had stalled for several minutes, was not over because she had not seen Santa yet. Smart cookie.
Still plan to finish my book. It will need major rewrites I think. And many of them.
See you on Monday, all.
blue hdboa
Hard Driving Bob only accelerates.
LMAO Sheri Yes we are real people. So we aren't "in person" at the moment. Have been, will be, want to be.
I forgot and left Santa Baby at home and that's what I want to read now. Boo hoo. Oh well.
farmwifetwo Hello and sorry your TBR pile is empty. But old favorites are good.
Happy Birthday to you. Happy Birthday dear BCB, Zaza, McB, GG, wapak, and Christina. Have a super marvelous spectacular year.
Lori You've been productive enough. Have fun.
Tomorrow I need to write a letter to all the regulatory agencies that moniter contractors about ours. They've gone too far and we aren't accepting their crap any more. Wish me luck.
LMAO Sheri Yes we are real people. So we aren't "in person" at the moment. Have been, will be, want to be.
I forgot and left Santa Baby at home and that's what I want to read now. Boo hoo. Oh well.
farmwifetwo Hello and sorry your TBR pile is empty. But old favorites are good.
Happy Birthday to you. Happy Birthday dear BCB, Zaza, McB, GG, wapak, and Christina. Have a super marvelous spectacular year.
Lori You've been productive enough. Have fun.
Tomorrow I need to write a letter to all the regulatory agencies that moniter contractors about ours. They've gone too far and we aren't accepting their crap any more. Wish me luck.
Ooooh, Robin [jumping up and down with excitement]. I am so good at writing irate customer letters. Do you need help? I once wrote a letter that netted a fancy new stove from Sears at the price they advertised (big, big ad typo on their part) and a new kitchen floor (they damaged the old one) and a phone call from a VP in the Sears head office offering me his most abject apologies and a job should I ever want to relocate to Chicago. He said it was the best damn letter he'd ever read. Said he'd never seen anyone raked over the coals quite so fluently. You go, girl.
And welcome to all the damn lurk-- um, no, wait a minute, must be nice. Try again. Welcome newcomers! Didn't we clear out the attic last month? Cary? How many more were up there?
G-G and Sheri: You are both an inspiration. I will go do something productive tomorrow. Really. Right after I re-read some Camus and figure out whether I have to go to work on Monday.
bw
Oh no! I thought weekend's for catching up with this blog so I can relax and laugh and simply enjoy witty postings!
I really like your posts guys. Thank you for sharing!
Hi, guys, here I am trying not to lurk, coming out of the attic, out from behind the curtain. My system may finally work and blogger may not. DANG!! Oh, yeah, CB Pen here unlurking for a change. Just wanted to be visible for a moment. And say how much I enjoy the whole thing, even when I'm not.
I talk to real people all the time. That's my job: Talk to people about dolphins. Write about dolphins. I blog hop when I'm tired of talking to people. LOL
I've heard we CBers are real. Some have met on purpose. I bet I've probably met some other CBers and just don't realize it.
I'm reading Tara Jantzen's Crazy Sweet. It's a good book, although I don't know whether I'd describe it as nice. I think Jenny meant 'nice' the way that my grandmother used to say she'd fix us a nice sandwich. I mean, really, can a sandwich ever not be nice? Would my grilled cheese sit on its plate and mock me? Okay, clearly I've been awake too long. Now I'm thinking of that grilled cheese sandwich that sold for $12K on ebay and then toured the country because some woman thought she saw the image of the Virgin Mary on it. I supposed that would definitely qualify as a nice sandwich.
I hear that woman took a picture of the Holy Grill into the tattoo artists of Miami Ink so they could tattoo it on her body.
tlxxdp: Tall latte, xtra xtra dark, please.
Thanks for the birthday wishes. And they are returned !
I have been e-mailing things that he could buy me to my DH down in his lair. You have to be clear about what you want if you ever want to get it, right?
I know I am a few years younger than our Cherry, but GG, unless you are going to be 51 on the 28th, you have not found anyone yet the same age!
The funny thing is, my husband's birthday is the 29th, but he is one year younger.
It gets to be quite the household!
I'm a sag too - but on the cusp with cap. Think that makes me a whole different species ;-)
Sheri - you sound as if you've been reading Hitch Hikers with Cherry Dent.
Night duty this weekend which means, talking to work collegaues (wh are grear) eating choclate and cheescake at hlaf past crappy hour and reading two month old magazines. Well looking at the pics anyway because reading will mean a slow slide into the land of nod and thats not allowed. The machines know....they can sense slumber....the first fall of eyelid and they blare at you, roar at you, demand your attention...so unforgiving....
cowijpuy - cow injury
Happy birthday to those having a birthday this month.
DD, DW and I went to see the new Bond flick....excellent movie, Daniel makes a good Bond...very athletic.
Back to reading a good book.
ddqjdg...blue
delightfuly darling quips, Jenny does good
talk to people in person huh? how do you do that?
ok, so the reason i haven't been here for two days was because i was talking to real people (some of my best friends, missed them like crazy). but still, normally, not the best advice to give to me.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY sags (BCB, zaza, MCB, GG, wapa, and christina and anyone rss missed on her list, of which i copied. we are going to have a birthday list at the new home, right?). and DUG- "on the cusp with cap"? *snort*
congrats g-g.
welcome CB Pen.
mary stella said "I mean, really, can a sandwich ever not be nice"
*snort* i had a sandwich a week ago, and as my friend said "It FAILS". really disappointing.
Hi CB pen. Glad you came out of the attic long enough to introduce yourself. Come down more often. You know on the JCF site they say welcome to the orchard. What should we say? Welcome to the shooting gallery, obstacle course, bomb site? Of course after next month we can say welcome to the bar and grill.
BCB I'd love help with the letter. These guys have pushed us too far and we're stopping it now!
DUG hope work is busy enough to keep you awake but not busy enough to run you ragged.
OH glad you've had fun with your friends this weekend. Do you go back to school today?
People are nuts. That's the only explanation for paying $12K for a grilled cheese sandwich.
Louis thanks for the info on the new Bond. I'd like to see this one. Scheduling a time when all of us can go will be challenging but hey what's life without a few challenges.
red uxubqbum ultra'xtreme ubiquitous bunnies quietly bounce up (the) Matterhorn
green drlthk drat Robert, leaving twelve healthy kittens
Happy B-day DUG.
Hey CB Pen! Finally climbed down out of the attic, huh? And FarmWife ... welcome welcome welcome ... um ... to the minefield?
Mary Stella said ... I'm reading Tara Jantzen's Crazy Sweet.
OMG. This is freaky. Like I said, I went to the library
yesterday. Found an author I hadn't read before. Tara Jantzen. Book's called Crazy Cool, though.
RSS: Good luck with that letter. Go get 'em! Let us know if you need shovels.
pccqg: Pensively Crusie commands quit griping.
I've been so busy talking to real people and eating nutrious food, I've had no time for my nice book. But I have loved my real people, now I have the melancholy that comes when they leave.*sigh*. And the beloved beast of burden, put her furry paws upon my new counters, and ate the remainder of the 24lb bird. Now all the other leftovers are just sort of sad. So I'll move on to my cookies!! Thanks to my CB gals!
nice cookies in my cupboard - see even blogger wants me to have those!
You guys are so funny. I read Jenny's short message yesterday, when only one comment was on it. Being the "good girl" I did not post. See, I do listen and I always follow the rules. Heh.
This morning I zipped over to see if the site was down. 29 comments! Tsk, tsk. So I figured, shoot, why not make it 30.
Happy birthday to all the Sags and those on cusps. *grin* My daughter's birthday is the 24th. she was supposed to be born a Capricorn, but could she wait, oh, no, she had to arrive right at Thanksgiving. Whenever she complains about having a b'day that falls on or near a holiday, I tell her it was her own impatience.
Happy non-blogging, reading, talking to real people, etc. I was supposed to go to NYC and talk with real people but have rescheduled for mid January, probably won't be able to talk then, teeth will be chattering. *grin*
Robena--like us kids are going to listen to Mom when she tells us to be quiet?! Oh please, like THAT'S ever going to happen! *rolls eyes* I couldn't shut up if you ductaped my mouth closed! I would just have to resort to charades and sign language. Hands can be VERY expressive....
Oh wait. Did I just hear the door open? *ducks and runs*
dnnetpy--Dogs never need energy to pee (in) yards
GatorPerson's Really Superb Theory on why so many Virgo's, Sag's, etc.: what's to do for recreation/exercise in December-March except, well.... Cross reference statistics on population increases 9 months after blackouts.
Louis - thanks about latest Bond. On the todo list. Flags of Our Fathers, The Queen were both great.
OH's suggestion about CB's birthdays on our future website - ZaZa and I have had a few conversations about making CB personal info public vs OMG, the bad guys are after me because they know too much about me. I'm sitting squarely on the fence about these issues. We should pursue issues once we move. I just wanted to jog your thought processes so that you have a longish time to think about such stuff.
You attic/closet/invisible people, keep checking in so that you know where to find us once B&J run us out of the basement at the end of December.
Hmmm. I wish I had a joke to tell. But I don't.
dlxhobuz: Don't Let Xavier Hold Our Bees Under Zebras.
pbqcatp: Ah, piffle. The u was a v. And I've had it with blooger.
MCB - good job, you're starting with either #1 or #2 (# 1 may be Crazy Hot), there are a total of 5, with Crazy Sweet being very recent (early this month). I had seen them but not picked 'em up, then had them passed on by a friend, and have now bought two, so, while they're not Jenny Crusie, I find them pretty enjoyable.
Hi to CBPen and Happy B-day to all the Sagittarians! I had a friend in 6th grade whose b-day was 11/26, so happy b-day to Clare, too. Since we mostly don't have real names up here, it seems as if birthdays shouldn't be a problem - or we could just do it by Zodiac sign or month.
Many congratulations to Glamour Geek for her running prowess, and BCB on her forthcoming mysterious foreign travel, and to the rest of you who have been VERY PRODUCTIVE and deserve a break. And some chocolate. And maybe a nice massage from a handsome man. Depending on your definition of nice.
Dunno if the blog was gone while I was gone, or if it will now freak out now I'm here, but it's always nice to read what y'all have to say.
clsjyhd: can we PUT those kinds of insults on a public blog? Seems risky to me!
GG Way to go on meeting your running goal.
GP LOL at your theory. I always start laughing when I hear about the maternity wards bursting at the seams and I count back to the blackout or snowstorm or holiday.
I've been gone for a week and, rather than write a huge long comment, I'll just send anyone who's curious over to my blog to see why.
DUG, "on the cusp with cap"??? That sounds rude and lewd. /:+) What does it mean?
OH, yes, we'll have a calendar with that kind of stuff in it eventually, which leads to...
BUSINESS:
We'll be building a database of CB info. You guys will be responsible for filling in your own info. We'll be asking for everything but your back teeth, but it's all OPTIONAL. You won't have to enter anything you don't want us to have. It will be secure in our database, but we totally understand if anyone is reluctant to give out the info.
This database will not be open to the public, like the Cherry one on Yahoo. Ours will be hidden and only the managers will have access to the info. It will be used for things like building a calendar, but I'll post something about what each piece of info might be used for when we get closer to the reality.
GatorPerson will be building it, and Lori and BCB have volunteered to assist. Thanks all of you!
There'll be a form for you to fill in. If you don't want to, you don't have to. And if you change your mind later, you can do it then. Birthdays will be on the form, for later inclusion in a calendar. You won't need to give the year, just the day and month, so anyone who wants to can keep their age a mystery.
See, GP, it was already in my head. /:+)
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rssasrb said...
You know on the JCF site they say welcome to the orchard. What should we say?
Welcome to the Bar & Grill! We may not be there just yet, but it's our new home.
rdvta (green)
Robert Doherty volunteered to arc.
Zaza: I missed you, but figured you were just wrapped up in NaNo writing. What an ordeal! I'm glad you're back up and running and didn't lose anything. Well, other than time and patience. Pffft. Who needs those, anyway?
and you wrote: and Lori and BCB have volunteered to assist. /.../There'll be a form for you to fill in. If you don't want to, you don't have to.
Hmmm. And I guess Lori and I could probably just make stuff up if you don't. Not that we WOULD. Necessarily. But we COULD. If we got bored or anything. But, of course, what with both of us being native Minnesotans, we'd be nice about it.
Probably.
It's been a while since I lived there.
bw
LOL thinking about the things BCB might make up and then she could blame Lori. Or she could if she wasn't a native Minnesotan
green bzepwr bees power
came after the flower power decade
I just put up some "eye candy" on the blog. One of the things that made last week bearable.
dxxznlw (green) [Hasn't blooger heard that I've already been punished???]
Does Xavier xerox zealously now? Like Wow!
It rhymes!!!
Many thoughts. Congrats BCB on mysterious possible passport required travel. I guess the whole crossing state lines thing is a bit to sticky just now? Gotta take it out of the country where they don't know you ... yet?
Zaza - I had noticed you weren't around but assumed it was Nano related. I'll go by your blog in a moment.
I rather like the idea that we can choose to share bits and pieces of ourselves ... like back teeth. While a lot of us might not want to share actual birthdates, zodiac signs might be kinda fun. Sounds like you guys have been busy! I'm very excited about the Bar&Grill opening!!
GG - Congrats on meeting your personal milestone!! I'm very impressed.
Twinkletoes - I'm just getting into Crazy Cool now and I think you called it right. Not a Jenny, not one I'll haunt the bookstores for, but just clever enough that I'll look for another in the series at the library.
**BUSINESS**
There was another donation in the p.o. box recently so that brings the kitty up to a total of $81.68. Though not as frequently as a few months ago, I do check it periodically and will until the rental runs out in a few months.
Thanks to Zaza, Lori, GP, and BCB for all their work!
Will everyone please validate parking kindly
Whew. That one would bring women into church.
I've won 5 of my bids on antique fixtures on EBay. None of them are exactly like the ones we lost but they're nice. A few more to bid on.
Glad to hear everyone had good Thanksgivings. Visits with real people, nutritious food, and books to read. I just finished the new JD Robb book. Excellent. I bought it the first day and held off as long as I could just to savor having it in my TBR pile. Gobbled it up.
I guess I am another SAG out there. Dec 10, 19xx. So happy birthday to all of us.
Now I'm off to read Zaza's adventure.
rssasrb said...
Whew. That one would bring women into church.
LOL! Yeah. Shortly after I bought that, my roomie went on a personal "retreat," shall we call it. He had a copy of the photo with him when he met this couple, likewise "retreating." The woman collected non-traditional art with Jesus in it. Boy, did she want my painting! She didn't seem to get that upping the offer wasn't going to cut it when I really, really loved the painting. I don't buy anything with resale value in mind, only because I love it.
wudaiqx (blue)
Would ugly duckings ask idiotic questions (of) Xavier?
Re: the "Crazy" series by Tara Janzen...The first three and the fifth ones are good...the forth is so-so...IMO.
ZAZA...way to go on computer problems.
eywwwh...green
every YEC world wide web hints
This could be fun. Lets see...
Bon Cheri Bomb (BCB)
Birthday: Someday soon.
Sign: Sagittarius
Age: Older than Bob.
Likes: writing, road trips, and Cowboy GAMs
Dislikes: damn lurkers
Yep. Fun.
Who's next?
*SNORT*
Yep. I'm going to blame Lori for everything. Wasn't going to, but now? Definitely.
And FYI -- I don't "dislike" the damn lurkers, I just wish they'd stop lurking all the damn time. Makes me feel like a bug in a jar and they're up there peering in at me, fascinated by the molting process, poking more holes in the wax paper and wondering whether to add a leaf or a twig.
I prefer the young tender leaves of the amber maple, BTW.
Oh, and Lori, you forgot to say "but younger than Jenny." Don't want to leave her out, as long as you're being nice and all.
bw
Go away??? But I've been away all weekend. Drove a cross the border four times! Yep. I did. The hockey count is 8 wins to 1 loss for the weekend. It was a good weekend.
So, I spoke to people in person. Hockey people and let me tell you, we are an odd bunch. Did I read a book? Well, I read two chapters in one book, does that count?
Eat something nutritious? Good lord. I've been on the road since Friday! With teenagers! Okay, we eat at Subway once, does that count as Nutritious? Mostly it was junk food. And more junk food.
Happy birthday to anyone with a birthday coming soon.
MCB - e-mail privately. I think I forgot to give you money for the web thingy in NJ. I need to send it to you. Thanks.
k.l.- December 10th is my wedding anniversary. YEah- we like to cram all the fun into one time of the year. Just buy a bunch of presents and divide them up by occasion!
Thanks for the movie tips. I really want to see the queen, well not the Queen, but it would be fun, wouldn't it. I would take her a new purse, hers are ALWAYS dowdy. And I worried about the new Bond. In my house of men, Sean Connery is God as Bond, so I haven't heard from them yet.
jen-t will you need passports for all those hockey players come the first of the year????
OH- glad you made it back to school safely.
"Welcome to the CB's. Grab a shovel and dig right in."
BCB & lori: *snort* and i'll answer all of the questions. heck, i already think people are after me, if they show up i'll just be proven right.
going back to school tomorrow. at WAY too early in the morning. so i can pass in a paper. i must go type now. *groan*
Kl: Hapy Birthday
wapa: have a good anniversary
ha, also meant to say zaza: horrible about your computer.
mcb ditto about the forgetting the B&G money in New Jersey. Meant to give it to you and forgot. Please let me know where to send it. Do you take Pennsylvania money? Canadian? or Lire? Which would you prefer.
jen t you were here, in Canada and didn't call or come over? WTH is that? I would have sat in a cold arena with you. I am cold anyhow so what's the difference? We could have consumed lots of coffee. Oh yeah you only drink diet coke.
Wander over to my blog and see the neat thingy NaNo gives you to display when you meet the challenge. robin s should have one too or be able to get one. The certificate you get you have to download and print your own name on it then print it off. I didn't do that yet, if ever. I had to get my grandson to show me how to do the other. I don't know how to do the certificate. I am computer illiterate. I didn't get anything until I registered my last word count which was over 53,000 then the You Won came up with all the appropriate certificates etc. Apparently they do not recognize your plus 50,000 until after Nov.25 or so I was told. So check Robin.
green dmvowqmq
Did my victory over words quoting Mayer's qualities.
PS ROBIN S I read 've won 5 of my bids on antique fixtures on EBay as "I've won 5 of my kids fixtures on EBay. I just cracked up LMAO. I didn't think you had that many kids and how many have fixtures?
blue rjornudg
Robert, Jenny ordered regular nutritional vegetarian, unlike Doherty's guacamole.
LMAO SDCB
I just stayed up all night reading the WWW Club by Anita Notaro. Funny, touching, LOL and cry. I loved it and strongly recommend it. I tried to find a way to contact her to tell her but couldn't find an address so I'm going to have to send a snail mail letter. I might remember to mail it by March.
I'm planning to write some more SDCB then send in my totals. But first I need to get an hours sleep.
Passports and Canada - they pushed that back to 2008 - but yes, I've applied for passports for the kiddos and me since I've never actually left the country - other than Canada and Jamacia and you only needed a birth certificate for those.
SDCB - Sorry, yes I was in Canada, but didn't stay. We were in Hamilton then I raced back across the border (had to drive to the peace bridge because of long lines at the other two) to Niagara Falls to watch my other kid play then raced back to watch DD play and then home. It was one of those things where we woke up and flipped a coin on who was going with whom. Don't worry, I'll be back.
Next weekend I get to take a bus with the team to Philly or Pittsburg? Hell I forget which city, but somewhere in PA - on an F. Finn bus! Why? Why take a bus? We did this with middle boys team one year - in a snow storm - it sucked. Yeah, I'm cranky this morning.
fgdipd - finn got dorsai into pool diving
Jen and Scope. No worries, we have everything paid for at this point and money left over. I'll send you the address if you wish, or you can just wait and next time we need money, we'll hit you guys up first.
**BUSINESS**
But seriously, 26 CBs sent contributions to the cause, in varying amounts, to a total of $136. Wow. Some of those were paypal credit card transactions which required a small fee for processing (pennies folks, don't sweat it). Zaza was reimbursed for purchases in connection with the website, and I was reimbursed for the rental on the p.o. box. The $81.68 is what we have left over for future expenses.
So unless Zaza thinks we'll need more later, nobody should feel obligated at this time.
Louis said...
Re: the "Crazy" series by Tara Janzen...The first three and the fifth ones are good...the forth is so-so...IMO.
Hmm, I loved one through four, but my personal book jury is out on Crazy Sweet. Book is good, but I think I found the secondary characters more interesting and anticipate they'll have their own book in the future.
Regarding money: I feel awful that I didn't contribute. Add me to the list of people to hit up for website contributions in the future. Do you take PayPal? Ha! That question reminds me of my short career in retail sales. I occasionally worked at a Lenox clearance center to supplement my freelance writing income. Sometimes when a customer asked if we took American Express, I'd answer, "Yes, and sometimes I give it back, too."
scpkiqbh: Sometimes, Cherries purposely keep investigating quick blog hops.
We aren't a very obedient gang, huh? Yes, Jen, subway is nutrious, there is some kind of lettuce there right? and remember sit close to the front of the blasted bus, have never been as sick as I was from sitting near the rear and inhaling exhaust and whatever they think "freshens" the loo.
Thanks to all CBs for staying on track with the new digs. I'll happily let Lori or BCB answer my stuff, just remember I'm 26, flowing, shiny hair, stacked, brilliant, organized(for some reason that is what my DH thinks is a real turn-on), and always ready with the appropriately snarky reply! Really, that is me, I mean it, it is, I'm not kidding, OK? hee-hee.
BCB opined thusly:
Makes me feel like a bug in a jar and they're up there peering in at me, fascinated by the molting process, poking more holes in the wax paper and wondering whether to add a leaf or a twig. I prefer the young tender leaves of the amber maple, BTW.
hmmn... maybe we should add a leaf /and/ a twig both this time, just to see what happens. Junior, stop shaking the jar like that, you'll make her queasy.
xjkunis - a small tribe of lurkers, rarely seen except on snowy Monday mornings
Hi Mary! So good to hear your snarky little voice again. [grin] How much snow have you gotten?
So this is what it feels like to be shaken, not stirred. Always wondered about that.
bw
adqbqdp: how I spell "adequate" after being shaken
Lori - *snort*!
Maybe we should draw names and fill in each other's info. That would prove interesting.
isgfyv: I'm saving giraffes for you, Veronica.
Mental note: dark glasses inadequate disguise. Must remember to get those fake eyeglasses, the ones that come with attached bushy eyebrows, nose, and mustache. As soon as the ice melts off the roads.
McB
age: who wants to know?
height: is that relevant?
Likes: people who blog regularly,
Dislikes: people who ask nosy questions about age and height
Favorite authors: Jenny, Bob, Will
Favorite color: plaid
cbwinej - the type of cb wine often served at blog parties
lori
age: old enough to know better
sign: bridge freezes before road surface
height: with or without heels?
likes: shoes and oatmeal cookies with M&Ms
dislikes: cleaning her room, filling out job applications, and doing laundry
Favorite authors: Crusie/Mayer and PJ Tracy
Jenny said to go eat something nutritious. Ok. Is pumpkin pie considered a vegetable or a fruit?
She also said to go read a good book. To my frustration, I'm missing two of my boxes of books from the move. Naturally all the books I thought about rereading were in those boxes.
We had a good Turkey Day over here. The weather was mild enough so we didn't have any weather worries as the parental units traveled up from Tennessee. We had a great visit, despite my sister, the Kenmore Agitator. Sheesh. I swear, I simply cannot wait until she is actually responsible for someone other than herself. Then I can call her up and demand to know why she hasn't loaded up the car with her family two minutes after she got home from work.
Robin: I get to write a snarky letter today too. We received a letter from DH's ex's attorney on Friday demanding financial info to re-evaluate child support. If she was a half-way decent parent, we'd probably do it. Since she's ... well, not nice (see my blog under The Ex), I'm writing a letter telling them (respectfully) to not to hold their breath. But boy, the snark keeps coming out.
blmib: Blindly leaping must illustrate boo-boos.
BCB: Fine. Blame me, but you'll have to make your own banner to carry, I believe the others are out of commission. You may want to wait until the nausea passes to bring out the permanent markers.
FYI: That was mostly nice. And mostly true.
And at least now the damn lurkers know your favorite food, so that shouldn't bug you anymore :)
Mary (no longer NTOM)
Age: Younger than Bob, older than Orangehands..
Sign: (usually held up by an overworked minion.)
Height: Yes.
Likes: punny jokes, pickup trucks, and disguise glasses.
Dislikes: companies who outsource their tech writing.
Favorite Authors: Jenny, Bob, & Edmund.
Hiyah all! Hope all of you had a good Thanksgiving (unless you live in one of those ungrateful countries).
Things to be thankful for:
The Thanksgiving Cookie Exchange - What do you mean, oatmeal M&M cookies, snickerdoodles and homemade cocoa aren't an acceptable dinner?!
CBs with shovels (and hugs)
Esophegeal(?sp) reflux when you fear a cardiac event
Jen-t's nails - even when she's not distracted by glow-in-the-dark polish, she still manages to mangle her spelling and make us all laugh (after we reach for our glasses)
Jenny & Bob's 2007 "He Wrote/She Wrote/CherryBombs Write" Web Seminar
A "blogger may disappear" post to hang comments on, despite admonitions to find "real" people to talk to
"Real" people who blog/comment - See, they aren't just figments of my imagination!
I'm eagerly awaiting the pseudo-profiles for bryan and jen-t!
And yes, I am a gutless wonder. Why?
ihloepup: the new I-pod compatable electronic dog. Instead of spots, it actually has holes.
Cary - you made me smile! But glow in the dark nails are a thing of the past, but I did try and new toe nail color today. Yes, I'm spoiled, must have a pedicure once a month. Anyway, the lady who does my nails decided I needed something more "mature" after she put it on she wanted to take it off. Mumbled something that no matter how hard she tried, I'd never grow up. Snort. Nice warm color, but soooo not me. I think I'll go back to Outback Aphridisac (yeah, spelling, I know) and I'm still pissed they cancelled the kinky color!
Okay I need help. My DS13 has to do a book review. It has to be a Science Fiction book review. I've given him a couple that I think are okay for his age group (yes some are Bob's), but does anyone have any suggestions? I really think the ones I gave him are way over his head, but I could be wrong. Then again most of my conversations with this kid are something like, "get a life mom", "huh? did you say something?" and "did you check out those headlights?" Like I don't know what that means! I'm so in trouble with this one.
anyway, if you have a suggestion for a teen science fiction book just e-mail me. Thanks.
Hey, Jen. How about Jules Verne?
Profile for me? Good lord.
Age: in earth years, 40. My own years, 19, and not a day older!
DOB: Sometime in May making me a Gemini - hence the Bryan/jen-T split (yes, we still share a brain and we still look like Regis on a good day).
Height - Taller than average, then again everything about me is just a tad bit more than average, snort.
Eyes: Blue with a bizarre brown dot in one eye (that is the marking of a true leader, or so I'm told). Amazing what people tell kids when they are sensative about something.
Likes: Hmmmmmm, i think I'll keep that one to myself.
Dislikes: when my toe nail color doesn't show my true personality. That and distracting phone calls that end up with the garage door closing on top of my car.
Favorite author - I'm a suck up - Bob and Jenny - among others.
Favorite of the five heads: The one right in the middle, the other four are hidden most of the time, except for that nasty morning hour, then I advise all to say the heck away.
Real hair color: Unknown. Haven't seen it in years.
Anything else?
Oh, the calves - they are real - not implants (don't ask, every long story).
MCB - Thanks - well check out the library tongiht after basketball tryouts? Good grief, like this family needs another sport to deal with it.
Boy, a week and a bit is a LONG TIME in blogger world. I have not read all the comments, but did read the posts from our fearless leaders.
Thanks all for the kind thoughts about my driving while crying, and my mom. She passed away the day after I got there and I had one meltdown day. Then life started happening -- like going from having no turkey day to having 18 for Thanksgiving. Not to mention the funeral and stuff. The family gathering was really great and overwhelming.
I am home now trying to remember what to do. Checking the blog seemed to be right up there with checking my e-mail.
Congrats to those who have reached their 50,000 (now finish the *&J#$ story). The Finn jokes were great. The schedule for the new blog made me somewhat apprehensive about our Bar and Grill relocation, but I know we will hear about it when it happens, right?
P.S. the JAK was a release of one of her (bad) books from 1983 (for the bargain price of $15). Hard to throw the ipod against the wall, but it was a distraction for the drive up and back. I think I have not yet become accustomed to the idea of spending $25 for a book you download to your Ipod. ??? WTH? It did serve its purpose.
PSS I think I am cried out for awhile, but you never know what will set you off. I watched Hallmark Hall of Fame last night about young woman with cancer and cried. But it was a normal cry, not ... well you know.
thanks again all
Kay T - ((((((hugs)))))))
Lori: What do you mean, I'll have to make a banner? Like in a craft project? With construction paper and markers? [shudder] First of all, I don't do craft projects. Ever. Second, my penmanship is so bad, the banner would probably read "Blame Luxembourg" and it would start an international incident. They could probably do with a little excitement over there, but I'll pass. I'm in enough trouble already. I guess I'll just have to shoulder all the blame myself. Good thing I'm used to it and just don't care anymore.
Speaking of which, and since I'm maybe the only one who can get away with it, here is the REAL profile:
Jen-T
Age: younger than BCB
Height: shorter than BCB (who really is above average in many ways)
Sign: mis-spelled and indecipherable, but it's written in Ionian and glows in the dark
Likes: being younger and shorter (and more average) than BCB, hockey, long distance cell phone calls
Dislikes: damn near everything (sharks, Kermit, dark lakes, lawnmowers, garage doors, carpooling, cooking, sitting quietly...)
Favorite authors: Bob, Jenny, Nelson, Harlan, BCB, anyone else whose characters die bloody gruesome deaths
How's that? Sound like our Jen? I probably left some stuff out. On purpose. Hey, I'm not crazy. I mean, have you seen this woman when she's angry?
kay t: sending you hugs and love.
bw
Kay-T: Condolences and hugs and other very sincere expressions. Someone said a long while back that this blog was like visiting Cheers: getting away and taking a break from the real world. So of course you would head here. Glad we chose a good time to be amusing.
iPods and audiobooks. I do audiobooks so often that I subscribe to Audible.com. Note they do not have Crusie. Its a serious oversight and they have heard from me about this. But along the way I have also learned how to rip from CDs and save in iTunes for listening on my iPod. Anyone who might be interested let me know and I'll email you the instructions (not hard, but somewhat tedious steps).
BCB - Hey! You only have one inch on me! And not when I'm in heels, which we both know I'm always in! And I can still kick - you know that I can!
And for the record - there is nothing average about me baby! Sheesh.
I'm not even going to retailiate... I'm bigger than that!
Hey, did I say you were average? I think not. I just said you were MORE average than I am.
Retailiate? You planning to out-shop me? I give up. I hate shopping even more than you do.
Love you, Jen.
But I'm pretty sure my kicks are still higher.
bw
Are you challenging me? Shall we have a kick off? snort.
I love you too! You are far from average, but not necessarily normal. Hey, you're friends with me aren't you?
kay-t: hugs from me too.
bcb said, Blame Luxembourg. Oh my Bob. That *snort* just about killed me. I think I need the t-shirt.
Yep, Jen, we're just like two peas in a pod. Does that mean we're pod people?
And I am challenging without even trying. Ask anyone.
Kick off? Geez. That made me think of that stupid movie with Owen what's-his-name and the walk off. I still haven't quite forgiven my kids for making me watch that one. Speaking of incredibly bad movies, Jenny, do NOT name your girl BEAN. Meant to say that earlier and forgot.
Ok, I'm leaving work early today. Right now.
bw
Kay-T- my hugs and love with you also.
BCB: I wasn't going to mention this, but then you went all martyr on me. (similar to the move I made that earned me this banner in the first place, I believe.) RSS may still have a banner around from NJ. I'm sure if you ask in that nice way you have, she'll give it to you and I'll shoulder some of that blame you don't care about anymore.
Also: the first version of your profile looked a lot more like a personal ad, so I'm just going to add that bit of information about the high kick in there.
That movie is Zoolander. Just so you know what movie to avoid again in the future.
FYI: I'm going to try to I learn how to use the term FYI. Yeah, 'cause whatever I said up there with it didn't make sense. I believe it was supposed to be "I thought" and not FYI. Geez.
So today was my first day with only one job. It was strange. However, I do have an a job interview on Thursday for a full time library position I'm not sure I want but need to try to get so, yeah, I see that room getting clean in the near future.
Going to start the job I have left now...
Er...that should have read...
"then you went all martyr on me" she said affectionately.
I'm going to go away again now.
Lori, you twit, she said affectionately, now I can't even be a martyr? I was so looking forward to it, never having been one before. At least, not that I remember. [sigh] The sacrifices I make. The noble, selfless, painful sacrifices. [they say practice makes perfect, how am I doing?]
And, FYI and FTR, if you figure out too much about how to use acronyms, none of us will understand you anymore. It made perfect sense to me. Of course, you and I speak the same language. That helps.
Good luck with the "I don't want it but I need it so I don't have to clean my room" job interview. I've heard it's very similar to the "I can't stand it but I've got to keep it so I can pay for the room" job performance review that you'll have to worry about in six months or so.
I'm not quite exhausted enough to justify avoiding it, so I'm going to go write now.
bw
qcmel: Quebecers can make everyone laugh -- so they think
Lori informed us ... FYI: I'm going to try to I learn how to use the term FYI.
Oh good. It wasn't just me then. That really didn't make sense. Must be a Minnesota thing. Its all that cold and snow and cold.
kay t: ((((HUGS)))) my thoughts are with you and your family. take care of yourself.
*****
mary stella said "Sometimes when a customer asked if we took American Express, I'd answer, 'Yes, and sometimes I give it back, too.'"
LMAO.
also, the mary & BCB thing: LMAO
mcb: in case i forget, please e-mail me
i found the best shirt at that What On Earth site one of the other CBs put up. (http://search.whatonearthcatalog.com/search.aspx?ACTION=SEARCH&query=Casual+Apparel&submit.x=0&submit.y=0&submit=search&nav=1)
"shut up voices or i'll poke you with a q-tip again"
hee hee.
or this one:
"it's time to play spot the looney"
i love these kind of shirts.
Boy, have I got a cool sign or what? Thanks, Lori :)
Personally I think "Affectionate Martyrs" sounds like the name of some really avant-garde musical group. (Or possibly one of those paintings that Zaza likes?)
And I want a shirt that reads "Blame Luxenburg" (Or is it Luxenbourg? I'm so tired I can't spell, which is a sure sign that I should go sleep rather than babble, not that that stops me babbling.
bfwsxjbm - Hey! Mind your own bfwsxjbm. I don't have to explain every word verification, do I?
"And I want a shirt that reads "Blame Luxenburg" (Or is it Luxenbourg? "
* * *
If you mean the small country next to Belgium, it's LUXEMBOURG. Nice place to visit - good food, wine and museums, and some interesting architecture.
;-)
OH: Don't you just love those shirts? Why yes, sometimes people around me are a few clowns short of a circus.
Question: Is "Blame Luxembourg" from a movie or TV show? For some reason it's ringing a very distant bell. Of course, it could be just the gong coming to get me ...
BCB: Got an acronym quote for you from Good Morning, Vietnam:
Adrian Cronauer (Robin Williams): Excuse me, sir. Seeing as how the V.P. is such a V.I.P., shouldn't we keep the P.C. on the Q.T.? 'Cause if it leaks to the V.C. he could end up M.I.A., and then we'd all be put out in K.P.
(That quote always pops in my head whenever the pointy-haired bosses at work start spewing acronyms!)
iyhfoa: Isolated yellow hot tubs feel oddly appealing.
Tigress informed: If you mean the small country next to Belgium, it's LUXEMBOURG. Nice place to visit - good food, wine and museums, and some interesting architecture.
Ah, yes, but do they have a sense of humour?
Btuda: I have no idea whether it's from anything other than my poor tired brain, but anything's possible -- it was the first "L" country that popped into my head and I thought: yep, if I wrote "Lori" on a banner, it would look like "Luxembourg." Of course, now that I think about it, the "blame" part probably would have looked like "blitzkrieg" -- this is why I don't do craft projects.
bw
Luxembourg. Its just fun to say. It even sounds like a place with good food and interesting architecture. Its a Duchy, right? I think I remember that; and its the only remaining soveriegn duchy.
BCB, don't blitzkrieg Lori. Its rude.
Hey BCB, at least your tired brain can spell. Yes, I know I could have scrolled up to check the name of the dang place, but I was afflicted with TBS.*
Of course, it's not going to be any fun to blame the L place if it's a place of good food and interesting architecture. Probably nice people there too. Maybe we should blame Lesotho. Or Latvia. Some place that isn't the only remaining sovereign duchy.
It's funny: a couple of inches of snow and everything in the Portland area shuts down for a while. We'd never make it in Minnesota.
*Tired Blogger Syndrome
paddy - something rice is often found in
Jen-T: Science fiction books for your son. Well, there's the classic 'A Wrinkle in Time' by Madelyn L'engle. Another book by her, 'The Arm of the Starfish' he also might like, and I think it could be considered science fiction. Hmmm, a very good but kind of dark book is 'Ender's Game' by Orson Scott Card. Actually, that might be the book I would suggest first. I don't think it would be too much for a 13 year old boy, but I don't know your son. I like a lot of books by Anne McCaffrey, but I can't imagine them appealing to him, for some reason.
Sigh...I know that there's more, but none that I can think of off the top of my head that I would recommend to a young teenage boy.
And it just occurred to me that you went to the library yesterday. Well, I'll still post this just in case he hasn't picked a book yet.
Theresa
Oh - I can't believe I didn't think of this first. 'The Hitchhiker's Guide' by Douglas Adams.
Or anything else by Douglas Adams! I read mostly fantasy, not SF - though I found Asimov's Foundation series interesting and provocative, and I LOVE Lois McMaster Bujold. But she is probably not quite right for a 13 year old boy...
I wish I had more ideas, but they probably would be too late anyway.
cioox: an alien species!
ekweusu: their companion animals
SF is one of the few genres i don't read (love fantasy- well, certain authors at least) but i just never got into SF. IIRC, someone said good stuff about If Sheep Dream.....or is it If Android's Dream of Sheep...something like that. of course library trip was yesterday so....just never mind.
Asimov's 'I, Robot' is also interesting and very good. It's also not terribly long. (Not sure if your son's a big reader, Jen.) Also if he likes Star Wars, the trilogy by Timothy Zhan, which chronologically follows the first three movies, are also very good. I think the first book is 'Dark Force Rising', but I'm not 100% sure. There's also 'Dune' by Frank Herbert.
Ok, stopping now. I'm feeling the urge to read SF now, for some reason. Too bad all those books are in boxes at my parents.
Theresa
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