Wow. Running one thread ahead of the months, even! But at over 260 posts, it was time.

Pumpkins are some of my favorite squashes, and the vines that grow 'em are so generous iin making pumpkins that I can understand the early settlers taking to them with such enthusiasm. Don't hurt none that they taste so good roasted, boiled, or seeded and toasted.

Curried pumpkin puree over cornbread is cheap'n'easy. Loved it as a broke student, lo those many years ago.

So, glad I have already eaten. I looked at the pumpkins today, but thought I would wait for a cold snap! So that I can enjoy

curried pumpkin soup!

roast pumpkin with chili and garlic flakes!

The thought of pumpkin and pecan pie ~~ mmm

Yep. There's not much that makes me happy to see the cold take over from the warm, weather-wise, but pumpkin is definitely on that list.

The one and only time I have tried pumpkin soup was on the morning of our last day in prison camp at SERE school in the Navy. I think they must have picked it as known to be edible but peculiar to most of the students.

I would try it again here 40 years or so later if someone made it very easy for me. On the other hand home roasted pumpkin seeds with just a touch of salt I'd go out of my way for.

Robert

Today's the third day of miserable weather here in the Northeast. Sadly it's to continue tomorrow for the Lambertville House Tour. The Historical Society puts it on and this is the first year of consistent rain and misery in the past 15 years that I've been involved, so I guess I shouldn't complain. I am though. It's such a wonderful event on a bright crisp fall day. Tomorrow will be more of a struggle not to mention a monetary bust.

I love pumpkin soup, pumpkin bread, pumpkin cookies and pretty much pumpkin anything.. How do you make roast pumpkin?

#6 mckait I cut wedges of pumpkin, place in a roasting dish sprinkle with olive oil, dried chilli flakes and garlic slivers and put in a hot oven turning occasionally until the pumpkin is soft and slightly charred.

ETA When the pumpkin is soft I sometimes add some seeds for the last 10 or 15 minutes of cooking time to add an extra bit of crunch.

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i need to try this!

I have used wintersquash roasting in the oven, that is very good and maybee some similar ?

>9 IaaS, it is similar, though pumpkin is meatier than winter squash. I speak of texture in this context!

I have roasted squash... with butter.. yum!

Roasted squash with butter and honey...and i have a recipe for a beef stew w/pumpkin...served in the pumpkin shell...impresses people..it's easy....and fun...also roasted winter veggies...potatoes, turnips, parsnips, onions,pumpkin/butternut squash chunks...drizzle with EVOO...and roast...no seasonings necessary..thr "roasting" brings out the flavor..amazing.

I bought squashplants at the plantcenter this year and got wintersquash, not sommersquash as I payed for. They got as big as a basketball, green and yellowstripet, very good ovenfried with oliveoil, salt and herbes.
I want to try pumpkins next year. Can any of you tell me the best and most tasty variant to grow. Then I can buy some seeds.

>13 Sugar Treat! Deeelicious! Does your area of Norway have 90-120 days of temps above 70F? Here's a good site to read up on all things pumpkin:

http://www.pumpkingrowingtips.com/info.h...

I'm drooling.
Harvested the sage today. I made this pesto...froze it in small jars, it's great on pasta and all sorts of things.
3 large handfuls of sage leaves, scant cupful of nuts or seeds (I used a mixture), 1/3 c. chopped garlic, 1 t salt, 1/2 c. olive oil, 2 c. grated parmesan.
Now I'm going to put some on roasted pumpkin for dinner, over rice.

I love pumpkin jam hmmmm....
Its been too hot in Lisbon for indoor reading its still almost 30º Celsius! I'm on a short vacation so I've been catching up on sleeping/walking around

we have to change the name of this place from gathering place to :"Come and be hungry"!!

Loosha, I make a pesto from cilantro that's similar...I use pecorino for the cheese, though. Love that pesto!

Viviane, 30C (about 85F) in OCTOBER?!? Yeck! A friend in Florida is suffering through 34C days, if you can imagine that!

Oh, IaaS, if the conversion isn't handy, the 70F is about 20C daytime temps and about 18C nighttime temps preferred by pumpkins.

Another pumpkin fan here! Pumpkin pie w/whipped cream, Pumpkin cake/cupcakes w/ cream cheese frosting, pumpkin quick bread & pumpkin yeast bread....all fall favorites.

richardderus
I'm sure your friend is suffering much more than I am. Here we have this sunny warm lovely days with a cool breeze in the afternoons great for sightseeing and leisure walks. But its still a bit off season, I'm looking forward to warming my hands in a bag of roasted chestnuts (15ºC will probably be enough;))
p.s. I really love where I live just in case your wondering...

I can see why you love Lisbon. It's beautiful!

Colder = better in my book, until we get to 0C. Then it can stop. Oh heck, I'll even take -1C. Colder than that, pfui!

I make a thai steamed pumpkin dessert that's delish! I make a thick coconut jam, put it in the hollow of a small pumpkin, put the top back on, and steam it. It's sooooo good.

And I love pumpkin and carrot soup, cider mashed pumpkin, pumpkin and chestnut pie.

hmm.....i think a trip to the market for pumpkin is due

Going back for round two? That's brave!

Hello all.

I like pumpkin pie, and thats enough pumpkin for me. Don't eat squash or any organ meats.

Love pumpkin pie. I'm going to make a pumpkin bread pudding for dessert tomorrow.

I worked at a diner in Connecticut in the late 70s. One of my favorite things on the menu was butternut squash baked with maple syrup and butter. Yum. My neighbor's daughter grew butternut squash this year and gave us 3. They're just waiting to be baked.

I don't like the other squash sweet... I like it with butter and salt and pepper.
I have not been very adventurous with squash......but will try roasting pumpkin soon.

From a former life long ago in the Midwest, I can inform you that the great Circleville Pumpkin Show is next weekend. Click on the pic for lots of recipes.

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omg, pumpkin pancakes? are you kidding me?!?! ::swoon::

Pumpkin panacakes!! YEAH!!!

I just finished and reviewed The Cave of John the Baptist on my thread http://www.librarything.com/topic/73753 and the book's reviews page.

In summary: Case not proved. Book not needed. Writing not interesting. Next docket item, please.

inre celsius conversions: download hyperwords from the mozilla site. With a right click, it will make conversions for money, temperature, etc., look up words in dictionaries, encyclopedias, as well as many other things. Very cool tool.

love pumpkin anything

been gone five days (to Cleveland and Pittsburgh) and another thread gets going fast

had a nice trip - now I prepare for surgery next week - what fun!

Sharleen;
I am happy that you had a good trip before going in for surgery. I will be thinking of you and hoping for the best possible outcome.
Let me know when and I will be sure to be thinking of you at that specific time.
hugs,
belva

Hi all,

Just a quick tip for pumpkin fans...
Add a can of pureed pumpkin to homemade chili and you increase the nutrient and fiber content of the chili by quite a bit and there is no strong pumpkin taste.

roxie - that's an interesting idea

nanny - the trip was great - though cold and we did run into t a little snow on the way to Cleveland, but otherwise the weather was pretty good - cold, but not precipitation - at least not until we were done for the day anyway! I'm hoping the surgery is in one day and home the next

emaestra, thank you for the tip about the add on.. I love it!

OMG Pumpkin pancakes!! I see a delicious weekend ahead ..... Thank you, thank you, thank you for that link, Larxol

Who's have thought Circleville would be so exciting? I'll be back next year to remind you all about the Bucyrus Bratwurst Fest in August.

that sounds good

now I know why I can't lose weight - I keep reading this thread and our main topic is food!

I interrupt this pumpkinfest to come out of the closet in my latest review...The Great Inflation and its Aftermath by Robert J. Samuelson...as an opponent of the unbridled capitalism that's led us to the current economic crunch. Details on the book's reviews page, or in my thread http://www.librarything.com/topic/73753 in post #218.

Hiya Richard!!!! **waving**

Ok, here's my definition of the perfect houseguest .... one who not only keeps the guest room tidy and makes his own bed, but then wakes up before everyone else in the house to make a HUGE breakfast ... crisp bacon, scrambled eggs, baked beans (ok, so these were out of a can but hey, let's not be picky here), grilled tomatoes, sausages, toasted english muffins, cut fruit, and hot pots of coffee and tea. AND he washed all the pots/pans he used!!!!!

If I wasn't already married, I'd kill to keep this guy.

>40 Hi Porchy!! Glad to see you!

>41 Married hell! Lemme at 'im, we'll see about that whole "heterosexual" foolishness. That one's too good to pass up!

>41

Envy! Envy! My brother doesn't even pivk up after himself when he's here...but he does cook breakfast..if that's what you want to call it, with all of his allergies and dislikes. Maybe your guy could teach classes on Being a Classy Houseguest? Hey, it's a thought!

> Drive-by BIG WAVE to Porchy!

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Cameling--Tell your house guest if he wants to come visit Portland,OR I will welcome him with open arms! I'll show him exactly where everything is in my kitchen, too. LOL

I'm sorry to inform you all that you have to stand in line .... behind me! I'd like him to stay forever .. he also vacuums and cleans windows!

Some people have all the luck!

>45 CLEANS WINDOWS?!? VACUUMS?!?

Now dear, don't take this the wrong way, but either 1) you're lying to us like a big ol' lying liar or 2) "he" has you fooled and is a woman. Now women as hot and smart as you don't have to learn to lie because people just lie down in front of you so you can step on them instead of getting your Jimmy Choos damp. So "he" must be a woman. Hide in the bathroom before "his" shower, you'll see I'm right.

Every one to my house! I HATE to have any one in my kitchen.
It's always "Where is this? (Here I'll get it for you.) Do you have that? (No I don't, let me get you this instead)
Why don't you try doing things the way I do it's easier/simpler/fancier..etc..? (Cause I have my own way to do things.)"
And then my favorite "What do you mean I have to wash these by hand?" (I'm sorry but that is what "I don't have a dishwasher means.").
*sigh*

Does he have a sister?

Sadly my useful house guest has gone home to his wife and kids. And no, rdear, 'he' is definitely NOT a she ... i used to date him way back. So we are back to doing the chores by ourselves. *hisss, booo*

>48 : haha... that sounds like me when my sister-in-law comes over for a visit. She makes a huge mess in my kitchen and tries to reorganize my pantry and cabinets. My husband now plys her with alcohol and keeps her out of my hair since I usually have sharp knives within reach when I'm in my kitchen. *mad gleam in my eyes*

I'm speecheless ! Reorganize your pantry and cabinets ? Put her out in the garasje or cellar, if it need some work, with a bottle of bourbon.

If there's a bottle of bourbon involved, I'll make the trip to Norway and clean your garage!

That would be very nice of you Richard, I could need a clean sweep in my cellar, but I have no garage. Ooh, have no bourbon either.

*harumph*

Perhaps another time, then. No bourbon, imagine that

Richard, I would invest in extra-good bourbon for someone to clean out my garage.

I have bourbon, I have bourbon .... so when are you coming up to Boston?

He seems to have gone into hiding.

I'll give you bourbon or whatever else you want to drink if you come to my house and help me w/ the basement!!!!

Good you guys, feed Richards gout.

maybe he's heading to Boston?

Richard..i have Bourbon (though i don't drink it, myself) but i'm in SE Ohio..and i am your friend....booze ain't good for Gout...but i'm good for snarky conversation...whatever..you.....

R--I have a liquor cabinet, a wine fridge and a guest bedroom! And we'll just drink enough to forget all about cleaning!! :p (Are you just loving all of us bidding over you? LOL)

Oh, the choices! The choices!

The Divine Miss's entire family is here from Rome just now, and I am doing a lot of chauffeur and cook stuff, but I shall carefully consider all options after they are gone. Thursday. *sings hosannas*

PS...single-malt Scotch bribes go a lot farther...and booze = gout isn't ({un?}fortunately) a true correlation in all cases....

Single-malt, Bourbon, ginger ale, whatever it takes. Happy to host you any time.

Single malt...now Walt wants you to come, too! Have fun with Divine Miss' family and don't mix up your chef and taxi hats.

richard have fun w/ the guests! I can get single malt scotch--whatever you want!!

Richard......I can beat them all........I have CASH. :o)

LMAO porchie!

Single Malt Scotch...could be a stretch where i live....HILLBILLY HELL (by any other name)...but i got CASH$$$$ like Porchy....but she's my friend and i don't want to hurt her feelings....god, what is this, some kind of RichardAuction??? perish the thought

;-}
J

Trying to bribe him is more seemly than yanking on him, crying, "No, he's coming with me!"

Ah yes..A Richard-Tug-of-War????

*snort*

J

There's always at least 1 bottle of single malt at my house ... and I'll throw in a key lime pie too. ;-)

One more day to go before you are free of the Romans, and your chauffeuring and chefing duties. So are you going to thrill us with your menus todate?

The Monday din-din:

1) Beef tenderloin, anointed with olive oil, sprinkled with onion and garlic POWDERS not salts, broiled just past raw into really rare.

2) Broccoli rabe, broccoletti, rapini or whatever your grocer calls these superbly nummy bitter earthy greens, sauteed with fresh garlic and olive oil.

3) Baked gingered parsnips.

4) Mixed baby greens with extra-virgin olive oil, aged balsamic and a oochkin of salt for dressing.

5) Maple-cream frosted white cake with crushed walnuts.

Since wine is expected, I served Yellow Tail Australian Shiraz, our house red. It's strong enough to stand up against the broccoletti and not so dry as to make one cough.

Last night was fried swai milanese (in bread crumbs instead of batter), with my homemade horseradish tartar sauce, wild pecan rice, and roasted carrots. (We went to Sagamore Hill, Teddy Roosevelt's home in Oyster Bay, so I was too tired to cook fancy.) Key lime pie for dessert, courtesy of Edwards frozen pie company. Tonight, commercially prepared ribs (yuck) which I didn't eat since I don't like other peoples' BBQ sauce and mashed parmesan potatoes.

Nothin' fancy, in other words.

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there is something wrong with this thread....half of it is missing..the other half is spread all aaccrrooss the page....interesting!

Not here.
Oh wonder - I got hungry at 7 in the morning.
I have a Twelve Year Ballantyne, by the way.

Nothin' fancy?

hah! show off.

glad they are leaving today... missed you.

Hmmm...twelve-year Ballantyne and a Norwegian trip sounds like the winning summer bid...now to hit the lottery so as to PAY for this!

Kath...I don't work outside the home, so I can make stuff like that and think of it as nothin' fancy. When I worked 10-hour days AND had to commute home, it was Stouffer's frozen what-not and Velveeta mac'n'cheese with hot dogs.

For all that I complain about the burdens of caring for a failing elderly aunt, it's a Goddess-send for someone who wants to try his hand at making money through writing. Possibly, if luck is with me, even a living!

what's a swai ? Fish I'm guessing? You had me hankering for a good juicy piece of rare steak after reading your Monday menu.

I love cooking big meals, but you're right... it's only possible if you don't need to work outside the home, or put in 10 hour days. That's why I'm excited that this year, we're having Thanksgiving over at our house instead of going down to NY, and I get to plan for and cook up a massive meal with all my holiday favorites.

I made profiteroles yesterday only because I had a dental appointment in the morning so I worked from home in between. It's been a long time since I baked choux and I make the dough the way my grandmother taught me ... by hand .... so my right arm is sore today. But the effort was worth it .. they were totally yummy.

Okay, that's just wrong on so many levels I'm losing count...1) you made homemade profiteroles 2) you're NOT coming to NY for the Holocaust of the Turkeys 3) you're making a sumptuous and scrumptious dinner and NONE OF IT INCLUDES ME!

*grumble* unfair double-X chromosome bearin' meanie

cameling, swai is a white fish--very much like tilapia with not a fishy taste at all. I rather like it.

richard--good luck w/ your writing--see didn't I say on an earlier post you should write--your reviews are awesome.

so richard, how about 2) i make a key lime pie for you when I go down to NY for Christmas and 3) you're invited up with my in-laws for T'giving weekend. Alas, I have no answer to 1) except ... they were pretty good, if I do say so myself. ;-)

momom: hmm..... interesting .. I shall have to see if my local fishmonger has any. I don't like fishy tasting fish ..... which not many people seem to understand, since they claim a fish should taste like a fish. But then again, I don't like chicken drumsticks because they taste too chickeny, and I don't like bananas after they have spots on theirs skin because they taste too banana-yi.

not to take away from the food - just wanted to let people know that I had surgery yesterday (gall bladder) and I am fine and I came home just a couple of hours afterwords - the stone was like a robin's egg only not blue - I could have stayed the night but I preferred coming home if possible and the doctor said it was alright with him!

Glad you're feeling better, koalamom! Hope your recovery is speedy.

take care kmo... let yourself be pampered...

>82 k-mom, recover happily...I had gall bladder removal done, it's been a huge huge relief. May yours be even better. (And MY stone wasn't even a pretty shape!)

>81 cameling, that's a strong temptation, but I'm the chief cook for the Turkey Day feast and I think defection would cause an irreparable rift.

As for the Key Lime Pie...you're on! How about a Boxing Day dessert-a-thon? And Edd's not invited, he's commanded. I'll go mea my culpas to Barbara and get them here as well.

However, do not feel surprised if I am frosty towards you, what with the Non-Profiterole Incident. *miff*

Feel better soon, koalamom!

thanks all and I'll take a slice of that key lime pie

Nice to hear you recovering koalamom.
I don't know how large a Robin egg is, but the bird is pretty large so the egg and your stone must be large. Must have been awful.
Give her some Key Lime Pie, she deserves it.

koalamom--feel better soon! Glad the stone is out!!

koalamom--relax and read,read, and enjoy reading some more.

that's what I am trying to do - letting the husband and/or son cook

I've got four characters outlined in the Death in Blue & White thread...the hero, the sidekick, the magical helper, and the trickster...along with an obituary of the victim. Come visit!

Very cool, I have stared the link.

koalamom - rest up and let yourself be waited on by your husband and son. Hope you feel better soon.

maybe they'll make you some pumpkin soup and pie

glitter-graphics.com

Get well soon!

richard--I cannot wait to dig into Death in Blue and White. Thanks for letting us take a peek.

Being a Yankee hater since the 1950's and a Phillies fan since 1992, I'm a bit disappointed with the outcome of last night's game. I tell myself that it's just a game and that in a week's time I really won't much care but......

I feel the same way when Roger Federer loses..... it's just a game and in a week's time I won't much care but...

We really do want our guys/teams to win.

Sorry your Phillies lost.

Mets fan since 1969...I don't care who wins, so long as the Yank-mes lose. Yuck. 27 titles. Makes me want to hurl.

snash, I am a Red Sox fan or a fan of whoever plays the Yankees. So I too was very disappointed! So nice that they PURCHASED their 27th world series. Afterall they are the best team money can buy....

Given that as recently as two years ago, the Red Sox payroll was at $140 million, or at least twice as high 13 of the 29 other major league teams (Yanks were at $186 that year), I don't quite see Red Sox fans having the moral high ground on this issue. :) Does that high 2007 salary figure cheapen the Sox' 2007 World Championship?

The Sox are down to $122 million this year, or twice as much as only 5 other teams. But $50 million more than roughly a third of all ML teams.

At any rate, regardless of how the teams were assembled, if you take an objective look at the rosters of the Phils and Yankees, especially the starting lineups and rotations, I think you'll see that the two teams matched up pretty evenly. So while the Yankees certainly have an big advantage over the long run due to their revenue stream, the players on the field earned their championship by defeating a very, very tough Phillies squad.

Yes, I'm a Yankees fan. How did you guess?

Than there are us CUB FANS ;-(
Maybe next year.

Another Mets household and what Richard said in #98. We're still trying to adopt the Rockies as our 'new' team since that's where we live but it's not easy to switch.

Sports - not a thing in my household.

Saw my surgeons' nurse yesterday and I am healing nicely. Have an appointment with the doctor in three weeks that I can cancel if I feel I have no reason to see him - and I don't have one. It's hard to believe that major surgery can have these results when not that long ago I would have just got out of the hospital and would have been recovering for a couple of months. I'm back to normal (or almost - still some discomfort) in a week! This is progress I like!

>101 Take heart, cindysprocket. April will come and the Cubs have new owners. Maybe next year they won't break our hearts.

#103.....koalamom, glad to hear the good report!! Still, take it easy for awhile.....good time for reading & relaxing for a bit yet.

good news kmom!

I will attempt to relax - find things to do that don't require a lot of pulling, tugging or lifting. I guess that includes raking leaves??? I also guess that I am in that category now where I feel good so I figure I can do anything I did before without consequences?

Ironically, reading is a "chore" right now and I have been reading books that I would otherwise only take a couple of days to read and the last one took me a week! Oh, well, I have to accept that I can't always read a book a day - I do have other things in my life.

Between Auntie's scheduled home visits from nurses and physical therapists and home health aides, and a doctor's appointment to ferry her to, and the rest of the miscellaneous household running, I've done nothing for myself this past two-day span...and that includes writing my NaNo novel. Life interferes with my fun!

jk--I had no idea you were morally reprehensible! I mean, a Yank-mes fan! How sad. Were you abused as a small child, or caught in some Satanic cult? I can't think of any rational reason to root for them.

My maternal grandmother almost divorced my grandfather when he had the gall to say, after the Cubs's 1945 near miss, "Nellie, it's just a stupid game, quit moaning!" She kicked him out, wouldn't even let him back in the housee until Christmas. Fandom runs in the family, all NL (Dad's a Giants fan since the 1930s).

Sports? Not I, said the little Red....since my Dad died Sports have been banned from the house..and i don't have TV reception..when my brother was here last month i told him he'd have to go to the local Tavern/Sports Bar to get his, uh, "fix"...no, he couldn't do that....pity......

i'm recovering from Home Renovations and developing a sinus infection.....Couch days ahead.....and the weather is going to be gorgeous...Damn!

;-}

Sorry Jude......feel better soon!

It's November 7th and we have our windows open!!! It's 71 degrees! I love this last bit of delicious weather before having to close the house up for the winter. I feel positively claustrophobic come January. So thank you weather gods!! YAY!

Richard. Hope your aunt is feeling better. Sounds serious.
Take care of yourself koalamom, don't overdo it.

guess what rdear .... i am also a Yankees fan! ;-) I was bummed that meetings on Friday kept me from driving down to Manhattan the night before with some of my friends so that I could go to the parade.

Take care of yourselves, kmom and jude. And I do hope that your aunt has a better day today, rdear.

The weather was absolutely beautiful today -- perfect for the ferry ride from Long Island back to Connecticut. We were going to drive straight home, but since it was such a pretty day, we stopped at Mystic and had a delightful time there. I actually managed to do some early Christmas shopping. How organized am I this year?!

It may even reach 70 here today and there's a possibility of Ida on Wednesday! I may try a bit of leaf raking today to help finish that task, but that's after we take the cat to the vet for his annual physical and see if he lost enough weight to please the vet.

Hey, Richard, you're a funny guy! In fact, there is no rational reason to root for any sports team. I grew up a Yankees fan during the days of Mickey and Roger, then cemented my fandom during the days of Horace Clarke and Celerino Sanchez. Been with 'em through all the ups and downs since. Of course, a lot of people with short memories don't remember the down years. C'est la vie!

#113......koalamom......I, too, have to take my two cats to the vet for their annual exam shortly. I'm afraid they have not lost any weight, they are big boys. (18 pounds each). They are somewhat overweight, but they actually are very large cats, they have very large frames. I have wondered if they have some Maine coon in their genetic history somewhere.

Aslan did very well. He has lost a pound and a half and the vet was very pleased considering he had gained four pounds from the first year we had him to last year's visit. For him to lose this much was quite a feat. She was happy - he wasn't happy being there, but he has forgiven us.

When we got him he was concave, then he got convex-ish and now a little less so. He's 4.

The vet would like him to lose another half pound but would be happy if he just maintains the weight he's at - sounds like many humans doesn't it?

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I've got two of my five kitties scheduled for the vet 2 Saturdays from now. Magic, my usually sweet tempered 13-year old fixed male, turns into a spitting hissing growling fiend when we take him to the vet. It's gotten worse the older he gets. Kitty William, our 10-year old macho stud muffin (fixed) male, is much more even tempered at the vet. Go figure.

Cats are so funny. We have one female who walks with her tale up and off to one side and with her hind legs rather astraddle as if she is packing a great big load she wants to show off and it just cracks us up. Then she looks at us like: "Huh?". She also stomps when she walks. IDK!~!
belva

#118....LOL! I am picturing your female cat walking the way you described, and it's cracking me up too!

My boys are very vocal and sometimes Micah will actually "bark" at me if I don't pay attention to him. If I happen to pick him up when he is not in the mood, he will SNORT at me, and turn his head away. LOL Very demonstrative little fellow. His brother, Tory, will run through the house and then jump on a piece of furniture and stare at me, like......see how bad I am??? LOL He knows how to push my buttons. I have a house full of antiques and when Tory, the 18 pound missle, goes flying through the house....I always just hold my breath, praying nothing gets broken. (the first 6 months they were here, $300 worth of antiques were broken ~ I have forgiven them, but it took awhile HaHa)

I am dreading making the appointment for their annual exams because they, too, get absolutely freaked out during the ride over. Once they are there they are petrified, but quieter. The ride home is loud again, but then once they arrive back home....you can just feel the tension fade away to nothing....and then, it's naptime. For all of us. lol

Our previous cat would quiet down if we played Scott Joplan on the stereo. If we had an other CD in the player, we had to turn it off.

The only thing the vet couldn't check on was his teeth. We assured her they were strong and sharp. She hopes that we never have to give him medication as we'd never be able to open his mouth to give it to him. We can crush it into his food, but some medications aren't amenable to that procedure.

There are two cats along with my dog in the house. My dog is a lab/pitt mix and our little female kitten absolutely loves him!

She curls up around one of his feet and rolls around, sometimes I think she chews on his nails! It his hilarious, and then she buries her face in his ears - whispering sweet nothings I guess.

Our other cat is male and right now they are driving me crazy chasing each other around the house! I'm not sure why we have cable, the animals are way more entertaining!

I have 2 Siamese. The one likes to sit on my foot. I will bounce him up and down, then he will roll off and I have to rub his belly. Sometimes when you pick him up if he isn't in the mood to be held, he will fart. lol

Subtle.

I haven't been keeping up on these threads. I have missed so much. I was disappointed in the Phils loss but there is always next year.

I have 3 cats that I have to get to the vet. I know at least 2 of them are due for their shots and everything. I just have to coordinate with hubby as to a good time to get them there, since he isn't living at the house at the moment. (that is a whole other story). When I do take the 2 that are due I know the one is going to be very angry because the last time he was there was due to some infection from a bite. He growled, hissed even tried biting us. The vet was wearing oven mitts or something to that effect on her hands just as a precaution. So I know taking him is just going to be "fun". The other one is just scared of everything. She hates everyone except for my daughter or if you are feeding her. She thinks she is the queen of all.

Our third cat needs to go just to get fixed. He was a stray my son's friend found and he was really injured and looked malnourished. Now he is still healing but boy I think he eats at some one elses house too because he will be out for days or weeks and he comes back usually just as big. Once in awhile he will look skinny but not for long. We call him our retarded cat because he looks at you and you can just tell there isn't anything going on upstairs in his brain. When we first got him he kept going up to our other two. He thought the one male was his friend or father and just wanted to play. He goes up to our female wanting to play and thinks she is his girlfriend. All she does is hiss at him, even if he is in another room or in someones arms or lap. He has finally started fighting back but his fighting is hilarious because he backs up as he raises his paws and hisses at the other cats. He has even started hissing at me. I just keep reminding him that you hurt me you are biting the hand that feeds you and you will go hungry. Plus I hiss back and he looks at me strangely.

Okay well that is all for now since I have written a short story here.

My dog, Enkidu, didn't like going to the vet either. A year before he passed away, I took him to the vet and he balked at the front steps. The clinic staff got a big laugh out of me pulling on the leash trying to get him up the steps and then trying to reason with him to get him to go inside. He wouldn't have any of it. I finally noticed that there was a wheel chair ramp at the other end of the building. I walked him around to the ramp and led him in that way. We were in the lobby before he realized that he had been tricked.

The last six months of his life, we spent a lot of time at a large animal hospital. They did much worse things to him there than his regular vet ever did, but he never hesitated to enter the hospital.

I would love to join in this conversation, but I only have a fish tank. We trimmed the live plants this week....LOL!

Yesterday afternoon my wife turned our Honda Civic over on a two-lane mountain road that had just become slick from the rain. The car skidded. She could have gone off a deep cliff but instead the car tried to go up the mountain and came down completely turned around and on its side. Car (probably) totaled. Steph walked away without a scratch (thank you Honda engineers). Hug your loved ones. Over and out from Mendocino County.

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Yeah Honda!! Wow, that was lucky. Thanks for the reminder to "Hug your loved ones."

What a scary story, rocketjk. I'm so glad your wife is ok. The car is just stuff, after all.

go Honda and rocket family!
glad she is ok

rocket--so happy to hear your wife is ok!! Thank you Honda! We have a Honda Odessey--makes me feel good about our purchase.

love my civic and now even more - glad it turned out as it did

What a blessing!~! That could so easily have been twisted the other way round. And a very good reminder to appreciate those we love and let them know it every day.
belva

rocketjk, you is so right. All we have is now and we should show our love every day. So glad to hear your wife is well.
My cat Sylvester has just been at the vet with an infection on his ear. Somebody had bitten him in a fight.
He was so nice at the vets, and let her rinse out the infection without any trouble. I was not aloud to look at it. She said he was very nice and clever, but he had to have pencillinshot for a two weeks period (depotshot, very expensive) because there are no way he will swallow any medicine. Otherwaise he is a great guy.

rocket - glad to hear your wife is OK. I have a 15 year old Prelude and it is still going strong. Its my 2nd Honda, and my next will be one too.

Anyone heard from Richard? He's been uncharacteristically quiet lately.

#136 Richard is busy see http://www.librarything.com/topic/75687

Thanks for the great responses. Post script to my story about my wife and her accident. Last night we had a house full of people and food: a 7-hour party to celebrate her 50th birthday.

A lot of people hate to admit to 50, but I bet she was quite happy to do so!

Happy birthday to her.

happy birthday mrsrocketjk!

Here's to 50 and many more! (mrsrocketjk)

Happy 50th Birthday Mrs. Rocketjk!!

Happy Birthday Mrs. Rocketjk!

The Rocketjk family have much to be thankful for!

Happy Thanksgiving to all my southern neightbours, have a safe and happy holiday!

Thanks to one and all for the good thoughts, and yes we do!

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! I've got peeps coming over for the whole weekend, so I suspect I won't have any time to come onto LT or to do much reading.

Happy Turkey day everyone !

Its so warm here (NH) we have thick fog this morning.

Happy Thanksgiving to all. Drive carefully, those of you needing to do so. We're driving up to have dinner with my elderly (91 & 85) parents, sister, and niece. It would be easier to celebrate with just the two of us, but here we go.

Happy Thanksgiving all. Staying home with husband and son, daughter in Tennessee with lycomayflower.

how exactly do you read the books that you've downloaded?

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone! Safe travels to all.

I hope everyone had a wonderful thanksgiving day. One of my sons came home and we have been having a wonderful time!

I have finally broken down and added a second LT account, for my wishlist and read but unowned books. It was one of my holiday projects.

I don't want imaginary books mixed with the actual ones I own.

My second account is called imaginaryFicus

http://www.librarything.com/profile/imag...

I did the same thing last year Ficus but still keep one on paper. IDK!~! I remember thinking: "is this legal????????" But it works out well.

Hope everyone had a wonderful and safe Thanksgiving. We certainly had a lot to be thankful for this year. Ours was fairly quiet with only eight at table and then I took a plate down to mother. She didn't feel like going out.

So glad things have turned out well for your family rocket. How scary.

blessings on all,
belva

I keep mine on Amazon, Belva. I am still in the process of loading the new account. I have about 410 books on Amazon.com, and I am adding a page at a time, so I can tag.

We are not celebrating Thanksgiving in my country anymore. When Norway was a farmers land, they had somthing called "høsttakkefest" when everything growing was saved in to house. Maybee the same thing.

Smart Ficus, to make an imaginary account. I have started to put books in boxes for sale, giveaway or toss, but I want to remember what I have gotten rid of.
I have been greately inspired to look at "Clean Sweep" on TV and I need more space for my loved books and some new.

My husband keeps warning me that the time to downsize is fast approaching. I don't know what I am going to do with all my books, somehow I don't think a storage unit will be on the retirement budget!

Not long ago, after I rearranged the overflow in our bedroom, my husband said it was time to stop buying books. A few beats later he added, at least until we get more shelves. I knew I married him for a reason.

i want 3 5 sets of billy shelves from Ikea.

I bought two cheap bookcases from my Local Discount Emporium......(PAMIDA)...and one is half full...but i need one for my upstairs Bathroom Nook..yes i do..i tell you!!!

Ikea...looks good, Kath

;-}

We have a lot of books that have traveled between two states and have been sitting on shelves collecting dust for years. I keep wanting to cull, but my husband, who really owns most of them, keeps putting it off until tomorrow. Maybe this winter would be a good time to finally start that job. I moved a few of those dust covered books a few days ago and then I couldn't breathe or see right for a couple of days - dust allergies!

Got a book for my birthday today The Acts of King Arthur and it wasn't on my wish list either, just a gift from a son who knows I like Arthurian stories.

>#161:
Sharleen;
Happy birthday!~!
I will be happy to send out some pre-postage-pd shipping boxes to you.?.?.? Tee hee!~!
Just so you know and are not disappointed, the wonderful John Steinbeck book your awesome and obviously loving son gave you is unfinished. The master worked on it for something like 16 years. And it is not actually what I would call a "Steinbeck" as he was attempting to "re-translate" Le Morte D'Arthur which was written by Sir Thomas Malory toward the end of the 15th century. This was the favorite book of Steinbeck's childhood and he read it over and over again but wanted to see it written in a more universal translation that would be more appealing to youngsters everywhere.
I loved it, but could tell it was not an original Steinbeck and I think it would have been much better had he just written his own version of the Arthurian legend. There is actually an entire book written about him writing this book and the frustrations he had and the depressions he went through. He researched it down to traveling to each and every castle he possibly could and each location he could. He also read masses of books on the subject and of Sir Thomas Malory. And his wife and another reseacher helped him on it for years. It is really quite a story in and of itself.
I hope you will love The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights as much as I did. I am a firm believer that Steinbeck in even mediocrity is still better than most at their very best.
Enjoy & hugs,
belva

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Belva,
Thanks for the commentary. Because of LT I have come to really like Steinbeck's works so this should be fun.

My son knows well what I like to read and he has read a lot of "classics" that I have not gotten too, like all of Shakespeare (or at least most of it) and Dante. Maybe someday!

I'm getting better at culling the books off the shelves that I've read and have no desire to re-read at any point in the next century. But on occasion, I'll read someone's review of a book I've given a way and they make it sound so wonderful that I wonder if perhaps I had been a little to hasty. Then I have to make a trip to the library to try and get a copy of the book out.

There is nothing needed so badly as the thing you saved for years and then tossed.

I agree. My husband is a hoarder and our basement is full of boxes, some empty, some half full and some packed with stuff that I don't think has seen the light of day in over 3 decades. I'm tempted, when he's away, to head down and throw some of them out but with my luck, those will be the very things he suddenly decides he needs when he comes back, and then I'd have to flee and get into a Witness Protection Program.... even though I'm not technically a witness to any sort of a crime but instead the perpetrator of one.

The Perpetrator's Protection Program ... LOL :)

My husband is more of a hoarder than I am, too. I never venture into his den with cleaning in mind, except for the occasional vacuum cleaning. He does - finally - clear old and unusable things out, but it often takes several days of procrastination to get there. Maybe hoarding and procrastination go hand in hand?

A Dave Barry joke seems appropriate at this point.

10. When is it okay to throw away a set of veteran underwear?

a. When it has turned the color of a dead whale and developed new holes so large that you're not sure which ones were originally intended for your legs.

b. When it is down to eight loosely connected underwear molecules and has to be handled with tweezers.

c. It is never okay to throw away veteran underwear. A real guy checks the garbage regularly in case somebody -- and we are not naming names, but this would be his wife -- is quietly trying to discard his underwear, which she is frankly jealous of, because the guy seems to have a more intimate relationship with it than with her.

#170 fredbacon I assume you mean old underwear and not military underwear ?

It is a cold, damp grey day here. It can't decide if its going to rain or snow.

I am sitting in front of a new widescreen HD monitor for my laptop. Not quite as warm as a fire, but just as mesmerizing.

My laptop is almost 10 years old and falling apart. Of course it runs XP and I have Professional Office and Access, which I would have to upgrade/replace if I went to Vista or 7 ($$). But I can't quite force myself to spend money for old tech ( a machine still running XP). So I am replacing my dead stuff a component at a time - which will probably end up to be the cost of a new one eventually :(

I replaced the hard drive 2 years ago. Then I spilled on the keyboard and it froze, so I got wireless one. The next problem was my display. I couldn't close the lid - it had to stay in the exact same spot or the white color changed to green and the black to pink. Then in the last 3 days it started to flicker and hiss. 2 days ago there was a pop and the screen went dark; like the light bulb in the projector went out. I could still see what was on the screen if I shined a flashlight on it. LOL. Obviously couldn't live with that so I got a bunch of cables ( to try to hook it up to my TV or an older (tube) monitor). Also thought I would try a new monitor.

The new monitor worked and what a difference its clear and crisp and uses all the correct colors, no flickering, not black. So for the moment my computer is OK, but I really need to do something about it, and probably put all my stuff on flash drives so when it dies I can add it to the new machine.

I'd advise you not to wait on transferring your files to flash drives. I lost everything a few years ago and had to start from scratch. Computers tend to die on you at the worst possible times!

I know. But I had the Geek Squad transfer my files from my dead hard drive to my new one when I replaced it. So I imagine they can do the same again, I just would have to pay them to do it. But I hear you about not procrastinating. Thanks.

#172 The same thing happened to me. My computer died about six months ago. I did store some of the stuff on flash drives. But I still lost almost all of our family photos. Since then I'm afraid of storing anything at all in my computer. I'm terrified at the thought of this one dying too. :-(

I know how you feel Porua, I was lucky in that I did have my photo's backed up but I had an extensive music collection and I lost all of that. I'm a big booster of flash drives now.

>#170:
fredbacon;
I could not stop belly laughing when I was reading your Dave Barry joke. That was hysterical!~!

>#168:
My dear Ficus;
It would then be the P.P.P.!~! LOL

hugs,
belva

My husband just had a flash drive die on him. It was hot to the touch and did not register anything on any computer. He had photos and music that he had created on it - now completely lost. The company is sending him another flash drive but I'm not sure I would trust a flash drive that you know has a tendency to overheat and crash. He is now burning all his stuff to disk right away. Perhaps we all need backups of our backups.

#170 : fredbacon - I'm a big Dave Barry fan .... that joke is just so funny.

To all who are backing up their photos and files onto flash drives or external drives, be sure not to sync them automatically. I did that accidentally and wiped out everything that I had backed up, because since it was syncing, it replaced everything that was on my backup drive with the current files on my computer. So everything that I had deleted from my computer after I had initially backed them up on the external drive also thus, got deleted when it synced my external drive with my computer. A very traumatic lesson learned in that one afternoon.

I splurged awhile back and got a external hard drive called Click Free. It's idiot proof, so they say (that's why I bought it) and all you do is plug it in to your PC and it does the rest. Backs up EVERYTHING. So if anything ever happens to this computer, all I will need to do is plug my Click Free into the new one and Bingo! I have a huge amount of photos and other data for my business that I don't want to lose. Of course you need to keep it updated as you add more stuff, but it's a little "insurance policy" for my puter. I got it on QVC but I'm sure you can find them elsewhere.

165 caroline...

Since I started the library at work, it has gotten even easier to cull my home shelves. I have meed okay, not great but okay with it for years. This library sort of lets me give them a new home where I visit with them daily. :D

I started it with 30 or so of my own books and and have added many more.
Other staff have donated and by monday we will be up to 200 plus. I have it here on LT. Last week I requested money to upgrade to paid.. I just have to get my hands on it.

As for hoarding... yeah, the husband is much more of a hoarder than I am. I learned my lesson when we moved from Pa to Ma and back. I needed a truck just for books, I swear.

eta

i too, have an external hard drive.. i have a mac and so everything is idiot proof pretty much. I have yet to back up... I will do it over the break, I hope.

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Currently reading

Santa, Baby by Jennifer Cruise
A Quick Bite by Lynsay Sands
Once Bitten, Twice shy by Jennifer Rardin

Along with a large amount of Childrens Holiday stories for my 4 year old.

mckait : Apart from books, I would say that I'm quite the minimalist. I hate stuff that just gathers dust since I don't like dusting (or housework for that matter) so I don't have alot of tchotchkes but books, now that's a different matter. Even traveling is a trial sometimes because I have to bring enough books with me to read while I'm away. Then sometimes I'll buy books during my travels ... all sounds good until I have to lift my suitcase at the end of the trip. oops!

I'm on a trip now and i've gotten a little wiser ... taking a leaf out of kidzdoc's book and I've brought a spare bag to put all my books in, so at least my main suitcase won't be overweight. Of course I could just refrain from buying books while I'm traveling, but .... that would just be plain improbable. ;-)

I know the feeling about traveling with books. Went to Las Vegas and Death Valley a couple of weeks ago. Thought I took enough books (paperback), ended up at a used bookstore to buy more. ended up bringing a couple home. With traveling paperbacks, after reading I try to leave them in hopes someone else will enjoy them,too.

I do the same too ... and sometimes I'll also leave them in the seat pocket in the plane for the next passenger too .... unless the cleaners find them and take them home

The older I get, the less *things* I want to see around the house. They're all dust catchers. However, my husband likes stuff out, so it's a constant balance between putting up stuff and keeping out enough to keep him content and happy in our nest.

I must admit, though, that I have quite a few figurines on my lingerie chest, and lots of pictures of our daughter at various ages on my dresser. I do like looking at those.

I've always got at least one book with me, unless we're just going to the grocery store. And, like you, cameling, I have to take lots of books to pander to every mood when we go on a trip of more than a day or so.

The worst thing in the world is to be somewhere waiting without a book. *shudders*

"Never go anywhere without plenty of reading material" is one of the rules for a happy life.

Or if you find yourself without any books ..... make going to a bookstore a priority! ;-)

I usually take two books with me on trips - no matter how long - and usually only mange a chapter or two in one of them! However, if I only took only the one I'd finish it in an hour of the first night and end up reading the brochures the motel provides.

I ususally travel with a nice, fat Victorian novel on the theory that no matter what the airlines throw at me, I'll have plenty to read.

I'm about to leave on a 2-week vacation in Spain. I'm taking three books: Moscow Circles by Benedict Erofeyev, The Cat Who Could Read Backwards by Lilian Jackson Braun and And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks by Jack Kerouac and William Burroughs. That ought to hold me for the plane flight over! Anybody know any good English language bookstores in Seville?

For short trips... like to the rocery store or to do other errands, I now have my itouch. Fabulous. Books in a shirt pocket size device? seriously, whats not to like. And that is the only timme I read from there. It is easy enough to red .. but, whwen not on the run I read books.

I too have left books in airplanes :)

When traveling I usually take two books as well. easy read medium length books. Easier to hold than one big one

Wow, when I traveled I would take as many fat paperbacks as I could fit - 8-10. And I always brought them back home.

Of course now that I have the Ipod Touch I could put them all in there and need less luggage. But I don't travel much anymore. Isn't that always the way.

It is my treat to buy new books when traveling. My old books reamain at home.
Barrack Obama is soon leaving for home.

If I don't like the book at all, then I definitely leave them behind when I'm done with them. But if I find that I really like them alot, I'll bring them home with me at the end of my travels and either keep them to be re-read some time later or pass them on to friends.

But I do like scouring for books that I can't get at home when I'm traveling. I've found some interesting native authors during my travels.

I find the screen on the iTouch too small to read a book, so I tried it a few times and have given up. I'll just carry books with me for now ... until they come up with a new version of the Kindle that gives off the smell of paper pages when I read. LOL

seriously?
I don't mind it. there is a lot of paging, but that doesn't bother me.

i love my itouch .. and I think I have ficus to thank ..

I'm back. Just reporting the facts. I can't believe how many posts there are since the last time I read the thread, so I won't pretend to catch up. Not hap'nin'.

>#194:
IaaS;
"Barrack Obama is soon leaving for home."

I guess I am a Duh,................ but I don't get it. Would someone please explain to me?
thanx,
belva

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IaaS is, I believe, in Norway. Barrack Obama has been there accepting his Peace Prize. Soon he is leaving Norway and coming home to America. That is how I understand IaaS' comment.

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Thanks rocket!~! I pay no attention to the news. Don't read the paper or watch it. So I appreciate you filling in my ignorance. They say it is bliss, but sometimes it's just damned confusing. hee hee.
hugs,
belva

Richard-- a big hello--we missed you. Don't be such a stranger!! OK?

Thank you, and glad to be of help mckait :)

I find the small screen beneficial for reading. When I try to read on larger screens, I often lose the line at the end and can't start the next one without searching for it.

Glad you are back Richard.

Richard welcome back ! How is the writing going ?
I've missed your humor ;-)

Message edited by its author, Dec 11, 2009, 6:59pm.

Sorry FicusFan.. what do you mean you lose the line at the end? Doesn't the text wrap around?

I have less of a problem reading on a Kindle than I do on the small screen of the iTouch because there's more text on the screen before I have to page over. I keep my iTouch for music, movies when I'm on the plane.

Hey Maureen! How are you faring chillyland up there? It's a beautiful morning across the Sound.

Ficus, thanks! It's good to be back.

Cindy! Good morning. I'm pleased to report that I have a dilemma...someone wants the mystery, and also there's a chance that I could land a ghostwriting gig with a TV psychic. Two irons in the fire, both glowing. *aaah*

eReaders, bah.

I've just posted another positive review of The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine Howe. It's scarcely necessary to say it's a popular book, what with 132 reviews already, but it's also a really, really good read for Y-chromosome-bearing individuals. Honest. If you like history even a little bit, there is something to catch you in this storyteller's work.

Also up on my thread: http://www.librarything.com/topic/75718

>204 Cameling,

When following the lines across a full size monitor I can't wrap to the next line (with my eyes). I lose the place where the line below it starts, and have to search for it. It breaks up the reading and slows it down. Because of that I assumed I wouldn't like an e-reader (without trying it). But when I read a book on my Itouch, I found it easy to read. The smaller space means shorter text lines and I can wrap to the next line automatically and it makes for smooth fast reading. I love it.

#205> a ghostwriting gig with a TV psychic...

If you get the gig, knock twice...

*rushes to snuff out the glowing irons*
*realizes its rd...stops*
wanders off

198: nannybebette
You have no idea how big it was with a visit from Obama. The TV and radio have followed the Obamas from the plain landed thursday to the take off friday 26 hours later, and with comments and reports the rest of the day.

He held a very strong speach talking about why war is sometime nessesary to have peace and at the evening bankete told us that the speach from the Nobel Cometee foreman Jagland was good and had him to "almost belive" he had deserved the price.
In the evening, after he left, it was a consert for him, shown on television. And today, the newspapers are full of Obama-pictures and stuff. It will probably soon cool down, but the journalists makes the most out of it.

Best of luck w/ your irons in the fire!! Keep us posted please.

Richard, Good Luck on both. You have been a very busy man.

Wow!~! Sounds like the Obama thing was quite a big deal and I didn't even know he was president until he won the Nobel Peace Prize. hee hee.
belva

Hi Richard! Hi mckait!! Hi Jude! Everyone! *waving*

I have my little Palm T/X handheld device. It holds about 3 or 4 audio books, but I can also get books with text on there too. These days I am at home most all week long so I don't need it as much as if I was traveling. It's a fun little toy though. :o) (Although it is probably obsolete by now, I've had it a few years.)

PORCHY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tonight I am doing my happy dance around the house. I finished my Christmas Shopping today!! Now I just have to do the wrapping, the cleaning, and the cooking and I will be ready.

You're one up on me and I have company coming! AAHHHHHH!

Hang in there, Berly.

Thanks DQ50. Wanna come help? LOL. Did I mention I have cracked ribs? Seriously!

Oouch-that hurts. Ribs, more than one ? I tried that last year when I jumped (should have) out of the pool and cracked the ribs on the edge of the tiles. Takes some weeks to heal. Hope you will have a nice Christmas and get someone to help you.

I have baked some cakes (christmas-cookies) with my grandchildren. Otherwise done nothing, time to start soon maybee ?

I'm so pleased. I made two (!) batches of cookies last night.

# 220 Ouch! Two ribs and the humiliation of trying to show off in front of my daughter and her friends by doing 360s and then totally crashing. Oh well.

I cheated and went to a friend's house for a cookie bake-off and all the women took pity on me and sent me home with a couple dozen. Yum!

Cookies- good treat for you - nice friends.

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Hey all..i haven't been here in awhile..but it looks like you're...being yourselves...as usual....everything's fine but i get depressed this time of year..so i'm trying to catch up on reading-for-fun...like Elizabeth George's mysteries....wish everyone all the best*******

J

Everything is done and the daughter gets here on Thursday.

Happy thoughts being sent your way J!

((((Jude))))

Hope you enjoy your mysteries, and that the "seasonal funk" will lift soon.

Thanks, all.....i'm doing "better" but not totally 'great"..it's cold, but the sun is shining today..a blessing in itself.....and the mysteries are cracking good..if not cracking wise...'-)

J

Funks are normal about now, Jude, as the sky stays light a little less time each day. Be just and fear not, as Rocky Horror Picture Show advises outside the Denton church.

There you are Richard..now i feel much better..you "l'il ray of sunshine" you......

;-)
J

love the Rocky Horror bit, by-the-by...

YAY!! Christmas vacation - finally!! Now to start my shopping....

Snow here tomorrow and depending on track of storm could be lots 10-14" or more. I'm hoping for a little less than that please!

I just want it to warm up. It was -5 with the wind chill the other night and 7 the other morning. Its January weather too soon.

we may miss this storm - too far north in PA - I really don't mind at all - just had friends come up from VA where they were getting 8 inches - they got here before the storm - hope all who travel this week arrive safely at their destinations

Snowing here in SE Ohio...but not frantically....hope we don't get too much (i hate being snowed-in)....but this weekend in Extended Gun (???!!!) Season for Deer...maybe the snow will keep the Hunters at home.... i know i'm not going anywhere...

Here in central west Jersey, we don't have a half inch yet. I'm beginning to think it's all a lot of hoopla over nothing (at least here). I'd be fine with a bunch myself.

Northern Indiana about 2" and still snowing. Heading for Columbus,Oh,on Tuesday. Should be okay by then.

Nothing but gray skies and cold, so far, here in nothern NJ, just outside of NYC.

No snow here in NH either, grey and damp, though it did warm up. Its 23 !

Message edited by its author, Dec 19, 2009, 12:54pm.

FicusFan;
A whole balmy 23 degrees!~! Wow!~!
belva

still snowing....faintly but persistent..here in SE Ohio

how's about i start a New Thread? like this:

http://www.librarything.com/topic/79644

hey la..we are good-to-go

;-}

Message edited by its author, Dec 19, 2009, 3:43pm.

Yes, Belva, 23 is balmy compared to -5 or 7. :)

only got an inch or so here in my part of NEPA - may get rain on Christmas

10+ here in Central CT and its finally stopped. Now we get to snow blow and shovel out! UGH.

We got several inches .. 5 or so? SWPA...
flurries predicted for Christmas...

It snowed a little overnight, maybe 1-2 inches. It wasn't snowing when I woke up, but it has just started again now. Very small gentle flakes. Grey and damp, in the 20s. Have no idea what its supposed to do on X-Mas. Will have to wait and see.

Well to add to the snow comments, live in PA and we received about 1 foot of snow. We now have a 2 hour delay tomorrow for work so I can stay up and read and then read some more in the morning. Hope everyone is done digging out of the snow.

Not to rub it in or anything, but it was a beautiful 70 degrees today. Of course, this is Texas, so we may have snow for Christmas. The weather always keeps us on our toes :)

Hi guys
241: jdthloue made a take 12.
Here;
http://www.librarything.com/topic/79644