The Journey begins here so get YOUR ASSES IN GEAR!!!! for december

[fennel]

The Journey begins here so get YOUR ASSES IN GEAR!!!! for december

Oh, without a doubt!

[fennel]

The Journey begins here so get YOUR ASSES IN GEAR!!!! for december

I guess I'll describe my weekend. Mrs. Fen and I arrived before sundown at our cabin. Mrs. Fen remained in the Fenmobile while I hauled stuff up to the cabin, started a fire, and de-winterized the place. To our delight, it snowed in the wee hours, yielding a beautiful sight to us on Saturday. Mrs. Fen forgot her boots, but we were able to walk three miles in the snow. We saw deer, a bald eagle, and heard coyotes.

I was dismayed to see a squirrel hole chewed into the house...I immediately fastened a piece of flashing over the hole, once I was finished starting the fire and de-winterizing the cabin. Might go there again this week, when Mrs. Fen is away.

[rubywillow]

The Journey begins here so get YOUR ASSES IN GEAR!!!! for december

Fen, you are too good to be true. Hubs has been screeching about everything from his leftover meal, to TMB getting in the house when she's supposed to be sleeping on the screened porch. OH, but yesterday I heard the riot act about Ninny getting out of the #3 enclosure into the #2, or middle one, since 'I obviously left her gate open'. WELL, today I went out to feed her, and she was again strolling through the larger area. Guess who closed her gate last night?? Last night when I proposed she may have learned to open her gate, I got the eye roll, so today I did some eyerolling of my own! Goats are VERY smart. And Ninny doesn't even smell, like a little shaggy dog, really. But now that she's tasted her newfound freedom, and how to nudge open the gates, it's gonna be a BIT more challenging. At least I'm vindicated. I didn't return the 'preaching', just gave him 'The Look'. Always so rewarding.

[tlrgs]

The Journey begins here so get YOUR ASSES IN GEAR!!!! for december

well as soon as i start to enjoy the day .. i get a call that i need to go change the locks on the house which i surjested a while back and guess i couldnt get a full day off boo hooo .. but i had a great day anyway got some free stuff and sue happy to have a new vacuum and me have a new tool for my collection of yard tools .. it all just ups the anty...
with one week till xmas i need everything that i can get my hands on ...
and oh i cant forget its sue birthday on the 22th .. so i have to think of what to do for her .. ya think a new vacuum is enough ..
maybe new spark plugs for the truck or a set of new tires .. she is driving the truck more then i am .. or how about cleaning supplies for the house ...
its so hard to plan or get a gift for her ...
well any help would be great but lets keep in with in the box ... hey have i ever told you about the xmas gift i give my ex .. she wanted a miccoowave and well i brought it and tookl it out of the box and put all her pots and pans in it and wrap it up and hide the miccowave and oh when she open it i got the looks from hell to kill you on sight...
well hope everyone had a great weekend and is ready for a great week and im always saying prayers for each and everyone of you ..love and big hugs stay strong shifting forward and thinking positive

[fennel]

The Journey begins here so get YOUR ASSES IN GEAR!!!! for december

Rog....a gift card to Home Depot or Loewes? Sue will appreciate it.













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[ATLThrash]

The Journey begins here so get YOUR ASSES IN GEAR!!!! for december

Rubes-- that meal was awesome-- hubs must have had 3 helpings of the cabbage and of the corner beef-- I went after the potato salad. Nice amount of leftovers since it was only us 2 adults-- how long can that potato salad keep? I am going to have tO get some more of your receipts!

I finally did my holiday menus--in laws are coming in the end of the week for several days. I have not wrapped one gift but I think I am going to do start that tomorrow. My good friend is getting an endoscopy on Tuesday so I am taking her little boy and Luke tO the Pink Pig ride at Macy's after school then to supper at the mall which they think is the best then he will stay over and after school Tuesday we will play then spaghetti and meatballs then he will go home where his dad can put him to bed. He and Luke are great pals -- I just hope this is not too much togetherness

Just found out hubs invited a couple over for a drink and appetizers on Friday. I like the man-- the woman is a bit of a ball buster (sorry if that offends anyone-- I can be one too but it is disguised with a little magnolia and moonlight).. We have to go to an open house that night so I am not sure what he thinks is going on. Seeing as I am not a fan I am glad I have not been drinking for awhile or I would probably polish a bottle off.

Well peeps I am ticketed out-- I am hoping my brain will let me sleep tonight because I really need it. Hope everyone is well.

[tlrgs]

The Journey begins here so get YOUR ASSES IN GEAR!!!! for december

goodmorning folks .. yep its monday and time to get my ass ready get set go off to work i go hi ho hi ho .. so keep on shifting along songing your song side by side ...have awonderful day ... love and big hugs sweet things

[fennel]

The Journey begins here so get YOUR ASSES IN GEAR!!!! for december

Have a good day at work, Rog!

[fennel]

The Journey begins here so get YOUR ASSES IN GEAR!!!! for december

Gosh, where is everybody today? Guess I'll go and search for some breakfast!

[sunshinedaisies]

The Journey begins here so get YOUR ASSES IN GEAR!!!! for december

Good Morning Rog and fen - I am here, not sure where anyone else is. have a good day at work Rog - I am closing today so don't go in until later. Hope all is well with you fen? All my suet is finished by the hoards of squirrels that we have here - sorry! Try Ruby's maybe?

See you all later,

love, Sun XX

[rubywillow]

The Journey begins here so get YOUR ASSES IN GEAR!!!! for december

I is here, here I is. Roger, never give a woman a gift that implies self-improvement. The year Hubs gave me a work-out tape, outfit, and treadmill, I ended up with a fur coat as a 'forgive me' gift!:H
ATL, SO glad the food was good. It certainly is a man's meal, and there's never a speck left after the day of. Did you make the sweet and sour red cabbage? Will be glad to share receipts, and the potato salad is good for several days. Actually is better the second day when the flavors have blended. Hubs always wants cornbread with his, though. I talked to my grandsons last night, and promised Jack his mini cornbread muffins and honey Christmas Eve. When I asked what they wanted for Christmas, Riley told me about a game he's been wanting (Tip's already bought it) but Jack wants 2 radio controlled cars, one carrying a camera to watch the other one. Hmmm, do they even make those? Great of you to watch your friends son for her. The boys will have fun. And I understand the Christmas treadmill of expected appearances at events. Oh well, I always asked the bartender for a double, Diet Coke. One of Hub's bosses hit on me, big time, while we were at a convention in Florida, and sitting with Hubs, his brother and his wife. The guy was SLOSHED! We all got a big laugh out of it, not so much Hubs as the others.
Fen, so happy you had a good time at the Hollow. My kids are wanting to go to our Hollow during their Winter Break. I 'bout died laughing at your squirrel infestation. Not so funny when your family invades your castle, is it? I have to tell Hubs over and over about things that really need doing. It's sometimes taken 30 years for him to 'get around to it'. I used to sit in our den and listen to the scurrying of little feet in the ceiling above me, and after telling him over and over, he finally looked in a corner of porch ceiling and saw their 'freeway' into the attic. He fixed it, quickly, because they will go in and chew on the wiring if left unchecked. Hope you get to go back up, but we miss you when you're gone. You don't have phone internet there?
I have to go shopping. Just gag me with a spoon. Hubs is goading me to finish my shopping, and he knows how much I hate it. This is the latest I've ever been finishing my gifts. I didn't even send out cards this year, and have missed one of the family 'do's' because I'm so busy trying to get my house ready and run the rentals. Woke up this morning about 3 because I was cold, came downstairs to find TMB had opened my office door (standing wide open and it's chilly outside) and was comfortably esconced on the leather sofa in the den, head on the armrest, watching the big screen TV. Don't ask me why IT was on! Seems like the animals are running the roost here. Goats, cats, dogs, squirrels, - oh well. And the grands, who think I can magically fulfill their every wish.
Must go shopping now. Computer is especially boggy today, and I've lost a part of this post (no cheering, please). Thank you all for giving me a sweet place to just post whatever is crossing my nutty mind. Vick, Kell,Swanny, where the HECK are you? Am I going to have to come find you? Later, all. I'm off to face the insanity.

[fennel]

The Journey begins here so get YOUR ASSES IN GEAR!!!! for december

Rubes, there is no phone or internet at the cabin. Nada. I'll do my best to keep those rascals out of the shack, but only being there on weekends will complicate things. Plus, there will come a time when it will be too snowy for us to drive in. I would be up for snow-shoeing or skiing in. Not so sure about the Mrs., LOL!

[rubywillow]

The Journey begins here so get YOUR ASSES IN GEAR!!!! for december

That sounds cool, Fen. We've had to use our 4x4 to navigate the steep, treacherous, and often muddy one-lane road down to our place, and in fact I've to pull out with my trusty old Toyo quite a few people, much to the men's chagrin. Borrowed a chain one night from a neighbor for that reason, and when the woman chided her husband for not going and helping me, he said 'Oh, I can tell she's a country girl and knows her way around doing this right'. Didn't know whether to be flattered or insulted!! But I got the job done.

[rubywillow]

The Journey begins here so get YOUR ASSES IN GEAR!!!! for december

Fen, my I-phone has it's own little internet, that's why I sound tipsy when I try to type on it's small keys at the cabin. Getting a signal is tricky, but if I hold my tongue the right way, I can get through! :H I love that phone, will love it more when I learn all the features. Cabin is on a basement dug out of Georgia granite, so they say it interferes with the signal. House is out of range too. I seem to carry my own little dead zone wherever I go.

[sunshinedaisies]

The Journey begins here so get YOUR ASSES IN GEAR!!!! for december

Hi - me again - where is Grateful and where is Vicki? I think tomorrow I must make a couple of phone calls!! I am off to work shortly - oh M-I-L is moving and tomorrow I am going over to help her pack some boxes so had to do some running round today and also wrapped up the rest of my pressies! I feel so pleased with myself! Not a lot to do now thank goodness. Just have to face the rest of the mad week at work.

Off for now - you will all be asleep when I get home. see you all tomorrow - love and hugs, sun XX