AF Daily Tuesday 8/4

[Doggygirl]

AF Daily Tuesday 8/4

Hi again! How do you spell relief? T-h-r-e-e m-o-r-e w-e-e-k-s (to get ready for demolotion)!!! YAY!!! Now to keep procrastination from setting in. I've actually made some real progress today not just moving crap around, but going through things and filing some and throwing away others. Need to keep pecking away at this a little bit every day.

Uni, I am so excited for you. What a great opportunity to learn and grow and really put AL behind you in rehap with such a great attitude going in. :yougo:

Cindi, can I come over and have ravioli for breakfast too? We'll forget for a moment that I am NOT of an age where those carbs don't matter. But ravioli sure sounds like the breakfast of champions to me. Do we get to see a piccy of the new grand baby?

Lav, it sounds like you are going to have a long week. (is that how long you have them this time?)

Wow LVT. You have some awesome in-laws! That must have been nice to come home to!

Hi Raven.joy. It's great to see you! What's cookin'?

Greenie, I don't have to make too many choices, thank goodness. We have a really good decorator and I'd be fine with whatever she picked out. Mr. Doggy is a bit pickier so the two of them work out most things. Then every once in awhile I'll muck it all up with a random strong opinion out of nowhere. At least the strangest thing we're asking for this time, besides turning a bedroom into a closet, is a water spiggot (sp) on the roof. Last time we asked if there was a way we could do an indoor fire pit. We got more sane as we got more sober. :H How was the river? How is the plumber?

Anyone else heard G's music? I love it. Bluesy. I'm a fangirl. :yougo:

OK. Back to work. One thing is for sure.....

DG

[greeneyes]

AF Daily Tuesday 8/4

Doggygirl;936886 wrote: Hi again! How do you spell relief? T-h-r-e-e m-o-r-e w-e-e-k-s (to get ready for demolotion)!!! YAY!!! Now to keep procrastination from setting in. I've actually made some real progress today not just moving crap around, but going through things and filing some and throwing away others. Need to keep pecking away at this a little bit every day.

PERFECT for mercury retrograde schedule!!!

Plumber's fine. Fed him lunch and talked about fishing and stuff. He's a bit flakey in some ways (like showing up when he's supposed to) but it's not been an issue so far except I didn't go to the river because he was supposed to show up this AM - hence lunch. He asked me what I'd decided on about bathroom paint or wall paper and I just stared at him with that look. :H Arrrgggggg!

I was *wowed* by g's music! It reminded me that I once had a song written about me. :H I dug it out and listened to it - good for the self-esteem

You gonna do roof gardening? Indoor fire pit eh? Not a fireplace??

Lav I did catch morningstar and got the recipes. I'd never heard about soaking nuts and seeds.

[Doggygirl]

AF Daily Tuesday 8/4

Oh Yes! Retrograde! GREAT POINT! I recall thinking when you first posted the *warming* that I was glad we signed the contract before the danger zone! I was just telling Mr. Doggy about that yesterday!

Roof top gardening is a yes. And Mr. Doggy's bees are up here too. The bees really got the whole thing going. That prompted making a door where there used to be a window from my office out to the roof. That prompted us putting a railing around the flat part of the roof. That prompted me to haul up some flower pots. I have limited myself to the number of flower pots that can be watered from one bucket of water. One bucket is the most I'm willing to schlepp out there every day from the bathroom. Now we will have a hose out there! More flowers next year!

We abandoned the fire pit idea. That was when we did the first floor and I was drinking and Mr. D was doing "his thing." We settled for adding a second fire place. Sort of like normal people might do.

Well, I'm going to do a little more work then read a book and relax. And try not to eat any more ice cream since the pressure is off. :H

DG

[Doggygirl]

AF Daily Tuesday 8/4

Greenie, should we throw G our Big Girl Panties? (not the titanium ones of course!)

DG

[Lavande]

AF Daily Tuesday 8/4

I'll be soaking all my nuts & seeds tonight, that's for sure :H:H

Yes, I'll be keeping the twins until Friday DG - should they live that long

Damn it - I lost another chicken today due to the heat! That's 4 of them this summer. It saddens me but what can I do :upset:

Ugh, it's only Tuesday. There's still time for things to improve, right??

[greeneyes]

AF Daily Tuesday 8/4

Doggygirl;936981 wrote: Oh Yes! Retrograde! GREAT POINT! I recall thinking when you first posted the *warming* that I was glad we signed the contract before the danger zone! I was just telling Mr. Doggy about that yesterday!

It's not just that the contract was already signed and that the demolition won't begin for 3 weeks... it's that what you are doing in the meantime that is also perfect.

Lav I signed up for the newsletter. It looked interesting from the back-issue topics I saw. Sorry about your chicken. I know I asked before, but can't remember if you eat them when that happens. And I mean that in the nicest most purely simply curious way.

[Doggygirl]

AF Daily Tuesday 8/4

Lav I am very sorry to hear about your chicken. And I can relate to your insanity twins too. From the sound of things, it would be like having two Coopers. Oy. One Cooper barely lives around here.

Greenie, I'm really glad this project is lining up in a fortunate sort of way. I can't wait to change out the pink tiled bathroom and the yellow tiled bathroom for modern bathrooms. With a big walk in shower with a shower head at either end. And a sit down place for leg shaving. And doors not curtains. Of all the things, that's what I'm most excited about. The first shower. Well, having a hose on my roof will be pretty cool too.

DG

[Lavande]

AF Daily Tuesday 8/4

Thank you for the chicken sympathy

No, I don't eat them. That would require butchering them, etc. I don't want blood & guts around here attracting the wildlife. Besides, the hens are like girlfriends...........
I just double bag them & ship them off to the landfill - after I say a quick prayer of course. I was definitely not meant to be a farmer.........

The twins have worn themselves out & are sleeping at the moment, thank God!

[papmom3]

AF Daily Tuesday 8/4

Oh Lav, I can so relate to your trials with the twins. Last nite one of my cats narrowly missed being put into an early crematorium. This might make you laugh.
So I did some errands on the way home yesterday and didn't get in until after 7pm. I was kind of bad at lunch so in the spirit of low carb/fat and the fact that it was hot and too late to prepare anything, I decided to make a big salad. Needed some protein tho and remembered I had about 1oz of leftover Trader Joes Gorganzola Chicken. Nuked it but it got too hot for the salad so I left it on the counter to cool off, in it's container. I went into the office to begin tracking my food for the day and something faint caught my hearing. Something wasn't right. I walked out and there was Mr. Kitty with his nose in my chicken container. "Get OUT!!!" I yelled only to realize the biggest peice of the meat was gone! I looked down and all 3 dogs were licking the floor like crazy. That's what I heard. As the realization set in that my protein for the salad was gone I lost it and started yelling something about "damn animals; I'm going to go check into a Hotel and get room service!!". In the middle of my rant I looked down to see a mushroom hanging off LM's ear and a big brown spot right in the middle of his head! The cat must have dropped the chicken right onto LM!! Talk about pennies from heaven or in this case, chicken :H:H !! I started laughing so hard I couldn't be mad anymore! Then I remembered: There are no bad dogs or cats, only bad owners. Who left the chicken unattended on the counter? Me. What, the cat wasn't going to take advantage?
Anyway, that's my "you're lucky to be alive" story for the week although I'm sure there will be more! I am really sorry about your chicken. That's so sad. too bad they can't lounge in the AC like us.

DG-sounds like your in a good place for the demo prep. Keep the rhythm going and remember: portion control for the ice cream means number of servings too :H ! The rooftop garden sounds so cool!!

Greenie-Have you ever met a contractor that showed up on time? I sure haven't!!

Gotta go check out G's music.

:l

[greeneyes]

AF Daily Tuesday 8/4

papmom3;937151 wrote: The cat must have dropped the chicken right onto LM!! Talk about pennies from heaven or in this case, chicken :H:H !!

LMAO!!!!

[Lavande]

AF Daily Tuesday 8/4

I'm soooooooo glad there is no cat in this house.........
Could you just imagine the craziness with the 2 Goldens, my Coon Hound mix, the Cockatiel in his cage in the kitchen screaming his head off :H

The Twins do like to go out & jump against the fence around the chicken yard - maybe the poor thing dropped dead out of sheer fright

Sorry you lost your salad protein last night papmom!

[universal]

AF Daily Tuesday 8/4

Okay - I'm sure this is normal but wow, the emotional highs and lows tonight are brutal now that tomorrow is D day. I'm ready and I want to do this, I am just so scared. I'm scared because I know that all the pain I have held in my heart for the past 15 years that made me drink is going to come out. I'm going to share all of that pain and have to deal with it myself whereas in the past I masked it. That is one scary proposition. wow - okay, I can do this. I will do this. And I will be a better person for it.

[papmom3]

AF Daily Tuesday 8/4

Well Lav, my hat is off to you with that menagerie!! My goodness!! Hope the week goes by extra fast for you!! But, can i leave Mickey and LM with you when I go to the Cape in Sept?? You're a great fursitter!!

[Lavande]

AF Daily Tuesday 8/4

I'll check my fursitter calendar papmom - I probably have an opening

Uni, I would think it's perfectly normal to feel a little nervous right now. Try to focus on the positives coming your way. You will finally be at peace with everything, right? Wishing you strength

[greeneyes]

AF Daily Tuesday 8/4

Yes uni - you're normal. :l Think of it as processing and releasing all that stuff you've been carrying around. God knows that stuff gets heavy!! You'll feel so wonderful letting it go.