AF Daily - Wednesday 6/22

[Doggygirl]

Hi fABbies! Happy Hump Day to all who are celebrating. :H

Marshy - your description of evening with XNGF sounded very awesome. How was it?

Lav, I can't wait to see the youtube of the zucchini house. Funny thing with zukes in my garden this year. Due to the WET everything was planted so late. So when it got to be 100 degrees in early june, the plants were still tiny. But they were trying to flower. ?????? Same with my ultra tiny pepper plants. I have no idea what this garden will or won't produce this summer! Anyone's guess. The CSA shares had leaf lettuce, garlic scapes, kale, rabini (?????) radishes, little red onions (like the long thin green onions only red!), broccoli.

Det, stay strong on the road. That is all.

Loppy, I hope everything works out well for you.

Inchy how are you doing? I can't wait to see the video!

Hi Kaz and Greenie and LVT and ALL other fabbies!

We had a huge non-storm here last night. All the bells and whistles of Mr. Doggy's storm alarms going off. Huge gusty winds for a bit. Then it passed. Cloudy today. Will have to get my walking shoes on early and get out there between some rain drops I think. I've been giving my muscles a rest from weights as the bicep tendon thing never really healed all the way. I got some resistance bands recently and on my to do list is figuring out a start up workout for that. I might wait to start for a couple more weeks but I need to get back to doing something soon.

There is a 4th step workshop tonight over where the tough chix meet so if I feel like venturing out this evening (which I usually don't LOL) I might check it out. I feel like I have a bit of a day to myself today and that feels nice!!

One thing is for sure....there will be no AL in my day today.

DG

[Marshy]

AF Daily - Wednesday 6/22

Hello abbers!

DG - have a good day gardening/chilling/chixing. How great to have the freedom to choose

Weather is terrible here too - a cold, wet June so far. Looking forward to Greece in two weeks' time

We didn't see the film last night after all. GF has a cold and felt really rough when she got back from work so we stayed in. Stew was yummy though, even though I do say so myself BTW, I started making bread (the old-fashioned way, I don't like bread-making machines) when I gave up drinking. It was one of those things I came up with to keep me busy in the early days and it stuck. (Unlike cleaning out the kitchen cupboards :H)

Have a good day all!

[Kaslo]

AF Daily - Wednesday 6/22

Good morning Abstinis!!! Grand day here.

DG I did in my bicep tendons on the computer, shoulder too, with a big ass report, last winter. makes weeding unfun.

Marshy, I used to make bread the long route for years, loved the whole process. For me its a lovely journey. Then I discovered the shortcut of getting the hubs breadmachine to take it to the post first rising, then take it out, knead it once lightly pan it up. etc. But I still love to do the entire thing from scratch. Have you ever tried a tiny pinch of powdered ginger in your yeast sugar water start? It gives it a jump, and a neat flavour too. I mean tiny.

Well its out to "mow the tundra". Ha ha. Love that expression. We have had so much rain, La Nina please go away now. Not much in flower and I look at this zoo of weeds and the forecast for more rain, I just know the lilies are going to be wrecked for the garden tour this Sunday. Jesus I am exhausted too. Weeded till my hands hurt yesterday.....Desperately need to go weeding now....must weed....now. Arrg!! (Thud!).

kas signing off saying Happy Wednesday to y'all. One thing is for sure...

[AAthlete]

AF Daily - Wednesday 6/22

Holy crap - what a night!!! DG those storms were intense, and produced three tornado warnings in our area. Our poor 12 year old lab went running down the hallway peeing his brains out he was so scared..... Ended up losing power at 9pm and it still isn't back on - thank God I bought that generator six years ago! It sat in its box for five years without being used, but it just paid for itself....

Thanks for kicking us off this morning DG - that tendon thing sounds like a real PITA. I'm a firm believer in physical therapy, as many times our issues can turn chronic if left unaddressed, so be careful with it.

Marshy, I think I can smell your bread from here, and it's fabulous! I'll take two loves please... Kas, as my Grandpa would have said - 'buy some goats and you won't need to mow anymore!' Wise old bird, that Grandpa of mine. Either that, or a smartass - never quite figured out which.... In all seriousness, have fun in the garden - although it can be tedious it always seems to bring about a feeling of accomplishment when you are done.

Happy Wednesday to everyone!

[LVT25]

AF Daily - Wednesday 6/22

Hello friends,

Another quick check in this morning to let Marshy know my address so she can send me some home made bread!!:H I can smell it too-AA!!! I really want to make bread making a habit--even with my bread machine, but have never gotten there. Maybe THIS winter!

Man, these spring/summer storms are so frightening! We have been really lucky where I live so far, I hope mother nature gives us a break this year!

I took a quick peek in my garden and everything is up. I even have something coming up I didn't know I planted! I think I must have dropped a seed. Since I have this huge spot I decided to fill up one end with a pumpkin patch. If they make it to frost you all will be getting pumpkins for Thanksgiving! (Sorry, I doubt they will be ready for Halloween):H
Lav and DG, if you send me some of your produce now, I will send you some of mine when it is ready in August! We STILL do not have the plastic on the greenhouse. I'm going to have to go ahead and plant my stuff in there and add the plastic later.

Ok, better run. I hope to be more productive today, but with 2 jobs, a baseball game and a church meeting tonight, it doesn't look too promising.

Have a great sober day all!:h

[Lavande]

AF Daily - Wednesday 6/22

Happy Hump Day Abbers :H

Making bread has always been a favorite past time for me
Have you ever made your own pizza dough? It's quick, easy & you can put anything you like in it

DG, physical therapy can be a blessing. It's not a quick fix but definitely worth a try.

Marshy, a trip to Greece sounds wonderful! A trip anywhere right now sounds wonderful :H

Greetings Kaslo, AA & LVT.
I'm happy to UPS zucchini & now cucumbers to anyone who needs some!!

There was an awesome lightening show last night. Never heard any thunder, just a little rain.
Hot & humid is the forecast for the rest of the week.

Got to go, have a great day!
Lav

[Bean]

AF Daily - Wednesday 6/22

Hi everyone

Well after posting that being AF last week was effortless, yesterday I had a huge craving! I know it was because I had a really full and busy day that didn't end till 8pm and I caught myself thinking I might just call home delivery when I got home...(We could do with AL Sat Nav - whenever it hears a craving it says 'WRONG WAY. TURN BACK'!! I may have just hit on a brilliant idea.... )

Thankfully I gave myself some time and decided to go home, drink the one remaining AF beer and have dinner and see how I felt. Sure enough, I just needed a bit of rest and some food and it passed.

And of course, I am thrilled this morning that I didn't cave in. Beautiful day here in the mountains and I start my day with a spring in my step instead of a rock in my heart (and a big chunk knocked out of my self esteem).

Have a lovely day all.
Bean

[AAthlete]

AF Daily - Wednesday 6/22

Bean, well done on handling your craving! :goodjob:

[Kaslo]

AF Daily - Wednesday 6/22

Way to GO BEAN!

[greeneyes]

AF Daily - Wednesday 6/22

Good jobbie, bean!!! Way to go! The tools really do work!

The bathroom guy was here! I could do back flips over this! I got the damaged vanity swapped and agonized over paint chips some more. I can hear my mother's voice echoing from a prior house painting "FOR GODS SAKE JUST PICK A COLOR AND GET IT ON THERE IN A MONTH YOU WON'T EVEN REMEMBER THE OTHER CHOICES!!" and she was right of course It is hard for me to face my fear of making the wrong choice. It is a very large fear and really gets in the way.

I made some chilled squash soup and hickory smoked some portabello mushroom caps to slice on salads and made some tofu "egg-less" salad for sandwiches. That certainly eased the guilt from the sugar binge I had. The idea of bread sure sounded good. Guess I'll go eat.

[Lavande]

AF Daily - Wednesday 6/22

Good job Bean

Greenie - I have a plumber scheduled tomorrow afternoon to finally take care of my shower drain replacement He's the guy who did all the plumbing work when the house was built 8 years ago. I knew my BIL would be able to get in touch with him so that's why I asked for help. My house is a rancher with a finished basement. My BIL will be cutting a hole in the basment ceiling so the plumber can install the drain unit I bought yesterday. So at some point I'm going to be repainting the ceiling down there

I need to go put the chicken to bed

[papmom3]

AF Daily - Wednesday 6/22

One Chicken Lav? What happened to all the girls?? Please tell me it was a typo!!

Way to go Bean. Keep this experience right up front so you can use it when the craving hit again.

DG-go for the PT. Bicep tendinitis is nasty and you are WAY to active to be a one armed DG!!

Kas-we're getting way too much rain too on the east coast. It started today after a lovely weekend and beginning to the week and is not supposed to stop until Sunday or Monday. I can smell the mildew already! Thank goodness I hung the laundry this weekend!!
They're saying T-storms too but I'm hoping not as bad as what AA described. AA-have you ever tried any of those natural remedies for storm anxiety or an Anxiety T/wrap on your pup? None of mine are scared but I've heard both methods work for most dogs, expecially the Anxiety T shirt.

Well the boyz all got accidental showers today when I got home-that's how hard it was raining. They actually smell OK, just a slight wet dog smell. Maybe when they go out for their last run I'll squirt a little doggie shampoo on them :H . It's torrential right now.

Job number 2 has resurfaced in a different form. They now want to know if I would be interested in the Ass't Registrar position now that they hired someone for the position I applied and interviewed for. I said yes but asked what the salary range might be as I had heard it was 10K less than what I'm making now. Jeez, it just keeps getting lower and lower!! Haven't heard back-don't know what that means but tomorrow I'm emailing the HR woman and asking point blank for the salary range. On Monday I found out a colleague is retiring. If they don't do a reorg and if they open her same position up, I'll be going for it if Job #2A doesn't pan out. My boss immediately came in when he heard the news and made me promise to let him know if I apply for it. He's a scareded!!!! I love it!! I don't think he'll block me from getting it, I just think he wants a plan in place in case I do leave. Too bad he won't fight to get me the one thing that might make me stay-$$$$$$$. Chicken shite. that is all.

Whoops-hit send before I was done. Duh.

Greenie-great news about the bathroom. I totally get the paralyzing fear about picking the wrong color. It's a nightmare for me too which is why my house is still all white!!

LVT, Lav and Marshy-I'll take all the baked goods and produce you want to send me!! I really wish there were Farmer's Markets with hours that jived with mine!!

[Lavande]

AF Daily - Wednesday 6/22

25 full grown hens & 4 'teenagers' papmom
Sorry about the typo....

Lots & lots of humidity here & some rain last night. The storms seem to be mostly hitting north of here

[greeneyes]

AF Daily - Wednesday 6/22

Apparently we had a big storm last night and I slept through it.

P3, there isn't a single white wall in the house but each color choice was lengthy exercise in wasted angst. And you KNOW how I hate wasted angst. :H

Lav, he did the shower drain today.

[Determinator]

AF Daily - Wednesday 6/22

holy crap what a trying and exhausting day. sorry. whew.

began with dead car battery, then, it happened again, worked all day outside in a 106 Degree weather with no breeze, then ended up working on the car in full trailer-trash glory in front of the auto parts place like a scene from that tv show 'my name is Earl' or something. yeeesh! finally got a shower at 10pm and my sense of humor is wearing low. Gladly I hoped on chat for a bit and that was nice as always.
still AF! and so I shall remain.

(I did accidentally eat a box of nutter-butter cookies from the hotel snack shop.....oopsie)

gnight loves