tee hee... i told hubby that he should stay overnight if things got out of control.. i mean really.. things get outta hand pretty quickly when Jose is involved!!

heya people, I see there is still some life at this time!

Just passing by, not forgetting ya all, but dinner is ready already and gotta go clean the house and cook some chicken pot pies

Have a nice evening all





Busy Mephys

Dear busy Mephys
I miss you

Yeah memphys ....you...you abandoner!

I was thinking, we could probably do a whole thread on 'your most memorable encounter with tequila'.

Oh and krikit, do you know that I have always pronounced krikit as 'cry kit'. The light bulb went on tonight that it is really 'cricket'.

LOL. Funny. I do feel like a cry kit today, though. I woke up with a head and chest cold. I had so much planned for today, too. No idea where I got it but I'm hoping it doesn't last very long.

Hi Mephys! Nice to see you! Thanks for dropping by.

Krikit...awwwwww sorry about the cold!

Here's your morning coffee. We're going to see Wicked tonight at the Fox Theatre!

Carla

me too!


we're above freezing some of this darn snow is melting off finally!
and ty for the coffee carla

Sorry you have a cold krikit (pronounced 'cricket'), that's just blah.

So we were talking last night about moving and said hey, maybe we should go live in Nebraska for a year, maybe flip a house or something (with my Sister and BIL) and then move on to Florida.

We were originally moving to Nebbie because they are there and we like them. But Florida, land of the palm tree, sand, warm weather, beaches. The thing is they are renovating (and I mean seriously renovating) a house that is like 120 years old right now. When they bought it it didn't even have all the walls up/floors done and they had to install a bathroom before they could move in. They will have been at it for 2 years in April (forgot it was that long Charles and you still didn't have their address )

What to do! Anyway we will make a decision this weekend, can't keep changing our minds, well we can really haha

I obviously need more coffee, my point with the whole old house renovation ramble was that they will probably want to stay there rather than move to Florida any time soon - geez.

Well, I obviously need less drugs, because I'm still confused. (I took some cough syrup and some Dayquil and I'm feeling a little light-headed at the moment.)

Here is my take on what you've said..... you're not going to move to Florida unless your sister and BIL do?

I would like to blame your Dayquil and cough syrup, but I cannot in good conscience do that.

Ideally we would all be living in the same town, but we will move without them after a year if need be - need to get away from the snow!

*searches for Carla and the coffee pot*

Where is somebody?

Somebody present!!

My husband dreamed I became president of the United States a couple of nights ago..

hilarious.. esp since I wasn't born in the US and am ineligible.!

And there wasn't even an election two nights ago!!! So.... how have your two days in office been?

(insert sarcasim and hyperbole here)

Great!! I built that big nasty fence everyone was bellyaching about - and because I had time and money left over, i also built a bridge to the UK because they are our BFF's and this way we can have sleepovers anytime we want to!!!!

I'm thinking about invading Canada tomorrow.. I figure it will put an end to our oil problems and make sure we have a place to dump our trash

I should have the little problem in the Middle East fixed by Wednesday at this rate!

Great job, Mister Missus Ms President. Now what can you tell us about your plans to eliminate HFCS in all food products? *holds out microphone*

Good morning. I'm here, but I'm leaving right away. Going GPS'ing!

Here's your fresh brewed cup of coffee...nice cup this morning!

Wicked was awesome last night in case anyone has a chance to see it...well worth it.

Carla

HERE HERE!!!



Morning Carla!!!

Emancipation I'm glad you are taking care of all that, the invasion thing though, we may need to talk.

What is GPSing?? I know GPS is global positioning system, is that what Carla means? Do you drive around and see where you are? Will this be an Olympic Sport?

Laura is that you and Nick in the picture in your signature? I'm assuming it is? Very nice pic

yes it is
I made it.
Thank you

Do you offer lessons?

Sure. I use a program called Paint Shop Pro.
It's a really cool program. I make lots of signatures and different things.
Here is a few I've made:









(I pixeled that one myself)

Hey those are really nice Laura

I used to use Paint Shop, swore by it really, was not going to be swayed to use Photoshop. I now use photoshop.

But anyway, they are both really good programs.

Thanks
Nick uses photoshop. He has the really awesome one, can't remember what it's called. C something...
I'll just use that too when I move there

My Sister got us a roomba for Christmas, picked it up Friday - ahh I love technology, my little friend is vacuuming the living room

Cool! I have Photoshop CS2, but I don't know how to use it. Guess I'll buy a book. LOL


I've heard those really work well now. I'd love one that washes the floors. I HATE doing that. Too hard on the knees. Gettin old now, you know.

Yes! Next up the scooba, will be buying one when we get to the U.S.. You know, this thing really does vacuum well - we have hardwood except for an area rug in the living room and we both commented yesterday that the rug actually looks cleaner than when we use the regular vacuum*

*This is in no way a reflection on the users ability with said regular vacuum

P.S. You wash the floor on your hands and knees??

Well, sheesh. I seem to have participated in a flurry of locked threads. Think I'll hide out in here for a while. I have, after all, learned something from my brush with the law.

Apparently you are still a trubble maker

<going to see which threads krikit has been posting in>

me finally here, dang cats decided they wanted to play all night long

I wash my floor on my hands and knees!! Not much tile and wood in our condo, but have some!! Did the same back in my house in Victoria!! Cleaning with a rag/towel is far superior than a mop!! Mop is full of germs and ur respreading them around!! I picked up this nice habit from the Navy!! no mops on the ship!! Just small banister brushes and deck cloth!! I was lucky I progressed up the ranks fairly fast,lol

Too late for coffee now, Charles. We're on to cocktails by the pool....

Yep. Former military wife here. No mops for me either. Plus I'm a little OCD when it comes to cleanliness.

Mops-shmops - the Floormate! Works like a charm http://www.hoover.ca/db/xq/asp.CADetail/ke...x/FloorMATE.htm

As mentioned though, the scooba will be next.

and YaY for cocktails by the pool!

I imagine it's somewhat like trainspotting. Or warring. Or metal detecting. Let us know if you find a great position Carla!

My house in Victoria was all wood or tile and once could tell the difference if I did by hand or used a mop like object. And yep, I'm a clean freak!! Soon about to get the dyson out and vacuum!! love my Dyson!! lol

Ohmygosh, I would LOVE a Dyson!!! You're the first person I know who has one. I have a really excellent vacuum right now so I can't justify buying one. But it's good to know a fellow cleanfreak loves them. Can't give me a better sales pitch than that.

I'll put my floor mate up against your hands and knees floor cleaning method any day.

Game On!! (god I hate that saying).

I vacuum every 2nd day!! we have 2 Siberian and 1 dog!! Prior to my dyson, I had a upright kenmore, which I thought was good!! NOT!! I vacuumed the day before with it, prior to the Dyson Animal purchase!! USed the Dyson and WOW, it picked up sooooooo much animals hair and other debris!! I was totally shocked on how much stuff it picked up. i really wasnt expecting much, since I had just vacuumed!! I also own a Bissel carpet steamer that I love!! When we bought our condo, we should have got the carpets replaced, but we knew we would be having animals, thus no reaosn to splurge and get new carpets put in,especially since we knew we werent going to be here that long. Rather just keep them clean and put in new (carpet allowance) when we sell. But I highly recommend the Dyson. My mom has 1 has well and loves it. They have 3 cats and 2 dogs,lol

Excellent! Let me know when they come out with a floor cleaner! *ponders cost of Bissel carpet steamer vs Stanley Steamer*

Trailmix! I hate that saying too!! Reminds me of that psychotic girl on that reality show. I think it was Paradise Island. But I'd love to know the results of the floor cleaning method. I REALLY don't want to do that anymore. But I am compelled to. My husband loves me.

(Edited for spelling error. I'm OCD about that too.)

When we moved into our condo, they charged me around $150 to do the carpets!! I believe my bissel ran me just under $300 and I have used it 3 times, did my brother in laws place, so it has more than paid for itself! plus have used it to clean both our vehicles carpets

My Sister has the bissell and loves it, we were just talking about it on the phone!

And yes, reminds me of her too - Tory?

Or Toni - apparently - I was thinking Toni then I thought no, that can't be it, but it is! Paradise Hotel

That's her!!!! *squishes her head*

BTW.... you know you're middle-aged when you get excited talking about household appliances.

What about if you take pictures of your cat with the roomba, what does that mean!? I even pulled a chair up for her

I would like a Roomba too, except I expect it would have at least 3 of the cats following it around and batting at it as it moved across the floor! I hate our vacuum - it is a Hoover Wind Tunnel that seems like it weighs 300 pounds. It does a good job where it can reach, but I need two hands to move it anywhere, it can't get under most of the furniture and it can't make it into corners so I am always having to take all of the extension pieces out and put them to gether to get along the edges of the furniture and under everything. It is a real pain, especially as the hose part is too short and I end up having to brace my shoulder against the vacuum while using the extension parts to reach under stuff. My husband bought it before I moved here when he just had an empty house with no furniture. I am sure it is great under those conditions! So, the vacuuming gets done once a week although it could definitely use it more often. I don't need to go to a gym for a workout - I just need to vacuum! I wash floors on my hands and knees too.

Geocaching is an outdoor treasure-hunting game in which the participants use a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver or other navigational techniques to hide and seek containers (called "geocaches" or "caches") anywhere in the world. A typical cache is a small waterproof container containing a logbook and "treasure," usually toys or trinkets of little value. Today, well over 480,000 geocaches are registered on various websites devoted to the sport. Geocaches are currently placed in over 100 countries around the world and on all seven continents, including Antarctica. It's great exercise, and a really fun thing to do as a couple. Very inexpensive, and allows us to go places and see things we've never been before or saw. Little out of the way places. We've geocached in Canada, and in our travels here in the US. I got a second hand unit for dirt cheap from a friend who was upgrading. There is an official site for us "geeks". www.geocaching.com Check it out.

I'd rather be doing that than housework!

If you can believe it, it was -13 C on New Years Day here. Yesterday and today, it's +20 C. Weird eh? No snow of course. Very windy. Supposed to be like this for another few days.

Have fun, and play nice!

Carla

That does sound like fun! I've never heard of it, going to check it out. Also, much better than housework