Here,Well you'd better send me some $$$ for a retainer, so that attorney-client privilege kicks in so I don't have to be bound by some lawyerly-ethics stuff about being sworn to uphold the law!!!
a cookie! Does that count?
It might if I wasn't on a diet!!!Here,
Everything is negotiable . . .
It might if I wasn't on a diet!!!
My cousin and brother were warning DF (at our Christmas gathering) that he had made a big mistake, because he couldn't top himself next year!
I told him that we bought DD's first horse at age 10, his mother just gave her one at age 20, but at 30 he was on his own. 
It sounds like you ate well and tanned well (and I completely understand about hating to get back into jeans, I'm a shorts and barefoot kind of girl myself! ).
Now, I totally understand them keeping the one they have (have had for many years), but why would you add another cat when you know you have this problem (her previous infection was from a different cat, so it's not just "this" cat). SIL told them to give the cat back to the person who gave it to them. Wouldn't you think that would have been a no brainer? 
I don't know why the world can't start the day at noon
what ya gonna do with them I am surprised you didn't tell us you have a new kitty ) We bought the paint for the kid's rooms and ordered the border for DD's room (that is as far as we got ) We went shopping, ceramic painting and candle making. We slept til noon and would stay up til 1 or 2 in the morning watching movies. All 3 of us cuddled huddled on 1 couch under a blanket. We baked lots of cookies, they became the 10 p.m. snack! (DH is not a night owl and he worked the second week)
and it was packed. We ordered ALL of our favorites and took home lots of leftovers! The tires were on the same side so at midnight he calls me to come rescue him. I had to call AAA to get a flatbed tow truck, then he and DH spent another week tracking down rims and getting the tires replaced. The tires were less than a year old and had hazard coverage, so we were able to replace them at about 1/4 the cost that new ones would have cost. (Good thing, they are spendy mud/snow tires) I don't care what the paint job looks like, but we all have really good tires, I am a freak about tires! Les Schwabb and Costco tire shops luv me!
and by Saturday morning we had 18". My best friend and I were laughing at each other, we stocked up on milk, bread, eggs and diapers(she has a toddler) but we neglected to stock up on booze! Her hubby brought a Hummer home from work on Friday and made it to the nearest convenience store to get us beer, then spent 2 days giving us a hard time about his risking life and limb for our beer. 
)! We went to see National Treasure New Year's Eve and really enjoyed it. )! I'm glad your son was okay, but I'm really sorry about the damage.
I'm glad you updated us about Deck'ster, because he was the first thing I thought about. He was really lucky to have y'all. It would have been terrible for him out in all that! 
One night or I should say early morning my DH comes wandering into the kitchen and asks me what I was doing, I was pounding a nail into the wall, looked at the clock, it was 3:30 a.m. OopsWow! You've been pretty busy too, huh? With all that decorating, painting, cleaning, cooking, etc., you worked a lot harder than I did.
poor guy, he is a rooster living in a house of owls! We too enjoyed National Treasure, I like those movies. Kinda Indiana Jones with U.S. history thrown in and I love the relationship with the Mom and Dad, I was cracking up when after 32 years they just start in where they obviously left off.I love staying up late watching movies (followed by sleeping late the next morning
We have had AAA for years and other than travel discounts, this was the first time I had used it for roadside. It was 12:30 a.m. and they had a truck to us in less than 1/2 hour. I was impressed.Thank goodness for AAA (and hazard coverage
In all our years here, that is only the 2nd time we have had wind damage. Our garage door was blown in about 10 years ago and now we have heavy duty reinforced doors on both the openings. We have a triple garage that has the double door and then a single door.The storm sounds incredible (sorry to hear about your fence, between that and the tires/rims, you have a rough time)!
Yep! The kids had a ball, DH would aim for the snow banks so DS could get some air on the sled!
Tigger might not have been to happy and another adoptee could have put Chachi over the edgeBTW: I was afraid that I was going to have a new cat myself when DH told me about the one at his mother's, but thank goodness, the people took it back.
This whole situation keeps you in my thoughts. Hang in there and I will continue to plot ways to "handle" the situation
Insert a good sympathy smilie here:______________I started a new diet, and I think I'm going to eat the desk if I don't go home soon.
Ahhh, so you looked like several people I saw in the various intersections around here the past few days
Rear wheel drive, in Colorado?????? I have a good friend who lives about 12 miles from us and they have a killer driveway, it is not paved and turns and climbs at the same time (no way to get a running start) her DH has a big 4 wheel drive truck but her and her DS drive small (Jetta & Scion) front wheel drive cars. They are currently parking at the DS's girlfriends house who lives around the corner from me and DH is shuttling them back and forth. Those poor people. They awoke to find water in their homes and it was below 20 degrees outside. Most of them do not have flood insurance since they do not live in an area deemed floodable and now they are all at a loss as to what to do next. Fernley is about 30 miles from the main interchange here in the center of town. We have some really good friends that were within 2 blocks of the flooding but we don't directly know anyone who was affected. Last night on the news they showed the latest issue, now the water is receeding but the mud is freezing and resembles hard packed clay, then it defrosts and is ucky and then freezing.......What a mess. The community has really rallied around all those affected. Fernley is a working class neighborhood and the cost of the repairs is going to be astronomical. Fortunately, the President declared it a disaster area yesterday so hopefully they will get some federal help as their insurance companies have already pretty much told them they are on their own which I think is totally wrong. The levee giving way had nothing to do with the storm itself and it was not an "act of God" the levee is older than the surrounding dirt and chose an unfortunate time to give way.
Poor kid, scared the crap out of him. He was in a pretty desolate area and drove the car as far as he could to get to some semblance of civilization.
I so did not want to come back to work - I told DH that we need to win the lottery so I can stop working.
Predictable ending but I was still engrossed in it for way too many hours Now, I need to go get "Dust to Dust" )A couple of the teen boys (my DS included) are lighting off sparklers and roman candles with the littkle kids when I notice a Sheriff standing between some of the cars in the driveway. Oh dear, in 10 years of the "after the holidays party" we have never encountered a Sheriff, the house is 13 miles from the main highway and is on a dirt road with what can be a very nasty drieway in the snow/ice. Frankly, they don't usually bother, we are too far out and no one usually cares. As it turns out, one of the newer neighbors is a D.A. and therefore got a very hasty response from the Sheriff who generally cannot be bothered. (Evidently, our friends neglected to invite the new neighbors oops) I shooed DS into the house quickly, he was the only one of all the boys over 18 so off he went and MamaBear stood watch. . My DS and several of the other boys pushed him out and up the driveway. Then we read the fine print, the "Warning" was a $200 fine! No one got involved because it was only a "warning"..............
we all know it, so we passed the jar around to cover the fine and reminded our friend that he needs to make sure ALL the neighbors are invited, including the new ones next year . He's taking AP Biology, AP Calculus BC, English 4, and World Geography II. He wanted to drop the World Geo glass, but DH and I wouldn't let him. With lacrosse starting up next month, he really couldn't get a job because practice and games would eat up his time and we figured DS didn't NEED any more free time than the vast amount he already has. DS is not pleased about taking the course, but hey, that's just the way it is, kid. She and I went grocery shopping last week to stock her up on shampoo, soap, and non-perishable foods. ). Sandy, best wishes for your DD at school, I wouldn't be at all surprised if she didn't wind up having to take Statistics. It seems like almost everybody has to take it (we'll cross our fingers for her though). She was so upset that she went home, and then came to see me. I told her not to go under any circumstances. 
I told her again not to go, but she went anyway (and wound up even more upset). She's really distraught, and I feel sorry for her. , but it will all work out one way or another. 
) I know of one who is considering not even finishing the year due to being so discouraged by how things are playing out. ). Chachi has formed a real attachment for Tigger. They chase and roughhouse with each other all the time, and I often find them curled up asleep together. They're pretty funny to watch. Tigger has grown into a really big cat (even at just 9 months old) and is taller than Chachi (although Chachi probably outweighs him). ).
