KrissiK Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 11 hours ago, Jean in Newcastle said: ((Krissi)) What day is the funeral? The funeral is tomorrow. My brother and family just got in tonight. We were all at my mom’s this evening. I am reading Scripture and saying a few of my kids’ memories. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 Krissi, How are your kids doing? My dad died two years ago and my kids had a harder time with it than I did. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 Slache is making me think about cats and teaching kindergarteners to read. Just in time to give me nightmares. Thanks so much!! 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 Just now, Junie said: Slache is making me think about cats and teaching kindergarteners to read. Just in time to give me nightmares. Thanks so much!! Dream of having cats teach children to read on the kitchen counters. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 3 minutes ago, Slache said: Dream of having cats teach children to read on the kitchen counters. A few weeks ago I dreamt that we had a pet cat who could get water out of the dispenser on the fridge. Since all of my kids can read, maybe they can teach the cat... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 I have told my kids that I will know how much they love me by whether they have pet cats or not. The chat board is always talking about setting boundaries with parents/grandparents. If they want me to stay away, all they have to do is get a cat -- the message will be loud and clear. 😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 2 minutes ago, Junie said: I have told my kids that I will know how much they love me by whether they have pet cats or not. The chat board is always talking about setting boundaries with parents/grandparents. If they want me to stay away, all they have to do is get a cat -- the message will be loud and clear. 😉 Are you allergic? I am not a cat person, but he's sweet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 (edited) 12 minutes ago, Slache said: Are you allergic? I am not a cat person, but he's sweet. So very allergic. I usually get completely stuffed up and sometimes have trouble breathing within a minute or two of being in a house that has a cat. Edited August 10, 2021 by Junie 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 We went to visit my FIL one time and immediately upon walking into the house I whispered to my dh that the outdoor cat had been in the house. My dh said that his dad would never do that -- that the cat was strictly an outdoor cat. A few days later, we heard FIL telling the cat that she could eat in the kitchen today because it was raining. I just looked at dh and didn't even need to say "I told you so!". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 38 minutes ago, KrissiK said: The funeral is tomorrow. My brother and family just got in tonight. We were all at my mom’s this evening. I am reading Scripture and saying a few of my kids’ memories. Will certainly be praying for you tomorrow 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 (edited) Time to go dream about my girls teaching cats how to read on our kitchen counters. Good night, y'all. It's a sweet dreams booyah! Edited August 10, 2021 by Junie 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 I reached my step goal. I can now levitate my way to bed. 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 Ugh. 2:43 am. Woke up in pain. Got up to “walk it off “ and saw my bedtime pills still sitting there. Just took them. 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 Good Morning! Happy Friday! Oh, wait... Happy Tuesday. I guess that was some wishful thinking. :) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 Good Morning!!! COFFEE!!!~D Tuesday!!! Funeral is today. I need to organize my thoughts a bit. I don’t mind terribly speaking in front of people, but it still makes me a bit nervous. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 30 minutes ago, KrissiK said: Good Morning!!! COFFEE!!!~D Tuesday!!! Funeral is today. I need to organize my thoughts a bit. I don’t mind terribly speaking in front of people, but it still makes me a bit nervous. I *almost* spoke at my dad's funeral, but I decided that the best thing for my mom was to get the service over as soon as possible. She had been in complete denial about the status of his health and was shocked when he passed away. Praying for you, Krissi. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 Morning. Contemplating the future--which is a really bad idea unless properly caffeinated. 10/10 do not recommend. Other than that, it's hot, I'm writing, and wrangling cats. I dreamed about kittens, but we weren't teaching them to read. They were just everywhere. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharpie2 Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 (edited) Please say lots of prayers for Susan and her family. For her dh, who is not doing well, and for Susan and children as she starts to talk to them about the possibilities. Edited August 10, 2021 by sharpie2 2 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 So many prayers. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 So yesterday someone posted a picture of a bobcat on Nextdoor, calling it a cougar. Much arguing ensued. Someone sent the picture to Fish and Wildlife, who confirmed that it is a bobcat. They are still arguing about it on Nextdoor. . . . 4 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 Entropy Manor is alive and continuing to . . . entropy. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 47 minutes ago, Jean in Newcastle said: So yesterday someone posted a picture of a bobcat on Nextdoor, calling it a cougar. Much arguing ensued. Someone sent the picture to Fish and Wildlife, who confirmed that it is a bobcat. They are still arguing about it on Nextdoor. . . . I wouldn't know the difference. I don't think I've ever seen either. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 Just now, Junie said: I wouldn't know the difference. I don't think I've ever seen either. Bobcat: Short (bobbed) tail Fluffy face Spots (somewhere though not always all over) Smaller (though they can get bigger than people think) Much more common to see around here because they are more communal and have a smaller range Cougar: Long tail Chiseled face No spots though they can have black markings on the face and ears Much much bigger Much less common because they are very solitary and have a very big range of territory 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 I'm tired of being an adult. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 I just looked at a couple of maps and found that neither are native to my area. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 I used to see bob cats all the time in Oregon. I almost got eaten by a cougar on Mount St Helens but it turned out to be a yellow lab so we were fine. My grandfather had a rescued mountain lion named Kittywitch. She died before I was born. 3 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheres Toto Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 We definitely have bobcats roaming my neighborhood. Cougar have been seen in the area but I don't know how lately. I can tell them apart because I used to be a docent at a zoo and we had both. One older female cougar loved to have the docents reach over and scratch behind her ears (there was a corner by a fence where you could reach over and she'd come when she saw someone there). I have a picture of me and my oldest daughter playing with the bobcats when they were kittens and first arrived at the zoo. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheres Toto Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 Hello, Happy Tuesday. Didn't get on in the morning again because I headed in early to clean again. Today went okay. We injected brains (jello) with serums (colored water colors) as we learned about the parts of the brain and what they control (and what damage to would make someone act like a zombie). Then made stress balls out of orbeez and balloons. Afternoon class made ziplines to send messages during the apocalypse. 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 Gross. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 We have many bobcats. I've seen them in the woods and crossing our road. We even have a cat disease transmitted by bobcats and ticks here. We have mountain lions, but we don't talk about it. They sometimes pass through, but they aren't numerous, and we can't exactly say they "live" here. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 24 minutes ago, Critterfixer said: We have many bobcats. I've seen them in the woods and crossing our road. We even have a cat disease transmitted by bobcats and ticks here. We have mountain lions, but we don't talk about it. They sometimes pass through, but they aren't numerous, and we can't exactly say they "live" here. I live next to Cougar Mountain. Where the bobcat was. (He didn't know that it isn't called Bobcat Mountain). 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 On 8/9/2021 at 7:27 AM, KrissiK said: Good Morning!!! COFFEE!!!~D Monday!!😩😩😩😩😩 Hot and smoky today!!! We’re getting smoke from the Dixie fire, waaaay up north. Staff meeting today and then the kids and I will help Mom set up tables for the funeral. Angi, thank you for the update. Continuing to pray for the family. We got Dixie fire smoke, waaay waaay to the east of us. I didn't leave the house yesterday because it had been so bad I needed my inhaler. Masks are in style now, so I have more than one reason to wear one. Praying for Susan's family. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 The funeral was very nice. Well attended by family and old friends. It was good to see people, unfortunately, I don’t people well, so it was kind of hard. And my mom told me I needed to make the rounds. I “made the rounds” as best I could. I think it was a fitting tribute to my dad’s life and pastor hit a home run with the sermon. Totally gospel centered, which is what my dad would have wanted. And we served Chile verde for lunch, which was my dad’s favorite. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 We are hooking up the new fridge to water. It’s leaking. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 The fridge is no longer leaking. 2 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 12 hours ago, Slache said: I'm tired of being an adult. I hate to inform you that we have to keep adulting until we die. Or go senile. That's an option too. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 I got too tired. Thus and therefore: achy. Bah humbug. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 5 hours ago, Jean in Newcastle said: I hate to inform you that we have to keep adulting until we die. Or go senile. That's an option too. I'll start working on that. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 Good Morning!!! COFFEE!!!~D Humph Day (I think) Up early this morning, hitting the ground running. First day of school for oldest DD. She’s a sophomore. Svengo. I’m taking her to school, then DSto the dentist and then hoping to make it home in time for a Zoom training for work. I have so much to do for work today. I took yesterday off for the funeral, but today I have twice as much to do, 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 Good Morning! Happy Wednesday! Schooling! (At home, of course.) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 Signature updated to reflect summer birthdays and the new school year. :) 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 3 hours ago, Slache said: I'll start working on that. You’re halfway there! (Slinking away guy. ) 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 45 minutes ago, Jean in Newcastle said: You’re halfway there! (Slinking away guy. ) Dead or senile? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 3 minutes ago, Slache said: Dead or senile? Hmmm. You choose! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 Good morning. Or like "Thoughts of Dog" says, "Goob morning". I don't know why the twittering dog can spell everything else except for the word "good". Oh and punctuation. He doesn't punctuate well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikslo Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 I'm very very very very very tired today. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikslo Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 I think public school has been harder on me so far than homeschooling. So very many forms. And logins and passwords and schedules and forms. Oh, my! 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikslo Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 Sending love and strength to Susan and family ❤️ 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 13 hours ago, Jean in Newcastle said: I hate to inform you that we have to keep adulting until we die. Or go senile. That's an option too. There is also the option to just be childish. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 11 minutes ago, Renai said: There is also the option to just be childish. Shhh. Don’t tell her that. It’s a secret! 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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