Jean in Newcastle Posted April 25, 2023 Share Posted April 25, 2023 (edited) While doing today’s episode of “As the Weedwhacker Whacks” the grass was so high and wet underneath that it kept wrapping around the whacking cord and immobilizing it. But I keep at it in faith that eventually it will make a difference…. A faithful booyah Edited April 25, 2023 by Jean in Newcastle 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted April 25, 2023 Share Posted April 25, 2023 3 hours ago, Jean in Newcastle said: I think that you were just a twinkle in your parent's eye. . . That’s just what i was going to say.😉 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted April 25, 2023 Share Posted April 25, 2023 Today is not going so well. The driving instructor said dd16 needed to work on her turns before taking the test. So now I have to figure out when we can schedule a test for her. I already paid for the training school to do it, so hopefully I can schedule with them. I tried to call but no one answered the phone. Not even voice mail. So. Otherwise there is a 2 month wait for an appointment at the DMV. Then I tried to recitify dd20's billing error at the lab but I have to call customer service. They also did not answer the phone. Not even voice mail. So then as I was pulling out of my space at the lab I scraped the front bumper of the car next to me and also broke the headlight. So I had to get all that dealt with and get home in time for ds18 to get to his cello lesson. So I'm all done for the day. 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted April 25, 2023 Share Posted April 25, 2023 Aaaaannnd...futuredsil wrote a 6 page (typed, double-spaced with footnotes) letter of apology which is sitting next to me and I just don't have the emotional or mental energy to read it now. Why do we not have any ice cream in the house?!?! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted April 26, 2023 Share Posted April 26, 2023 2 hours ago, Susan in TN said: Aaaaannnd...futuredsil wrote a 6 page (typed, double-spaced with footnotes) letter of apology which is sitting next to me and I just don't have the emotional or mental energy to read it now. Why do we not have any ice cream in the house?!?! A typed apology with footnotes? Wouldn't talking to you be easier? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted April 26, 2023 Share Posted April 26, 2023 ((Susan)) Rocco will be there shortly with margaritas. And muffins. After the day you have you definitely need them. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheres Toto Posted April 26, 2023 Share Posted April 26, 2023 Six hours! Where is everyone? Morning. I'm still sneezy, stuffy, and wake up with a sore throat. Allergies are super awful around here right now. Pollen everywhere. And my current allergy medicine (azelastine nasal spray) is just not cutting it. I'm back to Benedryl or Dayquil periodically. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted April 26, 2023 Share Posted April 26, 2023 Good morning! Trying to make myself get up and get breakfast ready (yogurt and granola) and make tzatziki sauce for dinner tonight. I think I have quartet this afternoon. Just before bed I went to change my violin D string that was getting worn only to discover that my A string broke right off. I have a replacement D string but not an A so I will have to buy one today. Coffee! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted April 26, 2023 Share Posted April 26, 2023 Good Morning!! COFFEE!!~D Humph Day!! Yesterday was rough. And long. Didn’t get home from the Big City till almost 8:00. Had a long, but i think productive, meeting with a family, but there are more questions than answers and a big problem for me to tackle. Gotta start figuring that one out. School for some, work for others today. More family meetings, I gotta teach my class, loads of paperwork, not enough hours in the day. And it doesn’t help that a loud train came through town in the middle of the night. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted April 26, 2023 Share Posted April 26, 2023 Good Morning! Happy Wednesday! Fighting a headache this morning. It's better than it was an hour ago, so I'm hoping to have a good day. Discipleship group tonight. And more wedding invitations. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted April 26, 2023 Share Posted April 26, 2023 The neighbor who holds grudges against everyone in the neighborhood for something or other, now has a vendetta against the next door rooster. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted April 26, 2023 Share Posted April 26, 2023 42 minutes ago, Jean in Newcastle said: The neighbor who holds grudges against everyone in the neighborhood for something or other, now has a vendetta against the next door rooster. I don't live there and I have a vendetta against the rooster. That's completely valid. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted April 26, 2023 Share Posted April 26, 2023 23 minutes ago, Slache said: I don't live there and I have a vendetta against the rooster. That's completely valid. The poor rooster is just living his best life. Leave him alone! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted April 26, 2023 Share Posted April 26, 2023 Not.taking.sides. #teamswitzerland 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted April 26, 2023 Share Posted April 26, 2023 Actually I've heard neighbors taking bets about how soon the rooster and chickens will find themselves in the tummy of one of the local bobcats. . . 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted April 26, 2023 Share Posted April 26, 2023 Weed whacked. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted April 26, 2023 Share Posted April 26, 2023 What does "laws" mean in Uncle Tom's cabin? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted April 26, 2023 Share Posted April 26, 2023 21 minutes ago, Slache said: What does "laws" mean in Uncle Tom's cabin? I think that it’s a regional accent form of “Lord”. If I am thinking about it correctly. It would help to see it in a sentence… 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted April 26, 2023 Share Posted April 26, 2023 12 minutes ago, Jean in Newcastle said: I think that it’s a regional accent form of “Lord”. If I am thinking about it correctly. It would help to see it in a sentence… Quoting myself to say that it could be in the form of "Law's sake" (ie. the Lord's sake) as a mild oath. Or Lawsy + Lordy. 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted April 26, 2023 Share Posted April 26, 2023 2 hours ago, Jean in Newcastle said: I think that it’s a regional accent form of “Lord”. If I am thinking about it correctly. It would help to see it in a sentence… 2 hours ago, Jean in Newcastle said: Quoting myself to say that it could be in the form of "Law's sake" (ie. the Lord's sake) as a mild oath. Or Lawsy + Lordy. I concur. 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted April 26, 2023 Share Posted April 26, 2023 3 hours ago, Jean in Newcastle said: Weed whacked. Just one? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted April 26, 2023 Share Posted April 26, 2023 Just now, Susan in TN said: Just one? One section of tall grass . Not one weed. 2 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted April 26, 2023 Share Posted April 26, 2023 I have a jar of homemade kimchi from that farm store (the husband is Korean) and I am not sure what to do with it. Maybe a rice-beef-kimchi bowl? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted April 27, 2023 Share Posted April 27, 2023 Day 221 hike with Juliet. Absolutely gorgeous day. 3 miles. Moderate level trail. Same hike I did the other day but this time I mapped it. A 2 snake 🐍 🐍 hike. 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted April 27, 2023 Share Posted April 27, 2023 6 hours ago, Jean in Newcastle said: I think that it’s a regional accent form of “Lord”. If I am thinking about it correctly. It would help to see it in a sentence… Yep. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted April 27, 2023 Share Posted April 27, 2023 6 hours ago, Jean in Newcastle said: I think that it’s a regional accent form of “Lord”. If I am thinking about it correctly. It would help to see it in a sentence… I thought that's what it was, but wanted verification. Thanks! 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted April 27, 2023 Share Posted April 27, 2023 (edited) I have never read Uncle Tom's Cabin. In other news, dd16 and I spent the late evening at the ER after she hurt her toe playing soccer BAREFOOT. Did you know there are portable x-ray machines? They just wheeled it into the room and did it right there! Her Big Toe is good and broken in a whole lot of pieces. We will have to go to the bone specialist in the next couple of days to see if they need to put a pin in it. For right now it's taped and she's wearing a special sandal. I am praying it will heal quickly. She is supposed to go on a scout high adventure trip at SeaBase with dd14 and me on May 31. Mostly paddling and snorkeling. Sigh. Edited April 27, 2023 by Susan in TN 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted April 27, 2023 Share Posted April 27, 2023 ((Susan and DD)) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted April 27, 2023 Share Posted April 27, 2023 I'm sitting out on the back patio reading. It's a beautiful evening. The citrus trees are blooming so it's pretty heady out here. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted April 27, 2023 Share Posted April 27, 2023 Good Morning!!! COFFEE!!~D Friday Eve!! Work for some, school for others. I got a couple of family meetings today and lots of paperwork. I think next week will be a little easier. I am still catching up from my trip. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted April 27, 2023 Share Posted April 27, 2023 10 hours ago, KrissiK said: I'm sitting out on the back patio reading. It's a beautiful evening. The citrus trees are blooming so it's pretty heady out here. Lynette had the most heavenly scented blossoms. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted April 27, 2023 Share Posted April 27, 2023 Good Morning! Happy Thursday! Wedding Invitations! 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted April 27, 2023 Share Posted April 27, 2023 Good morning! I'm doing a whole lotta scrambling this morning. Dd16's insurance wants some kind of referral code before seeing a specialist so I am calling around trying to find out how that works. I called the foot specialist we were referred to anyway and by some miracle she was able to get an appointment tomorrow morning. Naturally, I am supposed to be taking the kids to Kentucky for a field trip in the morning and dd16 was very upset that I made an appointment at that time. Ds27 said he would take her to the doctor so I can bring the others on the field trip, but I am a little wary of that plan. So for the rest of the day I will need to take dd14 to a tutorial luncheon, grocery shop while she's there, bring her home, and then run home and change into concert clothes and to go play with the string quartet for a fancy gala at the Opryland Hotel. Coffee! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted April 27, 2023 Share Posted April 27, 2023 I am so fuzzy headed this morning. I woke up during the night with pain. Took a pain pill which did nothing. But then I noticed that the deck motion sensor had been tripped. I tried peeking out there to see what it was but couldn’t see anything. But it kept being tripped over and over again and I had a hard time getting back to sleep knowing that “something “ (and hoping that it wasn’t a someone) was out there. This morning there are a lot of long scratch marks (like from the nails on paws) on the deck. Raccoons maybe? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted April 27, 2023 Share Posted April 27, 2023 7 minutes ago, Jean in Newcastle said: I am so fuzzy headed this morning. I woke up during the night with pain. Took a pain pill which did nothing. But then I noticed that the deck motion sensor had been tripped. I tried peeking out there to see what it was but couldn’t see anything. But it kept being tripped over and over again and I had a hard time getting back to sleep knowing that “something “ (and hoping that it wasn’t a someone) was out there. This morning there are a lot of long scratch marks (like from the nails on paws) on the deck. Raccoons maybe? Sounds like raccoons. They are stinkers. When we lived closer to the river we got raccoons visiting all the time. Huge, nasty ones. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted April 27, 2023 Share Posted April 27, 2023 I like staccato violin 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted April 27, 2023 Share Posted April 27, 2023 Weed whacked. Then I tried to get my lawn mower started but absolutely can’t. And I can’t lift the mower into my car to take it to be serviced and Dh has hurt his back so he can’t do it. So I did something new: I signed up for an app called Thumbtack, found a local guy who will actually service it here at the house. He’s coming on Monday. I feel accomplished. 😜 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted April 27, 2023 Share Posted April 27, 2023 Day 222 loop with Juliet. First hike this year in short sleeves. Yesterday was 66 and perfect. Today is 68 and too hot! 2 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted April 27, 2023 Share Posted April 27, 2023 *yawn* 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted April 27, 2023 Share Posted April 27, 2023 15 minutes ago, Slache said: *yawn* No. Lawn. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted April 27, 2023 Share Posted April 27, 2023 Guess who. You'll never guess. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted April 28, 2023 Share Posted April 28, 2023 2 hours ago, Slache said: *yawn* We are so boring. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted April 28, 2023 Share Posted April 28, 2023 The gala was fancy and boring and I am glad to be home. It took almost an hour and a half to get there because traffic was terrible in every direction; then at the place there were no signs directing to the correct parking area. The parking area itself wasn't even labeled - I had to ask a security guy which entrance I needed to go into. But I finally made it there and was not late. Broken Toe Girl is sleeping on the sofa again tonight. I'm tired. I don't want to go on a field trip tomorrow. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted April 28, 2023 Share Posted April 28, 2023 26 minutes ago, Susan in TN said: We are so boring. It was definitely a tired thing. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheres Toto Posted April 28, 2023 Share Posted April 28, 2023 3 hours ago, Slache said: *yawn* We are boring Slache. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheres Toto Posted April 28, 2023 Share Posted April 28, 2023 34 minutes ago, Slache said: It was definitely a tired thing. Sure it was. 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheres Toto Posted April 28, 2023 Share Posted April 28, 2023 Tomorrow I get to sleep in a bit. These days getting up at 6am are really killing me. Hopefully dh's car will be fixed soon. I stay up too late because I need some quiet time before bed so I have to wait until dh goes to bed at 9:30 for my quiet time. Then I go to bed too late. and I'm getting up too early. And having long days. But today was a good day. Classes went well, 4H went well, had a nice chat with some friends after 4H. 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted April 28, 2023 Share Posted April 28, 2023 had a hard day today. too many difficult things to think about. Fortunately, a lot of my tasks I could kind of do on autopilot, so i felt like I accomplished something, even though not everything I really needed to do. 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted April 28, 2023 Share Posted April 28, 2023 Good Morning!!! COFFEE!!~D Friday!! School for some, work for others. It’s really heating up. supposed to be 96 degrees today. Snow melt is going to be a real problem. We do live by a river, but our neighborhood is high enough up on a bluff that i am not worried. Other areas along the same river are in quite a bit of danger of flooding. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheres Toto Posted April 28, 2023 Share Posted April 28, 2023 Morning, Happy Friday!! I got to sleep in and I have just one class today so should be an easy day. Except for the absolutely massive mess I left after my 4H meeting last night. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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