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2 hours ago, TexasTiffany said:
I'm moving this comment by @SuprSuprElevated to this thread.
When I was looking at crayons on amazon I found this box of 152 different colors. I had no idea! Not that my eyes can discern 152 different colors, but I sure would like to play with them. Comes in its own caddy and a sharpener.
I remember the SMELL of crayons! That's what I miss!
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3 hours ago, Booney said:
Hello friends! Popping into this forum and taking a little break from the other one for awhile. Hope to see more people posting here. Anyway, I got a USB drive full of photos from my wedding photographer. Mr. Booney and I are still sorting through them all, but wanted to share this one of the two adorable munchkins (grandkids) who served as our flower girl and ring bearer -
Awww.....thank you for sharing this! How adorable these two are!
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On 5/9/2017 at 4:53 PM, TexasTiffany said:
I thought this thread would be hopping. We like to talk about lots of things, but are rather quiet here. LOL
Anyhow, I wanted to tell about something weird that happened. I was watching the news last night. One of the lead stories was a young couple had been killed in a car accident. They were on their way to the airport about 3am. Their car was hit by a drunk driver. The young couple was killed but the drunk driver survived. I mention this because when they showed the picture of the young couple I recognized them. I mean, I don't know them personally, but I helped them last week where I work. We talked for several minutes. They told me they were leaving town in a few days and were buying gifts for their family. The intersection where their car was hit is about 4 miles away so I probably heard the emergency vehicles that night.
There's been lots of death in my family so it's certainly not the first time I've known someone who has died. It's weird though. I guess I'm still thinking about it because they were such a young couple in their mid 20's. Now they're gone.
That is a weird thing that happened to you! Working where you do, you're bound to run into all sorts of people and maybe run into them later. But this? It would have me thinking about it, too. It's a reminder, for me anyway, on the fragileness of life.
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10 hours ago, mpeeps said:
Moved this over to Small Talk. How about these fakes? $12 Ebay. Including s/h. It's just for fun but I'm realizing that LR's new venture must be exhausting for little reward even with those inflated prices and an inflated head.
PRETTY! As pretty, if not prettier, than LR's.
7 hours ago, SuprSuprElevated said:Another awesome response to the Nordstrom $450 'dirty jeans'.
Did you see Mike Rowe's response to this? Copied it below from an article.
A few people with jobs that involve getting “down and dirty” are pretty miffed.
Among them is Mike Rowe, the former host of TV’s “Dirty Jobs,” who channeled his befuddled anger in a Facebook post that’s been shared more than 13,500 times and liked more than 31,000 times as of Wednesday morning.
“This morning, for your consideration, I offer further proof that our country’s war on work continues to rage in all corners of polite society,” he wrote of the jeans. “Finally — a pair of jeans that look like they have been worn by someone with a dirty job … made for people who don’t.”
“But forget the jeans themselves for a moment, and their price, and look again at the actual description,” Rowe wrote. “‘Rugged Americana’ is now synonymous with a ‘caked-on, muddy coating.’ Not real mud. Fake mud. Something to foster the illusion of work. The illusion of effort. Or perhaps, for those who actually buy them, the illusion of sanity.”
He added later in the post, “The Barracuda Straight Leg Jeans aren’t pants. They’re not even fashion. They’re a costume for wealthy people who see work as ironic — not iconic.”
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These wonderful stories have me tearing up, as well. My cat, who passed away two years ago, was 18 years old when she died. She was a person to me, an angel who seemed so intuitive - more so than some humans! When my mom was in hospice, I got a call one day from them saying "don't ask me why but today is the day". I went there and stayed until almost 1:00 a.m. and my mom was still alive. The hospice nurses urged me to go home, and I did. I went to bed when I got home, and around 3:00 a.m., my cat came walking up, got on the pillow so she could be near my face (She was very loving, but didn't particularly like to walk on pillows, as they made her feel unstable, so she never ventured beyond your waist in bed!). Then she just put her sweet little paw on my face and stared at me. I was petting her, wondering what had gotten into her, but she just kept that paw on my face until the phone rang, 5 minutes later, with the nurse at the hospice center apologizing but letting me know that my mother had passed away. It was like my cat knew I would need that paw as a comfort, that I would need her, and it felt like she already knew that my mother was gone from earth. I will never forget that.
14 hours ago, zoemom said:I believe this too Carpe. My older Aby B.B. who is 12, (no the initials don't stand for anything, just started calling her that when we first got her and it stuck!) has been with me when I was diagnosed with M.S., was excellent company when my husband was out of town on business (one year he was working in South Africa and was there more than he was home) spent a year being shown at cat shows all over the country (and was the third best Aby in the U.S. in 2008) survived two interstate moves, (the first one that required us to live in a hotel for four months) my divorce, my "firing" from several jobs before realizing I could no longer "work" in my career field due to cognitive changes and a year of substantial depression that followed.
We're both making it now and she's been the constant trooper through it all. There were a couple really "bumpy" times I was thinking about ending it all but I didn't because of her. Cats indeed are magical. Yep, I've become a "crazy cat lady". (But no stuffed teddy bears for me!) :-) !!!
Below is a picture of her posing in the hall of the hotel, we used to take our morning "strolls" thru the halls for exercise!
So glad you have made it through the storms of life! And B.B. is beautiful!
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30 minutes ago, zoemom said:
Zoemom is now entering the room, gingerly looking around and happy to see some familiar faces. I'm pulling up a chair for a bit of a chat.
I've had shingles FOUR times!!!. Definitely not good times. My first episode occurred also when I was 40. (Must be the 'magic' number!) My episodes would always start out feeling like a sunburn, then the blisters would appear along with a nasty rash that spread. I've had outbreaks on my left shoulder and upper arm, around my mid-section - no bra for 6 weeks (and that's when I was working!), on my forearm and the worst bout that started on my neck and spread onto my face. My doctor was quite concerned about this last episode, as apparently shingles can spread into the eye and cause blindness. I've pretty much recovered from the facial episode, however my skin still 'tingles' and is painful at times; a residual side effect that can for "years" apparently. My doctor isn't all that impressed with the shingles vaccine (definitely doesn't recommend it for me) as he doesn't feel that it's all that effective.
Sending lots of hugs your way Walnut Queen; I'm so sorry to hear about your Mum. I too have become disillusioned with the Shopping Channels. I feel that many of their "victims" are those that can least afford it; they remind me a great deal of those TV ministries that are always asking for $$$$ from their viewers. My grandfather ended up giving his life savings to one of those charlatans to "help" him build his "crystal cathedral". Turns out this "minister" is a multi-millionaire. Honestly, there ought to be a law.
Here's a small contribution to the kitty pictures. A few years ago I used to show cats (Abyssinians). I tried my hand at breeding and had a couple of litters - this is a picture of the first six that we had (I woke them up with the flash!). I really enjoyed having the kittens, but they were a lot of work and if you do it correctly, breeding is expensive, time consuming and requires a good amount of space for the growing kittens. My divorce put an end to my breeding program (lost the house/space, free time and disposable income). I miss having the kittens, but now spend my free time volunteering at a couple of cat shelters in our area. There are so many nice kitties that are looking for good homes that I feel guilty for ever breeding in the first place. Unfortunately there will always be a market for "purebred" cats, but at least I feel better that I'm no longer "contributing" to this market. My volunteer time is more rewarding.
Once again, I'm glad to see you all, hope to "hear" more from you when you get a chance. :-)
They are such pretty cats! I concur with how you feel about purebreds. Growing up, my family always had Siamese - blue point, chocolate point and seal points. Wen my husband and I talked about getting a cat, my go to was a Siamese, because that's all I knew. My husband is the one who urged me to consider pet adoption, and once we started going to shelters, I wanted to take all of them! The nice thing about a Heinz 57 cat is that you don't have some of the issues that you might have with a purebred - Siamese are known for early kidney issues......and I'm not sure what other breeds have problems.
Sorry to hear you've had shingles four times. Yikes! That is awful!
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1 hour ago, SuprSuprElevated said:
Same cats, different pic, lol.
I am astounded sometimes by people.
They are so cute! I love the outline on the lighter one's eye!
1 hour ago, hummingbird said:did you know there's a TV show that's nothing but movie trailers? the axstv channel which is mostly music programming
Mr Hbird is enjoying this
My husband told me about this....if it's started, I'm sure he's watching. Must be a guy thing!
Small Talk: I Like Them All, I Just Can't Choose!
in Genre Talk
Nice to see you!
I am a master gardener.... and I have lots of experience with salvia! I grow a ton of it. Most of it is the type that is in California, not supposed to survive winters here in Maryland, but it comes back every year because I grow it against a wall that gets the setting sun. I have a little micro-climate on the side of my house!
What do you need to know about red salvia? And if you know which one you have, that would help......Pineapple Sage?? Or the annual type? Or some other type? There are many, many different types of sages (salvia).