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[Sandra, Moderator]

A virtual hug for you, Janice. Take care.

[Amanda (Mandy)]

Well my daughters thing got cancelled. The weather got bad and the game was delayed. They still ended up having the game, but it was too late for the kids to do anything. It is rescheduled for later in the season. She had fun hanging out with the older girls anyway.

[Cherie]

As I have been cutting down the blackberry brambles on my property, I have been eating the ripe berries. There are not a lot of berries, but enough. I do not like to spray but it gets harder and harder every year to keep ahead of them and keep them from taking over everything. I did not dig up the roots last year and I am paying for it this year.

I am interested in the sloe gin experiment too Sarah. I thought it was distilled too. I drank sloe gin once and didn't feel too well the next morning. One of the mechanics at work asked me what was wrong. His name was Larkin and he was from Tennessee, and about as old as my grandpa (I was 20). I told him and asked how long it takes sloe gin to wear off. He just chuckled at me and shook his head and said " a loooong time." Never drank it again.

[KimeyDiann]

@Janice, I'm so sorry to hear if your loss. Sending positive thoughts to you and your family in this difficult time.

@Cherie, congrats on the new addition to the family! My nephew's first name is Hudson, but he goes by his middle name.

This was an extremely crazy week for me. The auditor at my office wasn't as bad as I was afraid, but it isn't over yet, she just isn't going to be at my office reviewing everything. I worked through lunch or late every day she was there except one and probably should have brought my laptop home this weekend but i just wasnt up for it. I don't remember who asked and I'm on the app so can't scroll back to see while the comment box is open, but it isn't a tax audit. I work for a construction company and the owner of one of our projects is having a third party audit company review all of our contact documents and bills. it isn't just us, they are reviewing all of the subcontractors' documentation that worked on the project. Basically they are looking for mistakes or things they can use as an excuse not to pay us all of the money they owe us, which is a LOT. I'm the accountant for my division and I'm also the one that creates our bills on this project which is why I've been so stressed.
On top of all that fun at work my husband and I decided to bring home a dog that was being neglected and try to find him a new home... so we currently have 5, yes FIVE, dogs in our house! The newest addition is not exactly house trained so that has been work too. Plus he is very timid and is scared of the other dogs. I'm hoping we have found him a permanent home but I'm not sure yet.

And for the biggest stress of this week... my husband mother was put in ICU Wednesday night. She has a laundry list of problems right now and had been considered in critical condition. There has been some slight improvement and they are hoping to move her into a step down room today. She'll probably be there for a few days before she is well enough to be moved to a normal room. Right now it is just a wait and see situation until we know if the medications they gave her are working or not.

[Kandice]

I'm sorry about your mother-in-law KimeyDiann. My father-in-law was in ICU for the entire month of February due to a massive stroke followed by a heart attack. Like you said, by the time her was done. it seemed like a laundry list. He is now home, but bed-ridden and paralyzed. I've been taking 3 days a week to care for him and I know how stressful it can be.

I hope she gets moved soon and then begins to recover.

[Lisa]

Sorry to hear about your mother-in-law KimeyDiann. I hope she begins to recover soon.

[Janice, Moderator]

I hope your Mother-in-law recovers quickly KimeyDiann.

[Cherie]

Wow, KimeyDiann, that is a lot of stress piling up for you. I hope things get better soon and your MIL can recover quickly.

[Lynda]

KimeyDiann, I hope you mother-in-low responds well to her meds and recovers quickly. Sorry to hear about your stressful week.

Were weathering a windstorm. I live in the foothills of the Cascade Mountain Range, so when the wind kicks up across the sound, we get it twice as hard, because it hits the mountains and comes back around to us. The power's flickered a bit, but so far it's hanging in. I did have to remove a huge cottonwood branch from one of our rose bushes, and I'm trying to keep the cat in the house. On the plus side, there will be a lot of pine cones to toss for her once the wind subsides.

I spent some time planning a trip around the Olympic Mountain Range I'm taking in just over a week. I'm starting a photo book about Highway 101 (the Pacific Coast Hwy). A friend is letting me stay in her family's beach cabin for a few days. It's all coming together very last minute. I'm going to travel up the eastern side of 101 N to Neah Bay then southwest to the Ocean Beaches where her cabin is. Day two will take me down to Astoria. That's all I'll be able to squeeze in on this trip, but I'm looking forward to it. It will get the Washington part of the trip predominately finished, though I'm going to have to come back and spend a whole day on a couple "side trips" for the book. Mostly, I'm looking forward to being away from work, and having some time for myself with my camera. The plan is to take the Oregon and California parts of the trip next May and September with my photography partner.

[Sandra, Moderator]

@Kimey, I'm sorry to hear about your mother in law. I hope she recovers soon.

@Kandice, it's incredibly hard when families have to go through those situations that doesn't have a solution.

@Lynda, Sounds great! Enjoy!

@Cherie, how are Hudson and mom doing?

[Tasha]

Kimey, I'm sending positive thoughts out your way. What a week. I hope things settle down soon and your MIL recovers quickly. It's so sweet of you and your husband to take in a dog too. I hope things work out well with that as well.

[Stephanie]

Oh my goodness, KimeyDiann! Hope your mother in law gets better soon!!

[Kandice]

@Cherie, yes! How is Hudson?

[Cherie]

Hudson and his mom are home from the hospital today (he was a C-section delivery). My daughter posted a video of him in his bassinet this afternoon. They are both doing well, thank you! :0)

[Peggy]

That's a lot of stress KimeyDiann. I hope she recovers soon!

How are you doing Janice?


We had a great time walking barefeet through the woods yesterday! The coolest part was wading knee-deep through very thick mud :D We also went to Ikea (is that a world-wide known chain?) because it's close to the park, and had a bbq on the balcony in the evening. Lovely day! Today is even warmer than yesterday (32C - 90F). I did chores this morning and I'm going to read this afternoon. This is the last weekend of school holidays so from tomorrow all students will be back at university, and teaching and being busy starts again. It's great to have such a relaxing and warm weekend right before :)

[Tasha]

Yep, we have IKEA here in the US.

Glad oyu enjoyed your walk! How cool. :)

[Lisa]

Glad you enjoyed your walk Peggy! It sounds good fun. It's great that the weather is so nice for the last weekend of the holidays. Enjoy it! :)

It's a Bank Holiday weekend here in the UK, the last before Christmas. The weather is pretty bad, as is tradition!

[Sandra, Moderator]

How cool, Peggy!

[Roz]

We're getting ready for painters who, hopefully, will be here by Tuesday. We just want them to do the kitchen and dining room. We remodeled the kitchen a couple of years ago but the painter didn't use the finish I wanted on the walls (can't wash them without removing the paint). And in the whole process of the remodeling, the dining room became a mess. It really needed to be repainted any way. So for the past week I've been packing up the contents of a glass china cabinet. Nothing in there belongs to me; it's all my mother-in-law's stuff. I was hoping I could remove some of the things I have no real use for or don't know the history of, and put in some of our things that have been stored in the attic since we moved here into the house to help out my MIL about 8 yrs ago. The house is the one my husband grew up in. But my MIL passed away 3 yrs ago and I figured it was definitely time to pull our stuff out of the attic. But every time I hold out something with a "what's this for?", my husband has a story or memory to tell. Some things are just going to have to disappear. So many wine glasses you'd think it was a house of drunks.

[Peggy]

I always find it interesting how the weather here and in the UK can be totally different, even though we don't live so far apart. I hope our warm weather travels your way :)


Oooh, I'm so annoyed! The apartment building we live in is built around a courtyard and has around 200 apartments in it. Somewhere on the other side of the courtyard (and it is pretty big), but I cannot exactly say where, there's a guy playing video games (I think). He does that a lot, mostly it seems when I'm quietly reading outside. And he is SOOOOOOO loud, it's unbelievable. I hear him louder than my bf talking at a normal level sitting next to me. And the guy screams just no words at all, only sounds, or he screams YES and NOOOOOO, or he is swearing really nasty things. I mean, I get that games can be exciting and I know I can scream from excitement as well sometimes, but this is so loud and it's been going on all afternoon and I'm sick of it. If I yelled something at the top of my longs I would have a sore throat and still reach only half his volume level. There's someone else there (or he talks to himself sometimes) as well, I don't understand why nobody tells him to not scream so much, or why he doesn't realize himself that he has 200 neighbours. I'm glad I don't live right next-door!

I guess I could move inside but these might be the last really warm days of the year and I don't want to spend them inside.

Okay, done with complaining :)

[Peggy]

Good luck with that Roz! It's hard to throw things out that have memories attached to them.

[Kandice]

Peggy, that sounds like my sons! Maybe as you read you should do the same thing loudly so he will experience the other side of it, but truthfully he's probably so immersed he won't hear you.

[Michelle T.]

Hello happy Sunday from Tampa, Fl., here is cloudy, humid and really really hot typical Florida summer weather. Today I'm finishing the laundry that I had to stop yesterday to take my child for he's third football game (3 wins in a roll). Hopefully I'll have a little time to rest before going to go pick my hubby up at the airport at 5 pm from he's return from a week of work and conferences.
Hope everyone have a wonder day!!! ☺

[Kandice]

Michelle T. wrote: "Hello happy Sunday from Tampa, Fl., here is cloudy, humid and really really hot typical Florida summer weather. Today I'm finishing the laundry that I had to stop yesterday to take my child for he'..."

You too! I can never see someone is from Florida without thinking of Dexter as if he is the only person who lives there. O_o

[Berit☀️✨]

LOL! I was thinking the same thing it sounds like my boys, plus they are probably on line with a headset on so they can't hear anything, He is probably talking to other people, just not people in the same room as him :-)

[Peggy]

I'm pretty sure this is much louder and more inappropriate than any of your sons!

[Roz]

The house next door to ours is rented (some illegal renting going on there, but a different story) and there was one guy who liked to sing at night ( not well). Loud. Like what an opera wannabe would do in the shower. If I was watching tv in the living room, he'd be so loud I had to have the sound all the way up just to be able to follow the program. Haven't heard him recently. The code enforcers for the city came through a couple of months ago and did a sweep. Silence is golden.

[Sandra, Moderator]

Peggy, I know it's annoying, but you made me laugh!

Good luck, Roz! May be you can negotiate half and a half? Half the stuff from his child memories, and the other half from you memories together?

[Kandice]

If my sons ever accidentally start to say a curse word it's hilarious to hear their verbal backtrack or meld into something else!

[Travis]

I called my mom once and mid conversation forgot I was talking to her and started f this and f that and cuss and cuss then mid sentence I go wait mom am I still talking to you I thought I had called someone else sorry

[Stephanie]

Just in case anyone was wondering..there are only 38 more days until the 2015/2016 National Hockey League (NHL) season :-)

[Lynda]

Thanks, Stephanie...a good reminder I need to look into getting some Thunderbird tickets, soon!

[Stephanie]

Seattle Thunderbirds, Lynda? I'm from Spokane originally and worked for the Spokane Chiefs as a section leader over 10 years ago :) it was by far my favorite job ever! Getting paid to watch hockey :-) I worked there for 5 season and had the same section for 4 years...it was awesome :)

[Janice, Moderator]

Peggy wrote: "How are you doing Janice?

We had a great time walking barefeet through the woods yesterday! The coolest part was wading knee-deep thr..."

I arrived home a couple of hours ago. I'm exhausted. It was a long and eventful week. Thanks for asking.

I'm fretting over an infected finger from a hangnail of all things! Like I need that right now.

[Kandice]

Janice wrote: "Peggy wrote: "How are you doing Janice?

We had a great time walking barefeet through the woods yesterday! The coolest part was wading knee-deep thr..."

I arrived home a couple of hours ago. I'm ..."

Neosporin it to death!

[Rusalka, Moderator]

I'd say he's talking to people through a headset, Peggy. We get a little carried away when we play games and are talking to others. It's always amusing when the weather starts getting warmer, and I open the house up. Then I realise the neighbours girls are playing outside, and the doors and windows slowly get closed on that side of the house by me trying not to draw attention to us. I don't think it carries that far, but better to be safe than teach them new and interesting words.

[Tasha]

Roz, I feel your pain. We are in the process of remodeling our unusable back room into a screened in porch. It has been the playroom for the kids for years so has accumulated a lot of stuff. We also have to clean out the basement with boxes of stuff as well since we will be doing some shifting of things. We have a POD storage box in our driveway, I have the veterans coming weekly to take stuff away and we are having a yard sale in a couple of weeks. Good luck with the negotiations. ;)

Peggy, that is too funny...at least from the quiet of my home. I feel for you though. It can't be fun.

[Janice, Moderator]

Rusalka wrote: "I'd say he's talking to people through a headset, Peggy. We get a little carried away when we play games and are talking to others. It's always amusing when the weather starts getting warmer, and I..."

Funny, I was just typing the same thing.

[Sarah]

If I was playing say SimCity I'd be as quiet as a mouse but put call of duty black ops on and they'll be shouting and swearing. Definitely windows closed like Rusalka to minimise sound. I was never worried about teaching the passers by/ people sat at the bus stop outside new words but worried they might think we're having the humdinger of all arguments. Not tried it on the boat yet. I can imagine how annoying it must be while sat outside trying to read.

[Peggy]

I get being loud when playing games, I do! But this guy seemed really extreme. And I'm pretty sure someone was in the room with him, I heard another voice too sometimes, much less loud though. Seemed like the other guy was doing normal-excitement-yelling ;-)

Unless all of you also yell so loud it still sounds like someone yelling right next to you even though you're 200 metres away, and you wish cancer upon your opponents? (unfortunately very common in the Netherlands, especially among young people, to use cancer and other diseases in their swearing. I know they probably don't mean it literally, at least not when playing games, but I can't stand it anyway).

[Sarah]

Wow I've not heard of people wishing cancer upon people in their expletives. Yes, I get telling the "enemy" in computer games to die (if you're playing a shoot em up or something like that) but in the course of normal conversational swearing, it's a bit extreme for sure.

[KimeyDiann]

Thanks everyone. My M-I-L was doing a little better and was moved out of the ICU on Saturday. Unfortunately she had some breathing problems shortly after being moved and they had to take her back to the ICU. They are going to try to move her to a regular room again today since she is stable.

I'm sorry to hear about your F-I-L, Kandice. Your situation sounds much worse than mine. Hats off to you for taking care of him!

@Peggy, has no one complained to the managers about this guy? If he's that loud and you are across the courtyard, I can only imagine the poor neighbors that live closer to him!

[Kandice]

KimeyDiann wrote: "Thanks everyone. My M-I-L was doing a little better and was moved out of the ICU on Saturday. Unfortunately she had some breathing problems shortly after being moved and they had to take her back t..."

I hate hospitals, but I have to say that the longer our loved ones are there, the better cared for they are, I'm keeping you in my thoughts.

[Tejas Janet]

Janice, not surprised to hear it was a stressful week, but glad you are home now. Hope you can relax and get rested up soon. Pamper yourself some, for sure. And hope your hurt finger is better soon.

KimeyDiann, really hope your mother-in-law shows good improvement soon. And kudos for helping out yet another dog in need, especially such a needy guy.

Wow, Kandice, that's a big task, I know. Just be sure to take care of you, too, okay. You're a real-life angel to care for your father-in-law like this.

Peggy, I wonder if neighbors are afraid of noisy, inappropriate guy perhaps -? Seems feasible.

Lynda, have a wonderful trip! Your Hwy 101 photo book sounds like it will be wonderful. Awesome scenery.

Cherie, glad your daughter and new grandson are doing well. That's wonderful. Congratulations to you and family!! I really like the name Hudson.

[Tasha]

TJ, that sounds pretty plausible. If he's screaming like that in his house he could be a bit unhinged and people might be afraid to confront him about it.

[Tasha]

and I'm NOT saying people shouting while playing video games are unhinged!! ;)

[Lynda]

Stephanie wrote: "Seattle Thunderbirds, Lynda? I'm from Spokane originally and worked for the Spokane Chiefs as a section leader over 10 years ago :) it was by far my favorite job ever! Getting paid to watch hockey ..."

Yep, the very ones! Getting paid to watch hockey does sound like the best job ever. It's always fun to catch the games, but we normally go when they're playing Portland! This year we might drive down to Portland to catch them playing down there, be the annoying group of people rooting for the away team.

[Janice, Moderator]

I went to the walk-in clinic today. When the doctor asked why I was there, I told her my finger was infected. "Okay, let's see your finger." When I showed it to her she stifled a gasp and said, "You have an infection." DUH! I guess she didn't believe me. I have antibiotics, and it's starting to feel better already. :)

[Cherie]

There is nothing worse than infection in your finger, especially if you have to type with it, Janice. I am glad it's better.

I was pulling weeds in the flower bed one time after spreading shredded bark and I got a sliver down in the nail edge of my ring finger. It turned into the worst infection I have ever had. When I finally broke down and went to the doctor, he accused me of biting my nails and said it was just a hang nail. I told him that I did not bite my nails and I had not ripped off a hang nail either. After he lanced it (it was that bad), he discovered the sliver of bark and had to eat crow!

[Stephanie]

Lynda wrote: "Stephanie wrote: "Seattle Thunderbirds, Lynda? I'm from Spokane originally and worked for the Spokane Chiefs as a section leader over 10 years ago :) it was by far my favorite job ever! Getting pai..."

Being an away fan is so much fun!!!!