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Congrats Travis!I need to learn to keep my face under control. I was on the train reading my book, and the conductor (?) came by to check my ticket. Apparently I looked quite annoyed, because he said: 'are you enjoying the book?' (i was! a lot!) 'i thought so, because you looked like you were really not happy that i disturbed you!'
@Almeta /TravisWell... that kind of "wood" and a fireplace to burn...
You better run!
;-) Happy Aniversary!
Ok...so I had lots of potential replies to your message run through my head Travis but I've decide to go with...Congratulations on your Anniversary! Best not to drag the tone of this thread down!That's funny Peggy about the conductor on the train!
Travis of NNY wrote: "Today is my 5 year wedding anniversary. Says traditional gift is wood. LMAO. As if any guys would have a problem getting wood. Wait what type of wood are we talking here."ROFL! And in another 9 months....
Happy Anniversary!
Happy Anniversary, to you and your wife Travis!
Happy Anniversay, Travis!My husband and I usually pick out a single item together for our anniversary, the 5 year ones any way. We got a big butcher block cutting board for our 5th anniversary.
Got a fun metal lizard wall sculpture for 10th. Large crystal serving platter for 15th. Our 18th is coming up in November. Probably won't get something, but we might. 20 could be tough - china. Already have too much we don't use and we're not much for dust collecting knick knacks.
Thanks everyone. I'm taking her out to dinner. Simple as that. In general I dislike most all restaurant food as I feel they over season she usually goes out with just the kids. So its a treat for me to go. Best part is a patient gave her $30 gift card so we're off to whatever the hell a Ruby Tuesdays is for free or little cost on us.9 months eh. The only significance I see there is we'll be 3 months before our 6 anniversary. No more babies around here
Travis of NNY wrote: "I admit my mind was more on the "naughty" side of things"Uh Huh!☻☻☻
Almeta wrote: "Rusalka wrote: "I love wols too."lol! Are wols indigenous to Australia?"
It's how Owl writes his name in Winnie the Pooh. Lexx and I call owls wols because of it.
We looked into rescuing owls, but they are so incredibly high maintenance unfortunately.
Travis of NNY wrote: "Today is my 5 year wedding anniversary. Says traditional gift is wood. LMAO. As if any guys would have a problem getting wood. Wait what type of wood are we talking here."LOL. Oh so many things not PG running through my mind.
Happy anniversary though. Now I've stopped snickering.I need you to teach me your face Peggy. People at work just ignore my glares, wave of book and sandwich/fork and just assume I'll drop everything for them.
Well, I'm at home today. Long weekend tomorrow and I have gastro. Yay. And I'm reading a ridiculous book on Ebola, not great timing.
Rusalka wrote: "It's how Owl writes his name in Winnie the Pooh. Lexx and I call owls wols because of it...."Should'a caught that. BUT I just thought it was a typo. :P
It's a safe assumption usually for me!
Liz wrote: "what am I doing?reading about my book obsession!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10..."
There's no hope.... for me!
Hilarious bantering going back and forth over the past several hours - thanks for making my evening a giggly one - I needed it after a long day. Congrats Travis - happy anniversary and many more to come. Hope you enjoyed Ruby Tuesday! :-)
Janice wrote: "I dropped by to sing you all a song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXbtsC..."Dammit Janice! That was like getting Rick-rolled
Well I had the worst night sleep ever last night. Then I had to take my partner to work. Dropped him off at silly o'clock (cos I need to car to run some errands), arrive home lookng forward to my first cup of tea of the day to get a call from my partner saying he left his works boots in the boot of the car! Doh! So I had to forgo my cuppa and drive straight back out again! And to top that off, Amazon Logistics lost my parcel with two books in it! Let's hope the day gets better! I could do with some Red Wine right now Janice!
I hate when the wife calls because she left something at home and needs me to run it to her. Not that it is a really big deal but it does feel like the whole day gets messed up when that happens. Amazon has never lost anything of mine but we had road construction this summer and had a 2 day package take almost 2 weeks because the UPS driver kept reporting and amazon would emaile due to natural disaster or extreme weather package cannot be delivered. So frustrating. If guy had just left a card in or mailbox we could have driven to pick it up ourselves. But...It's Friday!
Well Amazon were very helpful when I rang and they organised for another set to be dispatched tomorrow. Now I've just had an email to say the courier has found my original parcel and it's out for delivery today. So not sure what to do about my repeat order at the moment! I might wait until it arrives first before cancelling the other one! They've never lost anything of mine before - I did order a sat nav from them once which arrived while I was out so it went to the local Royal mail depot where it was promptly nicked from the box leaving me with just the packaging when I picked it up! Luckily I realised before I got home. Amazon sent out another one next day without any proof that it had been nicked!Yes it's Friday! It's been a crazy week for me! But weekend means I need to get tidying my flat as my parents are popping in to visit tomorrow on their way back from holiday. I can't very well have my 94 year old grandmother sitting among 80's toys and bubble wrap!
Travis, hope you and your life had a lovely evening. That's all I'm going to say ;)I am siting at the local DMV waiting on my daughter as she takes her drivers test. It has been pouring rain all morning but seems to be clearing now. I don't know that I am not more nervous than she is.
Thanks and rain or snow us best time to take road test. Gives an excuse for slower and more cautionable driving. I took mine in the city with almost a foot of snow on road.
Travis of NNY wrote: "Thanks and rain or snow us best time to take road test. Gives an excuse for slower and more cautionable driving. I took mine in the city with almost a foot of snow on road."In England, the driving tests would have been cancelled for that day if there was a foot of snow on the road. Actually, come to think of it England would just stop working with that amount of snow full stop. It's bad enough with 3 inches!
3-4 ft around here will close some of the main. Roads if visibility is an issue otherwise not
Rusalka wrote: "Dammit Janice! That was like getting Rick-rolled"Okay, I'll bite. What is Rick-rolled?
Okay, so it was rick-rolled because it wasn't me singing the song, but UB40? Hehehehe!I have a friend who claims the fame to anything if you're willing to give it to her. She never knit a stitch in her life, but when someone asked her if she knit the sweater her child was wearing, she say, "Yes!"
Sarah wrote: "Well I had the worst night sleep ever last night. Then I had to take my partner to work. Dropped him off at silly o'clock (cos I need to car to run some errands), arrive home lookng forward to my f..."Oh! poor you.
I can relate to that. It's no worse than a night of bad sleep. I'm not functional when this happen to me
Yes I was flagging by about 3pm...and then I had to go to work. Home now though to find my books have arrived from Amazon - the original set not the replacements. So I expect the replacements will arrive tomorrow and I'll have spare books. Not sure what to do about that!
Thanks Tasha - she passed! Now I can really start to be nervous. She did great in the rain. We live in the land of Snowpocalypse 2014, so she's already been told: if she's not at home when snow starts, she is to stay put until Dad rescues her.
Janice, I had a friend once who preferred to claim infamy. If the magazine cover proclaimed "I Am A Heroin Addict" she would say it was her true life story. She was always kidding of course. Or so I hope.
Janice wrote: "Rusalka wrote: "Dammit Janice! That was like getting Rick-rolled"Okay, I'll bite. What is Rick-rolled?"
Already in the Glossary!
Thanks Tasha - she passed! Now I can really start to be nervous. great! but yep, now you have other things to worry about. good luck!
I see we have sorted it. It's a sneaky way to get Rick Astley in your head. This time, it was a sneaky way to get Red, Red Wine in my head. All. Day. Long.
Sarah wrote: "Check this out Janice - Rickrolling"Thanks you guys for teaching me this stuff, I think.
Is that like "Red, red wine. Be good to me..." ?I'm quite familiar with that tune!
Rusalka wrote: "I see we have sorted it. It's a sneaky way to get Rick Astley in your head. This time, it was a sneaky way to get Red, Red Wine in my head. All. Day. Long."Well how about "Aquarius.... let the sun shine in... let the sun shine in... the suuuuuun shine in....."?
A friend of mine called last minute with a spare ticket to the local theatre production of "Showtunes Spectacular". Her daughter was sick and couldn't go. That was the final number of the evening. And it is stuck in my head.
Almeta wrote: "Already in the Glossary!"Are you calling me a prankster? Moderators have powers, you know. And Madame Tutti Fruiti has special powers.
Janice wrote: "Almeta wrote: "Already in the Glossary!"Are you calling me a prankster? Moderators have powers, you know. And Madame Tutti Fruiti has special powers."
Oh Madame Tutti Fruti, I bow at your feet. Please use your special powers to make us worthy of the tasks that you have set before us.☺
Went to my cousins wedding last night. Achieved a very high state of intoxication. Doing the run down this morning. Woke up in my house with my family. Check. No drunken phone calls. Check. No drunken Facebook posts. Check. No drunken goodreads posting. Check. No drunken text messages. After a lot of confusion and investigating . check. My wife used my phone to text some people when I passed out so that one had me wondering for a while until I see I had been referred to as Travis rather than I . As Toby Keith has said "I'm not as good as I once was . but I'm as good once as I ever was"
We've spent most of this morning discussing how to make a corner sofa which folds down in to a sofa bed which we can build for our boat. Anyone ever made any furniture from scratch (not the flat pack idea stuff)? Oh and I bought some AMAZING socks to wear on the boat from the Outdoor/Camping Store - thermal, super soft inside which are apparently more than 7x warmer than ordinary socks! Can't wait to put them on!
I swear by smartwool socks wear them year round $25 a pair but worth every nickel
Travis of NNY wrote: "Went to my cousins wedding last night. Achieved a very high state of intoxication. Doing the run down this morning. Woke up in my house with my family. Check. No drunken phone calls. Check. ..."Travis alive and kicking in the morning... Check!
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Happy Anniversary, Travis!