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Cricket, I thought you meant the deer were eating your vienna sausages.


Belinda, I'll ask Darbi if she wants to be a pen pal. I had one from England when I was about 10. She may not want to do it. She's a busy girl.

I had a great day. Went to yoga this morning then down to my daughter, Shelley's, house and played with the grans.

It's rainy and dreary and overcast so it's not too hot.

Not too hot is good, Sheri. I can feel summer creeping up on me here. I have truly enjoyed our cool stuff knowing what kind of heat was around the corner.

it's humid because of all the rain. Did I mention on here that I got a new rain gauge? Anyway, I put it up yesterday and during the night we got almost 1 inch of rain.

Cool, You did mention your rain gauge. An inch all at once here leaves us drowning. It is a lot of rain for us. We have been getting trace amounts of drizzle, barely measurable. I like it too.

and what is 'rain' again..????
I forget???
I seem to have a vague memory of wet, water like stuff falling from the sky....??? it used to coincide with wind? or maybe I'm wrong? the last time I saw the wind blow, I was sandblasted with dust!

I am sorry, Cricket. I will be taking big steps to avoid the cracks in the ground in another month or so. So I can sympathize with you.

of course if I put vienna sausages out, then I'd have racoons to deal with!

night night guys.
I don't know if it's the heat or what, but I'm pooped again...early in the evening.

Hi everybody ~

I'm just dropping in so y'all don't think I've fallen off the planet or something.

Maxi & I had dinner and then watched both Godspell and Jesus Christ Superstar so he could do a comparison. The last load is in the washer; the kid is asleep and I'm finishing up a good cup of coffee before heading to bed.

I think I must have what Cricket has got; I am tired early tonight. Tomorrow I have to do another day of dialysis, so that's several days right in a row. I will be grateful for the weekend when I can have my life back!

Merme

Cricket, I am a twilight addict. HAlf my female adult friends are addicted. And in love with Edward Cullen! You say you are reading them to kids?? I would not thing they are kid material. They are pretty tame, and supposed to have been meant for young adults, the author did a beautiful job. The very last one. Breaking Dawn is good, but is a bit of a shocker. Took some getting used to on my part.
Too bad men are not really like that. LOL Vampire aside.
My husband said a friend of his said that that vampire has ruined it for men everywhere! LOL
MY latest addiction is True blood. ITs from a series of books, NOT for kids in the least. ITs an HBO series. I dont get HBO but I got the first season on DVD.
What can I say I Love Vampires!
OH Cricket.. It does not matter what your deer are eating you can use Liquid fence on all of it.
That was the one thing that the deer never ate of mine.. Zinnias.. Go figure!

In a rush this AM, but wanted to stop in and say

Good Morning everybody!



Merme

Merme, you have an exceedingly busy week. Take care to rest when you can.
Good morning. Today I am taking the new puppy to the vet for shots and such. That will be fun. She is a sweetheart for sure.

Good Morning
It is the quiet part of day here before anyone else is up... I got up and turned the coffee on - got my shower... sat on the patio for a little while with coffee but got to warm and decided to come visit before we start getting kids up today for the Desert Museum and to see Old Tucson.. boys love the idea of cowboys and all that stuff now- my BIL knows all the history and stuff and has lots of neat things he has found out on his property - he has about 15 acres of desert around his house-- which is beautiful - 5 bedroom and 4 baths so plenty big enough even when he has 10 guests,huge kitchen I would give my eye teeth for too and he built most of it by himself...
Well I have 5 moe minutes before I need to wake Carrie , Jon and Joe and then the kids to get our trip into Tucson started... we plan to take them out for breakfast too... give Carmen (my sis in law) one meal she doesn't have to feed and clean up after us all.. though we have been pitching in and doing what we can to help... even the boys are helping...
Nana

You have been training your boys right, Nana. So glad you all are enjoying yourselves. And glad to hear from you.

thanks Sheri, she loves to get mail and my mom usually send her a card about once a month. But my mom has been sick this summer and hasn't send a card, My mom had 3 light strokes and has been in rehab all summer.

Today we're going to Pink Palace Museum in memphis, they have the dinoasaurs over there, she loves those. She loves animals of any kind, 2 weeks ago we went to the zoo in little rock (memphis is closer for us but we had never been to the little rock zoo.

hot here again to dday, yesterday heat index was between 105 and 107, it's horrible to sweat as soon as you step out the door.

our heat index's are up there too, belinda! I know exactly what your talking about. I walked from the house to the car this morning at 9am and was sweating out of every pour in my body.

ditchy, I edit some of the mushy stuff when reading to the kids. actually, my youngest can't stay interested. so, mainly I'm just reading to my 12 yr old. I hear the second book is even MORE mushy. we'll skip that one. maybe read a summary or something. and go right to the third. I like the vampire parts of the first book, but romance is not my thing. I'm finding the farther I read into this first book the less interested I'm becoming. I like the freaky, weird stuff.

Hi everyone ~
I am home a bit early today; so much to do.

It is raining here again but we never mind the rain too much.

I am trying to get used to this new computer and find my way around XP okay. I just have a tough time transitioning to a new keyboard because I am a touch typist. Any new board feels strange and I can't tell immediately where I am. But I'll be broken in soon enough, I guess.

When I came home today Maxi had his buddy Joey over. He was trying to talk Joey into hitting the beach tomorrow to do some boogie boarding. Joey, apparently, hates the beach. He is one of those kids who despises sand.

Maxi got to teasing Joey so I chimed in... "Joey, don't listen to Maxi! Most people don't enjoy too much sand every which way and how, but you know what Maxi used to do when he was young? He'd get wet in the ocean and walk to the top of the hill and roll down! Over and over again!"

Well, Joey thought that was pretty funny. I didn't tell Joey that Maxi would stand up and look pretty much like a sugar cookie, I just said he'd be covered in the stuff.

It was all pretty amusing but I have a feeling we'll never make a beach person out of Joey. Or at least, not until he is older and finds a girl who adores the beach and then we'll probably never see him off of it!


Merme

Visions of sugar cookies are running through my head. I think I am hungry.
I did the vet thing this morning. $136 later and we are doing good. Of course that includes 6 months of flea and tick stuff and heartworm meds.

I gotta say merme, I'm with Joey. I've lived within an hour or two of the beach my entire life. I'm good to go, going once for a weekend every other year or so. the sand and strong and constant wind drives me batty! I'm more of a lake person, I guess. however, last summer when we went, hubby had to practically DRAG me off the beach the evening a storm was coming in! it was just so beautiful! all that purple and black swirling clouds out over the ocean.....and the lightening and the thunder. everyone was packing up and I was waste deep in the waves staring mesmerized at the sky. (every now and then my family thinks I'm an absolute nut!)

"(every now and then my family thinks I'm an absolute nut!)"
Only now and then, Cricket?
OK, I am sleepy now that I have eaten. I get to nap.

uuummmm......more often than not??

I like the romance and the fact that they are Vampires with morals So to speak. At least his family.
You will want to avoid the last two books for sure. It will be way too grafic for younger kids. the 4th book shocked me as well. Not harry potter. LOL You would like it. MY good friends daughter is 14, and they are very conservative, daughter is a doll, she has read them, But Like I said she is 14.
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