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Started 3 years ago by Nora Charles
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Nora Charles

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Kinda cloudy and a wee bit chilly out there today...

Doing Sunday kinds of things today - laundry, cooking for week, taking a good walk to GG, seeing some friends, making jewelry,...

What are you doing?

Posted 3 years ago #
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Thinking about going down to Smokeshop for breakfast.

Got the I,Claudius series on dvd yesterday, didn't expect it to be delivered on a Sat.

Guessing I'll put that on and fall asleep during the afternoon.

Really should clean my place up though that could take days, so difficult to start. Have towels in the dryer should get them out someday. ;)

Cooking for the week , I should try that soon, been meaning to.

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BriarRose

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"No Caligula dear, you cannot sleep with your sister."

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I'm going to help my mom move, sigh.... Was hoping for sunny weather, but as long as its not raining. Then grocery shopping, laundry, and an attempt to get some things out of my storage closet. Big day ahead, and none to fun. Oh well, at least it will be a productive day. :)

Posted 3 years ago #
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one more terabyte to rescue, 850gb to put it in. a dutch oven to season, frames to measure, photos to edit and a quick run to vv and goodwill to check for better dutch oven. also, this computer no longer has a working kb. perhaps i should look into replacing that. ....when i find the money first.

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breakfast is cooking now, call the poster about picking up the fabric(then pick up the fabric), then a 2 mile run, after that who knows.

I may bus over to downtown for hte cheesefest or to the udist for the street fair

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BR, I identify more with Claudius.

It's getting more difficult to go out and be around people lately.

Thinking that I could rescue a dog, would atleast make me go out and walk around.

Thing is... going to the pet shelters

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onederfullone

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I identify more with Novalis ;-)

And I too am looking at shelters...the whole 'expressing glands' thingy has given me pause to do more research though ;-)

Posted 3 years ago #
Nora Bell

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My advice re: expressing glands in a pup - Let a professional do it. It doesn't, after all, sound like one of those must diy dog/human bonding moments.

I'm finally coloring my hair today, via box for financial reasons. Not sure what to do after that. Guess I'll see what the afternoon brings.

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I skipped that post(( the title didn't have that... hmm.. "need to read" grabber ;) to me )), been not looking at too many postings lately.

Even deleted the link to hereabouts afew times.damnable memory...

Posted 3 years ago #
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Looking through shelters for your next dog buddy can be such a heartbreaking waste of time. Try PetFinder.com

Check out this wonderful dog rescued by a friend in Ohio. His name is Leo and he can be put on a plane for Seattle (possibly by Pilots for Paws) if it means a permanent home:
http://www.petfinder.com/petdetail/15032055
(Trying to decide if I can commit to a dog right now - considering Leo)

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Novalis it is one of my favorite series. And I do understand that it gets harder and harder to go out knowing that so many of the fools we see post on the interwebs are actually driving aound in cars.

I just wish I could figure out some way to cash in on this phenomena.

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onederfullone

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BR, if you find a way to really cash in all of us rubes, will you stop being such a bitch? I doubt it.

I know a guy that came up with an idea, selling absolute dolts these things called 'carbon off-sets'. He's now one the the most carbon producing a-holes on the entire planet.

It hasn't changed him at all, he's just a richer a-hole.

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onederfullone

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Bikerchick, Leo sounds/looks precious ;-)

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BriarRose

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Excellent example one. Only idiots might think carbon offsets will 'save the planet.'

Of course only idiots think the planet needs to be saved or that mere humans might be able to do so anyway.

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1der - I've had dogs my whole life and this is the first time I've ever had one who needs her anal glands expressed. So, don't let that deter you! I got my dog through the Seattle Animal Shelter downtown. They have a great foster program for pitbulls, who are wonderful dogs but they are big and you do need to train them because an out of control pitbull is much worse than an out of control chihauhua. But they are easier dogs than chihauhaus by far.

Petfinder.com is a great webpage that has caused me more than once to want to adopt 20 dogs all at the same time. All the shelters are on there so it saves you driving all over greater Seattle. The only problem is, sometimes the dogs on petfinder are already adopted from the specific shelter and not updated on the website yet.

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This is a weird Sunday for us because we are sans child. Ballardpapa slept in really late and is out for a long run right now. I've actually managed to clean the house and have been working a little bit on a kid story I started writing months ago and it got put off to the side. I also need to get out and weed my veggie garden a little bit. I can also turn up my music really loud. Ballardkid is now old enough to object vehemently to my music and go lock herself in her room and turn up her music to block mine out because it is apparently so heinous and offensive to her young ears. Oh yeah, we also watched a movie in bed this morning which has been totally unheard of the last few years.

I'm not expecting too much of myself today because on Friday I had a dressage lesson on one of my instructor's horses. Normally my lessons involve learning how to control my wild little horse more than anything. But I wanted to work on my "form" so I rode one of her horses. It was an hour of perfect form and posture and now everything from my waist down hurts so much I can only pull off a slow, labored waddle. It really put my old pilates sessions to shame. Although, I did overdo it just a little. At one point my instructor said, "Are you getting too tired?" and my legs hurt so much they burned but I was having so much fun I said, "Yeah, but let's keep going. There's always ibuprofen and a hot bath." Famous last words!

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Why did I take a look at Petfinder when I knew what would happen? Now I'm wondering if there's room in our house for yet another dog :-)

http://www.petfinder.com/petdetail/15245613

Posted 3 years ago #
ballardgirl

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Hmmmmm..... lazy sunday, with yard work waiting outside. Making turkey neck soup.

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fabricfanatic

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Woke up at 11am, the Melatonin works !!

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went to the seattle center then the fremont farmer's market. by the time we got to fremont, we were in no mood to deal with the large crowds and tight spaces. we'll have to get there right when it opens some time ...and take the bus or ride bikes.

seattl center= yay!
fremont market= boo!

back home in ballard= the greatest ever!

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Thanks a lot, you guys! Now I am in love, and I still haven't cleared it with the property management company...

http://www.petfinder.com/petdetail/16379710

I want to give him a home!

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ahh... the dangers of spending time on petfinder!

pennygirl... lola *really* needs a home now, since it looks like her friend Rudy got adopted (ooo - that wasn't nice was it?!)

angelatini - lots and lots of puppies out there this time of year. but... they are cute for a reason! I prefer an older dog that's already housetrained. But I love it when *other* people adopt puppies!

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bikerchick...

Yes. And I think Lola really needs 'my' home. I'm not happy that she's without her best friend Rudy, especially when she's old and sick. Just trying to figure out if we could swing the vet bills :-(

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Catching up on homework and housework and staying away from petfinder because I will fall in love too!

Posted 3 years ago #
SweaterGirl

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Pennygirl-My pup would love to have a carin friend. Lola's got such a great face-- hard to resist.

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lol SweaterGirl ur avatar is cute

Posted 3 years ago #
Jonathan Pryce

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Back from backpacking this weekend:

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=47645&id=1637623394&l=e601bdbe27

Posted 3 years ago #
Nora Charles

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Dang, that's a big ass train comin' across that bridge...

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ballardgirl

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Finally went out to work in the yard, and found that my irises of different colors have 'hooked up' and made a brown and yellow one. Never had that happen before. The poor thing is so ugly, its cute.

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Oooh petfinder - must stay away from there - both current kitties came by way of that place. Everytime I look, just for fun, I see another I'd take if it wouldn't turn me into crazy cat lady. Funny thing is, never had a pet till I married my husband and got his cats by default :-) spent day playing evil stepmother, making sure the kid got homework done before return to mother. Good thing she likes me sigh.

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pennygirl

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crownhiller...

you got the kids to do homework on a Sunday? That's incredible! If mine don't get it done earlier, they have a litany of poor excuses by Sunday. And frankly, by that point, I tend to believe their nonsense, purely for my sanity. :-)

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Well she's only here on weekends, so she doesn't have much choice. We try to find the balance between fun and work - its not always easy, but it usually works. Besides, if she doesn't do it here - heaven help her with her real mom!!

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I'm a firm Friday nighter. Can't be doing with it over the weekend, listening to the endless excuses. It's Friday or nothing. And nothing means nothing. My plan isn't foolproof by any means :-)

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Foolproof and kids - that'll never happen :) harder when half the time is spent in transit from one parent to the other. Its a dance, with someone else choosing the music - my goal is just to keep the tensions low and the homework done, whatever day it happens. Hard enough to be a divorced kid without battles over homework. I expect that to change greatly when she hits 16 (she's 12 now). Then all bets are off on who gets "evil" in front of mother b-)

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Cate

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Stepmoms are real moms - they have to do some of the toughest parenting and love/care for a child who may resent them or reject them.

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pennygirl

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I am with you that stepmoms are real moms. The same as foster moms. We're all real moms. Even the kids born to their moms. They resent and reject all of us at that age. It's the age, not the parent.

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Thanks ladies - it's not a role I'd ever predicted for myself but I wouldn't trade it for the world. I decided long ago that the best i could do for my step-kid was show her there was another way to react to the world then the one chosen by her often difficult mother. And to never never never say anything negative about her mom in her hearing - no matter how much tongue I have to bite off to make that happen ;o)

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You are so right Pennygirl. Step, Biological, foster, adoptive - we are all real moms (and dads). And at a certain age children come to resent us all. How else would, could they find the courage to leave the nest and fly?

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bikerchick - I hear you, but this is where I am coming from...

I lost my dear Golden Retriever of 13 years to cancer in December 2008. My family had him since he was a baby. Originally my parents got him for my little sister and she just never bonded with him like I did. In fact, every time my family has ever had a dog it was always "for" someone else, but always became MY baby.

This time I want to give MYSELF the dog I always wanted and raise it myself. :)

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angelatini - that makes so much sense! Sorry to hear about the loss of your 13 yr. old so recently. I adopted an older dog who died in Jan. '09. Only had two years with her, so there are dangers to adopting older pups too.

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Puppies are great as long as you're prepared to deal with teething and potty training. I prefer to adopt my dogs as puppies so they can grow up with me, but my husband can't deal with it so from now on all our adopted dogs will be over 1 year old. The pitbull's teething phase where we had to teach her not to chew on the side of the house were ballardpapa's last straw :)

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ballardmama - I prefer a puppy, but again, it's up to property management. I am not above a dog who is a year old, of course. I just can't do an older dog right now because of the possibility of losing him/her so quickly. I was devastated when my Sage died.

bikerchick - I think you are an angel for adopting an older doggie. Maybe when I have my own place I can do the same.

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oh drat, you guys...all i did NOT need was to go on that petfinder. oh dear. bikerchick, bella would LOVE it if you got a dog indeed. i love them all...puppies, grown up dogs, big ones, little ones, etc....the puppy stage is hard if you do it right. it takes alot of time and money to train them and get them set to be great dogs. bella ate alot of expensive stuff indeed.at least in the case of mine, i spent alot to train them young since everyone was so afriad of their specific breed. i love dogs SO much, just remember they are not a fad, but a commitment.

woof! woof! :)

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I certainly know that, julesage. :) I know it was meant in general, though.

I definitely want to make sure whatever dog we do get can and will be a family dog. If we choose to have children it has to be good with them. So it's an even bigger decision. ;)

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julesage

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yes it is, my friend:) taking the time to make a wise decision is a smart move. it tears my heart out to see a dog sent to the shelter after like 10 or 11 years with his couple until the baby arrives...it is so sad. having them co-exist *imo* is great for the dog & the child alike. obviously, if there was a biting or aggressive tendancy, it makes more sense.

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