two words: squitters BITE !!

:D

our area's flooding has receded, and clean-up has begun...

they're pressure-washing home interiors (cement-block houses with concrete floors, yay! easy to clean!)

unfortunately, the floodwater's now bedeviling the lowlands, and standing waist-deep in the riverside villages.

:eek:

and the crop losses are going to be terrible... all those fields of corn and beans, argh!

:(

the price of animal feed is going to skyrocket, so we're mass-plucking, and reducing our flocks drastically.

just finished two, and got two more to do before nappy-time.

:rolleyes:

Hi everyone!

Yes, Vonn, I am at home! I wouldn't dare use my computer at school to check in here at NT:rolleyes:.

The great thing about being a prof is the flexible schedule. I do not think I could possibly handle a normal 8 to 5 job. I have not had one since my teens. I do end up working more than 40 hours most weeks, but I do alot of class prep, grading, and research at home.

I am really disappointed. My sis and niece may not make it here for the weekend. They are supposed to fly here tomorrow, but Anya woke this morning with a 102 temp. The doctor says it is a nasty virus, and that it could be really uncomfortable for her to fly. They are going to wait and see how she is in the morning. Of course, I do not want her to fly if she is sick, but I was really looking forward to seeing them. Now I will have to wait until Christmas:(.

Do you all know that you can get a free credit report on line? There are 3 different credit agencies that have to provide this by law. Just google free credit report. You have to pay a small fee for your score, but you can check everything else if you are not concerned with your score. It is a good way to make sure that there are no incorrrect transactions or accounts that you may want to close as well to see who has been requesting info on you.

Credit is supposed to be reeally tight right now, but I still keep getting offers from my credit card companies for low interest consolidation loans, etc. However, I do doubt that anyone could get a loan right now without a regular and established income or collateral.

Hope everyone is having a decent day!

hey Kay ... sorry about the scratching/itching ... it's finally cold enough to freeze out the bug population and bees until spring ...

glad to hear that you are drying out!!

I hate painting basements... but it'll be great when it's done, eh?

yes, it FINALLY stopped raining, and flocks of chakalakas and parakeets are swooping and chattering and singing...

there's egrets visiting my pond, and the agoutis had BABIES... (they're sort of like a cross between giant squirrels, and rabbits, fun to watch...) saw three of them hopping around this morning...

I can hear Great-tail Grackles singing, and Red-Headed woodpeckers, and Kiskadees, and the Ruddy Ground Doves are cleaning up the feeding area after the chickens and ducks are through.

so the whole yard is filled with birdsong... it's cool and overcast, with a LEETLE bit of sun peeking out, a perfect day...

:D

hello all

busy busy busy oldest son graced me with his presence and we finished paneling the hall and bed room i still got molding to cut and do finished the last few pieces of tile, and deb painted part of the bathroom and Chris is working on the bedroom

I am beyond wiped out, went shopping too in a dazed state, met a gent who is paralyzed from waist down he was robbed and shot, but he and his kid do scrap pick up and I still got a fair amount of metal to scrap here so will give him the business and help him out at same time

ya know what was weird, here is a chair bound person, and when he learned I had MS he was so sympathetic, cause his sis passed from it, and even he said he rather have his troubles than mine, we talked for an hour or so, but as I said I am dead on my feet, and done for the day

hope you all doing well:hug:


Barb sorry about the no visit, at least next week you wont be running a nasty fever, that wouldnt help you any:hug:

aw, geez, she sounds like my younger brother...

28 years ago, he was car-jacked by three young hitchhikers he'd picked up, north of LA.

they stuffed him in his trunk, drove to a remote area, and beat him with chains and a tire iron, and stabbed him a dozen times.

then, they left him for dead, a mile off the Ventura Hwy, in the woods.

with a punctured lung, and several broken ribs, he crawled over a mile to get help... and then spent a week in the ICU... (he's fine now!)

an amazing man, truly, his idea of *FUN* is to run the Western States 100 Mile footrace, that goes from Tahoe to Auburn, through the mountains.

finishers get a Silver Hermes Belt Buckle, if they finish within 24 hours.

my brother has one, proudly displayed on his mantel.

:hug:

Daisy May, here's to your friend's EQUAL recovery, and bless her buttons, she's definitely a survivor, like my little (not so little, over 6' tall!) brother.

:grouphug:

Dangit, Frank!:mad: Whattsamattwitchu? *smack* Knock it off and get some rest.:mad:

Hi ya'll, holy cow, I've been calling on apartments down south all afternoon and *gulp* I've started tawkiiiiiiiing? lok.... the-am?, diphthongs and ever-thaaaaaannng's a question? but the folks sho are nahce? ya' knoooow?:eek:

Guess I'd best be larnin' how fix up a mess-a collard greens and some buttermilk pie!

Hey, Barb, sorry about the disappointment but it sounds like the poor girl is truly ill. :(

Oh, free credit report .coms are a rip-off, they use the actual free credit reports from the government, looky here:
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/cons...dit/cre34.shtm

Kayo, have you invested in a wetsuit yet? BodyGlove has some nice ones. ;) If all the feed is lost will they import from international sources or are you all just plain stuck?

Von, have you contacted Habitat for Humanity? They may be able to help you secure a loan.

Hi, everyone else, I'm pooped and business hours are over and now it's nap time. The sun came out a bit ago, a welcome sight, indeed.:)

Are you makin' fun of the way we tawk? :D

You sure are gonna have to learn a whole new language and way of cooking. And.....you're going to have to start "fixin'" to do things. Not "going to do"....."fixin' to do".

And it's dinner (at noon) and supper (in the evening).

And you better learn how to cook greens. Do you know what fatback is? And no...........it's not watching me walking away from you!!! You cannot cook any good southern vegetable without it! By the time we're done with it it's not even a veggie anymore!! :D

You got alot to learn, girl! Maybe you should get Jeff Foxworthy's "You Might Be A Redneck" book and brush up on your southern terms!

BTW....what's a dipthong?

Well, isn't that nice?:D

making fun of how yall talk hmm. do you say the word door with two sylables? if so then I am making fun of yall. I got friends from jacksonville and they say door like this "da, oor"

how are the rates for apts down yonder AMN? fair?