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Andi’s picture was so pretty that I wanted it back up this afternoon, or I was too lazy to change it. 🙂
Where ever did you get the idea? It never gets cold enough down here to chip or I would have gladly. No deal though. I have made it through too many shit storms these past few years and have no desire to make any additional ones.
Well you’re just a little farther south than I am. Plus we’re both very south from SN.
and contended with massive doggy doodles or do you just dream this stuff up 🙂
As a kid on a farm my brother and I used to have everything from dirt clod fights, to cow patty tosses (dried of course). I’ve lived south with massive doggy doodles to pick up, and I’d much rather have frozen ones to contend with. The golf chipping just seems a much funner way of getting rid of them. 🙂
I’m still confused – chipping? Oh well, I shouldn’t dart in and then leave. Good to see you, MT, and FM. We just finally attacked our front yard. On thanksgiving day(!) we were awaken by someone offering to do our front yard. Wonder which one of our neighbors sent them.
Anyhow, we are too tired to cook and are going out to get a pizza. ‘Bye, see y’all later (see, I still say that after many years here in Yankee land. Never can wipe the Delta out of the system altogether.)
they’d probably say “all y’all” — I understand that’s the plural of y’all 🙂
Certainly is.
All Ya’ll come on down and lets have some bar-b-que.
You name the date and I’ll be there. Just give me enough time to get that reservation at the no-tell motel since all y’all don’t have a Ritz.
We need to convince FM that if doesn’t get out of ‘bama every now and again, he’ll never get to meet anybody.
I was entranced by that southern drawl and all my defences went right out the window.
But, ahem, of course I couldn’t come down for bar-b-que because first I have to meet everyone at the great mid-south meetup wherever that might be.
Now don’t you and Andi start again. I actually did get close to you a few months back Mary. I passed through Memphis on the way to Little Rock. I yelled hi Mary. Did you hear?
You were yelling up the Mississippi toward St. Louis as you crossed over the bridge?
You went to Little Rock? You travelled? Really?
Yep I actually went through 3 states. I’m surprised I ever found my way home. 🙂
and abuse your mother — 😉 — you can come to a meet-up. No doctor’s appointments necessary.
we can make him a doctor’s appointment in whatever city we end up in. If that’s what it takes …
Now don’t get rumors started. 🙂
I’ll tell you what. If at the Mid-South meet-up you see a guy that looks like a distinguished Southern gentleman – that’s not me. Look for the guy with brown/gray hair, big red nose, big ears and big bushy mustache.
Now ya’ll keep lookin. :~)
Hah! I’ve been waiting on you. Now who would be the perfect person to come to a meet-up. I think Olivia would.
Notice how deftly I turned this to Olivia. 🙂
Martha doesn’t approve.
Are you any better today?
I see you slipped out of my little trap above.
Go ahead, play hard-to-get — we’re a bunch of stubborn broads and you’re just encouraging us.
It’s always helpful to have a general description of who you’re looking for.
Me? Just look for someone who looks like Julia Roberts and then go up and hug her.
It won’t be me but you’ll sure have fun looking for me 🙂
meet you — your days of mystery are soooo over.
Yeah I guess you’re right, plus having a blog doesn’t help either.
Shows you what happens when you jump in from the recent comments. 🙂
I think you would be perfect for a blog. You’re a great writer and have some great family stories.
well, if I ever switch careers and stop being an evil corporate lawyer I’ll think about starting a blog or even writing a substantive diary. But until then, you’ll only see me here in comments.
That too bad because I know you would be one of my daily stops.
Oh well here’s look to the future. 🙂
Far too many people have met me. I need to put a stop to this meetup thing. I’m far more exciting on line than I am in person 🙂
oh, I do strongly disagree with that last sentence. Umm, no I don’t — I disagree with every sentence.
giving up meetups. But the last sentence IS true 🙂
And just how would you know this? Have you been sending out a questionnaire following your face-to-face meetings?
Yeah I would have fun looking after I got the heck beat out of me, or worse sent to jail.
I think a simple hello will do. 🙂
I think that’s best. Jail has never been something I’ve aspired to.
do all y’all do wet barbeque or dry barbeque down there?
Wet down here. I think I was talking about this earlier, but during the summer months, ever little community has a bar-b-que club. Around this area it’s all the same type of sauce. It’s a ketchup/vinegar base sauce.
So not a sweet sauce – it has a little bit of tang? I like wet, but not sweet.
Depending on who is making it, it has a pretty good tang. Down here during the bar-b-que club it more pulled pork, so on the nights of the bar-b-que you have two giant pans of pulled pork at the front of the table. One with sauce and one without. Down the table is every kind of casserole and vegetable dish you can imagine and at the end desserts. On the way out the door to the picnic tables is sweet tea. Keep going back until you can’t eat anymore.
I was totally confused. Thought somehow the entire contents of the previous diary had disappeared.
That’s one thing about new cafes, you have to jump back and forth sometimes.
Right, but I”m too stiff and tired from actual yard work to jump. Except we are jumping out to get pizza. Something not on the T-giving menu.
He went to his bedroom and put some jammies on. He was so sick earlier he was hanging out in his skivs. He just came and told me get ready for the diarrhea. No surprises in this family unless it’s Christmas or your birthday.
to warn you 🙂
Sorry Tracy, but I had to LOL at your No surprises sentence. Poor guy, I hope he get to feeling better.
in my family. Surprises all the time except at holidays where everything has to be planned to the last detail or it never happens.
Glad he’s feeling somewhat better. Hope everybody else feels betters soon.
but my head is starting to ache so I’m taking the cue and going to lay down in bed for a spell. Take care everyone. Have a marvelous weekend. I hear the weather in most parts of the US on the eastern side is beautiful today. Not sure about the rest or the world as I’m petering out early. CIAO 🙂
of my day of being a social butterfly has hit or else the allure of the couch is just too overwhelming.
See all y’all later.
After having so many relatives for breakfast, I can understand the strain. Enjoy. 🙂
their beauty sleep. I see a whole new Andi era dawning 🙂
Yep maybe she’ll flitter back soon.
I just got called, so I’ve got to go for awhile.
See ya later.
I got slandered by Jane Hamsher today. Oh, I’ve also been doing work for a case study due in a week. How has everyone’s day been?
I’m cleaning up from Thanksgiving guests, but could easily be distracted 🙂
What did Jane say about you?
Here you go.
Is it the “sexist pig” part you object to? Or was there another false statement?
And technically I think you mean libel (written defamation) not slander (oral defamation). And she would probably use the opinion defense 🙂
I do mean libel, and of course I’m not going to sue – I have more important things to focus on. It’s just aggravating that someone can’t get over an honest mistake I made almost 4 months ago.
But that’s not a character flaw I’m supposed to fix.
to follow you around like that. I mean, even if you did do everything she says you did, following you around on a thread like that just makes her look petty.
You could write a big apology diary and really grovel. Then if she kept following you around you could just not answer her except with a link. After a while people would start troll rating her 🙂
But honestly … is THIS why you’ve given up on love 🙂
Hehe…no. 🙂
she’s way too old for you and really not worth it 🙂
Touche.
That being said, I should probably get back to work now…
Geeze I just get back when it’s getting good and you’re leaving.
it’s sooo expensive 🙂
Litigation – You’re soooo right. 🙂
Well I’m doing something I haven’t done in years. I’m sitting down with some Bailey and sipping away. SN convinced me this would be better than Nyquill.
It’s finally happened. SN has driven you to drink.
No she drove me to a better drink. I forget the alcohol content of Nyquill, but it up there. Plus this taste a lot better.
I think you’re already feeling the effects if your spelling is any indication.
Must be. I see I missed an ‘s on it’s, but the rest… Heck I never could spell anyway.
So are you happy to have it quieten down some after the holiday?
I’m not finished with the holiday yet. I’m going out later. The final out of towners aren’t leaving until tomorrow. The only ones who left were the ones staying with me.
I think the ones that left early are the smart ones. I would have to have to travel tomorrow. What am I saying, I hate to have to travel anytime. 🙂
They don’t have as far to go. So if they leave in the morning they should miss the traffic. The farthest trip will be to kansas city — 4 hours.
Four hours isn’t so bad. But for me just going to the city is a trip and it’s only 45 minutes away.
I remember when I lived in St. Louis, I had to drive from Itaska St off Grand to the Airport everyday for a good while. I don’t think my heart could take that now.
Poor FamilyMan!!!! I have a 36 mile one way commute to work 5 days a week and all of it freeway traffic.
Hi Refinish.
I told MM awhile back that when I go downtown here and there are six cars at the red light, I feel like I’m in a traffic jam.
Try driving home one day from work and it taking 4 hours because of wrecks and bad traffic.
I’ve lived in big cities before and I know what you’re talking about. I think the worst I was ever in was when I was moving, and I had the biggest U-haul and a car on back of that, and I hit rush hour in Houston. That was a nightmare.
LOL I hjave done that twice while moving and will never(if I am lucky) have to do that again.
Yep I figure I was born to not do self moving. I think I should just say have it done, have the limo and private jet take me to the new place and that’s it. Hasn’t worked out that way yet though.
that sounds horrible
because it just adds to my happiness that work from home. 🙂
I bet it does. I keep hoping I win the lottery so I just have to work on designs and volunteer work. LOL
I didn’t sleep but I had a nice snuggle with Sniff and read for awhile and I’m feeling pretty much back to my old asocial self.
Glad to see the social butterfly back.
Since this is the first time in the 27 years we’ve lived here I’ve had the family breakfast, I figure they can’t complain if it’s another 27 years before I do it again.
Is that breakfast casserole recipe sharable or is an old family secret?
and then modified it. Here’s the recipe. We added aspargus (we blanched it for a couple of minutes first) and mushrooms. We substituted onions for the shallots. We left the skin on the potatoes. We used skim milk and olive oil instead of half-and-half and yogurt instead of sour cream. We doubled the amounts, except for the eggs (we put in 10). We put in a 9×13 dish and cooked for about 5-8 minutes longer.
thanks, it sounds good. Much better than the usual bacon and eggs caserole (that I can’t serve to people who don’t eat pork, anyway).
LOL I love this recipe and have made it for early am meetings before.
Did they know how honored they should be by being the first? 🙂
They aren’t the first — I’ve had my other sister here for breakfast and various friends (because they were staying here). I’ve just never had a whole troop of folks for breakfast before.
I thought I was bad. I have only gone home twice in over 20 years. LOL
it’s having people at my home that I don’t do (much).
I had vistors all the time in SF and Phoenix but none so far in Texas.
You should come home, RF. Then we can have a meetup and do lots of LOLing.
I am going to try and come home next thanksgiving as a surprise for my mom
Welcome back Miss Andi!!!
Got another new design to show off?
None that I have uploaded yet. I took a couple of naps. I guess I am not quite back to 100% yet. LOL
If you’re napping then you’re not 100%.
ROTFLMAO!!!! I guess you are right.
Did I miss everyone again?
Nope we’re all here, I think.
Who did you miss?
I’m still here. LOL
I was skimming through the last couple of cafe’s – chatty bunch. I figured you guys were all talked out by now.
No but I missed you — where’vya been?
I’ve been off not enjoying a big family thanksgiving with my not big family. 🙂
We just got over a dead beta fish pet by buying two finches and a cage for the nature girl. She’s now bonding with her new family.
I’ll go open a new cafe. Should it be a 24/7 or a Happy Hour.
I need a consensus people.
Happy Hour!!!
FB beat me to it!
I already did opened one here.