maryb – it has been awhile. the holidays were pretty much status-quo – hung out with both sides of the family, ate way too much food and had any desire to do work sucked out of me for the unforeseeable future. how was yours?
my holidays mirrored yours. Lots of family, waaaayyy to much food.
Both of my sisters have birthdays in the week between Christmas and New Years, so there’s extra celebrations. And they were fun birthday parties this year. One sister had her party at the Viking store where we all took a cajun cooking class (more food) and the other sister turned 40 and we all went to a spa to celebrate.
been obsessed with the Food Network lately, trying out new recipes at home so that cajun class sounds very appealing. the spa too, i really need to petition you for lottery funds so i can go get a very long massage.
you are the third person to tell me that this week, I guess I should take it as a sign to quit whining and start investigating some options. it’s bizarre but i hold all of my tension in my shoulders on the upper-arm side of the joint. i’d better get it all worked on though, just to make sure i get out all the stress 🙂
Me too! I’m always trying to get people to give me a shoulder massage and when they do they can believe how tight it is. I’m sure that’s why I get so many headaches.
maybe when I win the lottery I’ll have the Boo Bus take everyone to a spa 🙂
I’ve never been to an overnight spa before — it was very …. star trekky. They played that non-music spa music all over the place. Everyone walked around (slowly)in their matching fluffy earth tone robes and talked really really quietly.
I wanted to tell you how much I’ve enjoyed your pictures in the cafes over the past few weeks. While the weather has been bizarre, you have captured beauty that makes me appreciate the earth much more than usual.
I think malware hijacked my keyboard – just jibberish!
Any suggestions? Ran McAfee and Spyware Doctor already.
Wrote this in myCharacter map and pasted. Took forever.
My keyboard goes crazy every once in awhile. The only thing that works is to shut it down, let is sit for a few minutes and restart (which leads me to believe that it is some sort of electrical problem).
I’m trying to break the sweets habit, but now I’m smelling the cocoa butter I just put on after my shower and now I’m craving a huge brownie with vanilla ice cream.
Of course. Because taking you up on the offer would have forced him to focus on the fact that life is NOT going on as usual starting tomorrow. It makes total sense to want maintain the illusion that nothing is going to change and life at home will always be the same — hence, leftovers.
My weekend was good. Pretty quiet and VERY unproductive. Perfect. 🙂
Yep. I even had time to get snippy with some bozo at the big orange while I was waiting. (Yeah, I know, but I’m a little stressed, and there are so many easy targets over there…)
I have had it for awhile, even with my old computer. I wanted to be able to lean back in my chair and keep typing. After I got it set up, I found I had one problem. I couldn’t see the words I was typing. So it was back up close to the computer. Just another gadget though. I love gadgets. 🙂
Sure you can. That’s what I’m using now along with a wireless mouse. IMO it makes it a lot easier if you’re at a table or desk. When I’m on the couch I’ll use the laptop keyboard, but still bring my wireless mouse. I just can’t get used to the pad on the laptop.
From the Great Lakes Brewery in Cleveland:
Brats and sauerkraut with braised cabbage, and Burning River Pale Ale.
mmmm I love brats and beer. I’ve never been to Cleveland, I should remedy that.
Yes you should! And you can even go to beer school there!
I think Brewmeister would be the perfect job for YOU! 🙂
Wasn’t Cleveland the home of Laverne and Shirley?
it Milwaukee?
Now I think you’re right. I never could tell the difference. 🙂
a good thing you’ve already got your helmet ready to go 🙂
Yep I got a brand new one for Xmas. The other one was getting to dented.
Milwaukee.
I thought so, but I didn’t know how to spell Milwaukee.
all about how you don’t have any self-esteem. And then you can sell me some swamp land in Florida.
I don’t like to talk about it. It makes me feel bad and further lowers my self esteem. I like to pretend to be perfect.
i resemble that remark.
::sniff::
maryb – it has been awhile. the holidays were pretty much status-quo – hung out with both sides of the family, ate way too much food and had any desire to do work sucked out of me for the unforeseeable future. how was yours?
FamilyMan – how goes it with you?
Going good Manny. Glad you had a good holiday.
my holidays mirrored yours. Lots of family, waaaayyy to much food.
Both of my sisters have birthdays in the week between Christmas and New Years, so there’s extra celebrations. And they were fun birthday parties this year. One sister had her party at the Viking store where we all took a cajun cooking class (more food) and the other sister turned 40 and we all went to a spa to celebrate.
been obsessed with the Food Network lately, trying out new recipes at home so that cajun class sounds very appealing. the spa too, i really need to petition you for lottery funds so i can go get a very long massage.
You should call your local massage school. 🙂
you are the third person to tell me that this week, I guess I should take it as a sign to quit whining and start investigating some options. it’s bizarre but i hold all of my tension in my shoulders on the upper-arm side of the joint. i’d better get it all worked on though, just to make sure i get out all the stress 🙂
Me too! I’m always trying to get people to give me a shoulder massage and when they do they can believe how tight it is. I’m sure that’s why I get so many headaches.
I remember when you had your first massage. Have you gone back?
maybe when I win the lottery I’ll have the Boo Bus take everyone to a spa 🙂
I’ve never been to an overnight spa before — it was very …. star trekky. They played that non-music spa music all over the place. Everyone walked around (slowly)in their matching fluffy earth tone robes and talked really really quietly.
But the massages were great.
description reminds me of a movie (that isn’t star-trek). hehe
as far as I know, they didn’t offer S&M there. But, truthfully, I didn’t ask 🙂
Here’s the web site — the annoying music will give you an idea of what they played all day long.
Sundara Spa
How the other half lives. Now I’m really depressed.
I was depressed too — my sister paid for us. The life of a big firm consultant sucks, but it pays really well.
Gotta run an errand.
Back in a minute.
I wanted to tell you how much I’ve enjoyed your pictures in the cafes over the past few weeks. While the weather has been bizarre, you have captured beauty that makes me appreciate the earth much more than usual.
It’s good to know that people enjoy seeing those images — and even more gratifying when someone lives in such a visually outstanding place as you do.
I think malware hijacked my keyboard – just jibberish!
Any suggestions? Ran McAfee and Spyware Doctor already.
Wrote this in myCharacter map and pasted. Took forever.
I run these two programs on my home and work machines and have not had trouble since I installed them a couple of years ago:
highly recommend them both. best of luck!
Ack! it helps if i give you directions instead of destructions. On the Spybot page, the download site lists are midway down the page.
Thanks! Running Ad-Aware now – Spybot next.
My keyboard goes crazy every once in awhile. The only thing that works is to shut it down, let is sit for a few minutes and restart (which leads me to believe that it is some sort of electrical problem).
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There’s always banging it against the wall and then jumping up and down on it.
Have you gone into control panel and seen if there’s anything different once you click the keyboard icon?
Hey Manny I run those two plus CCleaner and AVG free. After my last computer crashed, I didn’t want to take any chances.
Damn everybody got quiet all of a sudden.
I’m waiting for Drano to work so I can take a shower.
Just fill up the tub and sit in that. You can dream you’re at a spa soaking in some sort of hairy revitalizing bath. 🙂
Eww. And Oww!
Not a good idea huh. 🙂
You ARE evil 🙂
Well people sit in mud. What’s the difference. 🙂
FM – you’re awfully frisky tonight. What’s gotten into you?
I don’t know. Just pre nap energy.
What kind of ice cream are you having tonight?
None. Don’t have anything sweet in the house tonight. I’ve got to take care of that tomorrow.
for Christmas my mom gave me the ice cream maker attachment for my kitchenaide. I haven’t used it yet. But it looks really easy.
I haven’t used that ice cream maker I got this summer in awhile. I’m going to have to start experimenting again.
I think you’ll have fun with it.
I need to google some recipes.
That’s what I did. There’s a heck of a lot of them out there. There’s quite a few for chocolate mint. 🙂
I’m trying to break the sweets habit, but now I’m smelling the cocoa butter I just put on after my shower and now I’m craving a huge brownie with vanilla ice cream.
Look away from the brownie SN, look away from the brownie. 🙂
I don’t have any sweets in the house. I’ll just lick my arm.
HJ might thing you’re gettting into her territory. 🙂
with a cherry on top
Mmm, chocolate, sugar, red dye #5, and fat all in one meal. Yummy!
So … what was the last meal?
Wait! I know! Chicken?
Hah. Do I look like Donna Reed or something?
It was leftovers.
He wanted leftover chicken for his last meal? What a kid you have 😉
I offered to make anything he wanted or take him out since it was his last chance for a month. Nada.
Oh well.
How was your weekend?
Of course. Because taking you up on the offer would have forced him to focus on the fact that life is NOT going on as usual starting tomorrow. It makes total sense to want maintain the illusion that nothing is going to change and life at home will always be the same — hence, leftovers.
My weekend was good. Pretty quiet and VERY unproductive. Perfect. 🙂
You missed your calling as a shrink. I wish mine would encapsulate my problems in one sentence like you just did.
Which sentence? “Perfect.” ?
No, the one that ends “hence the leftovers.”
Wanna make $125 an hour? Well, my copay is really only $25 so I guess you’d be slumming.
Don’t forget my travel expenses.
Ah, you are so much wiser than I…either that, or you’re an expert in denial, which I sort of doubt.
I’ve been superproductive this weekend. Yours sounds better. 🙂
Isn’t 80mg of Strattera a huuuuuge starting dose for someone who weighs 120lbs? I understand your confusion, it’s not me. 🙂
What? I am clueless as usual…
Oh, and hi. 🙂
My kid’s PCP started him off on 80mg and now I’m reading on a website that you shouldn’t start out with more than 25mg even for an adult. WTF?
Maybe I’ll just wait and see how he does totally unmedicated.
I’ll email you…
Take your time. Sorry to bother you the day before the big day. 🙂
She’s not sorry. She’s sitting there tapping her toe waiting for the email.
It’s there. :::taps foot:::
Talk about being a multi-tasker. 🙂
Yep. I even had time to get snippy with some bozo at the big orange while I was waiting. (Yeah, I know, but I’m a little stressed, and there are so many easy targets over there…)
Was that you being snippy with me over there? 🙂
you MUST be stressed 🙂
You missed all the wonderful piling onto DHinMI yesterday. It would have made you feel good.
I’ve got to start going over there to catch this stuff.
Everybody move left.
I’m being called.
Back in a minute.
I’m back and on the left. Where is everybody?mmmm
what’s the mmmmm about?
I spilled something on my keyboard awhile back and the m will stick occasionally. I need to figure out how to take it off and clean it.
I’ve never been able to figure out how to get my keys off to clean them.
This is one of those wireless keyboards and it’s getting pretty old, but it’s still working. I still haven’t gotten used to the laptop keyboard.
You must have been pretty cutting edge to have an ‘old’ wireless keyboard. Didn’t know you were such a techie FM.
I have had it for awhile, even with my old computer. I wanted to be able to lean back in my chair and keep typing. After I got it set up, I found I had one problem. I couldn’t see the words I was typing. So it was back up close to the computer. Just another gadget though. I love gadgets. 🙂
Can you use the wireless keyboard with the laptop?
Sure you can. That’s what I’m using now along with a wireless mouse. IMO it makes it a lot easier if you’re at a table or desk. When I’m on the couch I’ll use the laptop keyboard, but still bring my wireless mouse. I just can’t get used to the pad on the laptop.
I should get a wireless mouse. It would make life easier.
Much easier. Whenever I try to used the pad it just seems to take forever.
I’m going to put up a 24/7 cafe.
Back in a minute.
Froggy Bottom 24/7 Cafe here