what did YOU do this weekend?
that's a great shot of the Lion. had you just fed the tiger? they don't allow that kind of thing over here. yikes
Well, that's what happens when you try to feed them McDonald's. What the fuck did I tell you about that shit?!
Great photos! My weekend will not be that exciting.
Fri. AM... get to the office. Mrs. Dallas calls and says a neighbor is having her mom's baby grand piano delivered.. and wants to dump their old upright. When the movers show up they say they'll move the old one to our house for $120. Mrs. Dallas says she has $90 in her pocket and they can have that or a check for $120. They take the cash.
Fri. PM Mrs. Dallas--off to play piano for a rehearsal. Me--off to dress rehearsal for orchestra concert. I drag the kids along, partly so my daughter the cello player can hear the cello soloist. The kids leave the auditorium after 10 minutes in favor of the lounge downstairs.
Sat. AM Mrs. Dallas--off to another rehearsal to pay piano. Son has little league game at 9:30AM, so I take the kids to that. (Daughter doesn't want to go, so of course is sullen etc.)
After the game... bring the kids back home, drop them while I go cash a check at the bank. Mrs. Dallas returns home for about 30 minutes before running out to get her picture taken for the directory at the church where she plays piano.
1 PM --daughter's cello lesson. Son whines because his noise-making ability is curtailed.
Post-lesson.. Kids are whining because I want them to do something besides TV & computer. Mrs. Dallas gets back, we eat lunch, putter around the house, read The Cellar, etc.
7:30PM, Orchestra concert, me playing, Mrs. Dallas listening, kids at home.
Sunday... 8:15AM warm up to play handbells at a couple church services. Mrs. Dallas also playing, and keyboards as well. Quick rehearsal after the services are over, then Mrs. Dallas is off to a meeting and another rehearsal for the afternoon. The kids and I will, meantime, attend two little league games, not to mention having the kids' photos taken for team picture day.
Right. Anybody sorry they asked??
We took the kids to drive by the new house this weekend, and play at the new neighborhood playground. We won't be able to take them inside for another two weeks, but they were excited nonetheless.
Fri. 13th: National Zoo for 4 hours, would have been 5 but fate decided I would be an hour late. 4 hours of driving to and from.
Fri. 20th, 7:30 PM: Beginner contra dance lesson.
Fri. 20th, 8:30 PM: Contra dancing.
Sat. 21st, 8:00 AM: Gym
10:00 AM: Shower
11:30 AM: Lunch
11:50 AM: Walk
12:35 PM: Try to talk on phone over the sound of a waterfall.
6:00 PM: Dinner, avoiding sideways, prying questions from parents.
Sun. 22nd, 8:00 AM: Gym
10:00 AM: Shower
1:00 PM: Lunch
6:00 PM: Airport or just drive to "Bawlmer"
?:?? PM: Dinner and putz'ing around "Bawlmer"
Mon. 23rd: Start new job.
Friday night, we got the store fully covered and went on a real date! Ventured over to the "see-and-be-seen" Rittenhouse Square, where we had pan-Asian beers and snacks at the least-crowded trendy lounge we could find. There was a little old Russian guy at the bar flirting with all the girls; we chatted a bit while Monkeyboy was outside having a smoke. :D
While outside, MB was approached by a poor lost biker guy, asking if he knew of a bar that "doesn't have all this," wiggling his hands around. So MB directed him to the reliable McGlinchey's a few blocks away. Then we went to see Grindhouse at the Roxy Theatre. If you haven't seen it yet, you oughta--in a theatre, and the older the better.
Saturday, we grocery-shopped at Reading Terminal Market, had beers at the Beer Garden (a must), and tried to find a large propane tank for our grill at Kmart in the Gallery. No luck, so we'll be having pan-fried burgers tonight.
Sunday, I'll be attempting to make our website layout work in GoLive, which I'm trying to learn tonight.
that's a great shot of the Lion. had you just fed the tiger? they don't allow that kind of thing over here. yikes
Yeah i had just fed him. we gave him 2kg of horse meat. there are some other shots i got where i stood with my back to the fence and fed him over my shoulder and they lok way cool too. i could feel his breath on the back of my neck. very cool and a very eerie feeling. He was much more gentle than i thought he would be, and he gave us a little roar when we first arrived as he could smell the meat, what a great sound that was.
Damn...I was sort of enamoured of the notion that you were taunting a huge tiger with a pair of barbeque tongs.
Very good pictures. Thanks.
Great pics!
My weekend has been way less exciting.
Friday evening: The Royal British Legion (Ovenden Branch) Spring show. Basically that involves sitting in a smoky working men's club listening to mediocre singers massacre golden oldies and a 'comedian' (I use that term with some hesitation) making borderline racist, sexist, homophobic jokes and doing a very bad ventriloquy routine.
Sat: Morning spent posting leaflets through people's doors.
Lunchtime, walk the dog
Afternoon spent posting leaflets through people's doors
Evening, visit my friend whose husband (also my friend) passed away three nights ago. Then settled down to a glass or three of wine and Doctor Who on TV.
Sun: Morning, had a lie in *smiles* how delightful. Then walked the dog. Did an online exercise for a history module.
Afternoon, spent shoving leaflets through people's doors.
I've had an exciting weekend of watching DVDs and playing on the computer. :neutral:
Just saw Hot Fuzz. Excellent!
So was Shaun of the Dead. I really should track down Spaced.
Great pics!
My weekend has been way less exciting.
Friday evening: The Royal British Legion (Ovenden Branch) Spring show. Basically that involves sitting in a smoky working men's club listening to mediocre singers massacre golden oldies and a 'comedian' (I use that term with some hesitation) making borderline racist, sexist, homophobic jokes and doing a very bad ventriloquy routine.
Sat: Morning spent posting leaflets through people's doors.
Lunchtime, walk the dog
Afternoon spent posting leaflets through people's doors
Evening, visit my friend whose husband (also my friend) passed away three nights ago. Then settled down to a glass or three of wine and Doctor Who on TV.
Sun: Morning, had a lie in *smiles* how delightful. Then walked the dog. Did an online exercise for a history module.
Afternoon, spent shoving leaflets through people's doors.
What kind of leaflets? is that your job or something? Just curious.
Well yesterday we got up and about by 9am , went to the tire shop and had the tires transfered from my work truck to my camping truck ( 10 plys The RVIERPIG Baby for free !!!!!!)
Then came home and emptyed out my work truck ,
it took close to 6 hours , Lots and LOTS of stuff
then cut grass , then a beer or 4 , dinner , ribs :yum :
today I scrubed the HELL out of said work truck .
then a few beers , steak and brats .
Tomorrow I get a NEW work truck !!!!!!
Fri: Worked until 5, went to dinner with April and her sister, then went to see the movie "Grindhouse."
Sat: Ate lunch, did laundry, worked 5-8, car broke down, had it towed to the dealer to be repaired.
Sun: Worked until 6:30, currently sitting here dealing with you fuckers. :)
Thursday- Hung out with some friends and some girls. Got written up.
Friday- Nice day out so I was outside for about four hours and then I celebrated the holiday with some friends, ended up getting much higher than I wanted and ended up passing out on my bed.
Saturday- Played with my band for most of the day and then watched "Godfather 2" and "The Royal Tanabouts" (sp) with my friends and decided our band name is going to be Pagoda.
Sunday- Studied a lot. Just found out that Pagoda is taken.
Saturday: Spent the whole day running from one activity to another. What a busy day.
Sunday: Sharpened the mower blade, mowed the lawn, broke down a bunch of empty boxes in the basement, worried about what to do with the DAMN RACCOON I had just discovered was living in our chimney. AAARGH!
worried about what to do with the DAMN RACCOON I had just discovered was living in our chimney.
Simple...cook it. :)
I wrote what I did in detail - then realised how terribly, terribly sad it was. And boring. I couldn't bear to be both so I deleted it.
A precis:
Friday Night watched the spooky but wonderful Derren Brown on 4 and was pleased to spot two NLP techniques in the show. Very good ventriloquist act in his case! If anyone is interested enough I
think you can download it for free
here, but I haven't tried myself.
Saturday I worked, then came home for more TV, beers and pizza.
Watched Any Dream Will Do, where they are trying to find a Joseph for a new production of Joseph & the Amazing Technicolour Dream Coat. Had an intense moment where my llibido woke up and stretched when they were all singing together at the end. Whoooweeeeee! Seamus and Lee in case anyone is wondering. I don't go for men because of their looks, but I think I need to explain this more carefully to my groin.
Spent the laziest Sunday ever (excepting all the other Sundays this year) reading in bed with my boys (cats), eating leftover pizza and drinking leftover beer! Worked vaguely on something I'm writing for the Cellar, then decided it wasn't going to work and wasn't inspired by any other ideas.
Fri. AM... get to the office. Mrs. Dallas calls and says a neighbor is having her mom's baby
That's a great neighbor! :D
Posted by SteveDallas
Mrs. Dallas calls and says a neighbor is having her mom's baby.
How does that work? :D
Day Out With Thomas The Tank Engine.
This weekend (starting after work Saturday) I'm going to London to have a trial meeting of my cats with my friend's cat, so see if they get on. Yes - I'm nervous.
Hopefully I'll also introduce him to the joys of the Cellar and take some pictures I can post.
I'm so excited! A weekend where I actually do something worth reporting :) Watch this space.
We spent this past weekend as follows:
Friday night - our weekly 'date night'. We went out to dinner, then puttering through the local Home Depot to pick up some potting soil and flowers. Found a nail in the tire of my car, so we fixed that (did NOT want to buy a new Lexus tire, they are dang expensive!) and hoped that it would fix the puncture - thankfully, it did! Curled up to watch the Who's Line is it Anyway that our TiVo recorded throughout the week for us - and ended up falling asleep sometime.
Saturday, we took a day trip to the NC Zoo - along with half of the population of central NC (it was VERY busy!) We puttered around Saturday evening - because well, frankly, we were too tired and sore to do much else. (Our feet were killing us!)
Sunday - we did a lot of house and garden work. I planted a few herbs in window boxes, some annuals in a box on our drive, and we cleaned off our back porch and got it ready for spring and summer use. We spread some egg gravel in our ornamental memorial garden, and planted some carnations that we'd found and fell in love with. We played with the pictures that we took at the Zoo on Saturday - decided which ones we wanted to post on our websites (not up yet), and had a relaxing al fresco dinner at our local favorite pizza place. Home to relax, hang out, and just be 'us'.
Monday, he went back to work. (Sigh - this 3 month and counting vacation is getting TOOOO long)
We might be going to ocean park sunday :D
What kind of leaflets? is that your job or something? Just curious.
Political leaflets. Some of the leaflets I deliver are the standard party political leaflets which all parties send out during the month running up to the local elections. Others are third party leaflets which i help with as part of my activities with anti-fascist groups like Searchlight, or Hope Not Hate. Some are newsletters from the local MP.
I am heading out on the boat this weekend. See if we can't finally catch some fish. Sunday we are doing a poker run for the local sheriffs department. They expect about 800 bikes. Should be fun. Forcast is awsome. Back to work at 1 pm on Monday.
Friday, 4:30 p.m: Met a friend and went for a quick visit to the National Cathedral
5:30ish: Hit Georgetown for dinner. Decent pizza.
7:30: Contra dancing started
12:30: Fell asleep grinning
This weekend is just starting. Well really it just started last night.
Hopefully I'll also introduce him to the joys of the Cellar and take some pictures I can post.
Cool. You could do a
John and Yoko (NSFW) thing for the Dweller NSFW thread.:rolleyes: It's what all couples in London seem to do.
As for me, I started with a nasty cold on Friday so this weekend I'll be hanging around the house with hot tea and chicken soup. With the book sale purchases I have a twenty book backlog and I'm not taking all of them to Vegas to read.
this weekend was much more boring. i helped a friend move house (found some biceps i forgot about) - had a chinese dinner and today (sunday) im lazing about the house cooking cornflake cookies
I didn't go to ocean park this weekend like I hoped. Oh well maybe another time.
Sadly, there was a breakdown in communication and I'm here in Leicester this weekend. I have to see if I can get next Monday off to do it next weekend instead (doubtful, as my bosses morphed into the Most Difficult People in the World over the weekend it seems - but that's another story).
Am sitting in an internet cafe next to a man who has obviously never used the internet before. That's not a problem, but the way he is aggressively demanding explanations from the young girl working here is. He is after a specific piece of information and is getting really ratty about the fact she can't present it on a plate from a single page. She is politely suggesting he carries on searching (after 10 minutes showing him the basics) but he's tutting and huffing right now and I know he'll shout across to her for more help soon.
Saturday: Went to Baltimore, watched movies, ate food. Long day.
I've spent the past few days trying to figure out a way to get my newly licensed daughter insured without it driving me into poverty. To add her to my insurance is going to cost me an ungodly amount of money. I've had several quote of over $5,000 per year for the two of us. I'm in SHOCK!
Muahah, next Sunday my insurance goes down a ton. I'm pumped.
It is 12:02 on a monday morning and I still have a hangover from Saturday night. Let you imagination soar.
It's not a hangover. It's a tumor.
It's NAHT a TOO-MUH!
Friday: Worked until 9ish, laid low at home after that.
Saturday: Went to a taqueria in the city's Mexican neighborhood and had a pork torta...not bad, but I've had better. It made me sick. Picked up a few CDs at Best Buy.
Sunday: Worked until 7. Came home and ate some bool kogi and rice. Not bad, but not as good as we thought it'd be.
Ugh, what a "blah" weekend it was. Caught that stuffy head/scratchy throat thing that's going around, but still had to put in a lot of hours. I slept most of Sunday, then couldn't fall asleep last night, of course! Feeling a little delirious now.
i had my mums hubbies 50h Bday. he key on my keypad ha is broken is he one beween R and Y. i am very sorry for he illegible yping.
Was a wild wknd, had bagpipe band, i sung los of karaoke and danced myself silly. EXHIBI A:
IS VERY ANNOYING O HAVE O WRIE WIHOU HE LEER BEWEEN r AND y.
With Sunday predicted to be (and actually was) a total washout (rain-wise), the cycle-ride I had planned to do with my pal from north-east of London was moved to saturday afternoon. Nothing to heavy, just a modest 46 miles in a shade over 3 hours, and enough to render me 'unsuitable for purpose' thereafter.
The work which should have been done on Saturday (course re-write which needed to be with the client by Monday - an intensive PowerPoint affair) was thus postponed until Sunday. I had the place to myself anyway as Mrs CF had popped over to Spain with two friends for a week's relaxation (post-hsyterectomy recouperation has been proving frustrating), so no sweat.
Except for that phone call that woke me from my blissful slumber at 02:15 Sunday morning. The mobile was going, and it was wife's ringtone. Now the last time she had called from Espana at such an hour (it was 03:15 there) whilst away with a friend, she had just written off their hire car! So, instantly awake, I jumped out of bed and grabbed the phone. I answered the call, but the line was dead. Not exactly what I wanted. But then the house phone rang. That was in another room. So I rushed to get it, picked it up, and.... dead again. Now I was getting just a little panicky... and the adrenalin was having its usual effect on my internal organs...
I called her mobile - had someone stolen her phone, I thought. Or perhaps it was another car incident. A few rings and Mrs CF answered. 'What is it? are you all right?'
'No.' came the reply. 'We're stuck outside our B&B and can't get the gate to open with the key. Do you think you could look up their number and call them as we don't seem to be able to wake them up, and we're not sure how we are going to get in otherwise.'
Now, don't get me wrong, but I wasn't exactly sympathetic about the reason for being called. Phone me at 3.00am local time, some 2000 miles away, to find a way through a difficult gate?
I chose the easiest option under the circumstances - I found the number and after about 20 times dialling it (it tripped to voicemail after 4 rings so that meant disconnecting and redialling to keep the ring going), I had success. Not that the B&B owner was too excited about the situation either...
Job over, bowels required opening (I know, not a nice image, but I'm trying to be truthful - that's what adrenalin does for you), and I found it almost impossible to get back to sleep afterwards.
Sunday, matchsticks at the ready, I groped my way through the re-write - took ages, hard to stop nodding off. A couple of catnaps gave temporary respite. Mrs CF rang. I don't think I came across very well. The phone went down a bit quick. She couldn't see my side of it really.
Suppose I'll sort it out on Wednesday when she returns (barring any further early hours phone calls from her in the interim... there's still a car that can be written off, handbag that can be stolen containing passports, money, air tickets, driving licence, keys and so on, and a catastrophe with the plumbing that floods the guest-house to possibly endure - I only say this because these things have all actually happened to her before... oh, and , of course, there was that missed flight - damn nuisance these ones that are timed just after midnight - she thought she still had 24 hours left in the place and so didn't go to the airport the night she should have - unfortunately I did, to meet her at the 2.00 am time the flight arrived - make that 3.00 am by the time everyone had come through the exit and I found out for certain that she wasn't on the plane...)
Last weekend was very busy.
Friday night I went to my cousins 21st and ended up getting smashed.
Saturday I worked all day and then when bed time came around I was so tired (hangover etc) that I didn't have a good sleep.
Sunday I got up early and did some shopping. 9am a friend arrives to put up framework for a few rooms under our house which I helped with all day.
Sunday night our friend and his wife stayed for dinner and we had a few drinks again so I went to bed half pissed...late.
Monday morning I woke up and wondered where my weekend went.
We took Lil' Griff to Odyssey of the Mind / Worlds in Michigan. Good stuff. It makes you feel better about humanity to see really bright creative kids in a clump like that. Williamsport, PA really kicked butt, taking home a bunch of prizes. Sherburne, NY did well too although a sceptic would have some doubts about the level of parental involvement in one of their skits. Lil' Griff had big fun trading pins with kids from Japan, Singapore, Wisconsin... all the foreign spots.
Gardening, BBQ, and fencing yesterday.
nice weekend.
Got out pretty early and went hiking on Saturday. Went to a very popular local trail, but we were early enough to avoid most of the crowds. Then the neighborhood pool had its season opening, so we went to the pool for the afternoon. Sunday I did a bunch of very dusty home improvement work, demolishing much of the plaster in our bathroom and then just hung out while the rest of the family went back to the pool. Then went over to some friends for awesome ribs for dinner. Monday, the holiday, we kicked the soccer ball around the back yard and I pushed the kids on the rope swing a lot, then went to the pool for a few hours. Dinner was a rare restaurant excursion for Mexican and a couple awesome margaritas.
had a pork torta...not bad, but I've had better. It made me sick.
Your culinary experiences must be awful to classify something that made you sick as "not bad."
We spent nearly the entire long weekend at the pool. Nice. Cookout at some friends last night. I avoided all manner of alcohol. Well, maybe one beer. I did get some yard work in. Die you pesky clover!
Die you pesky clover!
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I like clover.
We took Lil' Griff to Odyssey of the Mind / Worlds in Michigan.
I didn't see this earlier for some reason. That's awesome that Lil' Griff's team made it to the Worlds! You must have flown to be back that fast for the fencing.
I did OM back in high school, and it was a lot of fun. It was called Olympics of the Mind back then. That was back before the lawyers got involved.
You must have flown to be back that fast for the fencing.
It started last Wed and went through Sat, we drove all day Sun and gardened/bbqed/fenced on Monday... 9 and a half road hours... ouch
Still recovering from surgery and I fell... in bed all weekend.
Dandelion massacre. The first sunny weekend without prior commitments (not including "fix me! fix me! power steering pump) gave me the opportunity to fill two 39 gallon trash bags with dandelion corpses. I reckon I'm about 1/3 done.
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i was thinking of you guys......
Hmmm......
For some reason I am amused at the different sizes in kayaks.
Friday, 6pm: set odometer, leave
Friday, 11pm: arrive, 230 miles later at a friend's infamous house, Key West. It's boozin' time.
Sat, 10am-12pm: margaritas, beach, margaritas, and entertainment courtesy "Brian", who just left his wife - and rehab - and has been getting drunk at the bar in Key West for 3 or 5 days. He shakes uncontrollably. He has lost his car keys, his clothes, his sobriety, his wife, and now his car. He cries in his vodka.
Sat, 12pm - 7pm: Brian was a real downer. We leave to walk the streets of Key West for Lobster fest. We eat lobster, shop, have fish sandwiches at BO's for lunch, return to the clubhouse for a swim and margaritas, Half Shells for lobster/clam/oyster dinner, and for dessert - frozen, chocolate-covered key lime pie on a stick. Ba-donk-a-donk, indeed.
Sat, 10pm: boys decide it's going to be a titty bar night, which is, conveniently, two blocks away. Em stays home with the girls, I put on my best slutty shirt and accompany the men to make sure they have a good time - but not too good - and find their way home. B calls the strippers over by shouting "whore", while N calls one Zsa-Zsa and screams no way in hell - he won't tip strippers older than him. She left the stage immediately. This is only the beginning of the antics I can't repeat at this time for fear of implicating myself and/or others. I still can't believe we didn't get thrown out.
Sun, 4 am: arrive back at the Sugar Shack, piss drunk, smelling of stripper stink, ATM cards still cooling off. B has finally stopped shouting "whore". Em is awoken by a deafening and deliberate belch into her room, and drunkards scrounging for food.
Sun 8 am: who isn't pissing, and swallowing aspirin?
Sun 10am: breakfast, more of Duval Street, lunch in Islamorada, and then the looooooong drive home.
And now I can't sleep...
Went to Box Hill (Elspodes favourite UK location) at midnight with Mrs CF - laid on our backs on the grass along with about 100 other people and gazed at the heavens for an hour to catch
the meteor showerWent to the MS150 at Keuka College. We pussed out on the 100 mile first day, since we're not fit enough to ride up to expectations. We did the metric century instead on day one and enough miles the second to put us over 100 miles for the weekend. We did however drink lots of local wine and I had my A game in place for smart ass commentary.
A couple of teammates couldn't come: one funeral, yep MS still sucks and one activated reservist, yep GWB still sucks.
This weekend was more about what I didn't do.
Friend invited me to go with her and her mom to new "casino" (slots parlor) in Chester on Saturday. Ultimately decided not to go, but that I would join them on Sunday because they were going to go to a new Italian restaurant that I liked.
There was a cookout I was invited to on Sunday, which happened to be just down the street from the Italian Restaurant. Great deal. Hang out with friends at BBQ, then tool on over to the restaurant at around 5.
Call friend to set up time for Italian restaurant. "Oh, gee, we went last night. The restaurant was too expensive at the Casino, so we went to the new Italian restaurant."
"You mean the restaurant that we are going to tonight, that one?"
"Oh. Oops." Followed by long list of things she and her mother are doing tonight before they will think about going to dinner.
"You go on and do that. I have a party to go to that I was going to leave to meet up with you, but I'm just going to stay, now."
I ended up having a fantastic time at the BBQ, great burgers and ribs, and conversation. And a phone call from my friend at around 8 o'clock, when I was too many burgers and beers into my enjoyment to want to leave. "Mom and I are going to Applebees ..."
She obviously hadn't listened when I told her that I was going to stay at this other party.
Stopped by this natural ampitheater in northern New Mexico on the way to jump in a lake! The rock formations are so beautiful I thought I might share. This is about 5 miles away from Georgia O'keefe's "Ghost Ranch".
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Saturday: Take books back to the library. Attempt to clean up the living room & dining room to convince Mrs. Dallas that we didn't live like wild animals during her absence. Attempt (unsuccessfully) to persuade kids, especially daughter, to straighten up their rooms, ditto. Picked up Mrs. Dallas from the airport. Did laundry (including 3 guests worth of sheets & towels) for all of us (5 loads total). Cooked dinner & put the kids to bed, as Mrs. Dallas collapsed from jet lag around 7 PM.
Sunday: Church. Lunch. Trip to local hardware store to buy ceiling fan. Determined there was none to be had there. Trip to Home Depot for ceiling fan. Wailing & gnashing of teeth as daughter only liked models > $100. Finally chose cool-looking stainless steel & black model. Went home. Took everything out of the box & started putting it together. Discovered that the mounting bracket was too large for the ceiling box. Complained, packed the box up, and went back to Home Depot. Got a new fan, not so cool, but it had a smaller bracket (verified by inspection of already-open box). Drove home. Took out only the bracket and attempted to mount it. Discovered I didn't have the right size screws. Ran to the hardware store. Came back and successfully mounted the bracket. Left for second church service (this time to hear Mrs. Dallas play). Got home. Installed the rest of the fan, with considerably less light. Attempted to correct a slight wobble at high speed, and broke the little rubber clip in the process. Finished at 9:45PM. Received thanks from daughter, along with comment that she really had wanted the blades facing the other way (different colors on each side), and could I change them? Agreed to do so at a later unspecified date.
Enjoyed yummy dinner of tortilla chips, salsa, and martini.
Hmm. Saturday, woke up feeling low, everybody is goin on holiday and i'm not etc etc. Cheered up and took dog for a walk with mum and her dog, before she set off. Had a quiet day, spent mainly in the valley with Pilau. Went down to J's house and helped him with some stuff, had a couple of beers etc. Went home, did a few chores, went back down to J's and drank some wine with him and the other J, (my friend, his girlfriend) and then walked back home at about 10pm in time to watch Match of the Day. Moped for rest of night, occassionally checking the Cellar and phone for new posts/messages. Moped some more. Went to bed.
Sunday. Woke up feeling edgy. J came around to get something off my internet before they set off to prague. Off he goes...here's me feeling a little deserted...go to valley with Pilau. Intermittently check phone to see if any messages from D have come through...nothing. He's vanished off the map. Phone Sundae Girl and exchange whines, gossip and philosopical discussion. Go down to J's house and use his computer to burn a bunch of jazz cds D leant me ages ago and which I really aught to return. Drank some beer and called in on my bro: saw the new ferrets.
Went back home, feeling quite a bit better.Mess about in the Cellar for a bit, watch some tv, drink some beer, go to bed, feeling much better, read a while and go to sleep.
Monday morning, woke up feeling more or less back to normal. No longer bothered by fact others are on holiday.
The first day of my weekend, what I did this weekend, the first day of this weekend I woke up. Then, I went downtown to look for a job. Then I hung out in front of the drugstore. The second day of my weekend, I woke up, then I went downtown to look for a job. Then I hung out in front of the drugstore...
About as exciting, anyway. :p
Saw Stardust. Flawed, but good. Very fun.
Sunday. Woke up feeling edgy. J came around to get something off my internet before they set off to prague. Off he goes...here's me feeling a little deserted...
I bet. Prague is pretty much a nonstop sex party, isn't it?
Well I think that's probably why J chose that location to take his new girl (also J).:P
I wasn't feeling deserted because J was off to prague...more that everybody in the whole world was going on holiday this weekend but me.
Well I think that's probably why J chose that location to take his new girl (also J).:P
I wasn't feeling deserted because J was off to prague...more that everybody in the whole world was going on holiday this weekend but me.
i spent the weekend recovering from mine. Just got back from Franz Joseph Glacier. NZ
i spent the weekend recovering from mine. Just got back from Franz Joseph Glacier. NZ
More pictures please!
OOoh. Look at that for a backdrop! Yeah more pictures Sparki
Welllll ok. you twisted my arm.
human triggered avalanches possible.
Ive got a good idea - lets get ice picks and stab at the mountain for a few days
yeah..............
Great pictures!! Looks like a fun trip. (I love the padlock on the last one.)
I'd like to wear those shoes to work. Ha! Or maybe to a dance club.....do you ever do that sparkz?
Looks like fun- the beautiful kind of fun. I think it just got 10 degrees cooler in here. Thanks!
WTF...youse guys are taking all these beautiful pictures and do you rush home and post them in the Images section for your oldest and dearest friends in the Cellar to drool over? Nooooooooo, you hint and tease until we make you post them for us. Ya teasers!
maybe we like you to see you beg.
;)
For pictures like than I'll not only beg, I'll roll over and let you scratch my tummy.
SS - those are great looking pictures. I would like to be somewhere colder about now. I love the snow. I think I'll relocate up north somewhere for about a week once the winter sets in.
No kidding. These records temps are not fun!
Well hello Mr Chaucer.
I just posted about this in the happiness thread: but, I spent Sunday morning delivering leaflets, afternoon walking the dog and suchlike then in the evening I went to a tapas bar with good friends. It's our regular haunt in Halifax (Called The Hairy Lemon, though we have renamed it the Thirsty Lemon). Good times
I got wet.... Mrs CF got wet... Oscar (the CF dog) got wet - we all got very, very wet - it was a rainy weekend.
I also took the chainsaw to a tree that had blown down (well blown down to rest at an angle of some 15 degrees off horizontal from the ground) during the storms of 3 weeks ago - and showed it who was boss in an obligatory Schwarzneggar testosterone (and obviously wet) moment.
Saw Transformers. Awesome!
My weekend didn't end until yesterday...
Last Friday: Flew to San Francisco, slept.
Saturday: Wandered around mostly on my own, met a bunch of Her relatives.
Sunday: Wedding and reception, more time with Her relatives.
Monday: Yet more time with Her relatives.
Tuesday: Flew home.
Wednesday: Goofed off around the house.
Thursday: Took Her home and found Her lost cell phone when I got home.
your wedding?
Naw, it was my girlfriend's cousin's wedding. Though yesterday some trip-prompted topics of conversation came up: Number of Children Desired and What Marriage Means. I'm not sure if it was purely hypothetical discussion or a bit of a hint from Her. Either way, the unexpected nature of the discussion made me a bit uncomfortable. Not that I'm opposed to any of it...
[Dr.]What is the capital H in her about?[/Freud]
[Dr.]What is the capital H in her about?[/Freud]
I get tired of typing girlfriend and I'm not going to use her real name. I could use something else, I suppose.
Her works, I'm just being cruel/humorous.;)
That's what I figured. I have trouble deciding what to call her in here. I was just responding as much to my own thoughts about my choice as your comment.
I have trouble deciding what to call her in here.
DaBoss
I get tired of typing girlfriend and I'm not going to use her real name. I could use something else, I suppose.
"gf" works.
This weekend I relaxed on Friday and went to a bunch of parties with a guy-girl ratio of 20:1 then almost got in a fight on Saturday. Disappointing but still fun.
We had a very nice brunch downtown today. Afterwards, we were walking around, enjoying the pleasant weather...and happened across a stuffed toy duck sprawled on the sidewalk, with a chalk line drawn around it!
MonkeyBoy knelt down and attempted 'CPR' (by poking it a little). Heartless passerby giggled. A guy on a bike sped by and called out, "he's not breathing!" Soon we gave up and went on our way. What a fun and funny day it was so far.
So, we turned down a side street, laughing it up. But suddenly, parody flipped over into reality.
The woman we saw laying on the sidewalk was in a weird position--kneeling, with her face planted on the ground, and her arms at her sides. At first, I thought she was dead. But on closer inspection, she was still breathing...barely. She'd nearly polished off the industrial-size bottle of vodka that was sitting on the steps behind her. We called the EMTs and they came to pick her up, and tried to revive her...but I have a feeling that she may still be out at this hour.
Worked twice, went to Six Flags Atlanta on a whim once, transcribed a 2 hour focus group, talked to my baby-cakes (yeah, i said baby-cakes) for several hours in between. All in all, a super productive week-end.
The woman we saw laying on the sidewalk was in a weird position--kneeling, with her face planted on the ground, and her arms at her sides. At first, I thought she was dead. But on closer inspection, she was still breathing...barely. She'd nearly polished off the industrial-size bottle of vodka that was sitting on the steps behind her.
Hm. I don't recall being at that party...but, then, I never do.
Disassembled the too-high and wobbly loft bed from my stepdaughter's room, successfully sold it on Craigslist, disassembled the "guest" bunk bed (eventually supposed to be the toddler's, but we'll deal with that when the time comes) and dragged it down the hall to be reassembled in her room. Seriously pruned back the four fig trees and trimmed all the little branch sprouts from all the other trees. Dragged all those branches to the patio so the lawn could be mowed today. Very tired.
Helped a friend move furniture and a piano and paint his attic. Sore now.
Worked on house project Saturday morning. Then kid's soccer game, then block party. Yesterday biked 5 miles with 5 year old son.
Saturday, field hockey practice for lil' one. Sunday 60 mile bike ride with 41 yo woman.
Sunday 60 mile bike ride with 41 yo woman.
Is that like running track with a backpack full of weights?
41 women and you the only guy? Or were you all like "YO, women, get a move on will ya?" j/k
You all put me to shame. I accomplished next to nothing this weekend! (slinks back under rock.)
Is that like running track with a backpack full of weights?
There are so many replies to this which could prove detrimental.
Spent the weekend in Boca, went to Dave Matthews concert. Was fun.
That's what I figured. I have trouble deciding what to call her in here. I was just responding as much to my own thoughts about my choice as your comment.
How about Perry Hoo Ha? :D
Friday night, all of my bandmates and I got together and celebrated the three September birthdays we have in the group over beers and decidedly non-pizzalike pizzas. Saturday, I went over to my friend Mike's and watched a video about Tom Dowd, renowned (and late) recording engineer/producer of such miraculous albums as Derek and the Dominoes, Allman Brothers' Eat a Peach, and frankly, more shit that even *I* believed, and I know who he was. We then sat down to play guitars, and Mike broke a string. He didn't have any new ones, so we lit out to Guitar Center. I decided to restring my guitar too, and as I was standing at the counter waiting to pay, I looked to my right and saw that I was standing next to Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top. Cool.
Yesterday, the band played at an outdoor Fall Festival at a church, and then I did very little else of interest for the rest of the day.
Spent the weekend in Boca, went to Dave Matthews concert. Was fun.
Good show?
Ended-up seeing both. Great shows, I was surprised how much I liked them and how talented they are (I have only been exposed to their studio work, that will be tossed immediately).
The only thing I can complain about is being talked to like a four-year-old (which they hate too) by malnourished, drunken, strange young women.
Went to a funeral. Stayed at a
B&B and had the opportunity to visit "the farm". Jim took some
pictures.
Jinx, NASA called...they said that having you continue to be hotter than the surface of the sun was fucking up their instrumentation, and they wanted to know if you'd knock it off.
I told them no.
Damn...your kids are getting so *big*. I really hate it when being a member of an online community starts making me feel old.
Went to a funeral. Stayed at a B&B and had the opportunity to visit "the farm". Jim took some pictures.
Honesdale, huh? I've probably got
a funeral to attend in Honesdale in the not too distant future too. Weird.
I looked to my right and saw that I was standing next to Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top. Cool.
oh my god ,,,now way!
Spent the weekend in Boca, went to Dave Matthews concert. Was fun.
good :)
@ Jinx .... your kids are darling btw.
Honesdale, huh? I've probably got a funeral to attend in Honesdale in the not too distant future too. Weird.
Do you spend a lot of time
up there Glatt, or just the once yearly visit with the uncle? Where abouts? My farm is 2-3 miles north of town on 191... I've spent almost no time there as an adult, but used to keep horses up there as a kid/teen.
The town itself it the same as I remember it, just some different stores in the massive store fronts (what happened to the Katz dept store?), Day's bakery was still there - just closed on Mondays unfortunately :(. I could drive around and look at gorgeous victorians all day...
I may take the kids up again soonish to do some
railroad history schoolin', and jim is all ready to build a cabin next to the creek we were playing in... (in his spare time :rolleyes:, 'cause the ones in the Cabela's catalog are just too damn expensive)
A lot of my extended family lives around there. My mom's from there. Aunt and Uncle live in Aldenville, near Prompton. And we (my relatives) have a couple
summer cabins on a lake there. A few cousins live in the area (Scranton.) I've been going there since I was a baby. I even spent a whole summer there in college.
Honesdale has changed a lot over the years. They have a fancy coffee shop right on Main street now. Never thought I'd be getting a mocha or latte in Honesdale. It's in the Himalayan Institute on Main St.
We still stop in at Days and get sticky buns whenever we are there. I remember Katz's but can't remember when it closed.
How was the place you stayed? I'm probably going to be in the market for a hotel room in Honesdale, and the pickins are kind of slim.
I saw the Himalayan, I also saw Beans coffee shop or something - and
several natural foods/gourmet shops. Crazy.
Do not stay where we did. I would stay
here or
here.
This place also looked nice, but :yelgreedy.
I don't remember if I saw it this most recent trip or last year, but when I saw the scented homemade soap store on Main St., I knew Honesdale had changed.
Two Guys from Italy down in the plaza mall is still in business and doing well. It's always packed when I go in there.
Thanks for the tips on places to stay. The nearest decent hotel is in Scranton, but it's 40 minutes away.
Two Guys from Italy down in the plaza mall is still in business and doing well. It's always packed when I go in there.
The Two Guys in Montrose went out of business years ago, too bad that was good pizza. The cross-country team from Honesdale came up to Montrose for the invitatational over the weekend. They kicked everyones butt except Maine Endwell.
I've stayed in a few scary places over the years, but the salvation army shelter in Memphis and the B&B we stayed at were the only 2 places I've ever wanted to just turn around and walk back out of. Slept in the car instead of the shelter in Memphis...
Two Guys may make the best pizza I've ever had. It's a tough call. They are certainly one of the best. I try to eat there every time I'm in town.
Hm. I don't recall being at that party...but, then, I never do.
What I saw was probably the only real highlight, so you wouldn't have missed much. :headshake
oh my god ,,,now way!
Yes way. They were playing at the City Market Saturday night, and apparently Billy needed to replace his octaver pedal. He was buying a shiny new Jimi Hendrix Octaver and a fistful of shorty cords for daisychaining such devices.
I always thought he was a bigger guy. He's no taller than me, and scrawny...
Oops - too bloody busy at work and should have posted this two weeks ago - but 7-9 Sept spent cycling 150 miles in two legs - Friday evening from Liphook (I had to join in after work) to Portsmouth and then on the Saturday 8th from Caen to Le Mans in France - maps below (follow the blue routes) and then a few photos to follow:
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First leg was just about 30 miles for me - starting almost half-way because of the time - it was acharity run and we arrive at Portsmpouth around 9.15 pm - overnight ferry to Caen ferry port and then off at 8.00 am cycling all day 115 miles to end up in Le Mans around 8.00 pm! - a few photos from Caen onwards to the finish - I cycled with a pal I met on last year's ride around Dieppe, so photos include pictures of him as well - first the start at caen and then looking back towards Caen about 10 miles into the ride - pretty quiet roads in France:
Dave looking pleased at going downhill - he wasn't so smiley going up them - the n the both of us at the finish. I hope to get a website together at some stage, but I'm well behind with these - still have the Wipers one to finish - just too much work at the moment weekdays and weekends - and cycling 150 miles on the only spare one wasn't the best way to conserve energy - totally exhausted by the end:
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April is in Chicago this weekend, so I'm doing the things I usually do when she's gone--sitting around the house and sleeping. I'm going to see Heaven & Hell (which is Black Sabbath with Dio on vocals, in case you didn't know) tomorrow night, which should be hella awesome.
I was up for two nights in a row this week, so Friday night I slept for 12 hours, and dreamt I was at wild party. In my dream, I was so tired at the party, that I had to find a bedroom to sleep in. :rolleyes:
This morning, I had a delicious pepper-and-cheese frittata, bacon, and silver-dollar pancakes, cooked up by the handsome MonkeyBoy.
And in about an hour or so, I'm lugging some packages over to the main post office. I'd love to mail them from our neighborhood post office, which is the cute little historic one opened by Ben Franklin a couple hundred years ago...but for some reason they don't do packages, only letters (and not too thick at that). Argh, historic shmistoric; today I wish we had a real post office around here.
I used to go to that post office when I worked in Old City (at the 400 Market building). They're kinda of asshole-ish there.
They sure are. I guess they get sick of being fake-nice to tourists all day, so when someone comes in to mail stuff, they figure they're locals and they can turn off the 'charm.'
They must rotate help with the Brookhaven Post Office.
Friday was a lot of shopping and headaches. Saturday was a trip to Whitley Bay and a bit of food at a pub. Sunday has been utterly random.
County fair on Sunday-my 11 yr old tried the mechanical bull and that bungee harness thing-she is definitely expanding her horizons and getting braver. very cool demolition derby there as well.
P.S. we live in kind of a small town-not a lot to do without driving 50 miles, but a great place to raise your kids
Yes...and I want to see the pictures as well.
I don't remember if I saw it this most recent trip or last year, but when I saw the scented homemade soap store on Main St., I knew Honesdale had changed.
More changes to come too, thanks to the Marcellus shale. Day's still makes the killer eclair though...
A major natural gas exploration and drilling company has leased more than 62,000 acres of property in Wayne County over the past two weeks, an investment indicating that the county may be on its way to actually seeing energy development here.
We signed with Hess last week, finally - how about your family glatt? Talk about stimulus...
It's the first I've heard of it. My aunt is the only one with any real land there, and if she's seen any offers, she has kept quiet about it. She must be in the wrong valley. She's got the big gas pipeline just 60 yards from her property though, so if there's a leak, she'll have some excitement.
Our family cottage is on a postage stamped size lot.
Congats to you though. That's awesome that you could get in on it. Exciting! Is it a flat rate lease kind of thing, or do you get more if they produce more?
Edit: You know, it's funny, we've had an increase in the amount of sputtering air that comes out of the faucets in the cottage this past summer. I don't know anything about wells. I thought it might be some sort of leak in the badder tank, but I think there is an extremely good chance that it's really natural gas coming out of the faucets. I wonder if it's flammable?
The gas they're drilling for is a mile down... I doubt your well is that deep, lol.
It's a 7 year lease plus royalties on the gas. I don't know about the royalties, but they're getting quite a bit more per acre rent over there closer to Griff.
Marcellus Shale wikiWent to a star party.
Identified and sprayed a porcelain berry (invasive exotic vine).
Cleaned the patio furniture in preparation for re-staining.
Cleaned the garage.
Made a apple-raspberry pastry.
I went and watched Ripley cheer for the Twin Valley Raiders. They played the Hamburg Hawks. In this, the third game of the season, The Hawks earned the distinction of not only being the first team to gain a first down on the Raiders, but they actually put points on the board. Raiders 25, Hawks 6. I got gobs of video and pics. I'll post the edited version at some point. Oh...and I'm giving off 6,000 BTUs from the sun burn I got today.....it was absolutely gorgeous out.
We had our annual block party this weekend. They're common in Chicagoland. The city brings you barriers to block off both ends of the street. Everyone brings food and drinks to share and parties in the street. We always have ours in the fall, so we end up the night drinking and talking around a firepit.
Our block has a tradition of having a food contest each year. We've had contests for the best salsa, best ribs, best chili, etc. This year it was pie. Mrs. Dar and her Mom made four pies - apple with a streusel topping, cherry with the lattice crust, pumpkin chiffon on a graham cracker crust, and a lemon pudding pie.
I couldn't have the fruit pies because of the Crohn's disease, but they looked and smelled delicious. The lemon pie was quite tasty.
block parties are awesome. We had ours last weekend.
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