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Good thing I quit smoking! Can you imagine if I was up there for the gathering and went out to have a quick smoke and ran into THAT!!??

4757. arkymalarky - 4/28/2012 6:41:32 PM

Haha! Stan's showing this old man where the hog was and he's going to try to trap him so maybe there won't be a hog when y'all come! I will be disappointed if I don't get to see him! And sorta disappointed if y'all don't. ;)

4758. judithathome - 4/28/2012 7:51:50 PM

Take pictures!!

4759. arkymalarky - 4/29/2012 3:10:04 PM

If I get half a chance I most definitely will!

A little indigo bunting hit our window and died yesterday. :(

4760. arkymalarky - 5/30/2012 11:31:58 PM

School is out and the birds are gone from the porch fan nest with no evidence of fowl play. We started our home to do list and in July we'll work on our CO home to do list. A big limb broke off the oak in front, so I hope the rest of the tree is okay. I need to post pics with this phone.

4761. arkymalarky - 6/9/2012 6:30:20 PM

I have two words wrt wallpaper:

Never Again

There may be a magically easy way to remove it, but that's not the method I found. I got the design off, but I'm painting over the paper that's left. When my money tree bears fruit, what (if any) doesn't get spent on the CO house will go to paying someone to fix this right. It's just trim in a small bathroom. Thank goodness I didn't put it anywhere else.

4762. arkymalarky - 6/9/2012 6:46:12 PM

Gonna see if this works:

my pictures

4763. arkymalarky - 6/9/2012 6:47:10 PM

Well crap.

4764. arkymalarky - 6/9/2012 6:47:40 PM

https://picasaweb.google.com/109925493668644518960/Cmoon?authkey=Gv1sRgCNSvw9G71tTfQA

4765. arkymalarky - 6/9/2012 6:52:22 PM

pictures

4766. arkymalarky - 6/9/2012 7:04:50 PM

4767. arkymalarky - 6/9/2012 7:05:08 PM

dammit

4768. arkymalarky - 6/14/2012 5:37:29 PM

This has been a DIY summer, and last summer was too. We let so much stuff go for so long while I was doing rural Ed activism, having a hysterectomy, going to graduate school and getting national board certified, that our whole place was falling apart. Problem is we're not very handy, but we need to learn before we get to the CO house.

4769. arkymalarky - 6/16/2012 9:29:28 PM

I added a video to that link

4770. iiibbb - 6/18/2012 8:40:29 PM

hi

moving in 4 weeks.

work is going well. I would say the odds of me staying on for more than 2 years are better than a coin flip right now, but nothing is assured yet.

Father in law car situation has been not too bad until last week when he threatened to call the cops on me for stealing it. I was caught a little off guard because the usual delay tactics weren't working. My new method is going to start every response with "it's between you and you're Dr. They put a medical suspension on your license, and until they take it off I am not allowed to give the car back. You will have to call your Dr."

4771. vonKreedon - 6/18/2012 9:22:34 PM

Good call on pushing the car issue back to his medical condition. Best of luck.

4772. iiibbb - 6/19/2012 3:34:07 AM

sorry wrong thread.

4773. arkymalarky - 7/1/2012 11:41:03 PM

First thunder in a while, stan's at his mom's, big dogs run in, little one runs out. Ugh.

4774. wabbit - 7/2/2012 1:43:19 PM

iiibbb, glad to hear things are easing up for you. Hope it continues.

4775. arkymalarky - 7/2/2012 3:55:45 PM

Mazie is funny. She minds Stan but not me, so when he's not home and she won't mind, I say "Stan!" like I'm calling him to tell on her, and she does whatever it was I was trying to get her to do. Stan hates me doing that, so I only do when I think she could get hurt or do damage, like pooping upstairs when she thinks we're not noticing. We have to use a baby gate on them, because she is totally house trained, but has a compulsion about upstairs.

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