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24192. alistairConnor - 6/21/2008 10:07:28 PM Jeez Jex. Welcome to the 21st century!
You're a precursor. We'll all be doing that (and cursing) in coming years.
City dwellers, I mean.
I just wonder what I'll do with my big old house in the country, an hour and a half's expensive driving from where I work. Sell it now? (the market is bad, but it'll get worse). or keep it for when the shit really hits the fan?
I can grow potatoes. And rapeseed to run the van. 24193. arkymalarky - 6/22/2008 12:21:32 AM We're going to stay and grow our food on ours, so when the revolution happens we'll be self-sufficient. We'll just have to grow lots of vines by the road so people won't know we're there.
Really, though, we're looking to retire in five years or so and try not to encounter civilization more than twice a month. At least that's the plan. 24194. anomie - 6/22/2008 3:32:29 AM Darn Judith! Hope things start looking up from here...
24195. anomie - 6/22/2008 3:35:02 AM I have a tomato plant I grew from seed on back deck. I hope it survives the 100 plus temps we've been having in Vegas.
Seeing it grow made me think maybe I shouldn't have gone with rock in the backyard. A garden might me nice. But all my dirt is beneath two inches of stone and tarp. 24196. Ms. No - 6/22/2008 6:11:45 PM You can always make a planter box.
24197. Ms. No - 6/22/2008 6:16:37 PM Judith,
Cut this stuff out, you hear?? We need to send the memo that you've had your full allotment of "interesting times" lately. Hope you feel better soon ---- and that Les regains his equilibrium pronto. He's a wonderful son and a good man. It's hard enough to have serious health issues without also becoming a new and unpleasant version of one's self for the duration.
Be well, honey. 24198. judithathome - 6/22/2008 7:18:41 PM His demeanor has changed considerably within 3 days...he's sort of resigned to them keeping him there another day or two. And he's thinking more clearly and has apologized for his behavior the other day.
Hopefully tomorrow will be the day they release him...after changing it THREE times.
24199. arkymalarky - 6/24/2008 12:30:31 AM Well, I'm at Disney World. I'm too tired to enjoy it right now, and I'm not happy with the hotel--they don't even have wireless. But I hope to get a good night's sleep. Bob's out with his supt right now, and she's a live wire. My commute went okay today, and that was the biggest stresser. We're going to stay two nights on the beach on the way home, and we're going to Epcot tomorrow and Wed. It's the first non-Colorado vacation we've been on since we went to Europe ten years ago. The working part of this working vacation has been good for both of us so far--lots of useful stuff. 24200. wonkers2 - 6/29/2008 9:42:59 PM Last week we lost our beloved 21-year-old cat, Sparky. He stopped eating and drinking. We fed him by squirting water and food into his mouth with a syringe for several days but he didn't improve. We took him to the local vet who said it was unlikely he would get better so we had him euthanized. After a week we still miss him. Sad. 24201. arkymalarky - 6/30/2008 4:59:51 AM Oh my, I'm sorry to hear that, Wonks! I didn't realize y'all had a 20+ year old cat, as well. 24202. arkymalarky - 6/30/2008 5:02:36 AM We used to have a dog named Sparky.
Mom and Dad kept Hobo while we were gone. Dad said we need to name him Wiley (sp?) because he looks like a coyote. He may be part coyote. I go pick up Mazie from the vet tomorrow, where we kenneled her. She's too high maintenance for my parents. 24203. Ms. No - 6/30/2008 7:22:39 AM Wonk,
I'm so sorry about your kitty. Give the Missus my best. I know how hard it is to lose a beloved pet. 24204. wonkers2 - 6/30/2008 12:08:04 PM Tnx. 24205. thoughtful - 6/30/2008 3:10:46 PM My condolences Wonks...so hard to lose a loved one, even if it has 4 legs. 24206. wonkers2 - 6/30/2008 4:33:50 PM Tnx. He was a great little cat. 24207. judithathome - 6/30/2008 11:24:12 PM Wonks, my condolences...see Good Life for our experience.
It's so hard to believe these little furry "friends" become so much members of our families. We mourned when Klaus had to go and even though I act like Harley is the pet from hell, I know I would mourn her loss, too. 24208. arkymalarky - 7/1/2008 12:18:55 AM Hey, Judith, how are things? 24209. judithathome - 7/1/2008 12:26:17 PM I'm driving Leslie to Dallas today, if that is any answer. You be the judge...I've never been the one "driving" there.
He, however, is doing great. Said he sat down and came up with 40 phone numbers of friends the other day from memory...I'd say that's pretty good work for someone 4 to 5 weeks after major brain surgery! 24210. judithathome - 7/2/2008 5:37:54 AM Trip to Dallas was great...we had lunch and still got to the doctor's office 45 minutes early...and he saw us immediately. He started out by saying he'd been anticipating this appointment all day.
He was bowled over by how well Leslie is doing and he said he didn't need to do outpatient therapy at all. Just come back in 4 weeks and to get a CTA scan a couple of hours before his next appointment.
That doctor couldn't stop smiling the entire time...you could just tell he was thinking "I did this!" 24211. thoughtful - 7/2/2008 2:07:06 PM Wow...great news! Congrats!
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