Share your day June 2013

Ozarkgal said:
A nice morning...BBB is napping after his breakfast, the Gangstas are napping after their first morning run. I'm bushed after the marathon spring house cleaning, trying to get motivated to give the Gangstas a much needed haircut this morning. Then I'm off to the back quack in Mountain Home this afternoon for a back injection....another fun day.:eek:nthego:
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A back injection doesn't sound like much fun so I'll be sending some good vibes your way today!! Hope it doesn't hurt too much.
 

Ozarkgal said:
Welcome back SeaBreeze...you were missed! We're looking forward to hearing about your adventure. Do you take your cat on trips too?
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Thanks Ozarkgal! We had a good time, a few first days of snowy mountain weather made us wonder how much snow would accumulate, but it soon turned nice for us. We were taking a nice scenic walk for around 3 miles or so, and on days that hubby was fishing, I'd go alone with the dog. I'll post a few scenery pics I took, once I downsize them. We take the cat too, so far he's been of 3 trips with us in two different spots, here's some pics of them in my album on Pet Forums...http://www.petforums.com/album.php?albumid=17

That Guy said:
Glad you had a good trip SeaBreeze and it's good to have you back. Nothing like coming home.
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Thank you That Guy! :) It's fun to leave, and great to get back home too, even the furkids are happy to be back in their real house.

SifuPhil said:
Welcome back, Sea! Sounds like you had a great time.

It's nice coming back home, isn't it? ;)
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Thanks SifuPhil! :D We had a good time, but the altitude, sun and wind does wear you out a bit. It's nice to come back home and hit the hot shower, etc. The weather has been hot and dry here at home, but since the house is shaded by pine/spruce trees, it was pretty cool once we got in the door. With the temps around 99 degrees, I've been lazy about going into the camper to finish unpacking and cleaning...it can wait though. :p
 

Ozarkgal said:
A nice morning...BBB is napping after his breakfast, the Gangstas are napping after their first morning run. I'm bushed after the marathon spring house cleaning, trying to get motivated to give the Gangstas a much needed haircut this morning. Then I'm off to the back quack in Mountain Home this afternoon for a back injection....another fun day.:eek:nthego:
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Grooming one big Schnauzer takes hours for us, I don't envy you with three Ozarkgal! :eek: Hope your injection isn't too painful, and you benefit greatly from it.
 
Got last of the succulents planted. Next, a trip to landscape supply for rocks, gravel and sand . . .

Enjoyed listening to old time radio for an hour this afternoon; "The Whistler". Stepped outside this evening to watch birds putting on air show. Swallows doing their sabre-jet turns and swoops, doves gliding in to feed, black birds enjoying a birdbath, chickadees flitting about, wild turkeys marching through and assorted others flying in and out. Best was humming bird actually bathing in a shallow bird bath. I've enjoyed watching them fly in and out of sprinklers and sip water from a fountain. But, this little guy was actually splashing about in the bath. Cool.
 
SeaBreeze:
Grooming one big Schnauzer takes hours for us, I don't envy you with three Ozarkgal!
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:eek: Hope your injection isn't too painful, and you benefit greatly from it.
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It takes me about 2 hours to groom the three of them..that does not include baths which I give the night before or setting up the table and equipment, or clean up....so about 2 1/2-3 hours for all (excluding baths)....However, I didn't get that chore done today, I was just too tired after all the spring cleaning last week. I may give it a go in the morning before I leave, but I still feel worn out from the trip to the back quack and anesthesia today,it may have to wait until I come back from Dallas.
No, not much pain for the procedure. I had a light sedation, better living through chemistry...



TWH..Phew..I'd be glad to chip in for some Cool Whip for that jell-o...I miss the horses, but not the vet bills. Filling teeth? That's a new one for me. I can't imagine doing that without a speculum, what a good boy!
 
TWHRider said:
Ozarkgal, No filling, he was quidding hay and got the points rasped down a little bit on his top :beatdeadhorse:
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Egads..now that makes sense..Still under the influence a bit when I read that....although, I'm sure filling can, has been done somewhere. If any of your horses pass your vet will look like the emoticon. He won't like losing that source of revenue!
 
Took the day off today, no washing walls and no painting. Had lunch with my sister and then came home and have been doing crossword puzzles all afternoon. At first I was feeling guilty, but then thought "I'm retired now", so I have the rest of the week to finish. Still haven't found the flooring I want to put down, but will go looking sometime this week.

TWHRider, I feel your pain on the horse expenses!!!!! Wilson had his teeth done in the Spring and is due for his feet to be trimmed soon. All in all, he is an easy keeper though so I can't complain. I'm still paying board but it will be cheaper when he comes home. My daughter's horse will come too so between us, we'll save a lot on the monthly board bill. It will take a bit of getting used to buying trucks full of hay all at once though.
 
All right you guys..... we've gotten away from sharing our days and I miss hearing what everyone is up to. This morning I took the puppies in to have their nails clipped. No easy feat to do that as they are terrible in the car - keep trying to climb into the front seat with me and they are just too big for that. Nothing has worked to keep them where they belong, so I ended up putting the crates in the car and transporting them that way. I had such good luck putting the BBQ together that my barn owner has asked me to assemble her new bureau so that is on my agenda for the day. Need to paint my bedroom closet and have already bought the laminate flooring and will start that tomorrow.

What are you folks doing today?????
 
No easy "feet", eh TICA. After trimming one of our Siamese cat's nails, my mom would always PAINT them. Poor guy. He hated that.

Careful at the casino, Pappy. I'm not a gambler but I've heard that it's always smart to eat first just in case there's no money left over for food. Yikes!

Here, am hoping to attack the weeds once again. Making good progress. Done with planting succulents for now and need to get gravel and sand to fill in around the rocks and stones. After visiting here with you all (not y'all...), need to run some errands and may just blow off the rest of the day to relax in the sun and/or shade as weather dictates...
 
Woke up, had coffee, did work-out, started writing.

Writing.

Writing.

Writing.

Scratch itch.

Writing.

Have student in an hour or so - 2 hours of beating him up.

Back to writing.

Eat toast.

Write 'til eyes close.
 
Writing, writing, writing . . .
Mowing, mowing, mowing . . .

With the requisite itching and "stripping" (down at the Wild Filly Dance Hall???) sounds like a productive day.
 
Do not buy a wicker bureau that needs to be put together. 5 hours, blisters and brain dead but got it done. Pre-drilled holes didn't match and in a few spots, they actually forgot the holes. Instructions that didn't mention various steps and diagrams that changed the angle from front to back without mentioning that. Said you only needed "a star screwdriver", but didn't mention that a normal handle won't fit. Thank heavens I have a multitude of screwdrivers, drills, rubber hammers and spare screws. Nightmare to put together but it is done and my friend will be happy. Time for a beer on the patio.....
 
Today we took the dog to the park for the first time since we got back from our camping vacation. He was super happy to be there, and went to cool off in the usual water puddles, and came out with black knee-socks :p ...super dry from lack of rain. When we got back home, I went into the camper for a few hours to clean, as today was just mid-80's and partly cloudy (and smoky skies), figured I'd better get the clean-up over with before Wednesday when temps would rise and sun would be in full force.

Too tired to make a big dinner, since we stuffed ourselves on pork Carnitas from a good Mexican restaurant yesterday. Just opened a can of tuna, sprinkled it with salt and pepper, with a touch of mayo...side of crisp bread crackers (Finn Crisp). Nothing else planned, ready to reeeelaxxx. :cool:
 
TICA said:
Do not buy a wicker bureau that needs to be put together. 5 hours, blisters and brain dead but got it done. Pre-drilled holes didn't match and in a few spots, they actually forgot the holes. Instructions that didn't mention various steps and diagrams that changed the angle from front to back without mentioning that. Said you only needed "a star screwdriver", but didn't mention that a normal handle won't fit. Thank heavens I have a multitude of screwdrivers, drills, rubber hammers and spare screws. Nightmare to put together but it is done and my friend will be happy. Time for a beer on the patio.....
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Been there too many times. This is the reason swear words were invented.
 
I'm firmly convinced that wicker is Evil.

Back in my bachelor days I had a favorite piece of furniture - a wicker peacock chair.

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I guess I was secretly hoping that Morticia Addams would come to my apartment some day, but unfortunately it never happened.

But even with a nice comfy cushion that chair was Evil.

It was good the first year or so that I had it but I guess I abused it a little too much, because it started practicing acupuncture on me every time I'd sit in it. Actually, it wasn't really acupuncture - more like pretty-close puncture. I looked like I got mugged by a porcupine. I whistled when I walked, but I wasn't using my lips. My students began calling me Sifu Sieve.

Evil.

I finally put it out on the curb on collection day. No one would take it. In the middle of NYC's Greenwich Village. On a sunny Wednesday in August.

They KNEW it was evil. The chair sat there at the curb, laughing at me, knowing I'd have to take it back.

I tried painting it and bringing it out only during holidays. Still no good ...

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I finally dragged it kicking and screaming up to the roof one day and set it on fire. I began choking on the fumes, burned both hands and my right leg, and had nightmares for several years after.

Evil.
 
Was headed off to grocery store, yesterday and forgot to bring bags. Yes, here in FishWisher's Kalifornistan, we have been Kalifornicated into banning all bags in stores. So . . . Hoping to hop in the truck with bags in tow, today...
 
SifuPhil said:
I'm firmly convinced that wicker is Evil.

Back in my bachelor days I had a favorite piece of furniture - a wicker peacock chair.

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I guess I was secretly hoping that Morticia Addams would come to my apartment some day, but unfortunately it never happened.

But even with a nice comfy cushion that chair was Evil.

It was good the first year or so that I had it but I guess I abused it a little too much, because it started practicing acupuncture on me every time I'd sit in it. Actually, it wasn't really acupuncture - more like pretty-close puncture. I looked like I got mugged by a porcupine. I whistled when I walked, but I wasn't using my lips. My students began calling me Sifu Sieve.

Evil.

I finally put it out on the curb on collection day. No one would take it. In the middle of NYC's Greenwich Village. On a sunny Wednesday in August.

They KNEW it was evil. The chair sat there at the curb, laughing at me, knowing I'd have to take it back.

I tried painting it and bringing it out only during holidays. Still no good ...

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I finally dragged it kicking and screaming up to the roof one day and set it on fire. I began choking on the fumes, burned both hands and my right leg, and had nightmares for several years after.

Evil.
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Hilarious!!!!!! Phil, are you sure that thing won't come back to life???!! One day, you'll walk into your apartment, and Lo and behold, there, behind the door...........
 
Today I mowed the front and back lawns. No easy feat let me tell ya! Picked up 1/4 round and primed and painted that as well as the baseboards that will be put back once the floor goes down. That was supposed to happen today, but the weatherman called for rain and because we'll set up the table say and reciprocating saw outdoors, we delayed the "plan". As it turned out, the weather was beautiful and the rain is supposed to come in tomorrow. Rain or shine, the bedroom floor is being laid tomorrow. Will keep ya all posted on progress.
 
Stepped outside to enjoy the afternoon, sitting in the shade with Hello Kitty. Suddenly, a lone red winged black bird swooped in to nibble a few seeds. I love those guys and haven't seen any in too long. They used to be everywhere! Hope his buddies are nearby and return with their colorful shoulder patch and lilting song.
 
TICA said:
Today I mowed the front and back lawns. No easy feat let me tell ya! Picked up 1/4 round and primed and painted that as well as the baseboards that will be put back once the floor goes down. That was supposed to happen today, but the weatherman called for rain and because we'll set up the table say and reciprocating saw outdoors, we delayed the "plan". As it turned out, the weather was beautiful and the rain is supposed to come in tomorrow. Rain or shine, the bedroom floor is being laid tomorrow. Will keep ya all posted on progress.
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Looks like the weather was not on your side. What's with the forecaster missing the mark all to often? Good luck with the floor.
 
TWHRider said:
Not having the washer is like having the car quit running. You don't need it until it's not available:playful:

My two dogs were very well behaved behind the baby gate that kept them out of the kitchen and the laundry "cove". I like people I don't know seeing my dogs without be able to touch them - lol lol

They stand at the baby gate cold-staring everyone down and that intimidates strangers. People don't know all that staring is a plea for someone to pet them.
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Glad your washer's fixed TWHRider! I'd have to head over to the laundromat, and don't wanna go there again, did that waaay back in my younger days, when I lived in an apartment. My kiddo's just around 60 pounds, and I too keep him in an adjacent room separated by a baby gate...he's bust through it if 'mom' called for help, but he's pretty much a lover, not a fighter, LOL! :p

TICA said:
Today I mowed the front and back lawns. No easy feat let me tell ya! Picked up 1/4 round and primed and painted that as well as the baseboards that will be put back once the floor goes down. That was supposed to happen today, but the weatherman called for rain and because we'll set up the table say and reciprocating saw outdoors, we delayed the "plan". As it turned out, the weather was beautiful and the rain is supposed to come in tomorrow. Rain or shine, the bedroom floor is being laid tomorrow. Will keep ya all posted on progress.
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Just mowing my back lawn is work enough for me! Will have to put down some grass seed soon, to try and fill in all the bare spots that get super muddy in rain/snow. It'll be a challenge with the strict 2 day a week watering restrictions around here. :rolleyes: Good luck with your bedroom floor project, will be great if you can post a pic when it's completed. :cool:

That Guy said:
Stepped outside to enjoy the afternoon, sitting in the shade with Hello Kitty. Suddenly, a lone red winged black bird swooped in to nibble a few seeds. I love those guys and haven't seen any in too long. They used to be everywhere! Hope his buddies are nearby and return with their colorful shoulder patch and lilting song.
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Sounds like a perfect day in nature to me That Guy! :love_heart:
 

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