Imponderables: Quiet Storms by DesktopHippie

Oh if only it travel well Jimi I'd have it out in the post today:)

Rugbug- not color blind, just morning impaired and as I am in charge of the laundry and don't always get all the stuff put away in the drawers in a timely fashion, it saves him getting frustrated and having to run down to the laundry room and rummage to find stuff to wear
Oh I got that free panty thing... they are evil. I went in and by the time I was done 2 bras, 4 panties, and a pair of lacy boy shorts were in the bag and I'd spent way more than I meant to...bath and body works does that to me too...Oh well I love the stuff and I can always work more:)

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Wednesday, August 8, 2007 6:14 AM

MAVOURNEEN

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Originally posted by RugBug:
Really msg...there is better hair to want. You wouldn't want mine. It's wonderful after it's done...but doing anything with it is a significant undertaking. It doesn't go up in anything but a ponytail if it's already dry. Like you know those cute little twisty things you can do to get your hair off your shoulders? Like a french twist sort of deal? Um yeah...the ends of mine doesn't flop down. The stick up straight. I look like a wild person

And about barrettes and chompers and other hair things? Heh. I have found ONE barrette that I can use to hold all of my hair. Haven't found a chomper that's big enough with a decent enough spring to hold.

But, I could be bald...and that would be sad. I'd rather have my hair than super thin hair....

*sniffs the air*

Hair? Did someone mention hair?

Hi everyone! Still missing you all bunches. Still only able to drop by occasionally at lunchtime. Things are going well. My incredible bout with back pain has eased. I am off the percocet that didn't agree with my stomach and am only using Tylenol. I've requisitioned a new office chair which I suspect is the source of my issue.

Carson starts 1st grade at the end of the month. We are in that "gear up for school/do you have enough clothes / lets get another pair of sneakers" mode. He is so excited to be going back. My little scholar.

Otherwise, things are about the same.

*waves to everyone, especially DTH who seems to be around a lot more right now. Good Luck with your new job!*

*sends CK healing thoughts*

*pouts, as she did not receive an offer of free panties...*

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Wednesday, August 8, 2007 6:16 AM

RIVERISMYGODDESS

Yeah I know, MsG, wishful thinking. I need to develop some method of perfect freeze-drying so that it comes out tasting just the same when you are ready to eat it again, that would do it.

Zeek, I'm with you. Very exciting ...

EDIT: *glomps Mavs, and finds another offer for free panties in some random unknown person's mailbox and leaves it on her desk*

~jimi
I'm gonna show you a little trick that mom showed me when you weren't around. It was for special events just like this. Oh yeah, one more thing...I'm glad you changed your last name, you son of a bitch!

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Wednesday, August 8, 2007 6:18 AM

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Originally posted by msg:
Fly- long as we're talking food... any thoughts on uses for leftover cooked lamb??

You have lamb leftover? I've never heard of such a thing! ;-)

I'd press the leftover lamb into a second service as an open-faced hot sandwich. You can use all of the ingredients that you have, or if it is primarily only leftover lamb, then heated and served on a crusty bread with a Dijon/oil/blackpepper sauce. Serve with a side of carrot puree.

Mmmm. Now I'm hungry.

You know what the first rule of flyin' is? Love. You can learn all the math in the 'verse, but you take a boat in the air that you don't love, she'll shake you off just as sure as the turning of worlds. And love keeps her in the air when she oughtta fall down… tells ya she's hurtin' 'fore she keels… makes her a home.

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Wednesday, August 8, 2007 6:27 AM

Oooh love the open faced sandwich. I could use nice European crusty bread and thin slice and pile it up with the leftover sauce and some emmenthaler cheese on top and broil...re-slice the potatoes and crisp them up in a pan with some garlic, add the carrot puree( with a little wild lavender homey and cinnamon and bingo...tonights dinner..good thinking Fly

Mav- Hmm maybe you need to be on their mailing list..just go to victoriassecret.com and sign up...they're always sending coupons for freebies

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Wednesday, August 8, 2007 6:29 AM

MAVOURNEEN

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Originally posted by RiverIsMyGoddess:
EDIT: *glomps Mavs, and finds another offer for free panties in some random unknown person's mailbox and leaves it on her desk*

The fact that you would break into someone's mailbox to get me a pair of free panties cheers me to no end, RIMG!

and adds...leftover lamb? What is this of which you speak?

*attempts to mouth words*

"Leftover Lamb"

Hmmm. Not ringing any bells...

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Wednesday, August 8, 2007 6:33 AM

There's only two of us and it was a leg of lamb people.... dieting here!! I really shouldn't have done it for just us, but it tastes so good:)
Mav I am now painting my toenails..Mango-get-em:) LOL I love OPI color names

hmmm Mav in stolen panties
BTW am reading the last Kim Harrison and all I can say is another scene with Kisten and I will be forced to develop my robotics skills and build me one of those!!!

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Wednesday, August 8, 2007 6:34 AM

RIVERISMYGODDESS

Mavs, I think we need a road trip to MsG's to help her with her leftover lamb problems.

EDIT: Oh, I completely understand the leftovers part, MsG. sister brought a leg of lamb that I grilled at the Memorial Day shindig, and between 8 of us we didn't finish it. It took me a week and a half, having some at least once every other day, to finally kill it, and that was with Aiden helping me out.

~jimi
I'm gonna show you a little trick that mom showed me when you weren't around. It was for special events just like this. Oh yeah, one more thing...I'm glad you changed your last name, you son of a bitch!

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Wednesday, August 8, 2007 6:43 AM

Mavs! Good to see you. Glad to hear the back is feeling better. Office chairs are super important. Get thee a good one (and hopefully that will be the solution).

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Originally posted by msg:
I am in charge of the laundry and don't always get all the stuff put away in the drawers in a timely fashion, it saves him getting frustrated and having to run down to the laundry room and rummage to find stuff to wear

And there's your answer. Makes your weirdness not so weird. You make packets (heh) so you don't have to put the laundry away immediately. (I HATE putting laundry away...it's the number 1 cause of a messy house at Casa de Rugbug).

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Originally posted by msg:
Oh I got that free panty thing... they are evil. I went in and by the time I was done 2 bras, 4 panties, and a pair of lacy boy shorts were in the bag and I'd spent way more than I meant to...

Which is exactly their evil plan. Doesn't work on me, though. I go in, get my free panties and leave. Usually. Sometime I get more. Found some undies I really like and just have to get more. Actually, I have to go to the website to see if they still carry them as they weren't in the store the last time I was there. That would make me sad. They are the most comfortable...and still have some sex appeal ('course anything called Angels V-String should be sexy by nature) so bonus all around.

Edited to say: We girls (the boys can play too, if they want) ought to alert each other of any free coupons in magazines. Every once in a while Vickis puts the free panties coupon in...Good time to visit stock up. :D

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Wednesday, August 8, 2007 6:48 AM

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Originally posted by msg:
the carrot puree( with a little wild lavender homey and cinnamon and bingo...tonights dinner..good thinking Fly

You have an interesting "Homey". My homies might consider themselves "wild", but certainly not "lavender".

I use honey and a small pinch of cardamom with carrots.

I've also made a vinaigrette with a honey-base for mixed greens. (Greens, small orange chunks, pecans, crumbled bacon, feta.)

Edit: The Dijon/oil/pepper emulsion goes really well with a honey ham.

Edit2: I'm only on book 2 of Kim H. So shhhh the shhhh up!

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Wednesday, August 8, 2007 7:01 AM

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Originally posted by RugBug:
Quote:
Originally posted by msg:
I am in charge of the laundry and don't always get all the stuff put away in the drawers in a timely fashion, it saves him getting frustrated and having to run down to the laundry room and rummage to find stuff to wear

And there's your answer. Makes your weirdness not so weird. You make packets (heh) so you don't have to put the laundry away immediately. (I HATE putting laundry away...it's the number 1 cause of a messy house at Casa de Rugbug).

When I designed my house (yes I designed my house) I put a washer/dryer in the walk-through closet. Now putting away laundry is 1) pulling shirt out of dryer 2) putting shirt on hanger 3) turning around and hanging up shirt. Repeat for underwear, minus the hanger.

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Wednesday, August 8, 2007 7:06 AM

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Originally posted by FlyVote:
Repeat for underwear, minus the hanger.

'Cause hanging up your underwear would by WAY beyond weird.

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Wednesday, August 8, 2007 7:10 AM

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Originally posted by RugBug:
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Originally posted by FlyVote:
Repeat for underwear, minus the hanger.

'Cause hanging up your underwear would by WAY beyond weird.

Not as weird as if your underwear hung itself up.

So. Tee shirts. Fold or hang? Jeans?

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Wednesday, August 8, 2007 7:14 AM

Hey you are all welcoem any time

Mav-

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ok Kisten is dead??? Ok that kinda ruins the books for me. I mean I'll still read them, but I don't think it'll be as good...seriously disappointed here...oh well it was really good and action filled and all...sigh

There Fly all spoiler safe... Wow good design choice!!

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Wednesday, August 8, 2007 7:29 AM

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Originally posted by msg:
Hey you are all welcoem any time

Mav-
Select to view spoiler:
ok Kisten is dead??? Ok that kinda ruins the books for me. I mean I'll still read them, but I don't think it'll be as good...seriously disappointed here...oh well it was really good and action filled and all...sigh

There Fly all spoiler safe... Wow good design choice!!

Oh, hell. What a dummy I am! I hit "reply with quote" which made the spoiler visible. Geez. Oh, well. That spoiler doesn't bug me too much.

And, yeah, the laundry/closet is on the same floor as the bedrooms, where clothes, bedding, bath towels all reside. The only washable stuff that moves up/down a staircase is the kitchen towels.

My wife suggests that in the next house we should plan for a white washer for whites, a black washer for darks, etc. Just funny enough to do that...

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Wednesday, August 8, 2007 7:39 AM

LOL Fly see now there's a plan. Hmm see now it pretty much messed the whole series up for me. I live for the Kisten scenes

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Wednesday, August 8, 2007 7:51 AM

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LOL Fly see now there's a plan. Hmm see now it pretty much messed the whole series up for me. I live for the Kisten scenes

Kist rubs me the wrong way. He is a fly in the ointment.

Are you talking about "For a Few Demons More"? The hardcover book? It the last paperback?

Select to view spoiler:

Is he dead? Or undead?

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Wednesday, August 8, 2007 7:54 AM

See I think Kisten's the best. I'm finished with For a Few Demons More so I'm caught up with the series now. Read on and you'll see why Kisten rocks ( and it's not just 'cause the sex scenes with him are my kind of thing either)

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Wednesday, August 8, 2007 8:00 AM

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Originally posted by msg:
See I think Kisten's the best. I'm finished with For a Few Demons More so I'm caught up with the series now. Read on and you'll see why Kisten rocks ( and it's not just 'cause the sex scenes with him are my kind of thing either)

Oh, great. Now I'll be reading a book and thinking of the type of sex that MSG likes. Not that that in and of itself is a bad thing, if not suggestively voyeuristic, but it will rend transparent the fourth wall. Kist and MSG, sitting in a tree...

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Wednesday, August 8, 2007 8:33 AM

JONNYQUEST

"Did he just go crazy and fall asleep?"

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Originally posted by msg:
any thoughts on uses for leftover cooked lamb??

Jimi beat me to that answer...

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Originally posted by RugBug:
msg: is misterg color blind? Just trying to figure out the packet thing, cause it is a bit... different.

I think this is really the adult manifestation of being a first generation Garanimal's kid...
"MsG lays out MrG's package..." Huh? Oh, never mind. My bad.

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And Victoria's Secret just sent 'Free Panties' How much excitement is that? You betchya I'm gonna make an extra trip downtown to get those undies.

And Zeek beat me to the answer on this one.

*Goes over in the corner and mopes about his lack of originality*

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Originally posted by RugBug:
'Cause hanging up your underwear would by WAY beyond weird.

I hope this doesn't mean a parting of the ways for us.

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Originally posted by RiverIsMyGoddess:
finds another offer for free panties in some random unknown person's mailbox

(Been wondering where those have been getting to...)

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Wednesday, August 8, 2007 9:03 AM

OK now I just had a flash of Jonny in Victoria's Secret panties...do not do that!!!LOL You are always original ( it's just that all you guys think alike in some ways) LOL

Fly- ooop sorry for the overshare...try to blot it out:) I just figured as that was kinda common knowledge and all...

\Househunting ( or how to break up a marriage in 5 days..) I found one I love MisterG hates it...I found another...he hates that too. So far we've found one house out of 27 listings we both like....ARGH... He refuses to look at one just because it's connected to another house by a wall..it's got a great floor plan, it's adorable, in our price range, has a walk in closet, jetted tub, fireplace, and all the things on our joint criteria list. He even loved it til he found out the wall was shared...then poof now we can't even go look. SIGH Oh well I'm sure we'll fine something and I know he is equally irritated about me thinking anything is just great ( however I really really love this house he won't see)

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Wednesday, August 8, 2007 9:11 AM

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Originally posted by msg:
OK now I just had a flash of Jonny in Victoria's Secret panties...do not do that!!!LOL You are always original ( it's just that all you guys think alike in some ways) LOL

I got that mental image too. What do you think they'd do at victoria's secret if a man walked in with the free panties coupon and wanted to use it for themselves?

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Wednesday, August 8, 2007 9:17 AM

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Originally posted by msg:
Fly- ooop sorry for the overshare...try to blot it out:) I just figured as that was kinda common knowledge and all...

No, no. It wasn't an "overshare". Or a "TMI". Not at all. It is just that there are times that I like to think of you naked, and times that I like to read Kim H. Now they are mixed. It'll be tough to read about Kist and not think about your sex preferences. It'll be hard to look through the K's in the phone book and not think about your kinkiness.

Before you go thinking that I'm a pervert for thinking about you naked, there are really only two times that I do. Daytime. And nighttime.

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Wednesday, August 8, 2007 9:19 AM

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Originally posted by Zeek:
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Originally posted by msg:
OK now I just had a flash of Jonny in Victoria's Secret panties...do not do that!!!LOL You are always original ( it's just that all you guys think alike in some ways) LOL

I got that mental image too. What do you think they'd do at victoria's secret if a man walked in with the free panties coupon and wanted to use it for themselves?

Well, so I've bought the Mrs a pair of fun undies. Do they know that they are for her or me? I guess if I were to try them on... Actually I think I've made the "does this color look good on me?" comment just to be funny.

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Wednesday, August 8, 2007 9:24 AM

LOl Fly you're so funny:)

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Wednesday, August 8, 2007 9:25 AM

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Originally posted by FlyVote:
Well, so I've bought the Mrs a pair of fun undies. Do they know that they are for her or me? I guess if I were to try them on... Actually I think I've made the "does this color look good on me?" comment just to be funny.

That's true I was thinking along the lines of trying them on, but I guess that's sorta disgusting no matter who does it. Unless they have a "you try it you buy it" rule.

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Wednesday, August 8, 2007 9:29 AM

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Originally posted by Zeek:
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Originally posted by FlyVote:
Well, so I've bought the Mrs a pair of fun undies. Do they know that they are for her or me? I guess if I were to try them on... Actually I think I've made the "does this color look good on me?" comment just to be funny.

That's true I was thinking along the lines of trying them on, but I guess that's sorta disgusting no matter who does it. Unless they have a "you try it you buy it" rule.

Oh, I'll try them on. And as long as I can see out through the leg holes, then they are a good pair.

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Wednesday, August 8, 2007 9:40 AM

#$@%$%^^&^&^&^&**()@#$%^&*(@#$%^&*(!!!!
Oh

OK so annoyed by house hunting:) Oh well. Gotta do it. See this is one of those moments where I'd advise people to marry someone similar to them..

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Wednesday, August 8, 2007 9:41 AM

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Originally posted by msg:
#$@%$%^^&^&^&^&**()@#$%^&*(@#$%^&*(!!!!
Oh OK so annoyed by house hunting:) Oh well. Gotta do it. See this is one of those moments where I'd advise people to marry someone similar to them..

What is the market like for building?

MisterG is a LOT like you. Imagine if here were NOT carbon-based...

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Wednesday, August 8, 2007 9:49 AM

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Originally posted by msg:
#$@%$%^^&^&^&^&**()@#$%^&*(@#$%^&*(!!!!
Oh OK so annoyed by house hunting:) Oh well. Gotta do it. See this is one of those moments where I'd advise people to marry someone similar to them..

While I'm sure it's frustrating to find one you like, what a fun thing to be able to do. I LOVE houses and architecture, etc. As a kid my mom and I would go through all the model homes we could, just dreaming. When I was visiting her about two weeks ago, we were driving through a new development and alas, the models were open for another 20 minutes or so...so in we went. It was fun.

And there's the whole 'I will never be able to afford a house in this town' thing that makes me jealous you are in the market. Home prices here are ridiculous. The houses my mom and I looked at (approx 2 hours south of here) started at $880k...and they border the barrio where I grew up...where I had playmates that were murdered.

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Wednesday, August 8, 2007 9:53 AM

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...and they border the barrio where I grew up...where I had playmates that were murdered.

*non-contact hug for RugBug*

Wow starting at 800k - probably smallish, too.

Yup, I like the new house thing, too. Wouldn't you want to own a ranch?

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Wednesday, August 8, 2007 9:59 AM

Yeah the prices in Cali scare me silly...
The place we want to move is too built up for building our own. My frustration is that MisterG is very hard line definite and won't consider anything if it has even one thing he doesn't like ( and the list is long) So even though this house meets all his criteria, he won't look because it shares a garage wall with the house next door. I love this house and it meets all our shared criteria and all my " oh it'd be so cool if it had this, but there's no real chance wish list stuff" but we're not looking at it...sigh Oh well I'm sure we'll find something really nice that he likes and I'll be fine with that. I really am pretty content with just about anything. My only criteria for the list were: bigger than this one, has a dining room or kitchen with space to eat in, near my parents,with sprinklers and dishwasher.I'm pretty much happy with anything. I just need him not to show me the options so I see something I'd love and then be disappointed not to get to see it.

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Wednesday, August 8, 2007 10:03 AM

CALIFORNIAKAYLEE

Hey guys.

I sympathize with the house hunting frustrations. We bought this place a year ago, and we aren't/weren't planning on moving again for another 4 or 5 years. And the housing market has taken a bit of a dive since we bought our condo, so we probably couldn't sell it for as much as we paid for it right now. It's California, so the market will eventually rebound, but we're both starting to realize that we may need to move to a place without stairs a lot sooner than 4 years. The next house *must* be wheelchair accessible. I'm not quite at the point of handicap bathroom, but I would definitely keep an eye out for one (or one that could be easily modified, unlike our current bathroom) during house hunting. Sigh.

Anyhow, just dropping by to say hi.

~CK

You can't take the sky from me...

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Wednesday, August 8, 2007 10:07 AM

Hey move here...we're definitely more in your price range and all...HUGS and I know just the house:)I wish you were feeling better...and who knows maybe you'll find a doctor who knows just what's wrong and they can get some treatments going and you have many more years of stairs in your future.

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Wednesday, August 8, 2007 10:12 AM

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Hey move here...we're definitely more in your price range and all...HUGS and I know just the house:)I wish you were feeling better...and who knows maybe you'll find a doctor who knows just what's wrong and they can get some treatments going and you have many more years of stairs in your future.

And "the desert heat is good for you"!!

CK - Can you equip your stairs with a motorized lift? Some insurance plans pay for that kind of thing.

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Wednesday, August 8, 2007 10:18 AM

Plus it's just like stepping back into 1955...so that's fun too, kinda like Back to the Future.

OK ow definitely wrenched shoulder while doing yard work...

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Wednesday, August 8, 2007 10:20 AM

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Originally posted by msg:
OK ow definitely wrenched shoulder while doing yard work...

*rubs MSG's shoulder*

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Wednesday, August 8, 2007 10:21 AM

CK, I've got no real estate experience but could you rent your current place while you wait for the market to turn back around?

Hmmm I guess after thinking for a second it's probably that you need the money from selling that place to buy the new place.

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Wednesday, August 8, 2007 10:25 AM

Argh...Now I'm thinking of many of the fff.net guys in VS undies. Gack.

Gah, CK. I hope you rebound and things improve. I hate to think of you in a wheelchair or stuck because of some stairs.

msg: The connecting wall is the garage? And the houses are on the opposite sides (so far away from each other?) Well, then I say he's being a bit unreasonable to not even look at it.

MisterG...this is for you. Go look. If you don't, MsG might mess with your packet...shirt not matching the pants or something like that.

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Originally posted by FlyVote:
*non-contact hug for RugBug*

Wow starting at 800k - probably smallish, too.

Yup, I like the new house thing, too. Wouldn't you want to own a ranch?

Internet hugs are fine. :D The, by their very nature are no-contact. :D

Actually, the houses were nice sized although with very small bedrooms. Around 2000 sq ft. I always talk about the 700 sq ft house next to me that sold for 550.

Nope, don't want a ranch. In a perfect world of sunshine, puppies and roses, I would always board my horse(s) and live in a cottage style house. 1000 sq ft seems plenty to me if it's designed properly. I actually LOVE my 535 sq ft place. Just wish there was a little more storage space.

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Wednesday, August 8, 2007 10:30 AM

CALIFORNIAKAYLEE

Oh I know, almost anywhere is cheaper than here. We paid almost as much for our 1/1 condo as my parents did for their 5 bedroom + den, 4 bath house with pool and huge yard in Austin TX. But hubby's job is here, and I don't think the company will ever move out of this area. And we really like the area, we definitely want to be here long term. The plan was to be in this place for 5 or 6 years, and then just as our oldest nephew is hitting kindergarten, move to a bigger house with a guest bedroom or two, so that we could have family come visit. Ideally I would still love to do that (I love our condo now, and would like to save up for a really nice place for our next move), but I have to figure out some way not to become completely homebound in the meantime. Being able to do the grocery shopping on my own again would be a large improvement.

There isn't much we can do to change this place though. The stairs are outside and technically part of the shared condo association, so I don't think a motorized lift would be an option. The bathroom is tiny and has zero room for modifications, unless we re-did that entire corner of the condo (one of our neighbors has been remodeling her bathrooms since we moved in 14 months ago, heh), but the bathroom isn't (yet) as big of a problem as the stairs are.

I'm mostly just griping though. Nothing big has changed really, it's just an issue of being faced with the realities of how bad this can get. Nothing new on the doctor front, and even if the next specialist (doctor #16) can diagnose me quickly, it'll easily be 6 to 12 months before the treatment kicks in, assuming it ends up being one autoimmune disease or another. And at this point, I'm not expecting to be cured, just diagnosed and treated. So even if I can rebound with proper treatment, eventually I will need a place that's wheelchair accessible.

~CK

You can't take the sky from me...

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Wednesday, August 8, 2007 10:43 AM

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~CK
You can't take the sky from me...

We can't take the sky from you, CK. I applaud your attitude and your realist outlook. I still want to throw all my Karma at a miracle. But even a proper diagnosis and good treatment would be much better than a degradation in your physical abilities. I do hope the best for you. Thanks for stopping by again, I (probably all of us) like to hear from you.

Take care.

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Wednesday, August 8, 2007 11:14 AM

HUGS CK you never know sweety...maybe your miracle is just around the corner:)

Ok MisterG said he'd look...Oh I hope this works:)

Hey and I almost burned my cinammon bread, but saved it just in time!

"I'm not all that interested in the mental health of people who want to kill me. "- Leroy Jethro Gibbs

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Wednesday, August 8, 2007 11:17 AM

NVGHOSTRIDER

Howdy folks. Long night so I'm just dropping in to say Hi.

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Wednesday, August 8, 2007 11:22 AM

Hi NV...HUGS you ok?

"I'm not all that interested in the mental health of people who want to kill me. "- Leroy Jethro Gibbs

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Wednesday, August 8, 2007 11:28 AM

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HUGS CK you never know sweety...maybe your miracle is just around the corner:)

Ok MisterG said he'd look...Oh I hope this works:)

Hey and I almost burned my cinammon bread, but saved it just in time!

No more talking about yummy food! I had like 15 minutes to eat soggy, microwave reheated pizza for lunch. You and your leg of lamb with a side of yum and cinnamon bread is not helping.

OK so I'm bitter that my co-worker is on a cruise and I'm swamped with all the work and it's only Wednesday and I'm ready to give up. Plus I've had about enough of people coming to me complaining about programs I didn't write crashing on Saturday. I'm not going to help you on my Saturday people leave me alone!!

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Wednesday, August 8, 2007 11:50 AM

NVGHOSTRIDER

Last night:
A few things got sorted out this morning from last nights activity. Mindy quit taking her anti depressants because they actually made things worse. She had a few drinks and did alot of crying. This morning she went to see the doctor that gave them to her and pretty much told him to put them in his butt. She has called the mental health provider in Reno and will be seeing a new doctor soon.

Get this- the doctor that gave her the meds is a general practioner. He didn't have her call to update her state with him at all. She is changing medical doctors today.

Thanks for the order to stand fast. Not forcing the point is so important and so is not budging.

Now it seems I have to work more on job attendance. Seems my job performance is still doing good but only because I know to get things done in case I'm late the next day.

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Wednesday, August 8, 2007 12:14 PM