COLD DARK ROOM

[CarolM]

Oops. *dumps the gift-wrapped package of chocolate-covered crickets*

[emoji14] Just teasing: You may or may not be my recipient.

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[CarolM]

HAHAHA!!!! [emoji38][emoji38][emoji38]

Snap

 

[Pastel Tortie]

I have no clue. What is the Cooperative extension service?

I'm pressed for time right now, but please remind me to circle back to this topic.

Basically, the extension service takes university research in a wide range of areas, and makes it meaningful, usable, and USEFUL to the end users (farmers, homeowners, pet owners, gardeners, etc.) The extension service takes the research and translates it into How-To.

https://nifa.usda.gov/extension

 

[Pastel Tortie]

Oh no! It is the Second Law of Domesticology that laundry is always followed by, gulp, ironing.

I'm of the opinion that if you hang up clothes for long enough, gravity will find a way to remove the wrinkles for you.

Of course, I'm about as domestic as your average housecat.

 

[Toddrickfl1]

Hey everybody, been a crazy few days here. Unfortunately a police officer was killed not far from my house and the suspect has been on the run. Yesterday they raided a house on my street looking for the guy. I've never seen activity like this around here. There has been helicopters flying around nonstop and police everywhere. Earlier today not far from my house they found and killed the suspect.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2018/10/21/us/georgia-officer-killed/index.html

 

[Pastel Tortie]

And sing the chorus...

You can borrow my Dragon... For such a large cat (18 lbs) who likes to throw his weight around, his voice is such a lovely tenor!

 

[Lyn W]

In the South East of England we had 25C/77F too! It was wonderful!

The rest of the country drowned unfortunately and there has been bad flooding in South Wales. I think @Lyn W probably escaped flooding, but I hope she and Lola are OK.

Today the wet weather catches up with us, but it still isn't particularly cold. At 8am it is 16C/60F

Happy Sunday everyone!

Thankfully yes we are fine.
The worst of it missed us, but very sad for the people further north and to the west.

 

[Lyn W]

It’s a nasty cold week in my part of the world.. to cold for my sullies to go outside & they are not happy about it.. Neither am I!!!! Looks like it’s been pretty quiet in the CDR too.... I expected to be farther behind than I was on everyone’s post :-(
My nephew continues to stay in trouble in school and is one step away from getting expelled... I don’t know what I’ll do at that point because my job does not leave me in a position to drive a child to & from school every day.. my husband is only home 2 weeks out of the month. I’m truly at my wits end... how do you help someone who refuses to help them self???

So sorry to hear about your nephew making life difficult for you and himself.
Does the US have any alternative educational facilities for kids who are expelled?

 

[Lyn W]

I’m sorta stressing today.
I’m hosting a mini family reunion Saturday and I’m cleaning which I told myself I wasn’t going to go crazy but one chore leads to another. I wanted our new closet done so I could fill it up with our clothes and get it all cleaned up but our contractor is working so slow it’s driving me crazy.

Just tell everyone it's work in progress, I'm sure they'll understand.

 

[Kristoff]

Hey everybody, been a crazy few days here. Unfortunately a police officer was killed not far from my house and the suspect has been on the run. Yesterday they raided a house on my street looking for the guy. I've never seen activity like this around here. There has been helicopters flying around nonstop and police everywhere. Earlier today not far from my house they found and killed the suspect.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2018/10/21/us/georgia-officer-killed/index.html

That's crazy, Todd. Glad you're safe.

I wanted to throw in a helicopter joke to lighten up the mood a bit, but I guess it would be plane wrong.

 

[Kristoff]

You can borrow my Dragon... For such a large cat (18 lbs) who likes to throw his weight around, his voice is such a lovely tenor!

Hi, Dragon! I'm pawsitive you would steal the show

 

[Lyn W]

Look! It's a stranger, o wait.. it's just me[emoji12]
Hope everybody is well, perhaps Carol will give me one of her awesome summaries.
Hubby is currently dealing with an "offer war" between three jobs, apparently his resume was quite the catch (I'll take credit for that).
We are currently looking at jobs in..
Oklahoma- this interview was just a couple days ago and it went really well, but they want to do a "test" online before deciding what pay they want to offer. The benefits package are amazing though!
Texas- we we're looking at two jobs here but declined one. The remaining possiblity is a newer company that really needs a full time mechanic/technician, they originally offered an "entry-level" pay which we had turned down but they contacted us back with a new, more reasonable offer. This was after four machines went down in a week and they had to hire people to come in and fix them. Apparently the cost was enough for them to rethink having someone with experience on hand. Benefits are OK.
Montana- I think I mentioned this one last time I was on. The interview went great but there is a lot of pros and cons about the job. Only a couple days after the interview they contacted us back and requested ANOTHER interview before we had given a response to their offer. They have made it clear that they may want to increase the offer if this one goes well also. The pros for this job are that this is a management job and hubby will be running his own shop with a small crew, they offer a monthly bonus depending on how profitable business was, it's in a VERY small town. Cons are that insurance is pretty high and the actual base pay isn't that great.
We turned down the job in Missouri.
I decided not to do the large commission piece, the individual just couldn't seem to decide on what they wanted so I told them that I wasn't sure if I would have time to complete it before the move.
I Ruined the piece that I was working on after I spilt a glass of milk on it... Yep, I cried over the spilt milk.
So now im working on a different piece, trying out a new type of paper that I'm liking so far.
Daughter has been taking swimming lessons.. she takes after me and sinks like a rock.
Hubby has been trying to work on Clunker's wagon when the weather permits. When it's raining or to cold we try to get more stuff done inside the house.
Gosh I think that about sums it up for me! It's so nice to be able to chat about what's going on in my life, and to hear about what's going on in the lives of others.

Well done to hubby - great that he's in demand.
Sorry about your ruined art work, must be very frustrating for you, I would cry too!!
Good to not see you back.

 

[Lyn W]

On my walk today. I had to stop and rest so that my back muscles could relax. So i lay on one of the benches along the pathway. And this was my view. View attachment 254418View attachment 254419

I love trees!
I think when I die I will have a woodland burial - hopefully not for a long time yet though.

 

[Lyn W]

Hmm. What a nice scene to wake up to.
I have a question for you. I have two of those birds that I had in my picture on my walk the other day. It was the small one with the brown. Anyway these two live in my garden and every morning they keep on flying into my bedroom window. Over and over again. Why would they be doing that? Do you by any chance know?

Maybe they are house hunting or looking for ideas to decorate their own place!

 

[JoesMum]

Hey everybody, been a crazy few days here. Unfortunately a police officer was killed not far from my house and the suspect has been on the run. Yesterday they raided a house on my street looking for the guy. I've never seen activity like this around here. There has been helicopters flying around nonstop and police everywhere. Earlier today not far from my house they found and killed the suspect.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2018/10/21/us/georgia-officer-killed/index.html

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[Maro2Bear]

Hey everybody, been a crazy few days here. Unfortunately a police officer was killed not far from my house and the suspect has been on the run. Yesterday they raided a house on my street looking for the guy. I've never seen activity like this around here. There has been helicopters flying around nonstop and police everywhere. Earlier today not far from my house they found and killed the suspect.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2018/10/21/us/georgia-officer-killed/index.html

Wow!

 

[Lyn W]

G’day all.

The weather prognosticators are calling for our FIRST FROST of this Winter season for a wide swath in our area. Temps will dip down below freezing, tender plants will feel it! Hopefully it also triggers the trees to change into their nice golden and red colors.

• Soon time to bring our banana tree in for safe keeping through Winter. No more fresh leaves for Sully.
• I’ll try and capture before and after f r o s t pix. Elephant ears too. Summer = now over for sure.

Yes , we've had a few early morning frosts too. The dandies and plantains are coming to an end now but I'm still managing to find a few for Lola.

 

[Lyn W]

Greetings from Denmark! I’ll be catching up with y’all in the next few days...

Welcome home Lena - looks like you've had a lovely holiday!

 

[Lyn W]

Wordsworth! Bravissimo!

Thank you!
I'm just taking a bow now.

 

[Yvonne G]

Nothing new to report here, but I'm enjoying reading about all your lives. Keep it coming!