COLD DARK ROOM

[Tidgy's Dad]

Kellys still in the shower.
It took her 20 minutes to get in there.
It'll be another 45 minutes now.
Maybe we'll be there in time for breakfast.

wifey's not too bad in the shower.
But putting on her warpaint takes forever.
Goodness.

 

[jaizei]

Kellys still in the shower.
It took her 20 minutes to get in there.
It'll be another 45 minutes now.
Maybe we'll be there in time for breakfast.

How is sushi with OJ?

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Feeling a bit strange.
Early night for me.
See you in the morning Roommates.

 

[ZEROPILOT]

Good night.
Ate too much.
Paid too much.
But it was good.
See y'all tomorrow.

 

[Moozillion]

I remember this from last year.
A really lovely thing to do.
Smashing.

Thank you. It's one of our favorite things to do.

 

[Moozillion]

Feeling a bit strange.
Early night for me.
See you in the morning Roommates.

Sleep well, Adam! Hopefully a good rest will have you feeling better!

 

[Slow and steady]

I'm glad you stopped in Dave. @Slow and steady
Hopefully you'll consider stopping in regularly.
We're all freinds here.

Seems like a fun crowd in here, I'll check in time and again. Truth told, I'm not much for spending time on my laptop, as my job doesn't really call for me to be at a desk, and when it does, it's every third day. I'm also still trying to figure out forum "rules of play"; differentiating being liked, tagged, quoted, when to like someone, and so on. Like anything else in life, there's a learning curve, and I'll find myself somewhere on it.
Congrats on sexing two of your new torts, Ed.

 

[JoesMum]

Seems like a fun crowd in here, I'll check in time and again. Truth told, I'm not much for spending time on my laptop, as my job doesn't really call for me to be at a desk, and when it does, it's every third day. I'm also still trying to figure out forum "rules of play"; differentiating being liked, tagged, quoted, when to like someone, and so on. Like anything else in life, there's a learning curve, and I'll find myself somewhere on it.
Congrats on sexing two of your new torts, Ed.

The only rules you need to be concerned about are
- don't be mean to people
- stay on topic in other people's threads

The topic in the CDR changes constantly so whatever you say will be on topic regardless of whether it actually makes sense to you or not

 

[JoesMum]

Good evening everybody

I've been very busy lately. I went to a youtuber awards ceremony and met some of my favourite youtubers and then I met my internet friends.

One of the friends had arranged for all the Harrison Webb fans to meet up and make friends. We tweeted Harrison where we were and he came along to surprise us and ended up staying with us all day. Anderson even came along (he didn't stay long as he was ill). After a very long day, we watched the sunset and headed home. View attachment 193712

Hello. Good to see you again I'm glad you had a good time

Are you and your zoo nearly ready for Christmas?

 

[JoesMum]

We've had a lovely if exhausting day.

Hubby is a professional photographer and I sometimes function as his assistant on a shoot. Today was "pictures with Santa" at a local doctor's office. We did the Santa shoot for them last year as well. The clinic is a Pediatric Neurobehavioral clinic. All the children there (from 6 months -18 years old) have some sort of serious neuro behavioral problem which prevents them from being able to to out to a shopping mall for pictures with Santa, which is what everyone else does. Most of the children have autism of varying degrees, many have multiple problems- some are even nonverbal. The clinic is a familiar place for them to come, and Saturday is a quiet day since the clinic is usually closed. The head doctor and 6+ of her therapists were there to help out with the kids. We hang a Christmassy backdrop and a professional Santa (complete with jingle bells) comes in for the pictures. The families are scheduled to arrive in 10-15 minute segments to keep the stimulation at a minimum for the kids.

Hubby and Santa more than earn their keep. The kids are overly active, some are fearful and difficult to soothe, distractible etc, but generally have some knowledge of Christmas and special people like Santa. The families also bring their non-disabled children as well. What is so important to them is that their disabled child be INCLUDED in family photos, which is nearly impossible under routine studio conditions. Hubby has to be quick to sometimes catch an anxious, non-verbal, autistic child who just happens to glance briefly at the camera or smile furtively. When parents see photos of their family and the "special" child looks GOOD they sometimes get tearful with gratitude. Some have told us these are the ONLY decent photos they have EVER gotten of their disabled child. It is a very humbling experience.

Well done to all involved. Things like this are hard work, but so rewarding

 

[JoesMum]

Good morning CDR.

The frost is back, but the sun is out

Decorating for Christmas here means emptying our bedroom so the painter can start work next week. There's work to be done

 

[spud's_mum]

Nice to here you had a splendid day.
Lovely sunset, too.
Missed you around here.
How are Spud , Monty and the gerbils ?

They're all good

We bought a new rug yesterday and Monty loves it and was rolling around on it getting very excited. I cleaned pip and squeak out yesterday and they have already destroyed the cage... And spud is wasting so much that I'm struggling to keep up as there are no weeds outside anymore!

How are you?

 

[spud's_mum]

Hello. Good to see you again I'm glad you had a good time

Are you and your zoo nearly ready for Christmas?

Hello! I went to the pet shop yesterday but was very disappointed that they didn't have any Christmas ornaments for the pets so I'll have to make a trip to pets at home instead. I did get some Christmas lights to put around the gerbil cage though

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Good night.
Ate too much.
Paid too much.
But it was good.
See y'all tomorrow.

Glad you enjoyed it.
At least your wallet was lighter.
See you in a while.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Sleep well, Adam! Hopefully a good rest will have you feeling better!

Thanks, Mooz!
Feeling fine this morning.
Though was woken up by another piece of ceiling falling down.
Don't understand it, thought I'd got everything properly fixed.
Oh, well more work for me.

 

[JoesMum]

Thanks, Mooz!
Feeling fine this morning.
Though was woken up by another piece of ceiling falling down.
Don't understand it, thought I'd got everything properly fixed.
Oh, well more work for me.

Ceiling plaster is difficult to fix

From previous experience it seems that only taking the whole lot down an d completely redoing it ever works

Could you get plasterboard and put up a false ceiling?

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Seems like a fun crowd in here, I'll check in time and again. Truth told, I'm not much for spending time on my laptop, as my job doesn't really call for me to be at a desk, and when it does, it's every third day. I'm also still trying to figure out forum "rules of play"; differentiating being liked, tagged, quoted, when to like someone, and so on. Like anything else in life, there's a learning curve, and I'll find myself somewhere on it.
Congrats on sexing two of your new torts, Ed.

It's easy after a while.
Don't worry, I fell off the learning curve even though it's not very steep.
But wifey caught me.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Good morning CDR.

The frost is back, but the sun is out

Decorating for Christmas here means emptying our bedroom so the painter can start work next week. There's work to be done

Good morning, Linda!
Seems like I'll be redecorating wifey's living room.
The whole ceilings bulging downwards, i think my terrace is collapsing.

 

[JoesMum]

Good morning, Linda!
Seems like I'll be redecorating wifey's living room.
The whole ceilings bulging downwards, i think my terrace is collapsing.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

They're all good

We bought a new rug yesterday and Monty loves it and was rolling around on it getting very excited. I cleaned pip and squeak out yesterday and they have already destroyed the cage... And spud is wasting so much that I'm struggling to keep up as there are no weeds outside anymore!

How are you?

Splendid.
Tidgy is loving her winter routine, wifey is eating well, and I'm very happy doing some research and repairing roofs and ceilings.
And preparing for Christmas, of course.