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CarolM

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Btw, do you walk a lot? if I may ask.I do when the weather permits. When it's nice and sunny I take off and walk for one, two and sometimes three hours, so as not to return home and go back on the....net.
No. I actually don't get the opportunity to walk a lot nor can my back handle it for long periods either. I try to do at least 30 min of walking a day. Not enough but unfortunately that is all I have time for at the moment.
 

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Wow! Y’all have been really busy!
It took me longer this afternoon to catch up than it has in a while..
Sabine, it is SO good to hear from you. We were all really getting worried and I’m so sorry that you are having such a hard time. You take good care of your leg and try to focus on your happy memories of Monty.
Debora, Welcome! Carol introduces way better than I ever could but your tortoise and hedgehogs are adorable!
Lena, your a riot as always.. keep the funnies coming!!
Linda- don’t get too much jet lag and enjoy your travels. Be safe.
Gillian, did I miss seeing what kind of books you like? And how is the war going or not going:))
Yvonne, good luck with the stray.. He is pretty handsome.
And Hey Kathy, Hey Carol, Hey Mark!
Adam, I hope that whatever is outside the “mostly” in doing good works itself out quickly!
Nice greeting Heather. We will make a summarizer out of you yet.[emoji23] [emoji23]
 

CarolM

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Wifey cooked up one of our favorite (Korean) dishes tonight.

From Wiki -

Bibimbap - from Korean bibimbap [pi.bim.p͈ap̚]), sometimes romanized as bi bim bap or bi bim bop, is a Korean dish. The word literally means "mixed rice". Bibimbap is served as a bowl of warm white rice topped with namul (sautéed and seasoned vegetables) and gochujang (chili pepper paste), soy sauce, or doenjang (a fermented soybean paste). A raw or fried egg and sliced meat (usually beef) are common additions. The hot dish is stirred together thoroughly just before eating.

Here’s a pix, but we don’t eat/add any meat

From the top, home made pickled red saurkraut, cucumber in rice vinegar, sauteed mushrooms in garlic-gingerxsoy sauce and honey, pickled carrots, and sauteed spinach with garlic topped with sesame seeds. In the center a fried egg, and it all sits atop a bed of jasmine rice.

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Oh my word now I am hungry. That looks really delicious.
 

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Or, as I have come to lovingly think of the CDR...


It's a bit like Alice in Wonderland falls down a gopher tortoise burrow and lands in the Twilight Zone...or the TARDIS. I haven't figured out which, but I've a strong suspicion that a committee (cat-mittee) of felines is responsible for navigation.
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I'm glad to hear it.

Until several years ago, I completely underestimated how much of a difference a spay or neuter would make to a feral cat's personality. Then, only after she had two litters of kittens, I finally managed to catch Loki in a carrier I'd put on the porch, and I quickly shut the carrier door with her inside. Then I literally jumped up and down for joy at having caught her.

The next morning I took her into the spay and neuter clinic. I had a really hard time trying to describe what she looked like. "Kind of a mottled grey...?"

They were the ones who told me, "Oh, that's a dilute tortoiseshell... A Pastel Tortie."

And now you know that my username has absolutely nothing to do with color (colour) preference! :D
What a lovely story.
 

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No he is still in the jellyfish tank. Montgomery tells me he was very rude to the wool spider, if she exists, and she has put extra security measures in place on the tank. If you take a look you'll seeit must have been pretty bad. She isn't letting him out of there for a while!
Adam Just poke a jellyfish or two so that you can see. [emoji6]
 

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You are such a softie. They really do take advantage of you. Do you want me to lock up the one legged pirate as well. But if I do there probably won't be any eggnog around at Christmas time.

No, eggnog is a must. And I like my sip of port in the evenings. Let the pirate stay.

See, the leprechaun promised to make us all new shoes — he said he’s made tons of dainty ones for some fairies... I fell into temptation :oops:
 
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