COLD DARK ROOM

[CarolM]

Hi, everyone! I missed a day in the life of the CDR, but caught up now. Hope everyone thoroughly enjoys their Thursday! The weekend ahead looks like hell for me, but it's mostly self-inflicted, so I won't complain. Much.

Lol.

 

[Cheryl Hills]

We used to sing it whenever we moved. My Dad used to move towns every 5 years and we always drove by car. That was one of the songs we used to sing to entertain ourselves on the long trips. But we used green bottles instead of turtles and they were on a wall.

Hey, I remember that one! We used to sing it to.

 

[CarolM]

Pre- yoga nest box drama. We have a new tenant.

There’s been one almighty scrap at the entrance and now every piecevof nesting material is being inspected and anything that doesn’t pass is being removed.

I must admit, the nest was very grassy. Bluet!ts normally build with moss which appears to be this one’s preference

Hopefully with her being so fussy the babies will survive this time.

 

[CarolM]

Yes, she maps out the house for a few days and then you name the rooms for her to clean or put her on a schedule for day and times to clean.

Her name is Merry because I got her on x-mas.

Oh. I so very much want one now.

 

[CarolM]

Same with my friend who had her 2nd in January after the dr told her for 12yrs she couldn’t.

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[CarolM]

Hi Heather. I am fine although I am still struggeling with shingles. That seems to be a never ending story... But I don`t want to complain. My pets are fine. Ma & Mo and the sullies are growing well and the greek dog will get soon a companion ( another young greek dog puppy ). Much work with my animals and in and around the house kept me away.

You sure do sound busy.

 

[CarolM]

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[Yvonne G]

And......we are back!

Whee....lots of pages in the Room to get caught up on. Sully is happy...and Alpha, (our Betta fish) was swimmmingly happy too.

So glad you made it home safely.

 

[Kristoff]

Ogh, and wifey too. Brought her back as well.

Ah! Now I see why Sully is happy. [emoji6][emoji12]

 

[Reptilony]

No worries. But it is s bit complicated. I always have a hard time answering the simple question of where I am from. [emoji85]

Kyrgyzstan is a “small”, mountainous country — small compared to its neighbors, Kazakhstan and China (and Russia, although there’s no shared border), but otherwise similar in size to the UK or South Dakota in the US. It’s also small in terms of population — only about 6 million people.

Most people in Kyrgyzstan are Asians, although we have many ethnicities, including Russian, Ukrainian, Uzbek, German, Uighur... The official language, Kyrgyz, is somewhat similar to Turkish.

I am ethnically Russian and have always spoke Russian, now a minority language.

My husband is Turkish, and we met in the US, so the “family language” is English, although I did learn to speak Turkish fluently. My passport is also Turkish, so you could say I’m technically Turkish. [emoji23]

And we’re currently living in Denmark and planning the big move to Canada. [emoji33][emoji85]

So your parents are russians but live in Kyrgyzstan, you met your husband in US, why where you and your husband in the US? Then, something forced you to go to Danemark, but why danemark? And why did you spend a summer in Can? And why choose Can to live now rather than staying in Danemark?

 

[CarolM]

I got a VERY early start to my day today. I was sleeping soundly when the phone rang (my phone is on the other side of the room from my bed). So I tossed back the covers, pulled myself up out of bed and traipsed across the room to answer the phone, "Hello?" "Oh, I'm sorry. . . I didn't mean to call you." I hung up and went back to bed. But I lay there pondering the phone call. The caller I.D. showed a familiar area code, 469, which I know to be Texas. I have a son and his family in Texas, but they are travelling and are now in Oregon. I communicate with my son through email, so his phone number is not committed to memory. I lay there wide awake wondering if it was him. Sort of sounded like him. I was half asleep, so really couldn't recognize his voice. Finally I got up and went out to the computer room to look him up in my address book, and, sure enough, it was him that called. So now I'm worried about why he called me at zero dark thirty in the morning. Even though he and his family are still on Texas time (two hours ahead of me), they're in Oregon, so it would be 4a for him as it was for me. Are they having car trouble? Are they broken down on the side of the road? All sorts of bad things are going through my mind. It's now three hours later and I haven't heard from him, so I don't know what's going on,

At any rate, I couldn't go back to sleep, so I got up and checked out all Josh's forums for spammers, took care of my moderator duties here then got the tortoise food ready.

I'm all finished with my morning chores and ready to go run errands. This is the earliest I've ever gone shopping. Thankfully, the stores I shop at all open before 9a.

When it gets to be about 2p, I know I'm going to crash.

I would call him back and find out what was wrong?

 

[CarolM]

Nest box update. The new Mrs B has made her mark and in a few hours transformed this:
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into this:
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The original tenant hasn’t entirely given up though! There’s still a lot of hissing and squawking going on.

Ohhh. I didn't get it earlier. I understand now. Poor first tenant.

 

[Kristoff]

I think you are best summed up as an “International Citizen”... or possibly the United Nations

My upbringing is complicated, it’s hard to say where I am from, but at least it is all in the UK!

Well, my Russian side demands a seat in the Security Council. And veto power, of course. [emoji85][emoji23]

 

[Yvonne G]

I am not a naturally active person, but daughter is, and unfortunately, I can’t let her go on her own and do whatever activities in the world she wants — just yet. [emoji24]

They’re making short comedy films for the acting class; fortunately, it’s now once a month, and not every week as it used to be in the first semester. As a reward, they get a mini film festival with the red carpet and occasional trophies. [emoji85]

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Gosh, she's just as cute as she can be. And you've dressed her up so pretty!

 

[CarolM]

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Yip. I agree, for me too. [emoji6]

 

[CarolM]

I’m sending GOOD VIBES to everyone in the CDR who needs to heal!!
Bad eyes, infections, beat up bodies from bad drivers and shingles!!
Let’s kick this bad Juju!! [emoji1317][emoji123][emoji1317][emoji123]

I agree.

 

[Kristoff]

So your parents are russians but live in Kyrgyzstan, you met your husband in US, why where you and your husband in the US? Then, something forced you to go to Danemark, but why danemark? And why did you spend a summer in Can? And why choose Can to live now rather than staying in Danemark?

[emoji33][emoji33] You’ll have to buy me a drink before I can start answering that torrent of questions. How about a rendezvous at the Rideau Canal next winter? [emoji6]

 

[CarolM]

I had a moment of panic — I thought for some reason that tomorrow is SATURDAY!!! Still only Friday. Phew. We’ll be all day at daughter’s Russian school on Saturday, as opposed to just half a day, because they’re filming something for her acting class. And on Sunday we’re cleaning a vast nature park in southern Copenhagen as part of a geocaching event. I’ll need to have lots of food in the lunch box for both days.

Sounds long and tiring. Good luck.

 

[Yvonne G]

I would call him back and find out what was wrong?

I don't want to interfere with his driving.

 

[Kristoff]

Gosh, she's just as cute as she can be. And you've dressed her up so pretty!

Thank you. What’s the use of having a daughter if you can’t doll her up sometimes, right? [emoji23][emoji173]️