COLD DARK ROOM

[Cathie G]

Not to me. The praying mantis is the only insect, besides cockroaches, that I'm really afraid of. So, my excuse would be -- I'm afraid to tackle it because there a praying mantis on the loose!.. Come to think about it, I'm probably more grossed out by than afraid of cockroaches...

One year my birthday present was a really large praying mantis on my kitchen wall. That's what I woke up to. Dilly(our cat) told me "hey there's a bug in our house!" I coaxed the bug eater onto a newspaper and released him back home outside. It was a crazy morning. Even the cat was creeped out and made me do the dirty work.

 

[CarolM]

One year my birthday present was a really large praying mantis on my kitchen wall. That's what I woke up to. Dilly(our cat) told me "hey there's a bug in our house!" I coaxed the bug eater onto a newspaper and released him back home outside. It was a crazy morning. Even the cat was creeped out and made me do the dirty work.

[emoji33] [emoji33] Naughty Naughty Kitty Cat.

 

[Cathie G]

Very well put!!!

Yes...

 

[Cathie G]

I bet they enjoyed that.....would love to see pics.
Sorry about your lack of sleep.
Those grandkids will have to work harder to wear you out!

I'm sure they'll try.

 

[Kristoff]

I thought we utilized Ninjas for this sort of thing???

Anyone I know, in East Texas for example?

 

[Kristoff]

That's my Lena. !!

SNAP'ish, right?

 

[Kristoff]

Listen there are so many posts going on in here they have to find it first. [emoji85] [emoji6]

Good thinking! Who ever could wade through this torrent of posts, right?

 

[Cathie G]

I have it sorted. I will make chocolate tortoises and stick the gang in amongst the chocolates. They will all look like chocolate. I will even paint their shells with chocolate so that they look even more like the actual chocolate tortoises.

I like to make iced sugar cookie bunnies for Easter. Plus I add buckeyes on the serving platter and wait for someone to get it.

 

[Kristoff]

omg that’s not cool, i don’t want to be a salad...In french olivier is also an olive tree...put some olives on that salad...

But "Olivier" has the most positive associations for every Russian!
I bet that chef was doing everything he could to ensure that his name would live on. Serves him right?

 

[Kristoff]

...
I was an eSafety trainer at schools for many years.

That's when you met with a bunch "friends" you found online in some strange location, no?

 

[CarolM]

Good thinking! Who ever could wade through this torrent of posts, right?

Right, then left, then 3 more lefts and two more rights!!!

 

[CarolM]

I like to make iced sugar cookie bunnies for Easter. Plus I add buckeyes on the serving platter and wait for someone to get it.

Pics please. So this one can get it?

 

[CarolM]

That's when you met with a bunch "friends" you found online in some strange location, no?

Lol. Totally right.

 

[Yvonne G]

How’bout pete’s salad

How about Sir Lawrence (as in Sir Laurence Olivier)? Or better still, how about Olivier?

 

[Yvonne G]

Pics please. So this one can get it?

Yeah, I don't get it either. A male bunny is called a buck, but I don't know what a buck eye is.

 

[Cathie G]

And they all say, that they are concerned with the environment. But I bet you, if they made more money with things that are better for the environment they would encourage it far more and our environment would be in a much better state.

I saw something on the news today. There's a few companies in the US starting to recycle plastic in a different way. They don't have to have clean or specific types. They can also recycle Styrofoam. I was busy with my animals and missed part of it. They'll probably air it again.

 

[Yvonne G]

Well, I went shopping and spent all my money. Now I have about 10 bags of produce to put away and 1 bag of odds and ends for a human. Misty is complaining for lunch, yet here I sit. I did put the ice cream away. I don't like thawed then re-frozen ice cream.

Today I'm making green enchiladas for lunch.

When I got home (after I put away the ice cream) I took a pad and pencil outside and sketched out my new driveway, the portion that would be at the garage. In order for me to be able to back my full sized Dodge truck out of the garage, I need a bit of a turn around outside the garage. . . sort of like what the end of a cul de sac looks like. So I drew it up and wrote down the measurements. They'll be starting construction not this summer, but next. (The City is widening my street from two lanes to six lanes)

I learned that the City will be contracting to do all the fence/driveway/etc. work, and I'm not responsible for any of it. That's a big load off my mind. Now I'm worried about how to contain the animals during fence work. You know the saying, "Don't lose any sleep over it."? Well, I'm losing sleep. This is such a worry for me. I'm building it, tearing it down, watching the excess traffic flow, tearing out the substrate on my old driveway, moving tortoise yards, I lay there for what seems like hours trying to go to sleep at night. I have a hard time shutting off my mind.

Well, time to go put away my groceries and make my green enchiladas. M-m-m-m my stomach is growling.

 

[Cathie G]

Happy Thursday roommates View attachment 268970

That sounds like a really good plan. Cookies, icecream, and strawberries for breakfast...I'm allowed by my doctor.

 

[Lyn W]

Rue says Hi Everyone. View attachment 268974

He is looking great, such a handsome tort!

 

[Bee62]

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