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[Cathie G]

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What a wonderful family. Your grandsons are so cute. It looks like they fell in love with opo.

 

[EllieMay]

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Oh precious! Luv them little boys!!!

 

[Momof4]

When I was in 2nd grade, I found one of my bully male classmates pulling the legs off a praying mantis.

I love praying mantises, and hated the bully, so I took him on and actually beat the crap out of him! I just couldn't fathom why the playground monitor didn't see the issue my way. There was a bit of a ruckus, then it was over.

Being a kind, sweet little girl who defended wildlife, I only was ever in one more fistfight. I was 9 or 10, and it was with the neighbor boy.

Had nothing to do with wildlife...we simply hated each other. We were evenly matched, so our moms said "it was bound to happen sooner or later".

A black eye hurts...that was the end of my fighting career.

I’m proud of you!!
Did you get in trouble with your mum & dad ?

 

[Momof4]

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Great pics of your family and Opo!!!

 

[Yvonne G]

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And a very nice-looking family it is!!

 

[Gillian M]

Good morning all. A bright but chilly Saturday here.
I am going to try to go for a walk in my shoes today - if I can find a pair that fits my newly shaped foot comfortably.
Time to try to move on from the boot I think.
If that goes OK I am going to try driving next week.
I'm getting very impatient and I have lots to do that I need my car for.
So fingers crossed all will be well.
Hope everyone has a good Saturday!!

Good luck, Lyn. Hope all goes well.

 

[JoesMum]

There are lots of people named Caroline here, you wouldn’t have had any problem here!

That is the problem. The Carolines

Carol in Carolyn (it’s my middle name too) pronounced Carol-in... and nobody seems to get it right

 

[JoesMum]

Apparently the dog kennels don't work as nicely. And you cannot insulate them. [emoji17]

Yes you can insulate them - I did. And you can buy insulated kennels too

 

[Ray--Opo]

What a wonderful family. Your grandsons are so cute. It looks like they fell in love with opo.

Thanks my grandsons really enjoyed Opo. Opo wasn't skittish with them either.

 

[Ray--Opo]

Oh precious! Luv them little boys!!!

Thanks, they are well behaved. We have been to a few restaurants with no problems. Opo was comfortable around them also but I think that's because they were always feeding him.

 

[Ray--Opo]

Great pics of your family and Opo!!!

Thank you

 

[Ray--Opo]

And a very nice-looking family it is!!

Thanks Yvonne, I actually have 8 grandchildren. 4 boys and 4 girls.

 

[JoesMum]

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

Erm... yes! [emoji23]

They were actually members of my Moderator forum. And I had met a couple of them before. But as my, then, teenagers put it...

“So you’re going to a pub in a town you don’t know to meet a bunch of blokes who you only know through the internet... and you’re an eSafety trainer”

I know them all quite well now.

 

[JoesMum]

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.

That’s a massive road scheme going from 2 lanes to 6. No wonder you’re concerned!

 

[JoesMum]

I’m so proud of myself today!!
I hate needles and the Dr. talked me into getting my tetanus shot!!
You know what?? It didn’t even hurt!!!
My next goal is to get my blood labs because it’s been 9yrs!!

Well done you!

To make you even happier, the needle used for anti-tetanus is one of the biggest. Everything else should hurt less

 

[JoesMum]

Good mornooning everyone! There was a lot to catch up on this morning!

Lovely to see Ray and his family in the flesh. The boys look so pleased at being photographed with Opo

I made steady improvement yesterday. The back of my knee is still quite tender, but the spasms in my calf are fewer and less severe. I can take weight on the foot now and could do with a walking stick rather than crutches as I just need something to stop me wobbling if the muscle gets me.

I think the Baker’s Cyst is looking quite likely as the cause now I have read up on it. I’ll see what the physio says next week.

 

[CarolM]

Oh...well it quoted to me. So I probably owe you a picture anyway.

Lol, Sometimes when I cannot see a picture in an original post it does show up in a post where someone else replied to it. And yes, you owe us a video so that we can hear that lovely accent of yours. In fact there we are waiting for the other members to share their voice accents for us too. I am keen to hear what everybody sounds like.

 

[CarolM]

Yes. I missed part of the news article. It's a newly developing method of reusing plastic. They don't have to send any plastic to a landfill or China. They just turn it back into reusable plastic. I hope that type of technology grows into something. If the US keeps it up we'll be living in a landfill so big...there won't be room for US.

That is so sad. At least over here Coca Cola company does its part. Although they do put their "Soda's"in plastic bottles, they also put them in glass bottles which are cheaper than the plastic bottles and you get money back on the glass bottle as well. So I always try to buy the glass bottles when I have to buy 500ml. They don't do 2lt in glass yet though,

 

[CarolM]

I’m so proud of myself today!!
I hate needles and the Dr. talked me into getting my tetanus shot!!
You know what?? It didn’t even hurt!!!
My next goal is to get my blood labs because it’s been 9yrs!!

Well done. Very proud of you.

 

[CarolM]

No. I really just want a betta, maybe a snail companion and possibly a little fish buddy. I'll have to get the little tank set up and functional first. But I did catch a deal for an aquarium.

That is great. Don't forget to post pictures if you can. We LOVE pictures. You know what they say.... One picture can say a 1000 words!