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Rumpelteazer · 01-15-2015, 04:07 PM

Watching Death in Paradise. It's the best thing to watch to forget the gloomy, grey and stormy weather.

orlok · 01-15-2015, 06:00 PM

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Originally Posted by kindlekitten

I'm out of control. I just bought 4000 baseball cards that go back to 1980. I know nothing about baseball cards and don't even care for the game.

poohbear_nc · 01-15-2015, 06:31 PM

We had 4 dead/dying trees taken out of our yard this morning -- well, 3 were dead, and 1 was starting to lean over the roof. I used Jackson Galaxy's (he of 'My Cat From Hell' fame) Spirit Essences on Stella to keep her from freaking out from the noise of chain saws and falling trees. (http://www.spiritessences.com/?Click=3511) - it sounded hokey to me but the stuff really works! I used the Stress Stopper formula - just put a few drops on her fur before I left for work. Instead of hiding for 24 hours, as she used to do when we had repairmen, etc., she was out ready to eat when I got home! That's a huge improvement. She's still searching the house room by room, but is much less stressed. I originally bought the stuff to mist the carrier before the annual vet visit. I hope it will stop/lessen the non-stop yowling. Sammie has her visit this month - I'll report back if it works. Last year she howled non-stop for the entire visit.

crich70 · 01-15-2015, 09:39 PM

Resting after being on the go today. There was the monthly food pantry trip and then I spent the rest of the afternoon cleaning up and stocking the shelves in the pantry. (Inspections will be coming up in the not too distant future and the apts. are under new management so I'm getting an early start to make sure we do well.)

Quexos · 01-17-2015, 02:41 PM

Enjoying a head-splitting headache and about to eat some pointless food that will stupidly sustain me for yet another day, also wondering what stupid things I will do to spend yet another evening. No reading with the headache so yeah, I don't know...

badgoodDeb · 01-17-2015, 04:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Quexos

Enjoying a head-splitting headache and about to eat some pointless food that will stupidly sustain me for yet another day, also wondering what stupid things I will do to spend yet another evening. No reading with the headache so yeah, I don't know...

Oh, that all sounds like a bummer. Maybe a good day to go mindlessly trolling the web instead? Or spend time reading MR threads?

poohbear_nc · 01-17-2015, 07:11 PM

My cats are spoiled ....

How spoiled are they, you ask?

Well, I'm in the habit of folding my pajama pants (thick fluffy sweat pants in the winter) and leaving them on top of the bathroom hamper in the mornings ... so they're conveniently at hand after I take my evening shower. Sammie, my plus-sized pud, who is in the habit of sleeping on top of the hamper (it has a towel on the lid ... as do most horizontal surfaces in the house) decided to use the folded pants as a pillow (see photo below).

Well, today I slept in and decided to eat breakfast in my pajamas. As we sat down to breakfast Sammie began yowling non-stop at the top of her lungs. I looked in the bathroom to see what was wrong -- she was on top of the hamper staring at the empty place where the pants/pillow was supposed to be! But it was empty! And she wouldn't stop yowling! I finally put a spare pair of sweat pants in the correct location - whereupon she promptly shut up and went to sleep -- with her head pillowed on the sweat pants.

It was all my fault of course ... I was late with her pillow ... my bad ...

cromag · 01-18-2015, 12:07 AM

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My cats are spoiled
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I've said it before -- dogs remember when they were wolves in the forest; cats remember when they were gods in Egypt.

kindlekitten · 01-18-2015, 04:17 AM

Yeah but here I like to keep the kitties guessing. They know I won't feed them to the horses. But they are never entirely certain what other games we might play

Rumpelteazer · 01-18-2015, 01:57 PM

My sister and I just booked a trip to London in February. She wanted to see Cats (I've seen it 15 years ago in London). She also wants to visit the National Gallery, see the Big Ben and parliament, cross the London Bridge and go on the Emirates Sky Link.

I'm already looking forward to the trip!

Bilbo1967 · 01-18-2015, 02:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Rumpelteazer

My sister and I just booked a trip to London in February. She wanted to see Cats (I've seen it 15 years ago in London). She also wants to visit the National Gallery, see the Big Ben and parliament, cross the London Bridge and go on the Emirates Sky Link.

I'm already looking forward to the trip!

Sounds good. When you say London Bridge, do you mean Tower Bridge though? I think London Bridge would be a bit of a disappointment. If you are in that area though, can I recommend Borough Market? It's about 5 minutes walk from Tower Bridge, 2 minutes from London Bridge. Lots of really nice food stalls, including an oyster bar if you like that kind of thing. I used to work near there and go for lunch there regularly.

Rumpelteazer · 01-18-2015, 02:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Bilbo1967

Sounds good. When you say London Bridge, do you mean Tower Bridge though? I think London Bridge would be a bit of a disappointment. If you are in that area though, can I recommend Borough Market? It's about 5 minutes walk from Tower Bridge, 2 minutes from London Bridge. Lots of really nice food stalls, including an oyster bar if you like that kind of thing. I used to work near there and go for lunch there regularly.

You're right, I mean Tower Bridge. I'll put Borough Market on the list of possible things to do.

We managed to book a room in the hotel we stayed at last time, London House Hotel. It's in our favourite neighbourhood of Bayswater. The rooms have free wifi, a small safe (so I don't need to carry around my tablet and important papers) and a small fridge. Last time we had a room in the basement, now we booked a room which looks out over the/a garden.

Bilbo1967 · 01-18-2015, 02:39 PM

Bayswater's a really nice area and that hotel sounds good. Always nice to have been there before as well so you actually know it's good.

I hope you have a great time no matter what you do.

tubemonkey · 01-18-2015, 03:08 PM

Watching real football -- Seattle Seahawks vs Green Bay Packers

tubemonkey · 01-18-2015, 06:30 PM

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Watching real football -- Seattle Seahawks vs Green Bay Packers

My, what a game!

01-17-2015, 07:11 PM	#38632
poohbear_nc Bah! Humbug! Posts: 63,851 Karma: 135242149 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	My cats are spoiled .... How spoiled are they, you ask? Well, I'm in the habit of folding my pajama pants (thick fluffy sweat pants in the winter) and leaving them on top of the bathroom hamper in the mornings ... so they're conveniently at hand after I take my evening shower. Sammie, my plus-sized pud, who is in the habit of sleeping on top of the hamper (it has a towel on the lid ... as do most horizontal surfaces in the house) decided to use the folded pants as a pillow (see photo below). Well, today I slept in and decided to eat breakfast in my pajamas. As we sat down to breakfast Sammie began yowling non-stop at the top of her lungs. I looked in the bathroom to see what was wrong -- she was on top of the hamper staring at the empty place where the pants/pillow was supposed to be! But it was empty! And she wouldn't stop yowling! I finally put a spare pair of sweat pants in the correct location - whereupon she promptly shut up and went to sleep -- with her head pillowed on the sweat pants. It was all my fault of course ... I was late with her pillow ... my bad ... Attached Thumbnails

01-15-2015, 04:07 PM	#38626
Rumpelteazer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,363 Karma: 27919658 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Utrecht, the Netherlands Device: Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition	Watching Death in Paradise. It's the best thing to watch to forget the gloomy, grey and stormy weather.

01-15-2015, 06:31 PM	#38628
poohbear_nc Bah! Humbug! Posts: 63,851 Karma: 135242149 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	We had 4 dead/dying trees taken out of our yard this morning -- well, 3 were dead, and 1 was starting to lean over the roof. I used Jackson Galaxy's (he of 'My Cat From Hell' fame) Spirit Essences on Stella to keep her from freaking out from the noise of chain saws and falling trees. (http://www.spiritessences.com/?Click=3511) - it sounded hokey to me but the stuff really works! I used the Stress Stopper formula - just put a few drops on her fur before I left for work. Instead of hiding for 24 hours, as she used to do when we had repairmen, etc., she was out ready to eat when I got home! That's a huge improvement. She's still searching the house room by room, but is much less stressed. I originally bought the stuff to mist the carrier before the annual vet visit. I hope it will stop/lessen the non-stop yowling. Sammie has her visit this month - I'll report back if it works. Last year she howled non-stop for the entire visit.

01-15-2015, 09:39 PM	#38629
crich70 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,310 Karma: 43993832 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Monroe Wisconsin Device: K3, Kindle Paperwhite, Calibre, and Mobipocket for Pc (netbook)	Resting after being on the go today. There was the monthly food pantry trip and then I spent the rest of the afternoon cleaning up and stocking the shelves in the pantry. (Inspections will be coming up in the not too distant future and the apts. are under new management so I'm getting an early start to make sure we do well.)

01-17-2015, 02:41 PM	#38630
Quexos Member Retired Posts: 1,999 Karma: 11348924 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Limbo Device: none	Enjoying a head-splitting headache and about to eat some pointless food that will stupidly sustain me for yet another day, also wondering what stupid things I will do to spend yet another evening. No reading with the headache so yeah, I don't know...

01-18-2015, 04:17 AM	#38634
kindlekitten Professional Adventuress Posts: 13,368 Karma: 50260224 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Olympic Peninsula on the OTHER Washington! (the big green clean one on the west coast!) Device: Kindle, the original! Times Two! and gifting an International Kindle	Yeah but here I like to keep the kitties guessing. They know I won't feed them to the horses. But they are never entirely certain what other games we might play

01-18-2015, 01:57 PM	#38635
Rumpelteazer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,363 Karma: 27919658 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Utrecht, the Netherlands Device: Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition	My sister and I just booked a trip to London in February. She wanted to see Cats (I've seen it 15 years ago in London). She also wants to visit the National Gallery, see the Big Ben and parliament, cross the London Bridge and go on the Emirates Sky Link. I'm already looking forward to the trip!

01-18-2015, 02:39 PM	#38638
Bilbo1967 Not scared! Posts: 13,424 Karma: 81011643 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Midlands, UK Device: Kindle Paperwhite 10, Huawei M5 10	Bayswater's a really nice area and that hotel sounds good. Always nice to have been there before as well so you actually know it's good. I hope you have a great time no matter what you do.

01-18-2015, 03:08 PM	#38639
tubemonkey monkey on the fringe Posts: 45,782 Karma: 158733736 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Seattle Metro Device: Moto E6, Echo Show	Watching real football -- Seattle Seahawks vs Green Bay Packers