Kawfee beanz, DIY and assorted Shenaniganery :)

[Amlowe]

Hi Goddess Ashley!! They had ya workin today?! Not much open today. I remember as a kid, spent a few years growin up in Windsor Ontario (after the Detroit riots). That town was LOCKED DOWN on Sundays. If you needed anything at all, you better get it on SATURDAY, because even most gas stations were closed! Everything! Downtown would be a ghost town.

I think it wouldn't hurt us to go back to that way. People should be with their families on Sunday. Makes for hectic stores on Saturday, but I think people are going to buy what they are going to buy, and an extra "shopping" day doesn't really help anyone or increase sales.

I understand that hun. We went out to eat, to kmart and the park lol...
Kids had a blast... So im happy

 

[tejas]

I just started DIY middle of last week, been tinkering, taking it slow. Made one today for my son, and wants a couple of tweaks, but he's happy with it. But my first real success, is a Lemon Vanilla-Bourbon concoction. I'm loving this!

Wondering if anyone is familiar with Teleos Experiment One. I really want to clone this. I'm close, but something is not right.

 

[LynnNC]

Good morning everyone!! I had a great time with a wonderful friend and her family yesterday evening! I was out too late so I'm dragging today on the first day back to work. I hope you all have an awesome day!!

PLRS

 

[Sir Kadly]

Good Morning Family! In case you have the Monday Blues...

 

[skullblade789]

So it seems like I keep piecemealing things, and since I brought up the subject of special needs people, I'm just gonna give you the rest or at least as much as I'm thinking of right now in one big post.

After the fire, Lisa spent two weeks in the hospital in South Bend before they said there was nothing they could do for her there. They sent her to a children's rehab center in Indy. At that time she was semi-comatose as a result of a brain injury, and the prognosis was that she would most likely never walk or talk again.

My job would have been perfectly fine giving me as much time off as I needed but you need to get money from somewhere, right? So as soon as my surgeon (well, just realized I lied, there's more to tell about that too, but not in this post) gave me the OK to drive, I went back to work.

The next three months were spent with me living out of one hotel, and Pam living out of another. On weekends I would drive down to Indy. It took a month before Lisa 'woke up' and a couple more weeks before she was starting to eat. By the time she was released she was walking, feeding herself, dressing herself, and talking, though not nearly as well obviously as a normal 9 year old.

There was significant therapy even after she came home but she progressed much farther and faster than even the doctors in Indy thought she would. She is however never going to be 'normal' the way some people use that word. She is classified as mildly ......ed, her speech is sometimes difficult to understand, especially when she's excited, and from a maturity level she seems sort of stuck at kind of an early teen level.

Today she lives in what I can only describe as an independent living community. It's not like a typical group home. There are two special needs residents in each house with a steward who is there mostly to assist. but the residents all have to work and are primarily able to live an independent life. When Lisa decided she wanted to be an adult and move out of the house, this seemed like a good arrangement because it let her have the independence she wanted while still having some level of supervision, just not as stifling as a group home would have been.

As Garrison Keillor said, and know you know the rest of the story.

Great story. I do have to correct you on something though I think. Garrison Keillor never closed with that. Paul Harvey always closed with that because he would start with a story.

 

[Sir Kadly]

Great story. I do have to correct you on something though I think. Garrison Keillor never closed with that. Paul Harvey always closed with that because he would start with a story.

Ahh, you are correct. Well, it was one of those guys my dad always listened to on the radio, so I was close right?

 

[Sir Kadly]

Oh, and I almost forgot. Happy Dyngus Day!

I live in an area with a a large Polish population, so this is a big day around here, though I have never seen the 'traditional' celebrations. Around here it seems to be mostly about eating Polish food, especially kielbasa, and drinking beer.

"Dyngus Day, sometimes spelled Dingus Day, is a holiday that is celebrated in Poland as well as in some Polish communities in the United States. This holiday always takes place on Easter Monday and it's meant to be a fun, light-hearted holiday. It is also called Wet Monday as the tradition of Dyngus Day is for males to soak females with water from buckets, hoses and the like. Traditionally, the females are supposed to get their revenge on Tuesday by throwing dishes, but now most females just soak the men back with water on the same day."

 

[markfm]

Dinger's Day?

Darn, gotta get dthose eyes checked...

 

[LouisLeBeau]

I watch a lot of this girl's (Daniela Andrade) youtube vids. Acoustic covers of a HUGE gamut of genre's and songs. Not only is she cute and talented, she has a lil bit of a speech impediment that I find really endearing. It sure isn't stopping her, more power to her. Lovely voice.

THIS one though, has a surprise ending. I bout fell outta my chair. If you have a spare minute, check out her version of Gnarles Barkley's "Crazy".

 

[Kodak]

I'm probably gonna regret doing this, can't begin to imagine what was going through my mind to actually think about this. I must be crazy.

So I might have mentioned that I'm not quite sure what I believe these days. I haven't set foot in a church (other than wedding and funerals) in a few years, but I do still "pray" in my own way, even if I'm not always sure who to. That's in quotes because it isn't what most people would recognize as prayer. Music is extremely important to me, singing , even just to myself, is part of how I respond to all sorts of situations and emotions. It is also, frequently, a kind of prayer.

For some reason a song came to mind today and became the "prayer" for today. For some reason I also thought that I wanted to share it with you. Maybe odd coming from someone who claims to be agnostic, but the song is simply titled "Jesus" and it was one of the songs from the final album that Rich Mullins recorded. I used to love his music.

Now for the really crazy part, instead of just linking to any old YouTube video I could find, I did this. Please forgive the lousy lighting, the terrible camera, and the guy who had no clue just how dorky he looked when singing to himself.



I'm gonna go run off now until everybody stops laughing.

ETA - Also, forgive the lack of accompaniment. I really do sing better with it than without.

You have a beautiful voice! What a lovely treat to start my day at work!

 

[DingerCPA]

Dinger's Day?

I LIKE IT!

 

[Kodak]

And good morning everyone! I am finally caught up Spent the weekend inventorying and adding a bunch of new flavors to the spreadsheet, ordering batteries and bottles from ebay, and put in my first ever slowtech order....Oh yeah, and hanging out with the hubby and kids
Hubby now regrets telling me to stock up on my vape stuff Told him he should have set me a limit

 

[wvducklady]

Good morning guys!

 

[LouisLeBeau]

Good morning Goddesses Ducky Lady, Dinger, Kodak, Lynn & Ashley!
Good morning Rogues Markfm, Skully, Kad & Tejas!

 

[LouisLeBeau]

Just cause I love ya all. Have some beauty, dammit..

 

[wvducklady]

Good morning Goddesses Ducky Lady, Dinger, Kodak, Lynn & Ashley!
Good morning Rogues Markfm, Skully, Kad & Tejas!

Morning Louis

 

[wvducklady]

Just cause I love ya all. Have some beauty, dammit..

That is so pretty. She did a good job.

 

[Kodak]

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Innokin CoolFire TC100 Easter Monday Giveaway!

Ends March 30th.....

 

[Sir Kadly]

Psssttt......

Innokin CoolFire TC100 Easter Monday Giveaway!

Ends March 30th.....

Hey, I was trying to keep that quiet to improve my odds!
No, just kidding, I was just coming in here to mention the same giveaway. Guess ya beat me to the punch.

 

[LouisLeBeau]

Hey, I was trying to keep that quiet to improve my odds!
No, just kidding, I was just coming in here to mention the same giveaway. Guess ya beat me to the punch.

Oh, sure!