Happy Birthday Janet. Glad you and Mike are having a good time. Looking forward seeing you all in April.
Happy Birthday Janet! Mine is Saturday, sweet people were born this week (well, you were!)![]()
Nice looking car Dave. Now at least you can go when you want to, even if it's not very often. I agree though, you should at least start it up once a week just to remind it of what it's supposed to do. Wouldn't want to really need to go someplace and find that the squirrels have taken up residence!
I don't think my friends will ever understand that the only thing worse than doing things the hard way is doing what they tell me I should do (unless I ask for help).Congratulations, Bells! Not having a vehicle is one of my biggest fears.
Mine sat for 9 months & cost me 2500.00 to repair what would have been fine if I had just gone out & started it & let it run awhile & warm up. If you don't do anything else drive it to the mailbox & back several times a week.
Happy Birthday Janet.
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Morning porchers!
Yah I know...what the hell am I doing up so early?!
Well, in a couple of hours my GD is taking me to check out a new home, I'd set the alarm but as usually happens, I awoke way before it went off! So now I'm dawdling around waiting
Sure hope i like it....it's a mobile home in a 55-over community ( no ignorant parents with heathen kids!) , lotsa wooded areas, a couple small ponds, with a country atmosphere, clubhouse with a pool and small library. If they don't play Euchre i'm sure i can get em started
Hope all of you have a great day and stay dry and safe!
A mixed blessing to be driving again; I'd learned to navigate the universe quite well without a vehicle.
Very high mileage, 184K, but amazingly clean for its age. 2003 Subaru Forester; no unpleasant surprises at all on my drive home from Raleigh; drives great, very comfortable, everything that I've thought to check works well. Knock on wood. First time I've driven and first time I've had a working vehicle in 33 months.
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some better pics of kittie
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Mike and Janet reporting in;
We spent the weekend in Steamboat Springs. It was about a 4 hr drive, but at least for Janet and I it was a very scenic drive.
Saturday morning we took a small hike to Fishing Creek Falls. That's Kaitlin our daughter and her finance Brian. Yuck - Brian will be deployed to Afghan in November. He flys an Army Medvac 'copter.
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The afternoon was spent at Strawberry Park Hot Springs. There were 4 pools ranging from hot to luke warm. We kept switching between them as the mood struck us.
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Then for dinner we went to a steak house where it was 'grill your own'. They had a meat cooler where you picked out you steak, then over to the grill to prepare it. Not many people at the time and we had the grill and a bottle of wine to ourselves.
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And to surprise Janet, a candle on an ice cream dish that looked like a giant baked potato when it was served. Happy Birthday Janet.
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Classic typo! Show me the money!That's Kaitlin our daughter and her finance Brian.
Would the picture of you two scampering between pools would be too risque for the Forum?The afternoon was spent at Strawberry Park Hot Springs. There were 4 pools ranging from hot to luke warm. We kept switching between them as the mood struck us.
Why, thank you, clnire! Mine was yesterday, lol.
Happy Birthday Misswish! All the great people have birthdays in 2015!
New drink made with very dark colored ingredients:
Iced Ink (say it in your mind).
Classic typo! Show me the money!
Would the picture of you two scampering between pools would be too risque for the Forum?
I definitely have more important things to figure out than that. For instance, how could Papa Bear's big bowl of porridge be too hot, Mama Bear's medium bowl be too cold, and Baby Bear's small bowl be just right? This defies the laws of thermodynamics.
You typed finance when you meant to type fiance.huh?
Zackly. Baby Bear's bowl must have been better insulated than Mama Bear's.bigbells, I can see why Papa Bear's would be hotter than the rest. But, assuming the sizes of the servings match the sizes of the bears, Baby Bear's should be the cold one.
Evidently, it's so I can create an even balance between those who wonder why I wasn't driving sooner and those who wonder why I didn't wait longer.bigbells, I'm just curious why you're driving again. Either way, you paid for it. Do whatever you want with it.
some better pics of kittie
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Mike and Janet reporting in;
We spent the weekend in Steamboat Springs. It was about a 4 hr drive, but at least for Janet and I it was a very scenic drive.
Saturday morning we took a small hike to Fishing Creek Falls. That's Kaitlin our daughter and her finance Brian. Yuck - Brian will be deployed to Afghan in November. He flys an Army Medvac 'copter.
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The afternoon was spent at Strawberry Park Hot Springs. There were 4 pools ranging from hot to luke warm. We kept switching between them as the mood struck us.
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Then for dinner we went to a steak house where it was 'grill your own'. They had a meat cooler where you picked out you steak, then over to the grill to prepare it. Not many people at the time and we had the grill and a bottle of wine to ourselves.
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And to surprise Janet, a candle on an ice cream dish that looked like a giant baked potato when it was served. Happy Birthday Janet.
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