Dana that's wonderful.
I am hardly surprised you are an inspiration to them.

I had a hot school dinner on Friday.
Sat between Tiger and Tennant (as agreed). There were only two other spaces on the table by the time I arrived and then a bit of a scrum as to who got them. 5-7 year olds give their affection easily though :)

Miss N has a hot school meal every Wednesday (roast day) so I'm not the first adult to sit down and eat with them.
But I was treated as a comic turn by most of Key Stage One!
"What are you doing? Is that your dinner? Are you eating? Why are you here?" etc etc.

I'm preparing Tiger for School Christmas Dinner on 7 December.
Getting him used to eating next to me, so he doesn't think it's odd when I'm there on the BIG DAY.
So in fact it isn't a BIG DAY. Just Tiger & Mrs O having hot dinner together.
He asked his Mum if he could have it, so it's come from him. But as he still has some food issues Tiger-Mum and I are in contact about it.

The minimum upload for the payment system is £10.00.
So I will have one next week as well.
I'll just have to tell them not to pile my plate so high - I usually just have a bagel for lunch. Four fishfingers, a pile of jacket wedges and half a tin of beans meant I was yawning all afternoon. They'd already loaded my plate before I had a chance to tell them.

Still, if you've got to moan I can think of far worse things than having too much food.

In my area (southern NE) the Frazier Fir has become very popular. It runs in cycles, Blue Spruce and Scotch Pine sold well years ago, then the firs. The concolor fir (White Fir) is also popular now, hold needles well and lasts a long time. (45 years farming Christmas trees).

I think it's more like a Hen way.

Do they poo on you or eat you up?

This is Australia.
Both!

First they stun you with Petrified Poop ,
Then drag you back to their Lairs ,
spin you in a web from their butts ,
then NOM NOM NOMMM !!!!

A shocking drop bear attack not far from me.


I'm happy today because my yard is still secure and I had no visitors last night....aaaannnnddd.....the dogs managed to control their bladders and poop shoots whilst locked in the shed.

I also managed to get my whipper snipper working, so mowing and whipper snippering today.

Wow, it's so unusual for them to drop during the day!

They are like the tree octopusses in the Pacific NW

Hot dinner again today.
I meant to space them out a bit more, but I am full of cold and just counldn't be arsed to make the small effort to defrost a bagel and grab some cheese this morning.

Anyway I'd checked the menu. Sausages and potato waffles and beans didn't sound too bad. I might upload more credit on payday. Sat with Tennant and Tiger, both moved to sit with me as they were already on packed tables. The table was hen full, but we were still joined by H (who is in my reading and handwriting group) and A (who is just a bit needy, bless her). She created her own space by simply depositing her lunch bag and squeezing in. Good Girl! 15 years from now she'll be in the front row at concerts!

Children at that age do idolise their teachers. It's not me, it's them.
But no matter how shallow it is, it is lovely to be popular!

Not true at all. Children are very good at figuring out who is innately good and who is not. They like you for a reason. :)

It's my step mum's birthday on the weekend, and I'd picked out a small bucket grill to give her as a gift from us so she can do a small bbq at the pergola the boys and dad built near the dam. Anyway, back to the gift.

It was at the hardware store where we went today to get the stuff to fix the fence, and I was planning on getting it while we were there, and lo and behold, it was on special for half price!

Bargain. At least one good thing has happened today. Let's hope we can get this job with the fence done with minimal fuss and the stupid dog can stay inside too. :)

first day back in design engineering was a blast! got thrown right in the thick of things and am helping out organizing a cable and conduit schedule for the aforementioned project in nigeria from the other thread. challenging! I LOVE it! once I know what the puzzle is suppose to look like and know each piece of the puzzle? look out! I so got this!

excellent news.

Yay and Yay!

First day new job today!

I get to wear my boots and denim shorts - YAY!!

Pics of you in your Daisy dukes !!!

JB in a Virgin Atlantic promo clip.
In a bery cute jacket.

Sarge got my present!
It's a very vain one - I sent a personalised calendar. A whole year of Sundaes.
It just took so long to arrive I feared it was lost.

Don't fret if you sent something that isn't in the photo - his mail service does seem to take an inordinate amount of time!

ETA - the haul below is from a collection of Dwellars, not just me! Although you can probably recognise my phiz in there.

My Wheaties are here!
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And there must be some mistake because the invoice says that Amazon only charged me $23 for the case of 14 large boxes. That's like 60% off the store price.

Maybe I should place another order real quick?

Looks like it's the right price.

And, you could save another 15% if you sign up for "Subscribe & Save." (Which is a fantastic deal, because you can cancel at any time, or skip an order, or toss in an extra order... I love Subscribe & Save.)

We do the subscribe and save, and they did take another couple bucks off, but I wasn't sure what that was, so I didn't mention it.

The last case we bought in the early Fall was a lot more expensive, so I think I'm going to get another two cases. I'll give one to the local food pantry and keep the other for myself. That will take me until June or so with the case I just got. It's an outstanding price. They have to be losing money on this.

Glatt,

As an alternative, you may want to check out the cereal selection at Aldi's. Their stuff is really good and is a lot cheaper than the regular grocery store.

They have to be losing money on this.

Trust me on this , They are Still makeing Plenty

Yeah, it's still $1.64 per box, for nothing but flour, sugar, and salt.

How can I get in on this? Whats the story?

And has anyone told Homeland Security that operatives in Washington are stockpiling essential foodstuffs?

see the link in Clodfobble's post below.

Edit: Actually, never mind. I just followed her link and the price is now back up to $75. The savings are no more. The gravy train is over.

Wheaties? Ew JMO I like oatmeal.


I wanted a heifer that was for sale in an online auction. Yesterday we were the closing high bidder YAY! :)

Congratulations! Excuse my ignorance, but what does a heifer do for you? Is it just another animal for the herd, or are you going to breed it or something? (I don't even know whether to call it a he or a she.)

Thanks Glatt! :)
Heifer = Female bovine that has not yet calved.

We bought her to add a pedigreed purebred Maine Anjou to our herd. We have been breeding strictly for 4 H calves but want to breed purebreds. This female could produce either kind of show cattle. [breeding / 4-H] She is also a viable donor female which means we can flush her and sell embryos.

Last year we added a half blood Simmental female. Some breeding cattle that are of the right conformation and pedigree can be sold for as much as $100,000 If someone paid us that for an animal we would probably faint but we want to try to work our way into the upper echelon of breeding cattle. :)

Are these bred for meat or pets?

A picture of you new Heifer would be cool. Is she pretty?

got a new ride today. some of the cellarites saw on my fb but here...i gotta share! i can't tell you how good it feels to be back where i was after such a long hard road!

Sa-weeee-eeet! :driving:

Is it just the lighting or is that front tyre a little flat on the bottom?

Isn't that where you'd expect it to be flat?

Our best friend moved in with us... its gonna me party central and I"m off floor duty! total awesomeness... on the down size he comes with 3 cats.... on the upside 2 of them were Flint's to begin with.

Nice ride philthy :)

Heifer photo

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talking to 2 old Marine buddys earlier,
I started scanning and posting old pics on facebook ,
OMG the memorys that started flowing ,
i havent laughed so hard and so long in ,,,, Hell I cant remember when !!
Thanks for the memorys Guys !!!!!

SCHWEEEEET Ride there Phlite!!
Tasty Looken Cow there Vanna !

Where's the ether heif?

that is actually a whole bottle of armor-all on the tires i think!

i just got an email from carmax. now THIS is cool. these are the pics that i ran through on their website but when i showed interest in the truck they took the page down. now that i bought the truck they sent me the link to share with friends, family etc. pretty cool!

I feel a little silly posting this, but I have more Wheaties! I ordered two more cases just before they raised the price to $75, and they just got here. I have enough cereal to last until August!
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Glatt, you are nuts. A man after my own heart.

I'll have to post some pantry pics.

Seriously, Glatt, you've just been red-flagged on a database somewhere. Good luck next time you try to get on a plane.

Won't the cereal go bad or become bland? Looking at the picture makes me want to try Wheaties. :lol: You like it that much?

Wheaties is made from booger glue and recycled Chinese newspaper. It can't go bad.

Oh FSM that's me too. my basement is FULL of cereal. (We store food-in waiting-down there, we call it the pantry, but it's really just shelves in the basement....)

Weetabix is our main brand name product, though...... but I have everything.

You could live on cereal forever.....

... oh and cereal is sporty kids' inbetween-meals-goto too. that wouldn't last us to August.........

Lol. Our Kid's family goes through so much cereal it's mental. But as you say: sporty kids go to inbetween meal. Slightly less so now Meeliabobs is all grown-up and far too sophisticated to be throwing herself about on a gymnastics mat, but still. Soph's into the cheerleading thing in a fairly big way, amongst other activities.

The expiration date is a year from now, and I've had expired Wheaties before and didn't notice a taste or texture difference. It would probably still taste fine two years from now. The inner plastic bag is sealed and is air tight, so humidity, etc. won't impact it at all.

I just wrote a cute little toy-car kind of poem and posted it in the Creative thread.

i like it.

I've only written three or so poems I've liked.

i like this one.

If you hate it - feel free to say so. I like it so much i like it for ITSELF. ;)

I posted this here bc no one ever looks in Creative unless it's about boobs or car parts of vaginas, so yeah, I'm drumming up interest here.

so what?

sue me.

:)

Hey, I read the pome first :) and commented

ah - I missed that!!

I hadn't done it when you posted here ...I was stuck in icy traffic then :) but I did read your thread before this one and commented :)

Are you referring to the Bugatti Vagina of 1934?

That's what I was wondering?

Have you noticed how many car names start with F? Beest and I think Ford should introduce a Felch.

Bitch. I just choked on my hot chocolate.

you should quit felching then......