at 60 seconds I had a seizure.

mild annoyance - sprained thumb

Keep it warm and moist.;)

my head hurts

Keep it warm and moist. :haha:

I think it's cute. I'm gonna show this to my nephew and have him dance with it. He sits at the computer too much. :p

are you ok Bri?

Efforted.

A guy is at a restaurant. When the waiter brings serves the soup he's got his thumb in it. The customer shoots him a dirty look and asks "Why the hell have you got your thumb in my soup?"

"I sprained it and xoxoxoBruce told me to keep it warm and moist." Replied the waiter.

"Well, then. why don't you stick your thumb up your ass?" shouts the customer.

"I do that when I'm in the kitchen."

I'll be here all week folks. Try the soup.

I've been searching online for a flowering tree, bush or shrub that doesn't grow taller than 6 feet.

I find it annoying that nature didn't create magnolias for small spaces. grr

I would love a magnolia tree!

I need a tree for my 4 foot circular area. I think I do anyway.

Perhaps a dwarf Japanese maple.

Pay attention to how much sun that area gets, those maples dont like afternoon sun and also need the protection of other trees or the house.

What about a Rose of Sharon or a Dwarf korean Lilac or even a Pee Gee Hydranga?

The area gets very hot so boo hoo on the maple.

The suggestions you have are very nice alternates. It may be too small an area for the width of the Pee Gee but it is a very beautiful tree.

I will look into the Rose of Sharon and the Dwarf Korean Lilac a little more closely. Thank you so much Pete.

You could also plant a variety of vines if you put a simple trellis/cage (like a stepladder) in that space. Also, Wisteria will form a mini-tree, in the absence of something to climb.

Xob you should have your own ask xob thread ;)

Can't trust him, he'll lie to ya. ;)

Magnolias are very expensive.

Got me conjuring up visions of loveliness.


Around $30 if I order a start from an online nursery but I am leaning vine of some sort or a Camellia.

I do like the dwarf Koren lilac. The only reason I am not considering of the Rose of Sharon is that I already have three red perennials planted.

http://www.naturehills.com/product/camellia.aspx

or maybe Hydrangea Edgy Orbits.

I dunno. I done spinning my wheels for a while.

Koren or korean?

I'm mildly irritating to myself.:)

Korean Lilac!

http://www.naturehills.com/images/pr...actree_big.jpg

That's very pretty.
Have you ever seen a smoke-bush? I love 'em. I don't know if it would do well for you. Says they grow 10-12ft, but I think they're slow growers.
More info and pictures: http://urbanext.illinois.edu/ShrubSe...fm?PlantID=378

I don't know all that much about plants, but I'm gonna try to get my dad to turn their front field into butterfly wildflower field. I might make it a father's day/birthday present. Buy him the seeds and help him get them in. Despite his hard exterior, he really loves butterflies.

Yes I saw one online. They would make for a great pastoral scene with a barn in the background ..maybe a little mist on the foothills.

I think that is a wonderful gift to give! I think it is thoughtful. I would love a flower growers kit myself so I think so.

Have just survived three whole days of my mother's negativity.
Argh.
Some of it still rankles.

She was nice to me - I can only recall one occasion where she said something that hurt, but I swear she moaned about everything else.

Everything was stupid, or badly planned or had something wrong with it, or induced a tut or a comment or a complaint.

Okay, not everything.
But it started with the fact there is no dedicate coach station in Cardiff, we were just set down at a stop. That issue lasted til we got to the B&B. Then she was muttering because we were offered tea or coffee and shown a map of Cardiff with all the attractions on while we checked in - she wanted to drop the bags off and leave immediately. It sort of carried on like that.

The tiny little Tesco Express on the Bay was stupid for only having two people serving and too crowded. The traffic lights were stupid for staying on too long (when we were in a taxi) and changing too soon when we were on foot. The people in the pub were glaring at us because we were sat in "their" seats (from their accents they were tourists too, so I think that's unlikely). There wasn't a Wetherspoons near the theatre so she had to wait for me in Lloyds. She couldn't work my camera outside because it was too bright or in the Doctor Who Experience because it was too dark.

She thinks we're doing this again next year, when JB is in panto in Glasgow. NO. I will go alone, and have a better time by not having to grin and bear it. We do get on well, but I can't be doing with someone always looking for the next thing to go wrong.

I am also going to post in the happy thread, because I did have a good time. I just had to get this off my chest.

How old is she, SG? Could it be the early symptoms of a neurological peoblem e.g. dementia, alzheimer's? Irritability and argumentitiveness can be signs of underlying confusion or awareness/frustration that their mental facilties are changing.

She's only 64 this year. I know she feels she lost some of her memory during the menopause, but she always been a pretty irritable person. I suppose this weekend was a more extreme example and it probably was because she was somewhere unfamiliar.

Much as she implies that Dad holds her back, always wanting to stick to the same routine, she definitely has a limited comfort zone herself. That has probably become smaller with age. I did notice she wasn't as aware as me - I can walk and talk and notice things and think all at the same time. Mum has to stop to do things, and missed some quite obvious things that I had to point out (opening times clearly displayed, street names, bus stop information etc - and she has better eyesight than me). Her pettishness was more marked at times like that I suppose.

Maybe I will relent and consider Glasgow. She's always been so organised and paid such attention to detail before. If it's just a case of slowing myself down then I can deal with that.

Ooh no, don't relent...... not unless she'll be really hurt ....having mum in tow has gotta cramp your style when you're on the pull, no?

She may be more irritable than usual because of recent stress and upsets as well SG.

I am PO'ed because I burned a beef pot roast that was supposed to be my dinner for the next 3 days. Had my head stuck in a book and didn't go check on the meat in time. Its the end of the month, too. So, I get to eat ramen for the next 3 days. *grumble, grumble* :(

you can't just cut of the burned bit and add garlic/similar to the rest?

It was a round steak, not an actual roast, and its burned all over. :headshake

bummer

Well, at least you are thorough.

One of the turtles has a respiratory infection and may not make it.

:( poor turtle

Sorry to hear that Toad. Um, how exactly does a turtle get a respiratory infection... and how do you know?

He sneezes, coughs, uses all your Afrin and Kleenex.


My stoooooopit professor is annoying me.

Him: "Why didn't you come to class monday? Did you NOT DO THE WORK?"

Me: "Sorry."

Well, of the two turtles, one of them has grown at a tremendous rate, really succeeding, and the other just never took off. Fed poorly, would only eat dried shrimp and not the standard food pellets. Saturday we put them into a new aquarium but little one seemed to not be taking to it. She swam on the surface instead of diving. It turns out that's a bad sign. Then she started making this sort of cough or gasp movement which is a sign of a respiratory problem. She may have had it for quite some time.

Is it treatable? Can you take turtles to the Vee Ee Tee?

In theory, I think, you can put antibiotics into their water... in actual practice, there are no vets interested in seeing a baby turtle in 24 hours within about an hour's drive.

This person I know planted a magnolia tree in her front yard, near the house. She told me it's a dwarf kind, not supposed to grow very big. I can ask for its name and such if you're still interested in getting a small magnolia tree.

Aw, poor little turtle, hope she pulls through it. :(

Spike eats too much, to the point that I'm concerned. He begs noisily and relentlessly every couple of hours for food, was literally jumping on spencer's face at 11pm last night demanding to be fed. I had been trying to put him off a few hours...

He eats WAY more than dennis. But he still won't touch the dry food.

Kittens are supposed to eat more than adult cats. It says so on my cat food.

Sorry to hear UT. I know how you can get attached to such little animals.
One year I got 2 green anole lizards for my bday, the female started acting sick and staying brown all the time (anole lizards change color based on mood, temp and camouflage). I tried separating her from the male. No change until she died, two weeks after I got them. I was so upset and crying so hard, one of my siblings distracted me and got me out of the room, then the other sibling moved her. When I came back in they were all "Look she's still alive, she moved!" I wasn't fooled though, there was one of her feeding crickets standing on her head. It was nice they were trying though. My brother made her a little wooden coffin and burned the image of a lizard on top.

Does it sat they're supposed to climb your legs and jump on the stove every time you try to cook anything? Are they supposed to stick their head in your mouth trying to go after whatever you just ate?

That's an upgrade trim package.

scalded my hand and wrist making dinner. damnit.

Maybe I'll rethink my Siamese wants.

lol

but really


ouch!

No. Doesn't say anything about them begging for the ice pack you're using on your scalded hand either, but Atomic wanted it soooooo bad. Then I gave it to him and he walked off in disgust after a quick sniff. Perhaps he was actually after the lightly steamed monster flesh?

My kitten looooves ice cubes. Chasing them across the floor, then licking them into submission.

I'm sorry about ur hand, monnie.

I'm sorry about your hand too Monnie....


but (altogether now!) I'm not sorry about ur finger!

in a Béarnaise sauce? :yum:

Below is my burn from 14 January.
It itches like buggery and still gets caught on my clothes (hence the new rips in it).
So it is technically irritating me, but I'm posting in sympathy with Monster really.

Diz goes fruitloop for my fruit at the moment.
I'm having cherries, grapes and lychees and he thinks they are all toys. He grumbles and whines and tried to get them out of the bowl or bag I am eating them from. I gave him a grape to play with the other day and after rolling it around for a bit he tried to eat it. I took it away of course, he has a disconcerting habit of wiping himself on things if he gets an upset stomach. Like my duvet, or the wallpaper.

OUCH! Both SG and Monnie.
SG, have you and can you see a doctor about that? You might need some extra strong cream or something to get it healed up. I guess Jan 14, 2 weeks, it looks like its healing ok....but can't be too cautious.

Bad cravings are taking over my brain. I really want fast food, and a cigarette (haven't had one in almost a year and it was never a habit).
My muscles are super-sore from work out yesterday, and I have a workout class tomorrow (college weight training). Getting into shape sucks. I haven't called my g-ma to thank her for the b-day card and money, but I really think I'll get to it tomorrow. I hope.

Co workers that have been doing this Job Longer than I have , and I have to explain BASIC principles to every time we work together, and they STILL end up just standing around watching me work with blank stares on their faces .

Get a Clue or go be a greater at WaldoMart !!!!!!

MTP - it is healing well, just slowly. I didn't take any pictures of it in scab stage... That was the messy bit, where the scab breaks open and weeps...

Now it's just the fact that the scab has fallen off and the new skin underneath is still very thin and shiny and prone to tears. Burns really are great value. Inch for inch they cause far more problems than cuts or grazes!

Well done for the new fitness regime! I'm currently counting down to Amsterdam (39 days!) and on a panicked self-improvement jag again. Been a week so far. Then I'll get there and spoil it all :)

Today I am annoyed because our home PC is not working. Have had to come into the library to log on. I actually had some valid things to do online, as well as wasting my time here! Never mind, all done now. I can just chat for the next 30 mins. Except the lad next to me is rocking back and forward with one of his hands in his pocket. I'm pretty confident he is not wanking in the library, but the movement is distracting anyway - grrrr. *

All I have to buy in town today is an anniversary card for the 'rents. Nice shopping task. Must make sure that is ALL I buy.

* ETA - the man who has come to sit on the other side of me stinks of wee. Bloody hell.

I allowed my raincloud cow-orker to undermine my good mood yesterday. I guess I'll poke UG with a stick until I feel better.

I put makeup on, it melts off!

I'm freaking out. I got word I might be sent back to the US soon due to the troop draw down. This is my home, my comfort zone. The thoughts of being a civilian are so scary especially since I can't live on my disability rating. Plus, I'll have to deal with my demon ex.

Ducknuts- It melts because you are so "hot"

I thought you were going on a road trip to visit SG