Cool. I love those leaf bowls.

Monster, are you on speed or something? You do so much.

Those bowls are very good.You're perfecting your craft. I am coveting the blue one with the leaf pattern.

Monster, are you on speed or something? You do so much.

Zen , I have Met her ( And Family ) IRL , She IS SPEED !!!

:lol: I'm not, honest. A slightly dodgy caffeine/alcohol pattern maybe. Man I was pooped last night, I crashed out so early! Swim championships this weekend, gotta get the battle plan shipshape and do all the stuff i should have done when I was wasring time sleeping :lol:

those are really beautiful monnie!

Now that describes my diet to a T!

So Zen, where is the new job. Aren't you still in the Land of the Rising Sun?

Walking from the train station to work this morning a young woman did a face plant into the sidewalk. I'm not sure how she tripped, because it happened behind me.

Here we are in downtown cynicism - the city of cold shoulders. But lots of people stopped to help her up, gather her things and get her back on her way.

It was a feel-good moment.

I've been in Adelaide, Australia, since February 2008. Sheesh, no wonder you guys can't find Osama.

The university is about 10 km from the city centre, on some hills at the edge of the plain.

:D Osama who? Never heard of him.

Tall guy, big beard. Not Santa.

richlevy?

For $50,000,000 reward, I'd say: yes.

I've just repaired a very ordinary wooden box. I used pegs made of matchstick to fill the holes which had become too big for the screws holding the hinges and then reattached the hinge to the box with the original screws.
And then I found an eyelet screw so that I could attach a small chain to hold the lid upright when vertical, to prevent the lid-hinge-screw problem from happening again.
20 minutes. Smug.

Nice picture, small black critters are sooo hard to photograph.

Actions speak louder than trumpets. You are noticed... here, as well as there... well done.

The very definition of a helicopter... forward progress varies with the needs of the crew, but the rotors are always spinning, making missions possible by doing all the work.

Great feeling, ain't it. :thumb:

Companionship. Yes. Somebody loves me.

groovy Capn'.

She digs that wig he's wearing. :lol2:

:doit::thumb:

::Yes, Capn! I do love you and so do the twins! :grouphug:

Bought my nephew's birthday present yesterday.
I'd been fretting about low funds, and wanting to find something he really liked for under £10.

So I went in the gizmo shop, thinking I could pick up something cheap and if he didn't think much of it, I wouldn't be too hurt.

Then I saw this. £4.99. It is perfect for a (very young) 12 year old boy. Samuel still thinks farts are the funniest thing in the world. I must admit, Mum, Dad and I still find them pretty funny too. It has a motion detector and makes a farting noise when movement is detected. Very childish and very vulgar. Hurray.

Then I felt I should encourage his individualism more and also picked up a tube of comb-in-wash-out blue hair dye. For Christmas. He might end up giving it to his sister, because she supports Chelsea and can dye a strand blue on match days. But I figure it will appeal to him as well as giving my sister kittens.

Ha ha ha.
Sorry, I mean ho ho ho of course.

One of the nicest things about my BIL's visits to our house is the chuckles from Husband and BIL as they fart away contentedly ...

Pork and sauerkraut in my slow cooker. 'Tis the season...
Not happy I don't have a fresh rosemary tree this year though.

Do you keep yours inside the house? mine died or is suffering a horrible lingering death
I also have sage and it died in a pot outside too. My lavendar outside in the ground is happy though.

how do you fix it? I need a good recipe.

Uhh... recipe?
I put 6 thick boneless chops in the cooker with 2 bags of kraut and turned it on low.
If I had fresh rosemary and a tenderloin I might have tossed them both in a pan and browned/flavored it up a little before putting it in the cooker with kraut. Hard to screw this up really...

edit: I like to buy the xmas tree shaped topiary ones sky, but I can't keep them alive. I like to have one in the foyer and rub my hands on it whenever I go in/out. They just smell so good..... times a million when you have it cooking with pork....

Aaaah, back at work. I never realized how relaxing it is.

some people put in apples and brown sugar? just wondering if you did any of that...

It's Friday!


I just love Friday's.

I'm having pizza and a movie tonight. That new Harry Potter flick came out Tuesday. The wife and I are going to watch it tonight. :)

When my mother broke her hip a year ago I bought her an African violet. They seem to be the standard isn't it when people are in the hospital? So it died this summer and she gave it back to me. I don't blame her. I cut all the leaves off and it has slowly been growing. Just now it has the most beautiful bloom ,a bud and dark even leaves. If it were light enough I would take a photo. It's sweet. I'm happy it lived and decided to reward me with blooms.

Rubens are good this time of year too.

Thanks. I was wondering if they grew better inside the house. I love the smell of rosemary too. After using fresh herbs the dried ones just pale by comparison.

My brother is here buying a new car, and he's torturing his salesman (i gave him to the guy that always keeps me here late)...and I didn't even put him up to it!

It's probably an early Christmas present. ahh brotherly love

Lil' Griff lead her field hockey team to their first victory of the indoor season yesterday playing the role of field general as the coach was not there. One goal and three assists!

Lil' Pete and I went to the holiday foil tourney in Scranton yesterday. Out of 16 fencers we finished 1st and 2nd! Father/Daughter Victory! er daughter/father I should say... but foil is my #2 weapon so...

Woohoo! Congrats Griff family!

Going to my mom and dad's for the 3rd night of Hanukkah. My sister's family will be there, except for the kids living out of town, and my son will be bringing his family.

With my grandson there, thats 11 people and 4 generations.

I'm bringing my camera.

Good plan.

Thanks jinx

Congratulations Griff. Condolences Rich :haha:

times are tough all over; that's why I'm especially happy to receive my Christmas bonus today.

Shopping time!

Green Chile Chicken Stew

Peace. (Relatively speaking!)

After being a widower for 17 years, I married jujuwwhite yesterday at about 1400 hrs. Peaceful and happy. I had all but given up but I knew when I first saw her that my bird dogging days were over.

Congrats Cap'n! Thats awesome!

No bonuses no party not even a cold cuts tray from work this year. I really do work for scrooge! I don't care though, I have ALL my kids this Christmas - I need nothing more.

Congrats, Cap'n!
Hugs to you, classic!

Capnhowdy and Jujuwhite! Woot woot woot!

[wedding bells]

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!


married at "14.00 hours" ... old habits die hard ... ;)

aw, Capnhowdy, congrats! That deserves its own thread. With pics!

Hey jujuwwhite, congrats to you and Mr. White! ;)

AWESOME!

The pics were taken by the judge that married us at the courthouse. We took the afternoon off work to do this and we were in our work/leisure clothes. That's just us, though. Plain and simple. I love me some Juju.

ETA: And the twins, too!:ggw:

well done all around

Awwwwwwwwwwww! Congrats CapNJuJu! :lovers:

Congrats!!

Freaking Fantastic news! Congratulations both of you. :D

Can we call him capnwhitey now?

...then when he gets drunk he'l be tightywhitey....

LMFAO @ you peeps! I love you all! We're like family. Thanks. I'm sure Juju will post soon.....

Nice work Mister!

YAHHH !! Congrats !!