Sudokuaholics Anonymous 9A

Did you have an anniversary Suzy. If so congratulations.
We have not had lunch yet but the salt water makes you tired. Ken is asleep and I am having trouble typing. Catch you all again before we leave. I just had to delete two lines of 'u''s as I shut my eyes with my finger on the key!!!!!

June, need pic of you smoothered in mud! Sounds like you are having a ball!
Snort to you to Zusy!
Always charming Dag!!!

Goodnight All, getting up at 4am is not my scene.

Thanks Broni. i could live inn this luxury for a long time.........if I did not have to pay for it. his place is 5 star ++++
Hope you are doing OK

June, it all sounds wonderful.
Sleep well.

MizT, my thoughts are with Tanya.
June, trip of a lifetime!!!
Off to make cookies. Hubby is going to his parents as per usual on Sunday ... they like my peanut butter cookies so I'll send a batch along.
If there's time I will have to do gninaelc, laundry, all the usual ffuts. Maybe if I dawdle over the cookies long enough there won't be time (awwww).

Mmmmmmmm cookies...... if you can't share them with me, I'll have to make some myself.

June.... What a trip!!!!

everybody.
I need to get dressed and do yet another cow check. There are 2 cows that I expect to calve today. If they haven't already, but IH didn't notice (as usual).

6 and a half dozen cookies done ... they're still warm so come and help yourself. I had to eat 2 because they broke apart. I ran into one problem ... I forgot to "butter" my hands before rolling the first batch into little balls. What a mess. Again, CRAFT disease struck.

About to get ready for dinner. Just had a nice sleep. Decided to do the mud thing in the morning. Not sure I am looking forwards to having to cook again when I get home. This is a wonderful resort but you need roller skates and a map to get around.

Theresa, those cookies sound nice!
Hope it is two bully calves Heidi!

When I was out doing the morning cow check, I noticed one of the calves... a bull calf born 2 days ago... was acting listless. I came back inside and located a package of calf electrolytes, mixed it up and put it in an esophageal feeder. By the time I got back out to the calf it had already died.

I'll most likely sell the mother on Tuesday. I suspect a possible problem was that her teats are too big for the calf to nurse easily. The calf may have had some congenital defect, too. I'm not going to bother having it necropsied.

I'm sorry Heidi, I hope this is the only bad incident you have during the calving season. It makes it harder when the calf was already 2 days old.

Morning all!
A new day so more vibes for Tanya. Please let us know how she is doing MizT.

I'm sorry about your calf Heidi. Poor little thing.

June, it sounds like your trip is absolutely wonderful! I can't wait to see photos and hear more when you get back.

Broni, phht... hehe

Theresa, bummer about the two cookies that broke apart - what a shame you had to eat them ;-). Don't forget to post your recipe on the recipe pages!

Sorry to hear about the calf.
MizT, thoughts and prayers going out to your daughter Tanya. Please let her know that all your sudoku family is thinking of her.

Just had a wee bit of a nap, but I had a bit of a bad dream so it wasn't a fulfilling sleep and I'm left with a bit of an ominous feeling. In the dream I was being hunted by my boss who was trying to kill me. Towards the end I was hiding in some weeds when he spotted me (he had a gun). That's when I woke up thankfully.
I hope to get a bit more work done so I can hopefully catch some of the Canada/U.S. men's Olympic hockey game this evening. I mean no ill will towards my American sudoku friends, but I have to say GO CANADA GO.
Still thinking of Tanya, MizT. Good thoughts, good thoughts, good thoughts!!!!

Good Morning my friends.
Heidi, sorry to hear about the bull calf, will you get a decent price on the mother?
Hi June, Gail, Theresa, Zusy and Tami!
Off to do a puzzle or two before I start gninaelc.

Theresa, you must have a horrible boss to inspire dreams like that!

Hey Broni, got to do some of that swearing stuff myself...

Suzy, the boss in my dream was not someone I recognized. I'm self-employed at the moment, so my boss would be me!!!
I must soon swear myself. I need lots more money so I can have a maid. But my husband says if we could afford a maid, I would still clean up before she comes so she wouldn't see a mess. He's probably right.

Theresa, you are your own boss? Don't try and analyse that dream!

Heidi, very sorry about the bull calf. I hope that is all your bad luck.

June, mud photo...

Suzy and all, hi.

Dag...HUMPH!

Lot of swearing going on this morning.

Gail, I don't think we better analyze my dream.
Is Dag Broni? Is there any special reason for that name?

Theresa, we call each other Dag affectionately, it's an Aussie thing, even though the literal term means something hanging off a sheep's behind hehe!
See and not one rude word there Zusy and Dag..phht!

Morning everyone..

save some cookies for me please .. to have with my morning cuppa later on.
Still to breakfast here, and shower and dress, and face the day, and do Monday Morning stuff....
I can feel a MondayMorningItis attack coming

Thanks for the explanation, Broni. I can think of a few people that I could call that and mean it literally, present company excluded of course.

That dream sounds very familiar, Theresa. I used to have it regularly, but it was my mother, not a boss.

Hello, Everyone! Just popping in for a few minutes before flinging in the K.

Hi, Heidi, Gail, Suzy, Rolanda, Broni, June and others (only up to p. 112).

Thinking positive thoughts for MizT's daughter Tanya!

June, I have wanted to visit the Dead Sea since I first heard of it. I imagined it would be easy to float in it. It never occurred to me that it would be difficult to get your legs back underneath you when you wanted to get upright again.

Before I leave for the K, I see Theresa's light is on. Hi, Theresa! I hope all is well in Small Town Canada!

Since my pheasant pen is so empty now (1 pair of small birds in a 40'x60' outdoor pen& 12'x7' indoor heated pen) I just bought another pair of Grey Peacock Pheasants and 2 pairs of Valley Quail (picture on my page). I'm also bidding on 2 new pairs of Red Golden Pheasants.

The weather here in the West is Heating Up AGAIN!!!! heading for high 30's / low 40's mid week and next weekend, a Long Weekend (Labour Day public holiday on Monday) for us,
Being a long weekend, I will be away in the Caravan, along with a group of Friends for the Annual March Long Weekend Camping..
and as normal, the weather decides... yeah, well, why not make it uncomfortably HOT for them.

Hi Julie, good luck in the K.

Theresa eeekkk to your dreams.

Just popping in while watching the hockey game, 2 to 1 for the U.S. in the first half of the first period. I don't think I'll have any fingernails left by the end of the game.

I guess maybe I'm the only hockey fan. I don't usually watch a lot of hockey and don't go to live NHL games because I can't afford them. But I am Canadian and it's our national sport.
Rolanda, hope you have a great weekend next weekend in your caravan. Think of me in a parka while you're doing that.

Afternoon all!
Taking a break from ffuts. It's such a hot day I am gnihsaw doonas and comforters and sheets and towels and all those big things. Lucky I have such a gigantic line!

hehe Theresa.. almost wish it was cold enough for a Parka... but not that Cold!!
My boys played field Hockey.

Hi all! I'm back at work. Sorry I disappeared but I'm always so busy on my days off that I barely get time to scratch.
After I left home on Friday to go to the hairdressers at 9:30, I was only home again for half an hour before going out and then home again for another half hour before my third outing. Finally made it home at 8:30pm after picking up fish and chips for dinner.
That was how the whole weekend went. It makes me glad to get to work and stay in the one place for 8 hours (I know that's a really sad comment).
I went to a Body Shop at home party yesterday. I won the door prize - a spray on coconut scented body lotion. I've given it to Shaun to hand on to his girlfriend. It's far too young a smell for me - reminds me of the beach and suntan lotion. Nice stuff at the party but it was fairly pricey. I must check out the Body Shop next time I go shopping as I usually just walk past it.

Hope you are all sitting down..

the boy is washing his car !!!!
He is wanting to buy new (well, 2nd hand) car, and trade in this one. He is looking at getting a Mazda 2, He and his father are looking, test driving, etc on Wednesday Morning I believe!!! There are a couple possible 'buy me Stephen' cars to look at in the Mazda caryard, local one and about 1/2hour or so drive suburbian one.

Suzy, I'm glad to hear your Mum is progressing well.
MizT, sending lots of positive thoughts for Tanya.
Lucky June - what a fabulous holiday. I'm sooo jealous.
Rolanda, I'm glad the graduation went well.