Sudokuaholics Anonymous 9A

I woke up with cold hands this morning and they were aching, especially the thumbs, so I have not been near the computer very much.
And by the way most of Ken's stuff was backed up.
I was sewing up a jumper I knitted for Laura and I think that was part of the problem. Also I very seldom have cold hands.

Cyn, I love border collies. But I firmly believe they they should live on a farm. We always had them as farm dogs and how they loved to round up the cows and bring them into the yards for milking.

Now that I have made up for not being around much today I might just go and hop into that nice warm bed (the electric blanket is on).
Nite All
(And thank you as always Julie for your wonderful updates)

Cyn, I can give you a little advice on introducing Andrew's dog to Jewel. Do it in a neutral place. Take Jewel out into a park or some similar place (on a lead) then get Andrew to bring his dog there for them to meet and get to know each other. Jewel will not feel as if the new dog is intruding. Once they have become friends then try taking them home.

I tend to agree with June on border collies, they need an awful lot of stimulation, not just walking, when kept as pets. They are lovely dogs but hard work.

I've got a bad feeling about the missing boy. The fact that he vanished the day after his brother was kicked out (he saw how his parents cared about their own child) and took nothing with him, makes me think that he's a suicide. I really hope I'm wrong. Really and truly.

Yes, Border Collies are high energy dogs. Workaholics.
There shouldn't be a huge problem introducing Jewel to the puppy. At that young age, she shouldn't see him as a major threat. Introducing them in a neutral territory is a good idea, or at Andrew's home might work. Just do it slowly, with Jewel on a leash to start with, and make sure that the puppy does not get more attention from you than she does.

BTW.... the broken fence has been repaired. Just in time, because the heat has now hit. It's not so much cooling off inside as drying off.

Heidi, glad you have that fence repaired in the relative cool of the morning. It is going to be very hot here today, once again. I have cooked my spaghetti sauce for din, and cooked some burger patties for lunches. I am on a burger kick, with tomatoes and pickle spears on the side.

Hand bothered me all night. second half of pain med eased it, but med kept me awake. not a good night. It is ring finger, not the thumb, the most bother, strange.

Suzy, I too am concerned about the brother of your young man. something does not compute about this. Here I think child services would be investigating that family. Well, in the past. with current budget cuts, who knows.

a working dog that has no work given it, will find some. It might not be what you want.

June, hope your hands warm up and stop hurting. we do not know how much we use our thumbs till they hurt.

I need to see if flowers are well watered. The heat, plus wind yesterday, can be very drying.

hugs to all.

After a nice nap, I'm off to town. I need to select the light fixtures for the new sunroom. There will be 4 wall sconces and some overhead lighting. I hope I can find what I have pictured in my mind.

I'm back from shopping at Lowe's. I got the lighting fixtures. They weren't exactly what I wanted, but they'll do. I also got some pots and potting soil for some bougainvilleas I just bought. They'll look great in the sunroom.

Slow slow day on the board today. Slow day here too, a lazy Sunday afternoon I am glad you found light fixtures, Heidi.

Morning all!
Cyn, I remember watching one of those dog shows and the woman said the problem is that Jewel thinks she is the boss of your house and not you - lol!! Good luck convincing her that you're the boss!

June, I love what Laura said. What a cutie!! I think there will be a present, even if he has to buy it at the airport because he was so busy working.

Just popping in without reading. Hello, Everyone!

Suzy, your comment about the younger brother of the young man who will be staying with you for a bit has me alarmed. The younger generation need their phone charger to stay connected. Unless leaving it behind was an oversight, once his battery runs out he will be disconnected from friends. Unless he is able to pick one up or borrow one. Is anyone checking with his friends to see if they have heard from him, or he is possibly staying with a friend? He may not be aware that you have offered his older brother a place to stay.

I'll go back and read comments now. Perhaps he has been found by the time I read current comments.

I have been having the same kind of worries about the brother, though I haven't said so to the young man. I'm hoping that he's at a friend's house and has told them not to tell anyone. I'm also sad because I thought the young man's father had come home to resolve issues about the young man. Not so.

On the outside his mother comes off as highly respectable. No agency would consider her a risk to her children. She's a trained paramedic, senior in St John's etc etc.

Good morning lovely people.
Thanks Brenda and Heidi for your ideas and, yes, I agree that Border Collies are high-energy. Andrew has a fairly big yard and Emily will spend every waking minute with that dog. It's been her dream for so long to have a dog.
Suzy - yes, I've seen the dog shows too and if it's just Jewel and I, I can control her and she knows I'm boss. Col has no idea with dogs or children and literally lets them run all over him. That's where my problem lies - with him, and his behavior undermines my authority.

So they still haven't found the boy, Suzy? Getting more alarming.

Julie, you posted while I was typing... the younger brother doesn't know the young man is here, but the young man has since posted on fb that he is living here and his future plans so if he goes on fb he'll find out. I thought about the phone charger and have a hopeful theory about that one - we have 3 phones that can be charged off the same charger... maybe he's using someone else's? I'm grasping at straws here. By the way, the young man's sister saw his post about living here and couldn't resist suggesting he'd get my daughters pregnant while he's here and ruin their lives too. You know what they say about saying more about yourself than the person you're criticising...

Cyn, the dog lady would put Col in his place! She's hilariously strict.

Somebody needs to put Col in his place, Suzy!! lol

Seems those boys come from a nasty family. I had thought of the charger thing but you would think someone would have heard from him. How old is he?

Wow... is that sister creepy, Suzy. Just like her mother. It sounds worse and worse for the younger brother. There is obviously mental illness in the family, to be so full of hate.

15 Cyn... so young.

I have a confession to make. It was the young man living here that finally convinced me to agree to a kitten after resisting for so long. I have always found kittens and puppies to be the ideal cure for feeling a little down. I figured he would be feeling majorly down, hence the kitten/therapist...

Suzy good social workers are aware that some of our prominent citizens are not the same when it involves their home life. The fact that it was days before they even reported their son missing speaks volumes.
Just hope the boy is found soon.

Suzy - that brought a tear to my eye. What a nice person you are - and I'm sure the kitten therapy, as well as being in a loving family environment will help the boy.
That missing boy should know he has unknown cyber-aunts worrying about him!

Greetings to Suzy, Heidi, MizTricia, CynB, Theresa, Brenda, Nola, Vicki, June and anyone I have missed!

Suzy, I'm sure my friends here would not be judgmental about the disarray and dust "elephants" (as Theresa says), but some of my other friends and some of my relatives would be. Luckily the brother and sister who came today are the accepting type! It's a good thing, because we didn't get everything denaelc and denethgiarts. The gnimuucav and gnitsud got done, but there were still some piles of mail and newspapers that needed to be taken care of. Rolanda, what perfect timing that your house was naelc and taen already and you didn't need to run around like a maid being paid by the job, not the hour.

Suzy, I perfectly understand your attentiveness to task when shopping! It's not a social event. What a shame that your brother is upset that you didn't notice his son! (Seems like the young man staying at your house had the right attitude.)

I don't see inside the windows of cars driving toward or beside me either (MizT, Heidi, CynB, Theresa). If we are driving in our area of homes, I just wave at those in cars - or those walking. Usually if hubby or a neighbor are riding with me and ask who it is, I have no idea. It's just safer to wave and have them wonder if it isn't someone they know.

Suzy, I'm glad the young man was able to get some of his things and see his father. Apparently his father didn't step up and suggest he come live with him. It's amazing how some families operate and misfunction. (Is that a word?)

Theresa, I'm so glad that you have begun to feel better! I hope that continues! So yesterday was shopping day and today became grocery day. It was nice of hybby to stay home and help you. (I'm thinking you hadn't had time or energy to make the cookies he usually takes to his parents.) So glad you have found someone who will take Sweetie. Hopefully someone will come forward for Splotch as well! I hope you will soon be caught up with your sleep, now that the dizziness is better!

Brenda, I hope all is well! We haven't heard much of what is happening in your life lately.

Good on you, Nola, for finishing your last assignment of the semester! Take a deep breath! Get a good night's sleep! Enjoy the rest of the weekend!

Vicki, sending sincere condolences on the passing of your uncle. What a surprise that it wasn't his cancer that caused it, but certainly a faster and less painful way to go, I think! Hopefully everyone involved will be able to deal with it and understand that it is probably better this way.

Vicki, it can be worth celebrating and enjoying when the house is clean. It's so nice your hubby noticed! CynB, good for you! You have also made some headway with gninaelc!

Cyn, I can't wait to see pictures of Turbo! I hope he and Jewel learn to get along and become good friends!

June, I hope Ken has a good, profitable and safe trip! Can't wait t see what he brings home for you and Laura

again. Let me check to see what is missing from my post.

June, I can't wait t see what he brings home for you and Laura! Sorry about the blown power box in Ken's computer. Will Sharon be able to repair or replace it? I hope the warm bed will help your hands, June, and that they are less achey when you wake up! You are quite possibly correct that they are achey from sewing Laura's jumper/sweater! And, you are quite welcome, June, for the updates.

Having just turned the page and begun reading, I see Heidi's concern about the young man's younger brother. MizT has voiced the same concern. They are my thoughts exactly, but I was hesitant to say the "S" word. I hope he has been or will soon be found safe!

Heidi, I'm so glad you were able to repair the fence before the heat of the day struck! Enjoy being back inside!

MizT, I'm glad you were able to get a jump start on the day's cooking before the heat descended! I hope all of your plants are doing well!

Heidi, I'm glad you were able to find lighting fixtures for your sunroom! I'm sure you'll enjoy your bougainvilleas in the sunroom when it is finished!

I agree with those who think the sister is less than desirable! I think what you are doing, Suzy, is so admirable. It is also a tough decision for a family to make! It can make a major difference in the young man's life! (I had a sneaky feeling that the kitten might have a job to do in your now extended "family.")

Agreed, Cyn! The cyber-aunts have spoken and shown their concern, although the boy's family has not.

Please keep us posted, Suzy!

Sending positive thoughts and prayers to those who could use them, including a couple of unknown young men.

Just thought I should mention that for much of the next couple of weeks we will be helping D and her family prepare for their move to a different house (and playing with the grandies, of course). I will only have occasional access to computer time, but will try to pop in and let everyone know how things are going when I can. (I should be able to get here the next day or so, I think, before things get too busy.)

Good Morning All.
Wow, few posts but a lot has been happening.
Zusy, hope the young boy is found soon. Kudos to you for all your actions.
Heidi glad the sunroom is coming along nicely.
Cyn, my friends where I keep my boat rescued a collie from a bad family situation, Anne has a collie before on a farm and she gets lots of exercise playing with her toys and running around. Good luck with Jewel, since Teresa has been here her dog Maggie and Bella have only had 3 fights.
Theresa hope you catch up on your sleep, that is all I seem to be doing lately, think having two business running around in my head is wearing me down.
Think it was Julie who asked, yes 3 more days with D&D and as far as I know they still have not organised a replacement for me. BTW Julie wonderful updates but how are you going?
June and MizT hope your hands are feeling better.
Haven't seen Dag around much lately, hope it is life getting in the way.
Love and Hugs to all.

Hi Julie, two posts while I was typing mine.
Hope you do not over work yourself helping D and her family, enjoy the time with the grandies.

Must be the discussion about dogs that prompted the advert link on this page to dog jackets, Cyn I could just see Jewel in this.
http://www.homelife.com.au/family/792/how+to+make+a+cloak+for+your+dog?gclid=CO6o64ehnqICFQU9 bwodqy_2wQ

Broni - those 2 (D&D) don't believe that you're going!! They're going to try to con you into staying longer - and then longer.
Be firm - don't let them do it. I'll bet you have had to make decisions for them in the past! I had a boss like that once - he hated the administrative side and could not make a decision like hiring and firing - I did most of that for him. Still friends with him, still love him - glad I don't work with him any longer, though.

Oh dear, Broni - Jewel would have that grubby in a few minutes!! Lucky her Mum doesn't sew any more. She looks like a lap dog, she sounds like a lap dog but she's a big loud aggressive dog in a cute little body.

I would be shocked if D & D had actually gotten their b*tts in gear and gotten a replacement for you, Broni. It would have been so out of character. Cyn is right... they're only good at avoidance and manipulation.

Don't worry Cyn, will not let them guilt me into staying as I said having two businesses running around in my head is wearing me down.
Hehe Cyn, and Bella is a big loud dog in a clown suit.

Suzy... one more thought. You have broken the cycle of disfunction in your young man. He now knows that all families are NOT like his, and people are capable of non-judgmental love.

Heidi you are soooooo right, nothing is done from one week to the next, it all just waits for me.

I'm about to have an empty house again. OK, relatively empty. IH will be gone for over 24 hours.

Hope he has all the bills paid up to date Heidi!

Warning - Boss anecdote!
I just remembered something funny about that boss. He had 3 cowhides in his office for decoration which my friend Lyn and I loathed. When we were moving offices, she and I did the packing and put the hides in an archive box and stored them in the archive room at the new premises. Occasionally he would say to us 'What's happened to my hides' - we would tell the truth that we had packed them but deny we knew where they had got to. Both he and Lyn resigned before I left 9 years later but somewhere in amongst those archives is a box marked simply - Dead Cows.
I wonder if anyone has found it?