Sudokuaholics Anonymous 8

Hope everyone has a great day/night incase I don't get back here today

Hi all.
Sounds like you are having a wonderful adventure Rolanda,its a shame it will have to end so soon.
Bean,Gail or Judy..is the grape an eating or wine grape?
When we built our 1st home in Reynella Adelaide,it was once a vineyard and vines kept coming up in lots of places in the yard.I nurtured one until we tried the grapes...yuk,so bitter because it was a wine grape.Couldn't kill the darn thing.
We had an enjoyable afternoon for Renaes birthday.
Gregs 2 brothers are on the return trip back to Taree and are staying here the night.
Every year we have to do CPR (First Aide) and the latex mask has given me a purple mouth.Not a good look.
I have rambled long enough and am now going to play some games.See you tomorrow.

Evening all!
There is thunder and lightning but I don't care - I finally have a working connection (for now at least).

Scott is a hero!

Happy Birthday Renae!

Rolanda! I saw Rolanda! Hey girl! Hope you are having a fantastic time!

Nola - purple mouth? :O! I hope it isn't painful... Never enough rambling. Ramble on!

Brenda, we don't have a wooden barrel, but we reckon the wheelie bin will work just as well!

Purple mouth, oops sorry, Nola, please pass on my birthday wishes to Renae. Glad she has had a lovely day.

Suzy, I agree.

Gail that would be a sight to be seen too!
Last night I found out who the culprit was who was stealing my strawberries. I thought the birds were getting them, but I caught Callie in the act of pulling a ripe strawberry off the plant and eating it. Fortunately the birds had already hada peck at that one so she wasn't in too much trouble.
Callie loves fruit,Indi doesn't, but she will eat the green top from the strawberry... strange dog.

Gosh, the thought of Gail and Bean in a wheelie bin ewew!

Hi Brenda! Callie eating strawberries... hmmm... at least she has good taste!

Hey Broni!

I'm off for the evening, or am I always off? hmmm... another imponderable.... have a great day, evening, night everyone!

Hi Zusy, Brenda and Gail.
hmmmm Zusy.

Good morning all! Looks like it's going to be a beautiful day! Hope you have a beautiful one as well!

Vici! Have a fantastic day!

Nola, wish Renae a very Happy Birthday!

A bit sore today from all the painting yesterday. Not so much the actually painting, I think it was the straining to balance myself on the high ladder and trying not to fall off while holding the gallon paint can and brush!

Rolanda, so glad to see you here! Sounds like you're having a fantastic time! Can't believe you'll be home so soon! Can't wait to see your pics!

Good Morning Sudokuland! I have my coffee and I awakened this morning on the green side of the dirt, so all is well
Mamacita, I sent you a private message, about your membership, hope you can get that!
BEAN, thank you so much for all your work on the Rolalogue every day. I have enjoyed so very much. Gonna miss them, cannot believe, Rolanda has been gone for 3 weeks, the log has kept us in touch.

Have skimmed through the posts and I am thinking of you all.
I have Laura tonight and tomorrow we are going to the other daughter's place to do some guttering repairs, sewing and other jobs. School holidays so she will be home. We will have Laura with us so I guess some horse riding is in order. We will be back Friday night.
A very Happy Birthday to both Vici and Renae.

BEAN, I was going to suggest that perhaps the reason for visit to Daqing was where her China Relative lived! I had my thinking cap on when I read that, it seems hehehe. and that sentence is clumsy but will have to do.
ROLANDA, good to see you popping in yourself. Enjoy the last couple days of your trip!
GAIL, am I right in my recollection that a grape vine will not produce as much fruit if left un-pruned? (spell check says that is not a word, but I like it)
BRENDA, of course I remember Lucy stomping grapes in that huge vat, classic Lucille Ball comedy.

You are asking the wrong person MizT. I am just the general dogsbody, Bean is the knower of all things horticultural. She tells me what to do, and I do it!
But it does sound feasible.
Bean loves this area as a place to sit with a coffee or vino, and it all needed a good neatening up. I can't wait to see the vine next autumn, the display must be a sight to behold because the leaves turn the deepest plum/burgundy colour (I am not very good with colour names, sorry!) For Bean, I think the fruit is not really the focus of the exercise.

YUCK my coffee machine has malfunctioned, there are coffee grounds in my morning cup! I am off to find my tea strainer, and get rid of those pesky things.

Did anyone read of the earthquake in Tassie? Need a bit of help with geography, is eaa anywhere near? Not huge, no injuries reported and the tsunami was only 8 inches high, that is all good! Even the idea of Earthquakes scare me, I am accustomed to the earth being stable under my feet!

Do you all remember the Lucy episode where she and Ethal got a job trial in a chocolate factory? Funniest thing ever...

Gail, I saw the photos of the area and the work in progress, and it is a wonderful place to sit. I love a trellis for shade.

Yes MizT, I did hear a couple of things while chatting with friends on the net.
eaa is in Tasmania, but I am not sure where.
I heard the east coast of Aus was alerted due to an undersea earthquake, and that a low lying island had been evacuated as a precaution. Parts of New Zealand have been affected too, but nothing serious has been reported.

And now, seeing as I have been here for an hour longer than I intended, I shall take my leave.

Have a wonderful

everybody.

SA8ers! I had a lousy night's sleep last night...brain wouldn't shut down, was going 90 mph!!!
Read about the earthquake in NZ on the internet this morning, said it was anywhere between a 6.6 & an 8.2!! THAT is not a mild earthquake! The one in California in 1994 was a 6.8 and did LOTS of damage, lots of folks killed, etc...There were also tsunami warnings, said they were cancelled later.
to Vici & anyone else this week!! Enjoy your special day!!!
We leave for Washington on 7/23...looking forward to the trip. Darrell is not looking forward to the drive tho. I wish I drove, I could help out...

I wish I could remember my geography! I don't know how far NZ is from Australia...Anyone care to help me out here?

Brenda: You had asked about the real estate market here in Utah...It's about the same as everywhere else, very slow...We hope to put the house on the market by the beginning of the year. (once we get the backyard finished)...The Army Depot where Darrell works will be closing within the next 3 years. We'd like to have the house sold before the market here gets flooded with EVERYONE selling at the same time.

Gail: Yes, I remember the Lucy episode in the chocolate factory!! Hilarious! I didn't watch all the shows growing up, but some were classic (like the winery one!!)
Hello to MizT, Stella, Nola, Brenda, and anyone else I missed, have a great day/night everyone.

oops! I missed Broni, Suzy & June!! I hope all is well with you folks too!
Rolanda: I am glad to see you posting again!! Have a safe trip home! Hope to see photos on your page!!

Am I the only one here?????

got gninaelc to do, will be back later, ttfn everyone!

Uh oh..... I hadn't heard about the earthquake. Scary things when they're that big. I hope everyone on Tassie is OK.

The eggs from my finches didn't hatch. I just took them out of the nest box to examine them.... and they were all infertile.

We have a nasty thunderstorm heading this way in less than an hour. I'm off to give Dennis his tranks, and make myself some brekkie.

I just heard the first big rumble of thunder.

And it is now pouring out. Nothing is gonna get done outside today.

Heidi: Good morning! Sorry to hear about the finches!! I had my fingers crossed this time! Good luck with the t-storms!! We've got the a/c on already this morning. I cleaned the kitchen floor and had all the windows open. Our backyard is just dirt right now. We're going to get topsoil & sod when we get back from Washington. I don't want the dirt to blow in the house after cleaning the floor, I would just have to do it again (especially with the way the winds blow out here). Hopefully, everyone is ok in Tassie, keep me posted if you hear anything, ok? Have a great day!!

This storm is past, but another is showing on the radar. Probably 2 hours to go. I'm REALLY enjoying this..... NOT!

HEIDI, I will take some of your train if there is some cool to go with. One of my window AC units is making a BIG noise, and hubby said TURN IT OFF. then he left for a doctors appointment. I hope he is back soon to check it out, MIGHT be needing oiling, he is not sure. I have closed off the bedroom, and it is HOT HOT in here!

OK, I am out of here. Since my computer is in the bedroom, I cannot stay here long at a time. Be back when it cools down.

Hi there lovely people.
Very chilly here this morning.Have I ever said how I dislike winter?Probably lots of times.
I have just got back from taking Gregs brothers to the train.
Heidi..boy,do you get some thunder and rain where you are.I hope you didn't get a cold.The finches need to get their act together.
What are you painting Stella,you have probably told us but I don't remember.
Brenda..fancy Callie eating strawberries!Don't start growing chillies then.