Sudokuaholics Anonymous 8

Night everyone. I may not be back for a day or two. Dylan's birthday is sunday and we are taking him and 2 of his friends to dinner and a movie tomorrow to celebrate.

Wish him from me, Tami.

Ditto from me

Dylan, have a great day (pretend they're balloons, not flowers)

Happy Birthday Dylan! Have a fun day!

Just stopping by before heading to bed.

Cyn, did you find any medium animals to breed? So far I only have the owl and the octopus.(sorry folks about the zoo talk!) I'm trying to get vdv to reveal all his secrets. He's certainly the king of the zoo!

Good afternoon - lovely visit with Mum today and her new friend and fellow patient Peter. Note - nothing untoward going on here - he just thinks Mum's his sister!?!? They seem to share their individual childhood memories. They're happy, what can you say?
Stella - I can still only find the owl and the octopus so am breeding them again. Every new animal I buy, if it can be bred, I buy a second one but they're always a different difficulty level. Bit boring.
Tami - wish a big Happy Birthday to Dylan and remind him he was chatting to me on Skype recently - Hope he has a great day!
Great news that Julie is doing well - it will be nice to hear from her.

Stella - not sure that vdV has any big secrets to divulge - he's just further advanced that we are -I'm heading to $40mill today. I found one zoo worth $160mill - absolutely covered in trees and it had about 10 of each animal.

Was that zoo vdV's? How strange that they consider octopi to be easy to breed in zoos. I think I'd rather collect the real animals.

Hi everyone and thanks heaps for all your well wishes over the last few days...
Got home from the hospital today, and must say I feel very uncomfortable, so have just taken some of the meds they sent me home with... and they warned me not to be a hero..... too late waited till the pain was bad before taking anything so am now suffering. all went well, will fill you all in properly over the next couple of days, when I start to feel a bit better, the morph is now kicking in so gonna go and lay on the couch.
Thanks again all of you ! ! ! ! !

Just so your not gonna worry
I have a friend staying for the next 2 nights
to look after me

And there she goes, drifting off into oblivion...

Thanks for looking in Liz, great to hear you're at home. Tell your friend I am ever so grateful she is able to stay with you, she is a legend. Will drop in and see you next week when I am over this blasted cold.

I can hear the words of another song in my head -
'Lizzy, don't be a hero...'

Evening all!
By the time I got home from dragging the kids off to their stuff everyone was gone off to have a life on the other page, and it looks like you're all gone here too...

Tami, great news about Julie. Happy Birthday Dylan! I hope you have an absolutely fantastic day!

Liz, so good to hear from you. I identified with the leaving it too late thing, don't do it next time!

Crafts disease has hit, or is it AAADD?

I wasn't on the other page, I was watching HP and the Goblet of Fire with hubby. He is going through all the movies in order, one per night, then he's going to buy the latest released...can't wait!

Oh can I come Dag?? Love HP or this that the "Higher Power"??
Liz, so glad you are OK.....♫♪Lizzy, don't be a hero, don't be a fool with your life'♪♫
Did read and thought about you at the time but forgot, so love and hugs to you all.
Off on the boat for the next two days WOOO HOOOO! Catch you all on Monday sometime.

Broni. Wish I could join you.

GREAT to hear from you, Lizzy. I hope when you awake, you'll feel MUCH better.

I was NOT woken up this morning at the crack of dawn by a phone call saying my cows were out!!!!!!! That had gotten a bit annoying. I spent too many hours trying to catch animals that weren't mine.

Hi everyone.
I had a few pages to catch up on when I returned.
Heidi..you poor love losing a friend,Lucky having a fit,the yard all a mess,cows playing chasie.At least one good thing is your new teeth.
Rolanda....My thoughts with you and your Mum on the 1st.Sorry about losing a lovely Aunty.
Lizzy and Julie..recovering nicely I hope.Take care!
Brenda..how awful a child 16 has died of swine flu.The poor parents.
Tami..wish Dylan a Happy Birthday for Sunday.

Well,sister Judy is doing ok.She will have a mastectomy on Wed.She had been putting off having her little old dog put to sleep,but had it done yesterday since she will be in hospital for a few days.I offered to do it for her but she wanted to.She said she had a cry for the dog and herself.
Thanks everyone for your kind thoughts.It is really appreciated.

Hello Everyone! Showing up late as I had one of those annual "ladies'" appointments this morning.
So great to see Lizzie checking in and glad to know you have a friend with you.
Tami - thanks for updating us on Julie - great news! ...
...and Happy Birthday Dylan!
Nola - so sad about your sister having to put her dog to sleep, she's really getting the raw deal right now. But I was so happy to see that it helped her shed some tears...need to get that out - it's so important to help us heal!
Heidi - I'm smiling picturing your brilliant new smile! Congrats on the boootiful teeth!
June - you cracked me up with your Moth poo - not surprised Gail had a smart arse response.
Broni and Rolanda - enjoy your travels! Smooth sailing/caravaning!
OK - off to naelc the house now.
Hey to Cyn, Stella, Zusy, Brenda and Mama!
Hugs all around!

All of me is smart!

Morning all. Up early to water. Didn't need to water the 'outside' plants or the vegie garden, the heavens did that for me. I just did the hanging pots and the pots on the verandah. Nice and chilly out there :)

Nola, that sister of yours is one tough cookie, I know for sure she will be fine now. I will keep her firmly in my thoughts on Wednesday. ♥

Gail...you really made me laugh when you said "poo hole".In fact I am still chuckling about it.

Cyn...glad your Mum is getting some comfort out of Peter as a friend.You must have come away from the visit happy that she is happy.

Morning all!
Gail, I bought the new HP yesterday - Coles had a deal that you could buy it for $5 if you bought $100 worth of groceries. Who could resist? Haven't watched it yet though.

Broni, have a wonderful time! I hope it's nice and cool out on the water.

Nola, your sister sounds like a very special lady. My thoughts and wishes and vibes are added to everyone else's for this week and beyond.

Vici, hope your appointment went well.

Gail, I'm jealous of your cooler morning weather. Hope it stays that way during the day.

Busy day today. Ebob is working, Ally is rehearsing and there are 2 birthday parties.

The case was settled!! I don't have to report for Jury selection on Monday morning!!!

Great news, Heidi!
Gail - so happy about your rain - hope the rest of Oz gets some of that.
Suzy - appointment is over, it's all good - and the best part is I don't go for another year!
Enjoying the house to myself - Mr. VV is at his daughter Ali's home for several days to help with some home improvement projects.
No snow yet, just slushing.

Good morning lovely people.
Lizzy - so glad that you called in to let us know you were home. Now take care and - don't be a hero. Strange - my sister did just that recently after her op.
Nola - I feel for your sister, having to deal with what's happening to her as well as having to put her beloved pooch down. I am glad she was able to shed tears - good therapy.
Heidi - no jury & no escaping animals - woo hoo!!
Suzy - I just heard about the $5 HP deal at Coles, apparently Woolworths have a special edition, double disc pack for $10 odd with purchases over $80.
Gail - glad you got enough rain to water your garden. I wish it was cool here. Already 28C at 8.30am.
Broni - enjoy you weekend on the boat in our beautiful bay.
Vici - I, too, hope your annual 'ladies' doc visit had good results. (2 weeks ago today we were all in Sydney!)
Hello to anyone else I've missed.

Lizzy, hope you are feeling better soon.
Nola, thoughts are going out for your sister.
We had a good time at the movie. Dylan will be celebrating all weekend. Saturday the boys are going out with their aunt and uncle and on sunday my parents are coming over for a barbeque.

Jumping in with my 'love ya' message to all. Glad to see Liz up to dropping in before the drugs sent her undercover for awhile...take it easy girl...no tripping as they say. Glad Heidie finally had some good news going on...Tami, Give Dylan my wish for a great birthday...he has the right idea...celebrate until he drops...or everyone else does.
Nola, sorry about Judy's dog...but I know that things will get better for her.
Back to my zoo...still breeding little ones...must be a responsible parent..lol! See you around. Peace!

Afternoon all!
Vici, glad to hear your doc visit went well. You just get home and hubby takes off! Oh well, at least you got to see a bit of each other.

Liz, hope you are feeling better and not being a hero.

Nola, hope Judy is still coping okay. Sending vibes our for next week.

Cyn, how is your sister doing?

Mamacita, I still can't bring myself to start breeding. It feels like too much of a commitment right now. hehe :-)

#1 daughter home. #2 daughter at a party (they're seeing New Moon). Hubby asleep. We have to be at a party in 40 minutes so I'd better go and wake him up....

Suzy - thanks for asking about my sister. She said the other day she's just starting to feel 'normal' after nearly 6 weeks. I think she's had some discomfort - but, not wanting to sound unsympathetic - being an retired nurse, she knows too much and every twinge, to her heralded some post-op complication. She's my sister and I love her but she can be high-maintenance.
My poor hubby has spent the day putting up Xmas lights in the sweltering heat. I'd better make sure I make him his favourite dinner tonight - or whatever I make, I'll tell him it's his favourite - hehehe.

Enjoy the party Suzy!
It is very hot here too Cyn.I have hibernated in the a/c today to recoup my energy for work tomorrow afternoon.
Probably catch you all tomorrow morning.

Evening all!
Dropping in without reading. My nieces made the best speeches...

My Dad had a tough start to life losing his father when he was only 10... I can't imagine being without him... sob... he said his mother did a great job raising the three of them alone... sob...

The sobs were my nieces, though I have to admit to a bit of tearing on the side...

Advice: If you open the freezer to take out the bottle of wine you are taking to the party, and it starts to roll out and heads for the floor - don't stick out your foot to break it's fall...

What have you done now Suzy.... and did you save the bottle from breaking?

It sounds like the danger was to her foot, not the frozen bottle.

OH NO Suzy! Having a Zusy moment?
The speeches sounded like they were very heartfelt.
I visited my friend who is dying yesterday. She was all alone as her family had to head back East again. I know Evie is hanging on (she's a skeleton now, and only receiving oxygen and pain meds) because she is afraid of dying.
When I was with her yesterday, at one moment she opened her eyes a big (I was close to her at this point) and asked if she was going to die. She had such a troubled look on her face.
I was heartbroken and mute at first. Then I told her that we all lived on forever and that I would always be with her. I know this is her belief as well as mine, but I'm sure it is easier to hold when one is not near the end of this physical life. I stayed as long as I could, but eventually had to leave her all alone again.
So sad.

Tami - sounds like Dylan is going to have a great weekend. I like birthdays like that - the ones that last for days (even weeks!)
Cyn - thanks for the update on your sis...I know you love her, but understand how overwhelming "high maintenance" relatives can be!

big = bit in my first post...
...Good morning/evening, all (BTW)