Sudokuaholics Anonymous 7

Suzy - thank you for those great links - WOW! The photography is so stunning.
My favorite was that Cool Koala

Julie - I absolutely LOVE your Groundhog Day avatars...that is also one of my most favorite movies.
Gail - can totally imagine your lovely fragrance in all that heat (haha - once a month, indeed!)
'ello Tami, mariana & Cyn...looks like I've missed everyone.

Well, no one has popped in and I've finished the sudoku puzzles so far...waiting for the jigsaws to come up. I'm off to see another movie today. Don't know which yet (hoping to see Taken or Defiance)
Rolanda - glad you are going to see Slumdog Millionaire...I think it was brilliantly done - what a story!

...so only a quick post...
Suzy loved all the links to the photo's.
The koala link is a beauty...just what we need after the last week..
Vici...are you avoiding me? Have played a word in our game and left you a message on IM
Susan..have been keeping everything crossed for you...
Broni I hope your van is airconditioned!!
Tricia...thanks for keeping us apdated on Heidi.

Have had a very busy day...caught up with BF that lives in Hong Kong today...much laughter and hilarity when I picked her up and took her over to visit another of my friends, Tracey.
I am now VERY tired.

Good night all.

Good Maen Sudokuland! It is a sunny clear crisp day today, with freezing weather expected tonight and tomorrow. Brrrr, I will get out the WINTER clothes once again!

Nope, have not heard from Heidi, did not phone her yesterday. Today is their "hoped for" day for power. I do hope it happens today. I think they are having snow again today, but not freezing rain. Some wind warnings for when another cold front comes through their area, hope THAT is not severe enough to do any damage to trees and power lines again.

Thinking of Susan and the flooding, I do hope water begins to recede and you do keep power. Stay dry, stay safe.

Brenda, our local governments have same philosophy, a really big snow storm happens so seldom, here, no need for snow plows. we wait till it melts! People with 4 wheel drive trucks and chains and a cooler of beer in the back are out on roads running patrol to help stranded motorist, and find a store open to buy more beer hehehe.

Everybody. I'm still alive!!!! Tho' we still have no power, heat or water, and won't for several more days. I'm using a public PC in town, and only have a few minutes on it. I left IH at home manning the fireplace to keep the house warm. The only other time I tried that, he fell asleep and let the fire go out.
The novelty has warn off. I want to rejoin the 21st century.
I don't have time to read any posts that I've missed, but I thank everyone for your good wishes. Every little bit helps.
Our first calf of the season was born this morning I need to get back soon to check it out closely. I've already seen it nurse from a distance, but I needed to get to town to buy feed for critters, and some food for me.
I'll check back in in a few days.

Morning Tricia - Nite Beanie and Broni
Beanie - So glad you had such fun with "the other Vickie" (Victoria)...wish I could have been there when you, Tracy and Victoria were gathered. Of course I would have been lost with all the Aussie lingo and accents!

Heidi - how great to hear from you! We've all been so worried.
...and what a blessing to have a birth with all the loss that has occurred. Hoping your power is up soon. Stay safe and warm. {{{{HUGS}}}}

Hi MizT. I really appreciate the contact. It was a brilliant idea for each of us to give someone contact info. It paid off, here.

Thanks for posting Heidi - we all needed to see you on the page!

Hi to you, too, Vici! It is depressing with all the losses from the cold. And I had a good cry over losing Faith. She was a special old girl.

Must go now. I need to try to locate the phone number of our Collie Rescue leader. (I have all that on my computer at home... forgot to put it down on paper) I need to tell her about Faith.

Hi MizT, we have this type of snow once a year, not quite as much as this or a widespread and this part of the country grinds to a halt. A couple of years ago Richard got caught out in a different town driving the Lexus, the worst car we have to use in snow, he had to abandon the car at the bottom of a hill (trucks were stuck half way up) he then had to walk to the railway station, get the train into London and then one back out to Stevenage. The town he was in was about 25 miles from home. It took him from 3:00pm until 12:30pm to get home, I had to pick him up from the station to get him home. We then had to go to retrieve the car the next day after having informed the police where we had abandoned it.

HEIDI! Looks like I missed you, but so glad to see you got out to a computer. Don't you miss having it? Oh I do hope they get your power back soon, fingers and toes crossed for that.

Great to see you posting Heidi, hope everything gets back to normal soon for you. I bet you will keep that fireplace in working order from now on.
Take care until you have power etc.

Hello everyone.
Wonderful news that Heidi is OK,like all of you,I was very worried.
Susan,wish it would stop raining for you,will you have to move when the power goes or just stay put?

G'Day, Everyone! Just popping in for a quick catch-up. SOOOO good to see a few posts from Heidi. I'm sure I've missed you, but sending positive thoughts your way! Also sending LOADS of positive thoughts to Susan! I hope you keep your power, but no matter what, we hope you are safe!

Positive thoughts to all others! Gotta run now.

Hello Brenda, Nola and Julie - you are all probably gone now - I'm headed out shortly myself.
Susan - I was just stunned by the photos of your house...but I did get a chuckle of your daughter in the floaty tube with her feet up on the mail box. What a doll!
The streets around your mum's farm were amazing - can't believe the water was that deep and your mum is above that level. Keep positive thoughts for you.

Hi again.Just had to have some more sleep.Am off to see the photos now.

I couldn't find any pix on Susans's page?

I opened my mouth(should say typing fingers)before looking properly.Found pix of the snow which were amazing.Thanks.

Good Morning SA7
Great to hear from Heidi, whoo hooo!
Must still be half asleep, what pics?

Broni, I am not half asleep as it is late afternoon, but I also say, What Pics?

I have added pics to my gallery, 3 photos of the gift bags I am making. Suzy was it you wanting to see them?

Morning everyone..

no time to read..

Welcome back Heidi..

later aligater

Vici said she was stunned by photos of Susans house.Maybe she emailed them to her.The other photos I saw were from a web site from Suzy I think.
Anyway I am off to work shortly.Catch you later.

Wish I had your talent MizT, they are absolutely gorgeous!

Ditto MizT. I wish I had your eye for combining fabrics

Good morning lovely SA7 people.
Just checking in quickly before I go out to get my Mum's tax prepared (should have been done months ago but I'm slack). Glad I did, so nice to see Heidi posting, but still a way to go before everything is back to normal there. And I wanted to catch up on Susan's news - oh dear, rising floodwaters with crocs in them! Hope the flooding has peaked. Got her email with the pics - that's a lot of water!!
to Susan and Heidi

Morning all! I haven't had a chance to read all of the posts, did see that near 11 last night Susan was okay but not out of the woods yet. I haven't seen any news so I don't know if it is still raining there... Sending thoughts and wishes!!!

So now you are wondering why this sudoku and news junkie has not read either.... time for a Suzy family update.....

Ally decided to try gymnastics again last night. I'm never letting her near it again!! She broke both bones in her lower left arm - and how! Quick trip to casuality, followed by quick trip across to private hospital, surgery and plaster cast.... 4 hours from break to bed! She is the best patient I have ever seen. I am exhausted! We stayed the night at the hospital because by the time the observations the anaesthetist wanted were done we were an overnight according to the insurance company anyway. I managed to doze between 2 and 5am. Ally dozed between midnight and 6am - minus observation wake up calls. We are now headed over town to get her some pain killers.... more later.

Heidi's posting? I'll come back later....

Oh Suzy, poor Ally hope her arm is not too painful.

I hope she is right handed, it would be a shame for her to have problems at school because of a broken arm

OMG Suzy! I am so not here but had to say how shocked I was to read your post.
I know what an all-nighter feels like so you have my sympathy. Give Ally a gentle hug from cyber Aunty Gail.

Heidi and Susan, you are both in my thoughts.
Great to see you both posting.

CynB, has Susan's flooding subsided at all. Last post I saw from her she was withing 5cm of losing power.

Gail how did the injuries your son sustained last month heal? Not too much scarring I hope

wonder if anyone is lurking to get a TOPP