Sudokuaholics Anonymous 7

Hi MizT and whoever else is about.
Had a lovely Avon meeting followed by the christmas lunch today at the racecourse in Port Macquarie.
I was No.1 in the top ten for new recruits for Campaign 1 so was very pleased with that.
Have picked up a couple more customers and hope it keeps going this way.
Hubby has been out and about putting out his resume. It is 6 pages long and I have done about 9 copies so far.

Soon Rena and Rolanda will be at Chez Cockatoo.
Hehehe More pics to look at soon. Yay !!!

Must check out Mama's pics and then better hit the sack I guess.

Viv

Would love to be at Chez Cockatoo !!

I think you mean Rena and Amber !!

Hope the rain has eased for your girls in Queensland. Overcast here today but not as cold as the weekend.

Sorry Rolanda !

Well both names start with 'R'. Hehehehhe
How are you this evening?

Nite all.

Well it is goodnight from him and it is goodnight from me. 10pm/11pm Sudoku time. Would like to know what time we all post sometimes.

Just missed you Broni, 12 past 11 here, and time for bed...a big day coming up tomorrow!
Can't wait.
Before I go, I wanted to say Viv on making top new recruit.
to hubby. If the effort he is putting into finding a job is the same as his work ethic, he should be a shoe-in.

Good night Gail!

Congratulations Viv!

Good morning all! I don't have time to catch up! Hope all is well with everyone! Brendan and Bryana are home now, Meghan is being picked up today! Very busy day today! Finally closing on the home equity loan that I thought, back in September, was only going to take two weeks! Taking Ian to the Orthopaedic because he foot still hurts. Was supposed to take the kids for their flu shots, but had to switch it to Saturday - not enough time. I'll try to get back before Thanksgiving, but if not, hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving! Have a great day!

Hi all, hi Stella
Viv - congrats on being the No.1 Avon recruit - knew you could do it. And the rain and storms here in Qld had eased off until tonight and now it's bucketing down but not storming. Supposed to rain for the rest of the week.
Night all - bed time for me too.

HI STELLA, Bye Stella! sounds most busy week for you with the kids home and Thanksgiving and such. enjoy enjoy, you hear?

I am waiting for hubby to get up to bring in the rest of the groceries! there was barely time to get the cold stuff done. AND the milk is in the fridge, not the freezer! I find it so very handy to have milk in freezer, not have to run to the sotre. OH, in figuring price and how mush I really save by shopping at aldi's , should add in the gasoline it takes to run up to the local Jot-em-down to pick up milk.

Nite CynB. Hope the rains are beneficial, and being caught in your catchment areas.

Did I miss everyone?
Sorry you're not sleeping MzT and Mama...
I got on line early, but chatted the time away with Broni.
Good night to our DUGs.

Viv - wonderful news about being #1! You've always been #1 with me, twin!
Gail - that talk about your mum's skin was painful to read. Poor dear.
Suzy - can't wait to see the new lounge set!
Stella - your family together! Finally no driving for you!!

Wow - Rena and Amber arriving at Chez Cockatoo!
More fun for our Canooks!
MzT - loved your headlights comment hehehe...of course, I thought of the body parts that are referred to as "headlights"!

OK - one last one from me...
The most unusual thing I ever witnessed while people watching was a family argument between a man, a woman and their grown son. The were yelling at each other, but with sign language. It was years ago in a casino in Reno, Nevada. It was really stunning to watch.

VICI, and everyone else. I am sleeping, just at unusual hours at the present. I had a long nap before dinner, and then fell aslep watching tv. before I even came online at 2 am, I had over 5 hours sleep! I can manage nicely on 5 hours sleep at night and then a nap. It is slowly getting better, and at this point I will not argue about when I get sleep, it all counts in my book.

OH VICI, I can just imagine your viewing of the family sign language argument! At least they were not distubing others hehe.

VICI, Oh My, that is not what I meant al all hehehe, I meant living a light on in the window, and somehow. . . well, never mind!

VICI, did Broni ever get any dinner? we had been chating some also, and she said she had not eaten. Fed the dog to prevent her from meing eaten though. hehehe

Good morning. Have read all the posts but hope to find time for some comments later.
I ahve done the puzzles so will see if I can get back to sleep.

JUNE, do hope you can get some rest dear. Nice to know someone somewhere on the board is awake at all hours isn't it?

MizTricia & June...I couldn't sleep either but am getting tired again now.
Thanks Miz for your offer of an avatar,I would like some type of flower but then how do I get it on.Maybe when son has more time he will do me another.Thanks anyway

hello ladies! this is the last day of school for the kids before a five day weekend. this is a good and bad thing. more mess, less stress. i have having to do homework every night with 4 kids! it will be nice to not have that hanging over my head.

i have soooo much ffuts to do. i shoud get going so i can relax later on. i have tonight so i need to have the house in order and dinner done before i go. hubby took the 9 and 6 year old to idaho for a dentist appt. my BIL is a dentist and works on us for free. it is worth the 2 1/2 hr. drive to have our work done. the older kids have tennis and basketball tonight and the little one gets a babysitter. busy, busy, busy! inbetween all of this i need to fit in some time to stock the cupboard for thanksgiving. turkey being first on the list.

i've done a bit of reading. mizt- looks like things are slowly getting sorted out for you. hooray! june and nola- you two are a pair of night owls. i hope you get a nap today. maybe mizt can send a nap your way.
heidi- you almost made me like chickens again with that cute story.
suzy- i need some new chairs, could you please send me some of your tax refund money? how fun to get a new sofa though!
vici- as always i love your posts. i saw a conversation between a deaf family at a swim meet once. they were spread out all around the pool area and just chatted away. i was so noisy in there that they were probably the only people able to communicate.
viv- continuing to send employment vibes to your neck of the woods.
rolonday- thanks for the rena/amber updates. it's nice to have a imaginary vacation through them.
nice to see you too tami, stella, bean, gail, broni, and others.

Mariana.You really lead a busy life.You must fall into bed at night exhausted.I wish I had a relative who was a dentist.,He must save you a fortune which is so generous.

Morning all!

If you see me in here too much today, tell me to go away and do ffuts! It will be my first chance to do heavy ffuts in days and days and I have to do it!

Viv - Congratulations!! You go girl!

Stella - hope the problem with Ian's foot doesn't turn out to be anything serious.

Mariana - know what you mean about holidays.. that's why I HAVE to get some ffuts done today!

Nola - to put an avatar up you just have to remember where you saved it, go to Update Details (the link should be at the top right of the sudoku page), Manage Avatars, Browse to find it, then submit! Easy Peasy.

Someone at work left some white choko for anyone who wanted a few.Isn't it amazing the new colours and varieties of fruit & veg now.
Yellow passionfruit,purple cauliflower,umpteen colours & shapes of capsicum & squash.
Im going to try to grow the white choko when it starts to sprout.

Thanks Suzy.I'll have a go

Nola, I read about a purple tomato recently. It was specially developed for a really good reason. Of course now that I have caught CRAFT disease I can't remember what it was. Whew! Google to the rescue. Specially engineered to have extra antioxidants which may help to prevent cancer.

I saw them recently.Reminded me of the ox heart tomato,which I tried to grow without success.

I haven't seen them yet. I'm not enjoying shopping for fruit and veg at the mo - not very tasty!! Floury apples, bananas that go black the day you buy them....

Yes,I know what you mean as I had nectarines go bad before they ripened.

I'll brb.Have to feed the dogs.

A couple of people have told me it's because they have been frozen. I don't know if that's true, but I'm definitely going to be looking for a roadside fruit and vege place to shop at..

News story of the day - I don't think I should find it funny, but I couldn't help myself...

A Japanese man has been arrested for releasing hundreds of beetle larvae inside a moving express train to try to scare female passengers, police say.

"I wanted to see women get scared and shake their legs," police quoted 35-year-old Manabu Mizuta as saying.

Mizuta had 10 containers in his backpack estimated to contain a total of 3,600 worms, police said.

I'm finally back! I had to go to the PO to pick up a chicken, then to the Pain Management Clinic (1 hour away) for a 'scrip pick up (it cannot be phoned in... a VERY controlled substance),Then to a feed store on the way for cat food and heat bulbs for poultry, then past the house and another 1/2 hour in the opposite direction to get some medicated pellets for the calves to prevent them getting sick when we ship them in 6 days. Then FINALLY back home to unload the chicken (an Araucana girlfriend for Chico) then unload the Aureomycin pellets (250 lbs.). I'm tired and I want to nap, but I need to hook up the heat lamps for the peacocks. At least IH is leaving to go visit his parents in a few hours. I won't have the stress for 4 or 5 days!

I might as well read the posts I missed first.

I wish I had half the energy you have Heidi and I dont have mono.Hope you get a good rest sometime today

Energy??? What's that? It was a case or "It had to be done, and nobody else will do it, so I had better try as hard as I can to stay awake behind the wheel" kind of thing. It was more driving than I should have done. But IH refused to do the medicated pellet run, and I am the only one who can pick up my methadone 'scrip. As it is, they compare me with my mug shots they took, every time I go there.