Sudokuaholics Anonymous 6

suzy and cynb- those stories always make me so shakey! i know i should do or say something, but i never can tell what! my dad was always the one to step in and say the right thing. he never let someone be hurt while he was around. of course he would dish out a spanking to us kids every once in awhile. never was one given though, without being earned!

And just because I feel so good, another one!

oh no!!! sorry suzy! i totally inturrupted your celebration.

no worries! can't make me feel bad right now!

here, i'll celebrate with you.

Flying through with a "G'Day" SA6ers

vici- what an inspiration you are. would that we all could learn to be a kinder, gentler people.

G'Day vdV!

g'day (can a utahn say that without sounding rediculous?) and g'night vdv! i am off to count sheep.

Night mariana!

Now I have noone to celebrate with...

There's a chance one of us will be working at McDonald's on McHappy Day. That should be fun!

Hia Suzy
Wow working on McHappy day
reckon that might be fun

Did my celebrations scare everyone away?? Should I report myself as abusive??

We find out tomorrow. Could be Ebob or me, or it could be both of us!

Mariana, have I mentioned how much Wwe ALL love your hubby?

Having a crisis of confusion here... Is it me or is it the news???

Australia in top 10 on gender equality
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=664593

But, according to the web site of the source of the study thingy... Australia is 21st!!
http://www.weforum.org/en/Communities/Women%20Leaders%20and%20Gender%20Parity/GenderGapNetwo rk/index.htm

Am I missing something??

Hi Suzy, Gail, Liz, Mariana, and vdV.

I'm up and preparing to lock the dogs in before the workmen arrive. I have spent the last half hour in the restroom worshipping the porcelain god. My head is pounding and my body aches. And I get to look forward to many hours of jack hammering. Oops.... gotta go. Back to the ol' god.

Hi Heidi. Sorry you're feeling under the weather. Hope you start to feel better.

Julie, sorry about not getting here last night. Spent 5 hours yesterday fixing hubby's pocket on his winter coat. Don't know how he did it, but it was shredded. Had to cut it out to make a pattern, etc. Had to do all the sewing by hand. Thought I'd be cross-eyed by the time I was done.

Suzy, congrats on the windfall.

Mamcita, wishing you a safe journey and hope you have a great time in California.

Macita = Mamacita

MizT, hope that the doc has gotten your meds straigtened out and that you're feeling better in no time.

Geez, another typo again.

straigtened = straightened

Guess I better quit before I have a bout of foot in mouth disease. Hope everyone has a great day/night.

Hullo Becky..... it sounds more like a case of "fingers in mouth".

Mamacita! Give little Angelique a hug from me, please.

Good morning all!

Have a great trip Mama!

Hope you feel better Heidi!

Hi Becky!

how are you stella? i haven' seen you in a few...pages that is. are all the sports winding down? the sports are picking up here. we find out today if benny-17 made the basketball team. he is a junior and after the 2nd cuts there were only 8 jrs. left. if he doesn't make it he will be crushed. he also starts a little bit of training for track. the training is at the olympic oval, a beautiful facility, but a 40 min drive each way.

heidi!!!! who do i need to get after to make sure you don't get sick anymore?? i think you need a vacation and some r&r. in the mean time, take it easy.

i am having a dc and a turtle (pecans covered in caramel and chocolate) for breakfast. i know what you are all thinking, "wow mariana is a health nut!!" i sure you, i am not always this conscientious about my eating habits....we are having salmon and steamed veggies for dinner.

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HEIDI, I am amazed you could sleep through jackhammers noise. Guess it goes to show, if your body needs sleep, it will get it.

Some cute quips on site here, pick up, drop off, repeat, Love it MARIANA. More taxi duty for this afternoon planned?

SUZY, chocolate is delish, a nice bittersweet chocolate and yes, I have my coffee with milk.

Mamaceta waiting for her meds to kick in.
SUZY, what kind of interference causes peacock colors and bubbles?

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Oh Suzy, the family you saw at cafe, oh my how unfortunate. you are very observant to see and understand. Not fun imagining what their home lives were like.

Oh Tami, it is a sign of our times when teachers have to be so worried about being charged with abuse while trying to reach out to kids from dysfunctional families.

Vici, too true. Briefly had neighbors totally dysfunctional, at home, but appeared differently if people were around. I saw them enough to pick up on some of the signs. It is hard to ask an adult, are you in danger, are you being hit. Both adults I learned grew up in abusive families, and I fear their children will go out and create 2 more abusive households.

VICI, love your avatar, fairy on the moon. It is a bit hard to see, but reminds me a bit of Amy Brown's art. My daughter has a collection of her fairies.

SUZY, gloves before digging in grass. any luck treating it? Would share a packet of the med doc just gave me for rash if you were near. It is over the counter, so I could share

Have not caught up yet, you keep making new posts!

well, i saw the window full of friends...don't know what you are all doing! what??? doing puzzels???? craziness!
of course today is slammed packed. i need to hit the ground running. have a great day/night ladies. ci vediamo!

HI MARIANA and anyone else about! May I come for dinner? How are you cooking your salmon?

sorry i can't hang out for a bit with you mizt! next time. oh, and did anyone say where lee has been? i am missing her pretty "LEE" avatar.

i broil it with milk, lemon and dill over it. i like classic tastes, nothing too over the top creative.

ooo mizt, you keep drawing me in! i bet you are one of those people that get others chatting and 2 hours later they wonder how it got so late! i do have to go though....resit the irresistable mizt mariana. don't look back! RUN!!!

OH BECKY, what a major repair to undertake. I hate rebuilding any pocket, but in a coat, worse even. You have my upmost admiration. Hubby could put holes into his jeans pockets faster than anyone I know! And every time I found work jeans with tough pockets, the company would stop making them!

Mariana, good luck to Benny, hopes he makes the team.

HEIDI, no, no, tell me you are not throwing up? Hope it is soon over and you recover quickly.

RUN FAST Mariana, I will go and read another page!
we can chat later! I will pass on dinner tonight also, I am not at all fond of dill on salmon. Maybe I never made it right, you think?

that is just the way my mom always made it. part of my childhood was in alaska, so salmon was practically a staple! give me another idea mizt. shake up my salmon world!

Ahhh - The Irresistable MzT! Love it, mariana - and it fits perfectly!
Thanks Becky and MzT for your summaries - sure do appreciate them.
mariana - I love your hubby, too!
Heidi - you don't need to be feeling bad now! With all that you have going on I want to be able to say, "at least you have your health" ...and I can't - keeping you in my prayers.

Suzy - hope you enjoyed your kid-free time...how is that paper coming along?
Hi Dizzy Lizzy - how's the patient (Sammie)?
I have been on this darn pooter for hours now trying to get my webcam situation resolved. Talked to GMo and Keith - I could see them, but they couldn't see me (proabably a blessing for them) - I have so much to get done before heading off to SF on Friday morning, but this webcam business is messin' with me - grrrrr!

Irresistable MzT - sorry our chat couldn't have been longer this morning. I'm a great multi-tasker when it comes to the house, but not so much with the computer. Hoping to catch up with you a bit later.
Now I need to get going...can't believe I haven't had any time for the puzzles!
As our dear mariana would say, CIAO!