Hi all,
I've typed this on the bus ride home so I may be a little out of date as far as board happenings until I have a chance to catch up on the posts.
First, I guess it is alright to tell you what happened at work yesterday. It seems that someone was unhappy that they were made to evacuate when the storm didn't hit here so they called in a bomb threat.
How dumb is that? They don't know how lucky they were that they were safe and what could have happened if the storm had hit. Duh.
What ticks me off even more is that I had brought my fish back to work and just got him settled back in his tank when we were told to leave the building. I had to take him back out of his tank and put him back in that little plastic cup and slosh him down about 5 flights of stairs before they decided we really didn't have to leave the building after all.
When I finely got him back into his tank. the poor little thing laid at the bottom of his tank for over a half hour. Fish can go into shock, you know.
Whoever called in that bomb threat doesn't know how lucky they are that I couldn't get my hands on them. I would have taught them a thing or two. I was/am really most put out.
In the, "I should have listened to myself" department, I finely have some good news on the health front. Now that I finished the antibiotics, I finely was able to take the decongestant I thought I needed. Guess what? After 3 weeks of dealing with a stuffed ear, it cleared right up!
My new bi-focal contacts have come in so I will no longer need to wear my glasses when I'm on the computer! Yay! What a pain it is to be so blind.
Speaking of health news, How are you doing, DR Elmore? I do hope your getting better every moment that goes by.
What a treat it is to pull into my driveway and be greeted by the wonderful smell of all of the four o'clock plants. I am most pleased that the seeds I had to rebuy and planted in a planter are coming up very nicely. Next year I should have all of the colors I dreamed of having.
The ones in the planters do not have flowers but will next year. I am enjoying the lovely pink and yellow flowered ones now. The only sad part is that I cannot possibly keep all the ones I've planted or the extra seeds. I'm sad that it is possible that there may be a truly exceptional color that I or anyone else for that matter will see.
White four o'clocks are said to be rare so I planted all ten seeds hoping that a few of them would come up. So far all ten are doing well.
If anyone would like my extra seeds or the bulb/tuber of the ones I can't keep, please let me know. I will gladly send them to you. I guess it's kinda like having puppies to give away. I would like to see them get a good home.
Speaking of puppies, I did a lot of clean up around the house on Sunday. I had four baths, myself. How is that possible?, you might ask. Well, two of them included washing both dogs. For what ever reason when I give them a bath, they insist on giving me one as well. I am wet from head to toe by the time I am done.
Poor B & B! They thought they were going for a walk but when I went for the hose, they knew they were in for it. Bear flew to the back door and cried like a baby for Mom to let him in. I think if he could have spoken he would have--"Mama, help me! Niecea is going to do something to me!" That was so funny. I wish you all could have been there to see it.
I told him Mama was
NOT going to save him. He smelled like dog and needed a bath. I guess smelling like dog is to be expected. If he smelled like cat or horse it would be hard to explain to people.
What was funny was when I was finished with Bear, I went to get Brandi and SHE flew to the back door and cried just like Bear.
I wonder what kind of shampoo you use when you wash your animals. I just discovered something called "Mane & Tail". You can use it on almost any animal--humans included. Trust me, I know these things.
BTW (That's By The Way in internet lingo), I am happy to report that the story had a happy ending for both B & B. After they gave me a bath (twice) and I went in and gave myself another bath, I took them for their walk.
Well, that’s most if not all of my news. I have notes and posts to read.
