Isnt' it Thursday yet?

[lbaker]

PEE EWWW! I guess I should have rinsed my socks out before putting them in front of the fire. Dang, sorry 'bout that I think a BM is in order also Gini... allow me! Ah yes, with a prawn and a cherry tomato... hmmm, what to have for breakfast? Somehow leftover pizza doesn't cut it this morning.

[gini]

Well, Slick makes a great omelet....or how about some pancakes and thick slices of Canadian bacon? Some real maple syrup.........mouth starts to water!

Those were your socks Laurie? Good grief, I thought something died

[Pit Chick]

Originally posted by gini
Those were your socks Laurie? Good grief, I thought something died

Good Lord, throw those things INTO the fire. For a second I thought Mario let one rip.

[momoffuzzyfaces]

What a morning. Luke had to go to the white coats because he caught Leonardo's cold. Leonardo went Monday. (hides when it's med time but I AM determinded)

The car doors were frozen shut when I went to warm the car up. I finally got the one on the driver's side open but almost fell on my bum when it popped open.

Luke howled like a banshee all the way to the vet's office and all the way back. He is very unhappy with me. He got a shot to bring his 105 temp down and medicine to start tomorrow.

He is feeling better already and lying in the sun in a window watching birds. His little nose was so runny this morning, I bout drowned getting him in his carrier.

Then I changed their kitty litter and the trash bag broke open - on the bathroom carpet. SIGH!

Now, I'm cold and my nose is running too. I've had a cold for over a week myself.

I need some hot veggie soup and hot peach tea. 4 catnip teas for the kids, please. Make Luke's a double if you don't mind.

Isn't it SPRING yet?

[catland]

momo - yikes, what a day. I better fill your order on the double.

Laurie - you should know better than that! Taking socks out of the lost and found - you never know where they've been.

PC - fortunately for you, you haven't experienced Mario's <ahem> little gassy problem. when you do you'll wish they smelled as good as those socks.

K9 - its warmer here but we have freezing rain in tomorrow's forecast .

Gini/Slick - great omlets

[Tubby & Peanut's Mom]

'Mornin.....errr....afternoon everybody! Sorry I'm so late but I've had one hellava morning already! First of all on my way to work I got stuck in an accident. Wait, wait...nooo... I wasn't in the accident, but I was close enough behind it that when they shut the road down I couldn't go anywhere. I was stuck on a bridge with no way to turn around and no side street to cut off on. Sat there for at least 45 minutes....

.....which put me 20 minutes late for a union audit I had scheduled for this morning. Thankfully the auditor wasn't that busy so he had sat in his car and waited - whew! The union is worse than the IRS, so you don't want to be messing with their auditors!

Then I just get the auditor out the door and Terry's about 5 minutes away with some customers. We have a fantastic deli right down the street from us and he wants to bring his customers there and pick me up for lunch. Can't refuse that offer so at 11:00 am, I'm off to lunch!

Get back and the boss is here, and he's NOT in a good mood because we're excavating at a job and we hit a main power line! Not that big of a deal because it's not our fault - the line wasn't marked - but still a pain in the old behind because of all the phone calls and trying to figure out what to do now that we know there's a line there. Can't be putting a transformer pad over a line.

Then we were expecting a deliver today which we hadn't gotten yet so I called on it, and the delivery got messed up and they won't be delivering until Monday, but we told the people we were going to be there Monday morning to do the job!

Fiiinnally, we got most everything figured out and the boss left - whew!

I'll take a nice tall WB to ease my nerves. Thank goodness it's Friday because if this were a Monday, I might just have to quit!

Hope everyone's day is going better than mine. Oh wait, to top it all off - or maybe what started it all - Jack wouldn't eat his pill pocket this morning so I had to grab him and shove it in again. He was being so good last night and was even sitting on my lap for awhile, and now I had to go ruin his trust again.

Calgon, take me away!!!

[Pit Chick]

Originally posted by catland
K9 - its warmer here but we have freezing rain in tomorrow's forecast .

How does that freezing rain work? Being down south, freezing isn't something we experience in the true sense. Is it frozen as it's falling or after it hits the ground.

[Tubby & Peanut's Mom]

PC, the way freezing rain works here in Chicago is that the cars, ground, buildings, trees, everything outside is cold, so when the rain hits these items, it freezes instead of just running off. If it was frozen as it was coming down it would be sleet, not frozen rain. Frozen rain is actually much more damaging than snow because it's so much heavier, and because sometimes on the road it turns into black ice, which is ice that you can't see, so you don't know it's there so you don't slow down so you go flying over it at a high rate of speed, so you spin out, so you hit the car in the oncoming traffic, so you get a ride to the hospital in a nice big white boxy car with pretty red lights on it.

[K9soul]

I remember a lot more freezing rain in the winter where I grew up in southern Missouri, we don't see it much in MN as it's usually too cold, so we generally get either sleet or snow. It sounds like everyone is having a hectic/crazy day today! Mine is pretty quiet and normal, though I keep letting myself get distracted from work. I need to get a move on.

[RICHARD]

Happy Friday everyone.

A group done for everyone!!!

[catland]

Originally posted by Pit Chick
How does that freezing rain work? Being down south, freezing isn't something we experience in the true sense. Is it frozen as it's falling or after it hits the ground.

After it hits the ground. What happens is that there is a cold spell so that the ground surface is below freezing. Then above it is a layer of warm air. So the precipitation goes through the warm air, turns to rain, and then once it his the ground - turns to ice.

It is evil and mean. Imagine all your streets and sidewalks turning into a skating rink. Its very dangerous to drive in. Also, it will hang on trees and break limbs and hang on power lines and bring those down as well.

Right now there's just a chance that this stuff will hit - and just a few degrees temperature change can make all the difference.

[Pit Chick]

That sounds pretty bad. People in Houston can't even drive when it's dry outside, so when it rains all of the stupid drivers become wet, slippery, stupid drivers, I can only imagine what would happen if there was ice added to it. People were so dumbfounded by the snow here on Christmas eve, they decided to play in it instead of drive...thank God.

[K9soul]

Originally posted by catland
It is evil and mean. Imagine all your streets and sidewalks turning into a skating rink. Its very dangerous to drive in. Also, it will hang on trees and break limbs and hang on power lines and bring those down as well.

That's a good description, and really brings back some memories of the Missouri ice storms I grew up experiencing. We had one really bad one at Christmas when my grandpa was staying with us. The power went out and we had to use an old camp stove to cook with and a camping heater to keep warm. Outside off and on you'd suddenly hear this deafening *CRACK* when the tree limbs would split and go down. Definitely not fun!

Hopefully you will won't get hit with that nasty stuff!

[Corinna]

Hello all It just hit our high for the day -1 . suns out so its not so dreary. Depressed car was supposed to be ready , wrong part sent!!! Maybe monday. (hubby home this weekend so he can take me out) 3 weeks with out car is a big bummer
Have we got any more suger free cocoa?

[lbaker]

Sugar free cocoa we have. Sugar free marshmallows? Nope. How about a baked apple? Very little butter and just a touch of brown sugar for anyone watching their sweetness intake (for health or diet reasons). LOTS of butter and brown sugar, a sprinkle of cinnamon and/or nutmeg and maybe even some raisens for the others, like me I've never been accused of "eating for health". I eat for yummyness