as the months past into years
i wonder to myself, how did i start
to blog, what brought me to this
cyberworld of blogging?
i remember it started with rosie
just lurking at her blog, and then
one day i posted a comment
(when comments were allowed)
and from that day forward i would
visit each day and comment away
next came the torino blog with
ross, again i lurked, and again
posted a comment, it just seemed to fit me
so i stuck around and commented as
i pleased, it was a pleasure to comment
to all the wonders of the ross blog
and here i am today, at night owls
a very warm, humbling abode
that brings me sunshine daily!
i often think was i missing something in
my life to reach out to this cyberworld?
as all knows i have enough family to fill
a music hall, and yet this blogging thing
came natural, corresponding with one
thru the internet, it filled me up!
it is known that i am single, no children
i have always longed for children
it was just not meant to be, so i think
i feel a void, a empty space within
did i turn to blogging to fill this void?
i absolutely think so, i needed to reach
out to the unknown to see where it would
take me, and wonders never cease, i have
found blogging to be my friend and thru
blogging have found a whole new world
of wonders, a pyramid of laughter, a large
steeple of friends
blogging can be quite shaky, the same
with life, but as i move forward in life
i shall do the same with blogging!
its all about baby steps
small but brave baby steps!
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Off to read the blog.
Good morning!! I missed you all this weekend--just a really busy weekend.
Maureen, I so enjoyed your blog and was just as crazy as a kid. Thanks!
Nowmercy, as everyone else said, I wish you lived nearby! Thanks for all the body/mind/soul insight.
Carol, I'm so glad you took those baby steps to blogging. You're terrific! I'm so glad I did, too.
Welcome JoeyfromVA--I remember you from the Rossblog when you were JoeyfromSC!
Welcome, LemonDeb, too.
Have a great Monday, owls!
I am so glad I started to blog to!!
;o)
Everyone Have a Great Day!
Great blog Carol. I often wonder what brought me to this blogging thing, too. I also started by reading Rosie's blog. I never commented on Rosie's blog, though. Then I started to read Ross' blog when he was in Torino because of TTS. It was a long time before I decided to jump in with a comment. And I still don't know exactly why I did that. I just know that I am glad I did and it lead me to this wonderful place with these wonderful Owls. And Carol, I thank you again for creating this nest for us. I pray that it remains the safe and wonderful place it is today.
sacbarb
Congrats on First!
Did you ever go to bed?
sandie
my comment before this one, was for you forgot to put your name, oops!
Oh!!! I was over reading yesterday... and here you are.... I am so glad you started blogging... otherwise the nest would not be here...
What a comforting place... I enjoy coming here daily...
Good morning Miss CPGEM---
SACBARB-- congrats on #1..
Morning SANDIE!!!
Good morning Sandie and all you owls who will fly in after me.
I am off really early today. Be back later. Have a great day everyone.
Yes Carol, I did go to bed, but I have to be up and out early today.
Morning IBB.
'See' you all later.
Tina--- I completely agree on smkoe's hair... my hubby laughed at when I made a comment about about how dirty it looked..and that was before the race!!!!
Good Morning, sacbarb, Carol, and IBB!
I just answered a phone call from the vice principal at my daughter's middle school--seems my sweet baby was throwing corn at lunch on Friday and now has detention. Okay . . . one day she acts 16 and the next day she acts 5.
Good morning to all who read after this!! I'm off to get some things done.
Hey, Sandie I bought from your sister!
Yeah, I was down a pound today at the weigh-in.
iteach! No way! That's so funny! I'll have to tell her.
Have a great day, iteach!
Blogging you know Carol I was trying to remember the other day how I started.
I think I went to Rosie's site first and she had where you could type in a question. I think I then hit the link to the Ross Blog, but I really can't remember. Weird!
I do know that asking one question was like getting to the brink of an Orgasm just not fulfilling at all.
Then it took me days to realize that you could comment on RB and when I found that there was no going back. I could comment and meet people and joke and play. It was like a whole new world or addiction. I found myself getting up first thing in the morning just to see who was up and what was going on. I think this maybe what caused the clutter problem in my house as I was checking the computer constantly. I just could not be bothered by trivial things like housework!!!
Then I found that I was yearning for more... Well because while RB was fun it was a little limiting also.
I Thank you everyday for starting the nest!!! I know I have long posts and probably get tedious but this is the most theraputic outlet I have had in forever!!
I can write and type opinions,joke and be a bit crazy and have a potty mouth once in awhile and you all still embrace me! LOL
Destiny! I was meant to meet all of you and I thank the stars everyday!
Bless you Owls!!!!!!!
Lumbago: Pain in the lower back!! You know like Tina!! LOL
JoeyVA: Welcome to the Nest!!!
Glynis: Thank you for your response to Whabbear. You said what I could not put into words yesterday. It was driving me crazy!
Iteach: Another Pound!!! Way to go!
Good Morning Sacbarb, Sandie, Ibebold, Iteach and Carol!!
Good morning!
Yay for SacBarb! I hope you got enough sleep. How do you keep those late hours and manage to get up and out so early, young lady?
A million thank-yous to Carol for starting the nest. It's a great, fun place.
Congrats to Iteach for losing a lb.
Wish losing it was as easy as gaining it!
Be back later, have a great day!
Oh I am so muddled headed lately!!
Yeah Sacbarb 1st!!!!
Good Morning EBJ: Hope Paula is still on the road to recovery!
Good Morning to
SacBarb - 1st in the morning. Good for you.
Lynn - teacher of the new word of the day. I hope you don't have that pain.
Sandie, night.owls.sb, ibebold, iteach and East Bay.
All the other little owls who are busy or still asleep,
I am off to get my 3 month tests done, cholesterol etc. I want to get there early so I can have my morning juice. I shall return.
GOOD MORNING --
ITEACH---
LYNND---
EBJ---
Hey Iteach-- Congrats on another LB....
Way to go!!!!!!
MorningTINKA-- You Stay bundled up and warm if you have to go out!!!!
21 LOL
Good morning Owlettes (yes this includes you Joey)
Congrats on 1st sacbarb
Congrats on losing another pount iteach
Thanks Tina~
Joey, I love pineapple upside down cake. One of my favorites as a child. My dad was a Master Pastry chef, so needless to say my mom didn't bake alot. But she made this-and it was sooooo good.
I connected with the blog thing thru Torino too. Watched and lurked a long time before jumping in. But once I did- wow. I started to see such diverse personalities as well as people who were so much like me. I made a comment, then a few more and all of a sudden I was talked into a myspace! And no one has shut me up since.
Joey was one of the first to stick his wing out in friendship and always helped me when I was stuck or had a question. Thanks Joey.
Other friendships like MEK, KFC and Jodi just evolved because we 'connected'. From there it blossomed. It has taken on a life of its own and I dont think it fills any void for me, it just adds to the dimensions of my life. Like scapbooking for MEK or computer classes for Tink.
I hope you have a wonderful day.
Carol- hope you feel better today.
Thanks again for using my words at the top of the home page. I consider that an honor and a heartfelt testiment of how I feel about this place.
IBB- I have the rope ready to go.. you grab her and I'll tie her up!
Happy Monday!!
Good morning -
congrats, SacBarb on #1...
Tina - poor thing - imagine how many posts there would have been in I had actually been home most of the day!! ( I was actually gone from 1pm to around 7)
Wow - the sisters made to the quote of the day - thanks Joey and Tina!!! :-)
I hope those in the frozen areas stay warm today - I will NOT tease you with my temps!!
I hope everyone has an excellent day...
Goldie - good morning to you!!
cggem - great blog
I find myself still very upset about recent events and hard to talk about a place that once was a safe haven for me. This month is my year anniversary for jumping into a comment section on a blog that I read faithfully every day since it's beginning. I have met some wonderful people and formed lasting friendships. For that, I will be forever grateful. I am even more thankful that cpgem created this place for us.
I agree with SacBarb - I pray that it stays a safe and wonderful place.
I hope everyone has an excellent day!! :-)
I just got the weirdest message pop up about filter something and now - everything I click on opens it into multiple windows in mini size - I don't have vista - so I am really confused and NOT liking it very much...
GOOD MORNING FEATHERED FRIENDS!
SACBARB - YAY! Congrats on being the first!! Woo hoo!!!!
*WAVING HI* to SANDIE, CPGEM8, LYNN D, GOLDIE, ITEACH, IBEBOLD, EASTBAY J, TINKATIA and MEK!
ITEACH - WOO HOO! 1 pound is awesome and the perfect loss. You go girl!
My first foray into blogging was my cousin's blogspot page. When I tried to comment, I somehow was lead to create my own page...but I never blogged on it for over a year!
Then one night, almost a year ago, I was watching TTS, as I did everynight and Ross mentioned his blog as he did with every appearance. But this night I went there. I think I commented the first time I visited. I had such a warm welcome from people. I think it was MEK that welcomed me first. I may be wrong, but I attribute to her!! And I was hooked!! We had so much fun in those days!
I always loved the way CPGEM8 left comments...and wished I could say what I wanted to say in that manner. I could tell it was a GEM comment before I read her name!But, as you can tell, I'm a bit wordy!!!!!!!
I am thankful for the friends I have made there...and even more thankful for the friends I have here. CAROL, you are a GEM!!
Morning to you too ME- I have had that happen a couple of times to me too. A weird message or site not available. I just refresh and go- so far not a problem. But never multiple windows. Wish I could help.
Hey, anyone heard from Amicus or CG lately?
Waving back to MO
And ME was supposed to be MEK- but you all have figured out by know that my fingers and brain do not go hand in hand sometimes!
More to come on blogging history and motivation!
Meanwhile, Glynis, thanks for helping Lynn D out! :) And from now on, no more "He"!
OMG yahee..I feel so special for the quote of the day thing about MEK and IBB!:) Thanks Carol and Tina!!
Y'all are so great..hehe
Btw, peep your fanclub bulletins/or the fanpage for a HIGH DEF permanent version of Ross' NATPE segment from Vegas! WOOHOO! LOL..I had some help;)he's mentioned in the bulletin...People are so great and helpful! He emailed ME outta the blue to ask did I want help/better copy!
If you have a file/video that is too big you would like to email to someone, use www.sendspace.com instead! You upload it there(all private) and give only WHO you want to have it to(the link) and poof, you download and view the file/video!:)
Happy Monday to all of you wonderful night owls(well it is day..and I'm still sleepy..haha)
I also found a neat owl creation out of pencils!?!!
I'll post it on my myspace later or link y'all to it here:)
Now, off to bake that cake!HAHA
hey whabbear! BTW, I have an interesting tennis pic I found that I'm going to post on your myspace RIGHT NOW!:)
I got so excited about the quote thingy, I forgot to comment on Carol's actual blog entry! HAHA
OOPS!
I am SO glad you did find blogging..I was happy to find that I enjoyed it as well..It is a great source of comfort and fills a void I suppose!
I have met such wonderful people that otherwise, would have never been in my life..For that I'm grateful!
3 in a row! LOL
I LOVE the GOLDIE quote at the top! I also MUST ask..what does the "sb" in the link/name of this site stand for!? Just wondering..
GOLDIE,
I love your message. So well said.
BREAKFAST:
Scrambled eggs
Scrambled egg whites
bagels
cream cheese
tomato slices
grapefruit
cantaloupe
orange, grapefruit, cranberry and grape juice
coffees
teas
milks
Hi WHABBY!
Hi JOEY!! 3 posts?? thats all??? LOL!!
Good morning checking in real quick!!
Hi Whabby: I was going nuts trying to formulate a response to your post yesterday!!
Joey: I love that you found us! SB is Sacbarb as she helped get this ball rolling with Carol!
Goldie: Thank you for your quote on the page! That was beautiful.
Hi Mo: Thanks for breakfast!
Hi Tinka: Good Luck at the Docs today!!
MEK don't know what you page is doing?? I wish I could help.
Hi IBB!!!!
Hey everybody!!1
I am at work so I will be again Pooping in..lol...lol...Popping in and out...
it is still very cold here today...
but at least I am inside today!!!!
Okay - that was really weird - for about 30 minutes - everything website that I tried to go to opened a NEW window - even trying to read email - but all of sudden it stopped....... my computer must be possessed today!! AAGGHH...
I've got tons of things that I need to do today - rest being one of them -
I just checked our extended forecast and OF COURSE - RAIN is predicted for our lovely golf tournament - THIS week - it's supposed to get up to frickening 80!!!!
Off to make some cards!! :-)
IBB - get to work!! LOL and stop pooping!! :-)
LOL@Mek..Okay you picked on my yesterday about y'all SO I must ask is "frickening" a word!? LMAO
hey it does rhyme with sickening haha
OOPS! that "my" should be "me" LOL
Yes IBB, stop pooping hehe
I see whabbear had to be different and not post an owl on his pic:)
LOL - Joey the spell check guy is here!!!!!!!!
I have NO idea what that word is - but I like it... :-) It would really fit if I am stuck sitting on a golf course in the rain - don't you think!!???
ROFMLMAO!!!!!!!!! ya'll!! :-)
ROFMLMAO!?haha
Rolling on floor(xtra M is for mek?HAHA)laughing my ass off!?
That word will also fit - if those in below zero weather read that it will be 79 degrees in Southern AZ. and I will be wearing flip-flops again...
okay - I really DO need to go get something accomplished...
BUT - we have to run up the comments for Tina when she gets back from the doctor with her dad - I hope everything goes well...
My initials are correct... there is NO extra M..
Rolling on the Floor Madly Laughing MY ass off..
ROFMLMAO.....
CPGEM - Joey is picking on me!! LOL (this is all in fun!!!)
OHHH I learned something new LOL
I never heard of the "madly" thing
Yeah it's in fun! I am in a picking mood;)LOL
I still remember the first time that I heard the word blog. It took me quite some time to figure out what it meant. Now I love to blog. I love to connect and meet so many fun, humorous, intersting, kind and genuine people.
I scrolled down and saw that someone asked about CG and Amicus. Amicus left me a comment this morning so I am taking that as a sign that things are going well. My heart just breaks for CG on the other hand. She still seems to be so very sad for Checkers.I can grasp her pain. I know that many of us can because so many of us have fur babies that we treat as our own children.
Dreama: Can I sell you a vowel for the E in interesting!?!ROFLMAO
Ok, the spelling police is stopping now;)haha
So blog is short for "weblog" right?!
Like a web journal.
I've journaled all my life(see I was a sister..lol)...I love to go back and read them months, or even years later..Sometimes it's like "why on earth did I write this and so much detail?"LOL:)
Joey really IS in the picking mode!! Leave Dreama alone!! LOL
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Joey when is the pineapple upside down cake going to be popping out of the oven?
Tinkatia good luck with your blood work. I don't like going in for mine. I have tiny, rolling veins and they poke me over and over to get to them. Ugh.
Okay - LOL - I was waiting for 50 - now - I REALLY am leaving...
You guys, watch Joey today - he has admitted to being in a picking mood!!! - we'll have to surround the nest!!! :-)
LMAO@Mek and 50! LOL
51..naner naner lmao
Dreama..I am being lazy..It hasn't even made it INTO the oven yet! HAHA
Thx for playtime guys lol
TTYL:)
Crap, did I mispell again. I haven't had my morning caffeine.
Dreama - Joey has a reputation of being the Spell Check King!! But what he hasn't figured out - is that misspelling is OKAY in the nest!!! :-)
Joey - GO MAKE THAT CAKE..
I have postponed my crafting for 15 minutes - have to see the pet of the week on the news -
Good morning, nestmates, and thank you Carol for kicking off another cozy week. How ya feelin' today?
Quoting GOLDIE: "It has taken on a life of its own and I don't think it fills any void for me; it just adds to the dimensions of my life. Like scapbooking for MEK or computer classes for Tink."
I can't improve upon that ..... ditto.
Promised myself a productive Monday, so step one is to say "Bye" for now and leave this comfy chair.
Joey...if you get bored while baking today, remember you have a month and a half of wacky 'owl-droppings' to keep you entertained!
Best to Amicus & Tina and their dads today. Cheers, all!
SacBarb Hey, congrats on #1. You are the early bird.
Joey Congrats on the quote of the day. It is definitely a good one! BTW, Whabby's avatar does have the word "owl" in it but I forget the name of it, "Owl Nebula" maybe? It's perfect for him. One of our owlettes found it for him but I can't remember who that is either. So, sorry. I'm 60, that's my excuse.
I never in a million years thought I would participate on a blog. Before my husband died, we were both pretty much retired so I got used to having his company all day. Even when we were doing completely different things, there was still that other person's presence. Once he was gone there was alot of contact with my grown children, his grown children other family and friends. As time passed they all went back to their regular routines, as they should. I started reading the Ross Blog because I kept hearing him mention it on TTS and I thought he was just so funny and entertaining. The talkies always gave me at least one good laugh in a day that was filled with many episodes of sobbing.
One day I decided to start commenting and that opened a whole new avenue of interacting with other people. I found loving support from other women who had also experienced the loss of their husbands and compassion from other bloggers. It became a world of friendship.
Thank you again, Carol, for creating this special place where we can nurture these friendships and share with one another.
Sorry for being so long winded and "tedious". LOL
OMG - The actor that played the cop in Jaws died yesterday - I can't think of his name.. Roy Scheider - how sad..
60?
61!!! LOL
YEAH- take that MEK!!!
Lordy, it doesnt' take much to amuse me....
Off and running to go get boobs smashed and "this might be a little cold" done too. I know, tmi- but what the hell!
Thank you to everyone who said nice things about my quote(s).
Every dog has his day you know!! lol
I even misspelled misspell. Time for caffeine and I need to stop multi tasking and proof read.
Joey are you off the computer yet and in the kitchen? I want cake. I want cake.
Good Morning Owls!
My Monday morning was starting out a little bumpy, but I think it might turn out OK now. Whew!
I live with a software engineer, so I hear about some of this computer terminology before I even know what it is. I will never forget asking Berry to explain to me what on earth is the "world wide web" and thinking ~it will never work! HA!! When I am wrong, I am SOOOO wrong. (Don't go there Whab!)
Anyhow, I had heard the term BLOG, and then stumbled onto the Ross blog when he started it back in Torino at the Olympics. It was so much fun back then because it was like this Owl Blog is... very interactive and Ross would correspond with us all the time. There were only a handful of us and we got to know each other well. It was something we didn't want to end just because the "Games" were over.
Ross' popularity grew though, and many new people joined us on the blog. Ross had to step back a little and not be so present in his own blog and now we hardly correspond at all.
What is sad to me is that with all this growth and change there began an US and THEM mentality. The "old bloggers" (EXCUSE ME!) were called names sometimes and made to feel like we were policing people. People accused us of being a "click" and things sometimes felt ugly. I never had a problem with new bloggers... and I never meant to make anyone feel unwelcome. All I know is that when it comes to names and stories, I SUCK! I can't remember the stories of my own family, so trying to keep the details of hundreds of people's lives straight is almost impossible for me. If this had a name like ADD, I would be the poster child!!
So thank you for welcoming this old bird (we are going to have to talk about the word OLD) to your nest. It is very friendly here and I feel kinda like I know most of you. If I don't join in on every conversation, just know that I am sitting here with a cup of coffee, scratching my noggin and trying to remember who said what...
maybe I'm a "getting-older blogger"!
Oh boy I feel like a heel! It seems I have been putting my long legged claw in my mouth lately.
Tina I did not know that you were with your Dad! I don't know what is going on but I am very sorry about teasing you this morning if you read this! (((Hugs))) to you.
I think I may take a break for awhile today. Feel out of sync and bad that I might have hurt someones feelings!!
(((hugs))) All!
LOL@owl droppings..Yes, catching up on here will take time;)
Hey Glynis!:)
Thx for remembering me sandie!
The word of the day, "lumbago" is a blanket term for lower back pain! LOL
I had to google;)
It sounds like it belongs in that song "KOKOMO" LMAO
(took a quick break from cake baking)
Congrats on 1st sacbarb!
Goldie, I love what you wrote about what our little Night Owls is all about. Perfection. Thanks.
Joey....LMAO "girl"friend!
Carol, thank you for the blog today. It's nice to get an idea as to why some of us are here. I started blogging when my friend of 31+ years was diagnosed with cancer. She was blogging on a site that did not allow cussing, and well...she wanted to let loose with some swear words! So she went to myspace. She asked me to join myspace with her. I'm so glad I did. One day she sent me a message and said that she had been going to a blog for Ross. I kinda knew who he was because of the Olympics. She said go read his stuff and watch some of his segments. That is how I started blogging. While I have chosen to no longer comment at the other blog, I love all the friends that I have made, so I will stop by the chat room once in a while to visit, and I will come here daily. This little blog here is so much fun. I love the different topics, the way we all can see things just a little differently, but we still completely embrace each other.
Goodness, I'm always leaving books here!
loves!
Barb
Goldie - take that!! LOL - I was SO hoping someone would jump in and do SIXTY!!! congrats!!!
Glynis - :-)
I am having a creative block - and I need to make TONS of cards right now - I have the dining room table FILLED with stuff - (Yes, i carried it ALL down from upstairs - so now I have scrapbook stuff EVERYWHERE!!!!!!!)...
70!!!
We are going to take marching to a WHOLE different level..
see, MO, marching can be to any number you like it to be!! :-)
Good Morning again. I am back from the clinic and I can now eat. Maureen that breakfast looks so good. I can't wait.
Ibebold - I should have read your note before I left - the one to bundle up warm.
It looked not bad out there and I just grabbed a sweater - big mistake. I haven't warmed up yet.
Lynn D - Thanks for wishing me good luck. I am not fond of them 'drawing blood'. I know it's all in my head but I always feel weaker when I leave.
iteach - One pound at a time and soon it's ten pounds you have lost. Good for you.
Glynis - You are not old. If you feel old, check out my page and see what old really is.
night.owls.sb - Thanks for writing the blog even though you are not well. You are one in a million. I have thanked you so many times for the blog but I will do it again.
I started reading Rosie's blog a year ago and one day I clicked on the Ross blog link and started lurking. I read each day for about a month and then quickly wrote a few words. My heart was racing when I read them on the screen. Moweenie welcomed me. I thought "What a sweet lady". I would throw in a comment here and there. No-one commented back but that didn't matter. Then someone, I think it was Maureen again, who said. "Tinkatia are you sad today?" I was shocked at her insight because I had said nothing to indicate that. I answered that a year ago my sister was dying and even though the sun was shining I was feeling very sad. Well then I got responses, long beautiful ones all referring to my sister and to losses they had experienced. I printed them off and put them in my 'grief file'. From that day onward I felt I belonged. Now I feel like I belong with the owls. It has filled a real void for me. I would always start my day with an hour's phone call to my sister. Now I start it with an hour on the blog. I used to call her 5 or 6 times a day. Now I am on the computer 5 or 6 times a day. I have met so many wonderful friends. I really think God sent this blog to me. Thanks again Carol.
Tink~ Thank you!! I don't FEEL old. I am just getting sick of being referred to as OLD. HA!!
Lynn D you are very kind hearted so it's okay to make an "oopsie" remark. Hang around because Joey is making a pineapple upside down cake. I can't wait as I need my sugar fix.
Tina I am also just learning today that you are with your dad. I don't know what's going on either but I hope everything is turning out well. (((HUGS))) to you.
OK....no more pink uniboob. Back to being an owl~
Wow! So much catching up to do ... I have been in mourning lately, as you all know and just couldn't face anything or anyone, but I'm feeling a little stronger now. Thanks to all that reached out to me, and if I didn't respond to you, know that I did appreciate it.
So, I see Joey is in da house! Woot! Nice to see you again stranger, and I see you mentioned Mr. Jeff - could you please tell him that he OWES me a phone call???
As for blogging, honestly, I couldn't tell you why or how I ended up in this little cyber community, but for whatever reason it has just felt right. I can't believe the depth of friendship I have developed with people I have never even met -- and some I have never even spoken to! In fact, I've only met one of you (ok, two, but we all know that one of them totally doesn't count!).
Well, it's nice to be home in the nest. For those keeping score, it is -52F with the windchill here for the past two days. Snugglebunny anyone?
TINKA - that was sweet. Thank you!
I hope you're feeling ok after the poking and prodding. I know we will never come close to being like having your sister...but we can all be your cyber sisters (even whabby and joey!!). {{HUGS}}
LYNN - PLEASE don't be upset with yourself. If anyone can take some ribbing, even in the worst situation, it is TINA. She will just comment that you are a whore/slut and be over it. I heart you!
TINA - Hope everything went well with Dad today. Give him a hug from me...and one for you, too.
CANADIAN GIRL - Nice to see you again. Brrrrrr, and I thought we had it cold...-20 this morning with the windchills. BBbbbrrrrrr.
GOLDIE - "This might be a little cold" OMG, of course it's gonna be cold! It's a fricking arctic blast!!
BON'O - When I first read your post I thought you said hello to the "inmates" not "nestmates"! I had to go back and read it again!
JOEY - I'll have a slice of your Pineapple Upside Down Cake if I may! Sounds yummo!!
MEK - what kind of cards are you making? I have to make about 15 more of the 50 I need. OYYYY! And they are all different. Double OYYY!!
GLYNIS - You're not old!
GENERAL HOSPITAL - ya gotta watch!
Okay, I am pretty sure if I WAIT to read all the posts to make notes for individual thanks, it will be Easter before I get organized.
THANK YOU..for your kind words (which I DID read but didn't write names down in the moment) and your wonderful sharing about your feelings about massage and choosing a way to be in the world as far as work goes... THANK YOU :0)
Writing it, reading it on the blog and reading the responses in each of you was an experience that brought my heart warmth, a smile to my face, a few sad "oh darns" and gratitude. THANKS AGAIN.
I will check in later..gotta keep massaging..oh, Lumbago comes from the muscles name Lumbar and Lumborum, the big muscles that run up and down both sides of the spine in the low back. BTW, most low back pain comes from a muscle called the Piriformis.. it is underneath the gluteus (butt) muscles and is known at "the ruler of the low back", so lumbago really is a pain in the butt, even though it hurts in the low back. More later.
Love yall..welcome Joey!
Glad to see CG back..Hugs!
Hey gang!
I have been a Leno fan for many, many years (in fact we tape him every night since he's on late).
I never knew what a "blog" was til Ross was on once in a while, and mentioned his "blog".
So one day I decided to check this funny, entertaining guy out and went to the blog. I was a lurker on and off, never posted til around Christmas last year.
I got to "know" a few people, even ventured into the chat room a few times. That was fun but went way too fast for me to keep up, so I just read the blog and posted.
Then, our Whab mentioned a get-together for the bay area people. I decided to go, I was going to go by myself! I felt that it would be safe and I'd never done anything like it before.
Ended up going to Mountain View with SSL, and we had a fabulous time meeting some of the other blog buddies.
Now I'm here, no longer read or post on the other blog. This is a much friendlier, more enjoyable, and pretty much drama-free place.
What I've enjoyed the most is reading other people's writing. What a diverse bunch! I've sat and cried at some of the stories, sat here and laughed (my huz will often say "what are you laughing at?") and I tell him.
I love that people (myself included) took a chance and wrote something we might not have ever shared before (such as my blog entry). Or someone else who might have thought no one would care or no one would be interested in what he or she had to say.
I hope everyone feels free to share now, and if you are debating whether or not to submit your story, I encourage you to DO IT!
Look what we have learned, I'm amazed every day.
Thank you to Carol, and to everyone else who make our blog such an enjoyable place to be!
P.S. Paula continues to do great! I went to the vet clinic today to pick up more supplies, fluid, tubing, needles. She must have the subcutaneous fluid for 10 more days, then we will have an appt. to recheck her blood tests and see if her kidney function has improved.
Thank you to everyone who has asked, sent me a message or even just thought of the kitty cat princess.
We truly appreciate the good wishes! And it's working!
I put together a quick lunch for any who come in hungry. It's all finger foods since it's a Monday and I know we're all multi tasking.
.....
quarter cut finger sandwiches
weenie sausages on toothpicks
cheese and crackers
veggie platter and dip
strawberries dipped in chocolate:)
ginger ale fruit punch
tea (Tinkatia)
diet sodas & reg.sodas
LynnD~ Oh my Lord in Heaven, woman! I'm going to tell you why you read the ENTIRE blog before commenting: when I read what you wrote...I was going to tease you and say "I don't think LynnD likes me!!" .....then I read your comments later....oh my heck!!!!! You were funny! I laughed....and Mo is right~
My dad is just fine....just a routine Doc appt....his cancer is tons, tons better and his neck (the broken one) is healing nicely.....he's a very lucky man to be able to walk and still take care of himself~ He just drives me nuts sometimes~ :)~
Amicus says her dad is doing much better and is on the mend....she hopes to be back on the blog this week~
gem~ I started on Rosie's blog a long, long time ago....in a far away land....switched over to the Rblog in April....don't have any idea why I commented...but I was hooked.....and then I got a little tedious.....funny thing is, that night I just wanted to march! Oh well....I can march all I want here~ So thank you for this fun, funny, and loving place~ :)~ Oh.....and if I were the cussing type....thanks for that, too~ :D
IBB!~ forget washing his hair...let's shave it off...along with his back! :)~
MEK~ mwah~
And thanks everyone for the well wishes for my dad~ I'll smack him for all of you~ (with pleasure) :)~
thanks Jodi....just in time~ :)~
Tina Good to see you here again. I'm so glad that your dad is doing okay.
I am having 'creative block' - this sucks, cuz I have SO many Valentine cards to make - YES, valentine!!! Hence, the procrasinator in me!! LOL
SO - MO - can I borrow some of those cards you are making!! :-)
Dreama - thanks for the chocolate covered strawberries - perfect topper for my candy bar lunch!! :-)
Tina- glad your dad's appt went well.... Still can't believe we missed each other by a day!!
Thanks Lin~ where are your hair pics?~ :)~
Joey - YES, I spelled procrastinator wrong!! LOL..
Tina - I LOVE your picture - you are TOO funny - this is why I love you!!
Just Lin - are you liking your hair better now??
MEK....what pic?
CG - good to see you posting again - hugs to you..
are you talking about the one with george?
yes, the one with George
lol...my daughter thought it was hubby~
i wish~ :)~
too funny
i know~
100
100
100
LOL - I was 99 and 101 -
Tina is IN the HOUSE!!! LOL
Life is back to normal and I'm feeling good~ :)~ I think I'll go make lunch now~ xooxo mek~ :D
Congrats Tina!! SO good to have you back!! gotta love it..
I really don't know why anyone in there right minds would ANNOUNCE the march....it's too much fun being "subtle" :)~
Tina - enjoy lunch - I must get back to these cards - that aren't getting made!!!
were you laughing as much as I was?
Exactly - cuz we knew exactly what we were doing!! LOL...
:-)
have fun~
YES, I was!!! That is why I love you!!!
MEK I still am not sure about my hair. sometimes I like it and sometimes I don't. I think I will like it a little better in a couple of weeks when it is a little longer.
Tina Congrats on the march. I was too busy with Custard to participate. We all have to make sacrifices from time to time.
MEK My haircut makes me look a little to much like my owl avatar. LOL
Good Morning everybody! Well..morning for me anyway!
I don't think I ever read a blog until my sister started watching Celebrity Fit Club. She would call me and tell me what was happening, and kept mentioning "..that guy from the Tonight Show..". I had no idea who she was talking about. There began one of our famous "You know who he is.." "NO--I don't" "If you saw him you would know him.." "NO I wouldn't.." until I finally Googled..and found the Rossblog. I lurked for five months..reading about things going on in everyone's life..laughing at Maureen's lists and Bear's antics at the Lonestar. Hoping that MEK could go to the BABB picnic. Wondering why Dianne's name always changed. And who was this Tina person--damn she was funny! I really wanted to jump in and get to know everyone..but was afraid. I finally took the plunge (and I think that was the exact phrase I used) when Tinka..who I had been emailing, finally got me to try. I was addicted immediately! I must have posted 15 times that first day. I was welcomed with open arms and hearts and had so much fun everyday.
I am so grateful to Carol for the nest. It is truly the classic "When God closes one door..he opens another" creation. I know I am surrounded by friends that will encourage me, comfort me and laugh with me. Occasionally laugh AT me...but that's OK too.
And NOW I'm thinking of taking a ROAD TRIP!! Imagine! That is a huge step for me..and would not have been possible without blogging. Thank you everyone.
Now off to read the comments.
DREAMA, Thanks for the yummy lunch...but eating weenies is a little hard for me to do ;)~
ZONA, so glad you took the plunge...now take the road trip. go for it!!
MEK, I am not making any Valentine's Day cards, or I would gladly help you out.
TINA, great news about dad. And he should give YOU a slap upside the head...just because ;)~
Oh, do you wear crocs when you are marching??? bwahahahaha
Tina, sorry I missed the post about your dad, but glad he's doing good.
I don't get to read all the posts some days.
Zona, I truly hope you'll make the trip with MEK, you will have a good time, and she's as fun in person as she is on the blog.
One of the funniest things she did was jump in front of the web cam (live to the Ross chat room people) and shake her ass, singing "I've got a big butt and I cannot lie" (you know, to the tune of that song "I like big butts and I cannot lie".
(She does NOT have a big butt).
SACBARB: I can just see you doing the 'happy tappy dance'! Congrats on first!
ITEACH: Congrats on losing a lb! I think, however, I found it. ;)
LYNND: ROFLMAO!! Did you ever go over the brink? Damn I sure hope so!
MEK: Flip-flops again. And sunscreen. This is just so wrong. I don't want warm weather yet.
GOLDIE: Perfect. Twice.
JOEY: LOL at Lumbago being in "KOKOMO"..
BARB/WA: Glad to see the gorgeous snow owl back again!
CG: I don't understand how people or ANYTHING for that matter, can move at all when it is -52 degrees! Warm AZ hugs to you!
NOWMERCY: So I have Lumbago and I AM Lumbago?? Cool.
TINA: AREA 51--no. Glad your dad is doing well.
JOOOODDDDIIII: Are you keeping warm? You're welcome--hope the info helps.
Tina~ glad to hear about dad!
CG- good to see you again. Hope your heart is healing.
I just got back from the dr. and I have officially found the weight that iteach has lost!
MEK-are those cards done yet? I'll have you know that a friend talked me into going to one of those card making party things once. We made 16 cards (4 per station).
Please understand that I can't draw a straight line with a ruler on a normal day. So the idea of creating anything with scissors, glue,stamps and all the rest was a joke. However, I was/am so damn proud of those things I have only given away 4 of them. I show them to people, but they can't have them!!
The boobs have been smashed and the frozen salad spoons used, so now I am going to treat myself to pizza for dinner.
hey nightowls
Hope all is having a good day!
zona babeeeeee
I got my "eli", the postman actually walked it right in this afternoon..I open immed. and flipped thru..Oh my goodness its huge! I can't wait to read it...
And you wrote me a note, So thrilled..Thank You, Thank You...
Why is that the kindness of a one time stranger is greater than I have right beside me?
Amazing!
EBJ - I thought what happened at BABB stayed at BABB!! LOL - but - I have to agree that was funny!!! I had walked in front of the camera NOT realizing that I was "blocking" the frame!!!- that was NOT one of my finer moments!! LOL.. TOO FUNNY - AND, I wasn't even drinking - I had enough the night before at Happy Hour with Whabby!! and I wanted my "wits" about me while I met these "strangers"!!
Even funnier - Entranced had a back up plan in case we were all too weird and it wasn't going well - needless to say, she was one of the last to leave!! :-)
Zona - good for you - it's great that you are "considering" the road trip - that is a start!!
Just Lin - I'm sure your hair looks just fine!!
Mo - I got some cards made - not my best - but they will have to do - I'm in a time crunch..
I continue to hope that everyone is having an excellent day!!
I did not read the comments today, busy at work..I will read tonite when I get home...
I did not overdose today, I just drank theraflu, and is was awful
...Yuck...
Goldie - sorry you found that pound - but glad that you had the smash and grab today - I keep putting that off - BAD MEK!!!
AND, yes, I just finished some cards - I still have more to make - I'm doing assembly line - all the same!! Have NO creative juices today...
Cpgem - thanks again for ALL you do!!!
Ok..here is another plea!
We need some daily blogs, or you guys will continue to read mine ;O)
Even you lurkers...
Thanks
♥♥♥
mek
You reminded of something I wanted to say!
No need to thank me, I enjoy as much as you guys do, perhaps I don't comment as often as others, and when I do, I am usually talking to myself. It is all of you that make up this Night Owl blog..
So
Thank you all!
Kindness of Strangers!
hmm...great daily blog...
Any takers?
tina
Just scrolled up some!
Glad your dad is ok! My dad is a pain in the butt to!
any word on amicus and lovey...
and where the heck is chickenowl?
Scrolled up a little more!
lynnd
Your break is over, get your butt back in here ;O)
Ok...back to work for me!
I will check back later..
Nice chatting with myself :O)
Maureen I had to think a moment and duh it hit me...Moweenie. Next time I'll serve shrimp cocktail for you instead. :0)
I'm going to allow Tinkatia to sleep 1/2 hour longer. Then I'm going to bang two metal garbage can lids together and wake her up.One of these days she's going to kick my butt all over the place. :0)
night.owls.sb - Don't be lonely. I will talk to you. Everyone else is probably having a nap. Oh no there is one. I see Dreama.
Dreama - I have been awake since two. I have been answering messages and reading the blog. Couldn't you feel my presence?
Barbara in Wa - What happened? Did your uniboob shrink? I like your owl better anyway.
Canadian Girl - Good for you for posting. I know how sad you have been. It will take a while but posting will help take your mind off of it for a bit.
Joey - Thanks for the add. You have so many friends on your list, no wonder you didn't know whether I was there or not. Are you sending every one of them a Valentine? I am expecting one soon.
Nowmercy - You are our resident expert on lumbago. We all know now who to go to for advice.
EBJ - I check every day for an update on Paula. So glad it was a good one today.
Dreama - I love weenie sausages on toothpicks, veggies with dip, strawberries dipped in chocolate and tea especially for me. Thank you. I can't eat the chocolate because it is Lent but my fingers are clean and I will peel off the chocolate and someone is sure to want it.
Maureen - I love eating little weenies. They are so good.
ZonaBaby - My 3 Dalmatians arrived in the mail today. It took almost 2 weeks. I am so excited. I now have the dog on the rocket ship. I have looked 6 months for him. (That 6 year old in me is sneaking out again.)
You know how much I love getting MAIL. hint hint.
Carol - By the time this posts you will probably have company.
If you are home from work you should be resting anyhow.
Hi to Amicus, Birdee, Whabbear and Bellesmomma and anyone else I missed.
cpgem - WELL, I can thank you if I want too!! LOL... if you didn't post the blog, etc. - we wouldn't have a blog!! :-)
Did you enjoy that little conversation you had with yourself just now??!! :-)
I'm trying to finish up these last cards!! SO - I can clear the table and make dinner for Mr. MEK (who, just got home!!)
lol....I just got a text from Mary/Mi~ lol....she sent me a pic of her slot machine....she just hit a $1600 jackpot~ Is that hilarious or what? We are gambling in the nest~
:D
Scribble, scribble...making more notes to self. Tinkatia can not have chocolate until after Lent. :0)
I love to gamble! I love slots! Congrats to mary- wish I was in Vegas now on a slot.
Carol, lmao at your little private conversation. What did you get in the mail from Zona? I am confused (again).
CAROL,
feel better and take care of YOU.
This just struck me...when BIRDEE, our resident chickenowl laughs, does she go "cock-a-doodle hoot hoot"??
Sorry - -I think I have a frozen brain!! (no comment Lynn and Tina!)
DINNER CALL:
Whole wheat penne pasta with butter and garlic sauce
Pork chops (yes, I eat pork!!)
Romaine lettuce with shaved parmagiano
and...hopefully...
Joey's Pineapple Upside Down cake for dessert!
Wine
Beer
Soda Pops
Iced / hot teas
Coffees
Water with lemon or lime wedges
buon appetito
OK TINA~~~~~
All I saw was that mary sent you a pic of her slot!
barb~ you are nasty....I meant to say slit~ :)~
Mo~ glad you do pork~ :)~
Yea, pork chops!! I have had a craving for those!! :-)
Tina - thanks for sharing about Mary - that's fantastic news!! Hope she quit while she was ahead!!
OMG Tina!
You're so bad.
I love it!
MEK sorry "butt" I had to share about your "butt" thing, it was too funny.
Way to go Mary! How exciting.
Maureen thanks for the dinner. I have been so busy multi tasking today and burning energy that I've kept getting hungry every 3 hours!
Curiosity killed the cat - WHAT did Zona mail to Cpgem??!!
Goldie and MEK want to know!!!
EBJ - I forgot to thank you for saying that I did NOT have a big, ole butt!! AND, I have had that song in my head ever since reading your post!! :-)
I'm all alone right, I'm not use to that feeling.
I have a workshop to go to tomorrow that is 1 1/2 hours away, so the children are at grandma's house.
The Mr. is in Kansas City and I'm all alone with my Treadmill.
Well, I guess I will give him a ride. Be back in a bit.
Iteach - riding the treadmill!! LOL
what is it with people?? I took a scrapbook class yesterday and only two of us showed up and I've had TWO phone calls tonight asking me to SEND THEM THE LAYOUT - HELL - I paid for the damn class and now they want it for free!!!!!! Good Grief.......
Dance Wars is on - I'm cheering for Team Carrie Ann!!
Racking up the comments for Tina..
150!!
So there, Goldie
dang you MEK!
WHO is iteach riding?????????
OMG - Goldie - I have NO idea you were lurking to get 150!! TOO FUNNY!!!!!!!!!!
Well actually, I wasnt' lurking MEK- I just logged on again and saw you hit 150. I missed it by a c..hair!
Evening y'all!
LMAO@"who is iteach riding?"!HAHA
LOL@Mek saying she spelled procrastinator(sp?haha)wrong!
OMG I see there has been a lot of fun going on today...LOL@me having a lot of friends and sending out valentine's!
Well, here it is 9:19pm and I have sad news:( NO Pineapple Upside Down Cake!!:( I know it's a shame! HAHA
I am bored now and thinking about starting it but still never got the brown sugar! Hmmmm..I wanna go google a substitute.Anyone know one?!LOL
Sorry to disappoint, but dagnabit at least by morning, there WILL be cake for EVERYONE in the nest;)
Off to try to be productive...
No cake? sniff, sniff
Joey - you NEVER promise cake and then NOT come thru!! my goodness!! we have LOTS of hungry hooters here!!!
Dangnabit, ya'll!!
;-)
speaking of hooters- It still cracks me up when I go have a mammo and they ask all the medical questions and one is "do you have implants?"
HELLO- are you looking at my chest?? Cracks me up everytime...
is anyone else watching Dance Wars?
HAHA Mek! and LMAO@Hooters;)
Do y'all dress in the tight little orange tops and short shorts?hehe
LOL, Goldie!!
Joey - that would be NO - sure would not want to scare anyone!!
Joey - i must say - you have talked to me more in the last 24 hours, than in the whole year "over there"!! :-)
We will if you will Joey!
No MEK- haven't see it
Now - I want to see a picture of that - (joey in a hooters outfit) or maybe not!! :-)
LOL@MEK..I talked to you over there!:)
LMAO@me in the outfit..TRUST me, you would NOT want to see that;)lol
Okay, I felt guilty..I whipped that cake up fast and no matter how it turns out, I will still take pics and upload it! LOL
(I'm praying it releases from this glass 9x13 dish..haha)and if not, it will not get inverted and you'll just get the pic of it's ass end! ROFLMAO
I also did not have the brown sugar, but did a little kitchen magic substituting..SO this one is a gamble..LOL
I'm guessing it may not look the greatest, but may taste yummy! HAHA
Someone remind me to check it in say 40 mins.. please..well 35, I have a fast oven;)
It's a minute man oven! ROFLMAO
Joey, laughed at looking at its ass end.
Can't wait to taste it!
JOEY: I have a fast oven too...;)
You guys need to be less fun to read so I can get some dusting done in here.
Good evening OWLETTES..
Well after a crazy day at work... everyone wanting to get the valentine gifts there on time!!!
I came home and had to make cupcakes...MIL b'day tomorrow...
So.. I made extra for the nest...
They are a family favorite... Spice cake with coffee icing!!!
Enjoy!!!!
CG-- So glad you are back... still feel the hugs coming from here!!
I need to go and catch up with all the post since I left work!!!
BRB
O.K.... Zona sent CPGEM a program from the SUPER BOWL...
Geez... you don't pay attention do ya!!!!
OH...NO....
I did't know about the pineapple up-side -down cake... I love that ...AND .. it is the one kind of cake I can't make... Please let me know when it is out of the oven...
HEY...JOEY
you never did tell me where in VA you are... ???
I could have brought you some brown sugar!!
ibebold- huh? did you say something, sorry - I wasn't paying attention...... ;)
IBB - gets the prize - YES, that is what it was - Goldie and I are having "old timers"..
OH - spice cake and coffee icing - I'm THERE!!!!!!!! YUMMY!!!
SEE ... Iknow exactly how CPGEM feels... I feel i am "talking to myself"
( singing to the tune of "dancing with my self" by billy idol)
Goldie - I LOVE you.. that was funny - Mr. MEK just asked me - what in the heck is SO funny over there??!!
Alright, hang on to your wings friends.......... I finally have a background on myspace! I have to tweat it and add to it, but by damn I have something after finally!!!
IBB - or some cans!!! sorry - I could NOT resist!!!
I'll Take the prize... is it an all exspense payed trip to the BABB!!!!!
hehe@old timer's
OMG those cupcakes sound yummy!:)
LOL@IBB...Oh sorry..I am right near Blacksburg, yes the town where VA Tech is for those who aren't familiar! LOL
Thanks for the offer neighbor;)haha\
Should be about 20 mins. or so!:)
Goldie - say it ain't so - I must go look - how long did that take?!! LOL...
IBB - I'm having a nice little chuckle at your expense right now..
holy shit- I meant tweak it and I do have oldtimers disease....
Now I want cupcakes and cake! And I am a diabetic you all- you are going to kill me!!
Oh yeah, have y'all seen that hilarious video from Ant's blog...The parody about gay insurance!?
Janine also posted it on her blog..Let me know if anyone needs the link!
MEK- I believe it took about 13 monnths..... and I have only just begun. once I actually figure out what I am doing it will be sweet!
I meant PAID... dear lord ... joey please be baking!!
me joey, I need the link
left left left right left..just me dusting...
Tina - How did Mary take the picture? Aren't cameras forbidden in all gambling resorts? I know there are signs everywhere in Reno and Vegas forbidding pictures. It would be awful if they took her money away because she took a picture of the shot machine.
Maureen - Those pork chops sound delicious. I can't wait. I haven't had pork chops in a couple of years so I will really enjoy them.
Mek - I know how you feel about giving the materials away for free. It's not the money it's the fact that they are so darn cheap. I had that happen to me years ago when I took an English University course by correspondence. After I finished the course, one of the teachers asked me for it. It cost like $300. I felt embarrassed to say I didn't want to so I gave the course to him. The next day he said I didn't give him the answers so I stupidly brought the assignments to him the next day. That was years ago and I still get angry every time I think of what I let him get away with. Live and learn I guess.
IBB - we might have to look into that. OR - we could have one back there - for all the east coasters..
Goldie - are you drinking tonight?
dusting..dusting..dusting..
still dusting....AZ is a dusty state..
Zona - :-)
ZonaBaby - How did you get from myspace to the blog so fast? Be careful. You don't want to fall again.
ooopppsss missed a spot..
another one..
over here...
200
over there...
ohno
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