Bobbi, I have been cleaning it up and I'm going to use it at the lake. I'm going to show each of the "assigned designers" to come up with a creative idea on how to use it.....and then probably have 2 sets of legs made. One tall set to use it a intended and a short ball foot to use it as a coffee table...unless anyone can think of something else. I'm too damn scared to cut it in half to use as table legs, with a huge sheet of glass.....but I luv luv luv that idea.

Candace, cutting it in half would be really scary, I wouldn't have the courage myself! Post it as a dilemma, maybe you'll get a new great idea?

I have a question for everyone - why does it take four hours to buy a car? I know there's no answer to it, but good grief! Are car salesman really that bored????

Candace - Friday fish fry is somewhat of a regional tradition. I don't know how far it goes, but it is common in the Chicago area and especially in Wisconsin. Bars and restaurants serve it year round while many churches and fraternal organizations do it only during Lent as a fundraiser. We rarely go out of Fridays as my hubby travels quite a bit so he usually prefers to just stay home when he gets back from a trip. But, he's been home all week and didn't work yesterday or today, so seemed like a good chance to go out to a fish fry

Service here is usually pretty good. One particular local restaurant has a reputation for poor service and we haven't been back despite the good food.

We had fish Friday's when I was in NJ but I don't remember if it was fried or not. Probably not, my mother never fried anything.

Candace - there's a place near downtown that my coworkers rave about. Darned if I can remember the name... but it's on 104ave and about 116st. I don't eat fish so I have no idea if its any good or not, but everyone says its the best...

Brits Fish & Chips?

Kimdee - The fish at the fish fry places is usually as good as British fish, but haven't yet found any place that really serves good "chips"

When I was in elementary school, the head cook was Catholic so the whole school did meatless Fridays. One week was mac and cheese, the next was fish fingers

Well-I laughed my a... off. Movie was funny that is if you like comedies.

@David of Ironwood Builders. I am still keeping you close in my thoughts and sending healing energy.
Auntie Eztia

^ Me too, Eztia... every day.

Bobbi..that is such BS...Send those sacks of shi.... a certified letter in re: if you don't get satisfaction within ...blah blah of a date..You will proceed with legal action. Bast ar ds!
-Olldcann...I busted out laughing from your response to Kimdee! So very true!
-There are huge and ugly catfish caught in our river here..I have yet to ever try it....walleye, northern, any whitefish, I do enjoy/usually broiled.
-Birthday party went well...Jay is having a friend sleep over..all of calm, serene...
Had to snoop on here and make sure I didn't miss anything..LOL!!

And I am very very worried and concerned about dearest David...He is such a gem!!! Thanks Eztia, for always following up.

I do not like catfish. Not a bit. They taste like dirt...

@Kimdee..they r in muddy waters and I think they do hang out in the mud..Have u ever seen those shows where they dig in the mud and grab catfish with their hands? So weird, yet amusing.

And that client sounds like a piece of work...demanding and obnoxious to boot! If she is not worth any $ I would fire her as a client to be done with the madness.

I love catfish Kimdee

I have a few British friends, and their take on Fish & Chips is funny sometimes! They went to a local restaurant and ordered the fish & chips, but the chips were cold. So they sent them back. But the server only took back the chips. And brought another cold batch to replace them. By the third time, they told her that they had ordered FISH & CHIPS... not FISH.......... and chips.

Well, it's funnier in their British accents...

Hi all, so glad to be able to get on board without hassles today. Definitely had withdrawal symptoms yesterday, how does one fill a day without a bit of Houzz????

Kutchie, thanks for the photos at long last. You are doing a great job there - and so neat with it too. I love the shabby chic look of your present front door, can't believe you are going to change it. Hope you can find something artistic to do with it - bet mp would have a ton of ideas. Now we just have to see some of your artwork.

Kd - you will have to come visit here sometime - all our homes are pretty much brick. Of course we don't have to contend with regular earthquakes or anything so brick is the #1 choice because of no maintenance. In some areas there is a lot of weatherboard on older homes as it was much cheaper to build but of course maintenance is the issue there. I do love the dolls house cuteness of many of them though, especially when they are in pristine condition.

All the talk of gardening is making me itchy to get back into mine but it is still way too wet from last month's rain and will probably take weeks to dry out.

mp - love Boo Mappin's 4th outfit. It reminds me of some sun suits I made my joeys when they were little. Miss 7 had a special outfit for the 4th every year till she was 5, complete with fancy headpiece. I just love how you can buy those sort of things so cheaply. Come Halloween she usually has about a week's supply of clothes to wear.

Now y'all have me hanging for some fish and chips.

Hi-Roo and Kimdee-if it isn't bringing you happiness, time to get rid of it...

Good grief, there is no way I would accept cold chips anywhere. Our fish and chip shops are getting fewer and fewer, once every suburb had one and the Friday evening queue went blocks down the street so it is getting harder and harder to get a good feed. When I really yearn for some chips I usually end up at Maccas, their's has to be the best, hot and crispy on the outside and when I get fish anywhere it has to be done in beer batter. It used to be mandatory in England to eat fish and chips out of newspaper too, didn't taste the same otherwise. We use white butcher's paper now and it still tastes special straight from the pack.

Talking accents too, here the big joke is the Kiwis - we give each other a hard time - they pronounce words with an "i" quite differently so it comes out as Fush and Chups.

Angela ????

@kimdee....She prob. knows how far she can push you, and keeps doing so....Have u ever shut her down? After 10 years, u obviously HAVE been doing your job, so it must be she is literally just a big pain in the arse. Sounds like a control freak.

Ooops, maybe I misread that, hi to me and the happiness bit to KD.

@kimdee - There's always one in the crowd... The question is can you live with the devil you know or do you risk the one you don't. Because if you end that relationship, Murphy's law states there will be another to replace her...

They have Fish Fry's around here a lot. Fish is one of my favorite meat. Think I am going to go to bed, they still doing fireworks and poor Bella is scared again.

Yes Roo-hi to you...

Jayme-I wonder if my shut her down is different than yours.

Or is that someone else's law? I don't even know anymore. In medicine there's so many different laws... It's hard to keep track.

Ok. Going to bed. Back to work in the morning. Boo.

Four days off goes by way too quickly.

It seems like passive aggressive types push until they r confronted..then they often cry or wilt or retreat....
Just read last comment Kimdee....she sounds needy. Those types just keep sucking the life out of u the more u do.

Good luck!

Night Robin

roo -- (edited)

I will take your advice and do exactly that. And me too.... just my luck. I'll delete these before I hit the sack.

@roo..exactly!!

Well if she doesn't understand that and respect your good business practices, I'm sorry to say she is an idiot!!! Who in their right mind these days does NOT put everything in writing - it is in her best interests too.

Good idea - I will delete too.

Well lovelies... I have a headache, and I think I am going to go to bed, have a mediation (no, a meditation, good grief, Freudian slip?) and clear out all the gunk. See you in the morning, (or evening for Ms Roo), have a great sleep filled with unicorn dreams (WTF? lol), or a good rest of your day with rainbows and puppies (omg, I really need a pain pill).

Love you all... you are the best! xoxo

Have a good one Kimdee=feel better. I am still available.

@kimdee..U r hilarious!! Nighty night, sleep well
Hi Angela..
Gd night everyone, sleep well!

Jayme-you still up, trying to sleep but it probable be better if I get of here.

Oh, ez, it sounds like everything is against you tonight.

Kimdee – regional food is funny “in translation”. Many years ago my mom & I went on a cruise on a British line, and I ordered a “ham & cheese sandwich” for lunch. In America, that means ham & (yellow) American cheese. What I got was ham & cream cheese, and when I questioned it, the waiter said that they figured I meant cream cheese, since Philadelphia (brand) is very patriotic!

I don’t get the cold chips even in America, good & fast places here would serve them right out of the fryer .. hot.

Astraea -- Patriotic cheese, lol!! It took me a long time to figure out what "American cheese" was! It's definitely a US term, here we just refer to it as process cheese (ie: Kraft Singles slices, though I know there are other varieties). In a restaurant, if you ask for Ham & Cheese, you'll get ham, and whatever cheese they happen to have (cheddar, swiss, etc.), sometimes they'll ask which you prefer. "American cheese" or "singles" are most likely found on fast food burgers in Canada.

kimdee - exactly right .. it's "processed cheese product" .. doesn't that sound unreal & unappealing?!

Yeah! It's not my favourite! Although, sometimes it's a good comfort food grilled cheese sandwich.

Hahaha - American cheese here is called Plastic Cheese - mostly only used in Maccas. From what dd tells me we are really spoiled with cheese choices here, so the plastic is really hard to take. .

Roo - Good one; probably very appropriate. I haven't had "individually wrapped cheese product" in years. I have very little processed food in the house, and if I bother eating out I expect them to cook & use "real" ingredients as well.

"Plastic cheese" is about the size of it. Like you, Astraea, processed foods don't live much in my house anymore.

The scary thing is that some kids/adults actually like this stuff, that is so far from "the real deal"! Like all the "low fat" & "no fat" items .. check out the ingredients to see what repaced a little natural fat, to give it the same consistency .. yuck!

I know -- when you start reading labels and seriously thinking about what you're putting into your body... it's frightening. My rule is if that I can't pronounce it and I don't know what it is, I'm not eating it.

kimdee - I've gotten like that with facial & body products as well. I've developed a master list of about 400 ingredients, and cross check anything that I'm thinking of buying.

My youngest joey developed allergies, really never got to the bottom of just what she was allergic too, but there is a book here called "Break the Code" and I used to have to walk around the supermarket with it under my wing to check every number on everything I bought. At that time, the weird thing was that the generic or house brands had the least in them. I remember in particular, jam was one thing she could eat on dry rice cakes, the house brand had fruit, water, sugar, and it went up to Weight Watchers in particular that had an absolutely unbelievable list as long as your arm. Put me off Weight Watchers brand forever.

Have you ever noticed fat reduced or fat free products are quite sweet. I find this especially with skim or low fat milks and can't stand the sweetness of them. I heard one time that to get the fat out, they run it through sugar - seems it absorbs the fat, but of course sweetens the product. I figure that being the case, and everything in moderation, I can eat some sugar and follow it with fat which the sugar should then absorb. Sugar is far easier to burn so I burn the sugar up and the fat should go too. Does that sound good??? I am the queen of theories.

Another interesting thing to check is salt levels. I was looking for some stock one time and trying to decide between brands - one did a low salt option where the other brand didn't. Checked the salt levels out of curiosity and the "low salt" product had MORE salt than the standard product in the other brand. They are definitely out to get us.