Jayme, trust me, you don't want to return things too may times at most restaurants. Just saying...
Just watched despicable me 2, I got 12 minions for you Bobbi, so now you have a really cute gang.

Update on plane crash .. 2 dead & 161 injured. Bad as that is, I guess it could have been much worse. They're touting pilot Peter Berkill as a hero, for bringing the plane down. Safety experts say that fire can burn thru the fusalage in 90 seconds.

at least 60 unaccounted for and several people listed in critical.

@mforr..that is exactly why I opted out of any food....gross, who know? This place we have known the people and they r friendly, etc..but the cooks were new and sounds like there had been lots of problems that day. Our server felt so bad..we tried to pay for what we got, and she wouldn't charge us, so we gave her cash anyway. Next time I am going to just stick to the menu vs. asking for a diff. sauce!
-what r u up to today?
-Sad about the train derailment in Quebec & the plane crash!

Watered the garden and headed to mall, too hot for anything, did you see my temps today? My mystery knee ailment was getting better after resting but you can imagine what a day of walking did to it. Watched the movie and held cold soda against it most of the time. Movie was adorable and now we're getting some grilled chicken wraps for dinner. No cooking tonight. I had hoped to go to beach this evening but its still steamy and I think I just want the air conditioner and maybe a little pictionary on the Wii. How's your afternoon shaping up?

Michele-You are still my hero, and no I am not down hearted. I posted in my thread. Please read.

Big hugs, Angela!!!!

Ditto-okay enough mushy....Lol

;)

I just spend the last ten minutes on the floor of my master closet with my scaredee-dog. It rained for 10 minutes and no thunder or anything (that I could detect), but yeah.... on the bright side, she'll let me wash her face while she's being so needy and cuddly.

Omg, what a production. Over a nothing storm. My goodness. We are out of the closet but insisting on being in my lap and panting like she just ran a quarter mile.

All the appies are made and the wine and beer is chilled for tonight's company. Roo, my Aussie friends are coming over, yippy. Thought I'd sit a watch a few minutes of the news, holy cow the train and plane crash are unbelievable, so sad.

Lac-Megantic means Mega Lake, my god the footage is horrible. I think both could have been a lot worse. I'd hate to have the responsibility and pressure of a pilot.

Oh shoot, my companies is arriving. I'll check in later. :)

Kimdee, that has been me for the past two days. I literally had to wrap her up like a newborn.

Enjoy your company Candace!

What do you all think about this area rug... with my chairs? Too much?

Kimdee-like the rug.....

As a little image it looks busy, but as a large rug it would look fine, the pattern would be very open.

Go for it!!

Thanks... I kind of like it. I will run it by my designer. And I think I'm going to post a dilemma and see what folks come up with that I might not have considered.

Quick hi and bye. I'm beat from the day. It was an intense day of mostly non-emergent calls except for the last unconscious guy.

Best call of the day - the person who had a ring stuck on her finger and couldn't get it off as their fingers were swollen. Didn't want to go to the hospital, just didn't know what else to do or who to call.

Hope everyone had a great day.

Kimdee, is this too funky for you?

Not at all! Where is that from, I kind of love it!

Home decorators

Crud. They don't ship to Canada. Even though they're part of Home Depot, it seems.

Do you have anyone in the US who could ship it to you if it is reasonable.

That stinks, I had a few for you to look at from there

@Michele, the trouble with ordering online is the shipping sometimes. And how much it adds to the cost. @Angela -- that would be too much trouble. I'll find something that can ship direct.

Is MP around? The lady who has a thread "Need Help"....the one with the wall art/ strawberries pics...put out her email and said to contact her..not sure if it's for MP but I think so.

Hi all, busy day today so just jumping in and out.

BOBBIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII - Need you here https://www.houzz.com/discussions/need-help-with-paint-color-in-bathroom-dsvw-vd~543549

Yikes that is dangerous putting her email on here.

Robin - your ring story takes me back to when #2 joey was a teen. Boyfriend at the time gave her one of those Russian Wedding Rings that were all the rage then for Christmas. It was a little small for her, but would she listen?? No, put it on and had a nap. When she woke her finger was huge and even going blue and beyond help with ice, oil or anything else. Dashed her to the local Fire Station which is pretty close and they had a special cutter to get it off. Fireman said it was best we did it that way as to take her to the ER they would use a saw which would actually chew up a lot of the gold. Cost me a fortune to have the damn thing enlarged and put back together again. Mind you this is the joey that somehow found a plastic bag and put it over her entire head so it stuck fast, put her hand flat on a hot plate to see if it was hot and left it there complaining it was, and as a 2 year old climbed up the bathroom vanity and shaved her face with BH's razor "to be like daddy". She went to preschool with 5 bandaids on her face that day.

@roo...was that your middle child?

HOW DID YOU GUESS!!!!!

Special treat for u...emailed David, got a response..he sounds in good spirits, still has viral symptoms, but sounds stable with health status. He sounds very busy and is working. Wanted to share, as I know all we hens worry.

@roo...LOL!!

Thanks for the update on Mr. Ironwood, Jayme... I've really been worried.

Jayme - great news on Sir David. Thank you for that.

I have to say as much as a terror #2 joey was growing up, she is probably the most caring of my 3. She still vividly remembers the day she was fighting with #3 joey and picked up a chair and threw it at her. #3 ducked and the chair went through the wall. She was so terrified to tell me, it took her ages to blurt it out, she was sobbing so hard. I never did the "wait till your father gets home" thing I believed in dealing with things as they happened but on this occasion I was actually killing myself laughing on the inside so I told her that as her father had to fix it she would have to explain it to him when he got home. She now says it was the worst day of her life waiting for BH to come home but as a mum now marvels at the control I showed. Of course I have since told her I was killing myself laughing and the whole thing is now #3's fault for ducking.

Trying to catch up on the day here, Lisa, I don't watch Underbelly, I am so over violence and language on TV or in movies and I guess having worked in crime for 20 years and knowing a lot of the figures portrayed, I'm over all these type of people too. It always received rave reviews and anyone I know who watched it raved about it too. I couldn't handle the Sopranos for the same reason.

What is the lastest news on the train crash. Said 60 people were missing. What a horrible thing it must have been for those townspeople. Often wonder why these things always seem to happen in the middle of the night, but in this case things could have been far worse in the middle of the day. Plane crash at SF was scary too, haven't been a lot of plane crashes lately, planes must be getting safer.

Night all, going to try to go to bed. I am very tired. Had a rough day today.

Roo-have you seen this
https://www.houzz.com/magazine/my-houzz-a-south-australia-home-comes-down-to-earth-stsetivw-vs~13724441

Sorry you had a rough day, Angela (((hugs)))

Good afternoon, Ms Roo... I am loving your joey stories... very funny!

Thanks Kimdee-I just hope that I have put some things to rest.

Hope you get a really good sleep Angela.

KD, this is the mother of Miss 7 and the Little Bloke which probably explains a lot. She was my swimmer and was always on the go and one of those people who really gets things done - still is. When she was about 4, end of day was a nightmare with the bath, dinner, bed routine, I was always adamant they had to clean their mess away and stick to the routine. #1 always had her head in the clouds, used to play with every toy she owned and #3 just followed her. Come 4.30 #2 would suddenly pack away whatever she was playing with, ask me to run the bath for her and would immediately bath and dress herself, put her dirty clothes in the laundry, tidy her room, then set the table for dinner and ask if I wanted anything else done. The rule was that when everything was done they could watch TV till dinner time so of course #2 was straight in front of the TV thoroughly enjoying herself while I was constantly nagging the other two to clean up, get in the bath, etc. As kids do, more time was spent arguing about it than actually doing and I was constantly dragging them back from the TV. I couldn't do a damn thing, I had set the rules and no matter how hard I tried to work it the other two would just never get it and co-operate. Anything I did would have penalised #2. She was one damned cunning kid AND knew it.

Goodnight everyone, I think it's time for bed... I can hardly keep my eyes open.

Night kd sleep tight. Time for some housework for me.

Hi Roo

hi Angela - go to bed!

Goodnight everyone!!

Roo – Your #2 joey sounds a little like me, because I was very curious too .. but I didn’t do things that might hurt myself! My Mom loved jewelry, and in retirement took some classes & dabbled in making it. As an adult, I had a ring I loved that had a pretty hefty shank to it .. it fit well normally. Once in the summer, my fingers must have swelled, and I couldn’t get it off either .. soap, lotion, oil .. and my finger was turning blue too. She had a hacksaw specifically for jewelry, and cut it thru, then pried the shank apart enough to get over my knuckle. Mom to the rescue :)

@Jayme. Thanks for contacting David. I am happy to read good news about him.