WHAT MADE YOU GRIMACE & GRIT YOUR TEETH TODAY?

My boyz reckon any excuse to make bickies is alright by them!
My husband's grandfather fought in New Guinea ... _I_ feel we ought to honour him somehow ...
I am dragging my husband to the ANZAC fun run tomorrow and I will be at the ANZAC parade on Monday with my Brownie group.

The thumb will heal I reckon...I took a good slice off the top trying to chop frozen chocolate for Banana bread (cake) the other day
Not having much luck in the kitchen lately; I cut the same hand on a tin can last week! Though it has pretty much healed already! The naturopath's wonder drugs seem to be doing the trick!

Hey, I need to make it clear that I'm not denigrating Australian's war contributions. I'm just not an over-the-top patriot, is all. I guess I just have an abhorrence to war.
You're Canadian, aren't you, Ay Sontespli? Will there be a Canadian presence at your state's ANZAC celebrations on Monday?

My best advice to you, my dear, is to stay out of the kitchen till that thumb heals! Let the rest of the family do all that cooking/cleaning stuff! :wink:

Dunno if there will be a Canadian contingent at the ANZAC happenings on Monday.
Our Rememberance day is in November and I just happen to end up going because I have been involved with the Guding movement for that long!
I also abhor wars. I guess I participate in Memorial day ceremonies 1) because of Guiding 2) thanking those who died that we may live in a free country
As for kitchen duties; I just slap a glove on the wounded hand and carry on.
My ANZAC bickies actually turned out this time! I gave up on the handed down recipe and googled it

And all done with just one good hand! Bravo!

I know I will ge grimacing soon. Signed up to assistant referee a U12G competitive soccer game. While they may only be 11, the comp girls can typically run the 100 in the low to mid 12's. I can't keep up.

The weather. The picture below was taken yesterday in Findlay, Ohio. Part of that water on the roadway is from the melt off of all the snow we got the other day. Today it rained.... ALL DAY. Roads are still flooded all over the place.



BLAAAHHHH!!!!!

That blows. If I were the type of goober that gives hugs, I'd give you a big ((((hug))))....but I'm not, so I won't.

If I were the type of goober I'd give a hug too...but I'm not, so instead I'll just laugh at you.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I don't know if we should laugh...I think that damn rain is headed our way, Slap.

D'OH!

However, don't see it in the forecast yet...

Looks like you have it much worse than we do, Brooke, but I sympathize. Rain, rain and more rain. Well, snow, rain and more rain. And just a little bit ago it was like all sunny and warm!

Summer will arrive for good sometime... right? Before July?

One can only hope, Soz! The weekend snow laid over all of my peony bushes. Today they are standing back up but I don't know how good they will do. Lilacs are almost ready to break out in bloom. *sighs* I was thinking about you and wondering how Columbus was faring. Parts of Ohio had over a foot of snow. Not sure what Findlay had, but 8 inches is what I heard. It was wet and heavy but never stuck to the roads much. Just slush. Did stick on the grass and trees, etc. Parts of Hancock county had 6 inches of rain before the snow. Therefore, the flooding.


Slappy? - May the Gods of thunder rumble down on you and open the flood gates so it just rains and rains and rains and r-a-i-n-s some more !!!!


Kicky? C'mere you little goober
*see what happens when you tell me you don't give hugs*

Gritting my teeth coz I am STILL sick! Won't this flu ever go away??!!
You people who are getting excess rain ought to send some on over to Australia! Can never get enough rain over here!

I had a presentation that had to go out last night for a meeting today in Chicago. I missed the last call at FedEx, which closes at 10:15 now instead of 11:00 like last year so I called to inquire about their same day service. One package, less than a pound, would cost 283.00! I almost passed out.
Then I called Delta Dash. The same package would cost 76.00 and yes, they do deliver to Midway airport which would allow my business associate to pick it up on the way to the meeting. Excellent, right? Well, when I got to Delta Dash at 11:30, there was, of course, a different story. I had to be registered with the company before sending anything and they DO NOT deliver to Midway airport, only O'Hara, twenty-plus miles away. So, no presentation today. For the first time in my 28 year career, I missed my deadline.
grrrrr....

Aw, that sucks, eoe! Especially with all those extra near-misses.

Get better soon, Ay Sontespli.

Brooke, we got snow that stuck but didn't seem to for long. I don't think it was more than an inch or so. A lot more than that came out of the sky but didn't stick. My garden seems OK, thankfully, a little raggedy but not too bad. Lilacs are blooming!

Eoe, FedEx same day is always outrageous. It's cheaper to rent a car and drive it there yourself.

I know!!! I could have bought an airline ticket and showed up at the meeting personally. While I was freaking out at the price, the rep was as cool as you please. I'm sure he gets at least three freaked out non-customers every night.

And then...
In between conference calls and emailing pdf's for presentation, I run to my printer to pick up a proof and get all the way there before realizing that I have no cash, no credit cards AND no driver's license.
grrrr....

Your printer makes you pay for press proofs?! That's always included in the final invoice here.

I grimaced all the way home from work while listening to Talk of the Nation discuss the evangelical right's march toward US dominion.