“Hello. Welcome to Caturday. I am a cat so Mike asked me to say hello to you. Because I am a cat and this is Caturday. Are you having a good Caturday? I am having a good Caturday. I hope you have a good Caturday. OK, bye.”
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Weekend Open Thread
“This space intentionally left blank” LOL
Wondering if space behind kitty’s eyes was also left blank.
No never! Clever little furry demons are always thinking. ..planning…plotting! !
Well, yes, sweet bright-eyed little kitty! At the moment enjoying my favorite when-I-get-to-do-it Saturday morning: jelly toast in bed snuggling with kitty and watching Law & Order reruns. Will get up soon to go to a library book sale then, hmm, who knows, if it stays this dark & cold & gloomy might just resume where we left off!
I woke up with the chills, a sore throat and a stuffed nose. So I’m spending the day in pyjamas with my kitties.
GiGi, I hope you feel better soon – not such a bad way to spend the day if you have to be sick. I guess it was nature’s way to keep you in bed so that you get used to being retired!
Love the image!
Oh, Gigi! Hope you feel better soon. Purr therapy is the best medicine.
Sounds like a Ferris Buhler type ruse just so you can stay in bed with kitties!! (Just kidding – hope you feel better soon!)
oh Gigi too bad…but luv the little cartoon! ! Especially the cat that strolls by with the mask!! Get well soon.
I just realized they all have masks! ?
Feel better soon Gigi!
Wow, thanks for pointing that out!
Same here.
At least u will never have to go to work sick or call out sick. Hot tea with honey and lemon.
And stay in bed as long as you (and Mia) want.
You are retired, you are the boss. Well, sorta.
A little whiskey, with honey and lemon will
fix you right up. ?
Ha! I love this post! It’s written in the style of “2nd grade student’s book report”! 🙂
Or college student’s history paper. Sadly, I speak from experience.
Ouch!
Ouch, indeed!
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One of my college roommates went to grad school and had to teach freshman composition. I went to visit her one weekend and she let me read a few of the papers she had to grade. I was amazed at the sheer number of grammar and punctuation errors some people could pack into one short paragraph. And most of them didn’t even have the excuse that English wasn’t their first language.
I sometimes proctor writing exams for my university and oh gods I have seen some awful things. I’ve seen people write essays advocating fascism, people who don’t seem to understand the existence of pronouns, people who spend 2 hours composing 6 sentences and far worse.
Ever heard of a plumb tree? Not autocorrect either. This from a lawyer discussing a property line dispute.
Probably similar in concept to a “plumb line” which is used to find a perfectly vertical line. Perhaps the “plumb tree” was meant to be a geographical marker for an imaginary vertical line for property demarcation purposes.
Silly me…I think you are right!
Obviously there should be a plumb tree at each corner of any property. Why would surveyors need those tele-thingies!!
I think that kitty had a wee bit too much caffeine this morning.
♪ ? Goofy cat, floofy cat, what are they feeding you? Goofy cat, floofy cat, it’s not your fa-a-ault! ♫ ♪
I am just wrapping up a visit to my dad in Arkansas with my siblings. Heading home later today. It’s been an emotionally draining visit so this sweet, earnest kitty face gives me a lift!
Hope you’re doing OK, Amyliz – and the same for your dad.
It’s raining. I don’t usually hear the rain that well from inside. I woke up at some dark unknown hour and at first thought I was hearing the air running but no, it was the steady pouring rain on my roof. And I need to go shopping and see if I can find something to wear to a wedding next Friday. I don’t really have anything I can/want to wear (except the dress I wore to the bride’s sister’s wedding last summer and I don’t really want to wear the same thing). I had no luck at the mall last night but I saw something cute on Target’s website (of all places) and they might have it in the store near me so I figure it’s worth a shot. Hopefully the rain will stop this afternoon.
In the meantime, I would really like to go back to bed.
And I’m just trying the Organic Cocoa I got through a company called The Giving Bean, which sells coffee and tea and related goodies through group fund raisers (this one benefited my friend’s son’s Cub Scout troop) and it is pretty tasty.
This is going to sound very silly but maybe I took ALLIEN to be a play on ALLEN or something because I thought you were a guy. So when you were talking about needing a dress for the
wedding I’ve had to totally rethink things. BUT if you are a guy and need a
dress I don’t have a problem with it!!
My excuse is that I’m new!
lol…I’m a girl. Though I don’t wear dresses very much these days. I’d freeze to death in a skirt at my office.
Allein is actually my first name; it means “alone” in German (though pronounced differenly; it’s pronounced AL-LEEN while the German word would be more like “align”).
I thought it might be something like that…don’t know why I just assumed! Now that you have explained it to me I find that the pronunciation of your name is very nice!
Thanks! 🙂
Having a name that causes question about gender persuasion is great fun. I used to sing with a guy named Shelley so there was always assumption that Murray was the guy. Funnily, Shelley is married to Max.
I have a coworker (and former boss) who is a guy named Courtney. He also lives out of state, so a lot of people have never met him. They always think he’s a woman.
I know a couple of people who were kind of interested in each other but destined to never date as they were both named Ashley (guy and gal).
That’s funny.
I still go with your explanation of pronunciation as Ani-pal-leen. On this site, Ani-pal (short for animal pal) just fits. 😉
Haha, I forgot about that. 🙂
Love that pupster has a laptop and uses it in bed.
How else is he supposed to order tennis balls and treats online?
hee hee ??
I wanna know what book he’s reading.
Lazy day for me! Filling out my mail-in ballot, cleaning the house, cooking, washing some raw fleece so I can spin it into yarn, and generally hanging out with kitties. Little Scorpius has been inside for two weeks now and still refuses to talk to me. I found him under the daybed on Wednesday but haven’t seen him since, and now he won’t use that hiding spot.
I plan to set up a webcam near the downstairs feeding station so I can make sure he’s still alive. (There are Scorpius-sized poops in the litter box; he seems to be eating and drinking.) For all I know, he spends the days wrassling with Fred and George, only to disappear when I come home.
You realize you’ll need to share video with us, right?
I’ll see what I can do!
We don’t have tickets to tonight’s game (although my one nephew is in line to try to buy some), but a bunch of us are heading into Wrigleyville this afternoon to hang out with fellow Cub fans. Go Cubbies!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yes, in spite of former Phillies Carlos Ruiz and Chase Utley now being Dodgers,
I am rooting for the Cubbies. Chooch and Chase already have World Series
rings, and the Cubs have been without too long. Go Cubs!
Well my Jays are history and it sounds like the Cubbies have some kind of curse going so maybe I should send them all my leftover cheers!
At first I read “leftover cheese”. How thoughtful, I said to myself.
aha ha ha! That makes me chuckle! ?
“High cheese” is something pitchers throw. They wouldn’t want it.
Wow, interesting. Never hoid ‘o that!
Awwwww, poor puss – what do you think he did? HAH! Just kidding – cats never feel shame.
Lazy coffee & pj’s morning and then chores around the condo building. I’m the landscape committee so, after a series of storms this past week, I have about four thousand million gajillion leaves to rake up. Good exercise and made so much better with an audio book.
Hubster is a super duper handyman so the building Council have asked him to fix a door that’s not latching properly. Our lunch break taken together will be with a round of the LEGO Harry Potter Yrs 1-4 video game for funzies.
Groceries tomorrow and then, hopefully, a little bit of sewing. Happy weekend!
I’m trying to do a little water color but I don’t last long. My shoulder’s been giving me the dickens – I keep doing things to it. I can’t believe I actually feel twinges of envy when I hear people are cleaning and raking. I’d love to be able to rake – it’s actually something I rather enjoy – not today because it’s WINDY.
I got something rather cool from Gardeners Supply called a Potlifter. It’s a gadget to help two people carry something heavy be it a pot or heavy box. It’s a heavy duty nylon series of straps and ratchety things (I haven’t unwrapped it yet, just seen the pictures). Given that we need to move plants into the basement this week end and given that we have to downsize and get TONS of stuff out of our attic and basement I figured it might be a good investment. I’ll let you know how it goes.
I saw this in their catalog and was tempted. I’ll be curious how well it works
for you. No raking here, too rainy. No complaints, we need it. Go easy on the
shoulder, Murray. Let it all knit. I know you are impatient and frustrated.
It’s hard, healing, I know. Your art is worth the wait. ( this is your mom speaking)
Will let you know.
Raking in the wind can be a useful thing if you use the correct rake-to-wind orientation!!
God’s leaf blower?
Exactly!
TGIC! Thank God it’s Caturday!
This week was something else… my 87 year old father (who is 5000 miles away) got admitted to the hospital, had an operation, got transferred to another hospital for another procedure, and is getting sprung this afternoon!
In other news I’ve been staying longer hours at school so I can have a real life in the evening when I get home. On Wednesday, my dance group met for Greek food and sirtaki. On Thursday I drove through a “wintry mix” (thank heavens I got snow tires last week!) to attend “make up” oral examinations for students who didn’t graduate last spring. My student passed–it wasn’t pretty, but he passed.
Friday I went to school although I don’t teach on Fridays. But I got 98% of the grading done. This weekend I’ve been shopping, hiking, tidying, and watching vintage gothic movies on the interwebs.
I’m exhausted just reading about all this. So sorry about your Dad – I hope you have sibs closer to home to look after him.
That’s the only disadvantage of living so far away from home… I’m an only child! But my dad got remarried at 75 and my step-mom is terrific!
That’s fortunate. It’s still a worry, though, but good there is someone
to share the concern.
Sending best wishes to you and your father. I lived far from my dad when he got sick, but close enough so that I could drive to be with him. It would have been more frustrating otherwise, so I feel for you. Glad he’s out and hope he mends well.
Thanks all! The good news is that it was a relatively minor OP and, since he goes to the fitness center 3 times a week (at 87!), we expect him to recover nicely!
And yes I know, my eyes are slightly crossed. But my aim is quite good, I can assure you!
Sounds like there’s a great assortment of plans for the weekend here. Gigi, feel better soon! You need to be healthy so you can enjoy being retired. 🙂
I must say, having a therapy dog has turned into a *fantastic* retirement activity for my husband. He’s now giving other folks from his therapy group their initial tour of the VA hospital and helping them through the paperwork — it being a government facility, you *know* there’s paperwork. He’s also been invited to regularly visit a young soldier who came back from Afghanistan in a coma and just came out of it recently. He’s still in pretty bad shape, but he loves dogs, so everyone figures having a puppy to pet regularly can’t hurt and might help. So we shall see.
But now he’s busy trying to figure out how best to do the Halloween costume we figured out for Melody. Sebastian’s easy — he’ll be a little spider. 🙂 Melody, I saw a picture of a black dog with a skeleton outline painted on it in white, so he’s decided she HAS to be a skeleton, so he’s figuring out what best to use on her. Today he got some spray-on color, but he’s also going to try greasepaint. For a man who’s always thought dressing up dogs was idiotic, I must say he’s dived into it with total enthusiasm!
I sent my ballot in, so I have voted. And our county even gives us a sticker when they send out the vote by mail stuff, so I won’t be deprived of my “I voted” sticker. 🙂
This week was just brutal, nonstop appearances by everybody from the Prez on down. We were working nonstop from mid-morning until midnight a couple of days, which is a bit much. The weekend looks to be much quieter, thank heaven; we all need some recuperation time! I’m sure the Candidate does, too. I still cannot *imagine* the energy required to campaign as much as these folks do. It’s a real skill.
Have a great weekend, everybody!
Today is the first day in three weeks that I feel well and awake. Two weeks of body aches and headcold. One week very sleepy. Then another week of different aches. Took Tylenol and slept every chance I could get.
Something wonderful happened! I found a wonderful art studio fifteen minutes from my house. A professional painter/artist gives lessons to children during the day and adults at night.
I’ve been driving right past it for years. It is definitely an ask and you shall be answered occurrence because I never would have found it without one last desperate Google for adult art classes.
The best part is the price: $25 dollars per 2hr lesson. There are probably material fees. But every other place I found was over an hour away and cost hundreds of dollars.
I’m starting this Tuesday night! Here is a link:
http://www.theartstudiorvc.com/
I also posted a new drawing on my site. It’s a sad one. But after some time and discussion I think much happier artwork is just around the corner. Yay!
Faye, I hadn’t really cottoned on to your not feeling well tho’ I believe you mentioned it in passing – I certainly am glad you’re getting out of the woods. And that is good news about the art lessons. We’ll have to talk about that! Do keep in mind that you have a unique and wonderful way of expressing yourself and don’t let anyone tell you otherwise – be clear about what you want from this person.
I’m with Murray. Your style is so unique and compelling I’d be mortified if your new art teacher tries to ‘improve’ it.
Murray and Mich, thank you both.
I’m going to do something entirely different with the art lessons. Small colorful abstract paintings. I have been inspired by pictures of exotic birds. I don’t want to paint any birds but I do want to steal the color combinations.
I’m more than happy with my current style and won’t jinx that one bit. I’ve felt the need to open a complimentary train of thought.
Good, you’ve got your head on straight.?
Faye, you could instruct the instructor, you are that good.
She will be thrown off course when she sees your work.
Awww. You are very kind Phred’s Mom.
But I know enough to know there is so much I don’t know. I’m looking forward to learning about colors.
I missed out on so much by not being able to go to real art school. I feel so blessed to have time to make up for it now.
My pup got his vet visit this week. Apparently he ate some plants he shouldn’t have. Nothing terribly poisonous thankfully. He’s slowly recovering and returning to his usual hyperness.
That’s a relief. On that subject, I just read something about giving peanut butter to dogs. Normally it’s fine but you have to be careful about the brand – some brands contain xylitol which is deadly for dogs (is that the stuff that’s in sugar free candy?)
Yes xylitol is very hazardous for animals!!
Very good news! ?
One of my dogs threw up his dinner and one of the dogs ate the regurgitated dinner. Unfortunately, all of this happened while I was elsewhere, so I don’t know which of the following possible options occurred:
A. Poncho threw up dinner and Poncho ate it again
B. Poncho threw up dinner and Chico ate the throw up
C. Poncho threw up dinner and both Poncho and Chico ate the throw up
D. Chicho threw up dinner and Chico ate it again
E. Chicho threw up dinner and Poncho ate the throw up
B. Chico threw up dinner and both Chico and Poncho ate the throw up
All I know is that there were dried, crusty bits of bile in a few places on the carpet and one large, wet area that had apparently been licked clean.
sad face emoji 🙁
barf emoji
Only fair – there’s a poop emoji – where are the people who design these things when you need them?????
Murray C. – I have always felt that they current set of emojis is entirely inadequate and most are unnecessary. I would happily give up 90% of the emojis on my phone in exchange for Yoda and Darth Vader.
YES!!!!
Mich Patt – right? I think Yoda and Darth Vader emojis could appropriately capture at least 70% of the human experience. Add in a Jabba the Hut emoji to replace the poop emoji and I’m all set.
I LOVE that a group of whom I presume to be fairly adult people is having a discussion about poop and barf emojis. Will wonders and the playful heart never cease.
?
Oh it’s so cute! Yoda. Kermie. Happy pea!
Looks like an “I’m about to barf” pea!
I enlarged the view. Definitely barf ready.
It’s the “nauseated face” emoji.
Oh. Yurp!
Very successful.
When my dogs used to eat their own or the others barf my brain would stop all other activity but the one thought: I DID NOT JUST SEE THAT!!! But then again I didn’t have to clean it up. So who was I to look down on that behavior.
Julie, there’s another possibility: they had a dog from the neighborhood over to eat it. You. Will. Never. Know.
Faye – since both dogs are the same size, I am often wondering “Which dog did this?” Especially when I find poop in the house. Many a time I have wished there was a fast, inexpensive method for DNA testing dog poop, so at least I would know which dog did the deed. I feel like Dog Poop CSI when we have a rainy spell or at the beginning of winter, because that’s when I am most likely to find “accidents” that are not really acccidents.
Julie, One of my favorite observations is that a great number of humans spend more time than we realize talking/posting about dog poop. Or any pet poop for that matter.
It’s a topic that probably goes back to the first hominids.
I absolutely spend a RIDICULOUS amount of time in the dog poop space:
1. Looking for dog poop
2. Picking up dog poop
3. Negotiating with my dog(s) to poop
4. Visually analyzing dog poop
5. Checking for poop bags before we go outside
6. Finding poop bags in every pocket of every jacket I own
7. Buying poop bags in bulk on Amazon
I could go on and on and on…..
Sad face emoji ?
Bunny poop has a different set of issues but nonetheless involves the bunny parent in just as many ways.
Is the poop a good size?
Is it a good consistency?
Is it a regular poop or a cecal and why doesn’t this rabbit eat his cecal??
Are there enough of them?
Why is this rabbit pooping outside his litter box?
Yep, not far off. Rabbits and their poop (motility, if we are to be polite) are really important so much thought is given
Me too 🙁
I think people with babies also talk about poop a great deal.
This is true. Baby poop. Big topic.
Rabbit poop sounds more complicated than dog poop!
Don’t get me started on the topic of Chinchilla poop.
In my first family we talked about people poop a lot. As in exiting the bathroom and announcing, “That was a good one.” I don’t have enough life experience to know if that was just us and/or a characteristic of Jewishness.
The people I live with now are not big poop talkers. They won’t even have a conversation through the bathroom door. Frustrating.
Here’s another thing I want to know about dog people I meet: do you let your dog lick your toes. Best foot massage ever. This is where I divide up dog owners: dog sleeps in bed or not. Humans toes get licked or not. I’m sure there are other criteria but those are mine.
I don’t just let my dogs lick my feet, I let them lick my face. A lot of people think this is insane/incomprehensibly disgusting. It all started innocently enough…I somehow got Chico to associate me saying “Chico give me kiss” with him licking my nose. Then the licking just gradually spread from there and now every exposed surface is fair game. I think he has a bit of seasonal affective disorder in the winter, not from lack of sunlight, but from lack of exposed skin to lick in the winter months.
I remember having a conversation with a friend: Do you let your dog lick your face? His response: “OF COURSE!”
So my measure of dog owners is: dog licks face or not.
I don’t like being licked but I am more than happy to share my bed with a little pooch. Not sure I’d want a big dog to sleep with me, though.
Hilarious! I can’t stand having my feet touched – they say you can’t tickle yourself but I beg to differ, I have trouble handling my own tootsies. My mother used to let our dog lick her feet and she’d just laugh and laugh and he looked so blissed out.
Dogs lick each other as a form of bonding. So, when a dog licks his human he is bonding with said human. That’s probably why the dog looked blissed out.
He definitely liked my mom best.
Shrodinger’s Pair of Sick Dogs.
Crazy week coming up.
Mid term paper due Thursday; not written yet.
AGM Tuesday, where the discussion over allowing pets will blaze.
Flu shots today, where I made the horrible mistake of watching hubby get his shot. I haven’t turned that pale in a long time.
Pre-op stuff for surgery on November 7.
NOT looking forward to Hallowe’en.
Leave the porch light off.
Second floor condo.
Me, too. My light is on a timer, but I wouldn’t leave it off because I’m right at the top of the stairs and I wouldn’t want it to be too dark if any kids do come up (there are three other units up here). Being right next to the stairs is also why I tend to not be home on Halloween, otherwise I would hear them all traipsing up and down the stairs. Though I really don’t know what kind of traffic we get, because my first Halloween here was right after Sandy and the power was still out, so there was no trick-or-treating (the township declared a day the following week for a make-up Halloween but I didn’t see too many kids out that night) and the last couple years I just stayed out until later. Being that it is a Monday this year, I haven’t decided if I will be home or not.
Lock the door, wear only socks for silence,
lower the light(s), put the phone on vibrate,
mute the tv/computer. Done. Peace. And
all the chocolate for yourself. Did this once
when life was handing me too much.
Liberating.
I put a sign on the door when I’m ready to close up shop –
“Out of Candy”.?
You are so polite, Murray.
I just turn off the light.
And, I always buy only
goodies we like, in case not
many kids show and we have
leftovers. Last year, only
four! The parents are getting
timid or something. It’s a
phenomenon that has been
occurring more and more over
the last few years. Another
tradition goes *poof*
We leave candy on the porch in a plastic witches’ cauldron. Kids are pretty honorable.
Lucky.
What surgery – have I missed something?????
Yes! What surgery? Duckie are you ok?
Don’t remember when I posted it (way back in September, I think), but I’m getting some scar adhesions dealt with.
Oh. Ok. Yikes! Did not remember. You’ll be glad when that’s over.
Good luck with it all, Duckie.
So I went looking for dresses but I didn’t find anything. Then I stopped at my old B&N to see if my friend was working. He was, so we chatted a bit. Then I came home and realized I probably shouldn’t listen to the annual ghost stories episode of one of my podcasts while driving home on winding, wooded roads with few streetlights.
After I got home I finally opened my calendar. I was good and didn’t look at all the pictures or read any captions, though I did read through all the holidays. My birthday is National Coffee Day. I don’t drink coffee. Also, NTMTOM…totally not how I pictured him.
Also at the bookstore I saw this book that some people here might be interested in:
The Lion in the Living Room: How House Cats Tamed Us and Took Over the World by Abigail Tucker.
And I just went to update my iPod and discovered the newest episode of the Inquiring Minds podcast is about this book! ?
https://soundcloud.com/inquiringminds/152-abigail-tucker-how-house-cats-tamed-us-and-took-over-the-world
I spent the day (and yesterday), starting at 7 am, at my daughter’s house having a yard sale with 3 of my 4 daughters. Lots of chasing grandkids, and lifting things, and organizing things on tables. I didn’t have much to sell, so basically it was just to help the girls and hang out with them. We closed the sale down around 6 pm, and it was time to go take the dog out to pee, and feed her and the cat. Then it was back out the door to go to my brother’s birthday party, where I spent 2 hrs eating tacos and chasing more kids. It’s shortly after 10, and I am finally home for the day, and worn out. Tomorrow I plan to do nothing.
Sophie went to the vet thursday, she weighs 4.5 lbs, which is about a pound less than Gracie. I wore my poncho to the vet so she could hide under it when we first went in. She barked way less than I expected, and when she heard the vet say hello, she popped her head out of the neck of the poncho. He said, “You just got her, didn’t you?” I told him I’d had her almost a week, and he said “Well, she has definitely decided you are her safe person, hasn’t she?” She has gotten better about barking already. She barked at cars driving by at first. Now she ignores cars, stopped barking at the bicyclists, and the neighbors across the street. So far, pedestrians still get yapped at, but if I say “Sophie, quiet” she barks in a whisper. That’s an improvement over the loud yapping. I think she just needs to get used to seeing people and realize they aren’t all out to get her.
So nice to hear Patty! Sophie is going to have a great life. Love that she can whisper bark.
What a busy day Patty. Sophie sounds wonderful. Smart girl is learning.
Garage sales are exhausting enough without having to attend to children! And Sopie sounds like a gem -a whisper bark is adorable – the canine equivalent to the silent meow, I reckon.
Birthday alert: Tuesday is Murray Day.
How did you know!??? Did I say something??? I don’t remember. (oh, no, it’s happening)
I didn’t tell.
And you prefer Jack Daniels.
The NSA are not the only ones
keeping tabs, ya know. Shhhhh!?
Long day yesterday! Went over to my mom’s (about 2hrs away including car ferry) and we planted a ton of flower bulbs, then I cleared a path of overgrown cedar and forsythia branches, then I helped my dad remove and chop up a huge over hanging alder branch from over their drive way. Then we made a pumpkin pie out of the fresh pumpkin puree that I made last weekend. It was DEEE-LISH!
Didn’t get home until past 7:30pm and Lily has been an absolute maniac ever since. I should have taken her with me and stayed overnight. Next time! She loves my dad (who swears he’s not a cat person) so that would have been lots of fun!
Breakfast of Champions this morning:
*Disclaimer: amount of whipped cream shown may not represent the actual amount of whipped cream consumed. 😉
LOL! Too true in my case.
Objects appearing in camera lens may be larger than you think.
I’m on vacation!
Yay! Any stories, Birdcage?
Just had a nice Sunday meal of salad and MyMike’s risotto. Yum.
With a couple of McVitie’s biscuits for dessert. Yum again.
Gigi, tomorrow is your first freedom day! It will feel weird,
and wonderful. Enjoy the sensation!
Cat Whisperer and Phred’s Mom … GO CUBBIES! Cleveland laid my Jay’s low so go Cubs go!
I found a dress!
I quite like it! Is this for the wedding?
Yeah. I figure I’ll dress it up a bit with some jewelry. I looked for a sweater, too, but they only had a couple at the store. I liked how they looked on the hanger with the dress but when I tried them on the sweater fell across the top at a weird angle. I looked at a couple other places but didn’t see anything. I have something I can wear that’s not ideal but nice enough and will keep me from freezing if it’s cold.
The fabric is a nice weight, too, so it doesn’t show every bump under it. I don’t look quite as good in it as the model does, but it’ll work. 😉 (I’ll probably lose the belt that came with it, though. I feel those skinny ones often aren’t all that flattering, and I’m not crazy about the bright gold buckle.)
Initially I was concerned you would be chilly without sleeves but then realized you may be dancing, having some vino; you know good times so sleeveless and a wrap or fancy cardigan sounds like a solid plan.
I am also with you on the fabric that doesn’t show every bump with the light.
Again, nicely done. I really like it!
Thanks!
Not much of a dancer. No vino, but there may be other…warmth-inducing beverages on my personal menu. 😉 I probably won’t be driving, so…
Go for it, Allein.
Have a blast.
You will look great.
Good taste.
Ooo. Classy. Yes. You can dress that up or down. Take one pic foe us!
NICE! IS that you?????
Nope. I am a 5’4″ pasty-pale person with straightish brown hair. (According to the website, the model is 5’10”. I like that they tell you that; gives you an idea of where the length might fall on you.) I took the day off Friday and I plan to get my hair cut in the afternoon so it will be freshly blown out by someone who knows what she’s doing (the wedding is at 5:00). Hopefully the weather will be cooperative.
Ok, now you have started it. 😉 How are you going to get your hair done? btw, I would say you were fair with chestnut hair. 🙂
I don’t know yet. It’s a little past my shoulders. I think I want to ask her to do less layering, but I don’t want to go too short so I can’t really get rid of all of them at this point.
Google ‘shoulder length blunt cut’ and there are a tonne of options. Regardless, I am sure you will look great.
Well, the day has ended on a good note. All the plants but one that need bringing in are in. Had a moment of panic when the fluorescent fixture wouldn’t work but all that has been resolved and my lovely little corner in an otherwise unprepossessing basement is full of greenery. All that’s left is to dig up an agapanthus. I’ve gotten one to overwinter one year in the garden but not a second time. Hubby was amazed at how difficult it was to carry all that stuff to the basement, a chore I’ve done by myself forEVER. I didn’t end up using the strap I bought but am certain to find uses for it when we have to start carrying stuff down from the attic and up from the basement as we do the downsizing thing. Now I just have to get my weed burner working – weeds are taking over my pathways and I can’t dig them the usual way right now so I’m going to try to singe them into oblivion.
Agapanthus. Good pet name. ?
Aggie Panthus? I have an ongoing email thing with a friend and we sign off with funny names like that. My best one was Eunice Exalon. (You have to say it quickly)
Love this kitty cat!!! Looks like someone got started early on the cat nip. Good to hear about everyone’s weekend. Had an absolutely crazy last 4 days. Flew out to pack up some of my mom’s stuff and move her into an assisted living place near to my brother. She was in rehab for the last 4 weeks after a small stroke. Found a lovely place for her but it will take some time for her to adjust. And flying home tonight, my right ear stopped up and still hasn’t popped so I’m just miserable. Thankfully I see the dr. tomorrow for my blood work results so I may ask what I can do for my ear if it doesn’t clear up. Have a great week everyone!
Oooh, AJ, that’s the worst. I always have terrible pain when a plane was coming in for a landing. I’ve learned that the best thing to do is to take antihistamines an hour or so before and it’s a miracle. Good luck tomorrow. And I hope your Mom does well in her new digs.