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  • #824007
    Buttons
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    Oh a cookie bake Athon πŸ™‚ like the sound of that AV!!

    #824008
    Kittyzee
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    Well, the house has been Hazeled, a pot roast with veges in the oven, and I’m going to start wrapping again! Oh my, I’m really getting into the spirit of things now. I can’t remember who asked about a Green Egg cooker, AV was it you? Brother in law has one and loves it. It takes some getting used to I think because you can cook in them very slow, so he only does things for family get togethers but we had some “killer” chicken wings and he did a pork tenderloin and it was awesome! My sister doesn’t cook on it (that’s HIS thing) so she has a little grill she fires up for just the two of them.
    Prayers for Tucker and a quick recovery Joan.
    Buttons, isn’t family great?! (I said that with sarcasm) but really they are but sometimes….. πŸ˜‰
    ECB my cat’s claws grow at a record pace…I should clip them once a week but don’t do it that often, especially the cats that sleep with me. Biscuit making gets painful when they aren’t trimmed! Love that they have *new* toys to play with! I used to do that with the girls when they were little, put some toys up and then bring them out and put the others up, it was like having new things all over again and saved on money too!
    The TDK Christmas cards I’ve received have been the highlight of my season this year! I don’t know when I’ve looked forward to cards, ever. TDKers are the BEST!!

    #824009
    AV
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    KZ, I will definitely take a look a the green eggs ….. Mr. AV and I looked at the Webers at Lowes last night, and there was one I especially favored – it wasn’t too big, but could cook a lot of burgers, and had a side burner, which I really liked for sauces, etc. ……

    …. and I agree, don’t the holiday cards just make your day!?! …. I look forward to the mail every day this time of year πŸ™‚

    …. Buttons, I’ll make sure I send some cookies through the wormhole as they come out of the oven πŸ˜‰

    …. in betwixt baking, I’ll be also doing a wrap-a-thon …. I’m determined to get it all done in one day …. and I’m not ruling out the possibility of a little ‘sauced’ occurance, since I tend to wrap more creatively with a little wine πŸ™‚ ….. I’m attaching my scissors with a string to the tape dispenser, so hopefully it won’t get lost !!

    #824010
    Buttons
    Moderator

    I agree KZ I love recieving my TDK cards and I’m so annoyed I wasn’t properly prepared this year to send out some … But I have a wonderful pic from Buttons last christmas (last year) he photo bombed my pic and I will be making next years cards with this photo so I’m sure you’ll all love next years card with a personal touch..

    AV you must send some cookies through the wormhole πŸ™‚ I bet you place will smell delicious tomorrow πŸ™‚ and you should get yourself one of those wrist tape thingy’s then you can’t loose the tape and it’s easy to keep wrapping ..

    I think I might only need a small few bits over the next day or two.. Like milk bread and petrol.. Mr B will buy his own drinky drinks πŸ™‚ I won’t really drink over Xmas but that’s the way I prefer. And I did Mr B seniors shopping for him on Friday so he has everything he needs πŸ™‚ I even bought him a couch last week so everyone of his kids can have somewhere to sit when they visit christmas morning πŸ™‚

    I plan on opening presents and having dinner and straight home to have a quiet night with the furries exactly how I like it! Mr B will probably be with his brothers but it just means more quiet tv time for me ( love it πŸ™‚ )

    #824011
    Moonshadow_NZ
    Moderator

    Good morning all.
    Sending Healing Vibes for a full recovery for Tucker and gentle headbonks from HRH Shadz.
    Silly Shadz sat on the front porch for hours watching the rain and fog lastnight. Eventually she agreed to come inside for the night.
    Buttons, the situation with Mr B’s brother is called Murphy’s Law isn’t it. “Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong”. I hope it all works out without too much teeth gnashing.
    Daughter/SIL had a trailer full of compost but needed it empty so we took the compost and now we’re both happy and I can plant out the wooden planter boxes with red & white petunias now they are filled.
    Looking forward to seeing Airy when she arrives late tonight, she asked me to keep telling Shadz that she is coming. πŸ™‚
    Off to more work outside, at least the rain has gone and the lawns can dry out so the lawn man can get to them before Christmas.
    Hope everyone’s Saturday has been going well.

    #824014
    katzenjammer
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    Hi all!
    Just crawled out of bed where I’m headed back to for a few as need more Sabbath rest to compensate for week that was.I arise later, a tad vampiric sans craving for blood. πŸ˜‰
    Joan, blessings for Tucker to recover back to his completely healthy orangie self!
    MS, Dorry wants me to check out Hanukcats song book as he considers himself to be very talented (and suave, and dapper and why is HRH not besotted with him …) LOL
    BTW, fellow gym rat is leaving for vaca in NZ tomorrow. They don’t do usual touristy things as active/wanting to see the country as opposed to view from hotel, but she does have it on her list to visit some wineries! πŸ˜‰
    PG tks for lovely CafΓ© that segues into entire weekend, if I am correct in assumptions. With a couple of contributions:

    http://i1347.photobucket.com/albums/p711/katzjpickz/Picture5_zpscb280218.png
    http://i1347.photobucket.com/albums/p711/katzjpickz/Picture3_zpsc64664af.png

    L8R/or tomorrow all!

    #824015
    Buttons
    Moderator

    KJ you enjoy your sabbath rest πŸ™‚

    Hey MS πŸ™‚ sounds like HRH will be extra excited to se Airy .. Your right about Murphy’s law… πŸ™‚ I suppose whatever happens he’ll eventually get home πŸ™‚ but I’m taking a break this christmas and doing things with my family so I hate to sound cruel but won’t be running around after people this christmas u do it all year round as it is.. I want to relax for the next two weeks πŸ™‚ selfish maybe but I think we can all be a little selfish sometimes for our own sanity ..

    #824016
    JerseyJoan
    Moderator

    Hey all – got many ornaments on the tree; there’s still a bunch in the box! There’s a new app on my phone that counts steps. I feel like I’ve been in my feet all day, yet it doesn’t register too much. At least there is a few from my walk down to the mailbox. Waited till dusk so as to enjoy the decs on my house as we’ll as neighbor’s.
    I put lights on “the cats’ Christmas Tree”. It’s a little fur tree in the front yard. Leela didn’t get a real tree for her first Christmas because of the home reno. We planted it after construction was complete. The tree is firstly for Leela, as well as in memory and honor of all our kitties, past, present and future. 100 lights on a tiny tree with a bow on top!

    #824017
    JerseyJoan
    Moderator

    Hey KJ, Comet wants to sing Hanukkah songs too – he may pop thru the wormhole, I don’t see him here at the moment.

    #824018
    ecbrown
    Participant

    Leela’s tree sounds pretty, Joan!

    #824019
    katzenjammer
    Participant

    Hey Joan,
    So that was the kitty that I heard meowing back to Dorry’s conversation! Ah yes indeed, the black furry was here for a bit. He enjoyed the candle lighting, but I had to keep both kits from getting too “up close” to burning candles. I think those boy kits were scheming about some prank for a later date, but I have no idea what. So if you find Comet singing songs in another language as Hebrew, not to worry, words are all fluffy. And if in spirit of wanting to get into Hanukkah spirit, he asks you for pressies for all 8 days of Hanukkah try to explain to him that it is in no way a requirement, as never happened when KJ was (still) a kid LOL. And best of luck with that! πŸ˜‰

    #824020
    ecbrown
    Participant

    Lol, KJ. You’ve ruined the illusion for me. You don’t get presents for EVERY day of Hanukkah? That just always sounded sooo cool.

    #824021
    katzenjammer
    Participant

    ECB, so sorry to spoil illusion. πŸ˜‰ Some peeps might get 8 pressies for holiday, but when I was kid, only 1 pressie. And gifts generally given to children only as adults don’t give gifts to each other. As holiday not about gifts (more a relatively recent and commercial/social phenomenon). We wish each other “Chanukah Sameach” (tr Happy Hanukkah). And light additional candle each night so that by last night Menorah is lit up all glowing/pretty!

    #824022
    katzenjammer
    Participant

    Here’s the idea. Note: not the seventh night tonite (the 5th); not my home; not my kit. πŸ˜‰
    http://i1347.photobucket.com/albums/p711/katzjpickz/Picture4_zps28440db1.png

    #824023
    JerseyJoan
    Moderator

    Pretty pic, KJ. Comet was here, came back, then *whoosh!* through the wormhole, and I noticed the trio of ping pong balls missing. Hmmm…

    #824024

    that’s an adorable pic!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWq2WS-Lud0

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvsiVIM1oRM

    i think we sang this song in college.we sang a mix of songs, but i forget what happened, and i didnt get to perform with the group, but the song was fun.

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    #824027
    Moonshadow_NZ
    Moderator

    Hi gang, I’m absolutely melting here. It’s turned into a hot humid day here which was great as it meant the lawns were done but everyone is exhausted by the heat.
    Went to visit Mum as it’s her birthday today, another year on into her 90’s. She doesn’t know it yet but Airy will be calling in on her this evening as soon as she arrives in town. πŸ™‚
    HRH Shadz has spent most of the day asleep on Airy’s bed but is now sitting outside in a shady spot, she is worrying me a little, not like her to sleep inside when she can be under a cool shrub. I will have to keep a close eye on her.
    Joan Leela’s little tree sound so pretty with the lights on it.I must get on to hanging the lights outside now the the worst of the wet weather has passed for now. I’ve given the solar string of flashing lights a new battery to make recharging more effective and have several little fibre optic trees that change colour to put under some lovely tinsel covered cones so the light up from inside.
    KJ, no matter how careful you are with candles the furry purry will swipe their tail through the flame sometime. That is a pretty pic of the cat and the Menorah and thank you for explaining Hanukkah.
    Hi Nirmal, I’ll check those links later.
    I think I will make a large batch of my famous rissoles so I can have dinner ready and not have to cook it later when Airy is arriving. Probably will be the last easy meal I get until after Christmas Day now. At least I will have help now.

    #824028
    katzenjammer
    Participant

    3 ping pong balls Joan!
    Oh dear! Boggles my mind! Should I take out xtra home insurance? Purrsonal injury insurance G-d forbid? Just in case? Never know what mischief the combined efforts of two boy kits as Dorry and Comet could result in! 😯
    Have already encountered the not fun experience of not being able to thoroughly remove shoe polish stains out of condo hallway carpet. The one that (not) superintendant refused to clean. Using the product that bldg mgmt basically insisted upon, my Hazel/friend advised using a different one. Administrator told me not to worry something will be figured out. Still, don’t need this.
    Plus tomorrow plan is to venture into pre-holiday mayhem as will have to go to dept store to return 6 prs of tights as per 2 orders all sent in the shade that I did not order. Warehouse peeps clearly dropped the ball on this online order – and twice! Allegedly can get order fixed up via getting in stock from another store branch (according to customer service) although store tells me different. Whatever, should be my biggest prob in world and should prove a distraction from things that I need distracting from. I can be quite proactive in getting mix-ups like this sorted out in either of our official languages as French or English. LOL
    Hi MS *waves*
    That’s why when any candles are lit I watch Dorry like the proverbial hawk! Gym friend who leaves for your n’hood (sorta, as NZ) tomorrow (or today for you) hopes that weather will get nicer there. I hope so for your sake too. Well I told her that for sure there will be no freezing temps and snow LOL. Did not mention that if she sees a beautiful dappled tortie anywhere on her travels, kit could be related to HRH. πŸ˜‰
    Hi KZ *waves again*
    And now it’s time that this one went (back) to bed! L8R as Sunday!

    #824029

    @moon – its funny because not that long ago i remember u mentioning it was just getting cold there, after i’dd been lementing the cold ere, and we’re back. i finally got my big long lands end coat a couple months ago, and i got my moon boots again. (the pair i had last year fell prey to mice who ate the lining out.) these actually fit better, so it’s all good.

    welcome! i *think* that’s the song we sang. i seem to remember bim bom or sumthing to that extent because it was fun to hear the one young guy sing that in a very low bass, as we uppers followed along. (i’m a descant!)

    i miss my neighbour taking me around queens boulevard to see the little mobile hannukah trucks. here in nyc, wherever there are large jewish populations, they have trucks that go around assessing the religious needs of the community. they hand out little simple menorahs and literature and such. he took me once and it was fascinating.

    the thing that bothers me at this time of year are the people who come door to door, or at the bus top or wherever trying to convert you to whatever. im polite to them, i just pretend i don’t know english, which usually worked unless i let the secret slip. some are persistent, and that bothers me a bit.

    i had dinner with my bestie at this little tea place in greenwich village last week, and i got there before she did o i wandered around the area for a bit. it was nice to see the trees for sale, and the lights strung out. i really get so busy that i tend to forget to let myself enjoy these little pleasures, and i keep thinking i must indulge myself in these little walks more. it’s usually the cold weather that getss the best of me though, that and being tired from work.

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