kath / mckait Thread 15 ~ 2011

5 * star - loved it, breathtaking, keeper, will re-read. Possibly life changing!
4.5 * star - very good, possible keeper
4 * star liked a lot
3.5 * star - very satisfying
3 * star a solid read, nothing extraordinary, worth 1 read
2.5 * star- failed potential but somewhat engaging
2 * star A mixed bag not worth reading unless desperate
1.5 * star It was a book
1 * star Fail ! A bunch of words cobbled together

I am not tired of looking at this pic of my family, so it will stay for now.

Anyone who is desperately curious about my first 75 books can take a look
at my profile, which is where I am keeping them.

76. Death at Gallows Green by Robin Paige
77. The Language of Flowers: A Novel by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
78. The Heart Specialist by Claire Holden Rothma79. The Last Child by John Hart
79. The Last Child by John Hart
80. Beneath the Hallowed Hill by Theresa Crater
81. Area 51 by Bob Mayer
82. Area 51 : The Reply by Bob Mayer
83. Area 51: The Mission by Bob Mayer
84. Cahokia by Timothy R Pauketat

I'm first on your new thread! whoohooo.....

Another great family photo! I love it!

Hope you're having a fantastic Sunday!

I'm here....three!

;-}

Hi Kath! :)

Hi Kath, hope you are having a wonderful Sunday. Nice looking family:)

*return waving, delivered*

{{Kath}}

Can you believe it, I made it to Victoria, and back and did not buy a book?

Hello and welcome, my friends! Tea, hot and iced and some scones on the table.. help yourselves..
Then meet me on the porch...

Lovely porch! Glad to have some iced tea and scones as well.

purrrrrrrfect!

I've missed your last few threads (so much stalking, so little time), but resolve to keep up better this time. Your porch looks so inviting and relaxing!

Lovely family Kath...........just wanted to pop over and say howdy.
big, warm hug
belva

The porch pic is actually a couple of years old.. the morning glories are not quite to that speed yet..
and I have new cushions.. new pic soon..

Glad to see all of you here.. hope to see you all again soon..

I have read on nook:
81. Area 51 by Bob Mayer
Good fun adventure read. WE have Area 51, Atlantis, Giza, and Mars...
and other fun places with myth, legend and fact all blended to make a
good read. It inspired me to pick up #2 in the series..

82. Area 51 : The Reply by Bob Mayer
So far so good as well. Neither of these are girlie reads by any means..
but I do think there are plenty of women here who might enjoy them..
I also have the next one in the series all lined up and ready to go..
it may well be

83? Area 51 : The Mission.

I am reading ,cooking, and doing some laundry..
plenty of post visit chores to do..

>8 mckait: Ahhhhh.... just what I need right now! What a delightful porch! I just made a cup of tea... but I'd LOVE a scone! Thanks! ;-)

Hi, Kath! I knew I had your thread starred, and then it wasn't. Oh. It's new. I like non-girlie reads too.

Hi Peggy! .. you might well enjoy this one :)
It really is good fun. Not as exciting as Executive Orders, where most of the government is
taken out is one fell swoop.. but still..

Help yourself Cee... lemon scones and cheddar bacon ..
Oh and some cinnamon !

ooooooooooooo yummmmmmmmm....
She's baaaaaack! :)

It's no wonder you enjoy 'porching' so much. That looks like a lovely place to while away an afternoon. Glad you had a good time with your daughter. Mine was here for two days, although I had to share her with her high school class of '91. Mother/daughter times are precious!

Love your porch!!

Drank too much iced tea today....and ate too many chocolate chip cookies...Bacon? ate that last week..

Glad you're back!!!

Ave atque vale, Kathleenissima.

Donna.. yep.. love my porch.. These days it has a fan, too.. gorgeous!
No such thing as too much iced tea... love it! mmmm bacon.

hello and goodbye to you, rdear..

woke with a headache.. and a list of errands for this morning..
ugh. oh well.. such is life.. I hate driving with a headache that verges on
migraine..

Still reading the Area 51 series.. now on book #3..

I shall be Divine Miss-less until the Fourth of July, since she's off to a conference and won't come back until that Sunday. I know it's silly, but I miss my friend being here. *pulls up big-boy pants* Well, here we go, into another too-warm week. *smooch* So glad you had a good time, my dear, and that you at last got to see the American Indian Museum!! Ain't it cool?

Hi Kath!!!
So wonderful to have you back. You add a unique dimension to LT!
Someday you are gonna go out on your porch and find me sitting there!
Hope your headache dissovles and your day is productive. :)

Oh dear rd.... bad news.. but on the other hand..
you can do a slug imitation if you like and have ice cream for dinner..

hmmm the grumpy dimension you mean ? lol

Still have headache, but errands are done..
Have to cook for dan...
laundry is caught up, if I wait til tomorrow to do bed clothes..

Does this mean Richard has the house all to himself? With no women to talk sense into him when he gets a bad idea? Oh dear...

No worries..Stella is there ..

*Nods* That'll have to do.

I have faith in her..

What a cozy looking porch ...can I bring my beanbag too? I'm a sprawling lounger and have the backbone of a jellyfish when I read ... I just can't sit upright to read ...unless I'm at work, but even at work after a while, I start sliding down my chair. The only way anyone knows I'm at my desk is if they see my feet under my desk because once I start sliding down, my monitor hides the rest of me.

Love that porch Kath. It looks so cool and shady and inviting.

Caro, you can bring anything, or anyone you want.. do feel free to bring food or drink!
Bonnie, you too.. lets have a porch-in

I was out pulling weeds and dead heading roses..the headache came back.
Drat.

Hi Kath- Lost you there for a bit! Love the cozy new thread and what a lovely family photo! You have such a nice family. There is beer on the porch, right?

three kinds

Sorry about that nasty headache. Stop bending over!

When does the sun shine on your porch? If I want shady, would that be am or pm?
How about early am, with pjs, hot coffee, cinnamon toast and Dunkers?

Take something effective for your poor head and sleep well.
I'm gonna try to do the same...

Good morning everyone..

Yeah... I knew it was a bad idea to pull weeds. It was unplanned..
I walked my sister out to her car.. and it just happened.

Better today.. so far :)

So what are you all doing today, and what are you reading?

Mornin' Kath!
So nice to have you back...

Hope your headache stays away. Mine has disappeared and good riddance!
I needed sleep and finally got some. :)

Hopefully today we will venture over to Boothbay'a botanical gardens. Looks like a pretty day ahead.

Ha! I have to laugh at the combo I am currently reading:
Thousand Autumns of Jacob DeZoet and The Trumpet of the Swan lol

What are YOU doing today? Whatever you decide, have a good day! :)

ETA: Hey! Where's my touchstones? I have this fearful feeling they did something to my computer. :{

Touchstones are always *touchy* around here.
Glad to hear that your headache is gone.

Have fun at the gardens! Sounds nice..
I want to upload some pictures later.. and read..

Sort of at a loose reading end after Six of One. Something will leap out at me, I'm sure.

Morning Kath - hope you are having a good day ... no more headaches!

Just found the new thread, Kath. You may have started a new trend with summer porch shots. I've got to see if my deck takes an enticingly, cozy photo. Probably, not.

I want to put up a newer photo..
soon..

porch photos would be fun!

My porch is a bleak, plain canvas compared to yours! Too much wind and rain around here to make it pretty. All I need is a place to sit... that I got!

34: A kindred soul...you've described the perfect Porch Experience.

Kathleen, how do, dear? Hope your headache is gone for good. Right now I'm reading L is for Lawless, as I have no brain at the moment and can't handle anything heavier. Wish my porch was more open, but it's enclosed on three sides :/. Still, it provides fresh (sorta) air and a view of the trees and birds.

I suppose mentioning our tree-shaded brick patio, accompanied by the four-season jalousy-windowed sunporch, all equipped with comfy chairs and a fountain, would be considered anti-social.

Or our nicely deep front porch with glider, comfy chairs and a table or two for keeping a glass close to hand. :)

I'm just skimming along trying to catch up. . .

Welcome back, Kath! Glad you had a great time.

I absolutely love your porch!

I'll bite on Porch Photos. It will probably take me all week to find the right combination of weather, and absence of kids driving me crazy, but I'll try to get one soon. You, too? Hope you are feeling all good today.

I spent a lot of yesterday out on the deck--temps were in the mid 70s so it was very nice. Did a bit of gardening too. Today is supposed to be just as nice before it cools down and gets cloudy tomorrow, so I may be out there again. The porch (for which I got new chairs that are PERFECT last month--pull out footstools from under them) faces the east and is great for reading the morning newspaper with coffee. The deck is on the west and is great for late morning through the afternoon except when it does get really hot, when the front porch then becomes the cool spot in the late afternoon. So far this morning, I've cleaned the kitchen, had coffee, and come in to read threads. I have to choose my 75th book to start today--I don't know what I want to read!

Hmmm I sense a gauntlet has been thrown. My porch is not at it's best yet.. Glories are just beginning to climb.. but justa you wait!! lol

Pics will be forthcoming..

Hi Kath- 3 kinds of beer, huh? Now you have my attention. I like variety. How close are you to Gettysburg? I might be going there with my cousins this August. Maybe I could try out that porch.

I'll try for one pic in the morning, tomorrow, if it is not raining. sigh.

Oh, I love your porch! Do you get many hummingbirds?

Far, far away Mark.. I am just outside of Pittsburgh.
I went to Gettysburg one time. It was not my fave trip ever..
Hope it is more fun for you.

I love the rain, Karen! Plenty of time for pics..

Joanne.. this is an old pix.. I forgot to put the feeder out this year...
I was too busy losing my mind.. poor birdies..

Goooood Morning, Kath. Hope you have a terrific day. I think I'll begin mine with a morning walk through the neighborhood. Love this time of day before the hustle and bustle begins.

I agree, early morning has always been a favorite time of day for me.. it began when my kids were little..
and coffee and quiet were so essential to my stamina through the day :)

Me too! It's difficult to convince myself to go anywhere past, say, 2pm. I'm dying right now because the library I want to visit today doesn't open until 10. Ten!? Why, the day's half over, and the best part of the day is long gone. :(

Agree with you completely there.. I try to have my errands done by 10. Go somewhere else first..
get some groceries.. or gas for the car..?

It's nice going grocery shopping without having to elbow people out of the way, and not having to wait in line at a gas station. I went to Wal-Mart a few days ago (nowhere else to shop in my tiny town) and it was so nice to pretty much be the ONLY person in the whole store. Early morning shopping is wonderful.

Groceries are still too damn expensive, even with a bit more cash in my pocket. Milk is a luxury. Yay for a mom who cooks too much on purpose just so she can send over leftovers.

Back from the walk. Discovered I'm a grandmother. The crazy bird that's been flitting in and out of my hanging geranium was actually feeding her birdlings.

I've been a morning person since I was a kid, about 6ish, and I'd play matchbox cars in the flowerbeds with my two best friends, David and Leslie.

Hi you crazy mornng people! One time I went to the grocery store before 9am - what a shock! The shelves were fully stocked and neat! I found everything I wanted. I was in and out in a flash! Nice treat - but probably won't happen again for some time... :P:)

Gotta think about how I can make my porch appealing and cozy. Maybe I will submit a "before" picture and all you creative types can give me some ideas.

Congrats gramma Lynda! Makes it a little tough to water your plant with a young family in there, I imagine. I had that problem/blessing once. It was so interesting to watch them grow, peep, fledge and take off! :)

LYNDA! Discovered you *are* a grandmother?!? Or is someone pregnant? God, I hope it's the latter!

Oh hi, sweetness, not speaking to you because of cinnamon rolls.

Me, too. Morning person. Used to have to get up early to make it to work at 7:15 am. Old habits are hard to die when they have such nice by products: quiet, peace, beauty. All early morning stuff for me.

Who do I blame? My mac battery was not holding a charge. I called and was told they would prob just replace, not send out. Well due to this and that...out it went. Two or three weeks. I will be here minimally. I am on nook, hard to type a lot.

I knew that i should have gone up to best buy buy before my trip. So.....
Know that i am not neglecting you. Weep x 3

Oh, just use the Toshibitch.

Boo Hiss on the Mac battery!!

I hate doing the Web thing on my Kindle...too slow and if I don't hit the tiny keys...just right...i tend to go all over the place...

I always do grocery shopping in the morning...today, at 9...the place was practically deserted and the produce wasn't all picked-over....YAY!...and they even had Bok Choy.....Peaches, too....

My "porch" is just the patio outside the back door...open on three sides so get a pretty good breeze....and the debris that comes with....on hot days the bees and bugs congregate and I don't have a bug repeller......so "porching" is good only during cool spells...

;-}

I am using my sisters netbook..we'll see how it goes..
I am still stunned that I am laptop free with no warning!
I did a disk clean on it and did as much dusting and cleaning as
I could think of, and now the browser windows actually open..
so I will be here as much as I can.

I am going to take dunkers out to do some porching soon..
but thought I would stop in and say ...

Maybe we should do a thread for porch photos?

Oh and congrats to granny Lynda!

Hi Kath- Sorry to hear about the laptop problems! Always a bummer. Have a nice time tonight "porchin"! Use bug spray!

Don't tell me about these Mac problems...my baby is only (about) a year old...must I buy a crappy PC as back up?

Pictures of my back Porch would be sad....but, it's all I've got...

;-}

Good grief! Another laptop bites the dust!
How could you let them send it out???? OMG!
Have you any idea how long 2-3 weeks is?
It's really 4 weeks!

If you ever do get a phone call from them...
it will no doubt be to inform you that the hd died.
:P:P:P:P:P

I hope your experience is ever so much better than mine was.
I'm still trying to put things back together.
At least you'll be better at that than I.
ok... I'll try to be a bit more calm.
*slow, deep breathing... in 2,3,4; out 2,3,4*

I've got a Mac, 3 1/2 years old, and the only problem that I've had so far is that my memory was too full so it was acting up! Now that I have an external hard drive and double the storage, I'm good to go! Here's hoping that yours gets back super speedily!

LAURA! *ssshhh* It's all part of my plan to make those smug snufflepuckers at Apple unappealing to Kath so she'll come back to the righteous and normal PC side so heshup!

nope. not a mac problem, honest! My laptop is three years old, and the battery was not holding a good charge.. so, since it was still under warranty, I took it in to get a new battery. There are a few cosmetic things, and the lid/screen is lightly off center. The geek squad girl convinced me to send it out to try to get it all fixed as it is supposedly all under the about to be expired warranty. She did convince me.
so Off it went. The screen being off kilter was a worry since it is about to go off of warranty. It will go out in the mail, like Cee's did.. so cross things please do not blame poor mac. I just wanted to take advantage of the last days of my warranty .and I took it last year , too.

Hi Kath, good idea to get things done before the warranty expires. Hopefully you won't be w/o it for long.

I have been trying to get online with ddans or debbies laptos for 90 minutes.

Not working. My frustratio level is in te red zone. Grr this is nook. I will keep up best i can

Neither one will work?! Hmmm. *sad face*

Dan's finally got online... I am running spybot on debbie's
it has so much running in the background.. it has no memory left.
nightmare.

I can't help but wonder if preventive maintenance and saving money is worth it!
No wonder people just buy new laptops!

mmm hmmm! they count on that.

*weeps*

Macs...*Shudders*

I like my computers without authoritarian/tyrannical operating systems, thank you very much.

*weeps in utter sympathy!*
This can't be happening!

We are lulled into addiction to all this super-technology - then crash!
breakdown and angst... oh woe

Hi Kath! Hang in there...

We are lulled into addiction to all this super-technology - then crash!
breakdown and angst... oh woe

I herewith submit Claudia's nomination for Poet Laureate, based on this one snippet. Success is assured.

>79 Ape: You mean, like Windows? And buggy to boot!

Ditto what roni said!
and rd too.
Woe

I seriously feel lie I am going through withdrawal.
Nook is barely making it for me here woe

::sad face::

TY

Hope it's a quick fix Kath. Limited internet is not fun:(

Roni: But I rarely have trouble with Windows (I should note I refuse to upgrade from the ever-so-perfect XP) and on the off-chance that I do, I am capable of fixing it because Windows allows me to fiddle with my computer without breaking or telling me I'm not allowed. Macs are...painful, to deal with. At least, that is my (limited) experience. :(

Macs need no fiddling. They do everything without you...
The amount of time I have spent on my husbands and my sisters old laptops.. disc cleaning and
defragging, not to mention removing programs ( which took for freaking ever with some of them)
Well.. I have been hard at it since 6 am today. I am just finishing with the defragging.. which I did not do sequentially, but basically at the same time. It has been a nightmare. Now at least the toshiba is working fairly well.. at the minute.

So I am not struggling with nook.. which does the ob admirably, but I find that the
typing with no keyboard a bit slow.

83. Area 51: The Mission by Bob Mayer third book in the series all read on nook.

Next book will be a vine read:

The Devil Colony by James Rollins

I love my Mac!! My Mac battery stopped holding a charge recently too, but I got it fixed and it's as good as new!

I hope you had a nice day! I'm getting ready for a cup of tea and then maybe some book reading, or Sports Illustrated reading. . . we'll see.

I love your porch and would be happy to hang out there anytime! Especially with the beers!

I would love that!!! :) A bunch of friends on y porch, cold beer, good food.. and more..

Yeah.. I love my Mac too... sigh..

I am counting the hours..til mac is back

Why do i keep hearing Martha & the Vandella's singing JIMMIE MACK???

maybe, i'm tired....

;-}

Good Morning, Kath!
Have already been up for an hour and what a beauteous cool sunny morning!
Went out for pizza and grocery shopping last night. ;-)
Went to bed earlier than usual - unable to read - after being sabotaged by a glass of cabernet.

Today we will be boating with friends - not sure where we will be going yet.
Not sure I want to go, but today is my day to have some fun -
so maybe this will work?

So, what are you doing today? :)

Boating? envy! I was up early too.. did the floors and made stuffed peppers to put into the crock pot for tomorrow.. No picnic here, or boats either :P

The Pittsburgh Regatta is this weekend, though.. lots of doings up the road in the big city.

Morning Kath- Hope your temps are still comfortable there. We have a hot one today. Wish I could sit right here instead with some book-reading breaks in between. Have a great day!

high 80's I hear... whatever.. summer is to be endured.. unlike spring, which is to be savored.

Morning Kath! Not much going on here in SE PA. Will has been happily watching Thomas the Tank Engine while I catch up on threads. Later we are off to his hair cut for his big birthday party this weekend.

:) Do you ever watch Big Blue House? I heard about it when I worked @ the school.. I like that one!
I am stealing your watermelon salad idea.. I am off to the store soon..so thanks!

Prophecy~the Fulfillment is coming my way from LTER. Sounds intriguing !

I am only 100 messages behind, Kath. Thought I had better check in!

I'm getting The Foreigners by Maxine Swann......caliente

Now, if my May ER book would get here...i'd be less pouty...

;-}

Hi Stas! Sounds good :)

Jude.. I know, some of those books take a long time to show up..
there is one I never received...

ok.. stuffed pepper in crock pot, pasta salad made. Cauliflower ready to cook, chops marinading on beer and spice..

I may have to skip the watermelon until next weekend in the interest of refrigerator space and amount two or three people can eat. Why three? Well, cory may be coming home again today.. I predict...
updates as available.

eta

decided to make fruit salad anyway.....so went and got melon..and berries..

Cory back again? Why does every family have a boomerang child, I wonder?

Kath, how do you make stuffed peppers in the crockpot? I love them and would love to make them that way.

roni, how do you usually make them? oven? top of stove? doesn't matter, really. I just
prepare them as usual and stick them in the crock pot. I cook them on high for a bit, and on low for a bit, and ..well.. I sort of go by sell. :P 4 hrs high? 2 hours low? ish.

Cahokia: Ancient America's Great City on the Mississippi just arrived at my door.

*pats foot awaiting verdict*

My girlfriend Debbie gave me this stuffed pepper recipe recently....i haven't tried it myself...but hers were delish...and, they're meatless (if that's the way you want to go):

http://www.tasteofhome.com/Recipes/Slow-Cooked-Stuffed-Peppers

;-}

gimme time.. it just got here..

that looks good jude! all things I like..

You've had over *an*hour* to read and review the book! Why, one would think you're not reading it or something!

haven't read anything all day. Cleaned the stove.. put food away.. wich meant nudging and creativity. Now I want to eat something. hungry
Damn black stove.

First thing tomorrow maybe? I am no feeling reading tonight.
(*&^%$^&*()* M's

Damn black stove indeed. Feel your pain. I've been lazily dipping in and out of Loose Lips all day, since I don't want to work. Too pretty outside. Too much doggie walking to do, then lots of lazing.

cheese & crackers
cold tea

rotelle alfredo
gin & tonic

dammit again. forgot tonic

*almost* worth a special trip

turkey cutlets in a special cranberry sauce, noodles, veggies, almond cookies and tea

btw, now that I bought the salami you recommended, I forgot what I was supposed to do with it?????
Do you remember?

morning will do.. I will improvise...

roll it with provolone, or cream cheese.

may i butt in on the salami issue?

roll it with some cream cheese mixed with chives.....

;-}

Oh phooey! I bought a chunk instead of sliced. :P What a loser I am!
Well, I'll see what I can do...

*grumble - throw it into mac (not pc) salad and buy sliced next time. :P*

salami in pasta salad is good....like Pizza Pasta Salad?....i'll look for the link!...unless you have a really good slicing knife....

http://www.tasteofhome.com/Recipes/Pizza-Salad

this recipe makes a lot...but it is good.....and I like the pepperoni/salami in chunks, rather than sliced, in pasta salad, any how...doesn't get soggy and droopy that way...

;-}

Bacon, lettuce, tomato on mayo slathered bread! Just right.

agreed, salami in past salad...

So just eat it sliced with cheese or with cream cheese on top

Thanks for the link, Jude. That recipe does look good...
Will get sliced salami next time and try the roll-ups.

Love, love, love BLTs too! Esp with all summer fresh ingred, real mayo, and homemade bread.

Heading to bed to read as long as I can keep my eyes open...
just need a little bowl of ice cream first -
just a wee scoop w/nuts. ;-)

I love BLTs also..
sorry Karen, didn't mean to ignore you..
was on the phone and on LT
terrible of me, but there it is ..

no worries, I felt ignored not at all

Appalachian Justice by Melinda Clayton (Goodreads Author)
Appalachian Justice 4.64 · rating details · 22 ratings · 12 reviews
Deep in the mountains of Appalachia, Billy May Platte learned the hard way that 1940s West Virginia was no place to be gay. 'We was sheltered in them hills. We didn't know much of nothin' about life outside of them mountains. I did not know the word lesbian; to us, gay meant havin' fun and queer meant somethin' strange.' In 1945, when Billy May was fourteen years old an...moreDeep in the mountains of Appalachia, Billy May Platte learned the hard way that 1940s West Virginia was no place to be gay. 'We was sheltered in them hills. We didn't know much of nothin' about life outside of them mountains. I did not know the word lesbian; to us, gay meant havin' fun and queer meant somethin' strange.' In 1945, when Billy May was fourteen years old and alone, three local boys witnessed an incident in which Billy May's sexuality was called into question. Determined to teach her a lesson she would never forget, they orchestrated a brutal attack that changed the dynamics of the tiny coal mining village of Cedar Hollow, West Virginia forever. Thirty years after the brutal attack, living in solitude on top of Crutcher Mountain, Billy May discovers the hideout of a young girl - a girl who just happens to be the daughter of one of the boys who attacked Billy May so long ago. No one knows better than Billy May the telltale signs of abuse, and she must quickly make a decision. Will she withdraw into the solitude in which she has lived since the horrific attack, or will she risk everything to save the girl from a similar fate? In spite of the heartbreaking incidents that take place in the novel, the book is ultimately a tribute to the resiliency of the human spirit and a celebration of the beauty of second chances. Underneath it all, Appalachian Justice is also a powerful love story, though certainly not a conventional one.

Hello Billy May..You sound interesting.. I think I would like to get to know you a little better,
and hear all of your story. Not conventional is good imo.

good morning rd...

okay.. here it is, the weekend and a holiday to boot. So who is doing what?

Morning Kath- Working today. Boo. Wedding tomorrow. Friends Barbeque Monday. Double Yah.
Have a nice holiday weekend yourself!

Sounds exhausting! have fun!

Billy May nooked

Hi Kath!
Have been so caught up in summer company, activities, work and fun - haven't thought much past this afternoon - except I want hamburgers & hot dogs BBQ! Can't remember last time we had that.
So, I'm making baked beans and/or potato salad to go with... Mom likes one - Ron the other. Pasta salad for me... plus cole slaw, watermelon, & lemon cake. Simple fare - looks like nice weather ahead.
Blessing of the Fleet... Our funny little Parade... lobster supper on the wharf for the Fourth...
Hope to slip in a fair amount of reading in the shade... need to rest up for next weekend's Fire Auction. Big doings there. Come on up! :)

Good morning, Kath. I agree the Billy May book looks very interesting.

I am enjoying the thought of a weekend of relative solitude and peace and quiet. I love being a part of my niece's family, but there are times when I've had "enough, for now, thank you"; and, this is one of those! Drinking my latte this morning, I am contemplating doing nothing planned, just whatever the spirit moves me to do.

>128 richardderus: I want to read that book.....living in the "hills" as I do...

Me, this weekend? It's going to be hot so I'll do very little....cook a bit this morning...read and "loll" the rest of the time''

Caught some people stealing my black raspberries yesterday morning...down by the catch basin, from our old spring.....they didn't even bother to come to the house to ask if they could do so...i told them to take the berries they'd picked and leave!! They left...Some people! The bad thing is...those berry bushes are surrounded by poison ivy...which is why I don't pick them......hope those poor kids aren't all "itchy" today...

;-}

Enough for now.. I know about that. Which is why I will not be joining
my sister and her family this weekend. I have my Dunkers as a good excuse.
He needs attention during all the fireworks noise all day .. or, at least..he might.
How will I know if I am not here.

Ever since Oliver was born, he is not welcome at my sisters house. I choose Dunk.

Sounds like you are having a blast, Cee. No cooking out here. Dan never did refill the tank last year..
and it is dead empty..I have been asking sice about April. No luck. So..
There is other food :)

cake sounds good. I might make one, myself!

ach! jude, I missed you last time.. you must have posted dwhile I was dawdling over
my post.

ouch to the poison ivy.... bet the birds love the berries, though :)

Please please steal the watermelon salad idea! I usually some mint too.

Sounds like you're off to a good weekend so far! I have not heard of Big Blue House, I'll have to find that one.

Things hear are good. The punk slept until 7:40!! Woooowhhoooo! Now we're just biding our time until his first swim lesson. Then I'll be in the kitchen most of the afternoon getting ready for the big party tomorrow. . .

Oh I did.. I have mint growing everywhere!
Have fun swimming!
Terrifying to watch, I am sure.. lol

Oh no, I am in the water with him! It's a mommy-and-me class, although some weeks it might be a mama-me class ;)

I plan to imitate an old bull walrus and wallow about. Nothing else appeals.

oic.. whew! much better.

Understood rd...

Dislike when random unknown people
want to friend you at FB. It is bad enough when
strangers but fellow game players want to friend..
but really, utter strangers for absolutely no reason?
ick

*waves*

*coughs*

OK... looked and looked for watermelon recipe and cannot find!
Need gps coordinates or other clues...
Pleeeeze? :)

recipe??

I get some odd friend requests from complete, but I just decline those requests. I think they're just trolling for potential 'dates'? Who knows, but I have enough trouble keeping up with my own friends, who has time (or the interest) to keep up with complete strangers?

Hi caro!

Hiya! Hot and sunny here. Catching up on your thread. I had to laugh when I read about the salami salad stuff. I went to the store yesterday to stock up for a few days and picked up some salami to throw into a pasta salad with the provolone I already had. Great minds, huh?

#145 - Claudia - My recipe for the watermelon salad:

Half a small watermelon, cubed.
1 pint of fresh blueberries
Small handful of mint, chopped
smidge of kosher salt.

Put in a bowl, mix, enjoy!

Just finished making it myself! Hopefully it will stay nicely overnight for the party!

no salt here... interesting.

:)

never even crossed my mind..aybe next time :)

Your result for What Your Taste in Art Says About You Test...

Balanced, Secure, and Realistic.

21 Impressionist, 11 Islamic, 4 Ukiyo-e, -28 Cubist, -21 Abstract and 5 Renaissance!

Impressionism is a movement in French painting, sometimes called optical realism because of its almost scientific interest in the actual visual experience and effect of light and movement on appearance of objects. Impressionist paintings are balanced, use colored shadows, use pure color, broken brushstrokes, thick paint, and scenes from everyday life or nature.

People that like Impressionist paintings may not alway be what is deemed socially acceptable. They tend to move on their own path without always worrying that it may be offensive to others. They value friendships but because they also value honesty tend to have a few really good friends. They do not, however, like people that are rude and do not appreciate the ideas of others. They are secure enough in themselves that they can listen to the ideas of other people without it affecting their own final decisions. The world for them is not black and white but more in shades of grey and muted colors. They like things to be aestically pleasing, not stark and sharp. There are many ways to view things, and the impresssionist personality views the world from many different aspects. They enjoy life and try to keep a realistic viewpoint of things, but are not very open to new experiences. If they are content in their live they will be more than likely pleased to keep things just the way they are.

Take What Your Taste in Art Says About You Test at HelloQuizzy

Hi Kath- I'll have to swing back by for the Art Quiz! Hope your day is going well!
That watermelon salad sounds incredibly refreshing.

I was good with the quiz until it wanted me to "sign up" and declare if I was interested in meeting some matches, and if I was single, and what was my birthday. I need not to get on one more list, site, or whatever. Stupid people seem to think everyone is looking for a mate/partner whatever! And I'd just as soon not.

Your result for What Your Taste in Art Says About You Test...

Balanced, Secure, and Realistic.

17 Impressionist, 0 Islamic, 14 Ukiyo-e, -26 Cubist, -23 Abstract and 9 Renaissance!

Crap! I don't want to be B,S, and R! :PPPPPP
Why can't I be crazy, fun and far-out! Just not me, I guess.
*back to knitting in my rocker - 1 cat, 1 dog - knowing my checkbook balances and my budget is done. :PPPPPPP*

ETA: Since I am married, they are not looking for a match for me! Whew! TG!

>150 weejane: Thanks for the recipe, Brit! (I named my daughter Bridget in the hopes her nickname w/b Brit. Didn't happen. Oh well... she's still a great kid woman!)

See Kath? There WAS a recipe!
I know. You don't use them! Sign of either a great cook - or -
one with the cooking wine close at hand! lol

Kath, just stopping to say hi, trying to catch up (again).

*waves hello*

*Waves* hello

Now I have a question. Who in their right mind would put ennifer Anniston whom I dislike a lot..
really a lot.. . in a movie with Shirley Maclaine?
WHO!!!

Why

*shakes head sadly*

I will have to try that test out Kath. And I hope you don't consider me a stranger if I send a friend request your way on FB ;-)

BTW big event at Lilydale this month.

oh, I've missed a whole pile of posts. Seems they are mostly about porches (which I don't have) and food (which I have had too much of recently). Jim and I are in Portland, and I'm typing away on my little netbook, feeling oh so connected.

Tomorrow we are going to the Columbia River Gorge area with my ever-so-kind-to-tourists cousin Bonnie. We've already done the Powell's pilgrimage with Berly (Kim) - we should have sprung for shipping - now we'll have to tote all those new books home on the 4th.

Enjoy your lovely porches and watermelon salads and fireworks celebrations and morning latte. I learned this week that y'all is singular so Happy 4th, all y'all.

Actually Bonnie, I would love to be a FB friend! I wanna go to Lilydale :P
I wonder if I will ever get there :(

No, there is a closed group there, set up so we can track a fundraiser we are having for
a friend. His wife has MS and their van died. We are trying to raise money for them.. anyway..
I "liked" a post updating the amount by over 600$ collected at a pass the hat during a performance.
All of these people I don't know sent requests. kinda creepy. No idea who these people are.

Judy...y'all is singular, all y'all is not, I believe? But maybe northerners can get away with it. I try to all the time :) Have fun and do take pics!

It is warm and muggy. Feels steamy. They promised rain yesterday and we didn't get it. Again.
This makes me cranky.

Morning Kath- Don't be cranky, be Happy! I agree that "muggy" business can bring you down a notch or 2! Hope your day goes well!

Cahokia I want to read it, I a trying to read it, but I am distracted. This has to stop. I have not read for 3 days and I am in danger of a funk!
It has nothing to do with the book.. just .. well...life
Yesterday I watched a bad movie and an ok one. Dislike Anniston love Maclaine.
Today ? who knows..

I'm worried that it will be muggy here too. Haven't been outside yet though. As long as it doesn't rain for the punks party I will be happy!

I will gladly take the rain here, so you can have sun! :)

Good morning, 6 am here and we've got rain, and its chilly enough for me to light the pellet stove! July 3rd! Oh, well, summer never comes until after July 4th. I've known that for years having had my fireplace burning in Seattle when I could watch the fireworks from my front porch. I remember sitting there in my parka, watching the show.

I hope the day will bring you much happy reading, Kath. And that whatever is getting your goat will just go away, already, teddy!

ok. The author of Cahokia keeps referring to events leading up to
a large gathering pf people in the central area of what is now the area
near Missouri as a Big Bang. He has also referred to it as the creation of a univers.
This is annoying me. How can this be described as a Big Bang, and why. Arg.
Good thing he isn't anywhere nearby.

I am clearly, still grumpy and likely to remain so for now. I generally enjoy this type of read.
Were I in a better frame of mind, I believe this would still annoy me, although probably not
nearly as much.

*&^%$#%^&*&^%$# keyboard where the M's, J's and C's and @, not to mention other weird
behaviors are keeping me from even wanting to post, as it keeps me going back again and again to fix
these issues. The keyboard is getting worse the longer I use it. Grr.

The keyboard is getting worse?

{{{{{Kath}}}}}

switch books for today?

keyboard getting worse? Humidity to blame? Did you try defuzzing the keyboard, Kath?

I was so inspired by the watermelon salad that I made one for this afternoon, but with a twist. My watermelon salad has cubes of watermelon, diced cucumbers, shredded basil, baby spinach and a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil and aged balsamic.

The keyboard is wavy... like a book might be after soaking it in water and laying it open to dry ..
It isn't flat. This is Dan's computer. Debbie's netbook does not connect well to my wireless and
is S-L-0-W.

That sounds yum, too caro. But Dan won't eat cukes. I dislike balsamic .. ick.

I am getting grumpier as the morning goes on... I think I need a break before I start losing friends..

take a break, Kath .... drink some lemonade and eat a cookie. Watch the Men's Final of Wimbledon that's on tv now?

Hm maybe not tennis, but a netflix mindless movie?
Thanks Caro.. that is good advice.. hugs

Mindless movies are always great for lifting one's mood .... but make sure you pick a funny or uplifting mindless movie and not something that's just going to grate on your nerves, Kath.

Hmm...now I feel like a cookie ...and have none on hand. grrrrr....

Can i join the Grumpies? Too frickin' hot today, even after that Operatic Thunderstorm..i am so hating Summer, and it's barely begun!

Sympathy for the keyboard woes.....any and all woes, for that matter.

Am making progress with The Handbook For Lightning Strike Survivors....not really "fluff" but neither is it a Tome...you might enjoy it....just sayin' it kept me engrossed until my Nook battery needed a recharge......

;-}

It sounds good... but..
dunno. I hope I am not headed into another funk...
time will tell..

hot here too. disgusting hot.
terrible..

argh

caro, did you get a cookie? or make a cake?

I hope you're not "funk bound" as well....nothing worse than not being able to read...when it's too hot to do anything else...

I am going to get up and do a little "banish the blues" boogie for you Kath! Try it on your end, and maybe together we can beat the blues back!

Then, cuddle up and read a good book.

No to the cake making (too hot) and no to the cookie, Kath ..... would have been down in the mouth about that, but the hubster voluntarily went out and bought me butter crunch ice cream with peanut butter sauce and whipped cream ....because he went to our bakery and they ran out of fresh cream puffs. :-)

y'all is singular, all y'all is not

Y'all is second person PLURAL. Used in the singular, it makes you sound like a damn Yankee.

I am a Yankee y'all

And a damn cute one! ;-)

Silent Fireworks (so you can sleep tonight)

Kath, I'm kind of grumpy too, and fear that I'm on the edge of a book funk. I managed to finish off the books I've been reading, and am having trouble getting into anything new.

Y'all have a good 4th of July.

No no no, not a Yankee (bad, but not one's own fault), a DAMN Yankee, as in someone whose moral turpitude extends so far as to root for the American League and whose unspeakableness extends to voting for the GOPigs.

HI Kath

I love the family photos you post at the beginning of your threads!

Great photo of your porch. It looks so inviting and comfortable.

Happy 4th of July to you!

Hey, Kath. Some evil genie unstarred your thread and I lost you. So now I'm 119 posts behind. Oh well, I'll catch up later, but just wanted to wish you a happy 4th of July! Have a great day :)

Good morning everyone!

yep, it is the 4th. Several neighbors started celebrating early
It was a loud night. There were no silent ones, like Cee's.

Terri, maybe it is something in the Pa air?
I will try again today. Dan is going to work, so
maybe an empty house will help.

rd, when we went south to get married, when I was 18 and ran away
to Eden NC, the woman wouldn't sell me flowers because she said she doesn't sell flowers
to yankees. so? I mentioned it at the hotel in FL later that day and he had a vase of
flowers sent to the room.

Thank you Linda... I will continue to post photos for a while...not always of the group.. we shall see what strikes my fancy.

Lynda :) I missed you! Glad you had a chance to go off and have some fun.

Some of our neighbors celebrated with fireworks for the last 2 nights, so no early or quiet night for me either, Kath. Still, I am looking forward to the 'real' fireworks display over Boston tonight.

Fireworks here, Friday, Saturday Sunday nights.....very loud...beginning at around 10pm until ????....tonight will probably be a doozy. I usually hike to the top of the big hill, to watch the town's display (for free) but not this year...too hot and buggy...the noise was enough!

Don't know what I'm going to do today...have food cooked...need a shampoo.....grass needs cut....books to be read......my Lazy Gene is kicking in, though..

Have a good one, kiddo!!!
;-}

I just came back fro my walk. The entire sidewalk of the house next to my niece's house.. is absolutely covered with fireworks litter. Oliver is afraid of the noise from the, so I am guessing they had a time of it last night. That must be where the most of them came from last night. Hard to tell sometimes..
more ahead, I think...

Good day! Happy 4th!

My head is as foggy as the cove this morning... need more coffee...

I took 2 sleeping pills last night. Same problem. The walk did not help.. more coffee
is next.

I'm an inconsiderate bastard on 4th of July, sorry to say! We were lighting them off until 11:30 last night. They were very non-quiet. :(

I figure I'm allowed, since I stay quiet and keep to myself the rest of the year.

#192 Yeah, thanks Stephen, I heard them up by me and couldn't sleep at all ;}

In Pa it is legal to sell fireworks.. I think it is also legal to buy them. it is not legal to
shoot them off. A house in Pgh burned last night, due to fireworks. I just got back in from cruising the yeard to pull weeds and pick up firework debris. My neighbor had the new roof of her convertable
damaged. People carefully shoot them away from their own homes, but that doesn't help those of us who have to deal with the aftermath in our yards and possessions. Margie also had a canopy for her deck damaged a couple of years ago..holes burned through. I live in town.. if you want to shoot off fireworks here.. you should shoot them at your own home, not mine. Just sayin'

It's not legal to sell/buy but illegal to set them off here too... *Shrug* Like I said, inconsiderate bastard. It's okay though, the property here is pretty huge so at least they don't have to worry about debris.

Morning Kath- We never heard anything last night, since we were attending the wedding and then it was very late when we got home and the neighborhood was sleeping. Tonight will be another story. Hopefully they will be done with their racket by 10 or so. People have to work tomorrow.
Hope you are not sliding into the dreaded "funk". Fingers crossed.

I live in a semi-rural township and people seem to enjoy re-enacting the Civil War. Gunshots echoing thru the neighborhood is not a pleasant thing when you're trying to enjoy the evening outdoors.

That is different.. if the mess and consequences land in your own yard..
fine. At least this year, this is the first morning I have had to go out to clear my
yard. Sometimes it goes on for weeks.

It's legal to buy and sell fireworks in Ohio...there's a place, further east on SR78 that does a "booming" business every year....but it's illegal to set them off......a couple of years ago some houses in town suffered heavy damage due to fireworks/ignorant people.....

Out in the country, where I live.....i guess anything goes...as long as you don't catch the woods on fire.

Fireworks, "in town"...perish that thought, indeed!

;-}

The Fourth and New Year's are the peak firework times. I just don't listen, and the debris isn't onerous because we don't have a lot of goofy kids on the block. Cool to watch the Macy's show on our new big TV, though!

A quieter celebration:


glitter-graphics.com

love it Terri!

It was only a little noisy here and poor Greta Garbo only spent a few minutes, before I feel asleep, digging in the carpet under my bed. I do feel sorry for her. I am sure she thinks the world, as she knows it, is coming to an absolute bloody end. Lucky Nicky is deaf to it all, and sleeps the sleep of the innocent.

Me, too. Innocent, that is. I expect more noise tonight. I do live in a dense little housing development surrounded by semi-rural zoning. I am sure both in my neighborhood and around it will be plenty of folks who think it is clean, innocent fun, that they deserve for being relatively good all year, not remembering how much it terrifies pets, and occasionally burns down houses.

oh, well, if there weren't things "outside" to bitch about, I'd have to complain about what's inside. Back to my read a thon.... almost finished with A Feast for Crows.

So I'm not sure I get this, Kath. It's legal to buy and sell fireworks, but not to set them off? So what are you supposed to do with them once you buy them?

Just made a cherry pie!

I don't get it either...
There are many things I don't understand..
However, from something I saw on the news for the 4 seconds that
they were not talking about Casey Anthony...
the tax on fireworks is very high and now, even states where they may
not be sold, may begin selling them for the revenue. Then. they will presumably
make it illegal to shoot them off.

mmmmCherry pie~!

Nearly finished with Cahokia....

205 unread!!! holy smokes woman! :) will browse later!

back from my vacation and just scanning the threads and trying to catch up after being gone a week....so, and happy 4th!

Happy 4th, Kath! Illegal to buy, sell, possess, or shoot off fireworks here. But I do fondly remember setting off firecrackers, snakes, bottle rockets, and sparklersduring the day in the drive on the farm in Kansas as a child. My dad trained us well, with a bucket of water always handy, as befits a child living in the midst of wheat fields. And then at night, he'd do the pinwheels and fountains and we'd get to do the roman candles. Fond memories. When I was in high school, one of my boyfriends ran a fireworks stand. Then we would occasionally set off an (illegal) cherry bomb or M-80. Not at home, though. Under bridges made nice echoes.

I still remember the time my brother set off a Roman Candle in the backyard (we were rural) and totally destroyed my parents' favorite lawn chair.

Hi Kara!

roni, we did some of that too! I still love snakes :)
they're like magic.

I used to buy sparklers long after the kids left home :)

We have also had fountains.. things that didn't shoot into the air..
One time .. centuries ago.. we bought fountains and Dan bought a round red ball. He lit it
and it jumped into the air and rolled down the hill... right into the neighbors yard.
They were in it. It cured me. I was about 5 at the time, and ... after that, it was a few sparklers.

However, Cory once had a GF visit from Japan, and she hid fireworks in her bags.. and
they set them off. However, it was Jan 1. and we aimed them from the front of our yard to the back,
so that there was no debris or danger to the neighbors...whom we invited here to watch.

Full disclosure.

Cahokia I am nearly finished. Not sure that I will review it..
I am interested in the story...it started sounding a little familiar
at one part, and then Selu was mentioned and I knew why..
I am also interested in the ( very few) references to the Maya.

I do not like the way this man writes. He sounds judgmental and superior to me.
Like Mr Yuppie archaeologist who knows what happened during a time he was yet to be born.
His descriptions sound contrived. I would have left it many pages ago, if I didn't want to
hear the story.

happy 4th of July. I finaly took the art quiz tis up on my page!

Wait a minute, Did I take too much pain medication today for my back and neck pain? Am I reading correctly? Roni, you blew oup snakes on July 4th???? Pray tell, how did you set off a snake? I'm smiling as I write.

Kath, unlike you, I detest these critters....

no no no.. they are.. carbon snakes ...or something black anyway..
It is a pellet and you light it and it grows to startling dimensions..
way fun.

And it is true. I do enjoy real snakes, for the most part ... lol

oh my, oh my...my adled brain simply could not wrap around blowing up a snake in the sky for July 4th. Thanks for the clarification. I'm sitting at the computer laughing at the image of big ugly snakes blowing up in the sky....

Hugs!

Here you go!

{{{{kath}}}}
Hope the dreaded book funk stays away.

Sorry about the pets' nerves with the firecrackers. Most folks right where I live are pretty responsible, but I've had debris to pick up several times. We're in the back of beyond, so not much police coverage or anything like that. We just muddle on; dh keeps the hoses ready as he has always been deathly afraid of fire in the house.

How about some angel cake, sliced very ripe strawberries, real whipped cream veryslightly sweetened? Let it all set in nice dessert glasses so the berry juice soaks into the cake. Yum and quite light.

LOL roni!

Gail... all is well.. Once again, last night wasn't as bad as it has been in the past.
I haven't checked the yard yet, but when I went to see where it was coming from,
it was pretty clear that I will have something to clean up. I fear the same with fire..
mostly, being able to find and save my furkids. :P
And I love angel food cake, but I like it just plain and yummy the best..
:)

Mornin' After.

Ron was out half the night on calls. Neither of us got much sleep.
Car-vs-deer - pretty ugly for deer and car :( Humans ok.
followed by
11 yr old losing an eye - fireworks misfired... long painful trip to Portland's hosp
Ron drove ambulance in fog alert for deer after just seeing the mess of 1st call.
They are trained to hit any deer in the way - something he is hoping never happens.
Prayed for all emergency personnel while I waited to hear him come home.

Now that summer has officially begun, I work towards and hope for winter and peace.

Trying to decide if I want to request an ER book. I have too many of my own books I want to read.
Might skip it again... I love free books... but I have my limits (sorry to admit).

Any plans for today? Gonna get Dan to bring in propane tank for refill?
Lunch out in a nice a/c restaurant?

Well, as Cahokia ended, the silly we walk up the valley sort of thing ended. It was filled with
good information, the sort of thing that I used to read a lot. Much of what I read is Mayan history, and
This had that flavor to it.

At the end of the day, I will be giving it 4 stars for content. I might have given it more,
if there weren't so many irritating ( to me ) passages.

84. Cahokia 4 stars

A very informative book about an intriguing period of history, and more about a culture
The Mississippians than I ever thought to find. A reminder that we can look in our own backyard for fascinating and informative history.

Hi Cee. No doubt Dan will be too busy ( in his own opinion) to get gas for the grill.
Whatever..

I fixed the stove burner myself ..by having a go at it with a brush..
so that is done.

Dan doesn't like to eat out, and often gets angry if I suggest it. So, I doubt that is in my future.
Same old same old.

Sorry to hear about the injuries last night :(

Latest info, Cory will be home on friday, to continue his job hunt, as he decided not to take the one in StL.

Kath,
Sorry...
Good job! Figured you would!
sorry...
I know - poor kid, stupid father
sorry...

So what will you do for yourself today????
Sounds like you need some fun.
Gonna tackle that hill again? :P

Oh! Glad you liked Cahokia. I checked the LT Oracle - it couldn't get any further to the left. Said I would NOT like it - high confidence. Whatever. I would attempt to prove it wrong if I didn't have so much on my plate right now. (hehehe)

Did the hill earlier..
Deadly

I will consider it a successful day if the trellis thingy gets hung on the side of the porch.
Hot dogs in the oven for dinner, or maybe for lunch .. dunno.
Such is my life. Gotta go back to it.

Thank goodness you did it early! Today's going to be HIDEOUS there, and here, and in fact over the whole eastern seaboard. I am in my bedroom for the day, a/c blasting, fan whirring. I'll walk the dog about 2p. Other than that, nuh-uh. TG for leftovers at dinnertime! I can't eat when it's this hot...makes me queasy.

Hi! Popping in before you're onto a new thread again.
Already time to close up the house and turn on the AC. Although, it looks like a good chance of t-storms this afternoon, so maybe it won't be so hot.

I have been doing it early, most days. I used to walk everywhere back in the day.. and I am hoping to relearn that a bit. It's the damned hill. UGH. It fills me with fear and loathing. It steals my breath away.

Agree rd and Jenn ... time to shut the house and start the cooling.. just the fan for now.

I can eat when it's hot.. just .. different things.
If someone set a plate full of bacon in front of me, I could have no trouble eating it,
were it 100F. Sadly.

I had watermelon for breakfast
Blasted jac has me craving bacon tho..

Okay my next read which I was going to read befor Cahokia is going to be Rollins
The Devil Colony. A bit of synchronicity with my last read, is that it opens at a dig at an
Indian Mound, and then by page 36, the Native American museum is mentioned
( and I was just there.) It promises to be another rousing and thrilling Rollins..
It is a Vine book.

Ah Rollins!reliable thrills

Good fun. I like it already.

Cahokia sounds like a damned good book...and I know a little bit of the history...too bad the Author wasn't up to scratch....

Hot is the order of the day.....chef salad for lunch...leftover whatever for dinner...too hot to "porch" until this evening..

I try to walk down my hill, to the State route (and back up, of course) a couple times a week...unless it's too hot! there's no one around to pick me up if i collapse...

Bacon? I avoided the urge this morning...and am now regretting it...

;-}

Great antidote to the writing that so irked you in Cahokia.

I'm enjoyng A Great Deliverance, which I'm reading for the first time.

ude.. Don't sprun it on my account. rd read it too, and he liked it.. did not find the writer irksome.. did you rd?

rd Cannot start more mysteries.. is it a mystery? is it a series?
Cannot.

First in the Inspector LynleY and Sgt. Havers series. No rush. There are something like forty or fifty of them now, so when you do start remember to bring your hiking boots.

I didn't really like the writing. I wasn't really reading it for that, though. I think the guy did okay for an academic trying to be popular.

#226 - Finished The Devil Colony over the weekend, review to follow later today if I can find a minute. It was classic Rollins, and so all the fun I expected!

good to know :)

Rollins is pretty dependable

Once you start reading Elizabeth George you won't be able to stop...it took me years, trolling through Book Mooch and PBS...to acquire the Lynley/Havers series...but I did...and I am happy..

Don't worry, Cahokia is on THE LIST...whenever i get to it.... never read any James Rollins...and his books look pretty good...OY!

;-}

Hi jude! just had my LTER show up

Prophecy~the Fulfillment, so that is what I will read after the Rollins..

must tear myself away from LT to read

>236 mckait: LOL I tell myself that little white lie, too.

:P~~~~~~~~~

Just stopping by to say hi! I hope you're having a good day and that you're getting some reading done!

Kath- Hope your day went well and you stayed cool. I know our a/c is cranked. Is your next book keeping you interested?

Barely breathing ... too hot and muggy....even at 7.30pm! Just making a simple roasted figs and goat cheese salad for dinner. Too hot to eat anything complicated.

Hope you're managing to stay cool, Kath.

Bacon? You wanna hear a bacon horror story?
I just had the worse BLT ever for lunch today.
Nice restaurant, too many tourists, waited about an hour for:
very small slices of skinny, wimpy bread, 1 lettuce leaf, 1 slice of tomato
and about 4 pieces of limp, fatty disgusting ?bacon? $8.00
Never again at that place. :P

Mid 80s, no humidity, blue skies. I'm supposing many were happy.
tolerable.

Not hungry for anything. But I had greek yogurt w/pineapple for supper.
good enough.

Bleh day... they can't all be exciting. :}

Morphed from hot yucky afternoon to ***gorgeous*** evening! The dog and I hung around the patio drinking gin & tonics.

Went to dinner with Margie...to a little hometown restaurant..
had a half a hot beef sandwich and fries. :)

Back to my book...

I want a sandwich from Primanti Brothers...

Want me to mail you one?

No thanks; it would be a soggy mess by the time it got here. :-)

I'll just have to revisit Pittsburgh in the near future (although, oddly enough, there is or was a Primanti's in south Florida, none in the Philadelphia area, though). Maybe next year?

RD - can your dog hold HER liquor?

Sorry Stella!

Ohhhh...I want to curl up and read on your porch!

All comers are welcome to the porch. Maybe we can get the nearest Primanti's to deliver.Was it a "real" Primanti or just a place with the same name??

rd, are you getting Stella drunk?

>248 nittnut: She's a seasoned trouper, Jenn, whose favorite tipple is gin. She'll drink scotch in a pinch, but gin is her love. Likes tonic, too...martinis are a little too strong for her, plus vermouth doesn't agree with her puppy-tummy.

>250 mckait: ...why...no, of course not! Don't be silly! *lie down, Stella, they're onto us*

I just made my own G&T
come on over and I will share..

I think the dog and I have had enough...three...unwise to drive. But thanks! *smooch*

smooch backatya.. and good night Irene and everyone else, too!

rd, I think Stella and Greta Garbo should meet each other. They might surprise us and like each other. Then again, maybe not.

Greta has recovered from her very bad 4th of July afternoon/evening. Those idiots started with the noisy firecrackers, etc. about 2 pm and did not stop until midnight, nonstop noise! They even burned a hole in a neighbor's house! Thank god, vinyl siding does not burn so easily.

Greta really thought she could dig through the floor to a quiet, dark hole in the ground. If she'd found one, I would have joined her, I am sure.

>255 maggie1944: Poor Greta. Stella was excited by the fireworks...ran back and forth between the kitchen door and the sunporch windows...came up to each of us in between trips wagging her tail and yodeling in excitement. It was so cute I about passed out. Well, actually, I did pass out, but that was 2 Benadryl washed down with Sauvignon Blanc.

Greta's funniest moment was when, while I sat soaking in a welcome bathtub, she squeezed behind the toilet and under the shower curtain, hanging next to the toilet. Then she peaks out from under the shower curtain at me, the curtain making the most fetching little hat. But she was scared, so I did not laugh at her.

NO, their dignity is affronted so easily. Later, though....

Jim and I flew back from cool, green Portland, Oregon on the 4th and were too tired to watch any fireworks. Macy's had them on the Hudson this year, and they must have been more northerly than usual because I couldn't see anything from my window, which faces southwest. I didn't try actually hanging out the window - maybe I could have caught sight of them at the other end of 14th Street.

All my dogs used to be traumatized by the 4th. and thunderstorms. Once Ben (our second) wouldn't come back in the house after his evening romp. Finally, when we couldn't find him, we went to bed. Next morning, after a particularly fierce thunderstorm, we found him shivering under the shrubs. Poor guy.

Kath ... sounds like a blissful evening. It's still muggy out here, I've just come off a long conference call and am about to chug a Grape Smirnoff Ice ....someone gave me one over the weekend and I had to go buy a case! Half frozen, it's absolutely delicious!

Was it a "real" Primanti or just a place with the same name??

There are three Primanti Brothers stores in Florida, listed amongst the ones in Pittsburgh (and still none in Philly???). I'd like to keep my streak of not visiting Florida intact, so I'll have to make a trip to see some old faces at Pitt, and go to the Primanti's in Oakland.

http://www.primantibros.com/01locations.html

I guess the brothers have retired to florida and taken their sandwiches with them!
Who knew?

Muggy here already this morning Caro.. we desperately need rain. Grass is all brown.
terrible.

That hill is going to be the death of me, if the cellar stairs don't get me first.

Good morning, Kath. We are actually having hotish weather here, too, and it hit 81 yesterday. Today, a little cooler I think.

Are you running the risk of having The Thread Police come get you for having more than 250 posts in your thread? What is that about, anyway? I never have understood. And while I'm asking personal questions...what hill? early morning jogging?

http://www.librarything.com/topic/120122

new thread! new thread!