Posted on 03/14/2002 5:07:26 AM PST by HairOfTheDog
can't stay...see you in Oct...miss you guys...
But leave the precious here. We'll take care of it.
Yeah...what kind of an elf gets five o'clock shadow?
I'm sorry to hear that. And I know it's more traumatic than my losing a couple of (okay a dozen or so) 12-cent goldfish.
Corin, Jr. is lobbying for a bird...and the little one still thinks we have the fish (the bowl is still sitting on the cabinet)
Well...he was a military brat, so his Dad had settled in Biloxi when he retired, but I think the rest of the family was from another part of the state. I'm not really sure where, exactly.
We love it when we can bring home that good Gulf (of Mexico) Shrimp.
I didn't get to partake of as much seafood as I would have liked to while I was in MS (at Keesler in Biloxi for four months)...sad. So I guess I haven't had the REALLY good stuff!
My uncle in SC has a shrimp boat, though, and he catches some wonderful shrimp - I've only had it a few times when Grandma would bring some up (we didn't do much traveling back and forth), but it's goood! Seems like a lot of what's available up this way in the stores is sort of mushy and flavorless by comparison.
Sort of like books. Books are so decorative, don't you think?
Bonus points for the movie reference.
Ha! I was thinking about that when I was writing it...maybe that's why I feel so at home there?
Actually, it's only partially in the ground...the front of the house is at one level (front is level with the road), and then slopes off in back until the back of the house is at basement level. If that makes sense! It's a cute little house - yellow, which is about my favorite color for a house. I fell in love with it immediately.
Well...some birds are really easy to care for. My family has had various parakeets (budgies) for YEARS, since I was twelve or so. I'm currently taking care of the latest - a crotchety old thing that likes her own image in the mirror much better than any other birds. They tried to give her a "friend", but she didn't exactly take kindly to it.
I give her seed and water and clean her cage out once in a while, but that's all she needs. And she's the ONLY critter who seems to appreciate my fiddling - she sings along!
I didn't have good luck with goldfish, either, the one time I had one...mine lived about 24 hours, I think.
See you! Stay safe!
Sniff. I miss the dwarf.
I'm so excited.....
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