Posted on 11/19/2004 10:30:49 AM PST by Mo1
HA! ... it's warmer up here .. it's going to be 31 degrees tonight :0)
Grrrrr and this computer is reaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaly slow tonight too
All of WA. is not covered with green trees..lol
FR seems to be terribly slow now...
Goodnight Mo. It's going to be 42° here tonight...
.....Westy.....
Same here ... but in Scott's case ... FRY THE SOB!
That looks like the surface of the moon
Is there any life form there?
Well, SOMEBODY is doing it!
I am having the most bizarre dreams I've ever had lately. I've never had violent dreams in my life before, now I'm having dreams of shooting people and having bodies turn up on my front porch and all kinds of weird stuff. I'm told that everybody has bizarre dreams for about the first year on this job, but sheesh! It gets a little disturbing.
What she be sulking about?
I was wondering if it was FR there for a little while. It got really slow.
Wow! Palouse Falls is something else.
Thanks for that one.
I see you talking about me!!! Now I will go sulk some more.
:)
Hi Sweetliberty - thank you for asking! I had to wrap up work to prepare for vacation and also run around to do miscellaneous Christmas stuff. Just have to work this morning at home, then am free for almost three weeks. I'll be mainly around here, can't wait. Even the manager acknowledged yesterday how tired and burned out we all are. Not trying to whine, but this was a tough year. Nothing like what you deal with day in and out; our pressure is different, but... never enough of us anyway.
Hmmmm... my corporation is so PC that I was only able to tell my two friends (the ones I'm grouped up with to Austin, luckily) "Merry Christmas". I told the manager (even though she is very Catholic) and she ignored me. I told one of the senior writers (a lib but he went to Catholic Seminary School) and he switched the topic and said "Are you going to the Holiday Party?" and "See you next year". These people, honest-to-ARGH. I managed to get out of any "Holiday Parties" since I have no idea what holiday they are celebrating.
If the corporation only spent a fraction of the amount on at least posting a Merry Christmas on the overhead monitors as they do on pushing their transgender mutated and perverted agenda...
December 8:
It started to snow. The first snow of the season and the wife and I took our cocktails and sat for hours by the window watching the huge soft flakes drift down from heaven. It looked like a Grandma Moses Print. So romantic we felt like newlyweds again. I love snow!
December 9:
We woke to a beautiful blanket of crystal white snow covering every inch of the landscape. What a fantastic sight! Can there be a more lovely place in the Whole World? Moving here was the best idea I've ever had. Shoveled for the first time in years, felt like a boy again. I did both our driveway and the sidewalks.
This afternoon the snowplow came along and covered up the sidewalks and closed in the driveway, so I got to shovel again. What a perfect life.
December 12:
The sun has melted all our lovely snow. Such a disappointment. My neighbor tells me not to worry; we'll definitely have a white Christmas. No snow on Christmas would be awful! Bob says we'll have so much snow by the end of winter, that I'll never want to see snow again. I don't think that's possible. Bob is such a nice man, I'm glad he's our neighbor.
December 14:
Snow, lovely snow! 8" last night. The temperature dropped to -20. The cold makes everything sparkle so. The wind took my breath away, but I warmed up by shoveling the driveway and sidewalks. This is the life! The snowplow came back this afternoon and buried everything again. I didn't realize I would have to do quite this much shoveling, but I'll certainly get back in shape this way. I wish I wouldn't huff and puff so.
December 15:
20 inches forecast. Sold my van and bought a 4x4 Blazer. Bought snow tires for the wife's car and two extra shovels. Stocked the freezer. The wife wants a wood stove in case the electricity goes out. I think that's silly. We aren't in Alaska, after all.
December 16:
Ice storm this morning. Fell on my ass on the ice in the driveway putting down salt. Hurt like hell. The wife laughed for an hour, which I think was very cruel.
December 17:
Still way below freezing. Roads are too icy to go anywhere. Electricity was off for five hours. I had to pile the blankets on to stay warm. Nothing to do but stare at the wife and try not to irritate her. Guess I should've bought a wood stove, but won't admit it to her. God I hate it when she's right. I can't believe I'm freezing to death in my own living room.
December 20:
Electricity's back on, but had another 14" of the damn stuff last night. More shoveling. Took all day. Goddamn snowplow came by twice. Tried to find a neighbor kid to shovel, but they said they're too busy playing hockey. I think they're lying.
Called the only hardware store around to see about buying a snow blower and they're out. Might have another shipment in March. I think they're lying. Bob says I have to shovel or the city will have it done and bill me. I think he's lying.
December 22:
Bob was right about a white Christmas, because 13 more inches of the white shit fell today, and it's so cold it probably won't melt 'til August. Took me 45 minutes to get all dressed up to go out to shovel, and then I had to piss. By the time I got undressed, pissed and dressed again, I was too tired to shovel! Tried to hire Bob, who has a plow on his truck, for the rest of the winter; but he says he's too busy. I think the asshole is lying.
December 23:
Only 2" of snow today, and it warmed up to "0". The wife wanted me to decorate the front of the house this morning. What, is she nuts!!! Why didn't she tell me to do that a month ago? She says she did, but I think she's lying.
December 24:
6". Snow packed so hard by snowplow, I broke the shovel. Thought I was having a heart attack. If I ever catch the son-of-a-bitch who drives that snowplow, I'll drag him through the snow by his balls and beat him to death with my broken shovel. I know he hides around the corner and waits for me to finish shoveling and then he comes down the street at 100 miles an hour and throws snow all over everywhere I've just been! Tonight the wife wanted me to sing Christmas carols with her and open our presents, but I was too busy watching for the damn snowplow.
December 25:
Merry M*&#@% F&@!#$& Christmas. 20 more inches of the f*%#@%* slop tonight. Snowed in. The idea of shoveling makes my blood boil. God, I hate the snow! Then the snowplow driver came by asking for a donation and I hit him over the head with my shovel. The wife says I have a bad attitude. I think she's a fricking idiot. If I have to watch "It's a Wonderful Life" one more time, I'm going to stuff her into the microwave.
December 26:
Still snowed in. Why the hell did I ever move here? It was all HER idea. She's really getting on my nerves.
December 27:
Temperature dropped to -30, and the pipes froze. Plumber came after 14 hours of waiting for him; he only charged me $1,400 to replace all my pipes.
December 28:
Warmed up to above -50. Still snowed in. The BITCH is driving me crazy!!!!!
December 29:
10 more inches. Bob says I have to shovel the roof or it could cave in. That's the silliest thing I ever heard. How dumb does he think I am?
December 30:
Roof caved in. I beat up the snow plow driver. He is now suing me for a million dollars; not for only the beating I gave him, but also for trying to shove the broken snow shovel up his ass. The wife went home to her mother. 9" predicted.
December 31:
I set fire to what's left of the house. No more shoveling.
January 8:
Feel so good. I just love those little white pills they keep giving me. Why am I tied to the bed?
Should have moved to Phoenix with the Borax Queen!
Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!
Celebrating the holidays together.
Hanukkah is here and Christmas is fast approaching. Many of us are wrestling with an annual dilemma: "So, what's it going to be? You want your matzoh balls or a candy cane? Spin the Dreidel or get kissed under the mistletoe?" Well, you've found the one place where you don't have to choose. Here we have it all! Here we celebrate Chrismukkah !
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This b.s. is all over the place.
Merry Christmas!
Thank you - how nice to get a sincere Merry Christmas for once. Merry Christmas to you too!
p.s. Is that cat picture I just posted dark for you too or is it just my screen?
It's about time you got back. Did you have a good vaca? We all missed you..;)
Thank you, dah'ling; that is so sweet! Yes, wonderful but then I fell behind on Christmas decorating and everything, so had to play catch up and couldn't play FR. I think I caught one photo of your beautiful new house... I absolutely love that style of architecture. I can't wait to post some photos from our trip - maybe soon. After writing a few Christmas cards and just a few more errands.
I just checked Mango's picture on Iceman's laptop and it looks ok there, for some reason it looked very dark here.
Kitty's pic could be brighter - but he's looking mighty comfy there.
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