The Hobbit Hole XXXIV - But better than rain or rippling streams...

[HairOfTheDog]

Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!

• First thread: New Zealander builds Hobbit hole
• Second thread: The New Hobbit Hole
• Third thread: The Hobbit Hole III - Journey to the Cross-roads! (Congratulations, we filled it up!)
• Fourth Thread: The Hobbit Hole IV - The Road Goes Ever On...
• Fifth Thread: The Hobbit Hole V - Where Many Paths and Errands Meet...
• Sixth Thread: The Hobbit Hole VI - And Whither Then? I Cannot Say...
• Seventh Thread: The Hobbit Hole VII - But not yet weary are our feet...
• Eighth Thread: The Hobbit Hole VIII - Still round the corner we may meet...
• Ninth Thread: The Hobbit Hole IX - A sudden tree or standing stone
• Tenth Thread: The Hobbit Hole X - That none have seen but we alone.
      Eleventh Thread: Wedding Edition: The Hobbit Hole XI - No One Admitted Except on Wedding Business!
• Twelfth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XII - Tree and flower and leaf and grass
• Thirteenth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XIII - Let them pass! Let them pass!
• Fourteenth thread: The Hobbit Hole XIV - Hill and Water Under Sky
• Fifteenth thread: The Hobbit Hole XV - Pass them by! Pass them by!
• Sixteenth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XVI - Still round the corner there may wait...
• Seventeenth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XVII - A new road or a secret gate...
• Eighteenth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XVIII - Though we pass them by today...
• Nineteenth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XIX - Tomorrow we may come this way...
• Twentieth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XX - And take the hidden paths that run...
• Twenty-first Thread: The Hobbit Hole XXI - ...Towards the Moon or to the Sun.
• Twenty-second Thread: The Hobbit Hole XXII - ...Apple, thorn, and nut and sloe
• Twenty-third Thread: The Hobbit Hole XXIII - Let them go! Let them go!
• Twenty-Fourth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XXIV - Sand and Stone and Pool and Dell...
• Twenty-Fifth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XXV - Fare you well! Fare you well!
• Twenty-Sixth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XXVI - Home is behind, the world ahead
• Twenty-Seventh Thread: The Hobbit Hole XXVII - And there are many paths to tread
• Twenty-Eighth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XXVIII - Through shadows to the edge of night
• Twenty-Nineth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XXIX - Until the stars are all alight
• Thirtieth thread: The Hobbit Hole XXX - Then world behind and home ahead...
• Thirty-First ThreadThe Hobbit Hole XXXI - Mawwage is what bwings us togethew today!
• Thirty-second thread: The Hobbit Hole XXXII - Sweet is the sound of falling rain
• Thirty-Third thread (Our coming-of-age thread): The Hobbit Hole XXXIII - And the brook that leaps from hill to plain...

Sing hey! for the bath at close of day
That washes the weary mud away!
A loon is he that will not sing:
O! Water Hot is anoble thing!

O! Sweet is the sound of falling rain.
and the brook that leaps from hill to plain;
but better than rain or rippling streams
is Water Hot that smokes and steams.

O! Water cold we may pour at need
down a thirsty throat and be glad indeed;
but better is Beer, if drink we lack,
and Water Hot poured down the back.

O! Water is fair that leaps on high
in a fountain white beneath the sky;
but never did fountain sound so sweet
as splashing Hot Water with my feet!

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[RosieCotton]

Dang, they’ve growed!

[RosieCotton]

Yeah, their first...he was ten days late, then the inducing didn’t completely work, and in the end they did a C-section. Ouch. But I guess everyone’s OK.

[2Jedismom]

I told Matthew that I wanted to get a blond wig and dress up like Buffy...carry around a stake and everything.

He said I had too many wrinkles.

Steve’s gonna have to have a talk with him about when it’s inappropriate to be honest.

[2Jedismom]

can't judge by the bowl...it's gone too...

Oh no!!! Heh heh!!

Get any pics of the ninja?

[RosieCotton]

Ouch...

You know, I’ve never seen that show.

[Rose in RoseBear]

Hey, sis!

I don't know if you're in my story this year or not ... there may be a place for a lady whose heart's desire is to be useful, and she might be a nurse, but that's not you ... you're not old, and you've always been useful!

It was nice talking to you, too, and to LSA! <waving>

[Lil'freeper]

Whoohoo! Nephews are great!

[Lil'freeper]

Steve’s gonna have to have a talk with him about when it’s inappropriate to be honest.

Teehee! Boys.

[Lil'freeper]

Ah love the costumes! They’re getting all grown up!

[Lil'freeper]

I should have taken today off so I can write... NewJob negotiations took a turn fr the pathetic yesterday and I'm very frustrated. During the interview, I asked if I would be able to negotiate salary. They said yes. Working with their HR team, I asked about negotiation, and they said yes. Then they lowball the salary offer and explain the negotiation process. So I put together my justification statement and provide a 'meet me halfway' proposal for salary. Then I get a call yesterday saying, "Ooops, we were wrong. There's this reg, see, that says no negotiation." Well isn't that nice. So now I'm weighing options. I'm interested in win-win, not in falling on a sword.

[Corin Stormhands]

Well, just dang.

I’m off to the trainers. Didn’t get up quite as early as I wanted. Still...it’s begun...

[Corin Stormhands]

How's Nana doing, by the way?

Nana's doing ~okay~. She's had some problems with her foot that's kept her from walking for a few weeks. So we've got to go through that again.

While no one has said it, at this point, I don't see her coming home. But in a bizarre twist on ~good~ news, her roommate, um...left. So Nana's got the window now.

[Corin Stormhands]

Am I in your story?

You were the inspiration for a character in my story.

You're sweet on my main character and you keep bringing by fresh eggs and baked goods. But to fit the story, I had to make you a spinster...and a bit frumpy (for a while anyway).

I won't tell Matthew.

[Corin Stormhands]

We're bad parents. Didn't even think of the camera last night. Here's a picture of all of us from Saturday night.

Last night for the Fall Festival Jr. said he wanted to write "I need a car" on a t-shirt and go as a prayer request.

[Corin Stormhands]

If I didn’t funkle, I could be further along in my word count...

[JenB]

Morning word blather going well.

Happy NaNo!

[Lil'freeper]

fwiw - I had a bunch of ninjas and zombies on my porch last nite. It made me smile.

[JenB]

Heh. I saw a lot of people out but nobody bugged us.

Any llamas?

[TalonDJ]

I guess they took the hint with the curtains. Then again we probably missed some of them by going to mass.

[JenB]

Or the corpses of the foolish in the yard served as a warning... mwahahaha