Sudokuaholics Anonymous 9A

Hope u r All fine.

Fine and dandy, eaa.

I just had a delightful supper... stuffed pork chops, shellie beans and cranberry salad.

What are shellie beans, Heidi??

Its a blend of cut green beans and shelled beans. Lightly seasoned.

Never had a cranberry salad either.

Is 888 luckY?

888

I'll find out now. Teehee.

Afternoon all!
I just realised that I didn't post this morning though I did read.

MizT, sending soothing hugs and wishes. I'm sorry you fell and hope the achies don't hang around too long...

Judy, Ally's arm didn't straighten properly for at least a month and it was very sore. We were told that if she had been older she would need physio to fix it. Are you getting physio? If yes, I bet it hurts when you go!

My daughters and their cousin are having incestuous relationships. Ebob is dating the brother of her cousin's boyfriend. Ally is having candy canes thrown at her by the brother of the cousin's ex-boyfriend. He has asked Ally to go out with him, but she said she didn't really know him. It's all very coot.

eaa, isn't 8 a number the Chinese think is lucky? You must be triply lucky!!

I suppose am lucky in many ways, I have my beauty [inner] I have my figure [bigger, but it's there somewhere] I have my health [Aches & pains that I can live with].I have a wonderful Family My hubby, kids and their children are in good health. I don't owe too much.I have some COOL cyber friends as well as 'normal' friends. I dream of winning lotto [if I won I would have nothing to dream of LOL]
So 888 Just might help tht luck to continue.

Oh! I almost forgot my weird cents of humour.

Which is priceless.

Broni... cranberry salad is a fruit salad. With cranberries, oranges, apple and gelatin (Jello).

Hope you ate that seperate to the main meal Heidi.
May your luck continue eaa.

Side dish, Broni. With the meal. Kinda like cranberry relish.

OK, still learning about American tastes.

I come from the great white North (nearly... Wisconsin). Half the state is lakes or cranberry bogs. I grew up eating cranberries every way possible. People here in Kentucky barely know that cranberries exist, and very rarely eat them.

MizT, I hope you get Al to nail some non stick rubber or something to those steps. Next time could be more serious if you do not do something about them!!! Hope the aches go soon.
8 or multiples of 8 are considered very lucky by the Chinese. I had a friend whose house number was 88 and he got a great price for the house by the Chinese buyers!(Not that I think you are going to sell to Chinese buyers eea!)

I have had a massage and a facial today so I am feeling pampered and relaxed. First time I have really had either.
Suzy, at least they all know one another and you know the boys concerned.
must go and do some last mimute cards (I have been waiting for new addresses etc) and list what I need to buy when I shop tomorrow.
Catch up with you all later.

Thanks Heidi, for letting us know what shellie beans are, and for explaining about a cranberry salad. We've never had much to do with cranberries here until recently - or am I just speaking for myself??
Suzy - what a romantic lad - throwing candy canes at Ally!! hehehe!
June - I could use some pampering - won't be this week, though.
eaa - and we're lucky to have you as a cyber-friend.
Emily went on job with Colin today. An elderly couple whose lawn he has been mowing are moving house and wanted some 'junk' removed - they were so taken with Emily that they gave her 2 X 70 year old kites - one is a sailing ship, the other a butterfly - and a heart shaped trinket box with china roses on the lid. Isn't she a lucky girl. (Note - these people didn't think she was disruptive or naughty!!) Good on you Em!

I'll post pictures of the kites when Col downloads them. They are so well-made and so colourful for their age.

Hello Aunty Jack!

Hi all, just a quick drop-in, sorry I didn't come before but it's just too hot in this room.
Wanted to let you know I heard from Bill this morning, he rang just before I was going to ring the hospital, just as well, he was already home!
He saw the doctor early this morning, and they were happy to say they didn't find any undue issues, nor did they have to do any other procedure. Here's hoping that is the end of it, and the situation has resolved itself. They did say that if he has any more issues, they will remove more of the tissue, but it will be a much 'gentler' op than the first one.

Oh good news, Gail - seems to be good news all round lately - hope it continues!

Hi everyone!
Glad to hear good news about Bill, Gail! :)

I just had Laura here to pick up a present I bought on her behalf: a Lego pirate ship for her young man! I took her out into the garden to take some of our enormous veggies - she was very impressed! Apparently Jake likes vegetables, so she will cook him up something tasty - the boy's a treasure!

Oh, she also helped me straighten the wonky Christmas tree - when she saw it she laughed! (How rude!)

Mum has arrived! She's not staying long enough this visit though. Her friend and neighbour is going off for chemo and will be staying near the hospital so Mum is going home to look after her house and animals. :(

Zusy, was it a year ago that your Mum came to visit over Christmas?
Great news Gail, have you told Bill we were all sending good vibes to him?
Just found a great site about Australia and America: 14 Differences That Can Get You in Trouble While Traveling, (was going to use an American term about supporting your team) won't give you the addy as it came up with something about cross site scripting and I know my virus stuff protects me. Could copy and paste but it is long.

June, hubby has some anti slip tape to put on that step and on the ramp, but they have to be DRY first! All but the bottom step from the back deck are metal treads, the kind that are heavily patterned. they are fine except if they get ice, and that is not an every day occurrence. He is also talking about the pressure washer to remove the gunk that makes the wood slippery. So far, it is just talk.

I went to bed so early last night, my eening meds made me very sleepy what with the muscle relaxer I had taken. Now I am up middle of the night. Nice to have computer to keep me company.

Suzy enjoy your visit with your Mom.

Judy, home grown veggies are a great gift to a vegetable lover. I was gifted this past summer. Yesterday I got some of those nice summer veggies from freezer for our dinner, okra and tomatoes, stewed. now okra is another thing you Aussies probably do not have. But mine did taste good, almost like tasting summer!

I feel for you MizT, I know exactly what you mean about slippery when wet wooden steps. Our front steps, the staircase where the group photos were taken, get impassable in winter, to the extent where I put tape across the ends so no-one uses them.
I did once, man, did it hurt!!!

Ello yee all--
Hey I wonder if Heidi's bean salad is anything likes Beans Bean salad ???
You know the one with the edemami beans in it,
very very yummy, thats for sure...
Hey slippery wooden steps, have just gone through it all here, wire brush, girls and lots of elbow grease, did the trick for me.
Here it was like a moss on the treads, and once clean they were fine.

Good morning everyone. Very cold here at the moment 1C, expecting snow soon. I don't seem to get much time on here these days as husband is working from home most of the time. I don't seem to be getting much else done either. Just caught up on the hot slidey thing, now got to tidy away the boxes from the christmas decs. I found the lights for outside and was all ready to put them up when I realised that the transformer was missing so they will now go into the bin. To my surprise I think I am nearly finished xmas shopping, just have to plan when to go food shopping and what I still need to get. Not sure yet what time of day we will get to eat our xmas dinner as Andrew has to work. He has volunteered to do the morning shift, 7am till 3pm, but someone has kindly swapped with him without asking and it looks as if he may be working 3pm until what ever time they have no customers in the bar. He isn't happy to say the least.

Heidi, I can never remember having cranberries when I was younger. I was nearly 30 before I ever saw them around.

Pleased to hear that lots of health issues are sorting them selves out for friends here. Sending healing vibes to everyone in need of them.
I've just looked out of the window and it is SNOWING!!

Hia Brenda - for some reason I have memories of drinking cranberry juice for something, but forget what, doh
I suppose you will have to have an early lunch, wow to have to work after the food , how awful, thats when its time for a siesta, he he he

YIPPPEEEEE snow
so maybe a white Christmas for you then hey

Hi Lizzi, yes probably will have to have an early lunch. Fortunately my brother and SIL are adaptable for time, SIL works in hotels too but she isn't working this year. It does mean Santa Claus gets to deliver parcels early. The others were dreading having to wait so long to open there pressies, you would think that they were small kids (youngest is 18)

Hey, who do you reckon is the first up around this place?!
I clang and bang to wake everybody up ...and I KNOW what my pressies are!

Wow, I have done nuffin for that C word, but not having kids and my other kids are going away or live in Melbourne. Only have to worry about BIL and cous Maz(she is working) so still plan on going out on the boat C Day, if BIL wants to come for the cruise that would be great, already have 2kg of fresh frozen prawns off the trawler so do no think we will starve(MizT you will love this I am not allowed to eat shellfish)