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Unfortunately I have employees that are new enough to have questions so even though I had this last week off, I wasn't really off. I would love to have an honest excuse to be unavailable!

Try "I have a hangnail." It works every time.

"Sorry, I need to wash and vacuum the cats"

omgosh, have a wonderful time!

FUN!!!!

Enjoy. I saw 'In The Heights' when it was on Broadway and I'm sure you know it was also a Lin Manuel Miranda musical. I enjoyed it very much and expect to enjoy Hamilton as well when I see it three or four years from now..LOL!

No Candy! Great job! You can get through all of this!

Yay for your smile!!

Thanks, Shel. It's silly, but getting no comments on my first few status entries made me feel like the kid no one wants to play with. I've been feeling a little fragile around the edges lately.

Indeed, Brownie. Next step up is Girl Scout. I wasn't a Brownie, but I still have my GS pin and knife. I should wear the pin some time. Thanks for the idea.

me too....now the beginners are called daisies!

Then you're younger than I (who isn't?) and/or the mother of a young girl. Here's Google search's blurb from Wikipedia. I had no idea: "Since 2008, Girl Scouts of the USA have had six age levels: Girl Scout Daisy, Brownie, Junior, Cadette, Senior, and Ambassador. Girl Scouts move or "bridge" to the next level, usually at the end of the school year they reach the age to advance." The "cadette" heading with its feminine ending is dumb.

I have never laughed so hard as when I saw it. Was so outrageous at times, you just can't be offended.

It was great. @LipstickLady -- judged by people in your area? The bible belt, I think? @suzzzzz -- if no one's offended, the show would have closed long ago. I did wonder, though, whether everyone in the audience knew what they were coming to beyond a hit show. We're still in heavy tourist season here.

Bible Belt indeed.

That sounds fun! Enjoy.

Have a great time!!!

The evening was wonderful, as though no time had passed.

They'd need to be peeled. The skins really are tough. As I was eating them in my salad of salmon, orange bell pepper, onion and baby spinach with TJ's spicy asian peanut vinaigrette (sooo good), I kept removing the skins and putting them on a napkin. Good thing I was home.

Knowing your wit, you likely have a plan for those little red tomato skins besides the trash.

No, my friend. they are long gone. Can one sew tomato skins into a silk purse? If so, shucks, I missed the chance.

So they advertise the date and location of the sale. For a week before the sale, people come with their clothing items tagged, hung and priced. They are assigned a number that they place on their tags. They get 30 - 40% of the sale price and my friends get the remaining cut. It's a ZOO. The sellers get a pre-sale date to shop before it opens to the public. Anyone who volunteers gets a discount, too. There is a few days of after sale when sellers come collect their clothes or they are donated to a clothes bank. The big work for them is keeping track of who gets what as the clothes sell. It's definitely a lot of work, but the participants are HUGE and bring PILES and PILES of clothes.

I have never participated but the $$ flow is great for all interested. Because the seller prices their own stuff, it's up to them how much they potentially earn. It's a great concept all around.

The venue size is HUGE. Clothes, toys, handbags, shoes, maternity... HUGE for Virginia is about 10,000 square feet of empty store front. It's a cool process and a brilliant idea.

@LipstickLady. You're fast. As you see, I deleted my reply to your first note and sent it to you via BPmail. Now I shall see if I can print out this info. Thanks so much.

@OzRoo -- Funnybones. All the best to you especially!

And you too, WLSR xxx !

Happy Holidays to you too! ^^

Amen!

So true!

Thanks for this NSV awareness go to Inner Surfer Girl, who yesterday mentioned the savings in a topic about being able to shop anywhere.

I pop popcorn and watch.

@High functioning fat man -- not exactly "help," but the usual "opinions" and, even better, something akin to "I don't understand myself, so YOU explain me to me and tell me what to do."

@ShelterDog64 -- I wasn't quite up on just how wicked you are. I'm in love.

<3

hehe... I think he hates me now. He probably thinks I'm a troublemaker.

@Sai -- Piffle. He wishes he could be like you.

haha . I missed most of it, but I got to read it after. It was pretty wild. lol

Not even Gefilte fish ???

He, he ....

I suppose you think you're cute, Missy? Well, you are.

But of course ....

he got some award or something recognizing his musical history? think i heard something - luv him - kathy

@proudgrammy, the Nobel Prize for literature. It's a big deal.

OMG, yeah i'd say that's a big deal!!! - thanx for straightening me out LOL

That's great news!

Let me know if you are coming to Chicago and I will hide in the basement!

Thanks, SONGSMITH. I'm stoked. People have always said that driving is like breathing and it turns out to be true.

MISS MAC, you can run, but you can't hide. I've driven into basements in better places than Chicago, whatever that means. In truth, there are plenty of things in Chicago I'd like to visit. I've been there only once, but that was a thousand years ago and for less than an hour as a break from I80.

Sorry to hear that! Hope you feel better soon! What does the blood work indicate?

Could be the gallbladder, if you still have one.

I had mine out years ago, as the pain was unbearable. Good luck! xxx

Gallstones ???? Very sorry you are hurting.

@Dub, where'd you get gallstones? Not in my abdomen you didn't. Did you read the entire post? Nothing familiar?

There were quite a few threads from her selling the product(s).

Today was my first time seeing her. When I noted the date she joined, though, I expected that she'd started others.

Yea 15 days worth probably. When we see crap like that we need to report it. Doing it at 1 am in the morning thinking no one will see it.

Great . That's awesome to hear that you have that leeway (i.e. 500 cal more). Scales are so one dimensional, I really should get tests done, I think it'd be really helpful to know at least my RMR.

@Sai, in my book I do not have 500 calories leeway, not that I want to use, anyway. My goal for my daily range is 950-1150. On a day when I may lose myself and overeat, it'll be good to know I haven't done damage, I suppose, but I don't want to slip into that. Staying within my range is also a way I know that I can follow through on my choices.

I completely understand. .

hehe That would be a sight. ^^

Photos please!

I hope you babes know the movie, especially Sadie's entrance.

Name of the Rose?

Yes, and countless others. He died yesterday.

Oh, no! I hadn't heard about him. I wondered when I scrolled down and saw Harper Lee. Too many people this winter.

sounds like a "meet-cute"

What a nice NYC story. I've had some nice conversations with strangers as well while on public transportation. It's harder these days though with everyone plugged into their phones.

I should have been clearer. It was a woman, not a potential date for me, and she's 83. Smart as hell, witty, aware, open-minded, spirited, etc. We had a very long wait for the bus and conversation flowed in many directions. The bus ran slowly, so more time to talk. We live only 3 blocks apart, so got off together. WE had so much fun that I had an instant's thought of suggesting number exchange, something I've never done. I kept quiet, but she made the suggestion. That gave me the bit of chutzpah to suggest the coffee. Y'know, people always have the intentions, but the follow-up fizzles. If we don't get in touch, I still had a terrific encounter that made the day nicer. It really was wonderful.

Ha Ha! Too funny

@krakow57, I didn't mean to be "ha ha" funny. It was an observation on a post that I chose not to respond to.

Fair enough. Just that it seemed funny to me, not knowing what it was all about. Now it is interesting .....

Yes, some posts are best left alone.

*claps*

@Sai -- Thank you, thank you. You are a woman of great wisdom and depth.

<3 I love the thoughts in your head... At least the ones you share. hehe

I feel like sometimes, they just need their mom.

I already have 5 kids....

Haha, my husband is from South Dakota, their mascots are Coyotes and Jackrabbits. Terrifying, right?

@ShelterDog64, I'm from Brooklyn where had squirrels and sparrows year-round and, in season, jackalopes.