Oh, sarameg, that's heartbreaking to hear about your folks' xeriscaping.
Yeah, we're worried about flooding too, but we also need the water.
Atherton: Half the men in this room wish you were on their arm, tonight. Inara: Only half. I must be losing my indefinable allure.
'Shindig'
Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Liese S. - Jul 06, 2011 4:17:58 pm PDT #15575 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Amy - Jul 06, 2011 4:19:31 pm PDT #15576 of 30001
Because books.
How high is the fever, ita? If it's under 100, you shouldn't worry too much. Otherwise, it generally means your body is fighting some kind of infection.
I like pecans in pie, and I like peanuts. I'm not a big nut eater.
msbelle - Jul 06, 2011 4:22:48 pm PDT #15577 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I WISH SUE LIVED NEARBY!!!
Amy - Jul 06, 2011 4:25:24 pm PDT #15578 of 30001
Because books.
I wish Sue lived near ME. We could totally be ... down in the dumps together. Or something.
sarameg - Jul 06, 2011 4:29:31 pm PDT #15579 of 30001
billytea, are you familiar with Stahmann's Farms? Cause they are a hometown (Las Cruces, NM) pecanery gone Aussie. It kind of blew my mind when I learned that, cause I grew up driving through their pecan orchards. And snitching the fallen bits on occasion.
Ginger - Jul 06, 2011 4:29:38 pm PDT #15580 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I'm only good with chocolate chips if the food is still hot and they're melted goo.
I am ita in this.
ita, some of your stomach symptoms have sounded like my gastric reflux at its worse, so the Prilosec may really help. It takes a couple of days to really kick in.
Whatever my mother puts in her oatmeal cookies is good. Sometimes it's raisins. Sometimes it's dates. Sometimes she also adds cereal she didn't like as cereal. They are magic cookies.
Cass - Jul 06, 2011 4:29:56 pm PDT #15581 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
The weather and its damage is scary. I am sorry your parents lost so much awesome vegetation.
the smell of mesquite and creosote and wet ozone.
God, yes. And wet desert dust. I think it's the creosote that I imprinted on most though. That is what has been in every desert I've lived in and swooned for the rain smell.
Mom still calls me every time it rains.
Cass - Jul 06, 2011 4:30:57 pm PDT #15582 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
ita, some of your stomach symptoms have sounded like my gastric reflux at its worse, so the Prilosec may really help. It takes a couple of days to really kick in.
Ditto. It's a weird thing because I don't feel the "heartburn" but then the acid burns my throat and I do feel like I have strep and a few other weird things. The pills have been so helpful.
sarameg - Jul 06, 2011 4:31:07 pm PDT #15583 of 30001
Yeah. Around here, a good soaking rain smells like wet dog. Uhg.
Cass - Jul 06, 2011 4:34:11 pm PDT #15584 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
The rain doesn't smell right here either. On the other hand, just the air smells really good a lot of the time. So it's a trade off I can live with but I miss the rain smelling like rain should.
Rain doesn't really smell like anything here most of the time. Though a few weeks back we had a startling warm couple of days and then around nine one evening, crash and boom of thunderstorms. Those smelled good.