What a relief to get that ID card in the mail, ob! Hopefully you won't ever have to go to the DMV again! I had to renew my driver's license this year and it was so good to know when it showed up in the mail that I wouldn't have to think about it again for five years.

Thank you all for the good wishes for my birthday.

Wishing everyone a very pleasant Wednesday.

Good Wednesday... afternoon!

Yay, oldbroad. Now lock the door and throw away the key and stay home as long as you can!

Good afternoon everyone.

Today I took Dude in for his outdoor shots. The vet also wanted to give him a thorough checkup as she was the one who discovered Dude's hernia and organ displacement, and she was excited to see how well he's doing; she gave him clean bill of health, in that regard. Everything seems normal now.

Willow has to go on a diet. This oughtta be fun.

OldBroad ... congratulations!!

Draclvr, we saw Dune 2 this afternoon ... most excellent movie! Loved it! Be sure to watch Dune Part 1 before you go see part 2 to connect all the threads from 1.

We took Max in for his shots and vacines this morning Hagatha ... good luck with Willow

Have a wonderful evening everyone!

I watched Part 1 on my computer on Max last week. I'm so glad to hear Part 2 was most excellent! Not sure if I'll make it to a theater to watch, but I'm going to try!

Good morning Lex, Connie, soot, oldbroad, Fogfighter, hagathe, Marian, Draclvr and everyone. Double dark Wide Awake is ready!

Lex I really need to start getting rid of "junk". I have a shed, barn, storage area over the garage, basement, etc that all need to be emptied of clutter...so much collected over 50 years of living in the same place!

Oldbroad glad you got your ID in the mail. Soot I need to rewatch Dune Part 1 before I watch Part 2...I don't remember Part 1 it has been so long...I just know I enjoyed it.

It will be raining all day today already have almost 1 inch of rain.

Hope the sun shines on your day!

Gerry

Good morning Lex, Connie, soot, oldbroad, Gerry, hagatha, Marian, Draclvr and everyone.

Over here sunny and Easter rush. Now when you mention Dune I think I got a DVD with the David Lynch Dune somewhere. Pretty good, as I recall it. Anyway.. Happy Thursday Gamers

Good morning, Danish, Donuts and Bagels in the Break Room. A manicure is on the agenda today. Enjoy he day and hug someone.

Good morning Connie, Fogfighter, Gerry, Draclvr, Hagatha, Marian, OldBroad, Lex and everyone. Grocery shopping on the agenda today but first double dark wide awake coffee and bagels. Have a wonderful Thursday everyone.

Good Thursday morning, everyone! Wide awake brew for me - thank you, Gerry!

I attempt to keep clutter down in the house, but hubby is a border-line hoarder outside! He has multiple outbuildings to cram with all manner of junk. I pity those who have to clean it all out when we are no longer able to be out here!

I think I saw some little asparagus heads poking out yesterday! Still cold here though, but sunny. I'll take it!

Happy Thursday all!

Had my pond and fountain cleaned today and it looks lovely again! Next is the power washing, and I've decided to have a monthly landscaping contract. Now that I have no view my garden is my refuge and I want it to be as nice as it can be.

Good Morning everyone and Welcome to Good Friday. I glad you all are enjoying the Wide awake Double dark brew to start your day...it it ready now and smells so good!

Draclvr my hubby collected all kind of farm equipment and tools and "things" over the years...including lawn tractors he like to restore...one is sitting in the barn in parts waiting to be put back together.

Wishing you all a peaceful day.

Gerry

Good morning, Danish, Donuts and Bagels in the Break Room. Enjoy the day and hug someone.

Good morning. I'm off to Pilates and then the day is open for cleaning and sorting out a couple of shelves in the garage.

Good Friday morning! Gerry, I think our husbands would have been kindred souls! Mine has a barn, a machine shed, an old hog house and two grain bins to STUFF full of junk!

Going to be worrying all day about one of my little step-great grandsons. He was hit in the forehead with a golf club and has an absolutely horrendous injury. He is heading into surgery this morning with four teams working on him. He's only 4 and looks so tiny in that big hospital bed. Going to be a long day...

Oh dear, Drac. Sending prayers and good wishes for your step-great grandson and the family. I hope he will be okay.

Gerry, what are you waiting for? Can't you put that lawn tractor back together? LOL! I wish my brother and I had some hobbies like that, but involving house stuff.

Have a pleasant Good Friday all!

Oh my goodness, my thoughts & prayers are with you Draclvr.

Greetings all, sunshine here today interspersed with showers, but for once no gales!

As always, enjoying (and identifying with) the various feline antics and troubles: thank you for sharing.

Drac, what horrible news about your step great grandson, and what a worry for you.

I hope you all have a great Easter weekend, and here is a topical news item you may have missed
https://news.sky.com/story/orkney-s...akenly-ordering-720-easter-eggs-13103714

And here is some tom-foolery to hopefully raise a smile

A man was working on his motorcycle on the patio, his wife nearby in the kitchen. While racing the engine, the motorcycle accidentally slipped into gear. The man, still holding onto the handlebars, was dragged along as it burst through the glass patio doors.

His wife, hearing the crash, ran in the room to find her husband cut and bleeding, the motorcycle, and the shattered patio door. She called for an ambulance and, because the house sat on a fairly large hill, went down the several flights of stairs to meet the paramedics and escort them to her husband.

While the attendants were loading her husband, the wife managed to right the motorcycle and push it outside. She also quickly blotted up the spilled petrol with some paper towels and tossed them into the toilet.

After being treated and released, the man returned home, looked at the shattered patio door and the damage done to his motorcycle. He went into the bathroom and consoled himself with a cigarette while attending to his business. About to stand, he flipped the butt between his legs.

The wife, who was in the kitchen, heard a loud explosion and her husband screaming. Finding him lying on the bathroom floor with his trousers blown away and burns on his buttocks, legs and groin, she once again phoned for an ambulance. The same paramedic crew was dispatched.

As the paramedics carried the man down the stairs to the ambulance they asked the wife how he had come to burn himself. She told them. They started laughing so hard, one slipped, the stretcher dumping the husband out. He fell down the remaining stairs, breaking his arm.

Still having a bad day ?

Just remember, it could be worse.

The average cost of rehabilitating a seal after the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska was $80,000. At a special ceremony, two of the most expensively saved animals were being released back into the wild amid cheers and applause from onlookers. A minute later, in full view, a killer whale ate them both.

Still think you are having a bad day?

A woman came home to find her husband in the kitchen shaking frantically, almost in a dancing frenzy, with some kind of wire running from his waist towards the electric kettle. Intending to jolt him away from the deadly current, she whacked him with a handy plank of wood, breaking his arm in two places. Up to that moment, he had been happily listening to his Walkman.

STILL think you're having a bad day?

Two animal rights protesters were protesting at the cruelty of sending pigs to a slaughterhouse in Bonn , Germany . Suddenly, all two thousand pigs broke loose and escaped through a broken fence, stampeding madly. The two hapless protesters were trampled to death.

What?STILL having a bad day??

Iraqi terrorist Khay Rahnajet didn't pay enough postage on a letter bomb. It came back with 'return to sender' stamped on it. Forgetting it was the bomb, he opened it and was blown to bits.

There now, feeling better?

Love that walkman one, Lex!

I've never seen a Kit Kat Easter Egg.

Drac, sending prayers the little ones way. How horrible and scary! Please keep us posted.

Hey all! Spring break here and working like crazy! Finally getting some breathing room!

Horrified to read your news, Drac! Positive thoughts and prayers heading your way. I hope he'll be okay.

Thanks for the funnies, Lex! I needed them today. And thank you everyone else for the good thoughts... I needed those today too. Little Beckett is out of surgery and has an excellent prognosis. No injury to the eye or neurological/brain damage. If you saw the wound, you would be amazed that it wasn't the worst news possible. Lots and lots and lots of stitches and little man has a long road to recovery ahead. But mom and dad and grandmas and STEP great grandmas are so very relieved.

Thank goodness that he has an excellent prognosis, Drac! May he have a smooth road to recovery. He has a lot of people who really care about him, and that should make a very real difference in his journey.

Very good to hear that, Drac!