Think I'm getting back to normal a bit.. Misty and her kids left a couple hours ago and I just got up from a nap. Still hurts to sit but seems to be easing a bit.
Misty completely scoured my kitchen while she was here. I told her next time she could do the bathroom and livingroom rugs
Supposed to go up to Kansas City next month to meet her parents (which should be interesting because I'm older than her dad ) I talked to her mom on the phone earlier today and we sent her pics of us all via the cell phone.
I am STILL trying to go back and catch up on everyone's "doings".......whew!
I am taking the easy way out and sending ya'll good thoughts to everyone who needs it right now!
How about breakfast? I have to go to work in 20 minutes, so there's some homemade blueberry bagels ready with strawberry cream cheese, fresh squeezed OJ and some coffee...........
I have another girlfriend coming down this weekend, just Fri-Mon, someone I have known since grade school and haven't seen in 9 years! She too, like tamed, said "we can just hang around the house and I'll go with you to walk dogs so we can visit more......."
I can't tell you what a relief that is! When I get the kind of company that wants to GO GO GO all the time WITH me, I get so worn out, takes me weeks to recover.
She's flying into Pensacola, so maybe the only side trip we'll make is going to Joe Patti Seafood to get fresh shrimp and fish. Then hopefully, relaxation time. (I did post on my website 2 weeks ago that I was sold out for that time period, so I may only have 2-3 walks to do!)
We'll Kayak, probably hit the beach as well, and on Sunday..........go to Peg Legs for dinner since it will be my BIRTHDAY!
Was that a subtle hint?
She called yesterday and asked if she should bring a jacket for cool nights........funniest question I have heard in a long time! Our "lows" at night have been in the high 70's/low 80's.
Nope, not jacket weather, maybe bring one along for "re-entry" into Wisconsin though!
Our heat index yesterday was 106.
Slightly sticky out there.
Well, the sun is just starting to light up the sky in some nice purples/pinks and a dash of yellow....the Pelicans are being obnoxious and making their morning squawky noises.....so that means I better get dressed and go walk doggies, starting with mine.
One goal today.......finally get my flower beds MULCHED. It's so difficult to do anything in this heat. If I get back by 8am, maybe I'll do it then, should only be 80 by then! ha ha ha
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ick 106ş is way tooo hot for me! Part of the reason i'll never move back home (Texas) is the weather, amongst many other reasons. Sounds like you will have a good visit with your friend Toes, awesome!
I ate sooo many tamales this weekend that i'm sick today, i could just hurl!
I see lots of old posts being bumped here & no responses... I have found (in other forums) that starting new threads, even if the same topic, will certainly get more response from newer members, rather than bumping dead threads & deffinetly a bad idea to point people toward an old thread when they post a new one of a topic that has been visited so long ago. We learned this the hard way, especially when those dead threads are so many yrs old.... It's proven to have a better outcome in other forums & i'm just passing along my input.
I give you credit Dave, i could never meet the parents if i was older than them & i'd flip out if my kid dated someone older than me... in fact i did flip out when my daughter entertained the thought of dating a guy who was just a few yrs younger than me, late last year, i put a stop to that even though she was 20 & not living at home. I met a really nice guy a few yrs back, i liked him as a person, but wouldn't date him because he was closer in age to my daughter than me lol he was 26 when i was 34, just too much of a difference for me... I imagine it's different for a man.
My son moved out this weekend, he now lives over near West Bend. I took part of the day off Friday to get his car & Dr stuff in order before he left... i officially live alone... not sure how i feel about that just yet. Will take some getting use to i suppose.
I had lunch with a guy friend over the weekend, he's asked me out to dinner one day this week, told him i'd go as friends, although i know he likes me as more than friends. He has small children (3 & 6 yr old) that he has joint custody of, which is great that he is such a big part of their lives & they are very well behaved girls (i've met them), but they are little & i just don't want to be around little kids that much or have them hold us back if we want to make plans etc... Which i see as a problem since he had to change his work hours & quit pool league when he got joint custoday, which is good, as a father should make those sacrefices for his children, but i dunno... am i being unfair in thinking that way? I'm done raising babies, but i had mine young & i could be passing up good men along the way in thinking this way, or should i care? lol i dunno!! I know i don't want to play the step mommy role for someone elses kids, hell no!
Ok didn't mean to make it such a big post... off to get some work done i guess.
Yikes I'm glad I am not in Florida right now. Steamy and Hot weather does not go along with my lifestyle. lol It's been wonderful around here so far for our area but I know that heat is just lingering right around the corner and I'm not looking for it to hit us. So far I haven't once had to turn the air on in the house this summer.
Anyways, have a ton of things to do so will just jump in and out once in awhile today. I have to really get cracking on my spring/summer cleaning I started and put aside with all the end of the school year things.
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Well Dave, I do know you have been 'bumping' up a lot of the older threads. I for one as a longer member here have enjoyed viewing the threads from the past. Kinda like blasts from the past, or old rerun month. lol I responded to many of them, and think maybe a few others that are bubbler members for a longer time have enjoyed them as well. John I think responded to as well didn't you John?
Also it is a good way to show the 'newer' members that come on that we have a large variety of topics other than the select few that keep getting comments lately. I personally like the expanded forum of past topics. Just my thoughts.
As long as there is a healthy balance of 'old' and 'new' my thought is it can't hurt. Also, Linking back to older topics when a new thread has been started to me adds details to the topic at hand, also gives a more variety of thoughts not only by those that are commenting now, but by those from the past. And in some cases such as the joke thread that we recently blended a few 'joke' topics together, it helps to 'clean' up the forum a bit. To many topics on the same subject tends to get confusing to new members coming on as well. So by bringing up some of the older topics it can help 'newer' members to see topics already here so they don't keep starting topics over and over. What is wrong with going on with the same topic that has already been started? If someone has something to say, add it to the exiting topic rather than starting all over and making the forum cluttered. How many joke topics, or gas price topics, or good hamburger topics, or fish Fry's should there be? LOL A cleaner forum is like a neat book with good chapters in it. I know when I go to search for a topic I think, oh no...when many topics come up on the same subject and I know I have to wade through each one with sometimes the same members comments in each one saying about the same thing. I know, I have noticed that I have comments in each thread on the same subject at times.
Again, just my thoughts on the subject.
I recently heard from someone lately that has it set that when a comment is made on certain topics an email alert lands in their email. This member was surprised to see some of the great topics being brought back up back up. We have to also remember just because members may not post they still read the forum. So bringing up older topics may not be agreeable to some of the newer members, for whatever reason, but it can be fun for those of us that was around when the posts were put on in the first place.
I know Dave you are doing this for our newer members to enjoy more of the forums and see what is offered here, but I think you are actually making it fun for us members that have been around for a long time too.
I am the one that usually brings up blasts from the past but not in the volume you have been doing. Maybe if you bring them up to place a personal comment rather than just bumping maybe would be more interesting and will start conversations? I don't know, that was MY THOUGHTS. Again, not to seem as if I am trying to 'offend' anyone with my thoughts.
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Morning all. Looks like the next few days will be nice, sunny and 82 today and 76 tomorrow then some rain.
Have a great day everyone.
Not here it won't be. It's supposed to hit 80 today and then rain all the way through Saturday! We have free tickets to the Tommy Bartlett Water Show in the Dells that are only good for this week. We may not get to use them.
Haven't looked at the weather for the week here, but hope it stays clear, really beautiful out right now. Was hoping to get the rest of my flowers planted and some painting done this week. ...
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lol sorry, just wanted to add something...yeah, I can ramble on sometimes. lol
Anyways, thinking of pulling my older camper out and getting it cleaned up had me thinking about the older post here on cleaning campers etc. So I dug it out of the past, dusted it off, and posted again on it. When doing so I noticed that over time there has been only 8 comments, (my new one as one), but 5,703 views on the subject! Guess it doesn't matter if members have nothing to post, as long as they are viewing the topic. If I'm not mistaken this subject was discussed in a few other forums as well with me linking back or posting where it was in the forums at least once if not more.
So, sometimes it just seems people may not be interested about the older posts, but when looking at the 'views', one can see that people looking things up actually do read the ones from the past too.
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There are pros and cons to both sides of that argument.. most times I like to bump up the old posts to acquaint the newer members with older topics so long as the thread is still fairly relevant.
I do agree tho that sometimes it's ok to start a new thread when the older one is more than a couple years old and populated with posts by primarily inactive members but PK also makes a good point that sometimes kicking up an old post alerts the inactive member that a reply/comment has been made and can bring them back into the fold.
For the most part tho, I'd rather bump the older threads if appropriate.
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I see lots of old posts being bumped here & no responses... I have found (in other forums) that starting new threads, even if the same topic, will certainly get more response from newer members, rather than bumping dead threads & deffinetly a bad idea to point people toward an old thread when they post a new one of a topic that has been visited so long ago. We learned this the hard way, especially when those dead threads are so many yrs old.... It's proven to have a better outcome in other forums & i'm just passing along my input.
Yeah, I think the age difference bothers me more than her.. her sister is also with an older guy, tho not as old as I am. Sometimes you just don't plan these things
Her mom told me on the phone that she told Misty "whatever makes you happy" and I told her I told Misty the same thing. Misty actually met someone once she wouldn't date because of the age difference... guess we just clicked and she made an exception.
Meanwhile, we're enjoying our time together.
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I give you credit Dave, i could never meet the parents if i was older than them & i'd flip out if my kid dated someone older than me... in fact i did flip out when my daughter entertained the thought of dating a guy who was just a few yrs younger than me, late last year, i put a stop to that even though she was 20 & not living at home. I met a really nice guy a few yrs back, i liked him as a person, but wouldn't date him because he was closer in age to my daughter than me lol he was 26 when i was 34, just too much of a difference for me... I imagine it's different for a man.
I once lived across from a cow farm in Oostburg WI, not by choice! it was By far the worst year of my life, talk about Nasty! whenever my kids smell nasty farm smells they say "eeew Oostburg" lol That & the surrounding towns stink like animal crap most of the time.
Sounds awful. Next time tell your kids "eeww Poostburg" LOL.
I guess you don't get "used to it" as they always say. If it still smells that bad after a year, you're not going to get used to it.
Had a nice weekend, great weather (after a rainy start on Sat.), lots of sun.
Got a lot done in the yard, but not quite all of it.
Did a bike trail through a wildlife preserve.
Had some bbq ribs at a new restaurant that opened.
Made some rhubarb bread pudding (new recipe I tried).
Ate at Gino's on State Street and had one of my faves, Pasta Bolognese mmmmm.
Saw 2 bands on Sat.
Went to downtown Waukesha on Fri., nice area that I like with all the shops, galleries and places to eat. (oh, and some bars, too!)
Sat on the deck for a bit.
Started reading a new book.
hmmm, did I forget anything??
I made country style ribs the other night, pretty tasty..
We had some bluegrass bands down here on the Square a couple nights ago.
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Had a nice weekend, great weather (after a rainy start on Sat.), lots of sun.
Got a lot done in the yard, but not quite all of it.
Did a bike trail through a wildlife preserve. Had some bbq ribs at a new restaurant that opened.
Made some rhubarb bread pudding (new recipe I tried).
Ate at Gino's on State Street and had one of my faves, Pasta Bolognese mmmmm. Saw 2 bands on Sat.
Went to downtown Waukesha on Fri., nice area that I like with all the shops, galleries and places to eat. (oh, and some bars, too!)
Sat on the deck for a bit.
Started reading a new book.
hmmm, did I forget anything??
Not here it won't be. It's supposed to hit 80 today and then rain all the way through Saturday! We have free tickets to the Tommy Bartlett Water Show in the Dells that are only good for this week. We may not get to use them.
I have some $3 coupons to be used by 4th of July... hope i get to use them. My bff & her son should be visiting before then, would be a heck of a deal for us all to go... did you see the show before the water was back in the lake? It was different, yet still entertaining.
There are pros and cons to both sides of that argument.. most times I like to bump up the old posts to acquaint the newer members with older topics so long as the thread is still fairly relevant.
I do agree tho that sometimes it's ok to start a new thread when the older one is more than a couple years old and populated with posts by primarily inactive members but PK also makes a good point that sometimes kicking up an old post alerts the inactive member that a reply/comment has been made and can bring them back into the fold.
I didn't read her posts so i have no clue what has been said, but i was just giving my ideas from experience & of course you do as you wish... it was just my input on it
There are pros and cons to both sides of that argument.. most times I like to bump up the old posts to acquaint the newer members with older topics so long as the thread is still fairly relevant.
I do agree tho that sometimes it's OK to start a new thread when the older one is more than a couple years old and populated with posts by primarily inactive members but PK also makes a good point that sometimes kicking up an old post alerts the inactive member that a reply/comment has been made and can bring them back into the fold.
For the most part tho, I'd rather bump the older threads if appropriate.
You said it quite nicely Dave. It's all in how you view the older posts and I do believe we are careful with the ones we bring back and dust off. Just today I noticed members commenting on a few of the older ones that was brought back. I especially like the comment John made on the newspaper post when he asked Keith now after 2 years how he still felt. Good thought for him to add that. Made me think the forums are like a running diary and it's fun to push forward on some and see if members still feel the same way as they did when they first posted.
Since the member that posted against bringing back the older posts was just giving a thought on the subject which is always great to hear all sides to things didn't feel it necessary to read my post or thoughts it seems as if it is no worry for us to continue to push forward with bringing up appropriate older posts for members to enjoy that would like to read them. Guess all I have to add is if someone sees it's an older post and not interested in the past 'bubbler' history, then simply ignore them and read only the new posts. Works for me.
It's always difficult to find a balance that will interest everyone, that is why the bubbler forums with all the many topics is great, there is always something for everyone to read.
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Yeah, I think the age difference bothers me more than her.. her sister is also with an older guy, tho not as old as I am. Sometimes you just don't plan these things
Her mom told me on the phone that she told Misty "whatever makes you happy" and I told her I told Misty the same thing. Misty actually met someone once she wouldn't date because of the age difference... guess we just clicked and she made an exception.
Meanwhile, we're enjoying our time together.
If her Mom is OK with it, she is OK with it, and the sister is also with someone older, than it's seems the norm for this family and not going to cause grief, then what is the issue. So as you said it so nicely, you are enjoying your time together. Think about it... that is more than alot of people have right now. Many are alone and wishing they could have as much. Or dating, married whatever and not happy. So if it is working for all concerned, then what's the harm is my thoughts
I have to add that it is a bit odd, but then my second husband was 9 years younger than me. I know that isn't as much as your situation but hey, like I said, if it isn't causing grief among her family and they are OK with it, then go for it. Maybe in this time of your life and her's this is what you both need right now.
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worried chasing after her kids will eventually kill me
lol chasing kids will wear you out no matter what age you are! lol
I had kids when I was younger (22 and 25) and then again when I was in my late 30's. I was tired both times chasing them around. lol Now I have grand kids as well as teenagers. I am looking for energy all the time and it seems to always elude me. I just fake it well most of the time.
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Oh oh, I just went out to my car and found the leftover pasta from yesterday's supper. It's been so warm here and the garage especially. It smells ok, but not taking any chances with food poisoning. That makes me want to just cry since that was our supper for tonight and it's from a restaurant we get to once a year. They have the best Italian. Boo hoo, no pasta for me!
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) I talked to her mom on the phone earlier today and we sent her pics of us all via the cell phone.
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