8/15 LOOSE LIPS: pools... berries... sewers... cameras....

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Michelle and Mannie (GA)

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Good Morning LL!! ~O) ~O) ~O) ~O) ~O) ~O) ~O) ~O) ~O) ~O) ~O) ~O) ~O) ~O) (LOTS today Elsa! please.....), and Happy Fursday!
LL! It's is I, Elsa, Lil Bit, kitteh barista!, president and CEO of Coffee Cat! Life is GOOD! GUESS WHAT!WACKY WEDNESDAY is over!!! What a relief. I hope Lola and Bug didn't go too wacky. There have been no complaints so maybe all is well with Paw Prints Pizza. Toady they is chillin' perfecting their tuna cheese for next Tuna Tuesday's pies.... I think they just want to eat tuna today. They did this last Fursday too! silly kitties! At least hey made the OTJ party that they had to make pizzas for. I sure hope Nikki liked them! so. well. anyways. ~O) ~O) ~O) ~O) ~O) ~O) Coffee time! For today, I proudly offer Elsa's special 10 hour energy coffee, and Double shot Breve's, with beans from high in the Brazilian Mountains.... and for my mocha fans: a VENTI Quad Blueberry infused white mocha/mocha blend with white chocolate chips melted within, swirled with a raspberry puree, topped with a strawberry infused whip garnished with caramelized berry sprinkles and white chocolate curls and a caramel drizzle.......SWEET! OH! No worries, a dollop of 4 berry and vanilla and caramel swirl ice cream, on top of a dollop of fudge, topped with caramel and chocolate drizzle.... Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh....... mega good! TJ's dunking cookies and Cronuts are along for the ride!

I hope everyone had a great day yesterday. it was a fairly typical one for me and Nicholas, the energizer FISH. He sure does love the pool! We had a great time while there, did all the things we could, and then some. He just never tires of it all. Fatigue will win out anytime, never boredom. We got home to discover that my camera was broken: lens will not retract. DANG! I have broken another one. AND (!!) it is still under warranty - a relief there. And (!!) to add further insult to injury the plumber folks where here. not good..... Here is what I wrote in last night's post: "HI everyone! WHAT A DAY!!!! The energizer FISH, aka nicholas, and I had a good time at the pool. He was tired from the get-go today, so surprising that he stayed the normal amount of time. He gets into it and then off he goes. Really fun stuff.Once gain we dd all that we could do there. We did the trails too, per the norm. The blackberries are rally ripe now! YUM!! on a bummer note: well..... I broke another camera. again. CARP! and the topper: I had the plumbing guys out to look at the drain downstairs, which we have been having issues with, slow, starting to back up a little. They scoped it all out with their camera etc , and it seems that I am the proud owner of a collapsed sewer line. Yupp! collapsed. Only gawd knows where we have been draining too. :shock: Sure not out to the sewer lines in the street. :o AND (!!!) to top it all off they cannot backhoe the excavation, which will be about 10 feet down. :? It appears that years ago the Gas company used ours and my neighbor's yard to install some sort of underground 6 feet X 6 feet box (for what I have no clue, and who knew? not me!), so there is gas connections down there. :roll: :roll: All this has to be dug by hand. A HUGE OMG!!! :roll: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :sad: All this will take 3+ days to fix, and cost about mega bucks to repair. :shock: oh well, things happen, we deal, fix it, rob a bank to pay for it :lol: , and then carry on. Anybody got a cold beer? have one for me. I sure the could use it. :lol: :lol:" Picassa links: Swimming and On the Trail...

Normalcy in MusketeerVille!!! :cool: For whatever reason Nicholas has decided that waffles are the ticket for breffis these days. Thank goodness for Eggo! :lol: :lol: Things are so chaotic trying to get out the door that anything that can be served with any degree of speed is a blessing. He just loves waffles. Smart kid! Lola joined him towards the end. She had been apparently sleeping. All of a sudden I heard this mad dash down the hall, this leap onto the table, and then the stare down. "where is MY piece?" was the look. So Nicholas gave her a very teeny tiny miniscule bite. :lol: :lol: What fun!: WAFFLES! Elsa and Bug are dong well. Bug let Nicholas give him one pet yesterday before taking off. He is so much like Mannie.... The other day nicholas was talking about Mannie. It is great to think that he still remembers him. What a bond they had. This morning I saw Lola come in the room, dragging something with her. :shock: It turned out to be a small bunny of Nicholas's. She was carrying it around with her. Too cute! She eventually curled up with it. Awwwwww..... oh! yesterdays plant total: only one! knocked off a shelf, with no dirt spillage! :shock: :roll: Go LOLA? What a character she is!

Have a great day everyone! Today my DD will becoming up with the boys, so we can so swim in my mother-in-laws outdoor pool, SO EXCITED! I so hope that the weather holds. We are cloudy this morning. Just no rain, please! Yesterday when we were getting into the car, Nicholas decided he wanted to drive. I so wonder if we will have a chauffeur today to.... The world's most EXCELLENT car driver! Enjoy your day everyone. I will try and get to condos when I can.

KITTIES! Remember: think BLUE, think GREEN!!
 
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Oh my Michelle! Where to start? Bummer on the camera but at least it is still covered under warranty. Big sigh of relief there. OMG on the sewer line. I am sending you a huge package of beer and wine because you are going to need it. That is one of my biggest fears in life, the collapsed sewer line. You might need to rob two banks for that one.

Sweet Lola. We keep Mason's old stuff animals in our den with the door closed and anytime we open the door, Tarragon is right there trying to drag them all out. It would be ok, but he like to chew off ears as he loves on them. Nice on the plant. :-D Maybe she is calming down a little, maybe?!?! Probably not but that is a good day.

Big hugs. Hang in there. Have a great day with DD and the boys!
 
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YIKES!! I'm with Melissa, sending you beer, wine and a huge plate to put all this "stuff" on.
Hurrary for the warranty on the camera. It's just a hassle to have to deal with it. Your camera gets such a work out.. you can't be without! Crud on the sewer line. Too bad the gas company won't come and dig around their own stupid box so the sewer line people didn't have to do it by hand. I guess i should stick a bandana in the box, so you have it when you need to rob the bank. It's always SOMETHING!!!!
Lola is so sweet, curling up with something from her best friend Nicholas! :YMHUG: cat_pet_icon
I guess Nicholas driving was bound to happen sooner or later. Can't let grammie have all the fun!

have a wonderful day.. hope there's no vacuuming needed when you get home. Hear that Lola???

xoxo mary and ollie
 
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Morning everyone! more ~O) ~O) ~O) to go around. :-D

Morning Melissa ~O) ~O) ~O) THX, and so agreed on the camera. I will contact them and see what I need to do to get this fixed. Thank goodness I have a backup one. :cool: I so know on this sewer line, so send all the beer and wine that you can muster. :lol: I had planned on getting someone to come and scope it, clean it out to the connection anywyas, just as a precaution. Who knew that a slow drain n the shower would lead to all this. so... instead of a cleaned our one, we will get a new one. Today I will scope out which banks to rob. :lol: :lol: :lol: __ I thought so too on Lola, she does have her moments when she is such a sweetie. She spends every morning on my lap, napping while I work on the PC. Awwwwww..... Love the Mason animal story. Oh sweet. Good job Tarragon, just stop eating the ears, 'K? --- THX on today - it should be fun!

Morning Mary ~O) ~O) ~O) - hey thanks! With your delviery and Melissa's I should be all set! :cool: :lol: :lol: I agree on the camera - it will all be OK, but what a hassle to get there. You are right though: mine do get a workout, and I have been lukcy. I've broken 4 over the past year and a half, all under warranty: got a new one as a replacement. SCORE! :lol: :lol: oh yeah on the gas company and that stupid box! my luck! out of all the yards here mine is the one they chose years ago to bury that stupid thing! We didn't even know it was there, until the guys showed yesterday with their locator and mapped it out. ARRGGHHHHHHH! LOL on the bandana - good idea! --- thx on Lola, despite all her antics she really is a sweetie. --I will laugh over Nicholas and the car. It just struck me as funny. starting early that one!
Auntie Mary.... why I don't know what you mean? vacuuming??? ~~ Lola
 
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Hi, Michelle, I'm sorry about your camera ~~ and sewer line!!!! Oh no!!! I hope the repair only takes several days, is complication-free, and much cheaper than you anticipate... Yikes.
Too funny with Lola snuggling with the bunny. She always gets what she want, doesn't she. (And that's different from being spoiled by her hoomins ~ no, Miss Lola always seeks out what she wants and she gets it.) :lol: Determined. Love that personality. How sweet for Bug to allow one pet from Nicholas. Baby steps :smile: . And Mannie will live forever in N's sweet memories of him. (Lubs ya, bug guy!)
Thanks for the coffee and treats, Lil Bit! mmmmmmmm

Enjoy your day, Michelle!
 
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Hey Lil Bit Pit,

I hears you almost forgot me yesterday! I am so sad and disappointed that you forgot all about me! The one who lets you fly her jet. Your head must have been in the clouds, that would be the only reason you forgot! Right? :sad:

I gots an idea for the silly ones to make a new pizza - they can make a waffle pizza! And they can put lots of yummy stuff on top - even cheery cherry whip! Mmmmmm doesn't that sound like such fun and such a mess! Better get Ollie to stock up on his sponges!

Ooooh speaking of Ollie - I hears that he is in trouble! His trial isn't going well and his bean is very upset! We needs to do something to fix it....I suggested that we get Rusty to testify and show them how he can ride a bicycle!

And I have to remember to give Ollie a pair of green speedos! :-D It will be the perfect uniform, err outfit for when he gets off! Cause we are going to party all night long!

Got any ideas?

Signed Maui the Magnificent, can never be forgotten!
 
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Morning all! more ~O) for all! ~O) ~O) ~O)

Hi Josie - hey - thx on the camera. I'm just glad that i have backups, and this is still under warranty. I know too that I am hard on then, use them alot. :roll: THX too on the sewer mess. omg on it all. oh well, we will think positive, all will go well, and they will be done asap, and maybe forget to bill me, HAHA, and JK on the last one. :-D and YEs on Lola! :-D :lol: She is determined, very focused, yet whimsical kitty, and A ton of fun! I thinks o too on Bug, baby steps, and I keep telling Nicholas to go slow with him. He will get there I think. What a great memory when I read "lubs ya big guy". I said that everyday with Mannie... that took me back, in a good way.
Auntie Josie - you is so welcomes! I LUBS MY JOB! :-D ~~ Elsa, Lil BIT, kitteh barista

MAUI! GF! NOWAY would I ever forgets you! nope!!! but uh yeah..... head was in the clouds..... I LOVES THE PIZZA IDEA! Bug and Lola do too!!!! Mega cool. Let's do it! heeheehee on the sponges. You is so on target. I now on Ollie! The trial is not going well I guess. We needs to help! I thik Rusty would be good! let do it! heeheehee on the green speedos. He would lobes it! See ya soon ~~ Elsa, who never ever forgets Maui
 
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What a day yesterday! :shock: ohmygod_smile Good that you have a backup, maybe you can get an upgrade on the replacement? OMG 4! I hope they were w/ different companies or you will be getting a reputation! ;-)

How soon until Nicholas can get back into the big pool? It must be soon, he will be so happy! But what will he do when the berries run out? :o

Scritch the furbabies for me! The are definitely developing into their own cats! I hope bug continues to bond w/ Nicholas, but Mannie will be there forever!

Elsa, Thanks for the Double shot Breve's! Right on time as always! And tell the Paw Prints crew that Tess says there can never be too much tuna! -- Auntie Annbean
 
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Sorry about the sewer line and the camera. At least the camera is under warranty. That's so cute Lola ran to join Nicholas for breakfast. I bet she was sleeping. That's cute he wanted to drive the car.
 
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Very intriguing subject line there Michelle! :lol: :lol: :lol: Yikes on the camera. I hope it wasn't too much work to get it replaced under warranty. My camera has had a couple of hiccups and fortunately the one of only two places in Canada where you can go for repairs is 30 minutes drive away. Much faster fix than shipping.

And what is it with your place and digging trenches. I guess houses of a certain age start to feel their age. :shock:

Love the pics of the blackberries. I've gotta couple sources to go for them and I really gotta get going on that. Love blackberries fresh, in pie, ice cream, jelly, yummy! Even good on top of waffles. :-D

Hope you didn't get our weather today. Kind of a damper on pool time. :sad:
 
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Hi Michelle,
Sorry I missed your condo yesterday, and doubly sorry to read about your camera and--the sewer connection! ohmygod_smile ohmygod_smile Is there some way you could get the gas company to take care of the digging? After all, they would not want their "box" to be damaged by some third-party contractor. In NY City the electric/gas company is constantly digging. Homeowners do not have to pay. Perhaps check out what the gas company will be willing to do.

Great pics in your condo of Nicholas driving. He looks great!

Elsa, I don't know what we would have done yesterday (biking in the rain, cold and wind) and today (paddling in the cold and wind) without a thermos of your wonderful ~O) THANK YOU SO MUCH!

Hope you all had a good time today in the outdoor pool.

Hugs and scritches,

Ella & Rusty
 
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Hi everybody! Thanks for the visits. Nicholas and William and Erin and I had a great day in the pool! it was my DMIL's pool, and an outdoor one. FUN!, even with the rains and the fog. :shock: :cool: :lol: :lol: Nicholas thought it was great: swimming in the drizzle with swirls of fog over hard. only in the PNW! :lol: :lol: pool was warm so we didn't mind. Nicholas loved it so much that he didn't want to get out! We had a very nice time with the family. Two of Nicholas's couisn also came. It was fun for him to get to play with some cousins he hasn't been able to see to much of. I will post the Picassa link in tomorrow's Condo.

Thanks everyone for the visits. I have Nicholas and William for the evening, so forgive me for not wanderings each post individually. William is napping and Nicholas is involved with a Lego train so I have a couple of minutes to say hi. so HI!
Ella, yes and no on the gas people. there are water lines and gas lines and some sort of other lines, so not too sure how they will proceed. something to check on. I have a feeling that since it is sewer the gas folks won;t touch it? I will ask tomorrow though. THX on the rest! Elsa is glad she kept you warm!
Wendy - LOL on the subject line. so true... :lol: :lol: and I KNOW on the trenches!!! omg - enough already! but you are right. House is 50 years old. I guess it is entitled. ;-) weather was sprinkles, and it did. still had a blast though :cool:
Carla - THX on all. and the pics! Agreed too on Lola, I think she was.
Ann - yes on the upgrade, that is what they usually do. I get the newest model, similar to hat I have- so not too bad! :lol: Soon they will know me at Panasonic! :lol: and yes: 4, 3 the same company, one another. Panasonic is good to deal with though. Scritches delivered! OH: 3 weeks before we can get the big pool again. me too on Bug - it will be slow. Bug is a little leary....
Auntie Ann - SWEET! I am so glad! will do on Paw Prints. I AGREE! ~~ Elsa, Lil BIT, kitteh barista
 
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