COMMON GROUND COFFEE HOUSE #82

Oh Sue, I really think you are doing fine, but I'm sure you feel overwhelmed! I sure would if I had everything going on that you've had here lately.

Go lay down and take care of that headache!

 

Well I've had supper and Nick ate again, lol. Jim's still not home.

I've got some clothes to iron. I won't bring out the iron when the little ones are running around.

One of the kids tracked in red mud today when they arrived! It's on the first step inside my front door. Once it dries, I can vacuum it up. You dare NOT touch red clay when it's wet! It'll stain like crazy.

Oh I hope Jim can sleep tonight! He was upset about something and kept getting up and down most of the night. He turned the t.v. on around 3 and it scared me. He sounded in a good mood on the phone tho so hopefully....

Tomorrow is the usual kids. Ty at 5:45 and the other 3 at 10:15. It's just a few more weeks (8 babysitting days) until Kelsey goes back to school. I'll only have her odd holidays til next summer.

 

Hey Sue, good morning everyone!

I'm glad someone is getting the rain that needs it! I't been raining here some through the night. Everything is soggy. This has given us a good chance to see how the newly graded part of the yard will drain. I'm happy to see that it drains quite well and without eroding. The only low spot appears to be right where the pool will sit and that has to be a bit lower, so the pool will come to the correct height around the deck.

I'm headed for another cup of coffee. These early, early mornings are killing me. The kids are even all awake this morning! Oh well, just one more day of it and then T can go back to his regular schedule. He's not happy about getting up this early either. He's just not a morning person and on top of that he's in meetings all day and he HATES meetings. He's been a grumpy gus this week.

Think I'll sneak the last piece of banana bread to go with my coffee.......

 

Enjoy your rain.
My part of my home county is 8-inches
behind for the year (compared to the
mean rain for the year for the past 100 years).
The nearest town center is only 6-inches
behind for the year.

 

Good morning, all. I got Sue's invitation to join this thread, so here I am!

I see MK took the last piece of banana bread. That's OK. I brought strawberry bread.

*carves off big piece and relaxes with french vanilla coffee*

 

Hi IAD and welcome to the BB as well as the CGCH#82! I see you know how to live it up with a piece of straberry bread (not bad) and French Vanilla Coffee. Enjoy the good food and the wonderful fellowship!

 

Good Morning board mates

I hope that everyone's week is going well. I'm waiting for my MRI on Thursday.

It's going to be hot hot hot here again today. Time to break out the Igloo .

Talk to you all shortly

 

I see that Sue will be getting 4 to 12 inches of rain. 4-6 would be good but 12 is too much, according to the weather channel.

The sun is coming and going behind clouds today. We really need a good bit of time without rain to help those whose homes are under water in Cobb County. We got 10 inches here in Carroll County. The red clay washed down the hill and flooded the children's sandbox. It's still got standing water! Since we have so little grass out back, I'm not letting them out to play until it dries up some more!

 

We finally started getting rain here yesterday for the first time in weeks. Fortunately, it was a long, slow, gentle rain -- just what we need to break up this ground. It was getting harder than a German Lutheran's head. I'm amazed at how much greener my lawn looked after just a few hours of rain. It was thirrrrrr-sty!

I'm glad we elected not to go to Holiday World this week after all. Too cold and cloudy for the water park!

 

Hi, Karen....

The oldest sister went to the attorney who made out the will that we had portions of. Seems that the uncle does have a copy and has acknowledged such to him. Anyhow, it IS legal and binding (it didn't have to be recorded in GA in the early 90's or filed with the county/state) and his executors fee is only 2.5%....period! He can be removed if he continues to harrass or antagonize the girls just by the girls taking and having the will go into probate and contesting him as executor. There is enough evidence to have him removed, but we aren't sure we want all that hassle. Viv's older sister said to let things ride for now, for Vivian to keep monitoring the bank account and to see if any monies are spent that don't need to be. If so, they are going to confront the uncle. I'll be glad when this is all over with. They all are washing their hands of him and the one aunt who is working in cahoots with him.

Well, all, it's been a pretty nice day here. Windy, but nice. There was some light rain this morning, but it went as quickly as it came. It is very humid here.

I've got some light cleaning to do, so, I'd better hop to it. Chat later. Have a great afternoon.

T

 

The whine is most probably a belt Sue and unless it's the serpentine belt, might not cost much to replace. Sometimes just a minor adj. is made to make the belt fit better.

If the serpentine belt breaks, you lose use of your alternator, power steering pump, coolant pump, A/C compressor, etc. They can whine for quite a while but they are quite exensive even at Auto Zone, etc. Seems to me, we paid $120. just for the belt.

Sorry to hear about Dale! Hope he snaps out of this soon.

Did the fella come and give you a price on the fence installation?

 

Thanks for the welcome, Sue. I think becoming a regular is something I'd enjoy. It seems a bit slower than other "chat" threads I've been in on other sites, but that could just be a matter of timing on my part.

If you don't mind my asking, what is going on with Dale? I'm assuming he's your husband, but I'm not even sure of that. Obviously a lot of topics have carried over from the previous incarnation of the CH, and I'm not sure how far back I need to go to understand the context of your more recent posts.

 

*walks in with head down and bashful not knowing what to do or say*
....do I need to have a special invitation or something? ...I have a bag of Cheetos! .... is there a secret handshake, or possibly some sort of initiation?

*pulls out bag of Cheetos*

I'll share if you'll have me... if not, I'll just leave the bag and be on my way.

*backs against the wall in fear*

Is it safe?

 

*whaps Coov with a giant tuna and steals his Cheetos, replacing them with a generic off-brand*

Sure, come on in, ya pansy!

Wow, I feel like such a veteran with my double-digit post count after seeing Coov's single post.

 

That's 2 now, bub!

*pulls up in a super-sized U-haul full of bean bag chairs, Cheetos, and Mountain Dews*

Sup, Daddy-O?

 

Are you going to tell everyone that George Lucas was divinely inspired to create Star Wars so that you and I would someday meet on the Star Wars Christian message-board, or is that a bit much for a third post! WooHoo! # 3!!!