Miss Mabel

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Welcome to this forum. I'm sure you will find something to your liking here.

Today I had Nettle tea with a bun with chopped liver spread.

sails

Tonight as I wasn't feeling too well I made a soup (vegetable) and made rice to go with it.

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Athena, what an interesting idea. Both actually. But mostly your program. I pick books to read according to my mood and according to which book I need to read for a forum and/or RL book club. I have always put my books onto the shelves according to genre and not so much according to author, so that when I feel in the mood for a romance (for example) I know where to go to find such a book.

Welcome aboard. I've recently joined this forum and am enjoying myself. I have always been a reader, so in that respect I haven't much to offer. If you like medical detectives with lots of Science type information then Robin Cook could be right up your alley. I've always enjoyed his books and learned quite a bit from him in the process.

The Lovely Bones is a great book. I enjoyed it very much even though the subject matter was sad.

I read Angela's Ashes around 5 years ago. I also thought it very well written. I just finished listening to Nicholas Sparks' Safe Haven. It was very riveting. I have started Devil in the White City and am also reading Lady in White for our RL book club. (looks like a theme is going here doesn't it...not on purpose though!)

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Tonight we had omelets with fried mushrooms, tomatoes and cheese. Fried ham for my man.

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stir fry

I love the idea of the carved box and toy. Also the small tin. They are part of our families and need to be honored as such in my opinion. Mabel is doing better. I think the combo of the special Kidney food and the anti-acid tablets are working. The food is expensive and can only be gotten at the vets. If it works I don't mind the cost so much. I heard from someone that their dog had the same and they gave it beer yeast tablets. I am willing to try this to replace the pills from the vets. I would rather do something with a natural working. anyone ever heard of this treatment for dogs with stomach probs and throwing up?

We all have our phobies. Mine is spiders. Many others share this phobie. But there is not way in H...that I would get close enough to those big hairy ones to capture one in a jar. I figure i'm giving them a fighting chance in my vacuum. One night we had three (YES 3) come out from under the cabinet in the living room. And, yes, once again they were scuttleing towards us- never away from us. I've had a great many run-ins with these creepy 8 legged critters and they have never been positive. Once I walked into my child's room, turned on the light to check on her before going to bed. Her bed was lengthwise up again the back wall. Switched on the light. Switched off the light. Did a Huge dubble take. Switched back on the light only to see exactly what I thought I saw. A huge spider on the wall about a foot away from my daughter's head. It was big. I was scared. My daughter was asleep. I had to think quickly before the blasted thing decided to scurry away. So, I got the vaccum, dared to suck it up praying at the same time that my daughter would not wake up and scream her lungs out. Or the time I was alone in the house and decided to watch a doco about one of the most dangerous spiders, the banana spiders. It was scarey and fascinating at the same time. And I was just soooo glad that they lived far, far away. The commercials came on and I went into the kitchen to get something to drink. Came back, sat on the couch. And, there on the wall next to the tv was one of the biggest spiders I had yet to encounter! What did it do crawl out of the tv? It was so eerie. I vaccumed him up, plugged up the vaccum, attached a note to my dear hubby asking him to take care of the bag, and evacuated the downstairs for my safe upstairs bedroom. They say they come in twos. Mostly, in my experience, they do. When I was young my mom would wake up with bumps on her arm. It took a week for her to figure it out. There was a spider (Yes, we saw it on her) that came and fed off of her each night. Who knows that might have been the start of my phobia. That is not to say that I don't think they are usefull. They are when they are outside. Mostly when running away from me. hehe So, just saying....they are not my friends and I can appreciate those of you who can find something positive about them. I even admire those of you who can find it in them to personally deal with them. I can not. Of this I am not ashamed. Just wish I was braver at times. That story of the babies coming out of the spider is enough to give me nightmares.

Just had a lovely weekend (extended) with festivities and bar-b-que. The weather was sunny (well...half way anyway) but the wind was darned cold. I really do want some normal May weather. Under our veranda it was a nice 25 degrees celcius, but out in the wind it was closer to 16 degrees celcius. We went to a swap meet this weekend and I was able to pick up 4 books to add to my collection. I'm very happy.

I'm watching an English series called Silk. Pretty good.

I've had a phobia of spiders all of my life. It seems they were put on this earth to scare the xx#% out of me. As a child I've woken up to them hanging inches from my face, crawling on my blankets. I seem to be a spider magnet. We have those huntsman spiders and I frequently get them in our home. Our house is next to a pond. I hate them. I despise them. I have learned to use my vaccuum to suck those invaders of my home up, then some kitty litter and then I put in a prop of paper and leave a note for my hubby to PLEASE dispose of the bag. He is such a dear he always does. If he is home, he will pick them up and throw them outdoors. Mostly when they are scuttling around on my floor or climbing my walls he is not home. So, I do what I can to get rid of them. They are always so huge. Too huge for me to handle with my own hands. And, why, do tell, do they always run towards me if people tell me that they are more afraid of me than I am of them?! I do not believe them. My fear is greater. But, on the other hand, when these same spiders are outside, I believe in Live and let Live. Then they have a right to go their own way. Did you know that those daddy long leg spiders are one of the most posionous spiders around? Yes, they are (saw it on National Geographics) but their mouth is too small to bite us, so we are safe.

I spent the weekend buying lots of plants for my empty pots. I needed to get some pretty flowers (geraniums, petunias, and other lovely flowering plants). Plus I bought some bio herbs that I planted into a huge planter. Mint, parsley and thyme. I need to find a basil plant first to finish it up. I already have rosemary in the garden-taking over a huge area. I trimmed up my hybiscus bush and tried to kill a few more weeds trying to take over my garden. Then I spent a couple of hours just relaxing in the sun with my i-pod (an audio book). Glorious sun....although the wind was too chilly still. I enjoyed the sounds of the neighborhood children (finally) playing their outdoor games. Tomorrow they say rain, so I've glad I was able to get so much done already.

yesterday a bar-b-que with salad and corn on the cob. tonight left over mac and cheese. I was not in the mood to cook.

Charliepud, I'm so very sorry to hear about the loss of your beloved Honey. Believe me, I know how hard it is to make such a decision. 14 years old for a pooch is a wonderful old age. Most of my shepherds only reached 12. Mabel is 10 and I hope she gets to be with us a few more years. My thoughts are with you. The picture shows her as a beautiful dog.