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Posted by Springie on 16-07-2007 at 16:31:
Yeah! Camp week! Any chance you'll be doing any more of your wonderful writing, Cricket?
BTW, that story is a hoot...thanks for the info! 
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Posted by CricketBeautiful on 16-07-2007 at 17:58:
Nope. Working on Bird Scramble right now, and the muses are silent again this issue. Might get around to posting stuff that's only appeared in Scramble, but no promises.
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Posted by clouddancer on 16-07-2007 at 19:02:
SO?
Is this another one I need to add to my list? I may have to get me another whip. 
I didn't know Cricket had stuff she was not showing.
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Posted by Springie on 16-07-2007 at 20:35:
Scramble us, Cricket!! 
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Posted by CricketBeautiful on 19-07-2007 at 17:50:
Half of my storytelling repertoire is now in a nice binder! Mind you, every time I try this project, I start with the oldest stories, so this was the half that was already half-done. (Sounding like Kipling, here.)
So, yay! (And my plants that needed repotting six months ago still need it. Maybe they'd get by with some water.)
Speaking of storytelling / tellers, anyone know how Buffy's doing?
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Posted by Ebonyswanne on 24-07-2007 at 11:45:
I finally got over the flu! Yay I can talk again with coughing lots!
Life is good! I have great people 
around me
And I am going to New Zealand on a holiday on the 4th August!
Ahhh all is well in the world....
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Posted by Springie on 24-07-2007 at 13:34:
Love hearing this good news!
Those coughing fits seem to last forever, don't they? Sounds like you've earned a vacation!
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Posted by Ebonyswanne on 25-07-2007 at 08:12:
I wen and booked it today!
Going to the South Island of New Zealand and I have 2 tours booked.
One up right up to the top end so it should be beautiful. and then out on the water around the rock formations.
TJ will probably see them on her cruise in January...
We have planned to go for years but it always got put on the back burner...
So 2 days ago I managed to get my Eagle to stop analysing it and I just went and booked it!
Now he is excited as well...burning dinner better go!
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Posted by meridianday on 26-07-2007 at 22:03:
A few weeks ago my mother was diagnosed with uterine cancer (hence the recent MRI scan). She's been into hospital and had a hysterectomy last week, and is now out of hospital and looking really well considering. She's got to have some radiotherapy starting at the end of next month, but as a "just to be sure" rather than "to try to finish it off". Uterine cancer is fortunately one of the more localised cancers, as long as it's caught early enough. So the prognosis is good and I'm really optimistic.
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Mallanox : "My mother was Irish and my father was an alien. I was an only child and I dress funny." Posted by Springie on 26-07-2007 at 23:44:
I'm so glad to hear that, Meridian...please keep us posted...
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Posted by Ebonyswanne on 28-07-2007 at 05:24:
I hope she has a good recovery Merinan
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Posted by gatchgirl on 28-07-2007 at 14:47:
Hope she continues to improve Meridian...
Ebony I hope your trip goes smoothly. Glad to hear that you are over the flu.
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Posted by CricketBeautiful on 30-07-2007 at 14:31:
Hope all goes well, Meridian. I've known a few people with uterine cancer, and you're right, it is one of less nasty ones.
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Posted by Ebonyswanne on 31-07-2007 at 11:24:
I just go home from work and I have been told that the stocktake that I was very stressed about looks like it will be a green light form the initial count...so that cheers me up a bit...
My favourite Aunty died suddenly last week 
(I was very sad and miserable, she had a great sense of humour.) , so something good had to happen this week... I go on holidays in 4 days...thats good.
So Ebony got inside her house and walked over to kitchen bench and spied the bottle sitting there calling her name, she picked it up and looked at it and smiled...
Jim Beam is a friend! And coke can join in as well...so she poured herself a glass...
Then she turned on her computer and looked in her emails to find Amy has a new Fic! "The curse of the poisoned apples."(Amy you really should have a folder here as well you know to post them!)
That cheered Ebony up even more, and she printed it out so she read it on her way to New Zealand too drop in on the Kiwi's for a visit.(Love your country guys!)
Joy was found in the world again...just thought I would share...
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Posted by Springie on 31-07-2007 at 12:31:
So sorry to hear about your Aunt, Ebony. 
But I know you will have a wonderful vacation...especially now that you have some new reading material. 
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Posted by gatchgirl on 31-07-2007 at 12:44:
Sorry to hear about your aunt.. Ebony.
Glad that the fic was there to cheer you up.
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Posted by clouddancer on 01-08-2007 at 01:32:
Well I have had a busy week and a half.
Got my new furnace installed.
*RANT Was that ever a hassle for nothing according to the independent installer I had in. He said the Big name company I had sevicing my furnace was using high pressure tactics to get me to but a new furnace from them. I mean I knew the furnace was 30 years old but they did not need to shut off the gas line to the Furnace and threaten me with Shut off to the entire house. After the furnace was removed and the installer inspected the furnace outside he would find no cracks or leaks in the heat exchanger. There was NO CO getting into the house. Deep breath and relax. .......Okay, feeling better. Rant over*
Any ways I now have a brand new energy efficient furnace installed. At a lot less than I thought so I have started to do what I planned to do this summer ..... Renovate my kitchen.
This was so much fun. 
I enjoyed choosing the cabinets style and colour. Talking to the designer and selecting which size and type of cabinet I was more likely to use etc.etc.etc. Now in two to three weeks I should have a new dishwasher, countertop and cabinets arriving to be installed. Not sure if I am happy about the thought of packing up my kitchen during the installation but ..... I just keep thinking at the end of it I will have a new kitchen.
Last thing, with all the free time I have on my hands, (I could not go on vacatin because of the furnace, so now I have to hang around the house), I rented a carpet cleaner today and the carpets in my dinning room and living room are now clean. (All the furniture is scattered all around the main floor of the house but...) I now have nice clean carpets that will match my nice new clean kitchen.
I wonder what trouble I can get into, or how much money I can spend, during the month of August before I have to go back to work and earn some money to pay for all these improvements.
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Posted by Ebonyswanne on 02-08-2007 at 00:11:
CD your gonna love your new kitchen! It sounds like your having a fun time at home getting the place sparkling.
Sorry to hear about your furnace issues...does it snow where you live???
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Posted by Springie on 02-08-2007 at 00:26:
Cd, you'll have to post pics of your new kitchen so we can "OOoooo" and "Ahhhhhh"... 
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Posted by clouddancer on 02-08-2007 at 00:36:
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Thank you Ebony.
Yes we do get snow in this part of Canada, although with the climate change not as much as we use to, or as much as I would like. (I am a snow lover. Walking in the snow, skiing, snowshoeing, skating, tobogganing.) We can get temps of -25 degrees celcius. Can't remember if we had anything that low last winter, but it is not unheard of. And then today we have 33 degrees and a humidex making it feel like 38. Good time to go to a movie, or the malls.
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