Thank you.

Yes, I guess I didn't really think about that when I typed it--maybe what I meant to say was, "if three year olds ruled the world, there would be even more chaos!!" Of course, many of the leaders today certainly act like three year olds sometimes, it seem...

Get well Syl! Maybe invest in a shop-vac?

One with a large enough nozzle and container to hold the remains of large pieces (possibly of furniture that has been dismantled) or whatever, lol.


@ Olen - Those pics are amazing! Gorgeous!!

Olen, beautiful pictures, and beautiful place! I'm jealous!

Lady Syl - little ones are precious - some of the time. I'm with Mary Shannon (from In Plain Sight on this one - kids are better left to someone other than me. Hopefully you're all better now!

An update - the abscess on my elbow is finally resolved. I'm left with a lovely red and purple bruise, a little bit of puffiness where the skin hasn't quite reattached to the underlying tissue, and stiffness in my elbow that prevents me from full flexion. Went to the orthoped yesterday, and he was very happy with the way things went. I'm done with antibiotics and with seeing doctors for the time being. He did tell me to keep flexing the elbow until I get full range of motion back, and already I'm seeing improvement daily. The stiffness will likely resolve before the discoloration does, but that's good. I'd rather have function back before looks, know what I mean?

Oh, and I've finished finals today. Here's hoping I did well. Amazingly enough, in spite of all the computer problems and elbow problems I've had the past four weeks, I've managed to keep my grades up around 97% We'll see how final exams affect the final score, though.

TK, still dealing with the wildfire?

The smoke is getting better, but it's still around.

I'm not really too worried anymore, it looks like the winds blowing it my way have died out now.

Excitement as Casa Treydog yesterday evening. Lights flickered briefly and I teased Mrs. Treydog about throwin a toaster in the bathtub.

She said- "Nope. Lightning."

I looked out and saw very dark clouds and wind really whipping the trees. A few minutes later- three loud thumps on the roof.

Trunk of willow tree had snapped off about 20 feet above the ground- and was lying across the roof. When I inspected this morning, a second smaller piece had also broken higher up from another section.

Roof does not appear damaged- the tree was kind dying back anyway- so less weight. May send pictures if I can get decent ones.

Chain saws and ladders for me this weekend. Woo Hoo.

It came to us after it left you I think. Trees down, house looks chewed up, no cable TV, internet, or phone for over 13 hours !!! It's a mess. Oh, and 92,000 without power in the Knoxville area.

It was probably the same system as the big one we got last night.

Fortunately all the upwind trees are little ones - no falling on our roofs 'round here! No damage to the townhouse, either. Still, we had tornado watch until 1 am. Fun. How the heck are we supposed to see a tornado coming in the dark??

Nighteye Potion.

Wanna make me some? No, better not - whatever's left of a certain someone's house will likely get blown up!

I know where to get a helmet enchanted with Night Eye. It's called Amazon, type in Night-Vision Goggles.

Lol !!!





What about Fin Gleam?


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Good to hear about your arm, Haute. I hope the stiffness goes away soon.

And the falling trees and twisters sound awful


So I'm happy, I finally got a job. Its decent and the people I work with seem nice. And one of my co-workers is the mother of a friend I knew in high school. That was quite a shock.

And since its summer my youngest brother is on summer break. So he's home all day long. Fighting with his older brother. And with Wrothken. And with everyone else. -_- Fighting at 2 in the morning
>.< Fall can't come soon enough!

So I mentioned the tree on the roof... I have removed the "easy" parts, but need to sharpen the chain on my saw for the last bit. So here is a picture....

Tree-House

Ouch! Well, I guess you have enough firewood for a couple winters?

Whoa!

Surprising the house is still standing, if that's just a "last bit left!"

Wow. Like everyone around here, I'm suprised the house' still standing. Made of stern stuff that house, eh? Good luck on removing the last part. Go crazy on it, is my advice. Rev her up and start ... slashing? Yah, that's it. Slashing.

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Tomorrow, is going to be a bad day. Why? Swimming class. I mean, I like drinking large quantities of water.. But. Large quantities of water drinking ME? That's when things change, homboi. wish me luck that i don't drown in a 6ft deep pool.

Lol.

GAAAAH!!! Ouch !! That eave may be damaged too, causing leaking alongside the wall and unseen damage over a long period. Hope it all gets straightened out !!!

Yikes, tree! Are you sure no chitlins were involved? I hope everything made it to the ground gently this weekend!

I hope tomorrow goes well, ureniashtram. Sounds like another case for Fin Gleam.

Whatever you make your roofs of over there it's strong stuff to have held that. Glad it did though I'm not sure how you get it off now Nothing so exciting here (fortunatly), in fact nothing exciting at all. I'm preparing to move house, but don't strictly have anywhere to go yet... how hard can it be?

The good thing(s) about it- the tree was a willow- thus not as dense or heavy as some, plus it was dying back, and finally- the section of roof is at least over the garage...

Another View

That picture shows how it shattered over the ridgepole.

Getting it down has been a matter of sawing and dropping things over the side. More to be done next Saturday...

Ureniashtram- time to visit Weye and pick up the Jewel of Rumare.

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mALX Wow, a female that is aware is probably less rare now than it once was but no less impressive to me. I still get blank looks when I try to mentor someone on how to make repairs, mostly from men, nothing derogatory there fellas just plain truth. And yes, Treydog, you need to check the integrity of the eave as well as making sure none of the shingles were damaged.

Treydog if you fall off of that roof that will only be half of what you suffer!!!!!

I just like to see things get fixed early on while they are still relatively cheap and easy to fix, ROFL !!! Not sure if that is being practical or just being tight with my Septims, lol.

Build yourself some form of victory display out of the wood you get from it and display it on your roof Treydog, that way all other willows will know of the fate they shall meet if they dare to attack your roof again.

I've finally managed to secure myself some museum work for the Summer! I'm going in tomorrow to sort out my training. And it's not just front desk stuff, i'll be working with their archeaologist in the catalogues!

A very hot day in good old England. I thought I was going to melt until the timely arrival of a rain shower. Looks like a thunder storm is on the way, how exciting! Now I'm sitting back with a cup of tea in the comfort of my bedroom.

That sounds fascinating !!

Ahrenil, that sounds exciting. Congratulations!

hazmick, I hope you had an enjoyable thunderstorm and tea break.

We had a thunderstorm here, too, but I was not happy. I had a bunch of guys eighty feet up in a pine tree, and they wouldn’t quit working. It has been a sad tree day in Grits world. My favorite but also potentially most lethal tree in the neighborhood had to come down. Too damaged by wind and ice storms. The squirrels are going to be very confused this afternoon.

DAMMIT!!! FIRES!!! GAAAHH!!!!!

Another wildfire has just been kindled. It started very close to where the old Cerro Grande blaze was ignited, and once again, Los Alamos (and the radioactive materials kept in the labs) are threatened.

Smoke is back with a vengeance, too.

Now I know what it's like to live in SoCal.

That's one thing I DO NOT miss about Cali!!!!! I lived in Victorville which was just "up the hill" from San Bernardino in the High Desert and there were wild fires way too often. They would close the 15 due to the smoke and high winds. I feel for you Thomas!!!! Hope it gets doused very soon.


mALX either way you are paying attention which is more than I can say for the vast majority of the women that come in to see me for help. It is wonderful when they "get it" but most of the time they don't, sad but true. I have told more than a fair share the only thing keeping them from being able is in their own mind.

Once again, this is another ‘I’m back’ post. Life has slipped an inordinate number of Jeffreys into Destri’s world this year. I’ve worn the Furry Walls in my house to a nub. It will take me awhile to get re-caught up with everyone’s stories (and my apologies to TK and TheOtherRick for never even commenting on yours), but I will get there. I will also get back to updating Interregnum as soon as I can. Sorry for leaving you all for so long.

Ugh, storms and fires! Everyone stay safe!

DESTRI! A warm welcome home to you, my friend!

Welcome back Destri! Good to see you here again and I look forward to that update!

No storms here, just massive humidity and it being way to warm (ie above 20C). Would sort of like one to clear the air. No fires either fortunately, the one advantage of living somewhere where it rains roughly half the time...

Echoing Acadian - keep safe.

WOO HOO! Destri and Interregnum !!!

TK, I’m sorry to hear about those fires. We had three days of smoke last week from our coastal blaze, and I couldn’t believe how miserable it was. You can’t get away from it! I feel for you.

Destri, I’m so pleased that you’re back!!

Yay, welcome back Destri!

And TK, stay cool, k? Hopefully you won't get more than smoke this time around. Ugh.

Welcome back, Destri! Good to see you.

TK--goodness, I hope the situation with the fires will improve soon, so you can all have a more peaceful summer. I can't imagine having that to worry about, and I am sorry all of you have to go through that. Stay safe.

Am listening to "Furry Walls" right now. Ah how I love Infant Sorrow.

Sorry about the Jeffreys, Destri. You're not the only one. I, unfortunately, have had little time to read and comment, thereby defaulting to lurking and reading snippets when possible. Hopefully, though, the end of July will see the review process done and me with a cushy new Energy Sector job. Hopefully.

Thanks for the congratulations everyone. Yesterday I received the acceptance to the school I want to attend, so I'm happy^^. I've been really lazy with writing lately, but we're headed for Norway on either Monday or Tuesday so I hope it will give me the inspiration to continue.

One thing I love about the school system is how the gymnasium begins much later than the mandatory school though.

Welcome back Destri!

Thomas Kaira: Hope the fire is extinguished soon, they destroy so much of the environment. As well as peoples homes.

Congratulations, saquin! I'm glad you got accepted into the school of your choice. It's so much easier when you get to pick and choose where you want to go, rather than being assigned to a school. Here's to a great few years in gymnasium!

Good to hear you got the School you wanted Saqin! Does it have a particular speciality in the subjects it offers?

I've just moved house for the summer I managed to get a job, but it's in Englandshire (ie south of Berwick) so hence the temporary move. I'm quite surprised how different it is frankly, though fortunatly one of the local shops imports irn bru so that's one panic averted.

?? Usually I'm pretty good at figuring out the British terminology but this is a new one to me!

http://www.acronymgeek.com/BRRU

Putting on my "former instructor of English" hat:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irn-Bru

A treydog post! And its saturday!

Is the tree branch gone yet? Is it time for an update?

*POKE*

Is it? Isitisitisit?

Thanks a lot! I wasn't sure if it was a typo or what, but your link explains it all!

Olen, enjoy your Irn-Bru!

Writing this from my freshly reconstructed PC.

Yup, I've just finished connecting her to the Internet.

It's good to be back online.

WOO HOO! I know that's got to be a good feeling !!

WOOOOOOOT !!!! Congrats, Saqin!! That is huge news!

Congrats TK, I hope it runs smoothly. A new computer is always a fun thing to have. But then they become old computers...

And yes irn bru isn't availible in most countries (due to several of the chemicals in it being poisonous, carcinogenic or making children bounce off walls). Apparently the Russian version is more or less identical to the real stuff, which makes sense seeing as it serves the varied purposes of refreshment, utterly masking the flavour of added alcohol and hangover cure.

Anyway anything that orange must be healthy... If you're ever in Scotland it's worth a try, though a bit like the deep dried marsbar/pizza/pie it's not going to mark Scotland on the map for food (now heart disease on the other hand...)

Frankly it always amazes me how every country has some food which it's massively proud of despite anyone who didn't grow up with it hating it.

I've had this computer for about two and a half years and I've managed to keep it in pretty good shape. The only bad thing is the hardware. It can run most games available but not anywhere near as smooth as I'd like it to do. It will certainly not be able to run Skyrim or Battlefield 3. I've been thinking of getting a new one but I'm not going to bother. 1000+ dollars for a computer only to be able to run 3-4 games? Nah, I'll just get them for the 360 instead. And on the bright side, if I would get Skyrim for the PC I'd probably cheat like hell.