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by purpleskys

these are lazy day hugs...Sundays are always my lazy days :) hugs all around and good mornings {{{hugs}}}{{{hugs}}}{{{hugs}}}{{{hugs}}}

by darryl~

with nothing but "blue" sky....she said she didn't even see one of those "puffy" things in the sky until her last day there....Dublin...yup...it was pictures of Dublin I was looking at :) (this was during her "spring break" in March)

She had a great time while there & couldn't say enough good things about the residents....

on another note....she showed us one picture of some mountains with a "small" amount of snow on top....she said it was the only snow she seen the whole time she was in Europe....but then she was quickly brought back to reality when she landed in Halifax during the middle of a blizzard :D

Edited because I forgot to leave a {{{>>HUG<<}}}

by nicknielsen

Finally get a lazy day. Caffeine, nicotine, me, and the dogs on the porch.

Loving it (((((hugs))))) B-)

by shellbot

You don't get enough of those Nick :(

I've had a lazy day as well..so many things to do..but decided to play it cool and just leave it all be for now :P)

Lazy day
((((((((((hugs)))))))))))

by shellbot

but I have my reasons for saying that..

:D

edited for spelling..someone nitpicked ]:)

by shellbot

for the person that pointed out my spelling error :)

(((((((((((((((HUG))))))))))))))))))))

by shellbot

there was 2 nitpickers :)

I'll give you "sorry hugs" as well Santee
(((HUGS)))

and yes, i still wuv you :)

by nicknielsen

Lazy days, gotta love'em.

Actually, I went grocery shopping, but only because I haven't been in two weeks and the natives were restless.

But as soon as I got back, I popped a beer and headed for the porch again... [_]3 B-)

by shellbot

Rain here as well Rob.

Its gonna be a busy day..
*Tell me why
I don?t like Mondays*

quick hugs to all..gotta go do a million things!

((HUGS))

by jck

(((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((( LATE AS HELL HUGS ))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))

Got to work and been going gangbusters since 8am.

eek

by shellbot

Had a busy day myself..got loads done though..so I'm kinda happy about that :)

((((((hugs))))))

by rob mekel

What came in it's place ... some kinda spanish song you have heard while drinking some sangria under a palmtree, watching the sunrise early morning or ?:|

by purpleskys

but I had Monday Monday by the Mama's and the Papa's...strange, yes, I know...and Rob's suggestion of sangria under a palmtree popped the song Margaritaville into my head...anyway...happy hugs to all {{{hugs}}}

by shellbot

what came in its place?
a very inapropriate song for a monday..
Whitesnake..Slow an Easy ]:)

by shellbot

i don't like mondays

I'm not a huge fan of it..so hate it when it pops into my head!!

by purpleskys

i haven't heard the Boomtown Rats in ages...unfortunately, Sarah has now taken over her dad's computer so i have whatever music is on barbie's website over riding the tunes in my head...uggg...

by purpleskys

that's not nice...and on a Monday morning...pa-lease...at least it's relatively quiet where you are...she's discovered Barbie this morning...oh joy...lol...oh well, it could be worse i suppose

by hal 9000

Perhaps the Smoke from those Plycraft Welding Rods that he uses is adversely affecting your judgment. :p

OH BTW my Priest told me that .......................................................................................

I've just got home after a decent drive so after a few hours sleep I'll be back. Well at least tomorrow at 22.54 it's way to late and I'm way too tired to be clever. :p

Col 0:-)

by shellbot

yup..would be blue skies then :)

The weather never used to be too bad, but the past couple years the summer weather had really gotten bad. We;ve had dry bright winters, and grey wet summers..

Very rare to get snow here..and whta we do get generaly melts right away :)

Glad she had a good time!

by jck

I'm tiring of being in an office.

Too bad I don't have a job like that old DB specialist that used to contract to my old job.

He came into town with his whole motorhome setup towing his car. Worked for about a month, made a dumpload of money, then would take off for a month on vacation.

Sounds like my kinda life! :^0

by jck

Been doing little bits of reading now on XHTML, XML, CSS and SOAP, and messing with web-based DB hooks.

((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((( techie hugs! )))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))

God, I need a good pint of Guinness, Shell...and about 3 weeks in Ireland to just sit in the pubs and listen to traditional music.

*sigh*

by shellbot

omg..don't mention xml :(
spent almost 3 hours going through page after page today trying to plot the logic of stupid site... grrrr..how i love old undocumented poorly written code :(

((((((((guinness hugs)))))))))

I house swap with ya..you can stay here for 3 weeks..i stay at your place for 3 weeks..sound good??

by jck

Do you have a 52" or larger LCD hooked up to Sky so I could watch football daily?

This could happen, if I ever get 3 weeks off! :^0

((((((((((((((((((((((((((((( i am going home and drinking tonight hugs lol )))))))))))))))))))))))))))))

by shellbot

I'm not hung up on size.. :)
only a 42"..and no Sky..just regular digital cable...hate paying for stuff i not gonna watch :) Only reason I have it in the first place is for Discovery and digital radio stations.

Well..two weeks then..whatever :)
Oh , you'll have to mind the cat though!

You know Ballsbridge? (Paddy Cullens..Crows..Mary Macs..US Embasy)

by jck

Okay. Get ya arse over here and hang out with me. I'll take 2 days off, which will probably be much to the chagrin of the young lady I've promised I'd spend with her.

But hey, what are friends for...right? I'll sacrifice my good standing with the female interest to entertain ya.

And you can watch my big TV til bedtime, then go on the spare room and watch the mini little 26" LCD lol :^0

((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((( get ya behind over here and relax hugs )))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))

by shellbot

yer too sweet Jck..

Be careful I just might take ye up on that :D

Just got those "wanna be anywhere but where I am" blues...

by shellbot

Another day begins..where will this one takes us, any closer to where we should be?

philosophical ((((((((((hugs))))))))))

by purpleskys

holy cow...two more sleeps and my baby goes off to school..sigh...
((((((nostalgic hugs)))))...now where did i put that kleenex anyway?

by michael jay

Where you are is where you should be, unless you should not be there but then you would be somewhere anyway and that may be where you should be or should not be so then if you moved to another place you would be where you should be unless you should not be there either. Sheesh.. I will shut up now.

(((((((((HUGS)))))))))

by gadgetgirl

sheesh, whut?!

You trying to make me implode before I get the chance for another real time hug or what?!

:p :p

GG

by jck

(notice I didn't say it was good...waiting til noon to decide if it was :^0 )

((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((( Tuesday hugs!!! )))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))

by gadgetgirl

to stop the scaries....

I had to read it through twice before I gottit.

Having said that, in my defence, I've just done the monthly stock shop and had a heart attack at the increase in food prices.

Still, home cooked meal anytime for you, Nick!

:x

GG

by jck

I got them too.

(((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((( wanna be somewhere else hugs ))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))

Hopefully, I'll be in Ireland in about 5 1/2 months, but it will probably only be for about a day or so. I am [b]expected[/b] in Holland by the lady I call my "Dutch mom" lol :^0

She's a sweetheart, but she has said she will disavow knowing me if I don't come to Holland and visit her and her family on my next trip to Europe. Plus, I have been told she cooks well and I want to try real Dutch foods :) :^0

Keep your chin up, we'll get you here sometime and you can relax and hang out with me. I have had friends from GA and England come hang out with me to get away and see Florida, so you're welcome to come stay at the JCK Resort for the Mentally Exhausted :^0

by jck

That's why I tend to date women who are a foot or more shorter than me. Of course, I was raised to think good things come in small packages. :)

Okay, I'll pay for Sky while there. I have to watch my football. The cat won't bother me, as I have had some (counts up in his head...) 15+ cats in my lifetime. Yes, I love animals...except when they use the carpet or scratch/bites holes in things. :^0

I'll be working on the house this weekend. Hopefully, I'll have it actually squared away for someone to come stay. It got in quite a disarray when I was hurt for 3 months, and I've not been quite up to doing 6 hours or more of house work until now. The mowing the lawn is great therapy for a rebuilt neck/upper spine.

Oh that's right! If you come visit or I come visit there, you will be the first TRer to get to see the scar on my neck. It's a lovely bit of work, or so I'm told since I can't see it well as it's on the opposite side of my head from my eyes. :^0

((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((( very few hangups hugs )))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))

by rob mekel

at night and early in the morning.

You deserve some extra hugs

(((((((hugszzzz)))))))

:x

by rob mekel

quick at it ... special taken in account your in NS on the other side of the pond :)

or were the slug hugs to enjoy them better :0 ;) :)

((((hugs))))

by rob mekel

He's just saying that he isn't where he should* be ;)

here some real time replacement (((hugs))) for you GG :x

[i]* or is that would be :p :D ;) [/i]

by michael jay

How do you know where you should be, or how can you be in two places at the same time when you are really nowhere at all???

Befuddlement..

by rob mekel

state of mind ... Am I there were I should or would be ... or do I imagine it all ... then I could be were I should if I would :)

being there in mind and physical ... ;)

Fuzzingly :D

Oh and (((hugs))) for all

by shellbot

i probably don't deserve extra hugs...there are others who need them more than me..

early start for me today..up at 6.45..i'll likley be asleep at my desk by 2 today :)

((((hugs))))

by rob mekel

right !!!

There are others who need them probably more ... none the less you got them :) but are free to transfer them to anybody you like :)

Here some more to transplant or keep

((((hugszzzzzzzzzz))))

by shellbot

can i go home yet??? :(

I'm going to be selfish and keep those hugs.. I'll share them out tomorrow when I'm done with them.

back to work for me.. as they say, no rest for the wicked ]:)

by jck

I need a hug today.

Major dress code policy change at work = major bucks for new clothes

Management that instituted it didn't look happy when I didn't greet him with a smiling face. I'm not gonna pretend I'm happy, even for the brass.

About to go talk to my boss about all this crap and other things, and find out his take on it. Find out if I should look to resolve it one way or another.

(((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((( hugs ))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))

Hope everyone else is having a better day than me.

by shellbot

((((((((((((((((HUG))))))))))))))))))
((((((((((((((((HUG))))))))))))))))))

Cheer up..its only clothing..
I've shrunk and need to buy new clothes as well,..but this is a good thing for me :)

Its given me a great excuse to wear jeans to work for the past while though..all of my work clothes are too big :D

by jck

it wouldn't be so bad, but being the puny man i am buying a shirt isn't exactly something i can do at Wal-Mart or Sears.

I have to go to a specialty store where inseams come in more than 34 and shirts are XL and XT at the same time.

Means I have to dole out probably $500 for some new clothes now. Wouldn't be so bad, except that I've spent about $7k in the past 6 months on medical and home repairs.

Guess Chase or Bank of America will be happy though. I'll have to borrow more from them.

Yay for perceptions driving me into more debt. :^0

Thanks for the hugs though, and hugs back to ya :)

(((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((( hugs )))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))

by michael jay

taking an inventory of the real time Hugs from the Gathering they seem to be expiring, how will I make it 10 more months without a real hug?

Oh, I know (((((GG HUG)))))

IIJY?

May be that if you push on the add me as a contact that will satisfy my need for hugs, perhaps not.. :(

by gadgetgirl

you're added.

BTW, you did squash a few of those hugs when you leapt a mile high in the car that day cos you landed on 'em..... :p :D :p :D

Good job I hid a few spares in your back pocket when we were out shopping....... ;)

:x

GG

by nicknielsen

Got a Sam's Irish Red settling with a Raspberry Whitbeer standing by. :D

Happy happy joy joy! B-)

by purpleskys

but i do wake pretty early...and slugs hugs are pretty good...cause they're slow, lazy hugs :D

by purpleskys

...so this morning we're getting ready to take our "baby" to her first day of school...sigh...where's the time go eh...so this mornings hugs are a tad nostalgic {{{{{hugs}}}}} {{{{{hugs}}}}} {{{{{hugs}}}}}

by shellbot

time flies..
I remember the first day of school for mine..
I was heartbroken to leave her there :(

She'll probably handle it better than you will :)

((((((((((hugs))))))))))

by purpleskys

and i have no doubt she'll do better than me, she's sitting here now very impatiently waiting to go...she's so excited...i almost feel like writing the teachers a letter of apology now...lol...she's very inquisitive and bright i'm sure she'll drive them nuts with a million questions before the day is over :)...now i just have to figure out what to do with my day...i've never not had her here for the day with me on my day off...sigh...then again, i might actually get some housework done...lol... :D

by shellbot

your as bad as MJ !!

Wherever one needs to be..it is much better to be there in the physical than in the mind..

I think I know what I mean...

by jck

who aren't hugging!

((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((( give a hug! )))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))

If you ain't been huggin, then you ain't cool! :D

(we cool people know who we are lol :^0 )

by shellbot

think I've caught something..

tummy not good..head aching..and now I've started coughing..

really really shouldn't have had anythign to eat at lunch...i think i may regret it very soon :(

i'm gonna crawl under my desk..wake me up at 5.20 please :(

by jck

((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((( special get better hugs for you )))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))

I'd like to crawl under there with you. I am having more physical problems too.

Oh well. I guess it's old age getting the best of me.

Hope you get to feeling better soon :)

by purpleskys

that rots...mental hug...hope your day isn't too busy (unless busy helps)...hope you feel better soon

by shellbot

i can make it..right??

if i don't have a nervous breakdown first..all day trying to install an configure an app...
i *think* i nailed down the problem..if it works < happy dance > if not..i'm going to kick the everloving cr@p out my pc, and then i'm going to do the same to the server i can't connect to.

by purpleskys

i hugged...grant you i was being a bit selfish and was looking for one too...got my baby off to school this morning, I've done good, no bouts of tears yet...but my house sure is looking better than it has in ages :)...now if I just had someone here to tell me what "we" were having for lunch...hmmm....

by jck

The non-huggers are the lame ones, and missing out.

You are cool :D

by gadgetgirl

sheer pressure of time, for the most part.

so, here's some hugs to add to the communal pot.... (((((((((((((((((((( HUGS ))))))))))))))))))))

Special thank you hugs for MJ (((((((((( thanks for the pics hugs ))))))))))

Get well soon to Shell (((((((((( MEDICINAL HUGS ))))))))))

Take care hugs for Nick (((((((((( Safe Driving Hugs ))))))))))

finally for now, a message in hugs for jd.... (((((((((((((((((((( I NEED A MASSAGE! ))))))))))))))))))))

:x

GG

Edit: Me no have working memory no more.... (((((((((( MUM HUGS )))))))))) for Purple!

by darryl~

I'm a downright dirty no good slacker that seldom gives a measly lame hug...

You shamed me into it....

So here you go.....a big bold hug..

{{{{{{HUG}}}}}}

And a special (((HUG))) for Shell...I feel your pain more often than I care to.

by jck

You're a regular hugger. So, you're definitely cool for a long time to come :)

Lord, I remember my first day of grade school. Mom dropped us (me and my sister) off. Bleh.

by purpleskys

well...I thought "Dad" was coming too but it was decided this morning that maybe just Mommy would be enough (there were loads of parents there anyway)...I admit, there are moments throughout my day today when I want to sit down and boo hoo, but so far, so good, I am refraining...and I didn't get all sooky when I left her, she was waaayyy to excited for me to make her feel bad just because Mommy was going to miss her and our baby is growing up...so I'm sucking it up and doing housework...keeps me occupied ;)

by jck

I remember when I used to do things with my niece. I always hated having to drop her off, even when it was at home...especially then, cause of my sister (long story...won't tell it here).

Now my niece is 21, married, 2 kids, fulltime job, looking to go back and finish her degree now.

I need to be occupied. That's why I might move out of FL within a year. That someone to occupy me doesn't live here. ;)

by jck

I'd help ya work it through, then we'd go grab a pint and chill and laugh about it.

Damn...I wonder if I can get me an Irish girl.

I'm ready to live a quiet, contented life in the countryside. This urban life sucks.

by shellbot

OMG..

all day..all day and i STILL cnanot get this thing working..
I thought i had twigged it..nope..still not connecting.

Normally I am a pretty chilled out person, but I don't feel well and i have now officially run out of patience with this thing now..

Happy I am not.

Know anything about DataEase????

Be happy your not over here..you'd likly get the brunt of my frustrations right now :(

by purpleskys

you love them none the less even when they're not your own...my sister in law was here this morning too (they don't have any kids...yet)...she's more broke up than I am I swear...I have four siblings (three brothers and a sister; four nephews and one niece) and for the life of me, I couldn't imagine not being within a 5-10 min. drive away from any of them anymore; we all live within a five minute walk of each other. Then there's our own children (blended family)...the oldest (Darryl's son) attentds University in Newfoundland, it's always tough, on his last visit with us, to see him out the door knowing we're not goin to see him again until Christmas. Thankfully, my two other girls and Darryls girl are close by and we see and talk to them more often.