Thursday 11-14 chat

So the buttons for post reply and use rich text formatting are barely visible. Like the text font is the same color as the box. Anyone else see that?

Anyway, today won't be much fun at work. Lots of stress

I've decided to leave my dogs at home when I go to CO. I hope they will do Ok. It's a long time to be by themselves. My dog Sitter is great though and I know they will be in good hands. Neiko gives himself hot spots whenever I am gone for more than a few days though. He licks the inside of his front elbow.  

I'm debating on bringing my ski pants. I have never skied in CO. This might be an opportunity to do that! I actually haven't skied in years. Don't know if I would remember how haha

Hi Julie, I've been complaining about the "buttons" for a few days now.

I think leaving the dogs home will probably be a good thing  As far as taking your ski pants...oh yeah.  Go for it.  I'd just go down the mountain on my face, but for someone who enjoys skiing.......my sister used to go to CO every winter for 2 weeks to ski.  Said it was the best skiing in the country.  You deserve some fun!

I can't believe how darned cold it is so early.  15 degrees last night.  Sunny and dry, but gosh, that kind of cold seems to get into my bones and make them feel ancient.  Thankfully our heat is working, which wasn't the case over the weekend.

Going to be a long and very busy day at work for me, so I guess I should try to get myself in gear.

Hope everyone has a good day.

I know the button issue is frustrating. The good news is that we'll be moving to the improved look next week, so all these annoyances (or at least many of them) should go away. Jonathan

Thanks for letting us know.  If you'd pop in more often, we wouldn't get so grouchy about stuff.  I think all of us are cool with dealing with changes, as long as we're somewhat kept in the loop.  Not I said dealing with, and not liking changes!  We'll gripe and moan until the NEXT forum format change!

I'm always lurking around... but as you can imagine, a significant chunk of my time has been focused on getting the next version of the site ready for use...  Take the general point though J

Good Morning all.  I just wanted to let everyone know I emailed Callie to check on her.  She has not been well.  As you all know she has battled her sciatica plus some other stuff most of the year.   Well she has had a bad bout now since a week ago monday. When spasms hit really hard as she was walking out to go to work.     She has been bad enough that they have had to give her some meds that they are watching closely since she has had reactions in the past.   She can't sit so she has not been on the computer.  She has to lay down with her Kindle above her to work.  She has gone back to work but not getting in full days yet.  She said her patience is thin, but she will live.  I knew you were all concerned and she is the one that is always putting up stickys for us..  So for Callie I have a purple sticky :)

It's cold here but we are expecting a short warm up the next few days...come on warm up!

Julie, I know how hard it is to leave your dogs :(  I am glad you have someone to watch over them.  I say definately take the ski gear...you might as well enjoy it while you are there.

Speaking for myself only, I don't find it necessary to gripe about the same problem over and over.  We spoke, Jonathan and others have read what we've said. Now let them do their thing. It is one thing to be a squeaking wheel and completely another to be a chronic complainer. I take action when I can to initiate changes instead of just bitching. Enough said.

I'm happy for people to complain once, or on multiple occasions, but thanks for your comments sharismom. At least it shows you all care! But as I said, we're working on everything we can. More changes to follow soon. J

Thanks Ginger -- I'm here literally for moments this morning.  But I figgered I needed to check in.

Anybuddy want a pug with a penchant for air potatoes?  Sorry -- that probably sounds like an insane question unless you know what they are.  Big seeds that look just like a raw potato that fall from really tall trees?  It's the seed of a parasite plant that lives high high up in the crux of either palm trees or any tree with really high branches?  A Florida thing.

Every year David and I try to keep them out of the yard, but they just "fall" (from trees outside our property).  Tink will snag one every single year.  Luna could care less.  But every year Tink gets SO sick.  It's apparently quite peppery and it makes their mouth numb, then they get sick to their stomach and just are miserable.  

It's not fatal -- just uncomfortable.  And some dogs seem to not be at all interested in them. Dang I wish she'd skip a year.  But at least this year I've figured out a good combo of homeopathic remedies that made her comfortable so David and I could get some sleep.  But David discovered the "bad side" of having the pug sleep behind his knees.  

@calliecritturs

Anybuddy want a pug

LOL, poor Tink.  Maybe she thinks it's got some special fairy dust in that big nut.   I know my readers digest version of how you are doing was prolly a little lacking in substance but I knew everyone was concerned about your absence.  Hope you get to feeling better each day.

@jbrayshaw

I'm happy for people to complain once, or on multiple occasions

Yeah, well now that you mention it  . . . . I never DID get that case of Vodka for being a loyal forum user.

Just sayin'  . . . . . . .

Deb W.

I'm glad you have a good dog-sitter, Julie.  I'd be a wreck leaving them behind for so long, but trying to take them with you to another state while you're working and everything would be even more stressful -- for you AND for them.  

I'm afraid I fall into the category of "Chronic Complainer."  I know it's not productive, but it makes me feel like I'm doing something when I have no control over what I'm complaining about.  Thus my incessant griping and whining about the rainy weather here, for example.  I have often joked that I could put "complaining" as a skill on my resume, I'm so good at it!

Reminds me of something brilliant my college roommate said when we were having dinner in the cafeteria one night, lamenting the TON of homework we had to face back in our dorm room.  She gave a huge sigh and said, "I have so much homework to do that the complaining alone will take hours!!"  

Ruby was very restless the night before last, changing positions several times, finally sitting up at 2AM and not lying back down.  I thought maybe she was going to get sick, so I went to move her off the bed and noticed she was shaking.  I woke DH (who was snoring through all this, of course), and said, "Maybe she has to go potty."  He took her out and she had really bad diarrhea.  She ate her breakfast okay a few hours later, and we gave her some pumpkin.  It was a little better by late yesterday afternoon, and no problems last night, so hopefully that's the end of it.  Poor Rubes!

It's only 10AM and I'm already thinking about lunch . . . not a good sign!

I completely forgot to post some get well wishes for you, Callie!  I'm so sorry to hear you've had another nasty bout keeping you flat on your back.  I hope you can ease back into your regular routine a little at  time, with no relapses!

@tacran

Poor Rubes!

I hope Ruby is doing better.  I hate it when the boys are not quite right. 

Deb, that was funny!