Short Week Chat - Starting 9/3/14

Busy, busy, busy here at work. Home is another story. For excitement over the long weekend, I cleaned my refrigerator.

Must get back to the pile.

Sticky! -Kait

Kait, this thread and last week's thread didn't seem to be stickied, at least not for me.  They both were buried among other threads.  Maybe you need to use Super Glue. :)

Anyway, we've had some little rain showers yesterday and today. Nothing really worthwhile but any rain is better than no rain.

My coworker, for reasons not worth explaining, has been studying to take his CDL (commercial driver's license). He is not the best with reading comprehension. He also tends to read out loud and it's loud enough for me to hear in my office.  Then when he's stuck on something, he hollers out the question to me but doesn't read it correctly so it makes no sense whatsoever.  I will say that some of the questions and answers are very badly worded and composed.  If you already have trouble with reading skills, this is the worst possible study guide, ever.

I bought our tickets for Brews and Blooms.  This is the second year our botanical garden is hosting this event. Last year was fun and lots of good craft beers.  Many of the brewers there ran out really early because the botanical gardens sold tickets at the gate and were overwhelmed by the crowds. We got there early and were able to sample most of them. This year tickets went on sale in advance and I don't think they'll sell tickets at the gate unless it's a limited number based on how many sold online.  This is a link to their event page. The first thing you'll see is about the Lego Sculptures in the Gardens. I can't wait to see these bigger than life creations made out of Legos. They have as many as 60,000 Lego pieces in the larger ones. http://www.sabot.org/events/

The garden and Lego Sculptures look very cool, Jackie. If you need a Designated Driver, let me know; I'll be happy to oblige.

Thanks, Tina. I'll get you a ticket!  :)  Last year, I didn't notice anyone who seemed drunk at this event which I was really happy about.  I'm usually the designated driver since one beer is my limit. If I remember correctly, they give you tickets to try six different beers. They're served in small glasses, maybe 4 oz. Last year you could purchase more tickets once you were inside but really that was more than enough for us. I think I only had three of the different beers.  Charles tried more but we had tickets left over. Some of those craft beers are strong! lol   I think we should walk around and see the Lego sculptures before we sample the beer. The food trucks last year were a disaster. The lines were horrible. We stood in line for almost an hour and weren't even close to getting to the front of the line.  We'll probably not bother this year unless there are more food trucks.

Jackie! Oi!  Investing in some super glue now! haha Seriously though, I will look into this for you and see what I can find.

What a great series of events they have at that garden!  Wow -- I'd go to several of the ones they listed.  DH would love the Brews and Blooms one.  I'd enjoy the holiday themed ones - the scarecrows, the Boo-tanical Gardens, and of course the one for dogs in December.  

Those Lego sculptures are amazing.  I went to the artist's website to see where else his pieces are touring, but despite having dates booked into 2017, none were in Oregon!  I'm suprised -- we have so many public gardens, and Legos seem to go with the "weird" vibe that Portland is famous for.  I'd love to see those.

An acquaintance told me today her car was broken into the other night while parked in her driveway.  She wasn't upset about the small amount of cash stolen from the console, but they also stole some tech device she left in there, which made her mad.  I said, "Oh no, did they smash your window?"  She said, "No.  Thankfully I leave my back-doors unlocked, otherwise I'd have to pay to replace a broken window, too!"    Huh?  I decided to keep my first thought to myself:  "Well, if you didn't leave valuables in your car AND leave the doors unlocked, maybe the thief would've skipped your vehicle entirely."

I just saw the headline about Joan Rivers' passing.  I know her type of humor wasn't everyone's taste, but I really liked her.  I saw her back in the 80's with Gary Shandling.  And I recently watched the documentary about her, "A Piece of Work."  She was a tough lady who went through some really difficult things, but kept on going.  And she was open about her life and herself -- plastic surgery and all.  That movie followed her around, and I swear she had an energy and a work ethic of someone less than half her age.  She also really loved dogs, so that makes her OK in my book.  

hey everyone!!

I have been crazy busy and had a lot of 'issues' - AC outage, dead computer and 130hrs of work in two weeks.

So, a new PC is on the way but not for  while

Bugsy turned 9 (well we celebrate his birthday on 9/1) and we had a blast - his dog buddies (& owners) came to the pub and then we all came back here. Bugsy was sooooo happy LOL

I can honestly say that it wasn't too bad having 5 dogs here and their owners

I am happy to be able to work from home tomorrow

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Per request, shall try to post some pics of my buddies.

This is Momma Squirrel....I don't know how to get pics in the actual post....

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No idea who this is since it won't show me a preview

That's Chippy with his little pouches stuffed full!

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And the other two shots.....

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here it is