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Mine went in today's mail, and Mr. BnB is packing his as I type.

I backed over the protective flap in the back of my brand new lawnmower and the blade chopped it up and then the mower wouldn't start again. It took my 45 min. to remove the shredded remains from the back while simultaneously feeding and bathing three kids, and now the mower is working again. Yay me.

 

And yes, I feed them while they're in the tub. It's just easier that way.

That's so smart it totally undoes the dumbness of running over the protective flap which, frankly, wasn't that protective if it's that easy to destroy. That's not you; that's faulty manufacturing.

Today's dumb move: deciding to make jam out of two quarts of cherries that require pitting less than 24 hours before leaving for a trip. I don't have clean laundry to take to Detroit, but coddamn I've got six half-pint jars of jam! Maybe I'll just wear that while I''m in Motown.

We have only HW floors and ceramic tile. Prince the prince of all dogs is sure to be skeert of it, and is likely to stand on a chair like an elephant with a mouse.

Pics?

I'm truly amazed that my idiot dogs have left it alone. The Roomba has been ridden by an onery 2-year-old, though.

Does anyone that has a roomba also have a dog? Curious on that part, both for the dog's reaction as well as the efficacy of cleaning up the hair that used to be attached to the dog.

I've got a Roomba, two dogs and a cat. Hours and hours of fun! The animals basically avoid it at all costs, which surprises me since my Basset has been known to wage war on weed eaters while they're in operation. As for the hair, it does a pretty good job as long as we run it every few days, minimum, which is so easy to do. It does a lot better on our hardwood and ceramic tile floors than it does on the berber carpet.

The comments on your review are rich.

Aw, shit, Loretta. That sucks. What a pain in the ass. I hope the bank's able to get the problem fixed quickly, and that whoever is using your card gets scabies.

This bites.

Haven't seen her around these parts lately. Hope everything's good.

I was thinking the same thing. I got a thank-you note in the mail from her a day or two ago, so she's still kicking.

Has anyone heard from Foxwell?

Vibes to everyone in the flood zone, and for the folks here who live there or are worrying about loved ones in the area.

Oh, and the funeral scene in Steel Magnolias. It never fails to make me bawl and laugh hysterically all at once.

That scene's brutal!

The most recent weepy movie for me was "Juno".

Vibes and love all around and big hugs to you, Loretta.

Delia Dee and Sugaree just hanging out.

 

 

Sugaree's colors look like my Chloe's. She had that raccoon mask, too, before she started going gray.

Not that she acts her age. Ever.

I checked out the fine folks at the downtown C'dale ABC store on your behalf this weekend. They're good folk and will take care of you when you return to school.

Have a lovely birthday, Dear!

Since it's your birthday I will take special care to not make you feel as if I'm ignoring you. In fact, I have dedicated my day to following you around the board and responding to every word you say. Just to make you feel loved.

Hope you have a great day, Charles!

Sweet Delia Dee in a pensive mood:

 

This is our daughter's baby Sugaree, she is all snuggly warm.

 

:wub Sugaree's adorable, but there's something about Delia Dee that always melts my basset-loving heart. I think it's the pink on her nose, and that pensive look. I just want to bury my face in her neck; I bet she smells a little like Fritos.

I've posted lots of pictures of my dogs; they're probably on this thread already. Here's a shot of my dad and his Australian cattle dog, Chigger:

Awesome job, Sarah! You sound excellent!

I am curious how pasteurization has led to laziness?

Pasteurization is one of the things that made factory food production possible. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing in and of itself; that industrialization has helped feed a lot of people who would otherwise starve. The flipside, though, is that it's easy to fall into the attitude of "Oh, the machines will take care of any problems" instead of people being diligent about making sure milk is coming from healthy animals, the equipment is clean, etc.

Also what "bad things" has pasteurization done to our immune systems? I'm not sure I understand --

It's similar to what has happened with antibiotics and antibacterial stuff. If we're not exposed to bugs and germs and everything's as sterile as possible, eventually our bodies lose the tools to fight off those bugs. I don't know the particulars of Bjorn's reporter's incident with the Spanish cheese, but my first thought was that I wonder if the locals who ate the cheese also became sick. A friend of mine moved to Thailand nine years ago. At first, his Thai friends were really careful about warning him about foods that were "local" and tended to make foreigners sick. He's in a rural area without much in the way of industrialized food production. The people who live there have been eating these foods with the bacteria their entire lives and have built up an immunity to the bacteria. My friend hadn't.

Braunschwager and a bottle of my own spit for a sham of an adrenal system test I did.

I think pastuerization, while intended as a good thing, has given producers a license to be lazy and not as diligent about other methods of germ prevention. It's also done some bad things to our immune systems. It's somewhat of a necessary evil, though.

I bought a wedge of buttermilk blue cheese today. I'm dying to try it, but I think I'll be saving it for the weekend. Although I'll have to share it with friends if I wait, whereas now I can eat the entire 1/4 pound all by myself. Hm. Conundrum.

Also, my "From" answer on the left side of the screen here is from a response by Natalie to a cheese discussion from a while back. Someone started a top ten list thread where you put in any list of your top ten whatevers. Everybody was WAAAAY too civilized about it! There was not one bit of the usual griping about lists that is supposed to happen. One of the lists was top 10 cheeses, so I went off on a faux rant about the lack of brie on that list. Nat told me (kiddingly of course) that me and my elitist cheeses could go to hell.

I'd always wondered about that.

I believe a gouda on rye with spicy mustard is in my immediate future.

So, in your world, Marley lives on forever! Niiice.

In my world animals never die.

I love this book.

Where can I get this?

Trader Joe's has a version of it, but they don't have stores in Memphis, do they? Make Kim bring you some. Whole Foods might have it, too.

The awesome cheese shop in my neighborhood has it, too.

So very helpful am I.

The actual brand name is Cahill's Irish Porter Cheddar. Here's a place where you can mail-order it.

Recipe?

Lots of the sharpest cheddar you can find, mayo, a little sour cream, mashed garlic, lots of chopped roasted red bell peppers, and cayenne. I don't have measurements because I just throw it together until it makes me cry from joy.

I was just coming in to give this a bump.