INSOMNIACS place to talk in the wee hours

Chevy, our password is 16 letters...numbers long. It came from Comcast. The numbers..letters I think our on our router. We didn't make them up. Used to a few years ago...but it changed for some reason. Not smart enough to know why....and maybe you already know that...you are more techy than me

Yes, it has a PW on the bottom of the modem, and we even tried that one! But it still would not take it.... even with the cord plugged directly into the usb port in the modem, and to the tablet! I might try it once more....just for grins.... THEN if it doesn't work, it is being boxed up, and given right back to the kid who gave it to me, to cause me to go nuts.

Smaarty,

Had skin issues that prevented the surgery til now. The plastic surgeon is very cautious and wouldn't do the surgery until she was sure there would be no complications.

Hi Hopeful- I am pretending to do housework too while being mostly lazy today. But alas, I am going out to the gym soon.

Jazzy! Good to see you!!! Stick around!!!

Welcome in Hopeful! This thread goes 24/7, jump in any time. When Ms Earlybird wakes up, she will give you a new name. She always does!!!!

Sassy- I am not tough... plenty of times I got all teary eyed on the floor.I just don't understand why my 13 year old has these goofy notions when I just got back from Florida in November. She was fine then, now she's afraid I will croak. Kids! Never a dull moment because they keep you guessing. Dad will spend more time with her. I will text her.

Welcome Hopeful- a native eh? Does the rain and greyness bother you? It drives me crazy , wilt in November and mope until April. Love the summers, September and spring , April- June is just spectacular! I have my yard just awash in rhodies, azaleas, irises, peonies and Lilacs. I can hardly get enough of the rhodies and azaleas in Oregon, no place grows them prettier ... well Washington does a good job, same as Oregon climate wise.

Tekka- we have a space heater in the bedroom and my 17 year old terrier curls up one one side and my toothless 12 year old grey cat curls up on the other side. There will be growls and hissing if anyone infringes on turf on "their side" of the space heater. Too funny! They need their ol'bones warmed.

Hi to everyone Blondie and Patty may you both be feeling better, Chevy try decaf! To all I missed be well, sleep and have fun. Woo your lemons are BEAUTIFUL and I am sure full of flavor right off the tree. Lucky you.

Hopeful- I had the entire house repainted on the inside, and putting in hard wood floors to replace the original carpeting. I did the first phase (about 1/2 the house) last summer and now am finishing it. Two bedrooms and two bathrooms got repainted this past week, and this Monday, they finish the hardwood flooring in the two bedrooms and the hallway in between.

After Wed, I should be done with the last of it and then will be putting the bedrooms back together (bathrooms mostly done already). It has been a lot of work, but also fun too. The house has a whole new look!

And a whole lot of de-cluttering to do too now too, as I finish things up. Purge, baby, purge!

Hopeful, welcome.

4, spotted the rooster, welcome back.

Rose, Teka will stand in front of the space heater and soak up the warmth.

Here's what I worked on most of today.

Also finished this little guy. It's a paper weight or pin cushion.

Now going to make a dress with that peacock fabric.

Ok Ms busy girl! Trying to make this slug feel like a lazier slug? LOL

Oh, she's talking about me, Hopeful! Just don't pay any attention to her. She knows not what she says... Ha! Besides, I only shortened your name, I didn't even change it!

See Jazzy, I read somewhere that when you have to use the John, or go to the "John" you are supposed to say "Jim" instead of John! So then everyone thinks you are going to the "Jim"! Just a tid-bit of information for y-all.

Rosie, it's just the age she is going through... I remember how emotional my two girls would get... for no reason what-so-ever... Just try and stay happy and involved with her.. She doesn't want you to be "sick" with anything. She will probably change, once those hormones of hers settle down. THEN she will go through a stage where you will have a hard time even TALKING to her... And she is sure you are the enemy Mother.

You Text? Now THAT is amazing! Texting to me is the devil's work.

Those keys are just not made for fingers... And email or a phone call is just much easier! But kids do it, and they think, WE as their Mentors should do it too. I just don't like to feel connected every second, and have my cell-phone within ears reach.

That is funny about your two pets warming up by the space heater! It's so true....! They love their own heat, AND spot.

You guys are talking about hard-wood floors and carpeting.... We put down Laminate a few years ago, and I just love it, and it takes really very little care! Just don't DROP anything! See, you're used to dropping things on the carpet, and you hear NOTHING, but drop it on Laminate, and yes, you will KNOW it!

Oh, and so here goes Smarty! Making pictures, and couches and Owls and ceramic cups, dresses and dressers! I must find a picture of something I did and post it.... Like making the bed...

And Spookie, WTH is a "setee".... It that like a thing you SIT on? I remember my Grandma using that word.... I'll have to look that up.

And you say "slug".... Man, one year I had so many slugs in my gardens I was just PO'd! I did EVERYthing.... Husband got miffed for me using HIS beer in little cups to trap them... And I was running out of salt, and the fish got sick of eating them.... (Enerva)... And I finally just gave up and since I was sorely outnumbered, I let them have my veggies. The Frost finally got them... I hate slugs!

And QUILTS??? She did quilts too? Who is this Miss Martha little smarty-pants? I did quilts too, but I used a machine...

Honestly you are SOOOOOOOO talented! But I can paint! Oh now watch this... she will show things that she has painted.

Morning 22222222222! I can't keep up either.... Hope you are doing good, and have that family in running order!

Chevy my youngest and oldest kids are Deaf. They can't talk on the phone, so we text like crazy. As a matter of fact all 5 of us text back and forth way more then we talk on the phone. Habit I guess. I have an old dinosaur flip phone, pay as you go. The kids and DH have smart phones. The contracts are so $$, I elected the cheapy. I can't hear well on the phone anyway, even with 2 hearing aides. Funny 3 out of 5 of us have hearing issues. My oldest is deaf, has a cochlear implant and can hear well, but signs only -no speech. The youngest is profoundly deaf, gets just a little help from her cochlear implant and signs only, no speech. My DH and I are not fluent in ASL and make lots of amusing mistakes that really crack up my youngest. We sign pretty well as hearing parents go, amazing most hearing parents of deaf kids hardly sign at all. Sad really.

My hearing daughter in the middle signed only as a kid and the pediatrician was worried she would not talk! Her sign vocabulary at ages 1-3 was stellar and way over what a hearing kid used. Once she started talking there was no stopping her! Her English and verbal skills are excellent. I think she thought little people sign and then you talk when you get older! Signing helps babies and toddlers way more then folks realize. My youngest frequently busts my chops, then gets all teary -eyed that I might croak... go figure.

I love your little house so cute! My DH and I are fans of the tiny house movement. I yearn to ditch the 2000sq feet cleaning, heating, cooling and taxes for something modest- 700-1000 bungalow. Still got kiddos so we wait. Some of the Tiny House plans even look like your little home! We rented a 2 and 1 bungalow when the kids were babies and loved it. Neat porch and built-ins, very compact (900 sq. ft) and efficient way to live. It was old and had so much character and charm. We had a porch on the front and back!

Chevy- I love that quilt!

2nd- how are your parents doing?

Good morning everyone. I know some of you were up all night and sleeping in.......

Every time I read something about Chevy and the pole thing, I crack up!