COLD DARK ROOM

[CarolM]

I know using big words was already guessed to be your mission, but the big word thing seems to have started when the missions were handed out.

I know right. !!!

 

[CarolM]

I know right. !!!

It's a trick though. She is sneaky sneaky !!!

 

[CarolM]

Dang I love that dog!!

And the dog is not it either!

 

[Cathie G]

it’s the standard hardy bamboo. I’m thinking if i chop it up and prune the branches That i can sellmthe bamboo stalks as garden stakes. 6 or 8 ft lengths.

I love that type of bamboo. I still have some little pieces of small stems from Florida. Those make cute hanging ear rings and beads. The large pieces are sold probably at hobby lobbys. I doubt they would import it when we have a native bamboo. It's also good for laying across a road that has become a sloppy unpassable mud puddle in the swamp. Great stuff.

 

[Cathie G]

Nope not yet. I have tried but nope. And it seems that being chair bound And bored is helping you be an awesome agent.b

Nope she was awake and you were sleeping.?

 

[CarolM]

Sooooo, our NextDoor newsletter has me down as a.person to contact to trim back trees & branches & remove. Wifey and I went over to a property today (a flipper) that needs “work”. In addition to trimming back trees and branches and cutting down a big tree & a ton of bamboo..... the entire property seems to be flooded with groundwater.

Ok....how much soggy ground water? Enough that I sank up to my left knee and lost my shoe!

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Oh no. Hopefully when it dries up, if it ever does you can get it back. ?

 

[CarolM]

Wha do you all think... anyone need bamboo?

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Wow. Donate it to the panda zoo.

 

[CarolM]

Before I forget. @Cathie G here is your dose of puppy. ?

 

[CarolM]

Any zoos with pandas in your neck of the woods? They tend to be pretty picky, but they might be interested if it's the right type of bamboo.

Snap.

 

[CarolM]

it’s the standard hardy bamboo. I’m thinking if i chop it up and prune the branches That i can sellmthe bamboo stalks as garden stakes. 6 or 8 ft lengths.

You could also use it to make a privacy wall. Or partitions in the garden

 

[CarolM]

That's all so true. I'm 67 and small. Even children treat me like I'm a child because they're bigger. If I'm swollen I look normal to doctors. Young adults expect me to keep up with them. Even the medical boots don't work. I was ridiculed by an elderly woman for using one of those motorized shopping carts. I had a medical stabilizer on my leg that covered almost my whole left leg. The moral of the story is to treat people with respect and don't assume. It makes an *** out of U and ME. Anyway I had a teacher in around the 6th grade that said that and I try not to forget it.?

Good point.

 

[CarolM]

Everyone has a talent. It's something you just want to do because you love it. It only takes a few minutes a day to start developing it. ?

Absolutely. Even being nasty or sarcastic or pessimistic or stingy with mission clues is a talent. You just have to work at it. Wait don't include being stingy with mission clues in that list. I definitely don't want you to get talented at that. ?

 

[CarolM]

They went very well! I had never had an MRI before, so I was a bit nervous about it. I'm not overly claustrophobic, but I could panic under certain circumstances. I was in the "tube" for a solid hour, not once brought out til I was done. It didn't bother me at all! No fear, it was loud, but they gave me earplugs to lessen the noise a bit. I did get really hot, and was soaked through when I was done, but that was a minor inconvenience.

The scans were of my lumbar and sacral area of my spine. I've been having some nerve pain down the back of my legs. Just checking it out.

Thanks for your concern! ?

Oh dear. I hope that it isn't anything serious. And I am glad that it went well. I have had two before as well and for the one, the music that was supppsed to play through the earplugs did not work. I ended up with a headache afterwards because of the noise. But it had to be done.

 

[CarolM]

Little did I know that durn duck would get me caught in the end. I should have known ??

Yeah. STUPID STUPID DUCK!!!

 

[Cathie G]

Before I forget. @Cathie G here is your dose of puppy. ?

Why thank you. ?

 

[CarolM]

Does that mean you won't send me puppy love anymore??

Oh no. A promise is a promise. I almost forgot today as I was lamenting your mission so much, but then I remembered this evening and posted it. You should have seen it before you got to this post.

 

[CarolM]

Nope she was awake and you were sleeping.?

Yip, in more ways than one. Stupid Duck.

 

[CarolM]

Nope she was awake and you were sleeping.?

You do know that forevermore whenever I see that duck emoji I am gonna remember and kick myself all over again. Sigh!!!

 

[CarolM]

Why thank you. ?

You are most welcome my lady.

 

[CarolM]

Well all caught up and bed time. So Nos Da everyone.