Feeling blue on brown Christmas? No, we're in the pink

St. Paul Pioneer Press ^ | 12/27/06 | JOE SOUCHERAY

[getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL]

Here...go open another and pour some for me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzRrYFIh9Oo

[Valin]

Chanhassen is a very upscale suburb of the Twin cities. Just the sort of place you would expect to find this kind of thing.
1 lawnmower for 6-7 yards great. Then they get in their (evil) SUVs and drive 20 miles to work.

I am reminded of the line from Animal House
Otter: Dead! Bluto's right. Psychotic, but absolutely right. We gotta take these bastards. Now we could do it with conventional weapons. But that could take years and cost millions of lives. No, I think we have to go all out. I think that this situation absolutely requires a really futile and stupid gesture be done on somebody's part.

[N. Theknow]

Very familiar with Chanhassen, Edina, Eden Prairie, Wayzata and Bloommington.

I could visualize Minnesoootan's relatives as he was telling about them. Dontcha know? You bet. Oh, yah.

[hinckley buzzard]

'they won't be getting mowed all at the same time'

(*sigh*) Can this anecdote really be true? It sounds like something out of Lewis Carroll. Next time you see her tell her to beware the frumious bandersnatch.

[Miss Marple]

I couldn't even finish watching that Algore clip, and it was only a little over 3 minutes in length. Besides the bad science, I was totally disgusted with his Uraiah Heep method of sucking up to the Swedes. Blech.

[getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL]

Hey there Miss Marple,

Algore gives me the heebie jeebies, too. He's downright painful.

But I'm unfamiliar with your reference to Uriah Heep comparison. All I know of him is one song...which I actually loved listening to. Have no idea what he was singing about, but the music reminded me of some 80s rock and metal groups.

If you have a minute, would you please fill me in?

:)

[Miss Marple]

The music group took its name from a character in one of Dickens' novels, a sniveling, obsequious little creep who was always stabbing people in the back while speaking fawning praise to his boss.

[getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL]

Lol! Wow. I totally missed the board with that one. Lol!

(thanks for the lesson)

[SuziQ]

My wife is on bed rest now. I can tell you I am tired of cooking. If I could take turns with the neighbors I would jump at the chance to only produce 1 dinner a week.

Why not put a bug in the ear of one of your neighbor friends, or someone at church, to see if someone will start a schedule of meals for your family? Even if it's only once or twice a week, that would give you a couple of days off, or could be two or three if there are leftovers.

We did this for a friend who was undergoing a bout of chemo for breast cancer. We brought meals at least twice a week to give her sister a break. My friend was divorced, and her sister moved in with her to help take care of her high school aged son and mentally impaired daughter. The sister worked full time, and it was just hard on her doing meals each night while taking care of Laurie and her kids. It helped her a lot just to have meals dropped off a couple of nights a week.