The AH Coffee Shop and Reading Room 09

[Candy_Kane54]

No sunshine today but the temperatures are warmer. It will even get up to 31 F today!!! BP was a little lower this morning (165/94) so I'm not as freaked out about it. Apparently you shouldn't be taking your blood pressure right after eating for some reason.

I've got a fresh pot of coffee brewing and the teapot is hot. There are snacks on the counter and I'm going to make a cornbread today.

I'll be over in the corner working on my story. I had to go back and change the dates on my story because I made an unwarranted assumption about the breakup of the Yugoslav Federation.

 

[sirhugs]

No sunshine today but the temperatures are warmer. It will even get up to 31 F today!!! BP was a little lower this morning (165/94) so I'm not as freaked out about it. Apparently you shouldn't be taking your blood pressure right after eating for some reason.

I've got a fresh pot of coffee brewing and the teapot is hot. There are snacks on the counter and I'm going to make a cornbread today.

I'll be over in the corner working on my story. I had to go back and change the dates on my story because I made an unwarranted assumption about the breakup of the Yugoslav Federation.

my last trip to the dietician took cornbread off the okay list, in spite of the fact that I've been eating it all along with no problem. no wonder i'm confused.
especially since the visit was supposed to focus on what I CAN eat (because i'm so confused i'm not eating much).
Somehow i'm not even seeing a Story Idea in the experience. Mind you, I ought to be working on the epic if i'm going to write.

 

[Five_Inch_Heels]

And oddly, despite finishing below normal, we had two record High temperatures set (69 and 70)


Followed by two record Cold High temperatures set two weeks afterwards (14 and 15)


Range for the month from 70 for the high down to 4 for the low.

 

[NotWise]

You napped in the big aquarium?

Hmm. It's big enough for that. Otherwise that seems like a syntax problem.

 

[MrPixel]

Holy cow. I was wrong, and they were right.* It's only 11:00... and 33° outside. So why isn't the snow gone yet?

* - Refer to the "online disagreements" thread.

 

[Five_Inch_Heels]

It just flat is NOT safe to walk around my yard right now.

Uneven ice/snow pack on to the top of a hill is not a wonderful combination. It's crusted almost too hard now to even stomp through it. I managed to get suet out for the flying feathered fecal factories. Barely.

Getting the mail might be an expedition of sorts.

 

[NotWise]

I had a dream this morning. It wasn't about my current WIP or anything I'm ever likely to write about, but it made me think.

I haven't dreamt or written much in more than a month, but I started writing again a couple days ago. It could be a coincidence, but if feels now and in the past like writing and dreaming came hand-in-hand. In this case the writing came first, but in other cases I don't know whether the act of writing caused me to dream, or whether dreaming caused me to write.

Or maybe it's coincidence.

 

[Duleigh]

Just crawled out from an afternoon nap. It's the first afternoon nap I've taken since I was 4.
-32 degrees, blowing wind, stars falling from the sky, cattle frozen in their fields. Typical Florida afternoon...

 

[NuclearFairy]

I had a dream this morning. It wasn't about my current WIP or anything I'm ever likely to write about, but it made me think.

I haven't dreamt or written much in more than a month, but I started writing again a couple days ago. It could be a coincidence, but if feels now and in the past like writing and dreaming came hand-in-hand. In this case the writing came first, but in other cases I don't know whether the act of writing caused me to dream, or whether dreaming caused me to write.

Or maybe it's coincidence.

Maybe your creative juices cause both, and which one happens first is a bit of a coin toss.

 

[TheLobster]

My kitty scratched me It wasn't his fault or aggression, I think he was just in the common feline mode of "OMG! It's dawn! Hunting time!" when he lay on my pillow, and I happened to have an elbow under said pillow. I must have stirred, hit him into his belly or something, which made him shoot upright, jump on me with his claws out, and then bolt out of the room at the speed of a bullet train.

So yeah, the bad news is that I have some long and stinging scratch marks on my left arm and upper chest. The good news is that if anyone asks about them, I can say it's the result of a torrid bedroom encounter with a very feisty pussy.

 

[Five_Inch_Heels]

Clean them with some alcohol and/or antiseptic.

Cat wounds can get nasty.

 

[Candy_Kane54]

@TheLobster - that Cat Scratch Fever can be a bitch ...

It's another cloudy morning but it's already 27 F outside. We're supposed to get 3 to 5 inches of snow today with a high at 33 F so it will be a little slushy (which will freeze to glare ice overnight since it's going to drop back into single digits overnight). My BP was only 144/90 this morning so it's settling down again.

There's a fresh pot of coffee brewing and the teapot is steaming. There are snacks and cornbread on the counter. There's a bowl of chili next to the cornbread if you want to have them together.

I'll be over in the corner working on my story. I got the rewrite finished and can now proceed with the rest of the story. I don't think I'll have it done in time for the Pink Orchid event but that's the way it goes.

 

[Duleigh]

It's up to 39 degrees, warmest day in a long time, but it's still way below the February average
The number of fruit trees that have been killed by the cold down here in the sunshine state is unheard of.

 

[Five_Inch_Heels]

There are some left? I thought they'd all been dozed for McMansions.

 

[NotWise]

I've been threatening y'all with amaryllis photos and no-one screamed loud enough to stop me, so here to brighten your day is Hippeastrum cybister "Emerald."



Lighting happily provided by the morning sun through an east window. This has been the first to flower ever since I got it.

 

[Duleigh]

I've been threatening y'all with amaryllis photos and no-one screamed loud enough to stop me, so here to brighten your day is Hippeastrum cybister "Emerald."

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Lighting happily provided by the morning sun through an east window. This has been the first to flower ever since I got it.

I love amaryllis! I worked at a nursery for a couple of year and sold a lot of them. They're popular Christmas gifts in this area. I planted a few in my garden and they reset themselves to their natural schedule and bloom in the summer now. It took a few years but it happened.

 

[MillieDynamite]

Fight-or-flight mode gets you scratched every time. Hard to see the warnings when you're asleep.

My kitty scratched me It wasn't his fault or aggression, I think he was just in the common feline mode of "OMG! It's dawn! Hunting time!" when he lay on my pillow, and I happened to have an elbow under said pillow. I must have stirred, hit him into his belly or something, which made him shoot upright, jump on me with his claws out, and then bolt out of the room at the speed of a bullet train.

So yeah, the bad news is that I have some long and stinging scratch marks on my left arm and upper chest. The good news is that if anyone asks about them, I can say it's the result of a torrid bedroom encounter with a very feisty pussy.

 

[MrPixel]

Which is why my cat routinely had her claws trimmed. Sounds odd, but Megabyte was an odd cat. Started out when she was a kitten, and each time she was rewarded with a squirt of canned whipped cream. She learned fast, and if she heard me put topping on ice cream, no matter where she was in the house*, she would be in my face for a nail trim in seconds. Same thing when I trimmed my own nails. And very vocal about it.

* - That was usually upstairs, nesting in the "clean" laundry piled on the bed in the spare bedroom. I was in full bachelor mode at the time.

 

[old_prof]

Which is why my cat routinely had her claws trimmed. Sounds odd, but Megabyte was an odd cat. Started out when she was a kitten, and each time she was rewarded with a squirt of canned whipped cream. She learned fast, and if she heard me put topping on ice cream, no matter where she was in the house*, she would be in my face for a nail trim in seconds. Same thing when I trimmed my own nails. And very vocal about it.

* - That was usually upstairs, nesting in the "clean" laundry piled on the bed in the spare bedroom. I was in full bachelor mode at the time.

I have a cat who would be trainable that way -- my wife manages to trim her claws almost frequently enough -- but she already has a weight problem (the cat not my wife). I can only imagine how spherical she would be if she got a taste for whipped cream.

 

[ICantLeafYou]

10 days left to crank out my friend/RP partner's birthday surprise. At 700 words and currently fiddling with/swapping around a few pieces because the muses have led me somewhere unexpected but delightful today.

Playing this on repeat is treating me well, keeping the muses riled up.

 

[Candy_Kane54]

Just popping in to make sure there's coffee and hot water for the night shift. There are some no-bake oatmeal cookies on the counter. See you in the morning.

 

[Rustyoznail]

For general interest about HP.

Last update was he was moved in January from home to a unit where he could get better care. Home health was kind of wanting.
I haven’t heard anything since. His family was arranging a laptop for him so hopefully will hear move once he’s settled in.

 

[sirhugs]

for the first time in a week, I feel like a writer again - added 200+ words to the epic. slow progress for sure, but motion.

 

[Candy_Kane54]

Another gloomy morning with about two inches of additional snow. At least the roads stayed clear around here but other areas got four inches so the roads may be a bit slick. My BP was still down this morning (146/84) so there's that. However, I feel like crap without having the Meloxicam.

There's a fresh pot of coffee brewing and he teapot is hot. Snacks are on the counter but the cornbread is gone. I'll have to make some more one of these days.

I'll be over in the corner working on my story. I just finished up a scene and ready to start the next one. I hope to get this thing done sometime this century but it's going slowly ...

 

[NotWise]

I had 1000+ new words written before I realized that they messed up the emotional arc of the story. I'm rewriting before I plunge on.