Just Do It Day - Make the Connection. So here I am making the connection. And about time too some of you might be thinking.
Well, I have been figuring for a few days how do I get back into BT. I have been out of the threads for a while, and am still struggling for time to get back in. I am still attached to you guys, in that I think about you all and still love you, and all that. I had a couple of goes before and after Xmas/New Year, but it's hard to get back in the swing of it cos I don't know where you guys are all at.
So I am asking for help [gulp]. I want to be back on the boards on a regular basis. Help me get there, guys.

OK Jenni, connection made!! you can come back girl, I know you can. Do give it a shot, try posting at least 2 messages every day for a starter... You can allways count on us to help out!

Welcome back Jenni. It's nice to see somebody else starting a thread.
Just start posting...
Hey, maybe u can call this study 4 your work 'cause we're definitely not sane....

Thanks, Martin. OK post 2 messages a day - that can't be too hard. I've done 2 today already.

Thanks, Igor. We are party nutters, aren't we?

Us/you lot might not be sane, but you have sure helped keep me sane in the past year, and I don;t want to lose the connection.

Jenni, keep this advice, print it and put it over your computer:

"2 posts a day keep sanety away"

Hello Jenni! Welcome back!
I know it is hard to get on sometimes - for me it has been during the work week and then when I can get on it is too late. I'm always ready to party with you and everyone else!

Let's all fly here today !

Time to get ready to go...

Good one, Martin

Thanks, Eileen. I'll get my party clothes out then
and my dancing shoes

It would be a good day if indeed I were flying to Bonaire today.

Have a good day

Jenni, don't you forget your snorkel instructor? You can pick me up on your way to Bonaire...

Please be carefull Jenni. U might get an BT-OD if u keep this up
Pick me up on your way 2. I'm even prepared 2 polish your dancing shoes or something...

OK I'll be over to get you two guys, my snorkel instructor and dancing shoes polisher. Do you actually know how to clean dance shoes, Igor? I could teach yu anyhow :-))

Be ready within the hour

Gotta go to work first tho'

See you'll later

Igor, you know nothing about shining and cleaning real dance shoes...

Jenni, suitcase is packed! Just blow the horn twice and I'll be down!

How do you now Martin????
I actually do know! My parents danced a lot when they were younger and I've more than once cleaned & polished their shoes.
But I get the message, Martin wants 2 have Jenni all 4 himself. I wonder what Angela thinks of that...

OK, I guessed..

Angela doesn't mind at all, she comes along to help me carry the suitcases.

I'm having a hotline to Bonaire at the moment, power failure a few minutes ago...

Just be patient Martin, u 2 will be there on June.
Fortunately it was a short powerfailure this time judging from the webcams (only the 8:32 captures are missing).

Good Morning all, it's a bit warmer today, only minus 12C. Oh how I miss sitting outside first thing in the morning with my coffee.....wish I was back in Bonaire!

Igor, I know, May 28-th we are leaving...

I had to do some extra work for my client on Bonaire...

We missed you!

How was your snorkel trip to the Red Sea? Did you see the wonders of Egypt while you were there? Do tell, buddy!

It's chilly out today but I'm going to be brave and go to lunch with Dad. We're going today. Can't wait to dig into a bowl of wonton soup. Mmm.

Okay everybody - let's give Jenni (and the rest of us) your latest news:

BoxerBob is working at home now - has his home office downstairs and saves more than an hour a day without the commute to Connecticut.

I'm sticking with my diet - lost 26 pounds so far and starting to feel like my old self again. BB is getting with the program - threw away all the Oreos and Little Debbies and Cheez-Its and eats what I eat. (Easier for me and he's lost 17 pounds so far.) We haven't had red meat in ages. It took a little while to find new favorites but it was worth the time and effort.

Rusty, way to go, 26 and 17 pounds!! Where did all the oreo's go? I really like them! Found them frst in Spain and now and then I eat 2 boxes at a time.. Adictive, isn't it??

Ooops - we should have sent the Oreos to you, Martini! They are great - I always liked them with a glass of cold milk - so I can dunk them til they're soft - then gobble-gobble. Bob had them every night with cheese crackers in the other hand - he's a salty sweet personality. We're saving a lot of calories simply by getting all the junk food out of the house.

Our meals weren't the problem, per se, except for the HUGE portions we'd eat. LOL So cutting out the red meat and cutting the portions to normal human servings we can still have most of our favorite foods. I also learned not to cook everything in a stick of margarine. (OMG - I was SO ignorant of healthy cooking standards. Glad we figured this out before BB hit s 50 in a couple years!)

Yes, you should have...

I know about the portions. Just ask Jake, we allways eat a double main course at Gibi's or Antreol Catering....

Here's Men's Fitness magazine's list of America's 10 fattest cities:

Houston
"Given the region's climate (hot and humid), air quality (abysmal), and relative lack of outdoor recreation, staying active presents a Texas-sized challenge," the magazine states. "And with its love of junk food, Houston is a vastrodome of bad nutrition."

Chicago
Detroit
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Cleveland
Atlanta
Columbus, Ohio
Dallas
Charlotte, N.C.

And its list of the 10 fittest cities:

Honolulu
Seattle
San Francisco
Colorado Springs, Col.
San Diego
Portland, Ore.
Denver
Virginia Beach, Va.
Tucson, Ariz.
Sacramento, Calif.

Blimey, I get back home and find that everyones gone berserk here, and their was I thinking I could FIND sanity here. everyone, and back Jenni.

I need a new brain, one without perforations. LOL

Where can I join??

That's the second time 2day somebody calls me crazy...
I'm glad all the voices in my head tell me I'm not otherwise I might start 2 believe it.

All you need is a ticket, Martini!



Hey Annie - so wassup? Quiet on the cams so far today...

Maybe we are right???

Rusty, I know, are you and BB comming over for the big day?? Has Cynde convinced you all ready??

Good day, everyone! Welcome back, Jenni. If you check BT first thing in the morning and last thing at night , it becomes a good habit....like brushing your teeth!

Rusty, I'm on the opposite diet from you and have lost 15. Adkins diet is high protein, low carb, you know. Jim likes it because he doesn't get hungry and his blood sugar gets really stable( he's diabetic) A well balanced diet is of course, best......but easier said than done.

Annie, are you back from the hospital for the day? And does Emma like her new doctor?

The voices in my head tell me the world is insane and I'm the only sane guy on it. That makes sense, 'cause I'm Superman

Things are getting a little thick. Better get out my hip boots. margarite

Margarita - the Atkins is getting a lot of notice these days. If I didn't love fruit and veggies I'd jump on the hi-protein diet in a minute. All that meat! Yeah, baby!

The latest issue of Newsweek compares diets and recommends a new food pyramid. Excellent issue.

Uh-oh! Igor is getting delusions of grandeur - call Jenni!

I just searched the cams and came up with zilch. Everything is A OK here Rusty, and congratulations on the diet. Keep up the good work. Maybe I should eat what you don't, then I could put some pounds on. LOL. Annie B

Who emptied the fish tank.

Rusti, I too love veggies,can pass on fruit. On the sensible diet, I'm not allowed wogga. On the Adkins, I can drink rum and diet coke..|

I do miss wine with dinner. Seems terribly uncivilized. But wine is very, high on carbs.

Margarite, The London doc is fantastic, and she looks like a film star. It's the local docs that are idiots. They couldn't read the X ray or the ultra scan correctly.(insert swear word here). Annie B.

....that's high IN carbs

I'm not sure what the health care system is like in UK. Do you have good insurance coverage? Are you able to choose your doctors? Friends of mine who have been in your situation tell me that it helps greatly to have doctors in whom you have great confidence. Do you have good nurses there? That's one thing we are dreadfully short on. And they are soooo important! Do you have to go back today? margarite

Margarita - I'd go crazy without bread, pasta, rice and potatoes. Do they add those back into your diet later on? It's funny because my diet isn't anything except me counting calories - but since I can eat so much produce for my 1200 calories, and tons of shrimp and white chicken meat - that's how we eat.

Just cleaned out the cupboards full of candy, cookies and salty, greasy chips and crackers. Also eating in more and lots less fast food - McDs and KFC and Domino's Pizza. We really were overdoing it on the processed foods. LOL I'm surprised that Nabisco's stock hasn't crashed.

Time to get going. I will behave at the all you can eat Chinese buffet. I will behave at the all you can eat Chinese buffet. I will behave at the all you can eat Chinese buffet. I will behave at the all you can eat Chinese buffet.

See you soon, friends! (My goodness, I think I'm getting over the slump! Yippee!)

Margarite, The London doc got Emma into a private hospital, but the National Health is paying. The London docs are great. She can go home tomorrow I think.

I found a fish, I found a fishy Woohoo!

A princess I think

Wow!

What a thread today!! socks otional I'm glad we are in different countries the "restraints" wagon would come and pick us/you(?) all up otherwise!

Welcome back Jenni - I know it is hard for any one person to be consistently present - I guess we all have a bit of a life??? My partners and I are within weeks of starting a new company and it is amazing how much we didn't think of!

Just remember if there are enough of us......



Later

ok, you all had way too much coffee today...here is my contribution for today:

HOW MANY DOGS DOES IT TAKE TO CHANGE A LIGHT BULB?

GOLDEN RETRIEVER: The sun is shining, the day is young, we've got our
whole lives ahead of us, and you're inside worrying about a stupid
burned out bulb?

BORDER COLLIE: Just one. And then I'll replace any wiring that's not up
to code.

DACHSHUND: You know I can't reach that stupid lamp!

ROTTWEILER: Make me!!

LAB: Oh, me, me!!!! Pleeeeeeze let me change the light bulb! Can I? Can
I? Huh? Huh? Huh? Can I?

GERMAN SHEPHERD: I'll change it as soon as I've led these people from
the dark, checked to make sure I haven't missed any, and make just one
more perimeter patrol to see that no one has tried to take advantage of
the situation.

TIBETAN TERRIER: Let the Border Collie do it. You can feed me while
he's busy.

JACK RUSSELL TERRIER: I'll just pop it in while I'm bouncing off the
walls and furniture.

POODLE: I'll just blow in the Border Collie's ear and he'll do it. By
the time he finishes rewiring the house, my nails will be dry.

COCKER SPANIEL: Why change it? I can still pee on the carpet in the
dark.

DOBERMAN: While it's dark, I'm going to sleep on the couch.

BOXER: Who cares? I can still play with my squeaky toys in the
dark......

CHIHUAHUA: Yo quiero Taco Bulb.

IRISH WOLFHOUND: Can somebody else do it? I've got this hangover.....

POINTER: I see it, there it is, there it is, right there....

GREYHOUND: It isn't moving? Who cares?

AUSTRALIAN SHEPHERD: First, I'll put all the light bulbs in a little
circle...

OLD ENGLISH SHEEP DOG: Light bulb? I'm sorry, but I don't see a light
bulb?

HOUND DOG: ZZZZZZzzzzz.z.z.z..z..z

DALMATIAN: If it ain't on the firetruck, I won't notice.

CAT: Dogs do not change light bulbs. People change light bulbs. So, the
question is: How long will it be before I can expect light?


ALL OF WHICH PROVES, ONCE AGAIN, THAT WHILE DOGS HAVE MASTERS, CATS
HAVE SERVANTS.

hi Jenni,

Connect away kiddo. Just walk towards the light. lol

Oh and what's this nonsense about not yet scuba diving?? Hmmmm? Hie thee to the nearest Scuba Emporium fair maiden, the underwater world is much grander when you can enjoy it at leisure. A worthwhile quest for you if e're there were one.

Hi Gang, just stopping by with my Wogga to look at the sunsets, and they are wonderful tonight!!!

still going strong!

it looks like a green flash kind of night!!!

Hi Freddie, Nice sunsets. I am treating myself to

I got Blikje looking restless on the wall.

Hey, Blue, Nice post. I saw a poster in the hospital today about 10 reasons why a dog is better than a man, and I can't remember what it said. Annie B.

Wonderful sunset.

Hi Annie, here are almost the last of the sunset for you!!

Boy it was a perfect sunset tonight ..

I guess we should keep a look out for divers as the itty bitty light is still there!!

Thanks Freddie. Getting tired here now. Had a long day here.

Ain't the sunsets nice.

Time for another

they are great!!!! have a good evening Annie and I am glad things worked out today for Emma and you..

Just got back from work, and read all your posts. I am touched. Thank you guys.

And yes Freddie the sunsets are magnificent, and I am glad you posted them. Just looked to see if anything left of them and all is black. Roll on the hour change. Roll on spring, in fact.

Yeh, I know Randy. I am looking at setting up a try dive before summer. It will help me with my snorkeling, fin work, mask clearing, diving down [NO laughing, Martin!!!] and my confidence. And as I keep being told I will probably then want to continue diving with the occasional snorkel. We'll see...

got this

not as magnificent as yours Freddie and Annie, but I was glad to get it. Feels like I am really get back now.

Freddie, Thanks. We are so relieved that it was nothing major, if you know what I mean. We just wanna get the treatment over and done with now. We are fighting fit, and raring to go. This bugger gonna die. Annie B.

Jenni, Glad you are back. I was thinking of you the whole time you were away. Annie B.

Thank you Annie. I just sent yu an email.

ok Jenni, Gonna check it out now. Annie B.

Jenni. Very much appreciated. Thank youl Annie B.

Got your reply too. Thank you too.

Got to go to my bed. I'm falling asleep at the computer.

Night Night Annie. Hope you sleep soundly and wake refreshed and ready to deal with whatever you need to deal with tomorrow.

Night Night Everyone

Night Jenni, See you tomorrow sometime I hope. Sleep well. Annie

Welcome back, Jenni. Annie, best of luck and strength over the next few days.

I did get one picture from my outing on Sunday. Not as good as tonight's sunsets.



Winter is not a good time for photo's. It may look pretty but the pictures are always seem flat w/o much color or depth. I've tried black and white but this only makes it worse. Oh well another good reason to long for Spring.

I do keep saying that if the air temperature gets above freezing, I going diving. We'll see, we did go in Febuary last year.

Cecil, The picture looks good to me. Did you use the waxed skis. Annie B

Cecil, we wait until the air temperature breaks above 40 before we dive -- hard to take it when the air is colder than the water, and the water's that cold...

And your weekend outing shot looks sort of like what our weekend outing shots would have looked like if we had taken any! Only the houses weren't that close, and there was no snow fence. Oh, and the mountain (Wachusett, such as it is) is a bit further off...

And Jenni, don't worry about being "out of touch"! Just sort of hop back in like you'd never left, sort of the way the rest of us do it...

Faith

Jenni, I never make fun of people that are trying hard to accomplish something. Enjoy your try dive!!!

Martin, I know you are encouraging me and supporting me, and I know yu didn;t make fun of me. I thoroughly enjoyed myself and was, and still am, very grateful for the effort you and Jake put in to helping me.

The photo is fantastic, Cecil. I like it. And Faith thanks for mentioning the snow fence. I didn;t know such a thing existed. I can see it in the photo now.

Thanks guys

Snow fences protect an area from drifting snow. They're only useful if the snow is going sideways, not if it's coming down straight -- otherwise I'd have one around my house...

Faith

ROFL @ Faith! Good one! I'd order one myself if they kept the snow off my 80' X 80'!



Cecil, as always I've shared your picture with friends and family - thanks for taking us along.

Freddie and Annie and Jenni - Thank you for sharing sundowners. It was a beautiful sunset!

The picture is looking across what would normally be a Golf course towards Mt Kearsarge (in the Sunapee region of Hew Hampshire). The houses are actually a ways away, but look closer because of the telephoto lens.