"Hide~Doah?"

(from the Greek: τῆλε, tēle, "far" and φωνή, phōnē, "voice")


Happy Saturday;
Once again, I have not blogged in ages.
Nor have I visited.
My bad.

More than a few times lately my phone has rung...
Here is just one of the latest examples:

Phone goes: "RING" - "RING"

Naturally I say "Hello!"

And this is what I hear.
"Hide-Doh? Deddizz?"

Huh?!?   ....  (I mean 'what')?!?

Hmmmmmmmm...  


(Aw hell, I'll just start over)...


"Hello?"
This is what I hear.
"Hide-Doh? Deddizz?"

Wait a second... Seems as I recall there has been a "Deddizz" ...
But it ain't me.    -----   Is it?!? 
I check quick-like.    ----- Nope.  It ain't me.

I say "No Sir, no Deddizz here."

He asks "Izz dizz riyot?"

He proceeds to say something barely intelligible.

Huh?!? ..... (I mean 'what')?!?


WAIT!!!!

A "riot"?!?  

Is there a riot here????
Yikes!

Wait.. That sounded kinda familiar...
Maybe?- WAS- my phone number!  Even in Swahili I guess

He persists.
"I am so and so, from MC...-"...  (some dang thing or another that I cannot understand).

"I am so and so, calling for Deddizz."
Yeah Buddy, I got that...

I say, "No Deddizz here. Sorry."

He persists even more.
Are you Mrs. Deddizz *******?"

(Yeah well I was- )
--- at one short point in my life,
many,
many,
many moons ago...

(but I don't tell him that)...

I say "He is not here"

"Oh Mizzuss ******* ..."
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".................blah blah blah.................."


I cut him off.

"There is no Deddizz ******* here."


"Mizzuss *******. We nidz to speeeeek wit Deddizz."
Still not here. Sorry fella.

"He hasn't been here for a while."

"Mizzuss..." (repeat all sorts of  "blah, blah, blah").

I say, "Not here."

"Mizzuss *******. We nidz to speeeeek wit Deddizz."
Still not here. Sorry fella.

"Deddizz does not live here."


CLICK! goes the line. 

...In MY ear?

Aw shucks, and I was having so much fun...
Oh maybe they will call back.

Have a wunnaful weekend!

XOXO
"Mizzuss"

Huh?  ...  (I mean 'what')?!?            

photo from Google search

Happy Trails... (Really)?

Entry for December 14, 2008

Borrowed from my weather page
WBAY~TV Green Bay
No the 'click' won't work on here.

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NOTE:
For those of you sent here through Casey, won't you please take a moment to sign up and sign in to read any further entries should you care to know how her surgery goes.
And please let me know who you are if you use a nickname.
***Multiply is free, and easy...

And now...

Good Sunday Morning Everyone!
The above "c-a-r-p" is the first thing I see when I look at my weather page?
NOT amusing in the least.

We leave today. ("The time has come, the walrus said...").

From our own wintery mix, (freezing rain, snow, sleet), and current temps of 37 degrees, we will be heading into the falling temps in Minnesota. Their own freezing rain changing over to snow for the afternoon. And both places with more than plenty enough wind.
Better said by SissyKrissiePoo, a "Holiday on Ice"...
(I've got a feeling our 'Holiday on Ice' could take more than 5 hours).
Yet tomorrow is to be even worse.
Even if we don't get all the way today, that is OK. Because Casey doesn't HAVE TO be there until Tuesday.
Dang winter. But that is exactly why we planned to leave early.

Tomorrows HIGH in Minneapolis is to be +1. CLICK FORECAST.
At least that one little degree will be on the plus side of zero. You don't want to know what the lows will be either.  hehehe
(On 2nd thought, maybe you shouldn't click).

I have been asked for our mailing address in MPLS.
Not sure right now, but I do promise to post it privately as soon as I know it.

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Know that I am so thankful for so very much~

For those people that have helped us to even get to this point.

• For your own offered thoughts and prayers.
  
  
• Kelli and Tim for watching home and hearth (and Miss Milly), while we are away.
  
  
• Randy for pitching in to help in every way he can.
  
  
• Greg; and all the last minute hustle he had to do to get my security systems up and running.
  Very special thanks.
  
  
• For my Godparents who stopped in with two gas cards.
  
  
• For my cousin who sent her husbands Hammered Dulcimer CD for us to relax to.
  
  
• For all those who sent cards of encouragement and love.
  
  
• For my snowplow man who has agreed to keep the yard open in our absence.
  
  
• For my oil man whose patience rivals my own.
  
  
• For the dog groomer who only charged me $23.00 for Punk. YAY!
  
  
• For my friends and neighbors who will also be looking after 'home' while I miss it so.
  
  
• And for EVERYONE who knows and loves my Baby Girl.
  
  

~Know too, there is so much comfort in all of the above.

Kelly with her little list of reminders. (And me with my silly little prayers that nothing freezes up on her too badly).

I have not yet finished packing. Will do so shortly.

But packing is not a problem. Leaving is.
Leaving the season of Christmas, unmet for the first time in my lifetime, in my own home.

Yet somehow driving headlong into the Spirit of Christmas, and the Inspiration that brings to each of us; simply as it trembles precariously on the threshold of the New Year.
And the Hope that comes with this "new" year for Casey-
(For myself and for Greg too). That we get "Casey" back in all of her glory; (just minus the ever~present pain she has stoically managed to live with for so very long)!
The hopes and dreams that this trip will bring through, and true, to us all!

Casey told me on Wednesday, "Mom, I don't care what happens in the meantime, I am going through with this surgery come hell or high water." Or so the reference was.
My own memory a tad bit muddled by the fact that I had gotten a shot for my head that day.

While at the clinic, Casey says, "Hey, it's Dad."
...Dad? Dad who?...
(Don't nag. I have already said an extra prayer for thinking unchristian~like of him).

She asked him had he gotten the email she had sent?
(It was entitled "My Major Surgery Coming Up")... 

Since he has not seen fit to contact her once since a year ago in May, she at least thought he might have read it.
Not so.

Even IF he has been off work for the last 2 weeks, perhaps he did not have the time...

... How very nice of him.

Hang on for a minute while I refocus on that list of "Thanks" above. 
Nuff said.

My doctor here has not only wished Casey the very best of everything, but has added that he will be more than happy to speak to any doctors there that may find themselves having to treat me for a migraine. Just to have them call him anytime.

May God bless CaseyAnne's perseverance; her own unfailing spirit and Faith!
I DO believe she has more of both in her little finger than most of us have in our whole heart and soul.

On to "busy" now...

Love to all!

XOXO
Anne

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Originally posted to my Y! 360, Sunday December 14, 2008 - 06:42am (CST)

Pics, 'Blags'; and 'Never You Mind'...

Pics, Blags; and "Never You Mind"...

Stolen from http://xkcd.com/148/

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Good Morning All;
I really HAVE been around; just spend LOTS of time reading about these dang politics of ours.
Wait, don't hang up. This is NOT a political blog. (Blag)?
hehehe

It has been so long since I have "blagged" that a few of these pics/thoughts might be 'repeats'.
(If that is the case, kindly refer to the fact that I am 50 now)!

I have received more pictures from my son-in-law, William.
Cute pics of my Little Lawrence and their family.
(Lawrence who clearly, I am not going to be able to call "little" anymore).

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Almost the whole crew...
(Minus me of course).

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Quoting William here:
"This is a type of sand shark that we caught by hand.
It's an angel shark,
Lawrence said what it was right when we pulled out of the water."

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Um, wait a minute there Will.
I'm not too sure I want to be catching ANY kind of sharks by hand!
(And I don't care if it's an 'angel' or not)...

Not too sure what one would do with such a thing either...

Does one eat it?

Feed it to the dogs?

Release it?

Throw it at someone you don't like?

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Not sure what Lawrence is looking for...
(But I'm damn sure happy I wasn't hiding in the grasses that day)!
hehehe

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Lori and Lawrence on a Dolphin Cruise!
(Lori, where is YOUR Life Jacket?)...

Y'all better CLICK HERE to see what happens if you don't wear one.
Something about "The Arkansas Titanic!"
hehehe

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Not too sure what these are...
~To me, they look like the biggest darn goldfish ever~
And the "goldfish" don't look too happy either...

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See my comment from William himself below... (Among other things, he has ended the question of what kind of fish these are).  
 

Meanwhile, on this side of the Mason Dixon Line, my sister Kris has completed her first triathlon with her cousin Bill.

Say "YAY" !!!!

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Her times?
"quarter mile swim, 9 minutes
15 mile bike, 1 hour, five minutes
3.5 mile run, 55 minutes"

Go SissyKrissyPoo!!!

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AND, she came in 2nd in her age group too!
(Never you mind that there were only 2 entrants FOR her age group).
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Even more pictures?
My Angel Mama Marie has posted a new album of pictures of their Damion and his lil' brother, our Baby Sam.
Please click here to see these darling young men!

On the homefront, I think I know why Sputnik is the deep purple color that he is.

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hehehe
Yes, Casey had found me some purple drop-ins for the toilet!
(And yes, that darned cat prefers purple water)...

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Also on the homefront:
Austin Straubel Airport has changed their incoming flight patterns.

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This, I do not appreciate, for two reasons:
#1. They are LOUD when they are flying over.
#2. Punk has taken to chasing them clear across the field.
While this is good exercise for her, it startles people terribly... (Me, for instance).

No, she hasn't caught one yet.
And yes, it is probably safer than chasing cars...

Casey took this picture...
(Swearing that she didn't get it too).

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Methinks she got it just fine!
(This is how the cucumbers all get bitemarks in them too)...
sigh

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And one more thought here, but very important to my Multiply friends...

If you are wondering why I do not comment on your videos, please know this...
If you post one of these, , I cannot watch it. I have dial up.
Even www.hughes.net is quite spendy.
So, until hell freezes over, (or until I find a different home), I will not be commenting on these.
(Unless of course you 'splain them to me on an 8~year~old level)...

I'd better close for now. have taken that giant leap of faith and put my little sale in the paper for today... I'd best get out there and start moving a few things outside.
It might rain. Those "few things" had better be waterproof too.

Have a 'wunnaful' weekend!
Special thanks to William and Kris and Marie for all the pictures!

Love to all.

XOXO
Anne

PS

The question of the day now...

What is your very 1st thought when you see this picture?

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Originally posted to my Y! 360, Saturday September 6, 2008 - 06:45am (CDT)