Tell me something good/cool/amazing that happened to you today :)

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

Entertain me :) If nobody replies to this , I will egg your house ;)

[radwriter0555]

1. I saw the Coliseum in Rome Italy yesterday... we walked in it, stood upon

it and were awed by it's presence in this day and age.

We have seen the Pantheon and the Apian Way as well.... and the ancient catacombs of San Sebastian. Just glorious. The Romans have made things that have lasted thousands of years, and modern man can't be bothered to make buildings that last for a week.

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

2. You lucky traveler you .

The Coliseum in Rome is on my " to see list " when I one day travel to Rome .

[radwriter0555]

23. Just do not EVER come to Rome in the summer time. HOLY CRAP it's

HOT as hell.

I also suggest the Great Wall of China. Very humbling.

[Wetzelbill]

22. I'd love to see that myself

[enigmatic]

3. I got a fan email for my station from New Zealand

Saying he likes the bluegrass show we have on Saturday nights. That was cool.

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

6. Thats cool !

You're international ;) Its cool that he took the time out to send you an e-mail .

[MissHoneychurch]

4. Tonight I am going to see an open aire performance

of Carmen by Georges Bizet. Since it is my favorite opera I am very excited and can't wait till it is 8pm. I hope it is going to be a good performance. Last time I saw the opera was in the arena in Verona (open air also) two years ago.

:bounce:

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

7. Ooo open air performances in the summer .

I am jea-lous : In VERONA ? I am jealous lol .

[MissHoneychurch]

9. Verona was two years ago

it was just fantastic. This time it will be here in Frankfurt. Not as fancy as Verona, but still.

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

10. I am stuck on Europe as you can see .

I think I left a part of me there .

[MissHoneychurch]

11. that is good

that means you will be coming back :D

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

12. Germany will always be " home " for me .

There is something about that country , it brought peace to me at at time when I really needed it . I miss it so much .

[MissHoneychurch]

13. you know you have a place to stay

whenever you decide to come back

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

14. Danke schoen :)

Ich wuensche dir ein Schoenes Tag :)

[MissHoneychurch]

15. Danke

same to you :pals:

[evlbstrd]

5. I started ripping out my upstairs bathroom.

My second, and last, bath rebuild/remodel.

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

8. Wow are'nt you the handyman .

;)

[evlbstrd]

33. That's the easy, destructive part.

The hard part is putting it all back together, nice and dry.

[lavenderdiva]

34. we have to do this in our home with 1 master bath, 2 guest baths, and

1 powder room. Any suggestions or tips? Looks like its gonna be us doing the work as finances won't permit the luxury of farming any of it out.

[evlbstrd]

40. Do your homework.

Google is your friend. Get Do-it-Yourself books, videos, etc. Plan very carefully. Bathrooms, after I started on mine, I found out are the most difficult rehab a homeowner takes on. But it also contributes a lot to the value of your home.
Mine is an old house, and I'm constantly having to fix shit. I decided I'd replace it instead. I had water damage, old broken pipes, etc., and had to replace the entire first floor bathroom floor, toilet and sink, and decided to add a shower to the corner tub. New subfloor, cement backer board.
But to suit the house, kind of a Crafsman style bungalow, I installed 1 inch hexaganol tile. It was worth it. It cost about $3,500.

[lavenderdiva]

41. That's amazing! It sounds like it was a lot of work,

but for what you spent, it sounds like you have added fantastic value to your property.

Question: I would like to reconfigure our master bath, and this might necessitate moving the toilet and shower from where they are now. Is this a HUGE headache? To move plumbing? This bathroom is located on the 2nd floor...

[evlbstrd]

44. The second floor is harder than the first.

I'm thinking about the same thing because the roof slope is on the shower side and the loo is on the opposite side. And it depends on the access you have to the drains and supply lines. If they run through a wall, you're working on two floors. And you will have to build a new floor, and a shower pan.

[lavenderdiva]

46. did you kinda teach yourself all about how to do this by reading

books and stuff? Did you take any courses or anything?

I am thinking our drains are in the flooring, but I haven't ripped up anything in the Master Bath, as we are still using it, and not ready to begin any major renovations just yet.

Have you tried using Punch! Home Design Software? I have a copy of it, and have friends that used it to design their new home and loved it. However, I find the instructions difficult to interpret and use. If I could figure it out, it does fantastic stuff: like you being able to re-design anything, and see it in 3-D, etc... Pretty cool, but the manual is quite long, and ours is all in PDF form. Yick.

[evlbstrd]

66. I've watched "This Old House"

and other such shows for years. Then read up on the specific things I'd need to do. Then I just plunged in. Didn't use any software.

[Tsiyu]

16. I made some really good scones

Tried a new recipe and they were awesome. Slathered one with some Mascarpone cheese and I was in seventh heaven.

:)

[MissHoneychurch]

17. how dare you?

how dare you tell us this without posting a picture and recipe? :)

[Tsiyu]

24. Okay I made up the recipe

from another recipe and I don't have a digital camera. PLease don't beat me! Please!

The recipe, as far as i can remember, all in freaking English measure: sorry no metric!:

Cut 2 sticks cold, unsalted butter into 3 and a half cups flour mixed with One tablespoon plus one and a fourth teaspoon baking powder. Really grind it in (cutting up the butter into small bits first makes it easier). Mix in one and a fourth cup golden raisins.


In a bowl, crack three eggs and add 3/8 cup buttermilk and 3/8 cup heavy cream. Mix that, then add to dry mixture just until wet. It will have streaks of flour through it.

*Secret to good scones and biscuits: don't handle the dough too much*

Turn out onto lightly floured board, knead three or four times, cut in half, make two 4" circles, Quarter those, brush with well-beaten mix of one egg white and a tablespoon of milk and bake at 375 degrees F. until done 10 - 15 minutes.

Whew! If I missed anything I'll get back to you, but that's the best i remember it.



This is what they look like, except a bit more brown because I like them golden :)

[Madrone]

39. Hey you!!

Glad to hear you had a great day today.

As for me -- I was *thisclose* to having a guy named Jeff....:D


And now, you've gone and made me hungry!

Miss you!

[Tsiyu]

58. Close, but no banana?

Or close as in "Horseshoes and hand grenades?"

Those guys named Jeff, I tell ya! PM me and let me know how it's going. Life will slow down for us eventually. Maybe. Notice I post at 4:20 AM CST, the ungodly hour when I get up. And now that I'm working, the kids have taken over control of the 'puter.

Love and miss you, too! :hug:

[MissHoneychurch]

47. sounds good

I will try it out. I'll just leave the raisins out.

Don't worry about the measures. I have spoons and cups. Bought them when I was in the States.

[Tsiyu]

59. I may have left off the salt, but I can't remember if it needs it

I will check the recipe ( book is at work) and let you know later today. Mmmmmmmm....scones:9........and how brilliant of you to buy the measures to make our silly non-metric stuff.

Hey, I made a batch with Craisins ( dried cranberries) but dried currants are always nice in scones, too. or chocolate chips? Would that be scone blaspheme? :shrug:

[MissHoneychurch]

62. Why would chocolate chips be scone blaspheme?

sounds good to me. And I am not British, so I am allowed to put in the scones whatever I want :D

I like American recipes, so I thought it would be easier with the American measures than to switch everything in gramm and mililiter. And 1 cup flour is not the same as 1 cup milk.

[Tsiyu]

63. You must be a chef

of some sort. A lot of folks don't know the dif between liquid and dry measure - I didn't know when I started cooking - but once you figure it out it makes a huge difference.

I rarely measure anything any more. Unless I'm making pastries, because they are delicate and prissy and fall apart if you don't pamper them. And you are so right about the Scone Police. They only arrest you if you're British and you commit heresy with a scone.

*Sigh* The sun's rising on the mountain. Gotta head to another part of it to work. have a fab day:hi:

[MissHoneychurch]

64. nah, I am not a chef

I can cook, but baking isn't really my favorite thing to do. But your recipe sounds easy enough for me to try.
MrScorpio posted a recipe for a yummy apple cake here some time ago. It is so simple that even I can't make anything wrong.

[Tsiyu]

73. Okay, corrections:

My memory isn't TOO bad, i guess, but you will need to add 1/2 tsp salt and reduce the baking powder to one tablespoon plus 3/4 teaspoon.

Hope that helps! You can also use heavy cream OR buttermilk ( 3/4 Cup total) instead of the combo if you want to buy fewer ingredients. ;)

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

18. And where is mine ?

[Tsiyu]

25. Right here!

[enigmatic]

35. Scones????

I'm there:)

[Tsiyu]

61. Hey there, Sweetie!

Of course, a batch is on its way to the Land Up Over. How've ya been?

I can't stay up late anymore to hear your show, but maybe Saturday night I can catch a few tunes. Do you broadcast on the weekends? Have I told you lately that I love your show?

:hi:

[enigmatic]

71. Hey!

I'm 7 nights a week, so listen at your discretion! And any requests you want are on the air pronto:)

Ok, I'm really off for my bike ride now...

[Wetzelbill]

19. A good friend of mine sent me an e-mail

I haven't heard from her for a few months and haven't seen her in about 4 years. We used to go to college in Seattle together and were good friends, we went out once, but mainly it was nothing big. We always have gotten along and cared for each other a lot though. She's really a beautiful little woman. Anyway, a few years ago, she and her boyfriend were in a car wreck and nearly died. She was in a coma for months and lost a lot of her memory and had to undergo extensive therapy to get back many of her motor skills. Well, one of the few people she remembered when she came out of her coma was me. Literally most of her life was erased, except she remembered me and all the close people in her life. Well, anyway, we've been in touch for a while and I hadn't heard from her in a bit, so I shot her an e-mail and she got back to me today. I was really happy to hear from her. So that's it. Hope you all liked my tale. :)

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

20. Of course I liked your tale .

Wow , that is very sentimental that she remembered you . Let's you know that you really played an important role in life when something like that happens .

[Wetzelbill]

21. for some reason I'm a really memorable person

Lots of people always remember me whereever I go. I just stick in people's minds I guess. I think it's because I'm funny and also because I'm a pretty sweet and compassionate person too. Just works out that way.

(really I'm a jerk, but I have them all fooled)

[GOPisEvil]

26. Texas has a real Democrat running for Gov. Announced today!!

www.chrisbell.com

:woohoo:

[bigwillq]

27. I woke up in my boyfriend's arms.

:hug:

[Wetzelbill]

43. nice

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

48. I am jealous .

My time will come soon - patience ;) :hug: I am happy for you.:)

[JVS]

28. I was at the Farm and Fleet and found a Lefse-flipper!

It looks like the stick here

[Deja Q]

29. I fulfilled my mum's request

I took 2 negs from 1989 (I'm guessing it's ISO 400 slide film), scanned them with my dedicated (not a cheap flatbed) scanner, restored them, hand-touched scratches, reduced grain w/out affecting the sharpness, and made cool 8x11" enlargements.

The ink and paper are rated for 80 years so she'll have to ask me for another copy when she turns, oh, 140... :D

She didn't have the neg for an old pic of us from 1973 (with me as a tot) but I fixed some nasty blotches on an old 5x7"...

[no name no slogan]

30. I stood up to my emotionally abusive, domineering soon-to-be-ex-wife

she left me this nasty voice mail, and then called me at work (which we both agreed not to do), and I stood my ground with her. I'll probably start a thread about it since it involves my kitties, but I am very confident that she no longer has a hold on me.

Which is a VERY good thing indeed! :toast:

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

49. It feels good to get rid of toxic people does'nt it .

I am glad you stood up .

[no name no slogan]

70. yes it does

it's amazing that I can spot the b.s. she spews, while I never could before.

I spent ten years of my life with a person who made me feel like shit. It's amazing to finally be free of that.

[GalleryGod]

31. My Old Baltimore House mate and I got together on South Street

in Philly...and we stuffed ourselves at "South Street Souvlaki".
Truly, the food of Greek Gods !

Philly Tourist Types: Best Bang for Your Buck on South Street!

[Lydia Leftcoast]

32. I discovered that one of my clients in Japan had wired their

payment to me two days early! :7

[In_The_Wind]

36. I went for a 160 mile trike ride today

awesome is more like it




edited because my brain is still out there on the road and it seems as if I forgot a word

[CaliforniaPeggy]

37. I started a thread with my newest pic,

and so far there are 51 posts in it...of course, half of those are my responses, but still! I'm having a ball....

:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

51. The smilies in your post are dancing to the music that I am listening to ;

:bounce::bounce::bounce::bounce::bounce::bounce::bounce::bounce::bounce::bounce:

[William Bloode]

38. Went to the doc today...

Found out i have lost 35lbs, and my b.p. is down to 142 0ver 82, and cholesterol at a rock solid 166 with no medication!!!! Hooorrrraaaayyyyy no more need for expensive b.p. meds!!!!!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

56. Congratulations!

And all without meds...that is quite an accomplishment. You should be proud...and I think that you are...Keep up the good work...

[WeRQ4U]

42. I started THUMBGATE 2005.

I'm not kidding. I posted that I thought it was a thumb this morning at about 8:30am. It just took off from there. I got yelled at a lot.

It'll be my lifelong claim to fame.

THUMBGATE 2005

[WCGreen]

45. I met a young lady who was an EMS driver

stopped to have a son, and is going into the Peace corp....

Refreshing,,,,,,

And of Course, WetzilBill's long lost GF came back....

Now get out and campaign.....

[enigmatic]

50. Hey, have you ever seen this?

http://www.clevelandmemory.org/

I got lost looking at all the pictures early this morning; they've got some incredible collections in here..

[WCGreen]

52. No. Cool....

I'll be back in about ten hours......

Thanks so Much dude.....

I knew in the back of my mind that this existed but never visited...

thanks so much

[enigmatic]

53. I got totally lost in the Lakewood section

It brought back some great memories..

[WCGreen]

54. Do you remember Titchs bakery down by the hospital....

They use to make the best glazed donuts.....

.07 cents....

And the Lawsons up on Madison and Waterbury....

When it would get so hot you went in there just to lean over the ice cream cooler....

[enigmatic]

55. I lived across the street from that Lawson's

When I was 8; I used to buy candy bars there all the time..

[WCGreen]

57. It's still a beverage store...

The young man I hooked up with to jam kives down the street.....

[Xtreme]

60. I, a 43 year old, street raced a 20 year old

Not safe I KNOW but a funny story I thought :)

Tonight I decided to kick around my truck a little, 1200 miles now.

In Gurnee ill. There are always teens and young adults out around Gurnee mills mall, so I decided to head that way and show off a little. I came upon McDonalds and sure enough the lot was half full of civics, supras, eclipse etc. Pulled into the drive through and grabbed a snack, as I creep in the lane I can hear; "XTREME!” "Is that a S10??" I got my food and see some guys motioning for me to pull in where they are parked. The guys start looking over the truck and we chat awhile, a little later we hear this car way down the ave. just winding it out. These guys knew who it was just from the sound; sure enough this green 97/98 civic pulls up. Now this guy must have been the center of attention of this group because he starts right in ragging on my truck.

He goes through all the; "left a cylinder at the dealer huh?” "The thing has no torque.", etc. etc. etc. One kid yells out; "try it!!" I just look over at the kid and say; "Red light dead stop?" He laughs and says; "sure POPS!"

We pull out and up to the first red light with all the other cars behind us; I never look at the kid and just get ready. On green I just punched it, the civic jumps right out in front, he is on his way to leaving me when I hear him MISS A SHIFT! I just blew by him and kept going to the next light; he is trying his best to hold on but never got back to my bumper.

He pulls up beside me about the time to cops roll out of a car dealership, yells at me that this did not count?? We all go back to Mickey Dees, and his friends start ragging on him, I tell him its all in good fun and I don’t want to risk a ticket doing it again. He was gracious and said he understood but invites me to another area Saturday night.

[Orsino]

65. I kissed my wife goodbye this morning...

...and she smiled without actually waking up. I always get a kick out of that.

[northzax]

67. I found a lawyer

from a top 5 firm to do my condo conversion for FREE. Yes, I just talked my way into about $5000 worth of pro bono legal work.

[lavenderdiva]

68. speechless...

that's pretty amazing! Your verbal wrangling skills much be pretty topnotch to convince an attorney to do anything for free! Congratulations! :toast:

[davsand]

69. I had lustful thoughts about a taxpayer.

He came in to appeal his property taxes, and Boy Howdy, was he adorable. I went home and grabbed my husband after work. I did confess my lustful thoughts, and I think he's forgiven me...:evilgrin:



Laura

[khashka]

72. A small thing

I was outside having a smoke and listening to Louis Armstrong singing It's A Wonderful World, and a tree frog jumped onto my chest and then crawled into my breast pocket and went to sleep. And I thought "Man, oh, man, Loois knew what he was talking about."

A small thing, but sometimes it's the small things that matter.

Khash.