Good Monday Morning, Everybody!

[Clintmax]

:donut::hi:
Here we are at the start of another work week! I hope you had a good weekend and got to have some fun! I had a relaxing day yesterday, myself, because I didn't do diddly squat. :bounce: I needed to clean this crazy apartment of ours but, of course, I procrastinated enough all day that it didn't get done. Typical. :rofl: Here's hoping that the upcoming week is an easy one for all of us!

Song Of The Day: "A Better Man" by Clint Black

[ScreamingMeemie]

1. Good Morning Clintmax!

I have to take the ornaments down today and put the house in order...in case we list it. Please don't clean to hard. We'd miss you and you might hurt yourself. :hug:

[Clintmax]

3. Hello, Mrs. G!

:hi:
LOL! And I certainly wouldn't want to hurt myself now would I? Good luck getting everything down! So I'm guessing you've decided to go with the house you posted pictures of the other day then?

[ScreamingMeemie]

5. If they'll have us!

On second visit, it really is an amazing house for all of its bland exterior. The entire thing is wired to be a Smarthouse. :hi:

[Clintmax]

9. A smarthouse!

Wow! I didn't know THAT! That's exciting! As far as the "bland" exterior goes, that is always something you can change if you decide to go ahead with it. Good luck with it, Mrs. G! If you decide you want it, I hope you get it!

[ScreamingMeemie]

26. We didn't know it either, until we went through again...looking closer

this time and MrG noticed all the Cat5 wiring and infrared and such. All of the stuff is there to hook it up. The other amazing thing is that there is extra drywall and flooring (hardwood and ceramic) to finish the bonus room and basement. If we could get this house it would be amazing.

[Clintmax]

29. That's great!

I wish you the best, Mrs. G! There is so much you could do with the house it seems!

[tjwmason]

2. Good morning Clint.

:hi:

Glad to hear that all's well with you, and that you did nothing yesterday :bounce:

At the moment we've got Marche Pontificale from Organ Symphony No. 1 by Charles-Marie Widor in T.J.land.

:hug:

[Clintmax]

4. Hello, TJ!

:hi::hug:
It's good to see you again! I've always found organ music to be rather depressing or scary. :shrug: I hope Marche Pontificale isn't because you need something upbeat there at work!

[tjwmason]

6. I'm nigh on adicted to the stuff.

Especially modern French :bounce:

I wouldn't call it up-beat, but it helps me work dramatically.

Are you at work later?

[Clintmax]

10. Work...yes.

I have to be at the store at noon o'clock.

[tjwmason]

12. Life at the grind-stone never ends.

But it seems like you do enjoy your work (lunatic customers aside), which is always a good thing.

[Clintmax]

16. I enjoy it most of the time.

There have been times that made me think I should change jobs entirely. You know how that is.

[tjwmason]

20. I think that every single job on the planet has those moments.

But my attitude is if you can travel to work with a smile, and leave with one most of the time then you're in the right place.

Organ's gone for the moment, switched to a capella voice (without instrumental accompaniment) - quite quite gorgeous.

[Clintmax]

23. I love a capella too.

It's like everything else though...some of it is good, some not so good.

[tjwmason]

33. As with everything.

This is gorgeous - it's Thomas Tallis who is one of the top 4 English composers ever (i.m.o.), also to my mind one of about 6 giants of the renaissance.

[Clintmax]

34. Hmmm...

I'll have to pull him up on Rhapsody and give it a listen. Has it been an easy Monday for you so far?

[tjwmason]

54. If you can find it - his ultimate is "Spem in Alium"

Which is for 40 voices and is very much a :wow: piece.

[Clintmax]

58. 40 voices!

Holey Moley! I'll see if I can find it.

[tjwmason]

64. It is quite something.

I've got absolutely no idea how a composer could even begin a work like that.

[Clintmax]

67. Me neither.

But then again, I have no idea how any of them do it. I'll leave the writing of the music to the professionals and I'll just concentrate on the listening part. :rofl:

[tjwmason]

68. It's one thing that I'd really love to be able to do.

But there seem to have been plenty of folk who could write bloody excellent music over the years, so I'm happy to listen to their work too.

[swimboy]

38. *sigh*

Tallis.


A very good morning to you, sir! :hug: How was your time in Oxford?

[tjwmason]

49. Good morning swimboy.

:hug:

I had a most charming time in Oxford, plenty of gossip and good wine - la vie est belle.

Did you have a good week-end? I certainly hope so.

I assume that you like Tallis......



P.S. Call me 'sir' and you can get anything out of me. :evilgrin:

[In_The_Wind]

7. Mornin Clint!

I was going to clean my office this weekend because I needed to find some important papers.
But they were in my filing cabinet so the cleaning emergency was called off.

[Clintmax]

8. Morning, Miss Joan!

:hi::hug:
That's good! I hate cleaning emergency's...but love it when they get called off! :rofl: You doing OK today?

[In_The_Wind]

11. I'm looking forward to a great day.

I'll copy those papers, drop them off at my doctor's office. I'm sure it'll be enough for him to document my disability for the bank. Sheesh - banks ask a whole lot of personal questions.

[Clintmax]

21. Yes, they want to know all the intimate details.

I hate banks. :grr:

[In_The_Wind]

60. I'll be glad when the next two months are behind me.

In addition to installing a wood stove we are:
Laying a wood floor in the living room which will complete the job of covering over an old indoor pool.
And finishing our mud room/entryway to the new living room. I think this floor should be Bluestone. The walls are still at the sheetrock and tape stage but I do have a beautiful new front door (which still needs painting).

[Clintmax]

63. Remodeling is a taxing process, that's for sure.

All one has to do is watch HGTV and you can tell THAT. :rofl: I'm sure you'll be glad when it's all complete.

[In_The_Wind]

65. I packed my parrot and ran away from home ...

After I spent the summer renovating two bathrooms and replacing the heating and air conditioning system.

I'm tired of cleaning up sawdust. I really would like look at the finished job someday.

[Clintmax]

66. I bet so!

And it will all get done. Hopefully sooner than later.

[MissHoneychurch]

13. Good morning Clintmax

I was hiding in my apt the last few days, getting over a dissappointment in love and cursing my jaw joint. Both are better now :)

[Clintmax]

14. Hello, Miss Honey!

:hi::hug:
I'm glad you're doing better! And I'm VERY happy to see you again! :bounce:

[MissHoneychurch]

15. I am happy to be back on track myself

I just hope the first week of the year isn't an indicator how the rest of the year is going to be.

[Clintmax]

19. I hope so too!

I'm sorry you've had so much trouble, my dear. :hug: If you want to talk about it, I'm here.

[MissHoneychurch]

25. thanks Clintmax

but I think I whined enough about my jaw joint and the other thing .... let's just say MrWonderful decided to kick himself out of my life. He played with my feelings and I am not in the mood to be played by anyone.

[Clintmax]

28. Good Gods.

:grr:
I was hoping he wouldn't be that way. I'm so sorry, Miss Honey. :hug:

[MissHoneychurch]

30. He was and is

he played a game with me New Years Eve, telling me he couldn't come for bullshit reasons. I told him to either come or stay away alltogether. So he showed up for an hour, told me he loves me and left because his kid had to go to the hospital. Promised me I could come to his place the next day. Haven't heard from him since.
So I spent New Year alone, watching Ally McBeal on DVD. Didn't actually mind being alone that night. Didn't bother me as much as I was afraid it would.

[Clintmax]

32. That was nothing but mean of him.

:grr::mad:
I'm so very sorry, my dear. You don't deserve to be treated that way. :hug:

[MissHoneychurch]

36. I don't deserve it and I don't take it anymore

Saturday I met with another guy. The one I had a date already in December with. But that will go nowhere either because I have no feelings whatsoever for this man. He is nice, staying in contact, it is interesting to talk with him. But I don't feel anything. Have to tell him still.
It really sucks. The men I am interested in don't want me, the ones who are interested in me, I don't want.

[Clintmax]

40. I know. That's a common problem.

It surely does suck. :loveya: It was the same way with me until I met Greekspeak. For the longest time, I thought I was going to be alone my whole life. Until one day...*KA-WHAM!* Love at first sight.

[MissHoneychurch]

45. Oh, I am not giving up yet

and I wouldn't say I am desperate. But it is all so confusing.

[Clintmax]

53. Confusing, yes absolutely.

You're a lovely lady, Miss Honey and I'm sure one day you will turn around and there he'll be. And all of a sudden...

[MissHoneychurch]

55. Thank you Clintmax

I know why I missed you so much :hug:

[Clintmax]

57. I missed you too!

:hug:
I'll always be here, my dear.

[MissHoneychurch]

59. And I surely appreciate it

:hug: :loveya:

[Clintmax]

62. My pleasure!

:hug::loveya:

[Mutley]

17. Morning Clint!

We're off to the federal building today to apply for passports. x( I know I'll be there all day. But that's okay, the moody SO is coming with me. I haven't heard that song from Clint Black, but I've heard a song called "A Better Man" by Pearl Jam. Same song?

[Clintmax]

18. Hello, Miss Mutley!

:hi::hug:
When Greekspeak and I went to get our passports so we could go to Rome, we went to the main post office here in Tallahassee and we got right in! We even had them take our pictures for us. Of course, you have to wait for it to come in the mail, but they got to us in plenty of time. You shouldn't have to wait there all day.

No, the Pearl Jam song is a totally different "Better Man".

[Mutley]

22. I hope you're right.

I've never actually had to go in the federal building, but I know there are always a ton of people waiting outside right before they open. Hopefully they're not all there for their passports. :D

[Clintmax]

24. You may have better luck at the main post office.

Or is it in the federal building too?

[Mutley]

27. No. I may try that.

Though the SO needs to get a copy of his naturalization certificate to apply for the passport. I think he needs to go to the federal building for that. :rofl:

[Clintmax]

31. Oh, well then yes, you're going to have to go there.

Hopefully, it won't take you all day. Be sure to take YOUR birth certificate. They have to know you were born, don't you know. So where are you going?

[Mutley]

46. Ireland.

I can't wait! :bounce:

[Clintmax]

50. Ooooo! Ireland!

I wanna go there too! Australia, Ireland, Greece...then back to Rome! :woohoo:

[Mutley]

73. I want to go to all those places.

But if I could only leave the country once in my life, it'd be to Ireland. :D

[swimboy]

35. Hello there, Studley!

:hi: I'm glad you had a day for relaxing. I think you deserve a few. :hug: I just got back from swimming this morning and I'm sporting a lobster-red complexion from the steam room. I may not make that a regular part of my week.

We went to see Brokeback Mountain yesterday. It is selling out in Richmond, Virginia! We got the last tickets to the 4:00 showing. It was well worth seeing.

I hope this week is good to us all! :loveya:

[Clintmax]

37. Hello, Swimboy!

:hi::loveya:
I want to see it SO bad! Is it depressing? I hear there are some pretty sexy love scenes in it too, is that true?

I hope it's a good week for all of us too!

[swimboy]

41. I hope you can see it.

There are some stirring moments. It is sad, but not gratuitously. I won't say too much, but the sad parts are important too.

[Clintmax]

43. I hope I can see it too!

No comment on the love scenes, huh? :rofl: Now I'm even MORE curious about it!

[swimboy]

48. I did comment.

I found them "stirring"

If someone had told me they were going to let me see Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger make out with each other, I wouldn't have believed it.

Now I'm a believer! :rofl:

[Clintmax]

52. LOL!

I bet that WAS exciting! :rofl:

[MissHoneychurch]

51. Hello swimboy

how is your start in the new week?

:hi:

[swimboy]

70. Hello, hello, MissHoneychurch!

:hi: Finally I am back where I was hours ago trying to answer your message that I was so happy to get! :hug: My week is off to a good start. I went swimming this morning (I have to defend my good name!) and no-one has bothered me much at work yet. That could change any moment.

I really like the picture you posted last week. Someone else made note of the mischief in your eyes!

Heidi sent me a ravishing recipe for Cinnamon Rolls that I want to make when I have recovered from eating all the Christmas goodies I enjoyed last month.

It is good to see you around! :pals:

[MissHoneychurch]

72. My aunt made a lot of cookies for Christmas

all different kinds of. Since I am not a big fan of cookies or sweets at all, I am going to give my ration to my mom and she can take it to her company. There are a lot of happy eaters.
Now, if you gonna put ice cream in front of me that is a totally different question :9

Thanks for the compliment. I guess I can get mischievious in between.

[newyawker99]

39. Good morning everyone!

:donut: :hi:

[Clintmax]

42. Hello, hello, Miss New Yawker!

:hi::loveya:

[newyawker99]

56. Hey!

:loveya: :hi:

[Clintmax]

61. I hope you had a fantastic weekend!

I just hope the upcoming week is an easy one, but I have a feeling it isn't. It's time to get ready for inventory at my store.

[Callalily]

44. Mornin' Clint

Glad you took a day for yourself. One needs to do that to recoup, to get regenerated again.
My weekend was great, but as usual just too short.
Wishing all a great Monday!

[Clintmax]

47. Hello, SimplyF!

:hi:
Weekends are NEVER long enough. Neither are vacations. I got to take a two week vacation and THAT actually felt like a vacation.

[AirmensMom]

69. Good morning, Clintmax!

:donut: :hi: :hug:

I slept in today ... did I miss you?

[lizziegrace]

71. Morning Clintmax!

I'm cranky today. Neighbor's dog (I'm in a duplex) barked for over an hour when I was trying to get to sleep. Then the insomnia kicked in.

The good news? I have an interview today. Pay's not great but it'll do.

:hi: