Good Tuesday Morning, Everyone!

[Clintmax]

:donut::hi:
Welcome to the Early Morning Crew! I hope you had a great night and are ready to get this day started with me! I slept well, but I didn't want to get out of bed. I was so comfortable.

Today is another day off work for me, so I have a couple of errands to run and then, I'm heading to the theater again to see Brokeback for a second time! I can't wait!

Song Of The Day: "These Arms" by All-4-One

[AtomicKitten]

1. Good morning and good night!

I wish you could can and distribute your early morning exuberance. It would go well with coffee.

Off to bed.

Have a wonderful day.

[Clintmax]

3. Morning, Miss Kitten!

:hi:
Thank you for your nice words, my dear! Have a good rest! :hug:

[AirmensMom]

2. Good morning, Clintmax!

:donut: :hi: :hug:

Good to see you! We're home, safe and sound. I have to spend the day cleaning the house ... my brother is a good pet sitter, but a horrible housekeeper. Just a few more days till it goes on the market. Lots of excitement around here.
:bounce:

Glad you have a day off! I hope you enjoy the Brokeback again. :)

[Clintmax]

6. Morning, Miss Airmens!

:hi::hug:
It's good to see you too, my dear! I'm glad you made it safe and sound back home too, even though it was to a messy house. x( I'm excited for you too, what with your house going on the market and the new land...I'm sure you're fairly bursting from it all! I know I would be!

I'm happy you're here with me this morning!:bounce:

[AirmensMom]

15. I'm happy to be here!

:bounce:

The kitties are all happy to have us home, too. I slept well last night, so I got up early and waited for you. I'm not exactly excited to get my day started, but I will be glad at the end of it to have all my work done.

harleydad is working on getting everything lined up for the new land and house (surveys, builder, etc.) and I get to take care of this one, get a rental, and hire the movers. Only ... I can't do much until the house sells. We saw a house in the paper the other day that looked good. I could call and say, "Hello, we're moving to TN and need to rent a house. But we don't have a clue when we're coming up. Can you hold it until then? Oh, and we don't know how many months we'll need it, either." Then, to the movers: "Well, yeah, we'll be moving within 90 days if we get lucky and the house sells. Can we schedule the move now?" What do you think?
:rofl:

My ISP is slow this morning, so it may be tomorrow before this actually posts. x( Oh, speaking of ISP -- we'll be going back to Adelphia cable in TN. How funny is that! I fired them for bad service. They'll probably groan when they see our names on an account again.

[Clintmax]

22. LOL! Too funny!

At the same time...sounds like a daunting task to get everything lined up in its proper sequence. I've never heard of Adelphia Cable. I'm sorry you have to go back to them. I wish cable companies had competition in the cities. I'm convinced that Comcast would change for the better if they were competing for business with another provider...Mediacom for example.

[AirmensMom]

29. Last time, we had a relo company.

They lined up all the ducks for us. Yes, it's daunting, but it's easier to see it as a lot of little tasks to check off. Looking at the whole thing can be discouraging.

It's a BIG deal that we found land. We thought it would be the easy part, but we drove around for 3 days with the realtor and looked at land we couldn't believe they wanted money for! In TN, "sloping" means almost vertical ... impossible to walk up the hill, much less build a house on it. We quickly learned to look for "rolling". Oh, and one "flat" place was about 50 feet straight down from the road. The owners wanted to be there at one place we looked at (BAD mistake on their part). They were making a big deal about the wonderful view and I kept looking for that "wonderful" view. There was the side of a hill in one direction if you looked up. But down by the road were a lot full of junk cars and a couple rusty, broken down trailers. Finally, harleydad said, "I've seen all I need to" and we went to the next one. Moving is so much fun.

The kids have a different cable company and they don't like them, either. Adelphia is all that's available to us here and we're stuck with them for TV b/c that's what our homeowner's association provides with our ridiculously high dues. I thought Comcast was buying them, but maybe I'm remembering wrong. Yes, some competition would be good.

I'm getting lazier by the minute ... feel more like a nap than getting dressed and cleaning house.

[Clintmax]

32. I know THAT feeling...

I REALLY need to clean up around this place too, but I look at it and think; "Ugh!" I never thought finding land would be an easy part of the process...you have to have just the right location, size, etc. But, at least you found it and now the process can begin, huh?

[AirmensMom]

38. OK, so here's the plan ...

Nap first, THEN get dressed and clean the house. Sort of a do-over since I got up so early. :)

Better get started before the day slips away. Thanks for spending time with me this morning. It's great to see you again. Have a wonderful day off today!

:hug: :hi:

[Clintmax]

46. Sounds like a good plan!

I'm glad you DID get up early so you could spend some of your morning with me! Have a nice nap, and I'll talk to you later! :hug:

[tjwmason]

4. Good morning Clint.

:hi:

Don't blame you for not wanting to get out of bed at 5 this morning - it was difficult enough for me at about quarter past eight.

Arthur Sullivan (he was the composer half of G.&S. but this is his "serious" stuff) is playing at the moment - it's ultra-trashy and twee, but also jolly good fun.

:hug:

[Clintmax]

7. Hail, TJ!

:hi::hug:
Good to see you today! It sounds like you are in a good mood. I'm glad that you're having jolly good fun with Mr. Sullivan...I'm sure it makes the day go by a little better.

[tjwmason]

9. My mood's not too bad at all.

:bounce:

Technically he's not Mr. Sullivan - but rather Sir Arthur Sullivan. But he certainly does make the day pass much better - of course, seeing you here boosted me enormously as well (especially thinking of you as a cowboy :D ).

[Clintmax]

12. I'm glad I can boost your day!

You always boost mine too! I guess I'll always be a cowboy at heart. I still think back to those days when I was a competition dancer (country & western of course) and all the rodeos...the bulls, horses, cows...fond memories, TJ...fond memories.

[tjwmason]

20. Sounds like great fun.

It's a whole culture which doesn't exist over here - except for a small minority who do line-dancing.

Why did you leave it all behind?

We've got onto a wonderful piece now - I want it sung at my funeral (by the graveside, not the Mass in Church) "Brother thou art gone before us".

[Clintmax]

23. Why did I leave it?

I don't know...when my instructor discovered I could DJ the competitions, he put me to doing that instead of dancing, I got a little tired of country music...They kept pressuring me to be a bull rider at the rodeo and I had absolutely NO interest in THAT...

[tjwmason]

27. I suppose that nothing lasts for ever.

As long as you're happy where you are now.

Oh, I've got a bone to pick with you. You didn't tell us that you'd passed 6,000 posts. :spank:

[Clintmax]

28. I know nothing lasts forever, but...

after seeing Brokeback Mountain, I yearn for those days again. Yes, I thought I mentioned it in one of my threads that I passed 6000...maybe you just didn't see it. I can't believe I'm already past that far! Time flies, my friend, and so does your post count when you aren't looking. :rofl:

[tjwmason]

31. I can understand why it speaks to you so much.

The first 1000 seemed to take for ever, now the numbers just fly past...

I still think back very fondly to my university days and I wish I was back - but one can never recreate the past (I may indeed go back, but post-grad life is very different).

[Clintmax]

34. Reminicing...

I have a smile on my face think about the past with you, TJ. When you get to see the movie, you'll see what it was like for me back then...always on a horse, at the rodeo or dancing in a competition.

[tjwmason]

48. I've only ridden a horse once.

It's something I'd love to learn properly. There are loads of stables round here, I should really look into getting lessons.

[Clintmax]

52. Yes...it's not difficult...

there are different ways to control a horse with the reins, so you would just need some practice, and you'd be fine! They are wonderful animals, horses! I was on a stallion once who hadn't been ridden in a while and wasn't particularly keen on having a saddle put on his back and he kept trying to move out of the way. :rofl: Once I got him all saddled up and got on him, he wanted to run. He didn't buck or anything, but he was hard to control for while. It was exciting.

[tjwmason]

58. It certainly looks exhilarating.

Plus, the countryside round here is gorgeous and I can't think of a better way to view it than from a horse.

[Clintmax]

59. True enough!

I haven't been on a horse in FOREVER. I miss it too.

[tjwmason]

61. I'd guess you could jump straight onto a horse

and ride without having forgotten any of it.

[Clintmax]

62. Yes, I could.

And I would love it too!

[Fox Mulder]

5. Hola!

I'm heading to bed myself in about a 1/2 hour because I have to work tonight at 10 pm...just thought I'd send a quick hello and have a good one!

[Clintmax]

8. Heya, FoxM!

:hi:
Nice to see you today! The star looks especially good on you! :bounce: When you DO go to bed, I hope you have a good rest!

[NMMNG]

10. Good morning Clint!

I got home yesterday morning to find out the washing machine was on the fritz. Again. :mad: Now I have to deal with getting it repaired, and doing my wash at the laundromat until it is repaired.


However, I did discover my local theater is finally showing Brokeback Mountain, so my roomie and I will be going to see it tomorrow night. :woohoo:

[Clintmax]

13. Morning, Miss Buffy!

:hi::hug:
Sorry about your washing machine. I know appliances are nice until they break and you have to spend money to get them going again. x( That's just another reason I prefer going to the laundromat to do laundry. Plus, I can get it all done in one fatal swoop.

You are absolutely going to LOVE Brokeback! :bounce: I can't wait to hear what you thought! :woohoo:

[NMMNG]

17. The washing machine, it appears, is a bit of a lemon

This makes the third (or is it the fourth) time I've had to have it fixed. Fortunately I have the extended warranty plan so it's covered, albeit not exactly for free. Nonetheless, the cost of the extended warranty was less than all of the service visits and parts would have added up to.

I'll be sure to let you know what I think of the movie. :thumbsup:

[Clintmax]

18. You know...I always get those service warrantys too.

They've saved my ass on MORE than one occasion! Is it the same thing going bad each time? If so, see if there is a "Lemon" clause in your warranty...you may be entitled to a new machine.

Once Mutley sees the movie, we're going to start a "What's your favorite Brokeback Mountain" scene...it's going to be a LOT of fun! :bounce:

[MissHoneychurch]

11. Good morning

:hi:

sunny and cold here.

But doing just fine. If I am not wrong a friend of mine is on his way back from the Iraq :bounce:

[Clintmax]

14. Good Morning, Miss Honey!

:hi::hug:
I'm glad to see you this morning! It wouldn't be the same without you! I'm SO happy to hear your friend is coming home from Iraq! :bounce:

[MissHoneychurch]

16. Me too

AND he is coming to Germany for a visit next month. I haven't seen him since begin of 2004. We are in email and YM contact most of the time. I can't wait to see him again.

[Clintmax]

24. That's wonderful!

It will be great to see him again, I'm sure! :bounce:

[MissHoneychurch]

30. Oh definitely

I look forward to see him again. We gonna have a lot of fun.

[Clintmax]

39. I'm sure you will!

Is he coming back for good or is this just a leave for a short while?

[MissHoneychurch]

54. he finished his second tour

maybe he has to go again in a year or two. I don't know. But for now it is for good.

[Clintmax]

56. That's wonderful!

Hopefully, he won't have to go back EVER! *crosses fingers*

[MissHoneychurch]

57. I hope so too

but I have the bad feeling that as long as * is your pResident the war in the Iraq will continue. That means my friend might have to go back again.

[Clintmax]

60. Don't remind me.

x( I think you're right though...as long as chimpyboy is the president, we'll be in Iraq. I keep hoping he'll come to his senses and get us out of there. :shrug:

[MissHoneychurch]

63. excuse me for a second

while I laugh hysterically <--- those tears are out of frustration and ... (I can't think of the word right now)

* and common sense ain't on the same page. Not in a thousand years.

[Clintmax]

65. I know, I know...

but I can hope can't I? :rofl:

[MissHoneychurch]

67. yes you can

I hope also.

But is it really hope or is it actually a dream???

[Clintmax]

68. It's a dream...and one that won't come true I'm afraid...

:rofl:

[MissHoneychurch]

71. or the recent situation

is the nightmare one wants to wake up from and can't


THE DREAM SONG
(Written by Joan Baez and Ron Davies)

I had a dream I was following a barefoot girl
Beside a stream that flowed around the world
And we spoke of many things though her mouth never moved
As the most peculiar scenes were disappearing into view

Oh what a dream beyond the realm of why
Pretty little beings beneath the yawning sky
Speaking of God as though they could define
Music to the deaf and color to the blind or God to man

And then the leaves became a thousand tears
And I was on my knees in a crazy house of mirrors
I couldn't find my face but a voice was drawing nearer
Hush baby, sweet baby, hush don't you cry

And I thought I woke and my mother was standing there
And my heart broke as the ribbons in her hair
Turned into highways surrounded and swirled
Like a crown come down around a not so perfect world

In the corner of the dream was the man with the blue guitar
It had no strings but the music touched the stars
And his long dark curls turned to gold before my eyes
And the barefoot girl smiled off to the side and it was real

Then a thousand birds took flight with a joyful noise
And I heard the angels up on high rejoice
I could see my face and I recognized the voice
Hush baby, sweet baby, hush baby hush

It's just a dream, one of those that goes on and on
Scene after scene with the rhythm of a gypsy song
When I really woke I was frozen in between
I didn't know who I was, it was a dream inside a dream

It's all a dream
Oh what a dream
I had a dream

[Clintmax]

72. Yep, you got it!

Perfect lyrics too! :bounce:

[MissHoneychurch]

73. I love this song

but then I enjoy the music by Joan Baez anyway a lot

One of my favorites as well by her

Ballad of Sacco and Vanzetti, Pt. 2 Lyrics
(Lyrics by Joan Baez, Music by Ennio Morricone)

Father, yes, I am a prisoner
Fear not to relay my crime
The crime is loving the forsaken
Only silence is shame

And now I'll tell you what's against us
An art that's lived for centuries
Go through the years and you will find
What's blackened all of history
Against us is the law
With its immensity of strength and power
Against us is the law!
Police know how to make a man
A guilty or an innocent
Against us is the power of police!
The shameless lies that men have told
Will ever more be paid in gold
Against us is the power of the gold!
Against us is racial hatred
And the simple fact that we are poor

My father dear, I am a prisoner
Don't be ashamed to tell my crime
The crime of love and brotherhood
And only silence is shame

With me I have my love, my innocence,
The workers, and the poor
For all of this I'm safe and strong
And hope is mine
Rebellion, revolution don't need dollars
They need this instead
Imagination, suffering, light and love
And care for every human being
You never steal, you never kill
You are a part of hope and life
The revolution goes from man to man
And heart to heart
And I sense when I look at the stars
That we are children of life
Death is small

[Clintmax]

74. I'm not sure I've ever heard that song.

I'll have to pull it up on Rhapsody and give it a listen.

[MissHoneychurch]

75. do that

and let me know how you like it.

[Clintmax]

76. I sure will!

I'm always up for hearing good songs I've never heard!

[MissHoneychurch]

77. you see

I listen to a lot of different music :)

[Clintmax]

78. So do I.

We're a pair, you and I, Miss Honey! :hug:

[MissHoneychurch]

79. we sure are

:hug:

now tell me then why

a) you are in Florida

and b) you are gay??












j/k I love you just the way you are and you know that :hug:

[Clintmax]

80. Life throws little curves at us...

I don't know why. The good thing is...we found each other here on DU, so that's all that matters! :hug:

[MissHoneychurch]

81. isn't that the truth

and under so many DU members we found each other :hug:

[Clintmax]

82. Absolutely!

And I'm happy to call you friend, Miss Honey! :hug:

[MissHoneychurch]

83. and I am more than happy to call you the same

:hug:


becoming a member of DU was one of my better ideas in my life :)


btw, end of this month is kinda of my anniversery. I became a member of DU under the name of ffm172. Changed it to MissHoneychurch May 1st.

[Clintmax]

85. Well, happy anniversary!

:bounce::party:
I'll be happy to share it with you when the day actually arrives! I'm off now to get some things done! I'll talk to you tomrrow, my dear! :hug:

[MissHoneychurch]

86. we sure will

enjoy your day off and enjoy "Brokeback Mountain" once again. I bet it will get to your DVD collection once it comes out :)

:hug:

[newyawker99]

19. Good morning everyone!

:donut: :hi:

[Clintmax]

25. Morning, Miss NewYawker!

:hi:
I hope you're doing fantastically!

[newyawker99]

64. Yes, and I hope you are doing fantastically too.

:hi:

[Clintmax]

66. I certainly am!

Did you see the picture I posted yesterday of my cowboy days?

[Robeson]

21. Morning Clintmax!.....

...glad all is well!....:hi:

[Clintmax]

26. Hail, Robeson!

:hi:
Thank you! I hope you're doing well and having fun too!

[SeattleGirl]

33. Morning Clintmax!

:loveya:

[Clintmax]

35. MISS SEATTLE!

:bounce::hi::loveya:
How have ya been, my dear?! I've missed you!

[SeattleGirl]

42. I'm good!

Nice to see you, dear!!!! :loveya:

[Clintmax]

44. I'm glad to see you too!

Do you want to go see Brokeback Mountain with me today?

[GalleryGod]

40. Don't you folks, Sleep ?

:shrug:

[SeattleGirl]

47. Oh, now and then

Actually, I did jusr sleep for awhile. Now, I'm back for more fun!:bounce:

[ScreamingMeemie]

36. Good Morning Clintmax!

It's garbage day here...so I'm throwing out half the house. I've been on a "kick" lately. Hope your day goes wonderfully well for you. :hi:

[Clintmax]

41. Hello, MrsG!

:hi:
You're throwing out half the house, huh? :rofl: I get on those kicks sometimes too, but Greekspeak likes to keep everything, so I have to be careful what I get rid of! I hope you have a great day too, my dear!

[GalleryGod]

37. Hi,Clint !

:hangover: :donut:

[Clintmax]

43. Hello, GGod!

:hi:
Time to get up and around! :bounce::bounce:

[GalleryGod]

50. Off to pollute young minds......

If I can on-ly get through today's:hangover: schedule !?!

[Clintmax]

55. *smile* Oh, I'm sure you can!

You have an important job, and I love you for doing it! :hug:

[Callalily]

45. Good morning Clint!

I woke up in a good mood too. Lots of things to accomplish today at work, and I'm definitely ready for it.
Glad to hear that you've got the day off. I still haven't seen Brokeback, but plan to as soon as it comes to my area. And you get to see it twice!
It's exceedingly windy here today, wind advisories until 9 p.m. My poor little car will be blowing all over the road.

[Clintmax]

49. Morning, Miss Fugue!

I'm glad you're all chipper and ready to get the day started! Once you get to see the movie, check in with me or Miss Mutley...we're going to start a "What's your favorite Brokeback Mountain scene" thread! Be careful driving today with all that wind, you hear?

[billyskank]

51. Hi Clint!

:hi:

[Clintmax]

53. Hail, Billy!

:hi:
I hope you're having a great day so far!

[redwitch]

69. good morning!

I wish I felt as chipper as you! I slept badly (again!) but I hope to be home early today and will take a yummy nap if I can. You have a great day and enjoy your movie! :hi:

[Clintmax]

70. Good morning, Redwitch!

:hi:
Sorry to hear you didnt' sleep well. That happens to the best of us, let me tell ya. I hope you have a great day also!

[Clintmax]

84. Time to get some things done, Everybody!

Thank you everyone for sharing my morning with me today! I'll see you again, same time same place tomorrow! Take care of yourselves! :hi:

Clint