Good morning Lounge

[MissHoneychurch]

How are you today? How was your weekend?

Saturday I worked and after I was done at 10.30pm I went to a friend and had a drink with her and a couple of other friends. They were so kind to wait for me :)

Yesterday I .... uh ... slept. Yup, I slept almost the whole day. Guess my body needed the rest. BUT!!! I did finally unload my last box from the move :woohoo: and now my working room is now in order. Don't ask about the drawers though :hide:

I will work this evening again and Thursday evening. I will be off this coming weekend because my mom is coming for a visit. My grandma won't come, the weather is too humid for her.
WARNING: That also means I won't be posting my "Good morning" thread on Friday AND Monday!!!!!!

Picture of the Day

[Heidi]

1. Good morning, Miss Honeychurch!

Just wanted to tell you how much I appreciate your "Good morning" threads. :hug:

:yourock:

[MissHoneychurch]

5. Good morning Heidi

:blush:

Thank you!!! It is good to see that people enjoy my threads. :hug:

[jeff30997]

2. Good morning MissHoneychurch !

I'm so glad that you took time to recharge you battery! :bounce:

Beautiful picture ! What flower is it ?

[MissHoneychurch]

6. Good morning Jeff

:hi: :hug: :loveya:

How are you doing?

That is a rose, silly :D

[jeff30997]

7. D'oh !

From that angle I didn't recognize it!:blush:

I'm reading a good novel.Less computer for me lately.
Have a great day my dear! :hug:

[MissHoneychurch]

9. What book are you reading?

one of the ones I suggested? :D

[jeff30997]

10. Yes one of those.

:blush: Lol! I'm so evil! :hi:

[MissHoneychurch]

11. Which one?

Details please

[Tobin S.]

3. Mornin' Miss H

I had a date on Saturday night. I called her the next day and she still sounds interested so I guess I did alright. It will be the first time I've had 2 dates with the same person since I started this internet dating deal. The problem before now has been a lack of honesty. From the way they look to how old they are to what they are really after to married people to outright prostitution; the problems were endless. This one seems like the real deal.

[MissHoneychurch]

Good morning Tobin

:hi: :hug: :loveya:

YAY!!! Good for you!!! I wish you the best of luck.

I stay honest in my online dating profile. Lying comes out in the end, so why bother. I am an honest person anyway.

[auntAgonist]

4. good morning MissHoneyChurch!

Just getting ready to leave for work here. I'm glad you got some rest :)

Have a great day.

aA
kesha

[MissHoneychurch]

12. Good morning aunt Agonist

:hi: :hug:

I wish you a good day!!!!

I am glad too that I got some rest.
Good thing I come home before my bedtime tonight. But all that I will do is shower and then go to bed.

[cwydro]

8. Hello Miss Honeychurch!

:loveya: :hi: :hug:

Here I am at work, just as I am every early Monday morning. Dealing with computer problems and an employee who says he's sick.

Glad you had a (at least halfway) restful weekend.

[MissHoneychurch]

13. Good morning cwydro

:hi: :hug: :loveya:

Oh ... that sounds like a great start into the week ... NOT!! I hope you have solved the computer problems by now and the sick employee either left or is working nevertheless. :hug:

Next weekend I will be able to rest. OK, my mom will be here, but I know we will take it easy and enjoy the weekend.

[cwydro]

14. Ok, our 6:25 is already in the air now

and the 6:35 is doing runups so we are good to go.

The sick employee is hanging in for now.

I expect he will leave early though, because another supervisor is coming to take my place around 11 so I can go to some required training. He doesn't like that supervisor and I suspect this is the cause of his "illness", lol.

I'm sure you are looking forward to your mom's visit. Mine left here on Saturday and is back safely.

[MissHoneychurch]

16. Ahh ....

that kind of "illness" :rofl:

Yes, I look forward to it. And I took Friday off so that I can do some final cleaning before she comes :) Don't know yet what we will do but there is an exhibition about Islamic ornamentic, we might go there.

[cwydro]

17. Ooh, that sounds cool

my mom would love that.

Yes, apparently I did not do enough "cleaning" before my mom got here. As usual, now I can't find anything, because she has "put things away".

This happens every time.:rofl: x(

[MissHoneychurch]

19. Fortunately

my mom isn't doing that. :) But I try to get my apartment in order when she comes. No need for snappy comments.

[cwydro]

22. Lol,

usually my mom does not comment - she just waits till I am out of the house and starts her "putting away".

We did talk about a trip in the fall and she is interested in doing that, so I'm hoping that will come to pass.

I was wondering...in the news today here they report that Germany has charged Demjanjuk with over 27,000 counts of accessory to murder. Is that getting converage over there as well? I think they have him in Munich.

[MissHoneychurch]

23. Oh goodie

:bounce:

Yes, the (pre-)trial gets coverage here too. I just posted a link in the Jewish Group.

[cwydro]

26. Oh, I'll go check it out.

Geez, there are so many forums here that I never even visit.

Shame on me.

Yes, regarding the trip - most likely she would stay in England and I would take a trip over to Deutchland on my own. I need to start looking into different ways.

I don't think I have the nerve to go through that Chunnel. I like the ferries though.

[MissHoneychurch]

28. I never took the Tunnel

Went by ferries years ago. I can clearly say I prefer the plane :D

[cwydro]

32. Yes, I was thinking I might be able to do it that way.

I have to find out if there are any agreements with the airlines over there.

At any rate, I truly love trains...though I might arrive a little bedraggled looking, lol.

[MissHoneychurch]

33. I am sure

you will find the best way to come to Germany :D

[cwydro]

34. The best way or not.

I will get there.B-)

[MissHoneychurch]

36. Well I hope so

:D


HA!!! I am so proud of myself. Just found some books that were missing!! :woohoo:

[cwydro]

37. Yay for you!

My mom is upset because she started reading Cold Mountain while she was down here. But then she forgot it. She was right in the middle of it too, so I'll have to send it to her.

[MissHoneychurch]

39. Charlotte has a library

I am sure they have more than one copy :)

Movie is good, book is great.

[cwydro]

47. I agree; I loved the book.

The movie was good too, but not nearly as good as the book. It's often that way, I think.

Yes, you're right that Charlotte has great libraries and Mom is a frequent patron...unfortunately she forgot her carry-on bag as well, so I have to send that too!

I wasn't there at the house when she was getting ready; I had a friend to pick her up since I was at work. If I had been there, I would have made sure she had all her bits and pieces, lol.

[MissHoneychurch]

57. I remember

when I read "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil", I loved the book. When I saw the movie I was very disappointed.

[cwydro]

60. Oh yes! I loved that book too.

I need to reread that; it's been ages.

But you're right, that movie was a big disappointment.

Seems like we have the same taste.:D

edit for typo

[MissHoneychurch]

68. In some books and movies for sure

:D

But then there has to be a reason why we can chat so easily with each other :)

[cwydro]

74. Yes.

And I'm glad.:)

[MissHoneychurch]

77. Me too

I always find it interesting how you can tell by writing only if you like a person or not.

[cwydro]

79. My mom and I were talking about that.

How the world is really changing with people able to communicate with others in different countries with such ease. (I was telling her about my friend in Frankfurt):)

She was also commenting on the whole Twitter phenomenon during the recent Iranian unrest.

I have to admit I was surprised she even knew about Twitter. She always surprises me and actually accepted computers before I did.

[MissHoneychurch]

84. I heard of Twitter before the Iran

but that was the first time I really figured what it was all about. Not that I am going to twitter now. I don't think my life is interesting enough to let the whole world know about it. But I am glad the Iranian people were able to use it to form themselves.

[cwydro]

85. No, I have to draw the line at Twitter too.

There's a funny thread in GD this morning about Palin twittering.:rofl:

[SalmonChantedEvening]

15. Good Morning MissHoneychurch :)

:hi: :hug: :loveya: :pals:

I didn't sleep all day yesterday, but I tried. One trip to the stores and a walk out on the deck were as far as I got. After last week's fun and games a day going nowhere and doing nothing helped.

Now to get this shoulder settled. I pulled a muscle pushing my work car to the roadside when it broke down Monday. It makes playing just a little less fun. :rofl:


Gladyou got rest, we all need to stop and crash every now and then. :)

[MissHoneychurch]

18. Good morning SCE

:hi: :hug: :loveya:

You better not push any more cars around :hug:

Last week was a long week with a lot of work in my main job as well as in my second job. I think I deserved the crashing :)

[SalmonChantedEvening]

21. It was nice to know I still can.

:rofl:

Now that I know, I don't have to do it again. :D

Sad thing is, after getting all the work done on it, and hurting the shoulder, the car is still not fixed. :eyes:

[MissHoneychurch]

25. Men

:eyes:

[SalmonChantedEvening]

30. Guilty as charged.

:rofl:

7:30. Off I go. Have a great day! :hug: :loveya:

[MissHoneychurch]

31. Have a great day too

:hug: :loveya:

[Callalily]

20. Good morning MissH!

Very nice rose!

You certainly had quite the working weekend. Glad to hear that you could take time for rest.

And you'll have a grand time with your mom visiting.

:hi: :loveya: :hug:

[MissHoneychurch]

24. Good morning Callalily

:hi: :hug: :loveya:

How was the wine tasting trip?

[Callalily]

27. Well . . . we did go

up north but abandoned the wine tasting idea and decided to visit antique shops instead. I'm glad b/c most of the wineries up north make sweet wine and mostly from cherries which I don't like.

Did buy two really neat flower vases. Will take a pic and post tomorrow.

[MissHoneychurch]

29. I understand you

sweet wine isn't really my taste either. I prefer dry white wine.

Looking forward to the picture. Antique shops are fun. So much to explore and find.

[Callalily]

35. I agree, antique shops

are fun. It's always interesting to see what they sell and at what cost. Some stuff is just junk, and other stuff it kinda neat.

It's amazing to see stuff they sell that was used around my household when I was a kid.

[MissHoneychurch]

40. I am sure

I could leave a bunch of money in an antique shop. Good thing I am not going there. Second hand bookstores are evil enough.

[Callalily]

44. Oh yes, second-hand

book stores are very dangerous as are cooking supply stores for me! Can't seem to get enough kitchen gadgets! :rofl:

[Blue_Tires]

38. Good afternoon, MissHoneychurch

don't forget to watch the space shuttle launch if you're still up in 10 hours....

[MissHoneychurch]

41. Good morning Blue_Tires

:hi: :hug: :loveya:

That would be midnight my time. I probably will be going to bed at that time or am already in bed. Where is the shuttle launch from?

[Blue_Tires]

48. KSC- Eastern Time Zone

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kennedy_Space_Center

[MissHoneychurch]

63. Oh OK

thanks.

I've been to KSC years ago. During my first ever trip to the U.S. I was 17 years old and didn't speak any English. I went with my aunt and uncle. We rented a RV and travelled through Northern Florida for 3 weeks.

[Blue_Tires]

73. so when did you start to learn english?

how long did it take for you to speak it as well as you do now?

[MissHoneychurch]

75. I learned English in school

but was very bad in the class. Barely made it through the finals. Then I became a nanny near Charlotte, NC for about a year. After 3 months I started to be able to talk without using my dictionary for each word. After the year my English was good enough to be able to do internships in Glasgow (Scotland) and in Savannah, GA. Since then I read books in English, watch movies in English and also dated Americans. That all helped to get my English to where it is now.

[JonLP24]

42. Good morning

I had a pretty good weekend. Me and my mom ended up with 4 netflix movies this weekend when we normally just have 1 or 2. We get 3 out at a time but we got an extra one because One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest was shipped from California for some odd reason that I don't know.

It was all Tom Cruise and Jack Nicholson movies except for the Bonnie and Clyde movie my mom put on the list in which we both ended up not liking except she loved the movie when she was kid.

Let's see there was Cuckoos Nest starring Jack Nicholson. A Few Good Men starring Nicholson and Cruise, and War of the Worlds starring Tom Cruise as well as Dakota Fanning who is a very good child actor of this era.

War of the Worlds is an interesting movie about a giant robot martian invasion based on the HG Wells novel. Even though that movie was based on fiction and Bonnie and Clyde was a nonfiction movie, War of the Worlds seemed a lot more realistic. :silly:

[MissHoneychurch]

49. Good morning Jon

:hi: :hug: :loveya:

Sounds like you had a relaxing weekend with your mom :)

I am not a Tom Cruise fan. Only movie I liked him in was "Collateral" with Jamie Foxx.

Jack Nicholson did quite some good movies. Cuckoos Nest is a very disturbing movie.

[JonLP24]

55. I did

It really was an accident how we ended up with so many Cruise and Nicholson movies. We have a wide variety of choices on the list from many era though my mom has picked the older ones. I picked The Deer Hunter and that was a bad movie, I picked it solely based on the awards and it had a very good cast.

I picked A Few Good Men because I never seen it before and I wasn't disappointed and my mom picked War of the Worlds because she thought it was about the famous public reaction from the reading of the novel on the radio show but it was just a modernize version of the 1953 novel but nonetheless it was a pretty good flick.

I'm not much of a Tom Cruise fan myself but like just a few of his movies. My favorite has to be Collateral as well.

As far as Jack Nicholson I think he is a great actor. The Pledge has to be the best movie he was in despite it being underrated. That movie does not have a happy ending and it had me wishing it was even after hours watching it.

[MissHoneychurch]

67. I have a small DVD collection at home

but for some reason it always takes me some time till I watch a movie. I need to be in the mood for it. Sometimes I buy a movie and it lays around for some time till I watch it.

[blueraven95]

43. Good Afternoon, MissH!

Well, I'm back...but there's so much to do on my desk, that I might as well still be away. Hopefully I can clean it all up quickly.


The conference went pretty well - the problems that arose were mostly handled, so I think it was okay. I got home late Friday and slept all weekend, practically.

[MissHoneychurch]

50. Good morning blueraven

:hi: :hug: :loveya:

Are you sure you were at a conference and not on vacation? Your workload sure sounds like it.

[blueraven95]

59. I know!

I worked 89 hours last week, and this week looks bad too.

:hug:

[MissHoneychurch]

70. Are you getting paid

the overtime?

[blueraven95]

71. definitely!

time and a half. I should walk away with a pretty nice paycheck :-) too bad almost all of it is earmarked.

[MissHoneychurch]

78. At least something

I hope you can save at least some of the money.

I am looking forward to end of this month too. I get two paychecks from my second job since they didn't pay me last month. Ought to make a good paycheck too :D

[blueraven95]

80. I think the work is worth it if you get a good paycheck at the end of it.

I really did enjoy working the conference, even if the days were super long.



I can't tell you how tired I am now, though...

[MissHoneychurch]

82. Oh I can imagine

I know how tired I was Saturday night after 6 days of work.

I bet you can't wait for coming weekend. Maybe you can leave early at least one day this week. You need your rest.

[blueraven95]

89. I'm only moderately looking forward to the weekend.

my cousin is getting married on Sunday in Georgia, so we are driving down on Saturday, and coming back on Monday. (So I do get Monday off!) I think I'm probably going to take Tuesday off too, but I can't take anymore days off in July, because I have a huge project due at the end of July and every moment is going to be needed to work on that. I have plans every weekend too (don't ask me how that happened, I still have no idea) and I have to work on the calendar too, so I'm booked solid this month. I'm hoping to get some time off next month. Even just a couple of days would be nice. I haven't had a real vacation in at least a year and a half. :shrug:

I know this wedding is going to be beautiful, but it's a long way to go for a cousin I haven't seen in 2 years...

[MissHoneychurch]

91. That definitely is quite a trip

:wow:

That wedding better be good :D

Have you looked at the calendar pictures by now?

[blueraven95]

92. I've looked at a couple of them, but I haven't had the time

to sit down and really look at them. Hopefully next week. :crossfingers:


I feel so bad that I haven't had time to work on it at all - I made the calendar schedule before I knew I was going to be out of town for a week or that July would be so busy. I'm hoping to have the contests in the second half of August, and all the photos sent to Skinner by the beginning of September, if everything goes smoothly.

[MissHoneychurch]

93. Compared to the last two years

you are very early. I think it will work out just fine. You did and do a trememdous job with the calendars. Kudos for doing it.

[blueraven95]

95. Thanks.

I really appreciate it. :hug:

[Brewman_Jax]

45. G'day, MissH!

:hi: :hug:

I know, I had a lazy Sunday, too. :boring: The rains came earlier than the forecast; the rains were supposed to come at night. It rained late afternoon and into the night. The skies are clearing now. Enjoy the weekend off with your mother. :hi:

[MissHoneychurch]

52. Good morning Brewman

:hi: :loveya: :hug:

Lazy Sundays are necessary every now and then. And rainy Sundays are perfect for being lazy.

[Brewman_Jax]

58. Didn't do chores

or workout, just got some laundry to the dryer. :P A little too lazy, but I'll run later today. The next soccer game is tomorrow night.

[MissHoneychurch]

69. I didn't do any chores either

except unpacking the last box. And put away some stuff. Now the room looks really nice. I am proud I finally did it. Now I need to empty the drawers and get some order in there :rofl:

[Brewman_Jax]

86. You can do it!

glad to see you're done unpacking! :woohoo: Now the hard part, getting everything organized. :P

[MissHoneychurch]

88. That

I will maybe do in the winter :rofl:

Everything will be fine as long as no one opens the drawers :scared:

[old mark]

46. Good Morning! Didn't go out Sunday, no pics yet,

but I promise you, someday......

Have a great day, monday or not.

markO8)

[MissHoneychurch]

53. Good morning mark

:hi: :hug: :loveya:

I will keep bugging you till you post pics :D

Thank you. Have a great day yourself!!

[bigwillq]

51. Morning!

:hi: Have a good week! :)

[MissHoneychurch]

54. Good morning bigwillq

:hi: :hug: :loveya:

Did your boss changed your schedule so that you are off next Saturday?

I wish you a great week too!! :hi:

[bigwillq]

56. Yes, he did!!

Thanks for asking! :hi: :hug:

[MissHoneychurch]

61. YAY

for you and good for the boss.

I had to switch schedules this week too. Boss at the second job put me in on Saturday even though I told him (and wrote it down) that I need this weekend off. Another cashier was supposed to work Thursday but can't that day. So we switched. Now I work Thursday evening and she works Saturday.

:hi:

[bigwillq]

64. At least they were able to switch

for you! :)

[MissHoneychurch]

66. I told them early enough

I wouldn't have had it any different.

I mean they already lost all my papers. They aren't really the best organized store :eyes:

[femmocrat]

62. Good morning, Miss Honeychurch and the Lounge.

Not much new here... I discovered tomato blight in my garden and am now waging a full frontal attack. :grr:

Aren't "sleepy Sundays" the best? I love to read and lounge around on Sundays. Seems like our bodies need that to recharge.

Thank you for the lovely rose. Unfortunately, I have never been able to grow those! Have a great day! :hug:

[MissHoneychurch]

65. Good morning femmocrat

:hi: :hug: :loveya:

What is tomato blight?

I can't grow roses either. I mean how am I supposed to do that on a balcony anyway? I took the picture in a rose garden.

[femmocrat]

72. It is rampant this year. It's related to the Irish potato famine, actually.

The leaves turn yellow, with black spots, and fall off. It's very serious as it could affect the tomatoes and ultimately kill the plants. It might even be too late, but I'm spraying them like crazy.

We put in a huge new garden this year with great expectations, so this is a big setback. :grr: I never had it in the "old" garden!

Thanks for asking. I've posted in the Gardening forum too. :hug:

[MissHoneychurch]

76. Ugh ...

I hope you can save the plant and the tomatoes. Home grown tomatoes are so much more yummy than the water thingies you can buy at the store. This year I have cherry tomatoes but I think next year I will grow me some "normal" tomatoes.

[femmocrat]

81. Tomatoes are easy to grow in containers.

There is nothing like a tomato right from the garden.

Thank you and good luck with yours, too! :hi:

[MissHoneychurch]

83. Fortunately

otherwise I wouldn't be able to grow tomatoes :rofl:

I harvest three tomatoes yesterday and can't wait for the rest to grow and turn red :)

Let me know if your plants survive!

:hi:

[cwydro]

87. Here's the Palin tweet, Miss Honeychurch...

:rofl:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x6053953

[MissHoneychurch]

90. Thanks

:rofl:

[NJmaverick]

94. Good Morning MHC!

Are you looking forward to seeing your mother?

[MissHoneychurch]

96. Good morning NJmaverick

:hi: :hug: :loveya:

Yes, I look forward to see her. I have a good relationship with her.

I am leaving now, I am glad I catched you.

:hug:

[maddezmom]

97. Good afternoon, MissHoneychurch

Sorry your granma won't be making the trip, but I'm sure you'll enjoy visiting with your mom. :hug: Spent the day cleaning up from the guests left Sat and preparing for the ones that will arrive tomorrow. :D Things are going to be crazy around here for the next couple weeks with 5 kids under 8. :crazy:

[Strong Atheist]

98. Morning. I have decided to start responding to these, but I am NOT a

morning person...

:hangover: