The Coffee House

terri · Saturday at 2:56 PM

snowbear said:
Never.

Go raise hell, Bear!

Roar like a monster! You made it to the end! :boogie:

CherylL · Saturday at 3:49 PM

cgw said:
Yup. The late 50s-60s cohort was carpet-bombed with TV ads, many creepily aspirational for the time. But then the little dears lived in front of those horrid canoe-size console TVs...

We didn't have one of the those big console TVs. My Dad built shelving on one wall in the living room with cubbies for the TV, sterio, reel to reel, synthesizer and the bottom row had a slanted magazine shelf. Of course the TV was black/white because he said the color causes cancer.

CherylL · Saturday at 3:52 PM

We picked up a 4 month old schnauzer. Quincy has been missing his Snickers since last year. Well get the pup home and Oscar has taken over mama dog duty playing with the pup and snuggles. Oscar let the little one chase him around the house. Quincy is not amused by the pup and is ignoring him. This is only day 1 so hoping they will all blend together.

cgw · Saturday at 4:51 PM

CherylL said:
We picked up a 4 month old schnauzer. Quincy has been missing his Snickers since last year. Well get the pup home and Oscar has taken over mama dog duty playing with the pup and snuggles. Oscar let the little one chase him around the house. Quincy is not amused by the pup and is ignoring him. This is only day 1 so hoping they will all blend together.

Those relationships matter. Felt crappy about it but recently passed on a Scottish Deerhound pup offered by friends who run sheep outside Belleville, ON. Sweet beasts but just too much dog for now in terms of space and time. The family ruin is way better for interior/exterior space but needs long runs of extra fencing outside a too-small enclosed area. Love the big hairy lugs and hope to get one next litter.

smoke665 · Saturday at 5:05 PM

CherylL said:
We picked up a 4 month old schnauzer. Quincy has been missing his Snickers since last year. Well get the pup home and Oscar has taken over mama dog duty playing with the pup and snuggles. Oscar let the little one chase him around the house. Quincy is not amused by the pup and is ignoring him. This is only day 1 so hoping they will all blend together.

Quincy must be the Alpha in the pack order. When we had three the oldest was the leader, she ruled with an iron fist. That didn't stop the 2nd in command from challenging her for the spot. Had a few bloody attempts but she was never overthrown. However the 2nd and last were best buds and played together constantly.

nerwin · Saturday at 7:13 PM

I played with fire today. Burn baby burn!

jeffashman · Sunday at 8:32 PM

Saw this meme and thought of a few of you...

In other news, my oldest gifted me a 3.5L Roemertopf clay dutch oven... good smells and tastes to come!

snowbear · Sunday at 9:03 PM

Ayuh.

I have the oil company coming to PM the furnace and the windshield company coming to fix the truck windshield. Other than that, nothing planned but maybe make an orange pound cake (mix). I'll drive on the beach anothe day before January ends.

VidThreeNorth · Monday at 8:59 AM

I'm deciding on whether I'll try to make a video for New Years Eve or New Years Day. Weather is not looking worth it. Not if it's just going to be overcast. . . .

snowbear · Monday at 4:48 PM

I ended up going to one of the big-box-diy centers and picked up some plywood, pine, and dowels. The plywood is to stiffen the collapsible pet carrier for transporting Zoe to Maine. The pine (1x2s) and dowels are for maing a shoe rack by the Maine house front door. I picked up four old wooden beverage crates at The Barn Show (upscale flea market) so the boards and dowels are to tie it all together.

SquarePeg · Monday at 8:55 PM

CherylL · Tuesday at 2:14 PM

The Grands gift me Amazon cards for Christmas. Spent it on a set of apple boxes. Now I need posing ideas.

terri · Tuesday at 3:09 PM

Happy New Year, hosers! :band:

We're staying in, as usual. Safe and warm by the fire, with some chow and a good bottle of red. Whether we make it to see a pineapple drop at midnight remains to be seen.

nerwin · Tuesday at 4:11 PM

New Years Eve dandelions apparently? Its december in Vermont...like what the heck. These ain't suppose to be popping up.

jeffashman · Tuesday at 7:37 PM

Happy New Year! Hopefully 2025 will be a little saner... We'll be staying in, might stay up, might not. We are a mile from one of the premier firework displays in the area, so it'll be a little noisy for about 15-20 minutes, and we'll see how Honey reacts to fireworks.