KK Chat -- 16 January 2022

[DesertRose]

[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:07:28 PM EST] Join KK has joined this channel.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:07:34 PM EST] <Laurna> Hello KK
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:07:34 PM EST] <The_Bee> Hi KK
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:07:38 PM EST] <DesertRose> Hi KK!
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:07:38 PM EST] <Eris> <Nezz> Heya KK 🙂
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:07:51 PM EST] <KK> Good happy snow day, troops!
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:07:55 PM EST] <Eris> <DFK> I've been doing some work on GotP Book 2
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:08:00 PM EST] <Laurna> You have snow !@
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:08:01 PM EST] <Eris> <Evie> I'm wondering, since this one is Lord Howard instead of Sir __ Howard, if he is the heir to the house. Either the eldest brother to the "Sirs," or his heir
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:08:04 PM EST] <Eris> <Evie> Hi, KK!
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:08:23 PM EST] <KK> Evie, you're here again!
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:08:34 PM EST] <Laurna> May likely be if Orban Howard did not have any sons
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:08:55 PM EST] <Eris> <DFK> Hi KK. have you got snow. We just got rain on the coast
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:09:07 PM EST] <Eris> <Evie> Yes! We had mixed rain and snow last night, to the point my church cancelled services this morning, so since I have tomorrow off work due to the holiday, I asked if I could just visit then since the day should be clear
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:09:14 PM EST] <Eris> <Nezz> No new snow here this week
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:09:16 PM EST] <DesertRose> Depends on how they work it, but the sons of any lord earl or higher (duke, marquess) are Lord [Name] in their own right (and daughters are Lady [Name]). Sir is usually a title granted upon knighting.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:09:20 PM EST] <Laurna> We are specuulating on the lives over very small characters KK
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:09:26 PM EST] <Eris> <Evie> Visit my folks, that is, not my church
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:09:30 PM EST] <KK> It's been snowing here since 1030. We've got about 6", or one BookerBelly.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:09:38 PM EST] <The_Bee> dry today, mixed snow, sleet ,rain tomorrow
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:09:42 PM EST] <DesertRose> Neat way to measure snowfall, KK!
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:09:57 PM EST] <DesertRose> No snow here, but lots and lots of wind and a fairish bit of rain.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:10:01 PM EST] <Laurna> Did Booker go for a run in the white stuff?
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:10:05 PM EST] <The_Bee> Does Booker like snow or hate it?
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:10:08 PM EST] <KK> Actually, it's stopped actively snowing in the past hour or so. Just COLD!
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:10:19 PM EST] <Eris> <DFK> KK have you had any luck with you kitty search?
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:10:28 PM EST] <Eris> <Nezz> "Bookerbelly" snork
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:10:32 PM EST] <Eris> <Evie> Yes, I am writing a story about Maryse MacArdry McLain, and noticed in the Codex that she has a surviving sister who ended up marrying "Peray, Lord Howard." We were wondering if there is any relation to Vera's foster family.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:10:45 PM EST] <KK> Booker stood at the edge of the front porch and peed in the snow, then went along the side of the house to poop. Had no snow on his back when he came back in.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:11:11 PM EST] <Eris> <Evie> ROFL, I read "It's been snowing here since 1030," and I briefly wondered about that Ice Age you were stuck in until I realized you meant the time, not the year!
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:11:28 PM EST] <KK> Booker is now 12, and with no playmates, does not go cavorting in the snow anymore.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:11:31 PM EST] <Eris> <Nezz> Evie, I read the same thing. 🙂
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:11:43 PM EST] <Laurna> At least he went out in it. My dogs seen rain and they sit at the door saying "NO WAY"
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:11:47 PM EST] <Eris> <Evie> Virginia, Land of Eternal Winter
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:11:59 PM EST] <Eris> <Evie> Poor Booker
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:12:02 PM EST] <DesertRose> I'm with Booker. I am too old to fool with ice, and it is too far to fall to land on my backside.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:12:17 PM EST] <DesertRose> Ice belongs in my tea, not on the ground.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:12:34 PM EST] <Eris> <Evie> This time of year, ice doesn't even belong in my tea. 😄
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:12:37 PM EST] <Eris> <DFK> Actually it could turn around and be spring in a few days. That's Virginia weather for you
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:12:54 PM EST] <KK> No kittysearch this week, though hope to do that maybe next week. Had a big load of boxes moved from old office to new living room on Friday, so it's a little chaotic to bring a new kitty into a strange house. I'll tough it out for another week or so, until I get some of this stuff out of the house.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:13:03 PM EST] <DesertRose> (of course, not that I've said that about tea, watch Revanne show up and take me to task for profaning a good cuppa. ;P )
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:13:04 PM EST] <Laurna> You are all making me cold. I need some hot tea
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:13:31 PM EST] <KK> Anybody got snow where they are?
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:13:49 PM EST] <DesertRose> One of my Christmas pressies was a big tin of Yorkshire Gold, so maybe that'll atone for my sins re: ice.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:13:51 PM EST] <Eris> <Nezz> I've got sun until Friday.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:14:04 PM EST] <Eris> <DFK> I know of two kitties, brothers, 10 years old in need of a new home
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:14:19 PM EST] <Eris> <Evie> We had "wintry mix" falling last night that sounded like it had slushy ice in it, but I didn't see any ice or snow by the time I got around to looking out my window this morning. But there must have been some in spots, since my church cancelled services.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:15:25 PM EST] <DesertRose> Carys is giving me the "PLEASE MOM" eyes because I just finished eating some chicken soup, but it has onions so not for kitties. Couldn't prove it by Carys, of course.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:15:36 PM EST] <The_Bee> A woman from my church called to ask if I was okay. I haven't gone for several weeks. she said they're back to on-line services.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:15:47 PM EST] <DesertRose> That was kind of them to check on you.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:15:51 PM EST] <Eris> <DFK> They are really sweet litties
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:16:29 PM EST] <KK> Where are these kitties?
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:17:09 PM EST] <The_Bee> Yes. I've been having trouble with my bike; I'm bought an electric conversion kit, so maybe things will be better oncle I get it installed.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:17:23 PM EST] <Eris> <DFK> They are in my area.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:17:37 PM EST] <The_Bee> Where is that?
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:17:42 PM EST] <KK> Do you have someone to install it for you?
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:17:43 PM EST] <DesertRose> Norfolk isn't that far from you, is it, KK?
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:17:57 PM EST] <KK> It's across the state, but no.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:18:04 PM EST] <Eris> <DFK> Portsmoutn, Hampton Roads
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:18:10 PM EST] <The_Bee> a choice of two bike shops.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:18:19 PM EST] <KK> Tell me about the kitties.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:20:10 PM EST] <DesertRose> Ooh, yes, let's matchmake KK with kitty brothers! <3
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:23:37 PM EST] <KK> Hello? Are they demon kitties?
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:23:42 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Hi Everyone!
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:23:52 PM EST] <Eris> <Nezz> Hiya Jerusha
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:23:52 PM EST] <Eris> <Evie> Hello!
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:23:55 PM EST] <DesertRose> Hi Jerusha.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:24:02 PM EST] <The_Bee> Hi Jerusha
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:24:13 PM EST] <Eris> <DFK> They are brothers, ave only lived with one owner. She has taken her mother to live with her. The mother is in really bad health and has a lot of pain. They are very affectionate, lap sitters, and she can't tolerate it so they have to be kept away from her, shut up in a room while the lady is at work. They are fluffy, kind of big. Maine Coon.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:24:15 PM EST] <Eris> <Nezz> I thought all kitties were demon kitties... at least, mine are... 😉
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:24:41 PM EST] <KK> Color?
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:24:51 PM EST] <Laurna> So after the long chat with Evie last night about Duncan, I dreampt that I had King Kelson in my car and I was showing him around california and every time we stopped, Alaric and Duncan showed up on horseback and they were accusing me of kidnaping Kelson. When he was happy to visit my home.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:24:58 PM EST] <KK> Maine coon, or part Maine coon?
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:25:07 PM EST] <Eris> <Evie> LOL, Laurna!
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:25:27 PM EST] <Eris> <Nezz> That's a fun dream. 🙂
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:25:30 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> Howdy all
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:25:35 PM EST] <Eris> <Nezz> Hey Shiral
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:25:36 PM EST] <Eris> <Evie> Hi Shiral
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:25:48 PM EST] <The_Bee> Hi Shiral
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:25:48 PM EST] <KK> Hi, Shiral.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:25:50 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Did you treat Kelson to a burger at the Golden Lion?
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:25:54 PM EST] <DesertRose> Hi Shiral!
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:25:55 PM EST] <Laurna> Maine coons can be big but they are awesome cats
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:25:56 PM EST] <Eris> <Evie> LOL!
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:26:05 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Hi Shiral
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:26:09 PM EST] <Laurna> LOL ;wish I had thought of it
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:26:12 PM EST] <KK> I love Maine coons!
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:26:13 PM EST] <DesertRose> They're usually pretty chill cats, too.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:26:23 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> Imagine their alarm--there was the King all shut into this metal box on wheels
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:26:52 PM EST] <Laurna> RIght!
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:26:52 PM EST] <Eris> <Evie> A metal coach faster than any horse
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:27:00 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Looking happy at the need for speed
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:27:03 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> Your dreams sound more fun, though!
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:27:05 PM EST] <Eris> <Evie> LOL!
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:27:59 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> Kelson should have opened his window and told them to hop in. =o)
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:28:19 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> It might have been crowded with the horses
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:28:21 PM EST] <Eris> <Evie> Action Figure Duncan has a motorcycle, but now he'll want a proper car. Great. Thanks, Laurna!
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:28:25 PM EST] <Laurna> For some reason we kept running off and they kept following
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:28:30 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> It was a dream, Jerusha!
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:28:33 PM EST] <Laurna> Dreams are funnyu that way
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:28:51 PM EST] <Eris> <Evie> I doubt the horses were in the car with them. 😉
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:28:56 PM EST] <Eris> <DFK> One is orange and the other is black and white. Not sure how much Maine Coon
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:29:12 PM EST] <DesertRose> Depending on the restaurant, sometimes you can take a horse through the drive-thru. If the horse + rider is heavy enough to trip the sensor, basically.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:29:12 PM EST] <Laurna> Those sound like wonder kitties
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:29:22 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> Now I'm wondering if Alaric and Duncan were riding Maine Coons....
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:29:32 PM EST] <KK> How do they feel about dogs?
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:29:38 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Whoa kitty!
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:29:44 PM EST] <Laurna> need to follow up on those two brothers
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:29:46 PM EST] <DesertRose> BATTLECAT!!
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:29:46 PM EST] <KK> And, pictures?
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:29:47 PM EST] <Eris> <Evie> I would be terrified of any housecat big enough to ride. 😄
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:30:05 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> Well yes.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:30:17 PM EST] <KK> It's great that they're lapcats.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:30:21 PM EST] <DesertRose> My stepdad says he wouldn't want to tussle with a bobcat never mind anything bigger, because an eight-pound house cat can do quite enough damage thankyouverymuch.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:30:51 PM EST] <KK> Too true, especially if trying to trim their nails or pill them.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:31:07 PM EST] <Eris> <DFK> I will see if I can get pictures for you and email them. What is your email
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:31:19 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> Yup. I can clip maybe two or three claws on Dmitri when he's very mellow and sleepy, but once he wakes up and realizes what's going on....I back off
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:31:22 PM EST] <Eris> <Evie> A friend of mine has a bobcat who likes to sit on their front porch, but that's as close as they want to get to it
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:31:28 PM EST] <Laurna> It is all about whether they like to extend those claws of theirs or if they are content to not use those claws.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:31:33 PM EST] <KK> [redacted]
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:31:37 PM EST] <Eris> <DFK> I don't know if they have ever been around dogs.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:31:59 PM EST] <Laurna> Booker is of an age that I don't think it would be a problem
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:32:10 PM EST] <KK> Probably not.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:32:21 PM EST] <KK> Especially since there are two of them.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:32:22 PM EST] <Eris> <Evie> Gigi tolerates getting her claws trimmed now if I bribe her with a treat after every claw.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:32:24 PM EST] <Laurna> ALthough if the cats are bigger than booker ...
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:32:35 PM EST] <DesertRose> KK, when I post the chat log, should I leave your email address in there or redact it?
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:32:43 PM EST] <KK> Booker is pretty big, 65-70 lbs.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:32:47 PM EST] <Eris> <Evie> Though she's clearly not a fan of getting them clipped
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:32:55 PM EST] <KK> You can redact it.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:33:08 PM EST] <KK> Thanks.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:33:42 PM EST] <The_Bee> What are the kitties' names?
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:34:12 PM EST] <DesertRose> Treat bribery is The Way with cat nail trims and meds (and heaven help us, flea preventative).
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:34:14 PM EST] <Eris> <DFK> They are not that big. Eli and Jackson
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:34:27 PM EST] <Laurna> Cool\
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:34:40 PM EST] <KK> I could live with those names.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:34:56 PM EST] <The_Bee> Which is orange?
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:35:03 PM EST] <Eris> <DFK> Eli
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:35:18 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Eli, Jackson and Booker. Sounds like it should be a movie
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:35:31 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> Or a lawfirm.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:35:34 PM EST] <Laurna> Not a lawfirm
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:35:40 PM EST] <Laurna> lol
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:35:44 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> Nope. Cats wouldn't practice law
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:35:48 PM EST] <DesertRose> A publishing company.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:35:53 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Maybe a pawfirm,
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:35:53 PM EST] <Eris> <Evie> They ARE the law
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:35:57 PM EST] <Laurna> there you go
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:36:06 PM EST] <The_Bee> Cats would be criminal masterminds.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:36:07 PM EST] <Eris> <DFK> Cats rule so no need for lawyers
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:36:26 PM EST] <Eris> <Evie> Gigi is definitely a criminal mastermind
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:36:27 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> Cats lay DOWN the law
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:36:33 PM EST] Nick bynw[1] is now known as bynw.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:36:36 PM EST] <bynw> hi all
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:36:41 PM EST] <Eris> <Evie> Hi
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:36:42 PM EST] <Laurna> Hello Bynw
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:36:42 PM EST] <Eris> <DFK> And then laty on it
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:36:43 PM EST] <The_Bee> Hi bynw
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:36:45 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Hi Bynw
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:36:49 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> Hi Bynw
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:36:56 PM EST] <Eris> <Nezz> Hi bynw
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:36:59 PM EST] <Eris> <DFK> Hi Bynw, nows the snow
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:37:02 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> Lay on it and play with it
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:37:13 PM EST] <KK> DFK, do find out all you can about the boys. I assume they're neuterd and are up to date with their shots.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:37:20 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> puts out hot chocolate and cookies on the Chatroom table
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:37:41 PM EST] <Eris> <DFK> I will find out and let you know.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:37:46 PM EST] <KK> Hi, Bynw. How's your snow? We've got about 6".
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:38:00 PM EST] <Laurna> I still have candy canes to stire your hot chocolate with
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:38:15 PM EST] <Eris> <Evie> If they've been indoor cats for 10 years, they're almost certainly neutered, or I think spraying would have been a problem
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:38:33 PM EST] <KK> I'd think so.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:38:41 PM EST] <Laurna> Brothers would have been neutered or they would have fought
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:38:50 PM EST] <The_Bee> Yes!  I've smelled tomcat spray.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:39:02 PM EST] <KK> Oh, yes!
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:39:05 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> I like about one little bitty candy cane per December per year. The first year I was in college, for some reason I accumulated an amazing number of candy canes. My secret dorm Santa gave me what I can only describe as a peppermint club
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:39:07 PM EST] <Eris> <Evie> Maybe I should have had DH and DS neutered...oh, wait....
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:39:30 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> oops
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:39:39 PM EST] <Laurna> OOPS
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:39:51 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> Nobody wants tomcat spray in the house! Except tomcats.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:40:05 PM EST] <KK> You're right on t hat.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:40:22 PM EST] <DesertRose> Ew, no. Pets need to be altered. I'm not even sure tomcats want spray in the house.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:40:23 PM EST] <Eris> <DFK> He had over 14 inch last I heard
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:40:28 PM EST] <KK> Probably not even other tomcats, because that would lead to fights.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:40:47 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> They sure don't want any OTHER tomcat's peeing in their territory.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:41:00 PM EST] <Eris> <Nezz> As an owner of neutered males who still spray, thank goodness for lysol wipes
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:41:11 PM EST] <The_Bee> 10" of pee, DFK?
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:41:42 PM EST] <KK> 14" of snow in Bynw-land?
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:42:05 PM EST] <Eris> <DFK> 14 in of snow
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:42:13 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Whew
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:42:21 PM EST] <Laurna> I love that other people have pretty white snow. nice to imagine, as long as I don't have to dress for it.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:42:32 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Not that 14 inches of snow is fun
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:42:34 PM EST] <KK> That's a lotta snow. 6" is bad enough.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:43:18 PM EST] <Eris> <Evie> I'm really enjoying having a super cozy weighted fleece blanket in this weather
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:43:40 PM EST] <The_Bee> I still react to snow like a kid getting a school day off. But I don't go out in it.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:43:49 PM EST] <bynw> depending on where in the Des Moines metro 11 to 14 inches
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:43:53 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> 14" is where I give up and hibernate. But where I'm from 4" inches would be unheard of
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:43:54 PM EST] <Eris> <DFK> That sounds lovely
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:44:01 PM EST] <DesertRose> I like looking at pictures of snow. That's as close as this DesertRose wants to be to snow.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:44:08 PM EST] <Laurna> Our local news was full of watching surfers swim as fast as they could to shore as the 5foot tsinomy swells came into the coast.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:44:17 PM EST] <Eris> <Evie> I'm fine with snow as long as I don't have to go out in it
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:44:27 PM EST] <KK> It looks pretty falling, but I don't necessarily want to go out in it.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:44:30 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> It snowed on my 13th birthday, once. That's the only time in my life when I've ever seen snow on the ground where I life
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:44:32 PM EST] <The_Bee> My mom was a teacher. On snow days we used to bake bread.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:44:33 PM EST] <Eris> <DFK> The blanket
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:44:48 PM EST] <Eris> <Nezz> Mmmm, baked bread on snow days...
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:44:55 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> It was amazingly cool and lasted one day. Which was perfect. But I'll never forget that birthday.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:44:57 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Or cookies
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:45:10 PM EST] <Laurna> My mom made Fudge on rainy days.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:45:46 PM EST] <Eris> <Nezz> Mmmm, fudge...
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:45:47 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Chocolate fudgeÉ
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:45:48 PM EST] <Eris> <DFK> Fudge, yummy
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:45:51 PM EST] <DesertRose> I'm trying to remember if I've ever had snow on my birthday.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:46:17 PM EST] <Eris> <Evie> I haven't, despite it being in December
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:46:20 PM EST] <DesertRose> I had angel food cake and strawberries for birthday cake this year because some years I want summer dessert, January be darned.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:46:25 PM EST] <Eris> <DFK> I never did. My birthday is in August
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:46:42 PM EST] <Eris> <Evie> Even Christmas snow is rare here
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:46:53 PM EST] <Laurna> One evening at work, I came in and told the guy I work with it was snowing outside. He did not believe me. so I chased him outside and he came back a long time later with his hair full of snow.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:46:54 PM EST] <DesertRose> I've had ONE white Christmas. 1989.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:47:22 PM EST] <The_Bee> In junior high I got out of school 3 years in a row.  Twice for blizzard, once for my grandpa's funeral.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:47:28 PM EST] <DesertRose> That was a weird year. Hurricane Hugo in September and then six inches of snow (in Charleston, SC) on Christmas Eve.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:47:33 PM EST] <Laurna> We use to holiday in the mountins near christmas
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:47:38 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> If I want to see snow, I'm resigned to the idea of driving quite a ways
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:48:12 PM EST] <The_Bee> Much of my family lives in Vermont, so snow not unusual.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:48:37 PM EST] <Eris> <Evie> BRB, feeding Miss Demanding
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:48:41 PM EST] <DesertRose> LOL
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:48:58 PM EST] <KK> BRB
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:48:58 PM EST] <Laurna> She is just happy you are home
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:48:59 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> I used to be tremendously jealous of my siblings who had snowy christmases each year when my family lived in Minnesota. Then they moved West, and I was stuck with boring sunny mild weather.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:49:05 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> We'll have snow until April
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:49:13 PM EST] <The_Bee> Will she steal the food if it's not fforthcaming?
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:49:54 PM EST] <The_Bee> Gigi, I mean.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:50:00 PM EST] <Eris> <Evie> She can't open the can, but she'll nag until I do
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:50:16 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> When a cat nags you, there's no escape
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:50:57 PM EST] Join HoundMistress (HoundMistr@owirc-j2i.oti.27.24.IP) has joined this channel.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:51:02 PM EST] <The_Bee> Melantha yowls a lot, but she won't always eat.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:51:10 PM EST] <Laurna> Hello HM
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:51:10 PM EST] <HoundMistress> Hi, all
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:51:14 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> Hi HoundMistress
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:51:20 PM EST] <The_Bee> Hi, Mistress of Hounds.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:51:23 PM EST] <Eris> <Evie> Also fixing people food
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:51:28 PM EST] <Eris> <Nezz> Hi HM
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:51:50 PM EST] <HoundMistress> Got involved in making dinner and forgot the time
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:52:10 PM EST] <The_Bee> I ate while chatting.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:52:45 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Hi HoundMistress
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:53:04 PM EST] <Laurna> This would have been Dance class week but that is cancled for now
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:53:31 PM EST] <The_Bee> canceled for snow or covid?
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:53:39 PM EST] <Laurna> Covid
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:53:58 PM EST] <DesertRose> Hi HoundMistress.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:54:00 PM EST] <The_Bee> We've had a surge here.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:54:14 PM EST] <Laurna> I need to see more real people. starting to become a shut in
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:54:17 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Seems there has been a surge everywhere
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:54:32 PM EST] <KK> Yeah, not a good thing.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:54:41 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> Very discouraging, yes
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:54:44 PM EST] <The_Bee> Our church services are back to remote.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:55:02 PM EST] <Eris> <Nezz> KK, I know you've worked with WotF; did you hear about David Farland?
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:55:14 PM EST] <Laurna> need to spark the brain to remember things.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:55:15 PM EST] <KK> No. What happened?
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:55:25 PM EST] <Eris> <Nezz> He passed Thursday morning.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:55:26 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> Being an introvert helps with sheltering in place. But wow it's getting very old
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:55:32 PM EST] <KK> Oh, dear.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:55:40 PM EST] <KK> What happened?
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:55:48 PM EST] <The_Bee> Who was he?
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:56:31 PM EST] <HoundMistress> We have a surge here, too. Hutto ISD is shutting down till Thursday because about half of the teachers are out with it.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:56:33 PM EST] <Eris> <Nezz> He fell and hit his head hard. Blood on the brain and coma. that was Wednesday morning. His kids all came home and they let him go early Thrusday morning.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:56:34 PM EST] <DesertRose> Yeah, the isolation is getting me down too, even though objectively I haven't really changed my habits that much.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:56:50 PM EST] <KK> How very sad.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:56:58 PM EST] <HoundMistress> Oh, sorry to hear that!
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:57:05 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> Very sorry for his family.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:57:09 PM EST] <Laurna> Sad
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:57:14 PM EST] <The_Bee> I tend to be a hermit even in good times.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:57:18 PM EST] <Eris> <Nezz> I know. Those of us in his Apex group are all still pretty shook up and not a little bit lost.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:57:44 PM EST] <HoundMistress> Falling is the bane of our existence as we age.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:57:44 PM EST] <The_Bee> How old was he?
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:57:48 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> I want to go to the movies and out to dinner, again.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:58:04 PM EST] <Eris> <Nezz> Bee, David Farland is a fantasy author and head editor of Writers of the Future. He was just hired as a senior editor at Baen Books
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:58:04 PM EST] <KK> FAlling is scary.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:58:06 PM EST] <DesertRose>
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:58:08 PM EST] <Eris> <Nezz> 64
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:58:15 PM EST] <Laurna> too young
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:58:17 PM EST] <DesertRose> Ack, way too young!
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:58:20 PM EST] <The_Bee> Thaks, Nezz
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:58:36 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> Much too young
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [7:58:55 PM EST] <Eris> <Nezz> Way too young, indeed.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [8:00:30 PM EST] <KK> Unfortunately, 64 is well within the age when we may start having balance issues. That's one of the reasons I now use a cane if I'm out and about.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [8:00:56 PM EST] <Eris> <Nezz> And the weird thing is he'd just barely survived two heart attacks
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [8:01:01 PM EST] <Eris> <DFK> Never read any of his books, Are they good?
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [8:01:08 PM EST] <The_Bee> I lost my cane, need to buy a new one.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [8:01:14 PM EST] <HoundMistress> Yes, balance is tricky now. I had dizziness with COVID, too, when I fell in the garage.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [8:01:16 PM EST] <Laurna> That may have been why he fell
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [8:01:17 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> I'm enough of a klutz to have balance issues now.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [8:01:35 PM EST] <Eris> <Nezz> Yes. He also writes under the name Dave Wolverton. He's best known for the Runelords series
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [8:02:03 PM EST] <The_Bee> I trip overt he mess in my apartment.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [8:02:21 PM EST] <Eris> <Nezz> If you've ever read any of the Star Wars books, he wrote "The Courtship of Princess Leia."
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [8:02:37 PM EST] <HoundMistress> Someone who had Quanah trained him to lie still to be stepped over, which is very helpful/
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [8:02:50 PM EST] <Laurna> I pretty sure I read that one
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [8:02:53 PM EST] <HoundMistress> Oh, I read that one! It was good!
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [8:03:10 PM EST] <Eris> <Nezz> HM, I had vertigo during Covid and several months afterwards as well. Scary!
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [8:03:25 PM EST] <KK> I have to be very careful stepping over Booker, especially since he's now deaf.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [8:03:29 PM EST] <HoundMistress> Yes, it is! Better now?
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [8:03:46 PM EST] <Laurna> I had dizzy spells for about 6 months after i was sick in 2020
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [8:03:52 PM EST] <The_Bee> covid long-term effects can be troubling.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [8:04:07 PM EST] <Eris> <Evie> Back. Oh dear, I've read that book. Sorry to hear what happened.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [8:04:14 PM EST] <Eris> <Nezz> No more vertigo, and I rarely have tinnitus anymore either. Still get tingly fingers and toes if I overexert.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [8:04:39 PM EST] <HoundMistress> Hey, quick question: I'm cooking pork chops about 1" thick. How long on a side?
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [8:04:53 PM EST] <The_Bee> I used an at-home test kit,but got no results.  Twice.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [8:04:58 PM EST] <Eris> <Evie> Gigi is sniffing my fingers frantically. Either the scent of celery or hummus intrigues her, or maybe feta cheese
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [8:05:12 PM EST] <Laurna> When you see juice on the top flip them over
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [8:05:19 PM EST] <HoundMistress> Thanks!
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [8:05:27 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> I usually brown them for about 5 minutes at medium high, then turn the heat down and cook them on low heat for another 25 minutes
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [8:05:45 PM EST] <Eris> <DFK> Wouldn't thimk she wold be excited about clery
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [8:06:13 PM EST] <Laurna> Its the cheese
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [8:06:15 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> I used to have a cat who adored yeast and garlic tablets. She would have climbed me to get them
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [8:06:32 PM EST] <Eris> <Evie> I'm trying to learn how to use the new air fryer DS gave me for Christmas, which is great, except I'm still having to figure out how to convert recipes for it
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [8:06:47 PM EST] <The_Bee> Isn't garlic bad for cats?
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [8:07:11 PM EST] <Eris> <Evie> Yes, it has toxins that can build up
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [8:07:19 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> These were formulated AS cat treats, and she never died, so I guess they were alright. But don't give your cats real garlic
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [8:07:41 PM EST] <The_Bee> Was this Izzie?
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [8:07:46 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> Yes.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [8:08:16 PM EST] <HoundMistress> Thanks, Shiral.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [8:08:19 PM EST] <Eris> <Evie> Anything in the lily family is bad for cats, iirc. I had to be careful with plants when Luke was alive, because he thought all plants were tasty treats
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [8:08:52 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> Dmitri practices Feline Ikebana. Flowers in vases bad. Flowers all over the table and rug, much better.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [8:09:12 PM EST] <HoundMistress> Dogs, too. Bad stuff in the Lily family.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [8:09:14 PM EST] <Eris> <Evie> Fortunately Gigi doesn't show interest in anything veggie, though she loves stuff like sour cream
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [8:09:35 PM EST] * The_Bee pictures Izzie dancing across the Rainbow Bridge, playing with garlic tablets.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [8:09:36 PM EST] <KK> Gotta go. Booker is making whuffly noises at the front door, and I need to check. DFK, do please see what further info you can get on the cat brothers,. This may be a match.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [8:09:46 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> So, no, I don't bring in lillies, and I don't give my cats onions or garlic.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [8:09:57 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> Night, KK. Have a good week
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [8:09:59 PM EST] <Eris> <Nezz> cya KK, have a great week. May your snow melt quickly
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [8:10:01 PM EST] * KK steps onto her Portal, waves goodnight, and disappears in a shower of green sparkles.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [8:10:05 PM EST] <Laurna> Good Night KK stay warm
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [8:10:08 PM EST] <Eris> <Jerusha2> Nighters, KK
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [8:10:11 PM EST] <KK> Stay healthy and warm, everyone!
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [8:10:16 PM EST] <Eris> <DFK> I will let you know. Have a good week
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [8:10:18 PM EST] <Eris> <Evie> I once watched Luke demolish a long stemmed rose before I could rescue it. He ate it thorns and all. Weird cat!
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [8:10:19 PM EST] <KK> Nighters!
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [8:10:20 PM EST] <Eris> <Shiral> Good advice in January!
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [8:10:20 PM EST] <HoundMistress> I read a thing on FB that a cat comes into your life for a reason, so you should always welcome them and let them stay as long as they want to.
[Sunday, January 16, 2022] [8:10:22 PM EST] Quit KK has left this server (Quit: https://mibbit.com Online IRC Client).