KKChat -- 4 July 2004

[Bynw]

[17:16] * KK has joined #Deryni_Destinations
[17:16] * KK sets mode: +q KK
[17:16] <DeryniBot> Chocolate, Cats, and Cheese just a few of our
favorite things here KK
[17:16] <Mistyck> hi kk
[17:16] <Lady_Marian> Hello Katherine!
[17:16] <Lady_Marian>
[17:16] <Annie> hi kk
[17:16] <Debbie-VB> which movies did you catch terry
[17:16] <RainbowDragon> Greetings, KK
[17:16] <Sedina> well, since I don't have a choice about being here, I
might as well enjoy the view tonight
[17:16] <TerryOBrien> And to catch movies. I still haven't seen Harry
Potter or Shrek. Going to see Spidey tonight.
[17:16] <Debbie-VB> Hi katherine
[17:16] <Lady_Marian> hpatpoa is great!
[17:16] <RainbowDragon> Happy fourth of july
[17:16] <Sedina> Hi, Katherine....and hello also from Bynw and Teek.
They're here in my hospital room with me
[17:16] <Lady_Marian> I haven't seen Shrek or Spidey yet
[17:17] <TerryOBrien> Saw Hellboy and Van Helsing. Trying to remember
the other movie we saw this summer.
[17:17] <RainbowDragon> How has your last few weeks been, KK?
[17:17] <Lady_Marian> My cat gave me a dirty look when I wouldn't let
her out last night because of the thunderstorm...
[17:17] <KK> Hi, there. Got sidetracked for a moment there, wasn't
sure I was going to be able to get in.
[17:18] <RainbowDragon> uh oh
[17:18] <Sedina> well, I'm glad that you're here....
[17:18] <Mistyck> yes! :-d
[17:18] <Debbie-VB> I too am pleased to see you again
[17:18] <KK> Sedina! You're here!
[17:18] <KK> How are you feeling?
[17:18] <TerryOBrien> Hello Katherine
[17:18] <KK> Hi, Terry.
[17:19] <Sedina> I'm only here because Chris and Donna came up to
visit and they brought up their laptop so that I could actually chat
from my bed for a bit
[17:19] <KK> Well, that was very sweet of them. And fortunately, they
have the Technology!
[17:19] <Mistyck> modern technology is just so wonderful!
[17:19] <TerryOBrien> Sedina: are you using a dial-up connection, or
does the hospital have an Internet link?
[17:19] <Sedina> I'm feeling fairly well today...a little groggy right
now though because of the benadryl that they gave me to help stave off
any possible reaction to the two units of blood that I just received
[17:20] <KK> yuck! poor baby!
[17:20] <Annie> Sedina I've missed all this - what's wrong?
[17:20] <KK> She's in the hospital. :-(
[17:20] <Wrengl> evening Lady Katherine
[17:20] <KK> Wrengl, hello!
[17:21] <Sedina> Terry - if I were to be downstairs in the library,
I'd have a t1 line, but up here in my room, I'm on dialup. Thankfully
Donna's dialup is pretty quick. I'm just happy to be able to chat
from my bed
[17:21] <Mistyck>
[17:21] <KK> When do you think they'll let you go home?
[17:22] <Sedina> annie - I've been in the hospital for the last 3
weeks....finally got the official diagnosis the other day that the
cause of all my problems is that my Hodgkin's lymphoma as relapsed
[17:22] <Wrengl> hi annie
[17:22] <TerryOBrien> Interesting. Didn't think the rooms would have a
connection, but you never know these days.
[17:22] <Sedina> Right now, it's looking like Thursday
[17:22] <KK> Well, that's better than....indefinitely.
[17:22] <Wrengl> indeed it is
[17:22] * Debbie-VB doubles up on her prayers for sedina.
[17:22] <Annie> oooh Sedina (((hugs)))
[17:22] <Sedina> They need to replace my temporary central line with a
more permanent Hickman catheter... but I should still be out of here
this week
[17:23] <Mistyck> that's good news Sedina
[17:23] <Sedina> Terry - I'm at Mayo clinic.....they have everything
here.
[17:23] <KK> I'm so glad they finally let you have a shower, too.
Clean hair is so great!
[17:23] <Wrengl> kk thumper says hi to Scrappy and the rest of the
Holybrook gang
[17:23] <KK> My furry folk all say hello back.
[17:23] <Wrengl>
[17:24] <Debbie-VB> including several jars of Hellman's?
[17:24] <Sedina> Terry - I'm at Mayo clinic.....they have everything
here.
[17:24] <KK> And I hear that Shiral's little TK now has his/her eyes
open.
[17:24] <Sedina> that's not what I meant to do
[17:24] <RainbowDragon> KK: how goes construction and writing?
[17:24] <Wrengl> so she said
[17:24] <Sedina> not used to typing on a laptop
[17:24] <TerryOBrien> Every time I hear about the Mayo clinic, I keep
thinking of sandwiches.
[17:24] <Wrengl> laptops take getting used to sedina
[17:24] <Wrengl> o am now working on mine instead of the desktop
[17:24] <Wrengl> lol terry
[17:25] <KK> Actually, today I've been working on updating my
Braveheart lecture. Scott and I got a short-notice lecture gig on
another cruise ship, leaving Thursday for a week.
[17:25] <Sedina> what I was trying to say was that they took off the
last of my bandages so that when I shower again later tonight, I won't
be having to worry at all about having to keep bandages dry
[17:25] <Wrengl> that is i am not o am
[17:25] <RainbowDragon> I hear touch typists have a rough time with
laptops
[17:25] <Wrengl> indeed rd
[17:25] <KK> The keys are closer together; makes typos easy.
[17:25] <RainbowDragon> Braveheart lecture? What is that all about?
[17:25] <TerryOBrien> Sounds like a lot of fun, Katherine.
[17:25] <Mistyck> yeah, the keys are too close together
[17:25] <Wrengl> and i have a natural keyboard instead of a standard
one on the desktop
[17:26] <Debbie-VB> Where is this cruise going Katherine?
[17:26] <KK> It's one of the lectures I do. Braveheart's Legacy: It's
a Scottish Independence Thing.
[17:26] <Lady_Marian> Nifty.
[17:26] <Sedina> my biggest problem with the laptop is that the
placement of keys like "delete", "home" and "end" throw me off
[17:26] <KK> I'll also do my one on the Ghosts of Holybrooke.
[17:26] <KK> Scott is doing Theft of the Irish Crown Jewels, and Basic
Heraldry
[17:27] <TerryOBrien> IS this a themed cruise?
[17:27] * Debbie-VB wishes she could be there to hear the lectures
[17:27] <Sedina> btw, Chris and Donna are vicarious taking part in
this chat....they're reading over my shoulder. (Though Donna is
concentrating more on the crispy m&m's right now)
[17:27] <KK> Cruise leaves from Dover, goes to Guernsey, Invergordon,
Edinburgh, the Shetland Islands, and down to Dublin.
[17:27] <KK> It actually goes on to Waterford and then Rouen, but
we're getting off in Dublin; can't spare the extra time.
[17:28] <KK> We're Destination Speakers.
[17:28] <Lady_Marian> neat...
[17:28] <Debbie-VB> It will be nice to get away from the construction
for a while though
[17:28] * Sedina wants to be able to be on that cruise
[17:28] <KK> The ship is the Crystal Symphony, which we've not been on
before.
[17:28] <TerryOBrien> DO you speak on the boat or at a location on
shore?
[17:28] <KK> On the ship. We're passengers who sing for our supper.
:-)
[17:29] <Sedina> lol
[17:29] <Mistyck> hehe
[17:29] <KK> This will be the third time we've done this, on 3
different ships. Great fun!
[17:29] <Annie> wow sounds like a great cruise to be on!
[17:29] <KK> And then I'm doing the Atlantic crossing on the QM2 with
my mother in October.
[17:29] <Lady_Marian> If I ever come into money, I'd certainly enjoy
something like that!
[17:29] <KK> Fortunately, she's paying for that one.
[17:29] * Sedina tries to contemplate how to make a break from Mayo so
that she can be a stowaway on the cruise
[17:30] <Wrengl> sedina, kathi says hi
[17:30] <Lady_Marian> Is that how you're getting over here for
Darkover, KK?
[17:30] <Lady_Marian>
[17:30] <KK> hi, kathi!
[17:30] <Sedina> tell her hi back from me!
[17:30] <KK> No. Darkover is later in the year. I have 3 US trips
between now and the end of the year.
[17:31] * Wrengl envies you doing the QM2 crossing
[17:31] <Lady_Marian> Ah....
[17:31] <Wrengl> she is one massive ship!
[17:31] <TerryOBrien> I hate to run, but I'm meeting friends to see
Spidey tonight and I need to get dinner before hand. *sigh*
[17:31] <KK> In between all this flitting, I have to get some serious
writing done. Laptop goes on both cruises.
[17:31] <Lady_Marian> Well, I've got my membership saved up... just
saving for my daughters now!
[17:31] <Debbie-VB> sounds like you are going to be a busy girl
katherine
[17:31] <KK> Night, Terry.
[17:31] * Wrengl saw her docked and has also seen her going under the
Verranzano Narrows Bridge
[17:31] <Sedina> KK - Bynw suggests that you pull rank and mention
that you're a baroness
[17:31] <Sedina> bye Terry
[17:31] <Debbie-VB> nighters Terry
[17:32] <Lady_Marian> When Erin found that Tamora Pierce was a guest
at Darkover she begged to attend.
[17:32] <Annie> bye Terry
[17:32] <Lady_Marian> Night Terry
[17:32] <TerryOBrien> Good night folks. (Serious envy on the cruise
gig.)
[17:32] * TerryOBrien has left #Deryni_Destinations
[17:32] <KK> I'll try to bring pictures for Darkover.
[17:32] <Lady_Marian> So I'll have my 15-year-old in tow...
[17:32] <Mistyck> that'd be awesome, Katherine!
[17:33] * Debbie-VB pouts. she won't be at darkover this year
[17:33] <Annie> you think you've got problems - I've got my 6yo (will
be nearly 8 by then) at Worldcon next year!
[17:33] <Lady_Marian> As soon as DR arrives in my local bookstore, I'm
giving it to Erin to read... She's the same age I was when I first
read it.
[17:33] <Annie> I'm just hoping there's a really good kid's thread
[17:33] <Wrengl> lady marian, coming to darkover?
[17:34] <KK> I got my first author copy of DR in the post this week.
It looks good, other than being inaccurate on the cover.
[17:34] <Lady_Marian> I stopped going to worldcons after Orlando in
92... I had a four year old and a two year old and I just couldn't
hack it
[17:34] <Wrengl> annie, worldcon usually has children's programming,
though
[17:34] <Lady_Marian> Are the covers ever accurate?
[17:34] <Mistyck> oh, while I have everyone here...poll
question.,..should I bring Samosas again???
[17:34] <Wrengl> yes
[17:34] <KK> Sometimes they're worse than others--or better than
others.
[17:34] <Lady_Marian> I'm going to get some more of that Woodlea
Bakery Cheesecake on my way into town....
[17:34] <Annie> any good fantasy recommendations for a 6yo advanced
reader (reading age about 12, but maturity age def 6/7)
[17:34] <Wrengl> lady marian, the Rampant Lion Pub will be in two
rooms again this year
[17:34] <Annie> (while I'm here )
[17:34] <Sedina> the samosas were yummy
[17:34] <Lady_Marian> *nod*
[17:35] <Wrengl> the main one is non smoking
[17:35] <Lady_Marian> Oh, good!
[17:35] * Sedina will be contributing chippers again...of course
[17:35] <Lady_Marian> I'll pick up two cheese cakes then, one for each
room
[17:35] <Annie> don't suppose the samosas will travel as far as
Glasgow, Mystyck?
[17:35] <Mistyck> they can, Annie
[17:35] <Wrengl> usually people are in the main one, unless they need
to smoke
[17:35] <Annie> :d
[17:35] <Mistyck> I froze them before taking them to DC
[17:35] <KK> Enough of the food! I got a new electronic scale, and
I've been soooo good--but the cruise will put a few pounds back on.
:-(
[17:36] <RainbowDragon> A lot of places won't be distributing the new
DR until Tuesday
[17:36] <Lady_Marian> I'd offer my oatmeal pecan cookies but my kids
eat them as fast as bake them!
[17:36] <Wrengl> and the food is all in the main room
[17:36] * Olympia has joined #Deryni_Destinations
[17:36] <DeryniBot> Chocolate, Cats, and Cheese just a few of our
favorite things here Olympia
[17:36] <Mistyck> her comes
[17:36] <RainbowDragon> Hi, Olympia
[17:36] <Olympia> yo kim
[17:36] <KK> Olympia!
[17:36] * Annie thinks oatmeal pecan cookies sound yummy
[17:36] <Lady_Marian> hello!
[17:36] <Mistyck> Hiyas Nancy
[17:36] * Debbie-VB sends katherine some anti-calorie woodgies
[17:36] <Olympia> And Katherine!
[17:36] <Olympia> and everyone
[17:36] <KK> You made it just in time. I'm fading, but I'll stick
around a while longer. :-)
[17:37] <Sedina> Katherine - try being weighed every danged day... At
least I can blame it on water weight
[17:37] * Sedina tackles nancy
[17:37] <Annie> I lost loads last year but it's creeping back on again
- need to be good through the summer holidays
[17:37] <Lady_Marian> My kids are being too quiet.... afk for a
moment...
[17:37] <Olympia> Ahhh the fresh smell of strawberries! <g>
[17:37] * Sedina is happy to say that she's back down another pound
[17:38] <RainbowDragon> KK: how goes the progress on CM2?
[17:38] <KK> Ah, fresh strawberries 'n cream! The roadside vendors
are out in full force right now; strawberries are scrumptious, but
I've bene resisting.
[17:38] <Olympia> Even at your heaviest, Kim dear, it will take a wee
bit more to tackle me I'm afraid...
[17:38] <KK> Don't ask, RD.
[17:38] <Sedina> I'm at 192 right now....that's definitely the largest
that I have ever been..
[17:38] <RainbowDragon> uh-oh.....
[17:38] <Mistyck> Sedina, you don't need to lose any more weight!
[17:38] <Olympia> WOW! How cool to have the weight number start with a
1!
[17:38] <Lady_Marian> Back... all kids accounted for...
[17:39] <Debbie-VB> when kids are quiet, Watch Out!
[17:39] <Lady_Marian> In the interest of not being lynched I won't
mention my weight...
[17:39] <Olympia> Once I get to New Hampshire, life is gonna get a lot
more religious in the weight dept
[17:39] <Sedina> the worst was when I was first weighed in here at
Mayo and was a massive 205. I actually weighed more than my dad...now
if that's not depressing
[17:39] <Wrengl> hi nancy
[17:39] <Olympia> hi pat!
[17:39] <KK> The nice/grim thing about an electronic scale is that it
tells you exactly; you don't have to move back and forth on the scale
to try to get a steady reading.
[17:39] <Olympia> Ok, changing the subject from weight... <grin>
[17:40] <Debbie-VB> I know that feeling I too weigh a leetle more then
I should
[17:40] <Mistyck> hehe
[17:40] <Wrengl> well if you can manage to make some and keep them
away from the kids, those cookies sound yummy
[17:40] <Lady_Marian> Oh, I had a cool thing happen today!
[17:40] <KK> Yes?
[17:40] <Mistyck> yes they do, Annie
[17:40] <Sedina> Marian - I am by far nowhere near my normal weight at
this point....which is why I love Martine in her thoughtfulness. She
sent me really soft, comfy cotton jammies that I've been living in
since I first got them
[17:40] <Lady_Marian> I have been writing a Harry Potter fanfic for my
teenager... and I posted a chapter this afternoon to Fanfiction.net
[17:40] <Olympia> Those are the Barney jammies, right?
[17:41] <Lady_Marian> And about two minutes after I posted it, I got
an email from one of the readers thanking me for updating.
[17:41] <KK> Barney jammies. The mind boggles.
[17:41] <Sedina> sorry...no purple in the package. And you just get
the barney wedding dress bit out of that mind of yours too
[17:41] <Mistyck> lol!
[17:41] <Lady_Marian> It was quite an ego boost!
[17:41] <Olympia> Well I'm saving the Barney fabric for her wedding
dress. Way to go, Lady M!
[17:41] <KK> Congrats, Lady M.
[17:41] <Mistyck> I'll bet!
[17:41] <Lady_Marian> They didn't yell at me for leaving it at a
cliffhanger either!
[17:41] <Mistyck> cool!
[17:42] <Debbie-VB> conga-rats LM
[17:42] <Lady_Marian> *grinnin fit to bust*
[17:42] <Olympia> I think with a bouquet of lovely purple flowers and
"I Love You, You Love Me" as the processional...
[17:42] <Wrengl> congrats lady m
[17:42] <KK> I think one of the cats Has Something downstairs.
[17:42] <Lady_Marian> Now if only I can get the muse to cooperate on
my original piece I've been struggling with...
[17:42] <Mistyck> oooh..that would be hiliarious, Nancy!
[17:42] <Olympia> Uh oh - "Something" sounds... ominous
[17:42] <Sedina> Nancy - Chris and Donna both think that it's scary
that you're planning your own wedding right now...and they suggest
that it would likely be safest to not let you plan mine
[17:42] <Sedina> congrats, Marian!
[17:43] <Olympia> Why is it scary that I'm planning my own wedding? As
Katherine will tell you, I didn't have a real one the first time
[17:43] <KK> We had bats in the house 4 nights running last week, but
I think they came in a window that was temporarily without one panel.
All four were hooshed out safely.
[17:43] * Sedina is suddenly thinking that it's a very, very good
thing that the wedding will have to be small
[17:43] * Debbie-VB is still waiting for her first one
[17:43] <KK> That is true. She deserves a really great one, this
time!
[17:43] <Olympia> Bats IN the house? as in flying around IN the
house??? okayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
[17:43] <Sedina> yes, but you're the one who is thinking of barney in
the first place
[17:43] <Olympia> Oh, Katherine I'll send you a picture of Richard
taken two weeks ago...
[17:44] <Mistyck> well, with that house, it woudn't be right without
bats coming in every now and then!
[17:44] <KK> Yep, three times inour bedroom and once in my office.
[17:44] <babayaga> bats are good luck
[17:44] <KK> You just open the window and wait for them to fly out.
[17:44] <Olympia> My dear Sedina, I wasn't thinking of Barney for
ME... I think we're going to wear something 1880s-ish
[17:44] <Olympia> No, Katherine, YOU open the window - I duck under
the bed
[17:44] <Mistyck> hehe
[17:44] <Olympia> and scream
[17:44] <Lady_Marian> Oooh sounds nice! I lvoe period wedding gowns
[17:44] <Debbie-VB> so who's getting the Barney wedding dress?
[17:44] <Olympia> sounds something like "omigod it's a bat get it out
of here"
[17:44] <Lady_Marian> Mine was sort of a semi-prairie gown done in
white satin
[17:45] <Olympia> Kim is getting the Barney wedding dress.
[17:45] <Sedina> and yet I keep having to remind you that there will
be no barney element to my wedding
[17:45] <KK> Believe me, the bat wants to get out!
[17:45] <Mistyck> don't worry Sedina, I'll bring white dye
[17:45] <Olympia> Heh... so you say, Sedina dear, so you say...
[17:45] <Olympia> And back to my question... why is it scary that I'm
having a wedding???
[17:45] <Debbie-VB> BTW, that image is going to be in my nightmares
for years now I'm afraid
[17:45] * Wrengl Quit (User has been mind-ripped)
[17:45] <Sedina> I don't even know when my wedding will actually be
able take place
[17:45] <Mistyck> ick...poor Pat!
[17:46] <Mistyck> or in what Country, eh???
[17:46] <Olympia> in the u.s.
[17:46] <KK> I can picture you in something out of Emma, or Pride &
Prejudice, or the like.... :-)
[17:46] <Olympia> Unless we all go to Ireland and have a mass wedding
there
[17:46] <Mistyck> yep
[17:46] <Mistyck> she'd look good in it
[17:46] * RainbowDragon grins evilly while picturing Sedina in a
purple wedding dress complete with a Barney head :-)
[17:46] * Samuel has joined #Deryni_Destinations
[17:46] <DeryniBot> Chocolate, Cats, and Cheese just a few of our
favorite things here Samuel
[17:46] <Samuel> hello all
[17:46] <Mistyck> hiyas Sam
[17:46] <Debbie-VB> Hi sam
[17:46] <KK> hello, sam!
[17:46] <Olympia> That would be Kim in Regency, not me - I'd look like
more like Mrs. Bennett than Miss Bennett right now
[17:47] <Olympia> hi, sam
[17:47] <Sedina> I would like to have a very small outdoor wedding,
but it's all going to be dependant upon when the governments finally
decide that Cole and i actually can get married. Just because I want
it outside, my luck will have us getting the ok during winter
[17:47] <KK> How about Victorian, then?
[17:47] <Sedina> hi Sam
[17:47] <Olympia> 1880 - bustle dress for me - or Chinese
[17:47] <KK> Sedina, I've been meaning to ask. Why is the government
interested in your wedding?
[17:48] <Olympia> What do you mean, the governments? Since when does a
govt get to say that someone can get married?
[17:48] <Olympia> (katherine - gmta)
[17:48] <Olympia> ok grammar on that last post was wonky.. I meant
"gets a say in when someone..."
[17:48] <KK> Obviously the question everyone is asking. We all wait
breathlesly....
[17:49] <Olympia> Cole is Canadian, you are American - there's a
problem with this?
[17:49] <Mistyck> yep
[17:49] <KK> She is composing an answer.
[17:49] <Olympia> ahhhh
[17:49] * Wrengl has joined #Deryni_Destinations
[17:49] * Wrengl sets mode: +o Wrengl
[17:49] <DeryniBot> Welcome Wrengl to all things Katherine Kurtz
[17:49] <Mistyck> I was wondering also
[17:49] <Mistyck> wb Pat
[17:49] <Wrengl> hi sam
[17:49] <KK> Why is there a problem with this?
[17:49] <Debbie-VB> wb pat
[17:49] <Olympia> hya pat
[17:49] <Annie> wb Wrengl
[17:49] <Wrengl> my venison loins just came off the grill
[17:49] <babayaga> Wrengl--I got peer for you elsewhere
[17:49] <Olympia> you're eating bambi?
[17:49] <Wrengl> so i think i am going to eat
[17:49] <Mistyck> last I heard, there wasn't a problem marrying a
Canadian
[17:49] <Wrengl> we love venison
[17:50] <KK> yum!
[17:50] <Sedina> Katherine - it has to do with the fact that simply
because everything else between the US and Canada isn't as highly
regulated...for some reason they've decided to make it a massive
headache when trying to get jobs across the border or to get married
to someone from across the border
[17:50] <Wrengl> i made a marinade with hoisin sauce
[17:50] <Sedina> wb Pat
[17:50] <Debbie-VB> The marrage isn't a big problem but trying to get
him into the states can be
[17:50] <KK> Work permits I can understand, but weddings?
[17:50] <Wrengl> and boiled the remaining marinade for sauce
[17:51] <Olympia> But if he's Canadian and you get married in Ireland,
doesn't that solve everything? <grin>
[17:51] <Wrengl> but after the wedding one of them will have to cross
the border to live and work
[17:51] <KK> Alas, probably not.
[17:51] <Sedina> unfortunately not
[17:51] <Debbie-VB> Canada isn't exactly in the USA's god books right
now
[17:51] <KK> That was to Olympia.
[17:51] <Debbie-VB> good
[17:51] <Olympia> If it didn't mean a massive troop movement, we'd get
married at Worldcon!
[17:51] <babayaga> lol, come to Massachusetts, we can probably work
something out
[17:52] <Wrengl> lol
[17:52] <Olympia> I mean Katherine will be there and Conrad will be
there ...
[17:52] <Sedina> the whole thing is the open border policy...they have
to have some way to control the immigration between the two countries
[17:52] <KK> Why?
[17:52] <Sedina> lol babayaga
[17:52] <Sedina> why what, Katherine?
[17:53] <Olympia> Ok - we ALL emigrate to Ireland
[17:53] <Wrengl> that would have been neat nancy
[17:53] <Olympia> and become Katherine's tenant farmers
[17:53] <Wrengl> lol
[17:53] <Wrengl> sounds like fun
[17:53] <KK> Why do they have to control the immigration btwn the two
countries?
[17:53] <Olympia> Because both govts are silly.
[17:53] <Lady_Marian> You don't want me to farm... I have a black
thumb!
[17:53] <Samuel> I don't do farming or gardening. Can I be the
resident tech-geek instead?
[17:53] <KK> That's true. But aren't all governments silly?
[17:53] <Debbie-VB> So do I Lady M. We can do other things though
[17:53] <Olympia> Lady M, how good are you at extracting liquid
protein? Katherine, do you have goats or sheep?
[17:54] <Sedina> lol Actually, if Cole were to claim his Australian
citizenship (which would royally screw things up for him in general
right now), we would be able to get married whenever. We'd just have
to have it validated by the embassy.
[17:54] <Olympia> Aha! you guys can spin and weave.
[17:54] <KK> No goats or sheep.
[17:54] <Olympia> Cole is Australian?
[17:54] <KK> We have horses--and deer in the area, and foxes, and of
course cats and dogs.
[17:54] <Olympia> I'm so confused... I thought he was Winnipegian
[17:54] * Mistyck didn't know that either!
[17:54] <Wrengl> dinner tonight includes my first zuchini and pepper
[17:54] <Olympia> Aha! ok - grooming horses
[17:54] <Wrengl> tomatoes to harvest tomorrow
[17:54] <Sedina> he's got dual citizenship...his mother is Australian,
but he only claims his Canadian citizenship
[17:54] <Mistyck> ahh
[17:55] <Debbie-VB> I could probably learn to groom horsies
[17:55] <KK> But he could claim his Australian?
[17:55] <Mistyck> was he born there?
[17:55] <KK> Would that make it easier for him to live and work in the
US?
[17:55] <Olympia> It's easy, Deb... trust me. I can't ride worth horse
poop but I'm great at brushing 'em
[17:55] <Mistyck> that would make it easier
[17:55] <Wrengl> lol nancy
[17:55] <Annie> dozing off again chaps! Off to bed for me after a
hectic weekend. Hope to see you next week!
[17:55] <Sedina> theoretically, yes...but it would make his life right
now a living hell
[17:55] <Annie> night all
[17:55] <Sedina> good night, Annie
[17:55] <Mistyck> sleep well, Annie
[17:55] <Olympia> Do NOT laugh, Pat! Ask Katherine. She is a witness
to my slipping off the back of a standing horse.
[17:55] <Olympia> Night, Annie
[17:56] <Wrengl> night annie
[17:56] * Annie Quit
[17:56] <Wrengl> oh
[17:56] <Debbie-VB> Only thing is , with ireland being so strictly a
Cathoilic country, would a nice quiet TG be allowed in?
[17:56] <KK> I think it was actually moving.
[17:56] <Olympia> tg?
[17:56] <Sedina> that's definitely a story that I think will have to
be shared!
[17:56] <KK> Or maybe it rippled its back to get rid of a fly.
[17:56] <Wrengl> i was thrown on my head when taking lessons, doing a
trail ride
[17:56] <Olympia> Well yes it was sort of moving. As in it had taken
one step forward.
[17:56] <Mistyck> Olympia: you're not the only one who'd fall off a
standing horse
[17:56] * Mistyck would too!
[17:57] <Olympia> Ireland isn't restrictive about people moving there,
are they, Katherine?
[17:57] <Sedina> I miss horse back riding
[17:57] <Lady_Marian> In my one and only riding lesson, I managed to
stay on when a bee stung the horse's nose!
[17:57] <KK> Well, yes.
[17:57] <Debbie-VB> Transgendered person nancy
[17:57] <Lady_Marian> But then next week I found I was preggers and
the doc told me I couldn't continue my lessons
[17:57] <Olympia> Which reminds me, I may have a lovely young lady to
introduce to you - a young archaeologist friend of mine who is coming
over there for a 1-year program.
[17:57] <KK> And restrictive about work permits.
[17:57] <Lady_Marian> I haven't had a chance to learn since!
[17:58] <KK> You can give her my contact info.
[17:58] <Olympia> Debbie, I don't think you have to register being TG,
do you? I mean, you're a girl. I think they're way more concerned
about how you will earn a living.
[17:58] <KK> We've even got some archaeological contacts.
[17:58] <Debbie-VB> The catholic church is not really supportive about
girls like me
[17:58] <Olympia> Thanks - her name is Meghan and I have already
warned her to keep her lizard brain (limbic system) under control 'cuz
she's VERY romantic... and those men... well... not safe when you're
21 and romantic.
[17:59] <KK> Even on our artist's exemptions, we had to prove that we
wouldn't be a burden on the State.
[17:59] <Olympia> Bah, that's the Catholic Church, not Ireland and not
God!
[17:59] <Olympia> God only cares what's in your heart, dear, not your
chromosomes.
[17:59] <KK> The RC Church no longer has the stranglehold it once had
here.
[18:00] <Mistyck> that's good
[18:00] <Olympia> John and I are hoping to make a trip over while
we're in NH
[18:00] <Debbie-VB> That's good
[18:01] <Olympia> Let's see... so it would be the Tenant Farmers and
Writers Enclave of Gwynedd, eh?
[18:01] <Olympia> we write, we groom horses, we bake cookies.
[18:01] <Olympia> oh and we shoo bats out of the baronial estate.
[18:01] <Debbie-VB> One good thing about living in Ireland is, I'd not
be all that far from where my ancesters were
[18:02] <Olympia> Although I will happily waive my bat-shooing duties
to someone in exchange for someone's share of stable-mucking.
[18:02] <KK> Guys, I'm really fading here. Gotta hit the sack.
[18:02] <Mistyck> have a great night Katherine
[18:02] <RainbowDragon> Goodnight, KK
[18:02] <KK> I have a tiler coming in the AM, and also more window
guys.
[18:02] <babayaga> sayonara
[18:02] <Debbie-VB> Thanks for droping in Katherine
[18:02] <Olympia> Sleep well ... and I'll tap the screen for a Bat
Begone spell
[18:02] <Mistyck> and thank you for stopping by!
[18:02] <KK> Plus, I have to get my lecture notes finished.
[18:02] <Debbie-VB> Sleep Sweet, and have a terrific cruise
[18:02] <KK> Won't be here next week as I'll be at sea.
[18:02] <Mistyck>
[18:03] <Olympia> ::urp:: have a lovely time!
[18:03] <Mistyck> have fun on the trip!
[18:03] <Debbie-VB> I'll be with you in spirit
[18:03] <KK> But I'll be back in two weeks, hopefully with news of
upstairs windows successfully installed!
[18:03] <Mistyck> cool!
[18:04] <KK> Nighters, all!
[18:04] <Sedina> thanks for stopping, Katherine....I'm so glad that I
actually got to make chat <and> have you here for it. I will
definitely be giving out extra huggles to Chris and Donna for letting
me use their laptop to do this. Talk about a highlight for my day
[18:04] <Debbie-VB> {{{{{{{huggles}}}}}}}}}
[18:05] <Mistyck> Sedina....it wasn't a coincidence you know
[18:05] * KK steps onto her Portal, waves good night, swooshes her
wand in Sedina's direction, and disappears in a shower of green
sparkles.
[18:05] <Mistyck> sleep well Katherine!
[18:05] <Sedina> Bynw and Tika send their farewells as well
[18:06] * KK Quit