KKChat -- 29 February 2004

[Bynw]

[17:01] * KK has joined #Deryni_Destinations
[17:01] <DeryniBot> Returning from the Inner Planes with Adam
Sinclair is KK
[17:01] <Samuel> hello KK
[17:01] <Mistyck> hi KK
[17:01] <kirienne> Hi Katherine
[17:01] <RainbowDragon> Greetings, Katherine
[17:01] <Sedina> Hi, Katherine
[17:01] <the_Bee> hi KK! you made it!
[17:01] <JastaElf> Hi Katherine!
[17:01] <Duck> hello katherine
[17:01] <KK> Hi, Folks.
[17:01] <The_Cat_Whisperer> Hi, KK
[17:02] <Mistyck> how are you?
[17:02] <KK> We've had house guests the past few weekends--and have
some tonight, so I can't stay too long, but wanted to at least drop
in.
[17:02] <RainbowDragon> We've missed you the last few Sundays, KK
[17:02] <KK> What's the latest word on Wrengl?
[17:02] <JastaElf> Not yet, Katherine.
[17:02] <kirienne> how is remodeling going Katherine?
[17:02] <JastaElf> No bulletin today
[17:02] <Mistyck> as of yesterday she was still in ICU
[17:02] <KK> Work progresses.
[17:02] <Bynw> hiyas KK
[17:02] <kirienne> what has happened to Pat?
[17:02] <Mistyck> but talking to the nurses and doctors
[17:02] <the_Bee> what happened??
[17:03] <RainbowDragon> How is your writing progressing, Katherine?
[17:03] <KK> This weekend, we filled an entire large dumpster (the
size of a car) with builders' debris. Yay!
[17:03] <Sedina> Pat's doing better, but the hospital staff is still
having to work hard to keep her sugar levels within exceptable ranges.
[17:03] <KK> Not much writing the past week or so, though I'm raring
to get back to it.
[17:03] <The_Cat_Whisperer> I sent Wrengl a get-well e-card.
[17:04] <KK> While dealing with builders, I figured out a better way
to do a scene I'd drafted.
[17:04] <Mistyck>
[17:04] <kirienne> cool KK
[17:04] <KK> Jasta, how are you doing?
[17:04] <The_Cat_Whisperer> Inspiration comes from the unlikliest
places! :-)
[17:04] <Duck> if they aid in the planning process then you need a
troupe of engineers on hand katherine
[17:05] <JastaElf> I'm... hanging in there, KK. Meds are being
adjusted, and... sad to say, the bleeding has come back. :-(
[17:05] <KK> Amen.
[17:05] <KK> Drat!
[17:05] * Martine has joined #Deryni_Destinations
[17:05] <DeryniBot> Martine has caught a rare Lehr cat and enters the
chat with it on a leash
[17:05] <kirienne> darn
[17:05] <Mistyck> hi Martine
[17:05] <KK> What's the long-term prognosis?
[17:05] <kirienne> hi Martine
[17:05] <Martine> Hi all! Huggles!
[17:05] <The_Cat_Whisperer> Hi, Martine.
[17:05] <Bynw> its martine!
[17:05] <KK> Hi, Martine!
[17:05] * the_Bee sends heling woodgies to jasta and wrengl
[17:05] <Martine> Hi katherine! Long time no see!
[17:05] <JastaElf> They haven't said yet; I have an appt. this week
with the docs.
[17:05] <Duck> hello martini
[17:06] <the_Bee> hi martine
[17:06] <Martine> Hi Duck! :-)
[17:06] * Sedina huggles Jasta
[17:06] <Martine> Hi Bee!
[17:06] <Sedina> hi, Martine
[17:06] <KK> And how is Brian doing?
[17:06] <Martine> Did you get to see Jasper this morning, Jasta?
[17:06] <JastaElf> He's doing GREAT! Did I tell you he made the
Dean's List last semester?
[17:06] * dianna has joined #Deryni_Destinations
[17:06] <DeryniBot> Welcome to #Deryni_Destinations dianna
[17:06] <KK> Wow!
[17:06] * kirienne sends Duncan to Jasta's, and Morgan to Pat's sides
Nigel accompanies Duncan, to make Jasta smile
[17:06] <Mistyck> cool, Jasta!
[17:06] <Mistyck> hi Dianna
[17:06] <Martine> Good for him!
[17:06] <the_Bee> Jasper made the dean's list???
[17:06] <dianna> good evening all
[17:06] <JastaElf> LOL! Yeah right, at horsie school...
[17:06] <kirienne> that's great about Jaspar Jasta
[17:07] <JastaElf> No, Brian, my son. :-)
[17:07] <The_Cat_Whisperer> Hi, Dianna. Haven't seen you before.
[17:07] <kirienne> oh, even better
[17:07] <JastaElf> Jasper has been seeing a trainer though and has had
a dramatic turnaround in behaviour.
[17:07] <KK> Is he (Jasper) being broken to saddle yet? He's got to
be old enough.
[17:07] <JastaElf> He's already been broken to ride, KK.
[17:07] <Sedina> hi, dianna
[17:07] <dianna> been here a few weeks, off and on, nice to meet you,
cat..
[17:07] <KK> Aha! And have you ridden him?
[17:07] <JastaElf> The trainer has ridden him several times already.
*sob* and never told me til after... I wasn't even there to see!
[17:07] <RainbowDragon> Hi, dianna
[17:08] <JastaElf> No, since the back injury in December riding has
been out of the question. :-(
[17:08] <dianna> HI Sedina..how are you?
[17:08] <dianna> hi RD
[17:08] <JastaElf> Couldn't even walk to get out there to SEE him
ridden. But the doc thinks I'll be able to ride come April
[17:08] <KK> Sob. When do you think the back will be good enough?
[17:08] <RainbowDragon> back injury? oh yuck
[17:08] <Sedina> doing all right, dianna...taking a break from card
making to chat with everyone
[17:08] <JastaElf> Hopefully it'll be my Easter prezzie to myself.
[17:08] <KK> Sounds good!
[17:08] <Martine> So we all have to send healing huggles to Jasta and
Pat. :-)
[17:08] <dianna> Sedina, that is good, it is nice to chat sometimes
[17:08] <kirienne> that would be a good Easter prezzie
[17:09] <JastaElf> :-) I felt like such a prat tho: torn between joy
that he could be ridden, and sorrow that I wasn't there to see.
Sigh...
[17:09] <KK> Martine, how's your riding coming? And John's? He made
a good start here in Ireland.
[17:09] <Bynw> its very good to have the JastaElf back in the chat :-)
[17:09] <Mistyck> yes it is!
[17:09] <JastaElf> Aww, you guys are the greatest....
[17:09] <kirienne> yep
[17:09] <Martine> He sure did! John survived a 6-hour trail ride in
30-degree F weather before Christmas in western NJ. :-)
[17:09] <Mistyck> wow!
[17:09] <kirienne> wow, good for John
[17:09] <KK> Wow!
[17:09] <JastaElf> Martine, how're your skiing muscles this
morning/afternoon?
[17:09] <The_Cat_Whisperer> Bynw, Thanks for putting my stats on the
map. :-)
[17:10] <Martine> My riding is coming along well, too. I was upgraded
to a higher-level instructor and grouped with two other students, so I
get to ride for a full hour now.
[17:10] <kirienne> great
[17:10] <KK> Excellent!
[17:10] <Duck> martine and her riding crop inspiress confidence in her
students?
[17:10] <The_Cat_Whisperer> LOL!
[17:10] <Martine> My new instructor has me working mainly with the
stable slug (I'm one of the few who MIGHT get him to canter) and
another joy of a mare who responds to things you don't even know
you're doing.
[17:10] <kirienne> LOL Duck
[17:10] <Martine> Confidence? It's fear, Duck. FEAR! <g>
[17:11] <kirienne> LOL
[17:11] <Martine> Have you managed to get on a horse yet, Katherine?
[17:11] <JastaElf> So were you sore this AM after all that skiing
yesterday, Martine?
[17:11] <Bynw> you're welcome CW
[17:11] <Duck> aah so that is the reason why you are an instructor and
i am not
[17:11] <Martine> Owie, Jasta. But not as owie as John is! And he
wasn't the one skiing moguls <g>
[17:11] <JastaElf> Oh, poor John!!
[17:11] <The_Cat_Whisperer> Martin, is that mare Deryni? :-D
[17:11] <JastaElf> He clearly didn't take tylenol before bed...
[17:11] <JastaElf> :-)
[17:11] <KK> Duck, did Nancy ever tell you that I wasn't able to open
your resume file, which is why I haven't been able to call those Irish
job possibilities for you?
[17:12] * kirienne tells Kelson to give Martine a *good* massage after
chat
[17:12] <Martine> It was funny, too. I wasn't sore from skiing, but
from carrying the darn boot bag all the way back to the car!!
[17:12] <Martine> If Brite (the mare) isn't Deryni, she must have at
least been trained by one!
[17:12] <Duck> yes she did katherine and i have been a bit busy to
follow up on any of it
[17:12] * cherie has joined #Deryni_Destinations
[17:12] <DeryniBot> cherie has caught a rare Lehr cat and enters the
chat with it on a leash
[17:12] <cherie> Hi everyone
[17:12] <RainbowDragon> hi, cherie
[17:12] <Mistyck> hi Cherie
[17:12] <JastaElf> Hi Cherie
[17:12] <cherie> Hello KK
[17:12] <Martine> Kirienne, I like the way you think! ;-)
[17:12] <the_Bee> hi cherie
[17:12] <KK> OK, resend the info when you can and I'll try to call on
the posts.
[17:12] <The_Cat_Whisperer> Hi, Cherie.
[17:13] <kirienne> hi cherie
[17:13] <Martine> And no, Jasta, John didn't take Tylenol last night
;-)
[17:13] <Sedina> hi, cherie
[17:13] <Martine> Hi Cherie
[17:13] <cherie> just got in from horseback riding:)
[17:13] <kirienne> anything for a friend Martine :-)
[17:13] <Martine> Oooooooo! :-)
[17:13] <Martine> How was the ride?
[17:13] <cherie> awesome!
[17:13] <KK> And Mistyck, how is the adorable Ryan?
[17:13] <The_Cat_Whisperer> KK, I sent you an email. Did you get it?
[17:14] <Martine> KK, how's Holybrooke coming along?
[17:14] <KK> Dunno. When did you send it?
[17:14] <The_Cat_Whisperer> The 18th.
[17:14] <dianna> KK, how are you doing?
[17:14] <KK> I'll have to check, CW.
[17:15] <KK> We hope that the window guy will start this week.
[17:15] <Martine> Excellent!
[17:15] <Martine> When he's done with your house, can you send him
over here? We have four windows that need replacing... <g>
[17:15] <Martine> Hi Dianna
[17:15] <KK> Meanwhile, we have two of the three holes drilled through
the 30+ inch-thick walls for plumbing. And most of the plastering is
now done.
[17:16] <Martine> So it's starting to look like a livable wing again
then.
[17:16] <RainbowDragon> How much more needs to be done to the place,
Katherine?
[17:16] <dianna> KK....I really enjoyed reading about your
ghosts...too cool
[17:16] <KK> There are definitely rooms out there!
[17:16] <Martine> Whoo hoo!
[17:16] <Mistyck> Katherine: Ryan's doing great! He's skating again
and doing well in school
[17:16] <JastaElf> Shiral sent me her trip diary... the ghosts stayed
away from her while she was there
[17:17] <dianna> no fair, if I ever go to Ireland, AND a castle, I had
BETTER see some ghosts!!!!!
[17:17] <Martine> You're doing better than we are, then. All we've
managed so far is to dig up the basement slab only to discover that
water is leaching through our foundation. We MIGHT have a new bathroom
in 2006 at this rate!
[17:17] <KK> Plaster the lobby and utility area, the lower stairwell,
build the little boiler houue in the outer lobby; second fix on
electrical and plumbing.
[17:17] <Duck> and an underground spa now martine?
[17:17] <Martine> Jasta, I told Shiral she just had to promise the
ghosts CHOCOLATE next time <g>
[17:17] <RainbowDragon> Maybe ghosts are afraid of Shirals! :-)
[17:17] <Martine> A rather cold and muddy one, yes, Duck!
[17:17] <KK> Oh, and the kitchen came; now sitting in boxes in the
drawing room. Appliances are still on hold at the warehouse, but we
bought and paid for them on St. Stephen's Day.
[17:18] <dianna> martine ..mud pit, hummmmmm
[17:18] <Mistyck> cool!
[17:18] <Martine> So things are moving along rather nicely!
[17:18] <JastaElf> LOL! I think ghosts would LIKE choccies...
[17:18] <The_Cat_Whisperer> Can ghosts eat?
[17:18] * dianna thinks jasta likes chocolate as much as I do
[17:18] <Martine> I only got to see the stair lady ghost myself when I
was there.
[17:18] <JastaElf> Warehoused since St. Stephen's, KK??
Jeepers--isn't that Dec.26??
[17:18] <JastaElf> LOL! I do indeed, Dianna!
[17:19] <KK> Yep. With luck, the wing will be ready for habitation in
May/June.
[17:19] * JastaElf reaches for a cordialed cherry
[17:19] <dianna> cat, sure they can....i think
[17:19] <Mistyck> cool!
[17:19] * Martine offers fresh-out-of-the-oven chocolate chip cookies
around the room
[17:19] <KK> Yep. But that's when the big sales are--and we knew what
we needed.
[17:19] <dianna> ty martine
[17:19] <cherie> oooh thanks martine:)
[17:19] <kirienne> oooh more choc chip cookies
[17:19] * JastaElf hands around dishes of Breyers' choc chip ice
cream, and the bowl of hot fudge
[17:20] <Martine> Now I just have to figure out how to telecommute
from Ireland so I can rent that wing.... ;-)
[17:20] <KK> Yum!
[17:20] <Martine> Did you say HOT fudge?
[17:20] <kirienne> LOL Martine
[17:20] * Martine salivates
[17:20] <Bynw> LOL Martine
[17:20] <dianna> martine...LOL
[17:20] * the_Bee thanks jasta and happily digs in
[17:20] <cherie> great way to end a day now if only I had stopped at
the store on my way home.
[17:20] <JastaElf> I said HOT fudge, dark, rich and luscious,
Martine....
[17:20] <The_Cat_Whisperer> *sets out cups of hot chocolate*
[17:20] <cherie> oh then again if I had I would not be her yet
[17:20] * Martine moves from salivate to full-out drool
[17:21] <dianna> has anyone seen the Mel Gibson movie , The passion,
yet?
[17:21] <cherie> *here
[17:21] <cherie> not yet
[17:21] <Martine> Jasta - trade Godiva liqueur for some of that hot
fudge?
[17:21] <Bynw> Tika is gonna see it next weekend
[17:21] <The_Cat_Whisperer> LOL, Martine!
[17:21] <dianna> was gonna see it today, but it keeps selling out
[17:21] <JastaElf> You dobn't have to, Martine, But you have a deal...
[17:21] <cherie> A co-workers mom did and said it was really good
[17:21] <dianna> kahlua is great on ice cream...
[17:21] * JastaElf snatches the Godiva and pours a BUNCH OF SMALL CUPS
TO PASS AROUND. :-)
[17:21] <Bynw> a lot of the local churches have bought up all the
tickets around here
[17:21] <KK> I plan to see it.
[17:21] <cherie> I am going to wait and rent it
[17:21] <Martine> I think I'm going to wait until it comes out on
video. Local theater now wants $9.50 per ticket.
[17:22] <kirienne> I haven't seen it, don't think I could handle the
intensity of it, I nearly faint at having my blood drawn for tests
[17:22] <dianna> ick, way too high for a movie, I will see it next
weekend, maybe things will calm down
[17:22] <Martine> I didn't think you could turn down Godiva liqueur,
Jasta. ;-)
[17:22] <JastaElf> LOL! Nope!
[17:22] <cherie> Oscars is tonight
[17:22] <kirienne> godiva, yummmm
[17:22] <dianna> I can't imagine it will be any bloodier than say, the
gladiator, or braveheart
[17:22] <Martine> I paid $9.50 for Return of the King, and it was
worth every penny. There aren't many other movies worth that.
[17:23] <cherie> yeaah
[17:23] <The_Cat_Whisperer> Maybe you should get a note from your
doctor before seeing "The Passion". =8-0
[17:23] <cherie> Been to see it 4 times Martine
[17:23] * JastaElf LOVED ROTK... except not enough Legolas....
[17:23] <Martine> LOL! There's never enough Legolas! ;-)
[17:23] <JastaElf> Amen! :-)
[17:23] <kirienne> I still have not seen ythe ending of Braveheart, I
held my coat over my eyes adn ears at certain times of that
[17:23] <cherie> yes but he was there more than in the book
[17:23] <Martine> Did you see Pirates of the Caribbean, Jasta?
[17:23] <Sedina> lol Jasta
[17:23] <JastaElf> Oh YES! *drool*
[17:23] <Martine> LOL!
[17:23] <cherie> braveheart was not so bad. The patriot was really
bloody though
[17:23] <dianna> kirienne, the only thing that bothers me os the
spinning scenes, yick
[17:23] * kirienne agrees with Jasta, m\needed way more Mirkwood
Princling in it
[17:24] <KK> Pirates was cool.
[17:24] <cherie> Pirates was very cool
[17:24] <Martine> It was a heck of a lot of fun! Isn't Johnny Depp up
for best actor for that movie?
[17:24] <cherie> he is]
[17:24] <dianna> haven't seen pirates, can't stand Johnny Depp
[17:24] <KK> He did a hell of a job.
[17:24] <cherie> He better get it too
[17:24] * Raven has joined #Deryni_Destinations
[17:24] <DeryniBot> Raven uses a Transfer Portal to join the chat in
#Deryni_Destinations
[17:24] <cherie> hi raven
[17:24] <Sedina> hi, Raven
[17:24] <Martine> Agreed!
[17:24] <JastaElf> Hi Raven!
[17:24] <Raven> *waves* hi
[17:24] <Bynw> hiyas Raven
[17:24] <Martine> Hi Raven!
[17:24] <dianna> hi Raven
[17:24] <RainbowDragon> HI, Raven
[17:24] <The_Cat_Whisperer> Hi, Raven.
[17:24] <cherie> if he does it will be the first time someone got it
for a comedy
[17:25] <kirienne> hi Raven
[17:25] * Raven falls backwards
[17:25] <JastaElf> Orlando Bloom was marvelous in Pirates. Eminently
, err, huggable. Yeah, that's the word. :-)
[17:25] <the_Bee> my video rental place has 5 for $10 on fridays. I'm
trying to think of 5 movies I <really> want to see
[17:25] <RainbowDragon> Quoth the Raven, "Never more"?
[17:25] <dianna> I liked Cuba Gooding Jr in RADIO
[17:25] <Martine> Just "huggable", Jasta?
[17:25] <Raven> *blinks* talk about greeting
[17:25] <cherie> Orli is gonna be a BIG ster
[17:25] <kirienne> Captain Jack Sparrow is the best pirate captain
ever as far as I am concerned
[17:25] <Raven> RD: yup.
[17:25] <cherie> yeah
[17:26] <Martine> A big star who is VERY easy on the eyes.
[17:26] <cherie> LOL very
[17:26] <kirienne> yes, he was huggable, I think of him as Legoals in
disguise playing at being a corsssssair tough
[17:26] <JastaElf> LOL! I can't say other words with KK in the room,
Martine. She thinks I'm sweet. :-)
[17:26] * JastaElf ducks from KK's reach...
[17:26] <Sedina> lol
[17:26] <kirienne> LOL Jasta
[17:26] <Bynw> LOL
[17:26] <Martine> ROTFL!!!! Gotcha! ;-)
[17:26] <KK> Huh?
[17:26] <dianna> are we talking about JOHNNY DEPP?? UGH
[17:26] <cherie> no Orlando bloom
[17:26] <Sedina> I would think that after all this time, she would
know you better than that, Jasta
[17:26] <Bynw> JastaElf, I think KK knows all about how you really are
[17:26] <JastaElf> LOL! Yeah probably....
[17:26] <KK> Ah, but Johnny Depp as Jack Sparrow, now....
[17:26] <dianna> whew, thought for a second youall had gone bonkers
[17:27] <JastaElf> Oh I loved Johnny as Jack.
[17:27] <Martine> I'm not a Johnny Depp fan, but I still thought he
was wonderful in Pirates.
[17:27] <cherie> Johny was so funny as Jack
[17:27] <Martine> He sure was!
[17:27] <kirienne> that was the first time I had ever seen Johnny
[17:27] <KK> Well, I recently reread a certain story by Jasta, written
for Nancy's birthday last year. Whew!
[17:27] <Martine> LOL!
[17:27] <Martine> Written by Jasta? Surely it cannot be!
[17:27] <dianna> you wanna see a funny movie, with hunks in it, watch
hollywood homicide
[17:27] <cherie> I need to rewrite mine before April
[17:27] <Mistyck> hi Raven
[17:28] <JastaElf> LOL! Ummm... which one was that, KK? I have no
brain today...
[17:28] <cherie> nah I am not into hunks I just love great adventures
[17:28] <JastaElf> Was that Nigel and Meraude in the labyrinth? <g>
[17:28] <KK> The one about the Queen of Torenth and her new lover....
[17:28] <Martine> Wasn't that Melissa's?
[17:28] <Martine> Or am I confused?
[17:28] <JastaElf> That wasn't me.... <blush>
[17:28] <cherie> My doggie wants to know what Im doin not paying
atention to her
[17:29] <KK> Oh, I'm confused too, then. But they're both cut from
the same cloth, where such things are concerned. ;-)
[17:29] <Martine> Hee hee!
[17:29] <JastaElf> LOL! Well yeah...
[17:29] <Bynw> lol
[17:29] <KK> I don't think it actually has an author name on the copy
I have.
[17:29] <kirienne> my brain is not working too good today either
[17:30] <cherie> Mines not too bad, notice no rent-a-fingers so far
[17:30] <KK> No, we all pretty muich seem to have our own fingers
tonight.
[17:30] <KK> much
[17:30] <JastaElf> :-) More's the pity in my case. Fumbling through
the evening....
[17:30] <kirienne> I was glad my team teacher taught our Sunday school
kids mostly by herself, I just handed out the coloring sheets and kept
reminding them that all eyes needed to be on her during the story
[17:31] <Martine> Huh, Kirienne? You mean brains are supposed to work?
[17:31] <kirienne> that's what I've been told anyway Martine
[17:31] <JastaElf> We had the Great Litany at our church this AM... I
got to chant. :-) Was hard kneeling there for ten minutes,
singing... but it was Cool!! :-)
[17:31] <KK> Incidentally, we're having really cold weather here.
There was ice in the shadows here today that never did melt.
[17:31] <The_Cat_Whisperer> It looks like KK's using rented fingers.
:-D
[17:31] * Bynw looks at the calendar and sees only 9 more days until
his bday which he shares with a few others
[17:31] <cherie> it's beautiful here
[17:31] <kirienne> cool Jasta, that must have been so moving
[17:31] <JastaElf> Probably not a good time to tell you it was 65 and
sunny here today... after all the cold we've had....
[17:32] * ethan has joined #Deryni_Destinations
[17:32] <DeryniBot> Paddy flies down from the bell tower to greet
ethan
[17:32] <JastaElf> It was, very, kirienne.
[17:32] <Martine> So come visit us here, Katherine. It's going to be
close to 60F tomorrow. :-)
[17:32] <JastaElf> Hi ethan!
[17:32] <the_Bee> hi ethan
[17:32] <Mistyck> hi Ethan
[17:32] <ethan> Hello all
[17:32] <cherie> yeah
[17:32] <kirienne> we've had 60 here too
[17:32] <kirienne> hi Ethan
[17:32] <cherie> Hey come ride horses with me kk
[17:32] * Sedina is jealous of 60 degree weather
[17:32] <KK> At least the great rains haven't started yet.
[17:32] <KK> Cherie, what kind of horses do you have?
[17:32] <The_Cat_Whisperer> Hi, Ethan.
[17:32] <Martine> I'm hoping we don't have a repeat of last year's
great rains.
[17:32] <Martine> Hi Ethan
[17:33] <cherie> An Appaloosa and a standardbred
[17:33] <ethan> Hello again
[17:33] <KK> I hope our stay away until we have windows.
[17:33] <kirienne> LOL
[17:33] <Martine> Yes, they do help keep the wet out when they're
working properly.
[17:33] <kirienne> so do I Katherine
[17:33] <JastaElf> Or you can come ride Shires with me, KK--or at
least I'll watch and take pics... :-)
[17:33] <JastaElf> Hey--you could ride JASPER! The trainer tells me
he is every bti as good as we'd hoped....
[17:33] <cherie> I always wanted to try riding a draft
[17:33] <KK> I had a riding teacher who rode an Appy named Happy. He
was brown with a white blanket.
[17:34] <JastaElf> Come on down to Virginia, cherie. These Shires are
wonderful!
[17:34] <cherie> Mine is a red lepord
[17:34] <KK> A very nice, steady horse. And my second horse was half
standardbred.
[17:34] <Sedina> I used to have an appy when I was growing up
[17:34] <Martine> Happy the Appy. I love that!
[17:34] <cherie> Oh wow I live in PA
[17:34] <JastaElf> (Tho my Jasper is a AQH/Connemara cross...)
[17:34] <JastaElf> DAYTRIP! :-)
[17:34] <cherie> !yeah!
[17:34] <Martine> Cherie, drafts are a lot of fun to ride. Once you're
legs are stretched out properly. :-)
[17:34] <JastaElf> :-)
[17:34] <cherie> lol
[17:34] <ethan> I ride a Missouri foxtrotter
[17:34] <cherie> I imagine you get bowlegged prety fast
[17:34] <JastaElf> You can ride dear Tristy--he is SUCH a GREAT ride!
[17:35] <cherie> cool
[17:35] <Martine> I ride whatever anyone will let me mount up ;-D
[17:35] <KK> I've heard of foxtrotters. What kind of gait do they
have? Comfy?
[17:35] <JastaElf> Come on down anyone, any time!
[17:35] <cherie> I am on vacation the end of the month
[17:35] <ethan> Like a rocking chair
[17:35] <cherie> cool
[17:35] <cherie> foxtrotters are way smooth
[17:35] <KK> Like a Walking horse?
[17:35] <The_Cat_Whisperer> We had rain earlier in the week, but it's
shorts weather now. Keep in mind that mind that what Idahoans call
shorts weather may differ from others' opinions. :-D
[17:35] <ethan> no bounce in the trot at all
[17:35] * the_Bee wishes she could ride
[17:35] <kirienne> LOL CW
[17:36] <KK> I could get used to that! :-)
[17:36] <cherie> more like a paso I'd think
[17:36] <ethan> verrry smooth
[17:36] <cherie> I never rode on but I've seen them work
[17:36] <KK> Sigh. Maybe some day I'll start riding again.
[17:36] <Martine> LOl, Cat! My husband was actually outside today in a
t-shirt. Not that you'd want to stay out that long in a t-shirt, but
the fact he could do it without freezing his tail off was a big step
in the warm direction. :-)
[17:36] <JastaElf> Wow, we've got lots of riders today! :-)
[17:36] <cherie> Equine affaire comming up!
[17:36] <cherie> yeah
[17:36] <JastaElf> Sounds good to me....
[17:37] <Martine> We'll just have to return to Ireland, KK, kidnap
you, and tie you to a saddle. ;-)
[17:37] <ethan> If you've never ridden one try it if you get a chance
[17:37] <cherie> Can't wait to be surrounded by horses and horse
people in Col;umbus
[17:37] <Martine> I got my new Equestrian Vacations brochure today.
They have a picture of the guide we had last summer for the Galway
tour.
[17:37] <Duck> oh no the zippers sisters and their accomplices are
trying for a second kk kidnappping
[17:37] <KK> BTW, I WILL be at WorldCon in Boston, courtesty of Gray
Ghost Press.
[17:37] <JastaElf> I'll be there KK!
[17:37] <cherie> neat
[17:37] <Bynw> when is WorldCon?
[17:37] <KK> Labor Day weekend.
[17:38] <the_Bee> wonderful, KK!
[17:38] <the_Bee> who's the GOH?
[17:38] <Bynw> dont think i'll make that ... i'll be recovering from
GenCon still
[17:38] <KK> Dunno.
[17:38] <Martine> I'll be there too! Boston is too close to pass up.
[17:38] <ethan> any chance of a Northwest US visit Katherine
[17:38] <cherie> too far for me this year
[17:39] <KK> Only if a con invites me.
[17:39] <the_Bee> if I go I'll rent a hotel room this time. I missed
too much at Arisia :-(
[17:39] <The_Cat_Whisperer> Ethan, we''l have to see what we can do!
[17:39] <The_Cat_Whisperer> we'll
[17:39] <ethan> yes we will!!!
[17:39] <Duck> my friend bob is a con(vict) if he invites you to oz
will ya come?
[17:39] <JastaElf> Room party at Jasta's place.... :-)
[17:40] <Martine> Alright!
[17:40] * kirienne wishes she would win the lottery soon so she could
attend
[17:40] <Martine> I'll bring the Godiva. Just let me know if it should
be solid, liquid, or both!
[17:40] * Bynw thinks KK should have a book signing tour of the US and
come to Iowa during it
[17:40] <KK> Depends on when it is, Duck.
[17:40] <The_Cat_Whisperer> Darn rental fingers!
[17:40] <cherie>
[17:40] * kirienne wishes she would win lottery soon so she could go
to cons
[17:41] * cherie whishes for all her bills to go away so she could go
to cons
[17:41] <KK> I thnk I'll be rooming with Olympia.
[17:41] * the_Bee will settle for PCH sweepstakes
[17:42] * cherie wants a pizza
[17:42] * ethan wishes he could win the lottery so he could buy a
large ranch, lots of horses so he could invite katherine to come ride
for a week
[17:42] <Martine> I'll settle for the "We'll redecorate your home for
free" sweepstakes. ;-)
[17:42] <cherie> just get yourself on that home makeover show
[17:43] <kirienne> I would like that too, but the apt owner/manager
would not let them do any painting
[17:43] <dianna> Katherine, if you come to Iowa, you gotta come to
Missouri!!!
[17:43] <JastaElf> I would love that, cherie!
[17:43] <cherie> me too
[17:43] <Martine> Although the money I'm saving by swapping the "cat
sleep and drool on dry-clean-only comforter" for "cat sleep and drool
on machine-washable duvet" is doing wonders. <g>
[17:43] <cherie> my house looks awful on the outside
[17:43] <KK> It would be fun, Dianna.
[17:43] <kirienne> Bee, PCH sends me e-mails to open attachments to
win, I can't ever open any of their attachments, so I can't win
[17:43] <KK> Speaking of Iowa, has anyone heard from Barticus? Is he
still in Iraq?
[17:43] <Sedina> I still find it funny that Arwen drools, Martine.
Myah would positively be horrified if she drooled. *lol*
[17:44] <Bynw> I havent heard from him... he is probably still in Iraq
[17:44] <the_Bee> i thought bart was in kosovo?
[17:44] <cherie> yeah how undignified for an elf
[17:44] <kirienne> LOL Sedina
[17:44] <Bynw> or where ever he was sent
[17:44] <Martine> Arwen only drools when she smells shrimp, or she's
dreaming. And you'll never actually see her do it. But a day or two
later, there's a distinct drool ring on the coverlet <g>
[17:44] <Mistyck> I heard from Barticus a few weeks ago, he's in
Bosnia
[17:44] <KK> OK, Kosovo. Somewhere over there where it's dangerous.
Hope he's ok.
[17:44] <JastaElf> My Thrandy would never drool. Emit high-pitched
little mews from a huge old body, yes... but NEVER drool. <g>
[17:44] <Martine> LOL! Arwen does that, too!
[17:44] <cherie> thraduile?
[17:44] <Sedina> lol Jasta
[17:45] <The_Cat_Whisperer> Maybe Arwen dreams of shrimp! :-D
[17:45] <kirienne> nope, I can't imagine the King of Mirkwood drooling
<g>
[17:45] <Martine> Here comes massive boxy longer-than-my-forearm
cat...... and her mews sound more like "brrrrrrrrrrrrraaaah!"
[17:45] <Mistyck> he probably doesn't have internet access. Although
he has managed to email me at my .mil addy
[17:45] <JastaElf> Yes, Cherie, he's the Kitten-King of Mirkwood. :-)
[17:45] <Sedina> Sounds like Thrandy and Sadie are related in the meow
sense.
[17:45] <cherie> Arwen dreams of Arragorn and I'd drool too
[17:45] <JastaElf> LOL!
[17:45] <cherie> Thought so Misty
[17:45] <kirienne> LOL
[17:45] <cherie> Legolass's father
[17:45] <JastaElf> yup!
[17:45] <KK> Edgar has just come in to tell me k
[17:46] <ethan> Mistyck, did you get my recipe?
[17:46] <Martine> LOL! So it's not shrimp after all!
[17:46] <cherie> nope
[17:46] <cherie> it's ranger
[17:46] <Martine> Give Edgar a scritch for me :-) He's my favorite
Holybrooke kitty.
[17:46] <Mistyck> yes Ethan...sounds really good!
[17:46] <KK> tell me it's time to go to bed. We had three on the bed
last night, not counting humans.
[17:46] <kirienne> LOL
[17:46] <Mistyck> lol
[17:46] <Martine> Oh my!
[17:46] <JastaElf> A Three-Cat Night! Is that like a Three Dog Night?
[17:46] <Martine> John and I have trouble finding room for ourselves
with just ONE. What do you do?
[17:46] <cherie> most elven lass'e cant resist a scruffy Dunedaine
[17:46] <JastaElf> THIS Elven lass can.... <snicker>
[17:47] <the_Bee> have you ever had a 5-cat night, KK?
[17:47] <cherie> I always have a one dog/one cat night
[17:47] <kirienne> I am torn between my love for the Ranger, and
Prince of Miiiirkwood
[17:47] <JastaElf> I have those every night, Bee. Tilly, Max, Kidlet,
Nikki and Thrandy! On a full-size futon, no less.
[17:47] <Martine> Arwen has this habit of picking either JOhn or I,
then stretching full length between our legs. Which effectively means
whomever she chooses can't move!
[17:47] <ethan> no cats in my house, just big slobberpaws doggy
[17:47] <JastaElf> Nah, it's the Elf all the way for me, kirienne.
:-)
[17:48] <cherie> Persoanlly I'm very fond of a heroic gardener
[17:48] <KK> Something like. Jessicat has now taken to sleeping on
the foot of the bed on Scott's side, ever since he shot Gus with the
God-gun for chasing her. Scott is now her hero and protector.
[17:48] <Martine> ROTFL!!!!!!
[17:48] <Sedina> lol
[17:48] <kirienne> LOL Jasta
[17:48] <KK> Jasta, do they ALL sleep with you?
[17:48] <JastaElf> KK, what's a God-gun?
[17:49] <cherie> just guessin, squirt gun
[17:49] <JastaElf> Yes, they often do for at least part of the night,
KK! :-)
[17:49] <KK> one of those squirt bottles.
[17:49] <JastaElf> Thrandy is a pillow gog too...
[17:49] <JastaElf> hog, I meant.
[17:49] <kirienne> well, kings must have their comforts afterall
[17:49] <cherie> my dog likes to snuggle under the covers
[17:49] <KK> Now all he has to do is make the sssst-ssst-ssst sound,
and Gus hunkers down and stops whatever he's doing. That cat learns
fast!
[17:49] <Sedina> lol
[17:49] <kirienne> LOL
[17:49] <Martine> Smart kitty.
[17:49] <dianna> i have 5 indoor kitties, 3 outside, one HUGe dog
inside, all the inside ike to sleep with people
[17:50] <the_Bee> does he sleep on the bed?
[17:50] <JastaElf> LOL! Scott is such hot ticket, I swear....
[17:50] <The_Cat_Whisperer> Jasta, I know what you mean; my cat Tina
is too.
[17:50] <JastaElf> :-)
[17:50] <JastaElf> I couldn't live without animals. Just couldn't do
it.
[17:50] <the_Bee> tina is a hot ticket?
[17:51] <KK> The usual combo is Jessicat, Edgar, and sometimes Gus
and/or Matilda. And occasionally Nicholas is in there too--though
usually only three or so at any one time.
[17:51] <Martine> I don't know how I lived for so long without a
kitty.
[17:51] <cherie> I tried it didn't work
[17:51] <JastaElf> No, a pillow hog. :-) I think....
[17:51] <Bynw> scott is cool but i knew that anyway ... since he's
dead smack in the middle of pisces
[17:51] <The_Cat_Whisperer> Tina Turner? According to some. :-D
[17:51] <KK> On that note, folks, I think I'd better sign off. It's
getting late on this side of the world.
[17:52] <Martine> Huggles, Katherine!
[17:52] <KK> Hope to talk to ya next week.
[17:52] <Bynw> night nigh KK {{{ }}}
[17:52] <Martine> Give all the fur children a scritch.
[17:52] <KK> Take care, all.
[17:52] <Sedina> huggles, Katherine. Sleep well
[17:52] <dianna> katherine, nice to talk to you again, have a great
week
[17:52] <cherie> night kk
[17:52] <RainbowDragon> Goodnight, Katherine!
[17:52] <Raven> night KK
[17:52] <the_Bee> nighters, KK. glad you could make it
[17:52] * cherie hugs
[17:52] <Mistyck> g'nite Katherine
[17:52] <JastaElf> Night Katherine! Schlaf gut!
[17:52] <ethan> Good night Katherine
[17:52] <Mistyck> thanks for stopping by!
[17:52] <Duck> cheers katherine
[17:52] <kirienne> hugggggsss Katherine, thanks for dropping in to
chat...good luck with writing and have a great week
[17:52] <RainbowDragon> gooten nobben
[17:52] * KK steps onto her Portal, waves good-night, and disappears
in a shower of green sparkles.
[17:52] <JastaElf> Hugs to Scott!
[17:52] <The_Cat_Whisperer> G'night, Katherine.
[17:52] * KK Quit
[17:52] * KK has left IRC