Archive 1 - For all the Grandmas! (longest thread in the history of mankind) '06-'08

[kaybutler@mweb.]

Hey everyone !! Is it just me or has DSP been throwing hairballs at everyone today ?? NOTHING is going right and I'm ready to throw the puter out the window >>I would if I did'nt have finished LO that it won't let me upload !! Can't upload/ download/ open thumbnails / send Kims MUCH belated pm / and there are just red crosses EVERY where !!!! In fact probably won't beable to get this off either ..so seeing as I'm sooo cranky ..will just go to bed !!! Hope you all have a better day ! Speak to you soon I hope ..Kay

[Carma]

Kay I am not getting any red crosses except for the one at the bottom of your signature line.
I just uploaded a LO to the gallery using dsp products and it went in fine. I have seen these before on Donuts postings too...but that is all I think that was yesterday or the day before.

[Carma]

Over by the button that lights up there is a triangle sign not sure what that means on your signiture line too. Maybe it means something.

[Carma]

Kim it got to 106 yesterday and broke a record, it is supposed to get up to 106 again today. When Dick and I took our walk last night it was still 104and almost 10:00 p.m. It did cool off over night and I have the back door open getting some fresh air in here...but it is time to close it now or it will be hotter than blazes in here. I will turn the air conditioner on again about 2:00p.m. Try to keep cool.

[foxyroxa2]

Hey, Kay, relax, deep breathing will help, kick your puter several times and I promise that would solve the problem. Just kidding!! Maybe it needs a little cleaning and defragmentation of the drive. Get rid of all the Intenet junk. Good luck!! i've been there!!Thank God I have a techy husband!

[Donut]

KAY, deep breath in....and out.....in......and out.....pour a big G&T, sip slowly, more slow breaths in .....and out.....more sips of G&T.....now gently, preferably wearing super-squidgy-fluffy slippers, kick computer, tell it how naughty it is and you are not going to give it any attention until it starts behaving. Go to bed and in the morning it might have decied to behave for you!!!
I dont know if it is connected with your problems, but I had heaps of emails today to say layouts of mine have been moved as they were rearranging galleries, some of them when i went to them are now red crosses, so we will see if they right themselves or if i have to re-upload them! Maybe that was all going on when you were trying to upload and visit pages etc so it wouldn't work? I hope it sorts out soon for you.
Carma 106??????!!!!!! Oh my goodness, that is HOT! I was just sitting here wishing it wasn't so cold and longing for summer, but I think I would rather be too cold than that hot! It got down to 3 deg last night here,(outside, but it felt the same inside!!!lol!!) and now my clock says 15deg in my room. I have to find the heater and get it going for tonight...maybe you can blow some of your heat over here?!

[Carma]

It was 106 at 2:30 this afternoon, looks like another record day we are supposed to have this for about a week.

[kaybutler@mweb.]

Well ..we all know you are HOT HOT grandmas out there !!!! Hubba hubba !! Actually at 100 + you are sizzling !!! Wow ..have'nt converted it but I think it is over 40 and that is mighty hot !I'm like Donut sitting here shivering with my big slippers on ,,(the ones I kicked my puter with !!) thanks for all the breathing advise .but it was the G&T that worked best !! You are actually a much better doctor than Em (don't tell her I said that !!). The last time someone told me to clear my cookies I told them where to get off and not to be so rude ..but maybe that is the problem !! Will just hold on for the red crosses and see if they right themselves..but I also can't open thumbnails in your galleries..I get "Gateway Timeout " ???All very frustrating for an impatient Gogo like me !!! I'm happy to see everyone else is so perky ..way to go with your green belt Foxy !! Saw you briefly at yesterdays chat before I got bumped out and could'nt get in again !!(Geez ..I really am a'bitchin are'nt I ??) Hey Ang !! Great to see you resurfacing here ..I was convinced it was YOU that had disappeared into the bowels of the computer ..so pleased you were copied and pasted and sent back to us !!!! Kim !! My poor neglected wonderful Speck !! Glad you had such a great weekend ..hope you took a million pics !! I tried so many times to get pms off to you and keep getting that same "Timeout " message ..now it looks like you may have got them because seems like you replied but ...shriek ....it won't open so I can't tell !!!! Carma ..I can tell even in the heat you are one very cool lady..videos ..mmm...need some lessons there !! I think if that light is on it means you're on line ..not sure though ! Jill is one smart cookie and has got those QCs wrapped ..actually so has Kim..I am mortified to report that I took longer to do the one and only one I attempted than I'm going to admit !!Maybe 'cos I'm left handed ??? LOL ..I ALWAYS blame that or the fact that jupiter is rising on ANYTHING that goes wrong !! Well ..going to look on the bright side ..the sun is shining and the monkeys are playing right outside my window so I can't help laughing at them !! I'm going to LEAVE this computer alone the whole day ..AAACCK !!! Will probably come out in spots !!!..and maybe all will be well tonight !! Hugs to all ....Kay

[kaybutler@mweb.]

To be a member of this esteemed Grandma's club there are a FEW things that it is necessary for you to know and to have :

EVERY RGC member SHOULD HAVE...
A set of screwdrivers,
a cordless drill, and
a black lace bra...

EVERY RGC member SHOULD HAVE...
One friend who
Always makes her
Laugh...
And one
Who lets her cry...

EVERY RGC member SHOULD HAVE...
A good piece of furniture
not previously owned by
Anyone else in her family...

EVERY RGC member SHOULD HAVE
Eight matching plates,
Wine glasses with stems,
And a recipe for a meal that will
Make her guests feel honored.

EVERY RGC member SHOULD HAVE...
A feeling of control over Her destiny...

EVERY RGC member SHOULD KNOW...
How to fall in love Without losing herself...

EVERY RGC member SHOULD KNOW...

HOW TO QUIT A JOB

BREAK UP WITH A LOVER

AND CONFRONT A FRIEND WITHOUT RUINING THE FRIENDSHIP...


EVERY RGC member SHOULD KNOW...

When to try harder... and

WHEN TO WALK AWAY...


EVERY RGC member SHOULD KNOW...

That she can't change
The length of her calves,
The width of her hips, or
The nature of her parents...


EVERY RGC member SHOULD KNOW...

That her childhood
May not have been Perfect...
but; Its over...


EVERY RGC member SHOULD KNOW...

What she would and Wouldn't
Do for love or more...


EVERY RGC member SHOULD KNOW...

How to live alone...
even if She doesn't like it...


EVERY RGC member SHOULD KNOW...

Whom she can trust, Whom she can't,
And why she shouldn't Take it personally...


EVERY RGC member SHOULD KNOW...

Where to go..
Be it to her best friend's kitchen table..
Or a charming inn in the woods...
When her soul needs soothing...
(or to the Grandma’s thread at DSP!)


EVERY RGC member SHOULD KNOW...

What she can and can't accomplish
In a day...
A month...
And a year...

CYBER HUGS !!!!!!!!!!!!

[foxyroxa2]

The poem is lovely, but what the heck is an RBC?????. I am not used to cyber vocabulary yet. Carma you are melting at 106, Kay is shivering at alittle over 40 and I am drowning here. It has been raining cats and dogs, frogs and turtles, and everything else for the past 3 weeks with little bursts of sunshine in between. Yes, I was a little bit in the computer just checking what happens in these chatrooms because(believe it or not) I have never been on a chatroom. But everybody was typing so fast that I got lost. and also there was this coupon for something free that by the time I came back from buying the stuff, I reeeeeeally was totally lost. The chat was on a totally different subject. I guess I have to practice rapid reading and typing. See ya'

[kaybutler@mweb.]

Aww Foxy ..sorry ..my head is'nt in the right place . !! Was supposed to be RGC which is US !!! Members of the rebrobate grandma's club !! I've editted it now !

[Carma]

Wow, Kay has monkeys playing out side her window, I have heat waves coming off the pavement, foxy is about to drown and donut has her slippers on chivvering. What a wonderful world right?
I am up and dressed it is 6:30 and I am on my way to a volunteer position at Temple a for two hour period. Then I plan on hitting Staples and picking up some cardstock.
Loved the poem, that is the truth for us.
I have Microsoft Digital Imaging Plus and it has a wonderful program for doing videos, you can narrate them and also put music in them. If None of you have that program, you can download a free trial copy from Microsoft for 60 days I believe it is and try it out. It is so much fun. The hardest thing is decieding what pictures to use. I just have to dothe narrating of the pictures I have in and after the 9th my daughter will email me the pictures of the graduation and I will put those in and burn the CD and off they will go to them. Yes, I am not getting to go to tht Graduation or to my Grand daughters Dance recital, but it is going to pay off staying home and getting hubby back on his feet. It is going slow but I see improvement. Meds are making him sleep too much and we are cutting back on them now so that should improve. All is well in this little corner of the world. talk to you later.
Carma

[yvspeck]

Super words of wisdom Kay.... I especially like the learn when to walk away and where to go for soothing wisdoms (your version of course is the best)... LOL...I did get one PM from you Kay but sadly twas not your lost words just your tears over them ..... Don't fret my wonderful SK the thread is merely tangled... Foxy you described my first five visit to a dsp chatroom... I am finding it easier with each new visit though so my advice is just hang out a few times get what you can out of each visit (usually at least a little something is learned) and it will get easier... I still don't even try to keep up with the big chats just sit, read what I can, learn and grab the goodies . Ok Carma my Dad use to say "I thought I had it bad because I had no shoes till I saw the man who had not feet" What a gruesome tale to tell a child... I will take 101 over 106... LOL.... 106-32= "74" degrees "Celsius" my lovely RGC's and I turned on my big fan Kay and Donut (poor lung capacity no blowing for this gal) pointed it South East... Kay you should be feeling it first.... Donut next Now if you all could be so kind as to return the favor those of us in California and Utah would be much obliged Bye for now all..

[Carma]

Kim, you are right in those words of wisdom your father used to say...my hubby and I have said them so many times ourselves...We are so thankful for the progress he has made and feel like it will get better...it has only been 15 days since his surgery. Last night he cleared up the table after dinner.. so wow that was progress. As far as graduation and dance recitals that is just the icing on the cake. They are keeping me posted with the activites via email and pictures and phone. I told them we are there in spirt and the other side of the family grand parens will be there so it is not like no one came. lOL
We will try to get up that way before the end of the year to see them.
I am home from my volunteer work now am going to take both of the shih tzues to the vet...both have a problem, hope it is nothing serious. Lump on one and caughing with the other. YIKES worse that kids. I hope to scrap this afternoon. Got some beautiful pictures of magnolias on my walk with the dogs last night. Want to do something with those.

I agree with the scraps being fast moving. I about had a heart attack the first one I went into. I have been going any way and do pretty good now...the one I do is Lauren's gimme more chats... I know some of you do that one too. she is a lot of fun.

[kaybutler@mweb.]

Aww !! You know you guys are just the BEST !! I just love checking in to see what every one is upto ..do you think this little corner is legit on DSP ?? I think we'll probabaly get booted of one day for using up space !!! Just wanted to tell you how special you all are !! My computer is still CRAWLING and timing out ..worse than dial-up !!..and it takes such an age to open anything so I've given up !! (for now !!) DSP says they've had stacks of complaints and have got their techies onit ..so hold thumbs for tomorrow !! Goodnight all ..its' freezing here and I've been huffing and puffing your way til I'm quite blue ..Kim ..you're gonna have to blow harder darlin'...the temp DROPPED !! Those blimming Angolans must have nabbed all your heat !! See you tomorrow XX