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grammaboodawg
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Jul 18 2014, 4:02pm
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*Throws Open Door* It's Fiesta Friday!!!!
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Greetings to one and all!
I'll be filling your glasses and slopping your food today whilst our lovely Altaira is waylaid by RL responsibilities… the poor dear :} What would you like to quench your monstrous thirst?
It's the middle of the year! "Weather" you're in the middle of winter of the middle of summer; you certainly must be up to something. Here is the time and place to share your plans and adventures.
AND… Here's a HEADS-UP for you. On the evening of July 28th and through the 29th, we'll be having a party to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of The Fellowship of the Ring's publication. SIXTY YEARS! We have a bunch of games and activities planned, so come prepared for some fun OR let me know if you'd like to contribute something to the festivities :) Here's what we have on tap so far:
Magpie A selection of book cover footers (maybe icons)
DanielLB (2nd) Game or "Guess the Phrase Game"
dernwyn Brainteaser
Bracegirdle MadLib
gramma drabbles & haiku
BlackFox FOTR-themed quiz
AND a Tolkienia Times Special Edition!!!
In the meantime, have a wonderful weekend everyone!!!
*kicks jukebox*
Napoleon Dynamite music by Patrick Street (Music for a Found Harmonium)
6th draft of TH:AUJ Geeky Observation List - November 28, 2013
4th draft of TH:DOS Geeky Observation List - May 15, 2014
"There is more in you of good than you know, child of the kindly West."
I'm SO HAPPY these new films take me back to that magical world!!
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TORn's Geeky Observations Lists for LotR and The Hobbit
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dernwyn
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Jul 18 2014, 4:17pm
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Got the blender revved up, gramma?
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I'd love a tall mocha frappuccino, please! Trying to finish up with a bunch of tasks I've set for myself here at work, before it's time to head off for the weekend.
My youngest and her friend are visiting from Chicago. Today they've headed by train to Beantown to take a "walking tour" (the best way to get around Boston) and pick up an old school chum, who'll come back with them - it'll be a very full house tonight! 
And tomorrow is the town's own annual "holiday". The main street will be blocked off with all sorts of vendors and games, and the carnival rides will be set up and running on one of our "greens", and the day will end with spectacular fireworks at the beach! 
What's the cooler weather been doing, out your way? Any frost in the mornings?
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Lily Fairbairn
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Jul 18 2014, 4:22pm
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Hey, gramma! I hope you're enjoying your summer.
The Gaffer and I caught a summer virus a couple of weeks ago and are still coughing and blowing, but other than that we're enjoying an unusually quiet---and unusually cool  ---summer, with moments of catching up with family and friends. I'm contemplating getting some renovations done to the house, which is pretty intimidating. But after 11 years there are things that need to be tidied up.
It's actually too chilly here for my usual summertime Frappuccino, so I'll take a mocha latte and a nice maple scone, please, and settle down with FotR. I'm listening to the soundtrack now---wonderful, wonderful music. 
Thanks ever so much, gramma, and have a great weekend!
*stuffs tip jar with musical notes and all the letters of the alphabet*
Where now the horse and the rider? Where is the horn that was blowing?
Where is the helm and the hauberk, and the bright hair flowing?
Where is the hand on the harpstring, and the red fire glowing?
Where is the spring and the harvest and the tall corn growing?
They have passed like rain on the mountain, like a wind in the meadow;
The days have gone down in the West behind the hills into shadow....
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Eventides
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Jul 18 2014, 4:24pm
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Ooh, a 60th Anniversary party! That sounds like a lot of fun!
I'll have a Summer Usual, please, gramma; thanks, and I hope you have a great weekend! :)
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"I stepped out of my body to let God slide in; although I'm still dressed in flesh that I spiritually died in. Alive in Christ a new creation started breathin', Life exists and through this came completion. ... I'm not that person anymore (more!)! That's what blood was shed for! No longer a failure, livin' life more abundantly, therefore you'll never see me livin' less than victory."
John Reuben.
"Desperation, needing You; every last breath I scream for You. Shatter me into a million pieces, make me new. ... Break me, mold me, make me what You want me to be; I am Yours, for You to use, so take and replace me with You."
Family Force 5.
"Under a light in Bethlehem, I was sifting through the sand; the saline burned my eyes, I was looking for Your hand. I gave up on myself, and left my pride disarmed; I cried out 'I'm alone!' and found myself in Your arms. 'Rest in Me, oh, My love; I have loved you before the world began. Rest in Me, oh, My love; you'll never wander too far to reach My hand.'"
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Lily Fairbairn
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Jul 18 2014, 4:25pm
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That sounds like a wonderful weekend
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I haven't been in Boston in ages and ages and would love to do a walking tour of the historical sites and the gardens. Maybe one of these days I'll make it back up that way.
Your town's holiday sounds like great fun, too. We saw some fireworks at a beach on the Fourth. Unfortunately it was a beach on the Gulf of Mexico and hotter than the hinges of you-know-what, with mosquitos thrown in just for spice!
Have a great weekend
Where now the horse and the rider? Where is the horn that was blowing?
Where is the helm and the hauberk, and the bright hair flowing?
Where is the hand on the harpstring, and the red fire glowing?
Where is the spring and the harvest and the tall corn growing?
They have passed like rain on the mountain, like a wind in the meadow;
The days have gone down in the West behind the hills into shadow....
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dernwyn
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Jul 18 2014, 4:26pm
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Your weather has been most unusual!
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Did you get caught up in those downpours a couple of days ago? I heard that some places got as much as 11 inches of rain!
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grammaboodawg
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Jul 18 2014, 4:26pm
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I'm so glad you're feeling better :)
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Summer colds should be outlawed... it's just not fair! Music, mocha and muffins are the best cure, though :) I get all teary whenever I listen to the soundtracks. My g'daughter is coming for a visit pretty soon, and we're already lining up an EEDVD marathon of LotR with a Hobbit chaser ;)
Good luck on the renno ideas. Very intimidating, fresher! My whole house needs one ;)
Have a GREAT weekend, m'dear!
6th draft of TH:AUJ Geeky Observation List - November 28, 2013
4th draft of TH:DOS Geeky Observation List - May 15, 2014
"There is more in you of good than you know, child of the kindly West."
I'm SO HAPPY these new films take me back to that magical world!!
TIME Google Calendar
TORn's Geeky Observations Lists for LotR and The Hobbit
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dernwyn
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Jul 18 2014, 4:27pm
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Summertime, and the livin' is easy...
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Okay, I bet you know what that's from!
How was the shindig last weekend?
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Lily Fairbairn
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Jul 18 2014, 4:29pm
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There have been downpours and floods south of us, and most recently north of us, but we haven't gotten that much water here at Bag End. Which is probably just as well! Treebeard and Quickbeam, the bur oaks in our front yard, seem to be doing just fine with what we have gotten---there's even a dove's nest in Treebeard.
Where now the horse and the rider? Where is the horn that was blowing?
Where is the helm and the hauberk, and the bright hair flowing?
Where is the hand on the harpstring, and the red fire glowing?
Where is the spring and the harvest and the tall corn growing?
They have passed like rain on the mountain, like a wind in the meadow;
The days have gone down in the West behind the hills into shadow....
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Lily Fairbairn
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Jul 18 2014, 4:31pm
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Our old DVD player died in the middle of DoS and the Gaffer had to literally disassemble it in order to extract the DVD! We've now got a new one and will be picking up where we left off very soon now. A marathon might really test it out!
Where now the horse and the rider? Where is the horn that was blowing?
Where is the helm and the hauberk, and the bright hair flowing?
Where is the hand on the harpstring, and the red fire glowing?
Where is the spring and the harvest and the tall corn growing?
They have passed like rain on the mountain, like a wind in the meadow;
The days have gone down in the West behind the hills into shadow....
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dernwyn
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Jul 18 2014, 4:31pm
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we do have to watch out for "beach flies", the little gnatty things - always put on bug spray before heading for the sand!
I walked the "Freedom Trail" years ago, with a school group. As long as the weather's good, it's a great way to see the entire town! And when the kids were very little, we'd take the train to the Children's Museum there, it was a short walk from South Station.
And the weather's supposed to be excellent this weekend!
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Jul 18 2014, 4:33pm
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Thanks, gramma, we're supposed to have perfect weather for it!
I hope you have a fun weekend, too!
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DanielLB
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Jul 18 2014, 4:34pm
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Happy Friday gramma, and everyone. I pre-prepared my drink if you don't mind. Since we were expecting temperatures in 30degC range today, I froze some peach juice overnight, which I'm now currently holding to cool me down. 
And since we've got such hot weather over here, we've been having a lot of thunderstorms as well. We both woke up in the night to a lot of noise. 3000 strikes in 2 hours, apparently. And we can expect more later on. The weekend is supposed to warm and thundery again. It ruins our plans for tomorrow, and we're supposed to be going to a BBQ on Sunday too.
Yikes. 11 weeks until baby DLB arrives. Where has the time gone?! My other half is suffering even more than me in this weather. She's still working, and there's no let up in the ED department at the moment. We're just about ready to start with the nursery, so that will keep us (me) occupied for a while.
Have a great weekend everyone. I'm looking forward to the 60th Anniversary party celebrations. Thank you for organising us all.
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acheron
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Jul 18 2014, 4:35pm
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Grandparents are coming in and we're going to build a sandbox for him.
For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much -- the wheel, New York, wars, and so on -- while all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man, for precisely the same reasons. -- Douglas Adams
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dernwyn
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Jul 18 2014, 4:36pm
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That is fantastic - the "real" Treebeard would love it!
What kind of doves, do you know? (We just get mourning doves around here.)
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Eventides
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Jul 18 2014, 4:38pm
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I actually don't-- I had to look it up, LOL! :D
Oh, and the festival was excellent! :) Even had a (hilariously awesome, thanks to the band that was running it) dance party at the end to close it out on the final night. :D
Thanks, and I hope you have a great weekend, dernwyn! :)
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"I stepped out of my body to let God slide in; although I'm still dressed in flesh that I spiritually died in. Alive in Christ a new creation started breathin', Life exists and through this came completion. ... I'm not that person anymore (more!)! That's what blood was shed for! No longer a failure, livin' life more abundantly, therefore you'll never see me livin' less than victory."
John Reuben.
"Desperation, needing You; every last breath I scream for You. Shatter me into a million pieces, make me new. ... Break me, mold me, make me what You want me to be; I am Yours, for You to use, so take and replace me with You."
Family Force 5.
"Under a light in Bethlehem, I was sifting through the sand; the saline burned my eyes, I was looking for Your hand. I gave up on myself, and left my pride disarmed; I cried out 'I'm alone!' and found myself in Your arms. 'Rest in Me, oh, My love; I have loved you before the world began. Rest in Me, oh, My love; you'll never wander too far to reach My hand.'"
Showbread.
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Jul 18 2014, 4:39pm
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And I hope you do as well! *hugs back* :)
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"I stepped out of my body to let God slide in; although I'm still dressed in flesh that I spiritually died in. Alive in Christ a new creation started breathin', Life exists and through this came completion. ... I'm not that person anymore (more!)! That's what blood was shed for! No longer a failure, livin' life more abundantly, therefore you'll never see me livin' less than victory."
John Reuben.
"Desperation, needing You; every last breath I scream for You. Shatter me into a million pieces, make me new. ... Break me, mold me, make me what You want me to be; I am Yours, for You to use, so take and replace me with You."
Family Force 5.
"Under a light in Bethlehem, I was sifting through the sand; the saline burned my eyes, I was looking for Your hand. I gave up on myself, and left my pride disarmed; I cried out 'I'm alone!' and found myself in Your arms. 'Rest in Me, oh, My love; I have loved you before the world began. Rest in Me, oh, My love; you'll never wander too far to reach My hand.'"
Showbread.
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dernwyn
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Jul 18 2014, 4:41pm
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Well, it's when I melt!  My brother who lives in Texas might think nothing of temps like that, but that kind of heat should be outlawed, if you ask me. I sympathize with your partner, I was 8 months pregnant with my first child during a very hot August and it was no fun, not at all, precious.
Be careful with those storms. Any problems with the electric going out?
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Jul 18 2014, 4:43pm
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Better give the instructions to Daniel, he'll be needing them in a year or so!
Have you purchased the necessary toys - shovels, diggers, sand-castle molds, etc.?
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Jul 18 2014, 4:46pm
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Baseball season, that is...at least until fall ball starts next month. Well, it's not as exciting as the 60th anniversary of the publication of FOTR, but I must celebrate having my summer back! How about something well-chilled and bubbly, gramma?
My son's 9-yr.-old all-star team made it to states, where they promptly got soundly trounced by last year's state champs. Ouch! Our boys almost beat the state runner-ups, and then won their next two games, so the tournament wasn't so bad. The worst was trying to wash the "white" baseball pants in the bathroom sink at the hotel, since no laundry was available there! And my daughter and I took a jaunt over to the beach for a day, so it didn't turn out all bad. And it was great to see the boys really bond and work together. It was a great experience for them. But now we are concentrating on finally having a summer, with sleeping in, no games to get to every night or laundry to do before morning!
Hope all is well with you, gramma!
“Tollers,” Lewis said to Tolkien, “there is too little of what we really like in stories. I am afraid we shall have to try and write some ourselves.”
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Jul 18 2014, 4:48pm
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Things changed dramatically since last week's post
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That very morning my husband fell off a ladder, and ended up in hospital for 5 days. He broke five ribs, three of them in two places, bruised his heart, liver and lungs, plus a load of road rash on his face. At first he was adamant that I not call the ambulance, but I could see him deteriorating so I called them anyway. He's home now. but moving very gingerly and sleeping a lot. They kept him in mostly because of his heart, but it eventually settled down.
I'm really tired, I don't appreciate everything he does around her, but I sure do now! I do have help from my kids but they all have jobs too. Things are getting better though, so I think a good strong coffee to keep me going would be in order, Gramma, thanks!
"There are some things that it is better to begin than to refuse, even though the end may be dark."
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I'm so happy to see you!!! :D Have a wonderful Weekend!! OKAY!!!??!! 
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