OT: Catching UP

Patti, dear friend, WELCOME home to rctq! You have been missed. I wish you all the luck in the world in finding a job and settling happily into your new life. Here's hoping the Seattle house sells quickly for mucho bucks and you can get your 'stuff' back with you. The HairyButt Gang sends sloppy doggy-breath kisses to you and Kaz and Murphy.

Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.

WOW!!! Talk about a move!!! Wishing you all the best, Patti.

I'll be down there in October - we'll have a cuppa if you'd like!

AliceW in NJ

Welcome to your new home! What a change! Seattle to Florida. You'll get into the swing of things soon enough.

Let us know about your new job.

Lenore

How brave you are! I made the same sort of trek, from Minnesota to Arizona, but alone. Scared to death all the way. I admire you very much, not least of all for enduring the humidity in Florida. I understand it's a lovely place to live, so good luck and I hope you find a better rental soon!

Welcome back, Patti. My, what an adventure; hope things settle down for you soon!

-Irene

Great to see you here again, Patti. Sounds pretty grim at the moment, for you. Hope all gets smoothed out before too long. . In message , Patti in Seattle writes

Awwwwwwww Patti, I'm glad to hear from you and hope that you're well, despite all the sudden upheavals.

Come back when you can, and we really do care about you and don't mind at all hearing the "boring details." Remember, you're one of us. And that's pretty special. :)

As for mosquitoes....... I swear I have no idea what use the things are. Dastardly devils that cause nothing but pain, disease and misery. I grew up in Texas and we had tons of mosquitoes. But when we went to the coast for vacations, the mosquitoes there were twice the size of our inland pests. My grandmother called those giant mosquitoes "gallon nippers" and I could believe that was true.

Get a giant bottle of deet for you. See if there is any repellent you can put on the fuzzy ones. And get a net to sleep under. It'll keep the cockroaches out, too.

Hugs, Sunny (who wouldn't live in the South again for love nor money)

Hi Patti. Glad to hear from you and the move went well. Was thinking of trying to contact you as DH and I will be in Seattle at the end of Oct.for a family wedding. Not to be though. Good luck with everything in your new life and hope you can get your hands on SM very soon.

what an adventure! I'm surprised there aren't mosquitos in Seattle - what gives? I thought that with all your rain they would love that part of the country.

I hope and pray that you find your niche in muggy FL - the first time I went there as a child, I got sick from the humidity, having grown up in dry Cheyenne.

Musicmaker

Alice, I would LOVE to have a cuppa with you when you're here!! I currently live just a nano-second away from the airport and Dale Mabry Ave. Not sure that will be so in October, but email me when time gets closer, and we'll set something up, okay??

Patti

Well heck Estelle, my timing has always been a little off! However, if you're ever in Tampa............

Patti

I think it's just too cold for skeeters in Seattle......... and no humidity. I drove through Wyoming on my way to Florida...... would have loved to stop and see some of the sights there, but it wasn't exactly a pleasure trip. Maybe next time.......

Patti

Patti, what a surprise to hear all of this! I do hope things will settle down for you and that you will find everything you want and need in your new location. :)

We'll be heading south near the end of October. We're in Zephyrhills, about

Patti, I've been there, done that....about twelve years ago. I'm glad you checked in with us and ANYTIME you wan't to chat we're here for ya. Wishing you the very best, Launie, in Oregon

Patti! Soo good to hear from you. Had your first taste of tropical storms already! But fall is on the way, I saw goldenrod starting to bloom the other day so you can experience a weird Florida winter. Year-round heartworm preventative is teh way to go around here, even for cats should you acquire one at some point. Florida's rainy season is summer, wontrs tend to be dry-ish, though the occasional rain in the cooler months is not unknown. If you're ever passing my way, give me a shout, I'd love to meet up sometime! Hope everything continues smoothly, Hugs, Debi

Education is when you read the instructions. Experience is what you get when you don't.

Up here in Maine there's an old-timer's prediction.... "From the first blossoms of the goldenrod to the first frost is SIX weeks! Well, we've only got 3 weeks to go!! Why did the summer go by soooo fast????

ME-Judy