Update on me ... some OT

I am one of those who just cannot bear living in a desert. For one thing it is just murder on my sinuses! I like water and trees and stuff. Right now I am in between the great lakes and the Appalaichian foothills, best of both! (G)

NightMist

Growing up in Texas I thought I knew dry. But 20 years in Phoenix showed me every facet of the desert. I loved hiking with my DH out in the Superstitions and South Mountain and other places around. But the heat .... omg, I dreaded it and every year it seemed to be hotter and last longer than the year before. My youngest son was born in August. We really didn't have a winter that year. We hit 100 in my MIL's backyard just after Easter that year. And it was still in the 90s on Halloween. The kids both shed their costumes before we got down the street. I love the desert. I hate living in a desert city. I'm happy where I am now, four real seasons. And small -- I really like small. Citrus trees are pretty cool. I do miss our pink grapefruit tree. Sigh, you can't have everything. :P

Sunny

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I hope to heaven that, once DH retires and we move back to the mountains in Lizard Land, I will NEVER have to live in a big town again! I won't live in the desert ever again either. I want to live in the mountains, love twisty roads and look forward to a bit of autumn and winter. Fortunately, the winters in the area we plan to retire to are rarely bad -- as in too much snow. There's never any humidity, even during monsoon and the "hot" summer is a week of about 90 degrees two or three times during the season. As for people, we're talking a population of hundreds not hundreds of thousands! Even "town" is only in the tens of thousands and that's about 35 miles away. Our little area has a clinic, pharmacy, dentist, vet, small IGA grocery store, two hardware stores, Dairy Queen, Subway, video rental store, several restaurants and a ton of real estate offices. Phoenix is about 2 1/2 hours away and that's right where I like it! I don't "do" crowds when I am looking for something or am hungry. We just returned from a week long cruise and I didn't mind all the folks at their tables in the dining room. But take me to the buffet or the cafeteria areas on the Lido deck where there are looooong lines of people waiting to choose their food and I go ballistic! If that's how we were going to eat lunch or dinner, I sent DH off by himself and told him to bring me back any sort of sandwich! UGH -- hate those types of crowds. Didn't do the swimming pool area either with all the rude people. But I didn't at all mind being on a snorkel boat loaded with people an waiting my turn to get into the water. What I really like is to have all of my holiday shopping finished and THEN go out to the mall and the stores to shop. I like being in the crowds and looking to see if I can spot a special bargain or just the right little extra something for someone but ONLY when I don't NEED to get anything. The pressure is off and I don't have to deal with people if I don't want to. Bottom line -- I'm a noisy, talkative, outgoing, friendly person who doesn't really like humanity in general! I, too, would make a great hermit. After spending months at the cabin with just the cat, I have learned that I am happy to be totally alone with just my "babies", making the occasional trip into town every few weeks to get my "people" fix. Of course, in the mountains, I DO have the weekly Quilt Group meeting I can attend but I don't consider that as being with the general public :-))))) CiaoMeow >^;;^<

PAX, Tia Mary >^;;^< (RCTQ Queen of Kitties) Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about their whiskers! Visit my Photo albums at

I bet you could! A transplanted-Floridian friend of mine finds herself now in Colorado, and she cannot bear the cold. But she says "I love my granddaughter more than I hate this place." I think I was in the same past life as Taria -- I love to look at, hear, and smell the ocean but detest actually going in it. It's so....fishy. DH goes "What'd you expect?" I have lived my whole life in the plains with fairly harsh winters and even harsher summers. I love it because it is home and roots I guess run deep. I've also found that visiting places with mountains is disturbing because I can't see past them. Sherry

Giggle... I loved going snoreling with the fishes when I was a kit. Haven't had much chance in recent years...

Hey Jeanne,

I DO need to reply. I'm sorry you're having a shitty day. If I could, I'd come over, hang out, talk, whatever would help. Bring hot chocolate, or vodka, whatever. You're well-loved on this group so bear that in mind. You'd best get thru it!

(((((((((((((hugs))))))))))))) Michelle > its just me having a really shit of a day.

Yeah, I'm a small town, fewer people at time kind gal myself--although I grew up in Ontario, California. Don't know what the population was, but all the towns in the area are mushed together from further east clear to the coast, so it was all one big metropolis. The summer when I was 14, I visited my great grandmother in a small Kansas town--population less than 1000. I thought I'd found heaven.

Best regards, Michelle > That is one of the problems with the bigger quilt shows. I

You get used to feeling dry too, don't you? ;-) We took a vacation to the Oregon coast last summer. Beautiful! But I felt clammy the entire time.

I do like trees and other foliage--unfortunately they don't like me. After two rounds of desensitization shots for my allergies, lasting 3 years each, I decided it was time to go some place with less allergens.

Best regards, Michelle > That's what I thought until I moved here. It is weird how

i'm still here today, not sure what it means but i'm here, fwiw. ta for those hugz and right back atcha. {{{{{Michelle}}}}}}} j.

"Michelle C." wrote ... Hey Jeanne,

I DO need to reply. I'm sorry you're having a shitty day. If I could, I'd come over, hang out, talk, whatever would help. Bring hot chocolate, or vodka, whatever. You're well-loved on this group so bear that in mind. You'd best get thru it!

(((((((((((((hugs))))))))))))) Michelle > its just me having a really shit of a day.

just had a thot about yesterday.... the computer was running really fast and then really loud so i ended up shutting it off at the wall (quicker than usual shutdown it). i then opened it up and did a good clean out of dust, well hope it was good. then when i rebooted it the mouse started playing up (well to be fair it was doing that before too). ds called his ex (they live closeby and her bro is a puter geek) to see if they had an extra mouse around to check if it was the mouse or the puter acting stupid. got their mouse and figured out it was our mouse acting stupid so now after spending most of yesterday arvo cleaning tower and keyboard (completely removed every key, cleaned and replaced keys) i get to spend today seeing if i can open our mouse and figure out what is wrong and if i can fix it or not. no screws on the mouse tho so how i open it is an enigma. off to google that one now. oh yea, my thot on yesterday....maybe i was commiserating with the puter in some weird way. who knows.

j.

"Michelle C." wrote ... Hey Jeanne,

I DO need to reply. I'm sorry you're having a shitty day. If I could, I'd come over, hang out, talk, whatever would help. Bring hot chocolate, or vodka, whatever. You're well-loved on this group so bear that in mind. You'd best get thru it!

(((((((((((((hugs))))))))))))) Michelle in Nevada

J* wrote:

Thanks for checking in Jeanne. If you ever need to talk (rant or vent) feel free to email me. The only munging in my email address is the AT after the @.

(((((((((Jeanne))))))))))) Michelle > i'm still here today, not sure what it means but i'm here, fwiw.

A year and a half on the eastern slope of Colorado, on the banks of Big Sandy creek (about 20 miles north of the massacre site) which only actually has water in it a few days a year. The place was wet for a desert, but without irrigation was still mostly choya and tumbleweeds and scorpians and cactus.

When I got to the point of daily nosebleeds and near constant ear infections we moved back east.

NightMist

I am not remotely familiar with that area. It doesn't sound anything like my desert. ; ) We get about 7-8" of rain here annually. Not much cactus here either. I guess the high desert a lot more hospitable than other areas. We get four seasons here but down in Palm Springs it is still so very beautiful and hot/warm all year. I have beautiful mimosa trees, lilacs, roses and some other wonderful stuff. Lots of the really neat hot weather plants don't grow here because we are too cold. Your miserable experience makes me think how miserable I was in Florida. About 15 long months when I was a teen. No thanks.

The nosebleeding problem is real. Small room size humidifiers and saline drops help a lot. Lots of ear tubes in kids here but that probably is the norm anywhere these days.

I adjusted pretty easily. When we moved back here a few years ago dh teased "how do people live here?" Some days are like that. When I go to visit ds in San Diego I don't like the humidity there but I lived there 8 years and know I could reacclimate if I had to. We are a lot more citified than Parhump. lol Taria

Jeanne, sometimes weird moods and commiseration happens. I understand. :-) You sound more like yourself today. I'm glad. Don't know anything about computer mice myself, so no help there. Good luck on the mouse hunt!

Best regards, Michelle > just had a thot about yesterday....

Yes, Pahrump is far from "citified". LOL! I like it that way just fine. :-) If I need "citified", Las Vegas is close by. That said, we go to Vegas about 4 times per year at most.

Best regards, Michelle > I adjusted pretty easily. When we moved back here a few years

roflmaopimp, sound more like myself today???? i'll never be me again.

found info online on how to get 'into' this unfunctioning mouse. not sure i want to bother now. will give it more thot first. j.

"Michelle C." wrote ... Jeanne, sometimes weird moods and commiseration happens. I understand. :-) You sound more like yourself today. I'm glad. Don't know anything about computer mice myself, so no help there. Good luck on the mouse hunt!

Best regards, Michelle in Nevada

Well, Jeanne, of course you'll never be the same. That said, today you sound like you have been sounding--which is you atm. I suppose that is as clear as mud? So, I'll bring the vodka okay?

Best regards, Michelle > roflmaopimp, sound more like myself today????