The Drop In Centre 3

[chris191070]

35 minutes ago, chris191070 said:

One dreads to think what sort of toys you are thinking about 🤪

Oh, i could name a few. But not it polite company 🤪

[Page Scrawler]

26 minutes ago, chris191070 said:

Oh, i could name a few. But not it polite company 🤪

Have you met us? 

[kbois]

1 hour ago, chris191070 said:

One dreads to think what sort of toys you are thinking about 🤪

Kitchen toys, of course. What else is there?

[Mikiesboy]

2 hours ago, chris191070 said:

He forgets about all the fantastic meals you make him using this wonderful equipment.

Nah, He doesn't forget, He remembers just about everything. lol 

[Mikiesboy]

2 hours ago, kbois said:

He should already know that one can never have enough toys. 🤣

i think He'd agreed with this statement. 

[spyke]

30 minutes ago, kbois said:

Kitchen toys, of course. What else is there?

Battery operated ones, of course. 

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Edited October 20, 2025 by spyke

[spyke]

3 hours ago, kbois said:

 And if you haven't invested in one of these, I suggest you do, post haste. (You know who you are)

I'm not so sure that would be in my future, but I did crack out a mandoline that I had received as a gift (and never used) and it did make really quick work of slicing up all of those onions. Yes mom, I did use the safety shield holder, so you can relax. I liked the control compared to a food processor where I can never get things uniformly sliced or chopped, but I'm not giving up my knives just yet. I'm going to be using it a whole lot more in the future!

The onions came out amazing and the French onion soup was top notch. I did learn that this is a dish that you start at night and let it go while you sleep.  Thanks again to you and @Mikiesboy for the recipe! 

[kbois]

15 minutes ago, spyke said:

I'm not so sure that would be in my future, but I did crack out a mandoline that I had received as a gift (and never used) and it did make really quick work of slicing up all of those onions. Yes mom, I did use the safety shield holder, so you can relax. I liked the control compared to a food processor where I can never get things uniformly sliced or chopped, but I'm not giving up my knives just yet. I'm going to be using it a whole lot more in the future!

The onions came out amazing and the French onion soup was top notch. I did learn that this is a dish that you start at night and let it go while you sleep.  Thanks again to you and @Mikiesboy for the recipe! 

Me and knives have a tenuous relationship. I've never cut myself badly but with arthritis getting more cranky with each birthday, I'm not taking any chances. I love my chopper and it gets used often. 

Glad you enjoyed the onions! 

[Reader1810]

7 hours ago, kbois said:

And if you haven't invested in one of t

That chopper has been on my wish list for a while now. Come Black Friday/Cyber Monday, I think it’s finally time it’s headed to my kitchen. That and the silver gloves, of course…

[Mikiesboy]

Happy Tuesday and Happy (see sports section) Day. LOL. 

i think we are starting to feel better, kind of, maybe. i've been tricked by this before, let's wait a couple of hours and see. Slept in until 10:30 this morning... that weirds me out.. lol 

[spyke]

18 minutes ago, Mikiesboy said:

Happy Tuesday and Happy (see sports section) Day. LOL. 

i think we are starting to feel better, kind of, maybe. i've been tricked by this before, let's wait a couple of hours and see. Slept in until 10:30 this morning... that weirds me out.. lol 

Your body is fighting an internal war. Sleep is exactly what you needed. Have a cup of herbal tea and go back to bed. 

[Mikiesboy]

2 hours ago, spyke said:

Your body is fighting an internal war. Sleep is exactly what you needed. Have a cup of herbal tea and go back to bed. 

Oh, i had to get dinner started...making shepherd's pie and freezing half the filling for a future meal.  It's nearly done. Later i just need to cook some cabbage. 

[Mikiesboy]

Good morning!. It is Wednesday, Oct 22 and also International Wombat Day. These are my fav marsupial, though i love most of them.  Enjoy the day, folks. 

[kbois]

1 hour ago, Mikiesboy said:

Good morning!. It is Wednesday, Oct 22 and also International Wombat Day. These are my fav marsupial, though i love most of them.  Enjoy the day, folks. 

Sooooo cute!

[Mikiesboy]

33 minutes ago, kbois said:

Sooooo cute!

They are Uber cute. 

[Mikiesboy]

It's Thursday. It's also International Snow Leopard Day. 

[Reader1810]

5 hours ago, Mikiesboy said:

It's Thursday. It's also International Snow Leopard Day. 

That is one beautiful cat. 

[Gary L]

On 10/22/2025 at 5:50 PM, Mikiesboy said:

They are Uber cute. 

Second only to wiener dogs!

[Gary L]

So…. Trip to mountains 90 miles away to be hit by amazing autumn colours.  Thousands upon thousands of poplar trees had turned a delicate shade of yellow.  We went with three friends. Normally, this is my idea of Hell as I don’t play too well in the sand pit…But… Since one, sadly, has terminal pancreatic cancer, even I had to up my game. A breakdown in the other car meant we were up and down mountains in a small Peugeot 208: 5 adults, two wieners and me as only driver.

it was an amazing few days. Our friend is so positive, so out to enjoy everything, it was contagious.  I was on best behaviour, even though I lost nearly every game of dominoes 😭.

There was, however, something really strange.  Our dogs know the others well and fuss over them a bit when they come to dinner or we all go on beach walk. However, Lilibeth became obsessed with Amparo and sat with her all day and at night threw crying tantrums at the door of our room as she wanted to get to Amparo.  It was as if she detected that A was v ill.  Weird but moving.

Have a great weekend everyone, 

ps @kbois we left at 8° and now in Valencia it’s 28°/82°F. So I’m it shorts, tee and sandals again!

[kbois]

37 minutes ago, Gary L said:

So…. Trip to mountains 90 miles away to be hit by amazing autumn colours.  Thousands upon thousands of poplar trees had turned a delicate shade of yellow.  We went with three friends. Normally, this is my idea of Hell as I don’t play too well in the sand pit…But… Since one, sadly, has terminal pancreatic cancer, even I had to up my game. A breakdown in the other car meant we were up and down mountains in a small Peugeot 208: 5 adults, two wieners and me as only driver.

it was an amazing few days. Our friend is so positive, so out to enjoy everything, it was contagious.  I was on best behaviour, even though I lost nearly every game of dominoes 😭.

There was, however, something really strange.  Our dogs know the others well and fuss over them a bit when they come to dinner or we all go on beach walk. However, Lilibeth became obsessed with Amparo and sat with her all day and at night threw crying tantrums at the door of our room as she wanted to get to Amparo.  It was as if she detected that A was v ill.  Weird but moving.

Have a great weekend everyone, 

ps @kbois we left at 8° and now in Valencia it’s 28°/82°F. So I’m it shorts, tee and sandals again!

Enjoy the warm weather!

Right now its 37F/8C which is what I consider a brisk morning. It'll be about 53 later today when I go to the pool so I'll wear my ugly godawful crocs that I bought just for going to the pool. They're lined so its not bad going outside when my feet might still be damp. The fan for the ac/heat shit the bed in my car and it won't get fixed until I start working which hopefully will be the first week of November. 

I have cat wrangling duty today. My MILs evil feline has a vet appointment and I get to ambush her with a towel and shove her into the cat carrier. I'm not sad about it. 😈

Have a good day everyone!

[Reader1810]

10 hours ago, Gary L said:

Second only to wiener dogs!

Is this guy related to your pooches, do you think? 

https://youtu.be/ksmXmOf2YMI?si=rAi1zUQj9pvJHfzF

Edited October 24, 2025 by Reader1810

[kbois]

40 minutes ago, Reader1810 said:

Is this guy relayed to your pooches, do you think? 

https://youtu.be/ksmXmOf2YMI?si=rAi1zUQj9pvJHfzF

 

Omg... doxies and huskies have to be related 🤣😂

[weinerdog]

56 minutes ago, kbois said:

Omg... doxies and huskies have to be related 🤣😂

All that damage was done by @kbois chaseing me around the room.After kbois left I put the Huskie at the door to take the blame 

[Gary L]

2 hours ago, weinerdog said:

All that damage was done by @kbois chaseing me around the room.After kbois left I put the Huskie at the door to take the blame 

Yep, that’s a weinerdog talking!

[kbois]

So...... the evil cat got a clean bill of health and they'll call us with the results of the blood tests. 

Of course my MIL made it seem like she was being traumatized by the dog and kitten. I set the record straight. The vet asked if she had a place to go if she needed to get away. MIL said she made her a place in her closet....

WTF? Theres no room in her closet. The woman hasn't gotten rid of a single article of clothing in about 20 years. I swear she spent over an hour in her room after we got back trying to make a nest for the cat. Meanwhile the cat perches on the cat bed which is up higher. Cats dont want a closet nest... they want a vault ceiling with a throne to perch on. Sigh. 

Next time I'm drugging my MIL and not the cat. 

Meanwhile...

Hes only part weinerdog and no husky that we know of but he seems to like his new collar. He thinks it gives him carte blanche to chase the cats. Good boy!