The Chit Chat Chit Chat Thread

[Tony the Tigger]

Well...Miss Kylie went to the vet today. Two days ago, she went out in the backyard and came back in limping. It’s kind of weird - other than basically putting no weight on one back paw, everything is normal. She’s moving around remarkably quickly, her spirit is fine, eating, etc. But after two days of anti-inflammatory meds with no improvement, we wanted to get her checked out.

They think it’s torn ligament/cartilage, and will take a long time to heal. Got some different meds, keeping her off her feet as much as possible. She is such a trooper.

 

[Songbird76]

The Minnesota State Fair is doing the food drive-thru thing too. I only live about an hour away from the MN State Fairgrounds so that is closer to me than the Wisconsin one, that's about 4+ hours way. We are thinking of going to the MN one, which towards the end of August. Looks like they are selling tickets with designated times and people are not allowed to get out of their cars (except to use a porta potty). Ordering will be done via a written menu customers hang out their car window with contactless payment. So it seems like it will be fairly safe and It can't be worse than the traffic the Fair usually generates, tickets go on sale on July 31 so I guess I will see what date and time we can get. We only go to the MN State Fair every other year and this was our year to go.

These are a few our the treats we like to get there and luckily will be available.
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I really miss going to the state fair. We lived 75 miles from the State Fair grounds in Douglas, so we went every year. It was always right around my brother's birthday and we'd go down for the parade, because they threw candy....we always loved that. Then we'd spend the day looking at exhibits. My mom loved the quilting and photography exhibits, and then we'd check out some of the livestock judging. We'd browse some of the craft stands, and there is a pioneering museum right there, too, so we visited that once or twice. They had a hayride that just drove circles around the grounds and you hopped on and off wherever you wanted to go. Lots of unhealthy but delicious fairground food like hotdogs and cotton candy, and then we'd go to the carnival. It was so much fun! I'll have to check when next year's is in case we do our Wyoming trip next summer!!

Funny story: So my dad was a cattle rancher, and I'm sure I mentioned he had a thing for buying kitchen knives and forgetting to give them to the people he bought them for. So in 2013, I had been told by friends that my dad was showing some signs of dementia, and I went "home" to check on him and he had asked me to come help him get his will redone. While I was there, he had said he needed to go to the state fair because he wanted to look at a horse, and he wanted to visit the cutco booth to buy some knives. I thought it sounded great since I hadn't been to the fair in years. So we get up early, drive to Douglas, and get into the fair grounds, and he just barges into the vendor hall, which wasn't even open yet, and commandeers a chair near the cutco table to wait until it was open. I was like "Dad, we're not even supposed to be in here! It's not open yet, and these chairs are for the vendors!" He just brushed that off and sat down. The very confused vendor approached and I explained and he was very very kind. Then when it opened, dad bought a bunch of knives and then was like "Ok,let's go!" He literally drove over an hour and paid admission to the state fair just to buy knives he could have gotten from a catalog and then leave. The horse turned out to be on a ranch 10 miles away, not at the state fair. We were there less time than it took us to drive there! At the time, I was so frustrated, because I had wanted to visit the fair, see some exhibitions, etc....but now I just laugh. It was so much my dad...that's how he was. He'd get it in his head that he needed to do something and that's what he was going to do, and then he'd change his mind just as easily because he didn't feel like it anymore.

 

[Goofyernmost]

Yea, we had an actual high of 108 last Monday.
I really should get me one a’ those to see how hot it gets in the direct sun on days like that.
Problem is, we have so many trees I’m not sure where I could put it where it would be in direct sunlight during the heat of the day...!!!!!

I'm sure it got hotter in the afternoon, but I didn't go outside and I never looked at the thermometer for fear that just by doing that all the fat on my body (which is a lot) would just melt down to a hard to clean grease stain on my carpeting.

 

[Songbird76]

I have a question that is likely simple. Maybe I should be embarrassed to ask this but I will just "go for it" anyway. What is the vocabulary name of the rubber tipped baking tool in the photo?View attachment 485720

We always called it a spatula, or some say specifically "Rubber spatula".

 

[Goofyernmost]

We always called it a spatula, or some say specifically "Rubber spatula".

Yup!

 

[Songbird76]

Well...Miss Kylie went to the vet today. Two days ago, she went out in the backyard and came back in limping. It’s kind of weird - other than basically putting no weight on one back paw, everything is normal. She’s moving around remarkably quickly, her spirit is fine, eating, etc. But after two days of anti-inflammatory meds with no improvement, we wanted to get her checked out.

They think it’s torn ligament/cartilage, and will take a long time to heal. Got some different meds, keeping her off her feet as much as possible. She is such a trooper.

Awww, poor baby! I hope the new meds help! Any idea how she injured herself?

 

[Tony the Tigger]

Awww, poor baby! I hope the new meds help! Any idea how she injured herself?

I’m guessing she chased something and moved the wrong way. If she’s after a cat, iguana, opossum, or squirrel, there is no thought process, just run!

 

[Mr Ferret 75]

I have a question that is likely simple. Maybe I should be embarrassed to ask this but I will just "go for it" anyway. What is the vocabulary name of the rubber tipped baking tool in the photo?View attachment 485720

Spatula

 

[MinnieM123]

I’m guessing she chased something and moved the wrong way. If she’s after a cat, iguana, opossum, or squirrel, there is no thought process, just run!

I hope Kylie will heal soon.

By the way, how is Brian feeling? (I've heard that people who have issues like kidney stones sometimes take days or longer for the situation to resolve. )

 

[Tony the Tigger]

I hope Kylie will heal soon.

By the way, how is Brian feeling? (I've heard that people who have issues like kidney stones sometimes take days or longer for the situation to resolve. )

Seems fine!

We had been considering a couple or three nights in the middle Keys next week. It would be a lot like sitting home, but more drinking and no chores! Depends how everyone is feeling, availability to book using trade dollars, etc.

Sometimes I feel like I’m one more thing away from snapping. Then two more things happen. A little break would be nice.

 

[MinnieM123]

Seems fine!

We had been considering a couple or three nights in the middle Keys next week. It would be a lot like sitting home, but more drinking and no chores! Depends how everyone is feeling, availability to book using trade dollars, etc.

Sometimes I feel like I’m one more thing away from snapping. Then two more things happen. A little break would be nice.

Praying for a nice little break for the both of you (and Kylie, too)!

 

[MinnieM123]

The Minnesota State Fair is doing the food drive-thru thing too. I only live about an hour away from the MN State Fairgrounds so that is closer to me than the Wisconsin one, that's about 4+ hours way. We are thinking of going to the MN one, which towards the end of August. Looks like they are selling tickets with designated times and people are not allowed to get out of their cars (except to use a porta potty). Ordering will be done via a written menu customers hang out their car window with contactless payment. So it seems like it will be fairly safe and It can't be worse than the traffic the Fair usually generates, tickets go on sale on July 31 so I guess I will see what date and time we can get. We only go to the MN State Fair every other year and this was our year to go.

These are a few our the treats we like to get there and luckily will be available.

WAIT FOR ME! I WANNA GO TOO!

We have space, 5 people are allowed in the car!

Oh goodie! Five spaces in your car -- that's you, your hubby, Kapono, Rista, and ME!!!

 

[ajrwdwgirl]

Well...Miss Kylie went to the vet today. Two days ago, she went out in the backyard and came back in limping. It’s kind of weird - other than basically putting no weight on one back paw, everything is normal. She’s moving around remarkably quickly, her spirit is fine, eating, etc. But after two days of anti-inflammatory meds with no improvement, we wanted to get her checked out.

They think it’s torn ligament/cartilage, and will take a long time to heal. Got some different meds, keeping her off her feet as much as possible. She is such a trooper.

That happened to my pup in late May, we took her in at the start of June. It is a torn ligament, her acl. The vet said that surgery could work but it is tough on dogs because of their movement so we decided to forgo surgery for the time being. We did take her to 6 sessions of physical therapy which seemed to help. She isn't 100% and had a set back when she decided to jump up on the bed and jump down and landed funny again. It has been slow but today we took her on her longest walk (5 blocks) and she seemed to handle it okay. Is Kylie going to do physical therapy? This seems to be a problem for pups lately, I know at least 4 people besides us now that have a dog with this same problem.

 

[ajrwdwgirl]

I really miss going to the state fair. We lived 75 miles from the State Fair grounds in Douglas, so we went every year. It was always right around my brother's birthday and we'd go down for the parade, because they threw candy....we always loved that. Then we'd spend the day looking at exhibits. My mom loved the quilting and photography exhibits, and then we'd check out some of the livestock judging. We'd browse some of the craft stands, and there is a pioneering museum right there, too, so we visited that once or twice. They had a hayride that just drove circles around the grounds and you hopped on and off wherever you wanted to go. Lots of unhealthy but delicious fairground food like hotdogs and cotton candy, and then we'd go to the carnival. It was so much fun! I'll have to check when next year's is in case we do our Wyoming trip next summer!!

Funny story: So my dad was a cattle rancher, and I'm sure I mentioned he had a thing for buying kitchen knives and forgetting to give them to the people he bought them for. So in 2013, I had been told by friends that my dad was showing some signs of dementia, and I went "home" to check on him and he had asked me to come help him get his will redone. While I was there, he had said he needed to go to the state fair because he wanted to look at a horse, and he wanted to visit the cutco booth to buy some knives. I thought it sounded great since I hadn't been to the fair in years. So we get up early, drive to Douglas, and get into the fair grounds, and he just barges into the vendor hall, which wasn't even open yet, and commandeers a chair near the cutco table to wait until it was open. I was like "Dad, we're not even supposed to be in here! It's not open yet, and these chairs are for the vendors!" He just brushed that off and sat down. The very confused vendor approached and I explained and he was very very kind. Then when it opened, dad bought a bunch of knives and then was like "Ok,let's go!" He literally drove over an hour and paid admission to the state fair just to buy knives he could have gotten from a catalog and then leave. The horse turned out to be on a ranch 10 miles away, not at the state fair. We were there less time than it took us to drive there! At the time, I was so frustrated, because I had wanted to visit the fair, see some exhibitions, etc....but now I just laugh. It was so much my dad...that's how he was. He'd get it in his head that he needed to do something and that's what he was going to do, and then he'd change his mind just as easily because he didn't feel like it anymore.

That is a funny story about your dad! Maybe when you plan your next trip to the states, I think you mentioned wanting to go back to Wyoming, you could plan for state fair time. I have been to 3 state's State Fairs, Wisconsin, Iowa, and Minnesota. I like Minnesota's the best but that is probably because that is the one I've been to the most.

 

[ajrwdwgirl]

Oh goodie! Five spaces in your car -- that's you, your hubby, Kapono, Rista, and ME!!!

As long as Kapono still gets her seat in the back of the car she'd be cool with it!

 

[Tony the Tigger]

That happened to my pup in late May, we took her in at the start of June. It is a torn ligament, her acl. The vet said that surgery could work but it is tough on dogs because of their movement so we decided to forgo surgery for the time being. We did take her to 6 sessions of physical therapy which seemed to help. She isn't 100% and had a set back when she decided to jump up on the bed and jump down and landed funny again. It has been slow but today we took her on her longest walk (5 blocks) and she seemed to handle it okay. Is Kylie going to do physical therapy? This seems to be a problem for pups lately, I know at least 4 people besides us now that have a dog with this same problem.

I like the physical therapy idea, I have to find out where we could get that.

 

[MySmallWorldof4]

Yes, all working fine now!

I had a good scare mind you..
I tried changing the cable.. since its the most probable cause and because the support tech said it might be the cause.
And nope, still failed.
I was started to panic and replaced the Coil, which supposedly almost never fails.. and finally worked.
I was getting very robotic voice for a day and half but it slowly receded to become normal sound.

Thank goodness. Thinks makes me so happy to hear.

 

[MouseDreaming]

Found out that the Wisconsin State Fair has a Fair Food Drive-thru for 4 weeks with a different menu each week. The first week is from July 23rd to the 26th.

I have no plans of going to the drive thru. I expect it to be crowded with week 3 and week 4 being extremely busy I'm guessing. Week 3 and week 4 will have this as one of the foods being sold:

Oh, those cream puffs! If I could have Saz's and cream puffs, I would be a happy girl!

 

[MouseDreaming]

Kindergarten prep: lunch bags of A's current favorite shows

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Gravity Falls

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Star vs. the Forces of Evil

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Kim Possible

Your lunch bag art is amazing!

 

[MouseDreaming]

I have a question that is likely simple. Maybe I should be embarrassed to ask this but I will just "go for it" anyway. What is the vocabulary name of the rubber tipped baking tool in the photo?View attachment 485720

I grew up with my mom referring to that as "the scraper". When, I was at a friend's house I had no idea what she wanted when she asked for the spatula. I tend to alternate between the two, now.