Asimina

That's gorgeous! I wish we had left one of our stumps tall like that to carve.

I'm not sure what is available in your country, but in mine dogs can take Alprazolam, which is Xanax. It works great to calm a dog down. One of my regulars takes it before every groom and she is like a different dog when she takes it. I can't groom her without it. If it were my dog, I would also put him/her in a comfortable crate and cover it with a blanket. My own dogs prefer to stay in theirs if they are scared or we have company. They view it like their own little respite.

Too funny Sloth, your son looks very much like my own.

She's adorable!

Poor baby, he's so pretty!

We say stuffed if we eat too much. Sometimes people say ready to pop or ready to blow too.

Now that sounds like it should be in Urban Dictionary.

When it's raining buckets, we say it's raining cats and dogs or just pouring. The main shut-off would be called the water main. I am no plumber though.

I have twin nieces, my brother-in-law stayed home while his wife worked. I had a daughter a little older than them, and remember what he went through. Here are some things he did to make life easier: Ferberize them. I did it with my daughter when she was older, they thought it was great and used the Ferber method with the twins. Tin foil over the bedroom window, nap times at specific hours. Both were sat in bouncy seats and he would sit in front, feeding them their bottles at exactly the same time. When they could sit up, both were eating in the highchairs at the same time. Give them a bath at 9 p.m. every night, with lavender. Then put them to bed and let them cry it out. There are many other tricks he had, but these are the key ones. Do everything at once or you will be feeding, changing, bathing non stop for the next 2 years. Let them cry it out so you can teach them a routine and that it's ok to be unhappy. Let someone else care for them one evening a week so you can go out with your wife.

I hate to say it....but y'all sound the same to me (eeeeeeek! running and hiding now).

Brekkie (heehee, never said that) was an Isagenix shake Lunch was from a strange little restaurant owned by an oriental woman named Bonnie. I don't even know what I had. A little triangle of pastry filled with curry flavored something, some very seasoned veggies with tomato and egg plant, a bit if quiche with spinach and tomato, and a little round fried thing. May have been sweet potato. Bonnie is the best cook I have encountered in my 37 years. Teatime (lol again, that's dinner here) will be Napa Valley chicken salad. This is white chicken with a creamy dressing, grapes, celery, and cashews. Very yummy. A mango GT's kombucha for a treat.

Ok, what happened to explaining the slang??? Now y'all are just showing off. Mind boggling.

It's pleasing to the ears, confusing to the brain tho. I think part of the reason there isn't as much slang used in the U.S. is that most everyone is incredibly touchy now. Anything remotely funny or off color is seen as racist/derogatory/discriminatory. Instead of calling a Brit a Limey, we would just say the fella is British. I have never heard the word Limey used in every day life.

Thanks for that tip. I recently lost my favorite peach tree to canker. Is there a secret remedy for it? Some of my other stone fruit trees are dripping amber colored jell from their spots.

I can't think of any insulting slang for Brits, but they are renowned for their teeth. Maybe it's odd, but I have been fascinated by David Bowie's teeth since I was a teenager. Fascinated in a good way.