Good morning Lounge

[MissHoneychurch]

How are you today? How was your weekend?

Mine? Let's see.
As I told you I started working at my second job Saturday at a groceries store. I worked at the checkout as cashier. That was a first for me. Boy, those persons sure have to be quick and look out for a lot. It was fun in a way but also stressful. I work next Saturday again. Also again as cashier.

Sunday afternoon two friends came to my place and we had a movie session. "Pirates of the Caribbean" part one and two. We cooked a chicken gumbo, I made a Key Lime Pie, one friend made lemonade and the other a onion bread :9
We had a lot of fun, I can tell ya :)

Picture of the Day

[jeff30997]

1. Good Morning MissHoneychurch !

Hey, I missed you a lot.:hug: I'm glad that you had a

great weekend and that you seem to like your job.

Cashier is a pretty demanding job especially when there

are a lot of peoples in the line.:)

[MissHoneychurch]

2. Good morning jeff

:hi: :loveya: :hug:


I missed you too :loveya:

Well, I LOVE my main job, which is being a librarian.
But being a cashier is OK. Ask me again after next Saturday when I have to work 8 hours at the checkout.

Either there were a lot of people or none at all ... go figure :eyes:

[jeff30997]

4. I spent most of the weekend sleeping.

I have chronic fatigue which

sometimes results in hypersomnia.Argh!

I hate it.Even strong coffee doesn't help

me to stay awake.:(


I'm going back to read my great

Science Fiction book.The next one will be

a Historical novel.

See you later my dear! :loveya:

[MissHoneychurch]

5. What book is it?

not that I know much about SF. Actually nothing.
Do you know already which Historical novel you will be reading?

Right now I am reading a book by a British guy who travelled the Iran for 3 years. It is a book about this trip.

[jeff30997]

7. The Manifold Trilogy : Space by Stephen Baxter

It's the second volume.Good story and the science part is not bad either.It's much closer to

2001 A Space Odyssey than Star Wars.But I love all genre of literature as long as it's

well written.The Historical Novel is called 1630: La Vengeance de Richelieu (Richelieu's Revenge).

Most of the time when I read a French novel I prefer that the story is set in the past because

most modern ones are kind of boring.Recently I discovered a good Norwegian author.His name

is Jo Nesbo.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo_Nesb%C3%B8

His style is a little bit similar to Ian Rankin's (Which I love).

It's great to discover Norway and enjoy a good story at the same time.:)

[MissHoneychurch]

12. I love reading Ian Rankin

jis mysteries are great!!! I hope the "Exit Doors" wasn't his last of the Rebus series.

I haven't read anything by Jo Nesbo yet. But if you say he writes similar to Rankin I think I will try it.

The Scandinavian are great mystery novel writers. Have you read the books by Stieg Larsson? http://www.amazon.com/Girl-Dragon-Tattoo-Stieg-Larsson/dp/0307269752/ref=pd_cp_b_1 Check them out.

[jeff30997]

17. Stieg Larsson:The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. = Noted.

Thanks for the tip.I'm always searching for good authors.I hope they have this one

at the Library.Please check you PM. Oh,I wanted to ask you something for a

while and always forgot about it: Do you go on the Net only from the Library

or do you also have a connection at home ? I'm just being curious.

Big hug to you my dear: :hug:

[MissHoneychurch]

18. Let me know if you get it

and how you like it.

I have connection at home also. But sometimes after sitting on the computer all day long I don't feel like turning it on in the evening. But then sometimes I do when there is nothing on TV or I am not in the mood to read.

:hug:

[jeff30997]

23. Lol,I understand.

My baby sister (well she's 34 but still my little baby sister :)) says the same thing about being

tired of computers after a whole day in front of the one at work.

The last Ian Rankin that I've read was Fleshmarket close.Very good story.
Well I'll go back to my book.It's always a pleasure to chat with you.:pals: :loveya: :pals:

-Jeff

[MissHoneychurch]

24. So your "baby" sister

is the same age as I am :)

Sorry, ment "Exit Music" http://www.amazon.com/Exit-Music-Inspector-Rebus-Rankin/dp/0316057584/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1244462506&sr=8-1
It is a must for you as Rankin fan :)

I read most of his books in English, btw. Can't wait for them to come out in German :rofl:

[jeff30997]

27. Lol, and I read them in French !

:rofl:

Edited to add: Goodbye baby ! :)

[MissHoneychurch]

29. That

I couldn't accomplish :rofl:

Have you read the books by Kathy Reichs?

[jeff30997]

32. Yep! Well 4-5 of them.

She's a good writer and I like it when a part of the story take place in Montreal.

On the TV show (Bones,which I never watched but read about) they dropped all the

French-Canadian part.:(

[MissHoneychurch]

33. And in Charlotte

where I did my nanny time (or near by).

I like Bones. They set it in DC. I like it because of the dry humor.

[jeff30997]

35. Your nanny time ?

I'm not sure I understand that expression.

Sorry but I have to go.Feeling sleepy again.:(

That was great talking with you my dear!

Give a big kiss to Simon for me.:hug: :hi:

[Richard Steele]

3. Good morning, Miss Honeychurch.

My weekend was terribly uneventful.
Saturday I worked a full shift at the store;
Sunday I woke up at 1:00pm wih a hangover, as is my wont,
and i got some seedlings transplanted into the garden.
Various and sundry other tasks occupied my day.


I posted a thread here in the Lounge that I'd really
like your input on, what with you being an attractive woman and all.

[MissHoneychurch]

6. Good morning Richard

:hi: :hug: :loveya:

What seedlings did you put in the ground?

The big plus this weekend was that I got my condo clean. With my friends coming I wanted it to look real nice. So I cleaned Saturday evening and Sunday morning. I am so proud of myself :D

Thanks for the compliment. I wish you good luck with that lady. I hope you can meet for a coffee and chat and get to know each other.

[Richard Steele]

63. I got my last 3 'Pepperoncini' peppers in the ground, and....

...I did a special transplanting for a 'Lemon Tomato' seedling
that had gotten much too long & spindly for its own good.

Beyond that, I just farted around with a dozen other minor tasks
that amounted to a big pile of NOTHING.

[SalmonChantedEvening]

8. Good Morning MissHoneychurch :)

:hi: :hug: :loveya: :pals:

Do you have change for a 20? ;)

I had a quiet weekend, especially Saturday. The house to myself for most of the evening.
Glad you and your friends enjoyed the movies, sounds like it was a great day! :)

[MissHoneychurch]

13. Good morning SCE

:hi: :loveya: :hug:

Sorry but no, I don't have enough change :P

It was a great day yesterday. But we need to meet again to watch part 3. We didn't get that done yesterday. It was good that I saw part one and two together. Made a lot more clear to me.

[SalmonChantedEvening]

19. I need to sit and watch 2 and 3

I have watched pieces of both, but neither end to end.

I'm still waiting for the coffee to take effect here. Or the enthusiasm to stop hiding from me. ;)

[malta blue]

9. Good morning!

:hi::loveya:

The weekend went by s l o w l y. Hopefully this week won't!!!

I'm glad you made it through your first cashier experience. I've not done it at a grocery, I think I might be intimidated. LOL

well, I'm off to get ready for work! Have a great day!!!!

[MissHoneychurch]

14. Good morning malta

:hi: :loveya: :hug:

A slow weekend??????? How is that possible?? Next weekend will pass by way too fast, that you can be sure of :D

[old mark]

10. Good morning, Miss Honeychurch!

You had a very full weekend!
Hope you have a wonderful week as well.:hi:

mark

[MissHoneychurch]

15. Good morning mark

:hi: :hug:

I could use a day for relaxing from the weekend :rofl: Oh wait ... Thursday is a holiday here, I do get a free day :D

[old mark]

20. Great! Tell me what the holiday is for, and I'll take a long weekend, too.

My father's family are transplanted Germans.

mark

[MissHoneychurch]

21. It's Fronleichnam

Corpus Christi. But hurry, that is the last holiday till October. x(

[old mark]

22. Well, then feel free to celebrate July 4th with us!

Thanks.
(My dad and his mom came here from Burgenland in 1919. He is now living in Texas - quite a trip!)

mark

[MissHoneychurch]

25. Let's see

if I get the day off from work :)

Burgenland is Austria, isn't it? Do you know why they emmigrated to the U.S.?

[old mark]

45. Yes - in the mountains near Gratz. They came here because my

grandfather had been killed in the war and my grandmother knew people in New York who could get her a job - she was a nurse/midwife.
Evidently there were a lot of German nationals living in that area of Austria - I guess there still are.

mark

[MissHoneychurch]

49. Austria-Hungary

was a state with quite a lot of different nations till WW1.

I find it fascinating how people left home and went to another continent without knowing what to expect. Did you ever read "The Emigrants" by Vilhelm Moberg? http://www.amazon.com/Emigrants-Emigrant-Novels-Vilhelm-Moberg/dp/0873513193/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1244466825&sr=8-3
He writes about a Swedish family that emigrates to the U.S. in the late 1800. It is a very interesting read.

[Callalily]

11. Good morning MissH!

Glad to hear that you enjoyed your first day as a cashier. As you know, jobs like that can be fun some days, and not so fun other days.

Also, sounds like you had a great time with your friends, cooking and watching movies!

I made some Asian veggies and brown basmati rice last night for dinner - was good. Pic below. I served in on a plate that I bought in Barbados at a pottery shop. Everything they sell is hand-made. The table cloth is actually a wrap/scarf but I'm using it as a tablecloth. That I bought in Bequia.

Got home from vacation late Friday night after several gate changes and a new plane. My weekend mostly consisted of doing laundry, putting vacation stuff away, catching up with mail, paying bills, etc. Today it's back to work after having two weeks off. *sigh* I'd rather be in the islands. Temps were in the 80s and here they are only in the high 40s low 50s.



:hi: :loveya: :hug:

[MissHoneychurch]

16. Good morning Callalily

:hi: :loveya: :hug:

Hmmm .... that looks yummy. And the plate looks beautiful. Looking forward to your pictures from the trip :)

Fortunately I didn't have any mean customers Saturday. They all were friendly and understood when I said it was my first day. I hope I remember everything next Saturday :rofl:

[Callalily]

26. I think mean customers

are mostly in retail stores rather than grocery stores, although I guess mean people are everywhere. I hope all of your customers remain nice and cordial. And I'm sure you'll remember everything next Saturday. It won't be long before you're checking people out in your sleep. ;)

I'm working on my vacation pics. I've got them named through May 30th. None are in my photobucket account yet though.

Sad to say, but I'm heading out to work now.

Wishing you a great day!

:hug:

[MissHoneychurch]

28. Have a good day at work

take it easy!!! :hug:

I am happy to have you back here :D

[blueraven95]

30. Good Afternoon, MissH!

It sounds like you had a busy weekend! I don't know if I would survive being a cashier. Good luck!

On Friday, I went to my parents house to help get ready for the birthday party on Saturday (which went very well :)). Yesterday, I lazed around my house all day and watched the Tonys last night. Unfortunately, I had trouble sleeping after that - I had a tooth ache which kept me up :shrug: so I'm tired today.

[MissHoneychurch]

31. Good morning blueraven

:hi: :hug: :loveya:

I survived the 6 hours (5 hours at the checkout), let's see how it works coming Saturday when it will be 8 hours. I sure know how I earn my money, that I can tell you.

YAY!!! Did you cook or bake or did you just helped preparing? :)

Ouch, tooth ache is nasty. You better go and see a dentist.

[blueraven95]

34. I don't know how you did it

seriously. :)


I cleaned (a lot) and then I chopped vegetables for various dishes. No one in my family trusts me to actually do the cooking :rofl:


I think the sore tooth may be my fault. I was eating a kiwi and a seed got stuck. I think that in the process of getting it out, I scratched my gum, which didn't react well. If it's still bothering me tomorrow I'll go to the dentist, but I'm hoping I don't have to.

[MissHoneychurch]

40. I am a bit surprised by myself

I mean, I am a somewhat hectic person. So working at the checkout is quite a task for me. But it seems like I did OK, only had 56 cents minus.

I hope you gum is only irritated :hug:

[Tuesday Afternoon]

36. Hello MissHc

It was a beautiful, sunny weekend here. I mainly just relaxed and took things easy. I did some laundry. I saw a turtle in the backyard and got some photos, but they are not any good...he would not come out of his shell :(

Talked on the phone with several friends that I have not heard from in a while, which is always nice.

:loveya: :hug: :hi:

[MissHoneychurch]

41. Good morning Tuesday

:hi: :hug: :loveya:

Catching up with old friends is a lot of fun. Last week I talked to a friend for about 1 1/2 hours. We studied together and stayed in contact since then. We don't see each other very often but talk on the phone every now and then. So when we talk on the phone it is always catching up on each other lifes.



The weather was nasty over the weekend. Cold and rainy x(

[NJmaverick]

37. Do they use scanners over there?

[MissHoneychurch]

42. Yes we do

Fortunately :D

[Blue_Tires]

38. i haven't had a good key lime pie in ages!

[MissHoneychurch]

43. Mine tastes really good

I would bake one for you :D

[bigwillq]

39. Morning!

Sounds like you had an eventful weekend! :) Mine was pretty good too! :hi:

[MissHoneychurch]

44. Good morning bigwillq

:hi: :hug:

I sure had. I still hope I don't have to work each Saturday. When I applied I asked to work in the evenings. So I hope they let me work during the weeks in the future so that I have my weekends off.

What did you do?

[bigwillq]

46. I worked Saturday

but I was off Sunday. We cooked out on the grill and then I went downtown for a few drinks. It was a fun day. :)

[MissHoneychurch]

47. I agree

that sounds like a great day :)

[Brewman_Jax]

48. G'day, Miss H!

:hi: :hug:

Congrats! Sounds like a busy first day at the new job. Renfest is over, :( and back to soccer for me. :woohoo:

[MissHoneychurch]

51. Good morning Brewman

:hi: :loveya: :hug:

Was the last Renfest weekend fun?
And soccer isn't that bad, now is it :)

[DarkTirade]

50. Futz, is it morning already?

Who let the sun out of its box this early?

[MissHoneychurch]

52. Good morning

Rise and shine :D

[femmocrat]

53. Good morning, MissHoneyChurch and fellow Loungers!

This is my first day of summer vacation! :woohoo: Best day of the year-- better than Christmas!

I started on my summer exercise program. I want to lose a "couple" of pounds over the summer. ;)

[MissHoneychurch]

54. Good morning femmocrat

:hi: :hug:

YAY!! Vacation!!

What is your excerise program?

[femmocrat]

57. Walking for now. I'm also going to add some Pilates.

I'm just not looking forward to the muscle aches from starting out.

I also need some new Pilates DVDs. My old ones are on VHS and I don't have any way to play them now.

[Kajsa]

55. Good morning, MissHoneychurch!

I love the photo, what a great composition.
It sounds like you had a very nice weekend.

My weekend was full,

My brother got married on Saturday.
The wedding and reception were very nice.
:-)

Sunday I visited my mom then came home
to get my work done in time for the NBA
Finals game at 5 o'clock.

The weekend flew by fast.

:hi: :pals:

[MissHoneychurch]

56. Good morning Kajsa

Ohh ... congrats to your brother!!

I haven't met a weekend yet that didn't pass by fast :rofl:

[Kajsa]

58. Thanks so much!

:loveya: :D

[cwydro]

59. Good morning.

Key lime pie! Yum! My favorite. Glad your pirate weekend went well.

My weekend was fine; worked on Saturday until time to fly out and flew to Fort Myers, where I spent the night. Then yesterday flew here to Charlotte.

Mom's birthday was yesterday; my sister came up from Columbia and we all had a great time.

Just got back from a nice run. So much cooler here than the Keys! Later we'll go over to Southpark Mall.:hi:

[MissHoneychurch]

60. Good morning cwydro

:hi: :loveya: :hug:

Please say hello to Charlotte from me :hi:

I have to admit, I didn't use Key Limes for the pie. We don't get them here. Am I still allowed to call it Key Lime Pie? It is my favorite pie too. So easy to make. But I try not to bake it too often.

[cwydro]

61. Of course you can call it a Key Lime pie!

As long as you put whipped cream on it!

I thought of you this morning and already said hi to Charlotte for you. It's one of those late spring days I'm sure you remember. The birds singing, the sun dappling through the oak trees - such a nice spring scent in the air.

[MissHoneychurch]

62. Sigh

:cry:

I miss the U.S. So many great memories.

Of course I put whipped cream on it :D

[Captain Hilts]

64. Good morning, Miss Honeychurch.

In Key West I was taught to never trust a green-colored Key Lime pie.

[applegrove]

65. Sounds like a nice weekend.

[Eurobabe]

66. hey sweetie!!

2 more DAYS. And I get to see my DU soulmate!! WOOHOO!! :woohoo: