Good morning Lounge

[MissHoneychurch]

How are you today?

I hope you didn't miss me too much the last few days.

I had a very nice time with my family. I showed them around Frankfurt a bit and we took a tour in the Taunus, the mountains nearby. In the evenings my condo changed into a gambling hell: Rommé, Rummikub, Scrabble ....

Now it is back to normal life.

Tonight I finally want to go to the Aqua-Fitness. So far there is no reason not to go.



Picture of the Day

[ccharles000]

1. Good morning

I wonder what kind of tree that is. It is very pretty.

[MissHoneychurch]

2. Good morning ccharles

:hi: :hug: :loveya:

It is a Nerium oleander http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nerium_oleander Very common in Italy

[cwydro]

3. Good morning Miss Honeychurch.

:hi: :loveya: :hug:

Very nice picture there; that looks like an oleander...those grow everywhere down here and that one is my favorite color for oleanders. Where does that lane go? I can see myself walking down and turning right for some reason.

Glad you had fun with your family. Miss you? Why? Were you gone?:P ;)

[MissHoneychurch]

4. Good morning cwydro

:hi: :hug: :loveya:

Yes, it is an oleander tree.

The lane is just a street. Going places :P


You know I am always around ... somewhere :P

[cwydro]

5. So did you bring your bathing suit with you to work?

That way you will not be tempted to go home first...

[MissHoneychurch]

6. Yes

I have everything with me

[cwydro]

7. Very good.

You're prepared then.

I love to go swimming, so I'm jealous.

Though I can go swimming here if I wanted to, I suppose. Have to go into town for a pool, but the ocean is right here.

[MissHoneychurch]

8. If I'd had an ocean nearby

I would go swimming more often.

[cwydro]

9. The good thing about the ocean here

is that I don't even need a bathing suit.:evilgrin: :P

[MissHoneychurch]

10. Even better

and no, I am not shocked. We used to do it when I was a kid.

[cwydro]

11. Lol!

I didn't think, even for a moment, that you would be shocked.:rofl:

[MissHoneychurch]

12. I'm too German, eh?

:rofl:

[cwydro]

13. Ja.

Something like that.:P

[chknltl]

14. Miss Honeychurch!!!

Seeing your Good Morning Lounge Post just now made me smile...thank you for that. I have indeed noticed your absence in the lounge this past week. Truth be told, I feared you had left us! Fellow DUers do that sometimes...just sort of wander off to parts unknown. I was sad because I thought you had joined them. You DO know that you would be missed by many of us around here don't you? I thought you should know that... just in case you should ever decide to...you know... wander off.

Here is a :hug: for you because you didn't wander off. As I post this, it is 3AM here...3 hours past when I should be home in bed. (I'm at my step daughter's place, my place is nearby)... This means that I get to...you know...wander off home. Good Night to you from Tacoma Washington Miss H. Nice photo by the way, very atmospheric.
chknltl

[MissHoneychurch]

16. Good morning chknltl

or ought I say good night?

:hi: :hug: :loveya:

No worries my friend, I won't vanish without saying anything. And so far I have no reason to leave DU, where I make so many friends. Also the place where I can show off my pictures ;)

[SalmonChantedEvening]

15. Good Morning Miss Honeychurch!

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

Waking up slowly here, yesterday was a busy day.

So glad you had a good time with your family! :)

Tonight will be an early one for me. I stayed up a bit late last night.

[MissHoneychurch]

17. Good morning SCE

:hi: :hug: :loveya:

Why did you stay up late last night? I tried to go to bed not too late but still had troubles this morning. But then I couldn't really sleep in the last few days with the old people getting up so early each day x(

[SalmonChantedEvening]

18. The Daily Show.

I missed episodes last week. That, and monday night means pro rasslin. :)

I slept in a little this morning to make up for it, but that just left me less time to read up on things.

I need another vacation. :rofl:

[MissHoneychurch]

19. I hear you

I could use at least another day off to recover from my long weekend :rofl:

Did you watch the Letterman interview with President Obama as well?

[SalmonChantedEvening]

25. No, I zonked at about 11:15

Caught some of the Big Dawg interview and decided to call it a night.

7:30. Bleh. ;)

Have a good night :hug:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

20. Good morning!

I'm doing well, though I'm still adjusting to my sleep schedule. I just got back from a two-week trip to India and Dubai, and I posted the first batch of pics (of many to come) on my Facebook page. Check them out!

:hi:

[MissHoneychurch]

22. Good morning Starbucks Anarchist

:hi: :hug: :loveya:

What an honor to see you here :loveya:

I will check out your pictures. Did you have a good time on your trip?

[Starbucks Anarchist]

23. Yes, a great time.

It's such a different experience than being in America, too. But despite all the fun I had, I will say it's great to be back in the States.

[jonnyblitz]

29. welcome back! I have been to both Dubai and Abu Dabi on

several occasions when i was stationed in the navy in Bahrain. they frown on drunken sailors dancing together in a circle at the hotel nightclubs there we found out. :rofl:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

45. Thanks!

:rofl: :hi:

[jonnyblitz]

30. dupe-delete

[Callalily]

21. Good morning MissH!

Glad to hear that you have a good time with your family.

I'm also glad that you are back. Many of us missed you. I knew that you would be gone Thursday and Friday, but Monday caught me off guard.

Lovely picture by the way.

:hi: :loveya: :hug:

[MissHoneychurch]

24. Good morning Callalily

:hi: :hug: :loveya:

Sorry about yesterday :blush: But I got caught up in work and didn't have the time to post.

How was your weekend?

[Callalily]

26. Had a fabulous

weekend. Went rowing early in the morning when there was still mist on the river. So quiet so peaceful.

My book club met on Sunday (non-book club meeting - LOL). One of the members invited us to her new place and another member is leaving for a few months, so we incorporated a house warming along with a farewell. We all brought something to eat as usual and I made some caprese from heirloom tomatoes that I bought at the farmer's market.

Oh I know, that work stuff sure can get in the way of DU and other fun stull. :rofl:

[MissHoneychurch]

27. Ohhhh that looks yummy

Please send a batch over :9

I cooked different dishes over the weekend and also made a Key Lime Pie. One dish I cooked was an "African peanut pot" made with sliced pork simmering in a sauce of canned tomatoes and peanut butter. Served with rice. Very yummy. Very rich and unhealthy ... LOL

[Callalily]

32. I LOVE key lime pie.

It's difficult to get key limes where I live. And your African peanut pot dish does sound yummy. Now that it's beginning to get cooler here, I'm in the mood to make more soups and stews.

Heading out early b/c I want to drop off some books at the library b/4 I head into work, so wishing you a great day.

:hug:

[MissHoneychurch]

33. I LOVE Key Lime Pie too

I don't get Key limes here, I make it with other limes.

I will try to translate the recipe into English and send it to you.

Have a great day yourself!!!

[blueraven95]

28. Good Afternoon, MissH!

It's good to see you back :hug:


That tree is beautiful!

[MissHoneychurch]

34. Good morning blueraven

:hi: :hug: :loveya:

Thank you for putting together the calendar contest!!!! Such great work. Now please tell me I have chances to make it again into the calendar :D

[blueraven95]

40. you know I can't tell you that

:D


It's going to be a good calendar this year, though. I think you're going to like it. (and that's all the hinting I'm doing)

[MissHoneychurch]

46. Okay

*pout* :D

When will you let the people know? End of the week?

How was your class yesterday? Did listening to Elvis help?

[blueraven95]

58. Well, the contest ends on Thursday

so people will probably hear by the weekend, assuming I'm not drowning in stuff for class.


Class was fine. It is a really huge stretch for me...we're talking a lot about Christian saints, and I'm having a hard time understanding how and why people believe in them - Judaism is just so different in structure. That was part of the point in taking the class, but it is difficult.

[MissHoneychurch]

65. Oh

I would have as much troubles as you, I don't know any Christian saints either.

[blueraven95]

69. yep, it's a little difficult

I'm going to email the professor this week though, to let him know about where I'm coming from, and see if he can recommend any additional reading.

[jonnyblitz]

31. good morning!!!!

:hug: i hope you are well. :hi:

[MissHoneychurch]

35. Good morning johnnyblitz

:hi: :hug: :loveya:

How are you doing? So good to see you again (at least online)

[jonnyblitz]

38. I am fine thanks! I am always around but don't post in the lounge

as much as I used to a few years back. :loveya:

[MissHoneychurch]

44. That is good to hear

that you are still around.

Not forgetting about that tattoo btw :evilgrin:

:loveya:

[jonnyblitz]

62. oh yeah! i forget that was a topic of discussion that night

in NYC. :P

[Brewman_Jax]

36. G'day, MissH!

and welcome back! :hi: :hug:

We've had 6 straight days of rain, and yesterday was the worse so far. Roads flooded, creeks overflowing, houses filling and full of water, cars floating away, etc. It's been awful. :( No one has seen an ark full of animals floating by. :P

[MissHoneychurch]

37. Good morning Brewman

:hi: :hug: :loveya:

I read about the very bad weather in Georgia. I hope the rain stops soon. No ark full of animals??? Mhmmmm .... have you been looking in the right direction?

[Brewman_Jax]

47. I could have missed it

there were plenty of other flooded roads to float on. :P I had to dodge a couple of flooded areas. A simple 15 minute drive home stretched out to 40 minutes. We haven't seen clear, or even partially clear skies, in 7 days. :( I hope you had good weather for the family visit.

[kentauros]

39. 'Morning MissHoneychurch!

:hi:

Sounds like you have a great time. And how do you gamble at Scrabble? :P

We're starting to get some more rain here. It was just in a hard downpour a few minutes ago. So, I looked up the radar for our area and this isn't the end of it: http://www.wunderground.com/radar/radblast.asp?ID=HGX®ion=d3&lat=29.71940041&lon=-95.22284698&label=Houston%2c%20TX

Also, Central Texas is getting drenched, and they need it badly! They've been in a major drought for over two years. Most of my family lives in and around Austin :)

I love the photo, too. The landscape in the background reminds me of many a landscape painting I've seen over the years. There's just this uniqueness about European landscapes. However, I noticed similar landscapes in New Zealand. It must have something to do with how they clear the land for farming and ranching...

[MissHoneychurch]

48. Good morning kentauros

:hi: :hug: :loveya:

OK, maybe not gamble at Scrabble but at Rommé and Rummikub :D


I heard so much about the beauty of New Zealand's nature ... I want to visit it.

[kentauros]

63. I'll have to look up those other games and just take your word for it

;)

Here's a little bit of NZ's beauty from my trip for ya:
















:)

[MissHoneychurch]

64. How beautiful

When were you there? And did you take a roundtrip yourself or do you have family there?

[kentauros]

74. I was there in April, so it was their Fall season.

It was a roundtrip of just me. I'm hoping to bring my girlfriend over here and part of the Immigration regs is that we have to meet in person first. So, I took my only vacation in I don't know how many years and spent a week there. The traveling experience was the worst I've ever known, but being there was great :D

Here's my girlfriend (Maryanne) and me at the little bed'n'breakfast we stayed at on Waiheke Island:

[Blue_Tires]

41. Good afternoon, MissHoneychurch

First of all, what is the Aqua-Fitness? A public pool?

And who visited you? I must have missed your last thread...

I hear that something called "Oktoberfest" is kind of a big deal around your way...Any plans?

I needed your help while I was on vacation -- I had this long flight sitting behind this young German couple and I was curious to hear a translation of what they were saying (or maybe not; they were ALL over each other for the entire flight -- they practically shared one seat the whole time!)




Das Wort des Tages -- German Word of the Day

der Anziehungspunkt (-e) attraction, magnet, draw (for visitors)

Der Potsdamer Platz in Berlin ist zum Anziehungspunkt für Berliner und Besucher aus aller Welt geworden.

Berlin's Potsdamer Platz (Potsdam Square) has become an attraction for Berliners and visitors from all over the world.

RELATED: anziehen to attract, draw, pull, die Anziehungskraft (force of) attraction, appeal

(a better term in the American vernacular would be "tourist trap", imo)



and a local photo:

[MissHoneychurch]

49. Good morning Blue_Tires

:hi: :hug: :loveya:

Aqua Fitness = Water aerobics

I had visit from my grandmother, her brother and his wife from Thursday afternoon till Monday morning.

I have plans to stay away from the Oktoberfest as far as possible ... LOL

Oh .... I don't envy you about that flight ... good thing you didn't understand. It would have been worse.

That is a great picture. Is that a sports arena?

[Blue_Tires]

53. it's Town Point Park

another view:

http://hamptonroads.com/2009/07/town-point-park-gets-last-changes-norfolks-big-party

[MissHoneychurch]

55. Very nice

Did you go to that event?

[Blue_Tires]

60. no, i was out of town at the time

it was bigger than usual because the park had just been renovated...

[Captain Hilts]

42. Good morning, Miss Honeychurch. nt

[MissHoneychurch]

50. Good morning Captain Hilts

:hi: :hug: :loveya:

How are you doing?

[Captain Hilts]

54. Hanging tough. Every day you wake up is a Good Day. Have a good one! nt

[bigwillq]

43. Morning!

:hi:

[MissHoneychurch]

51. Good morning bigwillq

:hi: :hug: :loveya:

Good to see you!! How was your weekend?

[bigwillq]

52. It was good.

I worked Sunday, but had off Saturday and a friend came up from Baltimore. We hung out at her aunt's house. Ate and drank way too much. So much fun, though. :) :hi:

[MissHoneychurch]

56. Fun is good

and you didn't have to drive so it was even more fun :D

[bigwillq]

57. Well, I had to drive home

but that was less than two miles away! :)

[Tuesday Afternoon]

59. Hello MissHc,

Good to see you here again :) Another lovely picture. Looks like a nice place to walk.

I am glad you had a good time with your family. :loveya: :hug: :hi:

[MissHoneychurch]

61. Good morning Tuesday

:hi: :hug: :loveya:

Thank you. It was a nice little village I was standing in. And when I saw the scenery I just had to take the picture.

How are you doing? Did you have a quiet weekend again?

[Tuesday Afternoon]

66. yes

quiet and rainy.

[NJmaverick]

67. Good morning MHC

You play Scrabble for money? That's a very nice picture was this from your tour of the nearby mountains? I have been extremely busy of late myself, which is why my posting is down.

[MissHoneychurch]

68. Good morning NJmaverick

:hi: :hug: :loveya:

No, we weren't playing for money. Just for fun.

The picture was also taken in Italy, like a bunch I posted lately. :) I took some pictures over the weekend, I just haven't uploaded them yet.

[Vidar]

70. Good morning MissHoneychurch. I'm glad you could enjoy some family time.

[MissHoneychurch]

71. Good morning Vidar

:hi: :hug: :loveya:

Thank you. It was fun. I enjoyed welcoming them in my own condo.

[Strong Atheist]

72. Nice pic. I can not claim to be asleep NOW, but I DID have trouble

getting up earlier, so:

:hangover:

[MissHoneychurch]

73. Good morning Strong Atheist

:hi: :hug: :loveya:

I feel you. I had some trouble this morning too.

How was your start into the week?

[Strong Atheist]

75. So far, so good, as the person who

was falling from a great height said...