The Worlds of Katherine Kurtz

[17:01] * KK has joined #Deryni_Destinations
[17:01] <DeryniBot> Returning from the Inner Planes with Adam
Sinclair is KK
[17:01] <Samuel> hello KK
[17:01] <Mistyck> hi KK
[17:01] <kirienne> Hi Katherine
[17:01] <RainbowDragon> Greetings, Katherine
[17:01] <Sedina> Hi, Katherine
[17:01] <the_Bee> hi KK! you made it!
[17:01] <JastaElf> Hi Katherine!
[17:01] <Duck> hello katherine
[17:01] <KK> Hi, Folks.
[17:01] <The_Cat_Whisperer> Hi, KK
[17:02] <Mistyck> how are you?
[17:02] <KK> We've had house guests the past few weekends--and have
some tonight, so I can't stay too long, but wanted to at least drop
in.
[17:02] <RainbowDragon> We've missed you the last few Sundays, KK
[17:02] <KK> What's the latest word on Wrengl?
[17:02] <JastaElf> Not yet, Katherine.
[17:02] <kirienne> how is remodeling going Katherine?
[17:02] <JastaElf> No bulletin today
[17:02] <Mistyck> as of yesterday she was still in ICU
[17:02] <KK> Work progresses.
[17:02] <Bynw> hiyas KK
[17:02] <kirienne> what has happened to Pat?
[17:02] <Mistyck> but talking to the nurses and doctors
[17:02] <the_Bee> what happened??
[17:03] <RainbowDragon> How is your writing progressing, Katherine?
[17:03] <KK> This weekend, we filled an entire large dumpster (the
size of a car) with builders' debris. Yay!
[17:03] <Sedina> Pat's doing better, but the hospital staff is still
having to work hard to keep her sugar levels within exceptable ranges.
[17:03] <KK> Not much writing the past week or so, though I'm raring
to get back to it.
[17:03] <The_Cat_Whisperer> I sent Wrengl a get-well e-card.
[17:04] <KK> While dealing with builders, I figured out a better way
to do a scene I'd drafted.
[17:04] <Mistyck>
[17:04] <kirienne> cool KK
[17:04] <KK> Jasta, how are you doing?
[17:04] <The_Cat_Whisperer> Inspiration comes from the unlikliest
places! :-)
[17:04] <Duck> if they aid in the planning process then you need a
troupe of engineers on hand katherine
[17:05] <JastaElf> I'm... hanging in there, KK. Meds are being
adjusted, and... sad to say, the bleeding has come back. :-(
[17:05] <KK> Amen.
[17:05] <KK> Drat!
[17:05] * Martine has joined #Deryni_Destinations
[17:05] <DeryniBot> Martine has caught a rare Lehr cat and enters the
chat with it on a leash
[17:05] <kirienne> darn
[17:05] <Mistyck> hi Martine
[17:05] <KK> What's the long-term prognosis?
[17:05] <kirienne> hi Martine
[17:05] <Martine> Hi all! Huggles!
[17:05] <The_Cat_Whisperer> Hi, Martine.
[17:05] <Bynw> its martine!
[17:05] <KK> Hi, Martine!
[17:05] * the_Bee sends heling woodgies to jasta and wrengl
[17:05] <Martine> Hi katherine! Long time no see!
[17:05] <JastaElf> They haven't said yet; I have an appt. this week
with the docs.
[17:05] <Duck> hello martini
[17:06] <the_Bee> hi martine
[17:06] <Martine> Hi Duck! :-)
[17:06] * Sedina huggles Jasta
[17:06] <Martine> Hi Bee!
[17:06] <Sedina> hi, Martine
[17:06] <KK> And how is Brian doing?
[17:06] <Martine> Did you get to see Jasper this morning, Jasta?
[17:06] <JastaElf> He's doing GREAT! Did I tell you he made the
Dean's List last semester?
[17:06] * dianna has joined #Deryni_Destinations
[17:06] <DeryniBot> Welcome to #Deryni_Destinations dianna
[17:06] <KK> Wow!
[17:06] * kirienne sends Duncan to Jasta's, and Morgan to Pat's sides
Nigel accompanies Duncan, to make Jasta smile
[17:06] <Mistyck> cool, Jasta!
[17:06] <Mistyck> hi Dianna
[17:06] <Martine> Good for him!
[17:06] <the_Bee> Jasper made the dean's list???
[17:06] <dianna> good evening all
[17:06] <JastaElf> LOL! Yeah right, at horsie school...
[17:06] <kirienne> that's great about Jaspar Jasta
[17:07] <JastaElf> No, Brian, my son. :-)
[17:07] <The_Cat_Whisperer> Hi, Dianna. Haven't seen you before.
[17:07] <kirienne> oh, even better
[17:07] <JastaElf> Jasper has been seeing a trainer though and has had
a dramatic turnaround in behaviour.
[17:07] <KK> Is he (Jasper) being broken to saddle yet? He's got to
be old enough.
[17:07] <JastaElf> He's already been broken to ride, KK.
[17:07] <Sedina> hi, dianna
[17:07] <dianna> been here a few weeks, off and on, nice to meet you,
cat..
[17:07] <KK> Aha! And have you ridden him?
[17:07] <JastaElf> The trainer has ridden him several times already.
*sob* and never told me til after... I wasn't even there to see!
[17:07] <RainbowDragon> Hi, dianna
[17:08] <JastaElf> No, since the back injury in December riding has
been out of the question. :-(
[17:08] <dianna> HI Sedina..how are you?
[17:08] <dianna> hi RD
[17:08] <JastaElf> Couldn't even walk to get out there to SEE him
ridden. But the doc thinks I'll be able to ride come April
[17:08] <KK> Sob. When do you think the back will be good enough?
[17:08] <RainbowDragon> back injury? oh yuck
[17:08] <Sedina> doing all right, dianna...taking a break from card
making to chat with everyone
[17:08] <JastaElf> Hopefully it'll be my Easter prezzie to myself.
[17:08] <KK> Sounds good!
[17:08] <Martine> So we all have to send healing huggles to Jasta and
Pat. :-)
[17:08] <dianna> Sedina, that is good, it is nice to chat sometimes
[17:08] <kirienne> that would be a good Easter prezzie
[17:09] <JastaElf> :-) I felt like such a prat tho: torn between joy
that he could be ridden, and sorrow that I wasn't there to see.
Sigh...
[17:09] <KK> Martine, how's your riding coming? And John's? He made
a good start here in Ireland.
[17:09] <Bynw> its very good to have the JastaElf back in the chat :-)
[17:09] <Mistyck> yes it is!
[17:09] <JastaElf> Aww, you guys are the greatest....
[17:09] <kirienne> yep
[17:09] <Martine> He sure did! John survived a 6-hour trail ride in
30-degree F weather before Christmas in western NJ. :-)
[17:09] <Mistyck> wow!
[17:09] <kirienne> wow, good for John
[17:09] <KK> Wow!
[17:09] <JastaElf> Martine, how're your skiing muscles this
morning/afternoon?
[17:09] <The_Cat_Whisperer> Bynw, Thanks for putting my stats on the
map. :-)
[17:10] <Martine> My riding is coming along well, too. I was upgraded
to a higher-level instructor and grouped with two other students, so I
get to ride for a full hour now.
[17:10] <kirienne> great
[17:10] <KK> Excellent!
[17:10] <Duck> martine and her riding crop inspiress confidence in her
students?
[17:10] <The_Cat_Whisperer> LOL!
[17:10] <Martine> My new instructor has me working mainly with the
stable slug (I'm one of the few who MIGHT get him to canter) and
another joy of a mare who responds to things you don't even know
you're doing.
[17:10] <kirienne> LOL Duck
[17:10] <Martine> Confidence? It's fear, Duck. FEAR! <g>
[17:11] <kirienne> LOL
[17:11] <Martine> Have you managed to get on a horse yet, Katherine?
[17:11] <JastaElf> So were you sore this AM after all that skiing
yesterday, Martine?
[17:11] <Bynw> you're welcome CW
[17:11] <Duck> aah so that is the reason why you are an instructor and
i am not
[17:11] <Martine> Owie, Jasta. But not as owie as John is! And he
wasn't the one skiing moguls <g>
[17:11] <JastaElf> Oh, poor John!!
[17:11] <The_Cat_Whisperer> Martin, is that mare Deryni? :-D
[17:11] <JastaElf> He clearly didn't take tylenol before bed...
[17:11] <JastaElf> :-)
[17:11] <KK> Duck, did Nancy ever tell you that I wasn't able to open
your resume file, which is why I haven't been able to call those Irish
job possibilities for you?
[17:12] * kirienne tells Kelson to give Martine a *good* massage after
chat
[17:12] <Martine> It was funny, too. I wasn't sore from skiing, but
from carrying the darn boot bag all the way back to the car!!
[17:12] <Martine> If Brite (the mare) isn't Deryni, she must have at
least been trained by one!
[17:12] <Duck> yes she did katherine and i have been a bit busy to
follow up on any of it
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[17:12] <DeryniBot> cherie has caught a rare Lehr cat and enters the
chat with it on a leash
[17:12] <cherie> Hi everyone
[17:12] <RainbowDragon> hi, cherie
[17:12] <Mistyck> hi Cherie
[17:12] <JastaElf> Hi Cherie
[17:12] <cherie> Hello KK
[17:12] <Martine> Kirienne, I like the way you think! ;-)
[17:12] <the_Bee> hi cherie
[17:12] <KK> OK, resend the info when you can and I'll try to call on
the posts.
[17:12] <The_Cat_Whisperer> Hi, Cherie.
[17:13] <kirienne> hi cherie
[17:13] <Martine> And no, Jasta, John didn't take Tylenol last night
;-)
[17:13] <Sedina> hi, cherie
[17:13] <Martine> Hi Cherie
[17:13] <cherie> just got in from horseback riding:)
[17:13] <kirienne> anything for a friend Martine :-)
[17:13] <Martine> Oooooooo! :-)
[17:13] <Martine> How was the ride?
[17:13] <cherie> awesome!
[17:13] <KK> And Mistyck, how is the adorable Ryan?
[17:13] <The_Cat_Whisperer> KK, I sent you an email. Did you get it?
[17:14] <Martine> KK, how's Holybrooke coming along?
[17:14] <KK> Dunno. When did you send it?
[17:14] <The_Cat_Whisperer> The 18th.
[17:14] <dianna> KK, how are you doing?
[17:14] <KK> I'll have to check, CW.
[17:15] <KK> We hope that the window guy will start this week.
[17:15] <Martine> Excellent!
[17:15] <Martine> When he's done with your house, can you send him
over here? We have four windows that need replacing... <g>
[17:15] <Martine> Hi Dianna
[17:15] <KK> Meanwhile, we have two of the three holes drilled through
the 30+ inch-thick walls for plumbing. And most of the plastering is
now done.
[17:16] <Martine> So it's starting to look like a livable wing again
then.
[17:16] <RainbowDragon> How much more needs to be done to the place,
Katherine?
[17:16] <dianna> KK....I really enjoyed reading about your
ghosts...too cool
[17:16] <KK> There are definitely rooms out there!
[17:16] <Martine> Whoo hoo!
[17:16] <Mistyck> Katherine: Ryan's doing great! He's skating again
and doing well in school
[17:16] <JastaElf> Shiral sent me her trip diary... the ghosts stayed
away from her while she was there
[17:17] <dianna> no fair, if I ever go to Ireland, AND a castle, I had
BETTER see some ghosts!!!!!
[17:17] <Martine> You're doing better than we are, then. All we've
managed so far is to dig up the basement slab only to discover that
water is leaching through our foundation. We MIGHT have a new bathroom
in 2006 at this rate!
[17:17] <KK> Plaster the lobby and utility area, the lower stairwell,
build the little boiler houue in the outer lobby; second fix on
electrical and plumbing.
[17:17] <Duck> and an underground spa now martine?
[17:17] <Martine> Jasta, I told Shiral she just had to promise the
ghosts CHOCOLATE next time <g>
[17:17] <RainbowDragon> Maybe ghosts are afraid of Shirals! :-)
[17:17] <Martine> A rather cold and muddy one, yes, Duck!
[17:17] <KK> Oh, and the kitchen came; now sitting in boxes in the
drawing room. Appliances are still on hold at the warehouse, but we
bought and paid for them on St. Stephen's Day.
[17:18] <dianna> martine ..mud pit, hummmmmm
[17:18] <Mistyck> cool!
[17:18] <Martine> So things are moving along rather nicely!
[17:18] <JastaElf> LOL! I think ghosts would LIKE choccies...
[17:18] <The_Cat_Whisperer> Can ghosts eat?
[17:18] * dianna thinks jasta likes chocolate as much as I do
[17:18] <Martine> I only got to see the stair lady ghost myself when I
was there.
[17:18] <JastaElf> Warehoused since St. Stephen's, KK??
Jeepers--isn't that Dec.26??
[17:18] <JastaElf> LOL! I do indeed, Dianna!
[17:19] <KK> Yep. With luck, the wing will be ready for habitation in
May/June.
[17:19] * JastaElf reaches for a cordialed cherry
[17:19] <dianna> cat, sure they can....i think
[17:19] <Mistyck> cool!
[17:19] * Martine offers fresh-out-of-the-oven chocolate chip cookies
around the room
[17:19] <KK> Yep. But that's when the big sales are--and we knew what
we needed.
[17:19] <dianna> ty martine
[17:19] <cherie> oooh thanks martine:)
[17:19] <kirienne> oooh more choc chip cookies
[17:19] * JastaElf hands around dishes of Breyers' choc chip ice
cream, and the bowl of hot fudge
[17:20] <Martine> Now I just have to figure out how to telecommute
from Ireland so I can rent that wing.... ;-)
[17:20] <KK> Yum!
[17:20] <Martine> Did you say HOT fudge?
[17:20] <kirienne> LOL Martine
[17:20] * Martine salivates
[17:20] <Bynw> LOL Martine
[17:20] <dianna> martine...LOL
[17:20] * the_Bee thanks jasta and happily digs in
[17:20] <cherie> great way to end a day now if only I had stopped at
the store on my way home.
[17:20] <JastaElf> I said HOT fudge, dark, rich and luscious,
Martine....
[17:20] <The_Cat_Whisperer> *sets out cups of hot chocolate*
[17:20] <cherie> oh then again if I had I would not be her yet
[17:20] * Martine moves from salivate to full-out drool
[17:21] <dianna> has anyone seen the Mel Gibson movie , The passion,
yet?
[17:21] <cherie> *here
[17:21] <cherie> not yet
[17:21] <Martine> Jasta - trade Godiva liqueur for some of that hot
fudge?
[17:21] <Bynw> Tika is gonna see it next weekend
[17:21] <The_Cat_Whisperer> LOL, Martine!
[17:21] <dianna> was gonna see it today, but it keeps selling out
[17:21] <JastaElf> You dobn't have to, Martine, But you have a deal...
[17:21] <cherie> A co-workers mom did and said it was really good
[17:21] <dianna> kahlua is great on ice cream...
[17:21] * JastaElf snatches the Godiva and pours a BUNCH OF SMALL CUPS
TO PASS AROUND. :-)
[17:21] <Bynw> a lot of the local churches have bought up all the
tickets around here
[17:21] <KK> I plan to see it.
[17:21] <cherie> I am going to wait and rent it
[17:21] <Martine> I think I'm going to wait until it comes out on
video. Local theater now wants $9.50 per ticket.
[17:22] <kirienne> I haven't seen it, don't think I could handle the
intensity of it, I nearly faint at having my blood drawn for tests
[17:22] <dianna> ick, way too high for a movie, I will see it next
weekend, maybe things will calm down
[17:22] <Martine> I didn't think you could turn down Godiva liqueur,
Jasta. ;-)
[17:22] <JastaElf> LOL! Nope!
[17:22] <cherie> Oscars is tonight
[17:22] <kirienne> godiva, yummmm
[17:22] <dianna> I can't imagine it will be any bloodier than say, the
gladiator, or braveheart
[17:22] <Martine> I paid $9.50 for Return of the King, and it was
worth every penny. There aren't many other movies worth that.
[17:23] <cherie> yeaah
[17:23] <The_Cat_Whisperer> Maybe you should get a note from your
doctor before seeing "The Passion". =8-0
[17:23] <cherie> Been to see it 4 times Martine
[17:23] * JastaElf LOVED ROTK... except not enough Legolas....
[17:23] <Martine> LOL! There's never enough Legolas! ;-)
[17:23] <JastaElf> Amen! :-)
[17:23] <kirienne> I still have not seen ythe ending of Braveheart, I
held my coat over my eyes adn ears at certain times of that
[17:23] <cherie> yes but he was there more than in the book
[17:23] <Martine> Did you see Pirates of the Caribbean, Jasta?
[17:23] <Sedina> lol Jasta
[17:23] <JastaElf> Oh YES! *drool*
[17:23] <Martine> LOL!
[17:23] <cherie> braveheart was not so bad. The patriot was really
bloody though
[17:23] <dianna> kirienne, the only thing that bothers me os the
spinning scenes, yick
[17:23] * kirienne agrees with Jasta, m\needed way more Mirkwood
Princling in it
[17:24] <KK> Pirates was cool.
[17:24] <cherie> Pirates was very cool
[17:24] <Martine> It was a heck of a lot of fun! Isn't Johnny Depp up
for best actor for that movie?
[17:24] <cherie> he is]
[17:24] <dianna> haven't seen pirates, can't stand Johnny Depp
[17:24] <KK> He did a hell of a job.
[17:24] <cherie> He better get it too
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[17:24] <cherie> hi raven
[17:24] <Sedina> hi, Raven
[17:24] <Martine> Agreed!
[17:24] <JastaElf> Hi Raven!
[17:24] <Raven> *waves* hi
[17:24] <Bynw> hiyas Raven
[17:24] <Martine> Hi Raven!
[17:24] <dianna> hi Raven
[17:24] <RainbowDragon> HI, Raven
[17:24] <The_Cat_Whisperer> Hi, Raven.
[17:24] <cherie> if he does it will be the first time someone got it
for a comedy
[17:25] <kirienne> hi Raven
[17:25] * Raven falls backwards
[17:25] <JastaElf> Orlando Bloom was marvelous in Pirates. Eminently
, err, huggable. Yeah, that's the word. :-)
[17:25] <the_Bee> my video rental place has 5 for $10 on fridays. I'm
trying to think of 5 movies I <really> want to see
[17:25] <RainbowDragon> Quoth the Raven, "Never more"?
[17:25] <dianna> I liked Cuba Gooding Jr in RADIO
[17:25] <Martine> Just "huggable", Jasta?
[17:25] <Raven> *blinks* talk about greeting
[17:25] <cherie> Orli is gonna be a BIG ster
[17:25] <kirienne> Captain Jack Sparrow is the best pirate captain
ever as far as I am concerned
[17:25] <Raven> RD: yup.
[17:25] <cherie> yeah
[17:26] <Martine> A big star who is VERY easy on the eyes.
[17:26] <cherie> LOL very
[17:26] <kirienne> yes, he was huggable, I think of him as Legoals in
disguise playing at being a corsssssair tough
[17:26] <JastaElf> LOL! I can't say other words with KK in the room,
Martine. She thinks I'm sweet. :-)
[17:26] * JastaElf ducks from KK's reach...
[17:26] <Sedina> lol
[17:26] <kirienne> LOL Jasta
[17:26] <Bynw> LOL
[17:26] <Martine> ROTFL!!!! Gotcha! ;-)
[17:26] <KK> Huh?
[17:26] <dianna> are we talking about JOHNNY DEPP?? UGH
[17:26] <cherie> no Orlando bloom
[17:26] <Sedina> I would think that after all this time, she would
know you better than that, Jasta
[17:26] <Bynw> JastaElf, I think KK knows all about how you really are
[17:26] <JastaElf> LOL! Yeah probably....
[17:26] <KK> Ah, but Johnny Depp as Jack Sparrow, now....
[17:26] <dianna> whew, thought for a second youall had gone bonkers
[17:27] <JastaElf> Oh I loved Johnny as Jack.
[17:27] <Martine> I'm not a Johnny Depp fan, but I still thought he
was wonderful in Pirates.
[17:27] <cherie> Johny was so funny as Jack
[17:27] <Martine> He sure was!
[17:27] <kirienne> that was the first time I had ever seen Johnny
[17:27] <KK> Well, I recently reread a certain story by Jasta, written
for Nancy's birthday last year. Whew!
[17:27] <Martine> LOL!
[17:27] <Martine> Written by Jasta? Surely it cannot be!
[17:27] <dianna> you wanna see a funny movie, with hunks in it, watch
hollywood homicide
[17:27] <cherie> I need to rewrite mine before April
[17:27] <Mistyck> hi Raven
[17:28] <JastaElf> LOL! Ummm... which one was that, KK? I have no
brain today...
[17:28] <cherie> nah I am not into hunks I just love great adventures
[17:28] <JastaElf> Was that Nigel and Meraude in the labyrinth? <g>
[17:28] <KK> The one about the Queen of Torenth and her new lover....
[17:28] <Martine> Wasn't that Melissa's?
[17:28] <Martine> Or am I confused?
[17:28] <JastaElf> That wasn't me.... <blush>
[17:28] <cherie> My doggie wants to know what Im doin not paying
atention to her
[17:29] <KK> Oh, I'm confused too, then. But they're both cut from
the same cloth, where such things are concerned. ;-)
[17:29] <Martine> Hee hee!
[17:29] <JastaElf> LOL! Well yeah...
[17:29] <Bynw> lol
[17:29] <KK> I don't think it actually has an author name on the copy
I have.
[17:29] <kirienne> my brain is not working too good today either
[17:30] <cherie> Mines not too bad, notice no rent-a-fingers so far
[17:30] <KK> No, we all pretty muich seem to have our own fingers
tonight.
[17:30] <KK> much
[17:30] <JastaElf> :-) More's the pity in my case. Fumbling through
the evening....
[17:30] <kirienne> I was glad my team teacher taught our Sunday school
kids mostly by herself, I just handed out the coloring sheets and kept
reminding them that all eyes needed to be on her during the story
[17:31] <Martine> Huh, Kirienne? You mean brains are supposed to work?
[17:31] <kirienne> that's what I've been told anyway Martine
[17:31] <JastaElf> We had the Great Litany at our church this AM... I
got to chant. :-) Was hard kneeling there for ten minutes,
singing... but it was Cool!! :-)
[17:31] <KK> Incidentally, we're having really cold weather here.
There was ice in the shadows here today that never did melt.
[17:31] <The_Cat_Whisperer> It looks like KK's using rented fingers.
:-D
[17:31] * Bynw looks at the calendar and sees only 9 more days until
his bday which he shares with a few others
[17:31] <cherie> it's beautiful here
[17:31] <kirienne> cool Jasta, that must have been so moving
[17:31] <JastaElf> Probably not a good time to tell you it was 65 and
sunny here today... after all the cold we've had....
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[17:32] <DeryniBot> Paddy flies down from the bell tower to greet
ethan
[17:32] <JastaElf> It was, very, kirienne.
[17:32] <Martine> So come visit us here, Katherine. It's going to be
close to 60F tomorrow. :-)
[17:32] <JastaElf> Hi ethan!
[17:32] <the_Bee> hi ethan
[17:32] <Mistyck> hi Ethan
[17:32] <ethan> Hello all
[17:32] <cherie> yeah
[17:32] <kirienne> we've had 60 here too
[17:32] <kirienne> hi Ethan
[17:32] <cherie> Hey come ride horses with me kk
[17:32] * Sedina is jealous of 60 degree weather
[17:32] <KK> At least the great rains haven't started yet.
[17:32] <KK> Cherie, what kind of horses do you have?
[17:32] <The_Cat_Whisperer> Hi, Ethan.
[17:32] <Martine> I'm hoping we don't have a repeat of last year's
great rains.
[17:32] <Martine> Hi Ethan
[17:33] <cherie> An Appaloosa and a standardbred
[17:33] <ethan> Hello again
[17:33] <KK> I hope our stay away until we have windows.
[17:33] <kirienne> LOL
[17:33] <Martine> Yes, they do help keep the wet out when they're
working properly.
[17:33] <kirienne> so do I Katherine
[17:33] <JastaElf> Or you can come ride Shires with me, KK--or at
least I'll watch and take pics... :-)
[17:33] <JastaElf> Hey--you could ride JASPER! The trainer tells me
he is every bti as good as we'd hoped....
[17:33] <cherie> I always wanted to try riding a draft
[17:33] <KK> I had a riding teacher who rode an Appy named Happy. He
was brown with a white blanket.
[17:34] <JastaElf> Come on down to Virginia, cherie. These Shires are
wonderful!
[17:34] <cherie> Mine is a red lepord
[17:34] <KK> A very nice, steady horse. And my second horse was half
standardbred.
[17:34] <Sedina> I used to have an appy when I was growing up
[17:34] <Martine> Happy the Appy. I love that!
[17:34] <cherie> Oh wow I live in PA
[17:34] <JastaElf> (Tho my Jasper is a AQH/Connemara cross...)
[17:34] <JastaElf> DAYTRIP! :-)
[17:34] <cherie> !yeah!
[17:34] <Martine> Cherie, drafts are a lot of fun to ride. Once you're
legs are stretched out properly. :-)
[17:34] <JastaElf> :-)
[17:34] <cherie> lol
[17:34] <ethan> I ride a Missouri foxtrotter
[17:34] <cherie> I imagine you get bowlegged prety fast
[17:34] <JastaElf> You can ride dear Tristy--he is SUCH a GREAT ride!
[17:35] <cherie> cool
[17:35] <Martine> I ride whatever anyone will let me mount up ;-D
[17:35] <KK> I've heard of foxtrotters. What kind of gait do they
have? Comfy?
[17:35] <JastaElf> Come on down anyone, any time!
[17:35] <cherie> I am on vacation the end of the month
[17:35] <ethan> Like a rocking chair
[17:35] <cherie> cool
[17:35] <cherie> foxtrotters are way smooth
[17:35] <KK> Like a Walking horse?
[17:35] <The_Cat_Whisperer> We had rain earlier in the week, but it's
shorts weather now. Keep in mind that mind that what Idahoans call
shorts weather may differ from others' opinions. :-D
[17:35] <ethan> no bounce in the trot at all
[17:35] * the_Bee wishes she could ride
[17:35] <kirienne> LOL CW
[17:36] <KK> I could get used to that! :-)
[17:36] <cherie> more like a paso I'd think
[17:36] <ethan> verrry smooth
[17:36] <cherie> I never rode on but I've seen them work
[17:36] <KK> Sigh. Maybe some day I'll start riding again.
[17:36] <Martine> LOl, Cat! My husband was actually outside today in a
t-shirt. Not that you'd want to stay out that long in a t-shirt, but
the fact he could do it without freezing his tail off was a big step
in the warm direction. :-)
[17:36] <JastaElf> Wow, we've got lots of riders today! :-)
[17:36] <cherie> Equine affaire comming up!
[17:36] <cherie> yeah
[17:36] <JastaElf> Sounds good to me....
[17:37] <Martine> We'll just have to return to Ireland, KK, kidnap
you, and tie you to a saddle. ;-)
[17:37] <ethan> If you've never ridden one try it if you get a chance
[17:37] <cherie> Can't wait to be surrounded by horses and horse
people in Col;umbus
[17:37] <Martine> I got my new Equestrian Vacations brochure today.
They have a picture of the guide we had last summer for the Galway
tour.
[17:37] <Duck> oh no the zippers sisters and their accomplices are
trying for a second kk kidnappping
[17:37] <KK> BTW, I WILL be at WorldCon in Boston, courtesty of Gray
Ghost Press.
[17:37] <JastaElf> I'll be there KK!
[17:37] <cherie> neat
[17:37] <Bynw> when is WorldCon?
[17:37] <KK> Labor Day weekend.
[17:38] <the_Bee> wonderful, KK!
[17:38] <the_Bee> who's the GOH?
[17:38] <Bynw> dont think i'll make that ... i'll be recovering from
GenCon still
[17:38] <KK> Dunno.
[17:38] <Martine> I'll be there too! Boston is too close to pass up.
[17:38] <ethan> any chance of a Northwest US visit Katherine
[17:38] <cherie> too far for me this year
[17:39] <KK> Only if a con invites me.
[17:39] <the_Bee> if I go I'll rent a hotel room this time. I missed
too much at Arisia :-(
[17:39] <The_Cat_Whisperer> Ethan, we''l have to see what we can do!
[17:39] <The_Cat_Whisperer> we'll
[17:39] <ethan> yes we will!!!
[17:39] <Duck> my friend bob is a con(vict) if he invites you to oz
will ya come?
[17:39] <JastaElf> Room party at Jasta's place.... :-)
[17:40] <Martine> Alright!
[17:40] * kirienne wishes she would win the lottery soon so she could
attend
[17:40] <Martine> I'll bring the Godiva. Just let me know if it should
be solid, liquid, or both!
[17:40] * Bynw thinks KK should have a book signing tour of the US and
come to Iowa during it
[17:40] <KK> Depends on when it is, Duck.
[17:40] <The_Cat_Whisperer> Darn rental fingers!
[17:40] <cherie>
[17:40] * kirienne wishes she would win lottery soon so she could go
to cons
[17:41] * cherie whishes for all her bills to go away so she could go
to cons
[17:41] <KK> I thnk I'll be rooming with Olympia.
[17:41] * the_Bee will settle for PCH sweepstakes
[17:42] * cherie wants a pizza
[17:42] * ethan wishes he could win the lottery so he could buy a
large ranch, lots of horses so he could invite katherine to come ride
for a week
[17:42] <Martine> I'll settle for the "We'll redecorate your home for
free" sweepstakes. ;-)
[17:42] <cherie> just get yourself on that home makeover show
[17:43] <kirienne> I would like that too, but the apt owner/manager
would not let them do any painting
[17:43] <dianna> Katherine, if you come to Iowa, you gotta come to
Missouri!!!
[17:43] <JastaElf> I would love that, cherie!
[17:43] <cherie> me too
[17:43] <Martine> Although the money I'm saving by swapping the "cat
sleep and drool on dry-clean-only comforter" for "cat sleep and drool
on machine-washable duvet" is doing wonders. <g>
[17:43] <cherie> my house looks awful on the outside
[17:43] <KK> It would be fun, Dianna.
[17:43] <kirienne> Bee, PCH sends me e-mails to open attachments to
win, I can't ever open any of their attachments, so I can't win
[17:43] <KK> Speaking of Iowa, has anyone heard from Barticus? Is he
still in Iraq?
[17:43] <Sedina> I still find it funny that Arwen drools, Martine.
Myah would positively be horrified if she drooled. *lol*
[17:44] <Bynw> I havent heard from him... he is probably still in Iraq
[17:44] <the_Bee> i thought bart was in kosovo?
[17:44] <cherie> yeah how undignified for an elf
[17:44] <kirienne> LOL Sedina
[17:44] <Bynw> or where ever he was sent
[17:44] <Martine> Arwen only drools when she smells shrimp, or she's
dreaming. And you'll never actually see her do it. But a day or two
later, there's a distinct drool ring on the coverlet <g>
[17:44] <Mistyck> I heard from Barticus a few weeks ago, he's in
Bosnia
[17:44] <KK> OK, Kosovo. Somewhere over there where it's dangerous.
Hope he's ok.
[17:44] <JastaElf> My Thrandy would never drool. Emit high-pitched
little mews from a huge old body, yes... but NEVER drool. <g>
[17:44] <Martine> LOL! Arwen does that, too!
[17:44] <cherie> thraduile?
[17:44] <Sedina> lol Jasta
[17:45] <The_Cat_Whisperer> Maybe Arwen dreams of shrimp! :-D
[17:45] <kirienne> nope, I can't imagine the King of Mirkwood drooling
<g>
[17:45] <Martine> Here comes massive boxy longer-than-my-forearm
cat...... and her mews sound more like "brrrrrrrrrrrrraaaah!"
[17:45] <Mistyck> he probably doesn't have internet access. Although
he has managed to email me at my .mil addy
[17:45] <JastaElf> Yes, Cherie, he's the Kitten-King of Mirkwood. :-)
[17:45] <Sedina> Sounds like Thrandy and Sadie are related in the meow
sense.
[17:45] <cherie> Arwen dreams of Arragorn and I'd drool too
[17:45] <JastaElf> LOL!
[17:45] <cherie> Thought so Misty
[17:45] <kirienne> LOL
[17:45] <cherie> Legolass's father
[17:45] <JastaElf> yup!
[17:45] <KK> Edgar has just come in to tell me k
[17:46] <ethan> Mistyck, did you get my recipe?
[17:46] <Martine> LOL! So it's not shrimp after all!
[17:46] <cherie> nope
[17:46] <cherie> it's ranger
[17:46] <Martine> Give Edgar a scritch for me :-) He's my favorite
Holybrooke kitty.
[17:46] <Mistyck> yes Ethan...sounds really good!
[17:46] <KK> tell me it's time to go to bed. We had three on the bed
last night, not counting humans.
[17:46] <kirienne> LOL
[17:46] <Mistyck> lol
[17:46] <Martine> Oh my!
[17:46] <JastaElf> A Three-Cat Night! Is that like a Three Dog Night?
[17:46] <Martine> John and I have trouble finding room for ourselves
with just ONE. What do you do?
[17:46] <cherie> most elven lass'e cant resist a scruffy Dunedaine
[17:46] <JastaElf> THIS Elven lass can.... <snicker>
[17:47] <the_Bee> have you ever had a 5-cat night, KK?
[17:47] <cherie> I always have a one dog/one cat night
[17:47] <kirienne> I am torn between my love for the Ranger, and
Prince of Miiiirkwood
[17:47] <JastaElf> I have those every night, Bee. Tilly, Max, Kidlet,
Nikki and Thrandy! On a full-size futon, no less.
[17:47] <Martine> Arwen has this habit of picking either JOhn or I,
then stretching full length between our legs. Which effectively means
whomever she chooses can't move!
[17:47] <ethan> no cats in my house, just big slobberpaws doggy
[17:47] <JastaElf> Nah, it's the Elf all the way for me, kirienne.
:-)
[17:48] <cherie> Persoanlly I'm very fond of a heroic gardener
[17:48] <KK> Something like. Jessicat has now taken to sleeping on
the foot of the bed on Scott's side, ever since he shot Gus with the
God-gun for chasing her. Scott is now her hero and protector.
[17:48] <Martine> ROTFL!!!!!!
[17:48] <Sedina> lol
[17:48] <kirienne> LOL Jasta
[17:48] <KK> Jasta, do they ALL sleep with you?
[17:48] <JastaElf> KK, what's a God-gun?
[17:49] <cherie> just guessin, squirt gun
[17:49] <JastaElf> Yes, they often do for at least part of the night,
KK! :-)
[17:49] <KK> one of those squirt bottles.
[17:49] <JastaElf> Thrandy is a pillow gog too...
[17:49] <JastaElf> hog, I meant.
[17:49] <kirienne> well, kings must have their comforts afterall
[17:49] <cherie> my dog likes to snuggle under the covers
[17:49] <KK> Now all he has to do is make the sssst-ssst-ssst sound,
and Gus hunkers down and stops whatever he's doing. That cat learns
fast!
[17:49] <Sedina> lol
[17:49] <kirienne> LOL
[17:49] <Martine> Smart kitty.
[17:49] <dianna> i have 5 indoor kitties, 3 outside, one HUGe dog
inside, all the inside ike to sleep with people
[17:50] <the_Bee> does he sleep on the bed?
[17:50] <JastaElf> LOL! Scott is such hot ticket, I swear....
[17:50] <The_Cat_Whisperer> Jasta, I know what you mean; my cat Tina
is too.
[17:50] <JastaElf> :-)
[17:50] <JastaElf> I couldn't live without animals. Just couldn't do
it.
[17:50] <the_Bee> tina is a hot ticket?
[17:51] <KK> The usual combo is Jessicat, Edgar, and sometimes Gus
and/or Matilda. And occasionally Nicholas is in there too--though
usually only three or so at any one time.
[17:51] <Martine> I don't know how I lived for so long without a
kitty.
[17:51] <cherie> I tried it didn't work
[17:51] <JastaElf> No, a pillow hog. :-) I think....
[17:51] <Bynw> scott is cool but i knew that anyway ... since he's
dead smack in the middle of pisces
[17:51] <The_Cat_Whisperer> Tina Turner? According to some. :-D
[17:51] <KK> On that note, folks, I think I'd better sign off. It's
getting late on this side of the world.
[17:52] <Martine> Huggles, Katherine!
[17:52] <KK> Hope to talk to ya next week.
[17:52] <Bynw> night nigh KK {{{ }}}
[17:52] <Martine> Give all the fur children a scritch.
[17:52] <KK> Take care, all.
[17:52] <Sedina> huggles, Katherine. Sleep well
[17:52] <dianna> katherine, nice to talk to you again, have a great
week
[17:52] <cherie> night kk
[17:52] <RainbowDragon> Goodnight, Katherine!
[17:52] <Raven> night KK
[17:52] <the_Bee> nighters, KK. glad you could make it
[17:52] * cherie hugs
[17:52] <Mistyck> g'nite Katherine
[17:52] <JastaElf> Night Katherine! Schlaf gut!
[17:52] <ethan> Good night Katherine
[17:52] <Mistyck> thanks for stopping by!
[17:52] <Duck> cheers katherine
[17:52] <kirienne> hugggggsss Katherine, thanks for dropping in to
chat...good luck with writing and have a great week
[17:52] <RainbowDragon> gooten nobben
[17:52] * KK steps onto her Portal, waves good-night, and disappears
in a shower of green sparkles.
[17:52] <JastaElf> Hugs to Scott!
[17:52] <The_Cat_Whisperer> G'night, Katherine.
[17:52] * KK Quit
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[17:12] <Debbie-VB> Is that the one starring Jackman, christophle?
[17:12] <Mistyck> hi KK
[17:12] <Sedina> hi, Katherine
[17:12] <The_Cat_Whisperer> Hi, Harvey
[17:12] <Debbie-VB> Hi katherine
[17:12] <RainbowDragon> Greetings, Katherine
[17:12] <christophle> Hi Katherine
[17:12] <cherie> hi KK
[17:12] <KK> Hello, all. Is that really Wrengl back with us?
[17:12] <The_Cat_Whisperer> Hi, Katherine!
[17:12] <Bynw> Hiyas {{{ Katherine }}}
[17:12] * the_Bee offers a carrot to 6-foot-tall invisible rabbit
[17:13] <RainbowDragon> Yes, its Wrengl. Live and in person :-)
[17:13] <Harvey> What's up, doc?
[17:13] <the_Bee> glad you made it, KK
[17:13] <Mistyck> yes it is Katherine
[17:13] <KK> Yippie!
[17:13] <The_Cat_Whisperer> Yes, Wrengl is back :-)
[17:13] <RainbowDragon> How was your last couple weeks, KK?
[17:13] <cherie> KK I sent a story for the Zine, hope you like it.
[17:13] <KK> Hectic. A little writing done, but mostly building
stuff.
[17:14] <Mistyck> glad to hear about the writing
[17:14] <Sedina> and how go the renovations?
[17:14] <Mistyck> how goes the building?
[17:14] <the_Bee> how much more building?
[17:14] <Debbie-VB> are you <still> building *giggle*
[17:14] <RainbowDragon> Good you got some writing done :-)
[17:14] <KK> We're currently being slowed by lack of windows.
[17:14] <Mistyck>
[17:14] <cherie> which version would you like?
[17:14] <The_Cat_Whisperer> LOL!
[17:14] <christophle> Katherine, how was Scotts Birthday?
[17:14] <Bynw> http://www.psionics.net/webcam/ (open up a new
browser window if you are using the java chat)
[17:14] <KK> I did get four little windows to the glazer, and should
have them back sort of mid-week.
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[17:15] <DeryniBot> Returning from the Inner Planes with Adam
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[17:15] <Mistyck> hi Dennis
[17:15] <Sedina> hi, Dennis
[17:15] <RainbowDragon> Hi, Dennis
[17:15] <Dennis> Hi!
[17:15] <The_Cat_Whisperer> Hi, dennis
[17:15] <Debbie-VB> Hi Dennis
[17:15] <Wrengl> hi katherine
[17:15] <christophle> hi ya
[17:15] <Wrengl> hi dennis
[17:15] <Wrengl> hellow harvey
[17:15] * Wrengl looks up and smiles at the six foot invisible rabbit
[17:15] <cherie> hi dennis
[17:15] <KK> Scott's birthday was nice, if quiet. We had a couple of
nice steaks and just watched TV. But we'd had house guests the week
before, so were restauranted out.
[17:16] <Harvey> Hi, Wrengl.
[17:16] <RainbowDragon> KK - how far into CM2 are you.... or are you
just outlining right now?
[17:16] <KK> Scott is now awaiting cataract surgery tomorrow
afternoon; is in hospital right now.
[17:16] <Mistyck> nice quiet evenings are good too
[17:16] <the_Bee> what are you writing, KK? director's cut of DC?
[17:16] <Mistyck> ughh!
[17:16] <KK> I'm about 3 chapters + prologue in.
[17:16] * Mistyck sends get well soon woodgies to Scott
[17:16] <RainbowDragon> good!
[17:16] * Debbie-VB sends scott some anti-cataract woodgies
[17:16] <cherie> argh puppy needs to pee BRB
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[17:16] <DeryniBot> Paddy flies down from the bell tower to greet
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[17:16] <The_Cat_Whisperer> Successful surgery woodgies to Scott
[17:17] <Mistyck> hi Ethan
[17:17] <Wrengl> hi ethan
[17:17] * Bynw sends get well and healing woodgies to his bday buddy
scott
[17:17] * the_Bee sends Scott visionary woodgies
[17:17] <ethan> hello everyone
[17:17] <christophle> hi ethan
[17:17] <Sedina> hi, ethan
[17:17] <Debbie-VB> Hi Ethan
[17:17] <the_Bee> hello ethan
[17:17] <The_Cat_Whisperer> Hi, Ethan
[17:17] <ethan> thanks for the warm welcome
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[17:17] * Sedina tackle pounces Jasta
[17:17] <Mistyck> hi Jasta!
[17:17] <Dennis> Hi Jasta!
[17:17] * Wrengl sends Scott healing woodgies
[17:17] <cherie> hi ethan
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[17:18] <RainbowDragon> Hi, Jasta!
[17:18] <Wrengl> hi jasta
[17:18] <KK> He was not a happy bunny about having to check in
mid-afternoon today; but they need him first thing in the AM for blood
work, EKG, and chest x-ray, to prep for surgery.
[17:18] <The_Cat_Whisperer> Hi, Jasta
[17:18] <Mistyck> wb Annie
[17:18] <JastaElf> Hi y'all! Sorry I'm late!
[17:18] <Debbie-VB> Jasta!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
runrunrunrunrunpouncetacklehug
[17:18] <the_Bee> Jasta!{{{huggles}}}
[17:18] <Annie> darn wireless networks
[17:18] <RainbowDragon> are they cataracts on both eyes?
[17:18] <christophle> how long is he in for, KK?
[17:18] <JastaElf> LOL! Can I take it y'all are glad to see me??
[17:18] <KK> Hello, Jasta!
[17:18] <Wrengl> will they wake him up at 5 AM for that stuff?
[17:18] <the_Bee> frog, Annie
[17:18] <Bynw> JASTA!!!!
[17:18] <KK> jUST THE RIGHT EYE, FOR NOW.
[17:18] <JastaElf> Hi KK!!! {{{hugs}}}
[17:18] <ethan> hi Jasta
[17:18] <Tika> heya KK and Jasta
[17:18] <KK> hit the cap lock; sorry.
[17:19] <JastaElf> Oh dear-- Scott's going in for cataract surgery??
[17:19] <christophle> so two days max?
[17:19] <the_Bee> which is the wrong eye?
[17:19] * JastaElf sends healing & hugs to Scott
[17:19] <KK> 7 AM or so, but he does get to eat breakfast, since it's
an afternoon surgery list and he's the last one on the list.
[17:19] <KK> Scott is IN for cataract surgery.
[17:19] <Mistyck> that's at least a good thing
[17:19] * ethan sends best wishes and prayers to Scott
[17:19] <Sedina> being able to eat is a good thing
[17:20] <cherie> eating is good.... umm who is scott?
[17:20] <KK> They were going to feed him supper at 5 PM, which is
waaaay too early; so he was going to send out for a pizza later on.
[17:20] <JastaElf> May it all go well and his recovery time be swift!
[17:20] <the_Bee> KK's husband
[17:20] <Debbie-VB> Scott is Mr. katherine Kurtz *giggle*
[17:20] <KK> He gets released Tuesday.
[17:20] <cherie> Ahh well hope it goes well KK
[17:20] <Wrengl> they fed me early the one day i was in a regular room
[17:20] <Sedina> best wishes to him, Katherine...
[17:20] <cherie> Sir KK
[17:20] <Bynw> its Major Sir Mr Katherine Kurtz, Baron
[17:21] <Debbie-VB> oooooooooooooooooo
[17:21] <christophle> yep, best wishes to Scott, KK
[17:21] <the_Bee> AKA Scott MacMillan
[17:21] <KK> I expect it will be fine. His surgeon is also the
surgeon who operated on the opthalmologist's son.
[17:21] <Wrengl> in icu and in the er transitional room we were fed
around 6 or later for dinner
[17:21] <Wrengl> ah
[17:21] <cherie> My hubby never got dinner in the hospital.
[17:21] <Wrengl> that is a good recommendation
[17:21] <Debbie-VB> well, most people in ICU are getting their dinner
intraveniously
[17:21] <Wrengl> this is true
[17:21] <cherie> yeah
[17:21] <KK> As I recall, from when I was in years ago, you get a
snack if supper is way early.
[17:22] <Wrengl> i drove them nuts especially after i was off most of
the iv drugs
[17:22] <JastaElf> And of course it AIN'T haute cuisine....
[17:22] <Wrengl> kept popping the monitor leads
[17:22] <Debbie-VB> What are hospital rates like in Ireland katherine?
[17:22] <KK> But at least he'll be able to see clearly again, once
this is over.
[17:22] <christophle> and if you are in icu, you dont tend to konw you
are being fed!
[17:22] <KK> Dunno; it's all covered by our medical insurance.
[17:22] <Mistyck> very true KK
[17:22] <Wrengl> lol christophle
[17:22] <cherie> My Father in law had cateract surgury and it was
amazing what he could see afterward
[17:22] <Wrengl> i was the most lucid person in icu most of the time
[17:23] <Mistyck> and seeing clearly is a verra good thing indeed
[17:23] <Wrengl> yes it is
[17:23] <KK> I expect you were a breath of fresh air for the staff,
Wrengl.
[17:23] <Mistyck> yep!
[17:23] <cherie> It makes reading much easier
[17:23] <KK> Definitely.
[17:23] <the_Bee> My ex-boos is a lifelong vegetarian, and the
hospital kept trying to feed her beef or chicken bouillon
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[17:23] <DeryniBot> Returning from the Inner Planes with Adam
Sinclair is Laura
[17:23] <Mistyck> hi Laura
[17:23] <Laura> hey there
[17:23] <Tika> wow Laura!
[17:23] <Wrengl> hi laura
[17:23] <JastaElf> Hi Laura!
[17:23] <The_Cat_Whisperer> Hi, Laura
[17:23] <cherie> Hi8 laura
[17:23] <christophle> hi ya
[17:23] <the_Bee> hello laura
[17:23] * Tika gives {{{ Laura }}} a GREAT BIG HUG!!!
[17:23] <KK> Hi, Laura.
[17:24] <Bynw> Hi Laura
[17:24] <ethan> hi laura
[17:24] <Annie> hi, Laura
[17:24] <Dennis> Hi Laura.
[17:24] <Wrengl> yeah well i could talk to them lucidly and ask
questions about what they were doing to me
[17:24] <Debbie-VB> Hi Laura
[17:24] <RainbowDragon> Hi, Laura
[17:24] <Mistyck> it's been a while Laura!
[17:24] <Sedina> Hi Laura!!
[17:24] <Laura> a couple of weeks
[17:25] <Laura> good to see you here Pat
[17:25] <Wrengl> thanks
[17:25] <Laura> glad you are feeling better
[17:25] <KK> Speaking of our military contingent, has anyone heard
anything from Barticis?
[17:25] <Mistyck> nope...
[17:25] <Wrengl> and thank you all for the prayers and good thoughts
[17:25] <KK> Barticus.
[17:25] <RainbowDragon> not for a long while
[17:25] <Mistyck> I don't think he's had internet or email access
[17:25] <Laura> nothing, I sent him greetings from the group a while
back, but got no response back from him
[17:25] <Mistyck> last I heard from him was in January
[17:25] <KK> I just hope he's ok. How would we know if he wasn't?
[17:26] * Bynw hasnt heard from his fellow Iowegian
[17:26] <cherie> KK we were wondering what coins they use in Gwynedd
[17:26] <Mistyck> hmmn...nothing much going on in Bosnia though
[17:26] <KK> Ack, don't get me started on the coins! The crew
designing the role playing game were driving me crazy several months
ago. I've left it all in their hands.
[17:26] <Mistyck> I've got email addy for one of his uncles...if we
hear something happened in Bosnia, I guess we can find out via his
uncle if he's ok
[17:27] <cherie> lol ok
[17:27] <KK> Ah, then at least we do have a family connection to keep
tabs on him.
[17:27] <Mistyck> yep
[17:27] <Debbie-VB> So wait until Ann gets in nect time and hit her
with the question Cherie
[17:27] <KK> Ann is in Las Vegas at a gaming convention this weekend,
I believe.
[17:27] <KK> Along with Olympia.
[17:27] <cherie> oh well ok I think it was really someone elses
question I just remembered it
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[17:27] <DeryniBot> Paddy flies down from the bell tower to greet Dov
[17:28] <Annie> if there's an Ann here - should I use a different
nick?
[17:28] <Mistyck> wb Dov
[17:28] <the_Bee> WB Dov
[17:28] <Bynw> yep ann and nancy are at GAMA
[17:28] <ethan> hi Dov
[17:28] <Mistyck> no, Annie, she uses Ghostgames
[17:28] <Debbie-VB> Ann usually uses ghostgames Annie
[17:28] <Dennis> Hi Dov!
[17:28] <The_Cat_Whisperer> Hi, Dov
[17:28] <cherie> wb dov
[17:28] <KK> Ann uses greyghost, so you're ok--and welcome.
[17:28] <Annie> great, thanks
[17:28] <KK> ghostgames, right.
[17:28] <Dov> Hi. Guess KK didn't show.
[17:28] <Mistyck> Katherine: I just took over the Adept series and
some of the Deryni books to Dov
[17:28] <Annie> thanks KK - first timer, keeping quiet (mostly)
[17:28] <Mistyck> she's Here
[17:29] <Bynw> LOL Dov, KK is right there!
[17:29] <Debbie-VB> But I do apologise, i sort of unintentionally
borrowed your name for a character in my very first attempt at deryni
fanfic
[17:29] <KK> I'm here. Hello, Dov.
[17:29] <cherie> Annie you know who KK is though right?
[17:29] <Annie> sure thing!
[17:29] <Dov> Oops. Hi, Katherine.
[17:29] <Mistyck> Dov: you started reading the books yet?
[17:29] <cherie> LOL DOV!
[17:29] <Dov> Not just yet, but I will soon.
[17:29] <Mistyck> you'll love them!
[17:29] <KK> No problem. I masquerade as KK.
[17:30] <christophle> lol
[17:30] <Wrengl> wb dov
[17:30] <Annie> been Deryni fan for longer than I care to recall, but
only just rediscovered them
[17:30] <KK> Glad you did!
[17:30] <cherie> Well glad you found us:)
[17:30] <christophle> know how you feel, annie
[17:30] <Annie> and this internet thingy has happened in the meantime!
[17:30] <Mistyck> and now I have another Houstonian Deryni chatter to
chat with
[17:31] <KK> Ah, the Texas enclave! :-)
[17:31] * cherie wipes pizza sauce off fingers and smiles at Annie
[17:31] <Mistyck> yep!
[17:31] <Dov> Dov happens to be my Hebrew name, so I was tickled to
read about Lord Dov in Deryni Archives.
[17:31] * Debbie-VB so hopes that someday there will be another
Vancouver deryni fan
[17:31] <Mistyck> we include Leslie in our little circle since she's
near Beaumont
[17:31] * Bynw needs more Iowan's
[17:31] <Annie> I'm in UK, so propping eyelids open and trying not to
think about work tomorrow
[17:31] <The_Cat_Whisperer> I'm the lonely Idahoan
[17:31] <KK> So, recruit, VB!
[17:31] <KK> Idaho?!
[17:31] <cherie> Pennsylvania here]
[17:31] <Debbie-VB> I'm so trying katherine
[17:32] <Mistyck> we've got Dallas and Austin chatters also
[17:32] <KK> Where in Idaho, and why?
[17:32] <JastaElf> I'm part of the Virginia contingent myself....
[17:32] <the_Bee> Massachusetts here
[17:32] <ethan> And I would be the Oregonian one
[17:32] <Mistyck> Jasta and Harvey are the DC contingent
[17:32] <Wrengl> i am the lone brooklyn, NY person
[17:32] <Dennis> 'm in Massawhoosits too.
[17:32] <Annie> Torn between recruiting and not ever lending books
since High Deryni failed to return about 10 years ago ;-(
[17:32] <KK> Wow, we've got quite a spread. This would not have been
possible ten years ago.
[17:32] <JastaElf> Where is MA, Dennis?
[17:32] <Mistyck> but you got 2 in NJ Pat
[17:32] <Wrengl> who masquerades as Corgula sometimes
[17:32] <Dennis> Near Boston, Jasta.
[17:32] <Wrengl> true enough mistyck
[17:33] <the_Bee> Ghostgames is Mass too
[17:33] <JastaElf> North? Or what? I was born in Melrose, grew up in
Reading...
[17:33] * JastaElf is homesick as all git-out....
[17:33] <Mistyck> and Sam is in PA
[17:33] <Dennis> I have friends in Reading. I'm living in Somerville.
[17:33] * Debbie-VB comforts Jasta
[17:33] <Laura> just talked to Barts uncle, Bart is doing well and is
in Kosovo at present
[17:33] <JastaElf> Co-ool!!
[17:33] <Mistyck> cool, Laura! Thanks!
[17:33] <Sedina> very good to hear, Laura. Thanks
[17:33] <Wrengl> cool laura
[17:33] <KK> Great! Thanks, Laura!
[17:33] <Dennis> I'm homesick, too. I was born and raised in New
York.
[17:33] <Wrengl> thanks laura
[17:33] <Debbie-VB> thanks Laura
[17:33] <JastaElf> Thanks VB!
[17:34] * RainbowDragon gives Laura a big hug
[17:34] <Dennis> Thanks, Laura.
[17:34] <Laura> if anyone wants his e-mail address to send greetings,
they gave that to me
[17:34] <Wrengl> we are hoping to have a small getogether at WorldCon
in Boston this year, Dennis
[17:34] * JastaElf absolutely refuses to mention Red Sox and
Pinstripes now that she knows Dennis is from NY... :-)
[17:34] <the_Bee> born in winthrop, raised in weymouth, now living in
Charlestown section of Boston, near the USS Constitution--"Old
Ironsides"
[17:34] <RainbowDragon> Does he have e-mail access?
[17:34] <The_Cat_Whisperer> Meridian, Idaho--NOT Mississippi! Why is
because my father moved the family here when I was 6
[17:35] <Dennis> Cool. It looks like I'll be able to afford to go to
WorldCon, as I've finally got steady work again.
[17:35] <Laura> *(e-mail addy deleted to protect Bart from spammers -
RD)
[17:35] <Wrengl> good dennis
[17:35] <Mistyck> awesmome Dennis
[17:35] <Mistyck> and thanks Laura...I have it at Ellington, but not
at home
[17:35] <Dennis> Thanks.
[17:35] <Sedina> thanks, Laura
[17:35] <Wrengl> i was also wondering if any deryni fen want to do a
float for the first night parade
[17:35] <Sedina> congrats, Dennis
[17:35] <cherie> I got a long look at that ship while stuck on a
bridge in the Bid Dig mess
[17:35] * JastaElf Quit (User has been mind-ripped)
[17:35] <KK> Cool! Let's all bombard Bart with greeting from
stateside!
[17:35] * the_Bee Quit (User has been mind-ripped)
[17:35] <Wrengl> i have a wagon we could decorate
[17:36] <Mistyck> yep!
[17:36] <Sedina> I like that plan, KK
[17:36] <Mistyck> ughh...bad Peer!
[17:36] <Bynw> ack 2 mind-rips ... BAD PEER
[17:36] <Mistyck> sounds great Pat, count me in
[17:36] <Laura> his cousin thought that he would like that
[17:36] <Wrengl> and i might even be able to get some mardi gras beads
to throw into the crowd
[17:36] <The_Cat_Whisperer> *pokes Peer with Klingon pain stick*
[17:36] * Debbie-VB pelts peer with a plateful of petrified purple
peeps
[17:37] <Wrengl> we would need someone to dress a doll up as baby
kelson
[17:37] * cherie drops peer into the crack of doom
[17:37] <KK> Ooooh, I'd forgotten about Klingon pain sticks.
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[17:37] <DeryniBot> JastaElf has caught a rare Lehr cat and enters
the chat with it on a leash
[17:37] <Sedina> wb, Jasta
[17:37] <Wrengl> i do not have any dolls
[17:37] <Wrengl> wb jasta
[17:37] <JastaElf> Thanks! :-)
[17:37] <Mistyck> I can see if I can round up a doll, Pat
[17:37] <RainbowDragon> welcome back JastaElf
[17:37] <Dennis> Welcome back, Jasta.
[17:37] <Mistyck> wb Jasta
[17:37] <ethan> wb Jasta
[17:37] <JastaElf> I done been peered.... ;-)
[17:37] <Mistyck> yep
[17:37] <JastaElf> But it got better! :-)
[17:37] * Wrengl reaches into her ammunition chest, removes an eel and
beats peer soundly with it
[17:37] <Tika> yup you done been
[17:38] <Mistyck> and Peer was duly admonished for it!
[17:38] <KK> You could stuff one of Thumper's costumes and pretend it
was a doll.
[17:38] <JastaElf> LOL! Excellent!
[17:38] <Wrengl> lol katherine
[17:38] <Debbie-VB> Don't worry Jasta, Peer was thouroiughly chastized
for his actions
[17:38] <JastaElf> Excellent, VB
[17:38] <KK> Tell me, Wrengl, why do you keep eels in an annumition
chest?
[17:39] * Debbie-VB rubs her eyes, even she cannot believe that last
typo
[17:39] <Wrengl> kathi has to hope for some overtime or else she
cannot attend all of worldcon
[17:39] <JastaElf> LOL!
[17:39] <cherie> where else would one keep eels
[17:39] <Dennis> I suggest we give Peer a jolt of the Agonizer from
"Mirror, Mirror."
[17:39] <Wrengl> seemed like the logical place to keep them
[17:39] <KK> LOL
[17:39] <Sedina> lol
[17:39] <Mistyck> so how is Chapter 4 going KK?
[17:39] <RainbowDragon> ammo chest filled with salt water, no doubt
[17:39] <cherie> I keep mine in the trunk
[17:39] <Wrengl> yup rd
[17:40] <KK> Actually, I would've thought an aquarium, but what do I
know about eels?
[17:40] <The_Cat_Whisperer> Eels in am Ammunition Chest is a good name
for a rock band!
[17:40] <Annie> mine lived in an old sink
[17:40] <Wrengl> lol cw
[17:40] <KK> ditto
[17:40] <Annie> seriously, had a pet eel when I was about 5
[17:40] <JastaElf> My eels live in someone else's house. Yuck. :-)
[17:40] <Debbie-VB> there was a rock band called the eels
[17:40] <Wrengl> would not know rock band names
[17:40] <christophle> they eat 'em, jellied. in London
[17:40] <The_Cat_Whisperer> Annie, was the eel your starter pet?
[17:40] <Wrengl> never been a rock fan
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[17:41] <DeryniBot> Welcome to #Deryni_Destinations crabclaw
[17:41] <Annie> yeah, what does that say about me?
[17:41] <cherie> rocks are noo very cuddly
[17:41] <cherie> eels either
[17:41] <Dennis> Several friends of mine have a running joke with the
"good name for a rock band."
[17:41] <Wrengl> hello crabclaw
[17:41] <crabclaw> heya
[17:41] <Sedina> hi, crabclaw
[17:41] <Annie> caught in on holiday in Scotland and brought it home
in a bucket
[17:41] <JastaElf> Hi crabclaw
[17:41] <Wrengl> lol dennis
[17:41] <The_Cat_Whisperer> Welcome, Crabclaw
[17:41] <KK> I suppose the eels are a relic from the days when we
would thwack miscreants with all manner of fishes. Monkfish were my
fish of choice.
[17:41] <cherie> hi crabclaw
[17:41] <Dennis> Hi Crabclaw.
[17:41] <Annie> did well till my dad overwintered it in the coal
cellar
[17:41] <Sedina> now if I were going to bring anything home from
Scotland, I don't think that an eel would be it
[17:42] <cherie> anyone else sensing a theme here?
[17:42] <Mistyck> hehe
[17:42] <Wrengl> lol
[17:42] * Debbie-VB envisions a version of the "fish-slapping dance"
[17:42] <KK> It would be in a kilt, Sedina!
[17:42] <Wrengl> lol debbie
[17:42] <christophle> mmmmmm.... bit fishy
[17:42] <Bynw> kim would bring home a scot sans kilt
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[17:42] <DeryniBot> the_Bee joins the Lodge of #Deryni_Destinations
under the guidence of the Worshipful Master
[17:42] * Mistyck plans on bringing things other than eels from
Scotland next year
[17:42] <Mistyck> wb Bee
[17:42] <Bynw> wb Bee
[17:42] <JastaElf> WB Bee!
[17:42] <ethan> wb Bee
[17:42] <Wrengl> wb bee
[17:42] <Sedina> pbbbt, Bynw
[17:42] <cherie> wb bee
[17:42] <Annie> where in Scotland, Mistyck?
[17:42] <Sedina> wb, Bee
[17:42] <Dennis> Welcome back, Bee.
[17:42] <Mistyck> Glasgow next Summer for the WorldCon
[17:42] <the_Bee> I was wondering why everyone had suddenly gone
silent!
[17:42] <KK> VB, I read you loud and clear.
[17:42] <Wrengl> hopefully smoked salmon from scotland next year
[17:43] <Annie> I'm going there!
[17:43] <Bynw> i love you too Sedina :-)
[17:43] <KK> It will be awesome. Scotland is awesome.
[17:43] <Sedina> and KK, I don't know if an eel in a kilt would even
entice me enough to bring it home
[17:43] <Wrengl> looking forward to it
[17:43] <Mistyck> KK will be there too
[17:43] <Annie> not been to a con for about a hundred and fifty years
- looking forward to it
[17:43] * Sedina wants to go to Scotland
[17:43] <Annie> family are from Mull, KK
[17:43] <The_Cat_Whisperer> LOL, Sedina! How would it stay on, any
way?
[17:43] <Debbie-VB> I'd love to see scotland someday, and definitly
Ireland
[17:44] <KK> Sedina, there are far more interesting things to be found
in kilts.
[17:44] * JastaElf wishes she could go ANYwhere. :-(
[17:44] <Mistyck> I'm doing England/Scotland and hopefully Ireland
next year
[17:44] <RainbowDragon> Annie: you look good for a 150 year old :-)
[17:44] <Sedina> that's my thought exactly, KK
[17:44] <KK> lol
[17:44] <Annie> aw shucks
[17:44] <Wrengl> lol
[17:44] <Debbie-VB> I know that feeling annie. Last year was my very
first con
[17:44] <christophle> but can they be eel sized?
[17:44] <Mistyck> now that would be interesting to make them that
small
[17:44] <KK> Depends on the eel.
[17:44] * cherie is going to columbus OH to be surrounded by horsies
in two weeks thats as far as she's going.
[17:45] <christophle> lol
[17:45] <Wrengl> hum, it would be difficult for an eel to wear the
Great Kilt, me thinks
[17:45] <Laura> Nessie in a kilt...now there's an interesting visual
[17:45] * JastaElf imagines eel-sized things in kilts and shakes her
head to clear the image....
[17:45] <christophle> conga?
[17:45] <Annie> oh no, I've really started something here
[17:45] <the_Bee> you need a verra small kilt or a verra large eel
[17:45] <KK> LOL, Jasta!
[17:45] <Annie> so much for standing quietly by the wall ;-)
[17:45] <christophle> a dancing eel in a kilt!
[17:45] <Wrengl> lol
[17:45] <cherie> not possible annie:)
[17:45] <Wrengl> what an image
[17:45] * Dov much prefers shortbread.
[17:45] <Mistyck> yep Annie
[17:45] <Bynw> LOL Jasta, a bit of TMI
[17:46] * Debbie-VB wouldn't mind seeing Viggo in a kilt
[17:46] <Mistyck> welcome to our chatroom
[17:46] <JastaElf> Shortbread in a kilt, Dov???
[17:46] <cherie> mmmmmm Vigo.;P
[17:46] <Wrengl> lol jasta
[17:46] <Annie> Viggo in a kilt sounds good to me
[17:46] <Dov> No kilt.
[17:46] <Annie> lol
[17:46] <the_Bee> Nessie is Scottish, why shouldn't s/he wear a kilt?
Urquart tartan maybe?
[17:46] <Mistyck> ooh, that sounds even better...Viggo sans Kilt
[17:46] <The_Cat_Whisperer> Me too, Annie ;-)
[17:46] <Laura> BTW, Happy St Pat's day to all a few days early
[17:46] <cherie> nah needs to be some mysttery left
[17:47] <Dennis> Thanks, Laura. And to you, too.
[17:47] <Mistyck> Same to you Laura
[17:47] <The_Cat_Whisperer> I agree, Cherie
[17:47] <Debbie-VB> St. Pat's day is not one of my faves, ever since a
close friend died of cancer on that day
[17:47] <cherie> Besides I only love him for his horse
[17:47] <KK> It's apt to be a rainy St. Patrick's Day here.
[17:47] <Wrengl> same to you laura
[17:47] * JastaElf hugs VB
[17:48] <RainbowDragon> Do they do anything special on St Pat's day
there, KK?
[17:48] <Mistyck> they already turned the Chicago river green...
[17:48] <Wrengl> rain and snow predicted for St. Pat's Day here
[17:48] <Sedina> huggles, VB
[17:48] <Debbie-VB> thanks Jasta. I still miss her, after 3 yrs.
[17:48] <Mistyck> ughh to all not having a good St Pat's day
[17:48] <Wrengl> huggles vb
[17:48] <KK> It's gotten to be more and more of a spectacle. It's out
national holiday, after all.
[17:48] <Mistyck> huggles, VB
[17:48] <Sedina> it's actually supposed to be fairly nice here for St.
Pat's...of course, it is March, the forecast could change before then
[17:48] <Dov> How's the renovation going, KK?
[17:48] <cherie> My husband died 5 years ago march 24 so I'm not a big
fan either
[17:48] <Dennis> The Charles is green, but I don't think it's for St.
Patrick's.
[17:48] <JastaElf> National holidays can be good things,. They can
also be... excessive.
[17:48] <Wrengl> we often get a blizzard for st pat's day
[17:49] * JastaElf thinks rhapsodically of the Charles.... :-)
[17:49] <KK> We had snow last week, but it didn't stick down here.
But there was snow up on the hills.
[17:49] <Tika> we're getting one tomorrow, Wrengl... should be at your
location just in time
[17:49] <crabclaw> when is pat's day?
[17:49] <Debbie-VB> but I understand that green guinness is more
prevalent in the Us then it is in ireland
[17:49] * cherie tries to pronounce rhapsodically in her head and
can't
[17:49] <the_Bee> March 17
[17:49] * Wrengl remembers one town in mass that routed the parade
past 97 bars
[17:49] <KK> Yes, we don't do silly things like that.
[17:49] <crabclaw> oh yea
[17:49] <Sedina> snow and rain just doesn't sound a good combination,
KK, considering that you're still lacking windows
[17:49] <KK> Wednesday, March 17.
[17:49] <crabclaw> next wednesday -- good
[17:49] <Dennis> LOL! That's a lotta bars.
[17:50] <christophle> well, guys. Gotta go, Iv'e been up since 7:30
and I've worked all day, and I'm ready for bed. ( it's now 23:50hrs).
see you all again.
[17:50] <Dennis> Bye!
[17:50] <JastaElf> Schlaf wohl, christophle!
[17:50] <cherie> bye chris
[17:50] <RainbowDragon> KK: you ought to post some pics of the castle
on the website
[17:50] <Sedina> good night, Christophle
[17:50] <Mistyck> have a good nite christophle
[17:50] <Wrengl> i think it went past every bar in town
[17:50] <Debbie-VB> nighters christophile
[17:50] <The_Cat_Whisperer> G'Night, Chris
[17:50] <Bynw> night christophle
[17:50] <the_Bee> nighters Christophle
[17:50] <Annie> night night
[17:50] <KK> We've got plastic up, but it keeps blowing loose. We had
gale force winds last week, with the snow.
[17:50] <cherie> yeah KK piccies please!
[17:50] <Wrengl> night christophle
[17:50] <ethan> good night Chris
[17:50] <Dennis> That's gotta be a pretty big town.
[17:50] * christophle steps on to the portal and disappears
[17:50] <christophle> c u all.
[17:50] * christophle Quit (Quit: Leaving)
[17:50] <Sedina> brr, KK
[17:51] <JastaElf> Sounds like lively weather, KK!
[17:51] <Mistyck> hope you had the fires going
[17:51] <Debbie-VB> BTW, katherine, I finished my very first try at
fan-fic, and submitted it to Julianne.
[17:51] <cherie> and I thought having no heat was a problem
[17:51] <Sedina> It sounds like we've got better weather in ND than
you've got there right now
[17:51] <Wrengl> indeed
[17:51] <RainbowDragon> hopefully you have functioning fireplaces
[17:51] <KK> Yep, but I've got to order oil tomorrow. Must have
before Wednesday.
[17:51] <the_Bee> are darkover 2003 pics on the web yet? what address
[17:51] <cherie> How much is Oil there KK?
[17:51] <KK> We have two presently functioning fireplaces--three,
actually--but lots of radiators.
[17:52] <RainbowDragon> thats good
[17:52] <cherie> Mine was $1.60 this week
[17:52] <KK> It costs us around E450 for 1200 litres, which is about
$500-$550; not sure what the exchange is right now.
[17:53] <cherie> sound similar to here then
[17:53] <The_Cat_Whisperer> They are, Bee.
www.deryni.net/darkover03.html
[17:53] <cherie> too much money in any land
[17:53] <KK> And our petrol is 90p per litre, which is around $4.00
per gallon.
[17:53] <ethan> ouch
[17:53] <the_Bee> thanks CW
[17:53] <cherie> WOW! And I though $1.62 was bad
[17:53] <JastaElf> Owww... that's painful pricing!
[17:54] <KK> Yep. You'll understand why I don't have a lot of
patience for Mercans wingeing about gas prices. We've been paying
this for years.
[17:54] <cherie> That's like time to get the horse and catr out
[17:54] <Mistyck> Katherine: Any word on a Deryni Tales 2 or Templar
Anthos 4?
[17:54] <RainbowDragon> Mercans?
[17:54] <cherie> Americans
[17:54] <Annie> must have gone up recently KK - that's similar to ours
and inlaws used to drive to Republic from NI to fill up as it was a
lot cheaper
[17:54] <JastaElf> Amis. Americans.
[17:54] <KK> Not yet. And I haven't pushed, because I'm too far
behind on the current book.
[17:54] <the_Bee> americans
[17:54] <Mistyck> ahh, ok
[17:55] <Laura> I think Mercans are whiny Americans
[17:55] <Dov> Will this one give more details on "The Green Tower?"
[17:55] <Wrengl> indeed
[17:55] <RainbowDragon> I see
[17:55] <Mistyck> yep yep
[17:55] <cherie> Well considering what I have too live on I'll just
keep on whining thanks
[17:55] * JastaElf admits, tho, that she read "Mercians" for "Mercans"
at first... :-)
[17:55] <JastaElf> Been thinking of King Arthur too much. ;-)
[17:55] <Wrengl> i believe gasoline is about 3 a gallon on the west
coast
[17:55] <Mistyck> lol
[17:55] <KK> Nope. Picks up when Alaric is nearly three, and Kenneth
is about to be made Earl of Lendour for life.
[17:55] <Wrengl> 2 on the east
[17:55] * crabclaw Quit
[17:56] <The_Cat_Whisperer> Or is it WINEY, Laura?
[17:56] <Mistyck> it's about $1.50 here
[17:56] <Laura> lol
[17:56] <Wrengl> it is the 1.799 a gallon for heating oil that gets us
[17:56] <Laura> could be
[17:56] <Debbie-VB> I'm so waiting for
[17:56] <Mistyck> yikes Pat!
[17:56] <the_Bee> winey in Napa Valley
[17:56] <Debbie-VB> childe Morgan
[17:56] <Dov> OK, thanks.
[17:56] <ethan> it's about 1.85 here on the north coast
[17:56] <cherie> Can't wait to read it KK
[17:56] <Dennis> I guess Donal's not long for the new book, then.
[17:57] * JastaElf sobs... she likes Donal....
[17:57] <KK> And if I hope to finish it, I'd better knock off for
tonight and go to bed, since it's nearly pumpkin time here.
[17:57] <Wrengl> especially when you live in an uninsallated stone
house
[17:57] <Wrengl> think castle
[17:57] <Mistyck> ok, g'nite KK and have a great week next week
[17:57] <Wrengl> night katherine
[17:57] <Debbie-VB> Goodnight Katherine
[17:57] <Bynw> night KK
[17:57] <Mistyck> and thanks for stopping by!
[17:57] <the_Bee> even if he is a manipulator?
[17:57] <Wrengl> and thank you for all the prayers
[17:57] <cherie> night KK nice to see you this week
[17:57] <JastaElf> Well, rest well KK and please let Scott know we're
praying for him
[17:57] <KK> We're insulated. Sort of. At least in the wing.
[17:57] <Dennis> Night, KK! Have a good week!
[17:57] <Wrengl> it was a near thing
[17:57] <Annie> I won't be far behind you - night
[17:57] <RainbowDragon> Goodnight, Katherine. Thank you for stopping
by :-)
[17:57] <ethan> Good Night Katherine
[17:57] <The_Cat_Whisperer> G'night, KK
[17:57] <Dov> Glad to meet you. Tbanks for stopping by.
[17:57] <Debbie-VB> Sleep sweet, and have a terrific week
[17:57] <Dennis> And best wishes to Scott!
[17:57] <Sedina> good night, Katherine...thanks for stopping. Good
writing and best wishes to Scott
[17:58] <Wrengl> night annie
[17:58] <the_Bee> Have a goood week, KK. Best wishes to Scott
[17:58] <KK> Nighters to you all.
[17:58] <Debbie-VB> and I'll keep scott in my prayers
[17:58] <Wrengl> best wishes for scott
[17:58] * KK steps onto her Portal, waves good night, and disappears
in a shower of green sparkles.

[16:29] * KK has joined #Deryni_Destinations
[16:29] <Mistyck> hi Katherine
[16:29] <Bynw> Hiyas Katherine!
[16:29] <Shiral1> Hello Katherine!
[16:29] <TerryOBrien> Good evening, Katherine!
[16:29] <Shiral1> Long time no see
[16:29] <Shiral1> =o)
[16:29] <JastaElf> Evening, your Excellency! :-)
[16:29] <KK> Hello, all.
[16:29] <the_Bee> hi KK glad you could make it
[16:30] <RainbowDragon> Greetings, Katherine
[16:30] <KK> Somehow, it seems appropriate that, even as we mourn the
passing of Isadora Kitty, we welcome Mistyck as a new Cat Mommy.
[16:30] * Dov bows to Countess Bevin
[16:30] <KK> Rita, she's adorable.
[16:31] <JastaElf> Well, I'm glad we're commemorating Isadora tho.
What a grand and pretty girl...
[16:31] <Wrengl> hi katherine
[16:31] <Mistyck> yes, I think it was rather interesting I got a phone
call yesterday about the kitten giveaway I'd called about 2 weeks ago
[16:31] <Wrengl> howdy jasta
[16:31] <JastaElf> Ah, Pat's back!
[16:31] <The_Cat_Whisperer> greetings from IDAHO, not Iowa, Indiana,
Illinois, South Dakota, Arizona, Oklahoma, or Ireland!
[16:31] * Annie has joined #Deryni_Destinations
[16:31] <DeryniBot> Welcome Annie to all things Katherine Kurtz
[16:31] <Mistyck> thanks Katherine
[16:31] <Shiral1> Hi Annie
[16:31] <RainbowDragon> Hi, Annie
[16:31] <Annie> hiya all
[16:31] <Wrengl> i have been peeling shrimp for a scampi for dinner
[16:31] * JastaElf begs at Wrengl for some of that shrimp...
[16:31] <KK> Don't let Martine's kitty know.
[16:31] <The_Cat_Whisperer> Hi, Annie
[16:32] <Shiral1> Mmmm, sure sounds good. When's dinner, Pat?
[16:32] * Wrengl hands jasta a plate of shrimp scampi with whole wheat
spaghetti
[16:32] <Annie> I've been sitting for ages thinking it was dead quiet
tonight and I'd been dumped off ages ago :-(
[16:32] <the_Bee> is the scamp named thumper or madam?
[16:32] <JastaElf> Give me mine before you put the garlic on tho...
[16:32] <Wrengl> wb annie
[16:32] <Shiral1> How has your week been, Katherine?
[16:32] <KK> I'll take her garlic.
[16:32] <JastaElf> LOL!
[16:32] <Wrengl> jasta, my laptop arrived!
[16:32] <Mistyck> hi Annie
[16:32] <Annie> thanx dunno when I lost you!
[16:32] * JastaElf gives KK all my garlic forever
[16:32] <Wrengl> lol
[16:32] <KK> Actually got half a dozen pages written this week, in
between building duties.
[16:32] <JastaElf> What'd you get, Pat?
[16:33] <Shiral1> Excellent news
[16:33] <Mistyck> cool, Katherine!
[16:33] <Wrengl> garlic is good for you jasta
[16:33] <RainbowDragon> Good news, KK
[16:33] <Mistyck> yep yep
[16:33] <Wrengl> a compaq presario
[16:33] * the_Bee wonders if katherine and scott are infested with
vampires
[16:33] <KK> Ah, that's what my laptop is.
[16:33] <Shiral1> Do you have new windows, KK?
[16:33] * Olympia has joined #Deryni_Destinations
[16:33] <DeryniBot> Hey Olympia - Welcome to the Deryni Destinations
chat!
[16:33] <JastaElf> I know it is, wrengl, but if I do anything more
than a teensy bit I keel over and can't breathe. :-)
[16:33] <Mistyck> hi Nancy!
[16:33] <The_Cat_Whisperer> LOL at bee!
[16:33] <JastaElf> Hi Olympia!
[16:33] <Olympia> Hi ther all
[16:33] <Shiral1> Hi Olympia
[16:33] <Olympia> uh there
[16:33] <Wrengl> ah
[16:33] <KK> Holybrooke does look like it should have vampires. We've
had bats, in the past.
[16:33] <The_Cat_Whisperer> Hi, Olympia
[16:33] <Mistyck> yes it does!
[16:33] <Annie> hi Olympia
[16:33] <Olympia> Only cute vamps please
[16:33] <Wrengl> allergies are yucky, especially food ones
[16:34] <Olympia> Like Frank Langella when he was young
[16:34] <Olympia> ok even now
[16:34] <Wrengl> hi olympia
[16:34] <the_Bee> glad you made it, Olympia
[16:34] <Olympia> or Rufus Sewell
[16:34] <Mistyck> very true...we can't have anything happen to KK and
Scott
[16:34] <Shiral1> Well, Katherine, I didn't want to SAY anything while
I was there, but I did keep a bit of garlic on hand =o)
[16:34] <JastaElf> Oh yeah, Olympia, you said it!
[16:34] <Olympia> The vamps won't get them
[16:34] * ethan has joined #Deryni_Destinations
[16:34] <DeryniBot> Welcome ethan to all things Katherine Kurtz
[16:34] <Wrengl> Nick Knight is a cute vampire
[16:34] * JastaElf drools over young Langella pics
[16:34] <Olympia> The Baron 'n Baroness are under my protection
[16:34] <Shiral1> Hooray for Rufus!
[16:34] <Mistyck> hi Ethan
[16:34] <KK> Yay, Olympia. And Sharon, are you feeling less feak and
weeble?
[16:34] <Wrengl> hi ethan
[16:34] <JastaElf> Uh. No, fraid not. :-(
[16:34] <TerryOBrien> I didn't think Holybrooke to be that gothic,
Katherine. Needs a tower to be gothic enough for vampires.
[16:34] <the_Bee> hello ethan
[16:34] <ethan> hi everybody
[16:34] <JastaElf> In fact feeling rather like crap tonight, I fear.
[16:34] <The_Cat_Whisperer> Hi, Ethan!
[16:34] <Annie> hi ethan
[16:35] <Olympia> Bah. Vamps like their comfort no cold drafty
towers
[16:35] <Mistyck> that's right
[16:35] <RainbowDragon> Hi, ethan
[16:35] <KK> But, we've got big gothic windows and a dark, spooky
great hall....
[16:35] <Dov> Please, bats are cute, vampires are manipulating
monsters.
[16:35] <Wrengl> that's not nice jasta
[16:35] <Olympia> eek! Bats bite
[16:35] <ethan> Hello, hello and hello
[16:35] <JastaElf> If I have to be a vampire I wanna be one at KK's
house... :-)
[16:35] <KK> And we're now referring to the space above the landing
room as the tower suite.
[16:35] <Mistyck> lol!
[16:35] <Olympia> (I'm going to try to log on again through the other
MIRC - Bynw if I invoke your name will it work better?)
[16:35] <Olympia> be right back... I hope
[16:36] <Bynw> LOL
[16:36] * Olympia Quit
[16:36] <Mistyck> uh oh, definitely time for some cute and good
vampires, kinda like the Templars in Scott's books
[16:36] <KK> Is that an unsubtle hint?
[16:36] <Shiral1> Cute Vampires??? can't see it, myself
[16:36] <Wrengl> i'll still take Nick
[16:36] <Mistyck> lol
[16:36] <TerryOBrien> How can a great hall be spooky with those four
big stained glass windows? I thought it was bright and majestic.
[16:36] <Mistyck> it really wasn't Katherine, but it would be nice to
read book 3 :-D
[16:36] <Shiral1> It is, but it is still a bit spooky, too
[16:37] <the_Bee> anyone recall a tv show called "Forever Knight"? a
good vampire police officer
[16:37] <The_Cat_Whisperer> Ethan, any luck finding KK fans in Oregon?
[16:37] <Mistyck> yep
[16:37] <ethan> yeah
[16:37] <JastaElf> Bee that was a great show.
[16:37] <Dov> Yes, bee.
[16:37] <Wrengl> yeah
[16:37] <ethan> still looking and trying to convert new ones
[16:37] <Wrengl> that is who i was referring to Bee
[16:37] <KK> Terry, you must've been here on a sunny day.
[16:37] <Wrengl> Nick Knight
[16:37] * Nancy has joined #Deryni_Destinations
[16:37] <DeryniBot> Chocolate and Cats, just a few of our favorite
things here Nancy
[16:37] <TerryOBrien> I remember it. I used Nick for a RP game once,
and got thanked by the player because he was such a great fan of the
show.
[16:37] <Nancy> AHA
[16:37] <Shiral1> Hello Nancy.=o)
[16:37] <Mistyck> wb Nancy
[16:37] <Annie> Hi Nancy
[16:38] <Dov> Raeburn and Hubert McInnis are monstrous enough for me.
[16:38] <the_Bee> warner brothers, nancy
[16:38] <RainbowDragon> LOL, see Nancy's greeting :-)
[16:38] <ethan> hi Nancy
[16:38] <Wrengl> wb nancy
[16:38] <TerryOBrien> I think it was pretty sunny then. I take it,
then, that the character of the hall changes when the sun goes down?
[16:38] <Nancy> So, hello everyone! Long time no see - hugs to all
[16:38] <JastaElf> Hi Nancy!
[16:38] <KK> Absolutely.
[16:38] * Bynw hugs Nancy back
[16:38] * Shiral1 sets out a tea tray
[16:39] <Nancy> Gentle hugs to Jasta 'n Shiral
[16:39] * ethan remebers his manners and humbly says good evening
Katherine
[16:39] * Wrengl hugs nancy
[16:39] * Shiral sets out a better one
[16:39] * JastaElf puts out the chocolate chip ice cream and sundae
fixin's.
[16:39] <Shiral1> Both of me hug you back, Nancy
[16:39] <JastaElf> :-) Thanks Nancy!
[16:39] * Mistyck is hoping Nancy will be in Houston one of these days
[16:39] * KK helps herself to the chocolate chip ice cream!
[16:39] <Wrengl> i just noticed you have a doppleganger, shiral
[16:39] <Nancy> Sadly, no time soon, I'm afraid.
[16:39] <Mistyck> ;(
[16:40] <Nancy> I'm going to New Hampshire for Easter, tho
[16:40] * Dov sets out a plate of chocolate chip cookies and a big
pitcher of milk.
[16:40] <Mistyck> not even if I tempt you with homemade Indian food?
[16:40] <Shiral1> I'm beside myself, Pat =o)
[16:40] <Nancy> (and hi to everyone I haven't met before)
[16:40] <Nancy> I wish, Rita, but no time!
[16:40] * RainbowDragon sings to Shiral - "Are you cLonesome
tonight..."
[16:40] <Wrengl> lol shiral
[16:40] <JastaElf> LOL RD!
[16:40] <Annie> hi Nancy, don't think we've met - I'm a newbie
[16:40] * Debbie-VB has joined #Deryni_Destinations
[16:40] <DeryniBot> Chocolate and Cats, just a few of our favorite
things here Debbie-VB
[16:40] * Bynw makes sure there is plenty of Pepsi and other pop
(soda) for others
[16:40] <Wrengl> lol rd
[16:40] <Bynw> Hiyas VB
[16:40] * Mistyck puts out a plateful of Baklava and a plateful of
Carrot Halva
[16:40] <Shiral1> Hi VB
[16:40] <Nancy> Wrengl dear, sooo nice to see you!!!! Diet Coke
for me please
[16:40] <The_Cat_Whisperer> Hi, debbie
[16:40] <KK> So, Rita, is Evaine helping you type tonight, or is she
zonked out, as kittens are wont to do?
[16:40] <Mistyck> hi Debbie
[16:40] <Nancy> Hi Annie and Ethan
[16:40] <Wrengl> hi vb
[16:40] <Debbie-VB> Hi all
[16:41] * Annie likes baklava - yum
[16:41] <KK> Hi, VB!
[16:41] <Mistyck> she helped me type earlier, now she's zonked under
my chair
[16:41] <the_Bee> hiya Debbie!
[16:41] * ethan sets out a plate of fry bread and honey
[16:41] <Nancy> Talking about asthma, you all should have seen me 'n
the gimpy-yet-again Miss Ann in Las Vegas!
[16:41] <KK> That's kittens for you.
[16:41] <Nancy> We had enough stuff in our hotel room to open a small
pharmacy!
[16:41] <JastaElf> What happened to Ann??
[16:41] <KK> What happened to Ms. Gimp?
[16:41] <Annie> oh oh, have I gone again?
[16:41] * Wrengl takes some fry bread and uses her sugar free honey on
it
[16:41] <Annie> no, that's ok!
[16:41] <Nancy> Oh the usual - time for a convention/trade show and
the horse fell on her
[16:41] <JastaElf> OUCH!!
[16:42] <Nancy> So she had a crutch and I played lady in waiting
[16:42] <Shiral1> It's getting to be a thing, for Ann
[16:42] <KK> Good Lord, that woman has the worst luck with equines....
[16:42] <Wrengl> yow!
[16:42] <Dov> *sigh*
[16:42] <Bynw> Annie, a different Ann ... goes by the nick of
Ghostgames in chat
[16:42] <Wrengl> how is she nancy
[16:42] * KK wonders how one can have suger-free honey....
[16:42] <Nancy> There was this wee little patch of ice... and the
horse slipped and went down... on her ankle
[16:42] <JastaElf> I'm gonna send her a Breyer horse and tell her to
have it symbolically fall on her. Maybe that'll break the curse. :-)
[16:42] <Bynw> sugar free honey??
[16:42] <Annie> ok, not had a horse fall on me, so I figured it wasn't
me
[16:42] * Debbie-VB winces in sympathetic pain for ann
[16:42] <Nancy> I have a plan to break the curse
[16:42] <Bynw> is that POSSIBLE?
[16:42] <Nancy> Katherine, Jim is having surgery tomorrow, speaking of
curses.
[16:42] <Wrengl> yes, bynw
[16:43] <Nancy> Yes it is possible
[16:43] <KK> Shoulder?
[16:43] <Shiral1> I've had a horse step on my foot, but not FALL on me
[16:43] <Wrengl> it is a syrup that tastes like honey but has no sugar
in it
[16:43] <The_Cat_Whisperer> What's your plan, Nancy?
[16:43] <JastaElf> What's the plan for breaking the curse, Nancy?
[16:43] <Annie> had a taxi run over my foot
[16:43] <Nancy> I have Torenthi powers - no leg - he fell at an SCA
event at night, tore the tendon from the patella
[16:43] * JastaElf sends Jim best wishes for his surgery
[16:43] <Shiral1> Poor Jim is in Bad shape. I've told him not to break
anything above the waist
[16:43] <Nancy> eeek! Annie!
[16:43] <KK> Ow!
[16:43] <JastaElf> Ouch, poor Jim!!!
[16:43] <the_Bee> Nancy: hope Jin's surgery goes well
[16:43] <Wrengl> healing woodgies to jim
[16:43] <Nancy> So he's in a cast on the right leg and a brace on the
left. But there's good news, Susan (his wife) is going to be on Food
TV Network!
[16:44] <Shiral1> He and I chatted on AIM last week. A trip to the
bathroom is a major hike for him.
[16:44] <Mistyck> owww about Ann and Annie
[16:44] <KK> Ouch, Annie. My mother had the same thing happen to her
several years ago--plain car rather than a tazi.
[16:44] <Annie> waiting to cross - mounted the kerb. All hubby could
say was "did you get his number" as I hopped around and swore a lot
[16:44] <Nancy> Yeah, it was pretty pathetic last Friday night - a
bunch of us took treats 'n dinner to them
[16:44] <Mistyck> Ryan let Chance down, so, got busy with Evaine in my
arms
[16:44] <Wrengl> what is she on food tv?
[16:44] <Wrengl> what show?
[16:45] * Debbie-VB wonders if that show will make it into the
canadian food network
[16:45] <Nancy> She is being interviewed on a show about people who do
cooking (can't remember the name) - she will be talking about the
history of cornish pasties (that's passss-tees - the food)
[16:45] <The_Cat_Whisperer> *sends healing woodgies to Jim*
[16:45] <Nancy> people as in non-pro's
[16:45] <Wrengl> oh neat!
[16:45] <Shiral1> Become a pro, lose your person status???
[16:45] * JastaElf drools at the mention of pasties... I love those!!
[16:45] <Nancy> LOL! Well, Susan is a FANTASTIC cook!
[16:45] <Debbie-VB> so do I Jasta
[16:46] <Wrengl> i want to make some of them
[16:46] <Nancy> (as is Jim - his specialty is desserts)
[16:46] <Wrengl> may even do so for darkover this year
[16:46] <Shiral1> We've GOT to get that man back on his feet, then =o)
[16:46] <JastaElf> I have a grand receipt for pasties.
[16:46] <Wrengl> share?
[16:46] <Nancy> Well, he is creating a sigil for me and then once we
have the graphics all worked out, I'll post it on my website.
[16:46] <Wrengl> neat
[16:46] <JastaElf> Coolness!
[16:47] <Debbie-VB> I'd love that recipe Jasta (hint,hint)
[16:47] <Dov> Wrengl, can you eat dates?
[16:47] <Wrengl> me too
[16:47] <Shiral1> Cool, Nancy
[16:47] <Shiral1> =o)
[16:47] <Wrengl> yes i can dov
[16:47] <Wrengl> like 2 and a half!
[16:47] <Mistyck> Debbie, I don't think you know yet, but I am now a
member of the "Owned by her cat" family
[16:47] <JastaElf> VB, I'll dig it up tonight and send it. What's
your e-mail?
[16:47] <the_Bee> especially if they're verra handsome
[16:47] <Wrengl> or i can and do use them in baking
[16:47] <Dov> Because I know you can make syrup from them.
[16:47] <RainbowDragon> KK, did you ever come up with that recipe page
for Deryni Destinations?
[16:47] * KK Quit (User has been mind-ripped)
[16:47] <Nancy> Steve Kenson's partner Christopher (who is a
shaman/healer) talked to us about it. Chris is AWESOME and told us
very funny stories about the bi-annual New Age national trade show.
Makes s/f cons look normal!
[16:47] <Mistyck> eek
[16:47] <Bynw> ack!
[16:48] <Shiral1> NOO!!!!
[16:48] <ethan> omg not KK
[16:48] <JastaElf> Oh no, Peer strikes back!
[16:48] <JastaElf> Thanks VB!
[16:48] <Shiral1> I finally get into chat when she's here. DAMN peer!
[16:48] <Nancy> Reaching for the riding crop and heading for the Peer
[16:48] * Wrengl reaches into her ammunition chest, removes an eel and
beats peer soundly with it
[16:48] <Nancy> (and not in a good way)
[16:48] * Mistyck forcefeeds double doses of merasha to Peer and then
handcuffs him and hauls him off to jail
[16:48] * the_Bee rallies her swarm to go after peer in full force
[16:48] * Debbie-VB pelts peer with a plateload of fresh purple peeps
(Wrong season for petrified ones)
[16:48] <Nancy> Ooo petrified peeps! yummmm
[16:48] * Wrengl removes the bullwhip from her belt, pulls her
Indiana Jones fedora down firmly on her head, then whips peer from one
end of the room to the next
[16:48] * ethan orders peer to be keelhauled
[16:48] <TerryOBrien> SF Cons ARE normal when compared to most any
other convention.
[16:49] <JastaElf> VB have you ever put a peep on a paper plate and
nuked it in a microwave? VERY funny results... :-)
[16:49] <Wrengl> indeed they are
[16:49] <Nancy> LOL
[16:49] <Annie> ever done microwave s'mores? They are funny too.
[16:49] <Mistyck> here she comes again
[16:49] <Debbie-VB> I usually use them as a topping for hot chocolate
[16:49] <Nancy> Chris told us there are people who come up and say
"Would you like me to heal the hole in your aura?" - normal response
"Gosh thanks but I worked really hard to put it there!)
[16:49] * KK has joined #Deryni_Destinations
[16:49] <DeryniBot> Welcome KK to all things Katherine Kurtz
[16:49] <Mistyck> welcome back Katherine
[16:49] * KIK has joined #Deryni_Destinations
[16:49] <DeryniBot> Chocolate and Cats, just a few of our favorite
things here KIK
[16:49] <Annie> wb KK
[16:49] <Shiral1> Hello again, Katherine
[16:49] <RainbowDragon> welcome back, KK
[16:49] <The_Cat_Whisperer> *dribbles tuna juice on Peer and whispers
to her feline minions, who come and give Peer a real licking*
[16:49] <Nancy> offers Katherine a soft velvet cushion
[16:49] <Mistyck> Peer has been dutifully chastisted now
[16:50] <ethan> yippeee
[16:50] <TerryOBrien> Just ask hotel management how they deal with
Shriners or LEO conventions. I have it on good authority that they
prefer SF cons to a lot of other conventions.
[16:50] <Wrengl> wb kk
[16:50] <Bynw> wb KK and KIK
[16:50] * ethan does a happy dance
[16:50] <Shiral1> I wish I remembered if I had a question for you
today, KK
[16:50] <the_Bee> peer has been severely chastised
[16:50] <Nancy> I'll bet, Terry. Esp LEOs!
[16:50] <KIK> Well, that was exciting. I installed a fire wall today,
and I don't think it likes chat.
[16:50] <Shiral1> But my mind is a little bit blank
[16:50] <Nancy> (and for those who don't know that's Law Enforcement
Officers)
[16:50] <Shiral1> Hey, Katherine, now YOU have a twin, too! =o)
[16:51] <Shiral> Congratulations from Us both =o)
[16:51] <Wrengl> i had that problem with chat and my firewall
katherine
[16:51] <KIK> I'm not sure how that happened, but they're both me.
[16:51] <the_Bee> i was triplets once
[16:51] <Debbie-VB> which firewall did you use Katherine?
[16:51] <Bynw> 2 is better than none
[16:51] <Nancy> Katherine, I was at the GAMA trade show (Game
Manufacturers) and this guy walks up to the table and I look at his
name tag and the name is so familiar... it was Andrew's squire Steen
but much older!!!
[16:51] <KIK> I downloaded the Norton one for a free trial.
[16:51] <Bynw> norton=evil
[16:52] <TerryOBrien> The New Orleans WorldCon was nestled between a
Baptist Missions conference and a national Narcotics Officers
convnetion. Just looking at the other attendees, I knew the hotels
were just asking for trouble.
[16:52] <Nancy> McAfee worse and their techs are IDIOTS
[16:52] <KIK> Well, that's what my antivirus softward is, so it seemed
logical.
[16:52] <Wrengl> i have nortan
[16:52] <ethan> nah Bynw Norton = temperamental
[16:52] <Bynw> zone alarm
[16:52] <Mistyck> hey, now, when ya'll talk about LEOs and Narcotics
Officers, I resemble those comments!
[16:52] <Nancy> I spent over an hour with McAfee yesterday - had to
tell my sad tale THREE TIMES -
[16:52] <JastaElf> Terry, I would have loved to be there just out of
principle! LOL!
[16:52] <Debbie-VB> well bynw, the anti-virus is pretty good. it
recently caught about 10 virii trying to get into my computer
[16:52] <Bynw> well i dont like anything by norton, its all bloatware
[16:52] <TerryOBrien> I use AVG Anti-virus software. Had Norton for
over a decade, finally gave up on Norton when I went to Windows XP.
[16:52] <Nancy> Hey, Rita, one of my dearest friends in a ret Colonel
AND an LEO but a whole convention of 'em?
[16:53] <Nancy> I have AVG and Norton and ZA
[16:53] <Nancy> One condom good - three better!
[16:53] <the_Bee> AVG and Stopsign
[16:53] <Shiral1> yes, but can one move with three? =o)
[16:53] <Wrengl> millenium pholcon was in same convention center as a
baptist group
[16:53] <Bynw> TerryOBrien, i use AVG for antivirus and zone alarm for
a firewall ... have for years
[16:53] <TerryOBrien> Jasta: pound for pound, person for person, the
missions conference was even more overweight than fandom.
[16:53] <Nancy> and Spybot
[16:53] <Mistyck> I've been to several conventions...they can be fun
if you can relate to them
[16:53] <KIK> I suppose I really need a lesson on what one is actually
supposed to do.
[16:53] <Mistyck> Zone Alarm for a free firewall, excellent
[16:53] <Nancy> missions?
[16:53] <KIK> I just know one should have one.
[16:53] <JastaElf> LOL! All those church suppers, Terry!
[16:53] <Nancy> Ahhh there is Martine
[16:53] <Nancy> Yeah well ZA HATES EQ
[16:53] * Martine has joined #Deryni_Destinations
[16:53] <DeryniBot> Hey Martine - Welcome to the Deryni Destinations
chat!
[16:54] <Shiral1> Hi Martine
[16:54] <Nancy> Hello, dear
[16:54] <Annie> hi Martine
[16:54] <Martine> Hi all ! Huggles!
[16:54] <KIK> Hello, Martine!
[16:54] <TerryOBrien> AVG, ZoneAlarm, Spybot and Add-Aware
[16:54] <JastaElf> Hi Martine!!!!
[16:54] <Martine> Hi Katherine! :-)
[16:54] <Bynw> hiyas tesseract castle designer
[16:54] <ethan> Hi Martine1
[16:54] <Nancy> Oh and I have Ad-Aware too
[16:54] <The_Cat_Whisperer> Hi, Martine
[16:54] <RainbowDragon> Hi, Martine - look, two KK's!
[16:54] <Wrengl> best/funniest con was a STrek con with a Jewish
wedding in the hotel
[16:54] <KIK> Me and my evil twin.
[16:54] <JastaElf> LOL, Wrengl!
[16:54] <Bynw> i have a spybot seek and destroy
[16:54] <Debbie-VB> I've used ZA pro for a while now. I've had no
problems with it, and it seems to get along very well with norton
[16:54] <Wrengl> it and the masquerade ended at the same time
[16:54] <Martine> My Goodness! Someone finally succeeded in cloning
her!
[16:54] <TerryOBrien> Its a Transfer Portal error. Just like the Star
Trek episode.
[16:54] <Wrengl> talk about culture shock
[16:54] <Nancy> heh - I remember your evil twin - she wore a red
wig...
[16:54] <Dov> Please tell, wrengl.
[16:55] <Shiral1> Okay, KK and KIK, ONE Of you needs to write =o)
[16:55] <KIK> LOL! Long long ago and far away.
[16:55] <the_Bee> KIK: I thought YOU were the evel twin! ;o)
[16:55] <Martine> A Tale of Two KKs
[16:55] <Mistyck> hi Martine!
[16:55] <Annie> I'm sure you're trying to get a new record for
chatters, but isn't this cheating somewhat? ;-)
[16:55] <Nancy> Martine Melissa and I have had NO evil affect on
Katherine, nope not us.
[16:55] <TerryOBrien> Wrengl, we has a Bar Mitvah scheduled at a
Windycon several years ago. Then there was the softball tournament in
the same hotel as one MediaWest.
[16:55] <Wrengl> hi martine
[16:55] <Martine> Us? Not us. Never. <Mwah ha ha ha ha>
[16:55] * JastaElf reads Nancy's comment and snickers
[16:55] <Shiral1> Moi? Evil???
[16:55] <Shiral1> Heavens no
[16:55] <Mistyck> no way!
[16:56] <Wrengl> oh i remember that mediawest terry
[16:56] <Mistyck> not Nancy and Shiral!
[16:56] <Shiral> No no! Not us!
[16:56] <Martine> Shiral's never evil. No more than I am, at least <g>
[16:56] <Nancy> Anyhow, it's all Sedina's fault. She's the one who is
truly evil ::always nominate the one who isn't here!::
[16:56] <Wrengl> do you still go there?
[16:56] <Debbie-VB> Shiral is a good little girlie
[16:56] <TerryOBrien> Do you still do MW, Wrengl?
[16:56] <Nancy> And I am a Very Good Girl
[16:56] <Shiral1> And alas, both of us will soon have to shuffle off
[16:56] <Wrengl> i have not made it in years
[16:56] <Shiral1> LOL Nancy!
[16:56] <JastaElf> I LOVED mediawestcon.
[16:56] <Shiral1> Of COURSE you are!!
[16:56] * Martine raises her hand and seconds Nancy re: Sedina
[16:56] <Mistyck> heehee
[16:56] * JastaElf pouts to see Shiral preparing to depart...
[16:56] <Mistyck> poor Sedina!
[16:56] <Wrengl> not since someone stole Hern Lord of the Beers from
outside our room
[16:56] <Bynw> yes sedina is evil
[16:56] * Martine pouts too
[16:56] <Debbie-VB> have a good day shiral
[16:57] * Bynw will agree to that
[16:57] <Martine> I didn't even get to tackle-huggle Shiral yet.
[16:57] <Shiral1> I'm sorry all
[16:57] <Dov> take care, shiral
[16:57] <Shiral1> Next weekend, I won't have to work
[16:57] <Bynw> take care sis
[16:57] <JastaElf> Have a good day Shiral, and know we're all thinking
of you and Isadora! Praying for you both too.
[16:57] <Wrengl> we ran Cheers Mediawest - room party open to all for
the entire con
[16:57] <Martine> Huggles, Shiral!
[16:57] <KIK> Nighters, Shiral. Or Nooners, on your side of the
world.
[16:57] <Shiral1> I'm awfully tired of Sunday work!
[16:57] <Nancy> Much love, Shiral {{hug}}
[16:57] <ethan> Nite Nite Shiral
[16:57] <Annie> bye Shiral
[16:57] <Mistyck> nite Shiral
[16:57] * JastaElf huggles Shiral and drinks a toast to Isadora
[16:57] <Nancy> It's 3pm actually
[16:57] <Mistyck> take care
[16:57] <Wrengl> night shiral
[16:57] * Shiral1 waves farewell to all and steps on her transfer
portal
[16:57] <Shiral1> Night all!
[16:57] <KIK> Three-ers?
[16:57] <JastaElf> Night!
[16:57] * Martine pours a round of Baileys or Godiva in honor of Izzy
[16:57] <The_Cat_Whisperer> Bye, Shiral
[16:57] <Wrengl> terry Lori is a friend of ours
[16:57] <Shiral1> Bye KK and KIK <G>
[16:57] <Nancy> LOL! Time for a little something
[16:57] * Shiral1 Quit (Quit: Disconnecting)
[16:57] <the_Bee> huugle for shiral and scritches for PAn
[16:58] <Shiral> And now, Good bye from Me, too!
[16:58] <Wrengl> since before MediaWest existed
[16:58] <the_Bee> goodnight katherines
[16:58] <Martine> LOL, Shiral!
[16:58] <Wrengl> night shiral
[16:58] <Wrengl> take care
[16:58] <JastaElf> Bye Shiral 2! :-)
[16:58] <Wrengl> huggles to pan
[16:58] * JastaElf sends kitty hugs to pan also
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[16:58] <DeryniBot> Chocolate and Cats, just a few of our favorite
things here Samuel
[16:58] * Shiral waves farewell again and says it's the REAL shiral
signing off, now
[16:58] <JastaElf> Hi Samuel!
[16:58] <TerryOBrien> I've been attending MW for about 20 years now.
I've gotten to know Lori and Gordon a little.
[16:58] <Martine> Oh my. Twins spawning everywhere.
[16:58] <RainbowDragon> Hi, Sam
[16:58] <KIK> Hello, Sam!
[16:58] <Wrengl> hi sam
[16:58] <JastaElf> Night hon!
[16:58] <Shiral> Don't know who that imposter was!
[16:58] <Nancy> So other than Katherine, Ann (Ghostgames), and Miss
Martini, who else will be at Worldcon in Boston?
[16:58] <Martine> Hi Sam!
[16:58] <Samuel> Hello All
[16:58] <Annie> hi Samuel
[16:59] <JastaElf> Nancy, I will be there!
[16:59] <Nancy> Hola, Samuel
[16:59] <Wrengl> me
[16:59] <Nancy> Kewl!
[16:59] <The_Cat_Whisperer> Hi, sam
[16:59] <Wrengl> hopefully kathi
[16:59] <Shiral> Night Jasta, Katherine, Nancy, Martine etc etc! I'll
be back again
[16:59] <Dov> Hi Samuel
[16:59] * Shiral has left #Deryni_Destinations
[16:59] <JastaElf> Getting a room and having a party! :-)
[16:59] <Mistyck> hi Sam
[16:59] <ethan> Hi Sam
[16:59] <the_Bee> I hope so. deciding if I can afford worldcon AND
darkover
[16:59] <Mistyck> Nancy, I'm planning on being there
[16:59] * Debbie-VB pouts, I'm not even going to be able to make it to
Darkover this year
[16:59] <Wrengl> my friend Juanita Salicrup who introduced me to the
Deryni lo these many years ago
[16:59] <Martine> I really hope Pan stays around a bit. He's been
really sick too, even though he's responding well to medication.
[16:59] <Wrengl> well worldcon is close to you bee
[16:59] <The_Cat_Whisperer> The Katherines are leaving?
[16:59] <Nancy> I don't think I can make it to Darkover either - not
sure - that part of the year is a tad confoozled at the moment
[17:00] <Bynw> Nancy, are you gonna be at GenCon?
[17:00] <JastaElf> Oh, Martine, you're so right... if she lost Pan
right after, that would be SO devastating!!
[17:00] <Nancy> YES
[17:00] <Wrengl> coming to worldcon nancy?
[17:00] <Mistyck> awww, we have to have Nancy at Darkover!
[17:00] <Bynw> Ok, we will definately meet up then at some point
[17:00] <Nancy> Yes to Gencon (definitely) and yes to Worldcon
(definitely) - Origins is up in the air
[17:00] <Debbie-VB> it's going to take my bank account at least two
years to recover from my first one.
[17:00] <Martine> It wasn't long ago that it was Pan who was touch and
go, and Izzy was just fine. if Pan takes a turn for the worse, poor
Melissa will be a real mess.
[17:00] <Mistyck> yes, Martine...I'm definitely praying for both
Shiral and Pan
[17:01] <Wrengl> indeed
[17:01] <JastaElf> Shiral told me yesterday that Pan's responding well
to his meds tho
[17:01] * Bynw will just find the 7th Sea weirdo's
[17:01] <The_Cat_Whisperer> *sends healing woodgies to Pan*
[17:01] <Martine> She told me the same. He better KEEP responding. ;-)
[17:01] <JastaElf> That's for sure.
[17:01] <Wrengl> she toldd me that also
[17:01] <Nancy> I still think Melissa should move to the East Coast
near Ann - we have been talking about this (mostly as a fantasy) about
all of us getting farms - but Ann has to have the cows - I am not
doing milk extrusion from them!
[17:01] <JastaElf> But I'm sure God will send just the right needy
kitty to her soon. :-)
[17:01] <TerryOBrien> I have to hit Origins and Gencon this year, but
I may have to support WorldCon instead of attending. Want to vote for
site selection.
[17:02] <Martine> LOL, Nancy!
[17:02] <Mistyck> I just feel a bit guilty about getting Evaine
yesterday...hope Pan gets well soon
[17:02] * the_Bee broadcasts Healing woodgies to all cats, dogs,
horses andother beloved fur-folk
[17:02] <Martine> I'll move up and play with the horsies <g>
[17:02] <JastaElf> Ann's in Massachusetts, isn't she?
[17:02] <Martine> How's Evaine doing, Mistyck?
[17:02] <Nancy> Yes, Jasta
[17:02] <JastaElf> If she is, I'm SO there....
[17:02] <JastaElf> Woo-HOOO! :-)
[17:02] <KIK> She should get a pair of kittens. They'll be company
for one another, and give Pan a new lease on life.
[17:02] <Wrengl> yes jasta she is in MA
[17:02] * JastaElf is FROM Mass. ....
[17:02] <Nancy> I keep thinking about a big enclave of farms - but
MINE will NOT have cows.
[17:02] <JastaElf> Coolies!
[17:02] <Wrengl> true KIK
[17:02] <Nancy> or chickens or sheep. Just one horse for the buggy
[17:02] <Martine> I think her landlord is a problem with that,
katherine. No new pets allowed in the building.
[17:02] <JastaElf> I'll buy into the enclave, Nancy!
[17:02] <Wrengl> she got isadora and pan at the same time
[17:03] <Martine> They changed the pet rules, darn them.
[17:03] <Debbie-VB> I so know hot that feels
[17:03] <KIK> THen she needs to move!
[17:03] <Martine> Agreed!
[17:03] <Wrengl> indeed
[17:03] <Martine> I know the perfect kitty at my city shelter, too...
[17:03] <Nancy> See, if Melissa goes East, she can work with Ann...
and have lotsa pets.
[17:03] <Mistyck> Martine, she's fine, she's sleeping on the computer
desk right now
[17:03] <JastaElf> LOL! Perfect!
[17:03] <Wrengl> yes
[17:03] <Martine> The one John won't let me have now, but at least he
FINALLY told me why! ANd he's right, darn evil man.
[17:03] <Wrengl> she could even have the golden one
[17:04] <the_Bee> Melissa was talking about getting a new kitten
[17:04] <Debbie-VB> artine. My building doesn't allow pets. they
used to and there are several fur-kids living here from long-time
tenants, but Me? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
[17:04] <Nancy> No pets for me - allergic to cats and no time to care
for a puppy
[17:04] <Wrengl> fish?
[17:04] <the_Bee> no pets allowed her either [
[17:04] <Annie> house rabbit?
[17:04] <Wrengl> catfish are fun to watch
[17:04] <Nancy> GEH no fish.
[17:04] <Debbie-VB> it's kind of hard to pet a fish though
[17:04] <Nancy> no fish. no fish.
[17:04] <Martine> LOL! Two fish! Name them "Sushi" and "Fillet"! <g>
[17:04] <Wrengl> true
[17:04] <Nancy> no birds. no fish.
[17:05] <Mistyck> lol
[17:05] <JastaElf> How about one f those butt-ugly hairless Sphinx
cats, Nancy?
[17:05] <Wrengl> lol martine
[17:05] <Nancy> (ex husband had fish - remember, Katherine?)
[17:05] <Nancy> No cats.
[17:05] <Wrengl> or sushi and sashimi
[17:05] <Nancy> I can barely take care of myself!
[17:05] <Samuel> I'd like a couple birds. A falcon and an Owl.
[17:05] <Nancy> No birds.
[17:05] <Mistyck> lol
[17:05] <JastaElf> Oh Sam, I'm there with you on that!
[17:05] <KIK> Yuck! Nancy and I know someone who has a pair of
those--though I don't think she's ever seen them.
[17:05] <Nancy> I did see a lovely garden adornment today. A beautiful
Chinese bowl with two METAL koi in it!
[17:05] <Mistyck> Nancy doesn't want her birds repeating her words to
anyone else!
[17:06] <Nancy> Nope. Nancy is afraid of birds.
[17:06] <Nancy> and snakes.
[17:06] <Wrengl> lol
[17:06] <Martine> Would this be in the Frontgate catalog, nancy? DID I
MISS THAT???
[17:06] <Annie> and rabbits?
[17:06] <Wrengl> no snakes here
[17:06] <Nancy> Uh yes you did, Martine
[17:06] <Nancy> NO RABBITS. they are mean!
[17:06] <Annie> what about rabbits?
[17:06] <Wrengl> made kathi give hers away and it died
[17:06] <Wrengl> she has not let me forget that either
[17:06] <Martine> LOL, Pat. We seem to have acquired two snakes this
morning! They moved in to our side stairs.
[17:06] <Dov> I know they're beautiful, Samuel, but birds of prey are
a huge responsibility.
[17:06] * Debbie-VB has absolutely no fear of snakes, except the
venomous kind
[17:06] <Mistyck> eek, Martine!
[17:06] <Annie> yup, we had a rabbit and it gave the german shepherd a
rotten life
[17:06] <The_Cat_Whisperer> Cute kitty, Martine. Looks like mine
[17:06] <Samuel> Oh, if I had my birds.... I'd almost have to have a
rabbit or two....
[17:07] <Wrengl> i agree with Indiana Jones on snakes
[17:07] <Martine> It's not that bad, Mistyck. I grew up with LOTS of
snakes in the yard. I just pick 'em up and move them when I need to.
[17:07] <Nancy> Bah. Don't want a pet of anything that might appear on
my plate. Which is why any cow I owe would have to be named Hamburger
[17:07] <Nancy> or Rib Eye
[17:07] <Nancy> or TriTip
[17:07] <Martine> LOL, Nancy!
[17:07] <Martine> Mignon
[17:07] <JastaElf> LOL, ancy! I agree...
[17:07] <the_Bee> potroast
[17:07] <Samuel> Dov: birds of prey take a 4 year aprintiship course
under a master falconer and a federal lisence that costa about $500
[17:07] <TerryOBrien> I don't mind snakes. Just don't care for
anything with more than the limit of four legs.
[17:07] <Martine> Stewie
[17:07] <JastaElf> Can't eat a whole fish either, don't want my food
watching me.
[17:07] <Wrengl> lol
[17:07] <Mistyck> I hate snakes
[17:08] <TerryOBrien> Seafood excepted, of course.
[17:08] <Nancy> Me neither, Jasta.
[17:08] <Samuel> I've been looking into getting the lisence for about
15 years.
[17:08] <the_Bee> jasta: I feel the wame way
[17:08] * Mistyck doesn't like fish period
[17:08] <Debbie-VB> LOL Jasta.
[17:08] <Nancy> That's the nice thing about tofu. It never talked in a
former life.
[17:08] <Martine> Agreed, Jasta. At least chop off the head and tail
before I see it!
[17:08] <Mistyck> very true
[17:08] <JastaElf> LOL, Nancy!!
[17:08] <Dov> That's exactly what I had in mind, Samuel.
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[17:08] <DeryniBot> Chocolate and Cats, just a few of our favorite
things here Kiri`
[17:08] <Mistyck> hi Kiri
[17:08] <JastaElf> Hi Kiri!
[17:08] <Annie> Hi Kiri
[17:08] <Nancy> Hi Kiri
[17:08] <ethan> Hi Kiri!!
[17:08] <RainbowDragon> Hi, Kiri`
[17:08] <Debbie-VB> Hi Kiri
[17:08] <Kiri`> hello *waves*
[17:08] <The_Cat_Whisperer> Hi, Kiri'
[17:08] <Samuel> I just don't have the time or land to care for a pet
(any pet) right now.
[17:08] <Martine> Did somebody say..... Chocolate???
[17:08] <KIK> Kiri! Haven't seen yo here in a while.
[17:09] <Bynw> Hi Kiri`
[17:09] <Kiri`> Katherine - no.. been dealing with my back and a
crabby laptop =)
[17:09] <The_Cat_Whisperer> *sets out mugs of hot chocolate*
[17:09] <JastaElf> Oh dear! How's the back?
[17:09] <Martine> Omigosh! The shelter has a new calico! Melissa will
just need to get TWO new cats now. After she moves! <g>
[17:09] <Kiri`> Melissa is moving?
[17:09] <Mistyck> yes, she needs a Calico
[17:09] <Nancy> Sorry to hear about the laptop too. (I had a hard
drive crash last week - must be going around)
[17:09] <JastaElf> LOL! Now we just need to find her a job out
there...
[17:09] <Nancy> No, I keep saying that she should move to
Massachusetts
[17:09] <Martine> No, Kiri. We just think she needs to.
[17:10] <Martine> ;-)
[17:10] <JastaElf> We want to get Melissa to move East, yes.
[17:10] <Kiri`> Jasta - it's a long story. i had an epidural this
week that didn't go the way anyone planned.
[17:10] <JastaElf> Oh dear, hon!!! {{{huggles}}}
[17:10] <Kiri`> oh I want Melissa to stay.
[17:10] * Debbie-VB keeps thinking she should move closer to all of
you
[17:10] * the_Bee offers kiri a slice of gluten-free cake and ginger
ice cream
[17:10] <Nancy> eek! Kiri!
[17:10] <Mistyck> oh Kiri, huggles!
[17:10] <JastaElf> Then you move out here too!
[17:10] <Kiri`> and my motherboard died.
[17:10] <JastaElf> Oh uck...
[17:10] <Kiri`> that got replaced tuesday..
[17:10] <KIK> Poor Kiri!
[17:10] <KIK> BRB
[17:10] <Kiri`> so i'm just sorta starting to get things back together
[17:10] <Martine> Oh, fun!
[17:11] <Nancy> OK as soon as Jim has recuperated from surgery, he's
gotta get that sigil done so that we can all share it!
[17:11] <Kiri`> yes.. and to make it all nice.. my radiator needs
replacing.. so that's #3.. right? *crosses fingers*
[17:11] <Mistyck> cool, Nancy
[17:11] <the_Bee> huggls and healing woodgies, kiri
[17:11] <Nancy> We'll make it our healing sigil
[17:11] <Kiri`> I happen to have an extra Kitty..
[17:11] <Mistyck> Kiri, did you get my email?
[17:11] <Kiri`> I might part with to a Melissa type home. course
when she's ready..
[17:12] <Kiri`> mist - no. I .. erm wait *thinks* new calico
kitten?
[17:12] <JastaElf> She's still in a lot of pain about Isadora, but
she's not adverse to the concept.
[17:12] <Mistyck> yep yep
[17:12] <the_Bee> she needs time to grieve first
[17:12] <JastaElf> Definitely.
[17:12] <Kiri`> definately. I'll let her know when she's had time to
get over izzy.
[17:12] <Mistyck> yes, grieving is important for both Melissa and Pan
[17:12] <Debbie-VB> well Izzy is probably waiting right now at the
rainbow bridge
[17:12] * Kiri` is still upset over hearing about Izzy.
[17:12] <JastaElf> :-) With all our beloved departed cats...
[17:13] <JastaElf> Who probably tell tales to each other about us....
;-)
[17:13] <Kiri`> and dogs.. and rabbits horses.. erm.. frogs.
[17:13] <Martine> And my old parakeet.
[17:13] <Annie> and eels
[17:13] <ethan> woould that be cattails
[17:13] <Nancy> geh. no eels
[17:13] <Martine> I wonder if all the goldfish we all killed as kids
are waiting UNDER the bridge? <g>
[17:13] <Debbie-VB> EELS!?!?!?
[17:13] <Mistyck> and even fishes we accidently over-fed
[17:13] <Annie> on second thoughts lets not go there again
[17:13] <Nancy> I killed a turtle - who knew you couldn't use crayolas
on its back?
[17:13] <Kiri`> eels.. now there's one you don't hear everyday.
[17:13] <Annie> yes, I had a pet eel when I was about 5 (no, that's
going there again, isn't it)
[17:13] <Kiri`> i have a funny turtle story.
[17:13] <Martine> nancy! You colored a TURTLE?
[17:14] <Nancy> Well the shell was so bare...
[17:14] <Mistyck> lol!
[17:14] <Kiri`> oh poor turtle
[17:14] <Mistyck> I *CAN* see little Nancy doing that though!
[17:14] <the_Bee> they used to have painted turtles when i was a child
[17:14] <KIK> Augustus id now hlping me type.
[17:14] <Debbie-VB> what colour did you make it?
[17:14] <the_Bee> hello gus!
[17:14] <Debbie-VB> Hi Gus-cat
[17:14] <Martine> LOL! Hi Gus!
[17:14] <Mistyck> hi Gus
[17:14] <The_Cat_Whisperer> i used to put doll clothes on kittens
[17:15] <Martine> Oh well. My dad killed my parakeet by painting the
room it was kept in and laying new carpet. Without moving the
parakeet. Whoops!
[17:15] <Samuel> coloring a turtle..... that ranks right up there
with playing witht he honey jar..... and I can start seeing the story
already.....
[17:15] <the_Bee> my sister put lipstick on her tomcat
[17:15] <Debbie-VB> Our family cat used to get dressed quite regularly
too
[17:15] <Nancy> omigod, Martine!
[17:15] <Mistyck> big whoops!
[17:15] <Annie> my dad killed my eel
[17:15] <Nancy> Oi! the eel again
[17:15] <Martine> Little itty bitty Martine wondered why Snowball was
lying so still on the bottom of his cage the next day! <g>
[17:16] <Annie> sorry ;-)
[17:16] <Nancy> Alright time to change the entire subject
[17:16] <Kiri`> I had a terra cotta turtle in the bushes by my mom's
back door (for keys) and her landlord decided to make a patio
without telling anyone. I stopped by and opened the back door to find
this pit with him in it. I asked him. "where's my turtle?" he got
this look of utter horror.. cause he'd just finihsed using one of
those ground digger thingy to dig about 4 feet down.
[17:16] <Kiri`> it was priceless
[17:16] <Nancy>
[17:16] <KIK> Gus has discovered that vases of cut flowers are fun to
rub up against. And he has this lethal tail. I've averted disaaster
several times in the past few days.
[17:16] <ethan> CW, have you found any supporters for a NW convention?
[17:16] <KIK> h
[17:17] <Martine> LOL! Have Arwen and Gus been sharing tips lately?
[17:17] <Kiri`> Ann.. i think you'd better tell us about the eel.
[17:17] <Martine> They're up to the same tricks.
[17:17] <Annie> caught it on holiday in Scotland, brought home in a
bucket in the boot (trunk)
[17:18] <Kiri`> k
[17:18] <Annie> lived in an old sink, dad killed it by trying to
overwinter it in the coal cellar
[17:18] <The_Cat_Whisperer> Ethan, I know 1 other KK fan in Idaho
[17:18] <Kiri`> oh poor eel
[17:18] <Mistyck> Evaine has already discovered how to knock off the
remote from the table...I think she watched Chance do it with his tail
[17:18] <Martine> Whoops. Gotta watch for dads and odd pets.
[17:18] * Ghostgames has joined #Deryni_Destinations
[17:18] <DeryniBot> Hey Ghostgames - Welcome to the Deryni
Destinations chat!
[17:18] <Mistyck> hi Ann
[17:18] <Martine> Hi Ann!
[17:19] <Nancy> Aha! there she is, crutch 'n all
[17:19] <Debbie-VB> Hi Ann
[17:19] <Bynw> Hi Ann
[17:19] <TerryOBrien> Hiya Ann!
[17:19] <Martine> How's your ankle doing?
[17:19] <Ghostgames> Nah, no crutch, not anymore. :-)
[17:19] <the_Bee> chance: dog?
[17:19] <Mistyck> how are you doing?
[17:19] <KK> OK, what's this about horses falling on you?!
[17:19] <Mistyck> yes Bee
[17:19] <The_Cat_Whisperer> Hi, Ann
[17:19] <JastaElf> Hi Ann!
[17:19] <ethan> Hi Ann
[17:19] <Ghostgames> er, well, it seems to be a semi-annual thing...
:-)
[17:19] <Ghostgames> Either they fall on me, or I fall off them...
[17:19] <Mistyck> lol
[17:19] <Ghostgames> Sometimes both at the same time...
[17:19] <Martine> LOL! Break the cycle, silly!
[17:19] <Mistyck> good to hear about no crutches though
[17:19] <Kiri`> the Semi-Annual Horse fall..
[17:19] <Nancy> hmph. Not after you get a copy of the healing sigil!
(right after Jim has surgery, of course!)
[17:19] <Annie> lol
[17:20] <Debbie-VB> by any chance have you somehow displeased Equus?
[17:20] <ethan> CW, I've found 2 but neither is computorially
connected
[17:20] <the_Bee> we had a dog and cat when i was young. the kity
used to suck on the dog's teats
[17:20] <KK> I had one fall on my foot once, but the Western saddle
saved me from serious damage.
[17:20] <Martine> Ouch!
[17:20] <Ghostgames> y'know, I was painting the hallway (still fixing
the TERRIBLE job the "professional" painters did last August), and
something told me to log on... were you guys talking about me?!?
[17:20] * Andy_Hock is on IRC
[17:20] <Nancy> Um, there WAS than unfortunate incident with the rope,
Katherine..
[17:20] <the_Bee> yes
[17:20] <TerryOBrien> Say Ann, I finally have the awards video from
Origins back from being digitized. If you mail me your address, I'll
send you a copy, once I get it massaged down to an acceptable
performance.
[17:20] <Mistyck> Actually, Chance has been an angel around
Evaine...he won't even walk really close to her
[17:20] <Nancy> Me? talking about you? nuh-uh not me
[17:20] <KK> Er, that too.
[17:20] <Martine> We were talking about Worldcon and such. :-)
[17:20] <Martine> Rope?
[17:20] <Nancy> Yep.
[17:20] <Martine> Do tell <grin>
[17:20] <Nancy> NOt THAT kind of rope, Martine!
[17:20] <Nancy> sheesh
[17:21] * ethan has had several horses fall on, under and around him
in the past
[17:21] * Martine thwacks Nancy... BAD girl
[17:21] * JastaElf had a horse sit on her once when she was younger...
:-)
[17:21] <Ghostgames> Terry: my husband'll be happy to hear that!
What's your email addy?
[17:21] <Nancy> *I* tell you, I'm a GOOD girl!
[17:21] <TerryOBrien> (e-mail addy deleted to discourage spamming -
RD)
[17:21] <The_Cat_Whisperer> Ethan, how did you break the cycle?
[17:21] <ethan> retired from the rodeo
[17:21] <Mistyck> lol
[17:21] <Mistyck> that's one way of doing it
[17:21] <Martine> Uh-huh. You got your halo off the East Vetzsikian
black market, just like me Nancy.
[17:22] * JastaElf looks about innocently, fairly glowing with
sweetness and light.
[17:22] <TerryOBrien> My biggest problem is getting the resolution
right, so it doesn't look like its a bad dub.
[17:22] <Kiri`> Jasta - not buying it..
[17:22] * Debbie-VB .oO( staed away from horsies?)
[17:22] <Ghostgames> About WorldCon: Steve Jackson will be there, too.
Katherine: I made him promise to try to play in one of our Deryni
adventures. I thought about letting him play some of the villains with
you, and then thought better of it -- with "Evil Stevie" to bounce
ideas off of, the two of you would be even more unstoppable than you
and Martine were!
[17:22] <Bynw> i'm not buying that one ata ll Jasta ...
[17:22] * JastaElf hides her halo and collar, blushing and yet
grinning...
[17:22] <Ghostgames> With the exception of horse accidents, I /learn/
from my mistakes! <gr>
[17:22] <Martine> Thank goodness no horses have fallen on me yet. I
just fall off them! :-P
[17:22] <Mistyck> very true, Ann
[17:22] <TerryOBrien> Its a UNIX box. I've had problems with it, but
I've had it for so long that I really don't want to change it.
[17:22] <JastaElf> LOL! Aww, gee, guys, I'm just a sweet l'il ol'
kiddo...
[17:22] <KK> LOL. Steve and I <would> make a dangerous combo.
[17:22] <Nancy> Hey, Ann - I never heard from him.
[17:22] <ethan> lol
[17:23] <Wrengl> hi ghostgamess the stranger
[17:23] <Nancy> Katherine, Steve loved the Deryni map.
[17:23] * Martine examines Jasta and finds an odd switch under her
stole. It has a label... "Sweetness and light switch. On/off"
[17:23] <KK> Oh, good.
[17:23] <Mistyck> awesome
[17:23] <JastaElf> LOL, Martine!
[17:23] <JastaElf> You caught me....
[17:23] <Mistyck> sounds like WorldCon's gonna be a blast!
[17:23] <Martine> :-D
[17:23] <Nancy> Yep it is
[17:24] <The_Cat_Whisperer> g2g. Take care, all!
[17:24] <Wrengl> i think it will be
[17:24] <Nancy> par-tay time!
[17:24] <RainbowDragon> Bye, CW
[17:24] * Bynw wishes he could be at worldcon
[17:24] <Martine> I hope they have Starbucks within walking distance
of the WorldCon hotel!
[17:24] <Wrengl> indeed
[17:24] <Nancy> Bye, CW
[17:24] * Debbie-VB thought she was the only one with a
battery-powered halo
[17:24] <the_Bee> be well, Cat
[17:24] <Mistyck> yep yep
[17:24] <ethan> bye bye Cat Whisperer
[17:24] <JastaElf> Night CW!
[17:24] <Wrengl> byw cw
[17:24] <Nancy> It's all connected, Martine
[17:24] <Annie> bye CW
[17:24] <Martine> Then NOTHING will stop us - not even sleep!
[17:24] <Dov> Take care, CW and happy holidays!
[17:24] <Martine> By cw!
[17:24] <KK> I took one of mine to the laminator's, to be cut in half
and put back together with a hinge in the middle, but the guy let
about 2 inches of "hinge"--so he's cut it again and is relaminating.
Hopefully, this will work.
[17:24] <Wrengl> wait until you see me race around in a scooter
[17:24] <Kiri`> night cw
[17:24] <Wrengl> dangerous at every speed!
[17:24] <Martine> LOL!
[17:25] <Ghostgames> I need to laminate a couple, too, for better
hardiness on the convention rounds...
[17:25] <Mistyck> lol!
[17:25] <Martine> "LOOK OUT!!!! I HEAR PAT AROUND THE CORNER!!!"
[17:25] <JastaElf> LOL!
[17:25] <Mistyck> heehee
[17:25] <Wrengl> lol
[17:25] <KK> Didn't know you were scooting these days, Wrengl.
[17:25] <Martine> I'm planning on framing mine and hanging it in my
home office :-)
[17:25] <Wrengl> actually i have only run one person over
[17:25] <Ghostgames> Glad to see you mobile again, Pat!
[17:25] <Kiri`> where is worldcon?
[17:25] <Martine> Boston
[17:25] <Nancy> Will you still have to be scooting at Worldcon? in
Boston, Kiri
[17:25] <The_Cat_Whisperer> *steps onto her Transfer Portal and
disappears in a swirl of cat hair*
[17:25] <Ghostgames> Boston, Labor Day Weekend.
[17:25] <Wrengl> judith conly kept getting it from me
[17:25] * The_Cat_Whisperer Quit (Quit: Leaving)
[17:26] <Ghostgames> Next year it's in Scotland. I have /got/ to go!
:-)
[17:26] <Martine> <drool>
[17:26] <Nancy> I am definitely going to Glasgow!
[17:26] <Annie> I'll be at that one!
[17:26] * Mistyck will be there too, Ann
[17:26] <Nancy> and then to a conference in London
[17:26] <KK> Scott and I will be at that one!
[17:26] <Martine> Ann, let's say next year we both go and follow with
the Highlands trail ride?
[17:26] <Wrengl> we would like to go to glasgow also
[17:26] <JastaElf> I may have to try and plan for that one...
[17:26] <Ghostgames> Hey, Martine, wanna combine it with another horse
trek?
[17:26] <Annie> yay, then I'd get to meet lots of you!
[17:26] <Martine> YES! <g>
[17:26] <JastaElf> Oh, KK, if I can get there can I come riding too??
I promise not to fall off!!
[17:26] <Mistyck> I have to make a stop in North England first though
[17:26] <Ghostgames> er, great minds think alike! :-)
[17:26] <Wrengl> no boston, jasta?
[17:26] <Annie> woo hoo
[17:26] <Nancy> After we make Ann a tabard with the Great Muckin'
Healing Sigil on it!
[17:26] <JastaElf> I'll be in Boston, Pat.
[17:26] <Debbie-VB> I would love to someday do the Britan and Ireland
[17:27] <Wrengl> goody
[17:27] <Annie> Ghostgames, you ok with me being Annie on here - I can
be more creative if you'd prefer
[17:27] <Wrengl> have not decided which day to have the Rampant Lion
Party
[17:27] <Ghostgames> Katherine: there's a bookstore/gamestore in
Cambridge that would /love/ to have us run a Deryni Adventure and have
you do a booksigning sometime before or after WorldCon. I'll email you
the details if you think you can extend your stay a few days.
[17:27] <Samuel> I'd need to be in Scottland/Ireland/England for a
month or more if I ever get out of the US again.....
[17:27] <Annie> Cambridge UK?
[17:27] <Martine> Here we go.
http://www.equestrianvacations.com/horseback_riding_vacations/robroy.htm
[17:27] <Annie> or Cambridge not UK?
[17:28] <KK> Sure, Ghostgames.
[17:28] <JastaElf> Cambridge Mass.
[17:28] <Dov> I'm going to be in Scottsdale, AZ next week until after
Passover.
[17:28] <Nancy> Hm, if you extend your stay, let me know 'cuz there's
that whole going to Ireland thing...
[17:28] <Annie> darn, I'm only 20 miles away from Cambridge UK
[17:28] <JastaElf> Where Hahvahd University is... :-)
[17:28] <Nancy> Ooo Dov! Nice this time of year.
[17:28] <Mistyck> yep yep Nancy
[17:28] <KK> We'll coonrdinate it all, Nancy.
[17:28] <Annie> bit further from Cambridge MA!
[17:28] <JastaElf> yup
[17:28] <Ghostgames> Annie's fine, only my family calls me that. And a
certain professor from many decades ago who insisted on calling me
that at 2am (he had odd hours and wouldn't look at the clock before
calling me up to talk about the latest data entry work I was doing for
him)...
[17:29] <Nancy> I think I get home from New Hampshire in time for 2nd
Night
[17:29] <Dov> <nod> we look forward to it all year.
[17:29] <Ghostgames> Cambridge MA.
[17:29] <Nancy> oh wait. doh. Passover is BEFORE Easter this year.
Sheesh
[17:29] <JastaElf> Ghostgames, we decided just before you logged on to
all buy farms around your place and start an Enclave. :-)
[17:29] <Nancy> But not too close, Ann.
[17:29] <Nancy>
[17:29] <Ghostgames> Haven't found "our place" yet, though.
[17:29] <Mistyck> and move Melissa there too
[17:30] <Nancy> I told them about the "plan" - wherein YOU have the
cows.
[17:30] <JastaElf> But no cows on Nancy's place.
[17:30] <Martine> MMMMMmoooooo ;-)
[17:30] <JastaElf> :-)
[17:30] <Nancy> See we can't drive to Ann's - we have to do the whole
Jane Austen walking thing
[17:30] <Ghostgames> I may have a couple of jerseys...
[17:30] <Debbie-VB> could I join the enclave Jasta? even if I am so
not a farm-girl?
[17:30] <Ghostgames> Or maybe Swiss Browns.
[17:30] <Nancy> bah. milk extruders
[17:30] <KK> Who needs cows on a farm? It can be a horse farm.
[17:30] * Annie would like you to keep donkeys. She likes donkeys
[17:30] <Ghostgames> But beware, I'm just as likely to have a couple
of elephants.
[17:30] <Samuel> Hey all.... I know where there's a 115 acre farm for
sale.... Why don't we all chip in on that?
[17:30] <Ghostgames> Too small.
[17:30] <Martine> That's what I'll have. Of course, for the first year
or two I'd be a clueless horse farm owner! <G>
[17:30] <JastaElf> Don't need to be countrified VB, just crazed like
the rest of us. :-)
[17:30] <Nancy> See we all have to have our own farms but within
walking or buggy distance
[17:31] <Nancy> I'm going to write 'n make quilts
[17:31] <Ghostgames> It needs to be big enough to have its own 100acre
woods (complete with Heffalump Hollow and Wol's Nest) as well as
plenty of pasture for the horses.
[17:31] <Martine> I'll ride from house to house.
[17:31] <JastaElf> And we could breed between farms to keep the gene
pool diverse. :-)
[17:31] <Wrengl> can have a couple of sheep to mow the lawn
[17:31] <Martine> Perfect! LOL@
[17:31] <Annie> and donkeys, don't forget the donkeys
[17:31] <JastaElf> My spread will be called Eryn Lasgalen and have
woods and waterfalls. :-)
[17:31] <KK> Annie, are you really in the UK?
[17:31] <Nancy> I keep hearing Miss Trotwood "Donkeys, Janet!
Donkeys!"
[17:31] <Annie> yes KK
[17:31] <Nancy> Jasta, did I tell you I met Elijah Wood?
[17:31] <Annie> just about propping my eyes open!
[17:31] <KK> :-) That explains the donkeys.
[17:31] <Martine> Mine will be called Brenwell, and have horses of all
sizes.
[17:32] <JastaElf> No, Nancy, you didn't! Is he as nice and funny as
he seems on TV?
[17:32] <KK> Cool, Nancy. What's he like?
[17:32] <Ghostgames> We have to have it all in place well before 2012,
though. That's when the Incan calendar ends (or is it the Aztec
calendar), so Paul thinks there'll be an alien invasion. We'll need to
be self-sufficient, able to survive without modern conveniences...
[17:32] <Nancy> Charming, short, HUGE eyes, gorgeous skin
[17:32] <JastaElf> Fine by me, GG! :-)
[17:32] <Debbie-VB> did they really computer enhance his eyes?
[17:32] <JastaElf> Oh, sounds nice, Nancy...
[17:32] <ethan> It's the Mayan calendar
[17:32] <Martine> By 2012? We'd better get working!
[17:32] <the_Bee> for anyone who needs it the url for worldcon boston
is http://www.noreascon.org/
[17:33] <Nancy> Not very much. I mean his eyes are Very Large and Very
Blue and he is sooo nice.
[17:33] <JastaElf> I'm glad he's nice in person too.
[17:33] <JastaElf> Where did you meet him?
[17:33] <Debbie-VB> I find it hard to believe that he was only 17 when
he started doing the LOTR
[17:33] <Mistyck> Ann: I worry about 2012 myself!
[17:33] * Annie is still trying to work out why being in the UK
explains the donkeys
[17:33] <Ghostgames> The first time Nancy described him to me via IM,
I could practically hear her drooling from the other side of the
country, even though she swears she's not interested in him in That
Way. ;-)
[17:33] <Nancy> In the local Togo's ordering sandwiches the day after
the Academy Awards
[17:33] <KK> Re donkeys, you North Americans should understand that we
in the Isles like donkeys, especially as company for horses. And
there are wonderful farms for retired and rescued donkeys.
[17:34] <Kiri`> well I need to go.. I just stopped in to say hello.
*waves*
[17:34] <Kiri`> see you all soon!
[17:34] <Annie> so donkeys are not a big US thing, then?
[17:34] <Nancy> Nope I'm not. It was just so cool meeting him. He's
NOT my type. I like Sam
[17:34] <Ghostgames> I'd actually like a mule, too. :-)
[17:34] <Martine> Huggles, Kiri!
[17:34] <Annie> what about Eeyore?
[17:34] <Nancy> Feel better, Kiri
[17:34] <JastaElf> Bye Kiri! Hope your back feels a LOT better WAY
soon!
[17:34] <Mistyck> night Kiri
[17:34] * Kiri` has left #Deryni_Destinations
[17:34] <Debbie-VB> Kiri, will my story be up on airsid soon?
[17:34] <ethan> Ghostgames, the Mayans predict the world will end on
Dec 12 2012
[17:34] <Debbie-VB> ack too late
[17:34] <Nancy> So, Green Leaf Woods, Jasta?
[17:34] <Martine> Not Lothlorien?
[17:34] <Ghostgames> Ah, yes, the Mayans. Paul keeps it all straight
so I don't have to. :-)
[17:35] <Annie> no need to buy Christmas presents that year then
[17:35] <JastaElf> Yup! I'm a huge King Thranduil fan. :-)
[17:35] <JastaElf> Well, and Legolas, too... ;-)
[17:35] <Nancy> Really? ::blink blink:: I had no idea... ::ducking::
[17:35] <Annie> and Nigel
[17:35] <Martine> Or how about Carthmoor Meadows Farm? <g>
[17:35] <Samuel> ethan: not quite acurate..... The calander just ends
that year. there is an implied "end of the world" prediction
[17:35] <Debbie-VB> jasta, you juat want to get at his son ;-)
[17:35] <JastaElf> Nah. I like Celeborn, but Lothlorien is a little
too Land of the Lotus-Eaters for me. ;-)
[17:35] <ethan> sorry, thanks Sam
[17:35] <JastaElf> LOL! Nancy, there you go again. :-)
[17:35] <Mistyck> ooh, big hurdle overcome...I let Chance back in the
house and Evaine hissed at him but has settled back down on the
computer desk!
[17:35] <Nancy> Bah Celeborn - BORIAS!
[17:35] <Samuel> but there is nothing (that I've ever heard of) to say
that that will happen
[17:36] <JastaElf> Oh, the house will be called Carthmoor House. And
have walls and stuff. :-)
[17:36] <KK> Walls are good.
[17:36] <Nancy> Good 'cuz um there's snow there ya know
[17:36] <Annie> walls are good
[17:36] <Martine> <chuckle> Yes, walls are helpful!
[17:36] <JastaElf> Well, let's just say Marton Czokas! *drool*
[17:36] <Annie> so is a roof
[17:36] <Samuel> If you've heard otherwise, I'd like to know.
[17:36] <Martine> Just don't forget the roof on top. Or to cut a door
in a wall <g>
[17:36] <JastaElf> Well, I means walls you could walk on, you sillies.
:-) You know, crenellated.
[17:36] <KK> We have some of those.
[17:36] <Debbie-VB> . If you have walls and a roof, you might as well
go all the way and get a floor too
[17:36] <JastaElf> I know...
[17:36] <Mistyck> I like those...always have
[17:37] <Nancy> LOL! Ok let's see... so it's Minas Carthmoor in the
Green Leaf Woods
[17:37] <Annie> lol
[17:37] <JastaElf> Serious Holybrooke envy. <g>
[17:37] <JastaElf> Nancy, I like that idea!!!
[17:37] <Nancy>
[17:37] <JastaElf> Minas Carthmoor....
[17:37] <Martine> Okay. That's it. Gotta go back to Holybrooke to walk
the walls this time! And of course to see the finished renovations.
:-)
[17:37] <Mistyck> yeah,, good idea
[17:37] <Nancy> when licenses collide <grin>
[17:37] <JastaElf> Has a RING to it... ;-)
[17:37] * Martine groans
[17:37] <JastaElf> LOL!
[17:37] <Nancy> Yes, yes it does...
[17:37] <KK> Speaking of renovations, we have the small windows back
in on the ground floor, and the arches above.
[17:37] <JastaElf> Coolness!
[17:37] * Mistyck wonders with so many of us going next year if we can
get some cheaper airline rates
[17:37] <Martine> Whoo hoo!
[17:38] <Mistyck> awesome1
[17:38] <Nancy> Probably not 'cuz we're all coming from different
places and Ann and Martine can drive
[17:38] <Mistyck> true
[17:38] <KK> You should have seen me with brown paper, up on a ladder,
trying to make a template for the arch, which is like a section of
funnel.
[17:38] <Dov> Great! windows are so helpful.
[17:38] <the_Bee> Question: what's part of the castle roof where
guards patrol called?
[17:38] <Martine> How long did it take, katherine?
[17:38] <KK> We ended up formint it by tacking narrow laths to the two
edges, then laying expanded metal mesh over that, and plastering.
They look great.
[17:39] <Martine> It would take me a whole day to get it right!
[17:39] <Mistyck> battlements
[17:39] * Debbie-VB squirms a little. She is so not good on ladders
[17:39] <JastaElf> the sally port, Bee? No wait, that's on a fort...
[17:39] <Martine> Awesome!
[17:39] <the_Bee> thaanks mistyck
[17:39] <Nancy> My friend Sharon (Cohen) is coming to Worldcon with me
as well.
[17:39] <the_Bee> behind the crenellated walls
[17:39] <Mistyck> ooh, neat Nancy!
[17:40] <KK> Just realized it's nearly 1 AM here, guys, since we went
on daylight savings today. (I know, you go next weekend.)
[17:40] <Nancy> She is great - and a brilliant culinary historian, and
needlewoman, and phenomenal cool.
[17:40] <Nancy> cook
[17:40] <Mistyck> I will be bringing Ryan to Boston
[17:40] <Annie> yeah, that's why I'm drooping too
[17:40] <Mistyck> g'nite Katherine, thanks for stopping by
[17:40] <ethan> Katherine, have you posted any pictures of your
renovations - like before and after
[17:40] <the_Bee> I have GOT to register for worldcon
[17:40] <KK> Not yet, but I will.
[17:40] <Debbie-VB> Well sleep sweet Katherine, and have a terrific
week.
[17:40] <Dov> take care, Katherine.
[17:40] <Martine> Huggles, Katherine! Good night!
[17:40] <Mistyck> have a great week Katherine
[17:40] <Nancy> Good bye, my friend. Love to Scott and the menagerie
[17:41] <RainbowDragon> Goodnight, Katherine
[17:41] <Annie> won't be here next w/e guys over in Ireland with the
inlaws
[17:41] <ethan> thanks, good night Katherine
[17:41] <Annie> see you in fortnight
[17:41] <the_Bee> huggles to KK, Scott and the kitties
[17:41] <KK> Nighters to all. And scritches to little Evaine. And to
all the other critters. And hugs to the humans.
[17:41] <JastaElf> Night KK! Have a great week!
[17:41] <Annie> goodnight KK
[17:41] * Dov does NOT like daylight savings time.
[17:41] <Mistyck> thanks KK
[17:41] * KK steps onto her Portal, waves goodnight, and disappears in
a shower of green sparkles.
[17:41] * Debbie-VB gratefully accepts a hug from Katherine
[17:41] <Wrengl> night katherine
[17:41] <JastaElf> I agree, Dov. I like farm hours...
[17:41] * KK Quit

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[17:43] <DeryniBot> Welcome KK to all things Katherine Kurtz
[17:43] <Bynw> KK !
[17:43] <Mistyck> hiyas KK
[17:43] <Sedina> Hi, Katherine!
[17:43] <martine> Hi katherine!
[17:43] <kirienne> hi Katherine
[17:43] <Shiral> Hello Katherine!
[17:43] <RainbowDragon> Greetings, KK
[17:43] <KK> Hello, folks.
[17:44] <RainbowDragon> How are things?
[17:44] <martine> How's Scrappy?
[17:44] <KK> Scrappy report: She's hobbling around quite well, all
things considered.
[17:44] <Mistyck> how was you're week and how's Scrappy?
[17:44] <Shiral> Good, I'm glad to hear it
[17:44] <kirienne> wonderful to hear KK
[17:44] <martine> Yay Scrappy!
[17:44] <Sedina> that's good to hear, Katherine!
[17:44] <KK> She did not have a broken femor; but she has 3 cracks in
the pelvis around the joint.
[17:44] <Shiral> How's your back holding up, Katherine? <G>
[17:44] <martine> Have you done your daily ten reps of dog lifting
training yet?
[17:44] <KK> None of it is shifting, so surgery has been averted, God
willing.
[17:44] <JastaElf> I'm so glad it wasn't worse!
[17:45] <Shiral> Me too!
[17:45] <martine> Hurray!
[17:45] <kirienne> yay!
[17:45] <KK> We use a sling under her back end to help her get up the
stairs at night--sort of a suspension crutch. Not too bad on my back
at all, think goodness.
[17:45] <Shiral> Excellent. My sister used to do that with her dog
[17:45] <JastaElf> Ouch nevertheless....
[17:45] <kirienne> that's good
[17:46] <martine> Is she behaving herself and not trying to overuse
her back legs?
[17:46] <martine> (Unlike my silly cat)
[17:46] <KK> thank goodnessShe gets more mobile every day. And the
vet allowed us to double up on the original meds, so she's pretty
comfortable. No longer falls over when she tries to pee.
[17:46] <JastaElf> Oh dear! Poor Scrappy....
[17:46] <martine> Now that would be a sight!
[17:46] <martine> Poor puppy.
[17:46] <Sedina> I'm telling you, Martine...Arwen and Sadie are
somehow related
[17:46] <Shiral> I'll bet Scrappy is relieved by this too
[17:47] <KK> She's a trooper. We rigged a ramp on the front steps,
and she quickly learned to use it on request.
[17:47] <Shiral> Umm...In more ways than one <G>
[17:47] <martine> How old is Sadie anyway, Kim? <g>
[17:47] <Sedina> um, 4ish, we think
[17:47] <Shiral> Smart girl, Scrappy
[17:47] <KK> I think she's enjoying the extra attention, and that
helps balance out the discomfort.
[17:48] <martine> We think Arwen's 6, so they can't be litter mates.
There's gotta be shared genetic material somewhere!
[17:48] <Shiral> Never heard of a dog that didn't love extra
attention.
[17:48] <Shiral> Or a cat, either
[17:48] <martine> She's eating it up, Katherine, and teaching classes
in it!
[17:48] <KK> Scrappy is always starved for it.
[17:48] <Sedina> Martine - the only thing is that Sadie can't pull off
the princess pose...
[17:48] <Sedina> attention is always a good thing...
[17:48] <kirienne> LOL Sedina
[17:48] <martine> Scrappy? Naw.... I don't remember any "Love me pet
me rub my belly.... you're my bestest new friend!"
[17:48] <Shiral> Yes, she did love her tummy rubs
[17:49] <KK> Still does.
[17:49] <Shiral> Oh yes <G>
[17:49] <KK> Anyway, it's been quite a week at Holybrooke.
[17:49] <martine> Sedina - Arwen actually is VERY graceful when
squirrels and birds aren't involved!
[17:49] <Shiral> No other disasters, I hope?
[17:49] <martine> What else happened?
[17:49] <KK> We got the mirror doors for my dressing room, and the
guys built the base for it Friday.
[17:49] <martine> Whoo hoo!
[17:49] <Shiral> Excellent
[17:50] <kirienne> that's exciting
[17:50] <KK> I painted the couple of walls that still needed it, and
they'll probably finish with the doors tomorrow.
[17:50] <Sedina> Martine - I can't quite say that about Sadie...
[17:50] <JastaElf> Cool!
[17:50] <kirienne> ooohhh, that will be sooo nice
[17:50] <Sedina> Very cool
[17:50] <KK> Then, a bit more paint touch-up--inevitable with
builders--and I'll need to get a carpet remnant for the floor.
[17:50] <martine> Or laser pointers. She looks hysterical running
after a laser pointer, because her limbs thrust out at all angles
trying to catch it while she's dashing at top speed!
[17:51] <Sedina> Sadie just chases her tail
[17:51] <Ghostgames> On the remodeling topic, Paul and I finally got
living room furniture! (The workmen left last August.)
[17:51] <Shiral> House projects seem to have two paces. Slow and
lightning speed
[17:51] <JastaElf> YAY! Furniture is good....
[17:51] <kirienne> LOLl Ann
[17:51] <Shiral> Good, Ann!
[17:51] <KK> Oh. Sadness to report. Our swallows came back about two
days ago, and tonight we found one dead in the front fuest bathroom.
Not eaten, just dead. Unsure who was responsible, but I'm very sad
about it.
[17:51] <Sedina> Furniture is always a good thing, Ann
[17:51] <Ghostgames> Two big chairs, two big ottomans, a sleeper-sofa,
all upholstered in blue denim.
[17:51] <JastaElf> Martine, my kitties ADORE the mysterious laser
pointer....
[17:51] <martine> Poor swallow. :-(
[17:51] <Ghostgames> Sorry to hear that, Katherine. :-/
[17:52] <kirienne> new furniture is ALWAYS fun
[17:52] <martine> Hooray, Ann! How does the new room look?
[17:52] <kirienne> oooh, that is sad KK
[17:52] <Shiral> It's so much more comfortable than sitting on the
floor
[17:52] <Ghostgames> Well, right now it's got Paul's computer
furniture (for the upstairs office) taking up a big chunk of it. ;-)
[17:52] <Ghostgames> (He's building his own furniture.)
[17:52] <Shiral> That's the trouble with cats. They are little
predators
[17:52] <KK> When I looked out on the porch tonight, the other one
wasn't there either. And there'd already been some other feathers on
the bedroom floor, that didn't belong to the one later found in the
bathroom. I hope the cats didn't get both of them.
[17:52] <Ghostgames> We still have a lot of work to do in the living
room, but at least we have the plasma screen TV and comfy furniture.
[17:52] <Shiral> Isadora was a hunter in her time
[17:53] <Mistyck> ick
[17:53] <martine> How's the plasma screen working out?
[17:53] <kirienne> poor birdies
[17:53] <martine> Has Paul been able to turn it off yet? <G>
[17:53] <kirienne> LOL
[17:53] <Mistyck> Evaine just loves to run into and out of boxes
[17:54] <Mistyck> and bite and scratch me!
[17:54] <kirienne> ouch Mistyck
[17:54] <Ghostgames> It's lovely, especially in hi-def.
[17:54] * martine drools
[17:54] <Mistyck> well, it's the kitten phase...
[17:54] <RainbowDragon> and bully the dog
[17:54] <Shiral> Yes, Cats do have pointy ends
[17:54] <Mistyck> that too, RD
[17:54] <martine> Unless you clip them :-)
[17:54] <Shiral> But I established the "no Bites" rule VERY early in
my cat's lives
[17:55] <Shiral> Besides hurting, cat bites can be dangerous
[17:55] <KK> Anyway, from dog-hauling, and painting, and treks to B&Q
for the mirror doors, and treks to various other suppliers, I'm
pooped. But I wanted to let you know about Scrappy's progress.
[17:55] <Mistyck> I'm doing my best, Shiral, but it's still early
[17:55] <Mistyck> ick, KK!
[17:55] <RainbowDragon> any writing progress?
[17:55] <Shiral> Hooray, I hope things calm down a little in the
coming week, Katherine
[17:55] <martine> Give Scrappy lots of huggle scritches!!
[17:55] <kirienne> we're glad to heat the scrappy report, and the KK
report
[17:55] <Mistyck> hope next week's better for you
[17:55] <Sedina> thank you for that, Katherine!
[17:55] <JastaElf> Thanks for the report, KK! Glad she's doing well!
[17:55] <Shiral> And gentle pats
[17:55] <Ghostgames> Glad to hear she's going to be okay!
[17:55] <Bynw> good to hear :-)
[17:55] <KK> I will, indeed. Hope to have writing progress to report
next week.
[17:56] <Shiral> Thank you for dropping by, even in your fatigued
state
[17:56] <martine> Katherine - put on your seat belt the next time you
check e-mail. There's actually a new piece of Rhemuth Castle waiting.
[17:56] <Bynw> whooo hoooo
[17:56] <kirienne> yippeee
[17:56] <Mistyck> woohoo!
[17:56] <Shiral> Wheeeee!
[17:56] <KK> Hurrah!
[17:56] <Sedina> whoo-hoo!
[17:56] <martine> And it smells a bit like horses <g>
[17:56] <KK> I'll check that now, before I head off to bed.
[17:56] <Sedina> lol
[17:56] <Shiral> Just tell Oswald to look BOTH ways before he crosses
any streets <G>
[17:56] <JastaElf> Even better!!!!
[17:56] <Mistyck> lol
[17:56] <Ghostgames> It figures you'd finish the stables first. ;-)
[17:56] <Shiral> Scrappy, too
[17:56] * JastaElf likes the smell of horses...
[17:56] <Shiral> Excellent on the stables, Martine <G>
[17:57] <martine> What makes you say that, Ann? <bg>
[17:57] * KK steps onto her Portal, waves goodnight, and disappears in
a shower of green sparkles.
[17:57] <martine> Huggles, Katherine!
[17:57] <JastaElf> Night KK!
[17:57] <Sedina> good night, Katherine!
[17:57] <kirienne> night and huggles KK
[17:57] <Mistyck> thanks for stopping by KK :-D we always appreciate
your visits!
[17:57] <KK> Nighters.
[17:57] * KK Quit

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[14:38] *** KK sets mode: +q KK
[14:38] <DeryniBot> Hey KK - Welcome to the Deryni Destinations chat!
[14:38] <Mistyck> hi KK
[14:38] <Annie> hi KK
[14:38] <elaine> True, Shiral
[14:38] <JastaElf> Hi Katherine, good evening to you!
[14:38] <KK> Hi, guys!
[14:38] <Mistyck> how are you today?
[14:38] <KK> OK.
[14:38] <Shiral> Hello Katherine!
[14:39] <KK> Hi, Shiral.
[14:39] <Shiral> Hooray, I'm at home and you came on a day I can chat!=o)
=o) =o)
[14:39] <elaine> Hi Katherine
[14:39] <KK> And you obviously have power again.
[14:39] <Shiral> Yes, thank goodness
[14:39] <Dov> Hi KK
[14:39] <JastaElf> Katherine, how's the Major doing in surgical recovery?
[14:40] <KK> Hello, Dov. And hello to the couple of new names.
[14:40] <Mistyck> did you have a good Easter Katherine?
[14:40] <Shiral> Oh my, did Scott have surgery?
[14:40] <KK> Scott's doing fine.
[14:40] <Dov> Finished them all
[14:40] <KK> Cataract.
[14:40] <Shiral> I'm way behind the curve
[14:40] <Mistyck> cool, Dov
[14:40] <JastaElf> How's his sight doing?
[14:40] <KK> Sight is fine. He's got another 2 weeks before he gets his
final sign-off and can get his new reading glasses.
[14:41] <JastaElf> Wow, that's wonderful news! I'm so relieved!!
[14:41] <Mistyck> me too!
[14:41] <KK> On the less happy front, we nealy lost Scrappy yesterday.
[14:41] <Mistyck> oh no!
[14:41] <Shiral> Congratulations to Scott. Okay, I DID hear about the
cataract surgery, I was just wondering if he'd had some new surgery I had
not heard about
[14:41] <JastaElf> Oh no! What happened?
[14:41] <KK> A woman hit her. ran over her in the car park next door.
[14:41] <Shiral> ACK!?
[14:41] <JastaElf> Oh God!!
[14:41] <Mistyck> awww!
[14:41] <Shiral> Oh no, I'm so sorry, Katherine
[14:42] <Shiral> Will she be okay?
[14:42] <Dov> Aack!\
[14:42] <KK> They thought at first that she'd broken a hind
leg--mid-femur--but this morning's x-rays show a cracked pelvis.
[14:42] <RainbowDragon> Greeting, Katherine!
[14:42] *** JM has joined #Deryni_Destinations
[14:42] <DeryniBot> Chocolate and Cats, just a few of our favorite things
here JM
[14:42] <Shiral> Ouch,
[14:42] <Mistyck> ouch!
[14:42] <Shiral> Hi JIM
[14:42] <Shiral> JM, too
[14:42] <Mistyck> hi JM
[14:42] <JastaElf> Oh the poor baby... is she still in hospital?
[14:42] <Annie> hi JM
[14:42] <elaine> Ouch indeed
[14:43] <KK> We have to collect her in the AM from the emergency vet and
take her to her own vet, where they'll decide what to do next.
[14:43] <JM> Hi all
[14:43] <RainbowDragon> Sorry for the delay was hanging a few shirts from
the dryer
[14:43] <KK> Hi, RD.
[14:43] <Shiral> BRB
[14:43] <Annie> is this your cat, KK?
[14:44] <KK> The orthopedic surgeon on the team will have to decide whether
it needs to be stapled or whether they can just immobilize her for the
couple of weeks it will take to knit.
[14:44] <KK> Fortunately, dogs heal pretty fast.
[14:44] <Shiral> Back
[14:44] <KK> Dog--Bassador.
[14:44] <Shiral> A very sweet dog, too
[14:44] <Annie> sorry - not up to speed on your pets yet
[14:45] <Shiral> Annie, think Lotsa cats and two dogs =o)
[14:45] <KK> The stupid cow who hit her was arguing with her kids and not
paying attention to her driving.
[14:45] <KK> At least she came and told us.
[14:45] <Mistyck> ick!
[14:45] <Mistyck> true
[14:45] <JastaElf> Thank god she told you!!
[14:45] <Shiral> An object lesson in keeping one's mind on one's driving
[14:45] <JastaElf> But still, how stupid can a person BE?? Driving requires
attention!!
[14:45] <Mistyck> definitely!
[14:45] <Shiral> And yes, at least she did the honorable thing
[14:45] <KK> Yep. And Scrappy is not exactly a small dog; just short. ;-)
[14:45] <Shiral> In telling you
[14:46] <Annie> kids are so distracting - should be put in the boot (trunk)
[14:46] <KK> The truly honorable thing will be if she agrees to pay the vet
bill.
[14:46] <KK> Harumph.
[14:46] <Shiral> Well.. yes
[14:46] <JastaElf> LOL! Annie, I agree... some husbands, too
[14:46] <Annie> lol jasta
[14:46] <JastaElf> Yes, KK, I agree with that too. She'd darned well
better....
[14:46] <elaine> Kids can also be a four letter word.
[14:46] <Shiral> Now Jasta, it could be very embarrassing if the cops
stopped you <G>
[14:46] <Shiral> I hope she DOES
[14:46] * JastaElf glances toward spousal unit and smiles with teeth bared
[14:46] <JM> Wait a minute nothing wrong with husbands though cell phones
should be put there
[14:46] <KK> Anyway, all 5 cats are fine. And we finished the first room
this week. We now have our new laundry room uyp and running.
[14:47] <JastaElf> Husbands can be a four letter word too. ;-)
[14:47] <Shiral> Definitely cell phones
[14:47] <JastaElf> Hooray for the laundry room!
[14:47] <Shiral> Excellent, KK
[14:47] <Shiral> Husb.... doesn't quite work, Jasta =o)
[14:47] <JastaElf> Sorry JM, I don't mean all males blanket-like. <g>
[14:47] <Shiral> Unless you mean the olde English spelling
[14:47] <JastaElf> I can think of a word that would fit MINE, Shiral... ;-)
[14:47] <JastaElf> LOL!
[14:47] <Shiral> MOre than one, I'll bet
[14:47] <JM> Not a problem just had to defend us husbands
[14:47] <KK> We can now strip out the old laundry room, put in new floor and
dry wall on one side, then move clothes racks into there while we redecorate
the bedroom where they presently reside.
[14:48] <JastaElf> :-) Some of you are superlative. JM, Bynw, Scott...
others I'm sure!
[14:48] <Shiral> Glad to hear that progress is being made
[14:48] <JastaElf> What will go in place of the old laundry room, KK?
[14:48] <Shiral> Dare we ask about Childe Morgan?
[14:49] <JastaElf> Childe Morgan goes into the old laundry?? Woo...
playroom for little Ducal persons... :-)
[14:49] <KK> New dressing room for Scott, which will also be linen and
cleaning storage, and suitcases and such.
[14:49] <Dov> I love the SCA, but you've cured me of any fantasies about
owning a real castle.
[14:49] <JastaElf> Ah! Then a playroom for BIG baronial persons!
[14:49] <Shiral> Kelric does the laundry... Now THERE's a recipe for
disaster
[14:49] <JM> Soap bubbles everywhere, can see it now
[14:49] <JastaElf> LOL!
[14:49] <KK> Got a bit done on the book, but not nearly as much as I'd
hoped. But we got the velux window into the attic level. Wow, what a
difference!
[14:50] <JastaElf> Bright light... :-)
[14:50] <Shiral> Well, perhaps one or two Barons would have preferred a nice
little flat, but storage could be a problem =o)
[14:50] <KK> Yes! Utterly transforms it.
[14:50] <JastaElf> Is it a utilitarian wondow, or a big pretty one?
[14:50] <JastaElf> window even... darn rental fingers...
[14:50] <KK> Big, a bit more than a square meter.
[14:50] <JastaElf> Excellent!!
[14:50] <Shiral> Yes, that WOULD make a difference
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[14:50] <DeryniBot> Welcome Kryss to all things Katherine Kurtz
[14:51] <Mistyck> hi Kryss
[14:51] <JastaElf> Hi Kryss
[14:51] <RainbowDragon> Hi, Kryss
[14:51] <Shiral> Hello KRyss
[14:51] <Annie> hi Kryss
[14:51] <JM> Hi Kryss
[14:51] <Kryss> hiya all
[14:51] <KK> Yep, we can now decorate that entire floor of the flat.
[14:51] <Shiral> Cool!
[14:51] <JastaElf> coolies!!
[14:51] <KK> Woo-hoo, another new name!
[14:51] <Mistyck> KK: Kryss is Mak's daughter
[14:51] <JastaElf> So Kryss, where's Mom? :-)
[14:51] <KK> Ah. Next generation!
[14:52] <Kryss> playing with her newly put in stereo for her car
[14:52] <Mistyck> Kryss: you guys still having email problems?
[14:52] <JastaElf> Deryni: the Next Generation!
[14:52] <Annie> working on my next generation, but 6 is a bit young yet!
[14:52] <KK> Yep.
[14:52] <JastaElf> LOL!
[14:52] <Annie> she's up to Narnia
[14:52] <Mistyck> and Kryss...how are you doing?
[14:52] <Kryss> umm..not that i know of, but i've been home for liek a day,
so i dont' really have a clue
[14:52] * Shiral says Pan is here to say hello to Katherine and all chatters
[14:52] <Annie> Gwynedd may take a little longer
[14:52] <KK> Mistyck, now is little Evaine doing?
[14:52] <JastaElf> Shiral, how's Pan feeling?
[14:52] <Shiral> Build her up slowly, Annie =o) Narnia is a good series
[14:53] <Mistyck> she's gotten used to Chance and is running up and down
everything!
[14:53] <Kryss> I'm tired, and jet laged, but good otherwise
[14:53] <Shiral> Pan is becoming a very spoiled cat. =o_
[14:53] <Shiral> =o)
[14:53] <JastaElf> LOL! Well, he should do!@
[14:53] <Mistyck> home for leave Kryss?
[14:53] <KK> Many spoiled cats in this crew!
[14:53] <Shiral> I've changed his diet and now his OLD food is no longer
good enough for him
[14:53] <Mistyck> how is he doing Shiral?
[14:53] <Annie> 2 spoiled cats thisaway
[14:53] <JastaElf> :-) Mine are not spoiled. (Jasta watches her nose
grow...)
[14:54] <Shiral> But he's put on weight and his coat is nicely glossy, so I
say it's worth it
[14:54] <JM> and grow
[14:54] <Kryss> no, actually, i was chaptered..for some stuff they found out
about in highschool...
[14:54] <Kryss> and they wouldn't elet me out of it
[14:54] <Mistyck> ahh, OK, Kryss
[14:54] <JastaElf> Well... we're glad you're home in any case.
[14:54] <Mistyck> Evaine has gotten very bold...she actually goes and stands
under Chance now!
[14:54] <Shiral> HE continues to respond well to his kitty meds, except when
I have to poke the pills down his gullet
[14:54] <KK> Yeah, when you've only got 1, it doesn't seem so extravagant to
feed the singleton the very best food.
[14:54] <KK> Me, I'd go broke feeding 5 on the expensive stuff!
[14:54] <Shiral> Nope =o)
[14:55] <JastaElf> LOL! And Pan of course deserves the best!
[14:55] <JastaElf> me too. KK
[14:55] <Shiral> On Ann's recommendation, I got this fancy kind of cat food
from Sojourner farms
[14:55] <Shiral> If I had five cats, it would be a VERY different story
[14:55] <JM> We have four
[14:55] <Laura> two is enough for me
[14:55] * Mistyck has one of everything...one kid, one cat and one dog
[14:55] <JastaElf> I should send you some glyconutrients for him, Shiral--a
little ambrotose powder snuck into his food, he'll be like a kitten in days!
[14:55] <Shiral> Later this spring there will be two cats, again
[14:56] <Shiral> He's been batting around his catnip dreidl now and then
[14:56] <JastaElf> "A Great Cat Happens Here"?? :-)
[14:56] <Shiral> And he "Helps" me while I make the bed in the morning
[14:56] <KK> Mine free-feed on Go-Cat crunchies, and I stock up on Whiskas
pouches when they're on sale; intersperse those with a variety of lesser
brands.
[14:57] <Annie> one of mine had her life saved by Iams so they only get that
[14:57] <KK> Edgar likes to help make the bed, too.
[14:57] <Dov> good one, JE
[14:57] <Shiral> LOL, Jasta
[14:57] <KK> We tried that, but they really didn't like it.
[14:57] <JastaElf> My cats prefer we not make the beds, and lay on them all
morning to prevent same. ;-)
[14:57] <Shiral> ANd Nicholas and Jessicat just like to SLEEP in the beds.
=o)
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[14:57] <DeryniBot> Welcome kirienne to all things Katherine Kurtz
[14:57] <JastaElf> SUCH indignance when we move them.... ;-)
[14:57] <Laura> Mine has helped "make the bed" very wet twice in two months.
Declawing is looking like a great option
[14:57] <Shiral> Hello Kirienne
[14:57] <Mistyck> hi Kirienne
[14:57] <KK> Yep.
[14:57] <kirienne> hi everyone
[14:58] <JastaElf> Hi kirienne!
[14:58] <Annie> hi Kirienne
[14:58] <elaine> Hi Kirienne
[14:58] <KK> Or a thicker mattress pad.
[14:58] <RainbowDragon> Hi, kirienne
[14:58] <Shiral> I have to admit, I do not miss the way Isadora would pee on
my pillows
[14:58] <JM> One of ours truely believes the corner of the bed where my feet
go belongs to her and gets very upset when I try and put my feet on the bed
[14:58] <kirienne> LOL Shiral
[14:58] <Annie> Jessie seems to have died in the middle of the carpet
[14:58] <JM> Hi Kirienne
[14:59] <KK> Figuratively, I trust?
[14:59] <Annie> she can make herself about a yard square and a quarter of an
inch thick. How do cats do that?
[14:59] <Shiral> LOL
[14:59] <JastaElf> Special Feline Magick, Annie\
[14:59] <Shiral> FLat Cat Syndrome
[14:59] <Dov> LOL
[14:59] <Laura> not pee, we have a water bed
[15:00] <Shiral> Wow, that could be very expensive, Laura
[15:00] <Laura> and we already tried the thicker mattress pad, he just
clawed it aside
[15:00] <Mistyck> yikes!
[15:00] <JastaElf> That's a determined kitty...
[15:00] <KK> Why does he do that, then?
[15:00] <kirienne> annie, maybe she likes pretending to be a carpet, she's
jus tplaying pretend
[15:00] <Shiral> Kitty kicks?
[15:01] <Laura> He gets my husband up in the morning by pouncing on and
attacking his toes. I guess he just gets carried away and decides if the
feet are gone he may as well get the mattress
[15:01] <Mistyck> Chance decided since everyone is talking about Kitties, he
needs some attention too!
[15:01] <KK> Get the thicker pad but with well-fitted sides. That should
keep it in place.
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[15:01] <DeryniBot> Welcome Debbie-VB to all things Katherine Kurtz
[15:01] <JastaElf> Hi VB!
[15:01] <kirienne> hi debbie
[15:01] <Shiral> OR else put the cat out at night =o)
[15:02] <Annie> hi Debbie
[15:02] <Shiral> Hello VB
[15:02] <Dov> Hi Debbie
[15:02] <KK> Hi, VB.
[15:02] <JM> Hi VB
[15:02] <RainbowDragon> Hi, Debbie
[15:02] <Debbie-VB> Hi all
[15:02] <Debbie-VB> and a slightly late happy easter to you
[15:02] <Laura> Craig refuses to even let kitty out because our last kitty
got killed by a car
[15:02] <Mistyck> hi Debbie
[15:02] <JastaElf> You're still within the octave, VB. :-)
[15:02] <Shiral> Happy late easter, Debbie
[15:02] <Shiral> Laura, how about just keeping the kitty in the house but
outside the bedroom?
[15:02] <KK> BTW, on a totally different subject--did you guys get the same
photo I did, of Barticus in Afghanistan?
[15:03] <JastaElf> In fact I think you have til Pentecost to say Happy
Easter. :-)
[15:03] <Shiral> No,
[15:03] <RainbowDragon> nope
[15:03] <JastaElf> I didn't get it, KK
[15:03] <Mistyck> Kosovo, but I think so
[15:03] <kirienne> yep Debbie, it was mentioned in church today that we get
to celebrate Easter for 7 weeks
[15:03] <JastaElf> yup!
[15:03] <Debbie-VB> I got no piccies from Bart :~(
[15:03] <KK> He was looking cool in his BDU.
[15:03] <Shiral> WE hid 20 easter eggs, and found 19
[15:03] <Mistyck> yep!
[15:03] <RainbowDragon> maybe you could send it out to a few of us, KK?
[15:04] <JastaElf> Guess he doesn't love us. Sigh... :-)
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[15:04] <JM> Sounds like our house Shiral
[15:04] <KK> I'll give it a try. It's a big file.
[15:04] <RainbowDragon> ah
[15:04] <Shiral> OR maybe he doesn't have our e-mail addies handy where he
is
[15:04] <Laura> Yep, I got the pic
[15:04] <JastaElf> We had a nice, if wet Easter; today we did "experimental
liturgy." ;-)
[15:05] <KK> That's likely.
[15:05] <Mistyck> I'm glad he's doing alright. When they said there was
fighting with the US MIlitary in Kosovo last week I was a bit worried
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[15:05] <DeryniBot> Chocolate and Cats, just a few of our favorite things
here babayaga
[15:05] <JastaElf> Guess somebody decided to give "Low Sunday" a bigger
meaning... ;-)
[15:05] <Debbie-VB> ???experimental litrugy???
[15:05] <KK> At least he isn't in Iraq.
[15:05] <Shiral> How experimental IS experimental liturgy?
[15:05] <JastaElf> Hi babayaga!
[15:05] <Shiral> Hi Babayaga
[15:05] <Mistyck> very true, Katherine!
[15:05] <RainbowDragon> Hi, babayaga
[15:05] <babayaga> Ohayoo!
[15:05] <kirienne> hi Babayaga
[15:05] <KK> Was this at St. Dunstan's?
[15:05] <JastaElf> experimental liturgy is a tool of the Devil. Well, and
of "proactive" vestries... ;-)
[15:05] <Annie> hi Babayaga
[15:05] <Mistyck> hi Babayaga, I really like your stories!
[15:05] <Shiral> Yeah, Iraq is a good place NOT to be
[15:05] <JastaElf> Yes, KK. It was... horrible. <shudder>
[15:05] <babayaga> thnx!
[15:06] <JM> Hi Babayaga
[15:06] <Shiral> Not much fun to listen to?
[15:06] <KK> Shiral, I think I'll send the file to you, and you can forward
it on to the list folk who know him.
[15:06] <Mistyck> Katherine: Kendall has started a forum for writers on
Bardsquill and Babayaga posted a martial arts Deryni fanfic
[15:06] <Shiral> Okay, KK
[15:06] <Annie> Babayaga - r u ok with me copying them to read on good old
fashioned paper? I can't read properly on screens!
[15:06] <KK> Ah.
[15:06] <JastaElf> Instead of "The Word of the Lord" after the readings, we
said "Listen to what the Spirit is telling us." Congregation stared at me
like I was on drugs.
[15:06] <KK> Yuck.
[15:07] <JastaElf> Yeah, pretty much what I said. <g>
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[15:07] <DeryniBot> Welcome Wrengl to all things Katherine Kurtz
[15:07] <Debbie-VB> We use that in my church frequently
[15:07] <Mistyck> hi Pat
[15:07] <kirienne> Yuck Jasta,
[15:07] <JastaElf> Hi Wrgnel!!
[15:07] <Shiral> In a congregation, there's always the risk that everyone
will hear something a little different from the SPirit
[15:07] <Annie> hi Wrengl
[15:07] <Wrengl> evening katherine
[15:07] <Shiral> Hello Pat
[15:07] <JastaElf> LOL! True enough, Shiral!
[15:07] <KK> Actually, that's better than most experiments, but stll--Word
of the Lord is so nice.
[15:07] <JM> Hi Pat
[15:07] <Wrengl> hi shiral, rd, annie
[15:07] <RainbowDragon> Hi, Wrengl
[15:07] * kirienne wants to hear the Word of God, called just that, the Word
of God
[15:07] <JastaElf> Yes, and people know how to respond to that!! :-)
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[15:07] <DeryniBot> Chocolate and Cats, just a few of our favorite things
here Nancy
[15:07] <KK> Hi, Wrengl. How're you feeling?
[15:07] <JastaElf> Good point, kirienne!
[15:07] <Wrengl> hello debbie, babayaga, dov, elaine
[15:07] <Shiral> Hi Nancy
[15:07] <Mistyck> hiyas Nancy
[15:07] <JastaElf> Hi Nancy!!
[15:07] <Debbie-VB> Hi Pat
[15:07] <Nancy> Hello all!
[15:08] <Annie> hi Nancy
[15:08] <Wrengl> howdy nancy, mistyck, laura, kryss,
[15:08] <Dov> Hi Nancy
[15:08] <RainbowDragon> Hi, Nancy
[15:08] <kirienne> hi Pat
[15:08] <JM> Hi nancy
[15:08] <Wrengl> hi jasta, jm, kirienne
[15:08] <Kryss> Hola Wrengl
[15:08] <KK> Hello, Nancy!
[15:08] <Wrengl> i am doing much better katherine
[15:08] <Wrengl> beginning to walk half a mile a day
[15:08] <kirienne> great pat
[15:08] <JastaElf> Yay! Good news, that, Wrengl!@
[15:08] <Shiral> My choir director used to have us try singing in half
tones, and by the time we got to quarter tones, we were all singing in
slightly different keys
[15:08] <Wrengl> and the sugars are well under control
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[15:08] <DeryniBot> Hey the_Bee - Welcome to the Deryni Destinations chat!
[15:08] <Annie> ooh KK, do you take place names from real places? Cos I
live about 15 miles from Saint Neots!
[15:08] <Shiral> Hello Bee
[15:08] <Mistyck> hi Bee
[15:08] <Annie> hi Bee
[15:09] <Wrengl> hi bee
[15:09] <Shiral> Cool, ANnie!
[15:09] <kirienne> hi Bee
[15:09] <JastaElf> Lucky Annie... watch out for anti-Deryni clergy tho!
[15:09] <Debbie-VB> Buzz Bee
[15:09] <babayaga> Annie: it's okay to make a hard copy
[15:09] <Shiral> Definitely
[15:09] <KK> I steal some names, yes.
[15:09] <the_Bee> buzz-buzz, y'all. And hello Katherine
[15:09] <Annie> but watch out for dishy dukes!
[15:09] <KK> I've actually been to St. Neot's.
[15:09] <Shiral> Especially dishy Torenthi Dukes =o)
[15:09] <Annie> cool, thanks Babayaga
[15:09] * Shiral winks at Nancy
[15:09] <JastaElf> LOL!
[15:09] <Nancy> Katherine, John wants to know how is the weather in the
Emerald Isle?
[15:10] <Debbie-VB> or corinth dukes
[15:10] <Nancy> I am ceding over my share of DTDs to Shiral
[15:10] <Annie> St Neots Cambridgeshire?
[15:10] <kirienne> yep, I much prefer the Coroth Dukes
[15:10] <Shiral> Wow, all of them?
[15:10] <Shiral> Where will I put them all?
[15:10] <Nancy> Yep, Shiral - all of them
[15:10] <Shiral> That's quite a zoo. Hope they don't mind eating cat food
[15:10] <Mistyck> lol Shiral!
[15:10] <kirienne> Shiral, I'm sure you'll find a place
[15:10] <KK> It's been rainy, with intermittent sunshine--and still pretty
cool. Of course, April is like that.
[15:11] <Debbie-VB> I did mean coroth, not corinth. Two totally difrferent
places
[15:11] <Shiral> Daffodils out yet, Katherine?
[15:11] <Dov> I would like to know...when you used the name "Lord Dov," how
early could you document it?
[15:11] <Shiral> Actually, he would be the Duke of Corwyn
[15:11] * JastaElf loves daffodils...
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[15:11] <DeryniBot> Chocolate and Cats, just a few of our favorite things
here Tika
[15:11] <Nancy> It POURED here yesterday - they had to close the opening day
of the Ren Faire early!!!!
[15:11] <Mistyck> hiyas Tika
[15:11] <Shiral> Coroth is the capital of Corwyn
[15:11] <Annie> hi Tika
[15:11] <Nancy> Hey Tika!!!
[15:11] <Shiral> Hi Tika!!
[15:11] <Tika> hello all
[15:11] <KK> Daffs out and in the process of leaving.
[15:12] <Shiral> They never last long enough
[15:12] <kirienne> yep, that's right Shiral, I just get all confuzzled at
the mere thought of him <g>
[15:12] <Shiral> Easy to do, Kirienne
[15:12] <kirienne> hi Tika
[15:12] * JastaElf tackle-huggles Tika
[15:12] <Tika> weeeee!
[15:12] <Shiral> =o)
[15:12] <Debbie-VB> I just get confuzzled. Period.
[15:12] * Tika is tackle-huggled
[15:12] <Tika> how are things on your side of the pond, KK?
[15:12] * Shiral helps Tika and Jasta back on their feet
[15:12] <KK> Dov is actually Hebrew, I think--and I have no idea how early
it would have appeared in Western Europe.
[15:12] <Tika> whew, thanks Shiral!
[15:13] <JastaElf> Thanks, Shiral... :-)
[15:13] <Dov> It's my hebrew name <g> and I think its first usage is 18th
cent.
[15:13] <KK> I just liked it. :-)
[15:13] <Mistyck> on an interesting sidenote, KK, I found out that my maiden
name "Rami" is both a Hebrew word as well as a common Arab Palestinian last
name as well as a rather common Israeli first name!
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[15:13] <DeryniBot> Chocolate and Cats, just a few of our favorite things
here Bynw
[15:13] <Dov> As do I :-)
[15:14] <Wrengl> hi bynw
[15:14] <JastaElf> Hi Bynw!!
[15:14] <Annie> hi Bynw
[15:14] <kirienne> hi bynw
[15:14] <JM> Hi Bynw
[15:14] <Shiral> Hiyas Bynw
[15:14] <the_Bee> hiya bynw
[15:14] <Shiral> =o)
[15:14] <Nancy> Dov means bear
[15:14] <Mistyck> hi Bynw
[15:14] <JastaElf> Nice to have two computers connected to the net... eh
Bynw & Tika? :-)
[15:14] <Nancy> HI Bynw
[15:14] <KK> Hello, Bynw!
[15:14] <Kryss> hi bynw
[15:14] <Bynw> Hiyas all!
[15:14] <RainbowDragon> Hi, Bynw
[15:14] <Debbie-VB> Hi Bynw
[15:14] * Bynw sends hugs around the channel
[15:14] <Wrengl> hello tika
[15:14] <Shiral> That way you don't have to fight over the computer, any
more =o)
[15:14] <Laura> hey there bynw and Tika, did you get my mind greeting as I
passed through Des Moines last Saturday?
[15:14] * Debbie-VB gratefully accepts a hug
[15:14] <KK> I got the Zone Alarm program to work by uninstalling it and
then re downloading it. Works just fine now. Thanks!
[15:15] <Bynw> cool
[15:15] <Nancy> Yeah, Katherine!
[15:15] <Tika> LOL Laura
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[15:15] <DeryniBot> Chocolate and Cats, just a few of our favorite things
here TheCatWhisperer
[15:15] <Mistyck> awesome!
[15:15] <Tika> last Sat we were in MN getting candle supplies
[15:15] * Shiral snaps her fingers and produces a fully stocked tea table,
complete with mint chip ice cream and chocolate sauce for those who might
want it
[15:15] <Mistyck> hi CW
[15:15] <Dov> That's right, Nancy. I want my SCA device to include a bear or
bear's head.
[15:15] <Shiral> Hi CW
[15:15] <Tika> out of range I guess LOL
[15:15] <kirienne> hi CW
[15:15] <Bynw> we missed it Laura ... we werent home
[15:15] <TheCatWhisperer> Hi, everyone
[15:15] <Laura> ah, that explains why I couldnt reach you
[15:15] <Nancy> Very cool! what kingdom, Dov
[15:15] <JastaElf> Hi CW!
[15:15] <Tika> hehehe
[15:15] <Bynw> but since you are only in NE ... come on over sometime
[15:15] <Dov> Ansteorra
[15:16] <Tika> yeah! you'll have to come to the grand opening of our candle
store next month
[15:16] <Nancy> Ahhh well hi there y'all <Caid here>
[15:16] <Nancy> Oooo Tika!
[15:16] <Annie> Bynw, is it my imagination or is this new Java whoosit more
stable than the last whoosit? I don't seem to get dumped off nearly so
often now (famous last words)
[15:16] <JastaElf> Atlantia, here....
[15:16] <Shiral> A candle store?
[15:16] <Tika> yep! I put the deposit down on it Tuesday
[15:16] * Tika does a happy joy dance
[15:16] <Nancy> Katherine is transplanted from Caid
[15:16] <kirienne> wow, tiak, that's cool your own candle store
[15:16] <Nancy> a real storefront 'n everything?
[15:16] <Bynw> Annie, the new java chat is MUCH better than the one we were
using previously
[15:16] <babayaga> I'll have to try the java interface; xchat makes me :-(
[15:16] * Annie waits to be dumped off by the new whoosit
[15:16] <Laura> cool Tika
[15:16] * Debbie-VB would love to see Bynw and Tioka's candle store
[15:17] <Tika> it's actually going to be a "soy store" with more than just
candles - a real storefront yes indeedy!
[15:17] <KK> Oooh, Annie, dangerous words! Peer will hear!
[15:17] <Nancy> I got a bottle of REAL maple syrup when I was in Maine for
Easter... I'm afraid to try it
[15:17] <Shiral> Need, Tika
[15:17] <Tika> I'll take lotsa pictures Debbie trust me
[15:17] <Bynw> dont be calling Peer Annie ... he WILL hear and come
[15:17] <Shiral> Nancy, Maple syrup rarely attacks =o)
[15:17] <Laura> I am not so sure this is more stable. The only names
showing on my list are the ones that came in after KK
[15:17] <JM> Never challenge PEER
[15:17] <KK> Afraid? Whyever would you be afraid. Real maple surple is
wonderful!
[15:17] <Nancy> hmph tell that to my hips
[15:17] <Tika> hey they are right about peer - I cursed and taunted him the
other day and he did have his revenge on me
[15:17] <Shiral> Oh. you mean attack in THAT way
[15:17] <Nancy> It was a gift because all I've ever had is Mrs.
Butterworth's
[15:18] <Shiral> Oh wow, a different substance all together
[15:18] * Annie likes to live dangerously
[15:18] <Mistyck> lol Annie!
[15:18] <Tika> obviously!
[15:18] <elaine> I don't think that Mrs B's and real maple syrup can be
mentioned in the same sentence together.
[15:18] <KK> You'll love it!
[15:18] <Tika> you and Mistyck should get along well
[15:18] * Tika ducks
[15:18] <Nancy> That's what I'm afraid of
[15:18] <Mistyck> heehee, Tika!
[15:18] <KK> Yummy over ice cream, too.
[15:18] <Annie> life on the edge - that's what I say
[15:18] <Nancy> Yep vanilla
[15:18] <Tika> syrup on ice cream?!?!
[15:18] <the_Bee> nothing beats real maple syrup. Of course, I'm prejudiced
in favor of the Vermont kind
[15:18] <Wrengl> nancy the real thing is often less sweet than the pancake
syrup stuff
[15:18] <Debbie-VB> well, acting and Keanu Reeves are sometimes mentioned in
the same sentance
[15:18] <Laura> Mrs Butterworth is like cubic zirconium compared to a
diamond
[15:18] <KK> Oh, yes!
[15:18] <Shiral> Yummy on everything
[15:19] <TheCatWhisperer> Hi, KK. Greetings from Idaho! ;-)
[15:19] <Wrengl> much better tasting also
[15:19] <Nancy> Ah Keanu Reeves the man with a range of 2-1/2 expressions!
[15:19] <Annie> have you tried ice cream with blackcurrant liquer (can't
spell it) on it?
[15:19] <Wrengl> hi cw
[15:19] <KK> Hi, Whisperer!
[15:19] <elaine> But are acting, Keanu and maple syrup ever in the same
sentence?
[15:19] <Nancy> who pat, real maple syrup or Keanu Reeves?
[15:19] <Dov> Maple syrup on REAL vanilla ice cream...a true luxury.
[15:19] <Shiral> Okay, maybe not yummy on Spinach
[15:19] <Wrengl> real maple syrup
[15:19] <Shiral> I hope not, Elaine
[15:19] <Annie> liqueur?
[15:19] <elaine>
[15:19] <Nancy> I have some berry sauce from Sedina - I can't remember the
type but it's native to N Dakota
[15:19] <Annie> you know what I mean!
[15:19] <Debbie-VB> Dov, that totally made me drool
[15:19] <Shiral> Juneberries
[15:20] <KK> How about vanilla ice cream with Lemoncello (sp?) liqueur?
Yum!
[15:20] * Dov grins
[15:20] <Nancy> Yeah those.
[15:20] * Bynw will just take strawberry ice cream by itself
[15:20] <Shiral> I think I've got some Limoncello in the deep recesses of my
fridge...
[15:20] <TheCatWhisperer> Are there also Julyberries and Augustberries?
[15:20] <Laura> mmmmmmm lemoncello liqueur MMMMMMM
[15:20] <Tika> LOL
[15:20] * Bynw will also have a glass of pepsi to go with it of course
[15:20] <KK> Try it on ice cream. Yum!
[15:20] <kirienne> all this talk of ice cream reminds me that I need to get
more when I go to the store tonight
[15:20] <Annie> or Baileys on ice cream
[15:20] <Nancy> YUCK Pepsi YUCK
[15:20] <Shiral> Ah, well, the ice cream is the problem
[15:20] <Annie> very sweet and sickly
[15:20] <kirienne> yep, Annie, that is my favorite
[15:20] * JastaElf is getting hungry...
[15:21] <elaine> Mmm Baileys.....
[15:21] <Nancy> Diet Coke rules!
[15:21] <Shiral> I try to keep that OUT of my freezer
[15:21] <Tika> Nancy, I wholeheartedly agree.... but I live with an addict

[15:21] <Nancy> Lime flavored
[15:21] <Laura> yes, Baileys is very good on ice cream as well
[15:21] <Tika> hey I haven't tried the Lime yet
[15:21] <Nancy> gack a Pepsi addict??? no wonder he's so pale!
[15:21] <Tika> sounds good tho
[15:21] <Tika> ROFL
[15:21] <Shiral> LOL
[15:21] <Annie> lime coke?
[15:21] <Tika> but it adds to the Hugo look
[15:21] <Nancy> LIme flavored diet coke
[15:21] <Bynw> that and no sun either ... sunlight=bad
[15:21] <Annie> got lemon over here - not lime
[15:21] <Shiral> Can't quite picture it, myself.
[15:21] <Laura> the lime coke is good
[15:22] <KK> Yep, lemon just arrived. Have you tried it, Annie?
[15:22] <Nancy> the problem with lemon is that the recipe for California is
AWFUL - the one in Hong Kong is AWESOME - go figure
[15:22] <Shiral> Tika, have you noticed if Bynw's eye teeth come to a fine
point??
[15:22] <the_Bee> Classic Coke for me, thank you
[15:22] <Annie> like the lemon diet coke
[15:22] <Tika> um, yes Shiral and I have the scars to prove it
[15:22] <Nancy> Yeah and he gets this weird stare sometimes...
[15:22] <Debbie-VB> Lime coke? Mmmmmmmmmmmmm
[15:22] <Tika> hehehehe
[15:22] <Shiral> LOL
[15:22] <JM> Well it is time to go light the Bar-B-Q pit and start cooking.
All this talk of food has got to me. That and hungry kids. You all have a
good week
[15:22] <Shiral> =o)
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[15:22] <Debbie-VB> Nighters JM
[15:22] <JastaElf> Wow he's fast...
[15:22] <Nancy> BBQ did someone say BBQ? yummmmm
[15:22] <Tika> we have a neighbor grilling out right now - I am envious
[15:22] <kirienne> wow, started to type good by to jm but he was already
gone
[15:22] <KK> You guys are making me hungry too.
[15:22] <Shiral> I wonder if any of my newly adopted Torenthi Dukes can
manage a bbq
[15:23] <Nancy> I ate at the Texas Roadhouse in Methuen, MA - omigod was it
good!
[15:23] <babayaga> Darn, it looks like I have to go--grocery shopping calls.
I did get chapt 4 posted just now.
[15:23] <Nancy> I did fine on the diet until I fell into the bucket o'
peanuts
[15:23] <JastaElf> OH!! Nancy, I've eaten there...
[15:23] * JastaElf drools...
[15:23] <Nancy> It was sooooo good
[15:23] <Mistyck> cool, Babayaga!
[15:23] * Bynw sneaks over to the grill and brings it inside
[15:23] <Annie> lol we were all out in the garden other day - first decent
day - and DD said I do like us all being out in the garden together it's
like a BBQ with no sausages
[15:23] <Tika> any Texas Roadhouse is good
[15:23] <Dov> when it gets really hot, add some lime sherbet to good, cold
seltzer--very refreshing.
[15:23] <Shiral> We just have Armadillo Willy's out here in CA
[15:23] <Tika> LOL
[15:23] <Tika> what a name
[15:23] <KK> We went to a new restaurant last Saturday for our anniversary
and it was awesome. I had probably the best duck I've ever eaten.
[15:23] <Nancy> Yum, Dov - heh but then I *like* Maneschewitz
[15:23] <Shiral> Yes, but pretty good bbq
[15:24] <Tika> you ate Duck?!?!
[15:24] <Tika> ack!
[15:24] <Shiral> Happy Belated Anniversary, KK
[15:24] <Nancy> eek! your anniversary!!! eek! bad nancy
[15:24] <Debbie-VB> how was it prepared KK?
[15:24] * Bynw notes that Nancy didnt remember KK's anniv
[15:24] <Dov> <grin>
[15:24] <kirienne> yes, KK happy anniversary
[15:24] <Nancy> yeah and I was in the wedding! bad Nancy
[15:24] <Mistyck> no wonder Duck hasn't been around this week!
[15:24] <the_Bee> and many more of them
[15:24] <Shiral> OOps! Nancy.....
[15:24] <Shiral> <G>
[15:24] <Nancy> Donald has been out in Geraldton doing field work
[15:24] <Dov> absolutely, Happy aniversary
[15:24] <Laura> poor duck
[15:25] <TheCatWhisperer> LOL, Mistyck!
[15:25] <Nancy> It was such a beautiful wedding!!!!!
[15:25] <Shiral> Haven't heard from him in ages =o(
[15:25] <Mistyck> happy Anniversary Katherine and Scott!
[15:25] <KK> Pan-sauted, and with a bit of orange in the sauce. Scrummy!
[15:25] <RainbowDragon> Was your anniversary on saturday or sunday, KK?
[15:25] <Shiral> Well of course! Think of the people involved, Nancy =o)
[15:25] <JastaElf> Sounds wonderful, KK
[15:25] * Bynw would think someone IN a wedding would remember it ...
[15:25] <Shiral> A pan sauteed wedding???
[15:25] <Debbie-VB> Happy anniversary to Katherine and Scott
[15:25] <Shiral> Oh right. DUck.....
[15:25] <Laura> keep up Shiral ;-)
[15:25] * Tika tries to tilt the conversation back uphill
[15:26] <KK> It was actually Friday the 9th, but that was also Good Friday,
so good restaurants were difficult to find open.
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[15:26] <DeryniBot> Chocolate and Cats, just a few of our favorite things
here martine
[15:26] <Shiral> Hi Martine, Huggles
[15:26] <Tika> oh thank heavens
[15:26] <kirienne> hi Martine
[15:26] <JastaElf> Hi Martine!!!!\
[15:26] <Tika> martine is here
[15:26] <RainbowDragon> ahhh
[15:26] <Bynw> uphill ? this chat has KK, Nancy and JastaElf in it
[15:26] <Mistyck> hiyas Martine!
[15:26] <martine> Hi all! Huggles!
[15:26] <Debbie-VB> Hi Martine
[15:26] <TheCatWhisperer> Hi, Martine
[15:26] <Shiral> This chat is doing just fine
[15:26] <RainbowDragon> How many years may I ask?
[15:26] <Shiral> Duncan
[15:26] <JastaElf> LOL, Bynw!
[15:26] <KK> Hoo-hoo, it's Martine!
[15:26] <Laura> The 9th was my daughters 19th B-day. I am feeling old now
[15:26] <Nancy> Excuuuuse me, Bynw! I am nice to YOU!!! --pout
[15:26] * JastaElf looks up expectantly and asks, "did someone mention
Duncan McLain?"
[15:26] <KK> 21
[15:26] <Bynw> hiyas mistress of the tesseract
[15:26] <Nancy> Hey Martine!!!
[15:26] <Shiral> That's a good milestone
[15:26] * Dov has never splurged on a duck, but chicken with an orange sauce
is not so bad either.
[15:26] <martine> Straight in from spring cleaning the yard. I'm pooped! <g>
[15:26] <Bynw> I know you are Nancy :-)
[15:26] * the_Bee offers Martine's steed (Stoirm?) a choice of hands
[15:26] <Shiral> You're marriage is now old enough for a drink at the pub
[15:27] <JastaElf> I can always remember their anniv. because it's the same
day that Lee was forced to surrender to Grant in 1865... *sob!*
[15:27] <martine> Stoirm picks the right hand, Bee!
[15:27] <Nancy> 21 years? no way!!!!!
[15:27] <JastaElf> Glad to have a happier reason to remember...
[15:27] <Shiral> Now there's a happy reminder
[15:27] <Nancy> that's impossible, Katherine! You're like 24 years old!
[15:27] <RainbowDragon> WOW
[15:27] * Tika observes a moment of silence
[15:27] <TheCatWhisperer> My parents' anniversary is May 9. It's always on
or close to Mother's Day.
[15:27] <Tika> ((knowing what Jasta means))
[15:27] * Bynw does too ... he likes General Lee
[15:27] <Wrengl> hi martine
[15:27] <martine> Katherine, is it your anniversary?
[15:27] <KK> It was, on the 9th.
[15:27] <martine> Happy anniversary!
[15:27] <Wrengl> i was replacing herbs that did not survive the winter
[15:28] <Wrengl> happy anniversary katherine
[15:28] <Annie> m
[15:28] <Annie> oops
[15:28] <JastaElf> Aww, thanks Tika! And Bynw! And Wrengl!
[15:28] <Tika> hey Wrengl how are you doing lately dear?
[15:28] <Wrengl> much better
[15:28] <Annie> Jessie has now poured herself onto the sofa, so guess who is
sitting on the floor
[15:28] <Wrengl> back still has sore muscles but am walking more
[15:28] <martine> Whoo hoo!
[15:28] <KK> Good for you!
[15:29] <TheCatWhisperer> :-)
[15:29] <Debbie-VB> walking is good exercise for you pat
[15:29] <Wrengl> indeed
[15:29] <Wrengl> but my back muscles were bothering me so much i was not
walking
[15:29] <Debbie-VB> Does thumper accomapny you on your walks?
[15:29] <Wrengl> not yet
[15:30] <Wrengl> i have to take a shedding blade to him before he will be
fit to be seen in public
[15:30] <Tika> and Kathi and the meow mafia are well, yes?
[15:30] <Wrengl> he looks like a molting camel right now
[15:30] <KK> Gold must be getting big.
[15:30] <Tika> ROFL
[15:30] <Wrengl> yup
[15:30] <Shiral> Ah yes, shedding season
[15:30] <Wrengl> kathi has a JOB!
[15:30] <Nancy> Yeah!
[15:30] <KK> Ours have started.
[15:30] <Shiral> Everything you own covered with a fine film of FUR
[15:30] <the_Bee> good for her!
[15:30] <Wrengl> yup
[15:30] <Tika> yay!
[15:30] <kirienne> cool,
[15:30] <Wrengl> she is working for the state court system
[15:30] <Mistyck> cool!
[15:30] <Wrengl> in Family Court
[15:30] <Nancy> Just like "Judging Amy"!
[15:30] <KK> Doing what?
[15:30] <JastaElf> I went out and groomed Jasper last weekend... I think he
shed enough to make another colt. <g>
[15:31] <kirienne> I hope it's one that she likes
[15:31] <Wrengl> Clerical work
[15:31] <Debbie-VB> good for Kathi
[15:31] <Shiral> Oh yeah
[15:31] <KK> Good for her!
[15:31] <kirienne> and they treat her nicely
[15:31] <martine> How's Jasper doing?
[15:31] <Shiral> After you've been shed upon by a horse, a cat doesn't seem
so bad =o)
[15:31] <TheCatWhisperer> Congrats to Kathi :-)
[15:31] <Wrengl> she fills in the forms necessary when people are in for
child support payment changes
[15:31] <Tika> LOL Shiral
[15:31] <martine> LOL, Shiral!
[15:31] <Wrengl> lol shiral
[15:31] <KK> This is true. My former horse used to look like a teddy bear
in the winter--and spring shadding was amazing.
[15:31] <Shiral> I'd come home from the stable, and I'D be a chestnut
[15:31] <martine> I went home from the stable wearing my mount last week. I
expect to do the same tomorrow!
[15:32] <kirienne> LOL
[15:32] <Nancy> Well *I* did not go anywhere near a horse, thank you very
much!
[15:32] <martine> Especially since it may hit 90 degrees tomorrow. Ugh!
[15:32] <Shiral> Martine lives for the future =o)
[15:32] * kirienne did not realize that horses shed
[15:32] * Bynw refills his glass of PEPSI
[15:32] <JastaElf> Jasper is doing GREAT! He's even taller now (pushing 17
hands) and the vet thinks he will end up grey with black points, black mane
and tail. Which is JUST what I'd hoped for!! -)
[15:32] <Shiral> Oh lord, do they ever, Kirienne
[15:32] <Nancy> Silly Bynw
[15:32] <Kryss> horses shed?
[15:32] <martine> Awesome!!
[15:32] <Shiral> COol, Jasta!
[15:32] <JastaElf> Horses shed like anything. <g>
[15:32] <Nancy> Yes horses shed
[15:32] * Tika slays Bynw for using colors
[15:32] <KK> 90 degrees? In April?!
[15:32] <martine> Horses shed WORSE than cats!
[15:32] <Nancy> esp those wee little ponies
[15:32] <Shiral> Think, they're large, fur bearing mammals
[15:32] <Tika> it was 87 here today
[15:32] <Tika> in IOWA
[15:33] <Tika> geez
[15:33] <Shiral> And in the spring it all comes off!
[15:33] <martine> I know! I don't believe it either, katherine!
[15:33] <Nancy> it was barely 70 here in L.A.!
[15:33] <martine> Especially since three days ago it was still chilly.
[15:33] <Debbie-VB> is 17 hands big for a horsie?
[15:33] <Shiral> It's cold and grey, here
[15:33] <JastaElf> It was in the high 70s here today
[15:33] <KK> 27 hands?! In a half-Connemara?!
[15:33] <Annie> the Pepsi thing works better in this new one too!
[15:33] <Shiral> 17 hands is a pretty good size
[15:33] <JastaElf> Yes, 17 hands in a half-pony. Gotta love it...
[15:33] <Mistyck> it's in the 70s here in Houston
[15:33] <martine> 17 hands is a darn big horse!
[15:33] <Shiral> for that matter so is 16 hands
[15:33] <Kryss> good stuff..makes sense
[15:33] <kirienne> it is just barely 70's here today, we had sprinkles as i
was in the plant store buying new plants for the patio
[15:33] <Shiral> I think Mama's genes took over in Jasper
[15:33] <JastaElf> 17 hands = 17x4 inches at the shoulders.
[15:33] <KK> 16 is no small horse.
[15:33] <Nancy> We had a HUGE rainstorm yesterday
[15:33] <JastaElf> LOL! I think so too!
[15:34] <Annie> it absolutely hissed it down here!
[15:34] <Wrengl> a full sized horse is a BIG animal
[15:34] <Shiral> Yes
[15:34] <Nancy> what size was that retired German jumper who willed me to
slip off his back, Katherine? He was like 50 hands right?
[15:34] <Wrengl> especially when you fall on your head from one
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[15:34] <Shiral> Even when they're NOT 17 hands high
[15:34] <kirienne> ack, Peer did find us
[15:34] <Debbie-VB> so a little under 6 ft tall at the shoulder?
[15:34] <JastaElf> LOL Nancy! 50 hands would indeed be huge...
[15:34] <Annie> ha! Missed me!!!
[15:34] <Shiral> That's a long way to fall yes yes
[15:34] * kirienne throws one of Morgan's daggers at Peer
[15:34] <martine> 50 hands! LOL!
[15:35] <Tika> a trojan horse for sure
[15:35] <KK> 17 hands is already a long way to fall off.
[15:35] <JastaElf> yup, and I'm only 5'4". We look right silly together.
<g>
[15:35] <Shiral> At that height you'd have to use the ladder
[15:35] <Wrengl> lol jasta
[15:35] <TheCatWhisperer> *pokes Peer wit a Klingon pain stick*
[15:35] <Nancy> it was AWFUL. Damn horse. it was a teeny tiny little saddle
for my not so tiny posterior
[15:35] <Shiral> Use the mounting block, Jasta
[15:35] <kirienne> LOL Jasta, I do hope you get to ride Jasper soon
[15:35] <martine> It's an even longer way when a 17-18 hander BUCKS you up
in the air before you fall off! <g>
[15:35] <Debbie-VB> 50 hands would be one of them there oliphants
[15:35] <JastaElf> Me too. Doc says with the back injury and the neck
thing, I can't ride til May 15 or later. <grrr>
[15:35] <Shiral> That's a small apartment building
[15:35] <Nancy> the horse was eating. then the horse was not eating. It
moved. I wasn't read. I fell off backwards and landed on my back.
[15:35] <Shiral> ARRGGH>>>>
[15:35] <KK> Nancy, I think it was sort of 16-ish, actually.
[15:35] <Wrengl> i don't remember how i landed on the ground
[15:36] <Shiral> owie, Nancy
[15:36] <Nancy> then Miss Katherine made me get BACK ON the horse
[15:36] <Wrengl> but that was freshman year in college
[15:36] <martine> Miss Katherine is very smart :-)
[15:36] <Shiral> Katherine can be tough =o)
[15:36] <KK> How else were you going to get back to the barn?
[15:36] <Laura> It his 95 here in Omaha on Thursday
[15:36] <Wrengl> and the instructor told me he had never seen a worse rider
[15:36] <Shiral> LOL
[15:36] <Nancy> Hmph, a car would have been nice.
[15:36] <Wrengl> that was the end of riding for me
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[15:36] <DeryniBot> Welcome Xavier99 to all things Katherine Kurtz
[15:36] <Debbie-VB> The instructor hasn't seen me yet pat
[15:36] <kirienne> LOL Pat
[15:36] <Tika> Laura, and we could still have snow!
[15:36] <JastaElf> Good of KK to do that. When I fell off years ago, no one
made me do that. Took be 18 years to go back to a barn... :-(
[15:36] <Nancy> I bruised my lung and everything. and THEN I got the flu
when I got home.
[15:36] <Annie> hi Xavier
[15:36] <TheCatWhisperer> Welcome, Xavier99
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[15:37] <Laura> yes, I know...sigh!!
[15:37] <martine> So it was generally a good experience, Nancy?
[15:37] <Nancy> Ok so who is going to Worldcon in Boston over Labor Day
[15:37] <Debbie-VB> well that was fast
[15:37] <Shiral> I don't think we're the 98 people Xavier was looking for
[15:37] * martine ducks
[15:37] <Wrengl> oh i got back on a couple of weeks later
[15:37] <martine> I'm going!
[15:37] <Annie> I never got the hang of horses : I was always coming down as
they were going up
[15:37] <Shiral> ALas, probably not me
[15:37] <martine> And John's bailing :-P
[15:37] <Wrengl> then he told me in front of the class that i was terrible
[15:37] <kirienne> If I were to win the lottery soon, i could go to worldcon
[15:37] <Laura> that wasnt nice
[15:37] <KK> John isn't coming?
[15:37] <Annie> and the meeting in the middle hurt
[15:37] <Wrengl> i am nancy
[15:37] <Nancy> I"m going and my friend the other Sharon will be there and
my friends Brian and Marlene, and Carl Cipra (Conrad) and Steve Kenson and
Chris Penczak and Katherine and we're gonna have a party!!!!!
[15:37] <Tika> alas I will probably bail from everything this year unless
our Custodes monk decides to return from Texas...
[15:37] <KK> :-(
[15:37] <Wrengl> kathi may or may nto
[15:38] <martine> John won't be able to get the time off work around Labor
Day, because he doesn't have the seniority. And he doesn't want to drive up
and back by himself.
[15:38] * Bynw will be a GenCon
[15:38] <Nancy> Boo! My John will be there on Friday & Sat
[15:38] <KK> Ah, well.
[15:38] <Wrengl> and Juanita Salicrup is coming Katherine
[15:38] <Nancy> I'm going to Gencon too
[15:38] * Bynw will attempt to be at Darkover
[15:38] <Debbie-VB> I won't be at any con :~(
[15:38] <Tika> dag nabbit
[15:38] * Mistyck will be at WorldCon
[15:38] <JastaElf> I can't wait, Nancy, it sounds like fun!
[15:38] <Annie> how many days till WorldCon 2005?
[15:38] <Laura> so bynw, how does one become a GenCon
[15:39] <Nancy> Oooo I'm going to THAT one!
[15:39] <Bynw> thats AT silly Laura
[15:39] <Wrengl> we hope to go in 2005
[15:39] <Laura> hehehee
[15:39] <Mistyck> me too, Nancy...I'm saving up for it already!
[15:39] <KK> Wish I were, but I have this book to finish!
[15:39] <martine> Darn inconvenient books! <g>
[15:39] <Tika> nononono that's a GOOD thing!
[15:39] <kirienne> LOL KK
[15:39] <Mistyck> no!!!! We want the new book!
[15:39] <Nancy> http://gencon.com/indyhome.aspx?file=indy
[15:39] * Bynw will be first in line at the local theater next year to buy
tickets for opening showing at midnight for Star Wars Epsiode 3
[15:39] <Shiral> No, no, we WANT the new book
[15:39] <Laura> no no Martina, we want that book
[15:40] <kirienne> yes, we want the book
[15:40] <Nancy> which book?
[15:40] <KK> And right now, I need to sign off. We went to a dinner dance
last night, with a really cool swing band--lots of Glen Miller--and we
didn't get to bed until 3-ish.
[15:40] <Tika> we are all agreed on this, methinks
[15:40] <Mistyck> Childe Morgan
[15:40] * martine sheilds herself from an onslaught of books
[15:40] <martine> Sounds like you had a great time!
[15:40] <Wrengl> night katherine
[15:40] <Mistyck> have a great week Katherine
[15:40] <JastaElf> Oh! Glenn Millar and dancing... I'm SO jealous!! :-)
[15:40] <martine> Huggles, and good night!
[15:40] <Annie> night KK
[15:40] <Mistyck> good night
[15:40] <Laura> g'nite KK
[15:40] <Shiral> Night, KK Huggles!
[15:40] <JastaElf> Good night KK!
[15:40] <Tika> niters KK!
[15:40] <kirienne> night night Katherine, hugggles and have a great week
[15:40] <Shiral> Thanks for stopping by
[15:40] <Nancy> Good night, my dear Katherine - love to Scooter!
[15:40] <TheCatWhisperer> G,night, Katherine
[15:40] <RainbowDragon> Goodnight, Katherine
[15:40] <Bynw> have a good night Katherine and happy belated anniv to you
and Scott
[15:40] <Dov> Tha nks for coming by, Katherinbe!
[15:40] <elaine> g
[15:40] <Wrengl> thanks for coming katherine
[15:40] <KK> Nighters, guys. Shiral, I'll send you thata picture.
[15:40] <elaine> g'night, too.
[15:40] <Debbie-VB> Nighters Katherine
[15:40] <Shiral> Love and healing woodgies to Scrappy, too!
[15:40] <Shiral> THanks, KK
[15:40] <Kryss> Night KAtherine
[15:40] * RainbowDragon handcuffs a writing muse to KK!
[15:40] * Wrengl hands katherine a pigs' ear from thumper
[15:40] <martine> Scrappy? What happened to Scrappy?
[15:41] <Debbie-VB> Sleep Sweet and have a terrific week
[15:41] <Nancy> What's wrong with my dog Scrappy???
[15:41] * Shiral sends KK extensive writing woodgies
[15:41] <KK> Yep. We have to pick her up at 7 AM to transfer her back to
her own vet.
[15:41] <martine> What happened?
[15:41] <Mistyck> some stupid distracted lady ran her over
[15:41] <Nancy> omigod
[15:41] <martine> ACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[15:41] <Wrengl> nuts
[15:41] <Wrengl> healing woodgies to scrappy
[15:41] <martine> How's she doing? Poor puppy!!!
[15:41] <JastaElf> She'd better pay the bill.... Grrr...
[15:42] * Mistyck will say special prayers for Scrappy
[15:42] <Shiral> Better pay the bill yes
[15:42] <TheCatWhisperer> *sends healing woodgies to Scrappy*
[15:42] <KK> Hit by a car in the riding school car park. She's going to be
ok, but fractured her pelvis. They don't know yet whether it will require
surgery.
[15:42] * kirienne will pray for scrappy too
[15:42] <Nancy> I will light a candle for my puppy!
[15:42] <Shiral> I hope she won't require surgery
[15:42] <KK> Good nigiht to all.
[15:42] <martine> I'm so glad she's going to be okay! Poor sweet Scrappy!
[15:42] <Wrengl> poor puppy
[15:42] <Shiral> Night, Katherine
[15:42] <Kryss> awww..
[15:42] * Shiral sends Rhys to Scrappy
[15:42] <martine> Good night, Katherine. Love and kisses for Scrappy!
[15:42] <Nancy> I'm afraid I must away as well - talk to you all soon and I
hope everyone has a GREAT and very safe week!
[15:43] <Mistyck> g'nite Katherine
[15:43] * KK steps onto her Portal, waves good night, and disappears in a
shower of green sparkles.
[15:43] <Shiral> Bye, Nancy, Huggles
[15:43] <JastaElf> Night Nancy!
[15:43] <Wrengl> night nancy
[15:43] <Annie> bye Nancy
[15:43] *** KK has quit IRC

[18:21] * KK has joined #Deryni_Destinations
[18:21] <DeryniBot> Welcome KK to all things Katherine Kurtz
[18:21] <Mistyck> hi KK
[18:21] <Mistyck> how goes it?
[18:21] <RainbowDragon> Hi, KK!
[18:21] <MikeSmith> evening.
[18:22] * Bynw has joined #Deryni_Destinations
[18:22] <DeryniBot> Hey Bynw - Welcome to the Deryni Destinations
chat!
[18:22] <RainbowDragon> How is everything, Katherine?
[18:22] <KK> Ah, I see that others are doing what I was just
doing--talking to their moms.
[18:22] <RainbowDragon> How is your mom?
[18:22] <Mistyck> did you have a good conv?
[18:23] <KK> Just fine. I just drained the batttery on the phone
talking to my stepmother and my dad in Fla.
[18:23] <Mistyck> Happy Mother's Day
[18:23] <Mistyck> did Cameron call?
[18:23] <RainbowDragon> Happy Mother's Day
[18:23] <KK> I still need to call my mom in SF, but have to let the
battery recover for a bit.
[18:23] <KK> Talked to Scott's mom earlier today.
[18:23] <RainbowDragon> Did you do anything special today?
[18:23] <Mistyck> wow...lots calls eh?
[18:24] <RainbowDragon> for yourself, I mean
[18:24] <KK> Nope. It isn't Mother's Day over here. It was about 6
weeks ago.
[18:24] <RainbowDragon> I see
[18:24] <Mistyck> ahh
[18:24] <Duck> hello kk didn't see you arrive
[18:24] <Mistyck> how was your week?
[18:24] <KK> This means that I have to pay attention and buy Mother's
Day cards way early, or there are none when I actually need them.
[18:25] <KK> Hello, Duck!
[18:25] <RainbowDragon> we need a Scrappy, writing and construction
update
[18:25] <Rebecka> hi
[18:25] <Rebecka> sorry i brought brian the blaster, the 'coin' from
nino's party and i wanted to show him the photo album
[18:25] <KK> Scrappy is doing brilliantly. Hardly limping at all.
Goes back to the vet for a check tomorrow, but she (the vet) will be
amazed.
[18:26] <RainbowDragon> Thats great!
[18:26] <Bynw> Hi KK :-)
[18:26] <KK> Am in the process of moving into my very nearly finished
dressing room. (just needs a carpet.)
[18:26] <RainbowDragon> good good
[18:26] <KK> I also tried on almost everything I own, and set aside a
huge pile to give away. Closet is much tidier now.
[18:27] <RainbowDragon> I need to do that too
[18:27] <KK> Have been working on the DC polish, as that's easier to
pick up and put down than the Childe book.
[18:27] <RainbowDragon> How far along are you in DC?
[18:27] <KK> We have a white tie dinner Friday night, so trying on was
a drastic necessity.
[18:27] <RainbowDragon> ahhh
[18:28] <KK> Oh. DC. About chapter 4, I think.
[18:28] <RainbowDragon> okay
[18:28] <RainbowDragon> and how far in CM?
[18:28] <KK> Not nearly far enough.
[18:28] <RainbowDragon> okay :-)
[18:29] <KK> But I did actually finish the rough draft of another
chapter earlier in the week.
[18:29] <RainbowDragon> I'm anxiously awaiting both of them
[18:30] <Mistyck> cool!
[18:30] <KK> Kenneth is now Earl of Lendour, and knighted two Lendour
squires in the king's presence.
[18:30] <RainbowDragon> progress is a very good thing!
[18:30] <Mistyck> when does CM have to be to the Editor?
[18:30] <KK> And on that note, and because I really still do have to
call my mom, I'd better boogie.
[18:31] <Mistyck> have a great week!
[18:31] <Duck> does he do a terrible speech - friends, gwyneddians and
countrymen lendour ears
[18:31] <Mistyck> and thanks for stopping by
[18:31] <KK> I had hoped to finish it before WorldCon, but I don't
think that's going to happen.
[18:31] <Mistyck>
[18:31] <RainbowDragon> Have a good evening, Katherine
[18:31] <Mistyck> well, good luck with everything Katherine
[18:31] <KK> Good night, Duck!
[18:31] <Duck> cheers katherine
[18:31] <MikeSmith> good night
[18:31] <Rebecka> later
[18:31] <RainbowDragon> Thanks for stopping by
[18:31] <Mistyck> g'nite Katherine, sleep well when you do
[18:31] <KK> And good night to you all.
[18:31] <Mistyck> and say Hi to Scott
[18:31] <Bynw> night
[18:31] <Mistyck> and for Scrappy a "job well done" keep getting well!
[18:32] * KK steps onto her Portal, waves goodbye, and disappears in a
shower of green sparkles.
[18:32] * KK Quit
[18:32] * KK has left IRC

[17:52] <DeryniBot> Hey KK - Welcome to the Deryni Destinations chat!

[17:52] <Mistyck> hiyas kk

[17:52] <Samuel> hello kk

[17:52] <Sedina> hi Katherine

[17:52] <Shiral> Hello Katherine

[17:52] <Annie> hi kk

[17:52] <Shiral> =o)

[17:52] <JastaElf> Hi Katherine

[17:52] <RainbowDragon> Greetings, Katherine

[17:53] <TheCatWhisperer> hi, kk

[17:53] <the_Bee> hello kk

[17:53] <KK> Hello, Folks.

[17:53] <jp> hi KK, How is your father?

[17:53] <Martine> Hi Katherine! Huggles!

[17:53] <Debbie-VB> hi katherine huggles

[17:53] <ethan> hi katherine!!

[17:53] <HackerX> lo kk

[17:53] <kirienne> no, I have been to the star trek musem thing with
my pastor, he spent more time playing with all the interactive things
than the youth group did, LOL

[17:53] <DeryniBot> Welcome cherie to all things Katherine Kurtz

[17:53] <Mistyck> wb Cherie

[17:53] <JastaElf> wb cherie!

[17:53] <Shiral> hello cherie wb <g>

[17:53] <KK> My father is home and doing fine; just tires quickly, but
that's normal.

[17:53] <kirienne> hi Katherine

[17:53] <Mistyck> that's good news, Katherine

[17:53] <JastaElf> thank God he's OK though! :-)

[17:53] <Shiral> Glad to hear he's doing well

[17:53] <cherie> I head KK was here so had to come back

[17:53] <Debbie-VB> terrific news Katherine

[17:53] <cherie> suliad kk

[17:53] <kirienne> wonderful news KK

[17:53] <Martine> That's great, Katherine!

[17:53] <jp> Great news

[17:54] <Sedina> that's wonderful, Katherine

[17:54] <KK> I see that all our newest cat-mommies are here, too.

[17:54] <ethan> wonderful KK

[17:54] <Shiral> How are YOU doing, Katherine?

[17:54] <Wrengl> hi katherine

[17:54] <Martine> Yup! jl;eak

[17:54] <Shiral> yes

[17:54] <KK> That was Rowena?

[17:54] <Martine> And... lol... tonight so is the new cat! <g>

[17:54] <Martine> She's learning to chat.

[17:54] <Sedina> lol and to prove it, Rowena says hi

[17:54] <Shiral> Although my fur child is napping at present

[17:54] <the_Bee> was that from rowena?

[17:54] <JastaElf> Will Cesca be joining us, Shiral, or are you at
work?

[17:54] <Martine> The yup was me. The rest was her comment :-)

[17:54] <Shiral> I'm at home

[17:54] <Shiral> But Cesca is napping

[17:54] <JastaElf> cool!

[17:54] <Debbie-VB> don't you recognise high cattish when you see it
Bee?

[17:54] <JastaElf> Ah...

[17:54] <Shiral> She's more interested in paintbrushes, anyway

[17:55] <KK> Mistyck, how is Evaine?

[17:55] <JastaElf> lol! "cats who paint..."

[17:55] <Wrengl> lol shiral

[17:55] <Shiral> She likes to gnaw on the ends

[17:55] <Martine> It's funny. Rowena's developing a knack for saying
"hi" just as people come in the room!

[17:55] <Shiral> Although she has walked over my keyboard more than
once

[17:55] <RainbowDragon> I can't believe it! Shiral is at home when KK
is here

[17:55] <KK> Must be related to Gus. He bites the ends of pens when
one is trying to write.

[17:55] <Shiral> It's pretty amazing!

[17:55] <jp> I think both times Rowena spake she said eak, so she's
learning mouse early

[17:55] * Shiral nails the chatroom door shut

[17:55] <Martine> lol, jp!

[17:56] <Martine> Well, Rowena's about 3-4 and was a stray a year ago,
so I HOPE she learned mouse a lot earlier!

[17:56] <Mistyck> Evaine is napping on my dining table

[17:56] <Shiral> Cesca is a mighty and fearsome hunter of small flying
insects

[17:56] <Wrengl> frankie the golden one likes the table

[17:56] <JastaElf> She can have my cicadas, Shiral....

[17:56] <Wrengl> i do not like him on the table

[17:56] <Mistyck> she chased Chance around all day, so I think she's
tired

[17:56] <Shiral> I'll bet she can, Jasta =o)

[17:57] <KK> They think Rowena is that old? I would've guessed her for
younger.

[17:57] <Sedina> And you were trying to get me to take Frankie, Pat?
*lol*

[17:57] <Wrengl> lol

[17:57] <Mistyck> well, my table is a bit of a mess right now, so I'm
letting her be there

[17:57] <Wrengl> it is that sedina

[17:57] <Martine> From her teeth, the vet was guessing 3-5, but likely
around 4 or so. She's a tiny little full-grown cat.

[17:57] <KK> Ah, so the cicadas are out in force where you are, eh?

[17:57] <TheCatWhisperer> Shiral, can I borrow Cesca to hunt the
Mormon crickets?

[17:57] <Shiral> Sure

[17:57] <Wrengl> or he will join Nermel (SP) in Abu Dabi

[17:57] <Martine> She's even been a mommy, just like Arwen :-)

[17:58] <Debbie-VB> ?Mormon Crickets?

[17:58] <JastaElf> Katherine: they're everywhere. and we hatesss them,
Precioussss...

[17:58] <Shiral> But how do you know they're specifically Mormon
Crickets?? <G>

[17:58] <Sedina> lol Pat...but Nermel always came back

[17:58] <Martine> LOL, Jasta! Come up and visit. No cicadas here!

[17:58] <Shiral> KK, how goes the house, (and the book)?

[17:58] <KK> I'd guessed you'd get a full share, Jasta. LOL

[17:58] <Wrengl> probably no one would keep him there

[17:58] <Debbie-VB> They have several wives

[17:58] <jp> They have more than one cricket wife?

[17:58] <Wrengl> they are not yet out here, jasta

[17:58] <Shiral> Ahah. So they don't build little temples, then

[17:58] <KK> Do they eat them or something?

[17:59] <Debbie-VB> come to Vancouver. It is not cicada country

[17:59] <Martine> Awww! I was all set to go visit the cricket temples.

[17:59] <JastaElf> Oh, we've got the little perishers everywhere,
Katherine. Bumbling about in their erratic flight and making a heck of
a lot of noise

[17:59] <the_Bee> who eats what?

[17:59] <cherie> if only we can figure a way to make cheap fuel out of
them

[17:59] <Shiral> No cicadas here, either

[17:59] <Sedina> or in ND either

[17:59] <Wrengl> the morman cricket temple choir?

[17:59] <Shiral> lol

[17:59] <KK> The Mormon crickets eat their wives....?

[17:59] <the_Bee> they even made the evening news

[17:59] <Mistyck> rofl Pat

[17:59] <Martine> lol! "creak creak creak creeak cri cri
creaaaakkk!!!!"

[17:59] <Mistyck> lol kk

[18:00] <Debbie-VB> But Vancouver's got one advantage over your area
shiral

[18:00] <the_Bee> usually it's the wife who eats the husband

[18:00] <Shiral> True, Debbie

[18:00] <KK> That's what I always thought--but maybe Mormon crickets
are different.

[18:00] <Martine> No wonder they have to group up on husbands. They're
lowering the population! ;-)

[18:00] <TheCatWhisperer> Mormom crickets are called that because they
were pests to the Mormons who settled in Utah

[18:00] <kirienne> lol

[18:00] <the_Bee> and the seagull came and ate the crickets

[18:01] <Wrengl> i was just being silly cw

[18:01] <the_Bee> gulls

[18:01] <KK> Are they realy crickets, or are they cicadas? Or locusts?

[18:01] <ethan> I'll loan you some seagulls, CW

[18:01] <Wrengl> more than one gull

[18:01] <Wrengl> i thought they were locusts

[18:01] <KK> Do the seagulls eat cicadas?

[18:01] <DeryniBot> Welcome Dov to all things Katherine Kurtz

[18:01] <Martine> seagulls will eat anything.

[18:01] <Wrengl> hi dov

[18:01] <Shiral> Hello Dov

[18:01] <Sedina> hi Dov

[18:01] <kirienne> hi dov

[18:01] <ethan> yes they will

[18:01] <Debbie-VB> seagulls will eat anything

[18:01] <Mistyck> hiyas Dov

[18:01] <Wrengl> don't know katherine

[18:01] <Dov> Hi. lost track of time

[18:01] <Martine> hi Dov

[18:01] <Annie> hi Dov

[18:01] <jp> Hi, dov

[18:01] <Wrengl> but gulls seem to eat everything else!

[18:01] <the_Bee> if they eat one insect, i imagine they'd eat others

[18:01] <Shiral> The Cicadas would be a Seagul feast

[18:01] <ethan> hi Dov

[18:02] <Sedina> Martine - I'm suddenly thinking of a certain group of
seagulls when we were at the beach

[18:02] <Shiral> Seagull, that is

[18:02] <KK> I read somewhere that the number of cicadas that will
emerge will exceed the weight of every human on the planet. can that
be right?

[18:02] <TheCatWhisperer> Mormon crickets are really grasshoppers

[18:02] <Martine> LOL, Sedina! This wouldn't be the horde that tried
to move in on our lunch, would it? <g>

[18:02] <the_Bee> isn't there a statue of a seagull in salt lake city?

[18:02] <Debbie-VB> Sedina, would those seagulls all be saying "Mine,
mine, mine"

[18:02] <Wrengl> k cw

[18:02] <ethan> ah, but you wouldn't want to be around when they
finished eating them

[18:02] <jp> Unless it was a male seagull, in which case the cicadas
would eat it.

[18:02] <Sedina> The horde that circled us

[18:02] <cherie> it's true KK

[18:03] <KK> Yike! The mind boggles.

[18:03] <Shiral> I generally avoid both bugs and gulls

[18:03] <Dov> or "Mate, mate, mate" in an Aussie accent

[18:03] <Wrengl> lol

[18:03] <Martine> Debbie, NJ shore seagulls speak a different
language. "Food! Food food food food food!"

[18:03] <kirienne> yikes, i hope those bugs do not find their way here

[18:03] <Martine> rotfl, dov!

[18:03] <Wrengl> so do brooklyn gulls

[18:03] <Shiral> Me too, Kirienne

[18:03] <KK> I'm glad I've always managed to be not in the cicada
areas at the time they're doing their thing.

[18:03] <Sedina> We were eating and they literally surrounded us and
we're going to let us move! It was funny and freaky at the same time

[18:03] <Wrengl> they are an east of the mississippi insect kirienne

[18:04] <Shiral> Suddenly, the west coast seems like a very good idea
=o)

[18:04] <Martine> It sort of felt like Hitchcock's "The Birds"

[18:04] <KK> And only within a fairly narrow north-south band, too, I
beliee.

[18:04] <kirienne> oh my!

[18:04] <Samuel> I've never minded the cicadas...... I don't
understand everyone's aversion to them.

[18:04] <Dov> Some seagulls are scavengers, others hunters, some are
both

[18:04] <the_Bee> all you have to wory about is earthquakes

[18:04] <Wrengl> until the level 10.5 earthquake comes!

[18:04] <Shiral> Lucky Jasta gets to be in the middle of it

[18:04] <Shiral> Well, yes

[18:04] <Shiral> But at least we don't have tornadoes

[18:04] <ethan> volcanoes too

[18:04] <Martine> I'll take cicadas over the chance that my living
room will be in my neighbor's house tomorrow morning ;-)

[18:05] <Wrengl> i agree martine

[18:05] <kirienne> lol

[18:05] <Shiral> After this episode, they'll be gone for another 17
years

[18:05] <Shiral> =o)

[18:05] <KK> Yeah. I think that Barticus is maybe lucky to be in
Kosovo, where there are no tornadoes.

[18:05] <Dov> Around the seashore you may have a lot who like to mooch
off people's leftovers.

[18:05] <TheCatWhisperer> We had a funnel cloud Friday night.
Fortunately, it didn't touch down

[18:05] <Debbie-VB> That won't happen Martine. the Neighbor's house
also moves

[18:05] <KK> BTW, Mistyck, have you heard from him recently?

[18:05] <Dov> creepy, CW

[18:05] <Mistyck> not lately, Katherine

[18:06] <TheCatWhisperer> Tornadoes in Idaho are rare

[18:06] <Martine> I don't miss tornados, but I sure miss good
midwestern-style thunderstorms.

[18:06] <KK> Bynw and Tika are sort of in tornado country, too, aren't
they?

[18:06] <Mistyck> same for New Mexico, very rare

[18:06] <Sedina> yes they are

[18:06] <Martine> They are.

[18:06] <Mistyck> yes they are

[18:06] <RainbowDragon> Mistyck: have you heard from christophle?

[18:06] * babayaga has known 3 tornados in 3 states

[18:06] <Mistyck> no rd

[18:06] <cherie> we have great T-storms here

[18:06] <Mistyck> not yet

[18:06] * Debbie-VB totally digs grumblestorms

[18:07] <Sedina> Martine - you would have loved it. After I got
offline with you last night, we had a great thunderstorm here.

[18:07] <Martine> I remember babysitting my sister as a kid when one
went over our house. Ever tried to tear a five-year-old away from her
He-Man and She-Ra cartoons and carry her, kicking biting and
screaming, to the basement? <g>

[18:07] <TheCatWhisperer> But I suppose a swarm of Mormon crickets is
like a tornado

[18:07] <Shiral> I've been caught in the middle of a thunder and
lightning storm in the Sierras

[18:07] <Martine> Oooo! I'm jealous, Kim!

[18:07] <Dov> T-storms are awesome, from a respectful distance

[18:07] <KK> I agree, Dov.

[18:07] <Martine> We only get little rumbles here. It's pathetic.

[18:07] <Mistyck> yep and so are hurricanes

[18:07] <KK> I rather like thunder, actually.

[18:08] <Martine> me too!

[18:08] <kirienne> so do I

[18:08] <babayaga> I've ridden bike under a mesocyclone in OK, with
the radar and weather cars going by in a long line ...

[18:08] <Martine> The kind that rattles the whole house :-)

[18:08] <ethan> me too

[18:08] <Shiral> I like thunder when I'm not getting rained on at the
same time

[18:08] <Sedina> lots of thunder and lightning last night...the girls
were both in the window watching

[18:08] <Mistyck> hehe

[18:08] <Debbie-VB> well twisters are also awesome from a respectful
distance

[18:08] <Shiral> Last September in Italy, there was a great BIG
thunderstorm the day my party was in Assisi

[18:08] <jp> I've got to run so one quick question for ya KK, When is
the paperback of ITKS due out?

[18:09] <ethan> seems to be the year for twisters

[18:09] * Dov saw a funnel cloud once, gave me the shivers

[18:09] <KK> Sometime in the summer, I would guess. So is the DR
rerelease.

[18:09] <Mistyck> we had one near Ellington earlier this month

[18:09] <Martine> I saw five once on the horizon driving through
Texas. Yow.

[18:09] <Debbie-VB> Paperbacks usually follow about a year after
hardbound

[18:09] * Shiral rubs her little hands together in anticipation=o)

[18:09] <Shiral> I want to see the new DR!

[18:09] <KK> July.

[18:09] <cherie> me too!

[18:09] <cherie> yay

[18:09] * kirienne makes room on her bookshelf

[18:10] * Shiral crosses another day off her calendar

[18:10] <ethan> Washington St usually only gets one a year. They've
had six in the last month

[18:10] <cherie> is there much change?

[18:10] <KK> You'll all grump at the cover, though.

[18:10] <Annie> any chance of it in the UK, or am I shipping from the
US again, KK?

[18:10] <the_Bee> ??

[18:10] <Mistyck> same as before?

[18:10] <Shiral> They're not using the cover on the website?

[18:10] <Debbie-VB> i'm already bugging chapters to get dr in asap.
they took a onth to get king's service in!!!!!

[18:11] <Debbie-VB> Month

[18:11] <KK> I think it's the one on the website; it's just that they
went to press without incorporating the copious notes I sent about
what was wrong with it.

[18:11] <RainbowDragon> Which cover? For the new DR?

[18:11] <KK> Yep.

[18:11] <Shiral> Rats

[18:11] <Martine> I liked the cover art displayed on Amazon better
than the last edition with Kelson looking like an Italian fop! <g>

[18:11] <Martine> Ack, Katherine!

[18:11] <Shiral> Too bad about the notes

[18:12] <Shiral> Rather discouraging

[18:12] <Dov> Is that the one with the "drathon" on the cover?

[18:12] <Debbie-VB> At least White Dwarf will get it in at the right
time

[18:12] <KK> I think the responsible editor had a death in the family,
and the notes hadn't been incorporated, and it had to go to press
before e/he got back. So at least it's understandable.

[18:12] <JastaElf> Ah... yes.

[18:12] <JastaElf> regrettable, but understandable.

[18:12] <Shiral> Indeed

[18:12] <Mistyck> yes

[18:13] <Dov> Alas

[18:13] <Mistyck> but it's too bad

[18:13] <ethan> I'm a bit confused, DR?

[18:13] <Annie> cool jp!

[18:13] <Mistyck> Deryni Rising

[18:13] <JastaElf> Deryni Rising

[18:13] <Martine> Well, we can *pretend* St. George's is Romanesque if
we don't look TOO closely at the art <g>

[18:13] <Shiral> Any writing in the past week, KK? Or has it been a
"house" week

[18:13] <Debbie-VB> The re-issue of Katherine first book Deryni
Risisng

[18:13] <jp> night all

[18:13] <the_Bee> Deryni Rising. director's cut of KK's first novel

[18:13] <Shiral> bye, jp

[18:13] <ethan> oh sorry missed the acronym

[18:13] <JastaElf> night jp!

[18:13] <kirienne> night jp

[18:13] * jp has left #Deryni_Destinations

[18:13] <Martine> bye jp

[18:13] <Dov> night jp

[18:13] <JastaElf> wow he's fast

[18:13] <TheCatWhisperer> g'night, jp

[18:14] * KK Quit (User has been mind-ripped)

[18:14] <Mistyck> ick

[18:14] <Martine> ack!

[18:14] <Sedina> ack

[18:14] <Shiral> ack no!!

[18:14] <Mistyck> very bad peer

[18:14] <ethan> aaaaccckkk

[18:14] <Martine> There went the rest of the Deryni series....

[18:14] <JastaElf> eeeek!

[18:14] <Debbie-VB> Peer Got Katherine!

[18:14] <Shiral> The Cicadas got her!

[18:14] <ethan> spank peer

[18:14] <cherie>

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[18:14] <DeryniBot> Hey KK - Welcome to the Deryni Destinations chat!

[18:14] <Mistyck> wb Katherine

[18:14] <cherie> bad bad bad peer

[18:14] <TheCatWhisperer> Debbie, I told you not to metion purple
peeps!

[18:14] <Martine> wb Katherine

[18:14] <Sedina> wb Katherine

[18:14] <JastaElf> wb katherine

[18:14] <RainbowDragon> welcome back, KK

[18:14] <Shiral> wb, kk

[18:14] <cherie> wb kk

[18:14] <KK> ak! peered!

[18:14] <ethan> pounce him, trounce him, pick him up and bounce him

[18:14] <the_Bee> ?me gathers her horde michaeline bees and swarms
after Peer

[18:14] <RainbowDragon> any writing this week?

[18:14] * Debbie-VB pelts peer with a platful of Petrified purple
Peeps

[18:14] <Shiral> We blame it on the cicadas

[18:15] <JastaElf> lol!

[18:15] <KK> Writing? Surely you jest.

[18:15] <Mistyck> lol

[18:15] * kirienne throws one of Morgan's daggers at peer

[18:15] <Shiral> Oops sorry

[18:15] <Mistyck> too busy with the house?

[18:15] * cherie ties the one ring to peer and tosses it into the
crack of doom

[18:15] <Martine> What's the house up to now?

[18:15] <KK> But we did see our windows being made, and my dressing
room got finished.

[18:15] <Martine> Whoo hoo!

[18:15] <Mistyck> cool!

[18:15] <TheCatWhisperer> I blame the Peering on the Mormon crickets

[18:15] <kirienne> that's great

[18:15] <Debbie-VB> Dressing rooms are good

[18:15] <Wrengl> that is good

[18:15] <the_Bee> so no more running around undressed?

[18:15] <KK> We had hordes of electrocians doing second fix, though
they didn't finish it.

[18:16] <KK> No more living our of boxes and piles of clothes.

[18:16] <Wrengl> when do they return

[18:16] <Shiral> That's always nice =o)

[18:16] <Sedina> that has to be a nice feeling

[18:16] <Shiral> To have closet space again

[18:16] <Martine> Whoo hoo! :-)

[18:16] <KK> The mirrored closet doors are not kind, however; they
make me very aware of the need for diet.

[18:16] <Mistyck> just ignore them!

[18:16] <TheCatWhisperer> Diet is die with a t

[18:16] <Martine> LOL! Mirrors are most cruel that way.

[18:16] <Debbie-VB> mirrors are seldome kind to me either katherine

[18:17] <Wrengl> turn a blind eye towards them

[18:17] <cherie> mirrors are just honest is all

[18:17] <Shiral> Mirrors can be devastating enemies

[18:17] <KK> Can't igore them; they're on two whole sides of the room.

[18:17] <Martine> Not necessarily, CW. I've found WeightWatchers to be
fairly simple. They even allow chocolate ice cream!

[18:17] <Shiral> No, that makes it kind of hard to miss

[18:17] <ethan> paint over them?

[18:17] <KK> But at least I can see what I'm picking out to wear now.

[18:17] <Martine> This is always a good thing :-)

[18:17] <Shiral> Always helpful

[18:17] <Mistyck> definitely

[18:18] <Martine> It's always embarrassing to find you've paired the
brown socks with black pants again. <g>

[18:18] <Shiral> I mean, the polka dots with the plaids... it just
didn't help....

[18:18] <Martine> LOL! Melissa, I think we're sharing a brain!

[18:18] <TheCatWhisperer> Whose "brilliant" idea was it to have
mirrors on 2 whole sides of the room?

[18:18] <Shiral> And you're hogging it again, Martine!

[18:18] <the_Bee> i just look for something relatively clean

[18:18] <Martine> Just TRY and get it back! <g>

[18:18] <JastaElf> Someone skinny, CW. :-)

[18:18] <ethan> me too Bee

[18:18] <Shiral> Fine, so you don't want any more Shiralfic?

[18:19] <Sedina> Martine and Shiral - it's likely a good thing that I
didn't say what I was thinking as well.

[18:19] <Martine> Oh no! We're splitting the brain three ways now!

[18:19] <kirienne> heee heeeheee

[18:19] <KK> Well, we've got Norman the Tiler coming in the AM to do
the bathroom on the top floor of the flat, so I'd better sign off and
hit the hay.

[18:19] <Debbie-VB> Are the mirrors on opposite walls or adjacent
walls?

[18:19] <Martine> Huggles, Katherine!

[18:19] <JastaElf> Norman the Tiler... sounds medieval!

[18:19] <Mistyck> have a great night Katherine and thanks for stopping
by

[18:19] <the_Bee> nighters KK

[18:19] <Shiral> Bye, Katherine, huggles

[18:19] <Martine> And if you get a chance, give me some feedback on
the castle stuff I sent :-)

[18:19] <kirienne> night night Katherine, have a good week, thanks for
coming to chat

[18:19] <Sedina> huggles, Katherine....hope that you have a wonderful
week

[18:19] <kirienne> huggggles

[18:19] <Annie> night Katherine

[18:19] <JastaElf> Bye Katherine

[18:20] <KK> I'm getting very tired of this building project, so it's
a good thing we're starting to finish rooms so I can see what it's all
been for.

[18:20] <ethan> Good night Katherine thanks for visiting

[18:20] <Shiral> A productive and literary week, too

[18:20] <Debbie-VB> Sleep sweet Katherine, and have a terrirfic week

[18:20] <TheCatWhisperer> G'night, Katherine

[18:20] <cherie> night kk

[18:20] <KK> Will do, Martine.

[18:20] <JastaElf> many blessings your excellency :-)

[18:20] <Dov> take care kk

[18:20] <cherie> night again everyone else

[18:20] <Martine> It's only been thirty years or so, Katherine. Can't
imagine why it's getting tiring <g>

[18:20] <Shiral> Night, Cherie

[18:20] * cherie Quit (Quit: I am going, I am leaving, now, Goodbye!
Don't say I didn't warn you...unless of course I really didn't:)

[18:20] <Shiral> yes

[18:20] <Martine> Or twenty years. Whoops :-/

[18:21] * KK steps onto her Portal, waves good-night, blows kisses,
and disappears in a shower of green sparkles.

[18:21] <Martine> I can add and subtract. Really. When I'm not
splitting a brain three ways.

[18:21] <Shiral> We need our Deryni fixes. Hard to concentrate on
writing with hammering and banging all over the house

[18:21] <JastaElf> Ooo, green sparklies!! :-)

[18:21] <Shiral> They tickle!

[18:21] <JastaElf> :-)

[18:21] <Shiral> Night, Katherine

[18:21] <ethan> love those green sparkles

[18:21] <Martine> Huggles!

[18:21] * KK (~kkurtz@*.ts521.cwt.esat.net) Quit

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[17:47] <DeryniBot> Chocolate, Cats, and Cheese just a few of our
favorite things here KK
[17:47] <Bynw> Katherine! :-)
[17:47] <jp> that one, Whosh! straight over my head
[17:47] <Debbie-VB> Hi Katherine
[17:47] <JM> Hi Katherine
[17:47] <Sedina> hi Katherine! Long time no see
[17:47] <RainbowDragon> Greetings, Katherine
[17:47] <jp> hi kk
[17:47] <Dov> welcome, Katherine
[17:47] <ethan> hi katherine!!!
[17:47] <kirienne> Hi Katherine
[17:47] <KK> Hello, folks.
[17:47] <the_Bee> KK! good to see you {{huggles}}
[17:48] <babayaga> hi
[17:48] <RainbowDragon> How are things in your part of the world?
[17:48] <jp> what news from castle Kurtz?
[17:48] <KK> Slow but steady progress on the house.
[17:48] <Sedina> that's good news
[17:48] <KK> And Scrappy is doing well.
[17:48] <Dov> glad to hear it
[17:49] <JM> Very good
[17:49] <kirienne> that is sooo good to hear
[17:49] <Debbie-VB> Good for Scrappy
[17:49] <Sedina> that's great
[17:49] <Rebecka> hi
[17:49] <KK> And my father had quadruple bypass surgery a week ago
Friday, and is now home, doing well.
[17:49] <jp> finaly got out from under Scoobies shadow
[17:49] <kirienne> that is even more wonderful KK
[17:49] <JM> It is amazing how fast they get a person home now- very
good to hear
[17:49] <ethan> very good news about your father
[17:50] <Debbie-VB> Healing woodgies to your father Katherine
[17:50] <Sedina> oh goodness, Katherine, sorry to hear that he needed
to surgery, but I'm glad that he's doing well now
[17:50] <KK> Yep, it was a complete surprise, but at least they were
able to take care of it on a non-emergency basis.
[17:50] <jp> Four bypasses, thats almost an intersection!
[17:50] <kirienne> that's good
[17:50] <Mistyck> hi Katherine
[17:50] <KK> I thought that was sort of the max, but I've now heard of
<eight>!
[17:50] <the_Bee> sounds like a traffic jam! Glad he's doing well
[17:51] <Sedina> my grandfather had a quintuple bypass when I was in
8th grade
[17:51] <KK> Yeah, I need to talk to him today, so can't stay on long
here.
[17:51] <RainbowDragon> How goes the writing?
[17:51] <the_Bee> btw. KK, Martine is awaiting castle feedback
[17:51] <Debbie-VB> any news on the book front?
[17:51] <KK> I assume you guys have mostly heard that Shiral now has a
new kitty companion to join Pan.
[17:52] <the_Bee> no!
[17:52] <Sedina> Little Cesca is so cute!
[17:52] <kirienne> no, I hadn't heard. That's great
[17:52] <Rebecka> cool
[17:52] <KK> Writing has been on the back burner for the past two
weeks, alas.
[17:52] <Debbie-VB> I can imagine
[17:52] <jp> other things to think about!
[17:52] <Rebecka> that's understandable
[17:52] <Sedina> I'd say that it's quite understandable
[17:52] <KK> Yep.
[17:52] <Bynw> well thats understandable with your dad though KK :-)
[17:53] <kirienne> it sure is
[17:53] <Mistyck> I'm glad he's doing well, Katherine
[17:53] <jp> May I ask how old he is?
[17:53] <KK> Yep. Need to go, then, and ring before it gets too late.
He's 79.
[17:53] <Debbie-VB> I am too, and he is now in my prayers
[17:53] <RainbowDragon> Any more remodeling being done or is that on
hold?
[17:53] <KK> No, that's ongoing.
[17:53] <RainbowDragon> okay
[17:54] <Duck> hello katherine, i was away looking for coffee
[17:54] <Mistyck> have a good week Katherine and thanks for stopping
by
[17:54] <KK> I get my new dressing room carpet this week, and we may
get the first windows in upstairs.
[17:54] <ethan> take care KK
[17:54] <Sedina> Take care, Katherine. Thoughts and prayers for your
dad and your family through all of this.
[17:54] <Debbie-VB> windows are good things
[17:54] <JM> Have a good week Katherine and hope he continues to
improve
[17:54] <the_Bee> get well woodgies to your dad
[17:54] <KK> I'll try to drop in for longer next week.
[17:54] <Bynw> take care KK see ya next week hopfully :-)
[17:54] <kirienne> have a good week KK, thanks for coming. I'll be
praying for verra quick recovery time for you dad
[17:54] <Dov> stay well Katherine, best regards to your dad
[17:54] <Sedina> we will look forward to it
[17:54] <RainbowDragon> Bye, Katherine
[17:54] * KK steps onto her Portal, waves good night, and disappears
in a shower of green sparkles.
[17:55] <Debbie-VB> Thanks for dropping in Katherine. Sleep sweet and
have a terrific week
[17:55] <Rebecka> later
[17:55] * KK Quit

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[15:13] *** KK sets mode: +q KK
[15:13] <DeryniBot> Hey KK - Welcome to the Deryni Destinations chat!
[15:13] <Sedina> hi Katherine
[15:13] <Rebecka> hi
[15:13] <Debbie-VB> Hi Katherine
[15:13] <Wrengl> hello Lady Katherine
[15:13] <KK> Hello, Guys.
[15:13] <RainbowDragon> Greetings, Katherine
[15:13] <TerryOBrien> Good evening, Katherine
[15:13] <Shiral> Hello Katherine
[15:13] <KK> Apologies for being absent last week.
[15:13] <Dov> hello katherine
[15:13] <Shiral> =o0
[15:13] <kirienne> I don't have the theatrical edition of TTT, so I will
have to now go back and get that...I waited for the extended edition of that
one
[15:13] <the_Bee> good evening, Katherine
[15:13] <kirienne> Hi Katherine
[15:13] <Shiral> Nice to see you here
[15:14] <RainbowDragon> How was your week, KK?
[15:14] <Wrengl> how is your dan?
[15:14] <Mistyck> Hi Katherine
[15:14] <Wrengl> and scrappy?
[15:14] <Wrengl> and the house?
[15:14] <the_Bee> who's Dan?
[15:14] <KK> We decided at the last minute (on Thursday) to go to Scotland
on Friday, coming back Monday, as that was a 3-day weekend here, and the
builders were already off.
[15:14] <Wrengl> and writing?
[15:14] <Wrengl> meant how is your dad
[15:14] <Wrengl> chilly fingers
[15:14] <KK> My dad is fine; Scrappy is fine.
[15:14] <Rebecka> that's good
[15:14] <Shiral> And the universe according to Katherine, you forgot to ask
that one, Pat
[15:14] <Wrengl> good
[15:15] <kirienne> Did you have a good time in Scotland?
[15:15] <Wrengl> lol bee
[15:15] <Dov> glad to hear it
[15:15] <Sedina> where all did you go in Scotland?
[15:15] <Wrengl> meant lol shiral
[15:15] <Shiral> Glad that all two foots and four foots are recuperating wel
[15:15] <KK> In Scotland, worked with DTH on the proposal for the Adept
prequel, which is taking shape.
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[15:15] <DeryniBot> Chocolate, Cats, and Cheese just a few of our favorite
things here Martine
[15:15] <Shiral> Your fingers must REALLY be chilly
[15:15] <KK> Title will be Hunting by Gaslight.
[15:15] <kirienne> hi Martine
[15:15] <Shiral> Hi Martine!
[15:15] <Sedina> hi Martine
[15:15] <Wrengl> hi martine
[15:15] <Martine> hi! huggles all!
[15:15] <Shiral> COOOL!!
[15:15] <Rebecka> that's good on the adept prequel...
[15:15] <Wrengl> nifty katherine
[15:15] * Dov grins at that
[15:16] <TerryOBrien> Good news about the Adept prequel.
[15:16] <Rebecka> i miss adam
[15:16] <Wrengl> is that instead of adept 6?
[15:16] <KK> No contract yet, of course, but my agent has indicated that Ace
is open to the idea.
[15:16] <Wrengl> oh good
[15:16] <Debbie-VB> That's good news Katherine. of course any news about
your books is good news
[15:16] <KK> Set in the 1880's.
[15:16] <Wrengl> us adept fans are waiting brethlessly
[15:16] <Rebecka> yes we are
[15:16] <Shiral> A marvelous era =o)
[15:16] <kirienne> hopefully the contract will come soon
[15:16] <Dov> even so
[15:16] <Shiral> Any relatives of Adam's in it?
[15:16] <Mistyck> yep yep
[15:16] <KK> DTH has been teaching the gothic novel at St. Andrews, so is up
to speed on that period.
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[15:17] <DeryniBot> Hey Ghostgames - Welcome to the Deryni Destinations
chat!
[15:17] <Mistyck> cool!
[15:17] <Rebecka> that's cool
[15:17] <Shiral> Hello Ann
[15:17] <Mistyck> hi Ann
[15:17] <Sedina> hi Ann
[15:17] <Wrengl> hi ann
[15:17] <Debbie-VB> hi ann
[15:17] <kirienne> hi Ann
[15:17] <Martine> hi ann!
[15:17] <TerryOBrien> Hiya Ann.
[15:17] <Rebecka> hi
[15:17] <Mistyck> hi Martine, you snuck in on me!
[15:17] <Dov> hi
[15:17] <Wrengl> lol mistyck
[15:17] <Ghostgames> hi, all!
[15:18] <RainbowDragon> Hi, Martine
[15:18] <RainbowDragon> Hi, Ghostgames
[15:18] <TerryOBrien> Ann, have you had a chance to look at the DVD I sent?
[15:18] <the_Bee> speaking of the Adept, I have a question: Since John
Graham's only son (only child?) died in Lammas Night, how could he have a
great-grandaughter in the Templar Treasure?
[15:18] <Mistyck> Ann: how goes the Atlas and Deryni Adventures?
[15:18] <Martine> Katherine - when I sent you the general castle layout, I
completely forgot Ann had to rotate it on the city map! :-P
[15:18] <Shiral> Any inspiration for Childe Morgan arise from the Scottish
trip, Katherine?
[15:18] <Martine> The library now faces south instead of west into the
stable yard <sheepish grin>
[15:18] <KK> Got the tile in the upstairs bathroom in the flat done this
week. Hopefully, windows willcome this week.
[15:18] <Wrengl> a daughter bee
[15:18] <Martine> Whoo hoo! Construction progresses :-)
[15:18] <kirienne> we had the last day of regular Sunday school today, I
gave the kids a party...it made my day to have one of the youngest boys cry
because he wasn't going to see "Miss Geri" during the summer program
[15:19] <Shiral> ALWAYS a good thing
[15:19] <the_Bee> never mentioned before?
[15:19] <Wrengl> possible bee
[15:19] <KK> Martine, send me the revised plan please.
[15:19] <Ghostgames> Terry: Yes, thanks! Boy, was I nervous! I'm glad you
didn't pan the camera to catch me going down the aisle to the podium or back
again to my seat (I almost fainted going back to my seat!). :-)
[15:19] <Rebecka> i have to find my adept books so i can reread
them...although right now that's hard as brian is making new book cases
[15:19] <KK> I'm in the process of reviewing Chapter 2 of the gaming book.
[15:20] <Wrengl> if she were not germaine to the story in lammas night
[15:20] <Martine> I will when I've got it figured out. The only way to make
the library face west into the yard is to put it in the gatehouse.
[15:20] <Mistyck> cool, kk!
[15:20] <TerryOBrien> Ann, there wasn't enough light in the audience to even
think about getting shots there.
[15:21] * the_Bee is surprised. LN mentioned at least one other character
who didn't appear: Michael's brother Peter
[15:21] <kirienne> glad to hear gaming book is coming along nicely
[15:21] <Rebecka> yes
[15:21] <Wrengl> but i believe that was to explain his absence
[15:21] * Mistyck would really like to see the gaming book done
[15:21] <Shiral> Nancy just sent me chapter four
[15:21] <Wrengl> else he would have been there
[15:21] <TerryOBrien> Maybe this year, however. I'm talking with Nicole
about changing the environment for the awards show this year.
[15:21] <Dov> now that's interesting
[15:22] * Debbie-VB is waiting eagerly for the gaming book even if she
seldome does RPGs anymore
[15:22] <KK> granddaughter by a step-child, Bee.
[15:22] <Wrengl> ah
[15:22] <Wrengl> thanks katherine
[15:22] <kirienne> same here Debbie...I have no one here to game with, none
of my friends do any of that
[15:23] <TerryOBrien> Here, I've got plenty of gaming friends, but no Deryni
fans among them.
[15:23] <Shiral> I've only played the game at Darkover
[15:23] <Wrengl> so have i shiral
[15:23] <Debbie-VB> I did enjoy doing that bit of role-playing at Darkover
last fall
[15:23] <Martine> Ditto
[15:23] <KK> Oh. Good news re Augustus. His biopsy results came back
negative for any of the nasty stuff, and his swollen gland has gone back to
normal.
[15:23] <the_Bee> then why wouldn't they need to explain Gray's daughter's
absense? Assuming she was raised in the old faith, I'd expect her to be
part of the group
[15:23] <Wrengl> but not from lack of trying
[15:23] <Martine> Excellent, Katherine! I'm so glad to hear that.
[15:23] <Shiral> Hooray! Glad Gus is okay, Katherine
[15:23] <kirienne> that si sooo good to hear about Gus KK
[15:23] <Shiral> he's much too young for serious health problems
[15:23] <Debbie-VB> Good for gus-cat
[15:23] <Wrengl> glad to hear that katherine
[15:23] <KK> So we think it was probably swollen from a transient infection
somewhere else in his body, that responded to the antibiotics and just took
a few weeks to disspate from the swollen gland.
[15:24] <Wrengl> be she could be part of another group
[15:24] <Shiral> Cesca sends Gus a whisker rub
[15:24] <TerryOBrien> She could have been too young at the time. Or sent
away for safety.
[15:24] <the_Bee> OOps. gues it pays to read before writing. thanks, KK
[15:24] <Wrengl> lol bee
[15:25] <Martine> I'd send Rowena's greetings to Gus, too, but based on her
meeting with Arwen, Rowena greetings consist of both forepaws flying! <g>
[15:25] <Wrengl> lol
[15:25] <Rebecka> heh
[15:25] <kirienne> Bee, I have trouble with that too, I have to look at the
keyboard to type, then miss any new things others ahve typed
[15:25] <Mistyck> good for Gus-cat!
[15:25] <Ghostgames> Good news about Gus, glad to hear it!
[15:25] <KK> Rowena has reason to greet other cats with her claws.
Over-friendliness might have cost her that lost eye.
[15:25] <Shiral> Cesca says striped cats must stick together
[15:25] <Wrengl> hooligan says to tell arwen he has not had time to fullfill
the contract, martine
[15:26] <the_Bee> Am I correct that the Earl of Selwyn in Adept TT is Peter
Jordan?
[15:26] <kirienne> LOL Martine...so i take it their meeting was less than
cordial?
[15:26] <KK> Yes, Bee.
[15:26] <Martine> It's possible, Katherine. My vet thinks she was born that
way or lost it as a very young kitten. She may have had a bad early cat
meeting!
[15:26] <Martine> Kirienne, Arwen hissed and growled. Rowena lunged with
both forepaws. It ended with yowling and squealing in the basement.
[15:26] <KK> Born without one eye?!
[15:27] <Ghostgames> I'm dealing with a horse lameness (Zephyr, my young
horse) and an old horse who, after getting his hock injected for arthritis,
is feeling young again -- to the point of almost being a pain! I jumped him
in a lesson (over cross country fences! woo-hoo!) last night, and he was so
happy to be jumping again that he landed bucking after every one!
[15:27] <Martine> ouch, ann!
[15:27] <Shiral> Yikes
[15:27] <Shiral> Although I'm glad the shot was beneficial
[15:27] <Rebecka> ow
[15:27] <KK> Yikes. I have that!
[15:27] <Debbie-VB> You definitly do not need a buck right after a jump
[15:27] <KK> The bucking while landing.
[15:27] <Martine> Katherine, from the way her eye socket developed and
filled in, my vet thinks she didn't have an eye very long and spent most of
her growth stage without it.
[15:27] <kirienne> yikes Ann
[15:28] <KK> Hmm. Might have been an early infection, when she was very
tiny.
[15:28] <Martine> Could have been. She also may have had bad interactions
with cats who saw her as a one-eyed easy target.
[15:28] <Ghostgames> The saddle fits Shazaam well (which is why I use it on
him) but it's not very comfortable. Add some bucks and some less than
stellar riding on my part and I'm um, a little bit bruised where you
definitely don't want any bruising...
[15:28] <KK> Hate, not have--bucking while landing.
[15:28] <Mistyck> ick!
[15:28] <Shiral> Ouch, Ann
[15:28] <Martine> LOL, Ann! Did you forget your seat saver?
[15:28] <Rebecka> whoops
[15:29] <Shiral> I WAS wondering, Katherine =o)
[15:29] * Debbie-VB sends Ann some anti-bruse woodgies
[15:29] <kirienne> oh ann, ouch !!!
[15:29] <Shiral> You don't seem like the bucking type
[15:29] <Martine> Buck on landing can be hard to sit sometimes.
[15:30] <Shiral> Sometimes, just plain landing can be hard to sit
[15:30] <Mistyck> yep
[15:30] <KK> I don't like bucking at any time.
[15:30] <Ghostgames> I was laughing so hard it didn't matter. :-) It was SO
good to feel him feeling that good again (I stopped riding him regularly 4
years ago when I hit my top weight because he was feeling old and I was
feeling fat...). And it was REALLY good to actually being enjoying
jumping -- dunno why (maybe all that riding in Ireland!) but I wasn't very
nervous at all! Jumping's FUN when you're not spending all your energy
/making/ yourself point the horse at every jump while your stomach roils in
protest....
[15:30] <Martine> LOL! Especially on my stable's greenest horse. He tends to
jump sideways <g>
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[15:30] <DeryniBot> Chocolate, Cats, and Cheese just a few of our favorite
things here Olympia
[15:30] <Shiral> Hello, Olympia
[15:30] <Debbie-VB> well you all would know more about that then I would.
I've been on horse-back exactly once
[15:30] <Olympia> Greetings!
[15:30] <Rebecka> hi
[15:30] <KK> hee-hee! nancy!
[15:30] <the_Bee> hi Olympia
[15:31] <kirienne> hi Nancy
[15:31] <Martine> Jumping's a LOT of fun when you don't have to worry about
yourself OR the horse <g>
[15:31] <Mistyck> hiyas Nancy
[15:31] <Wrengl> hi nancy
[15:31] <Martine> hi nancy!
[15:31] <Olympia> Oooo! Katherine! I saw Gabrielle yesterday and her three
kids - all grown up!
[15:31] <Sedina> hi Nancy
[15:31] <the_Bee> has a horse ever cleared a jump sideways?
[15:31] <Shiral> Not intentionally
[15:31] <Olympia> And Kathy (Jessica Llyrindi) and Fran, and Arabella
[15:31] <KK> Argh! I guess they would be. Does that make us old-er? ;-)
[15:31] <Wrengl> not at all
[15:32] <Olympia> and Aurelia showed up in a pale yellow QUIANA dress that
used to be yours <grin>
[15:32] <Martine> Bee, Midnight approaches on a perpendicular path. He just
manages to somehow move SIDEWAYS while in mid-air. Don't ask me how. We
haven't figured it out yet!
[15:32] <Wrengl> we stood still while they grew up
[15:32] <Olympia> Hi everyone! We had an "Old Timers Tourney" here in Caid
yesterday
[15:32] <KK> Arabella? Cool. How's she doing?
[15:32] <Olympia> And Morven 'n Charles armed up and fought!
[15:32] <Olympia> Arabella, Kristin 'n Robear all live in this sort of
ranch/farm
[15:32] <kirienne> bet that was fun Nancy
[15:32] <KK> I'll bet Morven hasn't change at all, other than to get greyer.
[15:32] <Olympia> we had a candlelight Harry Potter quest for the revel
[15:33] <Ghostgames> Martine -- I gave my seat saver to Karen who needed it
more due to some difficulties she's been having recently... Come to think of
it, she decided to use her sheepskin seat saver for the jumping lesson (we
trucked the horses to a group lesson), so my gel "Tush Cush" was available,
I'll definitely use it next time!
[15:33] <TerryOBrien> Martine, it sounds like you horse is trying to high
jump the hurdle.
[15:33] <Olympia> Terry looks pretty much the same. Richard (my ex) was
there
[15:33] <Shiral> What, did you have to search for the Goblet of Fire?
[15:33] <KK> Arabella lives with them? Cool. Is Ximena still around?
[15:33] <Dov> wow arabella! don't know names, but i love the sca
[15:33] <Martine> Terry, I try not to ride Midnight too much. There've been
a few times when I've barely stuck the landing!
[15:33] <Olympia> and I saw peacocks 'n chickens 'n emus 'n a donkey 'n
horses 'n dogs 'n cats - it was VERY rustic. No both Piers and Ximena are
gone from us.
[15:34] <Olympia> Let's see what else - oh yeah - I'll be in the Barony of
Stonemarche (Salem, NH) for about four months
[15:34] <KK> Ah. I knew about Piers; hadn't heard that Ximena had passed
on.
[15:34] <KK> (Sorry, guys. This is SCA catch-up.)
[15:34] <Martine> And Nancy, if you don't come down here for sushi, you can
bet I'll be up there knocking on your door!
[15:34] <Rebecka> no prob
[15:34] <Mistyck> it's cool, KK..
[15:35] <Olympia> I think she did - I'll ask Gabrielle - you should see her
kids!!!!! (yep - sorry - Katherine 'n I got um sorta way back on this)
[15:35] <Shiral> You'll be knocking the door DOWN, Martine <G>
[15:35] <Dov> not aproblem, katherine
[15:35] * Mistyck has been getting involved in the SCA recently
[15:35] <Olympia> Heh! John and I are driving from L.A. to Salem the week of
July 18th - with a stop in Canton, Ohio!!!
[15:35] <Shiral> Possibly with a battering ram
[15:35] <kirienne> tis ok KK, one of my dearest friends who lives in Yakima
WA is in SCA, she tells me about things. i find it all very interesting
[15:35] <the_Bee> KK & Nancy: Which ones have 2 legs and which have 4?
[15:35] <Mistyck> Dov introduced me to the local Houston Chapter last month
[15:35] <Shiral> What's in Canton Ohio?
[15:35] <Rebecka> i'm used to it..as i have two members of the D'mer
household show up on my doorstep every once in a while...
[15:35] <Ghostgames> KK (and Nancy and Martine and anyone else coming to
Boston for World Con) -- we have GOT to set aside a day before or after the
convention to go to the Lord of the Rings exhibit that will be at the Museum
of Science!
[15:35] <Olympia> gasp!
[15:35] <Olympia> what's in canton,oh!
[15:36] <Olympia> The Football Hall of Fame!
[15:36] <KK> That's a definite yes, Ann.
[15:36] <Shiral> Okay, well, I know NOTHING about Football
[15:36] <Martine> Absolutely, Ann!
[15:36] <Martine> And we've gotta figure it out quick so I can request the
time off work before and/or after.
[15:36] <Olympia> Conrad will be at Worldcon too
[15:36] <Debbie-VB> OOoooooo that dso sounds like it would be totally
interesting Ann. wonder if it will get to our big science museam?
[15:36] * kirienne is jealuou of those getting to see the LOTR exhibit, and
getting to go to worldcon
[15:36] <KK> I can do it before or after, so long as I know which.
[15:37] <the_Bee> all I need to know is my tram won the superbowl ;o)
[15:37] <the_Bee> my team too
[15:37] <Martine> Eek! I've got to reserve my WorldCon ticket!
[15:37] <Shiral> That's a talented tram, bee <G>
[15:37] <the_Bee> me too
[15:37] <KK> But you're staying with us at Ann's, though, right, so we can
have out slumber party?!
[15:37] <Olympia> Oh and when we come back to CA, it turns out that Morven
is a big hockey fan (who knew?)
[15:38] <Olympia> So John 'n he will be hockey buddies
[15:38] <KK> Amazing.
[15:38] <Olympia> Sherri doesn't let him smoke his pipe in the house so he's
been relegated to a converted room in the garage.
[15:38] <KK> Are you keeping your apartment, or getting a new one once the
two of you move back?
[15:38] <Martine> Absolutely, Katherine! :-)
[15:38] <Martine> My John will stay home with the kitties and his referee
whistle.
[15:38] <Olympia> I'm leaving this vale of woe (with the horrible downstairs
neighbor and the high rent) and we will find somewhere new when we return,
possibly in Camarillo or Carlsbad
[15:39] <Sedina> and his water gun, Martine?
[15:39] <KK> Ah. Excellent.
[15:39] <Martine> and especially the water gun <g>
[15:39] <Shiral> Poor Arwen and Rowena <G>
[15:39] <Olympia> Assuming we survive the road trip, we'll be in NH for
about 4 months while I get a house full of 40 yrs o' stuff ready to sell!
[15:39] <Sedina> that's great, Nancy...you'll have to remember to keep us
up-to-date on your address
[15:40] <Shiral> Definitely
[15:40] <kirienne> from the sounds of it, poor John
[15:40] <Olympia> Oh, I'm ALWAYS reachable via the internet
[15:40] <Sedina> well, yes, but it's hard to send cards through the internet

[15:40] * Debbie-VB wonders if she has nancy's e-mail
[15:40] <Olympia> I told my friends here it will be like nothing has changed

[15:40] <Olympia>
[15:40] <Martine> John's having a great time playing "mercenary", Kirienne.
[15:40] <KK> We call it the God-gun here at Holybrooke, because the cats
don't know where the water comes from, so it must be God.
[15:40] <Olympia> Mercenary?
[15:40] <kirienne> LOL, well that's good at least
[15:41] <Olympia> ahhh the god gun - katherine is deadly with that
[15:41] <Rebecka> heh
[15:41] <Sedina> lol water guns don't work with my cats
[15:41] <Martine> I forgot about that, Katherine! That's a great name for
John's gun, because he got one of those big huge super soakers that require
a mop for cleanup :-P
[15:41] <Shiral> Don't let a God gun fall into Torenthi hands...
[15:41] <Ghostgames> Shadow completely ignored the super soaker that we
soaked half the kitchen with in our last attempt to discourage him from
getting up on the counters.
[15:41] <KK> Gus practically turned himself inside-out the first time Scott
had to zap him.
[15:41] <Olympia> It's not unlike watching Hermione cast a spell
[15:41] <Rebecka> they don't work with the furball or the purrball
either..yana on the other hand...
[15:41] <Martine> rotfl, katherine!
[15:41] <Mistyck> I will have to try that with Evaine
[15:42] <Sedina> lol Katherine
[15:42] <Mistyck> she hates water
[15:42] <Martine> They don't work on Arwen either. Her fur's too think.
Rowena's a different story. She thinks John is a wet demon from hell now <g>
[15:42] <Olympia> roflmao
[15:42] <KK> We actually use one of those spritzer bottles with the nozzle
turned to a tight stream.
[15:42] <Rebecka> heh
[15:42] <Martine> too thick, too
[15:42] <Mistyck> she even thinks twice when thirsty
[15:42] <the_Bee> thinking fur? smart cat!
[15:42] <Shiral> LOL
[15:42] * Dov chuckles
[15:42] <Martine> She is smart enough to be scary, Bee <grin>
[15:42] <Martine> Rowena on the other hand.... :-P
[15:42] <Shiral> It's funny, Pan has picked up the habit of patting the
surface of the water in his water dish from Cesca
[15:42] <Rebecka> yana loves water guns and the water hose...being out in
the rain on the other hand...
[15:42] <Shiral> He NEVER used to do that
[15:42] <Martine> ./;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
[15:43] <Martine> Sorry. Guess Rowena objected to my calling her "not as
smart as Arwen" <g>
[15:43] <KK> Was that Rowena's comment?
[15:43] <Shiral> LOL
[15:43] <Rebecka> heh
[15:43] <Olympia> In answer to a question asked a bit ago, no we didn't
quest for the Goblet of Fire; we were doing our final exams at the Hogwarts
Adult Night School
[15:43] <Sedina> I'm still half expecting to be taking a bath and end up
with a Bueller in the tub with me
[15:43] <Shiral> Wow, she used the SEMICOLON too. She must be furious
[15:43] <Olympia> Geh, Kim - wet cat!
[15:43] <Martine> AND she hit the enter key!
[15:43] <Shiral> Oh, okay, Nancy
[15:44] <KK> lol, olympia.
[15:44] <kirienne> LOL Nancy, sounds like a very fun time
[15:44] <Shiral> Remedial Spells?
[15:44] <Olympia> It was AWESOME - we had these little battery operated
"candles" and we had five "exam's
[15:44] * Martine pictures Nancy in a remedial flying broomstick lesson
[15:44] <Sedina> lol
[15:44] <Rebecka> heh
[15:44] <Olympia> ha ha ha /thwak oops sorry Miss Martine
[15:44] <Shiral> Hang on tight
[15:44] <Debbie-VB> I had a kitty-cat who loved to play with my toes while I
was bathing. She ended up wet a few times, which she did NOT appreciate in
the least thankyouverymuch
[15:44] <Martine> ow!
[15:44] <Olympia> And the horses (real horses) were all decked out - one was
a unicorn!
[15:44] <Dov> eek
[15:45] <Shiral> Cool
[15:45] <KK> So, what kines of questions did they ask on the exams?
[15:45] <Dov> impressive
[15:45] <KK> kinds of questions--not cows.
[15:45] <Shiral> Magical cows would be a bit much
[15:45] <Olympia> oh the first test was to identify the Fumets of Mythical
Creatures
[15:45] <Olympia> (fumets = poop)
[15:45] <Olympia> So...
[15:45] <Shiral> LOL
[15:45] <Martine> I was all aflutter waiting for bovine questions
[15:45] <Olympia> There were jars 'n boxes of stuff - like chocolate bits
(Brownie poop)
[15:45] <Martine> lol!
[15:45] <Olympia> and goldfish crackers (mermaid poop)
[15:45] <Wrengl> indeed ann
[15:45] <Dov> lol
[15:46] <Sedina> lol
[15:46] <Rebecka> heh
[15:46] <Shiral> LOL
[15:46] <Olympia> I will NEVER be able to eat goldfish crackers again!
[15:46] <Wrengl> i have my handicap scooter all rented already and paid for
[15:46] <Debbie-VB> rotfl!
[15:46] <Martine> lmao!!!
[15:46] <KK> rotflmao
[15:46] <Shiral> Nor will I
[15:46] <Rebecka> hee hee
[15:46] <Olympia> We have Morven 'n Amina to thank for those!
[15:46] <KK> Might have known.
[15:46] <Olympia> (The Terry and Sherri we were talking about)
[15:46] <KK> Soulds like it's getting more like the old days already.
[15:46] <kirienne> that is sooo funny, well did you get good marks on your
exams?
[15:46] <Olympia> Oh and we got majorly stumped - there was a jar of
jewels - we thought it was dragon poop but it was gnome poop
[15:47] <Martine> gnome?
[15:47] <Rebecka> heh]
[15:47] <Martine> Why gnome?
[15:47] <Olympia> There were ashes (phoenix poop but we thought the charcoal
was) - 'cuz dragons don't actually EAT jewels - don't ask
[15:47] <KK> They're the ones who guard riches.
[15:47] <Olympia> yep
[15:47] <TerryOBrien> I would love to stay and chat, but I need to go get
dinner.
[15:47] <the_Bee> rocks. they eat them
[15:47] <Shiral> Bye, Terry
[15:47] <KK> Night, Terry.
[15:47] <TerryOBrien> Good night, all.
[15:47] <Martine> bye Terry
[15:47] <kirienne> see ya Terry
[15:47] <the_Bee> seeya terry
[15:47] <Rebecka> later
[15:47] <Debbie-VB> Nighters Terry
[15:47] <Dov> night terry
[15:47] <Shiral> Must have been some INTERESTING discussions
[15:47] <Olympia> So the next station was Spells (Jessica had that) - mind
you this is all -- bye Terry! - out in the country so it was lit by stars 'n
candles
[15:47] <RainbowDragon> Bye, Terry
[15:48] <Wrengl> night terry
[15:48] <Olympia> and little tents full of cool stuff
[15:48] <Sedina> bye Terry
[15:48] <Mistyck> g'nite Terry
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[15:48] <Olympia> We had to match spells names with pictures from the movie
which appeared on a "magic box"
[15:48] <Olympia> and we got chocolate afterwards to fortify us
[15:48] <Olympia> which was a BAD thing 'cuz the next test was Potions
[15:48] <KK> That sounds like a good part.
[15:48] <kirienne> lol
[15:48] <the_Bee> are you sure it wasn't brownie poop?
[15:48] <Martine> Potions??? <lol>
[15:48] <Rebecka> heh
[15:48] <Wrengl> lol
[15:49] <Olympia> Four bottles and we had to ID what was in them. THAT was
very embarassing. Yes I'm sure 'cuz it was in BIG chunks <grin>
[15:49] <Martine> I'll take Mexican potions for $500!
[15:49] <Shiral> I'm giving up brownies for a while, I think...
[15:49] <Sedina> this is sounding like it was a riot
[15:49] <Debbie-VB> Sounds like a good time was had by all
[15:49] <Rebecka> yes it does
[15:49] <KK> So, what <was> in the bottoles?
[15:49] <Olympia> Sigh I really goofed on this one. The first one had no
smell or taste...
[15:49] <Olympia> I thought it was um cooking oil.
[15:49] <KK> bottles, even. Rented fingers tonight.
[15:49] <Olympia> It was water
[15:49] <kirienne> lol
[15:49] <the_Bee> water?
[15:49] <Wrengl> lol
[15:49] <Olympia> The second we thought was vinegar; it was lemon juice
[15:50] <Olympia> The third was raspberry flavoring
[15:50] <Shiral> Snape will be SOO disappointed, Nancy. You're his star
pupil
[15:50] <Wrengl> not verrA good were ya?
[15:50] <Olympia> actually i was awful at this one
[15:50] <Martine> I guess all that poop tasting destroyed your taste buds!
<g>
[15:50] <KK> Guess you flunked Potions.
[15:50] <Wrengl> lol
[15:50] <Shiral> At least they weren't your o.w.l's
[15:50] <kirienne> did that mean you had to have detention with Snape?
[15:50] <Rebecka> heh
[15:50] <Debbie-VB> well those two are a bit closer toeach other then oil
and dihydrogen monoxide are
[15:50] <Wrengl> true enough
[15:50] <Olympia> The fourth was weird - tinted blue, faint taste - it was
brown sugar dissolved in water!
[15:50] <Shiral> LOL
[15:50] <Olympia> So we have two tests left... we got to Myths & Legends -
[15:51] <Olympia> Oh Katherine yuo should have seen Charles of Dublin all
done up like a wizard and we had to tell a story or recite a poem or whoo
hoo sing! Got FULL marks on THAT one!
[15:51] <Olympia> (Oh Cristobal 'n Larry say hi too)
[15:51] <Olympia> The final exam was a mini-live chess game - we were given
a Queen, 2 rooks and 2 pawns.
[15:52] <Olympia> Thank heaven we had Master Aldred with us - he's a chess
genius so we scored serious major points in that - mate in 6 moves
[15:52] <Rebecka> cool
[15:52] <Olympia> and (we were Hufflepuff) we won the House Cup!
[15:52] <Olympia> and ... get this ... we got WANDS! and Feathers!
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[15:52] <Shiral> I'd have flunked chess
[15:52] <DeryniBot> Welcome jp to all things Katherine Kurtz
[15:52] <kirienne> congratulations
[15:52] <Shiral> Hello JP
[15:52] <jp> hi
[15:52] <Wrengl> hi jp
[15:52] <kirienne> hi jp
[15:52] <Olympia> and chocolate frogs!
[15:52] <Sedina> you and me both, Shiral
[15:52] <KK> That sound like it was soooo cool!
[15:52] <RainbowDragon> Hi, jp
[15:52] <Wrengl> neato nancy
[15:52] <Rebecka> hi
[15:52] * kirienne has never played chess in her life
[15:52] <Sedina> that sounds so fun, Nancy
[15:52] <Shiral> Congratulations, Hufflepuffs
[15:53] <Rebecka> chess is fun...
[15:53] <Dov> when you took a piece, did the piece get to fight back?
[15:53] <Olympia> It was a Robear 'n Kristin production of course - so it
was amazing
[15:53] <Olympia> Well not exactly, Dov, but the opponent pieces sure talked
a lot!!!!
[15:53] <kirienne> rotfl
[15:53] <Wrengl> i usually get beaten like grant at cold harbor when i play
chess
[15:53] <Dov> *grin*
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[15:53] <DeryniBot> Chocolate, Cats, and Cheese just a few of our favorite
things here Bynw
[15:53] <Olympia> My apprentice (in the SCA) was in Slytherin - she and
another girl in Slytherin tied for first place individual and got Bertie
Botts Beans
[15:53] <Shiral> Hello, Bynw
[15:53] <Wrengl> hi bynw
[15:53] <kirienne> hi Bynw
[15:53] <Debbie-VB> I'm not a very good chess player either pat
[15:53] <Rebecka> hi
[15:54] <Bynw> Hiyas all
[15:54] <Martine> hi bynw!
[15:54] <Sedina> hi, Bynw
[15:54] <KK> That is so clever! Wish I could have been there!
[15:54] <Olympia> I'm ok at chess until the mid-game and then I go brain
dead. Backgammon is my game.
[15:54] <Martine> Say, Bynw.... can I borrow your tesseract again? <G>
[15:54] <Rebecka> it's been so long since i've played that i'm very rusty
[15:54] <Ghostgames> brb -- doggies are hungry
[15:54] <Debbie-VB> Hi bynw
[15:54] <Olympia> Beat my ex husband 100 games in a row and he hasn't played
since
[15:54] <Martine> I've never been good at chess :-P
[15:54] <Shiral> LOL
[15:54] <Martine> Alright Nancy!
[15:54] <RainbowDragon> hi, bynw
[15:54] <Wrengl> lol nancy
[15:54] <kirienne> way to go Nancy
[15:54] <Olympia> And of course I had to remind him of it yesterday <grin>
[15:54] <Shiral> I hope for John's sake that he's good at chess <G>
[15:54] <Debbie-VB> Good on you Nancy
[15:54] <kirienne> hee hee heee
[15:54] <Shiral> Or has a more resilient spirit
[15:54] <Olympia> Oh, Katherine - Thin Robert was there too
[15:54] <KK> Heh heh.
[15:54] <Wrengl> of course you did
[15:55] <Bynw> sure Martine
[15:55] <Olympia> Hm, John is VERY resilient. He's a New Englander
[15:55] <Shiral> Good point
[15:55] <Martine> Awesome, Bynw! Thanks!
[15:55] <KK> It really was an old-timer's event, wasn't it?
[15:55] <jp> the trick s to let them win one every now and then Olympia
[15:55] * Martine goes back to her task of relocating the royal library...
[15:55] <Wrengl> lol martine
[15:55] <Rebecka> be right back want to make sure yana didn't leave the door
open to downstairs for the furball and purrball to come down here
[15:55] <Olympia> bah! never, jp
[15:55] <Wrengl> btw i think i have decided to have a party on sat at
worldcon
[15:55] <Olympia> I am a horrible loser and a worse winner - ask Katherine
[15:56] * Shiral makes note never play chess with Nancy
[15:56] <KK> She does not lie. ;-)
[15:56] <Wrengl> only problem is before or after the hugos, which i don't
attend
[15:56] * the_Bee passes around flagons of nut brown to toast the victors
[15:56] <Olympia> Cool, Pat! but I have a question and please forgive me for
being a weenie but will there be smoking in the room?
[15:56] <jp> from the grind them into the dirt school of winning?
[15:56] <Olympia> Oh yeah, JP - big time
[15:56] <Olympia> Sun sign is Cancer but it's with Leo Rising
[15:57] <Rebecka> back..silly puppy..i go to close the door, she goes
upstairs before i close it..
[15:57] <Martine> Nancy - remind me to only play *cooperative* computer
games with you! <g>
[15:57] <Bynw> Martine, you playing in the idle rpg again tonight?
[15:57] <Olympia> One of the reasons I didn't pursue a fighting career in
the SCA is that I have THE worst rhinohide ever! I know the opponent has hit
me but ha ha! it was a glance
[15:57] <Rebecka> brian is trying to figure out if he wants to go into the
costume contest.
[15:57] <Debbie-VB> I much prefer co-operative computer games too Martine
[15:58] <Olympia> "idle rpg"?
[15:58] <the_Bee> cancer sun, Leo rising--sun in 12th house of charity,
mysticism, hospitals and secret enemies
[15:58] <Martine> Ack! Bynw, I just noticed that my login script to dump me
in the rpg channel didn't save. What's the channel name again?
[15:58] <jp> ?
[15:58] <Olympia> heh! Is that you, Bee?
[15:58] <Shiral> Olympia, I hope you're happy. I'm having to feed a Legion
of Torenthi Dukes and Counts
[15:58] <Martine> Or better yet - the URL for the page that tells me how to
log into it?
[15:58] <Olympia> Yeah and you hate it, Shiral dear
[15:58] <Bynw> martine #idlerpg
[15:58] <Shiral> Well, they're ALWAYS hungry
[15:58] <Debbie-VB> well you will insist on bringing them over shiral
[15:58] <Olympia> Wot's an Idlerpg
[15:59] <Olympia> They're like that, Shiral. I recommend chocolate
[15:59] <Martine> And Shiral, I'll bet you HATE how they always insist on
dressing in leather <g>
[15:59] <Olympia> lots and lots of chocolate
[15:59] <Olympia> and those puffy white shirts
[15:59] <the_Bee> no, it's whoever Nancy was describing
[15:59] <Bynw> Olympia, see the PM
[15:59] <Shiral> It gets a little crowded is all
[15:59] <Shiral> They all think my castle is too dinky and they're right
[15:59] <Olympia> heh! that would be me I was describing - better check my
12th House!
[15:59] <Debbie-VB> isa that not an RPG created by a former Python?
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[15:59] <DeryniBot> Chocolate, Cats, and Cheese just a few of our favorite
things here Duck
[15:59] <Olympia> get a bigger bed, Shiral
[15:59] <Bynw> hi Duck
[15:59] <Shiral> Hello Donald!
[15:59] <kirienne> hi Duck
[15:59] <Rebecka> hi
[15:59] <Duck> hello people
[15:59] <KK> Hello, Duck.
[15:59] <Olympia> Greetings, Donald!
[16:00] <Dov> hi duck
[16:00] <jp> hi duck
[16:00] <Shiral> Heh, actually, I DID just get a new bed <G>
[16:00] <Sedina> hi duck
[16:00] <Olympia> Ooooo with four posters 'n satin sheets?
[16:00] <Shiral> It's wonderful after years of twanging springs
[16:00] <Shiral> Not quite
[16:00] <Debbie-VB> Dyck g'Quack
[16:00] <Shiral> But it's MUCH more comfortable than the old one
[16:00] <Olympia> How goes it over there, Donald?
[16:00] <Shiral> Just plain cotton sheets, though
[16:00] <the_Bee> g'day duck!
[16:00] <Martine> hi duck!
[16:00] <Olympia> I trust that's high count Egyptian cotton!
[16:00] <KK> But bedknobs?
[16:01] <Dov> btw i hear Donald Duck turned 70 this week
[16:01] <Shiral> Oh, of course <G>
[16:01] <KK> Canopy?
[16:01] <Shiral> Umm, just a metal frame, box springs and mattress
[16:01] <Martine> Canopied curtained beds rule :-D
[16:01] <Wrengl> i can have no smoking during the party
[16:01] <Olympia> Ok I'm tempted to say metal frames can be fun but I'd
better not
[16:01] <Shiral> It's not terribly grand, but it IS comfy
[16:01] <jp> I've already eaten thank's KK
[16:01] * kirienne wishes she had a canopy bed with the fancy bed curtains
[16:01] <Wrengl> but kathy and juanita will be smoking other tiems
[16:01] <Shiral> I thank you for your restraint, Olympia. <EG>
[16:02] <Wrengl> we can probably be in hall also since it is party block
[16:02] <Olympia> If there's smoking in the room, Pat, I have to decline --
and my apologies -- but the lungs have a Not So Good reaction
[16:02] <jp> oh, canopy!
[16:02] * Debbie-VB asks innocently "why are metal frames more fun nancy?"
[16:02] <KK> Our lungs are definitely sisters!
[16:02] <Martine> Innocently my foot.
[16:02] <Olympia> (Nancy takes Debbie into the corner and explains it to
her...)
[16:02] <Martine> Make them triplet lungs. Asthma doesn't like smoke.
[16:02] <Shiral> LOL
[16:03] <Olympia> "And then you..."
[16:03] <Wrengl> hi duck
[16:03] <Olympia> "and if he does...."
[16:03] <Sedina> add me into that mix...my asthma has gotten far worse than
it used to be
[16:03] <Shiral> LOL
[16:03] <Sedina> lol
[16:03] <Debbie-VB> I've no6t liked the smell of tobacco smoke since I quit
about 4½ yrs ago
[16:03] <kirienne> nope, I have trouble when the neighbors in apt comples
that have fireplaces use them
[16:03] <Olympia> "Extra pillows are good too..."
[16:03] <Rebecka> heh
[16:03] <KK> Mine is greatly improved, as of my most recent asthma check.
They even reduced the strength of my inhaler.
[16:03] <Shiral> "At strategic points...."
[16:04] <Debbie-VB> conga-rats katherine
[16:04] <Rebecka> that's good
[16:04] <Duck> otherwise i'm sure pat will have some gas masks available -
she tends to have just about everything else packed into the car
[16:04] <Shiral> Not having quite so much construction dust around the house
must help, Katherine
[16:04] <Wrengl> sounds like no one will come to the party then
[16:04] <Martine> Awesome, Katherine! :-)
[16:04] <Wrengl> ;
[16:04] <Olympia> Yeah, Katherine! I suspect that 4 months or so in NH will
help mine - just being there for 10 days helped a lot
[16:04] <Wrengl>
[16:04] <Sedina> I wish that were my case, Katherine, but I went from not
having to use an inhaler (for the last 4 years) to having to be attached to
mine again.
[16:04] <Debbie-VB> very good news, especially tha part of less meds
[16:04] <KK> Ah, yes.
[16:04] <Wrengl> guess i will just cancel the idea
[16:04] <Olympia> Pat, what if we can find another room?
[16:04] <KK> :-( Sedina.
[16:04] <jp> think it was a reaction to all that adolecent testosterone at
Gencon last year KK?
[16:04] <Wrengl> that would work nancy
[16:04] <Ghostgames> back
[16:05] <Shiral> Bring food, and party in a non-smoking room
[16:05] <Wrengl> for darkover i will have two rooms
[16:05] <KK> No, it was the dust before I came.
[16:05] <Wrengl> but i could not afford it for worldcon
[16:05] <Sedina> I'm just hoping that it's temporary and that once this
<nasty> case of bronchitis has finally given up its grip on me, I'll be able
to go back to my relatively carefree breathing
[16:05] <Shiral> Someone will be staying in a non-smoking room, Pat
[16:05] <Olympia> The other thing we could do is fine a nearby eatery that
will give us a big table so we can carouse
[16:05] <the_Bee> I plan to request non-smoking...
[16:06] <Olympia> I hear tell the are some pretty fyne places in Boston
[16:06] * Debbie-VB sends Sedina some anti-bronchitis woodgies
[16:06] <Rebecka> i know that brian and i will, but..we'll have the puppy
with us, which means a crate in the room...and if brian goes into the
costume contest..there goes that thing called room altogether..
[16:06] <Wrengl> but only the sheraton has a party block bee
[16:06] <Wrengl> and they are full
[16:06] <Shiral> A lot more than in Timmonium
[16:07] <KK> But you do pretty quiet parties, Wrengl. Are no parties at all
allowed in the non-party hotels?
[16:07] <jp> KK, is there a pope in the deryni universe?
[16:07] <Olympia> No, just no Noisy Spill Into the Halls Door Open parties
[16:07] <Wrengl> no parties at all in the marriot
[16:08] * Debbie-VB remebers a little gblt party at darkover
[16:08] <Olympia> They can't keep you from having people in your room as
long as you are quiet
[16:08] <KK> There might be, far far away. But Gwynedd is more collegial,
like the Anglican communion.
[16:08] <Wrengl> even a quiet party is too noisy for a quiet block
[16:08] <Shiral> PRetend it's a Fratri Silentii party?
[16:08] <Olympia> lol
[16:08] <Wrengl> that is true nancy
[16:08] <Rebecka> heh
[16:08] <KK> Now, there's a thought.
[16:09] <Wrengl> lol shiral
[16:09] <Olympia> Of course with all that food who has a chance to talk!
[16:09] <Ghostgames> I like the idea of going out to one of the many fine
eat-and-hang-out venues in the area...
[16:09] <Shiral> They were party guys, but it was pretty hard to tell
because they never talked
[16:09] * jp note to self, swat up on Anglican communion
[16:09] * Duck "hello yes reception i heard a mouse squeak five doors down
its too loud they must be having a party"
[16:09] <Wrengl> that sounds like a good idea
[16:09] <Dov> Katherine, have you ever constructed a map that extends as far
as the Holy Land?
[16:09] <Olympia> lol! a point to donald
[16:09] <Wrengl> lol duck
[16:09] <Shiral> Communicate through semaphore flags
[16:09] <KK> Think Episcopalian, JP.
[16:09] <Wrengl> lol shiral
[16:09] <KK> no, dov.
[16:09] <Olympia> (Nancy hears the word "map" and dives into the bunker)
[16:10] <Wrengl> a restaurant would work also
[16:10] <Olympia> or wave chocolate covered chips at each other
[16:10] <Wrengl> as long as it was not overly expensive
[16:10] <KK> An eatery sounds better all the time.
[16:10] <Sedina> I can certainly supply the chippers
[16:10] <Shiral> Pass notes?
[16:10] <KK> Do they make chippers with dark chocolate?
[16:10] <the_Bee> sign language?
[16:10] <Dov> relax, olympia, i was just curious
[16:10] <Wrengl> you are not allowed at any deryni party kim without
chippers
[16:10] <Sedina> Katherine - yes they do
[16:10] * Shiral wishes she could go to Worldcon
[16:11] <Sedina> they also make white choc. and diabetic chippers
[16:11] <Martine> ack! chippers! help!
[16:11] <kirienne> that's about right Duck. i recall one year at Media West,
the front desk rang my room to tell us that a person in the next room was
upset over the nornal talking that goes on with more than 1 person in the
room, They heard us as they passed by our open door and complained
[16:11] <Sedina> or rather, sugar-free for diabetics
[16:11] <Olympia> Melissa, do you think you will make it to Darkover?
[16:11] <Shiral> I really don't know, Nancy
[16:11] <Olympia>
[16:11] <Wrengl> even the sugar free are good
[16:11] <Sedina> Pat - Widman's has gotten to recognize me for all the times
I've gone in to get chippers
[16:12] <Olympia> lol!
[16:12] <Shiral> We'll be closed on Sundays starting in July, which means
I'll be able to chat more freely, but it will blow something of a hole in my
budget
[16:12] <Wrengl> lol sedina
[16:12] <Rebecka> the benigans over by the Boston Park Plaza is decent..
[16:12] <KK> Do they have ice cream?
[16:12] <Martine> Ack, Shiral! Budget holes are not good.
[16:12] <Wrengl> how far is it from the sheraton, rebecka
[16:12] <Shiral> Tell me about it
[16:12] <Debbie-VB> I'm sort of planning to get back for Darkover 05
[16:12] <Rebecka> not sure on that though
[16:12] <Olympia> Ok let's see... here's the Melissa Needs a Book Contract
candle...
[16:12] <RainbowDragon> whats a chipper?
[16:13] <KK> We need chocolate chip ice cream!
[16:13] <Wrengl> and if in walking distance are they handicap accessable
[16:13] <Olympia> and the Kim 'n Katherine's No Smoke Healing Lung candle
[16:13] <Martine> Chocolate-covered potatoe ships, RD
[16:13] <Sedina> RD - choc. covered potato chip
[16:13] <Olympia> oh darkover '05 - definitely
[16:13] <Shiral> Melissa needs sugar daddy, or a genie in a lamp
[16:13] <Wrengl> both kathi and i will have scooters
[16:13] <Sedina> lol Shiral
[16:13] <Bynw> candles? SOY candles ... no soot :-) from Tika
[16:13] <the_Bee> several restaurants in Back Bay. Are you looking for
fancy or pub?
[16:13] <Martine> I'm sure we'll manage to find ice cream in Boston. I
remember sharing a certain white chocolate death cake at Arisia ;-)
[16:13] <Shiral> Or boringly, a new, better paying job
[16:13] <Olympia> pub
[16:13] <KK> yum!
[16:13] <Wrengl> pub
[16:13] <Shiral> Nonsense, Ice cream is banned in BOston <G>
[16:14] <Olympia> noooo Melissa! you must do the daily affirmation thing
(I'm not kidding) and wish for the BEST
[16:14] <Duck> definitely pub
[16:14] * kirienne needs the same genie in the lamp...or money to suddenly
fall from the sky into her hands, if she is ever to attend DarkOver
[16:14] <Rebecka> pub sounds good
[16:14] <Shiral> Yes dear, but at the moment, I also seem to be going
through chapters of RPG game <G>
[16:14] <Ghostgames> there's an icecream war brewing in the boston area...
[16:14] <the_Bee> shall I do website research?
[16:14] <Olympia> Are you serious, Ann?
[16:14] <Wrengl> really ann?
[16:14] <Shiral> Some of these chapters seem....familiar, somehow <G>
[16:14] <Olympia> Ah well yes, St. Melissa... I know her...
[16:14] <Olympia> and I praise her daily
[16:14] <KK> Ann will be able to suss out the best ice cream emporium. :-)
[16:15] * Wrengl thinks she better bring extra insulin
[16:15] <Ghostgames> Three high-end specialty ice cream chains are moving
into the area, and intend to give Ben & Jerries and Green Mountain Creamery
and Baskin Robbins runs for their money...
[16:15] <Shiral> Whimper....
[16:15] <the_Bee> contest every year, + public TV's ice cream fest
[16:15] * Wrengl thinks not much chance of finding sugar free icecream
[16:15] <jp> The Icecream Suday masacre
[16:15] <Olympia> wrong, pat
[16:15] <Ghostgames> ooh, yes, free ice cream all day long. :-)
[16:15] <Olympia> Baskin Robbins has sugar free
[16:15] <Rebecka> i think TCBY does too
[16:15] <KK> Free ice cream all day long?! Heaven!
[16:15] <Dov> it exists, but ki haven't ever tried it
[16:16] <Martine> LOL! Good thing Ive lost 12 pounds. I'm going to gain it
all back Labor Day weekend in ice cream tastings!
[16:16] <Shiral> I agree, KK
[16:16] <Debbie-VB> The ice-cream biz is almost a cutthroat as the fresh
pasta biz was here in BC
[16:16] <Wrengl> ben and jerrys SF is pretty tasteless
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[16:16] <Shiral> Martine, you still have june, july and august to go
[16:16] <Wrengl> BR does have some good ones
[16:16] <Bynw> ack
[16:16] <Shiral> NOOO
[16:16] <Rebecka> whoops
[16:16] * Shiral swats peer
[16:16] <kirienne> yikes, bad bad peer
[16:16] <KK> Oh, no! They killed Nancy!
[16:16] <Debbie-VB> bad peer!!!!
[16:16] <Ghostgames> Actually, there may be a $10 charge to enter the ice
cream fest, but it's a charity event...
[16:16] <Sedina> that is not allowed!
[16:16] * kirienne throws one of Morgan's daggers at peer
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[16:16] <DeryniBot> Chocolate, Cats, and Cheese just a few of our favorite
things here Olympia
[16:16] * the_Bee stings peer whare the sun don't shine
[16:16] * Wrengl reaches into her ammunition chest, removes an eel and beats
peer soundly with it
[16:16] * Wrengl removes the bullwhip from her belt, pulls her Indiana
Jones fedora down firmly on her head, then whips peer from one end of the
room to the next
[16:16] <Sedina> wb Nancy
[16:17] <Shiral> Ten dollars for all you can eat ice cream is NOT bad
[16:17] <Rebecka> hi
[16:17] * Debbie-VB pelts peer with a plateful of petrified purple peeps
[16:17] <Wrengl> rehi nancy
[16:17] <Olympia> eek what hapened?
[16:17] <Rebecka> no it isn't
[16:17] <Shiral> WB, Olympia
[16:17] <Rebecka> you got bounced around by peer
[16:17] <Olympia> grrrrr
[16:17] <KK> You wuz peered!
[16:17] <jp> Nancy, dead and loving it
[16:17] <Shiral> He has been punished
[16:17] <Olympia> Taking out my Ducal Wrath on the the Peer
[16:17] <Martine> Ack! I don't need all-you-can-eat ice cream! Nooooooo!!!!
Well, maybe if Katherine and Ann share so it doesn't REALLy count ;-)
[16:17] <Wrengl> lol
[16:17] <Sedina> lol
[16:17] <Martine> And Nancy too when she's recovered from her peering.
[16:17] <KK> We'll take out all the calories before it passes our lips.
[16:17] <Olympia> no one needs ayce ice cream deer
[16:18] <Olympia> dear doh
[16:18] <Debbie-VB> Speaking of which, Dracula, Dead and loving it is coming
out on DVD at the end of june
[16:18] <Shiral> They'll just make sure you don't get any ice cream, Martine
[16:18] <Martine> That'll work, Shiral! <laugh>
[16:18] <jp> a moment on the lips, a lifetime on the hips
[16:18] <Shiral> YOu can watch and drool
[16:18] <Martine> Of course, I much prefer Katherine's plan to remove all
calories first.
[16:18] <Shiral> That will work
[16:18] <Olympia> ::checking my spell book for that
[16:18] <Rebecka> brian and I are planning to walk around the commons at
some point while we are up there
[16:18] <Shiral> Katherine is SO selfless <G>
[16:18] <Ghostgames> Don't worry, Martine, now that I've lost weight I have
incentive to keep it off... Shazaam really doesn't mind carrying me now!
[16:18] <Martine> More liek a moment on the lips, the next five months on
Weight Watchers :-P
[16:18] <kirienne> the remove all calories spell
[16:18] <kirienne> I must learn that one
[16:18] <Martine> Quick! Nancy, you gotta find it!
[16:19] <Shiral> I thought that was the FORBIDDEN spell!
[16:19] <Olympia> mwwwwaaaha
[16:19] <Martine> Awesome, Ann! And I fit into my green & gold silk Darkover
dress again :-)
[16:19] <KK> On that dismal note, of caloric awfulness, I'd better check
out, as it's now midnight here.
[16:19] <jp> Didn't Camber try that spell?
[16:19] <Duck> or you could take young grommett for a run every morning,
noon and night
[16:19] <Olympia> wwwwaaaah Katherine!!!
[16:19] <KK> All too soon, the builders will be here--hopefully with
windows!
[16:19] <Olympia> love to Mr. Scott
[16:19] <Martine> Huggles, Katherine!
[16:19] <Sedina> windows are always good things to have
[16:19] <Dov> thanks for coming by, katherine'
[16:19] <Shiral> Good night, Katherine, hope all goes well with the windows
and the writing
[16:20] <jp> night kkkkkkkkkk
[16:20] <Shiral> Thanks for coming <G>
[16:20] <kirienne> night night Katherine, huggles and have a great week
[16:20] <Ghostgames> Good night, Katherine!
[16:20] <Rebecka> night
[16:20] <Sedina> good night, Katherine
[16:20] <Duck> cheers katherine
[16:20] <Shiral> Huggles
[16:20] <KK> Nighters and huggles to all.
[16:20] <Debbie-VB> Goodnight Lady katherine. sleep Sweet, and have a
terrific week
[16:20] <Shiral> WWW
[16:20] * KK steps onto her Portal, waves good night, and disappears in a
shower of green sparkles.
[16:20] <Bynw> night kk
[16:20] <RainbowDragon> bye, kk!
[16:20] <the_Bee> huggles and nighters, Katherine. Good Health woodgies to
Gus and the other kitties
[16:20] <Debbie-VB> {{{{{{{{{{{{Katherine}}}}}}}}}
[16:20] <Shiral> Good health woodgies to ALL at Holybrooke
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[17:16] * KK sets mode: +q KK
[17:16] <DeryniBot> Chocolate, Cats, and Cheese just a few of our
favorite things here KK
[17:16] <Mistyck> hi kk
[17:16] <Lady_Marian> Hello Katherine!
[17:16] <Lady_Marian>
[17:16] <Annie> hi kk
[17:16] <Debbie-VB> which movies did you catch terry
[17:16] <RainbowDragon> Greetings, KK
[17:16] <Sedina> well, since I don't have a choice about being here, I
might as well enjoy the view tonight
[17:16] <TerryOBrien> And to catch movies. I still haven't seen Harry
Potter or Shrek. Going to see Spidey tonight.
[17:16] <Debbie-VB> Hi katherine
[17:16] <Lady_Marian> hpatpoa is great!
[17:16] <RainbowDragon> Happy fourth of july
[17:16] <Sedina> Hi, Katherine....and hello also from Bynw and Teek.
They're here in my hospital room with me
[17:16] <Lady_Marian> I haven't seen Shrek or Spidey yet
[17:17] <TerryOBrien> Saw Hellboy and Van Helsing. Trying to remember
the other movie we saw this summer.
[17:17] <RainbowDragon> How has your last few weeks been, KK?
[17:17] <Lady_Marian> My cat gave me a dirty look when I wouldn't let
her out last night because of the thunderstorm...
[17:17] <KK> Hi, there. Got sidetracked for a moment there, wasn't
sure I was going to be able to get in.
[17:18] <RainbowDragon> uh oh
[17:18] <Sedina> well, I'm glad that you're here....
[17:18] <Mistyck> yes! :-d
[17:18] <Debbie-VB> I too am pleased to see you again
[17:18] <KK> Sedina! You're here!
[17:18] <KK> How are you feeling?
[17:18] <TerryOBrien> Hello Katherine
[17:18] <KK> Hi, Terry.
[17:19] <Sedina> I'm only here because Chris and Donna came up to
visit and they brought up their laptop so that I could actually chat
from my bed for a bit
[17:19] <KK> Well, that was very sweet of them. And fortunately, they
have the Technology!
[17:19] <Mistyck> modern technology is just so wonderful!
[17:19] <TerryOBrien> Sedina: are you using a dial-up connection, or
does the hospital have an Internet link?
[17:19] <Sedina> I'm feeling fairly well today...a little groggy right
now though because of the benadryl that they gave me to help stave off
any possible reaction to the two units of blood that I just received
[17:20] <KK> yuck! poor baby!
[17:20] <Annie> Sedina I've missed all this - what's wrong?
[17:20] <KK> She's in the hospital. :-(
[17:20] <Wrengl> evening Lady Katherine
[17:20] <KK> Wrengl, hello!
[17:21] <Sedina> Terry - if I were to be downstairs in the library,
I'd have a t1 line, but up here in my room, I'm on dialup. Thankfully
Donna's dialup is pretty quick. I'm just happy to be able to chat
from my bed
[17:21] <Mistyck>
[17:21] <KK> When do you think they'll let you go home?
[17:22] <Sedina> annie - I've been in the hospital for the last 3
weeks....finally got the official diagnosis the other day that the
cause of all my problems is that my Hodgkin's lymphoma as relapsed
[17:22] <Wrengl> hi annie
[17:22] <TerryOBrien> Interesting. Didn't think the rooms would have a
connection, but you never know these days.
[17:22] <Sedina> Right now, it's looking like Thursday
[17:22] <KK> Well, that's better than....indefinitely.
[17:22] <Wrengl> indeed it is
[17:22] * Debbie-VB doubles up on her prayers for sedina.
[17:22] <Annie> oooh Sedina (((hugs)))
[17:22] <Sedina> They need to replace my temporary central line with a
more permanent Hickman catheter... but I should still be out of here
this week
[17:23] <Mistyck> that's good news Sedina
[17:23] <Sedina> Terry - I'm at Mayo clinic.....they have everything
here.
[17:23] <KK> I'm so glad they finally let you have a shower, too.
Clean hair is so great!
[17:23] <Wrengl> kk thumper says hi to Scrappy and the rest of the
Holybrook gang
[17:23] <KK> My furry folk all say hello back.
[17:23] <Wrengl>
[17:24] <Debbie-VB> including several jars of Hellman's?
[17:24] <Sedina> Terry - I'm at Mayo clinic.....they have everything
here.
[17:24] <KK> And I hear that Shiral's little TK now has his/her eyes
open.
[17:24] <Sedina> that's not what I meant to do
[17:24] <RainbowDragon> KK: how goes construction and writing?
[17:24] <Wrengl> so she said
[17:24] <Sedina> not used to typing on a laptop
[17:24] <TerryOBrien> Every time I hear about the Mayo clinic, I keep
thinking of sandwiches.
[17:24] <Wrengl> laptops take getting used to sedina
[17:24] <Wrengl> o am now working on mine instead of the desktop
[17:24] <Wrengl> lol terry
[17:25] <KK> Actually, today I've been working on updating my
Braveheart lecture. Scott and I got a short-notice lecture gig on
another cruise ship, leaving Thursday for a week.
[17:25] <Sedina> what I was trying to say was that they took off the
last of my bandages so that when I shower again later tonight, I won't
be having to worry at all about having to keep bandages dry
[17:25] <Wrengl> that is i am not o am
[17:25] <RainbowDragon> I hear touch typists have a rough time with
laptops
[17:25] <Wrengl> indeed rd
[17:25] <KK> The keys are closer together; makes typos easy.
[17:25] <RainbowDragon> Braveheart lecture? What is that all about?
[17:25] <TerryOBrien> Sounds like a lot of fun, Katherine.
[17:25] <Mistyck> yeah, the keys are too close together
[17:25] <Wrengl> and i have a natural keyboard instead of a standard
one on the desktop
[17:26] <Debbie-VB> Where is this cruise going Katherine?
[17:26] <KK> It's one of the lectures I do. Braveheart's Legacy: It's
a Scottish Independence Thing.
[17:26] <Lady_Marian> Nifty.
[17:26] <Sedina> my biggest problem with the laptop is that the
placement of keys like "delete", "home" and "end" throw me off
[17:26] <KK> I'll also do my one on the Ghosts of Holybrooke.
[17:26] <KK> Scott is doing Theft of the Irish Crown Jewels, and Basic
Heraldry
[17:27] <TerryOBrien> IS this a themed cruise?
[17:27] * Debbie-VB wishes she could be there to hear the lectures
[17:27] <Sedina> btw, Chris and Donna are vicarious taking part in
this chat....they're reading over my shoulder. (Though Donna is
concentrating more on the crispy m&m's right now)
[17:27] <KK> Cruise leaves from Dover, goes to Guernsey, Invergordon,
Edinburgh, the Shetland Islands, and down to Dublin.
[17:27] <KK> It actually goes on to Waterford and then Rouen, but
we're getting off in Dublin; can't spare the extra time.
[17:28] <KK> We're Destination Speakers.
[17:28] <Lady_Marian> neat...
[17:28] <Debbie-VB> It will be nice to get away from the construction
for a while though
[17:28] * Sedina wants to be able to be on that cruise
[17:28] <KK> The ship is the Crystal Symphony, which we've not been on
before.
[17:28] <TerryOBrien> DO you speak on the boat or at a location on
shore?
[17:28] <KK> On the ship. We're passengers who sing for our supper.
:-)
[17:29] <Sedina> lol
[17:29] <Mistyck> hehe
[17:29] <KK> This will be the third time we've done this, on 3
different ships. Great fun!
[17:29] <Annie> wow sounds like a great cruise to be on!
[17:29] <KK> And then I'm doing the Atlantic crossing on the QM2 with
my mother in October.
[17:29] <Lady_Marian> If I ever come into money, I'd certainly enjoy
something like that!
[17:29] <KK> Fortunately, she's paying for that one.
[17:29] * Sedina tries to contemplate how to make a break from Mayo so
that she can be a stowaway on the cruise
[17:30] <Wrengl> sedina, kathi says hi
[17:30] <Lady_Marian> Is that how you're getting over here for
Darkover, KK?
[17:30] <Lady_Marian>
[17:30] <KK> hi, kathi!
[17:30] <Sedina> tell her hi back from me!
[17:30] <KK> No. Darkover is later in the year. I have 3 US trips
between now and the end of the year.
[17:31] * Wrengl envies you doing the QM2 crossing
[17:31] <Lady_Marian> Ah....
[17:31] <Wrengl> she is one massive ship!
[17:31] <TerryOBrien> I hate to run, but I'm meeting friends to see
Spidey tonight and I need to get dinner before hand. *sigh*
[17:31] <KK> In between all this flitting, I have to get some serious
writing done. Laptop goes on both cruises.
[17:31] <Lady_Marian> Well, I've got my membership saved up... just
saving for my daughters now!
[17:31] <Debbie-VB> sounds like you are going to be a busy girl
katherine
[17:31] <KK> Night, Terry.
[17:31] * Wrengl saw her docked and has also seen her going under the
Verranzano Narrows Bridge
[17:31] <Sedina> KK - Bynw suggests that you pull rank and mention
that you're a baroness
[17:31] <Sedina> bye Terry
[17:31] <Debbie-VB> nighters Terry
[17:32] <Lady_Marian> When Erin found that Tamora Pierce was a guest
at Darkover she begged to attend.
[17:32] <Annie> bye Terry
[17:32] <Lady_Marian> Night Terry
[17:32] <TerryOBrien> Good night folks. (Serious envy on the cruise
gig.)
[17:32] * TerryOBrien has left #Deryni_Destinations
[17:32] <KK> I'll try to bring pictures for Darkover.
[17:32] <Lady_Marian> So I'll have my 15-year-old in tow...
[17:32] <Mistyck> that'd be awesome, Katherine!
[17:33] * Debbie-VB pouts. she won't be at darkover this year
[17:33] <Annie> you think you've got problems - I've got my 6yo (will
be nearly 8 by then) at Worldcon next year!
[17:33] <Lady_Marian> As soon as DR arrives in my local bookstore, I'm
giving it to Erin to read... She's the same age I was when I first
read it.
[17:33] <Annie> I'm just hoping there's a really good kid's thread
[17:33] <Wrengl> lady marian, coming to darkover?
[17:34] <KK> I got my first author copy of DR in the post this week.
It looks good, other than being inaccurate on the cover.
[17:34] <Lady_Marian> I stopped going to worldcons after Orlando in
92... I had a four year old and a two year old and I just couldn't
hack it
[17:34] <Wrengl> annie, worldcon usually has children's programming,
though
[17:34] <Lady_Marian> Are the covers ever accurate?
[17:34] <Mistyck> oh, while I have everyone here...poll
question.,..should I bring Samosas again???
[17:34] <Wrengl> yes
[17:34] <KK> Sometimes they're worse than others--or better than
others.
[17:34] <Lady_Marian> I'm going to get some more of that Woodlea
Bakery Cheesecake on my way into town....
[17:34] <Annie> any good fantasy recommendations for a 6yo advanced
reader (reading age about 12, but maturity age def 6/7)
[17:34] <Wrengl> lady marian, the Rampant Lion Pub will be in two
rooms again this year
[17:34] <Annie> (while I'm here )
[17:34] <Sedina> the samosas were yummy
[17:34] <Lady_Marian> *nod*
[17:35] <Wrengl> the main one is non smoking
[17:35] <Lady_Marian> Oh, good!
[17:35] * Sedina will be contributing chippers again...of course
[17:35] <Lady_Marian> I'll pick up two cheese cakes then, one for each
room
[17:35] <Annie> don't suppose the samosas will travel as far as
Glasgow, Mystyck?
[17:35] <Mistyck> they can, Annie
[17:35] <Wrengl> usually people are in the main one, unless they need
to smoke
[17:35] <Annie> :d
[17:35] <Mistyck> I froze them before taking them to DC
[17:35] <KK> Enough of the food! I got a new electronic scale, and
I've been soooo good--but the cruise will put a few pounds back on.
:-(
[17:36] <RainbowDragon> A lot of places won't be distributing the new
DR until Tuesday
[17:36] <Lady_Marian> I'd offer my oatmeal pecan cookies but my kids
eat them as fast as bake them!
[17:36] <Wrengl> and the food is all in the main room
[17:36] * Olympia has joined #Deryni_Destinations
[17:36] <DeryniBot> Chocolate, Cats, and Cheese just a few of our
favorite things here Olympia
[17:36] <Mistyck> her comes
[17:36] <RainbowDragon> Hi, Olympia
[17:36] <Olympia> yo kim
[17:36] <KK> Olympia!
[17:36] * Annie thinks oatmeal pecan cookies sound yummy
[17:36] <Lady_Marian> hello!
[17:36] <Mistyck> Hiyas Nancy
[17:36] * Debbie-VB sends katherine some anti-calorie woodgies
[17:36] <Olympia> And Katherine!
[17:36] <Olympia> and everyone
[17:36] <KK> You made it just in time. I'm fading, but I'll stick
around a while longer. :-)
[17:37] <Sedina> Katherine - try being weighed every danged day... At
least I can blame it on water weight
[17:37] * Sedina tackles nancy
[17:37] <Annie> I lost loads last year but it's creeping back on again
- need to be good through the summer holidays
[17:37] <Lady_Marian> My kids are being too quiet.... afk for a
moment...
[17:37] <Olympia> Ahhh the fresh smell of strawberries! <g>
[17:37] * Sedina is happy to say that she's back down another pound
[17:38] <RainbowDragon> KK: how goes the progress on CM2?
[17:38] <KK> Ah, fresh strawberries 'n cream! The roadside vendors
are out in full force right now; strawberries are scrumptious, but
I've bene resisting.
[17:38] <Olympia> Even at your heaviest, Kim dear, it will take a wee
bit more to tackle me I'm afraid...
[17:38] <KK> Don't ask, RD.
[17:38] <Sedina> I'm at 192 right now....that's definitely the largest
that I have ever been..
[17:38] <RainbowDragon> uh-oh.....
[17:38] <Mistyck> Sedina, you don't need to lose any more weight!
[17:38] <Olympia> WOW! How cool to have the weight number start with a
1!
[17:38] <Lady_Marian> Back... all kids accounted for...
[17:39] <Debbie-VB> when kids are quiet, Watch Out!
[17:39] <Lady_Marian> In the interest of not being lynched I won't
mention my weight...
[17:39] <Olympia> Once I get to New Hampshire, life is gonna get a lot
more religious in the weight dept
[17:39] <Sedina> the worst was when I was first weighed in here at
Mayo and was a massive 205. I actually weighed more than my dad...now
if that's not depressing
[17:39] <Wrengl> hi nancy
[17:39] <Olympia> hi pat!
[17:39] <KK> The nice/grim thing about an electronic scale is that it
tells you exactly; you don't have to move back and forth on the scale
to try to get a steady reading.
[17:39] <Olympia> Ok, changing the subject from weight... <grin>
[17:40] <Debbie-VB> I know that feeling I too weigh a leetle more then
I should
[17:40] <Mistyck> hehe
[17:40] <Wrengl> well if you can manage to make some and keep them
away from the kids, those cookies sound yummy
[17:40] <Lady_Marian> Oh, I had a cool thing happen today!
[17:40] <KK> Yes?
[17:40] <Mistyck> yes they do, Annie
[17:40] <Sedina> Marian - I am by far nowhere near my normal weight at
this point....which is why I love Martine in her thoughtfulness. She
sent me really soft, comfy cotton jammies that I've been living in
since I first got them
[17:40] <Lady_Marian> I have been writing a Harry Potter fanfic for my
teenager... and I posted a chapter this afternoon to Fanfiction.net
[17:40] <Olympia> Those are the Barney jammies, right?
[17:41] <Lady_Marian> And about two minutes after I posted it, I got
an email from one of the readers thanking me for updating.
[17:41] <KK> Barney jammies. The mind boggles.
[17:41] <Sedina> sorry...no purple in the package. And you just get
the barney wedding dress bit out of that mind of yours too
[17:41] <Mistyck> lol!
[17:41] <Lady_Marian> It was quite an ego boost!
[17:41] <Olympia> Well I'm saving the Barney fabric for her wedding
dress. Way to go, Lady M!
[17:41] <KK> Congrats, Lady M.
[17:41] <Mistyck> I'll bet!
[17:41] <Lady_Marian> They didn't yell at me for leaving it at a
cliffhanger either!
[17:41] <Mistyck> cool!
[17:42] <Debbie-VB> conga-rats LM
[17:42] <Lady_Marian> *grinnin fit to bust*
[17:42] <Olympia> I think with a bouquet of lovely purple flowers and
"I Love You, You Love Me" as the processional...
[17:42] <Wrengl> congrats lady m
[17:42] <KK> I think one of the cats Has Something downstairs.
[17:42] <Lady_Marian> Now if only I can get the muse to cooperate on
my original piece I've been struggling with...
[17:42] <Mistyck> oooh..that would be hiliarious, Nancy!
[17:42] <Olympia> Uh oh - "Something" sounds... ominous
[17:42] <Sedina> Nancy - Chris and Donna both think that it's scary
that you're planning your own wedding right now...and they suggest
that it would likely be safest to not let you plan mine
[17:42] <Sedina> congrats, Marian!
[17:43] <Olympia> Why is it scary that I'm planning my own wedding? As
Katherine will tell you, I didn't have a real one the first time
[17:43] <KK> We had bats in the house 4 nights running last week, but
I think they came in a window that was temporarily without one panel.
All four were hooshed out safely.
[17:43] * Sedina is suddenly thinking that it's a very, very good
thing that the wedding will have to be small
[17:43] * Debbie-VB is still waiting for her first one
[17:43] <KK> That is true. She deserves a really great one, this
time!
[17:43] <Olympia> Bats IN the house? as in flying around IN the
house??? okayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
[17:43] <Sedina> yes, but you're the one who is thinking of barney in
the first place
[17:43] <Olympia> Oh, Katherine I'll send you a picture of Richard
taken two weeks ago...
[17:44] <Mistyck> well, with that house, it woudn't be right without
bats coming in every now and then!
[17:44] <KK> Yep, three times inour bedroom and once in my office.
[17:44] <babayaga> bats are good luck
[17:44] <KK> You just open the window and wait for them to fly out.
[17:44] <Olympia> My dear Sedina, I wasn't thinking of Barney for
ME... I think we're going to wear something 1880s-ish
[17:44] <Olympia> No, Katherine, YOU open the window - I duck under
the bed
[17:44] <Mistyck> hehe
[17:44] <Olympia> and scream
[17:44] <Lady_Marian> Oooh sounds nice! I lvoe period wedding gowns
[17:44] <Debbie-VB> so who's getting the Barney wedding dress?
[17:44] <Olympia> sounds something like "omigod it's a bat get it out
of here"
[17:44] <Lady_Marian> Mine was sort of a semi-prairie gown done in
white satin
[17:45] <Olympia> Kim is getting the Barney wedding dress.
[17:45] <Sedina> and yet I keep having to remind you that there will
be no barney element to my wedding
[17:45] <KK> Believe me, the bat wants to get out!
[17:45] <Mistyck> don't worry Sedina, I'll bring white dye
[17:45] <Olympia> Heh... so you say, Sedina dear, so you say...
[17:45] <Olympia> And back to my question... why is it scary that I'm
having a wedding???
[17:45] <Debbie-VB> BTW, that image is going to be in my nightmares
for years now I'm afraid
[17:45] * Wrengl Quit (User has been mind-ripped)
[17:45] <Sedina> I don't even know when my wedding will actually be
able take place
[17:45] <Mistyck> ick...poor Pat!
[17:46] <Mistyck> or in what Country, eh???
[17:46] <Olympia> in the u.s.
[17:46] <KK> I can picture you in something out of Emma, or Pride &
Prejudice, or the like.... :-)
[17:46] <Olympia> Unless we all go to Ireland and have a mass wedding
there
[17:46] <Mistyck> yep
[17:46] <Mistyck> she'd look good in it
[17:46] * RainbowDragon grins evilly while picturing Sedina in a
purple wedding dress complete with a Barney head :-)
[17:46] * Samuel has joined #Deryni_Destinations
[17:46] <DeryniBot> Chocolate, Cats, and Cheese just a few of our
favorite things here Samuel
[17:46] <Samuel> hello all
[17:46] <Mistyck> hiyas Sam
[17:46] <Debbie-VB> Hi sam
[17:46] <KK> hello, sam!
[17:46] <Olympia> That would be Kim in Regency, not me - I'd look like
more like Mrs. Bennett than Miss Bennett right now
[17:47] <Olympia> hi, sam
[17:47] <Sedina> I would like to have a very small outdoor wedding,
but it's all going to be dependant upon when the governments finally
decide that Cole and i actually can get married. Just because I want
it outside, my luck will have us getting the ok during winter
[17:47] <KK> How about Victorian, then?
[17:47] <Sedina> hi Sam
[17:47] <Olympia> 1880 - bustle dress for me - or Chinese
[17:47] <KK> Sedina, I've been meaning to ask. Why is the government
interested in your wedding?
[17:48] <Olympia> What do you mean, the governments? Since when does a
govt get to say that someone can get married?
[17:48] <Olympia> (katherine - gmta)
[17:48] <Olympia> ok grammar on that last post was wonky.. I meant
"gets a say in when someone..."
[17:48] <KK> Obviously the question everyone is asking. We all wait
breathlesly....
[17:49] <Olympia> Cole is Canadian, you are American - there's a
problem with this?
[17:49] <Mistyck> yep
[17:49] <KK> She is composing an answer.
[17:49] <Olympia> ahhhh
[17:49] * Wrengl has joined #Deryni_Destinations
[17:49] * Wrengl sets mode: +o Wrengl
[17:49] <DeryniBot> Welcome Wrengl to all things Katherine Kurtz
[17:49] <Mistyck> I was wondering also
[17:49] <Mistyck> wb Pat
[17:49] <Wrengl> hi sam
[17:49] <KK> Why is there a problem with this?
[17:49] <Debbie-VB> wb pat
[17:49] <Olympia> hya pat
[17:49] <Annie> wb Wrengl
[17:49] <Wrengl> my venison loins just came off the grill
[17:49] <babayaga> Wrengl--I got peer for you elsewhere
[17:49] <Olympia> you're eating bambi?
[17:49] <Wrengl> so i think i am going to eat
[17:49] <Mistyck> last I heard, there wasn't a problem marrying a
Canadian
[17:49] <Wrengl> we love venison
[17:50] <KK> yum!
[17:50] <Sedina> Katherine - it has to do with the fact that simply
because everything else between the US and Canada isn't as highly
regulated...for some reason they've decided to make it a massive
headache when trying to get jobs across the border or to get married
to someone from across the border
[17:50] <Wrengl> i made a marinade with hoisin sauce
[17:50] <Sedina> wb Pat
[17:50] <Debbie-VB> The marrage isn't a big problem but trying to get
him into the states can be
[17:50] <KK> Work permits I can understand, but weddings?
[17:50] <Wrengl> and boiled the remaining marinade for sauce
[17:51] <Olympia> But if he's Canadian and you get married in Ireland,
doesn't that solve everything? <grin>
[17:51] <Wrengl> but after the wedding one of them will have to cross
the border to live and work
[17:51] <KK> Alas, probably not.
[17:51] <Sedina> unfortunately not
[17:51] <Debbie-VB> Canada isn't exactly in the USA's god books right
now
[17:51] <KK> That was to Olympia.
[17:51] <Debbie-VB> good
[17:51] <Olympia> If it didn't mean a massive troop movement, we'd get
married at Worldcon!
[17:51] <babayaga> lol, come to Massachusetts, we can probably work
something out
[17:52] <Wrengl> lol
[17:52] <Olympia> I mean Katherine will be there and Conrad will be
there ...
[17:52] <Sedina> the whole thing is the open border policy...they have
to have some way to control the immigration between the two countries
[17:52] <KK> Why?
[17:52] <Sedina> lol babayaga
[17:52] <Sedina> why what, Katherine?
[17:53] <Olympia> Ok - we ALL emigrate to Ireland
[17:53] <Wrengl> that would have been neat nancy
[17:53] <Olympia> and become Katherine's tenant farmers
[17:53] <Wrengl> lol
[17:53] <Wrengl> sounds like fun
[17:53] <KK> Why do they have to control the immigration btwn the two
countries?
[17:53] <Olympia> Because both govts are silly.
[17:53] <Lady_Marian> You don't want me to farm... I have a black
thumb!
[17:53] <Samuel> I don't do farming or gardening. Can I be the
resident tech-geek instead?
[17:53] <KK> That's true. But aren't all governments silly?
[17:53] <Debbie-VB> So do I Lady M. We can do other things though
[17:53] <Olympia> Lady M, how good are you at extracting liquid
protein? Katherine, do you have goats or sheep?
[17:54] <Sedina> lol Actually, if Cole were to claim his Australian
citizenship (which would royally screw things up for him in general
right now), we would be able to get married whenever. We'd just have
to have it validated by the embassy.
[17:54] <Olympia> Aha! you guys can spin and weave.
[17:54] <KK> No goats or sheep.
[17:54] <Olympia> Cole is Australian?
[17:54] <KK> We have horses--and deer in the area, and foxes, and of
course cats and dogs.
[17:54] <Olympia> I'm so confused... I thought he was Winnipegian
[17:54] * Mistyck didn't know that either!
[17:54] <Wrengl> dinner tonight includes my first zuchini and pepper
[17:54] <Olympia> Aha! ok - grooming horses
[17:54] <Wrengl> tomatoes to harvest tomorrow
[17:54] <Sedina> he's got dual citizenship...his mother is Australian,
but he only claims his Canadian citizenship
[17:54] <Mistyck> ahh
[17:55] <Debbie-VB> I could probably learn to groom horsies
[17:55] <KK> But he could claim his Australian?
[17:55] <Mistyck> was he born there?
[17:55] <KK> Would that make it easier for him to live and work in the
US?
[17:55] <Olympia> It's easy, Deb... trust me. I can't ride worth horse
poop but I'm great at brushing 'em
[17:55] <Mistyck> that would make it easier
[17:55] <Wrengl> lol nancy
[17:55] <Annie> dozing off again chaps! Off to bed for me after a
hectic weekend. Hope to see you next week!
[17:55] <Sedina> theoretically, yes...but it would make his life right
now a living hell
[17:55] <Annie> night all
[17:55] <Sedina> good night, Annie
[17:55] <Mistyck> sleep well, Annie
[17:55] <Olympia> Do NOT laugh, Pat! Ask Katherine. She is a witness
to my slipping off the back of a standing horse.
[17:55] <Olympia> Night, Annie
[17:56] <Wrengl> night annie
[17:56] * Annie Quit
[17:56] <Wrengl> oh
[17:56] <Debbie-VB> Only thing is , with ireland being so strictly a
Cathoilic country, would a nice quiet TG be allowed in?
[17:56] <KK> I think it was actually moving.
[17:56] <Olympia> tg?
[17:56] <Sedina> that's definitely a story that I think will have to
be shared!
[17:56] <KK> Or maybe it rippled its back to get rid of a fly.
[17:56] <Wrengl> i was thrown on my head when taking lessons, doing a
trail ride
[17:56] <Olympia> Well yes it was sort of moving. As in it had taken
one step forward.
[17:56] <Mistyck> Olympia: you're not the only one who'd fall off a
standing horse
[17:56] * Mistyck would too!
[17:57] <Olympia> Ireland isn't restrictive about people moving there,
are they, Katherine?
[17:57] <Sedina> I miss horse back riding
[17:57] <Lady_Marian> In my one and only riding lesson, I managed to
stay on when a bee stung the horse's nose!
[17:57] <KK> Well, yes.
[17:57] <Debbie-VB> Transgendered person nancy
[17:57] <Lady_Marian> But then next week I found I was preggers and
the doc told me I couldn't continue my lessons
[17:57] <Olympia> Which reminds me, I may have a lovely young lady to
introduce to you - a young archaeologist friend of mine who is coming
over there for a 1-year program.
[17:57] <KK> And restrictive about work permits.
[17:57] <Lady_Marian> I haven't had a chance to learn since!
[17:58] <KK> You can give her my contact info.
[17:58] <Olympia> Debbie, I don't think you have to register being TG,
do you? I mean, you're a girl. I think they're way more concerned
about how you will earn a living.
[17:58] <KK> We've even got some archaeological contacts.
[17:58] <Debbie-VB> The catholic church is not really supportive about
girls like me
[17:58] <Olympia> Thanks - her name is Meghan and I have already
warned her to keep her lizard brain (limbic system) under control 'cuz
she's VERY romantic... and those men... well... not safe when you're
21 and romantic.
[17:59] <KK> Even on our artist's exemptions, we had to prove that we
wouldn't be a burden on the State.
[17:59] <Olympia> Bah, that's the Catholic Church, not Ireland and not
God!
[17:59] <Olympia> God only cares what's in your heart, dear, not your
chromosomes.
[17:59] <KK> The RC Church no longer has the stranglehold it once had
here.
[18:00] <Mistyck> that's good
[18:00] <Olympia> John and I are hoping to make a trip over while
we're in NH
[18:00] <Debbie-VB> That's good
[18:01] <Olympia> Let's see... so it would be the Tenant Farmers and
Writers Enclave of Gwynedd, eh?
[18:01] <Olympia> we write, we groom horses, we bake cookies.
[18:01] <Olympia> oh and we shoo bats out of the baronial estate.
[18:01] <Debbie-VB> One good thing about living in Ireland is, I'd not
be all that far from where my ancesters were
[18:02] <Olympia> Although I will happily waive my bat-shooing duties
to someone in exchange for someone's share of stable-mucking.
[18:02] <KK> Guys, I'm really fading here. Gotta hit the sack.
[18:02] <Mistyck> have a great night Katherine
[18:02] <RainbowDragon> Goodnight, KK
[18:02] <KK> I have a tiler coming in the AM, and also more window
guys.
[18:02] <babayaga> sayonara
[18:02] <Debbie-VB> Thanks for droping in Katherine
[18:02] <Olympia> Sleep well ... and I'll tap the screen for a Bat
Begone spell
[18:02] <Mistyck> and thank you for stopping by!
[18:02] <KK> Plus, I have to get my lecture notes finished.
[18:02] <Debbie-VB> Sleep Sweet, and have a terrific cruise
[18:02] <KK> Won't be here next week as I'll be at sea.
[18:02] <Mistyck>
[18:03] <Olympia> ::urp:: have a lovely time!
[18:03] <Mistyck> have fun on the trip!
[18:03] <Debbie-VB> I'll be with you in spirit
[18:03] <KK> But I'll be back in two weeks, hopefully with news of
upstairs windows successfully installed!
[18:03] <Mistyck> cool!
[18:04] <KK> Nighters, all!
[18:04] <Sedina> thanks for stopping, Katherine....I'm so glad that I
actually got to make chat <and> have you here for it. I will
definitely be giving out extra huggles to Chris and Donna for letting
me use their laptop to do this. Talk about a highlight for my day
[18:04] <Debbie-VB> {{{{{{{huggles}}}}}}}}}
[18:05] <Mistyck> Sedina....it wasn't a coincidence you know
[18:05] * KK steps onto her Portal, waves good night, swooshes her
wand in Sedina's direction, and disappears in a shower of green
sparkles.
[18:05] <Mistyck> sleep well Katherine!
[18:05] <Sedina> Bynw and Tika send their farewells as well
[18:06] * KK Quit