GABIT attendees thread

[lame moose (mocha)]

this is Abigail Papoofneck Haugh(Abby for short) mom liked this better than Mandy. she is an absolute sweetheart with a tough history. had a litter of pups then was surrendered to animal control in bad shape-no idea what happened to the pups. she was partly bald but is much better after care from the rescue group. she is very laid back and loving and has a thing for tennis balls. she usually has one in her mouth. loves to chase them. i'm so glad we finally got such a great dog. we are bonding very nicely and i think she is my new best friend.

[Nolamom]

oh she's a cutie pie!

[EH-T]

[ATTACH=CONFIG]36701[/ATTACH] this is Abigail Papoofneck Haugh(Abby for short) mom liked this better than Mandy. she is an absolute sweetheart with a tough history. had a litter of pups then was surrendered to animal control in bad shape-no idea what happened to the pups. she was partly bald but is much better after care from the rescue group. she is very laid back and loving and has a thing for tennis balls. she usually has one in her mouth. loves to chase them. i'm so glad we finally got such a great dog. we are bonding very nicely and i think she is my new best friend.

Mandy will be crushed you didn't name the dog after her. However, thrilled you have named her after me, Papoofneck is my middle name.

[lame moose (mocha)]

actually mom was going to name her Mandy from the barry manilow song, not after amanda. then she changed her mind. i like Abby better. she is a tennis ball addict tho.

[EH-T]

actually mom was going to name her Mandy from the barry manilow song, not after amanda. then she changed her mind. i like Abby better. she is a tennis ball addict tho.

I didn't even think of Amanda (never think of her as a Mandy). I was thinking of our very own Mandy, from Gateworld, via Canada.

[Mandysg1]

Ahem...I thought my ears were burning

I also picked the name from Barry Manilow's song

[lame moose (mocha)]

i took Abby to the vet today and he said she is no more than 3 years old. the agency vet said 7. mine said unless she has had dental work since then it's 3. so i saved some money-they charged me for a senior dog which is cheaper. i thought she had a lot of energy for a 7 yr old. anyways, she is in pretty good health except for skin problems. and she needs thyroid meds. so the vet was pleased with her condition considering everything she went thru. my arms are really getting a workout throwing the tennis balls all day. she's adapting really well and is very sweet.glad we got her.

[Master Bray Tack]

Just jumping in to say a quick hello . Missing all the Gabbiteer's .

BOUNCE

[ames]

So I've been having an odd few days, money-wise.
On Thursday there was an issue with our pay ... as in the vast majority of the plant didn't get paid thanks to a coding problem in payroll. This meant on Friday, when my automatic bills came out, my pay wasn't there yet... hello overdraft fees. It's been sorted now, but this meant I didn't get to do my wire transfer before the weekend. Okay, I can deal with that.

Yesterday I stop in at the bank to take out my rent and do the wire transfer for my AT7 ticket. It's 4pm on a Monday, and the queue is 8 people deep. *blinks* I turned around and left, knowing I'd be up early this morning and could return when the bank was less busy. Also not a problem (just the annoyance of having driven across town for nowt).

This morning I woke up in a seriously bouncy mood (impressive seeing as A-I had to be up early and B-I have major dental work to look forward to in an hour...). I head over to the bank after running some other errands, and sure enough, I'm the front of the queue. I say hi to some of the staff, and cheerily walk up to the teller with a "guess what day it is today???" and receiving a grin and "wire transfer day?" in return. (Have I mentioned I love the staff at my adopted branch, which is *why* I drive across town to do my banking there? That and they actually refer to me as the bluejelloqueen on my portfolio, because they're cool like that, but I digress! )

So even when they couldn't do what I needed done (because I need Mumsey's address as well as that of the receiving bank, and one of these days I'll actually remember that *before* trying to initiate a payment to GABIT...), and I was realising I'd have to return for a third time to get it sorted, I was still in a chipper mood. Then as I'm asking a question regarding a charge on my account, the lady at the front of the line behind me loudly shouts "excuse me, but can someone explain how it is that I've been standing here for over 15 minutes, wasting my time?!?" while waving directly at myself and elderly gentleman who is ironing out the details of his new account at the till beside me. Apparently our interactions with this institution aren't nearly as important as hers. Thank you so much, Ms Entitled Senior who obviously feels it is her right and responsibility to make everyone else share in her misery, for making me feel like an unimportant waste of time and space, and utterly deflating the unusual good mood I had going on. Mission accomplished. *glares*

[SWMBOTGSG]

Poor you! ((((Huggles the bluejelloqueen)))) I have emailed you with the information you need.

Mumsey

[ames]

Thanks Mumsey, much appreciated. I'm better now ... apparently in my day of unusual (for me) moods, I actually feel much better after my dentist appt than I did before it. Of course, we'll see how good I physically feel once the freezing comes out, but for now, ames is back to bouncy!

[Samfan13]

Hi all *waves

I'm having a bit of a rough time, so I started thinking about Amanda and I decided that from now on I'm going to call her the "Angel of Love" because she really is an angel sent from heaven and she loves us all regardless of what we do, where we are from and what we look like.

I love her so much and I'm really hoping to meet her and everyone else of this wonderful fandom at AT7

Much love!

[EH-T]

Ahem...I thought my ears were burning

I also picked the name from Barry Manilow's song

I have now lost all respect for you.

Just jumping in to say a quick hello . Missing all the Gabbiteer's .

BOUNCE

Miss you too.

Hi all *waves

I'm having a bit of a rough time, so I started thinking about Amanda and I decided that from now on I'm going to call her the "Angel of Love" because she really is an angel sent from heaven and she loves us all regardless of what we do, where we are from and what we look like.

I love her so much and I'm really hoping to meet her and everyone else of this wonderful fandom at AT7

Much love!

**Hugs**




As many of you know, I am not on the twitter. However, the jungle drums have alerted me to the fact that Julia is fundraising for a S4K house by going without wine until March. I toast her efforts with a glass of milk and have made a donation to "dryJulia". Just thought I would mention it here in case anyone else did not know.

[llp]

As many of you know, I am not on the twitter. However, the jungle drums have alerted me to the fact that Julia is fundraising for a S4K house by going without wine until March. I toast her efforts with a glass of milk and have made a donation to "dryJulia". Just thought I would mention it here in case anyone else did not know.

I totally agree - and I too have made a contribution to keep Julia "dry"!

[lame moose (mocha)]

got my wire transfer for tickets sent off yesterday. it took 4 people 1+1/2 hours to do it. they said they rarely send them. hope it goes thru ok.