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Just before Lida fell asleep something occured to her. The Cider had turned 'Hard'

I have a black labrador, sorry I have no pics on the computer at the moment.

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I think maybe a little, I had a golden labrador.

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No Picture???? :wink2: Come on, show us. :yes:

"Get those little ******* out of my kitchen Abraham!!!!" Becka yelled In the loudest voice anyone had ever heard her. Everything came to a screaching halt. ILikeSeven and Abe grabbed one elf and Aaron and nik grabbed the other and they carried them out the backdoor to the outbuilding, threw them in and locked the door then went back inside the house.

In the meantime Becka and Lida sent the children to their rooms, Bill and Lenny to theirs, since they were acting more like children than the children were, and Chrissy took Mellie and Sabe to theirs.

The two reflections in the kitchen window were just O-Faced at what they were watching. Their faces pressed up against the glass :huh: This night 'THE MEN" cleaned up and Becka and Lida went to bed.

Then supper took an UGLY turn. The elves smelled the cider and felt left out of the toast. One of them threw a chair through the window and they both climbed in shortly thereafter. They jumped up on the adult's table and each grabbed a jug, sat on the table and stated guzzeling. Abe and nik tried to pull them out of their grubby little paws and the elves tried slapping their hands away. Seeing this, ILikeSeven and Aaron came up behind them , grabbed them around the chest and yanked them down off the table. Aaron and ILikeseven fell backwards onto the floor holding onto them. The children saw their chance, now being, unknowningly, a bit innebreated, the boys pounced on the elves and started a brawl. Aaron got socked in the jaw by Bart. IlikeSeven got hit over the head with a plate that smashed into a hundred pieces on the floor by Cain. The girls jumped up and tried to stop the fighting and were hit repeatedly by the elves, thinking they were an easy target. By this time Becka was going ballistic and so was Abe. Lida just sat there and sipped her glass of cider and laughed. She thought this was very amusing.

The country kitchen was alive with loud talk and laughter. Bill went on and on about their exploits in "borrowed" aircraft. Especially about the "drag race" they had with nik. They were in hysterics. Everyone else was too in Lenny's description of Bill in the c o c k- pit of a Lear jet eating a breakfast burrito and flipping nik the bird in his Lear as they approached the runway in New York. nik failed to see Bill mooning him and when nik heard this he nearly fell off his chair with laughter. The children seemed bedazzled and sat quietly and listened as nik, Lenny and Bill went on and on. The elves showed their displeasure at the merriment by hurling sheep dung at the window this time.

"Hey everyone, how about a toast?" Lida said. "Hey, that sounds like a GREAT idea." Bill yelled as he held up his empty glass in the air. "Good, I have some cider down in the cellar, I'll be right back." Lida said as she pushed her chair away from the table and headed towards the cellar door to the ladder. A few minutes later she yelled up. "Hey, I need some help here." Aaron and ILikeSeven heard her and got up to help. She passed up 6 large cork stopped, handled jugs that she THOUGHT was cider. "O.K., who wants a glass?" She said as she uncorked the first jug. All the children yelled "ME!!" She walked over to their table and poured a glass for each child then went back to the adult table. Aaron and ILikeSeven had opened the other jugs and everyone was pouring their own glass.

Abe stood up. "Here's to our new family here at EDEN. May we all live together in Peace and Harmony." Everyone raised their glass then took a long, delicious drink of the cider. Everyone loved it and drank the glasses empty right away. "More, Please." Little Addie yelled over the festivities. "Here, come take the jug over to your table and pour." Addie took the half filled jug to the table and poured some in everyone's glass. Now three jugs were empty and the fouth, fifth and sixth were uncorked at the adult's table.

OK, IF I owned a dog, I'd get one like this who sort of reminds me of me, an Afghan:

A thundering roar approached the farm. Hooping and hollering of two stong male voices with it. The men had already begun to bring the new table to the back door along with all the new chairs. The table was already in the kitchen.

"YAHOOO YALLLL!" Was heard as the cloud of dust neared the side yard in front of the barn. Everyone stopped to watch. When the dust settled they saw a stalky man on a motorcycle pull off his helmet then his filthy goggles. The other man, in the filthy side-car did the same. "BILL, LENNY!!!!" nik and Lida yelled at the same time and ran over to them. "Thought we'd never get here." Bill said. Lenny pulled out a bag of peanuts from his pocket, cracked one open and popped the nuts into his mouth then flicked the shells at Bill's face. "Stop That!!" Bill yelled. Lenny just chuckled. "How yall doin?" Bill said with a smile. "Took us a while but we made it." Lenny added. "What's for supper?" Were the next words out of Bill's mouth. "Roasted stuffed chicken." Becka answered, ready to feed anyone who showed up at the farm. "Well, let's all get washed up for supper, it's almost ready." Lida said. "Come on Bill and Lenny, I'll show you where you can bed down." Lida said since they looked like a couple of cowboys who had been rode hard and put away wet.

SORRY ABOUT THIS-->>

Lida showed Bill and Lenny their room and then they came back down to wash for supper. The men were busy in the meantime getting the new table set up with all the chairs. "Father." Able said. "Can we sit at the new table, I mean all us kids, then you grown-ups can eat in Peace?" Abe thought that was an excellent suggestion and said. "Sure son, go right ahead. The children moved all their plates to the new table which left more room for the grown-ups to spread out.

Big mug of Lipton tea and a big glass of water.

Just so you get the idea Do you resemble your dog? I'll have to go find a picture for myself. Be right back :huh: :laugh:

I just heard him on the radio singing on of his new songs on his newest CD. He just celebrated his "70th" Birthday :huh: We love you Leonard :yes:

Abe, Aaron, ILikeSeven, nik, Able, Bart, Cain and the elves all worked together in the barn the rest of the day. They had finished the table and the chairs and the final step was rubbing them down with linseed oil. The smell of it filled the barn and the men, but everything was finished. A beautiful table and 8 chairs. The elves did the major part in the chairs, they were precision craftsmen.

Early next mornig, even before breakfast Abe was out in the barn working on the new table. He came in when Becka called out to him that breakfast was ready. She had made a huge pot of hot cereal and fruit and apple muffins. Everyone was at the table already eating when he came back in. "Got the planks at fit together and ready to drill the holes for the dowels to hold them together. I dove-tailed them already. "He told Aaron and ILikeSeven and nik. "You'd best get started on those chairs today." He added. "We'll get right on that Abe, you need me to help you?" Aaron asked. "Yea four hands are better than two. I may need the rest of you as well, at least for the first part, clamping them all together."

They finished breakfast then went back out to the barn. The girls helped Becka and Lida and Chrissy clean up. "How are the meat stores holding up down in the cellar Becka?" Lida asked. "We're alright, but maybe we need to slaughter some chickens today, whose up for pullin feathers?" The girls hated this job and tried to talk Taffita and Kaitlyn into helping, telling them it was fun. Taffita and Kaitlyn agreed to help. Becka was experienced at the neck-snapping so she went out to the barn and chose the chickens and one by one, she grabbed them, snapped their necks then threw them in a pile on the barn floor. Then she got the ax and chopped off the heads and legs. Then hung them up to bleed out. The girls also knew what to do once this had been done. Becka came back in after washing her hands and arms outside. "O.K. girls, get to pluckin." She said as she came into the kitchen. All the girls went out to the barn.

Abe saw the sadness around the table. He tried to come up with something to say to lighten the mood and take everyone's mind off whatever was bothering them. He didn't want to intrude on their giref or be nosey about what was wrong. Lida knew how he was an animal lover too and didn't want to upset him either. So she tried as well to get herself out of this feeling of total dispair. "So

Abe, how you coming on that new table?" Lida asked. Abe took another big spoonful of his beef stew then tried to come up with something to say. "Well, it seems we're still in the discussion stage on that one. There seems to be a disagreement as to whether it should be maple or cherry." He answered. "OH, well, what's this one made of?" Lida asked as she slapped her hand on the table. Abe looked at her "Maple" He answered. "Well, then Maple it is." He added. Aaron looked at Abe then at Ilikeseven. "O.K. guys?" He asked. They both agreed as the elves overheard and flung their food at the window again. They must have heard and still voted for cherry.

It's a lovely, mild day here eventhough it's raining. It's at 43 degrees, no wind and the B.P. is dropping at 29.3 It's really quiet here, guess everyone are at the Malls. I'm shopping on-line. I'm NOT going out into that CHAOS! :kwasny: :huh:

"Lets see what it says here on the wall. For a good time call 'HoneyBear at 555-????,. Aw Man, I should have brought my glasses, I can't read this, the writing is all smudged."

If you could give anyone in the World, or Universe, ANYTHING for Christmas,

who and what would it be?? {None of this has to be real, either } A nice gift

or a stocking full of coal, doesn't have to be a NICE gift, either. :huh:

{Can't hardly wait for this}

Sorry, couldn't vote. My rating wasn't there. :huh:

I gave it a 12. The best episode yet this season in my opinion. I truely saw the 'Power of the Vulcan Mind' and why is Archer always getting clobbered?? He's going to end up like Mohammed Ali. I don't know what else to say right now. I'll have to come back tomorrow.

Immense

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JUST A REMINDER ON THIS PICTURE:

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"What do you mean there's an easier way to get a screen capture? Since when?"

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Thanks Yillara. Here's my new picture:

 

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Hmmm. this looks like the dutchway to "paste and copy"

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We've got to stop meeting like this  - the fax is getting suspicious.

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OK MY THREE CHOICES AS WINNERS FOR THIS PICTURE ARE FENRIZ, U.H. AND ILS. :blink: :unsure:

Kranky

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The Good: I'm here to dispute the spelling of the word "AMOK" it SHOULD be

spelled "AMUCK", the way it sounds {thanks for bringing THAT up

Fen} :unsure:

Just a wild guess here. I don't know why. "Cedar" because it's a tunnel. All the others are bridges???