Good morning Lounge

[MissHoneychurch]

How are you today? Did you miss me? :D

Well, I had a great weekend with my mom. Thursday we went to a zoo (pictures will follow later), Friday we were invited to a BBQ, Saturday we went hiking in the Lower Vosges Mountains (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vosges_Mountains). And yesterday I visited a friend in the afternoon before catching my train home. Of course the train arrived at a time so that I had no chance whatsoever to catch my underground train. I was too tired to wait 20 min for the next underground so I decided to take a taxi. Not that I went to sleep right away. Nope. I think I went to bed around 2am. Therefore I am a tiny bit tired today. And I got me a sunburn during the hike on Saturday. I have a funny pattern on my back now :)

Pictures of the Day (Lower Vosges Mountains)

[SeattleGirl]

1. Good morning, GF!!

Those pictures are wonderful!

Sounds like you had a good time with your mom.

:hug: :loveya: :hi:

[MissHoneychurch]

2. Good morning GF!!!

:hi: :loveya: :hug:

I had a great time. It was both relaxing and interesting. We didn't just sit around and did nothing but enjoyed the nature near where my mom lives.

I might start an extra thread with pics of the hiking trip. What do you think?

[SeattleGirl]

3. I think that would be a great idea!

:loveya: :hug: :loveya:

[MissHoneychurch]

4. OK

will do so a bit later. Now I need to pretend I work :)

How was your weekend?

:loveya:

[SeattleGirl]

5. Been pretty good so far. Monday is a holiday, so I have a 3-dayer.

Weather has been absolutely stunning; usually, it pours down rain over the Memorial Day weekend, but not this year!

[MissHoneychurch]

6. Today is Memorial Day?

Lucky you. :)

I mean, I shouldn't complain, I just had a long weekend myself. And Monday in a week we have another holiday :rofl:

[SeattleGirl]

7. Oh, you non-Americans and your frequent holidays!!!!

:grr: :grr: :grr:

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[MissHoneychurch]

8. It will be Whitsun

Not my fault you don't have any religious holidays :rofl:

[SeattleGirl]

9. Oh yes we do! We have the War on Christmas and the War on Easter!

Haven't you heard? They are our two biggest holidays!

:rofl:

[MissHoneychurch]

10. I didn't know about the War on Easter

I mean, Santa can defend himself, he is a big guy. But the easter bunny? Poor bunny :rofl:

[SeattleGirl]

12. Well, according to Bill O'Reilly, there are wars against both holidays.

And I guess if Bill-o says it, it MUST be true!

[MissHoneychurch]

13. Who cares what Bill-o says

isn't Boss Limbaugh The One and Only???

[SeattleGirl]

15. Limbaugh is, but O'Leilly is the General in charge of fighting the

wars against religious holidays here in the good ol' U Ess of A.

[MissHoneychurch]

17. Oh OK

so they are sharing the responsibility of keeping the people stupid :eyes:

[SeattleGirl]

19. Exactly. And Glenn Beck is there to help them out.

We are a strange country indeed.

Full of people proud of their ignorance.

Promoting stupidity.

Drinking the koolaide.

There are a few of us out there who are weirdo's, who don't buy into all that, though.

[MissHoneychurch]

20. Don't forget

Sean Hannity :rofl:

Glenn Beck .... he is totally nutz, isn't he?

I do know that the USA isn't only those crazies. I mean, I've been to the U.S. a couple of times now and I did meet the non-koolaid-drinkers :D

[SeattleGirl]

26. OMG, I totally forgot abotu Hannity! Prolly because he's totally

forgettable!

And yes, Beck is totally nutz, no doubt about it!

And yes, there are some non-koolaide drinkers here.

Not to mention the fact that they, and their guests from other countries, have nice behinds!

:evilgrin:

:rofl:

(I HAVE seen photographic evidence, you know!)

[jeff30997]

11. Hi MissHoneychurch !

I'm very happy to see you ! :bounce:

[MissHoneychurch]

14. Good morning jeff

it is great to see you too!!!

:hug: :loveya:

[jeff30997]

16. Thanks for the hug.

:hug:

Great pictures ! I believe that The Vosges are near France ?

It looks spectacular ! :)

[MissHoneychurch]

18. You are welcome

you can always get a :hug: from me :)

*Ahem*, The Vosges are IN France :P

[jeff30997]

22. Oops!

I should have said: The Vosges are near Germany.:blush:

That will teach me no to google before typing.:)

[MissHoneychurch]

24. Or click on the link

I provided in my OP :D

Yes, The Vosges are near Germany. On the one side of the Rhine valley is the Black Forest (Germany) and on the other side the Vosges (France).

[jeff30997]

27. I love Geography.

I've seen documentaries about the Black Forest.It looks beautiful.

Oh,speaking of documentary Ava released her long awaited movie about

Veterans returning from Iraq.It's amazing what she have

accomplished with so little resources.If you have the time you can take

a look at it: http://www.iraqfallout.com

It's very intense.I have to admit that I was really moved.

What a talented little lady she is.:)

Link in the Lounge: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=8789511

[MissHoneychurch]

29. Geography is fun

I used to be pretty good in it. Now .... *shame on me*, I am not as good anymore. I need to get a world map and look at it again :)

Thanks for the link. I will watch it when I am at home.
Ava brings hope to the future. To know to have such intelligent and passionate young people sure brings light to the world.

[Tobin S.]

21. Mornin' Miss H

It's Droopy. I did a name change while you were gone. "Tobin" is my real name.

I've had a nice weekend. I still have one more day to take it easy. It's a holiday here in the U.S. I went to a barbeque yesterday with some family and friends. The rest of the time I've just been taking it easy. Mom and I are going for a hike later this morning. I'll see about taking some pictures and posting them here as well.

[MissHoneychurch]

23. Good morning Tobin

:hi: :hug:

Thanks for letting me know :hug:

How was your meeting with your psychologist? Was she proud of you?

[Tobin S.]

25. Yes she was. She was also very surprised.

I wish I could know her as a friend outside of her profession. She is a very kind and fun person to be around. And it's for real; she's not just doing her job. I gave her the credit for getting me to do something about my health even though she said it was all my doing :). She really did get me to see that I wasn't happy with myself and being 120 pounds overweight wasn't helping matters. I just picked the place to go help take the weight off.

[MissHoneychurch]

28. That is great!!

I knew she would be happy to see you.

You not only picked the place to help you but you sticked with it and lost the weight. That you can only do by yourself. No one else is helping you losing weight.

[jeff30997]

30. Welcome back !

I'm a bit nervous because I had doubts that it was really you because of

this post: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=8793839

(It's the only one I replied to BTW)

I was sure that someone was using your ancient name to spam the place but after searching

a bit...well...Now I feel like an idiot.I had a bad experience last year when someone pretended

to be a returning DUer that I was missing a lot so I became over-suspicious.

I'm truly sorry.:blush:

[Tobin S.]

54. You haven't done anything wrong Jeff

I've been getting the cold shoulder from several people here because of my low post count even after I've posted several times about my name change. I'm sure people are checking me out. But if you do a simple search and take a look at some of my old posts as Droopy from a few days back you will see that it's me. One person recognized me just from my writing style even though she did not know about the name change. Here is one of my last posts as Droopy http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=276x9202

[jeff30997]

61. I've read the whole post that you linked.

That's amazing.I'm sincerely happy for you Tobin.I wish I had the courage to do

something about my own self-destructive behavior. :pals:

[MissHoneychurch]

62. Didn't you

want to go to bed? :P

:hug:

[jeff30997]

67. Err... I'm not him...errr...

In fact I'm sleepwalking or is it sleep-typing ? Lol! OK I'm going to bed.

:yoiks:

[MissHoneychurch]

70. I'm not sending you to bed

I'm not your mom after all. :rofl:

Was just wondering :D

[cwydro]

31. Good morning!

We missed you! Where are those mountains? Near what city? I'll have to add that to my list of places to visit.

I've had to work extra days this weekend due to an emergency with the other supervisor. Tired of work and one more day to go.

Glad you had fun.:hi:

[MissHoneychurch]

32. Good morning

:hi: :hug: :loveya:

Those mountains are near Basel, Switzerland. They actually are kinda between Basel and Straßbourg. The part where we were hiking was near Thann (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thann,_Haut-Rhin) on a mountain pass called Col du Hundsruck.

Sorry to hear that you had to work extra days. And it sounds like you aren't off today :hug:

[cwydro]

33. No, I'm at work today.

And will be tomorrow too, when I would normally be off. At least I get paid more today since it is a holiday.

Yes, Switzerland is on my list of places to go for sure.

[MissHoneychurch]

36. I have to correct myself

the Vosges are between Basel, Switzerland and Strassbourg, France.

At least you get something out of working today. Are you getting other days off instead?

[cwydro]

40. Well, I'll still have Mittwoch, Donnerstag, und Freitag off

assuming the other guy comes back from Mexico as planned.

Then he will work for me in a week or so, which will enable me to go fly to my parents in NC and hopefully be there for my mom's 83rd birthday. So I'll have 6 days off when that happens and THAT will be nice.

(I hope I got those days right, lol!)

[MissHoneychurch]

43. You sure got the days right

:D

When will you know if you can take the 6 days off or not?

May I ask where in NC?

[cwydro]

47. My parents live in Charlotte

where I grew up. I lived for 10 years in the Boone/Blowing Rock area, which I love. Charlotte is a pretty city as cities go, but it is still just a big city.

I think I will have the other supe work for me on the Sonntag and Montag June 7 and 8 and then I will still have the rest of the week. Mom's birthday is June 7.

Glad I got the days right, but I kind of cheated because one of my agents here is from Germany and I asked him to check them first!;)

[MissHoneychurch]

48. Did I ever tell you

that I was a nanny in Davidson, NC?

My guest-mom played the second flute in the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra. It was fun to go to the conderts for free :)

I like Charlotte. But it is growing so fast. Even after one year I wasn't able anymore to find my way around :rofl:


My mom's bf has b.day the same day as your mom

[cwydro]

69. A nanny in Davidson?

Wow, small world. That must have been great to go to the symphony for free. Davidson is very pretty.

The last time that I lived in Charlotte for any length of time, I had to ask people how to get around and these were people that had recently moved there!:P

[MissHoneychurch]

71. It sure is

I am still expecting to meet someone here I know in person (before DU times) :rofl:

I was a nanny in 1993/1994. Long time ago. I enjoyed my time there.
I remember that there was an International House in Charlotte and there we had a German Hour each week. There were German and Austrian nannies, German exchange students, Americans who spoke German ... it was a mixed group. Did some trips with them. Great times.

[cwydro]

75. My parents used to be very involved with International House.

You may even have met them! They have a lot of German friends; they are British (well, naturalized Americans now). They used to love to go and practice their German and French.

[MissHoneychurch]

76. Maybe

that would be funny, wouldn't it be?

[cwydro]

77. Yes, but stranger things have happened I guess.

:)

[MissHoneychurch]

78. Sure enough

now spill names :D

[SalmonChantedEvening]

34. Good Morning MissHoneychurch! Welcome Back!

:hi: :hug: loveya: :pals:

Glad you had such a wonderful weekend, aside from the sunburn of course. Mine's been good, very quiet and restful. :)

[MissHoneychurch]

37. Good morning SCE

:hi: :loveya: :hug:

The sunburn will pass. I will peel myself and then will have a tan :D

Glad to hear you had a quiet weekend.

[SalmonChantedEvening]

63. Don't say it SCE!! Just don't!!!

:rofl:

[MissHoneychurch]

65. You know, that is very mean of you

I have no idea whatsoever what I did write that got you to make a notsoinnocent connection. I wanna know!!!

[SalmonChantedEvening]

66. My bad, I'm just a pev

With a mind that works overtime in the gutter. ;)

"So, will there be pics of the peeling?"

:hide:

[MissHoneychurch]

72. ROFL

You want me to post pics of the skin I peel off???? :P

[SalmonChantedEvening]

74. Not exactly.

Close... ;)

[Sky Masterson]

35. Happy Monday MissH

Beautiful pictures.
I hope you are doing well :hug: :loveya: :hi:

[MissHoneychurch]

38. Good morning Sky

:hi: :loveya: :hug:

Thank you!!

I am doing fine. A bit tired but that is my own fault. Why do I continue reading a very catching mystery around 1am :eyes:

How are you doing? Any plans for today?

[Sky Masterson]

41. That will do it to you.

I'm good. A bit in need of coffee.
I slept in two hours today so I'm not quite awake yet.
I am supposed to do a barbecue with family but I'd rather stay home :mad: :)

[MissHoneychurch]

44. What???

you prefer staying home over a yummy BBQ?????

[Sky Masterson]

45. If you met the family you'd understand

HA! :)

[MissHoneychurch]

46. Oh OK

still .... you could just take over the bbq'ing and stand at the grill the whole time with a beer in your hand :D

[Sky Masterson]

49. I'm not allowed near the grill

I can't cook a steak to save my Ass. I turn them to leather :)

[MissHoneychurch]

51. LOL

:rofl:


Sorry ... but :rofl:

[Sky Masterson]

55. You wouldn't be the first Lady to laugh at me

:cry: :rofl: :P

[MissHoneychurch]

56. Laughing

WITH you, not AT you :D

:hug:

[Sky Masterson]

57. I know

:) :loveya: Because you're my friend.:pals: If you can't laugh at a friend what good are they. :D

[MissHoneychurch]

59. You are my friend too

:hug: :loveya:

[jeff30997]

39. Hi Miss H it's me again.

There's a question that I wanted to ask you for a while.

I don't know if you remember but a couple of months

ago I posted a reply in German by using the Babelfish translator

and when I type Honey church(with a space between the 2 words) the

answer is a single word: Honigkirche.Can you explain the

meaning of that word to me please ? Well if it's ok with you

of course. :)

[MissHoneychurch]

42. It is easy to answer

Miss Honeychurch is a name in a book by E.M. Forster "Room with a View". It is also a movie. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091867/ I love the book and the movie. Miss Honeychurch is the main character. That is why I chose this name. It really has no meaning whatsoever in German.

[jeff30997]

50. Honigkirche is meaningless in German ?

Well Babelfish isn't exactly reliable when it comes to translate.

I remember a thread where peoples where using it to post in

French and I was ROFL ! That was hysterical ! :rofl:

You're a big reader isn't it ? Sometimes I wonder if the

peoples who never open a book realize what they are missing.

I read a lot and have been TV-free for over 5 years now and

don't miss it at all.

OMG,it's almost 7:30 ! Good night MissHoneychurch,

you are a very good person. :pals:

[MissHoneychurch]

52. Well

Honey does mean Honig and Church means Kirche. Babelfish is correct there. But together they don't really make any sense in German or English. Forster did pick a nice name though for his heroine :)

Yes, I love to read. I have to be really really sick to not to read.
Last night, instead of turning off the light at 1am I continued to read my book .... guess who is tired this morning :rofl:

I learn a lot due to my reading. I love to read novels and mysteries but also biographies and history books.

Sweet dreams jeff :hug:

[jeff30997]

53. Thanks.

:hug:

[In_The_Wind]

58. Totally awesome photos, MissHC!

It's wonderful that you have the time to visit with your Mom.

[MissHoneychurch]

60. Good morning my friend

:hug: :loveya: :hug:

Good to see you. How was your escort trip?

[In_The_Wind]

64. I've missed you ~ my very first friend on DU.

I'm still with the load. I love it! At this point in time I'm guessing that I'll be driving escort as long as it's safe for me to be out there on the road.

Thus far we've traveled from Mass to Pa. I may jump off in West Memphis, Arkansas or escort it all of the way to the Texas-Mexico border.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x8794535

[MissHoneychurch]

68. I miss you too

but I am glad you found something you like.

Those sure are some big ass trucks!!!

[In_The_Wind]

73. There are bigger rigs on the road.

The other load that was shutdown at noon on Friday is 15' 9" tall. It won't fit under the bridge where it's being delivered until they bleed off air from the tires. I'm not ready for that responsibility ~ I don't feel like buying a bridge (you break it, you bought it) if my trucker's load hits it.

One of the perks of this job is we can't run on weekends so I might get the time to visit with my friends who live many miles from my home.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

79. Hello MissHc

Nice Photos. Did you take those on this trip?

I missed you. I am used to seeing your threads in the morning.

[MissHoneychurch]

80. Good morning Tuesday

:hi: :hug: :loveya:

Yes, I took them Saturday during our hiking trip :)

I missed you too. It feels good to be back.

[malta blue]

81. good afternoon!

:hi:

Looks like a beautiful hike! Glad you had a nice weekend with Mom.

I am just starting to get ready to head home. My flight is in a couple of hours....

It did not rain, but I didn't venture out either, so I can't really say much about the visit other than we had a great time....:evilgrin:

Oh, and about that passport... so on Friday, Little MB's dad took her to get a new one. He called to tell me it was all set, and when I got home to grab my luggage, I opened that drawer (the one I told you about that I had to check - that I looked through like 10 times) and what do you think was staring up at me? :rofl::rofl:

[Blue_Tires]

82. what town is that in the bottom of the last shot?

and how long did it take to hike to the top?

[Haole Girl]

83. Good Morning!

I have 8 more minutes of morning here.

Love those pics. I miss the mountains so much.