Happy Birthday, Mom! A very nice picture, indeed. I hope Dad is buying you lunch at the Mexican pizza place. At least, that's what I would want on my Birthday.
Happy Birthday Mary! I believe this is the first LaVelle picture with no alcohol involved. At least not visible. Is Mike getting you thongs too? Will you have matching ones?
Scientists have discovered a gene that helps a mother and daughter stay alert on about six hours sleep a night, two hours less than the rest of their family needs. It's believed to be a very rare mutation.
Well, so far... My birthday was on the radio! The mailman wished me happy b'day.. Roger Long brought me 6 delicious treats: A chocolate long john A cherry stuffed glazed donut. A chocolate stuffed donut 2 glazed donuts A blueberry muffin! Which one did I eat first???
(I'm going to get my glasses straightened for my b'day!)
Hey... I just pushed other on the vote for the Graveyard games, but was not able to leave a comment? Do I do it here or should I be able to on the voting booth side of this page?
I don't think it is a contest, but I'd like to see Mary with a pot on her head as well as many others while we sit around the fire waiting for the swamp people. I'm sure most people would turn around after seeing all of the pot-heads. I think Dr. Seuss had some furry creatures with pots on their heads in one of his books. Maybe one pothead and the rest run after with wooden spoons after drinking rectified spirits. Happy Birthday M.E.!
We had a fun time at Mark Guilliatt's Saturday night with Emily and Scott and their parents. He's done a lot with that house. It was fun to be in M & M's old neighborhood.
Speaking of old neighborhoods...if you can, check out the online version of today's World Herald. There's a front-page story about two sexy lingerie and adult toy shops that have opened recently in the Old Market. One is owned and operated by Dale & Chris Weinstien in the old head shop store behind the former Art Plus and Crawdad's. His tenant Stokes Restaurant doesn't like the lingerie cart on the sidewalk by his restaurant. Dale says they opened it as a candy shop but added the adult stuff because sales were flat. Also there is another similar business in what used to be the Art Plus on 13th Street next to Julio's. She says it has harmless fun things like french maid and nurse costumes and they only added more personal items after people requested them. The merchants in the Old Market have mixed reactions. I didn't know you guys left all that inventory behind.
Caitlin and 3 of her girlfriends came to Algona on Saturday...we had alot of fun, it was great to see her! We had dinner at our house with Mom and Dad, and then to Sarah's for after dinner drinks, then downtown...We all ended up at Pep's. Mike and I left after midnight, but the girls closed it down...they were dancing, playing pool, etc, they didn't buy one drink all night long!
Joe K., The swamp people scare easily..as much as I want to try the pot-head idea on them it may be considered cruel and unusual punishment.
Cathy....that's crazeee. Caitlin had told us that Dale was opening a porn shop. He's SUCH a sleaze. But it sounds like his wife is along for the ride...her radio name is Kay Criss...did the paper call her Chris Weinstein? I'll try to find the article.
A whale washed ashore at the beach mom and dad sometimes go to:
Ill sperm whale put to death after washing ashore on Carlin Park beach in Jupiter
By BILL DIPAOLO
Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
A 4,000-pound sperm whale that became beached this morning on Jupiter's shores was euthanized after marine officials determined the baby girl was too weak to survive being pushed back into the ocean. Nor could she live through a trip to Fort Pierce for medical treatment at Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute.
After the whale was ministered to for hours, marine officials gave her a lethal injection.
"This is the most humane thing we can do," said Harbor Branch veterinarian Juli Goldstein.
The body will be taken from Carlin Park, where it beached, to Harbor Branch for a necropsy, but the results won't be known for several months.
Normally, a sperm whale and her mother would be migrating on a path about 10 miles offshore.
This whale was starving, and only about half the size she should have been. "This was a very sick whale, but we don't know why," Goldstein said.
Before she died, a crowd of about 150 people gathered, spreading wet towels on the whale to keep her cool and damp.
She would have still been "dependent on her mother's milk. I think she got lost. I doubt she has the strength to survive," said Stefan Harzan of the Taras Oceanographic Foundation, a research group.
Blood oozed from the 13-foot-long baby as she flapped her tail and a murky stench filled the air.
Police were called at about 7 a.m.
"It is so sad to stand here and watch her die. But hopefully the researchers will learn something when they dissect the whale," said Jupiter resident Kelly Cohen, as she stood behind the yellow tape separating onlookers from the experts and the whale.
Sperm whales found on the beach are quite rare, Harzan said. In the past 20 years, there have been three in Palm Beach County.
The last sperm whale beached locally was a 50-footer, Harzan said.
It is more common to find pygmy sperm or dwarf sperm whales on Florida's beaches, said Edward O. Keith, a professor with Nova Southeastern University Oceanographic Center.
"A couple of those strand every year in Florida," he said.
Last week, two beaked whales, a mother and her calf, beached in Hollywood, Florida.
In that case, Keith reports, the mother was sick with pneumonia.
She died and the calf was euthanized. The two beachings are not likely related because they involved two different whale species.
"The odds that there's any connection are pretty slim," Keith said.
Most single-whale beachings happen when an animal is sick or somehow debilitated and can't fight currents that bring them to shore, he said.
He agreed that the stranding of a sperm whale is pretty rare.
The whale, which had no teeth, likely got lost from her mother and was unable to dive to feed. As her strength waned, the tide probably swept her ashore, said Barbara Brunnick, of Taras Oceanographic Institute in Jupiter.
The last sperm whales found locally were tangled in fishing nets, Brunnick said.
"We don't expect the mother to coming looking for her," Brunnick said. Adult sperm whales are 45 to 50 feet. "Trying to come near shore to find her baby would be suicide."
Way to ruin my day, Pat. Yes Mary, we toasted you at Surfside, then I toasted you again on Sunday with my cottage cheese and beets snack. Hope you had a good birthday weekend!
My okra is finally growing okra, but not with the beautiful blooms promised to come along. I hope I actually am able to harvest a few batches, but I think this has been too mild a summer for okra in Iowa.
Okra is kind of slimy. But I've never had it straight from a garden. Ellen, toughen up! Some folks have been to that beach so to imagine a whale there is really something.
There is a friendly 19-ish kid at the local Casey's convenience store who has on his name tag a sticker from the bakery case that says "Fresh Baked Today".
34 comments:
Happy birthday! What are you doing to celebrate? Great picture!
Happy Birthday Mary!!
Have a fabulous day. Perhaps you'll have a pool party?
And, yes, great photo.
p
Happy Birthday Mary, Brian and
I will toast to you tonight!
Happy Birthday, Mom!
A very nice picture, indeed. I hope Dad is buying you lunch at the Mexican pizza place. At least, that's what I would want on my Birthday.
Much love,
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM! you look flexible in this photo. I love you so much and I hope you get a cake with 37 candles.
Happy Birthday Mary. Go get yourself some cake!
Happy Birthday Mary! I believe this is the first LaVelle picture with no alcohol involved. At least not visible. Is Mike getting you thongs too? Will you have matching ones?
Monica
Mary I think this was the best birthday gift you were ever given:
http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/health/53219637.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aULPQL7PQLanchO7DiUsT
Scientists have discovered a gene that helps a mother and daughter stay alert on about six hours sleep a night, two hours less than the rest of their family needs.
It's believed to be a very rare mutation.
p
Happy birthday, Mary Ellan!
It looks klike you are doing the dishes at Mom & Dads for your birthday!
Whacha gonna do today?
Love you,
lisa
Well, so far...
My birthday was on the radio!
The mailman wished me happy b'day..
Roger Long brought me 6 delicious treats: A chocolate long john
A cherry stuffed glazed donut.
A chocolate stuffed donut
2 glazed donuts
A blueberry muffin!
Which one did I eat first???
(I'm going to get my glasses straightened for my b'day!)
I don't know which one you ate first since none of them have beets.
HEY...
Ev'rybody's talkin' 'bout beets...
All we are saying is give beets a chance!
Hey...
I just pushed other on the vote for the Graveyard games, but was not able to leave a comment? Do I do it here or should I be able to on the voting booth side of this page?
Lisa
You leave it in the comment section here.
How about a beet cooking contest?
Oh good it's cooled down to 92.
p
How about a beating contest? I'd volunteer myself but I won't be there. So, I nomiated Monica.
p
Hey...talk about my birthday.
OK. I nominate M.E.
P
I don't think it is a contest, but I'd like to see Mary with a pot on her head as well as many others while we sit around the fire waiting for the swamp people. I'm sure most people would turn around after seeing all of the pot-heads. I think Dr. Seuss had some furry creatures with pots on their heads in one of his books. Maybe one pothead and the rest run after with wooden spoons after drinking rectified spirits. Happy Birthday M.E.!
Am I the beatee or the beater?
Monica
It was 50 degrees last night walking home from dinner. San Francisco is cold. I wish I would have packed my coats.
Happy Birthday Mary! I hope you had a fun day. I may get to see Caitlin today.
Des, now you have an excuse to go shopping.
We had a fun time at Mark Guilliatt's Saturday night with Emily and Scott and their parents. He's done a lot with that house. It was fun to be in M & M's old neighborhood.
Speaking of old neighborhoods...if you can, check out the online version of today's World Herald. There's a front-page story about two sexy lingerie and adult toy shops that have opened recently in the Old Market. One is owned and operated by Dale & Chris Weinstien in the old head shop store behind the former Art Plus and Crawdad's. His tenant Stokes Restaurant doesn't like the lingerie cart on the sidewalk by his restaurant. Dale says they opened it as a candy shop but added the adult stuff because sales were flat. Also there is another similar business in what used to be the Art Plus on 13th Street next to Julio's. She says it has harmless fun things like french maid and nurse costumes and they only added more personal items after people requested them. The merchants in the Old Market have mixed reactions. I didn't know you guys left all that inventory behind.
Caitlin and 3 of her girlfriends came to Algona on Saturday...we had alot of fun, it was great to see her! We had dinner at our house with Mom and Dad, and then to Sarah's for after dinner drinks, then downtown...We all ended up at Pep's. Mike and I left after midnight, but the girls closed it down...they were dancing, playing pool, etc, they didn't buy one drink all night long!
Joe K.,
The swamp people scare easily..as much as I want to try the pot-head idea on them it may be considered cruel and unusual punishment.
Cathy....that's crazeee. Caitlin had told us that Dale was opening a porn shop. He's SUCH a sleaze. But it sounds like his wife is along for the ride...her radio name is Kay Criss...did the paper call her Chris Weinstein? I'll try to find the article.
P.S. Mary, the Jayjacks toasted you on your birthday from the deck of the Surfside Club. It was delicious, but it's getting a little pricey there.
A whale washed ashore at the beach mom and dad sometimes go to:
Ill sperm whale put to death after washing ashore on Carlin Park beach in Jupiter
By BILL DIPAOLO
Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
A 4,000-pound sperm whale that became beached this morning on Jupiter's shores was euthanized after marine officials determined the baby girl was too weak to survive being pushed back into the ocean. Nor could she live through a trip to Fort Pierce for medical treatment at Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute.
After the whale was ministered to for hours, marine officials gave her a lethal injection.
"This is the most humane thing we can do," said Harbor Branch veterinarian Juli Goldstein.
The body will be taken from Carlin Park, where it beached, to Harbor Branch for a necropsy, but the results won't be known for several months.
Normally, a sperm whale and her mother would be migrating on a path about 10 miles offshore.
This whale was starving, and only about half the size she should have been. "This was a very sick whale, but we don't know why," Goldstein said.
Before she died, a crowd of about 150 people gathered, spreading wet towels on the whale to keep her cool and damp.
She would have still been "dependent on her mother's milk. I think she got lost. I doubt she has the strength to survive," said Stefan Harzan of the Taras Oceanographic Foundation, a research group.
Blood oozed from the 13-foot-long baby as she flapped her tail and a murky stench filled the air.
Police were called at about 7 a.m.
"It is so sad to stand here and watch her die. But hopefully the researchers will learn something when they dissect the whale," said Jupiter resident Kelly Cohen, as she stood behind the yellow tape separating onlookers from the experts and the whale.
Sperm whales found on the beach are quite rare, Harzan said. In the past 20 years, there have been three in Palm Beach County.
The last sperm whale beached locally was a 50-footer, Harzan said.
It is more common to find pygmy sperm or dwarf sperm whales on Florida's beaches, said Edward O. Keith, a professor with Nova Southeastern University Oceanographic Center.
"A couple of those strand every year in Florida," he said.
Last week, two beaked whales, a mother and her calf, beached in Hollywood, Florida.
In that case, Keith reports, the mother was sick with pneumonia.
She died and the calf was euthanized. The two beachings are not likely related because they involved two different whale species.
"The odds that there's any connection are pretty slim," Keith said.
Most single-whale beachings happen when an animal is sick or somehow debilitated and can't fight currents that bring them to shore, he said.
He agreed that the stranding of a sperm whale is pretty rare.
The whale, which had no teeth, likely got lost from her mother and was unable to dive to feed. As her strength waned, the tide probably swept her ashore, said Barbara Brunnick, of Taras Oceanographic Institute in Jupiter.
The last sperm whales found locally were tangled in fishing nets, Brunnick said.
"We don't expect the mother to coming looking for her," Brunnick said. Adult sperm whales are 45 to 50 feet. "Trying to come near shore to find her baby would be suicide."
p
Way to ruin my day, Pat.
Yes Mary, we toasted you at Surfside, then I toasted you again on Sunday with my cottage cheese and beets snack. Hope you had a good birthday weekend!
My okra is finally growing okra, but not with the beautiful blooms promised to come along. I hope I actually am able to harvest a few batches, but I think this has been too mild a summer for okra in Iowa.
Okra is kind of slimy. But I've never had it straight from a garden.
Ellen, toughen up!
Some folks have been to that beach so to imagine a whale there is really something.
p
There is a friendly 19-ish kid at the local Casey's convenience store who has on his name tag a sticker from the bakery case that says "Fresh Baked Today".
Tom
Any word on Dad?
I called about an hour ago and he was still waiting to go in. He sounded a bit drugged up so he may be in by now.
Monica
Spoke with Mary just now and she said Dad was just waking up and everything went well.
Monica
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