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shelbell;985981 wrote: I just finished cleaning the filters in my turtle tanks...EEEWWWWWEEEEE. I had to take them completely apart and clean them from the inside out. If anyone has turtles, they know exactly what I'm talking about when I say the smell is one of the most disgusting things, it almost make you gag. ICK!


if you changed it more often.....................:wah:

Odie;985982 wrote: if you changed it more often.....................:wah:


Yeah, I clean the foam and charcol filters a lot...I'm talking about the actual mechanical unit. Now I've gotta go take a bath just to get rid of the smell. I'll invite ya over the next time I do it so you can get a little whiff! :wah:

just joking.............we used to have 5 anoles, we breed crickets and feed them daily to them...........and when it came time to cleaning that tank, yuck!

Odie;985988 wrote: just joking.............we used to have 5 anoles, we breed crickets and feed them daily to them...........and when it came time to cleaning that tank, yuck!






I'm glad you put that link cuz I had no idea what you were talking about. My turtles are shedding their skin right now and it's so disgusting. PU!

shelbell;985991 wrote: I'm glad you put that link cuz I had no idea what you were talking about. My turtles are shedding their skin right now and it's so disgusting. PU!


thought some would need a link,they were so much fun to watch, feed them baby banana food as their water, hot rock, real tree branches and plants, when they are cold they are brown.

love lizards!

Odie;986024 wrote: thought some would need a link,they were so much fun to watch, feed them baby banana food as their water, hot rock, real tree branches and plants, when they are cold they are brown.

love lizards!


I love my turtles too...they're worth the work. :-4 My big girl is my baby, I feed her lettuce, banana's and strawberries...no matter how small the piece, she never gets my fingers. My little guy hates to be picked up and wants to bite...but he is getting better over time. I've got them in a 40 gallon tank right now, but we're going to need a much bigger one soon...my girl is 10" in shell length right now and is going to keep growing....she just doesn't have much room to swim anymore. Little guy is only 7". We take them outside in the grass, on our bed, on the furniture etc, just so we can play with them. My puppies are afraid of them! :wah:

shelbell;985985 wrote: Yeah, I clean the foam and charcol filters a lot...I'm talking about the actual mechanical unit. Now I've gotta go take a bath just to get rid of the smell. I'll invite ya over the next time I do it so you can get a little whiff! :wah: use to have a 30 gallon fish tank. what a mess and bother!! after the fish died, of old age. that was enough for me!! Also ended up in the hospital over that tank:mad: Spilt some water on the floor while clean the stupid thing. Tore up my knee. had to have surgery and 3 months of rehab:-5

CP is picking on me!:p

I'm so glad I don't have more than one pet. We have a hermit crab.

qsducks;986574 wrote: I'm so glad I don't have more than one pet. We have a hermit crab.


I think i saw those on john and kate plus 8 a couple of weeks ago.. so they paint them?

are they little crabs with snail shells on them?:-3

had some SAD news today.:-1 hubby's oldest brother has cancer. he has 6 months. They are very close. Did not get along for years. but the last 5 or 6 :(years they have really bonded. very sad for everyone involved.

That is sad news. :-1

southern yankee;986656 wrote: had some SAD news today.:-1 hubby's oldest brother has cancer. he has 6 months. They are very close. Did not get along for years. but the last 5 or 6 :(years they have really bonded. very sad for everyone involved.


oh man sy, that sucks! hopefully that was just one doctors guess... they have been wrong before.:-4

southern yankee;986656 wrote: had some SAD news today.:-1 hubby's oldest brother has cancer. he has 6 months. They are very close. Did not get along for years. but the last 5 or 6 :(years they have really bonded. very sad for everyone involved.


very very sad news indeed, so very very sorry.

Odie;986899 wrote: very very sad news indeed, so very very sorry. so many people in our area have cancer. in fact right now there is 5 in our small village. 2 in our subdivision. 3 already passed. makes you think.

Yeah, SY. Sorry to hear it too.

well. hubby has found out the platforms he worked on are pretty damaged. so lucky me. hubby and i will be on top of each other. for the next month or so. Hurray!!:( no i do love him. but we are use to being apart a half a year. so we are getting on each other nerves.:-5

southern yankee;988401 wrote: well. hubby has found out the platforms he worked on are pretty damaged. so lucky me. hubby and i will be on top of each other. for the next month or so. Hurray!!:( no i do love him. but we are use to being apart a half a year. so we are getting on each other nerves.:-5


wait until you actually start projects together!:-5

Odie;988418 wrote: wait until you actually start projects together!:-5 we are, the yard work.DO IT MY WAY:-5 he has gone done a little shopping for me. i can be ALONE, for just a little while.:wah:

southern yankee;988953 wrote: we are, the yard work.DO IT MY WAY:-5 he has gone done a little shopping for me. i can be ALONE, for just a little while.:wah:


we do not work well together at anything...........both of us are right!:-5

Odie;988958 wrote: we do not work well together at anything...........both of us are right!:-5 no there is the wrong way. then his way.:-5

southern yankee;988962 wrote: no there is the wrong way. then his way.:-5




have patience my dear.......its only just begun!:wah:

OK I have this tendon issue in my right hand a workers comp case. I have been going to Physical Therapy for 6 session now and it is still fozen and I can't bend my right hand down at all. Well I went to the Occupational Therapy Doctor yesterday to get a shot in the tendon to release it. It hurt so damn bad that I had to come home and take a pain pill. I'm happy to say I woke up this morning pain free and able to move and bend my hand down just a bit without pain.

Well I wanted to call the Dr. and thank him but in doing so with movement restored in my hand I accidentally dialed 911 Whoops !! I explained what had happened to the guy he got a chuckle out of it said he would cancel the 911 call.

Odie;988968 wrote: have patience my dear.......its only just begun!:wah: i can see myself now coming hereEVERYDAY. fussing about somthing he said or did that day. or didn't do:-5:wah:

southern yankee;986656 wrote: had some SAD news today.:-1 hubby's oldest brother has cancer. he has 6 months. They are very close. Did not get along for years. but the last 5 or 6 :(years they have really bonded. very sad for everyone involved.


So sorry to hear this SY. Hopefully he gets some other opinions and they come up with some options for him.

southern yankee;988983 wrote: i can see myself now coming hereEVERYDAY. fussing about somthing he said or did that day. or didn't do:-5:wah:


Good, I can use something to get my mind off my hubby. Wednesday he wrecked my truck, ended up doing an all nighter at the ER. Had to run all over yesterday, haven't gotten much sleep in 3 days and missed some meds and am having some terrible withdrawls from them. I need another hubby to laugh at!! :wah::wah:

Odie;988968 wrote: have patience my dear.......its only just begun!:wah:


Odie! You have a Joey avatar!!! "Friends" my favorite show of all times, I own the whole 10 season DVD collection! Chandler was always my favorite tho.

CARLA;988982 wrote: OK I have this tendon issue in my right hand a workers comp case. I have been going to Physical Therapy for 6 session now and it is still fozen and I can't bend my right hand down at all. Well I went to the Occupational Therapy Doctor yesterday to get a shot in the tendon to release it. It hurt so damn bad that I had to come home and take a pain pill. I'm happy to say I woke up this morning pain free and able to move and bend my hand down just a bit without pain.

Well I wanted to call the Dr. and thank him but in doing so with movement restored in my hand I accidentally dialed 911 Whoops !! I explained what had happened to the guy he got a chuckle out of it said he would cancel the 911 call.


ah:wah:well at least your hand is a bit better:D

I wasn't here for a couple days and nobody missed me. :-1

(anyone feeling guilty yet?) :wah::wah:

shelbell;988994 wrote: Good, I can use something to get my mind off my hubby. Wednesday he wrecked my truck, ended up doing an all nighter at the ER. Had to run all over yesterday, haven't gotten much sleep in 3 days and missed some meds and am having some terrible withdrawls from them. I need another hubby to laugh at!! :wah::wah: ah shell. poor girl, i am sooo sorry. Life can be a real B---H!! I have been there done that with mine,:(

southern yankee;989068 wrote: ah shell. poor girl, i am sooo sorry. Life can be a real B---H!! I have been there done that with mine,:(


I just got done talking to flopstock on the phone, we decided that guys are the real drama queens. :wah:

shelbell;989101 wrote: I just got done talking to flopstock on the phone, we decided that guys are the real drama queens. :wah: sometimes more trouble then they are worth:wah:

southern yankee;989291 wrote: sometimes more trouble then they are worth:wah:


Wouldn't it be too cool to just round up all the FG women and have a GIRLS ONLY weekend somewhere?:yh_party:yh_party:yh_party

shelbell;989314 wrote: Wouldn't it be too cool to just round up all the FG women and have a GIRLS ONLY weekend somewhere?:yh_party:yh_party:yh_party if i had the money i would be there in a FLASH!!!!!!:wah:

southern yankee;989318 wrote: if i had the money i would be there in a FLASH!!!!!!:wah:


Well we can always dream....*sigh*

shelbell;989323 wrote: Well we can always dream....*sigh* do you know all my dearest friends live over 1000 miles away. 2 in Indiana and 1 in Italy.

southern yankee;989329 wrote: do you know all my dearest friends live over 1000 miles away. 2 in Indiana and 1 in Italy.


A friend in Italy? Wow, that is far. 2 In Indiana huh? They're my neighbors...I'm in very north central Illinois. Flopstock is only about 70 miles south of me so it made it easy for us to meet. I've never been to Louisiana, I heard it's hot...I don't like hot. :wah:

if only we could all meet, can you imagine?

I just want to vent and have a pity party real quick:

My sister was due next Saturday, knew how much it meant to me to be there in the room with her.

She decided to get induced, she broke the news last month. I said I was fine. Yesterday she delivered and I am not fine.

Even with the description of the days events from her, my mother, etc I cried everytime I heard it. I told my husband I was heartbroken and devastated (something I would NEVER tell my sister because I love her and I'll get over it) and he didnt validate my feelings. That made me fell worse. Those words are the only words I can think of to describe my feelings.

So I just wanted to whine about it real quick and get it off my chest.

Thanks for listening.

And I thought for sure they would call me when the baby was coming out, but they didnt they called my uncle. So of course I am jealous. I know my mom being on the phone with him was just a coincidence but I wanted to hear him cry too. He already has two kids and went through it.

I bitch about my life and then read things like this:

http://www.forumgarden.com/forums/showt ... hp?t=40338

So sorry, C. My thoughts are with you.

that is a bummer she didn't include you, but she may have had difficulties...........thus not even realising!

Odie;989952 wrote: that is a bummer she didn't include you, but she may have had difficulties...........thus not even realising!


I wish that were the case then I wouldnt feel so bad. I am several states away and she was just tired of being pregnant. Its ok. I talked to my mom about it and she gave me a pep talk.

My sis is a wonderul person and I would never let on that I fell the way I do because she would be so hurt. Its not her fault I cant get pregnant anyway.

Oh well. My baby will come.

TheNewDG;989972 wrote: I wish that were the case then I wouldnt feel so bad. I am several states away and she was just tired of being pregnant. Its ok. I talked to my mom about it and she gave me a pep talk.

My sis is a wonderul person and I would never let on that I fell the way I do because she would be so hurt. Its not her fault I cant get pregnant anyway.

Oh well. My baby will come.


glad you feel better, be happy for you sis, your day will come!:-4

TheNewDG;989901 wrote: I just want to vent and have a pity party real quick:

My sister was due next Saturday, knew how much it meant to me to be there in the room with her.

She decided to get induced, she broke the news last month. I said I was fine. Yesterday she delivered and I am not fine.

Even with the description of the days events from her, my mother, etc I cried everytime I heard it. I told my husband I was heartbroken and devastated (something I would NEVER tell my sister because I love her and I'll get over it) and he didnt validate my feelings. That made me fell worse. Those words are the only words I can think of to describe my feelings.

So I just wanted to whine about it real quick and get it off my chest.

Thanks for listening.


Everyone has their own hurts, it doesn't make them less than any others...it just makes them different. Feel free to whine here anytime you need to...you're among friends. :-6:-4

Ugh, my son just had a mini meltdown and "cried and whined that nobody loves him". Boo hoo. I had to calm him down and make everybody tell him that we love you.

qsducks;990095 wrote: Ugh, my son just had a mini meltdown and "cried and whined that nobody loves him". Boo hoo. I had to calm him down and make everybody tell him that we love you.


Gotta love those! Has he hit the "I hate you" stages yet?

shelbell;990101 wrote: Gotta love those! Has he hit the "I hate you" stages yet?


No, today it was the "Everybody hates me stage":wah: