BUT!! What will I do without my daily dose of CAP???

I just got turned on to this website and NOW she has to go to seminars.

Oh, well. I'll just use this time to get caught up on old blogposts.

Finally..............another cat person who would trade a guy for a cat any day.

Praise be!!!!!!!!

See ya alligator..

Enjoy the bagels. Remember, bagels at training seminars are free from calories 'cause how else are you gonna survive the seminar? :)

Have a great week, sweetie!!

Have fun. Learn lots. Maybe there will be knitting time.

Have a bagel for me too (lots of strawberry cream cheese, please ma'am).

We'll miss you.

Now...

Let the learnin' begin !

Just found your website yesterday, and am glad there are kindred spirits out there.

So sorry for your loss!

My mom passed away in '96, and I didn't cry nearly so much then as when my 15-yr.-old buddy Basil passed away in '99! (I have since been making up for lost time on my mom's behalf--I cry most every time I really think about her.) Let yourself go through whatever you must to heal. I couldn't get another cat for years, but I now have 4 new buddies in my life and they are the best! Hugs to you!!

Training seminars? I call them naps!

Enjoy the rest and hope there isn't a test at the end.

I had one of those a few weeks ago. When it was done my head was overstuffed with Important Work Facts, and trivia I didn't need, like where I put my car keys, was falling out all over the place. It wasn't pretty. Plus our new babysitter chose the moment of maximum overstuffity to up and quit. But I passed the certification exam! I wish you similar success.

Also, (((Laurie))). May your new moon always be aspected by an elegant Uranus. (giggle giggle... you make me feel young again... giggle... I'm not sure this is a good thing...)

Hope you get some knitting time in...take care.

I went to a conference this spring where they had free breakfast and an afternoon snack that included cookies, popcorn and PowerBars! We all know free food doesn't have calories, so load up m'dear.

Bagels! Okay, now I'm craving blueberry bagels, lightly toasted, with a nice slathering of cream cheese. Sheesh! Guess this means a trip to the store.

oh uggh.. nothing I hate more than training seminars. Especially after lunch when you feel like you can barely keep your eyes open. Good luck!!

After a while, crocodile! I would say have fun, but a seminar- bleh.

WORD!! try a combo of onion bagel and egg salad if you ever have the chance.......throw in some sprouts...nummay!!ALSO!!!! wine of choice(!duh!)

Laurie, the fun is where you are. They'll bring the facts and the bagels, you bring the giggles.

Knit on lunch! That's what I do. :D I'll miss you!

Will there at least be male strippers at night?

enjoy gettin' your learn on :)

we'll miss you this week.

Learnin is good! Bagels are good! Week without Laurie is BAD!

Miss you, and can't wait for you to return!

I've been to lots of professional seminars, a term usually defined as "eight hours of daytime snoozing to catch up on the sleep you lost last night in the bar trying to decide which commandment to break next".

Have fun.

Oh gee - I'll have to take a couple of days off myself then while you get your larnin' on.

Post when you can and remember - if you eat it whilst standing up, the calories go down through your feet into the floor (as opposed to when you're sitting down when they get stuck in the butt). So you're making the building stronger :)

Mmmmmmmm. Bagels!

Hey, will they let you knit during the seminar? That would be cool.

Have fun.

But we'll miss you!!! Maybe you can recruit a guest blogger or two? Seriously, I know this old Australian codger who loves to give life lessons, but speaks a language all his own. Or maybe your buddy Faith?

Yay for free bagels!

Boo for limited Laurie.

:)
Kim

The break will be good for you. Divert your mind, find some time to relax and knit, and re-center yourself. I'll miss you this week and look forward to your safe return! :-)

I am sad at the prospect of a Laurie-free week.
Do some good lernin!

Ahh the joy of seminars. Is a group building exercise -- ARGGHHHHH!

Thanks for the heads up-I always get a little sad and anxious when you don't post for several days I realize that you are allowed to have a life, but I worry that you aren't ever coming back! :)
Have fun(?), learn a lot, and we look forward to more posts in the near future.

have a great week, i'm sure you'll be back with lots to tell us

peace out scout

Enjoy your learnin'! I love me some seminars.

you will be missed!!!

Oh no!

Best thing about seminars = free food! Enjoy the seminar - I'm a geek who actually enjoys stuff like that. Used to be a huge note-taker in school. Partay! :0)

I had to leave an unrelated comment - this past weekend I found a resturant nearby that had southern style food (not very common in the northeast). I had excellent fried chicken, sweet tea, and best of all fried okra. Had never had fried okra before and it is the best, and so healthy - I mean really, it's a vegetable.

you silly girl, everybody knows that there are no calories in free bagels! You will emerge with little mole eyes from your week of Edumacation all trim and thin and just near to wasting away!!!!!

Your Roy story was the best bitter/sweet story I read about your divorce, not to mention, about Roy.MW

OMG! Thank goodness b/c then maybe I can get caught up reading your blog. :-) Yes, dork that I am...I am now completely hooked. I read you like a year ago or something for the cat comments...very funny. Then my mom told me a few days ago that you had a tragedy...so I'm back. And reading from the beginning so I feel caught up on the book that is your life. Anyway, gotta have something to do till school starts (schoolteacher, nicetomeetcha)!! My blog is currently a work in progress...but for now you can check me out here: http://www.lattesandliterature.blogspot.com/

Wow...a week without freshCAP. Hmmm, well...stands around looking here and there aimlessly. I will re-read the historical documents (past posts), check for exact l'Occitane product (was in Sephora yesterday and couldnt' remember), and download recipes (for knitting and fud). Hope the seminar was interesting and you met some cool people.

We'll miss you!

We will also look forward to the stories about how you did this embarrassing thing in a room full of strangers, or that hilarious thing that people seemed confused by, or the other stupendous thing that will make us all stand up and cheer.

Hooray for CAP Goes To Seminars!

Learn things!

Here's to free bagels and cute guys in the seminar!

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

No CAP for a whole week?! Whatever shall I read?
*cries*

I've heard if you eat while standing up it doesn't count. Maybe you could try that?

Seminars = headaches. Take your Advil with you.

Jacki

I despise seminars, especially if there is role playing. Ugh! A few years ago my company had a mandatory seminar on customer service where the instructor would make the sound of a ringing phone then point her finger at random people. If pointed at, you were supposed to "answer" the phone in a perky fashion, and if you didn't, she made this game-show wrong-answer buzzing noise. Well, I ain't perky, and my job does not require answering the phones! At one point I decided that if she pointed that flipping finger at me again, I was going to bite it off...ahem. I probably should avoid seminars. Hope yours is much better, and I'll miss you this week. ;o)

Enjoy the bagelly goodness!

I'm all for learnin but what about the zukes? Left on their own they really will take over! I'm a little worried for you and your neighbors.

Laurie(and Jodi too), I have something for you to do with those zukes when you get back.

Cook 4-5 of the normal sized ones(or a mix of zukes and yellow squash) with an onion in about a 1/4th cup water til tender, near the end of cooking add about a cup of frozen corn if you wish. Mash well and add 1 spoonful(about 1/4 cup) each of cream cheese and sour cream, and a handful of grated cheddar(these can be low or non-fat and are fine-that's what I used except for the cream cheese). Tear up and add 2 slices of whole wheat bread and an egg too. I put in some garlic powder and a teeny bit of cayenne for flavor. Mix well and pour into a 8x8(or 9x9) buttered baking dish. Dot with butter and bake at 350 for 20-30 minutes or til browned on top.

YUMMMMMY!!! And oh, so comforting. I served this with boiled new potatoes, field peas, salmon patties and sliced tomatoes last night. My kids inhaled the whole meal and wanted more today!

As a former tech type, I'm a veteran of many many computer courses, not to mention the management charm school seminars I had to attend. Heed my warning.

When your head gets stuffed with knowledge, keep it moving right out of there before it gets impacted! Watch Scrubs, My Name is Earl, something mindless. Sing. Knit.

I just found the entry about zucchini. When I was a youngun and Dad still somewhat green about gardening, he thought we needed a whole row for each of us. Didn't want to run low, he said.

Next year he planted just one row.

Year after that he planted one plant per each of us.

About two years after that it was my job to pick them, and somehow managed to miss one in particular until OCTOBER. It was 36" long. No fooling.

Weirdest Jack-o-lantern you ever saw.

Funny, I was so bummed by today's post, so I came into the comments section, not because I wanted to leave a comment, but to seek the company of everyone else who is going to miss you as much as me! The mild situational depression and reading all those comments is making me crave a hot buttered bagel.

Oh Purlie - We will miss you, this week!
I am so deeply sorry for your loss. Maybe it will be good for you to put your head to something like this for a while. I cried over your "Story of Roy," as if he had been my own. Hugs forever to you! I am so glad that he found his way to you and not to the wrong person. Now, THAT would have been a great tragedy! Take care. We all love you!

When you're grabbing your bagel, remember that coffee cups at those things are always teeny-weeny. Get at least 2 cups before sitting down to the first session!

There´s one fine thing in seminar weeks: Ya´ll love to return to your office. Enjoy the bagels!

I just caught up with your posts and found out about Roy and I wanted to leave my condolences. I to lost my beloved cat Dommy on June 26th who was 13 years old. I never thought I could love a cat like that but I did and I totally understand and empathize with you. Roy was a cutie and I know you will see him again just as I will see my boy. God Bless and I just know Roy and Dommy (and all the other cool cats) are causing a load of trouble upstairs!

I highly recommend onion bagels - that is, if you're not feeling much like socializing at the seminar. That's my patented defensive seminar attendee technique - it's a tip I don't just share with anyone, either. It's powerful - use the power wisely.

Houston, we have spam to delete- ick!

Who leaves porn spam on a knitting blog...sigh. Some people have nothing better to do with their time.

Does your head hurt from all the book-learnin' yet???

I miss you!! I hope you're having a good week!(despite the headache, LOL)

Enjoy the break from regularness - embrace the chance to take formal breaks! I send a hug your way to cheer you and a paw swipe to make you smile.

Mmmmmm....free bagels.....

And what's up with the spam? You never have spam in your comments! Infiltrators!

Laurie-

I hope you read this. Whatever became of your neighbor's poo pile? I'm sure more than a few of us want updates.

I was the one to turn shari on to your blog. I've been stalking your blog for about a month and a half. I also finally wanted to say I'm sorry about Roy. I cried when I read your post. I hope you are better and that this seminar is keeping you busy...but I am sad that it's keeping you from posting new stuff.

Oh and I'm obsessed with learning to knit but have to wait until I finish a t-shirt quilt before I'm able to pick up new needles and some yarn(agreement with my boyfriend who for some reason thinks I have to finish one project before starting a new one). Mine were lost in a maze of moves from California to Florida.

Can't wait for a new post...

Thanks.

Well, maybe you'll get some extra sleep! (I can never stay awake in those things).

Ok, I'm bored with your seminar. Cuz I got me nuthin' good to read on this whole world wide web. Blah. Come back soon.

Zuke recipe!

http://www.bettycrocker.com/Recipes/Recipe.aspx?recipeId=36603

Bagels and ice water seem to be the latest in seminar "comfort foods". Why can't they include cream cheese, at the very least?

And beware of TLA (Three Letter Acronyms) at any conference or seminar. They can cause you to go to work for USC, IBM, ATT or the FBI.... (Sorry, that was probably TMI, since it is TFE in the week for this limited attempt at humor)

Rancid Spam... Ewwwww !

Miss you, CAP. Hope the seminar is going well.

Onion bagels... Mmmmmmm !

Cheers !

I am a little behind in my reading and was so sorry to hear about Roy. I too had to say good bye to a special kitty last week. Her name is Samantha and she suffered from epilepsy. She was a beautiful siamese that we chose not knowing of her condition. She lived for two years with her illness but in the last few months, it just got uncontrollable. I hated to see her suffer so my husband decided it was time. And he was right. It was a difficult decision and I would have had a hard time making it on my own. But she is peaceful now and I will always remember her. Maybe her and Roy are getting to know each other up there in kitty heaven.

First week of August, I teach at a training seminar.

Instructors get to hang out in the registration room while other classes are going on.

Total bagel control.

I've been away for a week and was just catching up on your posts when I read the sad news.

I have tears in my eyes and cannot even imagine how you're feeling these days.

I got my first pets, 2 cats, about 3 years ago and am slowly understanding what it means to have these wonderful animals in one's life - and beginning to realize how awful it's going to be to lose them one day.

I think I'll be one of those that needs to get another cat right away because I know how many need homes. But I know many who cannot deal with getting another one.

But however you deal with your loss, I'm so sorry.

And thanks for sharing Roy with us - it was a joy to read about him so often!

what marissa said.

I must be twelve because while scrolling down the comments, the spam made me burst out laughing! It was like knitting, knitting, cat, support, knitting, food, knitting, PORN! Too funny....

peace out girl! Have a wonderful snooze at that seminar and come back all refreshed with some great stories! you'll be missed!

Hi Laurie. Enjoy your seminars and learning and stuff. I just found you and have read all your entries from the very beginning. What a lovely person. Wanna move to southwestern Ontario? (and wear hand knits 9, no make that 11 months of the year)? We'd be good friends, I'm sure!

hmm...came over to see what the Pearl-ites were sayin'

So, yeah...what did happen to the back-forty-fence pooh pile? When the wind is right and the temperature wrong, our neighbor's leech field can send aroma-ness our way...and then nothing for a couple of months.

Does Soba have the zucchinni out there doing march and drill? Practicing their serpentine maneuvers? Hope the time away and seminar was refreshing.

who would click on:

weird japan fashion eyelash extension

?

http://www.publishersnewswire.com/news/2007-07-0712-PNW001.shtml

~you need to get those glasses with the fake eyes so you can take a little nap whenever...~

Sniff, sniff. I miss you!! I hope you're having a relaxing week (it's been a looooong while since I've attended a seminar so forgive me if it's not at all relaxing).

Just wanted to say HELLOOOOO!
Smooches, LizR

Now I can't get the Monty Python "SPAM" song out of my head.

I wonder why...

Sheesh !