Hurrah! Internet's back on! 'Someone'(no names but a female teenager was involved) tinkered with the settings on our computer and managed to 'lose' the IP address in the computer however you do that, it took a couple days of being put on hold on the computer helpline and lots of recriminations before it could finally be retrieved, eventually she managed to retrieve it herself, though she hasn't a clue how. 

Hope your mum is feeling better Tasha.

Mmm something smells nice, what's cooking?

Tell Bob not to worry about the monkeys. They are all nice and warm in the oven

Sorry been sick. Where is everyone????? Bob says hi and she hopes to get online again real soon. Hugs to all she says and she warns to BE NICE TO THE MONKEYS.

Tasha

Ok, I'm back. It's been a long week with my mom in the hospital. Ugh. I'm tired. Get me a pillow would you?

Tasha

LOL! I was sitting here going, "antibiotics? what the..." and then I got it. Duh! lol

 I don't think we're moving. They asked Steve to move to Miami and open the new office, and he is probably going to go for a month or two to get them started and then come home. They are just not offering enough money to move that far away from our families- plus we couldn't sell our house for anything like what we paid, plus Miami is more expensive to live in, so I'd probably have to find a job (NO).

 So once we get a firm date on when this will all be happening, he can start looking for a new job here in Colorado. It's not ideal, but it could be a lot worse!

Last I heard, they are NOT moving. No matter how hard I try to get her to come to Ohio, she just wrecks all my hard work and refuses to move here. Party Pooper. 

Tasha

It wouldn't be one of those monkey brain pies would it?

Hey Maria! Are you still moving? I hope you'll be taking the toilet? A lot of work/sweat went into that.

Well, I'm halfway there from where I was.  I'm in TN again. Let's see now...  * starts flipping through the calendar pages *  Maria, looks like I'll be heading out in your direction sometime around the later part of June. Can you meet me somewhere around Nebraska, Kansas, or South Dakota?  The pies should still be good and even have a bit of natural antibiotics as a surprise ingredient by then.

And she's LATE!

Maria was trying to get Rhonda to drive here, pick up a pie and deliver it to her. 

Kettle's just boiled, now where's our Rhonda? Not still on the roof I hope. 

Tea DOES sound good.

Tasha

Awww I bet your little girl's pic was lovely, I don't know why they have to make everything so competitive.

Hope you're feeling better Tasha, I don't think sitting out on the lodge roof in all weathers helps, come down and I'll make us a nice cup of tea.

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Hello. Maybe the font is acting up cos the Monkeys are playing with them?  I dunno.

I'm still sick.

I'm pissed off too. The 2nd graders had to "disguise" their turkey pictures so people wouldn't eat them (a stupid idea to begin with!) but then the teachers had the kids vote on who's disguise was "best."  Now my daughter is in tears because her picture wasn't chosen. Why do they do these kinds of things?????

Tasha

Hellllllooo! Still here just about, the computer is going stupidly slow at the moment, need to get 'computer man' out again, will have to wait 'til after Christmas now, I don't think the Sims games are helping much.

We've had so much rain here, rain and wind every day for ages, some parts of the country have been badly flooded, but we're okay where we are.(Why has my font changed?) The monkeys have been moping around because they can't go out so I bought them down to the lodge to let off a bit of steam.

Helllooooooooo? Anyone out there!!!

Hi Ravi.....

Hi Ravi

pleased to meet you

Fran

Hello Ravi. It's nice to meet you.

Hello Everybody,
I just wanted to introduce myself to all the members here.
I am from Mauritius and been to the US for some times.
I just wanted to express you all that I am interested in your culture and wish to learn the ojibwe language too.
So I would really appreciate if anyone of you here could help.
Boozhoo!

Ravi

Sorry to hear the news about Oneida's dad.

Thanks for passing along the info. 

Smoke up for Onedia and her family.

Bad news. I heard from Onedia (who is still without network service) and her father has passed away. I told her we all are thinking about her and sent her our condolences.

I thought you'd like to know though.

Tasha

HELLOOOOOO to you too!

Hellooooooo out there!

Oh Boy!!!  It's color time!!!!

Testing one two three. Crayon's working for me tooooooooo! YAY!!

My crayon's working properly but not my font.

I know what's up with that? I picked a different color too! I picked a beautiful shade of red and all!

RUT ROH

hmmmm, I selected a different crayon and it's still black

Awwww hope you feel better soon Tasha, out on the roof is probably not the best place to be, make sure you wrap up.

Rhonda I really don't think you should be dangling off the guttering, it can't be safe.

Hey the roof looks a bit worn here, I'll just jump up and down a bit to test it...

(Disturbing splintering noise)

Maria is too busy running from spiders to come here, I guess. She might be moving and is kinda busy though, so I guess I'll forgive her. I have pneumonia and am not feeling well. I'm trying to get better but it seems to be taking forever.

Tasha

Thanks Rhonda, that's better.

Oh the view's amazing I can see all the other trashed lodges and the monkeys, pigs and chickens roaming wild.

Mariaaaaaa! Up here!(Throws banana skin at Maria to attract attention)She can't see us. Ooooh she looks really angry now.

* comes down from the roof *

ummmm...

* gets underneath Tasha and ummm boosts her by her backside up to the roof *

* climbs back up on the roof and helps Frances the rest of the way up *

MARIIIIIIIIIAAAAAAAA  where are youuuuuuu?   Come on up to the roof the view is great

All those years in the circus weren't wasted Rhonda.

Oooh I can have a tipi if I get on the roof? Why didn't you say earlier? Here I come...are you really sure this is safe? Given the track record of the other lodges I'm not too convinced...

Hey! It wasn't MY bright idea being on the roof. Don't go complaining to me! Personally, I've never seen such a thing. And if someone did, I'm sure it was a Twinkie. Perhaps they were told they'd get a genuine ndn tipi if they climbed on someone else's roof? There does seem to be no limit they will go to for such things.

But this being a Longhouse Lodge, it makes much more sense. Don't worry. Rhonda will come down when she's ready.

Meanwhile, you'll never find where I'm hiding.

Tasha

Well, if it was a tipi, you would find me just dangling outside from a pole sticking out of the top since there isn't a roof....

Holding on with one hand and the other hand curled under my arm pit.......

Wait, I'm not a monkey.....

How did I get here??????

Hmm good thing this is a Longhouse Lodge and not a Tipi Lodge. Otherwise, it might be dangerous for her to be on the roof.

I'm still looking! Count to 100 again!

Tasha

Make it quick then here I come....

loser has to empty the bins.

I bet that's Rhonda I can hear scuttling about on the roof...

NO! NO! NO! I haven't found a hiding spot! Rhonda & Maria keep taking mine!

.....99......100.

Coming ready or not!

Helloooo

still here, I thought I posted a message on saturday morning but it must be lost in cyberspace somewhere.

How are you Tasha? Hope you're feeling better.

Usual stuff here, monkeys have been playing up, other toilet flooded but under control now. Wall paper in hall from previous toilet leakage peeling off nicely. Anyone know how Maria's getting on with her wobbly wrist?

Boy, I get alittle sick and stay away for awhile and you all go silent. Hmmmm.

Nice to know you people are alive out there. You never can be too careful.

* Pops in * What's y'all up too? Oh and......

      BOO    

right back to ya... lol lol

MY EARS! MY EARS!

OOB?

Aghhhh!

BOO!

Its not a good sign when the monkeys go quiet they must be up to something REALLY bad.

Glad to hear the package arrived okay Tasha, just thought I'd spread the happiness around. British monkeys like tinkering around with electrical appliances so the TV and computer will probably be next (keep an eye on your pets as they're also very carnivorous.)

Rob has mended the toilet, something was leaking, so we now have damp down the hall wall, paper peeling off, he can't think how it happened but I know...

Did the Monkeys steal everyone's tongue???

It's waaay too quiet in here. Almost eerily quiet!

Tasha

Did you send the Monkeys out here? Our microwave died.

How is everyone?

Tasha

The monekys aren't listening because they're too busy trashing toilets. Our upstairs toilet has broken too today, keeps flushing continually, I'm sure Bubba is implicated.

Hope you get your wrist sorted out Maria, I'm scared to ask how it happened.

Stupid font thingy still giving me grief.

Hi All. Hope you are well. The Monkeys aren't listening. . .

Glad there is no toilet in your living room but sorry about the wrist.  Feel better.

Tasha

Okay, first of all- there are currently no toilets in my living room! Yay!! On the bummer side, there is also no toilet in my upstairs bathroom. The monkeys broke it, and it got hauled out, but then never replaced. Not sure why this keeps happening to me... bad toilet karma somewhere in my past, clearly.

  Currently we're dealing with a possible move- Steve's job is moving out of state, and we're having to decide if we'll go with it, or what we'll live on if we don't. Very upsetting actually. Also I think I broke my wrist AGAIN this afternoon, which was poorly timed- haven't made it to a doctor, but maybe tomorrow! Oy.

 Hope everybody else's pet monkeys are behaving better than mine!

And lets not forget  the invalueble ' don't  **** on your own doorstep,'  but try explaining that to the monkeys.

Don't let let Oneida hear you rattling those pots and pans Rhonda she's quite attatched to her monkeys for some reason. I haven't tried the Borneo ones, sound yummy.

You know that potty incident did give new meaning to the old phrase.... Not a pot to p--s in...

and those aren't my monkey unless they be lining up for the cooking area... hehehehe....   starts shining up my BIG cook pot...

RHONDA! What have your Monkeys been growing?!

I would be more concerned with what else might be growing in it along with the plants??????  Don't really want to think about that

Tasha, you asked what I was afraid to...I wonder if Rhonda's plants are still growing in it?

Do we dare ask if the toilet is still NEXT to the piano?

Ahhh, yes. I remember the days of 101 ways to accessorize a toilet in the livingroom next to the piano.... giggles

Yes Maria, it's good to have you back.

And Bubba is a fickle one. Watch out. He tries to bribe you with bananas.

MocTel history notes that the very first Lodge did not yet have monkeys, although there was assorted talk of cats, dogs, chicks and the fiercest of all things . . .  toilets.

Tasha

Hurrah! Glad your computer's working again Maria. Still having probs with the font, I'm sure its Bob's monkeys. Watch out for Bubba, he's particularly unpleasent.

Kids gone back to school here. Lilly got her exam results a few days ago, she did really well, she'll start college in a few days.

Just out of interest has there ever been a lodge that hasn't been smashed up/vandalised/infested with monkeys/pigs etc?

 Hurray! My tech-support-department/daddy spent several hours yesterday exorcising the laptop and today here I am! (he claims it didn't actually involve a priest, but I don't believe him- I have been fighting with this p.o.s. for months, and it took him 3 hours. He cheated somehow.) After 2 hard-drive wipes and restores, I lost all my favorites and all my files are on a thumb-drive no one can find, BUT I can get onto Care2! I can even sign petitions again!

 I see the monkeys have been even worse than usual while I was gone. How have you all managed to survive the constant barrage of banana poo??

Hmm, actually I find it annoying when rez "skins" decide I must not know anything because my family did not reside on rez land for the last six centuries, and even more insultingly, that I have no actual concerns about native issues because I am not a rez skin. 

Now, there are Heavy Breathing People who don't have a clue, no doubt about it, but falling asleep while they are talking does nothing to further relations between rez ndns and urban ndns. We have enough trouble with non-Native people that we don't need to make things more complex (or worse) by tomahawking each other. Maybe that should be one of the important issues he should think about while playing solitare.

Tasha

I just love reading what this guy writes. 

http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/opinion/blogs/thingaboutskins/56339737.html

Hurrah! You're back Bob!

I just KNEW there were monkeys about, first my font thingy broke(still not working) and now Maria's computer.

Yes please, I'd love one of those native plastic cat nativity sets if you stumble across them in one of your boxes, I've scoured the shops for them here, but no luck.

Please tell me I didn't just sit in monkey poop...

Well of all the vile things...Here I go and leave for a little while and someone tries to get rid of my monkeys ?.... Just for that I am sending a new box of them that just came in from Borneo....( Watch out for little Bubba, he's been throwing certain "things" at people since he got here.)...Finally got our date for the big move....April....By then EVERYTHING will finally fall in place....(Actually we have things cleared up in Dec. but, we don't want to try a move in Winter )...So....Since we are going to be here this Winter, I told Richard we might as well go ahead and re-hook the computer back up.... And you know what that means....You guys have to get on here more and talk to me....You KNOW what happens when you leave me on here by myself....Sorry about any missed B-days and other things....I'll make up for it when I get back on....( Tasha, Little One WILL have a box on the way..)..Oh, before I forget...It's ARIZONA that we will be moving to...Can't wait to get back on here ALL THE TIME...We are in the process of moving into another rental while we are stuck here..( need move room...need to scale down on stuff. anyone need anything...??...I bet I have it somewhere in a box..)..So..before I jump off here...Don't forget I'll be back...and I am bringing MONKEYS with me...( Hear that Fran, Rhonda, Maria, Tasha, ...and the rest of you Monkey bashing people...????)...I have to go hunt down dinner now...I've got coupons and a credit card , poor Richard....

Maria wants you all to know it is not that she doesn't love you all, her comp won't let her onto Care2. I'm sure it's all the Monkeys fault. 

Dunno where Bob is.

I don't know anything, I guess.

Tasha

I dunno what was up with your font but I suppose it is conceivable that the Monkeys were Monkeying Around.

First day of school today. So far so good. But it was only a HALF day. We'll hope that this year is better than the last two.

Tasha

Hello everyone

What have you all been up to? Hope you had a nice birthday Tasha.

Got back from camping on monday, glad thats out of the way for another year. Still wading through all the washing and ironing, insect bites healing nicely.

Are you sure there are no monkeys in here? Maybe they got in when the thread was reversed. My font doodah isn't working properly, keeps turning itself off.

Hehe. I'm sneaky like that.

Tasha

lol lol...   OK, you got me.... lol lol   I signed on, picked this thread, and went scrolling off to the bottom to read the lastest post.... well, you reversed the thread... I was sitting here confused and wondering what happened to my post.... lol lol

Hmm, I won't hold my breath but I'm glad they at least listened this time.

Tasha

Ya just never know. He did get a full review this time and actually talked to the parole board people. That's a lot more than what he usually gets.

You don't really think they'll let Peltier out do you? Naaaah. That would be making too many ndns happy. Never! Call me a cynic -- go ahead!

Tasha

I almost forgot.... Tasha, have you seen any results yet from the parole board for Leonard Peltier? All I know is that he is up for a full review this time, has been through the interview, and is waiting for the decison.

YAY!!!   a monkey free place.  I'm move rather slowly this morning. My hands, shoulders, and neck is pretty sore. I spent all day yesterday patching holes and rips in a tipi. All got patched and the tipi is back up  

Have a nice birthday week Tasha! Stay away from the bookshops in the meantime, I'll find out.

Won't be here for a few days, we're going camping in Yorkshire, the good news is its meant to be hot in the middle of next week, the bad news is its meant to be pouring the day we arrive and put the tent up, but hey!  damp clothes and stress is all part of the camping experience. I'm going to have to try and sneak out the lodge now without any of the monkeys seeing,

have a good week everyone,

Fran.

It's Birthday Fun all around this week. My daughter's birthday was today. Tomorrow there will be a second birthday with Grandma as well as a friend's birthday party.  Later this week will be my birthday.

If I survive all this, I'll be back!

Tasha

Hi Tasha and all you lovely friends... Hey you don't have to twiddle your thumbs we are all here...  Soooooooo glad the old thread was closed, it took me ages to get there and I thought I was going to miss my bus... i am back in South Africa after a stint up in Tennessee... have spent two consecutive summers together, missed the South African winter. Wow was Tennessee hot and humid, my hair looked like a birdies nest, swopped the coffee jobs for Dr Peppers and masses of ice... have arrived home to a lovely spring day.. the trees are showing off their new leaves and the sun is high up in the sky... My PURR pals are on the bed and were pleased to have me home... Well my dear friends have an amazing week... take care Hugs Chazy

Hi Tasha

hurrah! A nice clean sparkly new lodge.Sorry I'm late, got locked in the old lodge had to climb out the lavy window, its teeming with monkeys over there now.

How did your trip go? We will probably be going camping on monday for a few days the weather is a bit better here now.

Guess I am here all by myself.

*twiddles tumbs*

Tasha

It was mentioned that the old Lodge was getting too long and since there was a Monkey Slaughter there. Rhonda I hope you at least performed all necessary ceremonies before the hunt.

So here's the NEW and IMPROVED Monkeyless Lodge.

Since you asked, Ria is in Montana helping her sister who just had a baby. Bob is in the process of moving to Arizona (I think it was Arizona . . . might have been New Mexico?) -- I'll call her tomorrow and see how it goes in the Long Trek.

Hope all is well.

Tasha