Ditto.

*curtsies in return to Cep* That's fine; I haven't been doing so great a job of conversing with others, too. I sort of need to get used to the look of Narniaweb, without getting a little bit exhausted, until I can get back to catching up regularly. (That made no sense, I suppose, but anyhow...)

It sounds like you're getting along with the new puppy. Teyla, was that her name? She must be very energetic, I imagine. When we first got our kittens, they were all over the place at night, and a puppy, undoubtedly, must be double that.

So, how has your Sunday been? =]

I hope you all don't mind if I talk about the incredible experience I had last night at Tenth Avenue North's concert!! (This is going to be long, so if you don't want to read all of it,that's fine with me:P) It was SO amazing beyond belief!!!! So me and some of my friends went down there extremely early... at like 1 PM even though the concert didn't start 'til 5. We were the only people there =P We saw their bus that they're using for this tour and that was enough to make me excited There were some people setting up stuff on the stage... but no sign of the band members. Then I saw Jason(the drummer) go up to the stage and start messing with stuff...and I started freaking out. My friends had to tell me to chill, haha. And then Jeff (the guitarist/background singer) came out of their bus... and then MIKE DONEHEY came out... (by this time I was going nuts) and I was wondering where Scott was. Well, sound check started (there was just us and a few other people there during the sound check) and Scott still wasn't up on the stage. So it turned out that he's sick, and they had a sub play the bass Which was really disappointing, but the rest of the story is totally going to make up for it!! Haha, so we listened to them do their sound check and it was really cool to hear them discuss how they were going to do certain things in their songs and just talk with each other. The guys were all wearing really casual sloppy looking clothes and Jeff had these freaky sunglasses on (they changed for the concert haha). So Mike saw us sitting out in front of the stage(well, obviously since we a few of the only people there ) and he was like "Welcome to the sound check... no actually this is the concert. We just like to tell people our concerts are way later than they actually are.." (and here I laughed to myself because they actually HAD made that mistake and that's why I missed the last concert I tried to go to... but he was kidding of course). Anyway, after their sound check was over he was talking to me and my mom (I was freaking out because he was talking to us) and she told him about how we missed that other concert after we had driven all that way... he felt really bad for us lol. When their sound check was done they all left for a while (we sat outside bored for a couple hours, but it was fine with me!). Eventually at 5 their concert started and it opened w/ a singer/songwriter Audrey Assad who is touring w/ Tenth Ave. She had a really pretty voice..she was really good. FINALLY, Tenth Avenue North played!! It was SO inspiring to listen to Mike talk, he really moved me... they played so well, it sounded amazing. I was probably about a yard from Mike the whole time right at the edge of the stage, practically. So I got quite a few good pictures... I'll post them later!

OK, THIS IS THE COOL PART! (You didn't need to read any of that stuff before this if you didn't want. ) After the concert was over, we waited in line to get their autographs... I had bought a poster and a photograph for them to sign.(This whole time I was really bummed about Scott not being there, 'cause I wanted his autograph! But it was ok anyway!) So we got up to the front of the line and Mike was signing my poster... and I said to him something like "You probably won't remember this, but I sent you a facebook message a few months ago with a video of me playing Love Is Here..." and immediately he said "THAT'S YOU!? I thought it was you! I thought I recognized you but I wasn't going to say anything because that would be creepy ..." And so I was completely SHOCKED that he remembered me! he was like "Dang! I can't believe I'm meeting you! you're so talented!" And then he told Jason and Jeff "Hey this is the girl who plays our songs on youtube!" Jason was like "Oh yeah! I saw your video of Love Is Here when I was searching on youtube.." And then it was hilarious because Mike and Jason were like, arguing over who saw it first Mike was all "No I saw it first! She SENT it to me!" I don't know if you all remember this from a post I left in the town square a while ago, but Mike replied to my facebook message like in May and said that he had shown the video to all the other band members.. so they all remembered who I was. Even the BAND MANAGER knew who I was! Mike said, "Why didn't you tell us that it was you before the concert started? We would have had you play at the opening of our concert!" And he was dead serious... I thought he was kidding, but he was serious. He said that the next time they come near us, that I need to contact them so that I can open the concert!!! I WAS SO HAPPY AND EXCITED!!! The band manager said that "no posed pictures" were allowed because it would take too long, but Mike was like "Oh, let her get a picture with us!!" lol!!!

So basically... that was the best night of my life. I'll remember it FOREVER! And the next time I go to one of their concerts, maybe I'll be playing in it.. and hopefully I'll get to meet Scott next time so that he can sign the one empty space left on my poster!

Yesterday we went to a baby shower. It was pretty good. It was an Indian baby shower, so they had some Indian dancing afterwords. I didn't really want to dance, but I did do the one with the sticks, though. (With some teaching...I was a slow learner. )

Ooh, that sounds like fun.

:o3
*has been waiting to use that emoticon for a while now...*

*chuckle*

Cep, I got a fair chunk more of the paper done; I'm not a huge fan of this class, but it's one that's required for the nursing major, so I'll get through it.

I'm sorry your puppy is too cute. I'll see what I can do about getting some laws passed. Glad the house-training is going well. And, sounds like she'll be a good guard dog.

Yeps, I live at home. Go to a full four-year university in town. I've got all my tuition covered, and most of my books, so it's a good deal on the money aspect. I know I was rather vague about this last year, so I'm sorry if I've confused you much.

Okay, the feature that tells you a new post has been made since you started your post is awesome!

Miss A, that's so cool about TAN!! And totally amazing that they remembered you. I'm so glad that you enjoyed the show and had such a good time.

@ Aravanna: I just finished Lady A's (Amalthea's) short story this afternoon out in the sunshine in my outside reading chair. It is rather exciting! Now I must write her and let her know my thoughts.

And you're right: I've found it difficult getting on the Square much this summer: when the kids are home from school it's a busy household—too busy to concentrate on long Town Square posts. Now that they're back at school this coming week I'll have more concentrated concentration time. I've really missed it, and hope to be a tad more frequent in dropping by.

Goodness, wouldn’t all the noise make it hard to sleep?

I'm hoping I got this Quote thing right. *previews* Ah, good. *answers Ara's question* Well, you see, my pillow settles down the minute I lay my head upon it.

Oh Ara, I love your Location and your avvy and sig. So lovely!

Cool-sounding nails, IlF! Can you post a pic? (And I'm glad you finally made it on to the new forum all right. )

Hi there, Narnia Girl. Good to see you here! Whoa, Fanny saw a bear in her front yard? Yikes! *sends a batch of SquareOnions to guard FF and her familly* Of course, God is already watching over you, and His care beats ours by a long shot.
Pizza and ice cream on the same day, NG?

Sorry to hear you're feeling icky, Edmund P. *hands Ed a cup of chamomile tea, which is supposed to be quite therapeutic, I've heard.

Lady_Liln (I still miss those squiggles: are they still on their Florida holiday? ), I know what you mean about getting used to new forum. It's getting a tad easier every day, but I'm looking forward to the time when it will feel natural. I think that will take awhile, for me anyway.

I thought your pillow was getting better with it's manners. . .

Yes, well, it has had quite a reaction to this new forum—far more than I have. It's behaviour has worsened ever since last Friday, and I'm quite at a loss what to do about it.

Kingskid! So glad you made it, but I'm sorry it's still not showing properly for you. It was like that for me too, until recently. I'd say by tomorrow night at this time it should be right as rain. I'm sure hoping, anyway.

Your Dove season sounds amazing! And just because you talk about it all so succulently, I have to post this again (despite LL's protests ):

Got plenty more in the fridge, and hopefully tomorrow will yield another ten or more.

That's really good to know: I'll try and make it down for lunch tomorrow.

Kk, I like your passion for football. Keep us informed, k?

pogginfan, nice to see you! It sounds like you had a pretty special summer.

Lady Arwen? Oh cool, you're joining the SquareOnions? Welcome, welcome.

Glad your party last night was a huge success. May I ask who/what the party was for? And yes, this could get quite confusing with two Lady A's. Hmmm, what to do ... We could distinguish the two of you by having a Lady Am and a Lady Ar, but even that could mix us up.

Mel! Uh, you're not really going to let Lady Ar get away with "Mel-y-poo", are you? I must admit, though, it is kinda cute.

Oatmeal? I love hot oatmeal, but not cold so much. Nuh-uh.

Fanny, you're going through the old Get Smart episodes. Oh my, that Maxwell Smart is quite hilarious! To this day when we have bananas or for some reason are holding our shoe in our hand, we'll put either one up to our ear and say "Hello, Chief?"

Still getting accustomed to reading the style of this forum. Admittedly, I am finding it quite a strugle.

I can certainly relate, cep. It wouldn't have anything to do with our *ahem* age, would it?

Hello AitB! Ahh, the good ol' SquareOnions are gradually all showing up. Although I believe you beat me here, AitB.

Well, one good thing and one bad thing about the Preview feature: it used to be a separate window, so that, if I lost a post somehow, I still had that up. Now it's on the same page, so if I lose a post, I've really lost it. BUT I like it in that when we preview here on the new forum we see any recent posts that might have been written while we're still writing. So, that's an advantage.

And now, this is loooooooong enough. But I'll be around for awhile yet tonight. Btw, happy Labour/Labor Day tomorrow, all ye North Americans.

EDIT: MissAravis, sounds like an exciting evening ... to put it mildly.

Oh, I meant to put this in my other post but I forgot.
Here's the picture of me w/ Jason, Mike and Jeff!

So, how has your Sunday been? =]

Remarkably uneventful here at the fire station. That can change in a moment, of course. If you are going to have a Fedora, you must be wearing it. The puppy, Teyla, is adjusting very well to life at our home. Training is going well, and she is learning not to bark at the other animals/pets - this sort of barking by a Jack Russell means the dog is treating the animal is prey; tis a no-no.

I hope you all don't mind if I talk about the incredible experience I had last night at Tenth Avenue North's concert!!

Don't mind at all. I have watched that video too. Very impressive, and I am not surprised these guys remembered you. Not surprised at all. However, this is still SO VERY COOL!.

*considers the finer points of a tummy full of birthday cake and ice cream*

This would be a bad idea to have more right now. The Shift Captain's birthday was yesterday; we are the same age. Nearly burned down the fire station from so many candles.

Edit: Wow. A whole lot of posting really fast. *loves the new Yahoo emoticons*

*gets ready to catchup*

On the subject of the new emoticons, I was always a huge fan of yahoo’s smilies so I’m very happy. I do miss NarniaWeb’s old laughing emoticon though. So long evil hamsters. *sniff sniff*

Yeah, I know I like a lot of Yahoo's smilies too. I just miss the old tongue one, the old "lol" one and the old embarrassed one. But otherwise I'm pretty happy. 😉

*thinks of a random hiker her family met in the Rocky Mountain National Park that claimed he’s been going straight down the mountain without follow a trail and recommended it*

Um... wow. I sure wouldn't. I think my brother was creeped out partly because he's not too fond of heights. Though they aren't really a "phobia" for him, I wouldn't say.

*wobbly waves back to QS* It's great to be around.

*waves and topples over* Ok, that was kind of insane. *laugh*

It isn't centered for me. . .

Me neither. I mean, your posts don't look "centered" so to speak. They look normal. And so do everyone elses...

And lookee, I have a Drooling smiley so when Kingskid starts his glorious food-talking, I will be prepared. (Just with the smiley had a bucket beneath it.

That made me laugh. Though not quite on the floor. 😉

Wish I could chat more, but this white, fluffy thing on my bed insists on getting louder and louder and ... LOUDER!

And now you have sleep-y emoticons too! Which I'm sure you already know.

How have you been?

Awesome! 😉 J/K. But really, I'm fine! There's no reason not to be.

*listens to "Awake and Alive" by Skillet*

*waves back to Queen Susan* I keep meaning to ask--do you have a nickname? I get all the variations on Queen Susan mixed up.

Ah yes, I know. *is happy she is the one and only original Queen Susan with the right spelling, capitalization and spacing.* 😉 J/K.
But anyway, about nicknames... Some call me QS, some call me Queen Su, but that still mixes me up with all other QS's around. 😉 So... I'm not really sure.
I've been thinking about putting something in my signature. Kind of like Bella does... But I don't know.
Any suggestions? 😉

Only be sorry if there are actually fans of cold oatmeal in the Square. *looks around* I... don't see any.

*laugh* Yeah. I think the "leader" of the hike (who is more experienced and in his 30's) thought the cold oatmeal was fine... But he was the only one.
Oh yeah, and did I mention that the oatmeal had some iodine flavoring
since they used the iodine to dis-infect the water? Fun. 😉

Wren, Mel-y-poo? That's...err... unique. I probably shouldn't have said that. Now we'll have cold oatmeal fans crawling out of the woodwork.

Mel-y-poo? How sweet. Er, amusing that is. I guess you could call me Queen-y-poo. After all, for those of you who have younger siblings and have seen the Veggie Tales Esther, that's what the King calls the Queen. Um, yeah. I hope I didn't just stick my foot in my mouth and will now have people calling me that. I rather doubt it though. Since it's not shorter then "Queen Susan."
...Cold Oatmeal... No more comments for now. 😉

Play them! Of course it's a good temptation, they're fun. And, and, aaand, you learn something. That being, you don't waste money on dumb things and only save up for what you want and buy it. Nice, huh?
Aw, Farmville's not dumb. (Well, not really dumb.)

Well, not today at least. I don't have time today. *laugh* And in Real Life I don't HAVE money to spend, so I'm not likely to spend it on anything, dumb or not.

KAT!!!!!!! (Miss A) Wow!! That is absolutely AMAZING and COOL!!! Awesomeness! I'm so excited for you!! 😀 That is REALLY neat, seriously!!! I mean... wow! That is so neat! Seriously!
And hey... it was last night? Where were they? They must have gone to that concert right before or right after Lifelight. Unless that was Lifelight, but it doesn't sound like it. Edit: it must have been right before, because I checked and they played at Lifelight today.
Edit: Awesome pic! I suppose that's your new FB profile pic?

*really must post this*

MissAravis: Words can not describe how fun and fantastic your experience was-- and that's just from reading it!! Imagine being there! That is so funny about them remembering you- funny, but also very very neat! Wow! I'm so glad everything worked out and was such! That is just so neat!

... so I'm sorry if I've confused you much.

I am easily corn-fuzed. Only a while after that post did I recall that I asked that before. Oy. You are getting through the program without accumulating a huge debt - a very good thing.

Still getting accustomed to reading the style of this forum. Admittedly, I am finding it quite a struggle.

I can certainly relate, cep.

Fixed my spelling error in there too. Muchly appreciated, Jo. I do like the new forum, but it has been trying. Very trying.

*finds this post was for ketchup on the posts he missed while posting before ... takes a breath ... sighs ... mutters ... smiles and tips his hat to Fanny and Queen Susan ... Edits ... plays with formattings of the posts*

Oh, WOW, MA! It sounds like you had an AMAZING time at the TAN concert. Let us know when you're going to open the concert. Maybe some of us could be lucky enough to come cheer you on!

Wren, Mel-y-poo, or oatmeal?

Did you add in the "I probably shouldn't have said that" bit later? I certainly didn't read it the first time I read your post... Anyway, viewing that comment as a comment on "That's...unique", I'll answer it as oatmeal is not unique, and I totally stole Wren from a book, so Mel-y-poo is unique.

*is tickled at the reactions to Mel-y-poo, by the way*

[Irish oatmeal] is usually thicker, and you put butter in instead of milk.

Oh yes. Now I remember it. I didn't like that kind very much at all. I like mine more runny. And the best way is to have it with cinnamon and raisins cooked into it.

I'm not familiar with paratha, but I like Indian cuisine. Or the few dishes I was brave enough to try when we ate at an Indian restaurant, anyway.

to ~LL~ and Bella (Prince Bella? Who does not hurt hair? How did the hair hunt go?)

Uh, you're not really going to let Lady Ar get away with "Mel-y-poo", are you?

Well... maybe if I can call her 'Wren-y-wren-lily-lu'...

*is happy she is the one and only original Queen Susan with the right spelling, capitalization and spacing.*

That is a most excellent thing to be happy about. *nods* Hmmm... nicknames require deep thought and creativity when there are pitfalls of similarities to be negotiated. Perhaps... Su Squared? Because you are Su and are from the Square... *will obviously need to put more thought into this*

"Teyla." What a pretty name, cep. What does it mean? Although you've probably been asked this already.

Almost burned the fire station down? Well, what a to-do. Yep, that would be a goodly number of candles. (I can say that kindly 'cause I'm older than you. ) It's good there are a bunch of firemen right there. Oh wait, no! That's a pirate. Wups.

Ah yes, the sleepy/ing emoticons. I shall be using one, possibly two, of those soon. And HI Queen Susan! I mean Queen-y-poo. This could get interesting, you know. ceppy-poo; Fanny-poo; Liln-y-poo; hobbit-y-poo; Prince-y-poo or Cor-y-poo; Kingskid-y-poo. Oh, the choices are limitless.

Yes, Lady_Liln, 'tis wonderful that you can live from home, for it saves a 'ton' of money!

And cep, I added something to my "I can relate" comment. See here; the part in italics.

Heehee Mel, I like your Su Squared idea. And we could, again, build on this, since we're all Square[d]Onions: Mel²; cep²; Fanny ² ... Awww, the superscript feature doesn't work here. NN will be disappointed, methinks, as am I.

Lady_Liln (I still miss those squiggles: are they still on their Florida holiday? )

I believe they are.

I know what you mean; this forum still feels new, not lived in like the other one did.

Oh, dear! I'm not sure what to do about your poor pillow. Perhaps a doctor?

*starts protesting Jo's favorite emoticon *

To this day when we have bananas or for some reason are holding our shoe in our hand, we'll put either one up to our ear and say "Hello, Chief?"

Interesting. . .

Well, one good thing and one bad thing about the Preview feature: it used to be a separate window, so that, if I lost a post somehow, I still had that up. Now it's on the same page, so if I lose a post, I've really lost it. BUT I like it in that when we preview here on the new forum we see any recent posts that might have been written while we're still writing. So, that's an advantage.

Does the "save" button help with this at all? I've not messed with that yet. Have you tried Firefox's Lazarus add-on? It saves anything written in a textbox and is pretty amazing.

Miss A, nice pic!

*considers the finer points of a tummy full of birthday cake and ice cream*

This would be a bad idea to have more right now. The Shift Captain's birthday was yesterday; we are the same age. Nearly burned down the fire station from so many candles.

Wow. A whole lot of posting really fast.

We try to keep you on your toes.

Yeah, I know I like a lot of Yahoo's smilies too. I just miss the old tongue one, the old "lol" one and the old embarrassed one.

Those are the ones I miss most as well. This embarrassed one seems rather un-regretful.

*waves and topples over* Ok, that was kind of insane. *laugh*

But 'twas funny.

*waves to Fanny*

Cep, I don't recall you asking me previously, so I think we're both easily corn-fuzed (never heard it put that way before ).

Low debt makes me happy.

Well... maybe if I can call her 'Wren-y-wren-lily-lu'...

EDIT for Jo's post:

I mean Queen-y-poo. This could get interesting, you know. ceppy-poo; Fanny-poo; Liln-y-poo; hobbit-y-poo; Prince-y-poo or Cor-y-poo; Kingskid-y-poo. Oh, the choices are limitless.

Umm, hmm. . .