Sudoku Puzzles

All packed and waiting for our ride to the airport! We fly from Baltimore to New York and from New York to Cairo.
See you soon, Wagdy!
Bye everybody!

Hey! Look at that! New page!

nice and straightforward today

GEO, congrats on having numbers today

is the pond shrinking a good thing? Ponds in the pastures here shrank to mud puddles and it was not good at all! Those ponds were for watering livestock. Beginning to fill again, some more than others.

I am assuming your pond was More...

AAAH, more sudoku spelling!

freesing = freezing that S nd Z just a bit close on the keyboard and fingers a bit stiff today, My excuse, anyway.

I feel like my body has gotten totally out of shape,
so I got my doctor's permission to join a fitness club
and start exercising. I dec ided to take an aerobics
class for seniors. I bent, twisted, gyrated, jumped up
and down, and perspired for an hour. But, by the time I
got my leotards on, the class was over.

MizT...no the pond was not planned. You're correct, toooo much water but needed here. The pond was on Tonka's side of the yard and had it been summer, even though he is a tortoise, he would have loved to sit in it and pslash the water on his back. He does that with the sprinklers. Right now he and Buster are both in their houses, heads at the doors, hoping for sunshine and warmer temps.

Geo - I checked your page to find out who Buster was and I couldn't look at your pictures. Why?

MizT - thanks to you and Mamacita I dug my copy of Pillars of the Earth out of my stack of "to read" books and have started on it. I buy more books than I read, so there is a huge backlog waiting for my retirement.
I will have to be on the lookout for some Ian Rankin at the bookstore.

Dorthea....the pics don't show because I haven't updated since the site crashed. I tried to update it by starting with deleting the blank pics but haven't figured out how to do that. Maybe it can't be done. Tonka and Buster are our Sulcata tortorises. They are 100 and 70 lbs respectively. Both male and so they have to have their own territory and therefore each has a side of our backyard.

If you like jigsaws, you should try http://www.jigzone.com/ Many different cuts, hundreds of puzzle plus new daily puzzle. Personal favorite cut, 51 or 87 piece Crazy.

Denny, that is a good puzzle site. I like the lizard pieces.
Kathy, have a safe trip and take lots of pictures.
MizT, there is a summerreading forum in the Off Topic section.

Denny - Checked out your jigsaws. Liked what I saw.

mAen all! Kathy, enjoy your fly to Egypt and fill your eyes and heart with wonderful memories!

2:21 Hi to all.

Thought for the Day:

It's not who you are that holds you back, it's who you think you're not.

Happy birthday SteFF, hope its a good one.

Kathy have a wonderful trip to Cairo, I'm sure you will enjoy it.

hi to all .....nice to be back after a gap of few days ...it sure feels great n good ...have a lovely day guys.

Now for the results of yesterday's either/or poll on vacuum terminology: There aren't any.

I entered all the data into a spread sheet and ran it through a specially designed algorithm. The responses you gave were so disparate in format and content, it was hard to know what kinds of values More...

To all my friends in India. I am sure that you enjoyed the parades in all your various locations. One of my most memorable visual experiences came during a Republic Day parade in New Delhi. We were seated in the stands below the North Block during the parade. On each of the pillars beside the the More...

Well, as of last night, I can cross off one of the most pressing items on MY Bucket List ... seeing Garth Brooks perform live! We headed up to Los Angeles to watch Garth come out of retirement in one of FIVE benefit concerts he is doing this weekend, with all of the profits going to fire relief in More...

Hi Judy! Glad you got to cross off one thing on your Bucket List & enjoy your night with Garth!! Did you like the movie?
Claude from Saintes - who's your pick for the Aussie Open final? Are you a fan of Tsonga?
Kathy (MD)- think I'm too late to wish you "Bon Voyage" but I'll be thinking of you while you're in Egypt. I'm sure Wagdy is going to be a great host - lucky you!

I haven't seen the movie yet, Kathy ... but I think that, either on paper or in our minds, ALL of us oldsters are preparing a Bucket List ...

MizTricia - If you thought it was hard trying to catch up from one day missed around here, you should try to catch up on two weeks missed! Almost impossible for me to find time to read so many comments. My belated best wishes & congratulations to all whose birthdays, anniversaries, & More...

Hi Everyone...Hope our Aussie friends are recovering from all of the fun and games of Australia day.
CG, That had to be a wonderful experience, and nice that you can share it with those of us who will never get to enjoy Republic Day in India.Personal experiences really help us to appreciate the culture and flavor of the world.

Kathy/Maryland, Have a wonderful, safe and exciting trip. With Wagdy as your host, I'm sure you and Bruce are in for a treat. Will be waiting for the pictures.
Kathy/Valrico...You are spot on regarding the difficulty of catching up after even a few days...you do a great job of it though.

CynB - I did see that I missed a REALLY big event in YOUR life, your 60th birthday!! Welcome to our club of sexy sexagenarians - there are quite a few of us here in Sudokuland! How did you like the movie Water Horse? We took our grandsons in NC to see it. I thought it was better than the reviews More...

Jamie, Glad you dug out 'Pillars'...you are sure to enjoy. Like you, I have a collection of books to be read...and I keep adding to it. My prayer is that I live long enough to never have an unread book...lol
Judy/S.D, Glad you enjoyed Garth...I did catch a live show in New York some years ago, and agree, he's a great performer.

Hi to you, too, Mamacita! I was so glad the news of Angelique's & Ethan's births was posted before the site went haywire & we left home. One of the first things I did when we got back was go look at the baby pictures! I LOVE babies! My youngest daughter, who is not yet married, said to More...

Miz T. On the forum pages 'Arts for Old Pharts' was used to talk about books as well as other events. There are still a few recommended titles there. It hasn't seen too much use recently, but it would be a great place for all of us to talk about the many books that are read and enjoyed by us. The More...

Thanks Kathy! I agree, babies are great...I really enjoy seeing all babies too. Our hearts are big enough to love and cuddle all of that sweet innocence that keeps renewing hope for our future.

Geo. So. Cal - Ponds are to be expected when that sail (decomposed granite) had less than 3" of rain last year and now you are having heavy rains. Floods and mud slides are also to be expected after the fires. It is an endles cycle in So. Cal. - with a few earthquakes thrown in for good measure. Been there done that.

sail = soil

Steff/Melbourne
Sean..hope you enjoy the site.

Hi Eve! So many folks to catch up with! I finally found time to check out the T-shirts, anthem, float ideas on the forum. I admire all the artistic people who came up with designs for shirts - think maybe I liked the simplest version (Angie's) best. My limited experience with iron ons tells me More...

Eve...I know it all very well. Arizona born but So. Cal raised. Fortunately we are surrounded by but not in the heart of the slides and fires. We lucked out ourselves with fire season this past year but the year before Simi hills were ablaze on both sides, end to end. We went through the two More...

Kathy: It looks as if the simplest design "Angies" is prefered. Several people had said they wanted to show that the site is more than just Sudoku and it is encompasses the world.

Sudoulanders: Check out the Anthem, Logo, Float page and Angie, MizT, Jane & my pages for More...

Kathy: I don't think there there has been any concensus yet. I have always liked Angie's design as well, and she has advised me she will work at it a little over the next few days (busy with her family) and present a slightly revised version in the next few days. Everything proposed has merits, so it really comes down to individual taste and perception. Cheers!

to you,
to you,
dear SteFF,
to you!
May your day be wonderful with a and lots of !

I ran into a friend I hadn't seen in ages yesterday and ended up getting to see her craft room. What a stash! I could go crazy in there! She is also a book fiend and has hundreds of books. Not enough time in the day to work on all of her projects and volunteer work!

2:05 Good Maen, everyone. Very cute picture.