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<H2><font color="plum">Cloudy's Cafe</font></H2>

Come in, be welcome, be comfortable, be yourself

Welcome to Cloudy's Cafe, a place to have a cup of coffee or a good
darjeeling and the finest in conversation and camaraderie.

The proprietor asks that you follow a few simple guidelines:

<H3>this is a real conversation zone, not a role-play zone</H3>

* no flaming; if you disagree with a viewpoint expressed by any patron, please do so in a civil manner

* any topic is fair game, but keep posts to the standards that Ziroc has set for the entire forum, please (ie: foul language is not appropriate and things should be suitable for all audiences)
-a side note from Cloudy: I see this as a place for those short
conversations about a new baby or the latest soccer fiasco, not for things that are big enough to warrant their own threads, by all means give those things the space they need and post separately!

* Please, no one word or smiley posts (Ziroc has declared them 'real spam' and the proprietor doesn't want the reputuation of "good spam" to suffer!)

* do feel free to be serious or silly and enjoy the company of others while you are here. By all means POST if you have something to say, even to start another topic , we can handle multiple chats, we're a CAFE!!! But be courteous and don't disrupt a conversation just to disrupt it.

Come on in! The bar is stocked with coffees, teas, juices and waters from around the world. And purple napkins, of course!

<font color="pink">The lighting is low, the golden oak counters and tables glow with inviting warmth. Near the window, the lighting is brighter, as comfy, plush leather armchairs wait for those who'd like to read a book while relaxing to music or just lazily watch the world go by.</font>

<H1> <font color="plum"> PLEASE NOTE </font></H1>

This is a modified reminder that I've posted before in reply to someone asking "can we spam the cafe". It still holds true, so I'm going to repeat it periodically for anyone who hasn't seen it.

Read the first post of the thread, it's NOT a spam zone. If you want to discuss you grades, a problem with a teacher,the weather, your neighbor's new car etc.....etc.. (real life conversations) this is the place. I don't mind a SMALL amount of spam but when the Cafe gets to be 8 pages in one day and it's all one liner pure spam, I have to ask people not to do it because most of the members who would come to talk about their day or things that they want advice or sympathy or cheers on, will not post in that atmosphere. I want you to be comfy here, but not at the expense of other members.

So the answer is NO, I don't want to see page after page of roleplay spam or one liner spamfests that could be done on msn or aim etc. because our goal is to TALK WITH one another , not fill up a cafe in five hours. ;)

<font color=lime>Good mornin, I have never been the first poster before. Whats my prise? Free coffee? [img]graemlins/hehe.gif[/img] </font>

ROTFL! Sure, all the free virtual coffee you can drink! :D

Good morning, LordK! How's your day going? How's that lovely family of yours?

I've got a little cold, but nothing too bad at the moment. My honey is at work and we've got more plans in place for the impending nuptials.

<font color=lime>Hey, virtual coffe is the best! Especially yours Cloudy! :D
The family is doing great. Little Seth is in bed with mamma right now crying himself to sleep :rolleyes: . He is generally a real good baby, but he is going through a stubborn phase.

You must be real excited! It is a lot of fun. You will do great, just dont get to nervous. ;) </font>

Ah, finally a new cafe after the New Year one. So whats everyone up to on this horrible rainy day then?

Well, I'm freezing in my room after just waking up, I'm amazed though. After raining to no end for the past few weeks, it's actually snowing during winter, imagine that [img]tongue.gif[/img]

I'm turning my world upside down if it keeps raining like this. I just woke up.... at 7 PM. i went to bed at 8:30 AM. I don't think i can sleep this night, since i just got out of bed. Am i becoming a vampire ? :D This isn't normal anymore, i need sleepingpills or something so that i can go to sleep on conventional times. :rolleyes:

I dunno, Johhny, but if you're not becoming a vampire, it might be a zombie....you've got the symbol of Bane as an avatar! LOL Seriously, though, have you tried forcing yourself to stay up til a 'normal' bedtime or trying to make the time you go to sleep the same or close to it every night? Sometimes that helps me when I'm having trouble.

LordK, Yup! We're getting excited about the wedding...stressed and excited, a very odd combo but normal, I hear! :D The invitations came today, along with some other things we ordered. [img]smile.gif[/img]

Gangrell, are you happy to have SNOW?! I think I'd rather have some rain than snow! Unless it's freezing rain...yuk!

Hi Ross!

Rain? Bah! Makes your clothes wet and smell funky from mildew, or just have it snow and make it look like bad dandruff [img]tongue.gif[/img]

I like cold weather, and the snow but today is a bit harsh for me. I have nothing but a shirt and shorts on and it'll be that way until my laundry gets done. People keep giving weird looks and ask the obvious question "Aren't you cold?"

"Nah, just a bit hot." :D

ack, I posted a reply to you Gangrell, but it's not showing!

Anyway, are we to guess you're doing your laundry now? :D Hope you get something dry and toasty to wear soon, isn't it COLD up your way?!

Morning Everyone!

My first time in the Cafe I must say. Sitting here at work bored out of my brain and stressing about my wedding coming up.

Too many things to finalize and people not sending back RSVP's ARGH!

But Fiji here we come!

Slightly, about 30 degrees cold, but I'm part eskimo so I'll be alright :D

I got done with them a couple of hours ago, at least I'm able to feel my legs, and ward off the weird looks people give me :rolleyes:

Its snowing here too, quite heavily but temperature is near freezing/melting point, so I guess there will be none of it left in the morning.

[img]graemlins/jumpclap.gif[/img] Hello T.D.C. [img]graemlins/petard.gif[/img]

Another Aussie joins the cafe. You can't have enough of them i say. Stick around, don't be daunted, you will soon get to know everyone :D

Hey TDC

I was going to PM you about sugesting you start a wedding thread. (but you have not chosen the PM option...which is OK) So i'll do it here. I'm sure there are a lot of people who can help you out with ideas. Cloudy herself is planning on getting married soon.

Cloudykins is getting married! I hadn't heard anything about it.

I've got plenty of suggestions. You should have it outside in the snow. The bridesmaids can wear bikini's and snowshoes. Your fiance should skydive into the wedding. After the service, people could throw snowballs instead of rice. Then everyone could eat smores at the reception, then off to the honeymoon in a room under a bowling alley. :D

TDC, I feel your stress! Well, not as intensely, YET, but I do know what you mean!
Hey, Wellard had a good idea, I bumped the honeymoon thread with some questions, but maybe a thread on ideas and support for the weddings wouldn't be such a bad idea! [img]smile.gif[/img]

If you want one, go ahead and start it, I'll happily join in! [img]smile.gif[/img] We could get ideas and support all in one place!

antryg....LOL....I think if we do that, I'll have you officiate in your loincloth and winnie the pooh slippers...oh wait, those are MY slippers....ok, you can wear your bugs bunny ones... ;) [img]graemlins/laugh2.gif[/img]

<font color=pink>Mmm, first day of school tomorrow :( . I need to go get my stuff ready. Not too bad a load this semester. Got Intro into Aeronautics, Economics Macro, Power reading (easy pie lol), and Biology. Only class i think i might have difficulty with is Econ *sigh*

Wow, raining everywhere. Rained here this morning bout 2hours [img]smile.gif[/img] </font>

Woohoo! 2 more days before Chinese New Year. I can't wait to get my ang pow. :D

thnx Bungleau. i have been thinking of starting a mothers group in my area or trying to find one.

i do try to let erilyn help, unfortunately at 16mos it's hard to know if she understands what i want out of her. she can throw diapers away and she can feed carol, except that she gets distracted....easily. she is very much like our ferret. with throwing out a diaper she can get distracted by any toy or cat along the way and those gosh darned bottles are just so colorful and have all sorts of animals on them! i am trying so hard...she hovers over me like a worried g-ma when i give carol a bath, as if to say "don't get her face wet!, clean between all the piggies....are you sure you don't want help?" she is very cute and wants to be mommy so bad. but i also worry cause nathan taught her to head butt, she has head butted carol, and after being headbutted myself i feel so bad for carol...it really hurts!

well i'm up and awake at 430 my time because carol is just not sleeping! i will not get to nap tomorrow because she likes to be up when erilyn is napping. and even tho i have been bouncing this child for a half hour she does not look one bit sleepy, she has been up since 230! erilyn never pulled htis unless she was hungry and justice at least pretended to be sleepy.......

at five i'm gonna hand her off to nathan, i know he works but i need some sleep tonight....some...even if just 1 consecutive hour.

If so happy new year to Erencia! :D

Sounds like it's time to enlist a friend in the area to have the kids over for a couple of hours so you can get some sleep!

That just made me think of one of the things we used to do. Every so often, when the getting up at night got really bad, we'd take turns. One of us would have the night off and sleep in a different part of the house while the other took care of all the baby needs. The next night, we'd switch roles. Repeat as needed.

Each of us got a decent night's sleep, and that really helped to recharge our batteries.

Good luck to you... and remember, it will eventually be over. It only seems like forever.

Good luck gettting some sleep, Revruby! Sounds like a hard thing to do with the kids now.

Yeah! I heard about that on UFR Cloudy!

Congratulations!

One of the main reasons I came back!

To wish you good wishes... and stuff

And to you TDC...

Cloudy is a very famous <s> spammer </s> poster out there in internet land.

[img]graemlins/1ponder.gif[/img] Wonder if i can get an autograph one day [img]graemlins/hehe.gif[/img]

Heh!

She only has about 50 posts there...

She seems generous... why not ask?

OK... what's wrong with my sig?

Did I forget how to post images?

Thanks for all the well wishes everyone. Everything is "sort of" calming down. The Fiance is stressing about the little things now. LOL

parteners are so cute sometimes when they stress.

Only 22 days to go!

On a side not its going to be another scorcher here in Sydney today. Should get to around 35 degrees. Thank god for Air Con!

*Kat saunters in*

Anythin' to drink? Or will I have to go fetch Johnny's Emergency Emergency Beer supply?

*peeks in shyly*
Hi! If any of you remember me, yes, I still exist. Kaltia and I got talking about the "good old days" at IW ;) so we thought we'd sip a coffee in the café in memoriam.
So, hello all and sundry! *waves*

*Tackle-hugs-glomps-bear-hugs-huggles-tackles*

KAZZIE!!!!!!!ONEONEONE!

*Squee*

Hi Kaz! [img]smile.gif[/img]

Hey Djinn! *waves* Long time no see! And I was wondering whether there was anything around I remembered!

*...is tackle-glomp-hugged by Kaltia? Try to remember that I do need oxygen...*

Pffft! Oxygen is for sissies!

(Sil-Galad was a Vegetable King
his roots were long
And his leaves were green)

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
*sprays coffee all over table*
the Sil-Galad poem... *choke*
Kat, you're a genius. But then again, what else is new?

Been writing a lot of fanfic lately Kat? Is this your rendition of Lord of the Onion Rings? http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...ons/icon34.gif

I trust the New Year is treating you well?

I'm trying to find the original "Gil-Galad" poem, but I got diverted by naked Maglor pictures [img]tongue.gif[/img] .

I'm trying to find the original "Gil-Galad" poem, but I got diverted by naked Maglor pictures [img]tongue.gif[/img] . </font>[/QUOTE]Naked... Maglor...
SHOW! NOW! ;) ;)

"Gil-galad was an Elven King
Of him the harpers sadly sing
The last whose realm was fair and free
Between the mountains and the sea."

I know the first verse by heart - how pathetic is that?

Not really, Gil-Galad in black leather? I'd learn the entire song too, if I could just...find...my...bloody...copy of LotR....

Naked Maglor pictures? Nope. Nuh-uh. Not sharing. They're MINE, precious!