She stayed in tonight. She knew I was upset because I had to walk over to the park that's between the library and me, where I finally found my pareo, my hat, and my glasses. I wasn't exactly happy when I returned. I hid her roller skates, she can't get into the hall closet where they are. I had to listen to her grumble all afternoon.
I can't take her with me to the post office anymore either. She got all fixated on a picture of a man on a wanted poster. Made a total fool of herself. Said the last time she saw him he had a long black beard. Tried to take the picture down, said she needed it to add to her collection.
She wouldn't tell me where she keeps her collection either. I searched all over, looking for wanted posters in my house.
I didn't find a single one.

Oh my gosh Sharon. If you could hear me laughing. I have to cover my mouth with my hands so I don't wake up my family. You are an absolute riot. And I almost sucked diet coke up my sinuses too. Please put arms on the girl. I so worry about her trying to get into that closet door without arms and hands. But, your probably right not too. I think it's a felony pulling down wanted posters at the Post Office. I have to stop, my eyes are watering.

Oh, my sides hurt from laughing! What a great thread. That Ruby is a handful!!

Sharon your artistic imagination abounds!!

She's a GREAT story teller, eh? I told her if her books were in my library, I would check them out every week

Hmmmm....me thinks Ruby is just an alter ego for 'someone' who wouldn't want the neighbors to know she likes to dress up like a hussy and prance around the wanted posters in the post office. Just sayin'

BTW..to you folks ever sleep?

Not to cast doubt on your assumptions, Bubblies, but....whose clothes do you think Ruby is wearing and not really wanting to deter your vivid imagination or anything, but since I've lived in the same house since 1974 wouldn't you think the neighbors have seen my wild array of school teacher garb a few times? Just sayin'.

Sleep? Mostly between 3 and 10. Whichever 3 and 10 you want to choose is fine with me.
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And Bubblies, I am still so worried about the fires.
Any word that they are more under control?

And yes, the addition of that one little letter to your name makes all the difference.

I stand corrected. There is no Ruby! It's you!!!

We're watching the news conference right now. The Bastrop homeowners are rightly frustrated that they were getting very little information on the status of their homes. They finally have posted lists of homes that are no longer standing. Now the power company is explaining why they might not soon be restoring power to a neighborhood that is mostly destroyed. The fire is still largely uncontrolled. The pine trees just explode. They had confirmed 1234 homes totally gone, but another list just went up of more confirmed losses.

As sad as it is that so many have lost their homes, they also had to run quickly and leave animals behind. There's a rescue group going out and picking up pets, horses and cattle, and taking them to an arena for safety. Bastrop is mostly considered rural and I would bet a large percentage of residents are older and have no insurance. A couple of new subdivisions have gone up, but still mostly farming and retirees.

The fire in Austin, at Steiner Ranch, is 75% contained. They're letting folks back in to see if they can salvage anything. Only 24 houses were destroyed. It's a fairly upscale neighborhood. They were able to keep in touch on their FB page! Some neighbors hiked into the closed area to check on their homes and retrieve pets.

The Leander neighborhood fire is out and was set by teens that were seen, but have not been ID'd as of yet. Someone will talk. Ten homes were burned to the ground.


Whew, probably more than you wanted to know!

Wow, so sad. It does make me thankful that we have our motorhome, so that if, heaven forbid, something ever did happen, we could evacuate ourselves and all the pets and beat it to safety. I can't imagine leaving any pets behind. Stay safe, Sandi.

Sandi, thank you.
Like Brenda said, stay so safe!

Same for all of you who are anywhere near those fires.

Sandi, when your Christmas package arrives you'll see for sure how real Ruby is.
Just sayin'.

Are you really coming for Christmas? Oh, cool!

Thank you so much Sandi for the updates on the fires. So very very sad. Stay safe please.

And 'THERE IS A RUBY, THERE IS'. Ruby , cover your ears! Oh, I forgot. You can't!

Those fires are monsters, How did we get so off topic here already?

Anyway, I'm with Brenda and can't imagine leaving a pet behind. Glad the fires are closer to being contained.

Well Becky, I guess you could break us off into "Texas Fire thread', Ruby thread and Christmas swap thread. We are sorry for getting OT yet again. But it's Ruby's fault!

I agree....Ruby is doing this faster than we ever did before1

Not to worry.
I just locked Ruby in the linen closet.
We're rid of her for awhile.
Now back to business, Boo.

poor Ruby.
(I wasn't complaining...just in awe how fast we dance from Christmas Ornaments to the price of tea in China.

Becky, can you just imagine how much chattering we would do if we were all able to meet in person. Mercy.

Ruby, I'm so sorry I got you in trouble. I sure hope that mean Sharon lets you out before our 2 am visits.

Ruby likes attention and she doesn't need to be taking over Boo's forum.
Besides she doesn't know a thing about gardening.
Or art.