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kib
11-9-13, 11:19am
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After seeing "the new baby" of Post-Dave SLF into 2011, I vanished off the face of the simple living scene for nearly three years. I've never been good at goodbye, but to the extent that this caused a problem for others I sincerely apologize. It actually looks like the disappearance of some of the more intensely opinionated liberal posters has had a positive influence, and it makes me feel a bit remorseful to think I was probably part of the problem, but in any event I am so pleased to see some old familiar faces and some enthusiastic new ones; I'll try to march to the beat of a quieter drum from now on.

Adam and I moved to Tucson at the beginning of this year. When we were married in 2006 I lived in Bisbee, and we agreed that wouldn't be forever; after seven years I felt the statute of limitations had run out and we were ready to try something new. So here I am, plug-in hybrid, solar panels, raised bed gardens and all, seeing how sustainable living works in a city. So far, so good. I also bought a small cottage in rural Mexico in a town of about 500 people, so we'll see which form of crazy wins out in the end.

Cheers to everyone, I look forward to seeing what the new face of simplicity looks like!

xxx
K

Lainey
11-9-13, 11:25am
Welcome back, kib, glad to see you're doing well!

fidgiegirl
11-9-13, 11:29am
Well kib!! So glad to see you!

CathyA
11-9-13, 12:02pm
Really happy to have you back kib!!! :cool:

gimmethesimplelife
11-9-13, 12:28pm
Great to see you back KIB - and how cool that you are in Tucson! I love Tucson, it's kinda sorta like Portland, OR in the Sonoran desert. Will be interested in seeing your posts. Rob

I'll think of you the next time I'm walking down 4th Avenue.....

iris lilies
11-9-13, 12:32pm
oh fabroose joy, kib is back!!!http://www.jonoropeza.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Snoopy_Dancing_by_jessie4508.jpg (http://www.simplelivingforum.net/url?sa=i&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=hce9JXIJWbMSWM&tbnid=5NI2y4BOGAxLWM:&ved=0CAgQjRwwAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jonoropeza.com%2F2013%2F02%2F&ei=TnF-UtSaIOmoyAGdlIGgBQ&psig=AFQjCNGitsqeH33AK4ZZyvfNCwoVPz54QA&ust=1384104654573287)

kib
11-9-13, 12:39pm
Snort. Thank you.

Gardenarian
11-9-13, 1:04pm
Hi kib! So glad to hear from you and that things are going well in Tucson.
cow-hi

bae
11-9-13, 1:36pm
So here I am, plug-in hybrid, solar panels, raised bed gardens and all, seeing how sustainable living works in a city. So far, so good. I also bought a small cottage in rural Mexico in a town of about 500 people, so we'll see which form of crazy wins out in the end.


I suspect we'd all love to see how both work out!

kib
11-9-13, 2:24pm
I suspect you will. And just for the record, I'm about to make another 2 loaves of the best bread ever. Eternal thanks for that, Bae.

Yossarian
11-9-13, 5:25pm
Missed you Karen, welcome back!

catherine
11-9-13, 5:27pm
Geez, I think I responded to your coffee posts without skipping a beat--as if you had never left :)

Alan
11-9-13, 5:45pm
Welcome home Karen! You've been missed.


I'll try to march to the beat of a quieter drum from now on.

Where's the fun in that?

Tussiemussies
11-9-13, 6:21pm
Hi Kib, welcome back!

AustinKat
11-9-13, 6:45pm
Hey, welcome back! I'd wondered where you'd got to. Glad you're doing well.

lhamo
11-9-13, 7:00pm
WELCOME BACK!!!!! Sorry to shout, but we missed you around here. Glad you are well and look forward to catching up.

lhamo

ApatheticNoMore
11-9-13, 7:34pm
I try to hold my own in being opinionated, I try, I try :) Yea I'm still here. Welcome back.

Gregg
11-9-13, 11:25pm
Karen!!!!!!!!!!!!! If Iris hadn't already posted the dancing Snoopy I would have! The circle of life feels round again....

kib
11-9-13, 11:52pm
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm100/Bisbonian/Pets/Connor1.jpg (http://s294.photobucket.com/user/Bisbonian/media/Pets/Connor1.jpg.html)

Thank you to everyone for your welcome! I wanted to share my little guy, Connor, also known in the tradition of Jellicle cats as Bobomopoopolous.

Selah
11-10-13, 3:25am
Welcome back, kib! :)

iris lilies
11-10-13, 7:46am
Does Connor have extra toes and turned back ears? He is very cute.

kib
11-10-13, 11:13am
He does indeed. Also a little stubby manx tail. He's a highland lynx and really, he's like another species altogether. He'll plop down next to me and cuddle for hours. He chirps and whirs, sounds sort of like Gizmo. If anything is wrong in the house, say another cat is stuck in the bathroom or the hard boiled eggs on the stove are burning, he'll wander around wailing until it gets fixed.

The books say he could reach 35 pounds because he'll keep growing for 3 years (when this picture was taken he fit in my coffee mug). So far I'm not seeing that, he's normal cat sized but only about 18 months old, so who knows.

My favorite mental movie of Connor happened about a week after we got him. We had just gotten a shelter kittie, Bob (who is also awesome, sorry Bob). Connor was behind Bob and about to spring on him. Bob noticed the curtains fluttering and took a gigantic leap at them. The wind was blowing and Bob latched on, so suddenly it appeared that he was Flying! Connor stopped in mid pounce with those gigantic paws held up in utter surprise and his little mouth actually hanging open. God what I'd have done for a camera!

Here they are some more and I promise to stop acting like a proud grandma, but I love the little buggers.

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm100/Bisbonian/Pets/Connor.jpg (http://s294.photobucket.com/user/Bisbonian/media/Pets/Connor.jpg.html)

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm100/Bisbonian/Pets/Bob.jpg (http://s294.photobucket.com/user/Bisbonian/media/Pets/Bob.jpg.html)

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm100/Bisbonian/Pets/PA030124.jpg (http://s294.photobucket.com/user/Bisbonian/media/Pets/PA030124.jpg.html)

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm100/Bisbonian/Pets/P8300103.jpg (http://s294.photobucket.com/user/Bisbonian/media/Pets/P8300103.jpg.html)

iris lilies
11-10-13, 12:05pm
Jane should stay out of this thread. Someone should put a warning on the title of this thread for her. Kitten/cats! I love them with big feet.

There is a brown tabby cat running around my neighborhood and I call him Mr. Toes. He's lot a lot of them. Don't worry about him, he has a home and he's got to be ten years old by now.

Merski
11-10-13, 12:41pm
Kib! Connor is such a doll! I have a set of sister cats we named thelma and louise (yuck yuck!) Thelma has all 4 paws double pawed which is why I adopted them. We thought Thelma was all Thumbs! She is very sweet and gentle and Louise runs the show, keeps the dog in line, guards the house and will greet you happily at midnight! Louise is often called weezie and is better than an alarm cat!
BTW welcome back! I've been more skulking than posting but I need to get back in SL.

leslieann
11-10-13, 1:15pm
YAY!! You're back!!! I was thinking about you last week, as I poured protein powder in with my coffee. Glad to hear that things are going along and especially happy to see the photos.

And just plain GLAD that you are here. The Snoopy dance was right on.

L.

CathyA
11-10-13, 1:24pm
Awwwww..........what cute little Titter Tats!

24prins
11-10-13, 7:54pm
It's great to see you, K! (waving hi furiously)

Simplemind
11-10-13, 11:49pm
So good to have you back :0)

mtnlaurel
11-11-13, 9:00am
Kib - so glad you are back!!! Your kitty babies are super cute!

Float On
11-11-13, 9:16am
Welcome Back! (I mainly lurked on the old boards so I remember you but you probably don't remember me. I probably had a different user name too).
Love the kittys! Would love to see a photo of your Mexico cottage. How far into Mexico is it? Driving distance where you can go quite often?

shadowmoss
11-11-13, 10:17am
Welcome back. I'm now in Phoenix. Not sure if I was still in Nashville, Washington State, or Honduras when last we 'spoke'. Anyway, good to see some of the old gang showing up again.

Spartana
11-11-13, 12:31pm
YAY!!! KIB is back! Glad to see you around again. I kept accusing everyone else of being you :-).Congrats on the marriage and Very cute "babies".
Spartana (the poster formerly known as She-Rah, Queen of the early retiree Gloaters).