by Magi the magical poet is riding the wind again
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March 29, 2006

Fireside 10: Goodbye and Hello

June 23, 2006 04:42 AM EDT (Updated: June 24, 2006 04:34 AM EDT)
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Fireside 10: Goodbye and Hello

 

 

Hi, this is the earliest ever that you've dropped by.  Why, it's only just on dusk.  My, that's a big motor home you've parked in my driveway.  Are you thinking of camping here awhile?  Oh, you're leaving the state.  Getting as far away from here as possible?  Right across to the other side of the country, you say?  Well, come inside and bid goodbye to all of the gang.  They're all in the living room, waiting to eat.  Or should I say in the walking-dead room?  Ha, ha, ha!  Oh, not on your life?  Funny you should say that.  Ha, ha, ha!  Yes, goodbye!  I'll miss you dropping in.

 

Good grief!  Spinning the wheels like that on a huge motor home isn't safe.  Heavens, it nearly ran over that lady walking up my driveway.  Never seen her before.  I wonder who she is and what she wants?

 

Yes, hi!  Oh, you're my new neighbour, you say?  Mrs Green, is it?  Thought you'd pay me a getting to know you visit?  How nice of you!  Would you like to come inside?  Yes, I'm sure I've got a cup of sugar you can borrow.  No, you're not being a nuisance – as yet.  Yes, I think I should be able to find you a pint of milk as well.  If Luigi has left some.  Mind you, it won't be skim milk – yes, I understand about being on strange diets.  I suppose I can also find you some low-fat butter.  And I guess I can spare you a loaf of bread as well.  It has to be wholemeal, does it?  Part of the diet?  Luigi also has a weird diet.  Who's Luigi?  Ha, ha, ha!  I'm so very glad you asked!

 

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Fireside 9: Friday, 13th

 

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Comments: 50

Leah Christensen Jun 24, 2006, 4:38am EDT
So the original visitor was a neighbour huh? Well I got scared when she left, because I thought this would be the end. Now there is a new neighbour? What weird and wonderful things do you have planned for her?

Would you like me to bring my guys by one night to entertain her? ;-) Just say the word, and we'll all show up with a bottle of vodka, and singing Russian folk songs. Of course they'll all be in uniform. ;-) They look so damn good in their uniforms!!!
Actually, Leah, that previous damned visitor was from around the block.

But the Greens, I tell you, are to be avoided - the very last thing you'd want would be for Mrs Green to get wind of your Russians. Let alone for her to see them in their uniforms. On the other hand, Mr Green just might like to clap his eyes on you.

Magi
Leah Christensen Jun 24, 2006, 5:56pm EDT
So I guess that means they'd better start acting in secret again, and only come out of the shadows if Mr. Green comes after me. l;-) And what do you suppose Mrs. Green would do if she set eyes on them? hahaha Am I giving you ideas? hahaha
Leah, soon enough you will meet Mr and Mrs Green - hide the Russians.

Magi
Leah Christensen Jun 25, 2006, 1:17am EDT
I can't wait!! I'll tell them to be discreet, but to make sure they're around if I need them. ;-) I might need them to bail me out of something. hahaha
They might be too busy with Mrs Green.

Magi
Leah Christensen Jun 26, 2006, 1:42am EDT
I'll have them go undercover dressed as a group of nuns from one of Papa Joe's stories! hahaha Only you and I will know who they REALLY are. Think that'll work? hahaha
No! Mrs Green can spot a male at 1,000 paces.

Magi
Kathryn E. Jun 27, 2006, 12:58am EDT
Lovely. I see I've a bit of catching up to do. Will get to that in the next day.
Leah Christensen Jun 27, 2006, 1:43am EDT
LOL Magi. Maybe I'll just have to leave some bait out for her (I have a friend who has an ex-husband she's like someone to take off of her hands!!) and maybe that'll distract her, till we sneak past. ;-)
I hope you enjoyed the visit to the house of horrors, Kathryn.

Magi
Leah, I assume we're talking about Mrs Green and not Kathryn.

Magi
Leah Christensen Jun 27, 2006, 5:11am EDT
ROFLMAO (there I go again!) Magi! hahahaha Yes, you assumed right, but the other way would be kinda funny too. No, not it wouldn't, I like Kathryn too much to do that to her! LOL On the other hand, anyone who tries to steal one of my guys is fair game!! hahaha
I hope Kathryn doesn't come back to this post.

Magi
Leah Christensen Jun 28, 2006, 2:38am EDT
ROFLMAO She's smart enough to figure out what we are talking about, and that we are referring to your neighbour and not her. LOL She knows we like her. She gave me some good computer advice last night. It's amazing what can happen, all because of an innocent comment on Gather read by not so innocent people like us. hahaha
I saw the advice - did it help?

Of course we're innocent, Leah!

Magi
Leah Christensen Jun 29, 2006, 4:51am EDT
Yes it did help. Now I wouldn't go so far as to call myself innocent, but then again I've nothing to feel guilty about either. I don't believe in guilt. LOL Not believing in guiltreally makes life a lot easier.

Now what is there to be done about the bloody smoke alarms in this place that go off every time a little steam rises off of my buddies and I? hahaha
No guilt and no regrets, ever!

Magi
Leah Christensen Jun 30, 2006, 2:09am EDT
Life's too short for that crap!
Leah Christensen Jun 30, 2006, 6:28am EDT
But life is not too short to drive the rest of your family crazy! hahahahahaha That's half the fun of being born, don't you think> LOL
I've got mine well trained - they know I follow my own star, come hell or high water. So they just accept me as I am. Thank goodness.

Magi
Annina Anton Jun 30, 2006, 5:10pm EDT
Oh, boy...somebody new to abuse! Hahaha!
And more to come, Annina.

Magi
Leah Christensen Jul 1, 2006, 4:01am EDT
Magi, you're so lucky. My family is more stubborn than yours, and in denial about crazy me. My Sweetheart plans to set him straight though....especially when he shoes up, to mee them, IN UNIFORM!!!!
In Russian uniform, Leah?

Magi
Leah Christensen Jul 1, 2006, 8:24am EDT
Yes in RUSSIAN Uniform! I told him not to speak English for the first three hours or so, and then after about 3 hours, switch to PERFECT English, and let it be known that he understood every snide remark they made about us!!!!!!
Oh, shades of the KGB?

Magi
Leah Christensen Jul 2, 2006, 5:57am EDT
Damn right!!!! My family is going to freak when he tells them that he's dating their youngest daughter!!!! ;-) And yes he looks FANTASTIC in the uniform!!
They just might accept him, for your sake. Have you thought of that?

Magi
Leah Christensen Jul 3, 2006, 1:49am EDT
You REALLY don't know my family!!!! Romeo and Juliet's families had a better chance of being on the same side than his family and mine, and I have TWO families, the Allans (Dad's side) and the Christensens (Mom's side,) and they don't get along worth crap either, so throw in his family and HOLY CRAP!!!! And the ex-wives, and all those kids older than I am, this is going to be FUNNNNNN!!!!!!! And when he shows up in that KGB uniform, it'll freak 'em right out!!! Oh I can't wait.
Oh, dear, I shudder for your poor parents.

Magi
Leah Christensen Jul 5, 2006, 10:52pm EDT
LOL Really? You're not as twisted as I am? LOL If I have someone as humourous as you shuddering, then I must be on the verge of doing something FUN!!! ;-) hahaha
Beware the men in white coats.

Magi
Renda, the plot thickens.

Magi
Leah Christensen Jul 21, 2006, 4:05pm EDT
It's not those men in white coats we'll have to worry about, more like those men in KGB uniforms. My Sweetheart has some very INTERESTING friends!!
Leah, I'll bet he has! Watch out!

Magi
Leah Christensen Jul 24, 2006, 1:55pm EDT
Yes, that's what he said too. It seems, he made the mistake of showing my picture to a few people, and now they all want to know where I live!!!! ;-) Men just HAVE to brag. When will they ever learn?
Never!

Magi
Leah Christensen Jul 25, 2006, 4:55pm EDT
Though they continue to learn the hard way, they never learn their lesson, and they have to continue to learn the hard way. If you go to my photos, look up that picture of me passed out on the couch, wearing my Russian ushanka. That's his all-time-favourite picture of me!!!! I think that's the picture he passed around.
He would!

Magi
Leah Christensen Jul 26, 2006, 3:39pm EDT
Yes he would do that to me, and to torture all of them too, because they can't have me! LOL LOL LOL He does love to stir the pot!
You are blessed.

Magi
Leah Christensen Jul 27, 2006, 5:55pm EDT
Yes! I am blessed to have found a man with such a wonderfully warped sense of humour!!
So true, Leah.

Magi
Leah Christensen Jul 28, 2006, 3:39pm EDT
Our senses of humour really compliment eachother.
A barrel of laughs augers well for a relationship - just don't roll out of the barrel.

Magi
Marcia T. Aug 4, 2006, 7:15am EDT
Magi,
A new victim has arrived. Green and ripe, at once, eh? Oh lord, I wonder how long she'll last. Poor thing. Will be back to check in on her another day.
Marcia, poor Mrs Green is in for angst of her own making.

Magi
It was great to read all these again, especially back to back. Between the stories and the comments, I have had my laughs for today. Thanks for the great read(s)!
Renda, I'm so pleased that you enjoyed this series the second time round. There are two follow-up Fireside series waiting for you in The Magi Cafe when you need another laugh.

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