Mr. and Mrs. Wrong by Fay Robinson (Superromance, 2001)

Hey Tammy I read A Man Like Mac awhile ago.  I loved the story.  Haven't read anything else by her but remember loving this book.  Glad to see you enjoyed her book.  I think I'll have to do the same as you and see if I can find any of her books at the second hand bookstores.  Happy Reading

Hi Tammy! Wonderfull to see you found and enjoyed another of Fays stories. 

I think it'll be years before i can read A Man Like Mac again...only because that story made such an impact on me...that after this many years, i still remember so much of it, vividly...and for me to be able to re-read, i need to have forgotten a bunch.

I rarely see her books in used stores, but i do sometimes see the odd one, so i'm sure you'll come across them all eventually. If i see any in wonderfull shape, i'll grab them.

Hi Tammy, You have that right, Fay wrote 5 SuperRomances before she passed away. She was an amazing writer imho, and she would've went along ways in her writing career, had she lived, i feel.

 Yes, i read this one and enjoyed it. The only one i haven't read yet is The Notorious Mrs. Wright. Must be saving it since it's the last one. One day i should get it read...mind you, i'm not even sure what bookcase it's in right now. That's what happens when i move books around.

Yes, the avatar pic is of my Nikki girl. The pic doesn't do her justice though...it makes her look so much bigger, and she is only 2 lbs.-3 ounces.  Just a tiny bit of a thing, with a tiny little face and head.  I'll be changing her pics often to show her off.

I read this book when it first came out, and liked it.  I loved A Man Like Mac, especially when I read it for the second time during last year's challenge.  I have never been able to find any of her other stories, sadly enough, since I am sure I would like those too!

Hi Tammy, LOL It's been so long since i read Fays other stories, i don't remember anything about them anymore...well, except for A Man Like Mac.

But by the titles, i would say they sound like they would be most definately linked. Yup, the out-of-control tbr can get very confusing sometimes...but would i shrink it for simplicity? Not a chance! LOL

Nikki definately seems to me like she's grown some...i am taking her in to get weighed today in fact...i can't wait to hear the results. I also ordered a scale for my own use last night...then i can weigh her or my Pom whenever i want...it's also something i'll need for weighing the puppies when they come.

I just did a search at two out-of-print book sites i shop at...and i found some of Fays books for sale at one of them if any of you are interested...here's the link so you can look and decide for yourself:

http://www.myunicorn.com/cgi-bin/bookstore.cgi?action=dummy&ORDER_ID=343504760&thispage=page038.html&booksearch=rom&author=Fay_Robinson

Guess what!?  I have my very own copy of Mr. and Mrs. Wrong to read!!  As of yesterday... after I checked my mailbox... know anything about it?  LOL 
Thank you... and now I'll have to find a way to slip it and The Notorious Mrs. Wright into my VSTBR! 
   Otherwise to be known as "very soon to be read". 

Hi Tammy, I understand comp-letely about "telling ourselves to slow down on buying"...but it "doesn't work", cause "we" don't listen! LOL

Nikki of course loves Reba and wants to play with her really bad, but Reba's spent most of the time running away.  Reba is coming around slowly in the playing department, but i don't think she'll come around a whole lot due to her age and lazyness.  Nikki does often climb in bed with Reba, and Reba doesn't automatically jump out anymore, so there's love growing there i think. lol

When i stayed at the breeders, she had 11 Yorkies all together, and the breeder said there was a male alpha amoung the males, and a female alpha amoung the females.... and the alpha female was the alpha of the whole pack. 

Our female Pom that passed away was the dominant one between our two Poms...so i guess one could say she was the alpha? I'd never thought of anything in those terms before.

Yes, i have ordered from Mystical Unicorn many times thru the years. In regards to the bookstore...there is a shipping information section on her website that tells exactly what the postage costs will be.  I wouldn't say it's cheap, but comparable to other on-line bookstores i think.  Though, since shipping to Canada from the US went up...all Canadian postage sounds like alot to me now. But i looked at the US postage and it's alot less for you...but you'd know better whether it's good or not. Our postage costs in Canada are horribly high. I'd gladly pay your postage prices instead of mine. lol

Hi Tammy, Reba will be 12 years old this summer. I hate that she's getting so old.

Yes, i got along well with the breeder while i was there. I had a couple problems near the end when it came time to go over, and sign, the contract. She'd rewrote and changed/added to five different paragraphs(and hadn't told me)...luckily, i'd printed, and brought with me, a copy of the original that she'd sent me(just in case)...so while she read the new one to me, i followed along with the old one so i could see the changes she'd made. Was really hard to understand it the way she'd written most of it(made much harder by the fact i'd had so little sleep, and was sooo tired), so she had a fair bit of explaining till i understood better...also left to many things quite open for her i think...but i'm banking on her honesty and good name this show/breeding business requires to get anywhere. She has a new website up, and has Nikki's picture in the up and coming Starlettes in waiting...here's the link if you'd like to check it out: http://www.yorkhaven.ca/young_stars.htm 

Blush, right above her is her sister...the one the breeder chose over my Nikki.

Shipping is so hard to judge costs...it's kinda wonky, not to mention very expensive, and how they work out everything, i have no idea.

Your very welcome for the store link. They come in handy when wanting a certain out-of-print book/books, really badly.

TC,

Phoebe is our Pom that passed away, and she was the young one, not quite 5 years old.

It "was" frustrating to find out she'd changed the contract...and i'm not really sure why, cause it all comes out the same way as far as i could tell...just much harder to interpret.

I hadn't even noticed she was the cutest one on the webpage...but she really is so far isn't she. I "Did" however feel she's the cutest between her and Blushes.

Lol, i wonder where your 4 year old saw the mouse that she got hooked on?  Two of my sons had hamsters...which thankfully each lived a year longer than their expectancy.(3 years each). There was a lot of tears shed when they each passed on...and they were aaaalllll mine.  lol  I'm a real wuss when it comes to death...i can't handle it well at all.

Nikki will be old enough to show between 6 and 9 months. The breeder is considering showing her for me at the end of May in Edmonton, if Nikki's ready(she'll be just over 6 months old then).  Ken is going to book holidays for then to be safe, and if Nikki's ready, we'll drive there.

I was going to attend a dogshow in April in Chilliwack, on the way back from my next Vancouver appointment, but my appointment got changed to the week before...so now i'll have to miss that one. I can't wait to attend my next dogshow...i think i've got the bug. lol

When i picked up Nikki, i flew from Prince George to Calgary...so quite a ways from Mackenzie & PG.

TC,

Hey Tammy,

Me too, i know the breeders dogs come from a really good line...but i now know i can't always trust her to stick to things she says to me....and she often says things and then later contradicts herself, or, talks like she never said them...not sure what that's about...but makes me not trust what all she says very much anymore. Makes me more cautious i guess you'd say. I still like her though, just am more on the wary side...hope that made sense...

Nikki definately has loads of personality, and is lots of fun and often makes me laugh.

I'm sure your right why your daughter is leaning more towards a mouse. I also agree that she is way to young to properly care for one. She'll appreciate it way more when she's old enough to care for it i think as well.  I could see it working if the mouse was, say, yours, and she got to help out with the care of it...then get one of her own when the right time comes.

When your son was six, did he look after the care and feeding of his rat solely on his own?

I'm not actively training Nikki no, she's to young to show train overly yet...it could turn her off for life if pushed to young i'm told. The breeder had originally told me not to worry, that when showtime came, that she(breeder), is a natural at it, and that it would be a piece of cake for her to get Nikki to respond well in the ring with no prior training... but, i can't just sit here and do nothing...i need to work with her, so i do what i can to socialize her(breeder said before i left for home that Nikki is to shy)...i try to talk to her in positive ways, in different situations, to help her gain confidence she'll need...i teach her to sit nice/still when groomed etc.,I also teach her to do what's called "stack"(how to stand when being shown...breeder showed me quickly how to do that.)  and on March 9th i start a show handling course in PG, that runs for 7 weeks, every sunday for an hour...with a fun mock show day for the end. The breeder says to make it fun like doggy camp, so i don't scare her off show life for good, lol. I'd planned not to force anything anyway...but i will encourage and make it as fun as i can...and Nikki has bonded to me, so i'm sure the two of us will be fine, once we both get the hang of things that is.

If i really come to enjoy showing Nikki...then i will for sure be considering more show dogs in future., and yes, she came with a breeding contract...so as soon as she's old enough, i fly her to the breeder to be bred to the stud of her choice, then she's flown back to me pregnant.(assuming it takes(hopefully). The breeder gets first pic female puppy, then the rest are mine...and if another show potential female is in the mix...i'll be keeping her. If there is more than the two potentials....i will keep them all and grown them up a bit to be sure, before i sell any of them off as pets. A whole new world for me, but i'm really looking forward to it, and i'm excited.

TC,

I'm relieved to know you understood perfectly what i was trying to say.

I wish you lived close enough so i could show her to you in person as well. 

Awww, your daughter sounds so cute about the mouse and her imagination with one. Another awww about your daughter thinking the mouse will hatch from a little egg and lol and awww at your not having the heart to correct her yet.  I'm sure it's all so cute when she explains and shows you in her hand, that i wouldn't have the heart to correct her either, nor would i want the sweet stories to end so soon.  She'll learn the true facts soon enough, and then she can regall you with more stories of how their really born.

I think that's a wonderfull idea, your getting a rat at the same time as your son, and then doing the cleaning and whatnot together, so he could learn while doing it with you...i wish i'd have thought of that when my two oldest sons got their hamsters. I probably would've thought it a great reason/excuse to get one for myself.   Such adorable little creatures...well, except for their teeth that is.

I'm proud of your son as well, cause caring for fish takes a fair bit of care when cleaning and feeding....but they are so worth it..both entertaining to watch and feed.  We have 5 freshwater fish tanks. 3 - 72 gallon ones, a 25 gallon and a 10 gallon.  I would recommend your son gradually add the plants of his choice to the tetra fish tank(the 30 gallon one)...the fish waste, will help feed the plants, while the plants help filter the tank somewhat...and Tetra's don't eat plants. 

I'm not sure how i'll do at training for show dogs...i'm hoping by some miracle i'm more of a natural like the breeder.  lol 

I found training my Poms to "shake a paw" fairly easy(once they'd learned to sit)...and once they learned that, i taught them "otherone"(put paw down and shake with the other paw). I tried to teach my first Pom, Reba how to "roll over", but i scared her off it for life for some reason,  guess she didn't particularly like that one. lol  And i taught them to turn and turn again...this one was fairly easy cause Poms love to turn in circles, they just had to learn to do it on command...and that's about it.

Ken will be driving me to PG, cause i do not ever drive anywhere but in town in the winter time, but he won't be attending. For the hour i'm in the class, he'll sit out in the truck and read a book, cause it doesn't give him enough time to go visit anyone.  Not a hardship though, cause he loves to read...the time will fly by.

The news just said we've had over 18 feet of snow so far this winter.  Our record is 15 feet i believe. I knew we have one heck of alot, but i didn't know the number.

Cathy(the breeder) said Nikki would be bred in her second heat(aprox. 18 months) if i'm not showing her, or two years old if i am.  I'm more comfortable with two years old, so i'm glad she'll be being shown...it buys her, and myself, some more time.  

If Nikki is flown back to me and it turns out she's not pregnant, then yes, i have to fly her back on her next heat, and the breeder will join her with another stud of her choice. If i remember correctly, they go into heat  aprox. every 8 months or so.

TC, Kathy

No problem at all Tammy. That's just "one" of the things i love about these blogs...laid back & pressure free. Though often there are times we'd love to hang out here longer/more...life does often get in the way, and there are no irrate people when we get back.  

 < I remember last year, during the challenge, I tried to head up to your house for coffee, but after about a thousand miles I ran into a wicked snowstorm and was forced to turn around.  I imagine you had difficult time trying to keep a fresh pot of coffee going for me.  >

LOL, i remember that, last year was a very fun year IMHO...and the coffee, after a week...OMG

LOL cute, that your daughter saw birds beside the mice and now wants one of them as well. You should take her to see Yorkshire Terrior puppies next. 

We definately need more imoticons....i wonder if anyone's mentioned recently that we need more?

I'd imagine it's safe to teach your daughter about the birds and the bees at her age....birds as in: parakeets! ...bees as in: bumble!  

Oh Wow, lucky you all, to get to watch those birds and their babies...i'm envious, i'd pay an admittance fee to get to watch something like that live. I'll bet it was amazing and very exciting to see.

Rats and the size of their teeth, is definately a deterent for me.  The part that drags on the floor, is another deterent for me.

I don't know much at all about CO2 for the aquarium...but i do feed aquarium plant food to mine. I also have 2 large air stones, one near each end of each aquarium. Lots of very tiny air bubbles floating around all the water. The tinier the air bubbles, the better for the fish etc., but then you likely already know that...but, just in case.

Yes, i remember you made the big move from lots of warmth, to the warmth being doled out with the seasons. And the bridge collapsing on a day your dh chose to stay home due to feeling tired from having been away.

Are you enjoying the different seasons w/snow & cold also? Or would you rather have the California warmth back?

!8 feet of snow is what has falling this winter...a customer told me the record is about 22 feet, all on the ground at one time...he said you could walk on top of the snow and touch the power lines...and that people were shovelling their roofs and throwing the snow up, cause the snow banks were higher than the houses.

We've not had anywhere near that much on the ground at one time since i've been here...thank goodness.

We've had at least 5 feet on the ground at once this year. There've been years since i've been here where we've had more than that...but not for awhile that i recall. Our winters were getting milder for a few years...but then they left us and gave the snows back.

I'm not sure of the record amount of snow in one storm...but Ken says probably "at least" a foot and a half.

I hope Nikki gets much bigger before the prenancy time gets here...she's 4 months now and weighs 2 pounds- 14 ounces so far. The breeder told me Yorkies are finished growing by 6 months.  Then they just fill out a bit more over time.

TTYS,

Hi Tammy, Gosh, i had nooo idea this much time had gone by since i responded here.  Thank goodness people are more laid back here, or i'd have people mad at me as well lately. lol Yep, my time is very limited since we got Nikki, and i'll be sooo glad when i have more play time for me again. 

We have our two big parrots for sale, so once i find a good loving home for them, i'll have a fair bit of extra time, and space, since they take alot of care, and i know once the puppies come, i'll go mad if i don't downsize a bit. lol  I've got some time before i have to worry about that, but it's gonna take awhile to find good homes for them i'm sure.

We are getting the same teasing weather...some sun and the snow melts some more, then freezing weather and snows some more. Soon it will be over with, yay.

The upside is, i don't drink coffee, so Ken was the lucky one who got to drink the old stuff till it was gone. From the expression on his face, i'd say it got kinda nasty.  

How cute that your daughter is wanting so many new pets...whatever she see's next, be sure to keep her away from the tarantulas.  Sounds like she's going to be an animal lover when she grows up. Yes, it sounds like you frequent the pet store lots. Me too, it's one of my favorite places to shop, right up there with bookstores.

I remember buying the boys something like what you bought your daughter. If you fed it properly, the egg would hatch and then you had a pet, dinosaur? or something like that to look after. If you didn't feed it right, nasty things happened.  Is your daughters similar to that? I can remember having to babysit these things while the boys were at school, was fun at first, then drove me crackers, lol, all three boys got one at the same time. Kept me really busy so it wouldn't die. lol

 I'd just love to have watched the whole bird, eggs and babies, in the nest. Do keep me posted if they come back this year. If you manage to get pictures of them, i'd love to see them. It's funny, but i never even thought of the type of bird...i think i just assumed it was either swallows or robins, since they are the most common ones to build nests closer to civilization.  Robins would be much more exciting though.

Yup, lol, it's the tails that totally turns me off.

The plant food i use in the aquariums is, Plant Grow, Iron Enriched, by Nutrafin.  Have you come across any more info on CO2? I enjoy researching aquarium stuff and was planning on seeing what i could find, but gosh, i just don't have the extra time right now, darn-it.

In regards to snow, we keep paths shovelled/snow blowed all winter, or we would get out our doors, or in our sheds etc. There have been winters where the roofs have needed to be shovelled off twice, and both times the snow was over Kens head up there. When the wind gets it unevenly heavy more on one side of the roof than the other...it needs to be dealt with soon or it puts out homes doorways etc., out of whack and too much shifting takes place and cracks start to get worse. It's harsh on our homes and driveways etc., these winters out here. I look forward to when i don't have to deal with them anymore...18 years is more than enough for me.

Jayne reposted that pic of Nikki, farther down the thread, so everyone could see it. I love that pic...and it was just as cute in real life. I have a stool there for her now, so when she forgets to use it and trys to climb lately, she falls back down real quick...guess she's gotten out of shape. lol

You do pretty good for someone who hadn't had their coffee fix yet. Mind you, if you were snarling, i wouldn't  be able to tell on here.

Enjoy your visit with your dh family, and your mom after their gone.

TC,

Hey Tammy,  Like you, i just don't have the time to spare that i did last year. And this post requires finding a larger block of time. lol

 Also, there are so many sad/scary things going on in this town. At least 90% of Mackenzie is unemployed right now, due to mill closures, shutdowns etc. Kens mill is bankrupt and did have a buyer, but they pulled out of the deal at the last second, so we are now added to the list of unemployed. Even worse for us, cause the company doesn't have the money to pay what they owe everyone, including holiday pay. For us that's 5 weeks, so alot of money. 

 Not to mention, it really puts a damper on book shopping too.  

Belated Happy Birthday to your dh and double digit, i mean son .  The time sure does fly, especially once they hit highschool for some reason.

Re parrots: Our African Grey is about 4 1/2 years old...life expectancy in the wild is 65 years.

Our Blue Fronted Amazon is in her 30's somewhere. Noone's completely sure, but that we are her 5th owners... Amazons are said to live 100 years in the wild.

In captivity i recently learned it's alot less...but i've never gotten an easy to understand answer. But i think the gist is at least half the age in the wild. Still a very long time.

I spoke back and forth with a lady thru e-mail, who turned out only wanted my African Grey( i'm selling them together), and she complained so much about having so little money to afford to pay much for her...i wouldn't sell her to her. Feeding them alone is not cheap, and i won't let them go to a home that isn't going to be the best for them.

I still haven't figured out how to post pics. I did it once along time ago, with a bit of help from my son(must've been more help than i thought lol)...and now i can't get it to work, so i get frustrated, and i don't try it again for a long time.

We are having awesome weather this week., temps. in the 20's. I actually burned my arms today, i know, not smart. I need to buy some sunscreen, and actually use it for a change. Otherwise i burn far to easily.

LOL about your daughter naming daddy long legs! Cute! I recently learned that they have the most toxic venom of all spiders, but are just to small mouthed to bite us. Thank god for small mouths!

I was definately busy keeping those electronic critters alive for a bit. lol  Was fun at first, cause the boys would come home for lunch all excited about how they were doing and if i remembered to do everything so they wouldn't die...but then they started finding it fun to starve them and kill them off in different ways, so my babysitting days were over, thank goodness.

Your very welcome. What an interesting, though costly, way to make CO2. I'm sure it was very educational for him to at least try that route. Has he decided on a tank yet?

I would love to put more pics of Nikki up, if the silly things would show up. lol  Maybe i'll have to e-mail you some. I know how to do that, if i do it one at a time. When done one at a time, i'm automatically asked if i want them smaller...more than one at a time and i'm suppose to be a genius and know how to do it myself.

Everything made perfect sense to me, so you must've consumed extraordinary amounts of caffiene when you wrote this.  

Talk to you soon, or better yet, when you have a big enough block of time free, 

Hey Tammy! Long time no talk to. hehe. Seriously though, no problem, really. I know how hard it is to keep up to this new challenge blog this year. I'm having an especially hard time myself. And look at it this way, you "out-lated"(not a word, but it works don't ya think?) me this time. lol

OMG... sounds like your going to have a veeery squishy/crowded and hectic week, and be reeeally happy once you get your space back. I bet your kids think it's great fun though. lol Especially the obstacle course. How's it going so far?

Kens been unemployed since the beginning of May, and is collecting EI, which isn't alot, but better than nothing that's for sure. Ken and two of our sons have some resumes out and are waiting to hear back. One place told Ken that they want to hire him and the boys as a package deal, and recently told Ken he will likely get a call at the end of this week and be the first to get hired. It's a looong ways from here, and we've never been there, but i've heard it is nice. With practically our whole town unemployed, the chances of selling our house become very slim as well, but, there are retirees from big cities buying some of us up. So if it comes to that, hopefully we are one of the lucky ones.

As far as my job, our shop has definately slowed down some lately..., mind you, it usually slows a bit at this time of year anyways...but the boss is going to see how it is by the end of this month(she's going away till then), and if things are still slower, she's going to lay off the new girl... but we're still doing ok overall, considering...thank goodness hair keeps growing.

Ken and i went into the bank yesterday and re-wrote our morgage...that hurt cause we were almost payed off. But you do what you gotta do in these situations, and i refuse to let it stress me out and get me down. That's an awefull feeling and i'm avoiding it like the plague. lol

We've had several businessess close permanantly, so it is very serious what's happening here in Mackenzie.

It definately has put a damper on my big book shopping, , but i'm still sneaking them in here and there. It's physcologically soothing don't ya know. .

No, i haven't found a home for the parrots yet...i've had several calls from Vancouver...but it's way to far away. I'm going to have to step it up now though.

Thank-you for the grandma congrats. It's is very exciting. Yes, i finally figured out how to get facebook to work for me. Maybe it's cause i was more relaxed...or that the new additions htere made it simplere, not sure...just really happy i got it working.

As far as the profile p