UPDATE - LOOK re: I'm pissed...in need of some luck.

Well after reading all of MeMes threads about her albinos, i wanted to take a look at my 100%het pair.:D
well i looked at my male and he's all curled up in his hide lookin good.

so i went to look and my female cuz she just shed a few days ago and i wanted another look. well i moved the hide and shes not there. no biggie cuz she always gets under the paper so im moving the paper and taking it out and nothing.... she's GONE..:O. my 100%het female is gone... :O:(:O

i tore my sons room apart and all the rooms upstairs and nothing.. im totally sick to my stomach, i can't find her anywhere. i cant even see how she got out of the rack, theres now way that i see..
i see my hopes of hatching out a albino in the future fading away fast.....
im gonna keep searching of course but every hour thats passes by i get even more pissed and sick..
so please send some luck my way please...

well first off take a few deep breaths.

then start looking for places that are warm and dark. keep all your windows and doors closed. maybe take a mouse and put it somewhere where she can get it . many people have lost snakes and barring a total house escape, most of them get found. (even a guy whos snake got out the window found his not to long ago. i cant find the thread) dont worry and you'll find her.

good luck.

she cant be far so close all doors so she cant escape whatever room shes in sendin some good vibes your way

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Originally Posted by crystal

well first off take a few deep breaths.

then start looking for places that are warm and dark. keep all your windows and doors closed. maybe take a mouse and put it somewhere where she can get it . many people have lost snakes and barring a total house escape, most of them get found. (even a guy whos snake got out the window found his not to long ago. i cant find the thread) dont worry and you'll find her.

good luck.

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tonight i will put a rat in a cage in the room. it's feeding day tomorrow anyways.

thanks

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Originally Posted by Aaron Ward

she cant be far so close all doors so she cant escape whatever room shes in sendin some good vibes your way

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The room is on total lockdown
Thanks Aaron.

One of mine got out last year and I found it in the back of my oven. if you have a small heater, make small area of a room alot warmer than all other places and put a shoe box or something to hide in there too.

That sucks man. Good luck. Just keep your house on lockdown. I'm sure you'll find her soon.

pshhht...I had an escapee the other day. It was Lucielle!

I guess I didn't lock the tub right and she slid her fat a outta there!

I was trippin balls...and this was before I found out she was het albino. I looked all over the basement..and Jeff kept saying look in the laundry..look under the beds.. :rolleyes: I finally calmed down and started to think...

think like a snake. ;)

I needed to figure out first, how she got out..like direction wise. I started thinking..she must slid down the mid section of my rack...but she wasn't in that...so I had Jeff un-nail and lift the entire bottom of my rack, it is hollow under and just big enough for a fat a to get under...sure enough...there she was.

So just think...think like a snake. ;)

Something warm..dark..and quiet. I am sure she isn't far!

:gj:

I can only imagine how you must feel. In most cases the snake doesn't really have a way to leave the house and must be there somewhere.

Joe you must be going nuts! When did you last see her?

Make sure there's a blanket or something stuffed under the door just in case she can squish out of the room that way. Start a search in one corner and fan outwards checking everything especially deep inside any closets, under dressers, between mattresses, etc. If you figure there's no way a snake could get in there....check that place first!

If it gives you hope, we had one of our female snakes disappear on us. Out of a locked tub, out of a secure snake room. One little clip is all it took that wasn't quite clipped on right and she was gone. How she got out of that room I'm not sure. Either she got under the door or snuck out when the room was open during cleaning/feeding.

We found her, Joe, or rather she found us. On another floor of the house in a room (our master bedroom) where the door is shut 95% of the time. One day, out of the blue, there she was. Knocked over a stack of paperbacks and was parked on top like she was wondering when we'd finally get around to finding her. Not a mark on her, not much weight loss, not even acting stressed at all.....basically just a bit thirsty. She'd been missing 4 months.

Don't give up hope and keep looking. Also if you don't find her right away watch for evidence like urates, sheds, things moved out of place, that might indicate where she's at.

check behind the rack because its probably warm behind there

Oh no! Bad, bad girl. I'm so sorry your girl made a break for it, and I hope you find her soon. Remember snakes aren't as tall as you, so you'll have to come down to the lower climes of us lesser mortals. ;)

Big hugs!! :hug:

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Originally Posted by LAWReptiles

One of mine got out last year and I found it in the back of my oven. if you have a small heater, make small area of a room alot warmer than all other places and put a shoe box or something to hide in there too.

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this girl was an escape artist when i first got her, and i checked all her usal place but no luck...yet
i will but the heat lamb out tonight.

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Originally Posted by PythonWallace

That sucks man. Good luck. Just keep your house on lockdown. I'm sure you'll find her soon.

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will do,
thanks

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Originally Posted by dsirkle

I can only imagine how you must feel. In most cases the snake doesn't really have a way to leave the house and must be there somewhere.

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oh its here somewhere... but were.. i havent the foggiest

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Originally Posted by MeMe

pshhht...I had an escapee the other day. It was Lucielle!

I guess I didn't lock the tub right and she slid her fat a outta there!

I was trippin balls...and this was before I found out she was het albino. I looked all over the basement..and Jeff kept saying look in the laundry..look under the beds.. :rolleyes: I finally calmed down and started to think...

think like a snake. ;)

I needed to figure out first, how she got out..like direction wise. I started thinking..she must slid down the mid section of my rack...but she wasn't in that...so I had Jeff un-nail and lift the entire bottom of my rack, it is hollow under and just big enough for a fat a to get under...sure enough...there she was.

So just think...think like a snake. ;)

Something warm..dark..and quiet. I am sure she isn't far!

:gj:

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Will do bud!!

Thanks MeMe..

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Originally Posted by frankykeno

Joe you must be going nuts! When did you last see her?

Make sure there's a blanket or something stuffed under the door just in case she can squish out of the room that way. Start a search in one corner and fan outwards checking everything especially deep inside any closets, under dressers, between mattresses, etc. If you figure there's no way a snake could get in there....check that place first!

If it gives you hope, we had one of our female snakes disappear on us. Out of a locked tub, out of a secure snake room. One little clip is all it took that wasn't quite clipped on right and she was gone. How she got out of that room I'm not sure. Either she got under the door or snuck out when the room was open during cleaning/feeding.

We found her, Joe, or rather she found us. On another floor of the house in a room (our master bedroom) where the door is shut 95% of the time. One day, out of the blue, there she was. Knocked over a stack of paperbacks and was parked on top like she was wondering when we'd finally get around to finding her. Not a mark on her, not much weight loss, not even acting stressed at all.....basically just a bit thirsty. She'd been missing 4 months.

Don't give up hope and keep looking. Also if you don't find her right away watch for evidence like urates, sheds, things moved out of place, that might indicate where she's at.

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thanks for the ray of hope Jo.
i will set up her hide with a water bowl and a heat lamb tonight.

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Originally Posted by Aaron Ward

check behind the rack because its probably warm behind there

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thats the second place i looked..

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Originally Posted by tigerlily

Oh no! Bad, bad girl. I'm so sorry your girl made a break for it, and I hope you find her soon. Remember snakes aren't as tall as you, so you'll have to come down to the lower climes of us lesser mortals. ;)

Big hugs!! :hug:

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HAHAHA... funny....not...

im sure i will find her.. i hope.. the girl always comes back to me:P

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Originally Posted by Broseph

HAHAHA:evileye

im sure i will find her.. i hope.. the girl always comes back to me:P

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Good, I made you laugh a little. :hug:

You're hard to resist, so I'm sure she'll miss all that sweet talkin and come home soon. :blowkiss:

:rofl:

well im off to do some more lookin.
*here snakey snake... here snakey*

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Originally Posted by tigerlily

Good, I made you laugh a little. :hug:

You're hard to resist, so I'm sure she'll miss all that sweet talkin and come home soon. :blowkiss:

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Man; that bites the big one :( I hate escapees.. I have not had one in awhile (well, my BCI escaped a few months ago and woke me and my honey up by knocking my prized porcelain horse off of a shelf and breaking it.. ::blushes::
But yes, I would think like your snake. Look under and inside the parts of endtables, coffeetables, bookcases, in drawers.. under sofas or chairs and allll inside them (you don't want to look not-deep enough and miss your snake being coiled up in there..)
I have been there and did lose one snake's life when she got into the basement and died, years ago. It is tough and yes it happens from time to time. I hope that you find your escapee..!
I would also keep outside doors and windows closed, and tell people that you live with to make sure they stay closed. Any doors with openings at the bottom (like my stupid front door) should be closed as well. And maybe block off any open heating vents/grates with large holes if any.. maybe plug up the drains in your bathroom (but make sure that the faucets are off!)

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Originally Posted by Broseph

i see my hopes of hatching out a albino in the future fading away fast.....

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I hope you don't seriously think she got outside. If she did, you live in Ohio with freezing winters, being upset over not being able to breed albino babies would be the least of my concerns.

I sure hope you find the snake. That would suck if it got outside.

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Man; that bites the big one :( I hate escapees.. I have not had one in awhile (well, my BCI escaped a few months ago and woke me and my honey up by knocking my prized porcelain horse off of a shelf and breaking it.. ::blushes::
But yes, I would think like your snake. Look under and inside the parts of endtables, coffeetables, bookcases, in drawers.. under sofas or chairs and allll inside them (you don't want to look not-deep enough and miss your snake being coiled up in there..)
I have been there and did lose one snake's life when she got into the basement and died, years ago. It is tough and yes it happens from time to time. I hope that you find your escapee..!
I would also keep outside doors and windows closed, and tell people that you live with to make sure they stay closed. Any doors with openings at the bottom (like my stupid front door) should be closed as well. And maybe block off any open heating vents/grates with large holes if any.. maybe plug up the drains in your bathroom (but make sure that the faucets are off!)

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Thanks Jen

I just got done putting some heat lambs and hides down, so hopefully in the morning shes in there.

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Originally Posted by Sonya610

I hope you don't seriously think she got outside. If she did, you live in Ohio with freezing winters, being upset over not being able to breed albino babies would be the least of my concerns.

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NO... i didnt mean i think she got outside.. im well aware of the winters here. and so far NO i dont think she got outside.

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I sure hope you find the snake. That would suck if it got outside.

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Thanks... NO i dont think it got out there. im positive shes in the house, window screens are all shut, and same with the doors.

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Originally Posted by crystal

well first off take a few deep breaths.

then start looking for places that are warm and dark. keep all your windows and doors closed. maybe take a mouse and put it somewhere where she can get it . many people have lost snakes and barring a total house escape, most of them get found. (even a guy whos snake got out the window found his not to long ago. i cant find the thread) dont worry and you'll find her.

good luck.

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I was really reallllly bored so i plowed through 30 pages of posts to find it :D

http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...ighlight=found

Don't know if it's true but i think i read somewhere that they usually do not go more than 10-20 feet away from their enclosure if they get out.

Could be worse though, it could be someone else's snake that escaped. I was looking after a baby corn and he did a runner from a tub when i was cleaning the main tub. Pencil thin snake that could probably do 100m in about 9.65 sec! heading under carpet, possibly through floorboards under the house/next doors house! ...arhh panic!!! luckily i spotted he had gone early on and grabbed him just before he got too far.

Hope you find her!!

may be sit a tub on a heat mat with used rodent bedding in and get a smell going, and hide a F/T in there and set up a night watch and hope she goes in for a look, just an idea, probably i bad one

regards Scott

Great to hear that a BP was found/turned up after missing for 4 months.

You know when your BP has been away for too long when it turns up and has a full face beard and a football with a face drawn on it, like Tom Hanks!!!:salute:

Seriously though it's reassuring that they can return after a long period like that

so... any luck??

Check under the washer, dryer, fridge and oven, don't use the washer dryer or oven. I have some friends that found an escapee under the dryer.

Good luck,

Rich

Update!!!!!
well today started like any other since my het female got loose. I got home from work early do to rain and got the kids from school and my son wanted a freind to come over so i told them fine but they had to play in the basement, they jumped at the offer and like 30 seconds later his friend(whos 8) comes fling out the front door with no shoes or coat on, he runs right by me and before i can asked whats wrong, my 5 years old daughter comes running out yelling " SNAKE, SNAKE, THERES A SNAKE IN THE BASEMENT". So i run down there and there she is in the hall way against the wall, so i picked her up and cleaned her up and put her in her tub, she was cold and had cob webs on her. She actually looks good not thin at all. So after she warms up im going to offer her a meal. Im sooooo glad i found her and my dream of eventually an albino is still alive:D:D:D:D

grats. Nothing better than finding something you thought was gone forever. :gj::gj::gj::gj::gj::gj:

Cool Joe, glad she is safe and sound:gj:

Yay! A happy ending! Thank you that kinda cheers me up! I'm truely happy for you! a big congrats and good luck with your Albino hachlings dream!

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grats. Nothing better than finding something you thought was gone forever. :gj::gj::gj::gj::gj::gj:

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Its a great felling, thanks chris

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Cool Joe, glad she is safe and sound:gj:

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Thanks Raul, I will be alot happier when she eats.

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Yay! A happy ending! Thank you that kinda cheers me up! I'm truely happy for you! a big congrats and good luck with your Albino hachlings dream!

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Thanks luna, I cant be happier that the dream lives on..

Glad she's back!

thanks Helena:)

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Glad she's back!

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Bingo to the above post. At 5am one morning I'm sitting on the edge of our bed and I reach down to put my socks on and I notice the Mini-Mag flashlight we keep next to our BP Humphrey's cage is on the floor. Then I look up further and his front opening door is, well, open.

I get wifey awake and we comence to CAREFULLY move things off the bedroom walls, check the walk-in closet, etc. No luck. On the way home from work (knowing snakes fear of heights) I had an idea. Low and behold when I got home I was right. He had crawled out during the night of his enclosure knocking the flashlight to the carpet and being his tank is about 4 feet up, decided to simply cruise about 1 foot from where he left his enclosure and curled up UNDER his tank next the UTH.

Good luck! Of course, the bigger the snake the easier it to find 'em. Humphrey at the time was only about 13 inches long.

Okay, glad you found her! Of course if she got out once, I'd look for her to do it a second time. Our BP got out because Debbra forgot to latch the doors shut on his tank.

I wish she stayed by her rack, mine like to travel i guess. i think this will be the last escapee out of the tubs that i will have. im putting a door over the front of the rack maded out of 1 bys and screen with a lock on it to keep the kids and thier friends out.

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Bingo to the above post. At 5am one morning I'm sitting on the edge of our bed and I reach down to put my socks on and I notice the Mini-Mag flashlight we keep next to our BP Humphrey's cage is on the floor. Then I look up further and his front opening door is, well, open.

I get wifey awake and we comence to CAREFULLY move things off the bedroom walls, check the walk-in closet, etc. No luck. On the way home from work (knowing snakes fear of heights) I had an idea. Low and behold when I got home I was right. He had crawled out during the night of his enclosure knocking the flashlight to the carpet and being his tank is about 4 feet up, decided to simply cruise about 1 foot from where he left his enclosure and curled up UNDER his tank next the UTH.

Good luck! Of course, the bigger the snake the easier it to find 'em. Humphrey at the time was only about 13 inches long.

Okay, glad you found her! Of course if she got out once, I'd look for her to do it a second time. Our BP got out because Debbra forgot to latch the doors shut on his tank.

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I meant to ask you about her yesterday, but didn't get a chance to. I'm so glad you found her! :w00t: :hug:

CONGRATS MAN! :gj: Glad you found her! I've still got an MIA corn somewhere in my house (I think) I just hope my dad doesn't come across him, he a big ol guy but he's deathly afraid of snakes (even though he won't admit to it lol). Again though congratulations you must be on cloud nine!

SWEET!!! Always nice to hear a happy ending. :gj::gj:

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I meant to ask you about her yesterday, but didn't get a chance to. I'm so glad you found her! :w00t: :hug:

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Well you were probably tooo busy pounding down those margaritas at lunch, completely understandable why you forgot to ask:P

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CONGRATS MAN! :gj: Glad you found her! I've still got an MIA corn somewhere in my house (I think) I just hope my dad doesn't come across him, he a big ol guy but he's deathly afraid of snakes (even though he won't admit to it lol). Again though congratulations you must be on cloud nine!

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Thanks Adam, I hope you find your corn.

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Originally Posted by snakecharmer3638

SWEET!!! Always nice to hear a happy ending. :gj::gj:

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Thanks tony, :gj:

Congrats on finding her, and good luck with breeding her!

Oh....I just love happy endings!! :love:

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Congrats on finding her, and good luck with breeding her!

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Thanks:)

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Oh....I just love happy endings!! :love:

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me too!!:D

Looks like you got an early start at brumation. Gratz on finding her.

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Well you were probably tooo busy pounding down those margaritas at lunch, completely understandable why you forgot to ask:P

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I think you are confused as to who was pounding down margaritas. :P

I'd also like to point out that there is an hour time difference between us, so 7:30 in the morning for you is too freaking early here. :giggle:

Do will your girl be ready this year then?

ooo I sure hope she is ready! I can't wait to see some babies! Can you post a pic to the run away girl?

The kid running past you screaming Snnnaaakkkkeee, cracked me up! That would be me . . . I sure hope none of ours ever get out or hubby and I will be renegotiating our agreement.

Glad you found her but mostly glad she found you!

Wow, missing almost two months. Glad to hear you got her back.

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Looks like you got an early start at brumation. Gratz on finding her.

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thanks im mighty glad shes back.:D

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Originally Posted by tigerlily

I think you are confused as to who was pounding down margaritas. :P

I'd also like to point out that there is an hour time difference between us, so 7:30 in the morning for you is too freaking early here. :giggle:

Do will your girl be ready this year then?

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Now who has had afew ritas? no she wont be ready this year, shes only an 07 i picked up from Evan. So you still musta got my message even being that early, and you still didnt do what i asked:evileye:

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ooo I sure hope she is ready! I can't wait to see some babies! Can you post a pic to the run away girl?

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I will post a pic but give me a day or two more just so i can get her fed and settled then i will post one up for you:gj:

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The kid running past you screaming Snnnaaakkkkeee, cracked me up! That would be me . . . I sure hope none of ours ever get out or hubby and I will be renegotiating our agreement.

Glad you found her but mostly glad she found you!

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It was priceless laurie, it really was, i spent more time cracking up from him then laughing from excitement from the snake.

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Wow, missing almost two months. Glad to hear you got her back.

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yep, i think the 14th this month would of made 2 months, what i found surprising was she was in the basement and its cold down there.

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Now who has had afew ritas? no she wont be ready this year, shes only an 07 i picked up from Evan. So you still musta got my message even being that early, and you still didnt do what i asked:evileye:

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SORRY! My only excuse is that I'm old and feeble minded. Plus I am not functional at 6:30am. Not functional AT ALL! :no:

I did remember this morning though, but noticed it was already done. :doh:

If I do a big pouty lip and say I'm real sorry will you forgive me? :wuv: Okay nuts to that, how bout I buy they next round of margaritas? :carouse:

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SORRY! My only excuse is that I'm old and feeble minded. Plus I am not functional at 6:30am. Not functional AT ALL! :no:

I did remember this morning though, but noticed it was already done. :doh:

If I do a big pouty lip and say I'm real sorry will you forgive me? :wuv: Okay nuts to that, how bout I buy they next round of margaritas? :carouse:

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I took care of it for the slacker (Christie) this morning! :P

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SORRY! My only excuse is that I'm old and feeble minded. Plus I am not functional at 6:30am. Not functional AT ALL! :no:

I did remember this morning though, but noticed it was already done. :doh:

If I do a big pouty lip and say I'm real sorry will you forgive me? :wuv: Okay nuts to that, how bout I buy they next round of margaritas? :carouse:

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SLACKER:P :D

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I took care of it for the slacker (Christie) this morning! :P

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Thank you robin i knew i could count on YOU!!!!:gj: