Only if the costume miracously fixes my mid section, LOL

Glad you finally got the check! I will keep Ti in my prayers.

I haven't been around in a couple of days, and suddenly there's, err,

horse, uhm, erotica

and

piles of "stress"

and

shop vacs to pick it all up with

and

2long is back.


Coincidence??? I don't think so!

GC, I hope you get some sleep soon. Everyone else, too. Surely it's about time for us all to sleep around the campfire?

I get to go to AZ to visit my son this weekend. Starting tonight.

Be back Tues the 25th.

Love these long weekends.

SS

PS, my daughters are out of school the next three days, so we thought we would take advantage of it. God be with you all.

Have a great trip, SS!

Thanks Faithful,
You are so kind.

SS

I Asked you a question
I didn't need you to reply
Is it getting heavy?
But then I realized...

Is it getting heavy?
Well I thought it was
Already as heavy
As can be

Is it overwhelming
To use a crane to crush a fly?
It's a good time for Superman
To lift the sun into the sky

'Cause it's gettin' heavy
Well I thought it was already as heavy
As can be

Tell everybody
Waitin'
For Superman

That they should try to
Hold on
Best they can

He hasn't dropped them
Forgot them
Or anything

It's just too heavy
For Superman
To lift

(god bless the flaming lips)

GC

GC,

It's interesting to hear you talking about Superman...

My pastor preached about Superman last Sunday.

Here's the short version :

"Superman, rah rah", [all that good stuff] "It's a bird..." etc. (For ten full minutes!

"Everybody wants to be superman!", preacher finally boldly proclaims.

"But...", he continues in quieter tones, "... nobody wants to be Clark Kent".

<we listen in puzzled silence>

"But...", he continues, "The meek will inherit the earth."

So, which would you rather be?

"meek, I guess", we answered meekly, "like Clark Kent."

... and since this was a sermon, it should come back to ...

... and "like Jesus too."

Really, I thought he spent a full 10 minutes talking about how great Superman was and I was wondering if he had lost his mind (or his place in his notes), but he got there... eventually.

-AD

I don't know, AD.

Superman has humility too.

Tonight I pondered writing a letter to my ex, which I surely will not, but I played with the idea.

I don't have anything to say to her. Wow.

In a month or two I'm gonna have the best damned party.

Two old friends called me tonight, just because they were thinking of me and wanted to say hello.

It suddenly feels almost as if people are coming out of the woodwork.

I have to invent a recipe for a party coming up in some weeks. The host is a chef.

Think I can create a cheesecake that has root beer in the recipe?

That's my goal.

Insane? Maybe. But I know my way around the kitchen. And I think it could happen.

If so, it will be my masterwork. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

GC

Have fun and come back to us safe, SS.

I don't know, AD. I think Superman was meek, not in the classic "timid" sense, but more in the unprepossessing way.

What exactly is humility? Failure to boast? Desire to serve? Lack of Arrogance? Being approachable?

I think Superman seemed like a pretty humble guy, when it comes down to it. He was deferential and self-effacing, modest and downright diffident at times. He strove for the best and yet he never especially sought to take credit for his actions. Of course, there is always the iconic image we call up in our conciousness whenever we remember Superman -- head held high, chest thrust outward, hands resting masculinely on hips, surveying the terrain of the delivered with a benovolent eye. And yet (to me) this doesn't necessarily mean he was arrogant or swaggering. Just basking in the glow of a job well done. Briefly, until he's forced to face Luther again. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/pfft.gif" alt="" />

(And I recall a couple of pivotal scenes where even Clark Kent seemed downright decisive. Women love that stuff. Clark never repulsed me for sure.)

Gray, if you come up with that recipe, would you send it along? My kids and H love root beer. I'm more of a cherry-pepsi girl myself, but it sounds good. . . or maybe a cherry-pepsi cheesecake would work too if i subbed it for the RB, lol!

AD, thanks so much for those links. Ti made it to Decataur around 9:00 PM Sunday and had to leave immediately after his interview -- he was supposed to have lots of time to check out the area on Sunday, but his flight was put off three times before they shuttled him to another airport here in Houston to fly on another carrier, and instead of having half a day to drive around and see AL, he just made it in time to eat dinner and prepare for the interview the next day.

He never did go on the WA interview (just had a limited interview with them on the phone), but today they gave him a job offer anyhow. It's a bit less than he's making now so moving to a place where it's even MORE expensive to live doesn't make a whole lot of sense. Guess we'll see.

Hope everyone is well! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />


slh

SLH,

I'm glad everything went smoothly with Ti's interviews. Any job offer is better than none, but if you can delay a bit, he might find something better.

When I was out of work, I applied for a job which would have made $27K less than the one I actually ended up with - and I would have taken it if they had offered it to me, but fortunatly, somebody else got it. That would have taken my life in a quite different direction.

-AD

I wish we could delay it, AD. But they only gave him 3 days to respond. Neither of us have ever been to WA state (remember, they hired him over the phone, never flew him up there to meet him) and so we are kinda flying blind right now. The benefits are TONS better and (to me) worth the difference in pay. But have you heard how much a house costs up there? <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" />

I keep hoping ALA will send him an offer. Guess we'll see.

How are you doing, AD?


slh

Greetings to everyone. Hope you are all well.
Enjoying trip, seeing the sights. Not much time to post, but wanted to see how you are doing.

SLH, praying for you guys to know what to do.

SS

SS, you sound good. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />


slh

dropping in to say "hello" SS, glad you had a good trip. How was your son?

SLH, tough decision. I feel for you. Is WA state expensive for housing?

SLH, surely it must depend on what part!

Hi people. I'm at home getting the last vital projects done, getting the place ready for an appraiser, who I expect to hear from any day.

Assuming my loan application gets approved. Cross your fingers for me. It's no sure thing.

GC

FF, the job's in the Seattle area, where houses (even ones way out) go for two and a half times what mine cost now, and they are older and less square feet to boot. I could barely even find rentals for what we are paying in a house note now. I've been through 2 real estate search engines; perhaps I just need a new one?

What are you doing this weekend? Weekends are always downers at my house.

slh

Hi GC. Fingers crossed.

slh

Got everything crossed for ya, GC. Just make sure you tell when to uncross!

SLH, going to a friend's house on Sat. late afternoon for a family event for our church. Kids will wear their costumes too. Other than that just trying to continue on the path of organizing my home. It is a disaster!

Hmmm...I didn't know Seattle was expensive. Of course compared to California everything else looks reasonable! Can you imagine 560,000.00 for 2 bed 1 bath house?

My gosh, FF! Are all the houses there that much? Was yours?

I think overall house prices in the W-NW are just higher in general. We knew that, but we also expected this company's offer to be higher. Now having talked to other employees of this company in that area, we find out his offer was higher than what some of them are getting. How do they survive out there? <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />

The cheapest house I found in the Seattle area was a 960 sf home built in 1927 for $250,000. And that's still more than we paid for this house, albeit the taxes are probably lower.

5 people trying to fit in 960 sf? Did it for a while in an apartment before we bought this house. Scary! I'd like to keep looking, please!

I am just so reluctant to jump from the frying pan into the fire with regards to bills, expenses and such. Guess I should be looking in other cities now. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />

slh