Ok, I'll just eat more.

I just realized I haven't made fresh salsa yet this summer at our house. Busy....... can be such a drag sometimes.

Kimmy is well?
Tell the truth.

SS

{{SS}} hope you feel better real soon. Oh and pass the salsa please.

Thanks Faithful, I am doing better, but my W has the same thing and stayed home today. Wonder where SHE got it from? <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" />

You got your vacation on paper yet? I want to know where you go.

SS

weaver, I'll be in Manitowoc the third weekend of August, rather than the second. Durn! I'd love to meet you. And I'll have HoFS and DD with me as well.

J, I liked your story the other day.

Met the girl who likes me tonight. They sorta sprung 'er on me. She was bashful.

I'm reading Marianne Pearl's book. She is, to use her words... an ambulatory pillar. An astonishing woman.

Sparrow had a boy. Unastonishing.

GC

GC - You are adored more than you know....and I am sending you cyber hugs so tight your eyes'll bug out.

Just because...

SS - I AM GRAND!

A little headachy, but grand. NCW pointed out it's all in God's hands...so I'm not going to worry about it.

I don't think I posted it here, but I don't think VD's home study with the WGL went well. When the Wookie went to pick up the babies afterwards she just shoved them out the door and slammed the door in his face.

Hmm.

I was talking to DS16 last night and I told him about it. He said, "Did you doubt it would not go well?" I told him not really...I said it was a relief on one hand...but on the other hand I still want her to "mother up" for the babies. I know what we're doing is the best thing for them, but it aches because a mother shouldn't HAVE to have their children taken away...they should do everything they can to make the kid's lives better....

He (very sagely) told me that it is good that I know this....compassion is to precious to lose.

What a good boy. He's working hard at his first job. Just opened a bank account and is saving for his first car.

- Kimmy

Dealen-de, that's one wise boy you've got. Sounds like you're raising him well. That's a good thing.

Gray, now you're in territory that's unfamiliar to me. I don't know what the signposts and terrain are like, I don't know how the weather tends to come and go. But I know it can be rough over there. Don't forget your sunhat and your rain gear.

Gray,
You have your own bashful side too.

I think you have more words than that - come on and humor us a little bit.

Hi J - thinking about you this morning. Wondering if you are catching up on your rest yet.


As a general observation -
It's Friday.
Yaaaaaaay!!

SS

Oh Yeah -
Kimmy - so glad you are grand.

Weaver,
You seem to be doing really well. I'm temped to comment on what you don't say........... sometimes......... but since I don't know for sure, I tend to keep my mouth shut.

Lots more happiness around here lately.

2long, is detached working well for you?

SS

Hi SS! How's your summer going? Is this a busy season for your business or a slow one? How are the tomatoes? Anything else good in the garden?

I got 7 hours of sleep last night. That was good, though interrupted (DD still isn't feeling well, though she's better). The night before was less than 5 hours, though, and that always leaves me feeling groggy.

As for it being Friday? I know! Today I get to collect HoFS from the airport and then... well. You know. Smooch him and stuff. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

It's busy J, but not as busy as we want. There has been construction on the main road nearest us, and it was closed for aqbout two months. Just happened to be our busiest two months, and it hurt.

Tomatoes -
More than we have had in years. We made and bottled Chili sauce, Spanish sauce, and Spaghatti sauce.

The corn is gone for the summer. We ate most of it on the cob, but I did freeze a little.

Getting squash often.

Peppers all the time, I planted lots more than I usually do.
Bell Peppers
Sweet yellow banana peppers
Anihiem - sorta hot
Big Jim - mild
Halapeno - hot

We did Boysenberry jam in June, more than we usually get. I can't believe how good freezer jam can be if you bottle it the day you pick the berries.

The grapes are coming on now, and the peaches are due in about two weeks. Come by after work, and I'll pick some tomatoes and stuff for you.

Sounds like you'll have a date tonight too - as will we.

I think it must be better for you then - I'll try not to worry so much. 7 hours is great, 5 is tough. I hope to get about 10 tonight - 10 hours in bed, don't know how much of it will be sleeping.

How long you are you guys going to live that far apart?
(Not a fair question, but what the heck.)

Faithful, how about the dates for you?
Things should be heating up at your house, and I don't mean the outside air temp. I hope it's really good for you and getting better.

I think it was last Sept you were ready to quit, and didn't see much hope. You should celebrate this year.

SS

Hi SS. That jam sounds wonderful. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> We are getting out regularly. Not as much as Harley recommends but we are doing it. Walks, dinner dates and the other night the bookstore. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> We started this week working through Harley's workbook that goes with HNHN and Love Busters. I want to pick up Love Busters to read. After starting the workbook we agreed that is probably our biggest downfall is LB's and DJ's. Right now our agreement is working through the book 1x per week. I hope as interest grows so does the time we spend on it. For the most part things are good. The MB prinicples are making sense to his defogged brain. It feels like we are beginning to form a partnership. Still tentatively planning on that family vacation too.

Don't I get to have dates???

Oh yeah....too many kids...

;-)

Kimmy, you need someone like our W's caregiver. He is absolutely amazing and will put up with our DD too. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> Without him, there would be no dates.

So handcuffing them to their beds and leaving toon disney on the teles so they can watch is out?

Bummer.

Actually, I'm thinking about asking my sil to keep them the last weekend in September. My work is paying for a trip to the coast...family is invited...but it sure would be fun to go down there sans children.

I think SS will tell you kids are no excuse!

Kids are no excuse.

When you have 8 (like we do) , you can say that with authority.

So cool Faithful - so wonderful.
Love Busters was the most helpful book for me. It defined what I was doing wrong in easy to understand terms, and just as good, it made it plain how to AVOID LB's.

It also helped my W see what she was doing to trigger me. Not that it's an excuse, but by working together we have improved so much. Having it there in print was a really big help. I highly recommend it doing it the way you are doing it. We would even go to the park and lay on a blanket and fill out the work book, and talk about it. Took a picnic.

Too hot now, but we were doing it in the spring.

Yes Kimmy, sans kids would probably be good.
And....... take extra time and stay the week. It can be so.......... good.

SS

The other day I learned one of my work colleagues is leaving. We have a small office, and this person and I have worked well together. He's a terrific guy, and he does good work, and he loved it here, and he was stabbed in the back.

When he told me the story, his face trembled. He's deeply injured.

He's asked me to keep the things he's told me in confidence.

Is there anything I can do to ease his pain? There must be something.

GC

It's a good question, Still Seeking, and not one I have an exact answer to. I suppose I could put limits on it. The outside limit (assuming we're still together) is when HoFS' youngest son graduates from high school. He's going into fourth grade, so that will be another eight years.

I would like to find a way for it to happen sooner, of course. If anyone would like to participate in the planning and implementation committee, we're taking applicants now. Must have expertise in complex logistics and planning.

I don't know Gray. I never did understand office politics. I know they exist, but I don't understand why.

You could always take him to lunch - and buy him a burito.
Talking and listening is a good thing.

SS