Weaver........ sometimes the thoughts start coming fast as the time draws close.

What are you thinking?

SS

Stink pretty!

Binder: "Good post on 'letting go' GC. I’ll get there one day."

Me too, dude. I like what weaver said about "forgiveness". As I've said before we need more words for these phenomena. For my part regarding my past I see no need to forgive. I consider it irrelevant.

Yo 2long - do you still have my cell # ?

When would you be in my county?

gc:

No, it disappeared with my cell phone about January. Sim card and all.

I have a new one with a different company now.

I think we should be in your neck of the woods late on the 14th, early the 15th.

-ol' 2long

You are right, my mind is like an amusement park ride right now.

I am alone at work today, so I must work. But next week I'm going to try and put it into words.

I never read the newspapers anymore, or watch the news because I can't sleep afterward...so it's been many years since I have but on a food blog I frequent sometimes, I read this story about horible abuse done to an African Turtle belonging to a little autistic boy... and thought of Kimmy and 2long, our turtle lovers.

What ****** is wrong with people anyway.

The turtle is going to make it, thanks to intensive care and a tube feeding medicine into his neck, and lots and lots of money... arseholes!

It's cool that this turtle is helping the little autistic boy. In college I had studied autism as a focus as I wanted to work with autistic children, so this story on two levels, just ticks me off to no end.

See below:



Bob, a friendly, 42-pound African tortoise, remains in intensive care in a Santa Barbara animal hospital after the pet was snatched from the backyard of a Ventura home over the weekend, mutilated and left to die behind an apartment complex.
Authorities are asking for the public's help in solving the case, believed to be one of the worst incidents of animal abuse in Ventura in years and one that could bring felony charges.

Bob's neck and leathery legs were slashed and his dark green shell was stabbed repeatedly in a possible effort to re-create an episode of the Discovery Channel's Man vs. Wild cable television show, where the military-trained host kills and eats a tortoise to survive, an anonymous caller told the family.

...Bob was more than a household pet to the Sullivans, whose 6-year-old son William is autistic and until a couple years ago didn't speak to humans, communicating instead through sign language.

But with Bob, the little blond boy, who also has the rare neuron-genetic disorder Angelman Syndrome, was a regular chatterbox. The approachable reptile opened an inexplicable window into william's inner world, and the boy would bare details of his days at school and of private life, his mother said. - Ventura County Star


Queen Whackamole at Fuller&Fuller - "the couple is facing hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars in veterinarian bills." Jeanie Vaughan at Turtle Dreams is working with the veterinarian treating bob... Bob seems to be in stable condition.

That is so sad.

I don't like to watch the news either. It's too depressing. I notice that there are a lot of good things happening all around me, and they seldom report on that.

changing the subject -
I thought your mind would be going around and around.
The decision you made to marry was a life changing one. Some life changing decisions are for the better, some for the worse. I believe yours will bring you much happiness.

It will however be an adjustment. MB stuff is great for working out the details. I highly recommend Harley's materials.......... it has helped us a great deal.

SS

SS, I think it is going to be the best decision I ever made. We won't actually live together until spring, and I believe it is going to be such an adjustment for both of us (he has never been married) that this adjustment period will be a blessing.

You know SS, if it wasn't for this website he would not still be with me, because I already would have blown it. I practice the Harley stuff all the time now.

Last night we had this convo on the phone where I said sometimes conflict is good. Sometimes people fight. His response was that you absolutely do not have to fight. Intelligent people know of better ways to communicate than fighting. They discuss things. You are smart, and I know that you can come up with better ways than conflict for getting your point accross. Imagination is a great thing.

So anyway, GB hates to fight. He cannot stand raised voices because it takes him back to a childhood filled with anger and hateful DJ's.

I love him so much SS. I can't even explain it. He has these crooked teeth, that are really crooked and he mentioned braces for himself after our wedding. And I don't care one way or the other, but I said if they bother you get braces, but you are already so goodlooking and I don't want anyone to steal you away.

Well he said, I am not going to get braces at my age. I just wanted to see if you wanted me to.

He is so not vain, and yet he is so confidant. I have never known anyone like him.

I try not to go on and on about him, but I just can't believe my good fortune. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

go ahead, go on about him. I like the stories <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

How about you tell about your day at Big Bob's. How fun, eh? It just sounds like everyone had a blast. I kept thinking that guy in the picture looked just like Drew, the comedian. Even had the same name. LOL, no lie, and then I read it was.

I am here alone at work and it is so slow for some reason. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" />

GB is on his way to town. He wasn't going to come until tomorow, but just called and he is almost here. Dang, sure wish I'd cleaned the house more, and wore something different to work.

Don't guys know that girls don't do well with surprises? Oh boy.

yes ... go on weaver <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> .

Redhat!!!! You're at the campfire. How cool is that?

It's about dang time too. It's your turn to throw another log on the fire. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

I am only lurking. I can't count my blessing that I don't know where to start. 1. I found Lady Elina 2 years ago, we fullfill top 5 of each other ENs so good ... we have the same ones except in diferent order. We went to MB weekend and met Harley's ... all of them including Jennifer C. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> ... we were the only one that is dating. We got M a year plus. LU$ still over flowing ... we can't live apart. Harley's method rocks !. She is with me in Omaha watching my daughters competitions. BTW: I fixed the link to RollerSkating. They moved it and I didn't check it again. Now it is fixed. Look for Junior World Class Women Freestyle and World Class Freestyle Women Inline.

With good relationship skills going in, well you just don't develop bad habits or unhealthy dynamics. We are all so blessed having those now.

E/N's are hard for me to grasp, but I'm getting there.

D'J's though, they hit me like a ton of bricks when I read about those. Wow, how blind we are to what we are doing when we don't know any better...the damage and the hurt.

Well, I am using up all the oxygen for the fire all by myself.

Someone else's turn.

Well, I am using up all the oxygen for the fire all by myself.

Someone else's turn.

You need to talk, and you know it. Sometimes one of us, sometimes another. Don't be afraid to take your turn.

REDHAT !!
So good to hear from you. Thanks for the little update. How old are your girls now?

SS

One just turn 15 today and one is 18.

One just turn 15 today and one is 18.

WOW, had it been that long?
Hard to believe.

It's nice that life is going well for you. I think that in many things, we make our own luck. Good for you.

SS

Yeap They were just going to middle school and high school when she filed.

Luck is things going way beyond what we plan/hope for. I stick with roller sport to stabilize my 2 D ... Their mom didn't want to pay a single dime and I didnt' care. Now I am watching them winning 3rd and 1st place on their event in National. They skated their best. Next week they will try out for JWC and WC InLine ... the top 2 winners go to World Championship. They will get there, it just a matter of time.

I couldn't beleive my luck. Chinese proverb said ... you can't refuse bad luck and you can't chase good luck, all you can do is plan and do it best you can !. (Luck might come your way).

This is #2.

Weaver, I know you are off doing something romantic but yes Bob's was grand! We had loads of fun and it was fun to meet another camper. I wish 2long could have joined us again.

Wanted you to know that we seemed to have a turned a significant corner here. Not gonna say much else but that GC would be shocked at how much things have changed in the past 2 months.

You can't elaborate, hey? This is nice to hear, and I hope it is the new beginning your marriage has needed. I hope he has had a life changing aha kind of thing, Faith.

Weaver, I went back and read (again) what you said about loving GB. It really is love, isn't it.

This is the real thing, and you know it is.

Words can't express how happy that makes me for both of you.

SS