I have a date this weekend with someone I met on the dating site. We have been phoning and emailing for awhile now...and this is the big meeting face to face.

He is coming from Wisconsin and getting a motel here for the weekend. So Friday night we are going to the comedy club and then Saturday up to Whitefish Bay to the shipwreck museum, the bird observatory and probably to the falls to the cool little micro-brewery restaurant up there.

I am really looking forward to meeting him finally.

Can everybody put some positive vibes out there in my direction? I need strength to make good choices this weekend and not have my eyes closed by that tricky chemistry stuff...emailing and phoning gives people a false sense of intimacy before they even meet, so I need to be vigilant about this and make sure this proceeds very slowlee.

But I am so excited!

weaver~

Sending you positive vibes and a chastity belt (just in case that chemistry get you revved up)... I'll hide the key under a rock in your front yard. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Seriously, your date plans sound wonderful... have lots of fun, good food, and great conversation... and maybe a kiss or two! (No eating his face off!)

OMG nb, you are a funny, funny girl!

Do you know me? LOL I did email him and say I hope, hope, hope that there is no big chemistry between us, just calm, peaceful, mutual admiration...he thinks I am a nut so I can say whatever I want.

The key, btw, will stay under the rock!

Oh weaver, honey, all I can say is this: For a little over two months, my (now)H and I talked on the phone (for like, 3 hours a night - the phone bills! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" /> )... and emailed... and then it was time to meet face-to-face... and, um... well, let's just say that the sparks flew from the moment our eyes met... he held out his hand... I took it... and we've never let go. (Insert barf icon here, I know)...

Chicks! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Weaver, I have some advice for you. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

Ready, don't shave your legs, that will keep you honest. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

Best of luck to you. Your date sounds great, in fact what you think about girls, 5'6, 120 lbs, Indian, SUPER funny, I'm just saying, maybe if this guy doesn't work out, you and I can hook up. Nothing better than the falls and a micro-brew. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

I would set you up, but all the guys I know are my age, and you are waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay to old for them.

Lub you, Jelly

nb, I didn't know you and your H met that way...that is beautiful about the hand holding!

KY, Are ya drinking your breakfast this morning, or what? A couple bloody mary's to dip your toast in?

I still get carded jelly...if that tells you anything about my looks.

Oh and you are never going to believe this, but I found out that my mother (who was French Canadian) was of Ottawa descent.

Yep, that's right but back then when they came over to the states it was not a good thing to be Indian.

Anyway, now I know why that spell I cast over on the island took so well...I had some help from my ancestors! The island was always inhabitied by Indians until just recently, and much of it is still sacred ground.

It doesn't involve flinging cows does it?

And thus the REAL reason Kimmy's Barbie buried her cousin's GI Joe in the sandbox comes to light. The lack of nibblets could no longer be overcome in the marriage, so she buried him and collected his insurance money...b/c she made certain the body (parts) were never found.

(hehe)

I was a fun kid.

LOCK IT UP JELL! YOU ARE MINE!

SETTLE DOWN ST!

Veaver, Do not talk about your island. You know it upsets me. Now, the rest of you, get back to Idiotville. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

TT, why do you let it upset you? It doesn't upset me anymore. Who cares? I'll own another nice piece of prop someday...if I want one.

Losing it was worth every single thing I gained. Mostly myself and a feeling of peace. I'm glad it's gone, just as I am glad he's gone.

They are both my past, and now I have this great future...just like you TT!

Kimmy - LOL

TT - YOU AREN'T THE BOSS OF ME!!!!!!!!!!

Weaver - great attitude with the island, that's why you are my favorite over the bridge person ever. (trying to be PC)

GC - sorry when I jump on your thread I always say hello, I forgot my manners for a second. Hello, and has any lucky lady snatched you up yet??? <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

Thanks for the shout Jelly. No, nobody's snatched me. If things don't turn around soon I'm gonna start to take it personally.

I'm on the right track, just haven't quiiiiite managed any good possibilities recently.

I'll get it together. There's a lot going on this coming weekend, and if nothing comes of it I'm going to take drastic measures. I'm going to start doing solo gigs at coffee shops.

GC

OMG, I am addicted to this place lately. Off all day, and all I did was hang out here. How sad is that?

Gray, yes please do take drastic measures... I love drastic guys...or maybe it's extreme guys...no, that's not it either.

If you do start playing solo gigs at coffee shops, can I call you Pheobe? I love Pheobe.

>I'm going to start doing solo gigs at coffee shops.


You're not going to sing "Smelly Cat" are you?

I sing "smelly dog" quite often <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" />

Geez. Go away for a week and the place goes loony. There's the boys over there being geeky (nice code, NCW!!), and then there's the girls over here being, uh, girly.

I used to think I should be one of the boys and do all that geeky code stuff. Then I tried it and found out that it wasn't any fun for me. (Bad environmental factors, mostly. It's sad, too, 'cause I still have hankerings to do stuff in spherical coordinates sometimes.)

So I'm gonna wander over here with the girls instead. Tsk tsk.

Soulloss, NB, you are both too smart to be scared by boys playing with their toys. DO not be afraid of NCW's toys. They are, I guarantee, no worse than Bionicles. (Boys, you may now have a discussion about how cool Legos are.)

Weaver, you have a fantastic attitude and someday I hope you buy another island. This time, buy it on the East Coast. Da UP is just too darned cold for me anymore. I do love the thought of you hooking up with a guy from GB, though. Ask him if he knows anyone from Manitowoc. I betcha there's people in common there somewhere.

TT, KY, & co? You know the rules, now. If you're not free and available, no making passes at her. And no trying to get dates with our Weaver without going through the background checks.

For all: I was away for the last few days because HoFS developed Deep Vein Thrombosis (a clot in one of the major veins of the leg) after his surgery. Clots are extremely painful and quite dangerous, and it's been a difficult few days. After many trips to the doctor (he should've been admitted to the hospital, but somehow they decided to leave him on the loose because I was there to give him his injections; talk about crazy...), he's almost stable on the blood-thinners that he's on, which will mean no more injections, just pills. He's at work for a couple of hours today for the first time in more than a week, and is taking it easy.

A couple of good things in all this: His colleagues and family are working hard to support him. This builds ties like nothing else does.

I finally understand the good that working does HoFS. This is good because it means that I can encourage him to work healthy, rather than encouraging him to not work and instead take care of himself. He's one of those who takes care of himself BY working. Must remember that. As long as it's balanced, it's good.

Since standing or sitting still for very long causes extreme pain, HoFS has to keep moving. I figure that means he'll get more exercise than he usually does.

And, of course, I got to spend three days with him that I would not have otherwise spent. Though I would prefer that he be healthy, I know that over the long haul, there are going to be healthy times and sick times, and it's important to be there for each other during all of them.

I had a good time while I was there. I worked some, spent time with HoFS, spent an evening with his kids, did some yard work (good for my soul the way work is good for HoFS). If I'd been able to have DD there and do all that stuff, it would have been wonderful.

Hey JJ what's happening....

Get it?

JJ/What's happening.......

ROTFLMAO!

I slay me.

I'm glad HoFS is doing so much better...and I'm glad you got to spend more time with him!

Kimmy

Kimmy... congratulations, you're the first person to make that joke. I bet I'm going to hear it many, many more times in the near future, though!