Yeah, I don't play it either. I don't believe in gambling. And if I won, I think I would feel guilty.

Plus I was raised not to pray for anything that would be a lot of fun. Ho-hum.

And then I married my husband.

Ah love a plan that goes well!!!! my job is done ..hehehehe lol


Neak will be praying that all goes as well as these things can, no complications , simple straight forward..out & home.

As for the 1001 things to do ..... I'm afraid the laughter would break a rib or two these days ..and 997 I'm not sure you can even do that??? <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />

Well want a laugh ..I did something really 'not me' today ..listening to radio while gardening and this really gross song came on called 'married women' cr*p is what I call it [ in the A days I thought this was a funny song] ... anyway .... I got suddenly so so arrrrr ... started hitting the radio with my shovel ...which came in useful when I had to pick the radio bits up ... I think I slightly , just a bit, over reacted. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" />

DS SAID TO DD ..well I dont know about you, but next time mum tells me to shut up I'm going to.!! ha ha very funny <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/mad.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" />

AW, nothing that leaves you with enhanced credibility and authority with your kids can be all bad! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /><img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

It's still 45 min. till the procedure is scheduled, but they just took her away to OR, so I've got nothing left to do now but sit and twitterpate! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" />

tl

Post on behalf of the blob currently sprawled across her sister's bed..........


Well, we're done and home. Neak post-general anesthesia is a fairly-amusing person, however, not quite as amusing as Neaksis was after being anesthetized once for wisdom tooth extraction. I've always wished I had THAT one for America's Funniest Home Videos. If she were a drunk, let me just say that she'd be a very happy drunk! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

The doctor told me (I was the only coherent one between the two of us) that there was some tissue up there and she hoped that removing it would be the answer to all the current difficulties. Good news to the squeamish and delicate among us. Two weeks of pelvic rest have been prescribed, so we easily- <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" /> ones don't have to worry about any additional autobiographical or instructional episodes for at least a few more days! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" /><img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" /><img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" /><img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" /><img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" />

t&l

give her a big hug from us all tl [[[[[ neak ]]]]]

being anesthetized just makes me sleepy for about 2 days, however Aussie & DS have a very very different response.

when ds was 2 he fell off a ladder climbing onto the roof - story by itself - broke a tooth and the hospital oral surgeon decided that even being baby teeth he would take it out.

of course being 2, advised he thought he would need to give ds a GA ... which after a bit I was talked into. As it turned out he was out for about 60 seconds just enough to take the tooth out which was loose anyway. No problems

except they wheel him out tell me hon why dont you go have some lunch & a coffee ..the little guy will be out for a hour at least & groggy for the rest of the day.
OK

20 min later the speaker system says "Can Mrs AW come to dental ward IMMEDIATELY!!!!"

ds was running around the ward jumping onto the other beds like they were trampolines and the nurses couldn't catch him ...lol

of course the <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" /> level was very high ...lol <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/pfft.gif" alt="" />

Well, Neaksis the intuitive analyst strikes again. As soon as she saw the dead soldiers web address included the name "united american" she said, "Well, I'll bet THAT's an anti-war, anti-Bush website." And she was right. Neaksis the prophet strikes again. And she looks like such a docile, bland little girl. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" />

t&l

I'm being put to bed, right after I get done smelling my chocolates. It is January, my roses look (and smell) awful, so I'm making do with what I have.

I don't think I will have any trouble going to sleep, either, now that my tummy is full of delicious stir fry (and chocolate), and the lovely children are asleep thanks to Mom's tender ministrations. She rocked them to sleep, then carefully set the boulder outside so it wouldn't dirty the carpet.

Flukeboy's wife, Flukette, just posted for the first time. Their new daughter shares Dillon's birthday.

Neak, we'll be praying for you at our house. I hope you can get at least most of the rest you need.

AW, I keep praying for you too - your family. Our next door neighboor is deployed too. I have spent lots of time with his sons since he has been gone. One of them (16 years old, likes to think he is grown up) cried and told me he sometimes fears he will never see his dad again. I told him what I tell everyone - Get to know God, and follow him, it's the only way I could ever get through the trials of life.

I think I see you struggeling sometimes, but you seem to make it. I hope you continue to make it always and forever.

Neaksis, you are still not forgotten.

Believer -
You sure do a good work, I hope you know it. How was your holiday? I haven't seen you comment on it. I would guess your traditions have changed these last few years. Was this a happy time for you?

T&L,
Usually when you move to a place that costs less to live, the wages go down too. Do you have enough equity in property so that selling and moving will pay off debt for you?

I worry about you, maybe I shouldn't, but I do. I'm sorry HP wouldn't talk about moving, or give you his take on it.

Did he talk BEFORE you married him? Or did you just miss the clues? If you covered this already, forgive my asking again, I have been thinking about you two.

Oh, and Hi everyone, good to see you made it through the holiday OK.

SS

We would be selling 3 houses if we moved--the house I'm "buying" with my dad, the house where Neaksis lives, and ours. There would be equity to spare. I would have to work little, if any, to pay monthly expenses. He wouldn't have to work at all, unless he felt like it. I'd actually enjoy coming back to CA every couple of months for a week or 2 and just picking up enough wages to pay everything for awhile, then going back and just helping out with kids and home and stuff. I think that's probably one of the reasons he won't respond--simply because I want it so much, and it would relieve me of so much trouble and burden. He thinks I'm getting what I deserve, you see, and letting me "off the hook" would be bad for me and whatever life lessons he feels I still have to learn, or atonements I have yet to make for my earlier profligacies! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" /> Oh, well...



We married 3 months to the day after we met. One month of that was spent with me in CA getting ready for the wedding, and him in WA...so how would I have known how much he talked? I should've gotten a clue when my collie, who up till that point had gone everywhere with us in the car, developed too-long hair the day we became engaged and was no longer allowed in the vehicle because he shed on the upholstery. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/pfft.gif" alt="" /> Such subtlety was lost on me at that point, however! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" />

t&l

SS

I guess I have times I do struggle...but wobble through eventually <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />

but the kind words and 4x2's DO help keep me on track. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

I do share your concern with tl sometimes..she seems to be there for everyone at anytime ..here AND in real world ....what a gal!! AND SHE LOVES DOING IT - most times <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

BUT tl needs to also have some thoughts about HER long term life goals & self sacrifice in some areas to find some peace & contentment too.
TL you dont need to keep paying & paying for ever - [Oh am I going regret saying that to you arn't I <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />]its so hard to stop doing that

If moving to where life is EASIER for all is the price then I say WHY NOT!!
A campaign of Gentle Persuasion, neak, neaksis, kids, you etc etc <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/pfft.gif" alt="" />

Oh I didn't get that far neak ........I got about 20 seconds and turned it off

I'm not sure its the best way to get the message across by being anti Bush all the time, but US politics aren't my strength...I'd have thought it would just put peoples backs up in the middle of the war.

Far more effective to just show the facts. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/pfft.gif" alt="" />

She just doesn't understand men...

I told her that all she needs to do is wait awhile until my dad is done thinking about it and then he will come to her and tell her about his wonderful new idea.

"Why don't we move out of state where the cost of living is lower."

Then she will gaze adoringly into his face and tell him what a wonderful idea it is.

I am soooooo hoarse this morning, I can barely croak.

I don't want to open a huge political can of worms here. All I am going to point out is that IF Bush lied, so did everybody else, from Clinton to the UN, because they were all saying the same thing. Whatever your political POV, you can't say Clinton was truthful when he spoke of the danger of Saddam's WMD capabilities, and that when Bush spoke of the exact same worries, that he lied. Either everybody was lying, or everybody was telling the truth. Now let's just not argue which of the two it was. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Let's count how many days until Neaksis is right about Dad. Mom, better start practicing your adoring face.

How about everybody made the same mistake? There's more I could say, but I'm not feeling up to a political brawl this morning. Nor any other morning in the foreseeable future, either, so don't get anybody's hopes up.


I tried, and several big chunks fell off in my lap. Anybody got any Super Glue? <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" />

t&l

neaksis

that is so terribly cynical of you!!!! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" />


Not wrong of course ..just cynical for such a young thing <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/pfft.gif" alt="" />

If it was a mistake, mutter mutter. Maybe someday we'll find out they were all right. Who knows?

Did you see AW's mom sneaked onto Idiotville? That was so funny!

The kids are finally almost ready for breaksfast, and haven't torn each other to pieces quite yet. Not for a lack of trying. You should see the Princess' royal robes today. She is wearing her 'Joseph pants', as in her pants of many colors. They have coral, burgundy, blue, white, and other colored vertical stripes, and she's wearing it with a horizontally striped purple shirt. Oh, my eyes!

Myself I think all the so called 'intelligence' services from ALL por countries 'found' what they wanted to find because it fitted the mindset of the times.

I still think the poms had the best idea about these things - use teh Indian plan for Iraq ---divide it up into 3 countries - allies guarantee the independance of each one...then let them fight one another for the next 300 years.

Worked well in India, Pakistan & Bangladesh... lol cynical too today!!! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/pfft.gif" alt="" />

Sounds good to me. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Iraq I, Iraq II, and Iraq III.

But this war just goes on, and on, and on. Today on MSN there was a headline from yesterday about suicide bombing going down. Above it a headline that 100 more were killed in a suicide bomb attack.

Maybe when rate goes down they shouldn't announce it to those idiots.