Hi B how are you tonight?


tl

glad no drone...NOW I can bludge off you guys hahaha Every commune needs a drone -- THATS MY JOB!!! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/pfft.gif" alt="" />

I am so tired..I spent what seems all last night on the phone with Aussie.
Lots of things said, lot of sharing and understanding and so much forgiveness.
I held Mikey as his dad talked to him , I know Mikey wont know what that is to his dad for many years but it was very important. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" />

I'm so glad. I think you needed that. He probably did, too, although being a guy he might have a hard time saying it.

t&l

Yes tl I think I did very much, and yes perhaps he did also.

But it was a , its hard to explain, I not sure what is going around in my head right now.
ALL THIS IS VERY VERY DIFFERENT TO THE OTHER TIMES HE SAID GOODBYE.

I'm thinking on it.

Now you're making me nervous. Is he going back already? I thought there was going to be some recuperation time for the injured ones. Surely it's not OVER !!!!

t&l

well there is injured and injured apparently.

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Oh AW. I've got my arms around you!

Damn army.

thanks Kimmy

it should be ok I hope I pray.
If you cant change it you have to accept it. Of course I'm gonna kick my pillow a few times and swear.
sucky times for all army wives.

{{{{{{{{AW}}}}}}}}}}

I'll kick a pillow too, in sympathy.

Well, we are going to look at stuff in Blackwell, leaving the 14th and returning the 20th. What you didn't already know is that the reason we are leaving a bit early is so we can take the kids (and AJ) to Carlsbad Caverns for the first time.

I ran the miles, and it's 270 miles or less out of the way if we just go on 10. And admission for the 5 of us is only $18 all together.

Best of all, it will mean the kids go for a nice 3-4 mile hike before the last leg of the journey.

I'll kick my pillow too because I don't like it either.

I'm glad Aussie got to talk to Mikey. Those are always sweet moments.

Carlsbad caverns is absolutely spectacular, and your kids will love it.

Hi, All!

First, I want to give AW some hugs! ((((((AW)))))) Poor substitute for Aussie, I know, but thought you could use all you could get. Are you concerned because he may be going back into the field before he's properly healed? I'm with Kimmy....DAMN Army! Anyway, Aussie seems to have a level head on his shoulders. I'm sure that he won't take any unnecessary risks.

I'm glad he got to talk to Mikey. One of DD's friends has a H who had to go to Iraq when their daughter was only 3 weeks old. DD's friend constantly sent him videos and pics, and they chatted whenever possible via webcam. Before their daughter was even born, he video-taped himself reading stories to her. That baby spent a lot of time watching Daddy on TV. It paid off. When he finally got home, she went straight to him, and follows him everywhere. It was so funny to hear how he was soaking in the tub a couple of days (he was really enjoying THAT luxury!) after getting home, with the bathroom door not quite shut, when the baby (in her walker) barged right in, grinned at him, and shouted, "Da-da!" She's a real Daddy's girl!

Neak, from Montana to Oklahoma, huh? Well, at least the summers would be longer, or seem so, anyway. I like the house you like...I can see lots of decorating possibilities there! It looks like a fairly older home...be sure to find out if it's insulated well.

The single-wide inside a barn? Well, actually, it looks more like a giant lean-to. It looks pretty good, BUT...with 3 kids (and is Grandpa going to move with you?), I think you'd find it rather like living in a sardine can. Our DS is currently living in a 16X80 (slightly under 1,280 sq. ft.) single wide with 3 kids, and space is a problem. Oh, the living room, kitchen, and master bedroom are nice sizes, but the kids' rooms are really cramped. I don't know why kids bedrooms are always the smallest when they need the most room...with space to play and storage for all their toys. All we ever used our bedroom for is to sleep, change clothes, and the occasional recreational activity which did not require floor space.

That's why DiL is so desperate to get their house finished. Turns out the first cabinet maker decided he didn't have time to build their kitchen cabinets, so now they're having to wait another 3 weeks while another cabinet maker builds them. I think they'll be happier with the 2nd guy anyway. He built my cabinets, and did a great job on them.

t&l, I'm glad you quit your 2nd job, even though I know you need the $$$. The stress from all the garbage going on can make it so much worse, especially when you're already pooped from working the 1st job. And, it looks as if the Lord is already providing for you by opening up some of that extra pay at the 1st job. Ain't God good? <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

Hi, SS and AD! SS, I hope you get some rest before that vacation or you'll be too pooped to vacation.

And, hiya, Believer!

Well, it's snowin' down South tonight. Looks like we've already got about 3 inches, although they predicted 1 inch. DGS is in hog heaven. First thing he had to do was get out the 4-wheeler and ride around the yard. The downside is that after we finally got him back into the house, we've had to go out 4X to clean the snow off the satellite dish so he could watch "his shows".

Oh, and he has written a song! I haven't heard it in its entirety, yet, but the name of it is "Looking for My Family".

Apparently, it's about a girl who is looking for her half-brothers, whom she hasn't seen in a long time because their dead-beat mom apparently rejected them all. It's sort of backwards from his situation, because his dad is the dead-beat and DGS is unable to see his two half-brothers because his dad no longer has parental rights to them. Sad, and a LONG story.

Anyway, some of the verses are something like these:

"There was a man who lived in Texas,
Who had a daughter named 'Lexis."

"People who go to Jupiter
Just get stupider."

"'Lexis went to college
To get more knowledge."

Well, hey, at least it all rhymes! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

LC

many thanks to you and Neak and all for the hugs it can keep me sane at these times.

Mikey is chewing on a teething ring quite happily right now I have the cd player on low playing la Boheme - he loves the classics its really calms him lol - sorta like that myself!

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Hope your son & family get that home finished soon. WE HAVE SUCH A SHORTAGE OF LABOUR HERE brickies are getting $1.20 per brick these days <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />

you know those guys who hold those signs up that say 'stop' or 'slow' at road works? they can get $80,000 a year these days.
Why did I bother to go to TAFE ?
My dad sold his business about 5 years ago and went to work on a road roller - thingy with about 20 tires back & front axles that compacts bitumen roads - & got $90,000, plus when he did a job up north he got all accommodation in 5 star hotel & food & expenses!
He retired a second time on Monday this last week and they wouldn't retire him!! they BEGGED him to work 2 days a week for the same $$ - 7 hour days so he took it!!

isnt that crazy??? <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />

hey my DD writes songs too!! But I like your DGS ones especially if it helps him to express his feelings.

Hey, AW, good to see you. I'm hardly on at the same time you are. It's after 9:00PM here on Friday night, and I go to bed early.

My prayers are with you and especially Aussie still.

I'm happy you have been able to talk to him. This war won't go on forever.

Hi B

I do so hope so, it just FEELS like forever!

Many thansk for the prayers as I'm sure they help.

Is all ok with you?

I'm sick today, poor me. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />

I've been trying to get back into Carlsbad for 11 or 12 years. I can't wait!

Grandpa isn't going. I'm one of those mean mommies who doesn't care if the kids' rooms are small. They are such slobs I'm getting rid of most of their toys anyway, just so I can have a clean house, and will invest in swingsets and other outdoor playthings. So as long as I'm not cramped... <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> Well, I'll just have to look at it and see how I like it.

Our departure is coming up sooooo fast!

Are you getting rid of most of AJ's toys, too, or are you of your father's school of thought, which is that only other people's things make a mess? <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" />

Neaksis is inheriting Grandpa once Neak flits off. Of course, nobody's really going anywhere until Neaksis' house sells, and how can you put something like that on a schedule, depending--as it does--entirely on the interest and activity of other people?

t&l

It's simple. The top properties have enough sheds, barns, or garages to hold all the man-stuff any one man could (not) need.

Does he know yet he's being banished to the outbuildings? <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" /> Do the outbuildings have any sinks? <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" /> If they do, maybe he won't need so many other toys. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" /> Of course, without all those toys to clutter things up, he could move back into the house again. Sigh. And at first glance, it seemed like such a good idea, too. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />

t&l

Oh, YES! By all means, make sure each and every one of those sheds and outbuildings has a sink! And a lock on each door. Y'all will need 'em so that you won't have your kids coming all the way from the other end of the single-wide to bang on your door, hollering, "Mommy? What are all those noises in there? And, why is the trailer rockin'?"

Tell you what...if y'all buy the single-wide in a barn, I'll make you a custom-crafted sign that reads, "If the trailer's a'rockin', don't come knockin'!" <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />