Finally! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/pfft.gif" alt="" />

(Princess shakes her head at it all)

OK, I looked at the blasted OK photos. They were OK. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> She'll have to post some of them soon. They went to Tombstone. You need to see the real OK corral; it wasn't OK. Wasn't in OK, either. However, the house in the barn was OK in OK. Not actually bad at all, for a house in a barn. The Princess' room would even have real light coming in the window. Not much of a view out the back, though. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" />

I'm going to bed. When I work nights, it takes F-0-R-E-V-E-R to get to 5:30AM. When I have to get up in the morning, 5:30 is an obscene hour at which to be getting out of bed. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/pfft.gif" alt="" /> Great, the owls in the attic are noisy tonight. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/mad.gif" alt="" /> This should be fun. Not. Neak, tell Neakbro to get over here and cover up the vents before they lay eggs and I'm stuck with them for another summer. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" />

t&l

That would be the OWLS laying eggs, not the vents, in case you were confused, dear daughter. I don't even know what vent eggs would look like! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" />

t&l

I was hoping this would have a picture, but no such luck. It should at least make you feel relief at what you escaped. Maybe she can be Mikey's perfect woman when they grow up, and between the 2 of them, they could produce a Clydesdale! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" />

t&l

Woman in Spain Has 15 Pound Baby
Feb 21 4:49 PM US/Eastern
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MADRID, Spain

A Colombian woman has given birth to a 15-pound baby, the largest in 40 years in Madrid's main maternity hospital.

The 38-year-old mother, identified only as Rosario, had gestational diabetes _ which can cause women to give birth to larger-than-usual babies _ and a track record. Her first daughter, now nine, weighed five kilos (10.2 pounds) at birth.

The new baby's father, Juan Carlos, said that with another woman he had a daughter that weighed 17 pounds at birth. "They told me it is genetic," he told reporters.

The proud parents showed off their daughter Arancha on Monday. She was born Feb. 13 at the Hospital Universitario la Paz.

The mother said she gained 48 pounds during the pregnancy and toward the end she could barely walk.

Arancha _ 22 inches long _ was born via Caesarean section in a procedure that ended up surprising even veteran nurses.

Rosario said: "I got scared when the nurses said: 'Oh my God!'. I was conscious, with an epidural, and I was afraid because I did not know if the baby had problems or in the end I was having more than one, as predicted by some people who had seen my belly."

Poor Neak.........

t&l

P.S. She's sink-ing into aged decrepitude, apparently. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

OMG

15 lbs ..oh my aching bits & pieces!!

Am I so grateful that all my kids were a few weeks/months early!!

They would have to have brought in a car engine block & tackle to lift them out if I went full term!! lol

The OK place inside the big shed..I have the answer.... just go & clad the INSIDE of the shed and convert it to a MASSIVE home!! Something to while away the OK winters <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />

wow I would have fun, mezzanine floors, spiral staircases, 5 bathrooms, a spa, a sauna, gym, of course ONE of you would need to work very hard to get enough money for me to play with <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> heh heh

Ouch! 15 lbs.! I'm so glad that I gave birth to under 7 pounders! My sister had an 11 pounder, and when my daddy heard the news, he wanted to know, "Hmmph! Who'd they weigh, Sis or the baby?" (Sis only weighed about 100 lbs when she got pregnant...very underweight).

On the other hand, at least there is such a thing as a C-section for these huge babies. I can't get over the 62 year old blind woman in California who just gave birth to her 12th child...3 years after giving birth to her 11th. I'd be worried about DYING before I got them raised. Of course, her DH is only 48, so I expect he would still be around.

Oh, yes! AW, can I help you transform Neak's shed into a mansion? I have lots of ideas!

Actually, my brother built a house around his trailer, and it looks very nice. He said that he saved a lot of money over completely building a new house, but I haven't figured out how. He replaced the floors, the ceilings, the kitchen cabinets, the windows, added a big family room, two bedrooms, a bath, a carport, and a laundry room, plus put a roof over the whole thing and bricked it.

Another thing I have thought about doing at our vacation place is putting up one of those commercial metal buildings and making a house out of it. A 50 x 50 building, with 12' high side walls and insulation and minus concrete, doors and windows is only about $12,000. That's assuming that one doesn't mind having a home that looks on the outside like....well, a metal commercial building!

LC

we could have so much fun with Neaks shed!
I have my nail gun & 9lb hammer and my tech screw gun all ready!!

Aussie for some reasons always shouts out 'incoming'& runs when I use my nail gun ... I mean I only nailed his boots that one time to the roof joist .. anyone would think I made a habit of it!! And I missed all his toes anyway.

You should se the new range of shed/homes you can get these days .. its so cheap really. A 2 bed over here is about $4900 & a 4 bed $13000 the whole lot including internal walls ..not bad at all.

Of course I would want to put up the super deluxe 5 bed 2 bath design and put a verandha al the way around it.. but who has $33,900

but the challenge would be the duplex design - 2 x 3 bed units thats $39,000 .. still cheap I suppose.

But as its not my money I'll have a go to put it up <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />

oh well fun to think about ,,, but back to the grind here ..shhhhssss Mikeys asleep going to get to bed 'early' for once 1.30am.. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" />

Well, I have the electricians and plumbers, and I know a fantastic concrete man who can pour a concrete floor that is as smooth as glass.

I have a nail gun, too, plus an air compressor, plus quite a few saws, etc.

I was just thinking....with all that space under the shed or barn or whatever it is...maybe there would be space for an indoor play space like McDonald's has. The kids would think that is cool...and maybe would stay in it enough for Neak and AJ to have some real privacy.

Neak just THINKS that she would have privacy in the trailer. That saying, "Don't come knockin' when the trailer's rockin'" didn't come about for NO REASON!! Another thing...did she observe the space that is likely underneath the bedroom doors? Most of the time, it's about 3 inches...plenty of room for curious little eyes to peer under. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" />

This is so inspiring! When did you all say you could visit? It might take me a while to build a 2-3 story spiral staircase alone.

I am not fussy about past mistakes, AW. I will just wear my steel-toed boots, and you can nail away. (I might watch out for my fingers more closely, but that's all.)

I have at least gotten the Tombstone Photos onto Yahoo photos, and hopefully this link will take you to the album page so you can just see everything I've put in there so far. If it doesn't work, please remember I am Head of IT.

And here is the picture Mom took. She has entitled it, "A Not-So-Final Resting Place".

Oh, Neak, nice pictures. It looks like you had fun.

Thank you, blushing modestly, it was sooooo much fun. That was only the first fun stop of the trip. Carlsbad took up more pictures than the whole rest of the trip put together. I'll just have to pick the best ones so the album doesn't fill to overflowing.

The epitaphs were my favorite.

Did you know the Tombstone paper was named The Epitaph because they humorously decided that every Tombstone should have an Epitaph?

I still can't believe they just stood there and shot each other. STUPID!!!

That's probably because they were men.

I just got home from putting in an 18-hr. shift...12 hrs. of time-and-a-half, and 6 hrs. of double time. Nice money, should I survive to spend it! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" /> I was tempted to keep on going, since they were still insanely busy when I left. If I'd worked the whole 24 hrs. I could've earned 42 hrs. of pay for that one day's work, and it would've beaten my personal longest shift by 2 hrs., but my feet rebelled against the impulse of my head and refused to carry my butt around any longer than they'd already done today. So I gave up and oozed out the door.

That Neaksis!!!!!!!!!! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/mad.gif" alt="" /><img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/mad.gif" alt="" /><img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/mad.gif" alt="" /><img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/mad.gif" alt="" /><img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/mad.gif" alt="" /><img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" /> She knew I was worried about getting enough work after I quit my 2nd job, since the reason I got it in the first place was to replace all the overtime that dried up at my regular job...so she told me she was praying that I'd be able to make up the difference without going somewhere else. Do you think I should ask her to stop praying for the blessing of employment opportunities? <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" /> I have had the windows of heaven opened on me, and fear I have not room enough to receive it. Not much more of it, anyway. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" />

You guys carry on in the early morning. You have my utmost admiration for your early risings. I'll be asleep. I'll admire you later! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

t&l

Mmmmmm 1881

2006 -

10/01/2006: Australia announces a new deployment of 110 troops to Afghanistan to fight "terrorism".

02/02/2006: Afghan fighters step up attacks

21/02/2006: Australian troops will now serve for a further two-year mission in Afghanistan

21/02/2006: Australia sends more Chinook transport helicopters to aid SAS

23/02/2006: PM orders urgent reinforcement in Afghanistan - 200 more troops rushed to battle

and what has changed do you think? <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" />

The testy-tosterone remains alarmingly similar in its effects, even across the centuries.

Well, I'm up. It was 12:30PM, and it seemed like it was about time. It appears I'm going back into work at 2:45PM, though, for another 16-hr.shift, so if I'm going to get some of those gel shoe liners I'd better start hustling so I'll still have time to ditch the car full of packing boxes I got yesterday morning at work shortly before things got into that stupid handbasket and headed south. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/mad.gif" alt="" />

Kewpie's story is going to have to wait for another day. My magic fingers have an appointment somewhere else. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" />

t&l