If you're too tired to go, then you won't feel as bad for missing it, right? I don't know that I'd be up for a Baby Day, either, so I'm glad they didn't have one.

I have no idea what my daily average for sales is for Amazon or anyplace like that, but overall last year they got rid of around 2900 books, of which 2-300 they gave away for promotional purposes. So on average it was about 7 books a day for everywhere, total. In actuality, more sold in the summer because of all the meetings and stuff.

Boy, I'm hungry, and it's not time to be eating breakfast yet. That haystack didn't stick around all night.

Neaksis spent the night, and she is out there with her little respite-only foster baby, who sounds like a diminutive Darth Vader. It has not yet occurred to her regular foster mother that she might be lactose intolerant, but I strongly suspect that is the root cause of her extreme congestion and general snottiness. Yesterday she stuck her foot in her mouth and pulled it away, still connected to her nose by a long string. Blech. So cute except for the mucous...<img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/pfft.gif" alt="" />

That is a yucky picture.....

Oh, I didn't wake up till 9 though the clock did go off.

As if the mess at church wasn't enough....our youth minister resigned. He had, unbeknownst to many, been struggling for several months. Was having trouble connecting w/ the older members of the group. He had the misfortune of coming in shortly after we lost a youth minister who was know and loved by everyone there. So, he had HUGE shoes to fill. This was his first full-time position as a youth minister and it wasn't the position he needed to be in. So, couple that with other problems at church and things are really tough there. On the good side, we have a growing group of young families. 8 babies today for Baby Day - not including one family that opted out because the mother has truly severe health issues.

From the Dervish:

e7q qp 74 4r q 47 qy q40q73q4

Translation: naughty or happy.

He'll probably want a few smileys, too. <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/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/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/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/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/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/smile.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

xgsjvbzxxsgfjjvx gsyhetyyufhnjfkfjhfghgfdgvjvkgkfgtgdyuikghhf

Translation: Mommy, I always like you, can I play on the computer now?

(Answer: NO, but maybe later if you are a good boy.)

I am still very sleepy, but had better start breakfast anyway. Fried potatoes, anyone?

{{{{{Rella}}}}}} It is over for another year. Wow, 8 is quite a few babies at once.

I am having to clean out the icemaker in the freezer. Something made it smell bad, and it got into all the ice, too, blech. I left it sitting out overnight covered in baking soda paste to try and remove the odor.

Oh, and I made the deliciousest peanut butter cookies topped with Hershey's kisses, even if it came from a mix. I might have to make some more today, but only if I exercise a bunch. Sigh. But it's raining, so it's gonna be a great day!

Hi Dervish!!! <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/cool.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />

play all you want on your mums puter ..I'll let you <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Hi Neak

nice to see some rain for you, we are in our winter and I think its rained about 6 days, I think we are going to have a scorcher of a summer somehow. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" />

Just about to go to bed and dropped in for a visit, cup of chai & a bickie or two <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

made a load of fruit muffins for mum today after I got home form work as she complained I didn't leave her any Pecan pie but I told her it was for her own good ... all that sugar was not good for her and she was sweet enough <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />
Talk about sulking <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

I think I've solved the problem with the PC so if it wasn't so late I'd try to play around and see if all the documents were recovered. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

From ME !!!!


@%#&^$(^&*#%^#$^@$^#$%@^$#^$@@^&@*%#%#*@% !!!!!!!

Aussie just woke Mikey up so he could play with him.

Flamin' men! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/mad.gif" alt="" />

Take one guess who will have to end up putting him back to bed and rocking him asleep <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" />

I mean if I didn't have to work it would be ok ... I wonder if it's POJA when you use a fry pan? <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smirk.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smirk.gif" alt="" />

Depends. Is the frying pan for Aussie or Mikey? if it's for the wake-er, it's probably not a POJA if Aussie wants feathers and you're holding out for cast iron. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> If it's for the wake-ee, you could probably POJA that, but I think there are rules in Australia, too, against skillet bashing, even if the skillet is being used on small fry. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" /> Alternatively, you could try and tell Aussie how manly, attractive, and even sexy you think he is when he plays with his son and then rocks him back to sleep himself while you go on to bed. It wouldn't work at my house, but it might work at yours. The problem I see with using that tack is that once Mikey is back asleep, Mr. ManlyAttractiveSexy is liable to want to wake you up and have you tell it to him all over again. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" /> Awake is awake, after all...at least when it comes time to get up for work in the morning! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/pfft.gif" alt="" />

t&l

"Alternatively, you could try and tell Aussie how manly, attractive, and even sexy you think he is when he plays with his son and then rocks him back to sleep himself while you go on to bed."

I absolutely love seeing men with their babies. It warms my heart. I work for the Marine Corps and often see the men in their cammies, playing with their kids. Something about it is so touching.

It was how the little children loved HP, and how excited they were when he arrived at the house the night we met, that I first found attractive about him. It makes it especially ironic, then, that little children get on his nerves now, and he can only tolerate being around them in very small doses. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" />

t&l

Right now, at church, we have 2 more pregnant women that I know of and a couple who is trying to adopt.

Y'all, please pray for my church family. God will know who you mean when you pray for Rella's church. He's good at deciphering those mysteries.

Fruit muffins? I love muffins....

Got a great, easy peanut butter cookie recipe. You will freak out.........

Peanut Butter Cookies

Combine the following:

1 cup peanut butter
1 cup granulated (regular) sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 egg

mix and drop by teaspoonfuls on ungreased baking sheet. Bake at 350 for .....well, till done but soft. Will be crunchy when cooled. That's right, there is no flour in them.

No flour?!? <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" /> AJ says they are wannabe peanut butter cookies. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Today the Princess made me an essay, trying to get out of her regular schoolwork. It was so cute!


Awwww, she is so tweet, so I did knock off a couple of English pages.

well yes ... its bit difficult to maintain a professional front at work when your friend gets up from her chair and brushes pretend hay from your hair <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" />

and the red eyes ...clear eyes drops can only do so much ...

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

hay hehehehe Mr. ManlyAttractiveSexy is home and STILL playing with a sleepy Mikey ...time to let the little bloke go to sleep I think .. in a few minutes. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Hey, that cookie recipe works. I promise. Try it.

Got a great song my DD has been singing ..very nice if a bit sad sorts , but its only a song <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" />

I know there's music playin', I can hear it in my head.
I can see you lyin' on your bed.
I can see Mom in the kitchen, the smell of coffee in the air,
Wishin' that her little girl was there.

But I'm too far gone,
Tryin' to make it on my own.
I guess I could turn around an' come back home,
But I'm too far gone.

You never tried to stop me from following my dream,
Though it took me half way round the world, it seems.
There's all this talk an' promises for better days to come,
An' it sounds so good, it keeps me hangin' on.

But I'm too far gone,
Tryin' to make it on my own.
I guess I could turn around an' come back home,
But I'm too far gone.

Sometimes, at night, my heart cries out for you.
And I wonder if you hear me when I do.

But I'm too far gone,
Tryin' to make it on my own.
I guess I could turn around an' come back home,
But I'm too far gone.
Yes, I'm too far gone.


<img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" />

I think all of us have times when songs like that feel good to us. Usually we can shake our selves and get back on solid ground.

I wonder if it's those times when people are the most prone to having an A. I don't know, just wondering out loud.

Greetings, and I hope things are well in Austraila.

Hi T&L,
Happy quiet, or sad quiet?

Maybe busy quiet? <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" />

How did Jen's trip end up? Everyone fine on that end?

SS

I'm only quiet on the board. In my head, I'm a Screaming Mimi. Right now I'm trying to work extra, get my dad's house refinanced so we can fix the septic and proceed with our lawsuit against the contractor, and prevent Target from committing legalized highway robbery against my dad. I hope to have some of this resolved fairly soon, so maybe things are looking up. And then again, maybe we'll just get a new kind of bad. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" /> I just haven't had time to come on and tell my story, especially the thing with Target...but I will as soon as I gather my fragments into a coherent whole again.



It seems like she had a pretty nice trip, spent some time in the company of some fairly elevated political types, and came home generally satisfied with her adventure. Her SIL (Flard's old crush) has had her baby, and, at least at the moment, is not still rubbing it in TOO badly that she (SIL) has a husband and a baby, as opposed to Jen, who had a series of miscarriages and a divorce. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/mad.gif" alt="" /> Pretty face, that girl has, but a mean spirit.

Hi to everybody. I'm off to see the wizard.

t&l

If you really want that t-shirt, I know where I can get it for you. I'd get it unannounced to surprise you, but you might end up just being surprised at how much it didn't fit. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" />

sportkanga@yahoo.com

t&l

T&l
thanks for the offer! I'm trying to imagine where I can go with that t-shirt.... ummm not Church and not work so ....

I'll let you know.

In the meantime expect a surprise from me, but I don;t know when.... just know I'm a nice person

BTW, I prefer to hold the Lord's hand and I'm learning to keep my mouth shut!

Actually Since I work alone now, I have great music playing very loudly, I dance in my office at least half an hour and I barely talk to anyone, except to greet those I meet on my way to the bathroom. In spite of all this minding my own business deal, yesterday I was warned that they are still plotting against me!

I'm busy with a project with the World Bank. A committee will be coming in june to see if they can "help us" and I'm in charge of a good portion of the "help" $$$$ they want to give us. So I am having fun and maybe I'll even get a trip out of this. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

If I didn't have that project to deal with I think I would ask for holidays, because I am soooooooo into myself I don't have enough time to even post much on MB! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" />

Oh well, that's life <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/pfft.gif" alt="" />
Maybe I'm healing.... <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" /> who knows.

also BTW, how's Flard? I don;t want to have to dream of him again! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />