I think in this case I'll be satisfied to accept that I know exactly what the dream means, and then to let it go. That's the nice thing about being 58. Even at 48, or 38, for that matter, I'd already learned this...I know that the impact will fade in a comparatively short period of time, and my head will go back to "normal," or at least as normal as my head ever gets! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" />

Don't think Neak's book would be out from a publisher by the end of the year. I think they release their books in February. But if she self-publishes, the end of the year is a worthy goal.

t&l, who is turning off the computer and getting to work.

OK.

SS, who is leaving his computer on, but going back to work.

This whole septic fiasco/refinance has been a mountain's worth of weight on my back for several years now. About March, I responded to a mail offer of a refinance through a broker down in SoCal. One week after I started the process, the loan officer died in his sleep. Nobody would tell me what was wrong--they just kept saying he didn't work there any more. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" /> Finally I got someone who told me what was happening, and then my application kept getting bumped up the food chain until I had one of the boss-types taking care of it. But we had 2 problems with the house--one was that it's a manufactured home, which turns out to be easy to to buy but hard to refinance, and the other is that it is not my primary residence. So the brokers went from lender to lender--5 in all--over a period of months before the last one turned them down about a week ago.

In the meantime, on the assurance that I'd most definitely get the loan, I'd gotten the ball rolling with the septic contractor who will be doing the new-and-extremely-expensive system, and he put us in his queue of work...to start at the end of July. Suddenly, with 3 wks. left to go, I was looking at a $35,000+ bill with no funds coming in to pay for it. My present loan had been transferred from one office to another, and instead of dealing with people who weren't interested in my problem, I was dealing with people who really seemed to try and help. But their interest rate was high (almost 10%) and if they refinanced the loan, I'd have to have it another 3 years before I could sell without penalty. Still, a bird in the hand, you know...

So 've been busy trying to work things out with them by the end of the month. Just a few minutes ago, I was sitting at the computer messing with my bank account (not hard, since it's a mess), when I got a call from the SoCal company. He asked if I was sitting down, and when I said I was, he told me, "We have an approval for you from a different company." The payment will be $400 a month higher than what I'm paying now, as opposed to $300 higher than my current company told me I'd be paying, but their approval is uncertain still. Supposedly this one is not. And there is no limit of any kind on when I can sell the house in order to avoid the $11,000 penalty I would've faced otherwise. I will believe it for certain when I have the $50,000 in my hot little hands, of course, but still it was the most unexpected piece of good news I've had in a very long time!

If it goes through, it will do it in a matter of days, and I guess if it doesn't, there's always American General waiting on the sidelines. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" /> I'm feeling nervous! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" />

t&l

Well, I hope it works.

400 a month increase is not fun, but I suppose once you get it fixed up, you can sell it?

You can always sell YOUR home, and move in with CC. I'm sure she wouldn't mind it if it was just temporary. Hey, and what isn't temporary in this life?

She can vist you, then you vist her but don't get a return ticket.

Or, maybe you can live in a van........ down by the river.

I'm just brainstorming. You can cross out any suggestions you don't like.

I hope Neaksis is well.

SS

PS,
HP can live in a tent in CC's back yard.
I mean, you can ask CC if that will work.

Or, just show up and see what she thinks after you get there. She says she is at peace, I'm sure a little excitement would be good for her.

SS

I like SS's idea although I don't have a yard, but I do have room upstairs on the roof for HP. There's a very nice room with it's own bathroom just under the watertank!:):):):)

The dog has his own house up there too, so he'll even have company.:)


I was out on a social visit (obviously with a 77 yr old and an 87 yr old) watching the preview of a series that willbe on the BBC in about a month about Jesus's miracles. Very interesting.

But today has been a long day and all I want is to go to bed. I'm much too tired to care about anything much today.

BUT T&L I don't mind camping inside your house. It would be at most for one day and I could even sleep in a car for that long!

I haven't found out about the price of the ticket yet so don't bother to tidy things up yet.

CC,
Thanks for taking my attempt at humor in stride.
Some days I get in these goofy moods.

SS

Fun isalways goooooooood. But I'm not sure this is just goofy... it's about as real as T&L's dreams!

Speaking of T&L's dreams - I'll give you the real scoop on that dream............. as soon as I think it up.

SS

<img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/ooo.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/ooo.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/ooo.gif" alt="" /> I love dream interpretations !! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> lets get a nice BIG cup of hot chocolate, some lindt bars, a nice quiet corner away from the menfolk and start!!

Kissing - ok any tongue? thats important tl let me know about that <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />
To dream of being kissed often means the dreamer will realize something important that can help them to achieve success in real life.
OR
It can also mean that someone you know is not telling you the whole truth. (NOW might be a good time to change the discussion for some but I always tell my mum the truth.... sorta)
OR
To see others kissing in your dream suggests that you are too involved in their personal lives and relationships. You need to give them some space. (This last one is total bunkum, this family is in everyones pocket and always are ready to tell each other how to live ...... and has it done us any harm? <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" /> )

Now as for Davey Jones wanting to strangle you .....
To dream about strangling someone, or being strangled yourself, means you have been hiding an important part of your personality - one that you need to express to be happy - just to please someone in real life.
So THAT was what I was thinking when DD was 15, 16 & 17, I thought I was just a less than perfect mother <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

and well movies ... means you are getting ready to play a new role in your life and go down a new path. Movies in dreams may also represent memories or scenes from your past.

OR that last glass of wine was TOO much.

I also have for sale this great steel pointy thing in Paris at a bargain price !! whos interested?? <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/pfft.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/pfft.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/pfft.gif" alt="" />
AW

Me, me, me! How much is it?

Well, then why do I always dream of dinosaurs and tornados?

(I always thought it was because I watched too many dinosaur and tornado movies.)

Oh, my word, AW! <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="" /> You're gonna need a bigger cup of chocolate to bribe me into THIS conversation! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" /> No, no tongue. Oddly enough, coming from a pirate and a scoundrel, it was a very cherishing, comforting sort of kiss. And painfully romantic. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" /> Oh, good grief. It's embarrassing to even say it! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/mad.gif" alt="" />

And that's all I have to say. I'm afraid my cynical veneer is starting to slip and I'm going to go to sleep now. But not, I trust, perchance to dream! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/pfft.gif" alt="" />

t&l

P.S. I would've thought the death grip on my throat had more to do with feeling choked by responsibilities, than a vision of future opportunities...but then, I don't do dream analysis. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" />

Oh, please dream more! This is getting more interesting by the minute!

Mr. Editor is in the office today, and will call me back in an hour or so, after he finishes dealing with their office computer issues.

He had an accent, if you can believe it. (His emails seemed accent-free).

Shut up, Neak. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/blush.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/mad.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" /> I'm not even ready to tell you and Neaksis the whole dream (bear in mind, please, THERE WAS NO SEX!), so there's no sense in cooking up any more dreams, is there now? <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/pfft.gif" alt="" />

t&l, busy <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" />

WHAT?!?!?!?!?!?!? SECRETS??!!??!!??!!??!!??!!??!!??!!??!!

Say it ain't so.

I know...and in THIS family, too! The sun will be rising in the west tomorrow. Thought you'd like to know. Now you do. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

t&l

French? Texan? or gasp New Englander????

Now dinosaurs and tornados?????

ok working on the dinosaurs ... tornados sky things ok got it
means creative thinking is in tormoil while waiting for Ze Editzar ok ok ok dinosaurs, big, large ....... huge, so

HUGE creative thinking is in tormoil while waiting for Ze Editzar <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/grin.gif" alt="" />

No secrets in THIS family, I mean if you sneeze here someone pokes a hand out and gives you the tissue box....... and of course then there is the master spy, if Mum doesn't know it didn't happen <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" />

its just that she doesn't share!!! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/mad.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/mad.gif" alt="" />


except where it embarrasses me of course <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" />

But of course. She's a mother. So are you, for that matter. Isn't that what we're for?! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Nighty-night. I've really got to go to bed. I have to get up early and read the CPR manual, since I have to go to 6 hrs. of recertification class first thing tomorrow, after working 12 hrs. all night. We were supposed to be able to take the test online and just come in and revive the mannequin...but they've gone and revised the text and this is the first class so the new test isn't available online and you have to do the whole thing. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/mad.gif" alt="" /> I'm going to be SO cheerful tomorrow. I just know it. Frankly, I don't care if Resusci-Annie lives or dies. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/pfft.gif" alt="" />

t&l