How funny....waybe.....

I just got home from Camp WEBE!

Australian swear word? well entirely possible, we seem to be able to make swear words up quite easily!! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/cool.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="" />
Its a gift <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="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Rella hope that 'camp Webe' was some fun and that it wasn't just a pain in the rump. I still find that I do the cooking, cleaning and arranging when ever we go camping or caravaning - apprently there's a male gene called 'tfdi' (the faries do it)
so thats why they NEVER do anything but look after the fishing gear and the slabs of beer <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" />

AW has not finished the drainage yet - something about the @^%$#^%&^%$$ pipe fitting not %^$%^%%$ going into the &%$$^^%$ thread %^&%$%^^ properly ???? or something like that <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" />
and the ^%#$@^&^% contractors didn't seal the internal pipe joins correctly so that means she has to %%#%^%%$%^ seal the %$^$#%%^^&& concrete her %^%#$%^&^^& self <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" />

Shes been listening to Aussie way toooooooo much I never BRUNG her ups that ways <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" />

Just got a call - mil police are on their way over - No AW is not in trouble, but with that language she should be - one of Aussies friends she is one of his public servants in his office - the wife of the mil police bloke coming over married him after first H killed some years ago and had a new bub - her children from the first M are around 24 now and married themselves.
Well AW suggested that they offer them the swing set that used to be Peters. Aussie cant stand for it to be around and AW just stares at it and there is no way on this green earth that Mikey is ever going to use it with them both feeling that way so it was packed up and left out the front.
Well on their way over to pick it up - I think it will be a good thing for all.

God has his own time in these things.

You had mentioned that before....what a good idea.

Neak, my darling sweaty puddle of grease:

Re your expired air conditioning and a temperature that may reach 111 again today--(1) If you need to, bring your Grandpa over to my house where it's cool. At least it will be cool if the electricity has gone back on again by now. Your dad called at 10:30 last night and said it was out, but I'm sure hoping it's fixed by the time I'm ready for bed this morning. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" /> (2) If you can't get any emergency service, somebody needs to go to Wal-Mart and buy you several big fans so you can at least circulate the hot air (which, I hasten to assure everyone, has NOTHING at all to do with your visitors! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" />). My suggestion is that Tina use her Versatel card to make the purchases, and then you can transfer money online to her account to cover the cost. You should have a fan for every room where someone will be trying to sleep. (3) Try not to let your Grandpa fry. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" /> One of the nurses just came up and said that there are 15 patients downstairs in the emergency room. They came from a nearby convalescent hospital where the air conditioning went out tonight. Two elderly residents died in the nursing home from heat stroke before anybody could be moved out. So be careful.

t&l

Ouch!! A heat wave and Neak's A/C is on the fritz? <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />

Well, look on the bright side. Maybe the out-laws will LEAVE! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/pfft.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

If Neak hasn't already bought the fans, try to get one that is pretty powerful, and put that one inside an open window and have it blowing OUT.

Also, get some of those gel-filled neck thingies that you tie around your neck. They can help you feel less like you're melting.

My mom and dad were stingy as all get-out and hated to pay any more on utilities than they had to. So, instead of running the A/C at night, they put the fan in a window of the bedroom at the other end of the house, and we'd just open our bedroom windows about 6 inches or so. The breeze coming through the windows would just about freeze your fanny off...and I'm talking about Mississippi summer nights! I always slept with a couple of blankets over me, even in the summer.

Now, winter...well, I have often thought that I would wake up in the mornings with frostbite or something, 'cuz Mama would cut the floor furnace down to the pilot light! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />

My brother used to tease Mama by saying that she could save even more on the light bill by unplugging the fridge at night...since the house would get cold enough to keep perishables from ruining. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

wow neak & tl

seems like you having good Aussie weather, winter weather that is lol,
so remember to have everyone drink cold water, especially the kids & older folk.
hope the fridge is working, otherwise get AJ to run down to the shops for ice and put it in the esky...you do have insulated boxes readily available I hope!!
and funny enough as it sounds, drink hot tea. This is an old trick my omah taught me when I was a kid, she was anglo indian and said hot tea actually made your body cooler by making it work like a evaporative cooler. it SEEMS to work too, mind over matter, no idea? <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

anyway see if it works, if you dont mind then it doesn't matter!!! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

we are in the middle of winter and its only rained 163 mm so far, we are supposed to be at approx 780mm by now - that means the big desalination plants will be working this summer, sea water to drinking water, it always tastes funny to me ... its still a mild 69.8F right now & it MAY rain tomorrow ... perhaps ... if the el nino blows the right way .. of course 69.8f feels COLD to me <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/pfft.gif" alt="" />

does it help to know my gas heater works? <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

think of winter & ice & freezing snow & it wont feel so hot <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />

I'm sure you won't get blamed for the heat wave, or will you????? <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/pfft.gif" alt="" />

It's 113 degrees on my back porch. I read on Idiotville that the A/C guy was @ Neak's house replacing the motor. What I haven't heard yet is how much that's going to set me back. Can't wait.! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" /> Call me with the "good" news. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" />

t&l

You know, I can open my heat pump unit and look at it and throw the breakers and check the fuses and de-ice it and all that good stuff. And nothing much happens. Usually. However, if my x does the same things, a miracle occurs and it starts working. (Maybe I should mount a photo of him inside the unit and see if that keeps it happy.)

Whew! Just running thru MB getting my nightly fix, but I'll give you the quickie rundown.

The AC guy got it working in no time. It took it a while to get the temp down, but it's nice now.

My IL's went on the truck with AJ up north, and their dog went with them.

They were gone for about 1 1/2 hours this afternoon, and by the time they came back he had peed around the dog food dish, fortunately on the kitchen floor. My MIL exclaimed that he ALWAYS asked to be let out, and that she guessed SOMEBODY just hadn't seen him. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /><img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" />

I have been around her long enough that stuff like that doesn't bother me anymore. I just treat it as if she is joking, even though she is not. AJ is probably having a fun time, and I am not being sarcastic. His mom (and dad) both do much better when they are out doing something, and not just sitting thinking about all the things they don't like about their lives.

His dad is in very poor health, and so is his step-grandmother, so it's good that they were able to come out to visit.

After they left, Neaksis and I took the kids swimming/blackberry picking for the rest of the day, and just got back a few minutes ago. Boy did I get a good haul of blackberries, and then what fyoot posts were here for me to read when I got back! I enjoy the little glimpses into your lives; each place is so different to live in.

The naughty Dervish just bit Squeeee Princess on the foot, and Mr. Computer is bragging that he just finished his whole book, so I'd better go and enforce bedtime. Hopefully tomorrow I'll have a chance to update my thread a little. No drama or anything, just some nice progress. Progress is good. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Have a superfun night, and I hope all of you are as cool as me. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />

Time to head to the cube to earn some money....

Planning an adventure for my birthday which is on Wednesday.

Plans are so messed up it isn't funny.

Have probably noncancellable reservation at a b&b on a farm where they have llamas, etc.
But, there is no rafting on the nearby river that day.
But we could funyak (sorta like an inflatable kayak) or raft a much milder river that is nearby
D wants to go to the aquarium in Atlanta where they have Beluga Whales and whale sharks

You never said if Camp Webe is on da blue or not.

My daughter says it on da blue iffen you be on the Buddard's Roost. But, iffen you be on de ground, it be on da gween mounten top.

Subject: The IRS Audit

The IRS decided to audit Ralph, and summoned him to the local IRS office. The IRS auditor was not surprised when Ralph showed up with his attorney.

The auditor began with, "Well, sir, you have an extravagantlifestyle and no full-time employment, which you explain by saying that you win all of your money by gambling. I'm not sure the IRS finds that believable."

"I'm a great gambler, and I can prove it," replied Ralph. "How about a little demonstration?"

The auditor thought for a moment then said, "Okay. Go ahead."

Ralph said, "I'll bet you a thousand dollars that I can bite my own eye."

The auditor thought a moment and replied, "No way! It's a bet."

So Ralph removed his glass eye and bit it.

The auditor's jaw dropped.

Next, Ralph said, "Now, I'll bet you two thousand dollars that I can bite my other eye."

The auditor could see it was obvious Ralph wasn't blind, so he took the bet. Whereupon, Ralph removed his dentures and "bit" his good eye.

The stunned auditor realized he had just wagered and lost three grand with Ralph's attorney as a witness, and he began to get a little nervous.

"Want to go for double or nothing?" Ralph asked. "I'll bet you six thousand dollars that I can stand on one side of your desk, and pee into that wastebasket on the other side, and never get a drop anywhere in between."

The auditor, twice burned, was really cautious now, but he looked carefully at the situation and decided that there was no way this guy could manage a stunt like that, so he agreed to the wager.

Ralph stood beside the desk and unzipped his pants, but although he strained mightily, he just couldn't make the stream reach the wastebasket on the other side of the desk, which meant he pretty much urinated all over the IRS official's desk. The auditor leaped with joy, realizing that he had just turned a major loss into a huge win. Meanwhile, Ralph's attorney moaned and put his head between
his hands.

"Are you okay?" the auditor asked.

"Not really," answered the attorney. "This morning, when Ralph told me he'd been summoned for an audit, he bet me twenty thousand dollars that he could come in here and pee all over an IRS official's desk and that you'd be real happy about it."






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What is happening with the visit to San Diego?

It had to be postponed due to money, scheduling, and extreme chaos on the home loan front. However, I'd still like to do it before winter, if at all possible. I'll have more time after September. I just got word today that I've been approved for a loan and should be able to have the money for the septic in 7-10 days, and once the work is complete so nobody has to be home for the workers' convenience, we'll have a little more freedom to do stuff. As in some freedom, as opposed to no freedom at all, like we've got now! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" />

I'll tell about the loan later, but right now I've got to get ready to leave for work. I'd like to be excited about it, but will wait until I have the actual $$$ in my hot little hand before I start jumping for joy.


t&l

Oh, what good news about the loan!

B, I would so love to meet you in person. Hopefully September will fly. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

The wee Dervish has an ear infection. So far I have had an excellent success rate curing them with home-made garlic oil. And after days of hardly any computer or TV, I think I am starting to finally see some improvement in his behavior. The Princess is another story. She is a big bundle of 'tude right now, and none of it a gooditude.

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

the news about the loan is just great!! but I'll hold off on the congrats until AFTER you have the money in your account!! Wouldn't want to push fate too much <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />

I think the Dervish's behaviour is related to his ear infection, just tell him his aunty AW thinks he’s a wonderful little bloke!! The Princess is only reacting to his behaviour I'm sure..see I can explain ANYTHING, especially when they are not mine <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" /> well almost <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

wellllll I forgive them anyway <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

oh my girlfriend had a grandson 2 days ago!! she’s only as old as me and is a grandma!! do I feel old or what! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
So small & cute though ,,, not like the giants I seem to produce <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" />
And speaking of kids, Mikey doing great, over his little bug and back into calling for 'mum', 'da', 'nan-nan' and 'is' (sister) & 'mmmmmmm' for food or drink his brother is 'bo' sort of. My dad is just arms out for hugs which seems to get dad all flustered lol
he's not exactly child friendly <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" />

Just loves to feeds himself with fingers and will grab any biscuits left around including dog biscuits <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" /> in fact seems to love those black ones <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" />
My sister the doc, miss bossy boots lol <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />, no dobbing either you lot, says its the charcoal he loves.

When my children - esp my son - was about 18 mon old, I introduced steamed fresh asparagus. To this day, they LOVE it. Never have met that slimey stuff sold under the disquise of 'canned asparagus'.

My daughter called herself 'b-won' when she began answering the question "What's your name?" I was so excited the first time she said it.

All this talk makes me....nah, it doesn't.

Well, my alarm didn't go off this morning, but God is merciful and sent one of the dogs to wake me up in time.
Evidently nobody warned the 15 year old who is staying the night with us not to put her sanitary things in the trash can withing reach of the dogs.

There was a massacree all up and down the hall.

Thankfully I was able to clean that up before she saw it...or her make-up brush...or her hair brush...or her bra.


Princess Anika is outside!

Oh thank goodness Neaksis you got it all away from the 15 yr old. You get so embarrassed at that age about periods and body changes.

I can remember once when our house had 5 women in it and 2 boys, Dad & my Brother, and Aussie was around watching footy with us on TV, can't remember if he was going out with my sister then or had started dating me, ok truth I'm not sure I was stalking him by then or not <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />,
anyway, dad comes in madder than a wet hen muttering about didn't I tell you flamin women to keep your 'things' out of reach of the darn dog? Of course with 5 women there weren't many free days if you know what I mean during the month. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" />
Anyway we sat there getting more annoyed as he went on & it developed into a nice little female vs male spit in front of Aussie who through the whole thing never battered an eyelid or said a word or went red or anything. Really impressed me mum, cousin & sisters. He just pretended he was watching footy all through it. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

Well some years ago for some reason it came to mind when I was discussing the period issue with my daughter in the good old mum daughter thing <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> and afterwards I happened to mention it to Aussie and he looked at me completely blankly like I was mad or something.

"What on earth are you babbling on about?" then it hit me ..... he REALLY was watching footy and totally oblivious to all of it back then <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/pfft.gif" alt="" />

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