Oh yes while I am thinking of the princess, who by the way I had go collect from Uni tonight. Daddy and I will do a Nanna POJA on that by the way - he will listen and do as I say or else <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="" />- about a little car for her. It not that he won't buy her one no its more that he would buy her a Porche or something as ridiculous <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="" /> a cheap little second one is just fine.

anyway, I went to collect her and she was at the studio and I quietly let myself in. Oh wow is all I can say. She was singing a song called "My Immortal". Its for the Variety Christmas performance and was so so beautiful I actually had tears rolling down my face.
Goodness I just think I destroyed my image. bugger. <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="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" />

I have a post-baptism picture of myself from last night--stored in my cell phone until some techno-genius figures out a way to get it out...and posted. This time it wasn't urine, but a malignant combo of amniotic fluid, meconium, and blood, thanks to the doctor, as well as a baby who was obviously acting as a cork--right up until he popped out. All 10# 4 oz. of him, and a tsunami of emissions right behind! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" /><img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" /><img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" /> I haven't had very good lucky lately...been drowned twice, and had one patient threaten to effin' kick me, and another patient's husband tell me to eff off for admitting that I'd wondered if she was going to be able to have a vaginal delivery. (She was short, stocky, and, as it turned out, unable to have a vaginal delivery. Neener, neener--did I say that? I wasn't there for the c-section. When he told me that, I turned her over to another nurse and walked out. Effed off, I guess, just like I was told.) <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> All in the last 3 weeks, too. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" /> If this keeps up, work is going to stop being fun. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/mad.gif" alt="" />

t&l

TL

I dont know how you and my GD muck about in people like that. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />

I am rather lacking in such desires, weak tummy and sensitive nose and any other excuse I can think of <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="" />

however I am glad that YOU are around for patients though.
<img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

the photos would be a good experience, though perhaps it was not for you! <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="" />

my GD showed me how to send a photo using MSM or was that MSS, SSM or MMS ??? well something like that on my phone.
you apparently 'cut' the photo and then send it to a email address. I still have NO idea how to do it though.
Grumpy is still at work - big surprise
As for the trip to Vietnam he got the travel brochure, looked at the prices and went back to work <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="" />

I expect its another one of those "if I dont arrange it,
it won't happen" things!!!! Well guess what ? not happening unless he expresses a bit more drive than that <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="" />

However I may go on a Singapore shopping trip with a girlfriend or two. If I have one of the girls come over every day to put his tea in the oven, between working nights and sleeping days he probably won't even know I've gone <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="" />

he probably won't even know I've gone

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

Neaksis thinks Dad is going to want to go soon. If he decides to, maybe you and Mom would both be more favorable to the idea if you could coordinate it. That way there would be something in it for the 2 of you besides sitting around while the men talk manly talk and shed manly tears and slay manly old demons.

Meanwhile the ladies are off, sipping tropical things and chatting nonstop 23 hours a day. (And shopping for souvenirs for their families.)

Covering all our bases, are we? At the moment, I can think of nothing on God's green earth that would persuade me to take an overseas trip like that with your father. I'm not saying it doesn't exist--I'm just saying I can't think of it at the moment. Or any other moment in the immediate future, either. However, the idea of AW's mum and me... <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

And let me assure you, it was not my intent to muck about in anything at all. That woman sprayed like Old Faithful geyer on methamphetamines, and the nurse who came in to help at the last minute (when the shoulders got stuck) got sprayed, too, so that we both had to leave the delivery to change clothes. Thank goodness for hospital-provided scrubs! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

t&l

This just in from the publisher:


So it sounds promising. I asked for more information, if he has it. I'll keep you posted.

Hi AWM,
Nice to see you and the emicons back.

I was almost sent overseas during that war, but it ended before they could send me.
It looks like I was saved a great deal of trouble.

Neak, Good for you.
I hope it works.
Any movie offers yet?

T&L.............
Can we talk about something else for a while? I'm about to eat lunch. I hope I can eat it. I still feel a little hungry. Maybe I should just quit reading for an hour or two.

Hi Believer !!
You need to report. It's about time to give an update on everything.

I hope AW is OK. I hope Aussie is OK. Even Grumpy, I hope he is OK.

Even HP. Neaksis, Lady C, and anyone else I missed.

Now Cinders,
I didn't forget you. I ASSUME you are OK, unless you tell us differently. I see you are busy, that's probably good. Here's to the heat pump going another 20 years.
You getting enough sleep?

I bet Neak isn't.

I know T&L isn't.

SS

Well, this makes me grateful that I just sit at a computer and try to decipher employment applications. No one sprays anything at me except for packs of lies or insufficient truths. There is no middle ground some days.

Today, however, I am coming down w/ a cold or sinus infection. ALL the symptoms. And if the dr doesn't make me well ASAP, we're in for 6 weeks of it.

I have to bake for a wedding Saturday. I am a head 'go fer' for the reception. Two friends, both in their thirties, who are getting married. Neither have been married. They have been thrust into a financial crisis in the last few months. But, it will be ok.

Has anyone ever used phyllo as the crust for little tarts? Could I do something like that with chess or buttermilk pie filling and bake them in muffin tins?

I have mucho baking to do and silver trays to polish.

And the cruds!

[color:"red"]HELP!!!!![/color]

Does zinc help? So sorry you're headed down, and I hope the Dr. can apply the brakes. I haven't used Phyllo Pastry much, but it seemed to be pretty versatile. I'll bet you could do just about anything with it, short of putting a man on the moon.

SS - not enough zzzs for me. Think I'll go get some now!

PS The punctuation police have struck northern CA. I'll explain tomorrow.

Were they punctual?

t&l

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

Now that Neaksis at least had the opportunity to see it, I can admit that the little sign on the Buena Vista store that previously said "YES WERE OPEN" now says "YES WE'RE OPEN".

Mysterious.

In other news, got another email from the publisher.


Thank you again AJ for putting in a good word for me when you bumped into the book people that day. I know you will remind me of that for the next 50 or 60 years, at least.

Hope the vote is a YES!

SS

Send chicken soup! To my house. PLEASE!!!!

Sending soup -
Do you pour it in the modem, or in the flopy drive?

MAKE SURE YOU GET MORE SLEEP !!

SS

in my tummy

or, maybe I should irrigate my sinuses with it! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" />

While AW is dishing up the roast dinner and getting ready to abandon her child - mothers guilt is a wonderful thing lol - ok what she really has to do is she has to fly up North at 5 am tomorrow to invesitgate a womens refuge and then fly back Thursday night or Friday morning. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smirk.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smirk.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smirk.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smirk.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smirk.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smirk.gif" alt="" />
To get there she has to fly to Broome - thats about 2174km from here and then drive 4 hours to Fitzroy Crossing which is approx 325km from Broome dodging cattle, roo's, buffalo, and road trains <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="" />
Do the work and then drive back, catch the plane if she can that night to get home.
I've given STRICT instructions not to speed or do anything silly to get the evening flight. Michael will be perfectly ok for one night with Nanna <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> who will have lots of fun. She can fly back Friday morning.
Mummy is just a tad bit over clingy <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smirk.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smirk.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smirk.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="" />

SS I am SO glad you did not have to go that stinking place as it was then. I saw recently film of visits vets had made recently and they were made so welcome by the very people they fought - in one case by a General who was shot by the actual Oz soldier who was visiting. They are very forgiving surprisingly. I think I hate that because I cannot forgive. Its not the individuals you understand but the governments and leaders and those long dead who made such tragic decisions on both sides.
I'm not proud of that, or the bitterness, its just the way I feel.
Now that my own daughter and her children and her husband have to go through a similar CRAP experience - and yes I KNOW he's a volunteer - I am this bottled up container of seething resentment and resignation. My solace for many years was that ok OUR generation stuffed up but our country wont make the same mistake again. MY daughters and son and their families will be ok. <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/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/mad.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/mad.gif" alt="" />

In any event, I am hoping that Neak shall have a POSITIVE response by this time tomorrow. Neak I love your writing it just flows so well and draws you into the story. New story idea!!! - a more personal approach to Peter the Fisherman!!
500,000 words you've got 3 months - come on , get going ...LOL <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />

tl
are you back on night shifts again? Grumpy had a day off and intends to take another while little Michael is with us. Of course I have not yet explained that we are staying at AW's home for the night to make sure my GD is not alone.
<img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smirk.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smirk.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smirk.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smirk.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smirk.gif" alt="" />
Its rare these days to have my beautiful GD alone for a while. Grumpy will be there however that is sometimes alomst like being alone <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="" />
Did I just Lb? Again? Well as long as you dont tell him.

Cinders do the sinus wash thing, take Antihistamines, pain killers, use nose drops, and KEEP THAT HAND DRILL AWAY FROM YOUR FACE.. <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="" /> Oh my yes I know that feeling. Pleasant it is not. Perseverance dear one.

Believer where have you gone you wonderful lady? AW has failed to report and will be taken to task on the matter. Aren't you due to return to Mexico soon to become a God Mother? I'm sure AW said something of the sort, though my darling does tend to confuse matters when she is mooning over Aussie. Nothing changed since she was 16 <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="" />