leave in 15 hrs for a few days - will try to check in sometime.

yes ...... but on which day? <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />

Aussie is so fine its disgusting <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" /> as for blindness .. well not physically. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />


Cinders travel safe & well hon.


TL a [[[[[[]]]]]] just cause


S I G H <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" /> now mum wants to virtually spoon feed me something for dinner ... told her I ate tidbits at the conference tonight but will she listen ... NO

the champers was nice though... the red was nice but not for me .... I even tasted a beer and yes it still tastes UCK ..the orange juice was fresh though <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/pfft.gif" alt="" />

Enjoy the far kingdom Cinders. I hope the big D takes care of you.

Well AW,
At least you have him there with you. That's worth something.

Hi Neaksis !

SS

Which night ???? is right. I got back today shortly after nine pm.

Since I was going to be only gone overnight, and driving all night to boot, I did not pack ANYTHING. No change of clothes, no toothbrush, no nothing. Which is why, after I had dozed off in this chair (waiting to see if the internet would come back on for a few minutes), I went and finally showered, even though I was very tired.

Val went with me, and enjoyed being the pet of the Christmas tree lot.

For a long, yucky trip without proper provisions, it was actually quite a bit of fun.

Except for the Treeland part.

They gave AJ the wrong directions, telling him (which ended up being me) to go left under the freeway, instead of right.

I will spare you the full range of my travails. Suffice it to say that it was a less than auspicious start to my lengthy wanderings to turn down a driveway conspicuously marked Treeland, in the same place the directions said the Christmas lot would be, and find out that I was going the wrong direction.

It did say wholesale trees on the sign, but since that was the only tree place on that stretch, I figured they must be moonlighting with Christmas trees. Wrong. After I entered the driveway, crossed the one-lane bridge, and started around the curve, and all I could see were rows upon rows of giant palm trees in huge pots, I began to get a bad feeling. A walk to the road to compare addresses confirmed said bad feeling.

Let's just say it was far easier to drive in than to back out, alone, in the dark. Getting around the corner, and onto the bridge was the trickiest part. Well, except maybe for backing out onto the busy road. Oh well, once it became obvious I was not going to stop, traffic stopped and waited for me. (Like they had a choice.)

That was only the beginning of sorrows, though by far the worst.

At last, I found the lot, delivered my trees, and all the boys and girls had merry Christmases and lived happily ever after.

The End

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

as long as you dont question the male road directions <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />

the challenges of making a living!

Just keep saying it was fun it was fun <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />


And just think ..... YOU neak... was Santa's little helper getting those trees to all those kiddies !!! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/pfft.gif" alt="" />

SS yes its so good to have him home for Christmas for once !!!

Aussie going away so often we go a step forward and 3 back, but we are here so its better than apart.
<img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" />

You mean the Christmas trees don't magically appear in the lots? Someone has to actually deliver them??

I know, it was a shock to me, too.

AW, how I wish there had been someone to ask for directions. But it didn't seem like a good idea at the time to flag down any of the people who were honking at me. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" />

GP is not feeling well, and I think it's time for him to go get his esophagus stretched again.

The Dervish has been working overtime getting into trouble, what with spitwads, spitting, spitting popcorn seeds, throwing rocks and sand, dipping his fingers into melted wax and dripping it all over the bathtub, spitting popcorn seeds, spitting, being mean to the dog, hitting, trying to kick his cousin, spitting, burning popcorn, spitting popcorn seeds......I'm beginning to detect a theme here.

The kicking part was very funny, though.

Neaksis: You are also in trouble for trying to hit Val.

Dervish: I not trying to hit Val; I trying to kick her.

Neaksis: Oh. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" />

yes Neak some drivers get a bit anxious don't they? We had to introduce road rage laws here for that reason.

Lot less common now.

besides they may have sent you even further out of your way!!! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

Don't you love the way kids in the family just get along so well?
I remember the time a certain young lady ran after her brother with a cricket bat because he was reading her diary ... ALOUD ... she apparently has a memory loss over that incident ... trauma no doubt <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" />

Of course I always got along well with my sisters <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />
I mean, they had great clothes after all ... as long as they didn't know I had used them <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/pfft.gif" alt="" />

I remember my sister giving me two bloody noses....one a day on consecutive days.

I remember the time we were throwing this frisbee-like toy she got for participating in something like the President's Physical Fitness program. Anyway, she didn't catch the thing. It hit her in the mouth and broke her front tooth. I promise it was an accident.

Oh, and I remember that she used to scratch gouged out places on my face.

She hasn't spoken to me in over a year. I haven't seen her in almost a year and a half. She lives less than 30 miles from me. Too bad she has made that choice.

Sounds like you're the lucky one, Cinders.

AW, he is fortunate to have escaped with his life and all his body parts. Diary-sneaking is in the top 5 list of world's most dangerous occupations.

Lucky that she left scars on my face?

Lucky that we were rough housing and she accidentally gave me two bloody noses?

Lucky that I didn't get the broken tooth?

Lucky that the manipulative, vindictive, overly driven woman hasn't spoken to me in over a year?

Actually, the nose and tooth were childhood accidents. The scars are pretty much gone and were normal sibling stuff. I don't thinks she gouged me out of meanness. But, I could be wrong.

I do miss having a sister. Perhaps, I will one day have one again.

Meanwhile, I go to bed each night knowing that I love her and look forward to the day when we can be real sisters again. I know I am not angry with her. I know she has her own issues and doesn't want to see them.

Yeah, I am the lucky one.

I am having neck and arm problems. I have 'two bad discs and am developing some bone spurs' in my neck. My left arm goes tingly sometimes. My neck and shoulder muscles stay tight as can be. I am trying to get an MRI scheduled before the end of the year. I do not want to end up having surgery but I do not like hurting. Please hold this up in prayer.

It won't be a quick fix.

Surgery doesn't sound like fun. The aftermath of it doesn't sound like fun.

And it isn't fun now.

And trying to rehab it won't be fun.

I don't know who to listen to in terms of care for it.

And the correct answer is D: Lucky that the manipulative, vindictive, overly driven woman hasn't spoken to me in over a year

It is wonderful that you are loving enough not to hold a grudge, and to be willing to be friends and sisters again if she is ever ready. But for now, you are lucky she is not in your life.

{{{{{Cinders}}}}}

Cinders

Neak is right.

Look after your kids and yourself and let her find her way back.
She has to do this bit.

[[[[[Cinders]]]]]

Thanks. We are really doing ok with it. We do pray for them often. Funny thing is - sometimes we call them by name and sometimes we call them 'the others'. I am sure God knows who we mean.

Thanks for your love.

Dervish jokes:

Why did the egg cross the road?
To prove that it wasn't a shicken.

Why did the shicken cross the road?
You know, to prove that it wasn't a shicken.

Why did the shicken cross the road?
To prove that it wasn't a Dervish, hee hee hee hee.

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

Earlier he was singing his own version of "Peace Like a River".

"I've Got Love in the Fountain"

Neak

don't you just love the inventive mind of the young? lol

I always kept telling myself it was a gift, but why oh why were mine gifted so well ???? <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />

[color:"red"]What was the chicken's favorite city? [/color]


Chickago


[color:"red"] What kind of shoes did the chicken wear? [/color]


Rebuckbuckbucks


[color:"red"] Why did the chicken cross the playground? [/color]


To get to the other slide


[color:"red"] Why did the chicken cross the road twice? [/color]

It was a double crosser


[color:"red"] Why did the chicken cross the road? [/color]

To show the possom that it could be done.

Hello ladies,

Thought you might find this interesting.

Medical Breakthrough

Apple Computer reported today that it has developed computer chips that can store and play music inside women's breasts. This is considered to be a major breakthrough because women are always complaining about men staring at their breasts and not listening to them.

So, when will they invent a chip that will help men speak intelligently?