If you're building a bar, I'm moving in.

D'ya have room for me and 4 littles?

<img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /><img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> Well, my husband doesn't drink, but with his 7,000 flashlights and enough batteries to illuminate Tokyo, he could certainly help you find anything you needed from your storage! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> Not that you don't have everything well in hand, but you can't have too much light, you know? <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" />

t&l

He sounds like a man I would like. Never hurts to be prepared.

We camp occasionally on the beach here. The newest thing for the campers is to have all the comforts of home. They bring EVERYTHING. I even saw one group who brought their own ficus tree, and a goldfish in a bowl.

Its sort of like bringing your house along isn't it ? lol

Oh well I like the home comforts so I certainly wouldn't critise <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

Bit of a sad time today for us here, Aussie & Jonnie back to Afghanistan, funeral for one of our blokes, 41 yrs old left wife & 2 kids 4 & 8, very sad,... I couldn't go.
Just got the news that another soldier was killed and another seriously wounded today.

I'm so sorry to hear that, AW. I just wish this war was over. I work at Camp Pendleton at the Navy Hospital. We've lost over 300 Marines in Iraq, and more die everyday.

I know that we need to end terrorism, but I have very little hope that we will.

{{{{{{AW & co for your losses}}}}}

So sleepy.......just got back from taking AJ to the dentist. Yesterday morning one of his 2 front teeth started to hurt, one that he chipped 10+ years ago. He slept a little in the afternoon/early evening, then had a miserable night. (So of course I had a miserable night.)

We returned from the dentist with a prescription for antibiotics, good drugs, and with a root canal looming in the near future. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" />

To start the ball rolling, AJ went up to the spot early on Friday to set up all the tents for us. He was not kidding about the snow, as Neaksis at first suspected. He and the girls "had" to eat most of our package of cookies to hold off starvation till the rest of us arrived, a bit more than fashionably late.

It was below freezing. Nobody slept well the first night, though for differing ones of us, it was varying shades of bad. Mom had it worst, I will grant her that much. I just had to fight with the Dervish for covers, and try to figure out how to keep both sides of my feet warming on AJ at once.

{{{{{{AW}}}}}}

Now, read all that stuff about the freezing cold, bugs in your bed, packing all that stuff, no water, - you know the stuff I mean........and explain to me WHY I should want to go camping.

Ditto, Rella...ESPECIALLY when it's FREEZING outside! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" />

Did I mention that our camper also has CENTRAL HEAT? <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Still don't want to go camping when it's freezing outside, though!

Hey, you know, I might do nice camper camping. That wasn't too bad....as long as SOMEONE ELSE handles the nasty connections.

Central heat would have been nice. Well, we had central heat. The round fireplace was in the center of where we all gathered.

I woke up the first morning with the Dervish sleeping on top of me, and Mom calling me to get up and come help her.

That would be Mom's cue to jump in and narrate some, too.

Well, it's decided what the dog will be for Halloween. She will be a police officer. My daughter will probably be the 'arrestee'.

Son thinks he's going to be some sort of bad guy....he's always a ninja, or a storm trooper, or something like that. He is lacking in Halloween variety.

As for me....I have no idea. As for what I will do with the car for "Trunk or Treat" at church, I have no idea.

Well, let's just say that when I'm almost 93 years old, you won't find ME standing half-naked, at 5:30AM, next to an open-pit toilet as a granddaughter holds my shirt up with one hand while clutching a flashlight and baby wipes with the other, and a daughter scrubs away my, um, difficulties.

Not me, girlie. I'm going to be safe in some nice, moderately-temperatured old folks' home...wreaking havoc on all the young, unsuspecting nurses! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

t&l

Hi Neak AW's daughter here
Had a little laugh reading about your camping trip Neak!! Needed it today.

My mum said I could post this here as you may get a laugh out of it.

Once upon a few days ago.............
My dad went out with the 'boys' to the Officers & NCO's mess to have a few drinks ......... yes well a few to some people is a lot to others ...
well the drinking turned from beer to red wine because they happened to have a carton of it on hand donated by a winery owner in a flash of national pride.

As you can imagine he arrived home late, in fact early in the morning.

Now a man is entitled to wake up with vague memories after such an evening, all jostling about in his mind like the finalists in Australian Idol. Now somewhere along the line here he began to join the dots between his present condition and the amount he had to drink the night before.
Never one to drink more than a social glass of wine, he began to remember it was the toasts that brought him undone. They apparently began with the bar maid and waitress then spontaneously combusted to include each person present, several topless barmaids at the Freo Pub and the groundsman who keeps the grass cut around the barracks.

Through the mist came memories of making his way from the taxi through the garden to the front door. Strange that - he was sure we had a concrete path. The front door lock would not work, something about needing to insert a key and turning it, so climbing over the side gate and then climbing in through the lounge room window seemed to be a viable option. There was the sound of something shattering, and he thought he may have been sick.

Actually it was obvious he was not sure if he was nervous or relieved to find mum had left for work the follwing late morning - 11.00am, but when he found her note, he was utterly confused.
"Darling, your lunch is all done, just needs re-heating. Back tonight same time. Love you."
Besides it was a nice rose. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />

Clutching the note, lurching uncertainly into the daylight, now I am very sure that some guys will remember that bit for themselves, he encountered myself, me , I.
"Not well dad' I said (OK I smirked) <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smirk.gif" alt="" />

"Yeah", he says, "social went a bit pear shaped" mumbling to himself. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />

"Yes I expect it did Dad, you know you trampled mum's roses and new plants, smashed that vase she got as a wedding present, then you threw up in the bathroom. Missed the loo by that much", I said holding up my thumb & finger about a cm apart.

"******' ,he says, "Why the lovey dovey note then?" he croaked

"Oh, when mum discovered you on the bedroom floor and started to take your trousers off to put you to bed you said " Hey missus!! take your hands off me lady. I'm married!!!!" <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/pfft.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="" />

LOL!!!!!!! Welcome to MB. Seems like all the Aussie women have the gift of writing a great story.

So are you going to be Aussiesdaughter (AD), or Aussieswifesdaughter (AWD)? Or maybe even AWsMumsgranddaughter (AWMGD)? LOL! Oh, I had such a good laugh at your so-clever story!!!! That's worth inclusion in a book, IMO.

B, you are sure right about those Aussie-clanners, they are awesome storytellers.

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LOL!!!! The story was pretty good....what cracked me up was Neak trying to decide what acronym to award! STILL LOL!!!!!!


Oh, tonight, I watched the movie "Ray" w/ Jamie Foxx. It was sad. Yup, another philandering idgit...But, it was really good. Really good. He REALLY looked like Ray Charles. He moved like Ray Charles. D watched it with me. She enjoyed it. And the music.

Found a new used media store today. Used books, videos, music. Bought 3 CDs for under $8. None of them were anything you would have heard of....a group a friend used to sing with (99 cents), french horn music ($1.99) and and Aretha Franklin compilation ($3.99) or something like that. Got out for about $7.50.

Two whole days, almost!!! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" />


What's going on with you folks? Are you fresh out of estrogen??? <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/pfft.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/pfft.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" />

The only thing worse than AJ doped and completely helpless, fast asleep, is AJ semi-doped, completely helpless, and awake.

Seriously though, he is getting much better. The swelling in his face has gone way down, too. He only looks like the Michelin Man instead of a Jack-o-lantern. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

I was hoping Neaksis would do her duty and tell about our adventures Friday night, but she must be lagging. (Even more than me.) We brought up 2 kinds of soup all ready to heat, and then couldn't find any spoons. I thought I forgot them, but they did turn up the next day when it was light. Anyway, those who were fortunate enough to get a utensil, were eating their soup with wooden spoons and giant serving spoons. It was a real riot.

Then we tried to do our ready-made garlic bread over the fire. The butter was not even close to melted, and very thick. Temperatures were below freezing, so we had this mega-layer of artic butter, which then coated all our teeth. We tried to wash it off with tepid soup (the soup started out hot, but cooled within seconds of leaving the fire), shoveled into our mouth with an astonishing array of implements.

In more current news, I just halted the Princess on her way out the door to school, and taking Dillon's box with her for SHOW AND TELL!!!!!!!!! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" /><img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" /><img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" /> It was all wrapped up in a pink blankie so nothing was visible, and if she hadn't gotten greedy and been taking so many other things that she needed help carrying stuff, I would not have caught her. Of course I recognized the little box, even wrapped in the blankie, as soon as I picked it up. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" />princesses<img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" />

Nice try, Princess.