Hey Todd. I just decided to apply the "ignore" filter. It was probably overdue. Maybe you should do the same.

But Pio, I don't want to ignore you. Why would you do this this to me?

Todd & BigK,

I just bought Darrell Lea licorice from my grocery store! Sure beats the $10 a pound I was paying at the candy store. YUM!

They had the usual black & strawberry plus green apple & mango. I stuck with the regulars this time but next I'll try the other two. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

It really is the little things that make me happy.

Todd, did you & your sons come up with some fun plans for Thanksgiving?

The self-pity mode is over and existed in the past.

Pio, your ignore list fascinates me. You must go to threads and not be able to read half of them. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

I don't put anyone on ignore. Considering I don't really read anything much anymore, there's no need.

Hi Nams.

WW had told DS3 she was going to Bermuda with friends for Thanksgiving. That was before DS3 got finished with her. He told me the other day that he had talked to WW and she had decided to stay home for Thanksgiving and cook for her sons. I am not certain if DS2 will go over there or not. He will definitely accompany his GF to her parent's for dinner. DS1 and I have been invited to DS1's friend’s home on the South Carolina Coast. So, that is the TG destination for DS1 and me. There maybe a game of golf in the works as well.

Speaking of DS3, while I do not wish WW ill will, I am very happy that DS3 is off my back. When WW announced that she was going to Bermuda, he had a new target on his radar screen. He and his wife had sold their condo a few weeks ago and decided to move in with his IL's until their new home is complete. BTW, they close and move this Friday so they are very excited. When he told me they were moving in with IL for a few weeks, I was concerned. It is very difficult to live with others. Alas, he has discovered that to be true. Apparently, his FIL has a love affair with the bottle. He had two DD’s and adores DS3 and considers him to be like a son. He knows that DS3 and DD will have a good life together. DS3 is on a very fast track at age 23. DS3’s FIL has made some comments about how much money DS3 makes to be so young. He can extrapolate and calculate when DS3’s earnings will eclipse his own. So, it is a paradox for his FIL. OTOH, he is happy for his DD and the life that she and DS3 will have but he is a little jealous. It is strange because he makes excellent money. Their family lives in the same neighborhood as we did before the last home we built. So, DS3 spent the night with me the last two nights and said he will continue to do so until he can sleep in his own home. We have had a ball but last night, he came home from work ill. He has the flu and I am afraid he got it from me.

We have thunderstorms and tornado warnings all over the place for today and tonight. I love thunderstorms. I have never seen a tornado. I have been reasonably close, a few blocks, and felt the wind and hail, but never have seen one. I would like to see one. I will not chase it but if it comes my way, I will stare at it. Not too close mind you.

Pio,

Ignore filter locked and loaded.

Where is DS3's wife staying? Isn't she a little p'd that DS is staying with you?

Watch out for tornadoes. You might end up on the Yellow Brick Road with Pio as Dorothy again. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

She has at her parent's. No, she is not upset. She is very upset at her Dad. He luckily fly out the next day on business, but when he returns, he will catch, well you cannot say it here at MB, but you know, ****.

Oh I see.

No thunderstorms here today, just glorious summer weather. I've opened the window wide at work. I work in a historic house - we have AC but it's nice to open up the windows and let the real air in. Driving along the shore in to work today it was very tempting to just stop and sit on the beach.

Hey Kiwi! How are you? Is DD happy to be home?

Todd, I wondered about DS3's wife too.

Sounds like you have a good Thanksgiving planned. Compared to last year's TG how does this feel to you?

Nams,

Forgot to add that I am taking my sons and their GF's (hopefully minus FGF) out for dinner either Friday or Saturday. Not a TG style dinner, but together at dinner nonetheless. We will go to a nice restaurant where we will have to behave.

Hi Nams

DD is sort of happy to be home. She loved travelling and they had such a good time. Now she has to look for a job and that's not quite so much fun. Her b/f is going back to his old job but in a managerial position, so he's ok.

Larousse asked what her favourite places were. They had so many but San Sebastian in Spain, Venice, Bruges in Brussels, Berlin, Yosemite and New York were stand outs.

Gawd Todd, that french GF is like dog poop on a vibram sole, really sticks around.

I'd like to find something nice to do with my boys for a weekend. I'm having a hard thinking of something. We've done Boston, I don't want to do NYC...

Any ideas? Somewhere on the east coast.

Good luck with that. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/pfft.gif" alt="" />

DD told the story of being in Yosemite and having an open fire for which there were fire logs provided. All the logs were in separate wrappers and the wrapper said "Caution: Risk of fire". It cracked them up. She said they both said "No ****".

Nams,

Last TG, the family was physically together. My sons and I had a ball. We always do something involved with sports on TG: Golf, football, etc. WW marked the occasion by getting drunk as a skunk. That evening, while I watched the boys play video games, WW went to the backyard and talked to OM on her cell for a long time. It must have been very difficult on the two lovebirds to not be together for TG.

So, while the family will not celebrate TG together, it will be a much happier one for me. I get to walk on the beach on TG. Never done that before. And oh yeah, FGF won't be there.

Hi everyone,

Just wanted to post a quick message as I have to get back to the shop. I would love to have time to read the pages of posts I have had to miss but work calls.

I met with my IC last night and I mentioned my confusion at being asked out on a date. By the way BigK he totally agreed with everything that you said! But, he also informed me that I had forgotten I was a woman! I laughed when he first said that but on further reflection he is correct. I am a mother, a sister, a SIL, a DIL, a patient,a boss, a friend, a wife etc. etc. I haven't been just a woman in a long time. For 23 years I have totally concentrated on loving my H and put all thoughts of being attracted to or attractive to other males totally out of my head. Being unfaithful was not ever a consideration.

I'm sure every other person on this site can relate to what my IC said. I guess now I have to discover me again. Hope that all makes sense as I don't have time to correct my post.

Thanks for listening to my self discovery. Beth