Coffee and...Part 26...! :-D

thank you all for your lovely comments!
Maria

Julie - you did NOT say we now have Marsha, Marcia and another one did you ? (Marcia, Marcia, Marcia - LOL!)

Oh - been busy today and catching up late....have so much to do before bed too....oh well - rather be here.

DARIUS! What are we going to do with you?????? Go to bed, directly to bed, do not pass go, do not collect $200 (unless he's REALLY good looking!) and leave all sharp or hurtful things alone for a day or two. When's your b-day again? I need to look up your horoscope! I've had periods like that though - can't seem to get past them.

Julie - Darius doesn't look like the cartoon character - well - maybe with her hat....JUST KIDDING.

I don't have any kid advice having not had any or raised any - but I sure would think I'd feel the same as all of you have said. Man - kids are so different today.

Molly - I laughed that you had to point out that your son was on the daybed - well - at least ONE of them huh?

Maria - you have a lovely family - man if I was younger - you son is a good looking guy! Gee - never stop looking is what I say. And - to you and your DH - may you be blessed in this trying time.

Okay - time for show - (the 4400) - gotta go!

M.

Marcia, it's 11-02-40, Saturday 4:04pm, Miami, Fl.

Yeah, I'm a Saturday's Child. Anyone else remember that poem?

"Monday's child is fair of face,
Tuesday's child is full of grace,
Wednesday's child is full of woe,
Thursday's child has far to go.
Friday's child is loving and giving,
Saturday's child works hard for a living,
But the child born on the Sabbath Day,
Is fair and wise and good and gay. ..."
!Mother Goose Rhymes

What day of the week were YOU born on? Compute it here:
http://www.bethanyroberts.com/MondaysChildIsFairofFace.htm

Gotta run, my sis is supposed to call back shortly... the kid wanted the phone for a few minutes.

edited for typo

This message was edited Aug 21, 2005 10:45 PM

Darius, you just better stay in bed for a few days!! It would be my luck to fall out and break something though. I have never known anyone with all the problems you have experienced in the last few weeks. My thoughts are with you.

Back to the discipline issue. My daddy only whipped me once, used his hand then, It looked to be about 2 feet wide and 3 feet long. Only gave me 2 whacks, but I knew right then and there that I didn't want any more of it!! I never raised my voice to either my mother or dad, always did what I was told, and was basically a "good kid". On the other hand, I have 1 son, and it was a trial to raise him. He was (is) hyper and just drove me crazy. I said to DH one time that we should have more children and that way maybe we would have our good one next. He has a dry sense of humor and said to me, "maybe this is our good one!!" That sent chills down my spine. He is 40 now, and still has not gotten it "right". Married 4 times, always changing jobs, or without a job, has had numerous tickets for everything, DUI, speeding, reckless driving, driving without license. My hope and prayer that someday, will get it "right", settle down and live like a sane person should. I complement all of you who have good families, and are without the recurrent crisises. You should count your blessings.

Well off to bed on that note, not feeling sorry for myself, but hopeful and prayerful that all will be right in God's own time.

Will have blueberry muffins on the counter in the morning, help yourselves.

Hmmmm, I was born on a Sunday. Looks like a good choice.

Easy boots are hoof shaped and can be used over a shod hoof or a barefoot one. They protect the sole of the foot from rocks in extreme conditions and can also be used as a medicine boot if a horse's foot is being doctored for something like an abcess. Endurance riders use them a lot for rocky conditions or multiday events. I'll take some pictures so you can see, but you may have seen them at farm stores, they look like a horse's hoof with a snap down buckle and adjustment cables on the front. They are made of hard plastic and outwear steel shoes. They can also be equipped with studs for traction in icey conditions. It takes just a minute or two to put one on a hoof and they come off with the aid of a screwdriver and strong hands in about the same amount of time.

Our temp is still 80 at dark, got all the windows open and the ceeling fans going. Sweetie Pie Kitty is pestering me, she knows it is bedtime, plus she missed me when I was gone and is always extra friendly the first night I'm home. Hubby seldom sees her when I am gone but she shows up about 2 minutes after I drive in with my truck and horse trailer. She's a sweetheart. Time to try to sleep.

What a lovely family you have Maria!! Thank you for sharing your pictures.

Darius and I must be in the same zone horoscope wise, a couple of weeks ago I sliced my left index finger real deep and a half inch long, halving an avocado! Bled like a stuck pig, but it was a clean cut so I didn't run off to get stitched. I hate when I do stupid kitchen stuff like that, I know better.

Darius, I'm a Saturday's child too, but my birth didn't get recorded by the irresponsible town clerk until the following Tuesday, the 22nd. At that time, the town clerk was my dad. His mother never let him forget it either. She always sent my birthday card so it would arrive on the 19th, and always enclosed a dollar! With home births, the actual date is pretty flexible! So I get to celebrate for 4 days, and watch out if it falls on a weekend! And the "work hard for a living" is too true. I started working when I was 12, worked through three pregnancies, no wonder I retired at 56!! I was pooped!!

Washed and dried the dishes tonight by hand. sigh. If DH doesn't install that dishwasher by Wednesday night, the cook is checking into a resort hotel. Room service, please!!!

Gonna see if I can find a photo of at least one of my offspring....here's one of my DH, my son in law, and older daughter, (remember this face Carol, she says she's going to the Nationals) outside a couple years ago.

And here's DS taken at his stepson's wedding this spring.

Don't have time right now to comment on anything other than
OMG! BOTH my sons...and their father...AND their mother are Wednesday's children! (I shoulda known! LOL)

~julie~
(Who has pretty much become acustomed to the "Woe" in life...I said I was used to it...I didn't say I *liked* it! LMBO)

Good night everyone!

July, mine is wednesday also, it hit the nail on the head about a few things and do I ever get furious when I know something is unfair
Maria

Meant to say, good night all, it is midnight,
Maria

Hello all,
Good grief, Darius! Do you realy wonder why I'm afraid to read your posts? By any chance are you related to Calamity Jane? I agree with the last person who posted --- go to bed! With the kind of luck you've been having though, it probably won't be safe even there. One of my brothers once had a dream that he was about to be hit by lightning and dove off the bed in his sleep, thereby breaking his nose.

I checked your link. Apparently I was born on a Sunday. Don't know about the rest, but gay I'm definitely NOT! I'm a born depressive. It runs in the family.

On to more controversial and unhappier subjects. Oh dear, sarv, "taped their mouths shut and tied them in their chairs"? All I can think of is the foster mother who was in the news not that long ago who did that and killed the child. As for "kids these days", I'm 57 and when I was in junior high school one of the teachers was put in the hospital because one of the kids thought it was funny to pull her chair out from under her when she went to sit down. Of course, that "teacher" had spent quite a lot of class time telling all of her students about her brain surgery. Her classroom had become a real joke for some time before this. The whole school (or at least all the kids) knew that her class was a free-for-all. Kids threw desks and chairs out the window, people played cards in the back of the room for the whole period, etc., etc. I remember my whole class rushing to the windows one day to watch a teacher getting beaten up by a kid he'd pulled out of class. The year after I graduated from that place a kid was stabbed to death in one of the bathrooms. I'm not sure that it's really changed all that much except that there are more and more people as time goes on.

Julie, I'm really sorry for what you and your son have been going through. I used to do counseling with kids referred by juvenile court and their families. For a while it was a real fad around here for adolescent girls to accuse their fathers or step-fathers of incest. They knew it would get them out of their homes and into foster placement in the blink of an eye. I dealt with one of the families and came to the conclusion that it was a false claim, but boy did that family need help! The five year old was running the place. I don't mean to offend you, but doesn't it seem that someone who tried to fry her father at the ripe old age of six and then pulls this kind of stunt could maybe use some counseling? It might not help, but this is sounding border-line sociopathic and that scares the snot out of me.

On a brighter note, the garden is producing eggplants aplenty this year, so it's Mediterranean Vegetable Pie for supper tomorrow. I'll have the day off, so will have the hours it takes to put this thing together. I've got another recipe which was given to me by a former roommate about 35 years ago. She said it was really good, but I just never got around to trying it until last year when the fridge was overflowing with yellow crookneck squash. It looks and tastes like custard pie but must be healthier with the veggie component in it. I gave it to a friend of mine and we both still laugh about it since her husband had told her "I hate squash and you're always trying to hide it in things." She made this and he loved it. He still doesn't have a clue what's in it. If anyone's interested, I'll post it in the recipes forum.

I actually feel that I've accomplished a few things today, so I think I'll haul myself off to the bedroom where there's air-conditioning and read awhile. Got a chance to "sleep in" for a change this morning so I'm not ready to drift off just yet.

Goodnight!

Gosh M5, just for a minute I thought you had posted a picture of a much younger me!! Do you think al Golden Retriever people look alike???? They do say we grow to look like our dogs, sort of soft and soppy in the case of goldies. :>)
Aria my father had Parkinsons too, it is a very cruel illness. I think its worst aspect is that the body falls apart long before the mind so the patient is very aware of what is happening to his/her abilities.
Oh Darius, I will have to lend you my tee shirt,(see image I have scanned) a gift from DH at Christmas. I find it very appropriate for periods like you are having right now!! I wear it a lot. Perhaps you should go to bed and try getting out of the other side tomorrow? What can I say except:-(((((((((Darius)))))))))

It seems I'm a Mondays child - something obviously went wrong!!

Discipline and children is a tricky subject, but kids need rules. They need to know where the walls are and they keep pushing till they feel the resistance. I just expect kids to do as they are told, Can't stand rudeness and violence. You tell them once that X is wrong, tell them a second time with a warning of the consequences if they do it again. The third time you invoke the consequences. It helps of course if you have started when they are very young. Lots of love and hugs and a firm set of rules. At 15/16 there is alot of water already under the bridge and it is hard work to sort things out. In the end though if they wish to continue living in your house with you footing the bills, then they have to stick to your rules. The alternative is to move out and foot their own bills.
I think I mentioned we had the grandchildren, ages 2 and 4, for a couple of weeks recently while DS and his wife had an away break. I must have made more of an impression than I thought. I was somewhat amused the other day when they came up to swim in the pool. DS was being rude to me - (in jest, he teases a lot) - his 4 year old son looked him kind of sideways. Then he said 'Daddy you shouldn't say that to Granny, you might make her cross and then she'll shout and send you to bed. She won't let you JUST say sorry you know - you will have to go to bed and think about it first, so she knows you mean it, and then you'll have missed the fun."
DS looked at me and said - "I see you haven't changed then"
Didn't do him any harm!!
I think it might be bed time!!

Carol

I dug out this one of DS, DIL and the grand babies. Another Christmas present.

Well it seems I am a Saturday's child as well.

Following all the thoughts on our parents positions on child rearing/punishments, I have decided that anyone here over the age of 50, had my parents. We must be siblings. There was a paddle around the house that one of the 6 kids would try to hide, but that didn't help because there were lots of belts around and mom's hand as well. We didn't talk back for fear of what would happen. I did get spanked once when I was 5 by the principal, for lying about breaking a prism.

Right or wrong, good or bad, with my one offspring, the worst I ever did was swat him on his backside. Most of the punishment I gave was sitting in a chair for long periods of time, or getting sent to room. And grounding, taking away privledges. Many of you know the problems my DS has had.

I also am grateful I didn't have any more, because in the end I figure, that with my luck any more would have followed in their brothers footsteps, that would have been more than I could take and stay sane.

Molly
:^)))

What beautiful pics from everyone! I don't know how to get them from my camera to here, so you're all outta luck. But I am 5 ft 10 inch. Tall, blonde with a knock out figure and a full head of blond hair - plumped up lips and shocking white teeth LOL LOL.

Darius - for pete sake woman - can anything else happen to you??? You should write a book - it would be a best seller (hey that's a way to make extra $)

Mc C - gosh when I read what I did, I was embarassed! However it was the norm back then and it really wasn't that bad. One single small bit of tape and loosely tied once around the tummy with yarn. Just glad I'm not in the classroom any longer. One of my good friends is still teaching (much younger than I) She is a cracker jack and often gets saddled with 'behavior problems' Last year she had a real doosey - took scissors after her and other students, swore, ripped up papers, threw things. Remember, she couldn't touch him. She ended up on heavy duty meds for anxiety etc and almost gave up the ship. Student was finally removed from her room, but not until the spring of the year. He ended up in a psycho hospital.

Cool weather is here - 56 deg this morning - sure feels good. Gonna get some warmer later in the week, but man does it seem wonderful outside (already had my garden walk, but had to slip on a bathrobe!!)


I was born on a Thurs - ya I've got a long way to go....and 12 hugs a day - can you hug yourself?? I don't get that many in a week or even a month- Our family is not a huggy bunch. I do get a back rub everyother night tho- does that count??

I'm going off my relafen (for tendonitis) It (my arm) hurts even when I take it, so I am going to try skipping it since it is so hard on the stomach.

Mary, I don't know how ya do it. Yesterday I pulled weeds for a hour and thought I was gonna croak. I could never keep going all day long like you do. What vitamins did you say you took?? LOL

Good morning every body! What a lovely picture of your family, Okus, the boys make me smile, the little one looks as if do say 'what are you doing'?
It is a very nice morning here after a steamy Sunday, it rained but not enough, do not remember a summer here without so little of it, when I walk through the lawn, always lush and green, it feels like straw. Many of my flower have gone to flower heaven and shrubs are looking very sad too, I have too much of a garden to water it all. Tomatoes do not want to ripen, probably the frost will get them before I will, cucumbers are plentiful I must pick at least six a day from two plants, have to pass them along to my neighbors, probably they won't know what to do with them either, lol

I have felt like that dog many times, Okus, when it was not worth getting up in the morning, I am basically healthy (( I am one of the lucky cancer survivors that I had when I was only 22 years old, two years after my first child was born, it was kind of scary to say the least, my usual weight is between 115 and 120 but it went down to 93, am 5'5 now it is normal again)) with some of the mild medicine I must take but sciatica is a problem, have gone to all kinds of drs. but nothing has helped, guess I just have to suffer with it but it makes gardening hard and other chores too.

All of you have a good day, and Darius watch out for youself!!!!
Maria

good morning & happy monday, GOB's!
tha$nks SO much for all the warm & friendly welcomes :)
i went back and read my original post - geesh i DO
run on. i love to write & type, can ya tell?

Darius - i broke a tooth eating popcorn during the '99
world series. then i broke another eating
a butterfinger candy bar in '00. haven't had
either fixed. dentist says it'll be $1600. EACH.
both are molars, can't see the damage. there's
no pain whatsoever, so .. i'll fix 'em when i have
a spare $3200. lost dental insurance when dh
retired from fire department.

my daughter's major is "cultural studies & the
media" ... she's worked in radio since she was
14, her interest being documentaries. i suspect
she'll be looking for a public radio job when she's
done w/school in Dec.

Sarv - i know who kitty carlisle and gary moore are,
so i've been dated too :) I have been to NYC a
total of ONE time - that was in 9th grade! I can't
even remember 9th grade ... except for that was
the year i gave up wearing bangs. the daughter
loves it there cuz there's so much to do & see, but
lately she's been talking about how hard it is to
live there. i think nyc summer w/no air conditioning
pushed her over the edge ... she now says she's
coming back to north carolina when she graduates.

Okus - My dear sweet mom never stopped thinking of us
as babies, she never stopped worrying about us
even when there was no cause for worry! I've resigned
myself to this with my own kids. they're 23 & 18, and
definitely still babies.

aria - i am in total awe of anyone who can say they've been
married 57-1/2 WONDERFUL years. Such a rarity, such
a great gift. Even though you lost him last year, you are
a very very lucky woman.

all - i am a Wednesday's child, too. 7.01.53 ... my kids
are Friday & Sunday, which is the only reason I
had that poem framed & hanging in their playroom :)

i've been pondering all the musings over good kids/bad kids.
a child psychologist told me once that most everything boils
down to the "crapshoot of genetics" ... sometimes the best
parenting on the planet can't overcome all the errors in
judgement kids are capable of. overall, i've not had any
serious problems with my kids, but geesh they've done
some stupid things. and they still do. i was a good kid, too,
and i did my share of mischief & bad judgement - i cling to
my belief that i turned out ok in spite of it. took me awhile
to grow up - i think i was about 35 when that happened.

an interesting tale ... my "first love" was a super-smart,
funny guy with common sense well beyind his years. my
parents thought he was the greatest thing since sliced
bread, and so did i. he went off to West Point and then
to medical school - to give you a sense of what a together
person he was/is. two years ago, he found me on the
internet ... he told me that his eldest son had broken into
a couple's home, killed them in their sleep, robbed their
house, got caught, and hung himself in jail while awaiting
trial. i went on to verify this through researching newspapers
online. his other 3 kids are the same wonderful achievers
he was/is. "the crapshoot of genetics" ...

it was so hot & humid & buggy all weekend - didn't do a thing
in the yard except water a few plants i could hear screaming
from inside. i love warm weather (i hate wearing socks) but
i've had enough. about this time of year i am pining away
for cool weather and being able to open my darn windows.
thanks to canada, it's supposed to cool off and be pleasant
starting tomorrow. a good thing - i've got much to do out
there & i need the therapy. dh brought home a bucket
full of mystery irises he found at an abandoned homesite
when he was walking the dog yesterday. it'll be a
surprise next spring to see what they are.

life as i know it is about to change in ways i never would
expect ... just as i started accepting the empty nest
i'll have when my son leaves for the marines, my DH/best
friend has accepted a job he simply could not refuse -
300 miles away. he's gonna manage a thoroughbred
farm in middleburg va ... free house, utilities, car, phone,
and a whole lotta $$$ to do it. we need the $$$ badly
given we've exhausted all our resources/reserves getting
the daughter through college ... but what a trade-off for
the extra dough ... the farm will pretty much "own" him
and he won't be home but for a few times/year. when i
starting thinking about all the things large and small he
does around here, i get the willies. i've never cleaned
the gutters in my life, for example. is this GOB up to the
task? that is the question ... it'll be me and my 11 year
old chocolate lab - Roxie. she'll also flip out when the
alpha-male leaves.

the just to the flashpoint banana bread - been there!
i had to start taking a timer outside with me, once my
mind started to go :) i love to bake. cakes, cookies,
brownies, eclairs and on
and on and on. love it love it love it. haven't done any
baking at all for 13 months. daughter won't eat "junk"
food - it'll ruin her girlish figure. son stopped eating
it 13 mos ago to get in shape for the marines. and dh
starting thinking about his mortality and took up having
dried fruit for snacks. i did find a recipe for dog
biscuits - Roxie's not worried about her mortality or
her girlish figure :)

ok i had to smack myself to stop typing. i'm going to
see if i can post a pic or two on here. if it's too high-tech
it won't happen.

happy monday, everyone!
marsha marsha marsha

Just do not stop, Marsha, love to read your posts.

Yes, I have been very lucky with finding this wonderful man when he was a soldier in Vienna, Austria. I was barely 17 years old , a student at the university, but did not hesitate when he sent for me, it was a big change for me from Vienna to a very rural town, a bit scary which I never admitted to anyone, LOL, but was very lucky, it could have ended up into a very bad situation but it was quite the contrary.
Maria

this is my rooftop gardening first-born, Katie (Kathryn),
the almost-college-graduate. it's one of those photobooth
pics ... she sent it a few weeks ago.
no pics of my (baby) son (or of me or dh) on the pc yet. will have to fix that,
maybe today!

marsha

Digginit, I gotta ask, if one kid's away at college and the other'n going off to soldier, why aren't you going with DH - there's a house that goes with it? I only ask 'cause you did say DH/Best friend.?

Darius, it was the barren moon syndrome. Suffered the onslaught of stubs and thorns yesterday, trying to remove trash locust treees which have popped up here and there on the property.

They are probably all root tip growths from the mother tree in the corner of the lot. So I'm cutting them off where they are too big to be dug out. Don't guess I was looking, never saw them happening. But then one is in a huge rose bush cluster, one's up close to the lilac, one has grown up right next to my biggest buddleia - as if they planned on the camoflage to save their lives.

Thanks a bunch for the melons, I'll take mine outdoors where it's safe to drool.

hurricane fran blasted through here in '96, and
this is what dh did with the 17 loblollies & cedars
we lost that night. he did it all with only a come-along
and a chain saw. it's his workshop and the loft is
stuffed to the rafters with stuff my daughter wants
when she gets out of school. we spend a lot of
time sipping iced tea on the porch :)
marsha

Great lookin' cabin, Marsha! I'd sit on that porch and sip iced tea too. : )

Just realized Mercury has been retrograde during my recent trials. Duh. It goes retrograde again Nov. 14-Dec. 4. Guess I'll stay in bed then!

It's beautiful marsha, I wouldn't want to leave there either.

Marsha that is a real 'pioneers cabin'! Its lovely, your DH must be a very handy handyman.
I second Blooms question. Go with him, new doors open when old ones close, but you have to grasp the nettle and go through them yourself. Its nerve wracking letting go of the world your comfortable with and moving into the unknown. I know because we just did it - We moved across the Atlantic, to this strange country where 'fanny' isn't a rude word, because its on the opposite side of the anatomy to where it was in the UK. When I call it a 'bum', I get funny looks, cos that apparantly is a rude word?? But the adjustment is worth it, I'm getting to know some great folk and I haven't lost anything either, email and letters still work!! I say go for it.
The picture is our other two grandchildren, almost 9 and 11, our daughters babies in the UK. We have to keep popping back to see them or have them over here but I reckon we have seen more of them since we moved than when they were the other end of the same country!!

Aria our 'littlest DGD' is a real handful!! Charming and sweet but very strong willed and determined. She is a tough cookie too, didn't cry when she fell into a red ant nest and got bitten all over, and that must have really been bad for days. She hasn't quite worked out how we all relate yet - she calls DH 'Grannies Grandad', he says that really makes him feel old!
Of now to deal with the washing
Carol

blooms -
yeah, that IS the obvious question, isn't it ... i'm not sure how to
answer it cuz i'm not sure what to do. my knee-jerk reaction
to the news of the dh's new job was to immediately rent the
house and go with him. but, we love the town of chapel hill, and
we decided long ago to stay here when we "retired" ... the
university medical center is a mile from our house ... we've
always been told that's a real important consideration when
chosing a place to grow old. real estate values here are
through the roof and we want to hang on to our 10 year old
"bargain" ... renting the house is probably what i will do,
eventually - maybe in a year or so. my marine son has expressed
how important it is for him to be able to come HOME when he
gets brief periods of time off after boot camp and then again
after infantry school. he should be done with training next
spring. there's nothing stopping me from visiting dh whenever
i want, however, and i will certainly be doing that.

i'm thinking it sounds like a trivial consideration when pondering
my moving up there, but ... if i can't garden i will shrivel up and die. dh already asked the horse farm people if i would be free to garden around the manager's house and the answer was a swift "NO" ... and if i had to throw my gardens to the mercy of renters, that'd kill me, too.
then there's my chickens ... and neighbors i love ... and a town i know so well ... and so on.

the dh and i will adjust to being apart with flair and grace, i'm sure. in this age of instant messaging, email, digital cameras, cell phones, and fast cars, we'll certainly be able to have our long evening conversations and catch up with the daily events, big and small. in my original post on this subject, i was more bemoaning the dh not being around to do all that he does ... and wondering if i can fill his shoes.

it's 1pm and i'm just now finishing coffee pot #2. what a slacker i am today :)

marsha

OK Marsha, I get it now. That's a good strong relationship ya got going there, and shoot! Gal, I drive a hundred miles one way just to shop at a Home Depot. LOL I'm sure it'll work out... we do what we hafta to do when life puts it in front of us.
And gutters aren't really that hard, and a teenager can do it. Iff'n ur afraid of heights. And I realize that's just one in a list of things that yu count on him for / but mostly it's the countin' on him being there. ;-)

Instant Messaging will be a big help. That's a wonderful building he made with the mess left by a hurricane. straw into gold. You'll be just fine. It'll mean you travel a bit more - but it'll work out with the daily contact.
~Blooms

Nifty little hideaway out of a disaster!! My step dad built a little log "playhouse" for my younger half brother, long after he was grown, someone bought it for a hunting shack. Glad to hear your stories, Marsha, you write well and we are interested! Everyone here shares their joys, sorrows, complaints and so forth, since we joined this thread. I'm sure it saves our better halves/ friends or family the agony of listening to us!!

Lazy day for me. Have not done one single useful thing. Watched the last episode of Six Feet Under from last night. Sorry to see it over, it was one of the best series HBO has ever done.

Trying to think of what to make for dinner that requires no dishes. I know, carry out!!!

Helloooo - was gone all day and just got back...had to check in to see what my cyber buddies have been up to. A bunch of us old teachers went out to lunch today - the purpose was to comfort one of us (the first one) whose husband passed away. But she never showed up!! I think she is getting forgetful. We ate and laughed without her..

Got home and MIL had called 8 times. She needed to go back to the hospital for a blood test- she's on cumadin and her levels weren't right. I ended up taking her and she said at the hospital (loudly) "I don't know WHY you dye your hair GRAY - it doesn't look good on you!! I burst out laughing- it struck me so funny, but on the way home, I kept peeking in the mirror thinking - " is it really gray??" When I asked DH when I got home- he said she's crazy.

Dig, I can't imagine being without my DH. We spat like a couple of cats, but I would miss his snore at night. Aria, that is some tribute being married so long. I don't look forward to it, I will have to have a roomie.

Stopped at Lowes on the way home today. Got 4 huge astilbe for 3.33 a piece and two daylilies for 2.24 each. Made my day!! Now I gotta plant them! Maybe tomorrow I'll visit Home Depot. To heck with high gas prices - I like to shop too much!!

That story about the doc's son is sad. I remember we had a doc friend that used to treat us kids- come to the house even. They had one son and he is a convicted sex offender. Been in jail umpteen times - finally got out and moved out west somewhere. They were such a lovely family - just a rotten egg for a son. Had another friend that have 4 boys. Their dad was a doc and all the boys are now docs. Now how does that happen???

Sheesh - having ANOTHER hot flash- gotta go get the washcloth out....

Like the man said, Luck of the Draw of the gene pool.

Well ya do the best ya can with what ya get.

Molly
:^)))

Well, I think the poison ivy may be on the way out soon. Still itches like crazy but today the spots look like they are seeping red blood cells into adjacent area.

I'm considering an alternative form of transportation since gas has gone sky high.

LOL, Darius, imgine if every one in this country used horses for transportation we be knee deep in manure
Maria

Personally, I am quite fond of manure. :>)

LOL, I'd give a lot for a load of horse manure! (and I doubt I could feed the horse any cheaper than I buy gas.)

Our neighbors have horses, people up the road have horses and a sign, free manure, how much do you want and shall I send it USPS or FedEx???

i'd love to be knee-deep in horse manure!

marsha

LOL, M5! I couldn't afford the postage.

Some years ago I built a 2 story addition for my mother, staying with her several months and doing some gardening as well. A farmer up the road had composted sheep manure, $5 a truck load. I hauled in some and dumped it up by the pond where we couldn't smell it from the house. Sure made great gardens!

I'd rather smell horse manure than exhaust fumes any day! Which reminds me, I need to make a visit to the free place and pile some up in the back corner for spring use. Manure tea, nectar of the gods!

I like manure too but not loaded down on my street, lol
Maria

Eg gads, you have been busy today. Darius, I chuckled at your pic. That would be like thumbing your nose at the oil companies and the government!! Wish it was a doable thing. Glad to hear the itchies may be on the way out. How's the thumb?

Sarv, I know that you enjoyed your day out with friends. I wonder, does the friend who did not show have anyone close to check on her. Grief and depression can do strange things to the body and the mind. I hope that she is alright. DH has a cousin by marriage who is exhibiting the early signs of alzheimers. He is 64, and recently (over the past year) beginning to do strange things. He came here last Fri. evening, wanting a flash light. He said his lights were flickering, and his wife wasn't home, he was scared to death.We live about a mile from them, and the weather here was fine. He was worried about a storm and the lights going off. Then this morning at 5:30, rang our door bell, wanting DH to come work on his lawn mower. BTW, good haul on the plants!!

Diggingit, hereafter referred to as Dig (if it is alright), good news on DH job. Although that is going to be a life changing situation. But as you say with instant messaging, digital cams, phones, etc, communitcation is not a problem. Look at it as an adventure, and be thankful for the extra income, and the traveling opportunities. DH travels several times a year, and we talk 3 or 4 times a day. In a way it is a mini vacation for me, as I don't have to cook, and can be on my own schedule.

Meezer, right on when you posted that this thread saves a lot of ear time with close friends and relatives. Another advantage, no one is interested in hearing you relate the latest gossip, as they don't know us. As I have often said, everyone has a purpose in life, mine sometimes seems to be to set the bad example, as in don't grow up to be like her!!!!LOL.

Aria, you will soon see, that we do vent on this forum, but as Sarv said, most of us have been married for years, and we spat, but that does not mean that we would wish our lives to be anything other than what it is. I can't imagine being without DH, although at times, the idea seems tempting!! DH and I have been married 40 years, and when we spat, it is usually a control issue, as both of us have strong personalities. Like 2 bulls butting heads occasionally.

Okus, I laughed when I read your post about "bum", I understand that by watching an interview with Sharon Osborne, what I want to know is the English defination of "fanny" I just love some of your terms. I read alot, and some of my reading is English mysteries, and it took awhile for me to decipher words substituted for ours. But it is so charming.

Molly, you are so right, the gene pool is a crap shoot, you take what you get. Deal with it on a situation by situation basis.

I didn't do much today, I think the weekend finally caught up with me. Saturday the State Fair, and then Sunday all my family for the day. Just too tired to do much. Was invited to a neighbors for supper tonight. The fare was fish, that DH and neighbor caught last week. It was good to eat a meal that was prepared by hands not attached to my arms. Hope somebody has something delish on the counter in the morning, as I am too tired to make anything.

Thanks, Mary for the melons, enjoyed mine in the yard with juice dripping onto my flowers!!

Goodnight all, have a peaceful pleasant rest, see you in the morning.

Here's Maxine's take on husbands: