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Hi guys Been a while. I see familiar names. I hope everyone is doing well. I thought I'd drop in and say hi. The boy person is no longer the short person. Nearly 13 years old, almost as tall as me. Braces on teeth, cast on right arm. He wears shoes too big for me, lol. Work is awful. The other supervisor retired on Jan. 1 and the higher higher ups have left the position unfilled. I am just a tad overwhelmed. Vacation next week might help my sanity. So what is happening in your worlds? Oh yeah, and I've been stuck in travian world......don't join me unless you intend to become an addict. A > Hi guys > > Been a while. I see familiar names. I hope everyone is doing well. I > thought I'd drop in and say hi. Hi Aula! I almost never post any more since spamworld has taken over, just do not have the energy to try! All is well here with us, I am still a hospice nurse, love it especially since I am part time. Caroline is almost in 7th grade, playing school softball, basketball, volleyball, and running track. Also on a traveling softball team that keeps us on the road from March to August. Clare (rising 8th grader!) is doing competition cheerleading with school; practices year 'round. She is quite flippy-dippy! DH has taken up gardening, has a one acre garden with the usual tomatoes, cukes, peppers, squash, etc, and for some reason known only to him, a 2 acre pumpkin patch. Quite scary....last year the drought got most of them but I am truly petrified for this year, I may be sitting by I-75 on the back of the truck selling punkins all fall!!! Sorry work is so rough for you, I hope you have a refreshing vacation! Beth >> Hi Aula! > I almost never post any more since spamworld has taken over, just do not [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Sorry work is so rough for you, I hope you have a refreshing vacation. It is so amazing how fast these kidlets grow! I remember your girls as such tiny young things and to hear this is just astounding. It sounds like they are having a grand time and growing up just like they ought. aula <snip> > I almost never post any more since spamworld has taken over, just do not > have the energy to try! [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Sorry work is so rough for you, I hope you have a refreshing vacation! Hiya Good to hear from you. Sounds like a lovely run around summer. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Marc >Hi guys > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] >Oh yeah, and I've been stuck in travian world......don't join me unless you >intend to become an addict. 'Nuff snow for you this winter? (tee hee...) Banty > 'Nuff snow for you this winter? > > (tee hee...) OH geesh! Talk about snow! We have about four feet of snow in the yard at any given point all winter. By the late winter the boy could easily climb onto the garage roof from the accumulated stuff against it and some of the first floor windows were partly hidden by the piles that had slipped from the roof! I was so so so glad to see spring finally ease in. Now, I have bleeding heart, forget me nots, english primroses and such blooming throughout the yard. Phew! A >Hi guys > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >as tall as me. Braces on teeth, cast on right arm. He wears shoes too big >for me, lol. 13? 13!! Wow, he's grown fast! He was only 4 or so when I joined a.m.! >Work is awful. The other supervisor retired on Jan. 1 and the higher higher >ups have left the position unfilled. I am just a tad overwhelmed. Vacation >next week might help my sanity. :-( I hope your vacation is restful! >So what is happening in your worlds? Well, E is 8 and will end her 2nd grade career on the 29th. A is 4 and we're looking forward to having her go to preschool this fall. Both lovely girlies but they sure like to annoy each other ;-) My ds W is now 24, still in the Army and his unit is gearing up for deployment <SIGH>. The bright spot is he's planning to propose to his girlfriend of 3 years :-))) We're fixing up the house as time and budget allows this spring and summer. I'm looking forward to tackling the kitchen! Glad to see you pop in! Nan >My ds W is now 24, still in the Army and his unit is gearing up for >deployment <SIGH>. Oh, Nan. (((((((((((((((((((hugs)))))))))))))))))))) >The bright spot is he's planning to propose to his girlfriend of 3 >years :-))) Oh, boy... Wedding planning blues <g>  SignatureDorothy There is no sound, no cry in all the world that can be heard unless someone listens .. The Outer Limits > >Hi guys > > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > 13? 13!! Wow, he's grown fast! He was only 4 or so when I joined > a.m.! I know! I cannot believe it either. Driver's license stuff would start in less than three years if i have that calculated correctly. He goes into seventh grade in the fall, homeschool eval in about a month. Where have the years gone? > >Work is awful. The other supervisor retired on Jan. 1 and the higher higher > >ups have left the position unfilled. I am just a tad overwhelmed. Vacation [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > and we're looking forward to having her go to preschool this fall. > Both lovely girlies but they sure like to annoy each other ;-) More growing babies! It seems just a day ago that you were back from the hospital with E. Phew! And didn't we just arrive in Vermont? Aw, but we are ageless and that is a good thing. > My ds W is now 24, still in the Army and his unit is gearing up for > deployment <SIGH>. > The bright spot is he's planning to propose to his girlfriend of 3 > years :-))) Oh wow, what a mixed bag of emotional fodder there. Is his deployment to the sandbox or elsewhere? I've got a nephew going into naval training sometime in the next month. I can understand your concerns. And you've so btdt before on this. I seem to recall you liked the fiance. That is a really nice bright spot. > We're fixing up the house as time and budget allows this spring and > summer. I'm looking forward to tackling the kitchen! > > Glad to see you pop in! Thanks. I have missed you guys. The break has helped my tolerance levels of spam. Don't know about flamewars y et, but hey. My travian game is on break and will resume in a little more than a week, only doing behind the scenes work at the moment. I have met some marvelous folks through the games there but they cannot replace my alt.moms friends. JJ still around? A >Oh wow, what a mixed bag of emotional fodder there. Is his deployment to >the sandbox or elsewhere? I've got a nephew going into naval training >sometime in the next month. I can understand your concerns. And you've so >btdt before on this. In the interest of Security he can't tell me where he'll be yet, but I guessed correctly when we were talking, and it's someplace I'd hate to see him go to. > I seem to recall you liked the fiance. That is a >really nice bright spot. Yes, she's a very good person. She's stuck by my ds during times he could be a real Pain. It's very easy to see she loves him very much. >Thanks. I have missed you guys. The break has helped my tolerance levels >of spam. Don't know about flamewars y et, but hey. My travian game is on >break and will resume in a little more than a week, only doing behind the >scenes work at the moment. I have met some marvelous folks through the >games there but they cannot replace my alt.moms friends. JJ still around? She's been at the web site recently (I haven't popped over there very much..) and has posted here now and again. Your log in info should still be current, we haven't deleted anyone according to the FAQ in a long while. Nan >Hi guys > [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > >A Aula.... Yay, I thought you had dropped off the face of the earth. I am very glad to see you. I cannot believe your son is 13 already. My grandkids are growing up too. Dgd is almost 6 and will be in first grade next year, We are doing a *flat child* project with her this summer with some online friends from another board. She had fun making her flat self and is waiting for the packet so she can see what she needs to do. Dgs is 4 now. He is still pretty quiet and not talking much, but he does talk more than he did. He was very funny yesterday when I booted the computer. He watched the screen and pointed to the colors of the windows logo and was naming them *black, blue, red, green, yellow* ;) I am very busy - I moderate an online yahoo group for parents of children with autism and have a meetup group for autism in our area. I hope they fill your supervisors position soon (maybe they will promote you?) SignatureDorothy There is no sound, no cry in all the world that can be heard unless someone listens .. The Outer Limits > Aula.... Yay, I thought you had dropped off the face of the earth. I > am very glad to see you. [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > I hope they fill your supervisors position soon (maybe they will > promote you?) These kids, growing and flourishing! What is that all about? he he he he I am glad to hear your darling grand kids are doing so well. I know they are the apple of your eye. As to work, I would avoid a promotion like the plague because I like regular hours. What I'd really love, especially as gas prices creep to four dollars/gal., is to find a position closer to home. I'm driving 37 miles one way to the office. Even in my saturn that is a tank every four days. The raise I just got is eaten up with that. And I don't even want to think about the heating fuel pre buy we are about to do for next season's heating. Ah well. At least the sun is up and the hummingbirds are visiting the neighbor's quince whiel I'm typing. Me and the cat are having a lovely time watching them. A > Hi guys > [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > A Great to see you - was gone myself for almost 2 years. DW is in a coma, DS is growing like a weed and strugling with his Autism and DD is smart as ever. > Hi guys > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > Oh yeah, and I've been stuck in travian world......don't join me unless you > intend to become an addict. No, I won't look. Yes, your DS must be about 6 months older than my daughter, over 5'6" and sure doesn't look her age, makes me worry a bit as she is now travelling more by herself to get to and from school and to and from friends. Yes, shoes are almost interchangeable, braces on teeth, no cast tg, how did that happen? High school is going well, a lot more responsibility for own actions and planning being taken, tg. Although DH and I were running around yesterday finding crucial stuff for today, last time, honestly. Work sounds like a challenge. Yes, also nose to the wheel, shoulder to the grindstone, eye on the main chance, etc, lol With DH similarly engaged ATM life is not much fun, but at least his pain will be over in a week or two until the next project gets to that stage. Despite that, life is a bit easier with far less outflows >= inflows. DS10 is going well, learning how to take responsbility for his own actions, less of the 'its not my fault' rubbish, and that some decisions only he can really make for himself, so it is interesting times. 18 months to get him ready for high school. in between that, well into a new x-stitch. Done about 1/9 in three months, so it is going to take a while. good to hear from you. Marc over 5'6" > and sure doesn't look her age, makes me worry a bit as she is now > travelling more by herself to get to and from school and to and from [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > good to hear from you. > Marc I did a bad job of snippage at the top there, but me and this lap top are still learning to communicate. First lap top......cramped keyboards! I know....this trusting that we've done a good job teaching the kids how to deal with life is a heart in throat thing at times. DS is now allowed to be home alone for a while. He takes it in stride, I get a tad nervous. That's my job tho! DS broke his arm two weeks ago. He was at a friend's house. Fell a foot off a balnce beam in the back yard but hit a tree root with his elbow. Broke the humerous right above the growth plate. His dominant arm of course. Took us three days to get him to try putting his arm through his sleeve. Now he is running around, not using the sling [which is ok] and being almost his usual rough and tumble self. Kids. lol I could go on for hours about him but won't do it. You guys would go cross eyed and start throwing wads of paper at your monitors. ;p Aula <snip> > I know....this trusting that we've done a good job teaching the kids how to > deal with life is a heart in throat thing at times. DS is now allowed to be > home alone for a while. He takes it in stride, I get a tad nervous. That's > my job tho! oh, too true. First pet, Bugs, the bunny died overnight. Had been off his food since Friday evening, was getting to think about taking him to the vets Sunday on Saturday night. :'(, kids pretty quiet today. Marc > <snip> > > I know....this trusting that we've done a good job teaching the kids how to [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > his food since Friday evening, was getting to think about taking him to > the vets Sunday on Saturday night. :'(, kids pretty quiet today. <<<<<<<<Marc and kiddos>>>>>>>> tough stuff. but better to start with pets than grandma and grandpa ><snip> >> I know....this trusting that we've done a good job teaching the kids how to [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > >Marc (((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((hugs)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))) Sorry about the bunny. SignatureDorothy There is no sound, no cry in all the world that can be heard unless someone listens .. The Outer Limits > <snip> >> I know....this trusting that we've done a good job teaching the kids [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > his food since Friday evening, was getting to think about taking him to > the vets Sunday on Saturday night. :'(, kids pretty quiet today. When DH was cleaning up the area that poor departed pitch black Bugs lived, he found some bread with green stuff on it. Rob went to about a half dozen people (vet, chemist, hardware guy, florist,..) and all agreed - snailbait. Looked over the fence, sure enough neighbours have more around their tiny market garden. Speaking to them as nicely as possible - yes something brownish had eaten all their just grown lettuces overnight. So they had put snail bait down. How did a 3x 1 inch slab of bread got onto our side, they're very sorry, etc, etc. Bloody strweth, is it really so difficult to come ask your neighbours to ask is it possible that your rabbit is getting into our yard and look at the animal to see if it is the same as the one you think you saw.... Not a good situation :(((((((((((((( Marc [snip] > Speaking to them as nicely as possible - yes something > brownish had eaten all their just grown lettuces overnight. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > Not a good situation > :(((((((((((((( Bloody strewth is right. A 50 lb bag of iodized salt would magically mix into their little patch of dirt in the near future. (Or a fine mist of Round Up would deforest their entire backyard.) Depends how passive aggressive you want to be. The Ranger > Hi guys > > Been a while. I see familiar names. I hope everyone is doing well. I > thought I'd drop in and say hi. Oohlala! >hugz< :) Signaturescrum (\_/) Procrastinator bunny says: ( . .) "I'll conquer the internets tomorrow" C(")(") > > Hi guys > > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > >hugz< :) oh scrumble! Oh wow! I don't know what to say! yeah, i know one thng.....you play travian? us speed server starts on a week from tomorrow and I'll be in the SW........come to the dark side and join me! A, iluzie next round >>> Hi guys >>> [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > A, iluzie next round I think I signed up for it a while ago, just to see what it was. Can't say I played it though. Too busy blowing up stuff on Eve-online :) Signaturescrum (\_/) Procrastinator bunny says: ( . .) "I'll conquer the internets tomorrow" C(")(") > >>> Hi guys > >>> [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > I think I signed up for it a while ago, just to see what it was. Can't > say I played it though. Too busy blowing up stuff on Eve-online :) I have way too much fun stealing resources and using my catapults. he he he he. But the best part of the game is meeting peeps. Very similar to newsgroups in that regard, if you take advantage of the opportunities. a I haven't been on this computer since march - so that's probably the last time I even looked at this group. Nice to see a post from you and some other familiar faces. DS is now 14, and will graduate from middle school in a couple of weeks. We are off to the highschool land in August. He is 6' tall and could wear Ronald MacDonald's shoes! You think its tough thinking about driving in a few years.... we are 1.5 yrs away from the learners permit.... Although I just told him the other day he will likely be driving from home to the bus stop to pick the bus up for school. (highschool bus stop is 4.5 miles from home - school is close to 30). We are all looking forward to highschool. We've found a good one for him to go to. DH and I are going strong. Life is busy, economy sucks and has hit us hard, but we just pursue on. Oh - and I survived 4 weeks of MIL this year. She called tonight to say they got more snow today! You must be dealing with some cold weather yourself. SignatureJJ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I'm walking to save lives. You can help me by donating. http://08.the3day.org/goto/Jennifer > Hi guys > [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > A > I haven't been on this computer since march - so that's probably the last > time I even looked at this group. Nice to see a post from you and some [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > they got more snow today! You must be dealing with some cold weather > yourself. It has been cold these last few days.....just after I put out the starts for the veggie garden. lol So you survived your MIL for four whole weeks! My heavens girl but you are doing well! How are your spoons? Did they move about much in your drawers this time? My Ds is similarly tall and growing like a weed. Grew 2.5 inches in the last three months. Shoes bigger than mine. We went to Howe Caverns yesterday [upstate NY] and the pics make him my height. lol Well, time to run again. a |
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