Ruth, have a marvelous time out West. Yeah, just give me a buzz and you can sleep with DH and I. Seriously, I can give the guest room the once over. Don't travel if it's bad.
Geepers, you must cry when Hershey goes. Please take pictures of the puppies. We love puppies.

Squeak, I hear ya. I've been working out for two months and haven't lost a gol-darned pound. I'm disgusted. And I'm sure I'm eating better, too. But I think we need to track our food. We're probably eating more than we think.
Also, maybe you're doing something weird to your metabolism. You're going into "starvation mode" I think. You need to eat 5 or 6 small meals a day.

Pickering, Ruth? I thought it would be Deep River. In any case, is there any point in going on? Where do we get those little pills? And what about the pills from "On the Beach", by Nevil Shute? You know, the Final pills. Shouldn't we have those available to us? Because when I run out of water or heat or something and I'm cold and miserable, life cannot go on.
Have fun, hon! xoxo

Have a great trip Ruthxxx!

Ruth-Hope you have fun!!!

Ellis-Why are you worrying about bombs? The next big threat is SMALLPOX!!!
(I wish they would stop trying to panic all of us!)

Squeak-Are you okay? You seem kinda down.

Kelly-Hope everything goes well with the oral surgery!!!

Smallpox!? Huh, that's nothin', hon. They're gonna knock down our parliament buildings. Listen, I don't live that far from them... there may be fall-out. Not to mention our nuclear stations. Geez.

Okay, there was something funny... I must find it... an article...
back later...

okay, check this out. It's funny. It's re: Y2K, but it's funny...

http://www.austinchronicle.com/issue.../xtra.y2k.html

That was cute Ellis

Let's just go with I have been better. But it is about that time of year when I am normally down. And with a few other things going on, it just hasn't helped.

But you're going to see your boy soon, right? Hang in there, Squeak.

Yeah I am still going, partially because he keeps talking about what we can do while I am there and he sounds excited.

FUNNY ELLIS!!!!

Alternative #2: If you have a well stocked enough wine cellar NOTHING will bother you!!!

Good grief! What an oversight, Den! Quick... let's start stocking up on cheap bottles of booze. We'll drink ourselves to death! Hmmm... what about the kids? Candy? And black pop.

Ellis what in the world were you doing up at 3:30 AM?????

Squeak, I fell asleep cuddled up with my kids. My DH decided not to wake us, and went to sleep in my DS's bed. I had a TERRIBLE sleep! One pushing me off the bed, the other pulling the blankets off me, one with his elbow up my nose, the other with her hair in my mouth...
So I got up and couldn't get back to sleep. Made coffee, stayed up until 6, and then fell asleep on the couch in the TV room and FROZE to death!

Silly chickie

Don't you LOVE falling asleep with your kids? I always fell asleep reading to mine, (before they did!) but not before I started to garble the words... (which they loved!)

Yes, I love it, Kat. They smell and look so sweet when they're sleeping. This probably sounds weird, but I like the idea of some cultures of having the entire family sleeping together. I'd have a big room with a huge mattress on the floor and everyone cuddled up together. Of course, I'd also have my own bedroom for when I needed to be ALONE!!