"Gma" -- I had Jason when I was 27 and Beth when I was 32. If I had it to do over again and our circumstances were different, I probably would have had them when I was younger, I don't know. We were married 6 years before Jason came along. Bob left for Vietnam 8 months after we were married, and I was still in college at the time. My parents ok'd us getting married as long as I promised to finish college. When he got back he had 2 years of college left and I was teaching. Back then if you were pregnant, you couldn't teach after a certain month. After Bob graduated we moved to Mpls. and we knew it would just be for a year so didn't want to have a baby on the way not knowing where we would go after the year was up. We moved to Ohio and Jason was born out there. He was a very active little boy and I wanted to space the kids so that he was independent when #2 came along. We were only supposed to be in Ohio a year to 18 months and it ended up being almost 4 years. When we moved back to Iowa and settled in here, Beth came along.
Bob's brother and wife were in college when they got pregnant, married, and had their first child. The sorority sisters and fraternity brothers babysat whenever the parents were in class. They are now divorced. They moved to AZ so can't really say how the kids turned out except the one who was just here mooching at the lake. I sure wouldn't want to have kids any later than we did, that's for sure. Susan -- Congratulations on losing 4#s!
I don't know why but I am having a hungry day today and all I want to do is eat! 
I see the mailman just drove by so will go and see what he brought today. When he delivers we get mail by 1:00 usually and when the sub (she) delivers it is 3:30 or later. I'm betting she is nice and will take packages up to the door where he just lays them on the mailboxes. He's a jerk.
Have a great rest of the day and a terrific Tuesday tomorrow!
Jean --
from Iowa!
on your loss! That's great!
4 big ones gone. Girlfriend you go. I surely would like to lose in chunks like that. I only gain in chunks like that.
No, I don't use salt every time on my cast iron skillets or dutch ovens. Just do it mostly the old fashioned way of hot water then a whisk of crisco. If there are stuck on bits out comes the salt though. It is wonderful as a cleaing agent in the kitchen. My pans are mostly non stick now from the many years of use so they are very easy to clean. It is easier to clean them when they are still hot.
Our doctor is retiring (he is younger than I am) and there will be a new one coming in after the first of the year. This year he was promoting a shot combining tentanus and whooping cough as well as taking Vitamin D. I did get the shot even though I've had whooping cough he said I could get it again, and that it is resurfacing in the schools. Bob was late coming home for lunch, and I ran some errands this afternoon. Tomorrow is a perm first thing in the morning. I really don't need one yet, but we are having church pictures taken Aug. 4th and the beautician is leaving on a 2 week vacation the 31st. She has a sign in her shop that says she is a "beautician, not a magician" 
I'm all for second marriages if a person is single by death, on good terms with the ex, etc., but I would wonder if they cheated on their partner with me, would they cheat on me with someone else. Our high school was built in 1962 with several additions over the years. They have talked about putting individual air conditioners in the rooms, but the electrical stuff would have to be all redone and that would cost way too much to justify doing it for just a few days of use. Our new elementary building will be air conditioned and our middle school, so I suppose the powers-to-be will figure the older kids can handle the heat when the time comes. 
I'm not going to complain about the heat, but would love some cooler, open the windows, kind of weather.