Good morning, Ladies!

Jen - awww, I'm sorry you're having a tough time. A person can handle only so much, and you have already been doing more than the average person. Maybe it IS time to scout around for something else... So glad some people your age are moving in next door.

Mindee - hi, hope you're having a fun day with Brandon.

Shanna - your crafts sound so impressive! Yep, I agree, it's so hard to buy/make gifts for men. Their stuff is just too boring, lol. Yay about your parents helping out! :cp: Things really do have a way of working out, don't they? And let them do it, they want to. You can do some nice things for them along the way and later, but all they want is to love their little girl.

Hi to all the other JLs. :wave:

Nothing special going on today. I'm going to check on a friend who's having a hard time and maybe have her over to share my Core lunch. Not much else going on...

BBL,

Hi Ladies! Thanks everyone, for the kind words about teenagers. Yeah, you know how it goes- we have our good days and not so good days- feeling better now. Anyway, today I am closing at the store- so was able to sleep in a little and relax. Am getting ready to shower and run to the store for a few things. DH will be home tonite to handle things here, so I won't have to worry TOO much! Am off tomorrow and the weather is supposed to be great. Alright, well I hope everyone has a great day and I will talk to you all Wednesday! Barb

Good Morning Ladies~

What a day...had to spend 3 1/2 hours at the emergency room last night. DS#2 came home with a bandaged finger and told me I needed to take him. The kid nail gunned his fingers to a board yesterday at 2:30 but did not go to the emergency room. He said he had to finish the job-WHAT!!! Ummm, okay. Anyway, the nail went through one finger and scraped the other. But the one it went through, his left index finger is broken. I've got to make an appointment with a ortho. specialist today to see what they want to do about it. Meantime he has to keep it in a splint thingy and take antiobiotics. I told him if something happens again to go straight to the emergency room. I told him I was going to call his boss and tell him to not let him handle the nail gun! :lol: Just kidding, I wouldn't embarrass him. I hate those things.

Marti~I don't know anyone about that age, no wait, my nieces (the twins) are about 8 I think. I can't keep up with their ages. I will write them and let them know. All the others are either younger or much older than 12. I don't know if they would actually keep up with the writing but I will see and send you their info. My DS#1 in school years ago, he was in 7th or 8th grade and it was a class project to pick someone to write overseas. He is still writing Isabella in Italy. She is such a sweetie and I was hoping that one day they could meet. But I think it is cool that almost 10 years later they still correspond.

Jen~sorry to hear you are in a funk, or were. But glad to hear about the young neighbors. It is always nice to have neighbors about your age. Ours are all younger except two single women, one is about 70'ish ??? and the other is about late 50'ish. I am not good at guessing ages. Hope today is a better day for ya.

Mindee~aaaah, the first birthday...so special and so much fun!

Jana~I didn't start the Core after all. 1. didn't have the foods in the house to get started and 2. I refuse to drink anything less than 2% milk and use the points on that and bread. I didn't really think I ate that much bread and such. While it sounds good I guess there are some things I am not willing to do without. The book I finished was Mary Higgins Clark-Nighttime Is My Time and it was a goo done. The one I started yesterday and almost finished is "E" is for Evidence by Sue Grafton-it's okay. I am hoping the other two I have are better than this one.

Shanna~I knew everything would work out for the best. :) And if your mommy and daddy are willing to help then let them. They love you and are there for you, so don't feel any guilt. Just accept it gracioulsy. You are fortunate to have parents that care and are willing to help you. You will have to take pictures of your place all decorated at Christmas so we can see all your crafty work.

Did I miss something about Susan? Did she delete all her posts? I hope everything is all right with her. Do you hear that Susan? Hope everything is fine.

Hi to everyone else-hope you have a great day. Hope everyone has a great day.

Well, not much on the agenda today, as usual. Do need to get some laundry done and will vacuum and dust. That's about it. When Vince gets home today we are off to SAMS to do some shopping. Try to get there at least once a month but doesn't always happen. Later ladies...:wave:

Morning ladies--

Cristi--Do you have any idea how to find a penpal for kids oversea's? Jhanai & I were online yesterday and we searched...but it was all through e-mail! She doesn't want to use e-mail (shocking isn't it?), she wants letters to save. I told her to ask her teacher when school starts but I will post a note to all you girls. I'm going to keep searching for her and find her a penpal. She plans on writing to her cousins who live in Florida, but she wants more. I wonder if she'd actually keep up??

Barb--Our weather in Oregon is wonderful. As long as it's before noon! :lol:

Jana--Hope you enjoy your Core lunch with your friend. Jhanai likes Chunk too. I told her that there may be kids in "our family" here, but there may not be any who is her age or who actually wants a penpal....but I will keep searching for her.

Shanna--You have sweet parents. Very glad that they decided to help you. And as Cristi said......post pictures of this wonderful Christmas decorated house of yours when the time comes!! I may need you to come over and help me out with mine!

Mindee--That was a cute story about you asking your son what girl he brought over!

Jen--I hope you're feeling better today. Hurray that you have young neighbors your age moving in! My neighbors consist of a senior housing, widow on one side and and elderly couple on the other side. Across the street I may have younger ones......but I don't know. should venture out more shouldn't I?

Julie--I'm barely 5'1".....my doctor (years ago) told me that the ideal weight for me was between 110-130lbs. Well...I haven't gotten to 110 since after I had my son, but I have been to 130 a couple times.......boy how sad is that to be able to say that I actually got to 130 a "couple" times!!! The last time being when Sony was still open!! Must work on myself more.

Hello to anyone I may have missed.

Nothing on my agenda for today...I'm going to stop over at my grandpa's then I'm going to finish cleaning up my shed......but nothing entertaining.

I'll check in later

I'm back for just a few minutes...

Marti~I am not sure where to find oversea penpals but I will ask DS where exactly the teacher got the info/addresses. Sometimes if you do the emailing some of them will want to exchange letters, or at least a card every now and then. It is cool to have penpals. This guy I met a few years ago through a personal ad (he was in Saudi Arabia) was a sponsor for Compassion International (that's an idea if you want to sponsor a kid) for a few kids and as we corresponded he asked if I would like to write some of his sponsors. He paid the fees but i wrote letter to two of his kids. I was writing a girl Hannah in Kenya and a boy Wilson in Ecuador. It was nice to hear about their lives and way of living. Hannah ended up getting married at 16 so was dropped and Wilson dropped out of the program but I corresponded with them for about 4 years. Anyway, that's all I have. I will talk with DS though and see what he says.

Have a good one ladies!

Thanks Cristi!! If you get any info....Jhanai's going to love you for it! :)

So....is anyone going to buy the Movie: Passions of the Christ?

I want to buy it....I wanted to see it in the theatre but I heard it was very emotional and I'm not sure if I could have handled that. I hear it's out on DVD already.....I better go get one.

Ok...Need to take the pups out for a potty break!