Right. What Lush said. She's so wise. Sometimes it's better to let things drop or it just gets exponentially worse. Just do your job the best you can and that's the best way to handle the gossiper. People are usually smarter than we give them credit for and they can spot b*llsh*t a mile away. Do you know any other Jewish ppl that you could ask advise from? A friend who works for a Jewish lawyer told me she actually went on the internet to research Jewish ettiquette. She accidently scheduled appointments for him on Yom Kipper, and she got in big trouble so she's making sure she doesn't goof up again. She's also making special Hanukah cookies and gifts for every day of Hanukah. She is a bit of an overachiever. And yes, I realize that I spelled all of the Jewish words wrong.

Sugar, you don't need a barn or a blazer. You have youth on your side.

Lushy, that is exactly the type of house we want. Not big, but nice. I'm making my list of things that are essential. #1 on the list is an automatic sprinkler system. I've got my priorities. We would also have to have a place for Grandpa Jim, but all his junk would not be moving with him. We are going to lay down the law!!!!! Ha. ----- You would feel like a fool walking in front of the tv, but you wait until no one else is around. I walk in front of my bedroom tv so I can lock the door and walk in my sports bra and jammie bottoms. Leslie and I walked 3 miles today. She makes me feel so smart -- she always tells me what a good thing I'm doing for my body, how well I will sleep, that I'm getting rid of stress. By the time she's done with you, you'll wonder why in the world would you not want to exercise.

I want to nominate "The Mermaid Chair" by Sue Monk Kidd for our first book club selection. I know we don't have a book club, but I think it's about time. Go to Amazon.com and read about it. It sounds like a good mid life crisis book.

I am in for the book club. I'll order the book.
Poor Kiwi, it is miserable being sick like that. Maybe I'll buy a leslie tape. It can keep all my other tapes company...and any way, they're cd's aren't they? It is like calling music things "records"...I'm so dated.
DH never lets anything go at work. He is good at confrontation. I am terrible at it. I always make things worse.
I must go watch Prancer with ds. bye

Don't let that boy prance.

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Ok I'll get the book, too. Wabby will facilitate. Bagz will bring refreshments.

BTW, DS and I went to temple last night. After the service, they served little communion cups of grape juice which they all drank at once after saying Mozel Tov and they they all broke pieces off a loaf of bread and at them. Religions are all so similar.

It turns out that the Prancer girl was whiney so we dumped the show and went back to the f-ing Sopranos. I fully intend to turn my life around today. I will finish the house and maybe even buy a gift. If my connection comes through, I plan to score today. We'll see.
ANd Kiwi, do I really have time to look up this thing? Don't you think it is a little inconsiderate of you to make me look something up when Christmas is two weeks away and the house is a tip? That was selfish. It has taken me three searches to get a definition. Because I am nothing if not sweet, I will give the definition to others:
Geospatial Technology is the application of Geographic Information Technologies (GIT). The practice of GIT combines Global Positioning Systems (GPS) and other data collection methods, including remote sensing and geographic information software. GIT users employ this cluster of techniques to acquire and analyze geographic data. The information available from the analyses is distributed in a variety of graphic representations (e.g. maps, three and four dimensional visualizations, graphics, enhanced imagery).
I'm off to be productive. I just thought of a brilliant place to hidepresents. This is becoming more and more of a problem. Rotten kids.

ohhhhhhhhhhhhh kiwonkers---i LOVED that book too====so saucy and british!!!! i loved when she was thinking terrible things about her kids---so funny!!!!!we are having the book club christmas party on tuesday and will be discussing it!!! fun

you are making me want to fry up some onions and muchrooms and eat them just like that.mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm----you are right kiwonk---i am nervous of wabby's prowess around the round table discussions------the people in my bookclub are kind of intellectual---not really intimidating because they are so nice,but sometimes i sort of feel like a BIG DUMMY with no fifty cent words to use!!!!

Ha,hah,ha,heee,hee,heeeeeeyeah right!!! You don't have to worry about intellectual discusssions w/ me. When discussing books I say things like "it's a really cool book, why? I dunno, it just is"

I thought GIT technology is so big brother can keep track of where ever we are on earth. My brother was telling me there is discussion of equipping all new vehicles w/ GPS so that they can tax us depending on how much road useage we consume. Which would also mean they could track exactly where and when you were somewhere. Whatever happened to privacy???

I was the bunco queen Saturday night. I won 30 bucks!!!! and I'm going to spend it all on me!!!!!!me.!me.

No you cannot do Leslie tapes on a treadmill.

Yesterday was DS's girlfriend's 19th birthday. I baked her a cake. Being sociable, I ate some cake. It was chocolately and moist. It had ice cream on the side.

I don't have present snoopers around here anymore. When the kids were little they were terrible. One year they unwrapped all their presents and then rewrapped them. I was soooooo mad, but what can you do with kids??? And they were past the I believe in Santa age. I threatened them I was going to take back all their presents and buy stuff they didn't like. Even DH said I was mean, but geez, it takes alot of work to orchestrate the whole Christmas extravaganza.

I'm feeling overwhelmed. I always do at this point in December. We have DH's family on Saturday for dinner.(and DH's sis is feuding w/ his sil and his other sis's DH just left her this week and she'll be in a merry mood, I'm sure.) Then my family will be over on Christmas Eve. Then Christmas dinner w/ immediate family. I'm tired and I haven't even started cooking. We have 2 open houses to go to next Sunday. I'm going to someone else's house and eat their food and drink their booze and relax.

Hey, cowsies. I've got a question for you - Do you tip your postman at Christmas? Our postman at work made it a point of telling me that "he loved the month of December because he usually collected anywhere from $500 to $600 on his route, and that we could give him up to $20 cash and that it was interesting to see who appreciated what he does for them." I kinda felt like I was getting the shakedown. Am I just cheap? It never occurred to me to tip him before.

Yeah, Wabby, your mailman sure isn't subtle. I guess he was clear that he wants 20 bucks. Makes you want to call his boss, doesn't it?
I do give my mail lady, Josephine, some candy and a grocery store gift certificate every year. But, she's nice. She deserves it.
I had a run-in with a weenie today at work. I am crotchety, obviously, because I can no longer pretend not to notice when I am in the company of an ***.
Wabby, don't you feel like you sound like a nut when you talk about the government tracking us with gps? I do. Do you have EAsypass? It automatically charges your credit card for tolls on the turnpikes, expressways and bridges. Dh has it but I refuse because I don't want some bureaucrat knowing every time I leave the state. I know, I sound like a nut. It's pointless to fight it anyway. I'm sure they automatically record your license # when you pass through the toll whether you have easypass or not...but it bothers me.
I have to go make kids take showers....bye