Hello Ladies, I have a funny story to tell you. Sheila, you might be perticularly interasted in this because you told me you did water aerobic.

Last friday i went to a water aerobics class and was just having a gay old time. Very nice ladys there. We were in the middle of the class when our instructor told us to stand in one spot in the water and jump inplace. O.K., I can do that. Because your in the water, there is very little pressure on your back or your neck when jumping up and down. I picked a nice deep spot in the pool because i am very tall (5'9'') and started jumping up and down when i felt something on the back of my legs. I stopped jumping and looked around. No sharks in the water or anything else so i started jumping again and the same thing happened. What in the world could be in this pool! Started jumping again, only this time I'm keeping one eye on the back of my legs.
It turned out to be my butt. The water was making my butt move up and down and it was hitting the back of my legs. Can a person get butt lash? Good thing no one was standing next to me or they might have gotten hurt. :lol3::lol3:

Have to get the kitchen cleaned up now so better go.
Hope to talk to you tomorrow.
Gloria

Omigosh, 5 Dogs, I laughed so hard I had tears in my eyes. And the funny thing is that I know exactly what you mean! LOL! Now I have a name to go with it. Butt-lash--LOL!

SunnyD, sounds like you had an absolutely wonderful time. And what a compliment to have everyone stay so long because they're having such fun. You and I had the same taping problem, although mine didn't tape at all. So go ahead and talk because I didn't get to see it. Next Friday I'm going to make my DH tape the other show, and watch the mystery so that I definitely get to see it.

Charlotte, your weather sounds like SunnyD's last week. From shorts to parka weather. Did your DH get some work done on the house this weekend? I don't think a tarp would be much protection from lightning either. Hopefully you don't get much. When we lived in Colorado, we got thunderstorms nearly every day starting about the end of June, I think.

Candlelady, I'm so sorry to hear the new information about your nephew. Drs. can be wrong, and I certainly hope they are. Maybe you should start thinking about locking the guys in your family up! You'd never catch me up before 7:00 am, and even then that's a stretch. Only if I'm catching a flight or doing something really fun, and it's gotta be really fun to get me out of bed early. My favorite store was Shopko, which was in Boise, but not here. There's a Target in my neighborhood so it's convenient, and I like it pretty well.

So we went to the island to visit our friend. We left early (okay, early for us), and it only took us 1.5 hours to get there, which is record time. That included the ferry ride. We talked for a while, then had lunch. While we were eating lunch, my DH said, what's that white stuff falling on your deck? The weather forecast hadn't been favorable, and when we saw the ice pellets on the deck, we left all our dishes on the table, said our goodbyes (and of course I stopped at the bathroom!) and dashed out of there. I felt like such a bad guest, but we didn't want to be stuck on the island in a bad storm. We did go through some snow, and at our house there was nothing but rain so it turned out okay.

Today was exhausting. We packed and packed, and cleaned, and put stuff into storage. My son came over with his big truck and helped. The realtor called and asked if I knew that my Dad was paranoid. Uh-huh! She said he called her and asked her if she was in cahoots with my DH to sell the house, and he was sure that my DH had told the realtor to list it on February 1, and he wanted it listed right now. She calmed him down, but my DH is so upset he can't even look at my Dad. Dad moves out Thursday, and it can't be too soon for my DH. He's put up with so much, and he's not dealing well with it right now. It was interesting, however, to get a perspective on my Dad from someone outside the family.

Hope everyone had a lovely weekend!

Sheila, I think i got in the middle of the conversation with your dad living with you. When Carl (hubby) and i move to Georgia (IN 4 years) and retire there, my mother-in-law might move in with us. She will be 86 by then and i don't think i could live with myself if we left her behind. Carl and i are the only family she has close by. The house we bought in Georgia has a in-law apt. in the back, so she would have her own living room, bedroom and bathroom. Plus there is a separate interance so she could come and go as she pleases. We would have our meals togather so she wouldn't have to cook. I know it sounds good on paper but still, having your mother-in-law living in the same house with you does not shound appealing. We still have 4 years and a lot can happen by then.

Hi Sunny. No, i was never close with my brother or sisters. When i met Carl 32 years ago and starting dating him, my family hated him. I guess its because i didn't meet him in church or something. I met him one night when i was babysitting and the kids wanted to go roller-skating. This was up in Alaska where he was stationed. One night, Carl and a friend had to get out of the barracks, so they went roller-skating and i just happen to be there with my babysitting kids. It was ment to be. After the first date, i was so in love with this guy, we were married about a month later. My family was not happy about this but i knew that this was the man i would spend the rest of my life with. About 20 years went by and my family and i never spook to each other till my dad died about 3 years ago. Now my mom and i talk about once a month and i just got an email from my older sister. My brother and his wife will be coming down the end of this week for a couple of days. Because my little sister is a missionary in Brazil with her husband, its kinda hard to keep in touch with her. Its sad to think it took the death of my father to get us back togather again.

Hay Candlelady, i would love to hear all about your candel making! I love to quilt and thought about making candels. Do you sell them? Send us some pictures if you can. One day i was burning a candle so long that there was just a small flicker of light from the wick, so i poured all this hot wax in an old cup and put a wick in the botton of it. Now i have two candles. Does that count as candle making? No? Didn't think so.

Angel honey, i know you are getting anxious about your new house and it can be a bit overwhelming at times. I can say i know what you are going through. When Carl and i had the house we are living in now built about 25 years ago, we were living in a camping trailer for about 9 months in the middle of summer in Floida. Our kids were just babys then, and the only way to take a shower was to go in the public showers that they had in the R.V. camp that we were in. We have sugar fine sand down here, so at the end of the day, my floor looked like we were living in the middle of the desert. Just think about how nice everythink will be when its finished. Its the small things that keep me going each day. Hope to hear from you soon.

Bluet- Is that your user name? How did you get such an unusual name.

Have to get my wip-lashed butt going so will say so long for now.
When i first started this group, many of you told me how great this group is. Well, I've only been in it about a week and i agree, you all are pretty special. I just want to say "THANKS". I was so depressed and all of you reached out your hand and saved me.
Gloria

Hi, all--

How was your day with both grandsons, Candlelady? Hope they didn't run you ragged. Do they get along pretty well? Brr! That's pretty darn cold. Your grandson is such a cutie, by the way. Love his cute little chubby cheeks!

Oh, really brrr, SunnyD! Candlelady's temperature almost seems balmy compared to yours. Hope the roads were clear so you could get out and about.

5 Dogs, I thought about you today while I was doing jumping jacks in the pool. :lol: You have a good plan with your MIL, if she'll move. Do you think you'd have any problem getting her to move? My Dad absolutely would not move so we moved to him. He has a father-in-law unit at the back of the house that overlooks the garden. It's all up to disability standards in case he became disabled. Until he started showing signs of dementia, things were working out pretty well. He's become paranoid, verbally abusive, and horribly unreasonable, and he's particularly awful to my DH. We feel like we're walking on eggshells all the time, hoping that what we say or do won't set him off or be misinterpreted. It's pretty tough living like that.

I enjoyed reading how you met your husband. It's sad that your family couldn't accept him, and that they didn't talk to you for 20 years. I can't even imagine that. So, let's see photos of your quilts! We went to a quilt museum last summer, and really enjoyed looking at all the beautiful quilts. There was a display by a couple where the husband cross-stitched squares, and the wife made a quilt. The first one they ever did was of west coast lighthouses. He was in the Navy, and started cross-stitching on long voyages. My DH liked it, too, but not enough to learn how to cross-stitch. :)

Packing is the pits. Actually, sorting through stuff is worse. Today I sorted through two boxes left here by my daughter. She went to every formal (and informal) dance the school ever had during her three years there, and has photos from all of them. I was going to send them to her, but my DH said that we should hold them for 10 years and them give them to her--she'd appreciate them more.

So what do I do with 10 styrofoam coolers from Omaha Steaks? We thought there was a recycling place, but it turns out that they only take the peanuts. I called Omaha Steaks to ask them what to do with the boxes, and they said try Meals on Wheels or the Red Cross, neither of which was open today.

About 3:00 pm, my DH and I were exhausted so we lay on our bed and ate popcorn, and watched part of Sabrina the Teenage Witch (now that shows how tired we were!).

Hope everyone had a good Monday! It didn't stop raining once today. But that's better than snow, IMHO.

Would ya'll like to hear the story "When i fell in love with my husband"? After we met at the roller-skating rink, Carl called me the next day for a date. I said "Yes" of course and we decided to go to a play at the local high school where barefoot in the park was playing. This was in Alaska where he was in the Air Force and i was working and going to collage. It was the middle of winter and Carl picked me up in a red V.W. bug that had no heater and, the style back then was the mini skirt so you can just imagine how cold it was inside this car. Well, after the play we went back to his car but had to wait for the engin to warm up before we could go. For those of you who have never sat in a little V.W. bug before, i will tell you that the seats are very close togather. So I'm sitting there shivering in my little mine skirt and Carl reached over and squeezes the back of my neck. I got this feeling in the pit of my stomach that was WONDERFUL and yet i thought i was going to be sick. I was in love!:dizzy::spin::angel::cb::dancer: A week later we moved in togather, and two weeks after that we were married. I called my mom and dad and told them i was getting married at such and such a time and place. My parents hated Carl and i never did find out why. My mom and dad did come but my sisters and brother did not. We have been togather ever since. Cool story huh?
Love to all of you.
Gloria

Carl and Five dogs
 

Who will get to lick the bowl?

Thanks for all the compliments on my little buddy. He is a cutie isn't he? Now this is a Grandma talking.... :)

Gloria such a neat story about how you met you hubby, the only thing sad is no contact with your family for so long. :( :( I loved the pics especially the one with the dogs, they just wanted a little lick. :D Yes at one time back in 1999 and 2000 I did sell candles with my Sister but she passed away in 2000 which nearly devastated me and I closed the business just couldn't go on and do it without her. :( I still make candles for myself and they smell pretty darn good even if I say so myself. :D ;)


Oh Charlotte I never heard the story either and that is so horrible, you talk about bad luck I think you had more than your share. I admire your determination and spirit you must be one spunky lady. :) :)

Sheila don't work too hard moving is never an easy thing to do I just hate it. In answer to your question yes the boys get along well they are step brothers but the 14 yr. old is crazy about the 2 1/2 yr. old. The only problem is the 21/2 yr old acts like they older one, stomps his feet and huffs and puffs, this is not a good thing. :mad: It is kind of funny now but won't be much longer. I forgot about little dears having big ears and the other day something happened and I said "Gosh Amighty" which I should have never said so now Bradley the little one goes around and says it. :o :o

Hi Sunny did you get snowbound?

Here is another pic of Bradley a little grainy and he was a little dirty pig too. I will send some of the older boys when I get around to downloading from my cd. As you can tell my Grandchildren are my life and I am so lucky to have them living so close. :D :D

Sending big hugs to all have a great one.

Charlotte, my hart goes out to you. I know you have heard this a thousand times and am probably tired of hearing it, but i have to tell you that you have more courage and determination than i will ever have. God bless you.
I know all about the hassels of dealing with insurance people. My car insurance wont pay my medical bills from my accident in 2003, so now my credit is almost non-existing. (Blood sucking maggots!!!!) You pay and pay, and when you need them they say sorry, no can do.
I to see my hubby putting in long hard days at work and coming home almost to tired to eat. Before my car accident we were living on two incomes and were doing O.K. in the money department. There was food on the table and all the bills got paid. There was even a little something extra for the savings. Now, our bills get paid but our savings is just pitiful.
To Funny! Getting up in the cold and your son taking his daughter to school. I am sure it wasn't funny at the time but i have done that also.

Sheila, I don't have any pictures of my quilts. This past Christmas, money was extremely tight and there was nothing in the kiddy for present. We still wanted to give family members something, so everyone got quilted home made place mats, pot holders, quilts. Carl does counted cross stitch pictures so everyone got one of those also. We had a home made Christmas. I will try and find a picture of one of Carl's counted cross stitch pictures.

My apologies to Sunny, Candlelady, and Bluet for not sending a letter. I have a lot to do today and am already behind.

Hugs and kisses to all of you.
Gloria

Bluet, Bluet, come out and play! Hope you're okay. Just busy and exhausted??

Charlotte, had to laugh imagining you running out of the water screaming, wondering what was hitting you in the leg. My Wednesday water aerobics instructor is really funny, and I'm going to tell her 5 Dogs' story. I know she'll get a huge kick out of it. Ah, your poor son and granddaughter! I can just see their faces as they realized the school was closed.

5 Dogs, no car heater in Alaska?? Love or no love, I would seriously have considered the guy a nut! No wonder you live in Florida now. :lol: You guys look so sweet together. You know, my DH and I got married after knowing each other less than six months, but when my DD did that (although it was 10 months for her, but they didn't live in the same area for four of those months), I wasn't happy about it. That photo of the dogs and your DH is just too funny! I had to show my DH, who laughed aloud. Carl's cross stitch is beautiful! So have you thought about making a quilt with Carl's cross stitch?

Candlelady, first, were you really up at 3:29 am editing your message? Or even earlier given that I think the time on this board is Pacific time. The photo is so cute! He's such a handsome boy. I'm looking forward to seeing the older boys, too. Aren't you glad you didn't say anything worse than "Gosh Almighty?" You know, I was in Target the other day and there were two women shopping with about three little kids. The language those two women were using was horrible--the "f" and "s" word in every sentence, very casually just in conversation. I was appalled that someone with kids would talk like that.

So the big thing today was would my Dad get in the assisted living because he couldn't do his own blood sugar testing. I left a message with his doctor yesterday, then this morning, then I took a typed note down to the office. Heard from someone around 2:30 pm, and Dad doesn't have to test his blood any longer. He was relieved, and so was I.

My daughter called and said that she and her husband definitely are going to the inauguration on Thursday. They've even been invited to the ball. I was wondering about ball gowns, but then realized that she'd have to wear her uniform anyway (she's going with a contingent of other Navy personnel) so she doesn't have to worry about what to wear. Her husband was supposed to leave on a three week cruise, but he got out of it because his captain felt that going to the inauguration was a big deal. Nice for them because they actually got to spend their six month anniversary together last night.

Do you know how hard it is to find a rental when you have pets, and especially more than 2 pets? I've been calling places in Corvallis, and looking in the paper. I found two places that look promising. One requires only a $500 deposit, but the other requires a bunch of deposits, and monthly charges. I think that one is probably a nicer place.

We're wet and wild here in Washington. Lots of flooding, record one-day rainfalls, mudslides. We have a leaky skylight every once in a while, but we're fine other than that. And warm--the pineapple express has landed and it was approaching 60 degrees here today.

Hope you all have a great Wednesday!