so adorable!! (both of them! :-D)

Chris, thinking of your neighbor today. you know, 50 is not that unusual for a heart attack, especially if he has family history. i can't believe he didn't want to get to the hospital, and he's an EMT! but sometimes all of this just seems so random. we have NO cancer in our extended family...

Chris, so glad you had a calm and lovely day. i love that Gary did the cooking! is Scott able to get a meningitis shot and Hep B shot before he starts going to school? important! have a relaxing time at the lake. Nancy, does a "hitch" mean that thing you use for towing? what can an Escape tow...

just a quick fly-by to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Chris!! :bday:

Chris. think Sting: " if you love somebody, set them free." ok. now i'm going to be singing that song all day. try not to be too sad about your DS graduating. if you believe he's starting an exciting and fun portion of his life, so will he. he's such a good kiddo. he'll do fine, and so will you...

howdy. sorry i've been missing! not much going on here. lots of Jungle Weather, which is driving me a bit crazy. rain. rain. and did i mention RAIN???? unpredictable rain. like the sun is shining, then ten minutes later it's pouring. i have to keep reminding myself how miserable last winter was...

Chris, yup. it's normal to want to wrap up your kids. i still do. but mostly try NOT to think too much when my kids are out there in the Big Scary World. which at their ages is ALL THE TIME. DD is driving to her Alma Mater for a Hen Party ( as my friend on Scotland calls them), and i asked her...

hi, Nancy. we cross-posted. what you said about boys and rocks? TOO TRUE!! i guess if i watched TV and had the good sports stations on our cable subscription, i'd probably watch sports, too. but as it is, i tend to watch BBC videos on my iPad! i can watch a story that i like over and over again...

Chris, i hope you get the line thing taken care of without too much trouble. you know, one of the things i dislike the most, as years progress, is having to be AWARE of my body all the time. you know this so well. the damned thing just keeps insinuating itself into your consciousness when you...

whew! Nancy, are you sure this is what you want?? it's 91 degrees here, and the cat and i are ROASTING. lots of fans on, but since the power company decides how much power we all get to use, fans on HI run at the speed of LOW on days like this. storms coming later, they say, so i'll have to shut...

hiya. i'm really boring these days, so nothing much to report. with our vacation over, it's kinda strange to think that the entire summer is still ahead of me! i have to try to fill it up with something fun and interesting. still refinishing the kitchen cabinets, and Hubby is tearing up the...

Chris, hope the Prom is great!! dunno what you should do about the Dr. Clash! :hurt: i'm super late in here today, too. where is everybody?

heehee....way to go, ladies!! GIRL POWER!!! we demand vacations, and we will HAVE vacations!! :rofl:

Geez...weddings, funerals, holidays. tailor made for family strife. WHY does this happen? i did an entire BOOK of scrap pages about our crappy 2011 Christmas. it was extraordinarily ridiculous. good luck with Mom, Faery. it will blow over, hopefully very soon. Sara, here's what i did when...

Chris, how right you are about concerns about kids never going away. mine are both hovering either side of 30, and it never ends. we are attached to them by our guts. forever.(a more elegant woman would have said "by our hearts," but to me, that just doesn't cover the intensity of the thing.)...

howdy. back from the Vacation from Hell (lots of sick family :puke:, a wedding with a live amplified band in the neighborhood of our rental :frusty:, a stint in a two hour long traffic jam on the ONE through road in the area because someone decided that June at the seashore was a great tinme to...

have a great Victory Lap, Chris!! :peace: looks like a beautiful day for you. hi, everyone else!! busy, busy! :becky:

Chris, good luck with the Relay. you're a perfect example for any good cause, sweetie! i hope you've recovered from the trip back to the Bad Memories. every month, every year will make it easier. TracFone!! who knew that if you didn't keep feeding the little piggy, you can't just pick it up and...

Happy Anniversary, Chris! people who stay married for 20+ years ARE either crazy or meant for each other. or both! i'm trying to imagine someone taking hours to buy makeup. goes to show my expertise re: makeup. i wear none, so i know NOTHING! and what is it with Facebook? i thought you were...

Trudy, i LOOOOOOOVED that photo of you and Mason on Facebook!! totally adorable. well, yes. the "east" is not nearly as nice as BC. i think almost the entire eastern part of this continent is pretty boring, geographically. i've always said that i have to travel a thousand miles to see anything...