September 3, 1999 - Friday Evening

Sorry!  I've been really busy lately.  I can't even think straight.  I feel like I have so much on
my mind these days!  Every time I choose a direction to go in something happens that causes
me to go in a different direction.  I don't have any idea what I'm doing.  Just living one day at
a time and trying to concentrate on the tasks of that day and that day alone.  But that's hard
because I'm a planner.  Definitely a planner.  Definitely.  (I'm in my Rainman mode.  I love
that movie.  Love it, love it, love it.  No, I LOVE it.  Okay, I think I made my point.)

And I cannot believe how fast this week has gone by.

Okay, these little bugs are driving me CRAZY.  The fan was in the window again.  You know
what that means... it sucked in all those tiny bugs that like to bite me.  Manda took the fan out
of the window but it was too late...  327 little bugs already got in, and so far 239 have bitten
me, and only 41 have been squished.  =o(

Amanda and Kara have now decided to name the spiders in the bathroom.  One is named Bob,
another is named Henry, and all the others are named Bob.  Kara believes that she was bitten
by a poisonous spider that was black and yellow.  It swelled and I had to squeeze the stuff
out of it - nice huh?  That is disgusting but I needed to share it.  I washed it out and made
her put ice on it.  I started laughing but told her I wasn't laughing at her.  I was laughing at
her.  It was funny.  Disgusting but funny.

Kara's nephew, Benjamin, is visiting for the night.  We were listening to the song "Genie In A
Bottle".  Benjamin (who is three) was singing "I'm a genius in a bottle bubba".  The words are
actually "I'm a genie in a bottle baby".  It was quite funny.  He was perched on a chair next to
me while I was checking my email.  Would you like to know how many questions a three year
old asks??  More than I can count.  And he wasn't satisfied with any answers like "because"
and "I don't know".  He needed a real answer.  Finally I got tired of answering questions.  I
began to think of how to avoid answering them and the best thing I could come up with was to
ask HIM questions.  I thought I could stump him but I was wrong.  I asked him "How come
your eye lashes are so long?"

This is how the conversation went:

Me:  "How come your eye lashes are so long?"
Benny:  "My eye lashes?"
Me:  "Yes."
Benny:  "How come they're so long?"
Me:  "Yes."
Benny:  "You mean all of these right here?" (running his finger along them)
Me:  "Yes.  Why are they so long?"
Benny:  "Maybe because I'm getting bigger."
Me:  "Oh."
Benny:  "Maybe because I'm getting bigger."
Me:  "Oh okay."
Benny:  "That's why maybe.  Because I'm getting bigger."

So not only does he ask the same questions over and over again but he also answers the same
answer over and over again.

These were some of his other questions:

"Why is that light blinking?"  (Talking about the light on the computer.)

"Why is it making that noise?"  (Talking about the computer again.)

"Do you know how to use this?"  (Talking about the computer again when I was just sitting
here looking at my email.)

"Do you know how to use this, yes or no?"  (Because I didn't answer him right away.)

He's a very cute and smart little boy.   =o)

Okay, I have alot of work to do on my site!  I'm outta here!
 

September 4, 1999 - Saturday Night

It's actually early Sunday morning but since it still feels like Saturday night to me that is
what I'm writing.

I'm very happy because I just finished chatting with an old friend whom I haven't seen online
since like April!  We used to talk all the time and for some reason we just got kind of busy
and didn't stay in touch.  He's cool and makes me laugh no matter what mood I'm in.  He's
from the country Lebanon, but lives in Canada and has a Canadian accent and he makes me
laugh because he sometimes says American phrases wrong.  Either that or doesn't
understand certain phrases I say.  But I've noticed in the year and a half that I've known him
he's gotten really good with all the phrases we say and it's a big joke between us when he
uses the phrases in the right context!

We used to chat in Netmeeting (that's where you chat using your microphone and hear the
person's voice) and sometimes Dwayne would sit in on our conversations.  Well, he got real
good at imitating his accent and whenever I bring him up to Dwayne, Dwayne starts talking
like him.  It's so funny!  But I actually like his accent alot so it's okay if Dwayne does that.

My goodness, tonight Kara got a nose bleed and it wouldn't stop!!  I had to call Dwayne up at
work and ask him how to make it stop.  I've never had a nose bleed in my life so I didn't have
the first clue how to take care of it.  I felt bad that I couldn't help her but I was getting a
bit sick to my stomach at the sight of all that blood.  Hmmm, usually that kind of stuff
doesn't bother me but this did.  Poor kid!  But the thing is she kept laughing about it and was
getting all irritated that it wouldn't stop and she wouldn't relax long enough to make it stop.

Then Amanda was throwing the paper towels in the toilet and when she went to flush it they
got clogged up and she couldn't find the plunger fast enough so she reached down in to grab
the paper towels.  I am so surprised I didn't get sick after all that.  It was really funny
though too.  These girls keep me entertained at least!  But yuck.

And on that lovely note... I'm going to bed!!!

Nite!!!   =o)
 

September 7, 1999 - Tuesday Evening

I have been writing 9/6/99 all day today.  Holidays mess me all up!

I had a great day today.  Work flew by because I had so much to do.  Then the girls and I
went shopping for sheets and comforters for their beds.  They thoroughly embarrassed me
many times even though they made me laugh my head off!

We were waiting to check out and there was a man in front of us.  Kara was almost touching
the back of his head with her finger and blowing his hair.  I'm sure I turned 50 shades of red
but I could not stop laughing.  Then when we were looking for nuts and not finding them we
separated to look.  When Amanda found them, she announced to about 5 rows of Walmart
shoppers that she had located the nuts.  I felt like I was on the Tom Green Show.

Oh something else that is totally messed up... Kara has her own photo album and I was looking
through it.  On one page there is a picture of the first hamster she ever had.  Next to it is a
clipping of his fur with some shavings stuck to it.  That is just not right.  Not right at all.  But
it's funny.

So we turned our dining room into a room for the girls.  We borrowed bunk beds from
Dwayne's parents, actually Dwayne made them for his brothers when he was living at home.
He did a good job on them too.  He's cool like that.  I really really like him sometimes.

Last night he went to bed before me.  When I went to bed he was sleeping so soundly that he
didn't even move, normally he is a light sleeper.  Anyways, I was laying there thinking how
very much I love him.  I know this sounds really mushy but sometimes I lay my hand on his
back and pray silently to myself.  I tell God how thankful I am for him and ask God to bless
him.

Things have been alot different between us since the girls came to live with us.  I thought we
would miss our privacy.  I thought we would argue in front of them.  But everything is cool.
We are much more respectful to eachother because we want to demonstrate respect to
them.  Things are good.
 

September 08, 1999 - Wednesday

Okay, so we saw the previews on tv for Stigmata - or however you spell it.  We talked about
that movie at work today but I hadn't seen the previews.  There is no way on earth that I will
watch that movie.  I can't handle movies about demon possession.  That is way too scary for
me!  Even the previews freaked me out!  Ummm, no thanks.

I met a new friend online!  Dave.  He is the third prison guard I have met online.  Is everyone
a prison guard?  I suppose we have alot of criminals who need to be in prisons who need
guards to guard them.  I like anyone who is in a position to keep me safe.  Hehehehehe... (And
that is not a titter.)

See Dave?  You made it and it wasn't even hard!!  =oÞ

Okay, may I say that it has been way too humid for September.  Where is Fall?  Where is the
crisp, clean smelling air?  The leaves are already changing yet I don't have my crisp, clean
smelling air.  Fall is my very favorite season, except for the fact that Winter follows it.
Winter is my least favorite season.  It goes Fall, Spring, Summer, and Winter.  That is the
seasonal order of favorites.

Hmmm, I don't have much to say tonight.  I guess that means it's time for me to say
goodnight!

Goodnight!
 

September 10, 1999 - Friday Night

I'm listening to Alison Krauss.  Wow she is so cool.  I love this tape so much.  She is like
country/blue grass.  I remember when I first got this tape I listened to it while I was
folding laundry in my bedroom.  It was fall and the window was open.  The air was cool and
blowing my white curtains softly back and forth.  Aaahhh.  Now when I listen to it I get all the
same feelings.  I was completely and madly in love with Dwayne and when I heard the song
"When You Say Nothing At All" I began to cry.  I know I say that like I'm not in love with him
anymore.  But if you have been following this journal at all you know that I love him very much
but the mushy feelings come and go sometimes.  And that's okay.  It's normal.  I miss them
but it's okay.

And the other day I was looking through the scrap book that I had started when we began
dating.  I kept all the letters that I wrote him.  Did I really write all that?  I kept thinking.
Sometimes I forget how much of a stranger he was to me and how exciting that was.  I miss
the stranger.  Hmmm, that's a good song idea.  I think I'll write it.

I'm quite emotional today.  I say that every other day.  Hehehehe, I make myself laugh.  I'm
ALWAYS emotional.

I was also going through things that I had written as a teenager.  I can never finish anything.
I remember I always loved writing the first paragraph or first chapter or first verse of
whatever I was writing but I got bored with it quickly.  Why do I do that?  It bugs me.  I
want to complete something.  I guess I get bored easily.  So my dresser drawer is filled with
incomplete stories but complete first paragraphs.

This is one of them...

"A ghostly cloud of mist floated across the deserted beach ahead of her.  How odd it felt to be so
totally isolated and alone, yet not lonely.  Above her the sky was gray, littered only with a few sea gulls
that nearly blended with the clouds.  Had it not been for their cries she might not have noticed their
presence.  The briny smell of the ocean water rose to greet her nostrils as she greedily breathed it in,
filling her lungs to their capacity.  The dampness of the air clung to her skin, chilling and making her
shiver violently.  The beach sand was cool and soft beneath her bare feet, providing a strange sense of
contentment and comfort."

Okay so now what?  Who is she and what's going to happen next?  I don't know because I got
my one point across.  So weird.  Maybe she should meet a dark and mysterious stranger with
ice blue eyes and fall madly in love with him.  Or maybe she should meet up with a close friend
with soft brown eyes and fall madly in love with him.  Naaaa, why ruin it with a man?
Hahahahahaha - just kidding guys!!!  Maybe she should walk through a thicker foggy mist and
suddenly be transformed back into the 1800's and then meet a fair skinned man on a horse
and fall madly in love with him.  The horse, not the man.  Hahahaha - just kidding again!  Or
maybe she should go into a deserted lighthouse and find the diary of an old sea captain who
talks about waiting for the love of his life to sail across the Atlantic ocean to come to
America.  Or maybe she should just walk along the edge of the water enjoying her own
company.  But then notices a hot surfer dude in danger of drowning and swims out to rescue
him.  And HE falls madly in love with HER.  Yeah, that's it.   =o)

Okay, these girls are completely nuts.  Kara is walking around with a pair of underwear on her
head with pigtails coming out of the leg holes.  What is up with that?  OH NO!!!  Now they put
the undies on Keisha's head.  Oh man!!!  That poor dog!  Oh gosh, they're scaring me.  They're
hunting for more under garments.

I gotta go control some kids!  YIKES!!!!
 

September 13, 1999 - Monday

I worked today for 10 hours.  What is up with that?  Hey it was so cool to stay there the
whole time.  I didn't have to leave half way through to bring Dwayne to work.  BECAUSE we
got a brand new car on Saturday!  Yay!  I'm a happy happy happy girl!  Now we're normal.  We
have two cars!

Tonight the girls and I went to the store to check out nail polish and lip stick.  They needed to
see what each color of nail polish looked like so they had to try it out on my nails.  I had 8
different colors on 4 fingers.  So obviously I couldn't go up to the register like that because
you aren't supposed to try on the nail polish.  Nice.  I made them go up to the register.

Then we were in the parking lot and Manda dared Kara to stick her head out the window and
bark like a dog at the next person that walked by.  Okay, now I'm beginning to see why Kara
does things on purpose to embarrass me - because Manda is always daring her to do things.
There are times when Manda comes right out and says "I dare you to...", but she also does it
very subtly by saying "hey it would be funny if you..."  So then Kara takes that as a dare and
does it.  So today Kara stuck her head out the window and barked at 3 people and meowed at
1 guy who actually said hello in return.  Hmmmm.  Interesting.

Then there was a woman that pulled in next to us and when Amanda said, "Hey, it would be
funny if you asked that woman if you could borrow a tampon" I had had enough.  There are
certain things I think they know they better not attempt to do or say in my presence.  That
was one of them!  They did, however, decide they needed to talk about a disagreement in the
middle of Payless Shoes, while I picked out my new sneakers.

Don't ya LOVE 17 year old girls?!

I actually do.    =o)
 

September 15,  1999 - Wednesday Evening

In about 5 more months it will be my 8th anniversary!  Cool.  We got married on Valentine's
Day.  It was a snowy Friday evening at 7:30 pm.  You know, if I had it to do all over again I
would not have wanted a traditional wedding I don't think.  When Dwayne asked me to marry
him in October I would have been ready to marry him in November.  The commitment was
made that moment, all we were doing was waiting for the date to arrive.  That stunk.  Every
night I had to say good-bye to him when I just wanted to be with him every moment.  That
was so hard.  I cried myself to sleep every night.  I didn't want to wait until February.  It
made me angry that I had to.  And that was the longest 4 months of my life.  I don't
understand that whole thing because  4 months is a very short engagement, yet it was too
long for me.  It became so difficult infact that Dwayne finally just ended up sleeping over
every night as time got closer to our wedding day.  I just wanted it to be over and be with
him in our new home and begin our lives.

I wish I had that same passion now.  I don't understand me!

Yesterday was DAY ONE in my new sneakers.  I love new sneakers.  They feel cool.
Supportive and comfy.  Today was DAY TWO in my new sneakers.  And they were beginning
to feel a little irritable.  I still like them though.  I like driving in sneakers much better.  All
summer long I wore sandals and sometimes it's hard to drive a standard with sandals
because they flop all over the place and offer no support.  And my clutch is very touchy.
(I've mastered it though.)  Anyways... back to my sneakers...  I look like a total geek in them
but I don't care.  My sneakers make me happy.  I think I'm a pretty easy girl to please.

Mmmm, I'm listening to my Alison Krauss tape again.  I really really really love this tape.  I
don't know if I mentioned it or not but I really like this tape.  And I also like this tape.  It's
very good.  Very earthy and pure sounding.  I mean it isn't fancy or anything.  Just laid back
and easy and I just like it so much.

I'm in a very strange mood right now.  I have alot of energy and my mind is going a mile a
minute.  I think it comes from listening to music.  Normally I just put in a cd or tape and listen
to the whole thing.  But tonight I was picking out certain songs that I know cause alot of
emotion for me and I was playing each one, some more than once.  That gives me anxiety.
Good anxiety for the most part but still I get too hyper and then I can't think straight.
Weird?  Yes.  That's my middle name.  Not really, it's Lynn.  =oÞ

There's a plumber guy that has been working around the office and was out in the hallway
today while I was warming my lunch.  He started talking to me - he's a really nice guy.  But
anyways, I mentioned to him that we have alot of bats in the office building because it's old.
And he said, "Oh really, eww I hate bats..." and then talked for a few minutes about the
depth of his hatred for bats.  But none of that is my point.  My point is that when I went back
into the office and told Jennifer about our conversation she told me that both she and
Debbie had mentioned the bat situation to him.  But when I had mentioned it to him he acted
like it was the first time he had heard about it and we got into this whole conversation about
it.  My point?  He could have said, "Yeah I know, I've heard."  But he didn't, he was really
nice and talked about it the whole time.  And you all know how I feel about nice people.  I love
them.  So now we have a plumber guy like we have the Fed-Ex guy.  Yet we can't call him THE
plumber guy because there was another plumber that came last year and Jennifer thought he
was cute so HE was THE plumber guy.  I like this one better though Jen - sorry.  He's nice.

Sorry, that was the long way to my point.   =o)

I'm really tired.  I need to go to bed...  Goodnight!

P.S.  I like my new friend David.  Just wanted to share that.
 

September 18, 1999 - Saturday Afternoon

noise...  REO Speedwagon
noise level...  nice and quiet
companion...  Keisha
beverage...  iced tea on the rocks
 

Hehehehehe, aren't I the queerest person in the world?  So here I am, all by my little
lonesome.  Kara is out with her friend Jason, Amanda is out with her friend Amber, and
Dwayne is working.  I'm not used to being alone anymore.  But it's nice once in a while.

I'm very frustrated because my Netscape doesn't seem to be working on one particular site
and I don't think it's the site because the site owner told me other people can get around on
the site.  I hate it when things like that happen.  Because earlier I was at work and tried to
go there and it worked fine.  Which is why I think it's something on my end.  What a bummer.
Oh well.

When I went into work earlier I stepped in the office and was greeted by a disgusting odor.
And I hate it when this happens... you walk into a room and sniff the air a couple times and
say, "What's that smell?"  And everyone else sniffs the air and shrugs unable to smell
anything.  Because then you think you're the one who smells and now you're sorry you asked
the question in the first place, and without trying to give yourself away you begin sniffing
yourself to see if it could possibly be you.  And as if you haven't made it obvious enough
already you then say without thinking, "I hope it's not me."  But this is how you cover yourself
if it IS infact you, you lift up each foot and look at the bottom of your shoe and say, "Eeeew,
did I step in something?"  =o)   But hopefully it's never you.  Anyways... we found out that it
was the garbage.
 

September 20, 1999 - Monday Evening

Okay, yesterday I bought a new Alison Krauss CD.  I'm listening to it right now with my
headphones on because Dwayne and his friend, David, are playing music with our keyboard.  I
love listening to good music with headphones because it encircles your head and blocks
everything else out.  I am IN LOVE with this CD.  Alison Krauss is the best singer in the whole
wide world.  The absolute very BEST!  I want to be like her when I grow up.  Yeah, that will
never happen.  Not me being like her, me growing up.  Hehehehe... I crack myself up.

Amanda cracks me up.  Okay, let me explain this whole thing.  In the second Ace Ventura
movie, he's walking around an African village, and the greeting that they all give him sounds
like they're saying "bumble bee tuna".  But he doesn't speak their language so he's not sure
what they're saying.  So he's going up to everyone, holding his hand up and saying, "Bumble
bee tuna, my friend."  Well, now anytime Mandy sees someone that's how she says hello.  So
all day yesterday as we're driving around she's holding her arm out the window and yelling
"Bumble bee tuna" to everyone we pass.  But for some reason although it was really nice out,
no one was out.  So there's Amanda saying, "Come on people.  What are you doing inside?
Come out, we need victims."  Victims to her I guess are people she can yell "bumble bee tuna"
to.

Then she was trying to figure out things she could say to men at a golf course or tennis
court.  Like if a man walked past carrying some tennis balls she would say something like,
"Hey, I like your fuzzy, yellow balls."  Hahahahahahaha.  We were laughing our heads off at
that thought!  That would be FUNNY!  I suppose I should be mature and not encourage that
in her but I can't help but laugh at some of the things she comes up with.  There are worse
things she could be doing and saying.  I have to let the kid have some fun after all.  (Me, not
Mandy.  Hehehehehehe!)

So I'm in a pretty good mood right now.  But earlier I wasn't.  Work is getting crazy and I
feel like it's out of control and I can't keep up.  I was sooooo tired and feeling defeated by
everything.  I was driving in my car and a song came to my mind and it makes me cry every
time I think about it.  It's by Michael W. Smith and the words go like this:

Lord I'm tired and I'm upset,  I've done things that I regret
I just need a place to hide away
Like a child who skins his knee, how You gently comfort me
There's no bandage like the things You say

And I know that You are God, God
How can it be, that You're a father to the likes of me
And I know that you are Lord, Lord
So take this day
Let me run to You and hide away

It's a very pretty song and it's nice to sing when you're sad.  Because sometimes I feel like
that.  Like I want to run to God and hide from everything.  Well, I like to hide but I forget
that I can go to God.
 

September 24, 1999 - Friday Night

I've had a cold for a couple days so I haven't been writing.  I've been drained and tired and
sick and tired and sad and tired.  But actually I'm in a much better mood now!  I'm a happy
girl.  =o)  See?

The Fed-Ex guy came in today.  He's way too cool.  I wish he could come work with us - we'd
have so much fun.  He comes in, sits down, and makes himself at home.  Then he showed us a
cool website.  He visits for like 15 minutes when he comes.  We love the Fed-Ex guy!

Tonight Dwayne, the girls, and I were talking about farting.  I know it's not a nice topic but
it's so funny.  We were talking about our dog Zach and how he used to startle himself awake
when he farted.  You'd see him laying there and hear him fart and then all of the sudden he'd
pick up his head real quick, look back at his butt, and start sniffing.  And this is the sick part...
if you have a weak stomach don't read the rest of this paragraph... he would sometimes start
licking himself after he farted.  I know it's sick but we would laugh so hard at that dog.  I
miss that about him.  The funny things he used to do.

Man, it is taking me forever to write this entry because I've been listening to Amanda's
night (she went out with friends), helping Kara record a song she wrote, and chatting with the
Giggler.

Aaaaaaaaaaaah.  I needed to let out a scream.  I feel better now.

We've decided to let the girls get a kitten - if we can find one!  It's always when you don't
want a kitten that everyone is trying to give away free kittens.  There was an ad in the paper
about some free kittens which I'll call in the morning and see if we can go look at them.  If
we can handle two big dogs we can handle one dog and one kitten.  I hope.  But I wanted the
girls to have a pet of their own.  (Actually, I really love kittens and I really want one - this
way I can get one but make them take care of it!  hehehehehe, aren't I sneaky?!)

I'm babysitting my baby niece Emily this Saturday.  She's 4 months old and it will be the first
time I take her overnight.  I'm a little nervous because she doesn't like having her mother
out of her sight.  But usually when they come over to visit I can quiet her down and rock her
to sleep, so I'm hoping for the best!  I love being an aunt.  I have the coolest job in the world.

The other day Kara went over to her sister's house for a visit.  I don't know if I ever
explained this but Kara isn't my biological niece.  We don't distinguish the difference
between her and our other nieces and nephews though.  We love her equally the same as
them.  Anyways, she was supposed to sleep over her sisters house for a couple nights but the
same night I brought her over she called me and asked me to come get her because she was
homesick and wanted to come home.  We've been through alot since both girls have been
here.  Things get crazy and the house is small and sometimes we can all get on eachother's
nerves.  But we love having them and are so proud of the way they are making every effort to
be cooperative with anything we have asked of them.  They are good girls and we are
blessed.
 

September 26, 1999 - Sunday Evening

So Dwayne told me he wanted to take me out on a date tonight.  We did go out to eat for
dinner.  We were supposed to be spending time together alone, we ended up going to
Wal-Mart to pick up a few things for the girls!  Nice date huh?  But that is what I wanted to
do.  And that's the best date - when the man lets the woman do what they want to do.
Hehehehehe!

Well, my sister had decided that I could take both babies, Caitlin and Emily.  Emily screamed
all the way home in the car and for about an hour when we got home.  Nothing I did would
quiet her down.  I called my sister and said, "Umm this isn't going to work."  Hehehehe.  So
she came to pick up Emily and I kept Caitlin.  Caitlin was REALLY good but she began to not
feel good after awhile.  She just wanted to be held and seemed really worn out.  Poor little
girl.  I felt so bad.  That baby is so precious.  They both are actually.

Umm, my scanner is acting up.  WHY?!  That is bothering me.  Because I have some good pics
that I wanted to put up.  The pics from when Kara had underwear on her head and then put
them on Keisha.  They came out pretty funny!

What else did I do this weekend?  I can't even remember.  I got film developed, visited my
Mom and Dad for a bit, went to get the babies, took care of the babies, went to church,
stuff like that.  I guess I didn't do anything terribly exciting huh?  Well, all except for my
hot date with HB!  Hehehehe!

Eww tomorrow is Monday.  Gross.
 

September 30, 1999 - Thursday Evening

I've been entirely too stressed out at work.  Things are getting crazy there.  HELP!  The
phones are nuts, the customer's keep coming in,  if I get one more project to do I might have
to scream, and on top of all that Little Buck is leaving and tomorrow is his last day.
Everything is out of control and I can't concentrate on any one thing.  But hey, I'm still in a
good mood!

Umm, Kara and her cohorts (her friend Jason and Amanda) decided to place a dead chipmunk
in front of my car door.  That was a lovely gesture don't you think?!  See, the bad thing about
it is this... one morning I go outside to my car and see the dead chipmunk in front of my car
door.  And I mean it was right in front of the door, which lead me to believe that there was
no way I could have gotten out of the car (in the dark) the night before without stepping on
the thing.  So all that day I had the creeps thinking I had stepped on a dead chipmunk the
night before.  But later I found out that it had been placed there in between my trips back
and forth to work.  That made me feel better but they're still naughty!

Oh man, we rented a really good movie the other night called "The Other Sister".  That was
such a funny movie.  I loved it.  And it made me cry - that's always a good thing too!

Tonight I met Amanda's friend - let's call him JB, since I don't have his permission yet to
mention him in here.  And I'm nice like that - not mentioning names unless I have permission.
Anyways, he was very funny and what I really liked about him was the fact that he talked to
me.  Alot of their friends don't say much to me since I'm the "guardian", even though I'm a
cool girl.  Hehehehe - and the queerest person in the whole wide world.

HEY!  The Fed-Ex guy came in today!  I asked him for his email address... I wanted to give
him the url for my site so he can read when I write about him.  =o)   While he was in visiting us
today the Water Delivery guy came in as well.  He's a nice guy too but no one compares with
the Fed-Ex guy!

So this whole quarters thing is out of control.  You know, the special quarters they are making
- one for each state.  Shari is collecting them so I've been collecting them too for her.  I'm
the Quarter Police in my house.  No special quarter gets spent.  Poor HB on laundry day - he is
only allowed to use normal quarters.  Hehehehe!

Speaking of HB... his birthday is in 5 days!  I've always loved his birthday.  I think because
Fall is my favorite season so I always decorate the house for his birthday and the tradition is
to go up to the mountains to check out the folliage.  Yet I have absolutely NO desire to go to
the mountains this year after the boring 2 days we spent there this summer.  No thanks.  I'd
rather stay home and watch my own leaves change color - that would be more exciting!  I
have no idea what to do for his birthday this year.  Hmmm, I need to think about it.