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I don't think anyone considers prostitution an addiction, at least from the prostitutes side of it---possibly from the customers side on occasion. The subject at hand leads to other subjects some times. And sad to say prostitution and addiction, often times go hand in hand. Which could maybe be controlled some with legalization, and required UA's like they do at my DH's work. Random urinalysis, and if you test positive, you lose your job. When you have to go back to the streets with no protection---maybe it would be incentive to avoid the drugs. Yes it is a long shot, but they have nothing encouraging them now..... Nothing HAS to be an addiction. And some are easier to break than others, and easier for some people. My brother has smoked for years. He smokes a few cigarettes a day----many times his pack goes stale before he finishes it. He will not make a trip to the store just to buy cigarettes, they don't matter much to him. I on the other hand, smoked like a freight train when I smoked, and worried where the next pack was coming from when I was opening one! It was hard to quit for me.....he could likely do it without issue. BUT he is an alcoholic! He has been sober for 8 years but he cannot drink a drop----he would be back to a bottle of vodka a day. I on the other hand can and do go months without even wanting any kind of drink, then can have one or 2 and stop----something he could never seem to do. We share the same parents, and were raised in the same manner---yet our issues with addiction differ vastly. Your experience, nor mine, bears any effect whatsoever on another persons addiction, or how hard it will be for them to kick that addiction. Just because it was easy for us, or difficult for us, it may be a total different story for them.

Tracy----I agree, find yourself a rodeo----and GO!!! I volunteer with the National High School Finals Rodeo---and that would be a little perverted to look at the boys....but ya know lots of Dads travel with their kids!!! LOL You know the saying....Wrangler Butts drive me nuts!! Scones, I can do without, without issue! Rather look at cowboys, and save my calorie consumption for something yummier!!! Well the receptionist got fired today. So it made for chaos, and non stop work today. It REALLY seriously sucks, because Rick is on vacation this week, so I was told to figure out which days I wanted off to spend with him, now it is off the table. He is leaving Friday for Red River to the rally. I am staying for the wedding on Friday night, and then going with a bunch of girls (a problem in the making in my opinion) and driving down early Saturday, that way I get to ride home with Rick. This rally is a pretty calm, sedate rally in the overall view of things, but it is HEAVILY attended by Bandido's motorcycle gang. They have an entire bar, that is Bandidos almost exclusively. And these are all mid 20ish girls----some of them the kind of girls who attract attention. For instance one of the girls going is ok looking, but she is about 5 foot tall, and wears the biggest bra you can even imagine, I would not even hazzard a guess at cup size, 2 -3- maybe 4 times my size! And she shows them off, in low cut tight tops. Then gets pissy when men look! Not the attitude to take to a rally!! BUT, I am riding down with them, and it is all girls in the vehicle, going to talk to them all, explain the issues, of being nice, and ignoring, not being rude, equalling not getting your ass kicked!!! LOL Then when we get there, I am off with my own crew and they are on their own!! Terry, sorry the troubles with your son continue. Did you have any luck in locating a treatment center? Michelle, keep your head held high, and like I say be sure to go back so you can hear how badly they miss you!!! Your sons neck scared me, I am glad to hear it is muscle related. I did the menengitis thing, and it wasn't any fun at all! Pamela----are you all done now and ready for the graduation itself?? The do colored, the outfit chosen? I wish I could be there to hear them announce my Dr. Friend!!! Well time to get some things done......will be back in awhile!

I like Patty's sister, ended up teaching my DD to budget money the same way. I tried the giving her $$$ and then making her take a lunch---she was stubborn as the day is long!! She was not spending it on food, and being unable to budget, she was allowing herself to be taken advantage of by so called friends, who "forgot" their money, and always forgot to pay her back! So that was the rule. This is IT--------no more money period! If you want food, you pack it from home, you do not borrow, nor do you loan indiscriminately! She learned, and she may have felt her tummy rumble a bit, but she was home before long, and there was never any issue of her eating here. She graduated, and with the service ended up in Hawaii, it was a damned good thing she learned to budget, that place costs a fortune to live, especially on a military salary!!! And she learned all about not loaning her last dollar to anyone. Something she said her friends there moaned about all the time. This is what I consider tough love. She was there, lessons were right there under her nose....the choice was hers. And even when she made the wrong one, and got hungry, Mom was there when she got home, ready to feed her! Making the call on someone elses addictions, that you know nothing about is not tough love, that is judging them by YOUR standards, you know nothing of theirs. I too smoked for 15 years----and was broke, many a time, that NEVER deterred me from smoking, it stressed me, and made me want to smoke even more! The love of my family and their concern over my health along with my own desire for my health, as well as that of the kids I was smoking around, is what pushed me to quit. Ultimatums seldom if ever work.....and saying you only get food IF you quit, is an ultimatum, even if it is in disguise!

Just as how we all interpret scripture or statement differently, because many words have multiple meanings.....so does the word judgement... Both interpretations can be right. The difference I saw in the statements, was that BJean added her interpretation, never demeaning yours....you were not as polite. Her interpretation of the word was no more "wrong" than yours.

Websters......... judg·ment judg·ment [jújmənt] (plural judg·ments) or judge·ment [jújmənt] (plural judge·ments) n 1. legal verdict: the decision arrived at and pronounced by a court of law 2. obligation resulting from verdict: an obligation, e.g. a debt, that arises as a result of a court's verdict, or a document setting out an obligation of this kind 3. decision of judge: the decision reached by one or more judges in a contest The judgment of the panel must be regarded as final. 4. decision on disputed matter: an opinion formed or a decision reached in the case of a disputed, controversial, or doubtful matter 5. discernment or good sense: the ability to form sound opinions and make sensible decisions or reliable guesses someone with shrewd commercial judgment 6. opinion: an opinion formed or given after consideration a snap judgment 7. estimate based on observation: an estimate of something such as speed or distance, made with the help of the eye or some other sense 8. judging of something: the judging of a case or a contest 9. divine punishment: a misfortune regarded as a divine punishment for folly or sin (archaic or humorous) The defeat was regarded as a judgment from God on the leader's pride. 10. act of making statement: in logic, the mental act of making or understanding a positive or negative proposition about something, e.g. in "a chihuahua is a dog" or "a lobster is not an insect" [13th century. < Old French jugement < jugier "to judge" < Latin judicare (see judicature)]

TY BJean, there is a HUGE difference in supporting prostitution and legalizing it. And Patty you are right, I DO support children, and want for their well being. And part of that is the simple fact that prostitution exists, it is currently illegal, and it exists. If a woman is working the streets that way to support her kids, I have never said she should be proud of it. I DO BELIEVE however, it would be a safer environment for Her and the customer for it to be in a legal setting, with some form of a law protecting them both. Does that mean I think any of it is "right"---------no! I am thankful beyond words, I have never been in a situation that ever made me even think in the direction of that being my only way to survive. I have worked 2 jobs. I HATED every second of it! I did it for a year following my divorce, in which I was given half the debt----that was his. I worked in a medical lab from 7:30 AM to 4PM then rushed down the road to a communications center and worked until just after midnight for an answering service. My days off varied, but I went for a year without a 24 hour period off, as I worked at one job or the other every day that year. Because answering services work holidays. I hated it because it left me 6-7 hours a day after my commute to be with my child, and they were sleeping hours. I did get weekend days off and 2 nights a week from the Communications office. So I did get to see her, and do laundry, pay bills, buy groceries, etc. BUT the only way I could do this was with family help. I paid my Mom to keep my DD. I count myself lucky that I had some help with her, that I trusted implicitly, and that I had a vehicle to get back and forth to work in, and that I had a phone that allowed me to get the calls to land the jobs, and that I did not have any mental issues preventing me from having an upstanding job. I believe many prostitutes do not have the advantages I did. I am honest enough to see that without some of those 'things'------mainly the family support, but, the home, the car, even the phone----that my circumstances could have been totally different. I believe very few of the women who are prostitutes actually do it by choice. I doubt seriously they wrote any reports in school that, that is what they want to be when they grow up. But life happens, and sometimes the things it hands out are not pretty. I would also bet many of them have suffered sexual abuse themselves. You can work 2 jobs, making minimum wage Patty, and still not be able to get the things you need and move ahead-------and if they have children, what are they supposed to do with them during the odd hours etc.? Daycare here costs an average of $125.00 a week. And they only accept kids M-F 6AM to 6PM. So any odd hours, you have to find alternate care. And I am in a rural area, where that can be really hard to find.....I know I provided it for several years. I am not saying being a prostitute is the answer to being poor. I am saying they are already there! It was happening back in biblical times, and has been happening ever since. Maybe the time to protect is now. The women would still be free to change their ways. And as for picking and choosing which scriptures to live by and believe, I am sure I am guilty-----I do not deny that. And of course we all end up with differing views of what is right and what is wrong! We could all sit down in a circle with the same version of the bible, and read it front to back, and each of us take away a differing view on it. Meaning that while you may disagree with how I feel on a subject, it does not make you any more right than me.....and the same in reverse. I am not saying you are wrong in your belief. I am saying you are showing it very poorly, in my opinion, by saying it is the ONLY way. Yes a mother telling her child that she sells her body for money would be traumatic, of that there is no arguement. In other countries, she could have kept herself in tact and sold the child. She could be answering other sexual questions---of "why do I have 2 mommies and no daddy like the other kids" or "daddy how come you used to be a girl in all of the pictures at Grandmas house?" They are all traumatic, and all go against the bible you tout so freely, but they are all happening every day, and making them illegal, and punishing them is not changing anything at all. There are preachers spreading the word in every jail in America---and it is not changing. My support is simply to make the lifestyle safer, and allow them to pay into the system same as I do. It is not a moral decision. My morals, are mine, I do not have to force them down anyone elses throat. Nor do I need to defend them. At least not to anyone here on LBT....

Jane, I too flashbacked during the Preakness!!! Watched it in Gruene sitting on the sofa with Laura!!

At that rate of pay Patty without taxes etc. coming out, that is over $8.00 an hour. Where I am from they do not pay that BEFORE taxes! It is minimum wage all the way and no more than 28 hours per week. Same story with Walmart. I know, I too have a DIL working in the stores. Whether it is to support a drug habit, or to support a couple of kids at home, a prosititute is supporting herself, NOT on welfare! It is a means to an end. It allows her to put food in her kids bellies, or drugs in her veins, but she is not relying on YOU and I to do so. In YOUR mind, and in that of the bible you believe in it might well be a sin. But in that bible it also states that the Lord helps those who help themselves. It does not support sitting back doing nothing and expecting to be cared for......as so many do. Yes legalizing prostitution might well lead us onto a slippery slope. BUT it has been done in many places, and without problem. It makes it safer for both the seller and the buyer, and they pay taxes just like you and I at our jobs. The way it is now is not eliminating prostitution, nor is is making it any safer for anyone involved, the most is does is revenue enhancement, as they arrest the hooker and the john. It changes nothing. And that is proven....in order to change something, you have to change SOMETHING!!!!

We lwft when Rick got off work, and went to Colorado to a motorcycle swap meet....found nothing! But it was a beautiful ride! Through some mountains, with dark green pine trees with dark brown bark, and aspen trees with bright green leaves, and white bark trunks, with brilliant blue skies, with puffy white clouds---great ride!!! We come back to an open house at a welding company that Rick does business with. Free food, band, free beer. Yep, I had 4!!!! Was feeling happy when we left!!! Went to a friends we had said we would stop by-----had a few more. Now I am home and buzzing quite happily! Sober Rick is eating ice cream, I am eating peanuts----should eat something more absorbant!!! Was such a nice stress relief. As per your email Pamela, I set my stress down for a bit!! Ran into my DD at our friends, I did my best to maintain, and Rick said I was fine. I am not like stupid drunk----you know, you have all seen me there!!! Next weekend we go to a rally. I have to wait and ride up with the girls the next morning, I have to go to a wedding on Friday night. Anyway, just stopping to say goodnight. Was a great day with Rick. I can almost forget what we are headed into. I keep thinking ....one more beer and maybe I WILL forget!!! Don't think there is enough beer for that to be honest. Court again makes my stomach turn.....oh well. Gonna do my best to go to sleep and forget it for tonight. I have been laying awake at night thinking about what we are in for. Will see you tomorrow~! XOXOXOX

In that case, food was my drug, and I knew for years that I was a glutton, and continued to overeat, and get fatter. However all the while I was morbidly obese, I seriously tried to do right by others. I am not on any form of public assistance, but I know I cost my insurance company as well as myself additional money to treat my high blood pressure, and many additional problems that were weight related. I saw no way out for a long time. I would diet, and lose a bit, then binge for whatever reason, and gain even more weight. For me, the band got me out of that cycle. For many on drugs, they have no band. For many women who are prostituting themselves to support their family, there is no band. To go from making several hundred dollars in a couple of days to making $150.00 a week in fast food or at Walmart, is not feasible! It does not pay the bills and provide for a family. How do you propose THEY get the help we did with the band? We had a hand up with our "sin" of gluttony with the band (or whatever surgery we had)----oten times insurance approved help. So how do the other "sinners" get the help WE did. You included. As for Octomom, she too CONTINUED her sinning. She did not stop at one....or two....and had she not had 8 at once I would bet she would not be stopped at all. Yet you can find forgiveness for her? I just don't get it.

Terry, how old is Evan? Is there any way you can get him into treatment on his own? Years ago (27 yesterday to be exact) when my brother was almost killed, he was 18. The hospital hounded my parents for months over it, and they just kept repeating, he is not a minor, it is not our expense! In the end, when he woke up, everyone found out he had excellent insurance, and was covered, but since he was over 18---they could refuse to cover his bill. Because at the time he had been in ICU for almost a month, and had 3 surgeries. Even back then, paying that would have been a life long commitment! Believe me I know, we are still paying on Ricks! If he is of legal age, maybe try to get him in on his own. I am not one to say this lightly, but face it, if he was in a poor family, he could get help---so if he has to bankrupt it in the end---what has he got to lose at this time??? And with the economy the way it is, when things comes back, they are going to have to accept most people being less than perfect in their credit. I think it might be our age thing, and the colors with the baby!!! I agree totally, the wrapped up in black was not anything I would have chosen! Besides with it all snugged around him, you barely saw him, and that was the point of the picture!!! When I think of snuggling a baby, I think of him like Laura has him at home in his bed, surrounded and cushioned on as soft and cuddly things as possible. I always think the same thing with the Anne Geddes pics, of babies in boots and stuff! The pictures are wonderful Laura. Did it give you some ideas of doing some yourself? The cost looked pretty high, but many of those it looks like you could recreate on your own!! Surely at work, you have a simulated white tiger skin! Put him on it rather than a bear skin! I have an alpaca rug in my room. It is soooooo soft. The hair/fur on it is about 4 - 6 inches long. I have pics of all the grandkids as infants on it bare bottom up. As well as having Connor in his boots and cowboy hat from behind. Love em all! Well time to change laundry and move the water. See ya later!

Patty just how is it you differentiate the prostitute bleeding the public to support her and her possible illnesses or pregnancy due to her profession, which you think is bad....from Octomom bleeding the system by having a litter of children through in vitro, and we are supposed to pay for them and smile while doing it? How is one so right and the other so wrong? By YOUR post above then, you feel that prostitution should be illegal, because they often rely on public health care to provide them with treatment that the tax payer supplies. So should it be illegal then for the cashier or the cook at the local McDonalds who ends up pregnant with no health care to have that child? Or Octomom, who we paid for all her children? Or one of your own children who needs public assistance at some point in their lives? Or is the judgmental attitude just reserved for those who live their lives differently than you? NurseMelly---I would bet that you leave those you treat feeling much better about themselves when they leave your care than when they come in. You see past WHAT they DO to WHO they ARE. Good for you.

I was wondering the same thing Terry!

Most people can get a job. Period. Not everyone, and most definitely in this economy not everyone can get a decent job. Many prostitutes will tell you, it is fast money, paid then and there, no waiting for a payday----and they make enough to support themselves and possibly children, where a part time job at Taco Bell is not going to allow them to do that. Did you ever see the Demi Moore movie Striptease I think it was called? Often times there is more to the story than what you see at face value. I would hazzard a guess that many a girl has paid for her college doing escort work--be it legal or not. And they are left with a lot less student loans-----as are WE the taxpayer left with less of a burden to pay their way. If you want to drag movie issues in....one is as good as the other!

BG-----we refer to those canoe type of women as "ankles"......3 feet LOWER than your _unt word.......

My DH is the ice cream feind in our family---he and Kinsey! But he has gained weight, and so he quit. He can do that, always has been able to--when he needs to quit something he just does it. He quit eating potatoes, and he simply does not eat them -- nor does he complain about not having them. His ice cream, he acknowldeges missing it, and wanting it, but he simply doesn't give in. I am glad it is that easy for him, but at the same time, it irritates the hell outta me!!! I want that kind of control, and I just don't have it! Went to lunch with Rick and my folks today. It is so nice they get along so well. I walked in last....had a last minute call at work, and as I walked to the table they were all laughing, and it just was such a nice thing to find---the people I love, laughing together. Yesterday, I worked, and Rick didn't. He rode his bike over to my work, left it, took my car, had it cleaned, fueled it, and left me a new batch of CD's in the changer! I am so lazy, I listen to the same thing, over and over. It holds 10 discs, so I just let them go---he changes it!!! He made me some new music. Said it was his way of saying thank you for all the work I did for the Mothers Day cookout, when I should have been relaxing myself. I think he was feeling guilty over his Moms shenanigans. I do NOT hold him responsible for her silliness!!! I did ok with my eating today. I managed a large bottle of water this morning, had fish for lunch, and a taco for dinner. Also drank another couple of bottles of water, and my tea at lunch. I know the food choices could be better, but the amounts were reasonable, and I avoided the really bad options!!! Jane, I liked the picture.....but I must say, and I do not know how to break this to you.....but you are STILL SHORT!!!! The people sitting are almost as tall as you are my friend!!! LOL It really was good to see your face! I miss you! I would ask for proof of Charlie paying that! No sense getting yourself in trouble for him. Have you been networking for a new job? Ask everyone you know----I have always seen that it works better than anonymous resumes. You can come to NM and work with me! Family? Friends? Michelle, prepare for a Violet intervention if you try to finish your term!!! Those people are not always nice to you, so walk away----and let them see how "easy" the job really is! You have spoiled every last one of them from the principal, down.....let ANYONE try to follow!!! Sit back and watch!!! Now I might volunteer to help with one thing, say the book fair, just to show my face, and hear how they miss you!!! LOL Jenn, hope things go well with the job. Tracy---you go girl, the gym again!! How is the nose??? Pamela, 100 donuts???? OMG I would have slimed just smelling them!!! Ooops my brother is here, will catch the rest of you later!

Awwww Terry, I am so sorry. I can only imagine the fears you had through the night. I do not in any way miss the teen drama, and we did not have the bi polar issues to deal with. I do believe we are experiencing something along the lines with my son now, but it is something that has been slowly evolving for a few years now. He has moved back home, and is back to the loving, "normal" man he usually is. He is looking to change jobs, but is doing so in a rational way. It is so hard, with just this, I can only imagine, and wish you well. I will keep you both, well the entire family in my prayers...even your boss for his continued understanding. (((((hugs))))))) TracyKS---you should know we are harder to shake than that!!! You make me laugh----like we would give up. Now we DID think you gave us up.....thought you didn't love us or need us no more....thought you just abandoned us.....are ya feelin' bad for us yet???? Girl, I think there are an equal number of us losing weight we already lost once as there are not! You are NOT special in that respect!!! LOL TracyK, and Pamela are doing their best to shame the rest of us into exercising.....and hey it is working, I feel guilty! Not guilty enough mind you to get off my ass--- but I AM feeling it!!! I did a self clean on my oven tonight, and the sucker would not shut off. We actually had to unplug it, and reset the computer to get it to cycle off. And it was so hot it discolored above the oven door handle. So tomorrow, or someday soon, I have to call and find out what they have to say about it. It was scary hot. I use the auto clean about every 6-8 weeks without issue---but this was on forever, and when we tried to cancel, it just beeped. The door was locked of course, but we ended up interupting the electric computer part....wierd! Well the alarm is going to go off early in the morning, so guess I will go to bed. Like Pamela, I really want to finish a book I began at lunch, but I am not gonna!! Will read tomorrow night, I have my Mom and Dad coming to lunch tomorrow. Actually my Mom is a patient, and the last one before lunch....yep I scheduled it thataway!!! LOL I think I forgot to tell you the Dr. give me a raise. He threw another dollar an hour in. I was supposed to get it after 90 days, but he said he thought I deserved it now. Yay!!! It all helps. If they cut Rick's hours any more, he will make more on unemployment than he does working! Got a picture of my 3 youngest grandkids all together on Mothers Day, I will download it and get someone to help me size it.....they are so cute. G'night girls!

Terry---will be thinking of you and Evan. Ignore my whining about my problems in the PM!!!! I won't bore you with all the details, but suffice it to say life is a bitch right now, and once way back when....Rick married one!!! And we continue to pay...pay...pay. Work is still feeling a bit like a battle ground. I see both sides, and honestly just don't like them being at odds! Hoping the pregnancy hormones and all settle soon!! Judy, glad you had your little guy safe with you today. Laura I can honestly say I have NEVER heard music described in any way close to that!!! Wierd quiet circus music, sounds eerily scary to me!!! Tracy, hope the nose is better soon! Poor you! I think waiting, and not breathing so hard through all that is the wisest way to go. Stress makes a break out worse I understand, so take it easy! Pamela, I know people who take toys to the cemetary for lost children, and have gatherings there for holidays--it is a BIG thing in TX where Rick's family is from to have the big family dinner, and meet up right at the cemetary following the burial! They actually have covered pavillions, and tables ---ready for the gathering. Was kind of shocking to me! I think dealing with death is a very personal thing, and no one should make you uncomfortable in how you choose to deal. If they had been there blasting away when you got there, then maybe they should be allowed to "share" however, and whatever they want----but to come in AFTER you and force their way upon you is wrong. Well.....I am going to bed, I am bumming badly. Will go into more detail as I know it. All I know at this point is we are headed to court, and it is not gonna be cheap. YUCK Hugs!

Just popping in to say Happy Mothers Day to my Violets. Wishing I could give each of you a Hug! Pamela hang in there......I know it is hard. I have a niece that today is very hard on, she has been trying for 15 years to be a Mom, and it has never worked. My heart goes out to you both, they promote this so hard, and it just isn't a one size fits all holiday. ((((HUGS)))))) Rick and I went to breakfast, and grabbed a couple of things, and he is outside now prepping the yard--the kids supposedly have everything ready for a cookout. I said I would make cole slaw, and devilled eggs----be damned if my MIL is not going to do the same, and make a cake, and, and, and. Which is fine, but she is VOCAL and pissy if someone chooses to eat the other, that is not hers--doesn't matter if I made it, one of the kids, my Mom whoever. She hollers "what? Mines not good enough?" Or she will 'jokingly' say you can try mine, I really washed my hands.......when she is really not joking. But she complains when no one else brings things. You cannot please her sometimes~lol Guess I will go help~~~~Rick was sick yesterday, I am sure he doesn't really feel like doing all this. Terry, your party looked great, as did yours Suzanne. I'll take some pics today, and maybe someone will resize them for me!!! LOL We GOTTA have computer lessons this year! Love ya!

My DH falls on the other side of the deadbeat thing. His ex, has a child, she does not work, she fought to get SSDI, but now is able to party, and do what ever the hell she wants. We pay CS every single month without fail. We provide insurance and cover 91% of all medical/dental/vision etc not covered by insurance. For the last 6 years, when we try to make contact, the only words she utters are "I don't wanna talk about it". She is 18 in a few days and we will continue to pay until she is 19 years old. For the first 10 years we sent gifts for every holiday imaginable, as well as back to school supplies and clothes. We had a huge Christmas for her either on Christmas, or on Thanksgiving---depending on when we had her. We had huge birthday parties for her every summer. Pinatas, family picnics--BIG parties. We took her on vacation with us----she was part of our lives. Then Mom got to where she refused our visits, so we spent over $70,000.00 (yep 70K) in court-----because once things began not going her way....we got the news, the child is not DH's! Tests proved that to be so. So......all the way to the Colorado Supreme Court, and we still pay child support, for a child they no longer help us with any visitation, we have not seen her for 5 years, but we pay, pay, pay. We pay for tennis lessons, we pay for school trips......and we are not even allowed to call her house. Back in the day DH was married to the Mom, he put her through school to become a paralegal, and for years she has worked for her attorney. He helped her get her SSDI, and for many years when we did see the child, we were told she was STILL working for him. Well all her legal is free of charge, and ours is not. And yes, in court, when he ask for relief from CS----he was labeled a dead beat Dad. Kinda funny, since he isn't the Dad. 12 more payments, and the woman will be out of our lives. And maybe the child will be able to connect with the family she knew if she wants..... Oh well....it built character....yep.....sure....it did!!! Sorry you are on the other side of the fence!

Hey girls~ Looooong day. Work was good, although I think I may have "shot myself in the foot" with work. It's a long story, but the receptionist I refer to that is a little ditzy----they cut her hours, because apparently I fill the void quite well. Now she is talking about quiting, which will leave me alone all the time, and no one to work when I want time off......so, need to back pedal my way out of the predicament. We went and bought tons and tons of flowers. Seriously! TONS! Filled all his Moms pots, and hanging baskets, then my Moms, and then got part of ours done, then went to dinner. Had a couple of drinks, and sat and talked until almost 10!!! About everything and nothing. I am with Rick every night, but sometimes it is like we have not had time to connect in awhile. Was a nice night. Now tho, the drinks have kicked in,and I am sleepy!!! Which was the goal---I am hoping to sleep better tonight than last night. I am not going to be missing my baby...... Although Kinsey wants to spend the night, and have a sleepover.....she wants to put "pail nolish" on her toe nails, and eat ice cream out of the carton on Papa's lap. She speaks clear as a bell, but has ALWAYS mixed up the nail polish to pail nolish. She went to a carnival with the 2 boys with one face tonight. She said it was a great time, and she is with them enough now, the boys are not as alike, she knows them apart......kinda sad, I missed the 2 boys with one face! LOL Yep Terry....lots of CO places to see........some are close to me! I was in fact born in Boulder, CO. See y'all in the morning. Hugs

I love being on the bike....I can get on the bike, all stressed out, and as you ride along, it is like I can feel the air blowing all the cobwebs out of my mind, and blowing off all the stresses of the day. I like riding on my own, but I love riding behind my DH---I trust him implicitly, I know accidents happen, but I figure, if something happens, we are well insured, and we will have died happy. If we have had a disagreement, the bike is ideal, it puts us in close proximity, and yet limits the actual talking you can do!!! But there is no way to put 2 people on a motorcycle without them touching! It breaks the ice and puts the problems behind us. I love being able to ride along and rub his shoulder, or he drops his arm over my knee and rubs my leg. I love to get on my horse, and be alone....it is quiet. I ride down by the river....only VERY rarely do I go with anyone, it is my ME time!!! Would not want to give up either one!!! Lu I hear your DH---I hated that I once wore what felt like the entire cow when I leathered up!!! I gave my old leathers away, and did not even hesitate!!! I love my new ones, even tho the breaking in process sucks!!! SnT, sorry to hear about the shingles.....hope you caught them early, and do not have issues with the nerves. Sounds to me like you did. We went and did flowers for the Moms----we plant several pots on their patios for them for Mothers Day each year. Then went to dinner, and I had a few drinks, hoping to sleep better tonight. Well.....I am off to bed, my drinks caught up with me I do believe....YAY!!!

I am going riding this weekend! It is supposed to be low 80's and sunny all weekend, minimal winds---so the horses, bikes and DH better be ready!!!!!!!! Off to work. After today I will be needing the weekend, although it will NOT be relaxing. Today after work we are going flower shopping, for the Moms flower pots. Tomorrow we will plant them, and Sunday we have a cookout for 30 in the backyard. My usual help in doing that would be the Moms---so since it is Mothers Day, I do not have them. I DO have my DD and my DIL, who have most of it planned I understand........I think I will still be tired come Monday. Did not sleep well.........grrrrr Hugs! Gotta run!

Come my way if you wanna go riding!!! The chopper that DH is currently assembling (it is a basket case, coming from SEVERAL baskets intentionally), will make motorcycle #8!!! He is having a blast with it-------it is half serious, and half seriously fun. We are showing a couple of progress pics on FB---it isn't much to look at .... yet! Fun anyway. Wierdly, around here, Fat boys are girls bikes! Dunno why! We have everything from a little mini bike to teach the kids on, to cruisers, to a fully dressed touring bike, that we have taken thousand mile plus trips on, we have a matching trailer we pull with it! There are also 4 legged rides......I'll share them too. But not the DH!!! He is off limits!!! LOL

Crazy day----I need to be slapped for even thinking it was going to be a slow lazy day! Will try to get back in the morning, but....I KNOW tomorrow is packed. We have back to back procedures for 3 hours! Laura--scary!!!! Hugs everyone!!!