OH Juli

Thanks for posting those pics. You look great!

Hi all, I just got back from rural Indiana where I biked with some folks I met here on LBT. They were cool for straight people and it was a good time. Well worth the 3+ hour drive. We did a 40 mile ride and camped...the ride was great but I never want to camp again in my life, ever. Juli the Diva

I’m home earlier than expected because I inadvertently threw away the directions to my Dad’s house and my phone was dead. My name is mud with him and siblings, but I wasn’t about to drive to southwest Indiana and lost out in the sticks, again. Really I feel horrible about it, but I didn’t know what to do. Everyone’s numbers are in my phone and I was too tired to problem solve my way out it. So I drove home. Like BG, my directions to the campsite had me run into a dead end road. I was tooling around rural Indiana in the dark Friday night and not very happy about it. Biking in rural Indiana is beautiful. I like it much better in the light of the day. We all hit it off really well and JC isn’t as creepy at all. That was mean. I never thought he’d be creepy. He is pretty funny and full of good stories. Traci (HP) and her husband are also great to sit around a fire with and hear their stories. Half of which it HP swears her husband makes up. It’s pretty cute. When their daughter chimes in too, to the family tales, it makes for a great time. Stacy (BG) is a smart ass. ODB fell off her car on the way there. We need to have a memorial service for him. Our little girls got along well, which was fantastic. Okay about the ride. It was rolling for the most part but the hills weren’t too steep. There were a few long stretches that were flat. There were also some parts that were gravel which I think is poor planning on the part of the ride coordinators because those SUCKED ASS. That’s a quote from Stacy. We saw a bra on the side of the road. 150 feet later we saw matching panties. Makes you wonder…We saw many horses and other agri businesses. We maneuvered around lots of horse shit and road kill. We were in Amish country and passed a few people driving by in buggies. The ride was cool. BG and HP did their first 40!!! JC died at 30 which is respectable considering the man has never even seen a hill before, let alone ride one. I’d ride with these fine folks again in a heartbeat. However, next time I’m staying at a hotel.

I'm leaving work today at 2:30!!!!!!!!! I'll be there earlier than I thought.

Maziemommy Good use of the smilies. Well done.

I smell like a fryer. Long story, but I was frying okra of all things for the last hour. Ugh.

Hi Catchup Don't let those dogs keep you in the house! If you see one coming at you yell. "NO!" in a big loud mean voice. Most dogs know, "no". Keep us posted with your progress!

sunblock? OH no! I'm gonna have to borrow some. I do have the bug spary!

And that's just too much of a lure not to have me send out one more...... Night t night.

but two more posts will put me over 1000!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We have a bunch of movies too, though Zoe is going through a huge Pokemon phase right now. Does Korrine like Pokemon? Z loves kids that are older than her, she gets this reverance for them or something. She's all about meeting K too. btw, great name! I'm loggin off now and going to bed. BG, it's going to be just the two of us on line tomorrow. Not including B and D, which makes me thing of bondage and disapline....JC and HP will be on the road!

Yeah, I have it charging now

Just try. Ha...

JC, you better get your ass in the car tonight. Hello. I mean if the kid is okay and all. I decided to pay the day of the ride because I wasn't sure if Alison was going to go or not. I'd rather pay a few bucks more than lose her entire fee...you know what I mean? I just realize that we've not even talked on the phone. Or I've not talked to you crazies on the phone...I don't think your psycho or anything, but how odd. I PMed you all with my cell. I've got D's in my phone so we can call her at 7 Saturday morning, 5 her time to tell her we're on our way! Just Kidding! Woo HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooo

I typically drive a sold 80 MPH in Indiana too. I'm not recommending it, I'm just saying.... BG, and HP I sent you my cell number. HP, I think I might have sent to your work. BG, I might have messed up your address...I'll PM it to you now, on here.

I love mapquest!

I'll be getting there close to 7pm. If I can scoot out of work earlier I'll try. I have a 3.5 hour drive. But I took today off to take the final, which I know I passed reasonably well, and pack up for the trip! That should give me daylight enough to set up my tent. Hot damn, we are actually all going to meet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! JC-I hope the boy is okay. Young drivers have such a hard time. The weather is beautiful. The trees here are just starting to turn, so hopefully a bit more north they'll be more colorful. Each time I see a beauty, I think about you!

LDR's are tough. I'm in the middle of one right now. But it's working and it's going to continue to work until my daughter is out of high school. The SO needs to be in a different city to care for her aging but no where close to death mother and I can't take my kid from her other parent.... She has just started Kindergarten. So I'm in for the very long haul.

Me un PC? Absofreakinlutely. I spent my twenties as a humorless lesbian, so I can twist the most innocent statement into something very un-PC. And some thing still set me off the charts like nothing else. But I gave it up for the most part. I can talk power dynamics and give the political/social dynamic about shit...but yeah, I think there is honesty in calling something what it is. Lots of time there's a good chuckle in there too. You know what I mean? So yeah, I'm crass and rude and I think pretty damn funny.

Very cool, Stevee. Very cool.

No, HP, you are doing your own shirts. I made one for D. By the way, I won't be putting any silk screen printers out of work with this process. They just look okay.... I made iron ons for the rest of you guys. I'm mot playing favorites, it just kind of happened. Making her one just seemed like the thing to do.

okay, I got the tshirts and my iron's getting hot. D- Sorry baby you and I are getting XL's because they didn't have 2XL and I wasn't about to buy a 3XL. They didn't have L either so Alison is going to be in an M. She' won't be happy but eh. If the XL doesn't fit, it will...and mine will just barely fit me...we are the same weight and you are taller, so you should be smaller...at least that was my logic. Hope you don't mind. Yes, Alison is coming and yes, she's skinny. We're an interracial couple too btw. I want to make many flippant black/white cracks because that's what I do, but if you don't know me it comes across badly. Anyway, keep you eye out tomorrow night for the black chick driving around looking lost. It will be her. Yeah tall, thin and black, her and short, fat and white, me. We are an odd couple. Off to pack more. Can't wait for tomorrow.

They can remove my band from my cold, dead body. And really, one doesn't get a replaced hip removed...it's a medical device in my body to help me deal with a medical issue that I can't overcome otherwise. Okay the hip is not a good analogy. Glasses maybe or corrective lenses. I can do well with them but take them off and my vision is blurry. I need them to see. I expect I'll always need my band to help me get hunger signals etc. And I didn't get my eyes cut nor my stomach...but both are better for the use the tool.

You all are killing me. How funny! I met one woman from California, I'm from Ohio when we were vacationing in Mass this summer. She and I chat on the phone still and will hook up in January in Las Vegas for the LBT gathering happeing there. I'm going camping with a group of folks I've met on here this weekend. That's some stuff. One is in Michigan, one from Indiana, me from Ohio and a guy from Florida. We plan on doing a 40 mile bike ride too. So dating no, but meeting folks hell yes. Our fella in the group is single and we all are not. So yeah girls, there's a banded catch in Florida. I'll point you in his direction if you'd like.

btw I started working out with a trainer this week and my arms feel so incredibly sore. I love her and the new motivation she brings to the workouts, but oh my goodness........ OUCH!!!!!!!