Amy's Place .. Poetry and Potpourri .. May 7-8-9, 2004

5-7-04 | JustAmy, St.Louie1, MamaBear and Billie

[Terabitten]

This is a mountain range outside of Srebrenica, Bosnia...Hope y'all enjoy.

[MeekOneGOP]

hehe ! Yeah, the glasses. I remember it wasn't too many years after that picture
was taken (2-3-4?), I got my first metal frame glasses and I haven't gone back.
After that, I always called that pic my Buddy Holly impersonation pic, lol !

[Jen]

Hey, you learned to post pix!! Great job. Just got back from AL and I'm tired. Just popping in to say hello to my buds at Amy's. You have FReepmail.

[Jen]

Happy Mother's Day FRiends!! My son cooked lunch for me, my mom and sister and did a great job! Hope y'all are having a great weekend. Here's something I received from a friend in email. ~Jen~


Mother's Job Description

POSITION:
Mother, Mom, Mama, Mommy, Ma

JOB DESCRIPTION:
Long term, team players needed, for challenging permanent work in an, often chaotic environment. Candidates must possess excellent communication and organizational skills and be willing to work variable hours, which will include evenings and weekends and frequent 24 hour shifts on call. Some overnight travel required, including trips to primitive camping sites on rainy weekends and endless sports tournaments in far away cities. Travel expenses not reimbursed. Extensive courier duties also equired.

TERM OF EMPLOYMENT:
The rest of your life.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
Must be willing to be hated, at least temporarily, until someone needs $5. Must be willing to bite tongue repeatedly. Also, must possess the physical stamina of a pack mule and be able to go from zero to 60 mph in three seconds flat in case, this time, the screams from the backyard are not someone just crying wolf. Must be willing to face stimulating technical challenges, such as small gadget repair, mysteriously sluggish toilets and stuck zippers. Must screen phone calls, maintain calendars and coordinate production of multiple homework projects. Must have ability to plan and organize social gatherings for clients of all ages and mental outlooks. Must be willing to be indispensable one minute, an embarrassment the next. Must handle assembly and product safety testing of a half million cheap, plastic toys, and battery operated devices. Must always hope for the best but be prepared for the worst. Must assume final, complete accountability for the quality of the end product. Responsibilities also include floor maintenance and janitorial work throughout the facility.

POSSIBILITY FOR ADVANCEMENT & PROMOTION:
Virtually none. Your job is to remain in the same position for years, without complaining, constantly retraining and updating your skills, so that those in your charge can ultimately surpass you.

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE:
None required unfortunately. On-the-job training offered on a continually exhausting basis.

WAGES AND COMPENSATION:
Get this! You pay them! Offering frequent raises and bonuses. A balloon payment is due when they turn 18 because of the assumption that college will help them become financially independent. When you die, you give
them whatever is left. The oddest thing about this reverse-salary scheme is that you actually enjoy it and wish you could only do more.

BENEFITS:
While no health or dental insurance, no pension, no tuition reimbursement, no paid holidays and no stock options are offered; this job supplies limitless opportunities for personal growth and free hugs for life.

[Darksheare]

It forgot to list interrogator, combat tactics specialist, and international treaty negotiator in the list of Mom's job requirements.

[JustAmy]

I love them .......

Look at how much fun your brother is having and how your mother is enjoying that time with him!

What an adorable picture of your Grandma and her cousin. These old pictures are priceless!!!

Thank you for sharing these with us.

[JustAmy]

That is wonderful news!!

Looking forward to your pics and your music!!

[JustAmy]

Wow .... that is great. You did it!!

Thank you, TS.

[SAMWolf]

free hugs for life.

Best side benefit available.

[Victoria Delsoul]

Hi TS! Good to see you.

Good job posting that pic.

[MeekOneGOP]

That is nice ! Thanks for posting it.

I don't have many family photos. Most of the really old pics are just pics and I haven't a scanner.

But I do have this one of my Mom and all her sisters.

It's not real good, and it's the last one of them all together before Mom passed away:

Aunt Dorsey & Blanche (back)
Aunt 'Sister' & Mom (Jean, front)

This is my 4th Mother's Day without Mom. :^(

[Victoria Delsoul]

Thanks for the poem, Amy.

[Terabitten]

Okay.. here it is.. the big enchilada. This is a song I wrote a while back as an experiment in recording directly onto my computer. Hope y'all like it.

Experimental Wankfest

[Victoria Delsoul]

this job supplies limitless opportunities for personal growth and free hugs for life.

Hugs for you too my friend!

[Victoria Delsoul]

It didn't work. :-(

[Victoria Delsoul]

Nice pics, Colleen.

[MeekOneGOP]

CG, what a nice Mother's Day poem .... and pic to go with it.

Really nice. :^)

[Victoria Delsoul]

OK, this is my dad when he was about 9 years old, my mom, and me when I was about 3-4 weeks old, lol.

[Terabitten]

It didn't work. :-(

Arrrrgh! :( Okay.. here's the website, if you want to cut and paste, it should work. Let me try the link once more as well.

http://www.knology.net/~montgomeryl/Music/Experimental%20Wankfest.mp3

Instrumental Wankfest

It works when I click the link from my computer, but who knows. I'm a tech idiot.

[Victoria Delsoul]

I tried both links, and this is what I get: "RealOne player could not locate the specified clip"