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Posted on 03/05/2005 11:51:13 AM PST by HairOfTheDog
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Well, this place can get pretty bad before anyone bothers. And it just gets bad again so fast! Between the dogs shedding and us trackin' in hay and shavings and pine needles... I think we need some kind of under-carpet vacuum filtration system... like they have for fish tanks.
My mom always says when she's doing some particularly onerous family duty that it would be jewels for her crown but she grumbles all the points away here on Earth ;-)
I hope the siblings all have to be dependent on a child someday so they figure out what they've done.
Heh, it's a lot of work but it's interesting stuff, everyone around me is nice (but liberal) and I get to decide which 70 hours a week I work, and that's nice.
Sam sheds about a dog a week. But our bigger problem is clutter. No one seems to see it but me...
Drives me nuts.
You have to get things clean enough for company. I have to get things clean enough that she doesn't walk in and scream "what have I gotten myself into!"
Heh...we'll end up carin' for all of 'em...
Gotta go. Got a meeting for Jr. about Brazil.
Yes it's sad to lose the Pope, but he was just a few months younger than my Mama. Maybe it was the fact that she'd suffered from Alzheimers for several years, but when she went, we were joyful that she'd finally found peace. The funeral home on the night of her wake was a raucous affair. It's a good thing no other families were there that night, they certainly would not have understood. Mama was the center of attention, as she loved to be, and we were all happy for her. Of course we were sad she was no longer with us, but that was for ourselves, not for her.
I would imagine that the Pope's friends feel like that tonight. They know he was ready to go, and they hate losing a friend, but they're celebrating his life and their friendship with him.
To that I say "That's right, brother!"
Don't forget, their children are learning how to treat old people from what they see their parents doing. It will be a hard lesson when the siblings get old and have to depend on those kids.
Later. Fixing to go to 5:30 Mass.
Yes, that is another level ;~D I've been where you are.... and maybe had it worse, cuz I was tryin' to make the place into a place ecurbh would want to move to ;~D
I bet Masses will be extra special today. Let us know.
I think that's a good way to be! I haven't had to attend that many funerals, but I know I felt differently at my great-grandmothers' funerals - especially the one I'd actually known - than at my uncle's, because they'd had good long lives and he hadn't.
I was too young when my brother died to know anything. In fact I've recently begun feeling actual loss when thinking about him. One of the cds I was given for Christmas has a song that could be about him, from the heart defect to the number of days he lived. I can't stop listening to that song. I hear about my little brothers and think "Sam would have been doing such-and-such" and feeling cheated that I didn't really get to know him. Is that weird, to feel almost fresh loss now - 13 years later?
Managed to get connected for just a sec here...and I apologize to anyone to whom I'm failing to respond - I'll have to catch up when I get to Colorado.
Just wanted to stop in long enough to say "Goodbye for now" to everyone. Oh...and to those of you who have my cell phone number, I haven't been able to get into voicemail, so if I don't pick up...don't bother leaving a message as I likely won't get it. I'll have to figure that out later!
I'm in a state of mild panic trying to get everything packed up and worrying about the drive ahead. Could use prayers in that regard.
We'll likely be getting on the road by four or so - it'll feel like three. Eek! But that way we can cover a good distance and still stop fairly early.
Signing off from Vermont for good - for now anyway! See some of you very soon!
Good luck! You're in my prayers!
You've got my number, right? Be sure to call me...
And please don't hold the state of the apartment against me when you get here.
Heh heh, now that you are awake...
I am proud to announce the debut of the new and improved Hobbit Hole v. 2.0, blog-style to allow it to be more active (so I don't necessarily have to post ~everything~)! As our knives engraved with the URL continue to be distributed far and wide, I felt that we needed a more vibrant site for visitors.
For now, only winmag has been given posting access, but if anyone feels need for such a thing, just let me know. Also, I have linked the blogs I know about (Corin's and 2J's) so let me know if anyone has sites they would like to have linked there.
Safe trip! Enjoy the adventure!!!
We will send our messages through the lands. The Wandering Companies shall know of your journey, and those that have power for good shall be on the watch. May the stars shine upon the end of your road!
Stay off the road.... travel only by day...
Check in if you can soe we know where you are!
via con Dios mi amiga...
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