A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....07-19-21-05....You'd Never Believe...

DollyCali; all of us | July 19, 2005 | DollyCali

[DollyCali]

A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day

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You'd Never Believe...

why this is not a super-duper-wonderful-knock-your-socks-off thread...
and instead a let's-see-what-we-can-throw-together-quickly effort.
But here are some possibilies

1.Oliver had 24 kittens.
2. The FBI confiscated my computer.
3. Hurrican Dennis took off our roof.
4. Woolfie and I had a mad 4 day get-away
5. I had heart,lung, liver, brain transplant over weekend.
6. I was out of state getting art lessons from Billie.
7. As I was kayaking on the Euphrates River I decided to visit w/troops a few days
8. My HTML went on pity-party strike for user abuse.
9. I went flying with Dutchess to California to see Just Amy & Mama_bear.
10. Diver Dave, Scubachick and I went to the Bahamas to check out the water and hurricanes.
11. I went to help Gabz following her foot surgery.
12.Snugs needed help in England with her dad.
13. Aquamarine needed some help sorting out her geodes.
14. I stuck my foot in my mouth(again) & needed to have surgical removal.
15. I joined Lance/crew for the most recent stage of the Tour de France..

Well, whatever the reason.. ..
HERE WE BE!!!! ..

And we will “be” for 3 days on this one thread. So post fun things, words of wisdom & use this for a three day HTML sandbox - think billie will be around to help ...but a few will be traveling.

And to use this time to wish a happy birthday to my DEAR son Jeff who turned 33 yesterday. His bride of 10+ years Shannon has a birthday today. Here they are with their two children at Stan Hywet last summer.

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You'd Never Believe...

why this is not a super-duper-wonderful-knock-your-socks-off thread...
and instead a let's-see-what-we-can-throw-together-quickly effort.
But here are some possibilies

1.Oliver had 24 kittens.
2. The FBI confiscated my computer.
3. Hurrican Dennis took off our roof.
4. Woolfie and I had a mad 4 day get-away
5. I had heart,lung, liver, brain transplant over weekend.
6. I was out of state getting art lessons from Billie.
7. As I was kayaking on the Euphrates River I decided to visit w/troops a few days
8. My HTML went on pity-party strike for user abuse.
9. I went flying with Dutchess to California to see Just Amy & Mama_bear.
10. Diver Dave, Scubachick and I went to the Bahamas to check out the water and hurricanes.
11. I went to help Gabz following her foot surgery.
12.Snugs needed help in England with her dad.
13. Aquamarine needed some help sorting out her geodes.
14. I stuck my foot in my mouth(again) & needed to have surgical removal.
15. I joined Lance/crew for the most recent stage of the Tour de France..

Well, whatever the reason.. ..
HERE WE BE!!!! ..

And we will “be” for 3 days on this one thread. So post fun things, words of wisdom & use this for a three day HTML sandbox - think billie will be around to help ...but a few will be traveling.

And to use this time to wish a happy birthday to my DEAR son Jeff who turned 33 yesterday. His bride of 10+ years Shannon has a birthday today. Here they are with their two children at Stan Hywet last summer.

[Gabz]

Glad to hear it.

I don't mind the hot, it's the sticky that is getting me.

I promise - no tripping or falling for me today :)

[Mrs.Nooseman]

I don't mind the hot either and the sticky would get to me, too, especially if I had a cast on.:)

LOL.

I am holding you to your promise.:)

[Gabz]

Thank you both!! It works :)

Thanks for your thoughts about my ankle. I have good days and bad days - yesterday was a very good day until I lost my balance and fell, and so today is a bad day.

[Mrs.Nooseman]

Is it working?

[Mrs.Nooseman]

You poor thing!

I hope your day will get better.

I think {{{HUGS}}} are in order!

[Gabz]

There is one thing worse than the sticky with the cast on - bug bites..........horrendous.

A friend of mine is picking Jax up from camp and bringing her 2 daughters over this afternoon...so she's going to help me get outside and we're going to let the girls play in the pool....basically I want them to empty it out - the ground is not as level as hubby thought it was and so it needs to be moved.

[Gabz]

Yup - it's working!!!!

[Mrs.Nooseman]

I agree!

You must have one of the above ground Pools,like I have and I remember what a chore it was to get the ground leveled,since ours is a hard sided one that you actually have to dig an inch or two into the ground.

At the time I was wishing we would have gotten a soft sided one that would have been easier to set up,but I was worried our cat would put a hole in it,like he has done with the kiddie pools.

[Gabz]

It's one of the soft sided, above ground pools. Not a real big one - 3' deep 12' around, but really the perfect size for us, at least for now. We had wanted the next size up, 3.5'deep, but they were out of them.

We had given Jax a choice, did she want swimming lessons again this year - or did she want her own pool...when she said her own pool, it became a no brainer.

[Mrs.Nooseman]

I have the same size pool,just hard sided and it is big enough for us.

I love it when things go smooth when giving your kids a choice.

With us it was a trampoline or pool and my daughter chose the pool,which was my preference.LOL

[Gabz]

She's been making noises about a trampoline also, but friend who is picking her up for me this afternoon has one - but her kids have been talking about a pool. I think we are going to be able to work something out here for the summer!!!!

Unfortunately, at least for the next few weeks, I can't have the kids here in the pool unless I've got another adult with me. Until I get rid of the cast, I can't tell her to just bring her girls over unless hubby is already home from work or she wants to hang out.

[Diver Dave]

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[Gabz]

Very cute, Dave!!!!!!!!!!!

[Billie]

6. I was out of state getting art lessons from Billie.

Well, you did good - go to the head of the class. :)

Here's a hug....from (ahem) one angel to another. :)

[Mrs.Nooseman]

I am glad my daughter has outgrown that notion after she saw a friend get hurt on one of the trampolines.

I guess they were goofing around and one of her friends landed funny,thank god it wasn't a major injury,but enough to make her change her mind.

That happened after she already decided to get the pool and we were trading of pool and trampoline usage with friends and everyone was happy until that unfortunate incident.

That sure is a bummer,but it is better to be save then sorry.

[Mrs.Nooseman]

Hi Diver Dave!

Neat table and cute graphic.:)

[Mrs.Nooseman]

Hi Billie!

Lovely picture and frame!

[GodBlessUSA]

Kewl!! I love that! Excellent work!

[Billie]

H, OESY - I loved the mums you posted yesterday, and this ....."Why we oppose votes for men"....written in 1915? How did a woman *dare* to write that - THEN?! LOL!

[Gabz]

Ouch.........

I'll let her play on her friends' trampoline - I'm not getting one. They scare me.