yay Susan. I just had a neighborhood kid help me in the yard--and I had talked to his folks telling them I was going to pay him 10.00 an hour. It is a lot. But way less than the professional gardeners. But I figure I want to keep him helping me all through high school. And plus - he does what I tell him to do. He also wants to be a kindergarten teacher. If he stay in Ca, he could probably have 3 or 4 people that he worked on their yard and still have a leisurely summer.
Zoe: We're getting him back. Jayne: What are we gonna do, clone him?
'War Stories'
Spike's Bitches 40: Buckle Up, Kids! Daddy's Puttin' the Hammer Down.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
beth b - May 18, 2008 2:34:59 pm PDT #9553 of 10001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
Jessica - May 18, 2008 2:57:49 pm PDT #9554 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I seem to have just dyed my hair pink. Huh.
Lee - May 18, 2008 3:00:14 pm PDT #9555 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
On purpose?
Jessica - May 18, 2008 3:12:05 pm PDT #9556 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Well, yes. But I didn't know I was going to do it this morning.
Laga - May 18, 2008 3:13:38 pm PDT #9557 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
hooray for purposeful yet un-premeditated pink!
Pix - May 18, 2008 3:36:46 pm PDT #9558 of 10001
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
Yay pink!
t meme
So ND and I just spent an hour combing around various travel sites and have come to the conclusion that we can't afford to go to CT this summer. It's the right thing to do, and I'm proud of us for not just charging it, but I'm bummed, too. It's been almost a year since I've seen either of my parents, and I know that they can't afford to come out to see me, either. I haven't seen my dad's side of the family in three years, and they've been sending me sweet, "We miss you! Come home!" messages. And the capper is that my mom's mom is turning 95 and my dad's mom is...89 or 90. They aren't going to be around much longer. If one of them passes on before I am able to come home, I'm going to feel awful. Also, also, I miss my friends back there. And New England. Especially the Atlantic.
But between the F2F--which we'd booked before we reached this conclusion--and all of the unexpected expenses of these past couple of months, it just isn't going to happen. We have frequent flier miles, but none we can use in July for this particular location.
I will likely get out of CA for a week or two at some point since ND has another Florida business trip at the beginning of August that won't cost us much at all (everything would be paid for except my plane ticket, which we can probably use FF miles on), but I'm feeling a little sad about the situation.
t /meme
Kat - May 18, 2008 3:40:10 pm PDT #9559 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Jessica, yay pink! I heartily approve.
Lee - May 18, 2008 3:41:36 pm PDT #9560 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
I approve of pink too! I just wasn't sure if you were aiming for another color and ended up with pink instead.
We need pictures!
Laga - May 18, 2008 3:46:04 pm PDT #9561 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
aw Kristin that sucks. Could scrimp a little and go over winter break?
Pix - May 18, 2008 3:47:10 pm PDT #9562 of 10001
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
Thanks, Laga. Winter break is generally a really bad time for a few reasons. I don't know. I'll get out there again eventually, but I think it's probably going to be next summer.