that family has had some bad luck. Oh I finally called the Nurse Back, they said I didn't need any test, and It was up to me if I wanted to go in Earlier, since I am not having any pain, and want to lose more weight before my surgery, I think I will wait, I do have that trip scheduled with my daughter June 19 and 20 and don't want to have to cancel that, she has been looking forward to that, so I will Just keep the appt for July 11, unless I have any problems, then I will call them and see them earlier.

Sounds good Jr. Do you feel better after talking to the nurse?
That's sad about Ted K.I hope he's not watching TV while in the hospital they practically have him in the ground already.

Yes I do, thanks, Hullbound, but my hubby still treating me like I am ill, no doing laundry no doing dishes, hmmm think maybe I will wait a year for this surgery, lol.

jokes got these in Email, will have to clean some of them up.



Little RALPHY returns from school and says he got an F in arithmetic.

'Why?' asks the father?

'The teacher asked 'How much is 2x3,'' I said '6', replies RALPHY.

'But that's right!' says his dad.

'Yeah, but then she asked me 'How much is 3x2?''

'What's the f....in' difference?' asks the father.

'That's what I said!'


A couple was celebrating their golden wedding anniversary on the
> >> beaches of Montego Bay, Jamaica. Their domestic tranquility had
> >> long been the talk of the town. People would say, "What a peaceful
> >> & loving couple."
> >>
> >> The local newspaper reporter decided to inquire as to the secret of

> >> their long and happy marriage and so asked the husband to explain.
> >>
> >> "Well, it dates back to our honeymoon in America," explained the
husband.
> >> "We visited the Grand Canyon in Arizona and took a trip down to the

> >> bottom of the canyon by horse. We hadn't gone too far when my
> >> wife's horse stumbled and she almost fell off. My wife looked down
> >> at the horse and quietly said, 'That's once.'
> >> "We proceeded a little further and her horse stumbled again. Again
> >> my wife quietly said, 'That's twice.' We hadn't gone a half-mile
> >> when the horse stumbled for the third time. My wife quietly removed

> >> a revolver from her purse and shot the horse dead.
> >>
> >> "I SHOUTED at her, 'What's wrong with you, Woman! Why did you shoot

> >> that poor animal like that? Are you f---ing crazy!?' She looked at
> >> ME and quietly said, 'That's once.'
> >>
> >> And from that moment... we have lived happily every after."



husband and wife came for counseling after 20 years of marriage. When asked what the problem was, the wife went into a passionate, painful tirade listing every problem they had ever had in the 20 years they had been married.



She went on and on and on: neglect, lack of intimacy, emptiness, loneliness, feeling unloved and unlovable, an entire laundry list of unmet needs she had endured over the course of their marriage.



Finally, after allowing this to go on for a sufficient length of time, the therapist got up, walked around the desk and, after asking the wife to stand, embraced and kissed her passionately as her husband watched with a raised eyebrow. The woman shut up and quietly sat down as though in a daze.



The therapist turned to the husband and said, "This is what your wife needs at least three times a week.

Can you do this?"

The husband thought for a moment and replied, "Well, I can drop her off here on Mondays and Wednesdays, but on Fridays, I fish."

I'm glad they don't think its too serious!


Work it, girl!

I bet that was a relief to get some info back, Jryan. I hope your health doesn't interfere with your trip schedule. We all need a break now and then.



Go for it!

START THE NEW JOB TOMOROW !!! AHHH I AM NERVOUS!!!! hah sorry freaked out for a moment ! .. but i am ok ...gotta get up early ... fun fun!


WTF! my signature is gone!

I can see your signature!

I see it too, probably your connection, Tashafallen. Try to reboot

humm its not showing up on my comp.

I can see it too!

Thats like me, I can't see my Gorenz Angelz banner...I can only see it in Ciaddict's sig.

I'm SO upset! Well, I was upset. I think I'm talking myself out of it. No, no, I'm still upset.
Just before we left work, all County employees got an e-mail saying one of our local newspapers, citing the Public Records Act, had requested the names, status, job title, department, base pay, and 2007 compensation for every County employee. The e-mail said the County had no choice but to comply and the information would be sent tomorrow May 16. Um...excuse me? May 16 was last week. I thought it was a typo, but then it said that the paper made the request May 7. Agencies have to respond to a request based on the Public Records Act within 10 days--so it would have been sent by May16.

OK, I'm trying to reason through this. The base pay for all job titles is already accessible to anyone via the internet. All of my clients and anyone I've ever denied or terminated already has my name, job title, and department. And they give that information out to their friends and family--I'm always getting calls requesting an application because one of my clients has given them my card. And they assured us that they didn't release Social Security numbers, birthdates, or addresses (although, this is a VERY small County).

And probably the paper isn't interested in just publishing the names and pay of hundreds of people, right? This is probably just part of an investigative piece? I don't know. It just makes me nervous to know that the newspaper has that information and can do whatever they want with it.

I think I need some cheesecake. Maybe I better go hang out in the Haven for a Heart thread.

Tashafallen, try to restart.

I see your banner! Weird, huh?

I see everyone's signatures, and so is mine.

Sometimes the media does something large, to find something small. Chances are, they are looking for someone who is in an appointed position, trying to say that he/she is overpaid for doing nothing. The paper in all likely hood isn't even looking at the working class--they're looking for the big bosses.

I'll join you over at the Haven thread---is there any more cheesecake?

There's ALWAYS more cheesecake!
I'm going to try to get my last chapter up tonight, so I'll join you over in the Haven thread soon.

Yeah, I'm trying to work on my as well. Course, if I would turn the tv off, it might get done faster. . .

But Dancing With the Stars is on! Cristian and Jason are HOT, HOT, HOT! And they are awesome dancers. But Kristi is the best by far. I really think she deserves to win, but you just don't know what the public will do with their votes.

Just try not to over strain...no heavy lifting or things like that...even pushing and pulling is a strain. Hang in there, we are all thinking of you!




Hahha, has to fish on Friday...Funny!



Your sig is there...I can see everyones and all the pics...must have been a glitch in the system. Good luck tomorrow and HAVE FUN!!!



Like they don't have enough of our personal info...someone mentioned calling Munch???

Mmmmmmm, cheesecake...may I place an order???

Okay have to sahre, because I have been laughing for 15 minutes and maybe you will get a kick out of this...If I had my video camera charged I would so be taping this...my cat has been playing with a paper wrapped straw for the last 15 minutes. She's flipping it around, dancing on her hind legs with it, batting it in the air...omg, she is hilarious! I she doesnt get capnip, so i have no clue what got into her...looks like fun though!

Cats are so hilarious. We are always telling our cat, "Socks, don't listen to the voices!"

Cat are hilarious and soooo weird...Macy will be in the kitchen and suddenly out-of-the-blue...decides she HAS GOT TO BE in the living room...3 rooms away...RIGHT NOW!!!
So, she shoots through the house, tail fuzzed out like a big round banner, ears pinned back, feet flying. We have a baby gate up for the dogs and she leaps over it, down the step into the living room, like the gate isn't even there!
I call her a whack job, hahah!

I
I don't blame you. I would be upset too. Surely the newspaper will respect the privacy of the county employees as to ss #, birthdates and addresses. What do the other employees say about it?

Hubby doing laundry and dishes? How nice. Sounds you have a really good guy.

The County didn't give them SS #, birthdates, or addresses--so that's good, at least.
The other employees, the ones who had read the e-mail anyway, were very upset. One of our social workers has an ex-husband (who's also a cop), who harrasses her a lot. She is upset about him seeing this kind of information in the paper if they decide to print it. And of course we have social workers who work in Children's Protective Services and Adult Protective Services who try hard to keep personal information out of their clients hands. Even in the program that I work for, any government program, there are always people who are angry about being denied services or not getting as much as they think they should.
But the more I think about it, this information that they turned over isn't really hard for anyone to come by. So we will just have to wait and see what they do with it now that they have it. My program manager suggested maybe they are doing a story on the fact that our County employees are the lowest-paid County employees in the state.

Which could turn out to be a good thing if it gets you all pay raises! *crosses fingers for ciaddict*

Awesome Tasha! Now with alittle bit of practice, you'll be able to decorate your own wedding cake!

Cats are crazy animals. Our cat climbs up the window screens if he notices a bird outside...then he starts making weird noises that remind me of Hannibal Lecter.



That is weird! Once you find out what type of story they're doing, let us know. Very interesting...I wouldn't want wage information being printed!!

Hopefully this isn't anything bad and you will all get pay raises. My daughter has a masters in social work and I am sure would have a good opinion for you. If I talk to her any time soon I'll ask her. She travels around to hospitals and different facilities to make sure welfare departments are doing their jobs right or something like that. I don't fully understand it.

New subject: I just killed my 1st copperhead of the year this afternoon. Nasty little creatures. The dogs had it cornered. I can always tell by the way they are barking if it's probably a snake. I don't think either of them were bitten. A copperhead probably wouldn't kill them, just make them sick. I also have cottenmouths here. They are really bad. Out to kill you. I usually get at least one of them a year. I don't think snakes see or hear very well, they just lay there while I chop them up with the hoe. When I 1st moved back down here the snakes really scared me but I have almost gotten used to them again. When I was a kid I stepped over many of them. Oh the joys of being back in the country. Snakes, tics, bugs and whatall. It doesn't help that I live right on the river. I never walk around outside without watching very carefully.

Soo my first day was good AT WORK..... but everything else is going completely wrong ......first off i havent been feeling soo great for the past week.. kind of weak and alil dragy ,just plain tired and my lymph nodes are all swollen soo i got my mom to pay to let me go to the doctor .... guess what i have mono... soo YIPPIE ! .. well then on way home my car starts makeing this weird noise and boom stops in the middle of the road and EVERYONE i know is at work ... so there i am a 19 year old girl stuck ALONE on the by-pass feelin like death(the mono) soo finally my aunt comes and gets me and i had to borrow her car while mine is getting worked on...i kinda knew this would happen when i started my post office job last year my 2nd day of work i went out to my car and it wouldnt start .. and i had a sinus infection from h*ll... just when things look up they seem to get knocked back down ... oh well

tasha I am not seeing your first photo its says deleted by photo bucket. Hope your feeling better soon. And It will get better.

is it showin up now

I see it, sweetie! I was afraid you didnt save it into your photobucket when I took off old pics from my PB lol

EEK SNAKES!!!!!!!!!!!
I don't know if I could get used to them. I'm a BIG scaredy cat.




I'm glad your job is going well, but sorry you and your car are sick. I'll be praying for you.

Awwww, Tasha! Mono sucks! And, prednisone makes you feel like crap, even though it works great. Hang in there and I hope you're feel much better really soon!

Thanks guys ! .. hope i get to feelin' better .... and really hope my car gets to feelin better .. my aunts car is an SUV soo with gas at 3.95/gallon i cant afford to drive it long

I very rarely work on fanfic with the TV on, even tho I surf the net and even sleep with the TV on. I listen to music when I write...



I'm sorry your day went from bad to worse, tasha! I hope you AND your car are better soon!

It seems to work for me to put in a DVD from the season of CI that I'm writing about. Seeing Bobby and Alex, the way they looked, they way they talk, makes them clearer to me when I'm writing. And for some reason, JAG in the mornings seems to be OK and doesn't distract me.

DVD's aren't too bad for me for writing to, but other TV shows just don't work. News is ok as long as it's nothing too eye-catching or sad.

tee hee

I know, it was hard not to mention ::the show:: by name.

ciaddict, dunno if you remember, but there was a... little "tiff" about that TV show a while back. That's what I'm referring to when I say ::the show::. (I LOVE that show, I have some eps on DVD.)

Now, that usually what I do--especially soft rock/love songs

I remember. But since I blame Valley for getting me hooked on it, I just have to remind her every once in a while.

I almost forgot! I got a gift card from Borders for Mother's Day, so today I went and bought One Who Walked Alone by Novalyne Price Ellis. I'm so excited! And there are pictures! Not many, but a few. Novalyne was very pretty. And I got Vogue and Entertainment Weekly. I flipped through Vogue in the store and there are some HOT, HOT, HOT pictures of Chris.

::does happy dance::

That novel she wrote was dedicated to her friend Robert Howard, wasn't it?

Its actually the story of her friendship with him. It looks good, can't wait to start it.

Oh!!!! i have wanted 2 read it too .. gotta find it .......................

Yeah they make that teeth chattering sound... "eat your liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti...chatter, chatter"



My hubby hATES snakes and so does his mom. She lives on a lake, but we don't have many poisonous snakes in Michigan, just rattlers.





I need my LOCI partner to help me fight crime!...::big grin::




I TOLD you all that Entertainment Weekly had some NICE Chris shots!

oh lord...

i have all my intense finals tomorrow morning.
I am so beyond nervous.
it starts at 7 am.
Help.