She is indeed,and I loooove how the names of the girls sort of match, but not overly obviously... Jade and Amber, I have jewelry made of both of those :P

Wow! I can't imagine living out of one for 2 years! It's curbed our snacking, though, because it's a pain digging through it. But yeah, we should know in the next few days if we have to buy a new one or if they can salvage this one.

*whispers* yeah, actually it was his brother, probably a good example of why he does not communicate with folks back home now that he is a regular city slicker and all... :?

*pounces on Lizzy* where've you ben! you vanished again :ninja: good to see you back though :)

I have the same problem here lately Aliena. I come here every day and read the posts but just can't think of anything to say. :oops:

i think we're all like that often enough Roo, but it's not a problem see, now we're talking about not having anything to talk about :lol: 8)

My problem is that I just feel I don't have anything to contribute anymore and that everything I say is just ramblings and dumb so it's just better I keep my mouth shut.

Oh, I don't think anything that comes out your mouth (or fingers, I guess?) is dumb! I'm trying to post more in the GD right now.

And ladies and gentlemen...we have a hum!!

It looks like we just had a series of misfortunes with bad motherboards (even replacement motherboards), so right now, the fridge is purring like a kitten. So the guy's just going to followup on Monday and hopefully, we won't have anymore downtime!

WOOHOO! WORKING FRIDGE!

Roo, you worry too much, just type away :D

aliena does it seem weird being able to hear the fridge again? i bet you've got so used to that sound not being there..

Good to hear the fridge is working. I hope it stays that way for you.

Yeah, it is strange hearing it again! I can't wait til it's cool enough to put stuff into. But I'm not getting too excited yet. It was fixed once before and it only lasted 3 days. So here's hoping we won't have a repeat of that!

i've just had a big bowl of lentil and vegetable soup and now i'm struggling to stay awake! strange :ninja: didn't realise lentils could send you to sleep :lol:

Oh gosh, poor little nephew! That sounds rough! I hope he gets better soon!

I admit, sometimes I don't read the entire thread I'm posting in, if it's many many pages long already. If it's only 2, 3, 4, or even 5, I generally try to, though.

Thanks for the welcome :oops:

Trying to balance between spring cleaning the RL house and yard with a whole lotta Neo playing in the rare times I have been online lately.
My youngest turns 11 at the end of May and we found out a couple weeks ago that my oldest son will be home on leave between leaving Korea and heading for Europe, his next duty station. His leave is sight before the little guy's birthday so we are figuring on a big gathering for family and friends especially since there will be a birthday to celebrate and a homecoming that comes even less than once a year :P Needless to say, I have now started picking at least one project a day to get things around the house in great shape but depending on the day it can be time consuming...
Also my sister movedinto a house I own, and the previous renters left it a mess, so have been trying to accomadate her with paint, supplies and help whenever possible... she is in now thank goodness so she can unpack and get cozy and I can get to work around here again.
Ah, and on top of that I have had one or the other kid hoe sick from school everyday this week... almost unbelievable

sounds like you've got your work cut out Lizzy, great that your son is coming home again though, especially for his little bro's birthday, i remember you saying how there was a bit of hero worship going on there when he was home before, it's great for younger sibs to have an older brother to look up to like that :)

Absolutely. The little guy is on cloud nine, and is happy to celebrate and throw his party at a time his brother will be here (turns out number one son is probably leaving the day before the actual day...

I thought this was kind of cute:


A scorpion, being a very poor swimmer, asked a turtle to carry
him on his back across a river. "Are you crazy?" exclaimed the
turtle. "You'll sting me while I'm swimming and I'll drown."

"My dear turtle," laughed the scorpion, "if I were to sting you,
you would drown and I would go down with you.
Now where is the logic in that?"

"You're right!" cried the turtle. "Hop on!" The scorpion
climbed aboard and halfway across the river gave the turtle a
mighty sting. As they both sank to the bottom, the turtle
resignedly said:

"Do you mind if I ask you something? You said there'd be no
logic in your stinging me. Then why did you do it?"

"It has nothing to do with logic," the drowning scorpion sadly
replied.

"It's just my character."


Be careful of whom you associate with.

My dad used to say it a little differently, you cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear

:roll:

i have a good joke, if you don't mind me insulted your Premier 8)



George Bush is visiting the Queen of England.
>
> He asks her, "Your Majesty, how do you run such an efficient
> government? Are there any tips you can give me?" "Well," says the
> Queen, "the most important thing is to surround yourself with
> intelligent people." Bush frowns. "But how do I know the people
> around me are really intelligent?" The Queen takes a sip of tea. "Oh,
> that's easy. You just ask them to answer an intelligence riddle. The
> Queen pushes a button on her intercom. "Please send The Prime
> Minister in here, would you?" Tony Blair walks into the room. "Your
> Majesty..." The Queen smiles. "Answer me this, please, Tony. Your
> mother and father have a child. It is not your brother and it is not
> your sister. Who is it?" Without pausing for a moment, Blair answers,
> "That would be me!" "Yes! Very good!" says the Queen.
>
> Back at the White House, Bush calls in his vice president, Dick
> Cheney. "Dick, answer this for me. Your mother and your father have a
> child. It's not your brother and it's not your sister. Who is it?"
> "I'm not sure," says the vice president. "Let me get back to you on
> that one."
>
> Dick Cheney goes to his advisers and asks every one, but none can
> give him an answer. Finally, he ends up in the men's room and
> recognizes Colin Powell's shoes in the next stall. Dick shouts,
> "Colin! Can you answer this for me? Your mother and father have a
> child and it's not your brother or your sister. Who is it?" Colin
> Powell yells back, "That's easy. It's me!" Dick Cheney smiles.
> "Thanks!" Cheney goes back to the Oval Office and asks to speak with
> Bush.
>
> "Say, I did some research and I have the answer to that riddle. It's
> Colin Powell." Bush gets up, stomps over to Dick Cheney, and angrily
> yells into his face, "No, you idiot! It's Tony Blair!"

I guess you mean insulting my president (premier? never really heard the president described that way)
Even though it is not something I do, I seem to recall several Purkles who might enjoy Bush bashing quite a bit, so I am sure some will get a kick out of it.....

on the flip side, I get to laugh while Craig Ferguson does a scathingly dopey impression of Prince Charles and Camilla and the Royals in general several nights a month, so it's all good... Craig Ferguson is at his finest when other UK ex Pats are on his show and start comparing hilarious accounts of life back in the UK... like recently when they said "Spring Break? we did not have Srping break, mainly cause we didn't have spring!" :lol:

See Jelly, I told you your joke would have lots of appreciative purkles, personally I consider him a very nice person and he is the son of one of the nicest women imaginable but there are plenty of people who leap at the opprotunity to chastise and ridicule folks like him, as for me, I name pets after him which happened to be intended as a compliment, hey Jee-um is from Texas, GW's lack of grace and demeanor is actually pretty typical from what I have seen... Texans don't come across as pretentious which alot of Psuedo-intellectuals like to interpret as stupidity :P None of us has a clue how much people in power have to consider when making decisions and way back in the 19th century Abraham Lincoln pointed out that you can't please all the people all the time, but sadly, many still feel like vocally villifying those who do not suit them....

Believe me - pseudo intellectuals in Texas...go to any major university and it's full of them! Of course, that could just be because people try to be "smart" at college. ;) But yeah, all in all, I think you summed us Texans pretty well. I'm actually a conservative and Bush supporter, but I've heard that joke before and have always thought it was funny. :)

oh, I believe you... my husband has told me about Austin, and I know a woman who after a detour to be a Seattle tree hugger landed in Dallas and is setting up housekeeping there now, she is the sister of a dear friend and I only say tree hugger cause that was HER description of herself! :P
Hubby is from a small town near Temple which (I guess, from what he says) is a small town near Waco..... the town he came from has about 1,100 people now, and THAT was after they merged with the next town to form a bigger town, LOL.... he was a rebel, left town, county, state, heck COUNTRY and joined the Marines...

I will say that I am embarrassed the Harry Reid is from Nevada, though :P (now I sound like some infamous Texans who I prefer not to name) 8)