The Journey begins here so get YOUR ASSES IN GEAR!!!!

[catch22]

The Journey begins here so get YOUR ASSES IN GEAR!!!!

Im back, well read 22pages took me over an hour had two cups of tea's, really need to go to the john's......

Ruby ..I hope your feeling 100% again, love the family partrait dont think i have ever seen anyone with a big smile like that.

MB lovely pic of the bear family.
Ian ...had to read that sign twice (Notice did made me laugh.

Two guys at my follow up session, ask if i wanted there support on wednesday (the heavy mob,) lol i said NO i will be alright but the guy that takes the follow up sessions said he will mention this at the main office. Actually there has been a lot of complaints about how they are doing things.
Dont know why but i have been having lots of nightmare lately waking up soaking wet thinking i have pissed myself, NOT eat no cheese b4 bedtime !
Have fun MR T and everyone else oh sos have you thought about opening a shop selling tomatoes.

[rubywillow]

The Journey begins here so get YOUR ASSES IN GEAR!!!!

sick of being sick;860319 wrote: Good morning everyone! I slept so good last night! Got up early cuz hubby going to work today out of town and I can clean house without him being in my way! Good picture, Ruby. That's you and your hubby? No kids pic? Catch, gotta check in regularly to keep up with this group! LOL! MB, I was thinking about what you said yesterday about us being friends without ever even meeting you. I believe we are all closer than friends in person, because we have the freedom to be really open and honest about our lives and our feelings. You guys are truly the best friends I ever had! I hope everyone has a great day! I love you all, Vicki

Nawwwh, Vick, unfortunately Hub's and I ain't that sophisticated!

[bird]

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Rubys family portrait looks like my neighbors

[rubywillow]

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Unfortunately, they look like some of my relatives! (Reckon if they get a divorce they'll still be cousins??)

[IAD]

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Don't you just hait it when they all come over and just want to stay awhile Ruby !?! Ha! Morning Gear Heads ! Hope everyone is in gear ! IAD

[sick of being sick]

The Journey begins here so get YOUR ASSES IN GEAR!!!!

Ok, now I don't know who's family pic is real! That's not fair! Here's mine and it is for real ... LOL! This is my daughter, Sharla and her live-in boyfriend, David to the left, me and Paul and my son, Chris and his wife, Kathryn to the right.

[rubywillow]

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Tony, you need all those hands when the crops come in! Notice the guard rail above the house. :H
Vick, beautiful family! That's the real me & Hubs in my avatar!! LOL

[rubywillow]

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I'm embarrassed to admit this is the last good family photo we have of our group, before the boys came along. This year I'm getting a photographer and we're getting the pictures!!

[tlrgs]

The Journey begins here so get YOUR ASSES IN GEAR!!!!

nice family pic's there ruby and vicky

[sick of being sick]

The Journey begins here so get YOUR ASSES IN GEAR!!!!

Nice family pic, Ruby! Glad you posted this one cuz it was hard to make out your avatar. Anyone else wanna show off their family?

[rubywillow]

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That is NOT me sitting on the rock, SOS! :H

[tlrgs]

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yeah she the one near the guy with the cap on and when we first met she had an AX IN HERE HAND .. JUST KIDDING

[GoodAsGold]

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Bird - good 4 you making the TeenTalkingTime happen. Clever to take them off to somewhere where there was no escape ; )

sick of being sick;859850 wrote: she is so jealous. I hate it when girls hate you because they think you look better than them. I don't think so and it aint like I coould do nothing about it if it was true. Anyways, i will be very uncomfortable trying to fit in where people are drinking and who don't really like me. I've always tried to be exactly what everyone wanted me to be and I was miserable so now, I will be a sober hostess who don't feel the need to fit in. I'm not looking forward to it though.

Vicky you are brilliant at hitting the nail bang on the head. I love your honesty & clarity. Yes, many women do have incredibly low self-esteem & will be threatened by women they percieve to be more powerful than them. If they're still looking at the ouside though, they are way off target. And the 'you fitting in' part...the only thing you need to fit into is your own skin, & u sound like it fits just fine!

Ruby, yes I do hope my Mum can find peace with me being me. I think her anger at me is more about her needs tho. She's so tired & alone & vulnerable. She was dealt a bum hand in lots of ways. Now should be her turn to be receiving care, not be giving it yet again. So I understand her anger. Llike T says tho, we can't change the past... I've long stopped believing that life has neat little beginnings, middles & endings like our modern fairytales - the movies - would have us believe. To me it's much more like watching the ocean, in ceaseless motion. Sometimes calm & at others raging. And that ocean will still be rolling when we're no longer here to see it. I realised yesterday that what matters more to me than my Mum giving me the green light again, is the fact that she has been & is my Mother. She's an extraordinary woman. And we've both honoured our roles as mother & daughter the best we could, from the heart. And I'm at peace with that.

I tell you guys, all this gardening is getting to me - feel like I'm getting on another level. Or maybe it's my job at the coffee bar - can you get high on caffeine fumes??? All these feelings & thoughts are just pouring out of me. Thank God my cat keeps me on the earthly plane... with the soil here being clay I spend a lot of time just breaking it up with my hands. So, let's just say that thanks to madam, not everything that looks like a lump of clay is quite as it appears..... hahahaha!

All ur family pics are just gorrrrrgeous - thanks for sharing
Love u all madly
Gold x

[tlrgs]

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thats great gold .. have i told you how much i love to read what you write .. .. you have a way with words .. keep it going girl friend .. hey whats your kittie look like ..il show you mind if you show me yours .. that kinda doesnt sound right but in a funny way ..
well this is my sammie

[sick of being sick]

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Gold, you are such a beautiful and inspiring writer and so encouraging. Thank you. I am so glad you have peace with your Mother. I try so hard to interact with my Mother in a positive way, but it is very hard sometimes. Ruby, I think I may possibly know what you look like now after all the confusion! I must admit I wouldn't have ever said it, but when I saw that pic of the smiley face woman, I thought you be looking rough! LOL! Roger, I love your kitty cat! It's so cute. Where, oh, where is our friend, MB? She must have had another rough day at work. I would call to check on her, but I'm afraid of worrying the shit out of her! Got alot done today and about to go pick kale. Love you, Vicki