The Journey is here...Get your ass in gear !

[mama bear]

The Journey is here...Get your ass in gear !

I am so sorry baby..... can you hire a sitter??? not kidding...someone to watch them besides YOU

[rubywillow]

The Journey is here...Get your ass in gear !

I'm it. They think they're normal.

[not quite a swan]

The Journey is here...Get your ass in gear !

Ruby,mama,Sun,Nora..this is for you guys...

Friends are like flowers,roses to be exact,
or maybe like brand new gates-that never come unlatched.
Friends are like owls-both beautiful and wise
or prehaps friends are like ghosts-whos spirit never dies.
Friends are like hearts-strong until the end.
Where would we be in this world if we didnt have our friends...

I think that says it all really xx

[rubywillow]

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Swanny, so beautiful to see you post.

[mama bear]

The Journey is here...Get your ass in gear !

sweet swannie

[sunshinedaisies]

The Journey is here...Get your ass in gear !

Good day to all! Just got back from Physical Therapy and I agree with Biz - it should be called Physical Torture - she really worked me today! Anyway I did survive it and I am sure that she knows what she is doing ??

Swannie - that poem was lovely! You are such a sweetie - our love and hugs to you. Come here whenever you want to - one of us is usually around. Good to see you here.

Ruby - your in-laws are a nightmare! Not much else to add to that really. What does Hubs think of the whole thing?

Nora - glad that you enjoyed Disney - I went there many years ago - but the one in CA not FL - I have never been to FL. Nora - do they know what is wrong with your side yet?

Jan - so pleased that you and Tigger are having so much fun - and am just so tickled about your new job. Wonder what your present boss will say.....do let us know won't you?

Vicki - glad that you are feeling better. Grateful - have you had any news re the CT scan - do they have any idea what is going on? Biz - hope that you are feeling better today too. Enjoy your lunch won't you. Tony - good news re the football Yeah! Rog - you enjoy your day off and relax a bit - get geared up for more work - yes??

Where is Panno?? Who else is missing or who have I forgotten? BIRD - oh my gosh, how could I forget Bird - yes I agree with you re Wal-Mart - there is a book that I read called "A Year Without China" or something like that and this family vowed to buy nothing made in China for a year - and it was nigh on impossible. Wal-Mart was one of the worst places. They had to get their child's shoes specially made as they couldn't find any that were not made in China. It was a real eye opener. How are you feeling? Hopefully better each day?

Lovely to see you all here and everyone seems in good spirits too - Swannie, again - wonderful words from you - big hug to you from us,

Love, Sun xxx

[rubywillow]

The Journey is here...Get your ass in gear !

A beautiful poem from Yeats, for Swannie................

W.B. Yeats (1865–1939). The Wild Swans at Coole. 1919.

The Wild Swans at Coole



THE TREES are in their autumn beauty,
The woodland paths are dry,
Under the October twilight the water
Mirrors a still sky;
Upon the brimming water among the stones
Are nine and fifty swans.

The nineteenth Autumn has come upon me
Since I first made my count;
I saw, before I had well finished,
All suddenly mount
And scatter wheeling in great broken rings
Upon their clamorous wings.

I have looked upon those brilliant creatures,
And now my heart is sore.
All’s changed since I, hearing at twilight,
The first time on this shore,
The bell-beat of their wings above my head,
Trod with a lighter tread.

Unwearied still, lover by lover,
They paddle in the cold,
Companionable streams or climb the air;
Their hearts have not grown old;
Passion or conquest, wander where they will,
Attend upon them still.

But now they drift on the still water
Mysterious, beautiful;
Among what rushes will they build,
By what lake’s edge or pool
Delight men’s eyes, when I awake some day
To find they have flown away?

So glad you stayed with us, Swannie.

[not quite a swan]

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That is beautiful Ruby
I love poetry and write alot myself xx

[rubywillow]

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Really? So do I! e-mail me some, and I'll send you mine. I bet yours are wonderful!

[NoraC]

The Journey is here...Get your ass in gear !

Swannie - Thank you so much for the poem. :l:l:h:h

[rubywillow]

The Journey is here...Get your ass in gear !

Sunny, this is SUCH a deep thing to remember.........................

How simple it is to see that we can only be happy now and there will never be a time when it is not now....

The loonies next door are active again. They're not burning anything, or lost, Hubs is at work and just wishes it would all go away and be normal again, so I'm left with the minute by minute that is my life with them. If the grands are here, I keep them away from the driveway. MIL shakes so bad she throws food off a plate, and FIL can't see or hear, but they keep driving. Please, put me in a coma till it's over!! :H:H Truly, I love them. And I understand how hard this time in their lives is. But allowing them to continue is dangerous, as much as letting someone we care about, (or anyone) drive drunk. So, again, dear friends, thank you for letting me unload here. Hubs won't be home till well after dark, and he doesn't know what to do. They're getting in the truck to leave, AGAIN, and FIL goes out on the lake there alone all day. It's a no-win situation, just want to keep anyone else from getting hurt.
I really need to quit thinking so much about me, I know. I'm sorry I keep bumming you all out with my day planner! :H But you, for better or worse, have become my diary and daily sounding board. I don't want to put anyone off, so I'll really try not to share so much of our crap with you, OK? We're fine here, just the normal things that happen in the normal enormous, caring family, and I'm being selfish just posting everything, which makes me feel better. No one needs to do anything, ignore me, please. I love you all, and I know everyone has a more complicated life than me, it's just that proximity to a problem, you know?
And on a different note.................I'm not going shopping at Wal-Mart today!!!

[sunshinedaisies]

The Journey is here...Get your ass in gear !

OH MY GOSH Ruby - that picture!!! On a more sombre note - that saying is on a small poster that I have above my computer - I love it and it is so true!! I wanted to wait until I had something that I really FELT to put on my signature, and that really says it all.

Now, I have to leave you Ruby to your crazy In-laws (I do feel for you), and get me off to work. Late shift today. You know that we don't mind you using here as your diary/journal/venting board/whatever! Have a wonderful day everyone - and evening too 'cos by the time I get back it will all be over and be bedtime. I have to up at the crack of sparrowfart tomorrow too as I have a dental appt at 8.00. Just a quick one but still have to be up early after a closing!!

Hugs to all,

love, Sun xx

[not quite a swan]

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Geezeeeeee Ruby-where are you getting these photos of me from :shocked:

[rubywillow]

The Journey is here...Get your ass in gear !

Didn't think I knew where you live, did you Swan??? :H

[not quite a swan]

The Journey is here...Get your ass in gear !

I really should quit wearing heels that high when im out