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28880. judithathome - 11/11/2016 12:17:12 AM AND to the proud grandparents! 28881. arkymalarky - 11/11/2016 3:23:23 AM Thanks! We're enjoying our new status! 28882. robertjayb - 11/11/2016 6:38:29 AM Good news in a gloomy time. Yay, kid! All be well. 28883. arkymalarky - 11/11/2016 7:00:01 AM Thanks Robin! Good to see you here. Makes it seem a little Less gloomy. 28884. arkymalarky - 11/11/2016 7:00:55 AM Robert... Damn you voice to text 28885. judithathome - 11/24/2016 8:33:21 AM Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! 28886. arkymalarky - 11/24/2016 7:17:33 PM Happy Thanksgiving to you and all my motebuds! I hope everyone has a lovely holiday season. 28887. wabbit - 11/24/2016 7:28:03 PM Happy Thanksgiving to all! 28888. PsychProf - 11/29/2016 2:39:39 PM My best to all! 28889. arkymalarky - 11/29/2016 8:14:11 PM Hello PP! Great to see you! Hope you're well and having a good holiday season. 28890. winstonsmith - 11/30/2016 7:50:24 PM Wow, how many years were Mote vs Fray? 28891. winstonsmith - 11/30/2016 7:52:07 PM Re:17 years (sorry, I'm a bit behind reading this thread) 28892. Ms. No - 12/5/2016 7:33:10 PM I joined the Fray in '96, but I don't know how long it existed before I got there. 28893. judithathome - 12/24/2016 10:56:00 PM Mele Kalikimaka, everyone! Surf's up! 28894. wabbit - 12/25/2016 2:14:05 AM Ms No, I think you and I arrived at about the same time, I came in with the Deep Blue chess match.
Happy Holidays to everyone! 28895. iiibbb - 12/25/2016 6:53:07 AM Happy holidays 28896. arkymalarky - 12/25/2016 5:48:58 PM Happy holidays everyone! We're living much closer to home and that's the way I intend to do it for the foreseeable future. We baby-sat our grandson for the first time yesterday, which was also the first time that mose ever left him with anyone else. We also looked at camper trailers last week. Hope everyone manages to find their own way in the Trump era, but as with everything that has been, this too shall pass.
My New Year's resolution is going to be if it's unenjoyable AND unproductive I'm not doing it. If it's productive and enjoyable I'll do it. If it's productive but unenjoyanle, I'll do it. Maybe. If it's enjoyable and unproductive I'll do it. Definitely. But unproductive and unenjoyable together, no. 28897. judithathome - 12/26/2016 12:51:41 AM Jeez...I'm just unproductive as hell but I enjoy it so eff it all.... 28898. wabbit - 12/27/2016 10:32:18 PM 2016 sucked. I know a lot of people are saying that, but on top of everything else that sucked, my Dad passed away three weeks ago. I never thought I'd miss him, but I do. I moved out of my home to take care of my parents for the last two years. Mom died Sept. 2015, and now Dad is gone too. Neither was in any pain. Dad was really fast, went into the hospital and was gone 17 days later, metastatic bladder cancer - none of us knew he had bladder cancer. My sister and I were with Dad to the end, reading him Robert Service poems and telling him stories. His body has gone to Tufts, which would please him no end.
I'm back home, surrounded by boxes and bags, and not looking forward to all the paperwork to come. I shall endeavor to persevere (sorry, just saw that movie the other day).
There have been bright spots. I reconnected with cousins that fell out of touch many years ago, it was great to see them again. And Arky is a grammie!
So I'll raise a glass and hope that better things are to come...hope springs eternal, right? 28899. arkymalarky - 12/27/2016 11:06:47 PM Aw Wabbit, I'm so sorry to hear about your dad! I'm glad you spent a lot of time with them even though I know that it'sstressful. I'm with my parents right now and they're doing great, but Mom tripped and fell over their dog this morning. So we know all these good times are very temporary. Being a grandma is absolutely amazing though, and Stan finally gets to be Grandstan. He has gotten his way even though people have tried to talk him out of being called that.
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