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25444. arkymalarky - 7/21/2009 5:22:08 AM Hey Dan! Same to you. Update us on the fam when you get a chance. Great to see you here! 25445. arkymalarky - 7/21/2009 5:24:03 AM I'm in a hotel in Amarillo with Bob and Mazie. Was depressed to leave the CO cabin, more than usual, but now looking forward to home. And it's going to be cool in AR this week! Usually when we step out of the car at home we feel like we need gills to breathe, but it should be really nice tomorrow evening, though it's supposed to rain. And Wed will rival the cabin at 85F! 25446. alistairConnor - 7/21/2009 7:55:07 AM Hey Dan!
I'm at my girlfriend's flat in Lyon. I've got a couple of weeks All Alone, she's with her family in Morocco, and my kids are with their mother. I had my annual week-long orgy of mountain biking, eating and drinking, and in spite of all the blood, sweat and tears, I came back 3 kilos HEAVIER.
I'm supposed to be selling my house, but having psychological difficulties with that... 25447. judithathome - 7/22/2009 3:52:02 PM Arky, in 8 days we'll be on your front porch having a treat I found for us yesterday...you and I are going to feel like genuine Southern Belles, for sure!
Well, sans the corsets and petticoats! 25448. arkymalarky - 7/23/2009 4:50:12 AM Oh how cool!! I can't wait!
We came home from CO to cool weather for the first time I recall and today has been crazy catching up at work and Walmart. But we never broke a sweat and I can breathe. Wish it'd stay like this! 25449. alistairconnor - 7/23/2009 7:55:38 PM Why can't you people live in places with reasonable climates?
It's absolutely lovely here at my place. All the doors open, pleasantly warm (too hot down in Lyon). No flies (no ponies or horses in residence these days, that helps) No mosquito problems, yet...
I just finished the visit with my first real estate agent. He really likes the place. Which is nice, but it doesn't make it any easier to sell.
The plan is to buy a somewhat similar (but smaller) place, closer to town, so we can both reasonably commute. And my rebellious elder daughter will have a room there, which she can use or not. I will not be held hostage. 25450. arkymalarky - 7/24/2009 1:09:35 AM The CO cabin weather is like that but winters are brutal according to the neighbors. Got a migraine now, but I won't blame it on AR weather today, tho the return to damp air is an adjustment. We always leave windows and doors open in CO and never here. Tho a couple of years ago a bat got into the cabin thru the screen. Scared the crap out of me. Bob lost his sense of smell, got it back after over a week in CO, and has already lost it again.
Good luck on selling the house. Have you already got another house selected or are you just describing what you want? 25451. iiibbb - 7/27/2009 2:31:59 PM So... my wife's due in December. 25452. judithathome - 7/27/2009 4:19:06 PM Really!!? Congratulations to you both!! 25453. alistairconnor - 7/27/2009 4:23:49 PM Ahhhhh!
... she's due what?
Just joking...
As I recall, she's due a decent job. This will certainly change that equation...
I heartily hope and wish that your "trials and tribulations" period is behind you. You both certainly deserve some joy.
(Wait a minute... She's due in December, and you only just noticed??) 25454. iiibbb - 7/27/2009 6:15:37 PM Almost I hope. Still haven't sold the MS home (we're trying to rent it too), and I haven't nailed down a job just yet, but I have a few leads at least. 25455. iiibbb - 7/27/2009 6:18:18 PM (Wait a minute... She's due in December, and you only just noticed??)
We've known for a while, but it's not been too public because of certain risk factors which would make the untelling of good news kind of sucky. We've gotten through those, and we're starting to tell people.
25456. vonKreedon - 7/27/2009 8:10:18 PM 3i3b - Congrats on your pregnancy, will this be your first? My, what an interesting life you've been leading for the past year or so. 25457. arkymalarky - 7/27/2009 11:36:37 PM Congratulations 3i!! 25458. dandillon - 7/28/2009 3:09:45 AM Hey alistair - Where's your girlfriend from in Morocco? I spent two years in Safi as a teacher. Spent a helluva lot of time in Marrakech and Essaouira, too.
Congratulations, iiibbb! I wish you all the joy and love a new baby brings! :)
Hey arky - Nice to see your friendly face! What's new? 25459. arkymalarky - 7/28/2009 3:53:52 AM Thanks! Same ol' same ol' with me--which is good! 25460. judithathome - 7/28/2009 1:32:31 PM and I haven't nailed down a job just yet, but I have a few leads at least.
Don't worry...you'll find one. When my son was born, his father was unemployed; he got a job 2 days afterward and ended up buying the company he went to work for 17 years later! So births of children can bring all sorts of good luck. ;-)
25461. alistairconnor - 7/28/2009 3:06:36 PM My girlfriend is from Tetouan, near Ceuta, Casablanca etc. She's complaining about the weather there, 45°C and muggy. She's complaining about her family too, but that's what we visit our families for, after all.
I haven't been there with her yet... I feel we should be married first (to respect the feelings of her parents!)
We're both in our forties, but her mother scolds her for living in sin. 25462. wabbit - 7/28/2009 4:20:03 PM Hey DanD, good to see you!
Congratulations iiibbb, that's great news! 25463. judithathome - 7/29/2009 9:27:42 PM Arky, we're shooting for leaving around 6 or 6:30am tomorrow...we should get there pretty early in the day. If y'all have things to do, we can kill time on that wonderful porch until you get back...
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