"YABBER-LINER" - ALL ABOARD

Hi Izzie, hope you are settling down and enjoying yourself, just don't overdo it. Still home, not leaving for PL until 8th August, plans slightly altered.

Mismi, hope your head feels better today, and you know what, dreams come true.

Hey hey - when that sun comes out... ooooooooooooh... it's a little on the warm side


Kids swam for a few hours which was lovely. Oh, cardinals all over the place. Love those boids. Couldn't get close enough to take a good snap - but they are so luverly.

Feet up for a bit now and little fella just made me a cuppa and he's eating popcorn beside me.

Everything is so BIG over here It's all big and spacey.... so different to the UK - houses are just ... enormous. Cars are massive. Grass doesn't look like grass or feel like grass - strange. Bugs are HUGE (loving the ciacada noise). Kids talk so differently - so weird to hear kids swearing (cussing) which out here in the US, isn't a swear word - but if S-boy said those words back home - he'd be expelled from school (Bubba is terrible - his language is ....errrrrrrrrrr.... appalling (ok - I'm a prude about some things re kids) - I keep looking at S-boy and just shaking my head. Bubba won't tame it down - so, I'm biting my tongue a little at the moment. HA!!


Nicko - the cat - is the biggest cat in the world - he's just that big!

S-boy has again decided he wants us to move here again, immediately. I keep telling him it's not going to happen - but he says he'll move here when he's a grown up He's practising his American accent - (he actually does a good one) - well, he was practising, until the girlie life guard at the pool told him how cute his British accent was and asked him to speak some more - then he made sure he had on his best of British. Bless.

The supermarkets here are amazing too - LOVE the supermarkets here. It's so inexpensive compared to the UK too.... standard of living is entirely different. It really is a very different world. When we lived over here - I don't think I noticed it quite as much as I do now.

OK - rambling a bit now...

resting up for a while. x

Hey BEAgle........ oh... plan change. All OK Down Under?????




and yes.... dreams do come true. They really do!



Djjd - love those fleurs - you have one of those perfect orange ones like I saw in Kansas last year. Beauts. Thanku.

Hey RogRat - hoping one day to get down to NM to meet y'all down there - oh for more time to travel around. Lovely to see you on the deck. x

I am curious what you think are curse words Izzie? You can tell me...I want to see if we are using them too! haha! You never know!

Yeah well...Texas brags about all their big stuff! But I like Texas. But I like it here better...it's just greener...and hillier.

So glad you are doing well sweet Iz. Keep taking care...don't overdo.
Love you girly...

Dutchy - fluffy dreams. Hope you have a great day.

Hi Izzie, all well down here my friend, just that K's course was cancelled and we can travel later for I's birthday party.

Mismi you read me so well. Ha. hah. ha, won't say anymore.

Hey Mis...

oh...

frikken..... frikken this, frikken that... that in the UK is = to the f***ing word - but lots of the kids in the pool were saying it. So far S-boy hasn't said it - which is good, but he's starting on "ass" and said "sheeeeeeit" - so, being me, had to tell him he wasn't allowed to talk like that (you know, the 'ole "do as I say, not as I do" speech. It's difficult - love Bubba heaps - he's very different to me tho (I'm no saint, believe me, but....) - his choice of topics and language is .... really inappropriate around kids. (he's very racist too which ... I get to blood boiling point and have to walk away ) - you can imagine he's got very strong views on your government right now - which is fine, strong opinions are fine - but... take the colour of it Bubba - it's offensive!

Ha - he's Bubba - and love him - this is his turf - so his terms - he's very cut and dried about everything and there's not much room, if any, for manouvere and "we Brits know nothing" (hahahahaha) - so I let him spout and don't say too much




Hey BEAgle... oh, k, glad all's OK - another birthday a? hardly seems possible.

K - little fella is calling - he wants me to watch "I am Legend" - YUK..... might have to persuade him to put a chick flick on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Everyone here is out at the moment - so we have the hoooose to ourselves. Quiet time

Well that's what frikken takes the place of here...if you aren't saying the actual word F- - - - - - ...then people seem not to be offended. But we don't let the boys say that either. They say butt. And fart. I don't mind butt - but the other word sends me up the wall. But they are boys. And the more I protest - the more they say it. Their Dad doesn't seem to mind too much so I let it go. It could be worse. We don't say mean words. They get in trouble if they say mean words.

But you are right...you just have to teach yours they don't have to talk like everyone around them. I am one to talk though. I use too many words that I shouldn't. But - I don't know - I am a child I suppose - I am like the boys in that the more you tell me I shouldn't do something - the more I want to do it. Bad. BAD.

self-control. it is a good thing.

"self-control. it is a good thing." women, ha, ha, ha, and pigs will fly.

yeah, me too Mis. My bad also!


hey... that storm is over you guys now - you got some trees down there?


Little fella is out for the count - he's struggled with jetlag today and ended up falling asleep in his dinner. Bless. He's in my bed so hoping he's gonna sleep all nite now.



BEAgle... you got your cheeky head on a? I am soooooooo controlled.....



oh sheeeeeeeeit, there goes another one!

Hey, what's the time difference between US and Oz??????? It's 11.10pm here? Wonder how Tulip is getting on Down Under.

Hi Izzie, and you're indeed cheeky, just as I told mismi on another thread. The time here is 1.40pm, Friday afternoon, well ahead of you eh. Got to be, always one step ahead of you.

bruhahahahahahaaaaaaaahahahhaha!

Sheeeeeeeeeesh - you are way ahead F f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f frrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrriday..... and feeling good by the sounds of it

izzziieee so happy Sboy is liking the placer and enjoying it no harm in him practicing american accent ..might come to use some day ..u never knw so cuute that he even noticed and practising n them...
wandel says tryagain s there in chicago... PLLLLSSS to get hold of the devil and a snap of his and tell him we mighty miss his humor here!~!!
Mismi...u got me scared..though bad words dnt come to me much other than 'crap'..i do raise my voice hell lot!!! hope my kiddo doesnt learn that!!!
btw 3rd scanning tmrw..how time does fly..
ooohh hell lot to prepare!! not able to discuss thngs with eby!! Guys i say!! too hard to handle!! dunno wat to do!!

i just want to rant!!! cribbing is the word?? went hither thither to see if any other space would do..but no just wanna crib here...sorry if i do spoil any of ur time . Well my profession is writing! and though i dont excel in it..it is a profession i got into through sheer passion.. so i might have delusions right?? that i know something of what i do??? Again i REPEAT im not all that great. i just aspire to be great! now here is ths fellow who calls himself as an SEO specialist..ok agreed..he knws his job agreed..he does his job perfect agreed..as an SEO specialist he advises the content writer (thats me) on the keywords..agreed..
BUT ...and a big BUT that sure is..I DO not quite like the fact that he rejects the blog i give and he writes rather (flicks) something from informational sites and modifies without even considering the basic grammar and submits that!!
What i wrote goes to the bin might be a prob ..but not all that BIG a prob..ive been used to it..and i knw im not that great for every work of mine to be accepted!!
BUT it going to the bin for a work that doesnt qualify it..makes me mad!!

I told tryagain it would be nice to see him in Chicago, verbivore, but I have not been able to confirm if he is coming. Tryagain made his usual bold promises to Izzie that he would meet her in Chicago, but I can never tell if he is being serious.

Hey MaMaVerby - feel free to have a good "crib" here girlie. Your SEO seems to be being a tad unfair about your writing. All I could suggest is that you approach him, perhaps ask for a meeting with him, and say that you are really keen to have your blog accepted - and could he tell you or give you pointers in order for you to improve the blog so that it will be accepted - ask him for advice. Also, if he makes changes to your writings in order for it to quality, please can you proof read them before they are submitted. It's a very difficult position, I understand, if he is the SEO. Tell him you are prepared to learn what it takes and ask him what it is that you can do to get your work accepted. Don't give up Verby - you are passionate about what you do - we all take some knock-backs in our careers at times - so just keep going and one day, a break may come your way. Keep positive.

Gosh - third scan........ how is your second trimester going - we would love to see a pic of you in your blooming stage if you can do that. Eat little and often and drink plenty of water and juices. Enjoy this time where usually you are more energised. Third trimester gets to be more tiring - so make the most of doing whatever makes you real happy now. Take care hunni.x

BLUE.... serious! <sprays tea all over the keyboard> Ha - methinks Tryagain was definitely teasing us. He's such a twonk. Can live in hope tho! What a riot that would be.

ahhhhhhhh.... I do miss his nonsensical ramblings Hoping he will be back up in the nest soon.

non-sensical ramblings is right. He made more sense in three words a year ago than he does today with 6 paragraphs. But seriously - Not the same without him.

But does he listen to us? Noooooooooooo

I would be amazed and thrilled if you got to meet him Iz...what exactly is a "twonk"?

Tryagain has dozens of "open invitations" to meet A2Kers. If he ever does come to Chicago, I am sure JPB would arrange a gathering. (JPB is awesome at doing this.)

"what exactly is a "twonk"?
A cross between a twat and a plonker . Not used as a serious insult, more of a friendly, playful insult.

(((jw)))

you're just trying to get back into my good graces (again), aren't you?

kidding, of course, but you're right. If TRY would like to make an appearance we'll be more than accommodating to make that happen. Gatherings-are-us, and they run the gambit from big affairs to one-on-ones.