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"What light, through yonder window breaks?!?" It ain't Juliet! OMG, it's the SUN! Could it be that we're going to have a break in our storms? YIPPEEEEE!!! Maybe our 4th of July cookouts won't get waterlogged after all. Let's hold that thought!

Good morning, everybody! Raggs, I hope you're sleeping in this morning. Did you hear my lullaby that I was singing to you around 3:30am? On the other hand, maybe my singing kept you awake! Hope you did finally go to sleep and that today will be better for you.

Mommieof1, sending prayers and good wishes over to Browns Mills this morning. Hope Jeff is feeling better today.
Hugs and smooches to Erin!

Auntiep, how's Sarah's spider bite? Are you having any luck keeping her from scratching it? It's so hard not to when it itches.

SUSIE, WHERE ARE YOU??? Raggs is trying to call you and getting no answer. Please give us a shout. We need to know you are alright.

We've got Roe and NY on their vacations. Hope the rest of you have a safe and happy 4th of July wherever you are.
And, remember our mantra...NO RAIN! NO RAIN! NO RAIN!!

I'll try to check back later today.

Love to all,
M.A.

Hey Girls,

Hope you all have a Happy 4th of July! Be safe and I love You girls!!

good morning ladies,
just finish reading the posts, sorry to say the sun that was out has now gone bye-bye. but maryanne dont worry i heard we will have a dry weekend.
mommy i hope everything is alright with jeff. please saty clam it could be from the heat that made him pas out.
raggsies it is 9:15 am and i hope you are still sleeping and getting some rest. raggsies your father made a very hard decision to have the treatment and he knows the side effects so try to stay strong and support him. and the one thing you can do for your day is to take care of yourself first the last thing he would want to see is you in a bed next to him. so what you can do for youe dad is stay strong.
ladies i will try to check back later if not have a happy forth.

Good morning ladies, I miss all of you. Having a great time here on Hilton Head Island in South Carolina. The weather is in the 90's everyday and I am hoping to bring some of that back with me on Sunday. Sorry it's been so bad in NY, I sure hope it gets better.

Kids are having a blast as are we, we are having a much needed relaxing but enjoyable vacation. I really don't want to come back home.

Hope everyone is well and doing good. I wish all of you a wonderful and safe 4th of July. We will be celebrating it here in S.C. and they have everything decorated for the occaassion.

Raggies, Harbour Town was beautiful as was South Beach Marina where we ate at the Salty Dog and the food was good.We also climbed up to the lighthouse over 100 steps and it was hot with only fans but once up there, we had a nice breeze.

Kids just went to meet up with one of the boys they met from PA, Mike is making me coffee, oh the good life, will sit on the balcony and drink it. I wish all of you could be here with me right now.

Well, we are either going to the beach/pool or both, it's up to the boys. Bye for now.

ROE i and very happy to hear that you are enjoying your vacation. you needed the time away. have a good fourth of july.

Roe be sure you kiss him on the beach.and tell him you love him.Im glade your having fun.

Its hot here. we are having french frys, onion rings ,& hot dogs tomorrow.we went to the cheap movies & seen the transformers.its good.
\spider bits are not good.especially those.I hope shes going to be ok..

Im sorry you cant sleep. raggies. so what kind of necklace are you going to get, from the stones? dimonds, rubys, emeralds.saphires.?and how many carrets?

so what are you all eating tommorrow?

oh yes I love you all.

*** HAPPY 4TH OF JULY !! ***

Good morning, gals! Just wanted to say hello before heading out on last minute errands. Don't we all have something we forgot to get?? It never fails, no matter how carefully we plan. I got a last minute invite for tomorrow and must get a birthday card and gift this morning. Hope the stores I need are open.

Today, I'm going to my friend, Gale's, for their annual cookout. Her daughter's 40th birthday was yesterday so this is also a surprise party for her. She thinks it's just for the 4th of July. Always great food and good fun at their parties. One of my favorites that they have is a grape salad. Have any of you ever had it? It is sooo good! I'll get the recipe from her today and share it with you. It's great for summer.

Well, I'm off in a cloud of dust....enjoy your holiday.

Love, M.A.

goodevening gals! well actually it is officially monday morning. it is 12:32 am here. i can't sleep again but over the weekend including friday night i did get alot of good sleep and naps. gary and i had friday, saturday, and sunday to ourselves. we shopped some both days, did minor yard work, and just lazed around. gary is really having a problem with one of his knees, very swollen. he had been squatting on his knees all week at work and it inflamed an old injury. i am taking very good care of him, when he lets me.

mary ann i had not heard that lullaby you sent me but i sure did like it. hope you had fun at gale"s over the weekend. i have had a grape salad before, mom made it. it was a little too juicey for me. there was a mayo base to it too. maybe your recipe might be better. right now i am strung out on my chicken salad spread with crackers. i make a pretty good dish of it and it last int he fridge all week. gary and the guys at work love it too. since you left "in a cloud of dust" i am assuming your car is working ok, happy days!

alfie, nice to hear from you, it is hot hwere too. was 100 today with only a slight breeze, mostly hot wind. we did get some rain day before yesterday and it was a real good ran but we need more. i was in the yard yesterday at 5pm pulling some weeds and within 15 minutes i stood up and got very dizzy and sick on my stomache. went in right then and there and it took about 3 hours before i flet better. i have had a heat stroke about 5 years ago and it made me very very sick and i was in intensive care for 7 days. i don't like playing around in the heat. i do not think i will make a niceklace out of my collection of kidney stones. ( i passed another one yesterday a.m. so i have 2 left!). i don't think i would like a necklace out of that. you asked what did we all eat on the 4th, i had cooked a big meal on saturday and we have plenty of leftovers because it was only gary and me. we had BBq ribs, potatoe salad, fresh greenbeans with newpotatoes, and i also bbq's 6 large chicken breast to use for my chicken salad spread. we also had an apple pie, bought from the store. that was 3 days worth of food and then some. hope everyone had fun on the 4th.

gvalie, did you have to work the whole weekend? i hope not. daddy started getting sick 2 days after chemo. he goes again thursday. he has had some vommitting and some loose stools but mom said it wasn't real bad. i didn't call yesterday but i will call them monday. he is very brave to have made this decison but i am a little confused by it. it is his decison. i just want him as comfortable as he can be. since i found out that he changed his mind and now wants it, it brings to mind just how much daddy wants to live. i do not know if he will likeheaven. i have alot of child like questions about it all. i still just can't imagine my daddy dying. i can't visualize him dying and not being here and me not knowing how he is doing. i will be glad to see him and mom when i go back. i will leave saturday, the 18th of july. we got 3 big doctor appointments on the 15th in gainsville we h ave to go to first. how are things at home?

welcome home roe, i will catch up with you monday or tuesday. glad yall had fun!

auntiep, did yall have any type of family gathering for the 4th? i hope you have been able to get the "guys" moving on your house. i hope yall are staying cool somehow in the meantime. how is sarah's bite doing?

susie, dear one, i have tried several times to get a hold of you. i am beliveing in god that you are not suffering right now and that HE has everything undercontrol. May god bless and keep you in HIS loving arms always and forever. i love you susie!!

mommy i hope you and jeff were able to celebrate the holiday, i am assuming he is getting better everyday. he has had many prayers offered up to him. Yall smile, happy doays are really here and i pray that they really remain for everyone.

okay, i think i burned a whole page by myself. atleast it was while everyone was sleeping....it is 1:07 am so i think i will try to lay down again. love you guys. sleep like angels!! love raggs.

ps, i must have missed a few pages while i was gone, so where did NY go for vacation and how long will she be back??

good morning ladies,
i hope everyone had a nice 4th of july mine was quiet. i was off because the dealerships were close. i had no plans for the fourth i just ran a couple of errands and guess who came with me and then saturday night i told him to get out. but all and all it was a nice quiet weekend.
raggsies who new i was up saturday night too it takes along time for me to fall asleep, but this friday i got hives i couldnt belive it that they came back i was so mad. when i stress out i get hives it has been good for the last eight years but it is back .the doctor put me on zyrtec back then but now you could buy it over the counter thank god cleared everything right up. the weather was beatiful here this weekend and today it it nice out also.
mommy how is jeff feeling i hope he is resting up.
raggsies we are all still little girls when it comes to our parents. iam going to be 54 years old and i still worry what mom is going to say. and i miss my dad but i belive he is in a better place. well ladies i will check back later i have to go got a car in with a little scratch and i have to do the paper work.

Heys guys had computer poblems. I had spyware take over my whole computer. It took all day to get it fixed. Sarah's bite is a lot better. I have two neices sick with the stomach flu. Both have been around Sarah. I just pray to God she doesn't get it. She needs a break.
My brother was supposed to bring me food on the forth from where he bar-b-qued. he forgot and brought it to me the next day. My neice wanted me to bring Sarah to their house and watch the fire works, but I knew Sarah would have a fit getting her in the car, which would have injured the spider bite. So I didn't go.
Raggs how is your dad doing? Has anybody heard from Susie? Gval how is things going? I hope everyone had a good forth.
Umm, is Dominic really Dante. I know we hoped he was.
He is a hotty.
Take care all, God bless love auntiep

good tuesday morning to all of you. we should get rain today and for the next couple of days and the high's only in the 80's. we need a break from the heat so i welcome it. our cable is still down and it is driving me nuts not being able to watch some of my favorite shows and the news. they say this whole area will take about another week or two since all the damage from one of the storms. i have no clue what is really going on in our world. i read some on the computer. i feel out of touch.

roe, glad you are home, take care of that suntan gal. we need pics!!!!

ma, what is going on in your world today. i haven't seen you post since the 4th so i am rounding up my switches to get on to some of yall!! i used one on maddie this a.m. for not minding me and i can surly seen one through the airwaves to you!!! p.s. i did get the b-day reminder....

auntiep, i can't believe brother made you wait a day! was the food still good. i bet it was. microwaves have a way of making left overs taste real good. so happy to hear sarah's bit is getting better. i would keep her away from some of the small children because they pass "bugs" around all the time. do you have a picture of you and sarah you could send me? i would love to have one. okay, what is the update on the house, are yall in it yet, do you have ac where ever you are right now?

gval, i hope you are sleeping better. when you told him to "get out", did he get out? i hope so so you can really start your life over again. that will be exciting after alot of the anger passes. i can't believe your hives came back, that idot caused them!! the stress got into your central nervous system. You are going to have to et some of those feelings out so you don't have too much pinned up inside. i don;t mind listening to anyones rants, just email me. gal, i feel for you. it is almost like not wanting to waste your breath on him but you can't keep it all bottled up. hope today is a better day.

hi alfie,thanks for the emaill message. how is daniel? does he have camp again this summer?

well gals i am fixing to start some of my phone calling in a few minutes. daddy is having side effects from the chemo but they have not been really bad. mom says he does feel a little stronger...until he gets sick on his stomache. i am planning on calling them in a few minutes.
i am also going to try to email and call susie again. still no word from her. i miss susie, our dear friend. if yoou see this suz get your daughter to call me please.

okay, i will check back soon to see how yall are.

love, raggs

GOOD MORNING LADIES, how is everyone this morning. well ladies i am holding in there. the second job i had was a temp job well it is over now. i have to look for something else but the job that no one wanted you cant find now. i asked him again last night when he is going to move out he told me he doesnt even know. i just want him gone. i only talk to him in one word answers he tried to talk to me but i want nothing to do with him. i called him tpday before i got into work and asked him when he think he will be out he siad he doesnt know i didnt go into it with him why his plans change i will do that tonight. i told him to let me know because i have to find another part time job. do you know what he had the nerve to tell me, i wouldnt leave with out telling you. i wanted to go thru that phone and choke the b!!!!! but the only thing i said to him was or yes you would. thankyou for letting me vent.
raggsies how are you feelin today ? and i will email you.
auntiep i hope sarah doesnt get sick and i am sorry you were home for the 4th.

hey gval, i am doing much better today. i will email you later today too. the weather here is nice, cloudy and some rain. guess yall are tired of it. i am kinda lonly because i am use to being around alot of people when i am in pensacola. crystal and the kids will come here from jacksonville on friday and stay through the weekend (i am shocked i got that phone call this morning). then when chad and gary drive me to pensacola on saturday, they will stay overnight then when they come home sunday crystal, the kids, and aunt ruby will come to pensacola on sunday. at least i will be able to see the kids again but it is rough at moms with daddy sick and terry, my brother, can't handle the kids and noise. seems like i am always refireeing. it works though.

you know he just astounds me. i think he has changed his mind and now he doesn't understand why you don't ask him to stay and work things out. craziness!!! did you suggest he go to a doctor? i think if you went to a lawyer you probably could not put him out if he didn't want to leave, since he hasn't threatened you are the kids. sugar i don't know what to tell you except keep doing what you are doing. i pray for you to have the stregth it and i know you will. vent anytime!!

okay, shower for me, then lunch. later gators....raggsies has left the buiding

Gval give him an itimize statment of all he has to pay for the month while living there. Plus tell him he has to start paying rent. You have took on more jobs now its his turn to fork over. Tell him he not only has to wash his cloths but also buy the washingliguid and everything else, that you can't aford to buy his anymore. If that don't work if you're mother lives near. Tell him she is moving in for awhile.

Raggs they are still wotking on the house, now its the plumbing. Someone stipped my house of the plumbing,and he checked my commode said it was busted a so i have to get another one. It is always smomething. I'm pulling my hair out.
I gotta go I need to take S arah to bed. Take care all God bless, Love auntiep

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU,
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DEAR CALI. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU.
AND MANY MORE..........

Well, Caligal, you've made it through another year. Sorry you have jury duty to interrupt your celebration. That wasn't very good timing on their part!

I sure do wish you a day of fun and merriment. Remember that lots of people love you, including this 'oldie but goodie' from the East Coast.

XOXOXOXO
M.A.