Where the heck is everyone !!!!

[pope1982]

Thank you ladies, I am picture crazy.... Have been all my life sometimes they'll tease me about it, but they all ask "Will you send them to me?"
I am glad I woke up and decided to appreciate family for what it is and the frailty of it all when I did, because I missed a lot in my later teenage years lost in my own world. My family is a lot of fun, for the most part a bunch of goofs and now I am able to really enjoy the older nephews as nieces as it should be, instead of babies I am constantly volunteered as babysitting for as I transitioned to teenager

I really miss the rest of my immediate family, hopefully Brad and I will be included in the trip back up to take the older three home
Been almost a year since I showed my face in my home town

Marilyn, boy you are spot on! Essex is exactly where we are LOL You made my mouth drop as I read that...
My fiance was born and raised here. I had never seen alleys like this until I moved here, very different from alleys where I am from!

Judy, you are braver than I am honey, I won't get in water I can't see the bottom of
I can't stand the sensation of things brushing up against me, seaweed in my fingers or between my toes, BLEH

[judy]

You cannot see anything in Brooklyn ocean water, and I doubt if anything living would survive there to brush up against me. But, I grew up in it, and I'm still alive.

I know what you mean though. I cannot stand being in a lake with all that slimy stuff on the bottom, and - no thanks, I do not want to swim with fish.

I love the pix. The kids are great and you are beautiful.

[HALEY]

Originally Posted by Marilyn

Sorry, I haven't been on much lately either. Just enough to get myself in trouble on a couple of theads and gripe about energy costs on others. Still trying to get everything put away, donated and such after the wedding. We were so preoccupied for so long that there is a lot of work to do around here to get things back in order. I cleaned out most of my side of the closet this morning and have been doing laundry. Our home is looking a lot better!!

This afternoon I have to put the finishing touches on a children's Bible lesson I'm teaching Wednesday night. During the summer we combine the kindergarten and elementary classes and do 13 lessons on a topic with a different teacher each Wednesday night. We make a really big deal of it like a Vacation Bible School. It's a lot of fun for the children and for the teachers. We get grandchildren visiting from out of town. Lots of variety.

Hope everyone enjoys the rest of the summer and stops in to check on the rest of us when we can.

What trouble! Your just making things more interesting, right ?

[Marilyn]

Originally Posted by HALEY

What trouble! Your just making things more interesting, right ?

Just try to be helpful sometimes and it can backfire, but I mean well.....

[HALEY]

Originally Posted by Marilyn

Just try to be helpful sometimes and it can backfire, but I mean well.....

sending you a hug Marilyn,, my mouth gets me in trouble daily! Sometimes i have to have a big mouth, i'm the only female working with 18 guys...