Eating Life with a Big Spoon

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Bright - the Russian send off was a reference to Bttrfly signing off by writing "dosvedanya."

Feyth - LOL on the call waiting feature. One really cool feature is that it is NOT (even) cordless and it has giant buttons for dialing. It has not rung once! Not even telemarketers are calling. But when they do start, I am looking forward to paying a monthly bill so that I can politely ask telemarketers to take me off their call list. (Then I'll call that 800 number where I can put the landline on the "do call list".) When I am on my cell phone I swear that landline looks at me like: why did you bother bringing me here to this graveyard?!?

Sotto - I know! At least get him a cool mallard duck phone and put it in his room. Nope. It's corded and in the kitchen. This is particularly cool phone real estate for S11. I am sure when he grows interested in having private conversations he'll for sure opt for the kitchen landline (so I can hear ALL he says) vs. wanting his own cell phone. I doubt he'll be interested in texting.

Job - thanks for asking how I am. I am looking forward to going back east for XMAS. I miss my family. I miss the woods and snow. My sister lives close to where I grew up and the boys and I will stay on with her (while h returns). I love to sit in her kitchen and just watch the snow, the squirrels or the birds. She has a great dog and we take him for long walks in the woods. Wish my dog could meet her dog!

H mentioned he too is looking forward to returning. And the reason why? He can't wait to see how old his brother has grown. Ugh. The obsession with aging is brutal. His brother is a little older and yet still has jet black hair. BIL insists it s natural and says he has n

Detaching has been good for me. And yet when I do glance over at h, I find myself