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Old 03-08-2005, 06:02 PM
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Old 03-10-2005, 06:40 AM
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Old 03-10-2005, 07:07 AM
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Cute Easter basket Cindy!! Glad to know you arent sick Deb, hope your tests come out good for you. Im always nervous when I have any kind of test done,especially if I dont get the results right away which you rarely do anyhow.Have to go for my annual pap and mammogram next week ,Im so looking forward to that, lol.Donna Marie glad to see you posting you saound like you have as much snow as we do, and I just heard we are getting more this weekend!!!
I just want to post something I got in an email and its so funny, and so TRUE, Im sure alot of you got it too, but for those that havent read this here it is
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TOILET-SQUATTING EXERCISE CLASS

My mother was a fanatic about public toilets.

As a little girl, she'd bring me in the stall, teach me to wad up toilet paper and wipe the seat. Then, she'd carefully lay strips of toilet paper to cover the seat. Finally, she'd instruct, "Never, never sit on a public toilet seat."

And she'd demonstrate "The Stance," which consisted of balancing over the toilet in a sitting position without actually letting any of your flesh make contact with the toilet seat. But by this time, I'd have wet down my leg. And we'd go home.

That was a long time ago. Even now in our more mature years, The Stance is excruciatingly difficult to maintain when one's bladder is especially full. When you have to "go" in a public bathroom, you find a line of women that makes you think there's a half-price sale on Mel Gibson's underwear in there. So, you wait and smile politely at all the other ladies, also crossing their legs and smiling politely. And you finally get closer.
You check for feet under the stall doors.
Everyone is occupied.

Finally, a stall door opens and you dash, nearly knocking down the woman leaving the stall. You get in
to find the door won't latch. It doesn't matter. You hang your purse on the door hook, yank down your pants
and assume "The Stance." Relief. More relief.

Then your thighs begin to shake. You'd love to sit
down but you certainly hadn't taken time to wipe the
seat or lay toilet paper on it, so you hold The Stance as your thighs experience a quake that would register
an eight on the Richter scale.

To take your mind off it, you reach for the toilet paper. The toilet paper dispenser is empty. Your thighs shake more. You remember the tiny tissue that you blew
your nose on that's in your purse. It would have to do.
You crumble it in the puffiest way possible.
It is still smaller than your thumbnail.

Someone pushes open your stall door because the latch doesn't work and your purse whams you in the head. "Occupied!" you scream as you reach out for the door, dropping your tissue in a puddle and falling backward, directly onto the toilet seat.

You get up quickly, but it's too late.
Your bare bottom has made contact with all the germs and life forms on the bare seat because YOU never laid down toilet paper, not that there was any, even if you had enough time to. And your mother would be utterly ashamed of you if she knew, because her bare bottom never touched a public toilet seat because, frankly,
"You don't know what kind of diseases you could get."

And by this time, the automatic sensor on the back of
the toilet is so confused that it flushes, sending up a stream of water akin to a fountain and then it suddenly sucks everything down with such force that you grab onto the toilet paper dispenser for fear of being dragged to China. At that point, you give up. You're soaked by the splashing water. You're exhausted. You try to wipe with a Chicklet wrapper you found in your pocket,
then slink out inconspicuously to the sinks.

You can't figure out how to operate the sinks with the automatic sensors, so you wipe your hands with spit and a dry paper towel and walk past a line of women, still waiting, cross-legged and unable to smile politely at this point. One kind soul at the very end of the line points
out that you are trailing a piece of toilet paper on
your shoe as long as the Mississippi River!

You yank the paper from your shoe, plunk it in the woman's hand and say warmly,
"Here. You might need this."

At this time, you see your spouse, who has entered, used and exited his bathroom and read a copy of War and Peace while waiting for you.
"What took you so long?" he asks, annoyed.

This is when you kick him sharply in the shin and
go home.

This is dedicated to all women everywhere
who have ever had to deal with a public toilet.

And it finally explains to all you men what takes us so long.

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Old 03-10-2005, 07:15 AM
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Cindy love the easter basket!!!

Sandie...glad you liked the e-mail!!!! I thought it was very funny and so true!!!! Good for a laugh or two!!!


Hope all are having a greeat day!!!

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Old 03-10-2005, 07:27 AM
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Good Morning Ladies ~

I love the Easter basket too. I'd almost forgotten that Easter falls in March this year.

Well, just as I sat down to say hello, Lici appeared from the TV room completely naked!!! I had just been in there no more than five minutes before and she was happily watching Bob & Larry ~ what prompted her to strip I have no idea but it's bringing back vague memories of my son who used to love to do the same thing. I guess this in one of the disadvantages of having your children so far apart, you forget alot of the things they do during the "terrible twos" and trying to potty train her at the same time is just exausting for an "old" mom like me Good thing I have my vitamins and to keep me going. I have really missed posting in here but have tried to keep up with reading this thread as best I can. I hope everyone has a wonderful day. I have to go out to Walmart today in the freezing sunshine ~ such fun!!:

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Just want to make sure I get in on this one. What happened to the flower of Breezy?
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Old 03-10-2005, 07:52 AM
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Good Morning everyone.

I need to get moving and get some things done. I just balanced my checkbook and let's just say it has an echo. Thank goodness we paid on Monday.

I am having the hardest time getting motivated. The house is a mess, the laundry is washed but not folded or put away. I need to vacuum and dust. What helps you all get things done? I guess I just need to get off the computer and off my rear and start moving.

Have a nice day.

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Old 03-10-2005, 08:18 AM
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Sandie I loved that email!!!! It made me laugh cause I can remember my mom saying that LOL
I love the basket also.
To get motivated I just look at the dishes in the sink and think someone might see it LOL we get lots of company so the house has to stay picked up for our house is so small that one toy on the floor makes the whole house look a mess.
Well I've got to get back to cleaning the bedroom so have a great day

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Old 03-10-2005, 08:21 AM
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What happened to the flower of Breezy?
Patti - if you missed seeing Heaven's Breeze's blooms, I can e-mail you a "picture" of them as I saved the image on my computer as a "Breezy Memory".
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Old 03-10-2005, 08:26 AM
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What a pretty basket. It already looks so nice, can't imagine how it will look finished.

Lita, I tried the link that you sent, but it didn't come up for me. I hope you are doing well. How is your sister?

Wonder where Stormy is? Hope all is going well for she and her dd.

Today I may actually have time to get groceries. It has been about 2 weeks, but getting the things done up at my dad's house has to be done so my brother can sell the place.
My dh goes back to work tonight on the late shift, all night long. He is finding it more and more difficult to do as he gets older. It is so hard on him. A person wasn't meant to be up all night and try to sleep during the day.
The sun is out again today. No volcano eruption. Seems strange to watch the news to see if the volcano blew again. Would seem more common to Lita in Hawaii, but not here.

OK, everyone, wishing you each a happy day.
 
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