Jade's Babblings

Well, I spoke to my local PD last night. I gotta say, those guys rock!! Usually I hate talking to cops, but this one was super nice.

He said that he looked ALL OVER that couple's website and that they are obviously a scam. He said that they are so all over the board on everything that he would be it's obvious. First he says he used to be a freelance reporter. Then he was a private investigator. Don't forget the computer companies people "stole" from him. And oh yea, he was a colonel or something in the army where he came from. Yea, okay buddy.

I love how Tony said he'd block my IP yet I can still view the page. They put up this "weekly update" except that one "weekly" update was on Sunday and one on Tuesday. Obviously they are too far gone to even know what "weekly" means. lol. Anyway, it was all about bloggers and how terrible we are. So if you guys want to defend yourselves send some email to them. It's right on the website that I linked to in my original post. Go ahead and prove them right. We're all jerks, right? I'm gonna make "Proud to be a blogger" stickers. Or maybe I'll just buy one of those "I'm blogging this" tshirts from thinkgeek.

So anyhoo, spoke to the officer a little more. He said not to worry about it but if I hear from either of them again to forward it all on to him and he'll take care of it. They filed paperwork on Tony, which rocks. Justice is so sweet! So now his name is in all their paperwork. That's always good. Even just filing a report gets you in the door because they can look back on that later. He said he could have some cruisers drive by my house but I said I didn't want to waste their time with something so unnecessary. Rock.

When I hung up John said I should have told them to drive by and try to catch the drug dealers that are out there every night sitting in their cars, but I forgot. That would've been funny though. So the officer told me his name twice and said if I had ANY problems to give him a call. Go police! You guys are awesome!

So, sorry, no apology from me. I didn't get mine either, but hey, life doesn't always work out "our way" now does it? ::rolling eyes::

Heh heh. It’s like a Borg designation. So, crazy lady 1 of 3 was Sara, crazy lady 2 of 3 is the phone lady and crazy lady 3 of 3 is “you know who but I can’t say it for fear of lawsuit”. Pfft.

John actually spoke to the woman who thought I was calling her husband. On august third, the date she said I spoke to him, we were in Maine on vacation! She admitted to John she had the wrong year. And she said she called at five a.m. because that’s when she gets off her shift and her husband was still sleeping. That’s all well and good but it doesn’t mean that I was awake!

John said, “So this is done right? You are not going to call here again?” and she said absolutely and it was fine now and she realized she made a mistake and apologized a ton.

Apologies will fix a world of misdeeds for me. Just admit you’re wrong and give me an apology. I would probably still accept one from Sherri to this day but she has never offered and so she remains an enemy. Can’t wait to see her at the Spencer Faire. Tee hee.

1. I can't remember any of my old friends' phone numbers.
2. Nor their middle names. Brynn. . .maybe. Jesse Jacob, but that's easy. Dawn. . .was it the same as mine?
3. I can't even remember some of their LAST names.
4. When was the last time I saw any of them? It's been a LONG time. . .
5. Birds are LOUD
6. Housetraining a puppy is way harder than they originally tell you.
7. MTV never plays music anymore.
8. Episode III is on DVD november 1st.
9. I am sometimes a bit of a weirdo
10. I got rid of a lot of my old dresses back when I wasn't going to meetings and now I am and don't have anything to wear.
11. I MISS them all (my friends, not the dresses)

I just didn't want to leave this in my notes section. This is a note from that woman's husband and the blue are my responses. I didn't bother emailing because he's Watching me anyway. ::eyes rolling::


Dear MaraJade or Mr. Stupid,

But using the word Mr. shows respect so I will just call you stupid. It takes me only 5 minutes to find out your real name, your address, your phone number, your social security number, how much you pay taxes every year, any land you own, any homes you own and where you work and if you are married and who you are married to or if you are divorced or your gay lover.

By all means, impress me. I’ve seen you and your wife make the same threats on other message boards. Oh yea, I looked up your name too.

Everything is so easy for me to find out because if you had read properly on my site and my wife's website you would of discovered I was a Private Investigator with years of practice. I was working on computers when you were still in diapers. It does not make me old but makes me wise.

Crazy lady, that is what you call my wife? It is too bad you are not in front of me right now because I would fix your clock.

I will be keeping this as proof of a threat against me.

I allowed you to put your two cents worth but since you are violating copyright laws I will go after you and I will go after the blog. I will shut your blog down because obviously you are too stupid to read.

You talked to someone in Immigration? Give me their name and I will have their job tomorrow if they said I was a scam like you are pretending here.

Dude, read your own site. You posted all that info from the forum. It does nothing to benefit your case by the way since you were the one who flipped out on all of them first.

Otherwise if you are nothing but a liar which you are I will find out who you are and how many gay lovers you had as a Jehovah Witness. I will make sure you will be a non member of that sect. You do not know who you are dealing with and you do not know how much trouble I will cause for you.

Another threat. Thanks for all the info.

The average human being uses 10 percent of their brains. Stupid, you use less then half a percent of your brain which makes you really stupid and dumb and a percent of your brain with severe mental illness.

We get tons of emails every day more then you can count because you cannot count high. You are brainwashed in your own religion and your mind has been closed from the real world.

My site opens up the reality of the real world. The Evidence is posted up for a reason not a season but you are too stupid to read. You are too stupid to understand. You are too stupid to even talk to and I hate dealing with stupid people.

Do you vote stupid? Or does your religion tell you, you are not allowed to vote? Now that is stupid in its self. What are you doing on the internet you pervert? I presume you still enjoy looking at pictures of little boys because a real Jehovah Witness and a real dedicated one does not knock anyone down.

Um, not according to you and your wife. The only reason I emailed her was to correct her unwarranted comments about an entire group of people. You hate them so much so why do you care how I represent them?

So that is all you do stupid is lip service. You have one day to say you are sorry otherwise I will find out who you are and I will start spreading it around just like you are spreading bullshit about my wife that I love with my soul and I will protect her with my soul. Who the fuck do you think you are, you stupid ass!

And ANOTHER threat and foul language which was not warranted.

May the devil make your soul darker then what it is because you will never ever live forever on earth according to your religious belief.

For the record earth is hell and when we die and we have done good on earth to remove the evil then we go to heaven according to my religious beliefs.

You stupid, are the stupidest man I have ever come across. You are banned from our sites. You will apologize on this blog and you will stop harassing my wife with your numerous emails because stupid people don't have that extra brain wave that they can use.

Dude, you think I’m a man? Ah, hence all the little boy comments, right? The picture of the GIRL on the side of this didn't give it away? Don't project your weird fetishes onto me. Weirdo. There will be no apology until I get one. Good luck with that.

No wonder why your heart is so empty and so cold and so dark as coal but God is watching you and so am I.

Oh god most definitely watches what you do as well buddy. I’m all set and comfortable with my moral and religious beliefs. I asked for evidence that what you are claiming is the truth. All you two do is get mad and threaten to sue people. That proves nothing to me. In fact, it hurts your case.

You said 97% of your mail is hate mail. LISTEN UP. It is because you handle people improperly.

Now I’m going to give YOU 24 hours to apologize to me. Yea. . right.

::edit:: P.S. Don't even start with me about copyright. I didn't copy ANYTHING from your site. I reposted emails that were sent to me personally. Stop being so lawsuit-happy.

This is going to be a rather long post if you read through the several links, so be warned. I cannot stand people who cannot express themselves in a calm and collected manner. So far this year I have had to deal with that apostate Sara, that woman who thinks her husband is calling me, and now this new crazy lady.

First you have to check out this website.

I found this posted to a yahoo group and the original message had some JW bashing in it. Entirely uncalled for. That was what prompted me to respond and try to figure out what was up here. So, decide for yourself whether this is legit or not. Officers who handle immigrants say no. And the fact that these people are so darn angry all the time and cannot answer simple questions, suggests "no" to me as well. But I could be wrong. It's been known to happen from time to time.
Just copy and paste the addy if the links won't work. Angelfire doesn't like remote linking.

Here is the original posting to the message board.
http://www.angelfire.com/ma2/newworld/writing/original_post.doc

Here is my first email to them. Notice that I never flipped out. Things may have gotten a bit heated at times, but she is mostly definitely the crazy one. You can see this by reading her and her husband’s responses to people who “refuse to help” them. they go so far as to blame Hilary Clinton and Mel Gibson for their plight!
http://www.angelfire.com/ma2/newworld/writing/1_email_to.doc

Here is the first email received back from her. VERY long and VERY angry.
http://www.angelfire.com/ma2/newworld/writing/1_email_from.doc

Here is the next response I sent.
http://www.angelfire.com/ma2/newworld/writing/2_email_to.doc

Here is the final email I’ve received. Apparently I’ve been blocked. First time that’s ever happened.
http://www.angelfire.com/ma2/newworld/writing/2_email_from.doc

Here is the final note I sent back, using a different email so she couldn’t block me.
http://www.angelfire.com/ma2/newworld/writing/3_email_to.doc

All this anger was so unnecessary. If she had just remained calm and explained herself I wouldn’t have bothered with it again. Like I would ever give money to these people. I guess they got accused of making millions through their paypal account so they posted screen pics that show they only made like $50 or something. Well, I hate to say it, but GOOD. These people should not be profiting from their anger.

Sometimes I really have to agree with some of John’s viewpoints on things like this. These people came here expecting a free ride. They may not even be legals. And they are DEMANDING things from people. I just love how she blames her miscarriage on JWs not helping them. That’s a real gem there.

Anyway, I have better things to do with my time probably, but this amused me for a short while so I thought I’d share the fun with my readers. The thing that’s sad about all this is that I have plenty of sympathy for people normally. But when you are so full of hatred and anger as these two are it’s hard to feel sympathy at all. The most I can do is pray they get some sense in them before it’s too late. Saying I’m probably going to hell? They are trying to bully people into helping them. Um, I don’t think so. Try again. Thanks for playing. Do not pass go, do not collect two hundred dollars.

Last week I got a voicemail on my cell while I was at work. It was from this woman. She left her name, but with her smoker's voice I couldn't understand what she was saying. I called her back (she left her number) from the foyer at work and talked to her for a minute. She said, "I believe you know my husband, Andrew." Uhhhh, I believe YOU'RE a psycho. But anyway. I told her I knew maybe one Andrew and there was no way I was talking to him on my cell phone for thirteen minutes tons of times like she was saying. She said my cell number showed up on her phone bill. Yea. . .

But what she failed to mention, until I had to actually ask her about it, was that all the calls were from last year. Well, I've only had this number since the beginning of the year. So I told her that and I said all I could tell her was that for a little while I was getting calls for a girl with some typical name (Emily? Laura?) from UPS saying she had an outstanding bill with them. Hm, maybe that's why she changed her number. Anyway I told the woman this and she seemed to accept it and I hung up and went back to work.

I would not be writing about this at 7:11 a.m. on a Saturday morning when I SHOULD be sleeping unless there was more to it, obviously. John left for work this morning at about quarter of five for work. I was dead to the world of course and barely said goodbye to him. 4:53 a.m. my cell phone rings. I picked it up and it was that woman!!!

She gives me the same spiel over again and since I had just woken up I had a pretty hard time figuring out why she was telling me this again. I said, "So why are you calling me?" And she repeats the question, "How do you know my husband?"
I was like, "Look, I don't know any Andrews and I have never talked to anyone there. And I was sleeping. It's five o'clock in the morning!"
She said that there was a call to me for 13 minutes on August 3rd. I was like, "THIS year??" since she hadn't volunteered the "last year" info last time. She said that it was this year. I just said I couldn't help her and that she had woken me up. She's just like, "Okay, fine." and hangs up.

So that was a lovely start to my morning. At about six o'clock I got up and called 411 to see if I could get an address to go with the number the woman had given me. They said since it was restricted they couldn't give that to me. So I called Verizon support (my cell carrier) and told the woman my retarded story. She was very sympathetic. All she could tell me, though, was that the number I had is a land line and it's in Winchendon, MA. I don't know ANYone from there. I don't even know where it is. So she said all I can do is call the woman back and say that the number she gave me doesn't show up on my bill OR I can call the cops and report being harrassed.

I have no idea what is going on with this. I obviously have not been talking to this guy for over a year. I don't even know who he is. So how did his wife get my number? This is very puzzling. Maybe I'll have John call her back when he gets home from work and tell her to knock it off. Just goes to show that people are getting to be more and more psychotic as time goes on. Why doesn't she just ask her husband?? Idiot.

So John and I went to the meeting last night (go me!) and sat through the whole thing. And then afterwards I went up to my bookstudy conductor (super nice guy. My favorite elder so far) and told him I didn’t have a kingdom ministry (this booklet that we follow along in and study from at every Thursday meeting). He looked all awkward (he didn’t know what to do when I first told him I was DFd when I first met him) and said, “Well, actually you’re not supposed to.”

I was just like, “Oh. Okay.”

“It’s nothing mean. It’s just that as a disfellowshipped one you’re not allowed to have it. but you can have all the magazines and stuff.”

I told him the nice literature guy had been giving me all my mags and keeping me up to date. (he really is nice. He comes up to me all the time with the new magazines so that I won’t have to go up to the literature counter.)

Then I introduced John to him and he said, “Well, actually, if you keep coming regularly we can start issuing them to you and she can look on with you.”

So we said thanks to him and started to leave. He says to me as we’re walking out, “Keep up the good work.” Isn’t that nice?

On the way home I was trying to figure out why the KM is so special and here’s the conclusion I came to. (My elders never told me anything about this so I’m only left to speculation.) I can only assume that the reason I am allowed to have new books that come out at conventions and keep up with all the literature is because any of those things could be placed in the door to door work. but a KM is reserved just for Witnesses who attend meetings regularly. So really I am no better than a worldly person right now. And John is allowed to have one because he would be someone new coming into the congregation who deserves to learn, but I on the other hand “turned my back” on the truth after being raised in it.

I never thought of it that way. It was really odd. But hopefully after we got to a few more meetings together they will start giving the KM to him and I can “follow along”. Hey, at least I’m going.

Modern, Cool Nerd 56 % Nerd, 65% Geek, 30% Dork

For The Record: A Nerd is someone who is passionate about learning/being smart/academia. A Geek is someone who is passionate about some particular area or subject, often an obscure or difficult one. A Dork is someone who has difficulty with common social expectations/interactions. You scored better than half in Nerd and Geek, earning you the title of: Modern, Cool Nerd. Nerds didn't use to be cool, but in the 90's that all changed. It used to be that, if you were a computer expert, you had to wear plaid or a pocket protector or suspenders or something that announced to the world that you couldn't quite fit in. Not anymore. Now, the intelligent and geeky have eked out for themselves a modicum of respect at the very least, and "geek is chic." The Modern, Cool Nerd is intelligent, knowledgable and always the person to call in a crisis (needing computer advice/an arcane bit of trivia knowledge). They are the one you want as your lifeline in Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (or the one up there, winning the million bucks)! Congratulations! Also, you might want to check out some of my other tests if you're interested in either of the following: Buffy the Vampire Slayer Professional Wrestling

My test tracked 3 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender: You scored higher than 47% on nerdiness You scored higher than 92% on geekosity You scored higher than 41% on dork points

Link: The Nerd? Geek? or Dork? Test written by donathos on Ok Cupid

This is truly cute. Someone started a post on one of the costuming forumes we're on (the dented helmet) called "meeting women". He said how difficult it was to meet a female sci-fi geek and all that. So of course people started posting about how they met their geeky girlfriends/wives and John made a post about me! It's too cute. Here it is (and by the way, when he says he was egged on to jump in, he doesn't mean by me. He means because someone just made a comment before that about Star Trek geeks, which I am and now he is. . . .nevermind, just read):

TK-1776

Posts: 399

Location: Massachusetts

Re: Meeting Women

Okay, now I've been egg'd on to jump in here. Let me explain my situation. I was a 501st member that attended events and enjoy life, but I was single. You see, my ex-girlfriend left me because she said that I loved Star Wars more than her. It wasn't completely true, but she took off anyways.

So, a few months later I attended a local 501st event with my garrison in Worcester, MA. There was a girl in our garrison that I thought was cool and attractive. She was a huge Star Wars fan and Star Trek- Next Generation fan. Well, I ended up hang around with her, got to know her and became friends. I teased her relentlessly about liking Star Trek, since everyone knows that it sucks. Okay, here's where my garrison friends will start to cringe. After hanging out a few times with her, she got me to agree to watch some Next Generation episodes with her. Well, though I thought I'd hate it, I ended up loving it. It was nothing like the original series that still sucks today.

Back to her and I. Within a month or so of hanging out with her, we started dating. I went and bought a condo with her and we have been together for a year as of yesterday. We are both members of the same garrison and attend 501st events together regularly. We both collect SW stuff and have almost 10 costumes between the two of us. We had nothing but Star Wars in common and here we are making it work. When I say we have nothing in common, I mean the serious stuff! I am a Roman Catholic and she is a Jehovah's Witness. Politically, I am an Independent, yet I am very conservative and think much like a Republican. She doesn't get involved in elections or anything like that, due to her religion, but her political views are very much like a Liberal Democrat. If we can do this, anyone can! LOL!!!

So, don't loose hope, cause eventually it will happen for you.

Friday night we hung out at Brian and Jodi’s house. I had a really good time. Their friend Jen came too and this other guy James who is also in the NEG but whom I’ve never met. We had take out Italian food and mostly sat around their dining room table and talked and laughed most of the night. It was great.

Saturday I found a home for one of my lovebird babies. They are ready to go soon. This girl who is a junior in high school is buying my oldest blue baby. She’s training to be a vet, otherwise I would have never sold to her. She came to visit him on Saturday and has already named him – Baxter. My kind of girl.

The pied baby is being traded to my friend Lori who is giving me an adult female in return. On Sunday I picked up the mate for the female from a woman who met me at the masspike/495 entrance who came all the way from Springfield. The male I got is a beautiful Australian cinnamon – all light yellow with a light purple tail. He’s a gorgeous bird. And he’s pretty friendly too. I played with him most of the day Sunday and a lot yesterday too because I was home sick.

We are keeping the other blue baby ourselves because he injured his foot and has to have it removed this Thursday. John has named him Justarius, after the Dragonlance character with the limp. Very appropriate. Big name for a little bird, but hey, I named my cat Amelie and two of my lovebirds Quicksilver and Goldmoon. What can I say about it?

And the youngest baby – a jade – is still up for sale. I offered him to Ray for his mom but he said maybe next clutch. I always said when I started to breed lovebirds that I would give the pick of them to Marlene as a gift. She loved all our animals so much and a lovebird would be something she could take care of and play with without too much trouble. Maybe next time.

Today there is a new girl starting. No, she’s not MY ex girlfriend, but she is John’s. his. . .second girlfriend ever I believe. I wasn’t sure it was her eve though it was the same name and she looked about the right age. So I sucked it up and asked her if she knew John. She had this blank look on her face for a few seconds. Not like a “I don’t know that name” type of look but more of a “I do know that name and why does this stranger want to know?” she admitted they dated in high school and we chatted for a minute about that and about her job and that was it. Unfortunately for me I get the joy of being real careful what I say around her because john managed to make enemies with some friends of hers. And I don’t mean my type of enemies like “Oh, I’d love to kick her ass but I won’t.” I mean like if they knew where we lived there could be potential problems. Greeeeeeat. Plus I get the added fun of sitting here across the way from some girl who slept with my boyfriend. I've never been in this situation in my life having been a JW. Well, I was technically I guess, but Ray didn't admit to that until after our divorce. Smart move.

So that’s been my day so far. The lovebird babies should be ready to go to their new homes this weekend if all goes according to plan. I think Liz, the girl who’s taking the blue, is coming to visit him again tomorrow. We shall see.

Sorry this entry isn't as interesting or smart as I'd like it to be, but it's basically just a catch up of the last few days.
Oh, and one more thing. I've been going to meetings regularly for three weeks now. Go me! But one of the elders that I originally talked to at my new hall about getting reinstated and going there regularly and all, introduced himself to me Thursday night! Hello! Even when I reminded him who I was and when I had talked to him he still didn't remember. This sucks for me because they are supposed to be monitoring my progress. How can they do that if they don't even know who I am??

So now I may have to go through the embarassment of talking to MORE elders all over again. Joy.

You are a Believer

You believe in God and your chosen religion. Whether you're Christian, Muslim, Jewish, or Hindu.. Your convictions are strong and unwavering. You think your religion is the one true way, for everyone.

Well, I don't know why I came here tonight
I got the feeling something ain't right
I'm so scared in case I fall off my chair
And I'm wondering if I'll get down the stairs

Clowns to the left of me,
jokers to the right
Here I am,
Stuck in the middle with you

I went to the meeting with John last night. We went Tuesday too. Last night a brother came over and chatted with John for a few minutes and then he says to him, “Oh, is this your wife?” John said that no, I was his girlfriend. So I introduced myself and said I was DFd and you know what he said? He said that it would be really nice to talk to me again when I was reinstated. No one’s ever said that to me. They usually freak out and run.

In the middle of the meeting when the brother who runs the literature counter was running mics he stopped by our row to ask if we wanted to stock up on magazines again. Last time I was there he gave me a ton of them. so I told him which date I was caught up to and at the closing song he went and got them all for me so that I wouldn’t have to wade through the crowd to get over there. Awesome! I’m so studying my watchtower tomorrow. Even though I can’t answer it’s still good to know the information.

We’re studying a complicated book at the book study. John enjoyed a lot of it I think. I definitely want to study that beforehand because it can get really confusing. It’s really interesting though.

I don’t think John likes that Witnesses have such a different view than Catholics at times. They pointed out in a demonstration last night that we don’t have crucifixes and all that at our kingdom halls and such. And we definitely feel that this world can’t survive much longer before God intervenes and does something about it (i.e. Armageddon). But I’m just glad he goes with me. If he stays a Catholic the rest of his life that’s fine with me. I just don’t want the person I’m married to fighting me on going to meetings. That wouldn’t really be conducive to a good relationship.

I know someone who hasn’t been disfellowshipped all that long – maybe three months – and he just put his letter for reinstatement in. they told him to wait maybe one more month. That’s so encouraging because once John and I are married if I keep going to meetings regularly it could be as little as four months until I can get reinstated. That would be really great. I feel like I’m missing out on so much right now. I have friends who are pregnant and I won’t be around when their kids are newborns plus I have other friends who are in serious relationships and I’d really like to be able to go to their weddings. These are the non-religious reasons of course. The other stuff is just obvious.

It’s Friday and that means casual Friday at work. I’m wearing my new NEG “got ahmah?” shirt that I’m sure no one will notice anyway but it makes me feel special so who cares.

Today is Katie’s funeral. I wish we could have gone, but flying to NC just isn’t feasible.

You are dependable, popular, and observant. Deep and thoughtful, you are prone to moodiness. In fact, your emotions tend to influence everything you do. You are unique, creative, and expressive. You don't mind waving your freak flag every once and a while. And lucky for you, most people find your weird ways charming!

I was driving to work yesterday listening to AAF. They were talking about mothers pushing for a law to make breast feeding in public entirely legal so they won’t be hassled about it. I guess it’s a particularly big deal at sporting events. Personally, I figure if you’ve got the guts to do it, go for it. Who hasn’t seen a breast before?

Anyway, this girl called up to say that she didn’t think it was right for people to not be allowed to do it in public and that women shouldn’t have to go to a bathroom or something if they want to breast feed. The caller laughed and I knew right away that it was Sarah! I turned up the radio and they talked to her for a couple minutes. Then I called her cell phone and was like, “Were you just on the radio??”

“YES!” she squealed.

It was such a random thing and so funny. So I got to talk to Sarah on my way into work, which was nice and tell her about Katie and take my mind off of all the craziness with the pets and such.

Pixel had John awake all night Monday and Tuesday because she was sick throwing up and stuff. That’s always fun. So he took her to the vet yesterday and they gave her some meds. Hopefully that’ll clear that up. It only cost us $50 too. I expected it to be more. That’s a relief. I’m not getting paid this week due to vacation last week and John is on a bi-weekly pay schedule so he won’t be paid until NEXT Friday. You gotta love it.

Today poor John gets to take yet another animal to the vet. Except for this one he has to go out to Walpole because that’s where the closest avian vet is. One of the blue baby lovebirds managed to get some string in the nest wrapped around his foot. I’m pretty sure we cut it all off but it’s two days later and his foot is swollen. So off to the vet we go. It’s $51 just to be seen, $70 for each x-ray, god knows how much for meds if he needs them, and it could run us up to $600 if he needs to have his foot removed surgically. You know, I wanted to keep one, but I really didn’t want it to be under these circumstances.

The people on my lovebird forum say I might just be worrying over nothing and that it’s perfectly natural for the foot to be swollen because the baby probably picked at it himself and inflamed it. but the foot looks really bad so I don’t know. If he has to go through life with one foot he’ll still be okay. Apparently someone on the forum knows a lady with a one-footed canary who got along just fine. And I’m sure there are other birds that have had to do it. I’m definitely not willing to just put him to sleep because he has a bad foot. So we’ll see what happens today.

I’ve been having weird dreams lately. Some of them are easy to interpret. For instance, I had a dream Monday that my friend Paul (not Sarah’s Paul, but the one who is best friends with Ray) was talking to me and telling me that he missed me and wanted me to get reinstated. He gave me a hug and then he walked away and I woke up. Saddest part of that dream? Who knows if he’ll even talk to me when I get reinstated?

I also had some random dream about yelling at JW sister who was snippy with me about putting a chair in the wrong place at the Kingdom Hall. No idea. And right after that was a random dream about some people in the 501^st and going to see a movie at an ice skating rink. Yea. . .

Hi all,

This is Kathy. I'm writing to inform you all that Katie has beaten her
battle with Cancer. Katie passed away at 5:20pm Today. Myself Al and
Allie are trying to hold it together as best we can. We would appericate
no phone calls for a few days.

Katie's Funeral will be at 4:00pm on Friday at Riverland Hills Baptist
Church here in Columbia.

On behalf of myself and the entire family thank you for all you support
and prayers. Please keep Al and Allie in your prayers as well as Katie's
mother and step father. Al will be intouch soon.

Thank you
Kathy Johnson

We spotted the ocean at the head of the trail
Where are we going, so far away
And somebody told me that this is the place
Where everything's better, everything's safe

Walk on the ocean
Step on the stones
Flesh becomes water
Wood becomes bone

And half and hour later we packed up our things
We said we'd send letters and all those little things
And they knew we were lying but they smiled just the same
It seemed they'd already forgotten we'd came

Now we're back at the homestead
Where the air makes you choke
And people don't know you
And trust is a joke
We don't even have pictures
Just memories to hold
That grow sweeter each season
As we slowly grow old

Wow, I’ve been away from my blog for over a week! How did I stand the withdrawals??

Vacation was great. We went to ManRay on Friday with Jodi and Brian to kick it off. It wasn’t as uncomfortable as I imagined it would be. it just got really hot and really crowded in there so we didn’t stay until the end. They had this strip type show that wasn’t good. It was actually kind of boring. But other than that John and I had fun chatting with everyone and doing some serious people watching.

Saturday I actually got up before John and did some cleaning before we had to leave for Maine. We got up there around 2 p.m. and waited for Sarah and Paul to arrive after she got out of work. they didn’t get there that much later than us. We went to eat at Billy’s Chowder House. Yummy! I love that place! During the few days we also went on a two hour trolley ride (got on the wrong trolley) got candy at Perkin’s Cove Candies, went to the beach (Paul and I went boogey boarding. So much fun.), played blackjack and spit, ate at the Maine Diner, and had time to just relax and take walks and watch TV. Paul left on Monday so Monday night we had lobstah with my mom at the Blue House. I wish we could have stayed there. Maybe next year.

We got back on Tuesday and on Wednesday I made an appointment for Pixel to get groomed and John had a dentist appointment. Oh my god – they practically shaved Pixel!!! She used to look like the papillon part of her, but with crimped hair. Now she looks just like a poodle! But she’s the cutest poodle I’ve ever seen, I have to admit. We took her to Val and John’s after the dentist appointment and they thought she was adorable.

Thursday I had my echocardiogram. Not fun. They did an ultrasound of my heart. Thank god I got to bring John in with me. I hate any type of exam where you have to take your bra and stuff off and put on a gown. Ugh. And my god! I think my chest is still bruised from that thing. The guy said it might be a little sore. Yea. . . a little. . . right. But the good news is he said there wasn’t anything terribly unusual and I probably won’t have to be pre-medicated before I get my teeth cleaned and all that stuff. There’s just a murmur.

Friday was tattooing!!! Unfortunately John hadn’t definitely told Al that he wanted to get tattooed so Al had another appointment right after me. That kind of sucked, but I’m sure John can go back whenever. It was good to see Al again after the whole winter, spring, and most of summer passing by while he was away. The place he’s in now sucks though. It’s “The Tattoo Shop” in Portsmouth, NH. It was the first one there and the set up is really weird. Plus it’s tourist season and they take a lot of walk-ins so John and I had to wait with a bunch of posers until our appointment started. One guy came in with his two youngish sons and actually said to them, “Oh, did you want to get one today?” to which the boy replied, “Dunno” and started looking at designs on the WALL!! Some people have no creativity whatsoever. This is a permanent thing people!! THINK before you ink. It sounds so cheesy until you see a retard like that in there.

Anyway we finally got shown in away from the bozos and my tat took about two and a half hours. It came out great, I think. Button’s head is a little pointed, but other than that it’s awesome. I’m going to get two quakers added sitting behind them eventually. I’m still kind of nervous about how visible this one is but people can deal or just shut up about it.

The weekend was spent lounging. We went to a small cook out at Val’s and took Pixel with us. We also watched The Upside of Anger (much weirder than I expected with a unique ending) and Hide and Seek (same).

More drama over on the 501^st Legion board. You gotta love coming back from vacation to that. At least it’s something interesting to read. : )