posted on July 30, 2000 01:56:26 PM
Just curious about what other people in the world do for a living, or when at home. What kind of furniture they have. What their interests are. I love reading messages and seeing short descriptions, but if possible tell me about yourselves. No cc numbers or passwords. ;( Just normal everyday things you guys do and enjoy. I would love to find out. Thanks for your time.
posted on July 30, 2000 03:18:48 PM
ME TOO! I'm not that interested in your occupation, but please post your hours. You know, your daily routine. I'd also love to know about your pets, especially large dogs. Do you enjoy going out a lot? Planning a vacation soon? I want to know ALL the DETAILS! Where, when, and how long you plan to stay. What do you collect? I'd love to see some pix. Why am I asking these questions? I just love stuff, especially good stuff. Your good stuff. If it's really nice, I bet we could be friends. I could even drop in for a surprise visit someday. You never know!
posted on July 30, 2000 03:28:02 PM
Hi there! I am in the Navy and work 24/7. I collect beanie babies and will start college sometime next year. Anything else people would like to know?
posted on July 30, 2000 03:52:41 PM
Well I usually am lucky if I can even get home in time for some me time and a nice 8 hours of sleep, but soon I shall be a civilian again.
posted on July 30, 2000 04:00:28 PM
You should have slept on Uncle Sam. Out here on the economy, we're all sleep deprived.
I'd avoid posting much personal detail--that's what my first response was about. You've met one nut (moi); there are more. BTW, I looked at your profile. Says you're into horseback riding. You might like to chat with eventer, who's into that in a major way, along with her daughter. Someone else around here is going back to school, and someone else is in the last throes of getting a degree. Plus there's a librarian and a retired teacher, for help with homework.
- Pareau
posted on July 30, 2000 04:52:48 PM
And all this time I was thinking "cashew."
Corrdogg, perhaps you should show portercm your flowery side. We haven't seen any of your garden for quite awhile. You too, Rawbunzel! Those flower threads were some of my all-time favorites at AW.
-Pareau
posted on July 30, 2000 05:00:57 PM
Oh pareau! You should know that I only "cashew" when I sneeze!!
I'll have to see what I can do about those flowers. Haven't had much time lately. My daughter has had LOTS of problems the last few weeks so have been busy elsewhere. BUT my lotus is about to bloom and my "Flying Saucer"morning glory is blooming along with lots of other things so maybe, when I get some time, I will take some photos.
posted on July 30, 2000 05:26:04 PM
I'm a 24 year old woman....long flowing dirtyblonde hair, body: well, let's just say Baby, I can make these blue jeans talk!....I live in a huge mountain retreat log cabin, gorgeous views of the mountains & my beautiful crystal blue lake ..Collect old west & native american artifacts...I have a several labs & golden retreivers...a stable full of horses & a stablehand who resembles the marlboro man who takes care of the horses (& my needs whenever I desire)...My finances are such that there is no need to work, however, I dabble in eBay selling for fun!...Oh, and I also write fantasy stories!!!
posted on July 30, 2000 05:47:28 PM
Hi portercm: I must be a nut as well- living, as I do, in Oklahoma. I am a full time antiques dealer (another indication of insanity) so my house is my warehouse and sometimes I have a dining table-sometimes I don't. I had a brother in the Navy who had the same interest in painting those battle figures. He also played a fantasy card game (the name of which escapes me) to the point of obsession. I suppose one must find avenues to keep boredom at bay. Horseback riding must be tough to accomplish on ship or sub, so I assume you must be stationed on land somewhere or do it on visits home. You won't get a lot of personal information from the folks on this board, we like a bit of anonymity. Except for Mr. Barry (I got no secrets)Barris. He's an open book! And a better novel I've yet to read, sir!
[ edited by yorequest on Jul 30, 2000 05:48 PM ]
posted on July 30, 2000 05:53:03 PM
I have 3 cats who adore me.
4 kids who give my life meaning by keeping the hamper full of dirty sweaty socks and underware.
I like to keep my hangers seperated by type, plastic and wire hangers must never touch each other.
When I'm not doing laundry, I am managing a master list of every item that every child owns, so that in a moments notice I can find any item they may need.
I wait with wild hope for the phone to ring so that I can take a detailed message from one of the kids friends, usually a teenage boy speaking with marbles in his mouth.
In my spare time, I practice reading my kids minds, so that I always know when they need a hair cut, and what meal they would like for supper.
I memorize the work schedules for my two older kids, and when they are not working, I always know where they are and when they will be home. This information is necessary to tell the friends who call on the phone.
I have put my life on hold, so that the kids are never without hair gel, or contact solution, there is a constant flow of peanut butter, never ending milk supply, and the bread is never stale.
I also keep a Money Tree growing in the back yard to supply a constant demand for $20 bills.
posted on July 30, 2000 06:02:24 PMMeya: LOL!!! But on Mother's Day you get to give them each a leaf off the tree so they can buy you a card that makes you cry and hug them.
posted on July 30, 2000 06:09:25 PM
Ok now you guys. I just wanted to know somethings. **sniffle** I think all of you guys are crazy and I love it. Hehe Anyway, thanks for at least responding, whether telling truth or making fun. I have read some of ya'lls past posts and I just couldn't help hearing from ya'll. :x Smooches to all.
posted on July 30, 2000 06:14:38 PM
Uhoh. We didn't get those pics portercm. Have to use UBB markers instead. I'll let someone who knows more tell you how, I'm sure they will. Want to see cause I know they're cute!
posted on July 30, 2000 06:24:43 PM
The same goes for me...I wrote only the truth about my life. Well, except for the Money Tree, but my kids are firm believers in it.
posted on July 30, 2000 06:39:28 PM
Yeahhh!!! I knew he would be a cutie! At the age where the prospect of washing his unmentionables for the next 17 years seem a privilege!
posted on July 30, 2000 07:15:09 PM
Yup ---that last post "Kisses Goodnight!" -gotta be KRS reincarnated.
Me--I live, breath, and smell of antiques and collectibles Hey---they all don't smell musty. I combat that smell with cigarette smoke--.
Why just today--started a two day clean up of an estate sale. Let's talk odors--yuck. Garbage pick up there is tomorrow am and the pile is huge!!!
Was fortunate enough to find two boxes of goodies to hoard for on line selling. But--if these clean ups continue--jeanyu is back in the flea market business!!!
Where else can I unload book club books? To me--it would be an unforgivable sin to throw these books out. So---it was up the stairs--down the stairs---up the stairs---down the stairs with bags and bags of Books!!!
Thank goodness, one of my helpers, my son, has found John Steinbeck and took all of those copies off my hands!!
posted on July 30, 2000 07:23:03 PM
Long ago I was a traveller who in the steppe was overtaken by an infuriated beast. Trying to save myself from the animal,I jumped into a waterless well, but at its bottom I saw a dragon who opened his jaws in order to swallow me. I could not dare climb out, lest I perish from the unfuriated beast, and did not dare jump down to the bottom of the well, lest I be devoured by the dragon,and so I clutched a twig of a wild bush growing in a cleft of the well and held on to it. My hands grew weak and I felt that soon I would have to surrender to the peril which awaited me at either side; but I still held on and saw two mice, one white, the other black, in even measure making a circle around the main trunk of the bush to which I clung, and nibbling at it on all sides. I knew that at any moment, the bush would break and tear off, and I would fall into the dragon's jaws. I saw that and knew that I would inevitably perish; but while I was still clinging, I saw some drops of honey hanging on the leaves of the bush, and reached out for them with my tongue and licked the leaves.
