offering chocolate espresso brownies and Godiva martinis for coping strategy.........

I hate tax time........especially since I owe this year. Stupid IRS, legalized thievery. Did I mention I hate the IRS and taxes?

Actually, its not paying so much as it is dealing with Jade for next 5 weeks.

Never mind Beth, I need the brownies for Jade and the martinis for me.

Lol, every year I pay too much on my Taxes and get money back. I'm not complaining though...

*grabs*

Whaddya mean, "slightly"?

Never mind . . . *buckles on armour, prepares to do battle with the Tax Code* Bring it on!

buying Jade a ticket...........you can have him for a couple of weeks until our taxes are done.

Seriously though, I will be glad when its done.

Just counting down the days............90 days and I get on that big shiny jet headed for Scotland.

11 Days till I get on that shiny jet to LA...

From LA where to next?

I may be wrong, but you guys have WAAAAAYYYYYYY to much free time. How the hell do you do it? I'm laking in this area recently. Anyway, think I'll just add to worthless posts statistics:

I heard this somewhere, but can't remenber. It's only a joke:

There was this man who was about to jump in parachute for the first time in his life. he was going solo. So, he walks up to the instructer and says.
" Look emmm, i don't want to bother but, can you explain it again?"
"Look, it's very simple: Basically you jump through the door. A static line will open your parachute, and you'll land safely"
"Yeah, but, what if it doesn't?"
"in the unlikely event (all these use the same words: "In the unlikely event, of this plane crashing into a muntain and bursting into flame, theres a life jacket under your seat" So you put the life jacket, and you saved, no problem!) Taht you main parachute fails to open, theres an emergency parachute on your front. See that red rope there? Give a smart tug, the parachute will open, and you'll land."
"OK, but, what if it doesn't?"
"In ht extremly unlikely event, of your reserve parachute failing to open, Pray, preferably to Ala"
" Look, I'm cristian..."
" never mind, pray to Ala"
So he jumps.... Nothing. He's falling looking for the red rope, finds it and tugs. FRAAAPPP. The hole thing comes off. He's falling, graving handfulls of fresh air, looking for his hanky, and he remebered
"ALA, ALA, Help!!"
And this great black hand comes out of the sky, graves him, and leaves him on the ground.
"Well thank Jesus for that"
And this great big black foot comes down and goes: STOMP!!!!

I repeat, it's only a joke, no offense meant to anyone.

*snort!*

Don't know if I have lots of free time so much as I don't sleep. Insomnia and all.

Others may wish you every lovely thing
That fancy can create, or fingers bring;

Flowers, and songs, and palaces and hearts;
The Seven Oceans and the Seven Arts;

The bottled scents of Babylonia's gardens;
For all desirable sins, all gracious pardons;

Others may offer all fair things but one,
Sweeter than flowers, enriching as the sun,

Like water mystical and cool and deep --
I wish you nothing lovelier than sleep.

Thank you. *accepts sleep wishes gratefully*

[steals the win while Grrl is asleep]

Ah, the virtues of working third shift.

*steals the win back again*

Ah, the virtues of the weekend.

Uh guys...........its Friday nite/early saturday morning. Grrl doesn't sleep on weekends.........too much to do.

It's not the weekend, it's Tuesday! The weekend actually starts on Tuesday, but as it's not Tuesday yet, it's not the weekend yet!

Waving from Utah............yes, I'm still up.

6am. One hour to go, then Tuesday is over.

Edit: Waving hello to Utah from Alabama. I'm still up, too.

Time for me to go now..........litlle boy not feeling so good. He wants hugs from Mom.

So, while Grrl is doing other things, Issus sneaks up and YES!!!! takes the win from right under Grrl nose, while the rest are in hot pursuit.

Sadly, Issus gets tired after a while and decides to take a break and tries to hide.

(searches between rubish and finds curtains, takes out his SAK and makes a tent to protect himself from the rain that is falling on this side of the Globe)

And I'm baaaaaaack! And I'm last, so therefore I'm first.

Not anymore!

Hello. Working nite shift again?

Yep! All night long!

Would you mind? I've just had my win stolen, and your talking about work shifts?
Oh well, guess I better just take that win back again.
(Sets of into the sunset)

Relax, Issus... winning isn't everything

... unless I do it! *steals win, laughs maniacally*

*Shoves Loth off the hill*

Its good to be the Queen

*steals the entire hill whilst Grrl is preoccupied elsewhere*

Hey, some of my best friends are queens.

*annexes the hill into my municipality and sets up frequent patrols*

Har har!

*draws a map, makes an attack plan, executes a distraction, insinuates self through fortifications, dashes up hill to retake the WIN...

... and finds out she's on the wrong hill.*

Stupid map! I was holdin' it upside-down!

*makes a mountain out of a molehill, admires new alpine scenery, takes Mac on a long hike* See you all later . . .