I think I stepped in the cuckoo's nest!!!

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I went through the "empty nest" 3 times.  I have 2 boys and 1 girl.  My daughter is very close to her brothers, as she is the 'baby."  We both cried when my first son got married and left the state.  We played his favorite songs and cried together, but we got over it.  Boys seem to be able to leave easier than girls.  I hear from my sons every month or so.  They live in Oklahoma, and my daughter and I live in Ohio.  My daughter is 25.  I moved to Ohio when she was 19.  When she got married, I went (and paid for) to the wedding.  That was the first time I met her "husband."  I missed her so much that my heart ached.  We were so close.  I was living here in Ohio with no family or friends and just typed all day long and that was it.  Well, one day my daughter called me and said they were coming to Ohio to live, as the job market was not good in OK.  Her husband had been a jockey and broke his ankle, and could not even ride any longer.  They came here and lived with me for 6 months until the upstairs apartment came available. She had a little girl, Autumn, 2 months before she came to Ohio.  They still live upstairs.  I see them everyday.  She had another baby, Summer, who then died of SIDS at 3 months of age.  We helped each other through the toughest thing in our lives.  She then had twins last December, Wynter and Breanna Spring.  The were born at 33 weeks, 3 pounds and 3.4 pounds.  I now watch them every morning and afternoon while she takes and picks up Autumn from school.  I am watching them right now while she is shopping. 

I am telling you this to let you know you never know what life has in store for you.  I would never had thought my daughter would be here with me, and I would be a part of her every day life.  I love it.  My grandchildren love it.  My daughter loves it, and even my son-in-law loves it.  Life can really bring you lemonaide sometimes.

to the plate and called several companies (nicely) on the carpet.  Some companies obliged and some didn't.  Over 700,000 people had signed a boycott of Target stores and within a week, Target changed their stance and the boycott ceased.  These companies need to realize that surveys have proven that about 96% of the American population celebrate CHRISTMAS.

cat, but many he drives me nuts sometimes.  He likes to lay behind my monitor and look at the window (my desk faces a big window).  Problem is when he's ready to get up and leave, he never just jumps off the desk from behind, he likes to walk around the monitor and give me a little good by nudge.  When he was a little kitty about nine months ago, that was fine.  He was so small, he could move around and not touch anything on my desk.  Now that he's gotten big, he just steps right on my C-phone number pad and then right onto my keyboard and then down into the floor.  When I grab him up in effort to keep him from messing up my world, he gets really po'd and gives me the cold shoulder for the rest of the day.

Just now, I had just rolled into a 12 min ESL consultation and he disconnected me and I know my co-workers will think I sent it back cause I didn't want to type it!  It ain't easy being a cat owner!

Just thought I'd share!