TechieWife

Are you tired of those sissy 'friendship' poems that always sound good,

But never actually come close to reality?

Well, here is a series of promises that actually speak of true friendship.

You will see no cute little smiley faces on this card --

Just the stone cold truth of our great friendship.

1. When you are sad -- I will help you get drunk and plot revenge against the sorry bastard who made you sad.

 

2. When you are blue -- I will try to dislodge whatever is choking you.

 

3. When you smile -- I will know you are thinking of something that I would probably want to be involved in.

 

4. When you are scared -- I will rag you about it every chance I get until you're NOT.

 

5. When you are worried -- I will tell you horrible stories about how much worse it could be until you quit whining.

 

6. When you are confused -- I will try to use only little words.

 

7. When you are sick -- Stay the hell away from me until you are well again. I don't want whatever you have..

 

8. When you fall -- I will laugh at your clumsy ass, but I'll help you up.

 

9. This is my oath.... I pledge it to the end. 'Why?' you may ask;

because you are my friend.

 

Friendship is like peeing in your pants, everyone can see it, but only you can feel the true warmth.

This cracked me up! Had to share -

 

I was watching this and stopped when Patrick showed up behin me of course at a bloody scary picture. He asked what happened and I did not know what to say. "Many people wanted peace and freedom and their government would not let that happen and so the police there hurt them" was the best I could do.

 

"Where did this happen, Mama?" asked Patrick

 

"In Iran, love, you know where Auntie s from?" and he looked down and got very quiet...

 

"Well, it is a good thing she lives here now." says my sage 6 year old.
 

It is a good thing for our beloved friend, how does hatred like this happen all over the world though? How do you explain that?

many angles are covered, there is much more out there though...

I am trying so hard to incorporate fish into our diet as often as possible. I made a REALLY  REALLY eay recipe today - it was Halibut cut into sll little steaks. I wrapped each in two strips of bacon, but I cut the bacon in half first. I placed the wrapped fish in a frying pa seam side down and cooked till bacon was done by then the fish was too. THAT IS IT. I served it over a salad - the salad was a littel labor intensive my salads usually are, with grapefruit, diced necterines, red onion, field greens, sunflower seeds and poppyseed dressing. YUMMY! Every one ate well, the kids, the hubby the dog - just thought I would share!

OK ok ok I know this topic is like a million times over written about, but I am struggling with the concept (yes again) of just because I can does not mean I should. I feel wide open. My fickle girlie band is taunting me. No restriction so I am being SO super careful to measure what I eat because if left alone I would snack all day or eat way too much at a sitting. I am rationing...not fun. Sometimes you cannot avoid bad for you foods in general - today was the last day of school, and I tried half of a burger. I purposefully cut the burger in half, and then cut my half in half so that I would not be diving into a plate of food. Burgers, hot dogs, you know "kid crap" is sometimes unavoidable. It also smells SO bloody good at times, I thought I would have a bite or two and be like, "Whoa girlie, slow your roll" the opposite happened. Not only could I eat my whole half, but I was left wishing I had not cut the ding dong burger in half. I am SO glad I did, I refused to allow myself the possiility, but still. Having had so much fluid removed and am now inching my way up again refilling her majesty. Trying to exercise and walk and measure which is not the worst ever, I know wah wah wah poor me, but it is a pain in the arse if you catch my drift. Grr. I hate the tweaking - wonder when I will ever get it right?

My husband started his injections to stop the progression of MS yesterday. Honestly he did SO much better than I did! He was brave, patient, informative and asked all his questions. He was amazing! I was a mess. I wanted to eat everything and assure you I could have. I did not, but I wanted to. Whatever - it would not have actually made me feel beter, so I didnt but the thinking all day was exhausting. Today does not seem much better. What is the deal? Grrrr. I ended up eating a meal replacement bar for dinner because I did not trust myself to eat anything else in moderation. I feel no restriction still. I seem to not get it right - either my band is too full or feels empty. Maybe I am distracted by all else going on.Anyway, I white knuckle it (which sucks as I head into Summer party season) but I carry what I can eat and I push through the head trips I create for myself. The internal arguments and pleading for just a bite of whatever are getting old fast. WHy ae we our own worst enemy? I thought I had that knocked out by now. Grrrrr.