Re: Re: Re: Four O'Clocks, wedding..

My word Kitty - how awful! My family is boring and occasionally
annoying, but nothing like y'alls! And yes, I wish Andrea would regale
you w/ tales - some of them will have you laughing your socks off.


Pam Evans
Kemp, TX
zone 8A
----- Original Message -----
From: Kitty
Sent: 7/8/2004 3:34:20 PM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Re: Four O'Clocks, wedding..

> Generally not too overtly bad.  It is typical Irish dysfunctional, but not

> related to drink as non-Irish might think.  More along the lines of not

> talking about anything and by so-doing, it doesn't exist.  Causes a lot more

> problems than you might think.

> 

> Kitty

> 

> ----- Original Message ----- 

> From: "Jesse Bell" <silverhawk@flash.net>

> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>

> Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2004 2:44 PM

> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Re: Four O'Clocks, wedding..

> 

> 

> > OHMYGOSH Kitty...that's horrible. Geeeeez Louise. So....your family and

> > my family sound related?! Are we cousins? Feel free to jump in there

> > Andrea...(Andrea and I trade stories about our family all the

> > time...LOL).

> >

> >

> > Jesse

> >

> > Kitty <kmrsy@comcast.net> wrote:

> > Re > > Well, the dysfunctional part would be:...

> > Jesse, I was being facetious when I asked. However, your fleshing out the

> > material was pretty interesting, so, if I were to say I still didn't get

> it,

> > maybe you'd tell us more? ;+)

> >

> > To balance this I can add that my older sister decided to kill herself on

> my

> > wedding day (didn't succeed) apparently because I asked her to make a

> > turkey. The turkey was the simplest thing I could come up with for her as

> > she kept asking for something to contribute. Then for my second wedding I

> > came darned close to trying to kill myself, so yes, I can relate.

> >

> > Kitty

> >

> > ----- Original Message ----- 

> > From: "Jesse Bell"

> > To:

> > Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2004 1:33 PM

> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] Re: Four O'Clocks, wedding..

> >

> >

> > > Oh yes...I did the shower and helped plan the food and coordinate. They

> > > got married on the 2nd of July but did not leave for the

> > > cruise/honeymoon till Monday so on Sunday we had the new in-law family

> > > and our family (parents, brothers, sister, aunts, etc) at our house for

> > > a cookout, drinks and fireworks. The groom's, mother, father and

> > > stepmother were there. That was funny to watch too.

> > >

> > >

> > > Well, the dysfunctional part would be: the second ex wife who is no

> > > relation to the bride or groom, and when my stepdaughter lived with her,

> > > they HATED each other, and yet she was escorted down the aisle like she

> > > was FAMILY for Pete's sake. NOBODY wanted her there but my stepdaughter

> > > didn't want to "hurt her feelings" so when she invited herself to the

> > > wedding...Nic said "well....O.K.". This is the woman who spread horrible

> > > rumors about my husband and his family that were not true....yet oddly

> > > enough...continues to impose at our family functions.

> > >

> > >

> > > AND...the people in my family and my husband''s ex who can't seem to

> > > function in this world unless they have taken some sort of drug or have

> > > a glass of alcohol in their hands...or worse..they've MIXED them...and

> > > become so obnoxious you can't stand to be around them. Remember the old

> > > toys you got in the gum machine...the black and white scottie dogs that

> > > were magnets? and if you pushed one towards the other it would scoot

> > > away? Well, that would be my sister or my husband's ex...they would come

> > > into a room and you could see people start to scoot out of there....they

> > > would continue with this scenario until somebody had to say "I think

> > > you've had enough...go home and sleep it off". My sister left. The

> > > ex...well she made a scene and was there until the last person was gone.

> > > She was out back drinking shots of Yagermeister (I KNOW I didn't spell

> > > that right). That stuff is like Tequila...it'll will kill ya after a few

> > > shots. UGHHH.

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > > Kitty wrote:

> > > So what was the dysfunctional part?

> > >

> > > Since this was your stepdaughter, did you have any part in the planning

> of

> > > the event?

> > >

> > > Kitty

> > >

> > > ----- Original Message ----- 

> > > From: "Jesse Bell"

> > > To:

> > > Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2004 12:10 PM

> > > Subject: Re: [CHAT] Re: Four O'Clocks, wedding..

> > >

> > >

> > > > Well, in my zone the four o'clocks get bigger and bigger "tubers" as

> > > > they mature. I have some that are as big as a sweet potato....and they

> > > > get BIG, but are slower to bloom.

> > > >

> > > >

> > > > As for the wedding....you have to know that (A) I come from a very

> > > > dysfunctional family, (B) my husband's two ex's are dysfunctional and

> > > > way "out there", (c) my stepdaughter and her new husband are from

> "that

> > > > generation" as my husband puts it...so half of the wedding guests were

> > > > rather conservative...and "that generation" made up the other

> > > > half...(facial piercing, tattoos all over, dressed rather oddly...and

> > > > when you walked out back of the reception hall...the smell of pot was

> > > > THICK let me tell ya). I had to make my sister go home because she had

> > > > too much to drink (act surprised) and was hitting on my brother-in-law

> > > > (who is very married). The mother of the bride (husband's first ex)

> had

> >

> > > > not eaten all day, took a Valium before the wedding and proceeded to

> get

> > > > totally trashed at the reception (not a pretty sight) and the second

> ex,

> > > > who really had no business being there but she invited herself, was

> > > > hovering around trying to mingle and most of them wanted nothing to do

> > > > with her.

> > > >

> > > > BUT...the ceremony itself was nice. (deep breath) So...that's one

> child

> > > down and five more to go. I hope the others wait awhile.

> > > >

> > > > Kitty wrote:

> > > > Well, I have seen some JB holes on a few of the leaves, but I don't

> see

> > > any

> > > > carcasses. They are only just now beginning to bloom, so maybe their

> > lure

> > > > will be stronger as the season progresses.

> > > >

> > > > Re> That was a LOT of work, let me tell ya

> > > > Yes, please do!

> > > >

> > > > Kitty

> > > >

> > > > ----- Original Message ----- 

> > > > From: "Jesse Bell"

> > > > To:

> > > > Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2004 10:30 AM

> > > > Subject: [CHAT] Re: self-sowers/still catching up..

> > > >

> > > >

> > > > > Still trying to catch up on e-mails. I didn't read them for 4-5 days

> > > > > because of my daughter's wedding. That was a LOT of work, let me

> tell

> > > > > ya. Anyway...yes Kitty...I sent you some Four O'Clock

> seeds..thinking

> > it

> > > > > would help with the Japanese Beetle problem you were having. Did it

> > help

> > > > > at all? Or is that an old wive's tale?

> > > > >

> > > > >

> > > > >

> > > > > Kitty wrote:

> > > > > You know, I think it was Jesse. Thanks!

> > > > > Kitty

> > > > > ----- Original Message ----- 

> > > > > From:

> > > > > To:

> > > > > Sent: Sunday, July 04, 2004 1:02 PM

> > > > > Subject: Re: Re: [CHAT] self-sowers

> > > > >

> > > > >

> > > > > > Probably Jesse or moi Kitty - we both have them all over the

> place!

> > > Love

> > > > > > 'em though! Anyone who needs seeds holler - I have tons of them.

> > > > > >

> > > > > >

> > > > > > Pam Evans

> > > > > > Kemp, TX

> > > > > > zone 8A

> > > > > > ----- Original Message -----

> > > > > > From: Kitty

> > > > > > Sent: 7/4/2004 12:46:29 PM

> > > > > > To: gardenchat@hort.net

> > > > > > Subject: Re: [CHAT] self-sowers

> > > > > >

> > > > > > > Well, maybe it was Pam, I know she grows 4 O'Clocks. Whomever -

> > > > thanks!

> > > > > >

> > > > > > >

> > > > > >

> > > > > > > too bad about the sting, I hate losing a day. Take care of

> > yourself.

> > > > > >

> > > > > > >

> > > > > >

> > > > > > > Kitty

> > > > > >

> > > > > > >

> > > > > >

> > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- 

> > > > > >

> > > > > > > From:

> > > > > >

> > > > > > > To:

> > > > > >

> > > > > > > Sent: Sunday, July 04, 2004 12:07 PM

> > > > > >

> > > > > > > Subject: Re: [CHAT] self-sowers

> > > > > >

> > > > > > >

> > > > > >

> > > > > > >

> > > > > >

> > > > > > > > In a message dated 7/4/2004 11:41:05 AM Central Standard Time,

> > > > > >

> > > > > > > > kmrsy@comcast.net writes:

> > > > > >

> > > > > > > > Balsam, yeah, I need to grow that next year.

> > > > > >

> > > > > > > >

> > > > > >

> > > > > > > > I did not send you the Mirabilis jalapa seeds, but I surely do

> > > have

> > > > a

> > > > > lot

> > > > > >

> > > > > > > of

> > > > > >

> > > > > > > > Balsam. If you want seeds remind me later in the summer, and I

> > can

> > > > > send

> > > > > >

> > > > > > > you

> > > > > >

> > > > > > > > some. There's a weather alert on TV right now. We are

> expecting

> > > > > strong

> > > > > >

> > > > > > > > straight line winds and sever thunder storms this afternoon,

> but

> > I

> > > > > think,

> > > > > >

> > > > > > > with all

> > > > > >

> > > > > > > > the benadryl I took earlier, I'll never notice.

> > > > > >

> > > > > > > >

> > > > > >

> > > > > > > > zem

> > > > > >

> > > > > > > > zone 7

> > > > > >

> > > > > > > > West TN

> > > > > >

> > > > > > > >

> > > > > >

> > > > > > >

> > > >

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