Re: Re: Four O'Clocks, wedding..now 40th
It made me giggle, glad the description gave you a chuckle too
----- Original Message -----
From: "Melody" <mhobertm@excite.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2004 10:23 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Re: Four O'Clocks, wedding..now 40th
> Judy: ROTFL...unless you're secretly implying that I'm getting
> dim-witted in my middle age?? Hmmph! Truth be told, when I was in
> college I had brain surgery...no lie...and one of the things my
> neurosurgeon found was a tiny hole in my skull with a small piece of
> brain tissue trapped on the outside of my skull underneath a fluid
> filled capsule of scalp. He earned my life long devotion when he said it
> only proved I had too many brains for my own good! :-) Guess I can
> afford to lose a few cells here and there as I age then..HaHa!
>
>
>
> Melody, IA (Z 5/4)
>
> "The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious."
> --Albert Einstein
>
> --- On Sun 07/11, Judy L Browning < judybrowning@lewiston.com > wrote:
> From: Judy L Browning [mailto: judybrowning@lewiston.com]
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2004 21:36:03 -0700
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Re: Four O'Clocks, wedding..
>
> Don't know what I was thinking of. Haven't been chiming in on
> emailing<br>birthday wishes didn't intend to mention mine. Let me wish a
> belated Happy<br>Birthday to all those I've neglected.<br>Mine is the
> 31st.<br>I've got a decade + more than you Melody. I wish I could send
> you the card a<br>coworker gave me on my 40th.<br>Picture on the front
> of a head with something small leaping off,<br>"AAAaaaiiiieeee!" Inside.
> "I know we lose brain cells as we age,<br>I just wish mine weren't so
> dramatic about it."<br><br> Judy B<br>z 6 Idaho, raining again tonight
> after a warm bright afternoon.<br>----- Original Message -----<br>From:
> "Melody" <mhobertm@excite.com><br>To: <gardenchat@hort.net><br>Sent:
> Saturday, July 10, 2004 8:19 AM<br>Subject: Re: [CHAT] Re: Four
> O'Clocks, wedding..<br><br><br>> Judy: When is your birthday? My 40th is
> right around the corner. A<br>> hammock, eh?? That sounds perfect to
> me...what better thing could I ask<br>> for than something to rest my
> bones in after a hard day in the garden? I<br>> am getting old, ya know!
> HaHa! BTW, I've never felt better or more<br>> centered in my whole
> life...I think 40 is going to be great...The one<br>> thing I am most
> thankful to God for is that year by year, my life just<br>> keeps
> getting better...<br>><br>><br>> Melody, IA (Z 5/4)<br>><br>> "The most
> beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious."<br>> --Albert
> Einstein<br>><br>> --- On Fri 07/09, Judy L Browning <
> judybrowning@lewiston.com > wrote:<br>> From: Judy L Browning [mailto:
> judybrowning@lewiston.com]<br>> To: gardenchat@hort.net<br>> Date: Fri,
> 9 Jul 2004 10:43:10 -0700<br>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Re: Four O'Clocks,
> wedding..<br>><br>> It's so nice to know it's possible to live a quiet
> happy life. I've<br>> laughed<br>out loud at these stories, recognizing
> friends and family<br>> that would fit<br>right in the mix. Despite the
> disagreements and<br>> frustrations that are part<br>of any marriage, I
> live a pretty<br>> unexciting life. And get down on my knees
> &<br>thank God I don't<br>> hav
>
> e the "excitement" some folk experience. I<br>>
> really<br>believe a person can change and be better than before.<br>>
> Otherwise those<br>experiences are just wasted time. Unfortunately,
> some<br>> folks just don't get<br>it, or buy into the lie that mistakes
> are<br>> permanent and change impossible.<br>Oh, sorry, getting off the
> soapbox<br>> now,<br>Judy<br>z 6 Idaho, warm breezy sunny, almost
> perfect summer day<br>> here. All I need is<br>a hammock. Hmm birthday
> coming up, maybe some out<br>> right begging will do the<br>trick? Heh
> heh<br>----- Original Message<br>> -----<br>From: "Melody"
> <mhobertm@excite.com><br>To:<br>>
> <gardenchat@hort.net><br>Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2004 10:04<br>>
> PM<br>Subject: Re: [CHAT] Re: Four O'Clocks,
> wedding..<br><br><br>><br>> Ya know...I grew up thinking all families
> were as bad as mine...I<br>> didn't<br>> know it was
> dysfunctional...thought that was normal. Then<br>> I thought I<br>>
> learned differently when I met my husband's family<br>> and friends.
> Now<br>> maybe, thanks to all of you...I'm beginning to<br>> think
> it's my husband's<br>> family that is abnormal and the screwed<br>>
> up rest of us...are more normal<br>> than we think we are.
> LOL!!!<br>> :-)<br>><br>><br>><br>> Melody, IA (Z
> 5/4)<br>><br>><br>> "The most beautiful thing we can
> experience is the<br>> mysterious."<br>> --Albert
> Einstein<br>><br>> --- On Thu<br>> 07/08, Jesse Bell <
> silverhawk@flash.net > wrote:<br>> From:<br>> Jesse Bell [mailto:
> silverhawk@flash.net]<br>> To:<br>> gardenchat@hort.net<br>> Date:
> Thu, 8 Jul 2004 12:44:46 -0700<br>> (PDT)<br>> Subject: Re: [CHAT]
> Re: Four O'Clocks,<br>> wedding..<br>><br>> OHMYGOSH
> Kitty...that's horrible. Geeeeez<br>> Louise. So....your
> family<b<br>><br>> r>> and<br>my family sound related?! Are we
> cousins? Feel free<br>> to jump in<br>>
> there<br>Andrea...(Andrea and I trade stories<br>> about our
> family all<br>><br>> the<br>tim
>
> e.
> ..LOL).<br><br><br>>
> <br>Jesse<br><br>Kitty<br>>
> <kmrsy@comcast.net><br>> wrote:<br>Re > > Well,
> the<br>> dysfunctional part would be:...<br>Jesse, I<br>> was
> being<br>> facetious when I asked. However, your fleshing
> out<br>><br>> the<br>material was pretty interesting, so, if I
> were to say I<br>> still<br>> didn't get it,<br>maybe you'd
> tell us more?<br>> ;+)<br><br>To balance this I<br>> can
> add that my older<br>> sister decided to kill herself on
> my<br>wedding<br>> day<br>> (didn't succeed) apparently because
> I asked her to make<br>> a<br>turkey.<br>> The turkey was the
> simplest thing I could<br>> come up with for her as<br>she<br>>
> kept asking for something<br>> to contribute. Then for my second
> wedding<br>> I<br>came darned<br>> close to trying to kill
> myself, so yes, I can<br>><br>>
> relate.<br><br>Kitty<br><br>----- Original<br>>
> Message ----- <br>From:<br>> "Jesse Bell"<br>>
> <br>To: <br>Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2004 1:33<br>><br>>
> PM<br>Subject: Re: [CHAT] Re: Four O'Clocks,<br>>
> wedding..<br><br><br>> Oh<br>> yes...I did
> the<br>> shower and helped plan the food and coordinate.<br>><br>>
> They<br>> got married on the 2nd of July but did not leave
> for<br>> the<br>><br>> cruise/honeymoon till Monday so on
> Sunday we<br>> had the new in-law<br>> family<br>> and our
> family (parents,<br>> brothers, sister, aunts, etc) at<br>> our house
> for<br>> a<br>> cookout, drinks and fireworks. The groom's,
> mother,<br>> father<br>> and<br>> stepmother were there.
> That was funny to watch<br>><br>>
> too.<br>><br>><br>> Well, the
> dysfunctional<br>> part would be: the second ex<br>> wife who is
> no<br>><br>> relation to the bride or groom, and when
> my<br>> stepda<br>><br>> ug<br>> hter lived with her,<br>
>
> > they HATED each other, and yet she<br>> was<br>> escorted down
> the aisle like she<br>> was FAMILY<br>> for Pete's sake.
> NOBODY<br>> wanted her there but my<br>> stepdaughter<br>>
> didn't want to "hurt her<br>><br>> feelings" so when she
> invited herself to the<br>><br>> wedding...Nic said<br>>
> "well....O.K.". This is the woman<br>> who spread
> horrible<br>> rumors about<br>> my husband and<br>> his
> family that were not true....yet odd<br>><br>><br>>
> ly<br>> enough...continues to impose at our family<br>><br>>
> functions.<br>><br>><br>> AND...the people
> in<br>> my family and my<br>> husband''s ex who can't seem
> to<br>><br>> function in this world unless they<br>> have
> taken some sort of drug<br>> or have<br>> a glass of alcohol in
> their<br>> hands...or<br>> worse..they've MIXED
> them...and<br>> become so obnoxious<br>> you<br>> can't
> stand to be around them. Remember the<br>> old<br>> toys you
> got in the<br>> gum machine...the black<br>> and white scottie dogs
> that<br>> were magnets?<br>> and if<br>> you pushed one
> towards the other it would scoot<br>> away?<br>> Well,<br>>
> that would be my sister or my husband's ex...they would<br>>
> come<br>> into a<br>> room and you could see people start
> to<br>> scoot out of there....they<br>><br>> would continue
> with<br>> this scenario until somebody had to say "I<br>><br>>
> think<br>> you've had enough...go home and sleep it
> off".<br>> My sister<br>> left. The<br>> ex...well she
> made a scene and<br>> was there until the last<br>> person was
> gone.<br>> She was<br>> out back drinking shots of Yagermeister
> (I<br>> KNOW I didn't<br>> spell<br>> that right). That
> stuff is like<br>> Tequila...it'll<br>> will kill ya after a
> few<br>> shots.<br>>
> UGHHH.<br>><br>><br>><br>
>
> &g
> t;<br>> Kitty<br>> wrote:<br>> So what was the
> dysfunctional<br>> part?<br>><br>> Since<br>><br>>
> this was<br>> your stepdaughter, did you have any part in the<br>>
> planning of<br>> the<br>>
> event?<br>><br>><br>>
> Kitty<br>><br>> ----- Original Message -----<br>>
> <br>><br>> From: "Jesse Bell"<br>><br>>
> To:<br>> Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2004 12:10<br>><br>>
> PM<br>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Re: Four O'Clocks,<br>>
> wedding..<br>><br>><br>><br>> >
> Well,<br>> in my zone the four o'clocks get bigger and bigger<br>>
> "tubers"<br>> as<br>> > they mature. I
> have<br>> some that are as big as a sweet<br>> potato....and
> they<br>><br>> > get BIG, but are slower to
> bloom.<br>><br>> ><br>><br>> ><br>>
> > As for the<br>> wedding....you have to know that (A) I come from
> a<br>><br>> very<br>> > dysfunctional family, (B) my
> husband's two ex's<br>> are<br>> dysfunctional and<br>> >
> way "out<br>> there", (c) my stepdaughter and her<br>> new
> husband are from<br>> "that<br>> > generation" as
> my husband puts<br>> it...so<br>> half of the wedding guests
> were<br>> ><br>> rather conservative...and
> "that<br>> generation" made up<br>> the other<br>>
> > ha<br>><br>> lf<br>> ...(facial<br>> piercing, tattoos all
> over, dressed rather oddly...and<br>><br>> ><br>> when
> you walked out back of the reception hall...the smell<br>> of
> pot<br>> was<br>> > THICK let me tell ya). I had to<br>>
> make my sister go home<br>> because she had<br>> >
> too<br>> much to drink (act surprised) and was hitting<br>> on
> my<br>> brother-in-law<br>> > (who is very married). The
> mother of<br>> the<br>> bride (husband's first ex)
> had<br><br>> ><br>
>
> > not eaten all day, took a<br>> Valium before the wedding and<br>>
> proceeded to get<br>> > totally trashed at<br>> the<br>>
> reception (not a pretty sight) and the second ex,<br>> >
> who<br>> really<br>> had no business being there but she
> invite<br>><br>> d<br>> herself, was<br>> > hovering<br>>
> around trying to mingle<br>> and most of them wanted nothing to
> do<br>> ><br>> with<br>> her.<br>>
> ><br>> > BUT...the ceremony itself was<br>> nice.
> (deep<br>> breath) So...that's one child<br>> down and<br>>
> five more to go. I hope the<br>> others wait
> awhile.<br>><br>> ><br>> > Kitty
> wrote:<br>> > Well, I have<br>> seen<br>> some JB holes
> on a few of the leaves, but I don't<br>> see<br>>
> any<br>> ><br>> carcasses. They are<br>> only just now
> beginning to bloom, so maybe<br>><br>>
> their<br>lure<br>> > will be stronger as the
> season<br>> progresses.<br>><br>> ><br>> >
> Re> That<br>> was a LOT of work, let me tell ya<br>> >
> Yes, please<br>><br>> do!<br>> ><br>> >
> Kitty<br>><br>> ><br>> > ----- Original Message
> -----<br>> <br>><br>> > From: "Jesse
> Bell"<br>><br>> > To:<br>> > Sent:
> Thursday, July 08, 2004<br>> 10:30<br>> AM<br>> >
> Subject: [CHAT] Re: self-sowers/still catching<br>>
> up..<br>><br>> ><br>> ><br>>
> ><br>> > Still trying to catch up on e-mails. I didn't
> read<br>> them for<br>> 4-5 days<br>> > > because of
> my daughter's wedding. That<br>> was a<br>> LOT of work, let me
> tell<br>> > > ya.<br>> Anyway...yes Kitty...I sent
> you<br>> some Four O'Clock<br>>
> seeds..thinking<br>it<br>> > > would help with<br>>
> the<br>> Japanese Beetle problem you were having. Did<br>>
> it<br>hel
>
> p&
> lt;br>> > > at all?<br>> Or is that an<br>> old wive's
> tale?<br>> > ><br>> ><br>> ><br>>
> > ><br>> > > Kitty<br>><br>>
> wrote:<br>> > > You know, I think it was Jesse.<br>>
> Thanks!<br>> > ><br>> Kitty<br>> >
> ><br>> ----- Original Message ----- <br>> > ><br>>
> From:<br>> > ><br>> To:<<br>><br>> br>> >
> > Sent: Sunday, July 04, 2004 1:02 PM<br>><br>> > >
> Subject: Re:<br>> Re: [CHAT] self<br>><br>><br>>
> -sowers<br>> > ><br>> >
> ><br>><br>> > > > Probably Jesse or moi Kitty -
> we<br>> both have them<br>> all over the place!<br>>
> Love<br>> > > > 'em<br>> though!<br>> Anyone who
> needs seeds holler - I have tons of<br>> them.<br>> > >
> ><br>> > ><br>><br>> ><br>> > >
> > Pam Evans<br>> > > ><br>> Kemp, TX<br>>
> > > > zone 8A<br>> > ><br>> ><br>> -----
> Original Message -----<br>> > > ><br>> From:
> Kitty<br>> > > > Sent:<br>> 7/4/2004 12:46:29<br>>
> PM<br>> > > > To:
> gardenchat@hort.net<br>><br>> > > ><br>> Subject:
> Re: [CHAT] self-sowers<br>><br>> > > ><br>>
> > > > > Well, maybe it<br>><br>> was Pam, I know she
> grows 4 O'Clocks. Whomever -<br>> ><br>>
> thanks!<br>> > ><br>> ><br>> >
> ><br>> > ><br>> > > ><br>> > >
> > ><br>> too bad about the sting, I hate<br>> losing a day.
> Take care<br>> of<br>yourself.<br>> > >
> ><br>> ><br>> > > ><br>> >
> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> > > >
> Kitty<br>> > > ><br>> ><br>> > >
> ><br>>
>
> > > ><br>> > > ><br>> ><br>> -----
> Original Message ----- <br>> > ><br>> ><br>>
> > > > > From:<br>> ><br>> ><br>>
> ><br>> > > > > To:<br>><br>> > >
> ><br>> > > > > Sent: Sunday, July 04,<br>>
> 2004<br>> 12:07 PM<br>> > > ><br>>
> ><br>> > > > Subject: Re: [CHAT]
> self-sowers<br>><br>> ><br>> > ><br>> >
> > > ><br>><br>> > > ><br>> > >
> &<br>><br>> gt<br>> ; ><br>> > > ><br>>
> > > > ><br>> > In a<br>> message dated 7/4/2004
> 11:41:05 AM Central Standard<br>> Time,<br>> > ><br>>
> ><br>> > > ><br>> > > kmrsy@comcast.net
> writes:<br>> > ><br>> ><br>> > > >
> > ><br>> Balsam, yeah, I need<br>> to grow that next
> year.<br>> > > ><br>> ><br>> > >
> ><br>> ><br>> > > ><br>><br>> >
> > > > > I did not send you the Mirabilis jalapa<br>><br>>
> seeds, but I surely do<br>> have<br>> ><br>>
> a<br>> > > lot<br>> > >
> ><br>><br>> ><br>> > > > of<br>>
> > ><br>> ><br>> > > > > > Balsam. If
> you want seeds<br>> remind me<br>> later in the summer, and
> I<br>can<br>><br>> > > send<br>> > >
> ><br>> > > ><br>> ><br>> you<br>>
> > > ><br>> > ><br>> > > > some. There's
> a weather alert on TV right<br>> now. We<br>> are
> expecting<br>> > > strong<br>> > ><br>>
> ><br>> > > > > > straight<br>> line
> winds<br>> and sever thunder storms this afternoon,
> but<br>I<br>><br>> > ><br>&
>
> gt
> t
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