You all rock...

You know, things have been a bit rough lately for us at our homestead. My s/o recently had surgery and has been really sick and in a lot of pain...and we are still settling into a new house, etc..and he can't work for six weeks ( :eek: ) right before Christmas, which has thrown our finances off. So, it's been a tough week or two for us.

And I know we have had some problems around here lately, but seriously, you know what? These past couple weeks when I have needed a good cheering up, or someone to talk to, or to get my mind off things...this is still the first place I come.

Some of my most favorite people in the world are here on this site...people's whose opinions I truly value, and people who I look forward to "seeing" each day.

So...I just wanted to say that even though I have been grouchy lately, etc...I do feel really blessed to have this place where I can get to know so many different people from different countries and cultures with different points of view....and to learn so much from everyone here, and to just share a little bit of my life with you all. I know there are some of you here who don't like me much, and thats cool too...but I just wanted to say that I feel really honored to call most of you my friends, because you all rock!!!

I know, mushy mushy.... :)

Some of my most favorite people in the world are here on this site...people's whose opinions I truly value, and people who I look forward to "seeing" each day.

I bet I am on of those on your list! jajajaja :D

Hope all is going much better at home... It seems things have mellow a bit here (AL) for a while at least! ;)

Jody you take care pliiiis! :yes:

Hello Jo!!

I have been away long enough that I haven't heard about your SO. I will keep you both in my prayers!! I hope that he is feeling better soon!

As for Ageless, as great as this place is, it wouldn't be quite as great without you here.:) My thanks to you and the other mods for the care that you all take of this llittle corner of the world wide web.

Daniel

You are loved JoJo....give that man a hug from me, give yourself one too while you at it.
You know, we moved into our house last year on Christmas day.
We ate our xmas dinner in the form of whatever we could find at the 7/11 LOL
Love, J

You know Jo I love you lots..your such a huge inspiration to us all. I am grateful to be able to call you friend! HUGS TO YOU GIRL!

Jojo. :bighug:

'Nuff said.

Alta...of course you are one of those people! jajajaja (did I do it right? LOL)

TD...your da bomb, lady. You know that, right? ;) Did you do the chili dog dinner from 7/11? :)

RK- It's so nice to see you back around here. It makes my heart happy. And James will be just fine. Right before we were to move from our old house, he fell down the stairs. :eek: And on his way down the stair his arm got caught in the bannister, but I guess the rest of him kept going. So, he tore all the muscles in his arm and damaged his rotator cuff, and had to have surgery on his arm and shoulder. Ever since the surgery he has been just sick as a dog..poor guy. At first the doctor thought it was from anesthesia, and then they thought it was his pain meds...and now we just aren't quite sure. But every day he's a little better...so we'll be good in no time.

Grumpsy...((hugs)) I've been reading your posts in the threads, and you've been such a positive influence...and trying so hard to get people to back up and stop the bickering. I noticed! Thanks...and Im honored to count you among my friends.

Just thanks so much y'all really....I guess there has been so much negative out and about on the site lately, I just wanted to let everyone know I still feel really positive about this place, and all of you. ((hugs))

I'm a smiley girl now!

Angel.... :kfluffy: Thank you. You already know how I feel about ya! :yes:

Alta...of course you are one of those people! jajajaja (did I do it right? LOL)

TD...your da bomb, lady. You know that, right? ;) Did you do the chili dog dinner from 7/11? :)

RK- It's so nice to see you back around here. It makes my heart happy. And James will be just fine. Right before we were to move from our old house, he fell down the stairs. :eek: And on his way down the stair his arm got caught in the bannister, but I guess the rest of him kept going. So, he tore all the muscles in his arm and damaged his rotator cuff, and had to have surgery on his arm and shoulder. Ever since the surgery he has been just sick as a dog..poor guy. At first the doctor thought it was from anesthesia, and then they thought it was his pain meds...and now we just aren't quite sure. But every day he's a little better...so we'll be good in no time.

Grumpsy...((hugs)) I've been reading your posts in the threads, and you've been such a positive influence...and trying so hard to get people to back up and stop the bickering. I noticed! Thanks...and Im honored to count you among my friends.

Just thanks so much y'all really....I guess there has been so much negative out and about on the site lately, I just wanted to let everyone know I still feel really positive about this place, and all of you. ((hugs))

I'm a smiley girl now!

AWWW Me to girl me to! I am trying!
I guess with all the therapy I am taking a different step in life and how i view things...Life is so short to fight all the time...Respect those and you two shall earn respect:)

Giving you another one of these: :bighug:

Hugs for my Jo!!!!

I have alot of respect for your work here Jo, and appreciate all the help you have given. You show so much dedication in a difficult place and always come through with a positive and caring attitude!! Hope James recovers quickly, and that your family has a wonderful and Merry Christmas!:thumbsup_still::yes:

You know, things have been a bit rough lately for us at our homestead. My s/o recently had surgery and has been really sick and in a lot of pain...and we are still settling into a new house, etc..and he can't work for six weeks ( :eek: ) right before Christmas, which has thrown our finances off. So, it's been a tough week or two for us.

And I know we have had some problems around here lately, but seriously, you know what? These past couple weeks when I have needed a good cheering up, or someone to talk to, or to get my mind off things...this is still the first place I come.

Some of my most favorite people in the world are here on this site...people's whose opinions I truly value, and people who I look forward to "seeing" each day.

So...I just wanted to say that even though I have been grouchy lately, etc...I do feel really blessed to have this place where I can get to know so many different people from different countries and cultures with different points of view....and to learn so much from everyone here, and to just share a little bit of my life with you all. I know there are some of you here who don't like me much, and thats cool too...but I just wanted to say that I feel really honored to call most of you my friends, because you all rock!!!

I know, mushy mushy.... :)

Amen to everything you just said. 2007 has been the worst year ever for my health, work and my relationship. But, the first thing I do, and the last thing I do everyday is check out what is happening at ageless. While the bad typically overshadows the good, the fact is, the good things that happen here completely outweighs the bad even though it is rarely recognized.

You know I love you, Jody. :bighug:

AWWW Me to girl me to! I am trying!
I guess with all the therapy I am taking a different step in life and how i view things...Life is so short to fight all the time...Respect those and you two shall earn respect:)

Absolutely! Life is way too short to hold animosities towards each other. Bickering and fighting just brings negative energy that none of us need.

GG, I appreciate your sense of humor. Your posts always make me smile. :)

Thanks for all you do Jo. I can relate to what happened to James. I was painting my own house to "save money" and fell off the ladder onto my outstretched arm, but I had a wet wash rag (cleaning up the paint off grout and taking off masking tape) so when I landed with my arm extended over my head and flattened out.....I slid my hand on the washcloth until I crashed into the wall, pushing my shoulder in. :eek:

Have no health insurance, so I went to doctor for x-rays to make sure nothing broken, and it was assumed from the bruising and fact that I could not lift arm up overhead or out from my body that the rotator cuff was torn.

After two weeks in a sling, it was better, but still very painful, so I got a cortisone shot. The doctor said if that did not help, and MRI and surgery. Sooooo....I've been a very good girl and so far so good.

James sounds like he really got torn up with his accident. Hope he soon feels better. I turned out to have a reaction to the 800 mg of Ibuprofen 3xs a day.

Good luck and again thanks for all you do as a mod.

Joan

I sure hope things start looking up for you guys and James starts to feel better! I know how hard it can to be caretaker - even for a short time - and it really sucks to have to feel like a lame duck!

We rock cause YOU rock, sister! :D

ahhhhh.....

what i really like to see..."da team" you're real folks...post with us! so often you (plural) are so quiet...who are ya again??

We all rock, in our way.

:wiggle:

:monkeydance:

:bunny_4:

:pianodance:

:fooddance7:

Great post, Jo!

You're a sweetheart, Jo. Hope you and your family have a merry Christmas!

:bighug:

I leave for a couple of days and I come back to a love-fest. Let me throw my 2 cents in and say that I'm wishing the best to the Jo-Admin family!!!

Awesome....this :grouphug:

is much better than this! :dummy!::fryingpan:

Thanks for all the responses everyone. Like I said, you guys rock! I just wanted to make sure that y'all know I still feel that way, and I still love Ageless, even though I've been> :rant:

You're very special to me...

Sometimes God throws us a "curve ball" just to see how we will handle it, and you have been given 3, and you did not strike out! :bgrin2:

You, Jo, are an amazing woman, that is for sure. To go through all that happens here, yet remain positive and still love this place truly proves to us that you are a great choice to help run this joint!:yes: Your aplomb and strength of character both behind this screen and in real life are models for every member here. Your mediation skills, to me are above reproach, and I really think you should use them to move up the ladder somewhere in the "real world" like being a union mediator or President! :bgrin2: BUT, I am not sure if Ageless could be put on a resume?? :tongue2:

All my best to you and J....and I will pray for a quick recovery!

Linda

LOL, suicideblonde, Jo for President!

Sometimes God throws us a "curve ball" just to see how we will handle it, and you have been given 3, and you did not strike out! :bgrin2:

You, Jo, are an amazing woman, that is for sure. To go through all that happens here, yet remain positive and still love this place truly proves to us that you are a great choice to help run this joint!:yes: Your aplomb and strength of character both behind this screen and in real life are models for every member here. Your mediation skills, to me are above reproach, and I really think you should use them to move up the ladder somewhere in the "real world" like being a union mediator or President! :bgrin2: BUT, I am not sure if Ageless could be put on a resume?? :tongue2:

All my best to you and J....and I will pray for a quick recovery!

Linda

Thank you so much, SB. You know how much I admire you... (((hugs))) You said such nice things...I totally blush reading it.

Your too awesome...

And well, I could never run for President. The avalanche of skeletons falling out of my closet would be...well, pretty overwhelming! LOL

LOL, suicideblonde, Jo for President!

I'd vote for her:bgrin2:

Daniel

Ouch, that sounds like some accident. :(

I had a fall on Saturday, a chair I was stood on collapsed underneath me. Luckily I seem to know how to land when I fall, so I didn't get hurt. I could easily have been unlucky and got my arm or leg caught in the chair on the way down, but I pretty much landed flat on my stomach with the chair folded underneath me! Chairs broken though. :p

Ouch, that sounds like some accident. :(

I had a fall on Saturday, a chair I was stood on collapsed underneath me. Luckily I seem to know how to land when I fall, so I didn't get hurt. I could easily have been unlucky and got my arm or leg caught in the chair on the way down, but I pretty much landed flat on my stomach with the chair folded underneath me! Chairs broken though. :p


And what have we learned from this? *arms crossed, toe tapping*

And what have we learned from this? *arms crossed, toe tapping*

Err...

That I am invincible and no harm will ever come to me? :p

That I should be more careful? Especially when I have no health insurance!

Err...

That I am invincible and no harm will ever come to me? :p

That I should be more careful? Especially when I have no health insurance!


*In her best mother voice* That chairs are for SITTING! *scowl* Next time, use a stepladder!

Seriously, I'm glad you're okay - you could have really hurt yourself.

OR should I say,

*In her best mother voice* You could have broken your neck, put out your eye, landed on your sister and killed her, AND broke all my good china!

:p

LOL at chatter!!!

LOL at chatter!!!

You laugh because as a child you heard it and as a Mom you've said it! http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/3761/laughingdh5.gif

And well, I could never run for President. The avalanche of skeletons falling out of my closet would be...well, pretty overwhelming! LOL

Maybe so...but "bad" looks so darned GOOD on you, Jody! ;)

I'd still vote for you anyway! :yes:

Awww...ain't that sweet! Thank you!

But you know, if I ever did run for President, you would totally have to go on the campaign trail with me to write all my speeches...and then to keep all the women distracted while I bumbled through them... ;)

Awww...ain't that sweet! Thank you!

But you know, if I ever did run for President, you would totally have to go on the campaign trail with me to write all my speeches...and then to keep all the women distracted while I bumbled through them... ;)

Lemme guess you'd assign me to secretary. Making sure I brought starbucks to your desk every morning.:tongue1::pink-coffeecup:

Oh please, admit it. You enjoy bringing me Starbucks. You live to bring me Starbucks.

You obviously stay up all night JUST so you can be up in the morning to bring me my Starbucks. :tongue2: and have exciting conversations with me on IM.

You may have them fooled..but you don't fool me mister. LOL

Lemme guess you'd assign me to secretary. Making sure I brought starbucks to your desk every morning.:tongue1::pink-coffeecup:


PS...Hmmm...secretary. Does that mean you will wear a short skirt and heels? Worked for that boxer guy, whose name I can't remember because it's too early for my brain to function.

Awww...ain't that sweet! Thank you!

But you know, if I ever did run for President, you would totally have to go on the campaign trail with me to write all my speeches...and then to keep all the women distracted while I bumbled through them... ;)

Hey Jo, go check out my Ageless ticket thread in discussion; I put you on as a candidate:D All you need is a VP.

Daniel

PS...Hmmm...secretary. Does that mean you will wear a short skirt and heels? Worked for that boxer guy, whose name I can't remember because it's too early for my brain to function.

Well, if you appoint me as a secretary (presidents get several), I'd wear me kilt.:D

Daniel

You've definitely got a job waiting for you in the white house!!! Ahhh...there is nothing sexier than a man in a kilt! ;)

Unless maybe possibly it's a hot boxer in some fishnet stockings...guys, what is that guys name? Sheesh, he was the world champion...!!!

You've definitely got a job waiting for in the white house!!! Ahhh...there is nothing sexier than a man in a kilt! ;)

Unless maybe possibly it's a hot boxer in some fishnet stockings...guys, what is that guys name? Sheesh, he was the world champion...!!!

The guy from the Rocky Horror Picture Show???


:p

The guy from the Rocky Horror Picture Show???


:p

I won a 200.00 prize at a halloween party for dressing as Doctor Frankenfurter. Just a sweet transvestite from transexual Transylvania.:D

Daniel

You've definitely got a job waiting for in the white house!!! Ahhh...there is nothing sexier than a man in a kilt! ;)

Unless maybe possibly it's a hot boxer in some fishnet stockings...guys, what is that guys name? Sheesh, he was the world champion...!!!

Woooot!! Hey, now what if I wear fishnets with the kilt?

Daniel

I won a 200.00 prize at a halloween party for dressing as Doctor Frankenfurter. Just a sweet transvestite from transexual Transylvania.:D

Daniel

Woot! "Lets do the time warp again!!!" *puts newspaper over head and locates squirt gun, toast and rice*

Woot! "Lets do the time warp again!!!" *puts newspaper over head and locates squirt gun, toast and rice*

Well you know, it's just a jump to the left....

Daniel

I won a 200.00 prize at a halloween party for dressing as Doctor Frankenfurter. Just a sweet transvestite from transexual Transylvania.:D

Daniel

Daniel, I'm shocked!!!!

:giggle:

I know there are some of you here who don't like me much, and thats cool too

Well, it is not cool with me!!! Bring 'em on! I will take care of them! :rollingpin:

I don't knwo people veyr well here yet, but I definitely want to thank you ((Jo)) for your work here and remind of that "this too shall PASS!!!!!"

I want to be Secretary of State in your administration please, or is that spoken for???:cool:

...and the spellcheck does not exist in my world!!! (why oh why won't that thing work???) :rolleyes: