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You already have the shoes. Sharon

Happy Birthday, Tutti Frutti !!! You managed to make it to another mile stone year. May your life be as full of joy as mine has been having you in it. I forgive you for the five months of morning sickness and the four hours of labor. Also, thank you very much for showing up twelve days early. As you go through the rest of your life, remember.....Mom is always right. Love, Mom (aka Sharon)

Sharon (getting her mind out of the gutter)

Happy Birthday, Dom !! Best Wishes for a great day. Sharon P.S. I made you this really great chocolate cake but, humm, see it was perishable and, humm... I decided it was too difficult to ship. So I'll just keep it for you......

That makes two of us dude!!! Okay - Hope this helps. Emo Genre of softcore punk music that integrates unenthusiastic melodramatic 17 year olds who dont smile, high pitched overwrought lyrics and inaudible guitar rifts with tight wool sweaters, tighter jeans, itchy scarfs (even in the summer), ripped chucks with favorite bands signature, black square rimmed glasses, and ebony greasy unwashed hair that is required to cover at least 3/5 ths of the face at an angle. Sharon

Five hours... please, your not allowed to get mad until this group keeps you up and you only get under 3 hours one night. I hate to agree with Bardie ( ), but you actually have to not sleep and call in sick the next day before you can complain. Come back when you are really addicted Call in sick the next day?? Bunch of wimps. A true addict can not sleep, make it to work/school on time and have an inventive excuse as to why they look like death warmed over. Sharon

Congratulations Lore !!! Don't be surprised when you fall asleep while walking. A couple of months of extreme fatigue are normal. Also, a word of advise, make sure you have good shoes that just slip on. It is incredible how you will no longer be able to bend at the waist to put on shoes. Sharon

I have no idea. It may very be a variety of the same species. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Okay - did a little research and the 'Rose of Sharon' is a hibiscus shrub. I have two the same color as your picture and two that have purple flowers instead of the white. They bloom from mid-May all the way into November. Sharon

because they won't let me grow pot <{POST_SNAPBACK}> That's not very nice of them. James, that first picture of the hibiscus looks an awful lot like the 'Rose of Sharon' bushes I have in my yard. Do you know if they are related? Sharon

Happy Birthday, Conner. Best wishes. Sharon

Right at the moment, my daughter's hair is a dark auburn brown with hot pink highlights all through it. Looks pretty good. My younger daughter wants blue tips but that will have to wait until she gets to highschool. Sharon

Don't eat anything until someone else has first. Sharon

This is just too funny. I'd have gone after them with the water gun also. But my advantage is that the kids in my neighborhood know better than to mess with me. Sharon

This is so true. My husband and I had a major fight years ago and he knew he'd pushed me too far, that if I got my hands on him I was going to hurt him. He shoved me into the coat closet and leaned on the door and wouldn't let me out until I calmed down. Neither of us remembers what the original fight was about, but now we laugh about the 45 minutes I spent in the closet. Sharon

Yesterday was mine and my husband's 22nd anniversary. Twenty-two married, 26 living together, 27 as a couple. Not all of them have been 'happily ever after' but, better the devil you know than the devil you don't. Sharon

Like you Val, I'm not a big football fan. I understand the game, just don't care to watch. I do have a really interesting football trivia question you can use for your fanatical roommates. Let's see if they know their stuff. Where did the concept of the football (American version) huddle originate and why? Sharon PS. I'll PM the answer to you and anyone else who's interested.

"Arms of a Woman" - Amos Lee Sharon

So were you eating correctly before you fainted or just since? Low blood sugar can make you very lightheaded and dizzy if it drops too fast. Take care and do what the doctor says. Although....I've always wanted to visit Scotland. Just give me a reason...... Sharon

Cold pizza and orange juice....the breakfast of champions !!! As for keys, my husband is the king of losing keys. We spent 25 minutes one morning looking for his so he could go to work. We finally found them......in the pocket of the pants he was wearing. !!!! Sharon

jfinn?? As in jfinn the author of Human Condition?? Please tell me you are planning on writing more of this story. Sharon

After a four hour shopping trip this past weekend to outfit my two for school, I'd have liked to have narrowed the choices to a couple of styles of uniforms. And I'm not even done yet. Sometime during the first week of school I have to get my oldest chef uniforms for her Culinary Arts program. I hope they come in a size 0 otherwise I'll be doing a lot of alterations. Sharon

Sharon....where does one get her CD? Michael <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I don't have it yet, but I'll let you know where I find it. I heard her on one of my tv music channels. She just hooked me in and made me pay attention and I made a point to write down her name. Sharon

Is anyone familiar with Madeliene Peyroux? Holy moly, Billie Holliday is alive and living as a 30ish white woman. Great voice, great style. Sharon

Very early in the morning, before anyone else in the house is even thinking of waking up. I can sit on the front porch, prop my feet on the railing, have that first cup of coffee and watch the night go home. I can, just for a bit, pretend that I only have to worry about myself, that there aren't other people who can make demands on my time and there aren't a gazillion things I have to do before midnight rolls around. Sharon

So I picked my youngest kid up from my sister's care the other night. She'd been on vacation with them this past week in the Canadian Wilderness (St. John in New Brunswick and Halifax in Nova Scotia). They left early Monday by train to New York, then boarded a cruise ship. My sister had done this in the past with my older kid and everything always goes okay. I only have two rules for my sister when she is traveling with my kids. -Don't let them fall off the boat and -Don't lose them in a country that's not their own. So they are at sea for two days, spend a day in St. John, overnight at sea, day in Halifax, two days at sea and back to New York. My daughter thought Canada was great. They talk funny and have really cool money. I now have a large handful of coins I can't use. They toured around St. John, got back on the ship, get to Halifax, tour around for the day before returning to the ship. Here's where the fun started. I had to give my sister an original birth certificate for my kid plus two letters, one for medical emergencies and one giving permission to take my kid out of the country. Once they boarded the ship they all get ID cards. This card along with a picture ID (for the adults) is usually all you need. So while they are in Halifax, my brother-in-law and his brother go on a pub crawl tour. By the time they get back to the ship they are crawling for sure. So my brother-in-law goes through the customs thing, his brother, my neice, all just fine. My sister and my kid bring up the rear and the Canadian custom guy won't let my kid on the ship. Her ID had a different last name from my sisters. He wants proof that my sister has permission to have my kid. It's back on the ship. My sister has to try and explain to her drunk husband where the paperwork is in their cabin. The customs guy sends them to a supervisor to get things straightened out. By now my sister is in a panic thinking she had to call me and tell me my kid is about to become a Canadian citizen. The supervisor starts asking my daughter questions and telling my sister to be quiet, she wants the kid to answer. So she was able to verify with the ships guest lists that, yes my kid was traveling with her aunt and they were able to board the ship. I just want to say thanks to all of you Canadians for looking out for my kids safety. And a really big thanks for freaking my sister out. The laugh factor was priceless. Sharon