had a request that we start a new thread, since the other one has gotten a bit long. we have soe very loyal lurkers.

it's a nice fall morning here. actually in the low 60's. grandmonkey and i are going to deocrate the yard for halloween today. if we get it done, i'll post a picture.

hoot hoot

Hi Curious, thought I'd drop in and say hiyaa!!

Hope you get the yard sorted; wow, halloween already, seems like the summer just shot past. It's the end of a long day here in Hong Kong, temperatures have dropped to 27C - very pleasant, I've just tucked the beagle baby up and am now headed off to bed myself...yaaaawn...saw your name and just wanted to come by say hi...zzzzz
all the best

howdy howdy artist!!! i'm always peeking in at y'all on rsd. gotta say it again...what an awesome group!!

so...hoot hoot...where are my sleepless buddies?

my foot is all a funny purple color. mmm...cute huh? i think i'll paint my toe nails day glo orange.

lil'monkey is invited to 2 birthday parties this weekend. and 1 so far for next weekend. it's not like when i was young...now gifts are $25 or more. guess she is gonna be my little go-fer for awhile.

ok...somebody come yap with me!!

So I am up and awake yet again.

For some reason, my kids became noctournal again.

Please tell me parenting gets easier? Atleast tell me that I will be able to sleep again some time soon. PLEASE!

if i tell you NO...maybe you will pass out.

easier...hmm...different maybe. all the ages and stages come with it's perks and pitfalls. my monkeys are from 26 down to grandmonkey being 5. lil'monkey is 12. i get thrown the parenting curveball all the time.

turn those noctounal clocks around as soon as you can. tucker them out!! wake them up early.

i have early riser monkeys. ( well..not bubbamonkey...if he has a day off school, work and sports...he will sleep the day away, which is fine ) it seems like no matter how late they are up...rise and shine beofre the sun and the birds. always between 5:30am nd 6am.

how are thoe cute kiddos doing? feeling better? and you?

So the monkeys got a new patch of jungle, huh? That's okay, as long as we still get to swing around freely through the trees...

Kamie - How are those kids of yours doing? How are YOU doing? I hope you start getting some better sleep. Tonight I'll wave my magic wand and make the sweet little darlin's all sleep soundly for ya. How's that?

Curious - I hope your foot's doin' better. You try to stay off of it for a while now, ya hear? (Yeah...fat chance!) Are ya sleepin' any lately? For me it just seems worse and worse. Today I laid down at 12:30 pm and got back up at five-something. Oh well, guess I shouldn't complain. There could be worse things bothering me...

Oh, and Artist, glad to have ya drop by... . Always a pleasure!

Ya'll write back and let me know how you're doing, okay?

All the best...
Idealist