All here know how much i love my kids and they are good kids....however just lately they are getting a bit irritating. They just want money all the time, think we have a money tree in the back garden or something?? They should know that my good lady spends all my money.....

They're as normal as everyone else then. Enjoy it.

Yes, and the demands just get larger as their crap gets more expensive. I miss the days of Barbie dolls and coloring books. When they turned about 12, I felt like they wanted ME to become an ATM that constantly dispensed 20s.

Glad to know we are just a normal bunch then

Brought my daughter home from college yesterday. Between her parents, her grandmother, Christmas gifts and her unbelievable cheapness, she finished her first year of college spending only $145 of her own money.

Good for your daughter SB!

I am sure your family will have a wonderful summer. Enjoy all the family time you can.



TIS

Smart businesswoman

She'll need it. She's an art major.

Touche

My daughter has a part time job now and still comes cap in hand to me for hand outs. I think she has more money than me now

Get the tissues out and watch this short video of a woman who lost her dog in the Oklahoma tornadoes.

The devastation of the Oklahomaa tragedies is hard to fathom. I understand that today more tornadoes will follow.

On a brighter note I forgot to mention that this past Saturday my grandmother celebrated her 99th birthday with a family dinner and a few glasses of wine at a nice local restarant.

Congratulations. I love hearing about her!

Wow, 99 yrs old? I can't even imagine it. How wonderful for your grandmother Kly. How is her general health (considering her age). Next year will be quite a landmark. Happy Birthday Kly's grandma.

The oldest relative in my family, that I remember was my great grandmother who lived to 94. My father was 90 AND I have an aunt who is still living (in Detroit) and shes 94.


TIS

I had a great-uncle or possibly great-great-uncle, i'm not sure because i didn't know him that well, but he died in 2006 at the age of 104. It's crazy to think he was born in 1902 and still reached the 21st century. Happy bday to your grandmother

Thanks, Camarel. My grandmother has 5 years to go to reach him.

If she has her wish, she won't get there. While she greets each new day with cheerfulness, she has told me more than once that she has lived too long and is ready to welcome death whenever it arrives. Her vision has greatly deteriorated and last week the last of her contemporary friends died at the age of 96. All of her friends and family are from a generation younger than her.

She has had a couple of cousins, who had lived to their mid-90s, and had a second cousin, who died in Illinois a few years ago, who was 109. Obviously, we hope to plan a significant celebration for her 100th birthday, but she doesn't look at that as a milestone.

Congratulations to your grandmother Klyd. What a fabulous age, and still going strong

Klyd, Hope she had a wonderful birthday. My mom, who is almost 87, feels similarly. She's buried most of her contemporaries and it's very difficult for her. But she's still chugging along.

Best thing I have heard a pope say since John XXVII

Oh yeah. Pope Frank has a grip on things. I hope he doesn't scare the Vatican into something stupid.

John XXVII?

Popes, named John, only go to XXIII.

I'm not sure why this is big news. This same sentiment is contained in the catechism, written by John Paul II, and wasn't shocking then as it was viewed as church teaching.

Many Christians though believe that salvation is predicated on a belief that Christ is Lord and Savior, and some profess that this belief alone guarantees eternal life.

Or here on the BB...LOL

Did this ever happen to you?

Sorry I haven't been around -- my hard drive finally bit it, and slowly but surely getting everything back...

What with hoilday season starting and chronic sickness, there is boundless overtime to be had at work just now. By the time i have worked every day this week i will have done 20 days straight and there will be more next week. Making money hand over fist, like the good old days

So how come i never get to see any of it???

Atheists to start 1-800 hotline for doubters By Dan Merica, CNN

(CNN) – Who can people call when religious doubts arise, but they're afraid to talk to their faith leaders or families?

A group that helps people "recover" from religion says it's ready to pick up the phone. Recovering from Religion, which has about 40 support groups in the U.S. and Britain, plans to launch a hotline that will offer doubters an anonymous place to ask difficult questions and find communities of like-minded nonbelievers. The group plans to staff the help line 24 hours a day and is modeling it after services like suicide prevention hotlines.

Sarah Morehead, executive director of Recovering from Religion, told CNN that the mission is to help people, not convert them to atheism. “A lot of the times they just need someone to talk to," Morehead said. The 1-800 number has yet to be named. Recovering from Religion is trying to raise $30,000 by June 30 to fund "The Hotline Project" with up to 40 counselors. Ideally, the help line would be live by the holiday season, said Morehead, which is often a difficult time for people struggling with religious doubts.

Sorry I meant XXIII got 5 popes ahead of myself

Last night my second son had his high school graduation. He's off to the shore with a bunch of his classmates on Saturday. We'll have a big party for him on the 22nd. I told him this could and should be the happiest time of his life. Make the most of it.