Well there is a flip side to everything. Sometimes I think it'd be
great to have no responsibilities, but that would mean not having the
wonderful children that I have. It'd be great to have tons of money,
but I wouldn't have the things that mean the most to me around me. It
would be great not to work, but then I wouldn't get to hang out talking
to everybody and getting paid your tax dollars...uh, never mind.

Looks to me like he's shooting hisself

keep the 50. and take her to dinner when i find her for you.

call the radio stations and make your plea.

hey, call the water utility there and find out if she has an account,
and the address. fax me the 50.

ohoh, never mind what I was ditzing on houston earlier. I have 2 good
good friends in Houston, going to have breakfast with one of them on my
layover at thanksgiving. Going to Florida!! Can hardly wait. And
then....oh darn!!...my daughter in Hawaii just had a baby boy. Guess
I'll just have to go to Hawaii next. Life is so cruel!!!!

how much?

google?

I'll tell you, I had the perfect date once. But maybe it's too secluded
for you, but for future reference,it might be something worth doing.
my town is sprawled around a mountain, with "scenic drives". We took a
picnic dinner to the top and ate in the back of a pickup truck, with the
lights of the city and river all spread out below. I took some votive
candles and put them on the rock retaining wall. It was quiet,
peaceful, beautiful and romantic, just us 2 and the stars overhead. and
even "senior couples" can enjoy it, just don't forget a ladder to climb
into the back of that truck! (I'm talking about me, not you)

Where in Texas is she? It's a humongous state! We drove across it
once, Left El Paso at 7 a.m. and hit Texarkana at midnight.

Morena, where in Ny are you? I have only been there 4 times, my oldest
son went to West Point and so that is the only area I ever visited, lol,
besides the empire state building and the statue of liberty! Cold!!! I
took enough clothes once for 7 day visit, and by the 2nd day, I was
wearing all of it, pants over pants over pants and 5 shirts under 3
coats!! I was the michelin mom!!

Plenty of room, lol.
I work with a guy in a band, they have gigs in Austin and all around
Texas. Lots of opportunity here. But nothing like the LA area, the
talent there is everywhere! Does she know about the recording studio in
Fabens, Texas? You should ask.

We are going to a town 40 miles up the road to the regional band
competition. There is a restaurant there that is a real dive but has
the best Italian food in the texas desert. So we are going to watch 10
of the best high school marching bands compete in a college stadium with
10,000 other people. I think I'll be comfortable enough with that.
Plus he's from work, and if he gets fresh (or doesn't get fresh,
whatever) there's 200 other guys that will beat him up for me.

OMG, I have my "first date" tomorrow night!! lol.

well Houston is nice, close to the gulf beaches, but geesh, you can't
hardly walk down the street without losing something. Watch, wallet,
purse....Austin now, kind of stuck in the 70's, with willie nelson, and
cool concerts in the park, politics, I love to visit there...maybe
that's why, places you visit are always so great, until you move there
and have to make a living, no more disposable "tourist" dollars. Well,
I am stuck here for 2 years, then the plan is to move on west. Need
some rain dam it!!

Yup, she must get out of Houston. Crime rate is out of control there!!!
So much to do in Austin too! You'll have to go visit, a very laid back
cool city. I'll be in Houston over thanksgiving, thankfully, only 1 1/2
hours going and 3 hours coming home!! i'll try not to get shot!

lol Pentagon, let's get a look at ya then.

well, if ya gotta have the cold, this is not the place for you! I moved
to Denver once, in January, froze my whatsis off, lasted 2 weeks and
went to the California beach. I'm just a beach person, love the water.
Guess I've been in texas too long to acclimate to cold weather. And I
don't have any sweaters either. :)

And...to the topic of Halloween, I work at the water utility, and we
give toilet rebates for changing out high water use toilets, so we
decorated the office as the "haunted out house" , made an outhouse out
of the front door with toilet paper and old boots on the floor, and are
all dressing as Hillbillies, complete with a hillbilly waterless urinal
(potted plant). Hope we win the $20. prize, it's cost us about $60.lol

Weather is absolutely beautiful here, everyone come down for a visit!!
Cool, sunny days and cool, clear nights. Stars are out and all is calm.
My patio door opens onto the swimming pool and fountain, so I have the
tranquil splashing of water to soothe the savage soul. Very dry compared
to the rest of you!! It's a beautiful night. Very happy to be here.
(here, and on here!) Bless you all.