I was watching the news tonight about all those poor people who ended up stranded along the highway while doing exactly what they were told to do- evacuate Southeastern Texas. : None of the gas stations had gas to sell, even though relief tankers were supposed to be stationed along the way for the travelers.

It showed several people with small children stranded, relief workers handing out water, etc... but none of this really got to me....

Then they showed citizens from the towns along the highway who, out of the kindness of their hearts, showed up with gas cans to give these travelers along the road gas to get them back on the road.

• sniffle* That was just too awesome. It brought tears to my eyes.

Yeah, bedtime now.. lol

Wow... what a night! My bestest friend (e:theecarey)'s party turned out to be a total success! It was great meeting everyone who made it! :)

Thanks so much to all of you who made the trek from far-away lands to help her celebrate!!! :)

I have lots of pics... here are some highlights:




The cake no one would dare to eat.



But they certainly did have fun playing with it!



Don't poke your eye out! (part of (e:theecarey)'s gag gift from moi! My b-day is in 3 weeks... I just know she is going to one-up me....as usual.. lol)


She's wanted that Warrant CD for years! LMAO


(e:Leetee) and (e:Uncutsaniflush)


S'Mores virgin deflowered!


(e:ladycroft) & (e:Leetee) stirring up more party-goers! (and doing naughty things on the sofa)


Self-explanitory :) ((E:ladycroft), I keep looking at these and hearing "Duggga Dugga Dugga Dugg-Ga..... Uhhhhhhhh" in my head. LOL)

All the (e:peeps) came late, so they must have missed this warning sign...


And this was the result:








And a few random shots of the birthday girl:







(oh, she is SO going to kick my ass for that last one!!) LOL

Better see you all there!

I just looked at my daughter (who will be 13 in March) and exclaimed, "Good God, you are old!" lol

She hid her face w/ her shirt. I know how she feels. ha ha

I hate it when people come to you with a problem and then ask you, "What would you do?"

It seems that, usually, they are not actually looking for what you would do in the situation, but rather what you think they should do.

Then, when you tell them what you would do if you were in their shoes, you get a rebuttal. (usually something like, "Yeah, but....blah blah blah..." where they give you a whole new set of crap to try to get you to change your response) Meaning that they actually took it as YOU TELLING THEM WHAT THEY SHOULD DO and they don't want to do it.

If they were actually asking for what YOU would do in said situation, there would be no room for a rebuttal, would there? They would take what you say at face value and see how they could apply your take on the situation to their final action.

• sigh*

People just need to say what they mean. :)