Lynne, Jane, Kathleen, Judith, please stay off the roads. Kathleen, read your blog, that is so scary when your car goes out of control, nothing you can do, but sit there & ride it out. Glad you & hubby made it home safe, now stay there!!! I don't envy any of you, being in the midwest, I've been thru many big snowstorms over the years & know how bad they can be. I didn't get out for after xmas sales either, was too tired Sunday & today had to take grandson for braces & then had a friend call & ask me to frost her hair afterward, so while gson was getting braces, I ran thru Target, but didn't really see anything that called out to me & I usually can do better at garage sales in the summer than even 50% off. I do need xmas wrap & tags, but I think I can find them tomorrow somewhere. Have two g-daughters staying over & we are planning a shopping spree tomorrow.

I once knew a popular girl in high school (16) who also dated a 23 year old. Then one day she told us she was getting married and Friday was her last day of school(at 16)! We never saw her again. As we graduated and moved on with our lives, every once in a while I would wonder why she was in such a hurry to grow up and how she missed so, so much. Those years were so much fun, especially into the 20's... and I imagined her at 16 living the life of everyone else's mom...doing laundry, cleaning the house, etc. I don't not know if she had kids right away of not. I imagine they lived in some dumpy place because they were too young to have any money, and since she never graduated, I do not imagine that there were any great job offers coming her way. I also imagine at some point she looked back and was furious at her parents for letting her do this, and not stopping her. She had so much going for her, and settled for so little.

Some of our "mafia" relatives used to go upstate to spend some quiet time either from the city or from Miami and Tampa, ST Pete area so I am going to pass this site along to them...Our Grandfather supposedly went north several times...

Right now she says she does want to be with him.... but that changes periodically. She's called me before asking how I left my ds16 father. It's hard not to worry when it's obvious by the look on her face sometimes that she's just scared to upset him. He went off on her once when the baby was at daycare and she fell down the steps.... obviously this wasn't my sister's fault. It was an accident. Then are not currently married. Last night my mom called her and told her I was worried. My sister called me crying and asked what I said. I told her exactly... that I was worried she hadn't thought it all the way through and that she'd get stuck there. Then I heard him in the back ground yelling about our f..... family blah blah. I then simply and calmly told my sister that I would not speak to her with him yelling in the background and I would not fight with him. I then said that she could call me back when she was alone and I hung up. I sent a text that I like him but do not feel this is a good decision. She is giving up her job that she worked so hard to get. 26 weeks in the police academy when you are super tiny is VERY hard work! She hasn't responded at all. I did get a text from him that we need to support her blah blah. He says he is signing over his gi bill to her so she can go to school. She won't be financially protected and she won't be able to be a state officer there. She'll have to be a deputy or apply for city. My brother is the one married to the wacko psycho and I don't ever speak to him. Even the other day when I texted him that my mother-in-law passed away he didn't respond at all. She's the only other sibling I have and she's leaving to be controlled by a man. Yes, I'm a very over protective big sister.... but why do they continue to make these choices? My mother-in-law used to be the one I talked to about this.... it's all hitting me at once. UGH!