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[OakLeaf]

Well happy birthday to both of you!

I guess it was a good weekend, my baby sister, my step-wife (thanks to LPH for that GREAT term ) and a good friend of DH's all had birthdays, too.

[lph]

my baby sister, my step-wife (thanks to LPH for that GREAT term )

Did I say that?? Cool.

It would be even better if I could remember who I was referring to.



eta. Nevermind, found it. I couldn't get back to work until I'd hunted it down.

You're welcome :-)

[lph]

Oo-ee, Red! Just checked back a few pages, and great news! Celebratory rides in new shoes or old are in order!! :-)

[lph]

Re: "stepwife" (i.e. Oak's first husbands second wife):

so what do I call my former sister-in-law? Seeing as many couples don't marry over here, me calling her my sister-in-law was considered normal even though they never married. They were a couple for almost 20 years before he died, seven years ago. And she's not formally his widow, but I'd call her that anyway just so people knew who I was referring to.

But now she's engaged! (Whoo! to that :-) Great news.) But now both "sister-in-law" and "ex-sister-in-law" sound a bit wrong. Any suggestions?

[Crankin]

Read in the Police Log in the Concord Journal:

Wednesday, May 8th, 7:01 PM
" A caller reported a possibly intoxicated man was riding a bicycle and pouring wine into a green water bottle."

[indysteel]

I love my flower and hosta beds, but boy they're a lot of work this time of year. I've spent the weekend weeding, clipping, planting, cleaning up three years worth of old mulch, and laying fresh mulch. I need a shower and a nap.

[Crankin]

I hate yard work. Thankfully, my DH likes it. We didn't do mulch this year, thankfully, because I usually help with that. The hostas are up and out; we have to put some annuals on the garden steps. Yuck.