so what's with CotC?

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ULC Ministers Are Worth Their Weight In Love and Light Because They Only Believe In Doing That Which is Right.

EEEEEOUCH! Baby! Praise the Lord!

Hey! God's really cool! ...there. How's that?

Good God, it's good, it's actually good! Reminds me of 'Leap of Faith' - did you ever see that movie? Hysterical stuff.

Steve Martin, right? I kind of liked that movie.

I LOVED it, it was on TV the other night, and I was in stiches. That guy is SO funny.

I remember that being a drama! It had humor?

It ain't a drama! It is an absolutely hilarious piece of work, depicting people's gullibility concerning charismatic preachers. Towards the end the preacher accidently performs a miracle, and then it's a bit serious when he's scared $hitless by the whole thing, and buggers off. What appealed to me more than anything, was the way he played the preacher, real bull$hitter, just like real life ones, yet showing the viewer the other side of the 'show'. If you go to a pop concert you pay alot of money, and ome back with a smile, or angry for having spent that money. Charismatic preachers, silly bull$hitters as they are, do exactly the same, but send people away with something different: hope. So perhaps it's not as condemnable as it may seem to people like me. In that sense, I learned something, and thought it was a wonderful, funny movie.

Anyway, Tommy's baby girl was born last Sunday and came out 21 inches long and weighed in at 8 pounds, 13 ounces... Yep, you guessed it, that makes his daughter's and my daughter's birthdays the same, just 5 years apart...

WOW WOW WOW WOW!!!! That is so great!!! Please give him a big big hug from me, will you, Wer? Is she a pretty little thing? Is he very happy? Is his wife alright?

Great news! Congrats to Tommy and Tommy YL!!! That's what's up with CotC!

Actually, I haven't seen them or talked to him, I got his wife on the phone last night. She and the baby, at least, are doing great.

Terrific news! And does she have a name? (I'm afraid to ask)

Cassidy Morgan Smith although she is semi-officially known to the world at large as Stinky. She was born at 23:53 on Sunday the 8th. She was born with a heart murmur you could hear when you walked in the room and had to stay in the hospital until Thursday because her respiration was screwed up (way too fast) but we're home now, she's fine (well, actually she's PERFECT, in my completely detached, unbiased opinion :-} ). She's a moose. It'll only be a couple of ye rs and I'll be having her open jars for me and such as she is now the World's Smallest Lummox (the torch has been passed). So far we have been incredibly lucky. We were told we needed to learn to interpret the various meanings of all her assorted cries, but she only has one: "Feed me. NOW!" When she was 3 days old she let us sleep for an uninterrupted four hours and last night 5 and a half. I suppose this shouldn't surprise me since she is, as I believe I mentioned, PERFECT!

Fantastic!

Oh, cool! Didja ever think you'd hear the little lummox talk like this??? ha-ha!! My husband used to go on about these men who talked only babies the minute the little buggers saw their first light - now he NEVER stops, and drives all his old cronies NUTS with girlie anecdotes... We women at least remain cool and realistic. And in that spirit, may I just take a moment to mention the fact that my MEGA PERFECT youngest slept through by the time she was 8 weeks old, the first time being the 9th of December, my 22nd birthday? BEAT THAT, people!

Well, It's bye me.

It's official then! Elza-Lotte Walton wins the award for most perfect baby by acclaim. There being no one willing to contest the matter.

Thank you, people, thank you!!! It's all in the genes.....!!! Yeah, yeah, coming from an insomniac mother and a workaholic father....fat chance!

If it's not genetic then it must be the ideal environment!

Including the love given to them by both of their parents.

You're a sweet man.

Thank you, Riette What I said is true, However

Thank you. oh boy...

Riette, The law of averages says that's probably next, you Know.

I know. On the other hand, you don't want a woman who suffers from 24hour morning sickness during pregnancy to go to Mexico in your truck, do you???

Riette, how could I have spent six years in EMS if sickness bothered me. In fact of all my crew, sickness bothered me the least. So, guess who had to clean up all the vomit? Don't get me wrong. I would not want you to be sick, because that would put a damper on your enjoyment. But it would not stop me from taking you where you wanted to go. If it got messy inside the truck, oh well, that's what water hoses are for.

No, it would be way way way too embarrassing. I also tend to sleep ALOT during pregnance, so I think I'll stay in the clear at least until after the America trip. I don't want to miss out on a minute on ANY of it.

BLUH! Bad english! sorry.

OK for American, though, Riette. We are a bit less formal, than the english.

Your greatest virtue. My husband always corrects my English, and then I get mad! But he's right, I guess. If I'm going to speak English, I should do it right.

THAT'S IT RIETTE! When he corrects you, start speaking Afrikaans.

I do! I swear at him in Afrikaans! Then he laughs his ar$e off! It's just not fair, is it?

OK Riette, I'm going to have to teach you some americanisms. They'll absolutely kill him. Things like: "nervous as a long-tailed cat in a room full of rockers".

ha-ha!!! I can just picture it too! I'll remember it. What else?

Lets see, Riette. There is the group of, "It's so hot that..." Even the lizards are wearing sneakers, The roadrunners are walking, The snakes are on strike. Or... It's colder than the balls on a brass monkey. Actually we probably ought to start a topic for this.

Brass monkey weather! ha-ha!

In Namibia the drought is so bad the trees run after the dogs.

That is good,Riette!! Real good. You get the idea.

And the birds fly on their backs, 'cos there's nothing for them to look at on the ground. How's that?

And the grasshoppers have to kneel when they eat grass. They're popping up like anything in my head now!

Riette, you are on a roll!! keep putting them down.

They're all gone!!! I can't believe I didn't write down all the ones I had yesterday! I forgot them! Damn!

Oh no!! Riette, Yours were so good. I hope you can come up with them again.

Me too! I wish I could remember them again. You should do another one to get me thinking again.

I'll think of a couple and email them to you.

Happily anticipating it!

The other ones you sent today had me in stitches! Where do you come up with them???

Those I sent you today were the ones I was thinking of here. But I'll come up with more.

They're brilliant! I could never come up with stuff like that! Damn, I have to go now. But I'll see you real soon.

Ok Riette, sorry you have to go! see you later.