Someone tell me to go to bed!

I can get so caught up in a kit when it is going right that time just doesn't seem to mean a thing! It seems like the last time I checked it was shortly after 9PM and here it is 2:43AM! Oh, well, better spent sitting at the computer than tossing and turning I suppose!

Found out that the excitement last night was not neighborhood related! The cops stopped a kid on the street down below us for a traffic violation and he jumped out of the car and ran. There is a set of stairs that links our street with downtown. I guess in the old days when people walked everywhere it was a way to get downtown "easily". I say "easily" but there are over 400 steps and it is steep! When I was in better shape, that used to be a form of exercise walking those steps (ummm, no more!). They are beautiful, solid slabs of granite but they have shifted and tilted so, part of me gives this dope a lot of credit for being able to run up them and then keep going! The news reported a bunch of robberies in our town but it is in another section...the "new" section with all the big houses! I am just glad that it wasn't a case of our neighborhood sliding down hill some more.

The street I live on at one time was the very wealthy of the town back in the 1800's. The houses are huge. Some of them still have the carriage houses that have been converted into garages. This is where all the doctors, judges, ship owners and the like lived. All the houses have now been converted into multi family. There are a few that are newer but not many. The house next door to ours was just amazing! It was owned by a ship builder and when his business started to fail he dismantled some of his ships and used the teak to do the woodwork in his house. The entry way is all carved woodwork with raised paneling and up to a couple of years ago, it still had stretched fabric on the walls instead of wall paper. There is now a 2 bedroom apartment in what used to be the ballroom! Our house was owned by a judge and is now 2 family...7 rooms down and 6 rooms up! Wish I could have seen it in it's glory days! When we moved in, the entire garage was done in tongue and groove paneling, which we took down and used in our dining room. You just don't see craftsmanship or materials like that anymore.

An update on Danny....still in a lot of pain especially with constant head pain. His eyes is still swollen shut. He was in the hospital again last week to have more surgery on his face. They are concerned with a blood clot in his brain that is not being absorbed they way they had hoped. His short term memory is about 58% so they are encouraging him to read, watch TV and such to try to re-train his brain. We also found out tonight that he actually died twice on the way to the hospital. So, I guess you could say it really is a miracle that he is still alive! He does not want anyone to visit since he is so concerned with how he looks. He has a very long road ahead of him. Unfortunately, his family is very old school and doesn't believe in therapy but I think he is really going to need it to help him deal with all that he has already been through and all that he has yet to face. I have been watching the papers for info about the trial. I think I would really like to go and sit in the court room but I would probably get thrown out if I thought something wasn't being done right...would just HAVE to open my big mouth! DH has already warned me that he will not come bail me out if I was to get thrown in jail for contempt of court! LOL! (yes, he would...who else would cook for him and do his laundry...I am indispensable!)

Thank you! Thank you, Cindy! I always wondered why they called them the 'Golden Years' and yours is the best explanation that I have ever heard!

Gee, you really liked the frames! Hope the rest of the kits is as much of a hit with you! Lizzerd, about the screw...you are just going to have to wait and see now, aren't you!!

Today, are the papers....

Download no longer available...sorry!

(let's hope 4Shared is playing nice with this one!)

Awww, Lizzerd....guess you don't have to wait! See the screw on the tag????