2006-07-11 - 2:37 p.m.

Ok so I had a 4 page version of this entry but I started to read it back and almost died of boredom� an actual death of actual boredom.. it�s not good so here instead let me bring you a bullet pointed entry because this is all old news now anyway but I like you to know because I love you:

� Gareth bought me a new ibook G4 12� cutecutecute
� Discovered ibook was falsely sold and was actually second hand
� Also found that ibook was full of porn
� No restore disks to return to factory settings
� Massive complaining session at pcworld about it
� Lots of little stupid mistakes and problems GRR GRRRRR GRRRRRR
� Received new ibook brand new for cut price whoop whoop
� Also money off vouchers for gareth yaaaaay

So I�ve been playing with that a bit on our wireless network and despite the teething problems I have to say I�m very impressed!

The kittens are growing and have possibly the CUTEST faces in the WORLD.. though of course regardless of the many many kittens I�ve attempted to photograph as they�ve passed through the WilliamsHomeFortheLostandUnwanted (WHFLU � pronounced WUHFLOO nobody has EVER referred to my house as that but from now on�. I will :P) I still have not mastered the photo of kittens technique�. Anyone out there HOW ON EARTH do you do it?? They wriggle so much and no matter what settings I try the pictures just look awful L I know.. come and visit my house and you can HOLD them and see the cuteness for yourself then I won�t need to take pics of them and can take them of YOU instead!

Yeah?

I�ll put the kettle on!

In other news MY daily devotional for the day included this:

Now Chandler's (the writers son) idea of play and mine are not necessarily the same - he can wear his old man out pretty fast - and for that reason, he prefers kids his own age to play with. Well that is another one of those things that has been plentiful this summer - kids on the beach. Every time we have gone down to the water, Chandler has found a suitable playmate within the first few minutes, though it's someone different every day.
Kids are incredible this way. Race, sex, religion, language barriers, or political leanings mean nothing if you can dig in the sand, make towers, or stand in the water until you get knocked down by a wave. Do any of these things and you've got a friend for life (or at least a day). But that's what's unique about being 6 - Chandler can look like he is a friend for life with someone he met five minutes ago. They just jump in together and start playing ... no introductions, no questions asked.
Chandler even has a name for these kids; they are his "new best friends," as in, "Papa, can I play with my new best friend?" That's what he says. That's always been the way with him. He has more "new best friends" than I have acquaintances.
Perhaps we can learn something from Chandler today. Think about seeing people as a 6-year-old at the beach might view other kids his age. Ask God for the eyes of a child to see beyond the factions and distinctions that so often keep us from discovering the potential "new best friend" that is right in front of us.

I think that�s lovely and it perfectly explains the way I react to new people on the internet� I�m not too good at doing it in person yet because it takes people a while to warm to ACTUAL me as opposed to NETME but anyway yes.. a lot of people think that my unreserved friendliness and my desire to LOVE people regardless of who they are ..is just another way of being fake. Like I�m one of those fake people who calls even their enemies BABE or HUN or treats everyone like a bestest chum only to SLAG them to high heaven the minute their back is turned � now while a lot of my behaviours may seem to match that I MEAN it when I call people sweetheart or love or honey I mean it with BOAT loads of affection and genuine warmth and now I think I understand why. Clearly I�ve just never grown out of the childlike ability to see everyone as �like me� as an adult it�s too easy to alienate certain groups of people because something they do or something in their lifestyle isn�t fitting with yours but the basic truth is that if you see past the actions you disapprove of and look at the PERSON� you�ll usually find that you�re more alike than you though. Its amazing how little other things matter once you already love a person for who they are � there are things that friends of mine say or do that if you�d told me a few years ago I would chose in a friend I would have laughed but you know I don�t even disapprove I only worry that they�ll be hurt or sad or unhappy and that I won�t be able to stop that. I have met such amazing people and such wonderfully varied individuals over the course of my life and I am so so grateful to them for looking past who I appear to be or which group I appear to belong to and seeing WHO I AM. So I want to tell each of you reading here whatever even opinions you think I have or whatever viewpoints I stand by it doesn�t not belittle the love I have for you if you don�t share my views or opinions. Thank you for loving me despite anything I say or do which you may not approve of

OOOOOOH Gareth just came to see me before he goes away overnight and he brought me some post from LUBEY she wrote me some loveliness and sent me a new cow for my collection which will now sit on my desk � LOU I know you won�t read this until you get back from Canada now but the fluffymoo will act as an excellent lou replacement until you get back and I LOVE YOU SO MUCH IT�S STUPID!! Xxx

Not a lot else to report really it�s been all go go go around and about the place in mooland � but nothing in the busyness is of any substance worth reporting. We�ve just been LIVING and it�s taking all the time we have. Gareth is doing lots of Limo-jobs and I go with him whenever I can and share with the him the wonderful joy that is rowdy teenagers � and then on the return trip � drunken rowdy teenagers� huraaaaah!! Haha no no honestly it�s not all teenagers� just the ones who hire limos from George haha!

Anyway this is now as long as it is tedious and I have MUCH work to do at work as well as a long walk home and a TON of housework to look forward to joy joy joy joy.

I hope you are all well and happy and such I�m reading and I�m here for you I just don�t get to comment as much at the moment!

LOVELOVELOVE
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