My Mom came out to visit, and that was great, she got me an early birthday present one of those 'bullet' thingies in the infomercials, and I LOVE IT! It was her idea, since she wants me to make natural shakes to help me loose weight. And I plan to. :)

It was great spending time with my Mom, it's never enough it seems. We were all disappointed by B's inability to stop her rambling spirit long enough and hang out, and spend time with Gran, who only comes once a year. My Mom even said, it's no big deal, but she better not expect more than the token $10 or $20 from me on holidays and birthday's. You have to realize, B at every turn is asking for money! Not from Gran mind you, but that may be next, if her Father dries out soon. I mean it's really sad, and yes that bad, when the girl hardly calls her Father for anything other than to ask for money. Yeah I don't love the guy anymore, and he may have tried to kill me, and may regret it up the wazoo, still I know when an injustice is being done too.

Anyway on with other things, my Mother has always claimed she can't be 100% sure that Ted was my Father, and her one excuse, was that it was the '60's! *rolls eyes* then there's the thing that her and Ted were "trying" to work things out, but that never lead anywhere permanent of course. I mean (believe it or not) the man tried to strangle her on their honeymoon, was a deadbeat (in the sense that he wouldn't go to work), and wanted my Mom to do everything for him, and he didn't have a license even though he was able to drive. That wasn't happening.

So on the other hand my Mom says she's stumped, by my infatuation with everything British, from Benny Hill to Mr. Bean :D as well as everything Celtic (and no it’s not because of you Ian, I’ve had this thing going since I was a tween) then she tells me I must be Ted's daughter because, I picked a man who doesn't have a license, isn't working a 9 to 5 job, AND because my teeth seem to be worsening as I age, all characteristics of my Father, the man on my birth certificate, Mr. Oliver Tidwell Thornton. HeeeHeee!

NOTE: Yesterday I walked by a mud splat on the ridge of the school's flowerbed, which is what it looked like on the first walk by, while waiting for Freya to get back from her Valley Fair Trip with day care. Then on the way back out with Freya, it occurred to me that it was very much shaped like a miniature turtle, and said so as I started to walk away with her, and she wanted to know what I was talking about, so I went back & pointed it out and said doesn't it just? That's when I bent down real close, before Freya came closer, and realized that, that is EXACTLY what it was, a squashed BABY turtle for cryin' out loud, that vision just ruined by evening, and I shooed Freya away towards the car! I'm reading too much into this (and the Water Turtle is the one that is my Totem, but still, this was not a pleasant visual for me).

In other news, B starts HS this year, in 1 week to be exact. OUCH!

Another thing bugging me and worrying me to know end, is the crowd she's hanging with (the looser crowd as M puts it, he should know he says, 'cause that's who he hung with), 2 - 18 yr old boys (1 w/a car for sure!!!), 2 - 15 yr old girls, and some odds and ends, a 15 yr old boy & a 16 yr old. She's scaring me I tell you... One of the 18 yr olds has a girl friend going into labor prematurely and they spent the afternoon at a hospital with him. Mind you ever since the "joyridding fiasco" w/her friend Mia, she's had a curfiew she's had to meet and she's been doing more or less ok with that. But still...

Somebody, just put me out of my misery already K?

My Mom, for the last 2 yrs has become certified in Therapy Hypnosis, and I've asked her to put something together for me, for memory retention. Yes I know the dangers of messing with the memory in hypnosis, but I trust my Mom.

I've also started to try and work a little harder on the ADF Dedicant Program, and see if I

can progress on that further soon. No I haven't given up on doing the OBOD Program, but I just can't afford the $300 it's going to cost me, right now.

Well I think that's enough. TTFN