my grump today is knowing that there are problems with some of my tbd friends and in my family that i cannot help. it saddens me not to be able to be constructive in helping them but whether they believe in prayer or not, i do pray for them as i believe prayer to be a real power.

i want to thank editor and southernbl as well as rhia and rosie and sacky <and all you other people> who can find me elsewhere to talk. you are all absolutely wonderful people!

my other grump, if i haven't mentioned it before, is do you have to be a doctor or specialized ob tech to look at an ultrasound and see something other than a blob? does anyone know when a baby actually will look like a baby on an ultrasound and when the sex can be determined?

I actually got this new discussion alert. WOW.

I did not get threaded alerts for #11 so I missed the skirmish here.

I have no idea on an ultrasound so I hope someone with that saavy shows up to answer.

I pray too for all, Mock. I have no barriers in that, and sometimes that is the only service I can give, but genuine love overtakes me as I pray, so I am a beneficiary also.

I am not grumpy because DH took the turn today. Who knows if we will let me go next, or is he has double dibs in that area?

ed, that's hopeful that you're getting alerts! i still am not so far. perhaps tbd is working on that today.

i also started up Mal du Jour, Partie Deux, which dragonflyer had started and went up to 25 pages! and a new Degrumpified thread. I also had totally missed Grumpy Dog started by Kinch and I hope that he won't mind my post about my grumpy Cat.

i know your heart is so good ed and that your love is a true force of nature. thank you for your friendship and more. i hope that DH continues to do well and that you do get to go next sweetie!!

Oh, I got a grump. I haven't commuted "over the hill" to Silicon Valley in quite a while. Sure, I make the drive periodically, but hardly during rush hour. Today, I needed to drive the hubby to work and got to experience "the commute." #%@#%$^$% Arrgghh. Why do people have to be so darn @#%@#$@# while driving? If you are driving below the speed limit, don't drive in the fast lane. And, this one gets my goat, don't drive in the commuter lane if there's no one else with you. Don't use the frickin' cell phone PERIOD. Use your turn signal for crimey sake. Don't ride up someone's butt when they've got the turn signal on and are slowing to make a turn.

Phew, all this and I wasn't even driving. I didn't realize driving in San Jose/Bay Area traffic was akin to running the gauntlet. Glad to be home in one piece.

Okay, that outta the way, M-bird, I empathize about being saddened by the current states of some fellow TBDers. I find that personal acknowledgment helps me, too. Nothing like a friend sending a note to say they are thinking of me.

kaybee, thanks for your words and sentiments.

my retired cousin lives in san jose and his wife still has to make the commute as she's still working. it has apparently been so bad that it is not a topic that is not to be discussed!!! there is no joking about it around them and they're the type where nothing is off topic humor-wise! so you are not alone by any means.

i am with ya on all that other stuff too with drivers!! putting on makeup, talking on a cell phone, texting!!!!, reading email on blackberries and it goes on and on. it used to be lighting a cigarette, getting something out of your bag, but now! it's so much worse. Drive Carefully!!

bird crapped on my car. And I stepped in dog shit too.

What a poopy day. (sorry...had to say that) bethD, when one of those days happen, I *careful* walk back into the house and go back to bed.

Hope tomorrow is a better one...for everyone.