And over at Elfwood....

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Getting there.

Some entries from the last week or two, cross-posted from elsewhere:

Lewis's daughter born, died. (16 views) 

From: Debbie (DKPALMER) Aug-11 3:21pm
It's been a long, awful week.

Friday, Lewis's friend, Brett, had a baby girl. She had a lot of serious problems, and was airlifted to a hospital in another state. Lewis went down to be with the baby. The doctors did everything they could, including heart bypass surgery, but she died just after midnight on Sunday.

The funeral was yesterday. Tommy and Robby knew they had a baby sister, and that she was very sick. Telling them she died was hard. They took flowers to the church for her, and said goodbye.

I have a lot of issues connected with this, but for now, I'm just hanging in there for everyone else.

Lia Rachel Palmer
4 pounds, 2 ounces
August 5, 2005 - August 7, 2005

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Daniel in a nutshell (15 views) 

From: Debbie (DKPALMER) Jul-13 6:17pm

I promised to post about Daniel, but haven't had time to write it properly, so here's the short form.

Daniel's been living with us, but rarely home. His boyfriend came by a few weeks ago to be sure we were aware of their relationship. A day or two later, Daniel brought his girlfriend over for the same purpose.

A few days after that, Daniel borrowed a friend's pickup, with permission. When Daniel didn't return the truck after four days, his friend decided he no longer had permission to use it, and reported it stolen. He named Daniel as having stolen it.

Daniel showed up a few days after the warrant was issued (last Wednesday), when the truck ran out of gas, and Lewis took Daniel to turn himself in. Daniel was released on his own responsibility, and we haven't seen him since that evening.

The owner of the truck has been by the house several times, looking for Daniel. Apparently, he's not happy about Daniel's relationship with the boyfriend. Also, he made the mistake of lending Daniel a fair amount of money, and giving him a cell phone.

Happily, all the drama is all about Daniel for a change. I get to just watch this one. I kind of like that.

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We moved. (17 views) 

From: Debbie (DKPALMER) Aug-11 3:12pm

Yes, again.

We hadn't planned to move, but we needed more space all of a sudden (more on that in a minute), and this was a terrific opportunity. We're about 10 miles closer to town, on a quieter road, with a HUGE, fenced yard. We have almost double the number of rooms, including a room just for my computer (once my desk gets here and I move it out of my room).

We're still moving things in, but we're actually living in the new house now. We really love it.

The house is an old farm house, with an upstairs. The layout is odd, with no halls, but it's nothing to bother us.

Okay, about the need for more space. Lewis's sister, Emma, and her son have come to live with us. Emma got married at the end of June. Her husband left for basic training the next morning. Since she's still a minor, she can't get base housing, so she needed a place to be. So far, it's going okay. She's a little immature, but she's only 16. She's trying to learn to be a good mom, I think. Anyway, we couldn't just have her on the couch for months on end, so we got a place with room for her and the baby to stay.

Although I hate moving, I think this is a good move for us.

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Evangelism at infant's funeral (19 views) 

From: Debbie (DKPALMER) Aug-11 3:56pm

I really want to hurt the minister who officiated at the funeral last night.

The idiot decided that a funeral for a two day old baby was the best possible time to convert her Pagan parents to Christianity. (The funeral was mostly for the benefit of her grandparents.)

He said first that the baby had to die because of the sin of Adam and Eve, and that there was nothing anyone could do to change that.

Then he said she died to bring her parents closer to Jesus. He said she was the lamb God set on the far side of the river to lead the lost sheep home. He even had the gall to say her parents should feel BLESSED because she died and went to be with Jesus, and that they should mend their ways so they can be with her in eternity.

This is the first time I have EVER wanted to interrupt a minister. It was all I could do to keep my seat. If I hadn't thought it would make a bad situation worse, I'd have told the SOB off right there!

After the funeral, he made sure to tell the mother that he had been trying to convert her and her boyfriend, and was pleased to welcome them to his church now!

I feel sick to my stomach every time I think of it!

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New house pics, kid pics (1 views) 

From: Debbie (DKPALMER) 3:59pm

I just put this together quickly, to share the pics we took today. The insidse of the house won't be ready for a camera for a good while, but here's the outside. There are 95 pics in all, up to 20 per page. The end of it sort of became the Tristan Show, so his dad can get some pictures, but I included them anyway.

Enjoy!

Oh, and if anyone can ID any of the flowers, please let me know.

http://dkpalmer.250free.com/newhouse/index.html

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Yes, I'm both bored and impatient. 150 places since breakfast is pretty cool, though.

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Moving along nicely. :)

The packing for the real life move is going along nicely, too.

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Not a bad start, for only 11 hours in the queue. :)

As soon as I'm fully awake, I need to get back to working on packing. I'm at that stage where it's hard to figure out what goes in each box. All the logical stuff is already packed, except the kids' toys, which will be done at the end of today.

Yay! My ticket was published! I just this minute uploaded a new ticket, with five dragons, so the waiting begins again.

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Now I have even more reason to want this ticket cleared through moderation. As soon as I make a few easy changes to my gallery, which requires a new ticket, I can be added as a mod. I'm looking forward to that!

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I like that it's moving about 100 tickets every time I look. I may even be moved and back online in time to submit a new ticket when this one is published. :)

My birthday has gotten better. Lewis and Brett got birthday presents for me from the kids, and she helped the kids wrap them. I got two boxes of Whoppers candy and a set of 72 colored pencils. They also picked up two Little Caesar's pizzas, and a birthday cake with purple roses. We haven't cut the cake yet. My parents sang happy birthday to me on the phone, and said they mailed my card and a gift card this morning. It's still a rainy, drizzly day, but I feel better.

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They're going fast this week.

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I'm 36 today. Somehow, where 35 sounded old, 36 really doesn't.

It's a rainy day. No one in real life has said happy birthday to me (though several online friends said it yesterday). My cold is back. It's about average for my birthday.

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Cool!

Yep, I'm impatient, but the mods are doing a great job, and we're moving right along.

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And I just archived ALL the comments currently in my Elfwood guestbook. I just felt the need.

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Hey, that's close to halfway there!

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Let'a see now....

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Cool! Moving along at a nice pace.

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There's some really nice progress. :)

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Moving along very nicely.

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I think I'll go work on material for my next ticket while I wait for this one.