I just want to thank everyone who sent support today. It was a real blow to get that mail from Amazon this morning because as many of you know I have spent years encouraging people to use that link, I recently have been trying to get people on the Dispatch to kick in and then BAM, Off go the lights.

I want to thank Nota for starting the tip thread and thank everyone who chipped in because I am leaving on my honeymoon soon and this would have weighed heavy.

It's the Saturn Neptune effect around me - I can build and build and build and have one wave come and wipe it out but like the Mechanic built the Dispatch when the Top 10 collapsed, you guys came into with your energy, money and support today and rebuilt my little castle I've got going here.

On top of that, HQ and the Mechanic are going to step in and save me yet again, by setting up a new account at Amazon.  The fight over tax aside, it is an excellent way people can contribute at no cost and we hope to restore that asap.

Thanks again, everyone. It is very motivating and makes me want to give back everything I can and have.

THANK YOU

I sincerely hope everything works out in your favor because this place is a gem and kudos to YOU for sustaining such a great avenue here, not to mention all the work that goes into having to do so.

In many respects you very much deserve every ounce of support that you get back.  ( dunno what purpose this chicken serves, just wanted to insert a smiley of some kind. ^^)

If I were a religious type I would nominate HQ for canonization.  Seriously, what a godsend!!  <3

I love this place and I'll be here as long as it's around.  I'm glad so many other people are supportive, too.  

Nota - fist bump, sister.

jo -  the shiny chicken serves mostly to a) amuse the short attention span geminis and b) let everyone else laugh at our short attention span for shiny things.

Elsa Happy happy honeymoon!!!!!

Thanks everyone!  My husband is on the way home... fingers crossed he gets here in time we can make our plane.  It's still up in the air so hopefully this works out and that's it, we'll be on our way!

I have written all the forecasts ahead and also the newsletters will go out on time.  I don't have a laptop but if someone's computer is handy I will sign and send y'all a note if I can. Otherwise, I will try to take notes and create a flurry when I get home.  Damn memory is faulty and I can't read my own writing so... arrgh

Have a lovely time!

Hoping for the best!  Smooth travels home and then smooth travels together!  Happy honeymoon Elsa and Soldier.

It's so exciting. His son is flying in and our planes land 3 minutes apart. We are meeting at the rental car and his brother who is driving in from out of state is also meeting at the rental car!  We're like 4 darts landing at once, each of us a walkin' wall of energy.

I think this is so funny for some reason.

I was telling my sister about his family - they are all formidable and she was sort of aghast. 

"I know,"  I said, "but I am not sure we can talk. He told me once, he wouldn't turn my back on a Panizzon.  Would you turn your back on a Panizzon?" I asked.

"No, I wouldn't. I would not turn my back on a Panizzon," she said.

"Okay then. I wouldn't either so we've got not a thing to say.  The families are equivalent. I told his son once that Panizzons were not afraid of __________'s and I don't know if he'd ever heard that before but it is true..."

In whatever case, I am one  of them now and we are going to collide like this so how cool is that?

"Why is he coming to the airport (his brother). Why not meet us..."

"Oh, he wants to spend as much time with us as he can. You know _________, he's want to start his shit up right away."

I snorted.

And on his son...

"Hell yeah, they'll be a fight," he said. "It'll be great."

"Great? How come it will be great? See you do like to fight. Next time you fight with me and complain, I am reminding you of this."

"P, fighting with you is not like fighting with my son. When you fight, you sling snot and say all kinds of things like I am the worst man in the world. In the WORLD!  Worse than Hitler, I want to ask you?  Worse than motherfuckin' Stalin?  When my son fights, he doesn't say shit like that, nor does he sling snot!"

Sorry you have to fly.

wishing you a very happy honeymoon, elsa!!!

Have a wonderful time Elsa and Soldier!

Elsa,

Regarding our generosity...you're worth it.  You have a site where we can be ourselves, we can say what we feel, we can gain advice or give advice to those who need it, share our experiences, and we are not censored for opening up.  That's not common.  Or at least, I have not found the likes of it online outside of ElsaElsa.com.  You're definitely worth it.

Exciting!  I'm so happy for you :)

All best wishes for your honeymoon, Elsa.  Hope you and yours have a wonderful time together!

Well I am excited as hell!  You guys really tuned me up yesterday. Do you know that yesterday's troll actually stooped to mocking the fact I lost my daughter!  Can you imagine?  Can you imagine what you invite to your home when you do something like that?  It was like the end of Apocalypse Now around here yesterday with all the stuff happening at once but in any case, its ended beautifully and you guys have no idea your part in what is really a symphony, so I'll telling you.

I am hopped up out of my mind about the trip - we all are except the soldier who is struggling to get home.  What he goes through is just freakish.  He'll be here as soon as he finished a DOT inspection (2nd inspection this week), fixes his turn signal, puts chains on all 18 tires so he can go over Donner Pass (where people once ate each other), take the chains off 18 tires, deals with some guard dogs, runs out of ice and on and on and on and on.  He will get in our zone as soon as he's clear, we're all so happy and got our big time smirks on.

My husband says his son is a smart ass, and so am I. I tell him his son is always nice to me, I have written him for more than 3 years. 

He says, no he's a smart ass and I am a smart ass and we are both smart asses when we right, we just don't realize but we will be finding out....

 It's all very intriguing, isn't it?

All 4 of us have dimples, watch the fuck out! Smilin' at a city near you!

oh Elsa these last couple of days really have been insane. I am sorry for all the shitty parts and so happy you are going on an adventure! There is nothing better than a little adventure to break open the sky around you....  what ever that means!? I hope it is all that  and so much more.

BIG LOVE! 

Thank you, Omie, I feel exuberant! :) Like doin' cartwheels. :)

Haha, have a great time, Elsa!!  

Oh my good grief, I hope you zapped that troll into oblivion.  Some people.

I am so glad things are looking way up, and I look forward to all the stories you bring back.  I will hold my Amazon order until HQ and the Mechanic get it rigged up again.

Bon voyage! 

Wishing you safe, smooth and unforgettably wonderful travels!

Gah, sod the trolls !!! You have a brilliant time

"What did ________ (his brother) say?"

"Oh my God, he goes on and on."

"But what did he say?"

"Nothin'. He just talks, he never says anything, the son of a bitch just talks."

Safe and joyous travels to you!

I checked the weather and it will be raining when we get in which means:

Hair Forecast = curly! :)

((((HAVE FUN ELSA!!!!))))))  <3 <3 

Have a blast Elsa! You deserve it;)

Be safe and enjoy, Elsa!  I also hope you knocked that troll on their ass and locked the door behind them. 

Blessings!!!!

Love those Curls..wish I had some! Oh, wow, you have a well deserved ball Elsa and Soldier and know you'll be missed but well and truly protected by a cushion of caring back here, look forward to hearing about your trip. Happy honeymoon both! XX

Well I am happy and while my husband is headed this way, he has not been dispatched home and so we're up in the air around whether he will get here in time but we do have a nuclear option. :)

Have a wonderful wonderful time!

have a wonderful adventure! 

Buon vento!

"I've got my clothes together," I said. "My costuming. I got a yellow sweater with bees buzzing around my face so you know I am happy."

"Was that fun, P?"

"You know it was. Yeah, I am happy all right and I am ready to go!"

That cardigan is too cute!  I've said it a hundred times...I'll say it AGAIN....YOU LOOK FABULOUS IN YELLOW!  Whenever I think of you, I get the image of you on one of your videos where you're wearing a yellow shirt.

Thanks, shell, I am happy in yellow and it is tradition ala "Ugly Pants Across America".

I can tell you one thing, people do not mess with you at all wearing bright yellow and this is something else cool:

I don't think you have been around long enough to have seen Ben in his yellow pants. I had yellow pants and he had yellow pants, just as yellow as mine but 5 years apart.

the shiny red skirt ... the buzzy cardigan ... sounds like an awesome travel wardrobe!!!

Ben in his pants

Just try to come tell us our pants are yellow, yanno?

Love those pants!  Both pairs actually :-D