here we go again!

ooh nelly! front page story today: South Jersey braces for snow! aaarrrggghh. Did i wake up in Canada? Enough is enough already. i hear we are in for yet another snow this weekend. Great news on a Monday morning. There isn't anything that can be done about it so i guess i should just buck up and get my pink uggs ready.. well this weekend marked the end of kids in the house for a while. Dave and i have finished our rotation of playing parents to neices and nephews until shorts season. We had a lot of fun with everyone, but are even more steadfast in our decision to not reproduce. The only "kids" in our future would be an addional shelter hound. Even that is a long way off, considering the attention our present adorable mutt requires. It is our fault for spoiling him and making him need so much attention. There was a story in today's paper about a couple who the police are searching for after seizing 33 dogs from their abandoned home. Stories like this really break my heart. From what i've read though, people like this usally start out meaning well, but lose control and get overwhelmed. There usually are also some phychological issues that lend themselves to this type of behavior. I'm glad i only purchase pencils in excess (why by the way i love-yes i know i am weird). Another story i read today was about "urfi marriages". I would like to try this with Dave. (honey im only joking :) Apparently, as a way to have pre-marital relations and avoid having to spend a lot of money on weddings, Egyptians have adopted this practice. Basically, urfi marriages have no official contract and are usually secret. It involves signing an unofficial document in front of a witness. The marriage can be broken simply by destroying the signed paper. The article was about a woman named El-Hinnawy, who bore a child of a prominent Egyptian man. She is being scorned for keeping the child, and he denies the urfi marriage ever existed. The poor man, El-Fishawy, is being defended as PIOUS, because he hosted RELIGIOUS shows. Poor guy has had his shows pulled. Without getting carried away, suffice it to state that i am a former NOW member. feel free to deduce my opinion on the matter.... Todays website headache is rollover image attributes. i have written it using my web program and in the preview mode it works. When published however there is a script error...oh the joy of writing a web page. It is really so much to ask for my doggie to bark when clicked on? I may try inserting the wav file directly into some html script instead. I am, however, in o.c.d. mode with this now...it will happen! have a delightful day....