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November 7, 2012 at 6:32 pm
Ivynettle
What a relief when I got up this morning and checked the news!
November 7, 2012 at 8:16 pm
goodtogrow
Thanks Ivy. Now comes the hard part of putting our country back together.
November 7, 2012 at 6:52 pm
Plowing Through Life (Martha)
I hope you do, too! You have a beautiful country, one that I always enjoy visiting, and I wish to see you all united and prospering.
(I hope you get this comment, Liza. For some reason my comments are not going through. I think they’re ending up in your spam box.)
November 7, 2012 at 8:17 pm
goodtogrow
Hi Martha! This one came through just fine. Have you been guessing in the puzzlers and not seeing them post? I wondered why I hadn’t heard from you in a long time! I’ll look in my spam and see if I can figure out why your posts are going there (although they shouldn’t, since everything goes through WordPress, and my email recognizes WordPress messages).
November 8, 2012 at 2:31 pm
Plowing Through Life (Martha)
Yup, I sure did guess for awhile. And my comments would disappear into the black hole. I’ll start guessing again since it looks like I’m back! 🙂
November 7, 2012 at 9:08 pm
Tom
Agreed. Now that we’re all done with it, it really was quite an interesting ride.
November 9, 2012 at 12:57 am
goodtogrow
If by interesting you mean horrifying, then yes, I agree with you completely, Tom!
November 9, 2012 at 9:13 pm
Tom
Aren’t you vaguely from the Midwest? Don’t you know that “interesting” almost always means horrifying or some other synonym?
November 9, 2012 at 12:57 am
goodtogrow
Martha, good to have you back!
November 9, 2012 at 9:15 pm
Tom
And I guess I mean vaguely because I know you were in Indiana at some point…but I have no idea if you’re from there or if it was just a brief stint. Either way it must have been enough time to learn what “interesting” and “different” really mean!
November 13, 2012 at 12:36 am
goodtogrow
Yes, yes, my bad, Tom. I grew up in Indiana – I should’ve gotten you right away. Maybe being in NM has damaged my lingo.
November 13, 2012 at 2:47 am
Tom
Such a shame! 🙂