Pet peeve: people who don’t take the time to change to ‘Subject’ line, from (for example), “Helmet Safety” to “I need Clothes.”  Reason: i’ll have in my mind that we discussed your need to wear a helmet, which is totally untrue. Please help in my quest to put correct subject lines in America’s e-mail.

call or email me. i get worried about my eldest. i know we keep playing “mail tag”. can’t wait to see you all! do i need to bring anything? today, “tada”, we are getting hooked up to the world of direct tv. can you believe it. maybe next will be a dishwasher-

talk to you soon-

xooxxoxo momma

Haven’t talked to you since your trip.  I hope it was lovely.  I am becoming a nerd.  Really.  I now know how to program actions on photoshop.  You may be interested!

I have two checks for you which compromise the bulk of your inheritance.   One of Nana’s great traits as a Grandmother, is that she thought you and Anna were the most extraordinary people on the planet, same as I thought.

I love you.

x0x

Have you ever googled yourself??? I googled “Your Name” and “Fantasy Baseball” and your articles and analyses are all over the freaking internet! When do you have time to write papers for school???
Mom

did you see that scrabulous is disabled?
got the broke tooth. boo.

xo yer ma

I think that we are going to finally ditch AOL.  I want to save my favorite places and also my old email. The computer is running very slow.  I brought it down to the computer guy, and he recommends that we get a new hard drive.  He said that my hard drive is corrupted.  Who knows.  I was more concerned that it is too warm in this room and the fan is constantly going.  I will talk to you later about IE.  It will be quite a process to get Dad used to the new way of doing “EBAY”.  I may just go nuts.

Love,
Mom

Backstory:  got a tarot reading in Mexico City, and one of the things I was told was that I should call my mother, which I posted about on my travel blog…

Just caught up on your latest blog posting, and I must say it took me by surprise!  Tarot!  Well, I see you didn’t
mess with the fates since you called me from the incoming runway yesterday – I appreciate it and am keeping you in my will now. (that was a joke)

TTYL

Hey Darling!

When oh when will  you be coming over, I can’t print anything and I need you, sooooooon!

How about Tues or Thur evening. Tues would be better.

Let me know and what happened on Sat, you were so “can’t come, bye”

Love

Mom

Hi!

I still haven’t found the book but I was wondering if there were any foodie blogs you could tap into, someone who might be willing to chat online about the book or if there were any other websites you could read reviews, etc.  I am NOT suggesting you meet anyone in person as that would be dangerous.  Just a thought…

xoxo YM

ok, i got the addresses for work people, and i brought my address books to work, since i still do not have the internet at home.

i will work on my list here at work, so i can send it to you in an attachment, like you did.

i had a huge and i do mean huge bullfrog on my patio last night when i tried to take penny out for her final pee.  it startled me, just a little (!?!!).

love, mom

Hi Sweetie,

If you ask me real nice, I might let you caress the keyboard of my computer.  It is sweet and fast. Ahh……..I love Windows Vista.  I figured out your father’s password and gave him an icon on the desk top.  I wouldn’t have done this but the other computer started flashing like a strobe light.

Mom

Loved your blog.  Laughed hysterically. Keep it up.!

Noted a few typos, though.  It is hard to edit your own stuff.  If you would like me to take a quick look at future entries, you could send me a draft, though I know you have plenty of editor/writer friends who would be happy to do it for you, and perhaps do a better job.

Love,

Mommy

HI!
I remembered I hadn’t said thank you for the wireless connection thingy that you also sent.  Dad is very excited by that. Apparently we can also use it with the IPOD thingy too but we definitely haven’t figured that out at all!

Once again thanks for bringing us in to this brave new world!

Love you guys.
Mom

Backstory: I sent my dear, sweet Mumsi the link to your website and ever since she has been signing her emails “LOL Mom”.  I wasn’t quite sure she understood what it meant, so I asked her…

I got the LOL from that website about Moms’ emails – some of the Moms used it to sign off – it means Lots of Love of course, what else COULD it mean?? – hope it’s not something kinky as I don’t do kinky – have been racking my brain to think of something off-color that it could mean and just can’t come up with anything!!

If LOL is off limits for signing off, I might adopt your xxoo – it’s a nice one – love is nice too but gets boring to just put “love” all the time – variety is good, right?  So, bye for now … xxoo Mom

I saw that [redacted] fellow sent you a silly email at 2:30 AM.  How sad.
I think he is crying out to be accepted by you.  I think you should invite him over for a bbq and let him know he doesn’t need to be successful or funny or even smart, to be your friend – he should just ask nicely.
This is what I told your brother in 1st grade when Zach used to trip him every day at school, and break his pencils.  Zach just didn’t know how to make friends.  He is still a rotten kid of course, but at least his is a rotten kid who is your brother’s friend.

What is going on with Firefox – it is doing what Safari used to do and the cartoons that friends send are not forwarding….