So I was close~~
Mark you got 3 kids!! Me too If you don't mind me asking how old are they? My kids are 11,9 and 5. By the way, don't ask about my age coz I won't tell. You know it's not nice to ask a lady about her age. And yes! I'm a 100% woman (I think so ) 1219 is not my b-day either it's something else
ktupper you are crazy. You almost made me believe everything. I had a good laugh though thanx

wow ktupper, so do you write stories in your free time!! hahaha
Glad the school computer is at the back of the room so the other teachers could not see me laughing at that!!

Mark, the pharmacy's in my hometown in Canada also close for lunch and early in the evening! Sounds like you picked the wrong one to work in!! hahaha Hope you are much happier now

My kids are 5, 2, and 6 months. So, you might have been right but the information was more than 6 months old.

I took the nursing college job, because ... I could use the money. Also, if I'm out of the medical field for more than 5 years I could lose my pharmacist license. Not that I need it, but I don't want to lose it. So, that job saved my license and the school is trying to go full medical university and I'm sitting pretty for a job when that happens (Ihope.)

They don't need English on a regular basis for their job but more and more foreign patients are making their way into hospitals and it is a real asset to the hospital if they have a nurse who can speak English.


So do I. So...do...I...

It seems to me I chanced upon a photo of Mark once upon a long time ago. The photo shows exactly what I'm getting at in the following lines. I wonder if a lightbulb will go on in Mark's head, if he knows which picture I'm referring to, and if he'll be courageous enough to add it... just so that people understand why I wrote what I wrote, and know I'm not batty!

Mark (Alias Clark)
Back home he was known as „Mark Mini“
Scrawny, anemic, and skinny
An exericse-noggin
Who always went joggin
Whose brains were considered quite tinny.

The buildings in his state were small
10 meters or 12, all in all
Whilst joggin, he’d clear ‘em
Which didn’t endear him
To these Okies, whom he failed to enthrall

And no Okie batted an eye
Looking up into the sky
Nobody gasped
Or pointed , or rasped
“Hey Look! That Mark, he can fly!”

His rantings they thought were insane
He pounded his fist to maintain:
“Chuck the pills. Start a diet
and exercise. TRY IT!”
They groaned: “Exercise’s melted his brain!”

Then one day awoke Druggist Mark
On a journey he planned to embark:
“I’ll go to Japan
Be a Hellava Man
Introducing myself as Kent Clark”

The skyscrapers on Nagano’s ground
He leaps them in one single bound
It’s almost frightening
Mark Clark’s faster than lightning
He’s even faster than sound!

The Naganos call him their hero
He’s much more notorious than Nero
They’re waving their banners
Saluting his manners
His reputation he’s salvaged from Zero.

Normally I would refuse this and I was hesitant to post it where ktupper saw it, but since she went all the way to write the poem...





Is there any way this can come back to haunt me?

Well if so, I'm taking them all down with me...



Two years ago we were done up for Halloween as the Star Wars gang






How cute Yoda is! Say so my self I do.

Bingo !!!

That's it, ya gotta give him credit! He goes all out, and he takes his family with him. What a beautiful family you have, you lucky man.

So Zanshin, the question is, if Mark solves the riddle and tells you the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, are you going to believe him? After all, he is an ....
American in Japan belatedly celebrating the Fourth of July at a church picnic, slinging a carved-out watermelon with Jesus on it, and to take the cake, he's all decked out in Superman garb? (too bad Mark hasn't added a Superman icon yet)
If any of you folks out there can beat that combo, the rest of us can snicker about your sanity.
yf1219.... hmmm well, if she doesn't or didn't live at 1219 Main Street, then maybe it's her height in millimeters when she's standing on her knees?

I'm now thinking ATM pin number.

ATM pin number? Now I'll have to guess what that means, shucks.
With thighs like those, Mark, you'll have all the 100% women woozey! (like yf1219, who wrote: And yes! I'm a 100% woman)
Wish I could say the same!
Maybe it's the weight of the biggest fish she ever landed, which she set free coz she's a vegetarian?

I think I saw one of your homepage the first time I got here and that's where I got the idea. So the youngest is 6 mos. old, CUTE!! Aren't babies cute? Especially when they're sleeping.
BTW, 1219 is a special date. An anniversary to be exact. And I only said I'm a 100% woman because regardless of my features and the size all the parts are genuine. And I mean no harm by saying these

Hi there, yf1219
First of all, I meant no harm either. Hope you sensed that. Your remark just puzzled me, that's all, and I thought that if I teased you a little bit , maybe you would shed some light, which you did. In fact, you know how it is? You write something and post it, and suddenly you have second thoughts and doubts.... that is how it was with me (that emoticon is ME HITTING MYSELF !!!)
I wish you all a tomorrow as wonderful as my day today was. One of those unforgettably beautiful days!

Gotcha ktupper!! Actually it was not you. And sorry if my silence made you worry. It was my remark Just afraid people might find them uninteresting. That's all! I was planning to answer it sooner but I was busy with my work and I couldn't keep my eyes open at night. I think I'm getting really old.
Oh! That day was my b-day. Nothing special happen though. My hubby and my kids remember it's my b-day just as we were having dinner. But I had a free lunch with a friend and a gift from my mother-in-law the following day. She was on a trip with her friends so she wasn't able to give it to me. Well, it was not a bad day

Yes. Yes. a thousand times yes!

The first child sleeps way too much and you end up poking and prodding them to wake them up.

With the second and third child it seems like they just won't GO TO SLEEP!

way to go Mark

you rock!

wow That is good stuff! Do you ever sleep ?

Somebody is really good with a sewing machine! Is your spouse as creative as you are? Looks like it! Great Yoda hat!
Cynde