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Parrot Bay is awesome! My fav! I'll have to try that JT Closing pin jewelry

I'm so sorry to hear that Wildblue! I hope you have someone to help you out some while you're recovering. Do you know how long you have to keep the cast on? Closing pin jewelry

How many beers was that??? LOL! Lucky dog... What does Valerina have to do with the story, and who is Kitty?? Closing pin jewelry

Bastards! Yeah, just wait another month or so...this place will be vacant on weekends :) Closing pin jewelry

LOL! That's hilarious :) Closing pin jewelry

Okay, where's those pics?! :) Closing pin jewelry

BITCH! :) Closing pin jewelry

Me too :) Closing pin jewelry

ROFL! I agree! PG counts! Unless it's one of those cute little PG girls who gains 10 pounds and thinks she's huge ;) Closing pin jewelry

Ding, ding, ding! A whale's penis more precisely :) Closing pin jewelry

Emmie, PLEASE don't listen to him. It took me 27, yes 27, jumps to get off student status. It was IAD, but still, that's twice what it should've taken. I'm not saying I'm great now, but I like to think I'm getting there, and certainly no longer suck. You have a hurdle to get over, and now you have the encouragement you need to do it...showing this guy that you can and will kick some ass in the air! Closing pin jewelry

CONGRATS Tee!! Is this your first child? First off, sympathies to your honey, it's going to be a rough ride ;) hehe As to jumping, do what feels right to you, in my opinion. Some women get larger faster, some have very easy pregnancies, some not. I think it's all individual and something only you, your doc and your honey can determine. Your landings is something to be thinking of too. I personally had intended on continuing jumping as long as I could when/if Merrick and I have one, but all that's been postponed for now of course. But it would also be my third and I know pretty much what I can/can't do comfortably, and they were all pretty easy pregnancies. Anyway...good luck!!! Closing pin jewelry

Oh my Jess..that was bad! > >WIFE: What would you do if I died? Would you get married again? >HUSBAND: Definitely not! >WIFE: Why not - don't you like being married? >HUSBAND: Of course I do. >WIFE: Then why wouldn't you remarry? >HUSBAND: Okay, I'd get married again. >WIFE: You would? (with a hurtful look on her face) >HUSBAND: (makes audible groan) >WIFE: Would you sleep with her in our bed? >HUSBAND: Where else would we sleep? >WIFE: Would you replace my pictures with hers? >HUSBAND: That would seem like the proper thing to do. >WIFE: Would she use my rig? >HUSBAND: No, she'd need a smaller one. >WIFE: - - - silence - - - >HUSBAND: Shit. > Closing pin jewelry

Um, that's all well and good, but a lot of computer users are not necessarily computer geeks who know how to "just" do that sort of thing...installing a program is a bit easier for them. Closing pin jewelry

Hmm..rude or mean people. I know you might be having a bad day, but do you have to try and f*** mine up too?! Oh, and snotty people...but that usually falls under rudeness... there aren't too many people in this world who are 'just that good'. Unless your Mother Theresa or the like, pull the stick outta your a$$! :) phew, there.. :) Closing pin jewelry

Thanks Don. It was, yes, and still is sometimes. I seriously rethought it and almost became a born-again-whuffo after the deal at Quincy when someone came looking for me to tell me Merrick was hurt. I knew, somehow, when the ambulance left that it was for him, but tried to tell myself not to think that way. Then when she paused after finding me and lowered her head, I thought I was about to be told he was dead. Scared the holy hell outta me and I about quit and begged Merrick to also then and there. Then witnessing for the first time a friend get seriously hurt last fall, again, I thought "Oh my gawd, what am I doing?!" Once the situation is over, emotions have calmed, I spend time thinking about it again. Talking about it with Merrick really helps. And even if I chose not to do it anymore one day, I'll never ask him not to because I know personally what it is and means to him. Then I saw my mom, about a year and a half ago, nearly die from a stroke that tore arteries all over. Out of the clear blue. No warning, no idea, and she is the most careful person I know. I heard about a skydiver towards when I first started that I'd met only once, who was a crazy SOB

BTW Tee....where is the post "I'm pregnant"?! :) Closing pin jewelry

KMC, you make a good point also in balance. I get bored silly spending an entire day at a Tae Kwon Do tournement while waiting for the kids to do their part, but they get bored watching skydiving now, and waiting around with us for a load. We try to mix it up a little with stuff for them, stuff for us and sometimes just having a quiet weekend now and then (IE: 'relative work') I agree with Tee too, that I probably will always be a little more cautious then someone without children might be because I can't, in good conscience, be as daring as I would otherwise. That's okay though, I still get to jump :) Closing pin jewelry

ROFL! Yeah, we've definately thought of that. Here's the deal though...they both want to try skydiving! I've reconciled with myself over the last couple of years my skydiving and being a parent, now I have to hold my breath, close my eyes and pray when they decide to try it! To top it off, now they'll want a car AND a rig one day soon! ARGH! Closing pin jewelry

:P~~ pphhhtttthhh Well, I won't be needing weights ;) I'm the one who weighs in the morning, AFTER pee'ing, BEFORE a shower (who knows how much water might be in your hair and pores weighting you down..lol)! haha Closing pin jewelry

Rock on Kris! Keep us informed :) Closing pin jewelry

You're a dork, Viking, you realize that right ;)

I was wondering something, after having read Kelly's story, how many of you have thought of or done something that I've considered doing more then once, and probably will now... Have you guys written a letter or anything of that nature to loved ones that you might leave behind if something ever happened to you while jumping? I have considered it mostly because I want to be sure that everyone knows and understands that if it were to happen, it's okay, and not to be angry at the circumstances. I want my children to know that they are to go on living, and not be angry at me for doing this thing that I just simply HAVE to do...that it's a part of me. I want them to lead their lives by my example, even if I'm not there, and truly live it, not just go through their days scared to take chances that will make it more fullfilling. I want my family, who really do their best to understand but still don't, to know that it was better that it happened while skydiving then the any number of things that CAN happen no matter how careful you are. Anyway...I just worry sometimes that people I love will be upset with me after I'm gone if I leave earlier then they wanted because of skydiving, which some consider foolish. I tell them now how necessary it is, but I guess I wonder if they should hear it one more time if circumstances like that occurred. Anyway, a bit morbid, I'm sorry..just thoughts out loud.... Closing pin jewelry

I, too, teared up reading your words guys. Thank you for taking the time, and the emotional effort, to share this with us. I hope that whenever my time comes, or that of someone I love, that we have people like you to honor us with your thoughts, words and actions as you have. Closing pin jewelry

Phew! Doesn't leave much jumpin' money...get a group together and take turns driving, even pay for one night motel halfway or something...it's not so bad :) Closing pin jewelry