maxine in ri wrote:
> On Mon, 05 Dec 2005 06:17:08 GMT, sarah bennett
> > connected the dots and wrote:
>
> ~Kathy in NZ wrote:
> ~> First day of a week off work. What a horrible day I've had.
> ~>
> ~> First off I was instructed by my daughter to get her tickets for
> the
> ~> U2
> ~> concert in Auckland or Sydney, which went on sale at 9am today in
> NZ
> ~> and two
> ~> hours later in Sydney at Sydney time. Three times I got as far as
> ~> "click to
> ~> confirm" the purchase then got dumped out. The result is the
> tickets
> ~> were
> ~> sold out and I didn't get through the last stage!. So I attempted
> to
> ~> buy
> ~> tickets to U2 in Sydney. Sold out. Being a dedicated mother, all
> this
> ~> took
> ~> four hours on the Internet. (Anyone got tickets they want to sell
> at
> ~> cost
> ~> only? I don't want to pay scalpers prices)
> ~>
> ~> So I turned my mind to making a Christmas cake, as you do.
> Something
> ~> constructive out of a wasted first day on holiday. They have just
> come
> ~> out
> ~> of the oven. I hope they taste good. My recipe makes two cakes. My
> ~> poor
> ~> husband was sent down to the supermarket three times during the
> making
> ~> of...
> ~> I usually *do* read the recipe first, honest. Guess I was stressed
> out
> ~> by
> ~> failing to get tickets to U2.
> ~>
> ~> Now, when they cool, they need immunising with brandy. I have a
> ~> syringe (the
> ~> real thing my doctor-daughter gave me). I have had needle stick
> ~> injuries in
> ~> the past, but since the cake has neither hepatitis nor Aids, and
> nor
> ~> do I,
> ~> we both seem to survive.
> ~>
> ~> Hope your days have been better than mine
> ~>
> ~>
> ~>
> ~>
> ~
> ~I hacked a big slice into my left middle finger today, if it makes
> you
> ~feel any better
>
> Not really. If you didn't get any stitches in it, head for the store
> and get some butterfly bandages to pull the cut edges together. It
> took me a week (I sliced mine last Sunday), but it's healing nicely,
> and with what looks to be less of a scar than the two cuts that they
> did stitch years ago.
>

I just put a band-aid on it after it stopped bleeding. its still a bit
gross looking, but is healing. I don't really care if it scars.

> And Kathy, you get a big gold star for being a wonderful mother. Not
> many would spend half their day on the phone for tickets for someone
> else, even the best beloved child of your flesh<G>
>
> maxine in rhode island, usa


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