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<DIV><SPAN class=620033401-07042006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Honey,
if you ever find the person(s) that took off with your
China,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=620033401-07042006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I
swear I wil help you beat the crap out of them. That's just
mean.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=620033401-07042006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>//Elizabeth</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=620033401-07042006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>(the
china/dishes/kitchen gadget lover)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
loch-ruadh-bounces+rhonda.new=sbcglobal.net@ansteorra.org
[mailto:loch-ruadh-bounces+rhonda.new=sbcglobal.net@ansteorra.org]<B>On Behalf
Of </B>Avin de Saint-Vaast<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, April 06, 2006 1:49
PM<BR><B>To:</B> Shire of Loch Ruadh, Kingdom of Ansteorra,
SCA,Inc.<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Loch-Ruadh] If I seem a little
cranky<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV>Let me start by saying that I am not looking for sympathy from anyone. I
just thought I would give everyone a heads up! If I seem a little cranky,
you'll forgive me, I hope. If you don't... well best I not speak to that issue
right this minute.<BR><BR>For those of you who are not aware, the day we left
for Gulf War, my farm caught on fire. Other than some concern over the horses
for a few hours (as they were missing), all turned out fine. The day after I
returned from Gulf War, however, the pickup I was driving was vandalized. Some
jerk broke the window out (not without doing about a grand worth of damage to
the door first) and stole the stereo. <BR><BR>Monday night, someone broke into
my farm and ransacked the place. Everything worth taking is gone (except the
furniture and I expect they'll come haul it off sometime next week). There is
no way I can account for how much was taken; I'll have to do my best as I
spend my weekend sorting through the mess they left. I am desperately grieving
the loss of my COMPLETE service of Noritaki china that I've had since I was 7
(which, I tell you is a lot of years) though. <BR><BR>Last night Walker (the
youngest son) spent the whole night in the ER waiting to get his nose sewn up.
He just about cut his right nostril off his face. Apparently the guys at work
thought it was amusing the way it flapped in the breeze when he laughed. Yeah,
he's ok, but 11 is a lot of stitches for a nose.<BR><BR>I just received a
phone call from Dustin (the older son--the one in Germany) to let me know that
someone hacked in to his PayPal account and took him for about a grand. He'll
recover the money eventually, but of course it has to be a pain in the ass and
take several days. <BR><BR>As I reflect, I realize that we're all ok, in the
end the stuff is just stuff, and if you've got your health... blah blah
blah... I should just be ok with that realization, and on one level I
am. However, there is this other part of me that is just angry with the whole
world right now, so if I seem a little cranky it's because I am. If I'm curt
and hurt your feelings, I'm sorry. I don't mean to. If, on the other hand, I
chew your ass, it's probably because you've needed it for a while and since
I'm completely fed up, I've taken it upon myself to say what (I think) you
needed to hear. Consider yourself lucky that I didn't do something worse like
go postal (which I suddenly understand). <BR><BR>~Avin~<BR clear=all><BR><SPAN
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