Sorry about the “deleted comment” ... this keeps happening, where IE crashes and it shows the comment as having been deleted, when it never actually posted. Aurgh. =\

The cheers made me so happy that I added it to my happy list yesterday, but IE went down and took my list down with it. ::grumbling:: I love using my husband’s laptop, but I prefer Firefox, which is what is on our PC. It rarely crashes, and when it does, you do not need to reboot the system to make it work again.

I cannot tell you how happy I was to log in and see that I had 22 cheers waiting to be given away! \(oﾟｰﾟ)/ WooHoo!! =D

Yesterday was so hectic that when I finally had a moment to sit and log in I was looking forward to realxing, and cherishing just the simple little bit of time I had to play around here on 43T before getting back to everything that needed to be done. When I logged in I just sat there for a moment, figuring I was much more tired than I had thought. ;P Then I realized… “OMG I have 22 cheers!!!” and ran inside to tell my husband, and then ran back outside to use them before they went away. =)

I owe such a huge “thank you” to you and Artemis,The One with Nature for “cheerbombing” me. =) It is probably such a small thing to you, but I cannot tell you how excited I was! It was like Christmas… Thank you. As I always tell my husband and children, “It is the little things that matter most.” =)

Yes, I understood what you meant about friends saying they are sorry. =) It is like the Precious Moments quote in my children’s book, Love Is…. It says: “Love means not having to say you’re sorry.” [sic] It does not mean to do a bunch of awful stuff and then not apologize, it means that when it is something that you truly are sorry about, a good friend (and family) will understand. It means much to me that you quoted this, I believe that true friends are the next biggest blessing we are given in life after the first, which is family. Anything worth having is worth working on, and the fact that a sincere friendship is an ongoing work (something to be cultivated and improved and cherished) proves this.

I am always so amazed when I think about how many kind and thoughtful people I have met online. I can remember when I first went online, years ago… I had always been active on the BBSs, but to actually connect with people around the world, in relatively real-time, was such a fascinating thing. I don’t think I ever quite overcame that sense of awe, that I have the ability to make friends all over the world, not just within my (comparatively) limited range of travels. To this day, it never ceases to astound me that thousands of miles away there are people whom are as dear to me as my best friends here, in person. It makes sense though, because a friendship is based on the minds of two people clicking and thereupon the friendship grows… it is no different whether you are 10 miles, or 10,000 miles away. =)

Or in your case, so far away that nobody has ever actually traveled there (Middle Earth). ;)

It is my personal opinion that friendship is important regardless of where the person is… and the fact that I have made so many new friends here on 43T – just in the small amount of time I have been signed up and coming here regularly – is something for which I am extremely grateful for.

Anyhoo, to get to the point, I understood your meaning, and when I said that I will still say that I am sorry until the matter is rectified and I am caught up on all of my emails and replies, I mean that this is just how I am. I am one of those fix-it-or-quit-whining type of people. =D If there is something that I feel bad about, I will not be at peace until I have fixed it. Especially if it affects my family or my friends.

Thank you again for cheerbombing me! That was such a wonderful begininng to my evening yesterday. =) I love little happy unexpected additions to my day! ::happy dance::

I hope you have a wonderful weekend! I am off to decorate… there is a Christmas tree just waiting for me to find it and bring it home, and I do not want to make it wait much longer. ;)