W-A-C-K-Y

Patty's unpredictability is one of the hardest things for the
Barker family to deal with. You think you've got all the bases covered and she throws you a curve ball. The correct answer to the most recent poll was #1. Before returning Steven to Utah, Patty's flight schedule also included a second ticket in her name--routing from Florida and ending in Denver. What? This flight occurred at the exact same time as the original flight. So immediately our imaginations clicked into high gear as we tried to guess what she was planning. The most likely scenario was that Steven would have some type of medical emergency while in Denver--and Patty would have him admitted to the nearest emergency facility. We lined up for "battle stations". But . . . the dumb girl delivered Steven right to Utah, got back on a plane and headed straight to Florida. Go figure! Now, would any of you have anticipated that? Neither did we #$%*@!

Only 21% of you guessed correctly on the last poll. Not so easy is it? I've provided a new quiz for you to take and we'll see if you do any better with this one. Good luck!
C.B.

Deprived!

I think Patty must have felt she was "deprived" as a child. I highly doubt that she was; but she seems to equate buying all that "stuff" with good parenting. I'm sure she feels that her parents didn't do right by her so she's not going to make the same mistake with Steven. He's only 10. How full will the house be by the time he's 18?

It's only Valentine's Day!

Ok CRUSH fans--here's another update. As you know, we just celebrated another major holiday here in the U.S. And it was??? Yep--Valentine's Day. If you're lucky you got a card from you sweetie. OR if you were extra sweet this year maybe you got to go out to dinner OR even somewhere for an overnight get-away. OR, if you happen to be 10 and have a CRAZY mother--you get STUFF! If you enjoyed the Christmas photos, here are the lastest gifts Steven received from his "mommy" for Valentine's Day. And of course, she left the price tags on everything. For her own amusement, Sweet Beth counted up the number of $$$ spent of this collection of JUNK! It totalled over $460.00. I know! I know! It's just junk--it can't have added up to all of that. But this isn't regular junk. Most of it was "special delivery" junk--delivered by the local florist. Three different trips to be exact. Lucky Steven you may be thinking! But when you were a 10-year-old boy, did you really want your mommy delivering a large stuffed penguin (with 12 attached balloons) to you at your school in front of your friends? Didn't think so! And, that dollar amount didn't take into consideration the amount of money spent on shipping. Steven got three big boxes last week alone, not to mention cards, cards, and more cards coming in the mail.

On to the next question you have forming in your mind? Nope, they haven't received one cent of child support. But Steven . . . Steven thinks he's got the best "mommy" in the world. A decent guy just can't win!

C.B.

(Be sure to click on the images to see what all those treasures really are. You'll see macaroni and cheese, kleenex, pop, Campbell's soup, magazines, and several of those little milar balloons on sticks. Now, what are Keith and Beth to tell their girls about "gift giving"? Kind of makes you sick, doesn't it?)