we are bill and stacey. this side is stacey. over there---> is bill. married 30 years. 3 kids. jax is 19, a recovering drug addict (clean and sober for almost THREE YEARS!), mad guitarist. matt is 23, married to the beautiful and brilliant mel, t.a.-ing and in graduate school at THE ohio state university, working toward an eventual Ph.D. in computer science. mel works for ***** (i'm not sure mel wants her workplace posted, thus the asterisks). atari is their cat. matt and mel have just purchased their first home and will be moving in right before christmas. mark is 25, rose-hulman institute of technology graduate, lives at this precise moment in time (subject to change) in baltimore, maryland. looking for a job. mark is our semi-kid. sarah's his awesome girlfriend. derp is mark's ferret. mark's been part of our family since he was 16. these young men are the heart and soul of our lives. we are crazy proud and passionately supportive of each of them.
bill's a lawyer. and a lot more. works from home. stacey's a former stay-at-home mom, now working outside the home for the last 4 years. she'd like to be working at home again. she was diagnosed with m.s. 10 years ago. we've got 2 dogs. sheba (louise) and (beagle) scout. a white beetle with a "who" sticker on it. we love starbucks. and ourbucks (our own little coffee bar in the kitchen). we love to cook. we're wet-the-bed, bleeding-heart liberals. informed, opinionated. we are square pegs.
the name "nothingbutlove" is tongue-in-cheek. we're not a p*rn site or a vanilla blog. don't come here thinking you'll find "nothingbutlove."
we are not adverse to ranting, but we do not and will not proffer or tolerate any personal attacks on OUR site. we have definite political and social views. not everybody is gonna like them. that's fine. if you disagree, say something. that's fine. but say it nice.
this is OUR site. we pay for it. don't make the mistake of thinking that this is YOUR forum. we support your right to free speech by asking you to leave and start your OWN blog.
we won't tolerate trolls. ALL anonymous comments will be deleted immediately without consideration to content. don't be coming here and leaving snide, cryptic, or downright shitty comments. we'll delete the comment and block your ip address. if you've got something you want to say to either one of us, e-mail us. we'll talk. otherwise, stay the hell away. or don't. it's a big www.
we don't care if we have 5 regular readers. we're not doing this for fame or fortune. you won't find paypal here. we do this for ourselves mostly. for our family second. and -- we've met some very, very nice people here in blogworld, and we're glad they visit and are encouraging about what they see here, too. and we've encountered some weirdos. we're pretty careful about interacting with weirdos. we don't.
if you're not interested, that's fine with us. like we said, it's a big www. we're sure you can find what you're looking for elsewhere. do it. next.
dear faithful and regular readers: you knows we loves ya. just thought we needed to say it again.
Posted by Stacey at November 19, 2004 10:37 AMPffft...YOU'RE not any fun! No snide and cryptic comments? What else is there?
;-)
Posted by: lucy at November 19, 2004 11:20 AMYeah, I lurk. Daily. You know it. I know it. I hardly ever comment. I laugh like hell at most posts. Enjoy the shit out of both of you. Lucy can tell you more about me. I am a passionately blue liberal in a red State to the point of spitting in indignation who definitely does not shop at Wal*Mart, EVER. No matter how poor I get. EVER. And, oh yeah, I'm 49 but think most days I'm actually 37. One son--The spawn--turns 20 today. One husband--love of my life. Southern to a fault. Just thought you needed to hear it. Vicki
Posted by: Vicki at November 19, 2004 12:21 PMOh, Jeez, I forgot about my most beloveds. Dottie (the Shi-Tzu) is 12, Sky (the Peke-A-ShiT)is 10, Jakki (the fattie Rottie) is 4, China the Himalayan is 4 or 5 and Little Man the deaf, dumb and is he blind? cat is 3 or so. Yeah, I live in a zoo.
Vicki
Posted by: Vicki at November 19, 2004 12:26 PMvicky! we've been wondering about you! thanks for the intro!
i love it when you guys do this!
Posted by: stacey at November 19, 2004 12:47 PMI luv Vicki! She rocks! Sheshould have her own blog because, really, she's a wonderful writer and I think I've never laughed harder than at some of her emails. She's definitely of 'the race that knows Joseph'!
Posted by: lucy at November 19, 2004 03:02 PMHi, I am Michelle from Cape Town (that is in darkest Africa) and I have a confession. I adore Bill and Stacey and stalk them as often as I can.
Stace - can we at least make snide remarks on the column to the right? *grin*.
Posted by: Michelle at November 19, 2004 03:23 PMIt's just TW here, the token SUV-driving soccer mama with the saddest mommy blog on the web (and the award to prove it!). I had to make a post on my blog very similar to this one yesterday. Maybe the stars are in a strange alignment or something.
Posted by: TW at November 19, 2004 03:29 PMhmmm. you may be right about that snide thing, michele. and i'm thinking about the "weird" title, too. after all, if we weren't all a little weird, we wouldn't be *here*.
i guess you'll all just have to trust me to decide what i think is shitty-snide, and NOT shitty-snide.
Posted by: stacey at November 19, 2004 03:31 PMI think it should be a group decision. Anyone? Anyone?
Posted by: lucy at November 19, 2004 03:38 PMLucy--I am honored to be considered kindred spirits with/of you guys. Really. And not in a fawning kind of way.
Posted by: Vicki at November 19, 2004 04:14 PMDamn girl! Sometimes you don't post for days, now I have to spend an hour just catching up.
I best behave hence I end up on the wrong side of the blog where the weirdo with the strange sense of humor with and ancient sticker on his car.
Posted by: Charlene at November 19, 2004 08:37 PMWhen I first started lurking a long time ago, I was pretty sure I liked y'all. After reading the line "we're wet-the-bed, bleeding-heart liberals. informed, opinionated. we are square pegs" I know it's more than like. I've found some of My People.
Thanks.
Like Charline I've just had a bit of catching up to do. I really love visiting you. I don't understand why people go to the trouble of wasting their time reading blogs they don't like.
I need no introductions by now. You guys rock, and I loved this post.
Especially today.
Posted by: Jen at November 20, 2004 03:16 PMAmen. I may have different opinions on matters of largesse at times, but I love your journal. I cannot imagine where people get the idea that they can or should come into anyone's journal(s) and dump. anonymously or otherwise. Love your stance here Stace (and bill on the other side of the screen) and love you guys.
rock.
Posted by: christine at November 21, 2004 10:01 AMI feel so behind.... my name is -d... i have two kids, three dogs, and blog because I like it.
I'm terribly far behind in blog reading... as i have been getting my ASS kicked at work and when I get "home"... i have someone new and exciting waiting on me and I like it!
that's all for now...
-d
Billy is lots of things but I don't think he's very good with electrical things.
*zap*
You guys ROCK! I check this site for updates so often it probably looks like I am stalking you. Don't ban my IP - it's nothing but love coming from me to you and your family!
Posted by: KathyHowe at December 6, 2004 07:07 AMP.S. ELLE! I have been reading her blog forever!! She rocks too - I had no idea she lurked here.
Just thought I'd share that.
Posted by: KathyHowe at December 6, 2004 07:09 AM