DIRTY LITTLE TRICKS . . . TEACHER HAS CLASS, TEACHER HAS CLASS, TEACHER HAS CLASS! THEN SOME OF THE SCRIBES AND PHARISEES, ANSWERED SAYING, "TEACHER, WE WANT TO SEE A SIGN FROM YOU." BUT JESUS KNEW THEIR THOUGHTS, AND SAID TO THEM: "EVERY KINGDOM DIVIDED AGAINST ITSELF IS BROUGHT TO DESOLATION, AND EVERY CITY OR HOUSE DIVIDED AGAINST ITSELF WILL NOT STAND." THEN THE PHARISEES WENT OUT AND PLOTTED AGAINST HIM, HOW THEY MIGHT DESTROY HIM . . . BUT WHEN JESUS KNEW IT, HE WITHDREW FROM THERE. AND GREAT MULTITUDES FOLLOWED HIM, AND HE HEALED THEM ALL. YET HE WARNED THEM NOT TO MAKE HIM KNOWN. --BIBLE, NEW TESTAMENT, MATTHEW 11. ANOTHER FOILED STING OP, GOING DOWN AT AROUND 6:30 A.M., UNDERCOVER COP, LOOKS OUT ON THE STREET, ACTING ANXIOUS--WHY? MINUTES AFTER LEAVING THE POV., I HEAR SIRENS, AMBULANCES, COPS--CREATE CHAOS, CONFUSION, INJECT WATER OR AIR, IN NECK, JUGGLER, HITS BLOOD STREAM, TOAST, THROW ME IN AMBULANCE, DISCARD THE BODY--EASY! AS I SAFELY GOT TO ST. PATRICK'S, SOME OF THE EMT TROOPS STARTED SHOWING UP BACK ON THE PONDEROSA, UNIFORMED, BLUE JACKETS, JACK-BOOTED UP, LOOKING A BIT DISAPPOINTED, RIGHT ABOUT THE TIME IT WOULD HAVE TAKEN IF THE PLOT WAS FOILED! . . . TEACHER HAS CLASS! "MY SON-IN-LAW BURNT MY FAMILY: THE CROOK FAMILY MURDERS!" BLOCKED FROM WATCHING THIS TRUE CRIME SHOW? INTERNET WAS TURNED COMPLETELY OFF, AND NOT FROM MY COMPUTER. I AM ALWAYS CURIOUS, AS TO WHY THE NSA, NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY, WHO APPEARS TO BE CENSORING WHAT I CAN AND CAN'T WATCH, IF THEY CAN STOP ME IN TIME, OR BLOCK ME FROM GETTING ON THE INTERNET ALTOGETHER . . . SO WHY THIS ONE. LIKE I SAID, I AM A MAMA KODIAK BEAR, A CUT ABOVE JUST A MAMA BEAR, AND VERY PROTECTIVE, WHILE NOT OVERBEARING! LOL! SO, LAST WEEK, I TALKED TO MY DAUGHTER, GRETA, WHILE SHE AND HER FAMILY WERE VACATIONING IN CALIFORNIA, DALLAS AND THE BOYS ARE STILL THERE, LONG BEACH, I THINK, BUT, MY DAUGHTER SOUNDED A BIT DISTANT, KIND OF QUIET, AND THE PHONE DISCONNECTED . . . SHE DIDN'T CALL BACK, OR SO MY PHONE SHOWED, AND SEVERAL OF MY ATTEMPTS, IN THE WEEK WERE NOT ANSWERED. SO, DOING WHAT ALL MONSTER-IN-LAWS DO, I SUSPECT, DALLAS, FORMER NAVY SEAL, AND TWICE GRETA'S SIZE, OF TRYING TO CONTROL HER--IT'S ALL ABOUT POWER & CONTROL, HONEY! . . . HARD TO BE THE LADY WHO WROTE THE MANUAL ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT, SERVING AS A NATIONAL MODEL, AND NOT CONNECT THE DOTS, WITH LASER VISION, LANDING ON THE NAVY SEAL HUSBAND . . . WHERE IS MY DAUGHTER, AND WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO HER? LOL! MY MIND IS THE DEVIL'S WORKSHOP, WHEN I CAN'T REACH MY KIDS! SO, I WOKE UP AROUND 2:28 A.M., WONDERING WHY GRETA HAD NOT RETURNED ANY OF MY PHONE CALLS . . . RIGHT AS I THOUGHT THAT, SOMETHING DROPPED ON THE FLOOR, THAT SOUNDED LIKE A "SLAP!" SO, I GOT UP, WROTE GRETA A TEXT MESSAGE, TELLING HER LEAVE THAT SLOB, I WOULD SEND HER MONEY, AND SHE NEEDED TO GET UP HERE TO MONTANA AND GO TO LAW SCHOOL! WHILE I WAS AT THE HOSPITAL, AFTER MY OWN GREAT ESCAPE FROM MY 10,000 COP AND THE LIKES OF COP, BUDDIES, MUCH LIKE AN ABUSIVE HUSBAND, GRETA CALLED . . . MOM . . . WHAT ARE YOU THINKING? LOL! SOMEONE HAS BEEN, INTERCEPTING HER CALLS TO ME, AND DIVERTING MY TEXT OR CALLS TO HER, ELLIOT, AND I NOTICED AS I CALLED CHRIS, LAST WEEK, A QUICK MESSAGE, "CALL DIVERT SET" . . . AH, COPS TRYING TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE MY KIDS ARE THEIR KIDS! NO, YOU GET YOUR OWN FUCKED UP KIDS, I WILL TAKE MY STELLAR KIDS . . . MINE ARE GOING TO ROCK THIS WORLD, JUST LIKE THEIR MAMA, OR BETTER . . . SO, GOOD LUCK, STOP INTERFERING IN MY FAMILY BUSINESS . . . THE IN-LAWS YOU CAN HAVE, BUT MY KIDS, GRAND KIDS, FUCK NO! THEY ARE TOO DEAR TO ME . . . FUN CONVERSATION WITH MY BRILLIANT DAUGHTER, WORKING WITH THE FEDERAL FOREST SERVICE, ON FIRE CONTROLS, DEALING WITH CLIMATE CHANGE AND GLOBAL WARMING, HOT TOPIC, FOR MY LITTLE HOT SHOT FIREFIGHTER--SHE WAS FINE! SHE STILL WANTS TO GO TO LAW SCHOOL, INFORMED ME THAT DALLAS WAS NOT SLAPPING HER, BUT THANKS FOR ASKING . . . I THINK HE KNOWS BETTER, BUT, I AM THREE STATES AWAY! LOL! PRISON WOULD NOT STOP ME, IF HE EVER LAYS A HAND ON HER!" WHEN HE CALLS FOR SOMETHING, KNOWING, HE IS NOT ENOUGH TO PERSUADE ME, HE ALWAYS SAYS, JO, I KNOW HOW MUCH YOU LOVE YOUR DAUGHTER . . . ONE OF FOUR SOFT SPOTS! I FIT EVERY STEREOTYPE OF THE BAD ASS, MEAN MOTHER-IN-LAW, SO, I WAS RELIEVED THAT I DIDN'T HAVE TO GIVE UP ST. PADDY'S DAY AND DO SOME WHOOP ASS! LOL! DALLAS TOLERATES ME, GEORGE, JUST STAYS OUT OF MY WAY, KAT USES "Y" AGAINST ME, BUT, MY DNA IS COURSING THROUGH MY GRAND KIDS' VEINS . . . AND THEY DIG THIS GRANDMA! EVEN IF THEY DON'T SEE ME AS MUCH AS THEY WANT, OR I WANT . . . WE BOND IN ABOUT 10 MINUTES FLAT, THEN IT IS GRANDMA JO THIS, GRANDMA JO THAT . . . TO THE CONSTERNATION OF MY IN-LAWS, HAVING TO DEAL WITH THIS OUTLAW GRANDMA! LOL! GRANDMA JOSEPHINE IS REALLY NOT A HIRED GUN, WHO KILLED A FEW MEN, BACK IN THE DAY, RUNNING MOONSHINE, MARRIED TO THE U.S. MARSHAL! LOL! I DO HAVE OUTLAW STATUS, HOWEVER . . . THAT SHOULD COUNT FOR SOMETHING! ST. PATRICK'S DAY PARADE, MISSOULA, MONTANA, IS STARTING . . . GOTTA RUN! I AM SEEING GREEN, GREEN, GREEN AND MORE GREEN! I LOVE IT!