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Egbok
Member

07-13-2000

Monday, July 19, 2004 - 10:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
1. jbeany, you made me giggle with your description of your psychotic/sweet cat!

2. Hermi, golly gee...can't you just tell your sibs and folks to put the 40th celebration party on hold??? LOL!! I'm only kidding of course!! I do appreciate that you would even consider driving 5 hours to come and meet us though...that was very sweet of you!! I hope you have a great time at your parents 40th anniversary party!!

3. Shhhh, don't tell Marm this...but guess what??!! Today I got the keys to my spankin' brand new office in the spankin' brand new building!! When I walked into the building it smelled like "NEW", like a new car. It's a gorgeous building and the interior is even prettier.

4. Today was a better day at work and I'm getting an action plan in place to do a type of quick fix for some system problems so that I won't feel so guilty being on vacation for 2 weeks.

5. Also today, I took my new Director out to lunch at the new Cafe in our spankin' new building. The food being served there is unlike any hospital cafeteria food I've ever encountered!! I had this Quiznos type of hot sub sandwich that was to die for!! I told my new Director that I was in big trouble because the new Cafe is located 2 floors below our new digs, just 2 minutes away! Can you say "weight gain"...ut oh!!

6. I hope it works out so that I can meet Marm in Gettysburg this Friday. I'll be sure to take the Butt Shot picture if we do meet. I know that I'll be meeting Froggiegirl next week and you got it...I'll be taking a Butt Shot pic of that meeting as well!

7. I'm not tired, I'm wired!! Too much fun today...even though I worked 10 hours. I'm going to be in trouble tomorrow. And on top of that, I haven't even starting packing for our trip.


Kaili
Member

08-31-2000

Tuesday, July 20, 2004 - 8:42 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
1. I have an interview tomorrow for a teaching job.

2. It's in northern Wisconsin- about a half hour from my mom.

3. I don't want to go and I don't think I want the job. Now that I have the interview, I realize I don't want to move away from here and go somewhere where I have no friends and don't know anyone.

4. Plus it's in the middle of nowhere- the district only has about 500 kids total. Yikes. So small. And I found in their paper on the internet an article talking about how they're going broke, enrollment is going down, salary freezes, staffing cuts, etc....Maybe this is one of those positions that won't even be for more than a year and they're just trying to increase their budget to increase funding.

5. And Tim can't leave his job and come with me- he has a hard career to find a job in- especially with pay as good as he's getting here.

6. I know the starting teacher salary is an average of about $27,000 in Wisconsin. Very low. And northern Wisconsin I can guarantee would be on the lower side of the average. I could make more here subbing and staying at UPS awhile until a cloer job opens up.

7. Plus it's 6 hours away and my boss I know won't let me off tomorrow for it so I have to call in sick and my boss is already mad at me (she holds grudges forever once you make her mad) for taking an issue to the union last week.

8. I'm also thinking about transferring to a different UPS because of my problems with my boss- she's only been there a few months having been transferred- and there's so many things to it but I just can't work for her. It's making me miserable and I don't want to be miserable at work. But the one I'd be transferring to is a lot smaller and I don't think I'd like it as much in terms of the actual job.

Ahhh...what to do, what to do....

Djgirl
Member

07-17-2002

Tuesday, July 20, 2004 - 9:52 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
1. I'm feeling for Kaili, co-workers & bosses can be a big PITA sometimes! hug

2. HI HERMI!!!!!!!! Right back atcha!!!

3. My brother has a girlfriend and won't be with Tim & I most of September. She lives 3 hours away, and will be spending most of September in a condo here in Toronto for training seminars so he's going to go stay with her. Ain't love grand?!

4. Since my brother got this girlfriend (whom I haven't had the pleasure of meeting as yet - see #3 for geographical reasons!) he's been the sweetest, happiest guy to be around. Since she makes him so lovely to be around, I love her already!! :-)

5. My mom hurt her leg a few weeks ago stooping to pick up a golf ball under her rose bush... she got the bandages taken off today and is doing much better!

6. My mom & stepdad have put their house on the market and are looking to move closer to Tim & I! Right now it's an hour & half drive to their house, and they're thinking of moving much closer - about 35 minutes away. Yay!!!

7. I'm looking forward to TAR tonight, and BB.

8. I'm trying to write my first song on my guitar, but am beginning to hate what I've written so far... I have to come up with lyrics for my lesson tomorrow, and everything I come up with sounds hokey.

9. Three days, four hours and nine minutes to vacation!!!! Woohoo!!!!

9.1333333333333 I'm looking forward to Hermi's facts tomorrow! :-)

Djgirl
Member

07-17-2002

Tuesday, July 20, 2004 - 9:54 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
9.133333333344444 I thought of another one... I'm upset about Jorja Fox & George Eads being fired from CSI. :-(

Urgrace
Member

08-19-2000

Tuesday, July 20, 2004 - 10:47 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
9.133333333344444.5 NO!

Djgirl
Member

07-17-2002

Tuesday, July 20, 2004 - 11:47 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
9.13333333355555.1 YES! Awful, I know!!!

Schoolmarm
Member

02-18-2001

Tuesday, July 20, 2004 - 3:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
1. Office update....I will be moving down a floor to a WHITE office (that also needs a paint job). They will move in a piano and a working air conditioner. It is in a better location and is a little bigger. The guitar teacher thought that he would get it and I think that he is now mad at me.

2. This means that I will have to pack the books in the bookcases up to move. BLECH!!!

3. Maybe I will just schlep them down the stairs.

4. I HAVE A CELL PHONE!!!! Took forever to get it, but I think I'm going to like it!

5. I also have an SIU ID and ordered my textbooks. Now I just have to get boxes moved into the "new" office.

6. My director is SO nice! Everyone I've met so far is very nice!

7. I met the children's choir director today and she gave me the scoup on the area. She is very nice and funny.

8. I can't wait to watch the Amazing Race, even though I'm bringing the Realiiity team down.....just so you know, Jim/Marsha, Lance/Marshall and Karen/Linda are on my team so CERTAINLY one of them will be eliminated this week just to keep my record of choosing the eliminated team at 100%!

9. I ate at an awesome rib joint last night. YUM! the ribs were St. Louis style and very soppy with sauce.

10. I got the keys to the organ today and to the pianos on the stage. This is very good.

Hope everyone is having a great day!

Lkunkel
Member

10-29-2003

Tuesday, July 20, 2004 - 9:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
01. Tomorrow is Potshot's birthday.

Lkunkel
Member

10-29-2003

Tuesday, July 20, 2004 - 9:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
01. I hope OfficeMax delivers his furniture on time.

02. I'll be assemblying it asap.

Kaili
Member

08-31-2000

Wednesday, July 21, 2004 - 6:24 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
1. My mom called me at 7:30 this morning which is really rare since she usually gets up and has her coffee around 8:30.

2. She said she had a "gut feeling" that I was stressed and told me to not come up to the interview. She said she could feel that I didn't want the job and probably would come up anyway because it's her birthday too and I would feel obligated. She's right- I didn't really want the job the more I thought about it, but I was going to go anyway and use it as a practice interview and to see her. She said don't drive 600 miles round trip for one night up there and a job I don't want.

3. I kind of feel relieved. I want an interview, I want to be by my mom- but I don't want a job in a school district with less than 500 kids total in an unincorporated town. Plus I found an article about the district- their enrollment is projected to go down, they have salary freezes and have reduced their staff already. I don't think this would be a permanent position. In any case, I talked to my mom too long and she may have made me late. I have to be there in 6 hours and I'm not sure how long of a drive it is with all the county roads you have to take there but my mom lives 40 minutes northwest of there and it takes me five or five and a half hours to get to her place.

Kaykay
Member

01-21-2004

Wednesday, July 21, 2004 - 6:48 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
1. well my kiddlets are finally healthy (knock wood) and now i feel like ass. my nose is stuffy, i feel like there is an elephant sitting on my chest and my cough is so dry it feels like chalk dust in my lungs. :-(

2. on a lighter note - we are going to a fun pool party this weekend - YIPPIE!!! I have been trapped in the house the past couple weekends.

3. I need a hair cut and I have no time to get there. Maybe I will cut it myself!!!

4. it's 9:47 am and i'm already thinking about lunch. ( it's going to be a long day)

<runs over to the THIS OR THAT thread to figure out what to have for lunch>

Puppylov3
Member

01-26-2004

Wednesday, July 21, 2004 - 7:19 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
1. I'm glad you came to a decision Kalli.

2. Bible School on top of work is kicking my rear.

3. I'm learning a lot of teaching techniques to try out on my second graders.

4. I want a nap right now but that's just not going to happen and I need to get over it.

5. Third grade boys can be soooooooooo hyper and squirrely.

Ddr
Member

08-19-2001

Wednesday, July 21, 2004 - 7:20 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
1. Okay, someone slap me, I'm posting in the BB threads, lol.

2. I leave a week from today for Nova Scotia!!!! I'm getting exciting about it now that I've shipped everything out.

3. Still have to buy a few more things for the trip, do laundry and decide what I'm going to bring.

4. My best friend left for NYC this morning for a few days of vacation. I'm so sad he left....without me! I just couldn't leave right now because of work. This is his first time there, can't wait to hear what he thinks of it. I've been there before and have been dying to go back.

5. Kay, thanks for reminding to call my hair stylist, I need a cut and a color!!!

6. Think I'm going to add highlights to my hair.

Kaykay
Member

01-21-2004

Wednesday, July 21, 2004 - 7:37 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
5.1 no problem :-)

Egbok
Member

07-13-2000

Wednesday, July 21, 2004 - 8:07 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
1. Kaili, definitely for with your gut feeling and don't look back!

2. Come to Los Angeles...you'll have 500 kids in just one class...LOL!!
Okay, so I exaggerated a little bit...it would be more like 40...really.

3. I'm getting my nails done this morning...yes, I'm vain but boy!, do my nails look good afterwards!!

4. I'll be going into work for hopefully just my 6 hours from noon to 6pm today. However, these last two days I've stayed until 8:30pm.

5. Egbob and I will leave tomorrow morning for our 2 week PA trip with his folks and sibs. I haven't even begun to pack. Ut ohhhh......

6. I'll be meeting Marm and Froggiegirl...yay!!

7. If I get access to a computer while on vacation, you know that you'll be hearing from me in this thread...LOL!! Take care Factoids!!


Reader234
Member

08-13-2000

Wednesday, July 21, 2004 - 8:32 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
7.7 Yeah egmom - I'll miss you, until I take off to disney!! I'll be back on the 7th!

Lkunkel
Member

10-29-2003

Wednesday, July 21, 2004 - 9:24 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
01. I would like to introduce my friend, Rose.
02. She joined here earlier this week--without telling me, which made it an even more pleasant surprise when we were able to reconnect today after I recovered from the weekend, and her two darling grandsons went home.
03. She is lurking under the name GrandmaTo2.
04. I made her a folder, and it looks kind of sparse.
05. She is an elementary school librarian and an overflow teacher.
06. She is a little overwhelmed by the number of areas on the Clubhouse.
07. But, I'm sure we can make her welcome; she has cats and goats, and an AWESOME sense of humor.
08. She is one of my very best friends, too.

Schoolmarm
Member

02-18-2001

Wednesday, July 21, 2004 - 9:38 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
1. I'm dripping with sweat. It's VERY hot here and I just unloaded all but one of the boxes in my car into the SECOND office. Today, I have to label, box OR move everything in the first office to go down to the second office.

2. Had a MAJOR snafu with MBNA this morning and yesterday. They couldn't get ahold of me so they just put a stop on my credit card so I would call them. SHEESHH, don't EVER do that to someone who is moving!

3. I should describe the new music building where I will be teaching. It was one of the oldest buildings on campus and it looks like a castle. It is on the historic registry, so they just gutted the inside and remodelled it. The inside is bronze, ivory, green, grey and brown, tones of ceremic tile on the floor and the walls. The ceilings are very high. The building is still being finished, but it is VERY beautiful.

4. Unfortunately, the governor has not released the funds for the "movables"...desks, cabinets, recording equipment, etc. So all of the old crappy chairs and furniture were moved into this sparkling gem.

5. I'm hoping to snag a better desk and bookcase when the new moveables come in. I hate it how we have to be "bottom feeders" when it comes to office furniture and equipment.

6. There is a very beautiful garden outside my office. There is a fountain, seating and lots of neat plants. I think that I will eat lunch there when the weather is nice.

7. Today I get to go to the Apple store in Indy again to pick up my Powerbook. HI GAL and Colossus!

8. Friday I get to meet SecretSmile (I hope) and Eggie! WHOO HOO!

9. I am looking forward to school starting and meeting more of my students. Everyone here seems happy that I'm here, however, I have had to initiate conversation with most of the people. I think that is a little strange....if you see someone new in your building wouldn't you ask about them or at least say "Hi" first?

Jbean
Member

01-05-2002

Wednesday, July 21, 2004 - 2:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
1. it is hot here too! blech! 95 degrees and muggy!

2. i have a baby drew announcement.....she is doing very well. she is now up to 3 lbs and 14 oz (almost 4, as of sunday), and is drinking from a bottle! yay! thanks to all for your thoughts and prayers!

3. my cousin is hoping that by the end of the month they can take her home, but nothing is definite, of course.

4. my new sheet set that i ordered from fingerhut came today. plain ol' white. the closest i could find to match the new comforter.

5. i am jealous of all of you who are/were in vegas. what a blast!

6. i am hoping to attend a gathering sometime next year. the texas one is most interesting to me right now.

7. ever heard of a budget so tight it squeaks? lol, that would be mine!

8. i wish it were friday!

9. only 2 more days in this miserable heat at work.

10. i need to take some stuff to donate to the thrift store, but it is SO hot!


Urgrace
Member

08-19-2000

Wednesday, July 21, 2004 - 6:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
1. Thinking Jbean might be able to hitch a ride to the Texas meet next year, since there may be several coming through your area on their way. Save your Jbean! Oh and some people may want roommates to keep costs down, too.

Egbok
Member

07-13-2000

Wednesday, July 21, 2004 - 8:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
1. jbeany, you're coming to Texas one way or another!! Life is too short and why deny yourself from meeting TVCHer's like ME!! LOL!! (okay...Gracie too..lol!)

2. It's almost 9pm and our plane leaves in about 9.5 hours and I'm still not packed. Either is Egbob, so I think I'll challenge him to see who can get packed first!!


Lkunkel
Member

10-29-2003

Wednesday, July 21, 2004 - 8:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
01. Pondering Texas...can I make it?

02. Probably not, but I guess I'll mosey over and see when it is.

03. Update is up: Click Here

Hermione69
Member

07-24-2002

Thursday, July 22, 2004 - 5:16 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
1. i am so sleep deprived! a couple of days ago i drove off from the gas station with the little gas door open and the cap on top of my car. i haven't done that since i was a teenager, 18 years ago!!

2. this morning i slept right through my flashing light alarm. i have absolutely no recollection of it going off. at some point later in the morning, my eyes opened on their own and saw that i had 11 minutes to get to work.

3. midlifer is coming to school today to work on some paperwork and is bringing me a starbucks.

4. sometime this afternoon, i'll be going out of town for the weekend for the big party. you guys have a fun weekend yourselves. byyyeeee!

Puppylov3
Member

01-26-2004

Thursday, July 22, 2004 - 5:32 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
1. Bible School is kicking my rear but I'm learning as much as the kids (just about different stuff) so it's a good thing.

2. Kansas in July is just gross.

3. Starbucks - mmmmmmmmmmm - too bad there isn't one between home and the office. I could go for that this morning.

4. I think my cat has forgotten what I look like. He's taken to ignoring me. Either that or he's so disgusted that I've been gone every night this week that he's giving me the silent treatment.

5. Both of my bosses are on vacation next week - whooooooooo hooooooooooooo!!

Goddessatlaw
Member

07-19-2002

Thursday, July 22, 2004 - 6:02 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
1. Jeezus louisus, we got hit by lightening last night;

2. The corner of our bedroom on the second floor has huge windows overlooking our lake; we had just climbed into bed when it hit;

3. It sounded like a bomb going off, we heard what sounded like glass breaking, and the entire room looked like it was showering sparks and glowing;

4. Colossus and I both screamed and dove the covers. I never knew I could hit and sustain such high notes;

5. Fortunately we'd unplugged just about everything, including the computer, but our cable box got fried;

6. Our neighbor wasn't so lucky - the picture tube on his tv exploded in his face (that's the glass breaking I heard), his garage door opener is fried, etc. Our neighbor on the other side's tv glowed orange for awhile and his wife thought the lightening had actually come through the windows;

6.1 Colossus is bummed because he wants a new flat screen tv and garage door opener, and insurance would have covered it. LOL;

6.2 I don't recommend lightening strikes for entertainment - we were both too rattled to go to sleep for quite awhile after that.