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Goddessatlaw
Member

07-19-2002

Monday, May 17, 2004 - 6:58 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
1. Froggiegirl, I'm pickin' up what you're puttin' down. Unfortunately, it is all too often the case that the most reliable and proficient workers have their backs broken with additional responsibilities while everyone else around them slacks off. It's exhausting, demoralizing and unfair. I certainly appreciate the fact that you were unwilling to sell yourself up the river in this situation, and truly wish you the best of luck in your new job search;

2. We just got back from a marvelous weekend in Springfield. For the most part, we did wedding planning with my parents and got MUCH accomplished - invitations picked out, tenting and basic outlines for the reception, separate guest lists for the ceremony and the reception, etc. Colossus about needed a tranquilizer to deal with my mother the planner all weekend, but it all turned out alright;

3. But that wasn't the most wonderful thing that happened this weekend: my 15-year-old cousin, the youngest of our group of cousins, presented his silver cross recital on the piano on Saturday. For those who don't know, the silver cross is a major hallmark in the development of a young musician, and involves many criterion which include the presentation of 6 major musical compositions in one recital;

4. Well, of course the whole family was there along with a ton of friends. I was doing pretty well until he played Debussy's Clair de Lune, not one of my favorite pieces but his playing of the center passage of this piece was so deep and passionate that the entire family burst into tears at about the same time, and we had one more piece to go - the Prelude in C# Minor by Rachmaninoff. My family has a relationship with this piece of music that goes back about 60 years - every one of us who has advanced at all in piano has played this piece of music with varying degrees of success, it was the favorite of our grandparents who died shortly before my cousin was born. Those who didn't play the piece nonetheless know every intricacy and nuance of it - believe me, and I think Marm can back me up on this, the song is hard as hell to play, and you better pray to the gods you were blessed not just with musical talent but also with some very large, very strong hands;

5. Can I just say that I have NEVER heard that piece played better. He whipped the hell out of that piece of music, particularly that center passage which is the devil's work - extremely fast, intricate and touch-sensitive. Well, by the time he was done the entire family was bent over in their chairs sobbing, while the friends on the other side of the aisle were looking at us going "what is WRONG with those people?" We were all thinking the same thing - Grandma and Grandpa would have loved this. We did, too. I'm still verklempt.

Jewels
Member

09-23-2000

Monday, May 17, 2004 - 8:04 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
1. GAL, what a heartwarming experience, I'm sure your grandparents are very proud!

2. I took piano lessons for a couple years when I was younger, but I hated it.

3. My mom used to set the timer on the stove and make me practice for 30 minutes, but I would always sneak into the kitchen and try to change the time.

4. What took me a long time to realize though was that she knew something was going on when she couldn't here the piano anymore and I would always get caught.

5. I really wish I would have stuck with it because I would love to be able to play now.

6. I can still plunk out a not-so-good version of "Little Birch Canoe". My mom is so proud.

Ladytex
Member

09-27-2001

Monday, May 17, 2004 - 8:07 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
1. One of my goals and dreams is to learn to play the piano. One day I will be able to take lessons.

2. For a change we had a quiet weekend. DH and I were supposed to have some alone time and had planned to go to the movies, but my DD bogartted our date and the three of us went to see Van Helsing. When I was a teenager, I'd never have wanted to go to the movies with adults, but oh well. I guess I should feel glad that she still wants to spend time with us and feels comfortable enough to be seen in public with us, lol.

3. Back to the craziness this coming weekend. DD has a basketball tournament and my boss is having an End-Of-School barbeque at his home that I should at least make an appearance at.

4. DS#2 was chosen to attend a Geography Camp this summer at Texas State University. It's a weeklong thing and best of all it's free, lol. There are 30 students in Texas chosen to participate in this camp for minority scholars.

5. DS#1 is doing great. He's in South Carolina still going to classes. He is supposed to be able to come home for two weeks in July. I'm so anxious to see him.

6. Only a week or so left until I get to see Essence! I'm so excited!


Kaykay
Member

01-21-2004

Tuesday, May 18, 2004 - 9:03 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
1. wow, 7 facts

2. Can't wait to eat free pizza for lunch.

3. I guess it's ok to blow the diet for one day.

4. My kiddlets and I are feeling MUCH better but DH seems a little shakey.

5. Can't wait to go on vacation in 3 weeks YA HOO!!

6. We have never taken our kids away - can't wait to get away.

7. Hope all is well with everyone - sorry I haven't had time to read through all the posts :-(
I try but you are all in my prayers for all to be well!!!

Jewels
Member

09-23-2000

Tuesday, May 18, 2004 - 2:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
1. We went on a field trip with my son's preschool to a farm today.

2. The kids had a great time, there were pigs, cows, sheep, llamas, horses, chicks, rabbits all sorts of animals (and smells!).

3. The kids got to play on a tractor too. Here's Jake....
farm


4. My daughter has been sick the last couple of days. I feel so bad for her. My husband came home from work this morning and stayed with her while we went to the farm. I'm glad I didn't take her because she is a wild little girl anyway and probably would have broke into the pig pen or something!

5. My husand and son planted our garden last weekend. They planted corn, peas, pumpkins, cucumbers and a hot chili pepper that Jake picked out and wanted to plant. Yesterday, Jake and I planted cherry tomato and strawberry plants in containers up by the house. He keeps asking me if anything has "growed" yet.

6. Before we had kids we used to grow all sorts of stuff in our garden, but now we just don't have the time to take care of it, so we just planted a few things this year to try to get Jake interested in it.

7. We also have 10 raspberry bushes and a grape that we make raisins out of. They are yummy!

8. I love this time of year!!!!



Herckleperckle
Member

11-20-2003

Wednesday, May 19, 2004 - 12:07 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
1. I love GAL's love of her family. And I adore here stories.

2. I still have FG in my thoughts. Know she will be fine.

3. Awww, Marm. Seeping through from outside when it rains, I am sure. Pray for sunshine when you show your house.

4. Loved the pics today, Kaili!

5. Praying for sunshine for you, Ddr!!

6. I think Ladytex must be a terrific mom to have such terrific kids! Congratulations, Mom!

7. Hope Kaykay's hubby is feeling okay. Glad everyone else is doing better.

8. Loved Jewels' story about the farm trip and the plantings her family is doing at home and why. Jake is positively adorable. Well, Mom, has anything 'growed' yet? Gosh, I remember the days when I had that amount of energy. Sorry your dd is not feeling well. Hope she is doing better today.

9. I set off our apartment's fire alarm again. I made steak sandwiches tonight for dinner and my DH decided he wanted another. So I preheated the same pan and went back to watch the tail end of AI. Course I forgot and smoke filled the apt. You'd think my DH would have noticed before things got that far, being closer to the kitchen than I was, but no--because he was intent on watching baseball! (I'll have to get him good someday and post a picture of him here with that doggone remote glued to his hand while he's asleep. Hee hee.)



Schoolmarm
Member

02-18-2001

Wednesday, May 19, 2004 - 2:35 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
1. I now have the last two closets painted and the basement floor touched up. This is almost the last of the painting. WHEW!

2. WHoooo Hoooo for GALs nephew! My hands aren't *quite* big enough to handle Rachmaninov, Liszt or some of the Chopin pieces dang it! That's one reason that I'm an organist instead of a professional pianist. Now I have the urge to get out those "big" pieces and bang away at the one remaining piano I have!

3. Teaching a 2.5 hour class everyday is getting to me! I only have 7 more days left. I am a little behind in my grading, but it will be easy to catch up. My 18 students are very nice and it is an enjoyable, but exhausting 2.5 hours.

4. I need to go to the bank, the post office and go buy flowers to plant and some carpet strip plackets before I go to work this morning.

5. It is raining again today. AGAIN! We had a very bad storm yesterday. It could stop raining just ANYTIME!!!!

6. I am watching Colonial House right now and I really like the show. One of my PBS stations is showing reruns of 1900 house, too.

7. I left my crock pot of "turkey carcass" soup on last night. Guess the veggies won't be crunchy anymore! This is the last crock of soup from this batch. I am really trying to eat everything out of the freezer! Homemade organic sausage links, anyone?

8. My mother keeps calling me....daily or more than once per day. Usually she wakes me up or calls while I'm eating. This is kind of unusual for her.

9. The realtor is bringing over the listing agreement and putting the for sale sign in the yard on Thursday. YIPPEE!!

10. I will have to start packing up my office soon. I get three more paychecks...one regular, one regular plus my summer school pay, and one BIG one with three months pay because they are "buying out" the rest of my contract instead of just paying me like regular through the summer. Mr. Taxman is now going to get much more money, dang it!



Froggiegirl621
Member

02-14-2003

Wednesday, May 19, 2004 - 6:34 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
1. Thanks HP for thinking of me! I'm doing better, things are starting to look up for me in my little part of the world. I'll be in touch.

Jbean
Member

01-05-2002

Wednesday, May 19, 2004 - 3:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
1. things at work are going frighteningly well. people are being a lot more appreciative lately of how much i bust my butt to get things done. it feels nice to be recognized, but it also makes me nervous, wondering what bad thing is going to happen. just gotta understand that's not how things usually go down at my work. oh well, i'll take it, whatever the reason is. :-)

2. my friend just called me a little while ago and asked if i wanted to go see montgomery genrty at the state fair. i said "hell yeah, turn it up." hee hee. brooks and dunn are also gonna be there with gretchen wilson (the redneck woman chick), but we just saw B&d in april. oh well.

happy wednesday everyone!

ps. froggie, glad you are feeling better and things are looking up.


Urgrace
Member

08-19-2000

Wednesday, May 19, 2004 - 3:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
1. I finished staining the closet doors for my ds#2. My dh has applied the clear coat to one and will do the other one soon.

2. My bowling league finished our last four games of the season this morning. My team came in last place. We will be receiving the booby-prize at our end of the season bowling party tomorrow. At least with bowling not-so-good this year my average has come way down, and I will be able to bring it up next season! LOL

3. Have to add one since Jbean got here first! Nice to see they are treating you better Jbean. Froggiegirl, good luck on the hunting.

Jewels
Member

09-23-2000

Wednesday, May 19, 2004 - 4:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
1. I'm glad things are going good for you at work, Jbean!!

2. Gracie, your team may have came in last, but I betcha you had the most fun!

3. Froggie, I wish you luck on your job search too!

4. I just got in a huge fight with my son, I hate yelling at him, it breaks my heart. But sometimes.....ugh.

Secretsmile
Member

08-19-2002

Wednesday, May 19, 2004 - 4:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
1. I had a wonderful time meeting Twinkie yesterday. She and DH interrupted their move to serve coffee and visit with my oldest DS, his gf and I.

2. My DD got all settled into her house in the Hamptons for her summer internship. This is a huge feather in her cap and her mom and dad are so proud!

3. Bad news about DD's summer job, her cell phone doesn't get reception there and I'm fussing already that she won't call as often.

4. Oldest DS has completed his move into an apartment in PA and a lot of my older furniture and kitchen appliances went with him. Yippee!

5. Youngest DS will be 18 this week, prom and graduation are around the corner. I can almost take a deep breath, LOL!

Konamouse
Member

07-16-2001

Wednesday, May 19, 2004 - 6:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
1. I'm sitting in a hotel room in California but I get free high speed internet this time (instead of 24 or 52K modem connection like last year).

2. I'm here doing my two week military tour for the reserves.

3. I love being able to come visit TVCH every day to catch up on the conversations, the games, the tv show spoilers (since I'm on West Coast time).

4. I don't have any children to miss me while I'm away, but I do have a very young at heart hubby who is a bigger handful than a child.

5. While I'm away, his father is visiting and the two of them are like little kids in a toy store (they will spend the entire afternoon on the Playstation, shooting up eachother, playing video golf, or racing cars around a virtual track).

6. I am going through Survivor withdrawls.

'squeek'

Rupertbear
Member

09-19-2003

Wednesday, May 19, 2004 - 8:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Lol, funny Kona.

Well, they really should give us something...even old clips from old shows or out takes maybe of stuff we never got to see, just to hold us over.

Enjoy yourself and relax too, while not doing your military thing.



Hermione69
Member

07-24-2002

Thursday, May 20, 2004 - 2:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
1. I've been swamped at work the last few weeks and am completely exhausted. I woke up in the middle of the night Tuesday and threw up 3 times and I am pretty sure it was from a stress-induced migraine.

2. It forced me to take yesterday off and I slept and slept and feel much better today.

3. As junior class sponsor at my high school, I pretty much singlehandedly organized the prom. What a lot of work. It was last weekend and I am so happy it is O.V.E.R.

4. Earlier in the week, I felt spread so thin, that I could barely look at another student without cringing. Then my junior class treasurer "Melissa" came by to help me take in some prom decorations from my car. We happened to run into the mother of my class president "Mark". I had never met Mark's mother before and when Melissa introduced us, the mother started gushing, "I am SO happy to meet you! Mark thinks the world of you! He thinks you are so great!!" She went on and on, and it was all I needed to feel better about my job. Sometimes you are making a difference, even when it doesn't feel like it.

5. Tomorrow I am a chaperone of 7 students at Relay for Life. My family is coming to join us for part of the night. It's not going to be very restful, but I am looking forward to it.

6. I've never been to a Relay here before, but at the two I have gone to, they had cardboard boards placed around the track where you could write messages in memory or honor of people. If they have them, I'm going to write a message for Mocha. If anyone else wants me to mention someone, please say so by tomorrow 4 p.m. EST and I will write a note for you or your loved one on one of the boards. I will take pictures! :-)

7. My sister just came by to drop off a tent for me to use at the Relay and I got to see my nephew! I swear, a hug from that child cures all ills!

Jewels
Member

09-23-2000

Thursday, May 20, 2004 - 4:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
1. Hi Hermione! It's good to see you again!!!

2. I am going to my neices' spring program tonight. It is preschool and kindergarten classes, it's going to be so cute.

3. She called and left a message on my voice mail yesterday asking me if I would go. Too cute.

4. Today while Jake was at school, Jenna and I went and bought a ton of flowers to plant in all the containers we have on our deck. After school, while Jenna was sleeping, Jake and I planted them. He was the official waterer after I had planted. We had a good time. I love doing that kind of stuff with him.

5. I didn't buy anything exciting, just petunias, pansies, begonias, snapdragons, geraniums and one other I can't remember the name of.

6. I also bought 4 new shasta daisy plants that I just love! The hard freeze we had this year took care of my other ones that I had had for a couple years, they were huge and beautiful. Now I have to start all over again!

7. My birhtday is next week and I told my husband that I want that little Shark vacuum to use in my kitchen and dining room. I get so tired of sweeping up all the kids crumbs. He looked at me like I was crazy. Yes, I am one of those people that loves getting appliances as gifts.

8. I had a Java Chip Frappacino at Starbucks today. I didn't think it was very good and I am really mad that they have that instead of the Mocha Malt this year. What is this world coming to?

Schoolmarm
Member

02-18-2001

Thursday, May 20, 2004 - 6:42 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
1. Yard sale part the third is tomorrow....DR table and chairs, 2 bookcases, albums, piano music, suits, clarinet, trumpet, and a bunch o'junk!

2. House is now listed for sale. 115,900...hope it goes fast! I don't want to have to borrow from my retirement plan for my new downpayment.

3. Closets are all repaired and painted, Basement floor is painted (again). Now there is just a little bit of trim to be painted. My worker weighs 35 pounds too much for my ladder, so he either diets OR I have to go up the ladder.

4. I bought some really great impatiens and petunias to plant outside. Half are planted. Other half will get planted tomorrow.

5. My choir had a party for me last night. It's their last time to sing with me on Sunday. I will be sad, and will miss them, but not missing the commute over there on Wednesday night.

6. I can't believe that my 25th year class reunion is next week. YIKES! I can't be that old. I have no clue what I will wear, and I am the heaviest right now I've ever been. So much for preparing for the reunion. Suppose I should get a haircut before I go!

7. I am tired of cleaning and packing and grading papers. I have two more students helping tomorrow. One is a little lazy. One I don't know. I have my regular "union guy" worker again tomorrow. He is great and worth his weight in gold, even though he is 35 pounds too heavy for the ladder.

8. I am watching the rerun of the Friends finale. I am glad that they are rerunning it. Wasn't Survivor finale on at the same time?

9. SHEESH, this was hard to do. Usually I have no trouble doing 10. OK, here's nine....I wish I were in Chicago with the TVCH gathering!

Tabbyking
Member

03-11-2002

Thursday, May 20, 2004 - 10:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
1-10 dear hermione, could you please add my dad's name. he died of stomach cancer way too young in 1991. his name was David Lauer.
thanks so much!

Hermione69
Member

07-24-2002

Friday, May 21, 2004 - 10:53 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I've made a note of it, Tabby, and I will do that. I'm sorry for your loss. I know there will always be a part of you that misses him, no matter how much time passes.

Wargod
Member

07-16-2001

Friday, May 21, 2004 - 12:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
1. Date night tomorrow night! Sis is taking the kids to make up for the night Dakota got sick and we picked them up early, plus the fact that she's leaving me with her two kids and my other two nephews Thursday. We don't have any plans, LOL. We're talking about going to see Troy, but with the hours he's working this week I'm not sure he's up to sitting through a movie.

Hippyt
Member

06-15-2001

Friday, May 21, 2004 - 3:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
1. We got digital cable today. I think it worked for oh about 3 hours. Then,it started freezing up,blinking and being other-wise unwatchable.
2. I called them,and they have to send the guy back out to fix it. I wanna kill me a cable man.

Konamouse
Member

07-16-2001

Friday, May 21, 2004 - 7:50 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
1. We got notification from the cable company that in order to keep our movie/premium channels, we would have to change to digital.

2. Another price increase in the 6 years (one every year it seems). Oh, but we get more HBOs and Showtimes now (instead of fewer).

3. So, we did it. But now we can't tape on one channel and watch on another at the same time (like we used to do). Cable company said "you need to get our DVR to do that". Great, more money!!!

'squeek'

Sillycalimomma
Member

11-13-2003

Friday, May 21, 2004 - 8:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
1. I am so bummed out because I missed the season finale of Joan Of Arcadia
2. I missed it because I took DD to her school carnival and she won a goldfish-in all the excitement I took her to get a bowl and food for it so it would not die and forgot all about the show!
3. I am now going to watch "Into The Woods" one of my favorite plays. Perhaps that will cheer me up.
4. My daughter named her goldfish "Little League"

Urgrace
Member

08-19-2000

Friday, May 21, 2004 - 9:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
1. My dh, ds and I went out to dinner tonight
2. We went to the Elks Lodge where they had live entertainment and a fish fry
3. They are trying something new - a web cam!
4. It was a nice evening after a crappy day
5. I hope Marm's toes are feeling better now

Herckleperckle
Member

11-20-2003

Friday, May 21, 2004 - 9:42 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
1. Let me whine once more about my nose and then I will shut up about it. WHINE!!

2. My mom and ds are here from DE for the weekend. Came in at 7:30 pm. My dd will join us tomorrow.

3. This was supposed to be a make-up Mother's Day, as my mom was at her brother's for MD weekend (her high school reunion). Despite my nose problems, everyone said they still wanted to come just to sit around and chat together.

4. My son has written a screenplay he wants to read to me and my dh. (Grandmom has already heard it and says she loves it.)

5. Because I feel about as bad as I look, we will not be going out for meals together.

6. If I feel better tomorrow I will cook. If not, I am sending the gang out to eat, while I curl up and sleep.