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Egbok
Member
07-13-2000
| Sunday, May 09, 2004 - 5:25 pm
1. Today is Mother's Day and I send hugs and TVCH lovies to all the mommies with kidlets, furbabies or whatever brings happiness to their heart like a mom! 2. Yesterday I got to meet Tabbyking and her dd, Emt911. They are super and I hope to meet up with them again someday soon! 3. Joining us yesterday were my DD and DS#2. 4. We all had a great dinner at the Olive Garden and the conversation was non-stop along with lots of laughing! 5. Today my day was filled with lots of fun family activities. 6. I saw my mother, stepdad, my mil, fil, sisters, sil, bil, nieces and nephews. 7. Egbob got me a pair of Mary Engelbreit PJ's that say "The Queen of Everything" on them. What an appropriate gift for me...LOL!! 8. Egbob also got me some very sexy black lingerie from Victoria's Secret. I think I'll wear the Mary Engelbreit PJ's tonight (with the sexy black lingerie underneath).....
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Wargod
Member
07-16-2001
| Monday, May 10, 2004 - 8:32 am
1. Hope all our mothers had a great Mother's day! 2. I had a quiet day. Kota woke me up at 8:30. She had climbed in bed with us sometime in the middle of the night and when she woke up she thought it'd be fun to wake me up by poking me. Poke, poke, poke, "Mom." Poke, poke, poke, "MOM!" Poke, poke, poke, "MOM!!" Nutty child. 3. We had a good day despite that, lol. Kids visited both their grandma's and spoiled me. 4. My aunts 76th birthday is today. I need to make a cake later, and still haven't gotten her a birthday present. Told her we wouldn't be there til this evening (have to wait for everyone to be home at the same time,) so I have time to decide on a gift. 5. It is 59 degrees here right now! Wind gusts up to 40mph's. I had shorts out for Caleb and a skirt for Dakota so had to do some quick wardrobe changes, lol. This is odd weather! 6. Tomorrow night we have to do our snack bar volunteer duty for Caleb's team. For the first time we have a six hour shift instead of a three hour shift because they couldn't find enough parents willing to help. 7. Darren bought me two new books for mother's day, Homer's Odyssey and World Mythologies. Pretty cool, I can't wait to get to reading them. 8. I can't go to Caleb's class today because of testing and a closed campus. It's very unusual for me to be home all day on a Monday. I'm not quite sure what to do with myself, lol. 9. I'm trying to decide between cleaning and doing laundry today and spending my free time as me time. It's a tough decision!}
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Kaili
Member
08-31-2000
| Monday, May 10, 2004 - 8:55 am
1. I met my mom and step dad at the cabin this weekend. It was kind of chilly, but bearable. Plus it's always fun to see them so it makes it worth it. 2. We took a short drive up to "Cathedral of Pines"- it's a patch of old growth forest where a lot of Blue Herons nest. They have a lot of babies in their nests now, but they were still flying around and calling. Pretty cool- I couldn't get any pictures of them because they're pretty fast and their nests are really, really high up. 3. Here's me and my mom. She's looking up at them
4. Tim and I also showed our love for the area.
5. It's pretty warm today...humid but warm. I'm okay with that. I was so sick of winter, but honestly I don't want it to be hot, sticky, and buggy either. I like spring and fall the best. 6. At work we have to put in requests for days off 8 days in advance at least. I forgot that I wanted next Friday off until Thursday...but that is 8 days so I mentioned it to my new boss. She's only been with us for a week now. She flat out refused before I put the request in. 7. I talked to the union guy about it (her reason was that I waited too long and that other people already did put in for the day- but they were all but one below me in seniority). He verified that I had every right to put it in that day and that I have to be granted it above anyone with less seniority. 8. So I filled out the optional slip and handed it to her. I swear she was just being spiteful- she tossed the slip on the table and denied me (as well as everyone below me). She only has to grant one per day and there was one person ahead of me that asked off. here's no eal good reason- there are enough people to do the job. 9. I think one reason is that a lot of people are expected to call in. It's the last day of the semester (year) at UWO and they have "beer gardens" at the bars by school all day. She also said ANYONE who calls in on Friday will gt an automatic warning letter. 10. I miss my old boss. He was the best.
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Kaykay
Member
01-21-2004
| Monday, May 10, 2004 - 10:23 am
1. My eyes are burning from Pink eye and staring at the computer. 
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Spitfire
Member
07-18-2002
| Monday, May 10, 2004 - 10:32 am
1. I leave in an hour for my monthly baby doctor check-up. 2. I hope that I didn't gain 8lbs like I did last month. 
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Kaykay
Member
01-21-2004
| Monday, May 10, 2004 - 10:48 am
1. Good luck Spitfire 2. I gained 12 lbs in one month with my DD.(she was over 9lbs when she was born) 3.I can't wait to go home and play outside with my kids
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Rupertbear
Member
09-19-2003
| Monday, May 10, 2004 - 12:22 pm
Hug to Kaykay & hey, Spit...maybe ya having twins! hee hee 
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Herckleperckle
Member
11-20-2003
| Monday, May 10, 2004 - 12:55 pm
1. I had a migraine all day yesterday til about 8:30 pm. 2. Had to cancel our plans with dd to go to the Tribeca Film Festival (her gift to me). We were going to have dinner in Manhattan, too. 3. DH made me breakfast (uh, 2 pieces of toast with jelly and a cup of coffee, but still . . .), lunch and . . . at 9:30 pm insisted we go out to Red Lobster. So we did! We had steamed clams and 2 types of shrimp each. The shrimp were very small and disappointing, but . . . the 2 frozen margaritas were very, very good! 4. This morning I battled the washer and dryer--pulled them out to clean behind and under because the dryer connection had come loose a bit ago without my realizing it--til lint appeared on the racks above the inside the closeted off area. It was everywhere. Yuk. (I could have called maintenance, but I was too ashamed of what it looked like. In the process I accidentally disconnected the water hose from the washer. I figured out how to put everything back after cleaning everything. Whew. Only left a few bruises on me and consumed about 1 1/2 hours out of my day! Aaaah.
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Herckleperckle
Member
11-20-2003
| Monday, May 10, 2004 - 1:02 pm
4.25 Kaili, great pics. Loved em. You will never believe this, but you look like me when I was your age!!!! 4.50 Eggie, your Mother's Day sounds lovely. And pjs and sexy lingerie both sound great!! 4.75 Spitfire, waiting for your report! Kaykay, awww. I know what a pain that is. I've had it maybe 3 times. People treat you like you're carrying the plague, too.
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Jewels
Member
09-23-2000
| Monday, May 10, 2004 - 8:55 pm
1. We took my son to see the other dentist this morning. He has to have a crown put on one of his molars because his tooth is almost shot and extensive fillings in his other molars. It is going to take 4 appts. to get it all taken care of. My god, he is only 4 years old. 2. I cried today when we were talking to the dentist, this is my little guy and I feel so bad. You have no idea the guilt I feel over this. 3. Thankfully, my husband was there to take over the question asking. 4. On a brighter note, hubby and I had a great trip to Seattle this weekend. Unfortunately, the Mariners lost, but it was still alot of fun. 5. I hope every Mom had a fantastic day yesterday. 
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Egbok
Member
07-13-2000
| Monday, May 10, 2004 - 9:17 pm
1. Kaili, great pics! 2. HercklePerckle, so sorry to hear about your migraine...those are the pits but I'm glad you're feeling better now. 3. Jewels, please don't be so hard on yourself. Your little guy will be fine and the important thing is that you now have the opportunity to get him into the habit of brushing his teeth after every meal. It's a good habit for life!! 4. I went to work today after being off for the last 2 weeks and there was a stack of incoming mail about a foot high...and I'm not kidding!! 5. I barely made a dent into the mail because in addition, I had 12 voice messages and about 20 emails to read and respond too.... 6. I love my job! I really do and being gone this long shows me what "job security" is all about...LOL!! 6.5 In the 2 weeks I was away from work, our new office building is almost finished!! We'll be moving into our new digs in August...all new stuff and I'm so excited. I've been taking pictures of the building process from the ground up over the last year and I'll be posting them sometime in the next few months.
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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Monday, May 10, 2004 - 9:30 pm
1) jewels, those are baby teeth. you will get a new lease on teeth with his secondary teeth. 2) i miss egbok 3) i am still sad about the other person claiming injuries in the accident my son had 2 weeks ago, but have been told 'people always claim that'... 4) work is still fun, so that's good! 5) i am hoping to hear my son got an apartment for college for his next year 6) still miss eggie 7) dd's AP test was postponed when the proctor had to take his wife to a doctor's appointment. now the test has to be re-written for the 22 students, in case someone in another dimension tells them what was on the original test. the AP test group now wants 170 bucks per test, rather than the 85 for the original test. sheesh! 7.25 still miss eggie 
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Egbok
Member
07-13-2000
| Monday, May 10, 2004 - 10:07 pm
7.50 ...and I miss Tabbyking
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Littlec
Member
11-14-2003
| Tuesday, May 11, 2004 - 7:05 am
1. Yesterday 13 teachers called in sick from the school my kids attend. 2. One of the teachers was my dd's teacher 3. Yesterday they celebrated dd's birthday. 4. She saved a cupcake for her teacher. 5. Last weekend there was a terrible accident by my house. 6. They brought in the helicopter and landed it in the dairy queen parking lot. 7. I brought my mom to the doctor yesterday. 8. Everything checked out A-OK!!
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Kaykay
Member
01-21-2004
| Tuesday, May 11, 2004 - 7:15 am
1. My eye is slowly getting better 2. 11 kids in my DD's daycare class have strep throat. 3. I have a feeling that both of my kiddlets will be sick for the weekend. 4. It's going to be a hot one here today. 5. Wish I could be home to enjoy it. 6. Gotta work late tonight - BOO!! 7. Boy, 9 facts are tough. 8. I have new sandals on and almost wiped out in the hall. 9. Boy , that would have been a site to see!! LOL
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Spitfire
Member
07-18-2002
| Tuesday, May 11, 2004 - 7:19 am
1. Doctors appointment yesterday went as smooth as can be. 2. Gained 5lbs and am still measuring exactly as I should which is 28 weeks. 3. I get freaked out because people ask when I'm due and when I tell them August 2nd they seem really shocked because they think I'm soooo big. 4. The Doctor makes me feel so much better because she tells me that other than my issues with Carpel Tunnel Syndrome, I am having a textbook pregnancy in all respects. 5. The reason I look so big already is because I am very small to begin with and have gained most of my weight right out front. She said that by looking at me it has gone directly to the tummy. I hope that means I don't have to large a baby. Every woman's fear right? 6. I know every woman is different and that we all "carry" a different way but it still makes me feel like crap when someone comments on my size. 7. The baby is moving all the time and sometimes it really hurts for me. Little kicks are OK but when it really wants to roll around it really hurts. 8. It's not twins - maybe next time. 9. I still have not decided on names but appreciate everyone's help in the thread I created. 10. I go for a second ultrasound next Thursday.
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Rupertbear
Member
09-19-2003
| Tuesday, May 11, 2004 - 7:52 am
Glad to hear Mom got a clean bill of health, Li'lc. Kay...now hon...didn't you get in trouble wearing them there sandals a week ago? Ya tootsies were freezing. Now ya nearly wiping out in 'em. Hmmm,dangerous shoes...lol! ;) Aw, Spit. Don't feel bad when people say ya tummy is big. I don't think they mean it disparagingly. Pregnant women really are beautiful, so the only thing they can think to comment on is the size of the tum-tum but hey, they know it's ALL baby. Enjoy being pregnant...I know I did each of the four times I was preggers. The doc is right, we all carry babies differently. I never got big, even though all of mine were in the 7 lb range. I think I just carried them more 'inside' my body, if that makes any sense. Oh and the only thing I find about some pregnant women these days is....well, they choose not to cover their tummy. The t-shirt ends below the breasts, then you have a sea of big tummy, with an outtie belly button staring you in the face. Call me old-fashioned but I don't like that.
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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Tuesday, May 11, 2004 - 8:32 am
1) spitfire, i also had carpal tunnel problems that came on from being pregnant. i had to get cortizone shots in my wrist until i had the baby. 2 years later, they finally did the surgery on my right hand. my left still has some problems, and i am left-handed, but they will only do one wrist at a time for surgery. i was having fire all the way up my right arm when i was pregnant and it was horrid pain! 1.25) still miss eggie but am enjoying the memories of our meet!
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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Tuesday, May 11, 2004 - 8:34 am
and i was so huge in the belly with dd, they were sure i was going to have twins, but triplets run in my family! nope, just one big baby. i was in maternity clothes at 13 weeks and a new doctor estimated me at 22 weeks when he saw me! dh was sad we weren't having triplets, but i was pretty relieved after the sonogram showed one baby!!
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Herckleperckle
Member
11-20-2003
| Tuesday, May 11, 2004 - 8:36 am
1. I am looking forward to hearing Spit tell us all about her ultrasound. (Spit, just enjoy your pregnancy and laugh at all the remarks. If you feel happy, your baby will feel happy, too!)
2. Spitfire, I sent you an email a while back about my carpal tunnel stuff. Not sure if you deleted it, thinking it was spam. I am one of the unlucky ones who continued to have problems. I still have problems today. (So take care of yourself.)
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Kady
Member
07-30-2000
| Tuesday, May 11, 2004 - 9:20 am
1. I am leaving for the casino in 1 hour. I am looking forward to the 2 days in that hotel suite. 2. We will also be seeing a men's dance show..."The Thunder from Down Under". 3. My suitcase is too freakin' heavy, I can barely roll it. It's a good thing I'm not leaving for a week.
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Rupertbear
Member
09-19-2003
| Tuesday, May 11, 2004 - 9:37 am
Wow, Kady...enjoy that show, it should be awesome. I've seen bits of it on tv...so cool! LOl, you and I are the same...I always overpack. Have a FANTASTIC time at the hotel. Don't spend too much time in the casino! ;) (p.s we have one here, I never go )
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Spitfire
Member
07-18-2002
| Tuesday, May 11, 2004 - 9:48 am
1. Thanks for all the nice comments. I really do feel happy and don't take the comments to heart. 2. "The Thunder from Down Under" sounds kinda intriguing!! 3. I will definitely report on the ultrasound. If my memory serves me...I think Enbwife was supposed to have one this week. I will have to go over to the parenting thread to see if that has happened yet. 4. I have never met Ms. Eggie but I miss her when I don't see her "a-round" for awhile. 
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Kaykay
Member
01-21-2004
| Tuesday, May 11, 2004 - 10:03 am
1. I was large and in charge during both of my pregnancies. My DD was 9lbs 5oz and my DS was induced 18 days early and he was 8lbs 6 ozs. 2. Ignore the comments. Or do what I used to do - I would say I w as due the next day (whenever someone asked rudely or told me i was huge) and Iwas having triplets. People ran away from me LOL 3. Rupertbear - these are DIFFERENT sandals but equally as annoying. (note to self - wear sneakers) 4. The Thunder From Down Under? I'm in!!! 5. Once again have a red shirt on to match my Pink Eye 
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Wargod
Member
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, May 11, 2004 - 12:16 pm
1. Ever have one of those weeks you wish would just end. Right now! All of these little things keep piling up, and frankly, I'm exhausted and my family is worn out. 2. The kids have been playing tag team with being sick for the last 3-4 weeks. If it's not one, it's the other. They've done everything from the stomach flu to colds to asthma attacks. I sent Kota to school with a note saying she'd used her inhaler about 15 minutes before leaving for school, she'd be hyper and jittery for awhile, that she should stay in at recess (her teacher is soooo going to love me today, lol,) and that Kota would let her know if she needed to go to the nurse or come home. 3. Mow has spent the past few months working bad and unpredictible hours. The last two weeks he's taken Saturday's off which has been nice, but he's so tired he's not up for doing much of anything. Finally two weeks ago, they cut them down to 9 hour days (he was still doing 10 because of paper work he has to do,) and then last week down to 8 hour days. It was very nice, he's spending more time with the kids, we get more time together, he's not exhausted. Yesterday he called and told me they'd put them back on 12 hour days. His biggest worry about it? He can't take the kids to practice while he's doing 12 hour shifts and he was upset because he knew they'd be disappointed by that. 4. We've got four birthdays this month and a wedding. Still haven't got the album done yet, though I'm hoping to finish that this week. Haven't planned Caleb's birthday party yet because the wedding is happening his birthday weekend so we know we have to either do it before or after and we're trying to figure out which weekend people will be most able to come. 5. Add to that Caleb's pre-test stress, and now his post-test stress that he didn't do as well as he could have. Kota is having some major freak outs over riding the bus (which we can't figure out because Caleb and the older neighbor girls who take turns sitting with her and walk with her home say nothing is going on to cause this, and the kids in her class telling her teacher nothing is going on in the morning.) Top it off with me not sleeping more than 3 hours a night, and you find me a shaking, whining mess. 6. Now because I'm feeling bad for all the whining over little stuff when theres much worse that could be happening, I'll end with some good news. Yesterday we got letters home from school informing us of our new modified school year. Instead of this on track, off track we've been dealing with, our new school year will be from August 17-June 16. We'll have the same holidays (four day weekend for Thanksgiving, a day each for Lincoln and Washington's birthdays, etc) that normal school year kids get. The only difference between the modified and traditional is that for Christmas and New Years we get 3 weeks off and for Spring break we'll get 3 weeks off. Considering that this year we had 6 weeks from Thanksgiving to New Years, 4 for Spring break, another 2 week break at the end of the year, and the whole month of August out, I'm pretty excited to start a schedule that will be more consistent and easier to follow!
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