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Herckleperckle
Member
11-20-2003
| Thursday, August 05, 2004 - 8:04 pm
Right now, I think: Tabby's boss knows she is the best thing that ever happened to the Club. Wish I had her wonderful wit. Vee is a genuine sweetie pie! Twinkie WILL get the $$ coming to her so she can be with her dd in person and welcome her grandchild. Laurie IS too hard on herself! She's got talent, drive, a great work ethic and tenacity beyond belief. So there, Laurie!! Kaykay is a nut!!!! And right now, I'm having a can of Guiness and hoping to fall asleep soon. Long, long day today.
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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Thursday, August 05, 2004 - 11:31 pm
right now, what a day. dd and her friend and i went to the aquarium, then to capitola for waffle cones, then to the beach boardwalk at santa cruz. i called ds from the beach and he had already left san diego to come home. so far, so good. i knew he'd be home about 10:00 or so. the girls went on rides and i walked along the pier and ate a falafel and then had a sudden image of my son calling me to tell me he had been in an accident and was stuck in the car and didn't know where on highway 5 to tell the CHP to look for him. about 2 minutes later my cell phone rings and i see it's ds. when i answer it, there is no one on the other end. i push 'send' to call ds and get his voice mail. i call dh and get his voice mail. i call the home phone and discover that the men in my life are on their cell phones to each other. ds is having car trouble about 5 hours from home. the car will not go above 45 mph. of course, when i can reach my son, he is upset because my husband told him to just stick it out and keep on trying to drive home. now, i would have been on my way to be with ds...but i was an extra 90 or so miles away from him; in other words, about 300 miles from him... when i leave the boardwalk at 10:00 p.m. son calls to tell me he can't reach dad and car is acting up even worse. i am in the mountains and keep losing my son, plus my cell phone battery is low. i tell ds to call dad and he tells me he tried but dh does not answer either the home or cell phone. dh sleeps through bombs... i tell ds i will get the girls home and then head down highway 5 to find him if need be, but to find a well-lit place, open 24 hours to wait for me, as it will be at least 2 or more hours. ds says he will see if the car can make it home, as he's within 75 miles. an hour later, he calls me to tell me he can't see out the windshield and almost had an accident when everyone went from 75 mph to stopped. he is able to clear a small hole to see through and get to a gas station 5 miles down the road, as there is no safe place to pull over on the highway. someone had spilled white paint on the highway and the cars in front of ds had 'sprayed' his car with it when they drove through it. not only the windshield, but the entire front and sides of the car have white paint all over them.....he is able to have the gas station attendant help him use the windshield squeegie to get some of the paint off and then limps the last 10 miles home and he and dh clean the car and then take it through a carwash. seems we were 'lucky' that it was waterbased paint and most of it came off, especially as the bug is black........ i am having my second glass of wine and just happy that everyone is home safe and sound. son is home for his friend's funeral and has two weeks til school starts, so we have time to figure out why the bug runs like a top and then won't top 45 mph... long day, but girls had fun and both my kids are tucked safely away at home. i'll sleep well tonight!!
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Lkunkel
Member
10-29-2003
| Friday, August 06, 2004 - 3:17 am
Right now, Potshot is sleeping and I am dozing/relaxing a bit. We finished piecing together another car at 12:30AM. We have one more to do by 5PM NY time tomorrow, and I have a dental appointment at 7:15AM PT. The remaining vehicle has 7 components of glass removal and installation to write up. While I'm gone, Potshot is going to print out the myriad of instructions. When I return, we'll start piecing. Once we're done writing, I have some other things to finish and plan on having a fun night. I really want a fun night. I think that once I am not trying to multitask everything in my life, and can just concentrate on my standard daily tasks, I'll be able to baby myself more. I've come to accept the FlyLady's 15 minutes is going to take me at least 2 of GrandmaTo2's and my blitzes. (GT2 and I have been friends since at least 1998--according to an email I found and tossed.) Since we're both on AOL, we meet in our hidden chat room and blitz (clean/sort/declutter/etc) for 20 minutes and then chat for 10. It's a great source of accountability and a chance to exchange ideas and get positive reinforcement. So, I am working on making the mind switch from 15 to 40 minutes. Sometimes, the switch is easier to accept than others. Other times, I fear what will happen when it moves to 3 or 4, or none at all. I have decided that I need to be more patient with myself. As I work on my Control Journal, and I have more areas written down, Potshot is more willing to pitch in since he knows what to do as long as he follows the list. I'm also utilizing !Treepad more and more, I am realizing that my purchase of the program was the best possible use of money for organization tools. And, I need to check but once I have it on my Palm (later this year, YEA!!!!) I will be in excellent organizational shape, tool-wise. And, in fact, thanks to said tools, I found my ebates info for online shopping, and already earned back almost $23.00. I do want to spend some time reading the live feeds on BB. I haven't since read any of the LFs since the 26th, so I have no clues on anything--especially since we aren't watching the show--Potshot has no interest at all, and I decided I didn't want to waste the video tape. Anyway, I have a lot to think and ponder about on what I want to do and how I can do it.
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Abby7
Member
07-17-2002
| Friday, August 06, 2004 - 1:04 pm
Right now, I'm surprised to hear Rick James died. He was only 56.
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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Friday, August 06, 2004 - 1:19 pm
right now, i wonder if it was drug-related. the pic they had up of him made him look in pretty poor health...but 56 is so young.
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Abby7
Member
07-17-2002
| Friday, August 06, 2004 - 1:34 pm
Tabby, here is one report I read: Funk Singer Rick James Dies at Age 56 Funk Legend Rick James, Best Known for 1981 Hit 'Super Freak,' Dies in Los Angeles at Age 56 The Associated Press LOS ANGELES Aug. 6, 2004 — Funk legend Rick James, best known for the 1981 hit "Super Freak" before his career disintegrated amid drug use and violence that sent him to prison, died Friday. He was 56. James died in his sleep at his residence near Universal City, said publicist Sujata Murthy. James lived alone and was found dead by his personal assistant, who notified police, she said. Police and Murthy believe James died of natural causes. The exact cause was not immediately released. "There'll be an autopsy and we'll find that out shortly," Murthy said. Publicist Maureen O'Connor, speaking on behalf of James' three children, said they believed he died of heart failure. "He passed away peacefully in his sleep," O'Connor said. "I think he was really fantastic, he was a creator," singer Little Richard told MSNBC. "He made a lot of people happy, he made a lot of friends and a lot of people got famous through his music," he said, referring to sampling by hip-hop artists such as MC Hammer, who used the "Super Freak" bass line in his hit "U Can't Touch This." The song earned James and Hammer the Grammy for best R&B song in 1990. "Today the world mourns a musician and performer of the funkiest kind," said Neil Portnow, president of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. "Grammy winner Rick James was a singer, songwriter and producer whose performances were always as dynamic as his personality. The `Super Freak' of funk will be missed." James had hit songs and albums from the 1970s into the '80s, but by the following decade his fame began to fade as he became embroiled in legal problems and health troubles. James was convicted in 1993 of assaulting two women. The first attack occurred in 1991 when he restrained and burned a young woman with a hot pipe during a cocaine binge at his house in West Hollywood. He was free on bail when the second assault occurred in 1992 in James' hotel room. James served more than two years in Folsom Prison. In 1997, he released a new album, but a year later he suffered a stroke while performing at Denver's Mammoth Events Center, derailing a comeback tour. In 1998 he also underwent hip replacement surgery. James was born James A. Johnson Jr. in Buffalo, N.Y. He had long been reported to have been born in 1952, but according to his Web site and police he was born on Feb. 1, 1948. James went to work for Motown in the 1970s and got the chance to record an album, "Come and Get It," which was released in 1978 and produced the hit "You and I." He followed with "Bustin' out of L Seven," which had a hit with the single "Bustin' Out," and another popular LP, "Fire it Up." His hits in 1980 included the album "Garden of Love" and the singles "Fool on the Street," "Love Gun," "Come into My Life," and "Big Time." The following year came the well-received album "Street Songs" and the hits "Give It to Me Baby" and "Super Freak." After a decade at Motown, James left the label as the sexually graphic themes of his music conflicted with the company's conservative approach to pop music. "They never totally understood what I was trying to do, where I was trying to come from with my music," he said in a 1988 interview with The Associated Press. "For the whole 10 years, it was a constant battle in me trying to acquaint them with what I wanted to say and how I wanted to say it." At the time he said he had freed himself from a cocaine addiction that threatened his life. "There was a bad period in my life some years ago when I got into a serious cocaine habit; $10,000 to $15,000 a week," he said. "I didn't really see it. My lawyers and my accountants and friends really saw it before I did. They saw that my usage of coke was getting to be a million-dollar-a-year habit. I didn't see it until I went into rehab and I didn't understand it until I got out." James said he got caught up in living the "bad boy" persona he had cultivated. "There was a time where I was just trying to live the image wholeheartedly; I wasn't thinking about the person, James Johnson," he said. "I mean, Rick James was just a man-made image, the image I created. Just trying to live Rick James almost killed me." James was not married, Murthy said. He is survived by daughter Ty, sons Rick Jr. and Tazman, and granddaughters Jasmine and Charisma. Associated Press Writer Ryan Pearson contributed to this report.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Friday, August 06, 2004 - 2:05 pm
Right now I need advice...the Mommy dog will not nurse her 10 pups...we have put her in a pen with them...when they get close she goes to other side..the pups have cried all day. Dylan and I have been out there many times, round up the pups put them on her to nurse, she does but as soon as we leave she moves away...anyone know what we can do?
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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Friday, August 06, 2004 - 2:56 pm
right now, if you sit with the mama will she continue to nurse the pups? how new are the babies? maybe the mama has sore nipples. can you feed them formula? i'm going to google and see what i can find.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Friday, August 06, 2004 - 3:02 pm
Thanks Tabby...yes if we sit she will feed..the are 5 days old..she was brought to shelter as stray but she was someones pet cuz she is very tame, she is only about 1 or 2 yrs old..may be her first litter. why don;t people take care of their animals!!!! and spay them!!???
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Abby7
Member
07-17-2002
| Friday, August 06, 2004 - 3:19 pm
Pamy, I tried to Google some info for you too, but haven't come up with an answer yet. This is so strange. When I posted above about the death of Rick James....I had no idea he lived here at the apartment complex I live in. I was watching the 4pm news/CBS, listening to more information on his death. They say the name of this apartment building lived/died and the street, then show a picture of the place; then, taking a body out. I called the office to verify it and they said they couldn't give out any information. I then told them, well it's on the news. He just said I could then deduct it on my own, and after more chat....he said well, he kept a low profile.
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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Friday, August 06, 2004 - 3:22 pm
right now, from what i could find, your best bet would be to sit with her several times a day for them to nurse. sometimes the mother has mastitis and her nipples are sore or she can't make milk. (do you know that they are getting anything when they nurse?) the alternative is formula, which can get expensive and difficult because you have to feed them with bottles that don't have too large of an opening or the formula can get into their lungs... was she nursing earlier and just quit? it's probably early enough in california to call a vet to ask, but sounds like right now, your best bet for healthy pups is to get a good book and settle in for half an hour several times a day. maybe the mama just needs a few more days to get comfortable with her new surroundings. she is pretty young to have a litter and to have so many must be overwhelming to her...also, she may be afraid she will be moved yet again. if you are sure the babies are getting milk from the nipples, then you maybe will just have to sit there. there is already a place in heaven for you, pamy!
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Friday, August 06, 2004 - 4:21 pm
WOW Abby!!! you would think he would have a bunch of ppl coming and going... Thanks for looking Abby! Tabby, you are so sweet!!! Bill is stopping by vet on way home, good thing its the weekend and we will be home so we will do the sitting thing and hopefully by mon she will be all adjusted. Thanks!
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Sillycalimomma
Member
11-13-2003
| Sunday, August 08, 2004 - 8:33 pm
Right now I am thankful that I only have two days left until I am a stay at home momma again,but I am dreading going to work these next and final two days.......so instead I am up playing at TVCH when I should be sleeping!
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Sillycalimomma
Member
11-13-2003
| Monday, August 09, 2004 - 11:21 am
Right now I am hogging the Right Now thread. I am at work and bored. Bummed too. Tomorrow was supposed to be my last day but my boss (knowing the softie that I am) talked me into staying until the 20th when the new girl should be fully trained. Grrrr......why am I so nice? I just want to sit at home and play (clean actually, isn't that sad?) 
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Monday, August 09, 2004 - 12:23 pm
Right Now, Abby, we had the same problem with a mutt we found, adopted, then found out she was pregnant. She had 12. She too would not nurse them, we put a collar and leash on her, and forced her to lay still by holding her down (gently) the pup's nursed untill their tummys were so big, they fell right to sleep. I hate to tell you, but this is a full time job. Those babies will want to eat constantly. Stick with it.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Monday, August 09, 2004 - 12:51 pm
Mom is nursing!!! We brought her and pups inside the house and she is happy as pie...she musta been a house dog...and someone abandoned her!!!! She didn't like the dog suite, the pen, the garage, anything we tried...brought her in the house and she is fine...she is soo good too...she stays in the living room where we set up the blankets..she has never even tried to leave that area...she is a great dog!
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Monday, August 09, 2004 - 6:34 pm
Right now, I'm getting ready to leave to drive to the airport to pick up my partner, who has been away for a week and a half. Yay!
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Hippyt
Member
06-15-2001
| Monday, August 09, 2004 - 6:53 pm
Right now,Yay!
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Monday, August 09, 2004 - 7:07 pm
Right now, I am tired but so happy! My mom came home from the hospital today! Yay!
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Reader234
Member
08-13-2000
| Monday, August 09, 2004 - 11:09 pm
Right now it is 2 AM.... do I know where my boys are... NO.... Yeah Mamie!! I'm tired and happy for you too!! ::::tapping foot::::: looking at clock.... hmmmm
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Grannyg
Member
05-28-2002
| Monday, August 09, 2004 - 11:27 pm
Right now, I got home last night at 8, took off my "go to meeting" clothes, put on a pair of shorts, sat down in the recliner and fell asleep. Now it's 2:30 and I'm wide a wake. Gonna be a really long day today. ack!!!!!
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Kaykay
Member
01-21-2004
| Tuesday, August 10, 2004 - 5:09 am
right now - i'm bored. work is SOOO slow and i have noone to play with
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Reader234
Member
08-13-2000
| Tuesday, August 10, 2004 - 10:57 am
Right Now I have a house full of teenagers - ah I've missed it... "are you going to eat here, or out?" "I dunno" Ok am I having 2 for dinner or 7? ummmm dunno.... *sigh!! For lunch I set out a bunch of junk food, nachos, lunchmeat, etc. Of course they just woke up at NOON - and ate a bit of the casserole... I am so not used to this!! DD is trying to assert herself in the evening plans... lol Right now, its so good to have my kids home again!
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Reader234
Member
08-13-2000
| Tuesday, August 10, 2004 - 11:04 am
Right now the girl has to sleep over one more night - and its ok - she's a BIG BROTHER FAN!! *G You shoulda heard the groans from the guys!! (wait till they hear Joe Schmoo is on tho!! *G)
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Cindori
Member
07-25-2003
| Tuesday, August 10, 2004 - 4:25 pm
Right now I'm amused at myself. I was telling a friend that I can never remember which side of the car my gas tank is on. My oh-so-very-smart friend told me about the little arrow on the instrument panel that POINTS to the side of the car it's on. Isn't that just the COOLEST thing?!?! I never knew it was there. I'm such a dork. So, of course I have to tell everyone. 
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