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Jbean
Member
01-05-2002
| Saturday, November 26, 2005 - 8:57 am
1. got the christmas tree up last night. last year i did it victorian themed with pale pink and lavender ribbon instead of tinsel and i loved how it turned out, so i did it the same this year. 2. the cat loves (to try to tear up) the christmas tree. she is in her pet taxi at the moment. she's been a big brat today! 3. i have to go to my grandparents tomorrow afternoon as their ONLY lunch guest. *shudder* looks like i'll be going to pick up my good friend captain morgan at some point today. everyone keep me in your thoughts tomorrow around 10-10:30-ish AM, board time tomorrow. have a feeling it's gonna be ugly. 
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Coco
Member
07-13-2000
| Saturday, November 26, 2005 - 9:18 am
1. Yesterday dd and I went to Kohl's. I dropped her off in front of Kohl's to begin her shopping quest and then I drove around until I was able to snatch a parking spot...20 minutes later. 2. DD is a grad student and therefore still semi-dependent on us, which is no problem at all. She came down for Thanksgiving and spent the night with us. The next morning we were talking and I discovered that she needed some new clothes...so we tackled Kohl's. 3. The sales were fantastic! She found a lot of good deals and some really cute outfits, plus a few belts and purses. 4. The check out line was a mile long, but it moved at a nice clip and we had fun talking to each other and those around us, everyone was in a great mood for being in such a long line.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Saturday, November 26, 2005 - 11:33 pm
1. We got the tree up today too. Darren hung a gazillion lights on the tree, around the window and doors, danglin off the ceiling. 2. He's improved, lol. One year he hung so many lights indoors we were able to keep the living room lights off for most of December since his Christmas lights were THAT bright! 3. The kids helped to decorate and then we made Christmas door hangers out of that foamie stuff. 4. Tomorrow we're cooking our turkey dinner. Too soon for more turkey if you ask me, but Darren and the kids want left overs for the week. 5. Dakota hung latex gloves off the swing set earlier. I opened the door to let Harvey out and almost had a heart attack. It's dark as can be out there and all I saw was these "hands" hanging off the swing set! Took me a minute to realize it wasn't someone and that Kota was being goofy again.
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Jbean
Member
01-05-2002
| Sunday, November 27, 2005 - 6:55 am
5.3. lol, war, sounds like you have a clark griswold on your hand with the lights. lol, so long as the electric company doesn't have to turn meters back on. 
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Spygirl
Board Administrator
04-23-2001
| Sunday, November 27, 2005 - 8:51 am
1. I had a great coupla' days in Texas with family. I took my in-laws with me (FIL and stepmom-in-law) and they had fun. 2. I was additionally blessed because my husband was able to be there as well, which was unexpected. He is still on reserve and will be until at least the first of the year. It is frustrating and wearing on us both, but we're hanging in there. 3. I think it is going to snow here tonight, according to the weather reports. But, before we see snow, we might see tornadoes. That, of course, makes me crazy. 4. I've been up this morning since 7:30. In that time, I've cleaned the kitchen, unpacked my suitcase, started the laundry, went for my morning jog, raked leaves in the yard, found the missing light bulb in a string of lights hung in a tree in the front yard, fed the dogs, and had some oatmeal. 5. That's usually more than I do in an entire Sunday. It is now not even 11am and I have no idea what to do with the rest of the day. 6. Even though the yard is decorated for Christmas, the inside is not, so I guess I'll clean house and get ready to put up the tree. I'd rather not do that, though, until the next time hubby is home. Whenever that is. 
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Sunday, November 27, 2005 - 9:20 am
1. Reading what Spygirl has already accomplished this morning makes me feel very lazy! 2. I did exercise. I'm doing the Firm. This is my first week and it's kicking my butt. I haven't exercised in years and my body hurts!! 3. I did shower. But I still have my jammies on. I'm taking my time this morning. 4. No breakfast for me. But I did make 2 spinach, swiss cheese & bacon quiches. Yummy!! 5. Eddy is coming over this afternoon. The quiches are for our "brunch". We're going to go and buy our Christmas tree. 6. I've started dragging out the Christmas decorations but haven't got very far with my decorating. I have been Christmas shopping though and I'm happy with my purchases!!! 7. Nicholas comes home from Chicago tonight at 7:30 pm ... yay!!!!
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Sunday, November 27, 2005 - 9:36 am
1. I should be washing clothes 2. I need to find the xmas lights from last year 3. I'd like to really cut down the bush that's outside in front of the window 4. I miss being at dad's 5. I have a session tomorrow night and I think it will be a rough one 6. I have to take the kids to the library today to work on their science fair project 7. I'll find a good book and a quiet corner lol 8. For once I've already taken something out for dinner to defrost.
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Jbean
Member
01-05-2002
| Sunday, November 27, 2005 - 12:57 pm
1. went to the grandparents' house for late thanksgiving lunch today. i bought some captain morgan for my diet dr pepper before i went, so it went ok. 2. it's sad that they really mean well, but they have no idea that grandkids don't really want to be lectured about everything wrong they've ever done. 3. i think i have the same weather forecast as spy...tornadoes today. i'm terrified of tornadoes, and am not looking forward to the severe weather. 4. that being said, i'm still half lit, and am not freaking out like i normally would be. 5. i went to hobby lobby yesterday and bought several unfinished wood products to make into christmas gifts, including a couple of cigar box purses. i hope the creative gene suddenly comes over me, because i'm not the most creative person ever. lol 6. my grandma made turkey casserole and it was actually pretty good. 7. i was awakened this morning at 7 am by fire truck sirens. hope it was nothing serious. 8. have to go in to work at 5 am this week. blech! that's just an obscene hour to me. 9. but then thursday is the hockey game and friday mr urban in concert, so i think i can handle it! woo hoo! happy sunday, factoiders! 
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Kady
Member
07-30-2000
| Sunday, November 27, 2005 - 2:08 pm
1. MIL is still with us even though we expected her to pass last week. She has had several more strokes and with each one gets weaker and weaker. They are now giving her morphine. 2. BIL headed back to his job site in Wisconsin this morning. There is really nothing he can do here. 3. After a week, I was glad to see him go. He wasn't that bad...but my house is not set up for long term guest. 4. We picked up a family meal from KFC. My fridge is about empty of the Thanksgiving feast. 5. I am ready to head back to work tomorrow. This has been a long 5 days. 6. Mathew has been had his Grandma's house all week so we would have room for BIL. I am so glad he is home...I missed my baby. 7. My first ever cornbread dressing turned out pretty good. I was proud that it was edible. Now DH wants me to try making a sweet potato pie like his mom's. 8. We are gonna put up a few Christmas decorations this week. I am determined to make the holiday's happy in spite of everything. I don't want Matthew to have all depressing thoughts about the holiday's. 9. Since my SIL is living with us now, she has been alot of help around the house. I haven't had to wash a dish nor do any laundry. 10. Gee...10 facts is hard to do!!!
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Skootz
Member
07-23-2003
| Sunday, November 27, 2005 - 2:27 pm
1. Keeping you and your family still in my thoughts and prayers Kady, thanks for the update and hang in there. 1.1 I am finally almost feeling better after having the flu since Friday night. I have not been sick like that in years. Been up for almost 2 hours now..that is a record. 1.2 I posted a closer picture of my Christmas village in my folder for those that wanted to see it closer.
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Resortgirl
Member
09-23-2000
| Sunday, November 27, 2005 - 3:31 pm
If the picture is there, I'm going blind... I don't see it??? help!!!
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Skootz
Member
07-23-2003
| Sunday, November 27, 2005 - 4:31 pm
1.2 blame it on the flu again, I did post it I swear..will do that now again lol
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Schoolmarm
Member
02-18-2001
| Sunday, November 27, 2005 - 6:42 pm
1. I traveled 1300 miles in a car since Monday. Iowa twice (poor planning) and three places in Illinois. I am tired, but don't want to go home as I think my cable is cut off and my housesitter didn't empty the litter box, and the student who was supposed to do the yard before the city comes by for the yard waste tomorrow didn't do it. I just love getting messages on my phone. BLECH! The family reunion in Iowa was loads of fun, though! 2. I have some kind of wicked sinus headache, so that means that the weather will be changing! Here's hoping for no tornadoes!
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Sillycalimomma
Member
11-13-2003
| Sunday, November 27, 2005 - 7:23 pm
1. We put up all of our decorations today 2. It was an all day project and I am sooo tired now! 3. My dad dropped by and brought me my Christmas gift (very early) an espresso machine complete with mocha powder, syrups and coffee from Starbucks! I am now the envy of all of my neighbors and friends (who I am sure will be by in the morning!)
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Froggiegirl621
Member
02-14-2003
| Sunday, November 27, 2005 - 8:07 pm
1. What a productive holiday weekend we've had! 2. About 95% of our Christmas shopping is now done...just a gift card to buy and my younger sister to finish, but that's it. 3. We got all our decorating done today inside and outside. I'm pretty pleased with how everything turned out this year! 4. I got a great schedule at work this week and will get to be at home every night except my two school nights. I'm thrilled that I get to be here when Steve's home and actually eat dinner together...very rare these days!
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Sunday, November 27, 2005 - 9:31 pm
1. Jbean, Michaels projects. Check here for some ideas for those cigar boxes if inspiration starts to fail you. I love to go through the store picking up the project sheets and project booklets for ideas for the kids. 2. I got out of bed this morning and put the whole family to work cleaning. While I cleaned the bathroom Caleb vacuumed. While I dusted, Dakota picked up the den. Darren took care of firewood for the week and cooked the turkey lunch. Kids also did their own laundry. 3. It was nice to have Sunday chores out of the way by 11am for a change. Now this week I'll be nice since they helped out so much today and clean the kids bedrooms for them. LOL, ok, I really want to clean their carpets and the only way to have the rooms ready for it is to do it myself. 4. Today was also a day to get back to normal since they go back to school and work tomorrow. Regular dinner time, bath time, and everyone in bed by 8pm. It's so quiet now! 5. Spy and Froggie, I'm so glad ya'll are getting to spend time with your hubbies! When you have those oddball, hardly ever see each other schedules it's so nice to have those unexpected times together. It's so hard to keep up with schedules like that, but it doesn't last forever (the hardly ever seeing each other parts!) We did it for two years and I thought it'd never end.
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Schoolmarm
Member
02-18-2001
| Sunday, November 27, 2005 - 11:59 pm
1. WHEW, the cable is still on! I will have to call early on Monday to pay the overdue bill! 2. WHEW, the kitty litter got cleaned out! 3. Yard is a mess, but since the kitchen is clean, I can handle it. 4. It is REALLY windy tonight, but warm. METHINKS, we are ripe for a tornado. 5. It is REALLY good to be home! 6. The kitties were happy to get food from FOOD LADY! Ellie came in for a while, and JujuKitty was really having a conversation with me.
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Serenity
Member
06-28-2005
| Monday, November 28, 2005 - 7:58 am
1. It's Monday....Blech. Luckily it's my last week of classes before the crunch for finals. I am so happy this semester is almost over. 2. I played in a Walleyball tournament this past weekend. Today I am feeling stiff and sore. 3. We didn't win any team prizes, but I did win TWO door prizes! I was very excited because I hardly ever win anything! One was a gift card for Walmart and the other was a set that included a t-shirt, travel mug, USB port, keychain, and pen set. 4. We got our Christmas tree set up and decorated Saturday. Looks pretty. 5. I also got caught up on all the "wargodding" I needed to do. I cleaned out a couple of closets and donated some old winter jackets to my neice's "Share the Warmth" clothing drive. 6. My new favorite hobby is looking at realty listings on the net. We are probably moving in about a year and a half - LOL. Nothing like getting an early jump at trends in the market, eh? 7. The weather outside is frightful. I wish I had a fireplace...it would be so delightful.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, November 28, 2005 - 8:40 am
1. We always look at listings in the paper, Serenity. We have no intention of moving, but it's fun to look and talk about how if we had that extra $400,000 laying around, LOL. 2. Did ya get the bill paid Marm? I hate when they sneak up on you like that. 3. My morning started out with an hour and a half of sleep. And Caleb standing over me telling me he was hungry, there was no more cereal. 4. Beings how I was half asleep, I thought I must be dreaming up the boxes of cheerios, rice krispies, and raisin bran. So I get up to fix them oatmeal, only to find there is indeed three boxes of cereal on top of the cabinet. He then complains we're out of lucky charms (Darren bought that, I never buy sweet sweet cereal!) 5. They spent the next hour being totally contradictory. Are we buying or taking? Taking...can we buy? Hand me the ham....no we want bologna. Where's our backpacks...in the car. No I want to take this one. I finally snapped at both of them when I told them to get there coats on and Dakota told me she was goin to wear a sweatshirt and Caleb said he was fine in his tshirt. It's 26 degrees outside this morning, put your coats on! 6. LOL, I was quite thrilled to drop them off at school. We get there and I walk them up to the gate and as I'm chatting with the yard duty aid, we're watching the kids walk to class. Dakota was behind Caleb when all of a sudden she hauls back and punches him in the shoulder. Yard duty aid looks over at me and says she didn't see that. Can you get suspended for socking your brother? 7. Mornings like this make me thrilled there's school. I love my kids but if they were home all day today I'd probably have them duct taped to a wall by 3pm, lol. 8. Since I have the house all to myself, I'm going to get busy in a few minutes doing some cleaning (the kids bedrooms) and working on some more jewelry.
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Monday, November 28, 2005 - 10:57 am
1. Nine facts....OMG 2. I had a very eventful Thanksgiving. My crazy aunt and her looney family (I am sure you've heard me speak of them) stole the show. My grandma asked them NOT to come for Christmas, which is a huge step for her, so you know it was bad, I'll have to post the events in my folder. Sheesh, some people. 3. Tomorrow I have the day off. I will sleep in some, take DD to my moms, then it's off to the doctor's office, then off to the hospital where my friend is having a C-Section. 4. As soon as I know if it's a boy or girl, i will be buying her some much needed sleepers, in appropriate colors, etc. 5. We are having pheasant for dinner tonight. I am getting hungry already, I need to go to lunch. 6. Baby has been moving a lot more this week, which is a relief because she took a hiatus from moving much at all over the past few weeks, and I was getting very concerned. 7. Two and a half months to go. 8. DD is NOT sleeping at night and I don't know what to do. She wakes up at all hours and wanders around the house, comes in my room and talks to me, etc. I am not sure what to do. Her doctor said Benedryl until she gets back on schedule. I think I'll opt out of that idea. 9. It's pouring down rain her, and they are playing Christmas music on the radio, and I am decorating the tree here at work. What a lovely day.
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Jbean
Member
01-05-2002
| Monday, November 28, 2005 - 6:41 pm
1. it's all of a sudden gotten colder than hell around here! last night i took out the trash with short sleeves on and was COMFORTABLE. now, it's very windy and 32 degrees out, with a wind chill factor of 21!!! 2. my plan was to go to work at 5 am this week monday - wednesday. however, due to the fact that i could not go to sleep last night (i got too much rest over the long weekend, i suppose). i thought to hell with that plan, and just stayed late instead. i hate that everyone gets to leave before me, but when i have to get up that early i'm exhausted all day and that's all i can think about. so i'll be staying late, instead of going in early, the next 2 days, as well. 3. i can NEVER get to sleep before 10pm, and that kind of sucks. 4. i was worried about what condition the christmas tree would be in after a whole day of the cat unsupervised with it....shockingly, the destruction was minimal. 5. i taped grey's anatomy last night (since i was TRYING to sleep at that time) and am looking forward to watching it. it's such a good show. 6. lola used to be very good about staying put all night in bed. now all of a sudden, she's getting up 2-3 times a night, doing God knows what and jumping back in bed. i'm a very light sleeper and it's getting old pretty darn quick. i'm thinking of shutting the bedroom door so she doesn't decide to roam around and doesn't have anywhere to go. 7. 4 days til keith urban. 8. funny that now on the boards where i posted about the spare keith urban tickets i had for sale, now people are interested in them...the dang concert is only 4 days away. wth? 9. last night i stained the wood products that i bought to make as gifts. well, most of them. i left the bottoms of them unstained to set them to dry. i'll finish the bottoms sometime soon. 10. war, thanks for the link about the cigar box purses, i'll have to check it out. 
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, November 28, 2005 - 11:14 pm
1. Welcome Jbean. Michaels is a fun site to explore! 1.5 My left eye started to burn and tear up awhile ago, now my right eye is doing it. No idea whats going on but it's starting to worry me.
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Skootz
Member
07-23-2003
| Tuesday, November 29, 2005 - 3:46 am
Morning all 1. Starting to feel better after being sick since Friday night. I ate next to nothing yesterday, very strange and very weird for me. I like my food. This is the first day I have been up at my usual 6am. Hopefully I will be back to "normal" soon 2. Hoping to get out to get some groceries today. This will be my first time away from our house since the 10 minutes I was away last Wednesday when I dropped dd off to play basketball. Holy crap..that was almost a week ago. Have a great day all!
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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Tuesday, November 29, 2005 - 4:03 am
1. Mornings, ick. 2. Glad you are feeling better, Skootz. Wargod, how are your eyes today? 3. Jbean, we're having weird weather here in Virginia, too. Right now it is unseasonably warm.
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Schoolmarm
Member
02-18-2001
| Tuesday, November 29, 2005 - 5:17 am
1. It was very windy the last two days. Today, I don't hear the wind whistling and that is a relief. I thought that I was going to get blown to Oz! 2. I had a great day yesterday, but turned the calendar over to December and had quite a shock! Totally forgot that I'm playing on a concert on the 12th and that I have a full week of rehearsals for something else NEXT week. Dang, I thought that there was another week in there. Guess I won't be watching Survivor or Amazing Race after this week! 3. I am going to three schools today! I really like getting out and meeting more teachers. Don't know when I'm getting lunch, but I ate so much at Thanksgiving that I don't think I have to worry about it! 4. I have a very busy week this week and next week looks worse...THEN it is finals! (FINALLY!) Then I can start thinking about Christmas!
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