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Wargod
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07-16-2001

Friday, December 09, 2005 - 12:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
1. Yankee, can you come wrap the rest of my presents? Yours look so nice and pretty and I'm a terrible wrapper.

2. Caleb's home sick with a cold today. He's sitting on the couch playing with his legos, wrapped up in his blanket. He's also wearing his coat and hat.

3. When I checked his temp earlier he was 100.4. a few minutes ago it was down to 99.5. Knowing Caleb he'll be feeling better by bedtime.

4. Darren's got plans to go play poker with his buddies tonight. He's supposed to work tomorrow adn said if he has to he'll only be going for an hour or two. It's been awhile since they've played so I hope he can get out of work and enjoy himself tonight.

5. Moms bf had his surgery yesterday and his doctor told her it went extremelly well. He should be home by Saturday or Sunday.

6. I still need to finish up my christmas cards. Darren and I have had a little disagreement with them and I've stalled, lol. I think he should write the ones to his family (like a distant aunt/uncle, his dad, etc.) and he thinks since I'm doin the rest I can do them. I keep telling him that the rest are getting a general, "Merry Christmas, love us" card but figured he'd like to write notes to those family members we never see.

7. I've got to make some more jewerly and send it to my friend for her shop.

8. Wednesday we were coming home from school and I was sitting in the turn lane to turn into our neighborhood when we got passed up by a bunch of cops. There was the police helicopter out and sirens everywhere. Found out yesterday they'd had a near riot at the high school down the street. Lots of conflicting reports, cops said the kids were loitering and when told to disperse they became unmanageable, kids and parents said the cops were too quick to use force. 10 arrests and several kids were taken to the hospital for pepper spray treatment, and a window got busted out of a squad car.

9. Part of the problem is that most of the 3,000 students are walkers (newspaper pointed out that in a school of 3,000 they only have one bus) and most of these kids aren't in a big hurry to get home. There's no school rules about how long they can hang out in front of the school and according to both sides was what started it. Half an hour after school let out, the on campus cop told a crowd of kids it was time to leave, an argument started, he called for back up, kids got worked up, cops started tossing them in the back of their squad cars and then parents showed up and it went downhill from there. Can I keep my babies in elementary school? Only time cops show up there is when it's bike and traffic safety week.

10. I'm half expecting Darren home from work early. They had their holiday luncheon today (since they have quite a few who will be taking vacations starting next week) and he usually ends up home early on those days. I never even checked the fridge to see if he remembered to take the pumpkin pie we bought for it.

Marysafan
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08-07-2000

Friday, December 09, 2005 - 12:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Marysafan a private message Print Post    
1) I just gave away the world's friendliest puppy to a real nice gal who is giving it to her 5 year old daughter for Christmas. The puppy is going to have the wonderful home she deserves, and the little girl is going to have a companion for life. I just love it when a plan comes together.

Landi
Member

07-29-2002

Friday, December 09, 2005 - 12:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Landi a private message Print Post    
1.a. i want a puppy!

Kaykay
Member

01-21-2004

Friday, December 09, 2005 - 12:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kaykay a private message Print Post    
1. i'm going
2. home :-)

Schoolmarm
Member

02-18-2001

Friday, December 09, 2005 - 12:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Schoolmarm a private message Print Post    
1. I need to get a garbage bag to tape to my office airconditioner. Today I have the cold air blocked by a case for a glockenspiel and two grocery bags held in place by Mt. Dew cans on top of the AC. It really made a difference.

2. I am trying to think of what I'm going to do now that juries are over....do I stay in town until my rehearsal tonight and eat at German table? Or do I go home to relax a bit and take my time to eat? I could probably get a boatload of stuff done if I stay in town. (Can you tell that I want to go home?)

3. We have a Christmas party tonight. I want to change clothes. I'll be late because I have a rehearsal. But it will be fun. Last year I slept through it.

Froggiegirl621
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02-14-2003

Friday, December 09, 2005 - 10:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Froggiegirl621 a private message Print Post    
1. What a day I had! My planned "lounge day" (due to the 8 inches of snow) did not happen.

2. My work did not close, and Steve didn't have time to dig my car out before he had to head to work himself. Didn't find this out until 2 hours before I needed to be showered, dressed and AT work.

3. I scrambled to get my car dug out so I would have enough time to get ready, halfway through I find out Steve is on his way home and that he was going to drive me to work - yay! But in the process of partially uncovering my car I twisted my knee and now it's throbbing (still...)

4. So I shower, and then decide I have just enough time to eat some oatmeal and drink some well deserved coffee...next thing I know a HUGE tree falls on my neighbors house! Scared the crap outta me!!! Stupid wind...

4.5 Amazingly there was no major damage, but if you would have seen the size of this tree you would have thought it was a miracle. 5 feet to the right and it would have fallen right in his driveway and there's no doubt in my mind his car would've been a pancake. Of course, it totally did not cross my mind to take a picture until AFTER the tree was being butchered and the show was over.

4.75 Thank God I'm off this weekend!


Skootz
Member

07-23-2003

Saturday, December 10, 2005 - 4:41 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Skootz a private message Print Post    
1. yikes Froggie - sounds like a day you should of just curled up and stayed in in bed.

2. Went with dd on a field trip yesterday to a Indian Museum and to a large greenhouse. We were in a room with around 9000 Pointsettias, they were beautiful

3. Feeling a bit better today again, the meds have really kicked in.

4. Have to get my house cleaned and vacuumed this morning as well as doing some more neverending laundry.

5. Have a great day all!

Serenity
Member

06-28-2005

Saturday, December 10, 2005 - 1:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Serenity a private message Print Post    
1. Thanks for sharing the picks Yankee - your home is lovely.

2. I have completeted all of my papers for this semester and finished one final exam yesterday. Only 4 more finals to go. This week will be filled with studying (and Cramming! LOL)

3. I got all of my Christmas cards sent out today and even got my parcels sent to my eastern relatives. At least that job is done!

4. DS's school had a "family night" to raise money for the school. There was a storyteller, Santa, goodies to eat, and lots of raffles to buy tickets for ($0.25- $0.50/ticket). DH bought five dollars worth of tickets in their "perky turkey" supper basket giveaway -- and we won one of ten baskets! It has a turkey and all the fixings, including a family board game (Snakes and Ladders) and festive pot holders. Not a bad deal for $5.00, eh?

5. Tonight we are going to see the CP Rail Holiday Train. It is a train all decked out with lights and entertainers. It is a really fun event for a good cause.

6. Well...I guess I better get back to studying. Hard to fit in all the work I need to do around Christmas events and reality TV show finales! LOL.}

Jbean
Member

01-05-2002

Saturday, December 10, 2005 - 8:48 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jbean a private message Print Post    
1. i've had a sinus headache pretty much all day. blech!

2. my friend suprised me the other day and bought us tickets to go see keith urban in tulsa in february! such a good friend!

3. just got my film pics developed from last week's keith urban concert in st louis. (yes we really like the guy, lol!) here are a couple of my favorites of the film pictures:


keith 1keith 2


4. unfortunately, many of my film pictures didn't turn out very good. for some reason when i use the 150mm zoom, if the lighting isn't very good, the color is very weird. we did get a few good ones though.

5. i got a rude awakening from my first natural gas bill... i'd always been on electric heat at the other apartment, and i thought that was high. boy oh boy. let's just say that the heat has been turned down to a chilly 65 degrees and the space heater is being utilized!

6. i have been considering getting a second job to try to make up some of the money that has been going to car repairs and vet bills lately. but it seems like i'm already tired all the time as it is. that's the bad thing about manual labor, it really does wear you out.

7. tomorrow is my work's christmas party. it is at the YMCA...yes, you read correctly, the YMCA. i'm not what i would call "excited" about it, but since the Y is about 2 miles away, i figure i can make an appearance, get my gift, and sign up for door prizes, then come back home. no swimming with co-workers for me. lol.

happy weekend, factoiders!


Wargod
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07-16-2001

Saturday, December 10, 2005 - 9:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
1. My children are not on their best behaviour today.

2. Darren got 3 and a half hours of sleep last night. He came home, ate lunch, played with the kids, and then went to take a nap.

3. Whole time he's been sleeping they've been yelling, screaming, jumping around, making a mess....sigh. I've tried giving them a project to do, it ended with them fighting over glitter, tried a movie it ended with them wrestling on the floor. Even tried sending them outside and Kota stood outside my window singing at the top of her lungs.

4. I don't know what the hecks got into them but they are so going to bed at 8. They've given me a headache!

5. I scrubbed my kitchen and bathroom top to bottom today. Both look awesome! Tomorrow it's the living room and den that are getting the holiday treatment.

6. Sis called about two hours ago to let me know baby niece was running a 104.8 fever. She immediately called our ER nurse friend who told her to use a cold compress and advil/tylenol, wait one hour and if it hadn't gone down to call back and she'd be waiting in the ER for them. Talked to sis a little while ago and she said the fever was down to just over 100. They were headed to bed cuz ER nurse friend said if it went back up to call and bring her right in.

7. She was worried about the kids since the baby was over here Thursday and she knew Caleb had been sick. I said he was feeling just fine and Kota was busy playing. No sick kids her....spoke too soon! Dakota was up 30 minutes ago complaining about her throat hurting and sure enough she has a little fever. Gave her some medicine and sent her back to bed where she is now sleeping peacefully.

8. Next week she has four events her teacher needs parental help with. The field trip (which I already said I wasn't going on because its to the fire station,) a cookie decorating party, a holiday party, and Friday making Christmas decorations. I'm volunteering for the cookie decorating party (want to make sure Kota doesn't have too much sugar!) and one of the others. I should go for the holiday party for the same reason, but I really want to go for the Christmas decorations.

8.5 I started this post hours ago and just got to finish it, lol! The kids were indeed in bed by 8, though they cheated and went and laid in bed with dad for awhile to watch tv.

Vacanick
Member

07-12-2004

Tuesday, December 13, 2005 - 5:38 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Vacanick a private message Print Post    
1. I came back from my trip to Las Vegas yesterday. I went with my BF. His sister and nephew met us there from NY.

2. I left with an awful sinus infection but I was armed with antibiotics and felt better by Saturday. Yay!!!

3. I didn't come back with more money then I left with. Boo!!!

4. But I did pick up t-shirts for the boys, a hat for my dad and a Vegas stuff for co-workers.

5. We celebrated BF's 50th birthday in Vegas and that was really fun! I'm so glad I got to be a part of it with his family.

6. We went out for a wonderful dinner and then for drinks. It was so nice!

7. As fun as it was, I'm so glad to be home!

8. I still have so much to do to get ready for Christmas. It's coming way, way too fast!!!

9. Happy Tuesday to everyone!

Schoolmarm
Member

02-18-2001

Tuesday, December 13, 2005 - 5:51 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Schoolmarm a private message Print Post    
1. It's Finals week! YIPPEE....

2. I have an eight inch stack of papers all sorted and ready to grade.

3. Now I need the motivation to grade them. LOL!

4. Both of the finals I give are tomorrow.

5. I am going in today for a meeting and to run off the exams.

6. Both classes have many students who have not turned in all of their work. I am guessing that there will be many taking the class over.

7. I had a yummy dinner last night. "Chicken Flamingo" I had never heard of that dish before, but it was really good.

8. And my cranky colleague wasn't too bad. I'm now wondering how my two new colleagues will get tenure, as they don't really have a research agenda and that is pretty much required where I teach.

9. My research agenda runneth over! There is NO way that I'm going to lose my job because I haven't done enough research. I just need to get more of it published.

10. Almost all of our snow is melted. It is a little chilly today, but I think that it will warm up!

Skootz
Member

07-23-2003

Tuesday, December 13, 2005 - 6:24 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Skootz a private message Print Post    
Morning all

1. I am home today and trying to get my rear in gear to get work done in my office at least this morning. Off I go

Babyruth
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07-19-2001

Tuesday, December 13, 2005 - 6:50 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Babyruth a private message Print Post    
Happy Tuesday-
1. I have today off unexpectedly- yay!
2. I'm going to pull a Wargod and deep-clean the kitchen for the holidays, including taking everything out of cupboards and drawers and re-organizing. As soon I finish this pot of coffeezzzzzz

Coco
Member

07-13-2000

Tuesday, December 13, 2005 - 8:26 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Coco a private message Print Post    
1. I'm here because my cyberDD said "tsk-tsk".
Warning, my #2 fact it going to be long......

2. Last night I escorted a group of Girl Scout Brownies through 3 units of our hospital so they could sing Christmas songs to our patients. The little 5-6 year olds were so well received by staff, visitors and patients alike and looked adorable in their Brownie uniforms adorned by red Santa hats. The most poignant moment was when two elderly ladies called from their room in unison and said "come sing to us in here"...and so I popped in to make sure they realized I was bringing in 20 little girls to sing to them and they were thrilled to have them come in! So I brought the girls in and their adult guitar player and made all the mothers and dads wait just outside the door because we all couldn't fit in. The girls sang two songs and these elderly ladies (patients) cried tears of joy and told us how much it meant to them to hear Christmas songs from little girls once again.

3. I love representing the hospital and escorting various groups to carol in certain units of our hospital. Last nights' group was the first of 6 who asked to come and sing and/or bring gifts to the patients, pediatric and adults alike. This part of my job is a bonus and talk about receiving the spirit of Christmas...wow!..I get to see the best in action as they give of themselves with their time, their voices and their gifts.


Kaykay
Member

01-21-2004

Tuesday, December 13, 2005 - 12:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kaykay a private message Print Post    
3.1 HI COCO :-)

Wargod
Moderator

07-16-2001

Tuesday, December 13, 2005 - 1:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
1. Coco, the holiday season was always the funnest around the retirement home. The kids who came in to sing or decorate or visit were always so happy to be there and the elderly just loved having them come around. I don't think I realized til my first Christmas there how much many of them were missing. Very few went out for the grandkids Christmas pagents (most didn't have family living here,) or looking at Christmas lights, most didn't get to participate as much at church as they used to, they didn't work, and again most didn't have family or friends nearby. Often those children coming to visit were one of the few holiday traditions they still got to enjoy. On another note, I could see you getting totally into the holiday spirit with a group of little kids and enjoying the heck out of yourself and them!

2. I got stupid today. Sis called me up, she kept oldest niece home and both her and youngest niece are sick. She's had plans for awhile to go shopping with little adopted sis and asked since Kota was home if she could drop the girls off for an hour or so. I said sure. Bring them on over. Sis was gone for 45 minutes. The girls piled up in my bed together and watched tv til she got back.

3. She knocks on the door and youngest niece starts crying. She doesn't want to go home, can't she stay for awhile. Here's where stupid comes in, lol. I said sure, I have to run out to sis' later and I'll just drop her off then. Few minutes later and we're in the kitchen, me and the girls fixing their lunches when they start arguing. It's been going on since then. Of course they're fighting! They both feel like crud, they've both been stuck in the house for two days, what else are they going to do, lol?

4. I hate to admit it but I'm starting to feel pretty lousy myself. Chest congestions, stuffy head, ah, the holidays, that time to share everything.

Skootz
Member

07-23-2003

Tuesday, December 13, 2005 - 1:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Skootz a private message Print Post    
4.1 Wargod, I had to lol, at your "time to share everything post" Have you ever read the book by Robert Munch "We share Everything" That is what it reminded me of lol

Jbean
Member

01-05-2002

Tuesday, December 13, 2005 - 7:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jbean a private message Print Post    
1. got my passport application and fees turned in today. everything was actually in order, and the lady even told me that my picture was good. sigh, it's expensive to leave the country. lol!

2. for anyone who doesn't know, i'm going on a carribbean cruise in march. that's the reason for the passport. march can't come fast enough. i can hardly wait!

3. i also got my christmas cards mailed out...i'm a little late this year. oops!

4. can someone please tell me what the deal is with dogs and dirty socks and underwear? if i left every pair of both of those articles out that i owned, lola would chew every single last one up....she somehow got another pair of my underwear tonight. it's aggravating. good thing she is cute.

5. i'm tired tonight. i stayed up too late watching south park last night...that's a good quality show, isn't it?


Saxywildcat
Member

05-30-2005

Tuesday, December 13, 2005 - 7:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Saxywildcat a private message Print Post    
1. I spent the day doing mostly nothing. I woke up feeling sick and so when I didn't get a call to sub, I didn't feel too badly.

2. I have begun the crochet work on my nieces' Christmas presents. Rachel gets a purple fun fur scarf and Hayleigh gets a pink one.

3. We got rain here today. My poor pooches got a little wet this evening, but they were still happy as ever.

4. Tomorrow I am going to be a band director for all ages. I start out at the high school and I'm also gonna be at the middle and elementary schools.

5. Friday and all next week I'm an elementary music teacher.

6. This weekend I travel to hubby. Friday night is his company's Christmas party and he has duty from Saturday morning to Sunday morning, so I'll be keeping him company.

Coco
Member

07-13-2000

Tuesday, December 13, 2005 - 7:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Coco a private message Print Post    
6.1 Hi KayKay

Skootz
Member

07-23-2003

Wednesday, December 14, 2005 - 3:54 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Skootz a private message Print Post    
Morning all

1. Wow, just realized 10 more sleeps until Christmas

2. Dh went shopping last night for me. I must of gotten 5-6 phone calls while he was out.

3. In the end, he basically told me what he bought me, of course I did make a list up for him lol I kept telling him don't tell me, I need to be surprised for Christmas. - He is not a shopper lol

4. He also had to buy a new coffee maker, ours decided not to work yesterday morning.

5. He found one for under $30. The last one we bought was around $60 and of course the warranty just ran out in October. Hopefully this one lasts longer.

6. Today, no kids woohoo, getting my haircut at 9:30 and then I have to get more paperwork done in the office. I have to get caught up before the year end. Not sure if it is going to happen.

7. Tomorrow we move DH's sister (we are expecting a pile of snow too lol).

7.1 Friday I will be at the hall beside the school. Each year we have a Christmas dinner for all the students and teachers. It costs the children $2 for a Christmas dinner with all the fixins. It is a lot of fun working with many parents of the children.

7.2 Friday night the kids have a Christmas Family skate featuring Santa Claus. All the kids from our figureskating club and their families are invited to this free skate with Santa. After the skate is over, we are invited to see an exhibition skate of our 10 syncro. skating teams as well as our clubs own Scott Moir and Tessa Virtue (they just won the GOLD in World Junior Grand Prix final) Cannot wait. Kids cannot either.

Have a great day all!

Hermione69
Member

07-24-2002

Wednesday, December 14, 2005 - 6:52 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hermione69 a private message Print Post    
1. I am running amok at TVCH at the moment because I unexpectedly got here.

2. This site is usually blocked at my school. There must be a glitch in the system at the moment.

3. I tried on impulse. I thought I was imagining things when it came up! I could lose access at any second!

4. It's hump day! I have 2 more mornings to get up until Winter Break. I can do 2 more mornings! Hurrah!

5. Tonight I have to work in the Jaycees Christmas tree lot. It is going to be cold!!

6. I still need to shop for my family for Christmas. I am so behind this year, it is not funny.

7. I haven't even broken out my Christmas CDs and I usally do that right after Thanksgiving because I LOVE Christmas music.

8. I hope everyone is well and having a great day! :-)

Juju2bigdog
Member

10-27-2000

Wednesday, December 14, 2005 - 10:26 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
8.1 Yay jbean!!! Now that you have a passport, you are ready at the drop of a hat to go exotic places when the bargains get announced. It is always good to have a passport anyway.

Spitfire
Member

07-18-2002

Wednesday, December 14, 2005 - 12:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Spitfire a private message Print Post    
1. Hi Coco....it's nice to see you again. It's been awhile. :-)

2. Jbean I love the photo's of Keith. While I'm not in love with him like you are I have formed more of an appreciation for him this past year. I love the tempo of his new album.

3. It's really cold hear and I here that we are supposed to get dumped on tomorrow morning.

4. I took Monday off to complete some Christmas shopping. I did get some things done but still need a day out to finish up. I'm hoping to be able to do it all on my lunches.

5. I also had a Prenatal Screening ultrasound on Monday but it revealed that baby was a few days short of being old enough to complete the test. So I am reschedualed for next Monday to drink unnatural amounts of water. I cheat and only drink half the amount and they never know the difference.

6. So after shopping and ultrasounds were complete I ventured home to begin to wrap. I lasted about 1 hour and then felt so tired and sick to my stomach. Figuring it was just morning sickness I would just relax for a bit and it would pass. 5 hours later when I finally lost my lunch I realized it must be the flu.

7. So I ended up taking yesterday off as well and vegged(sp) on the couch all day long. I did manage to clean my sheets for all those rotten germs.

8. Yesterday was the first day in the 17 months (today) since DS was born that I did absolutly nothing. I got up in the morning and took him to the sitters and was so thankful that I could do that.

9. When number 2 gets here I really won't have time to be sick so I should just get it over with now.