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Skootz
Member
07-23-2003
| Monday, January 09, 2006 - 3:38 am
1. Like Wargod, I have the kids stuff ready and laid out for school today as well. Back to the regular routine around here too. 1.1 I did enjoy having the kids home this past week with no real schedule of what we had to do. We did do a lot together so that was good. 1.2 Re-arragned my living room and moved some furniture around this past weekend. Yesterday, with Christmas money from parents, I have purchased a mirror, 2 lamps and 2 end tables for the living room. It looks awesome (IMHO lol) Nice to have a bit of a change. Yes eventually I will get some pictures lol 1.3 Off to work at the barn this morning as soon as the kids get on the bus. I really don't mind this, but my hip is still sore so I hope I don't have to push too hard. 1.4 I have officially booked a train ticket to Toronto on February 24. This will be my first TVCH meet...woohoo, I finally get to meet some real live "Axe Murderers" Toronto will never be the same after this country gal gets to the big city Have a great day all!

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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, January 09, 2006 - 10:10 am
1. I enjoyed having them home too Skootz, though after three weeks of togetherness they were close to beating on each other, lol. 2. I was taking my shower this morning, minding my own business when Caleb comes bursting through the door with a bowl of cereal in his hands. Tells me we're almost out of milk. Then Dakota comes in complaining about not having milk for breakfast so I offer to make her oatmeal or toast and eggs and she throws a fit. Here's the thing. I'm lactose intolerant. I don't drink milk. I rarely cook with milk. Unless someone tells me we're almost out of milk, I don't think about it. They all know this! So yesterday morning when Darren and both kids had milk at breakfast, how come no one said hey mom can you go pick up some milk today???? It's the only grocery store item I consistently ask them to let me know when they're out of it because it's the one item I don't think to check.
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Monday, January 09, 2006 - 10:14 am
1. I super cleaned my house yesterday. Then went to the grocery store. I am going to finish painting DD's room tonight and hopefully in a couple of weeks I can get the carpets cleaned. (Could it be nesting?) 2. I only have 5 weeks and 3 days left until my due date! 3. I coughed all night long and got roughly 3 hours of sleep. I kept the whole house up all night while I coughed and now this morning my ribs hurt and my throat is raw from it. *sigh*
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, January 09, 2006 - 10:32 am
1. Certainly sounds like nesting, Escapee! 2. A week and a half before Dakota was born I moved all the furniture out of Caleb's room by myself, covered everything in plastic sheeting and painted it, and then moved all the furniture back in, again by myself. Boy did I get yelled at for that, lol. 3. 3 weeks before Caleb was born we moved from an upstairs 1 bedroom apartment to a two bedroom downstairs apartment in the same complex. I wasn't allowed to help with the moving, other than one of Darren's buddys throwing a pillow at me and allowing me to carry it downstairs, lol. Wasn't much to do in the new place cuz it was spic and span clean and the guys set everything up just the way I wanted so I took out my nesting instincts by scrubbing the old apartment. Landlord stopped by a few days later and told me what an awesome job "we'd" done, he'd never had tennants who patched up their own nail holes and scrubbed the appliances out before. Wasn't all nesting though, I'd always been taught if you moved out of a rented place you cleaned it as if you'd never been there (including patching up any holes.) 4. Took the kids to school, picked up sis at the auto mechanics and went by the grocery store. Been sitting here for almost an hour so it's time for me to get up and get my housework done (definitely not nesting, LOL!)
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Monday, January 09, 2006 - 10:35 am
3.4 I really need my carpets cleaned. Really Really Really. I have a steam vac, but I want professionals from Chem Dry to do it so we don't get that soap residue left over that just makes your carpet more messy in the long run.
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Landi
Member
07-29-2002
| Monday, January 09, 2006 - 11:21 am
1.a.1. regarding nesting escapee, my mom washed walls the night before i was born. now this is interesting in the fact that my mother's motto was "BLEEP HOUSEWORK". i don't think i ever saw her wash walls in my lifetime.
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Kady
Member
07-30-2000
| Monday, January 09, 2006 - 11:37 am
1. i'm getting excited about your baby escapee. i wish you lived near me so i could babysit. 2. i feel bad today. my sugar is way up...it was 270 this morning. i go back to the doctor thursday, he may put me on insulin. we can't keep it under control. 3. i also feel bad cause i saw a beautiful kitty that had been run over. that always makes me feel so sad. 4. we are having such nice weather...it seems like spring. we have not had much of a winter at all. 5. i need to remember to pick up some .02 stamps. i got some bills to mail. i had just bought a roll of 100 stamps a few weeks ago so i need to count and see exactly how man 2 cents i need.
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Citruscitygal
Member
08-07-2003
| Monday, January 09, 2006 - 4:41 pm
2.1 Hope you feel better soon. 5.1 Thank you, Kady, for the reminder. I knew the postage increase was coming, just didn't know when or how much. I'll be counting, too.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, January 10, 2006 - 12:28 am
1. Another 20 minutes for my self imposed bed time. 2. Last night I hit bed about 12:45 and as I laid there for the next two hours getting more and more frustrated not sleeping I came to one conclusion. I love my husband dearly. Yep, I really do, but the next time I've been laying in bed wide awake for two hours praying to get just a couple hours of sleep and he rolls over towards me and starts snoring, I'm gonna have to smack him in the head, lol. He started laughing when I told him that earlier....sure hope he still thinks its funny at 2:30am. 3. I'm not really serious but it is totally annoying! 4. First day back to school was quite the success. Kids had a great time and were glad to get back to their friends. They even came right home and did homework and reading. 5. Got to pick sis up tomorrow morning from the mechanics and then take her back for her car. This time its something about rods and pistols? Then I'm gonna run by the bookstore since it's on my way home. 6. We had a good evening...played a couple games with the kids and set around the table laughing. I sometimes forget that Caleb's got a wacky sense of humor and he had us going tonight being goofy. It's the quiet times like this that i really enjoy. We don't have to go anywhere or do anything but sit around the house and can have fun.
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Schoolmarm
Member
02-18-2001
| Tuesday, January 10, 2006 - 5:04 am
1. Mom just left this morning. We got a lot done. 2. Now that she is gone, I can put boxes that are laying all over the house in the attic/storage room. Mom wanted to keep the room clear. Go figure....have so many boxes you can't walk into TWO rooms or keep the storage closet neat and tidy? 3. Found my birth certificate. Didn't know I lost it. 4. It is raining here and will be raining most of the day. 5. I am going in to the office to run off a bunch of stuff I need for the start of the semester. 6. Should probably run off what I need from overdue library books and get them returned. 7. JujuKitty was in a playful mood at about 11pm last night. Batting at the door and running away, and then running at me as I shut the door. It was really very funny. My cat gave me a "ring and run"!
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Jbean
Member
01-05-2002
| Tuesday, January 10, 2006 - 6:33 pm
1. work has been pure hell these past 2 days. tomorrow can only get better. i was so out of it today, that i didn't recognize my friend outside of the break room window this afternoon. (The one i run around with all the time!) 2. i found an old best friend on classmates over the weekend. i chatted with her on yahoo last night. i hadn't talked to her in probably 10 years! she moved away after 8th grade to a nearby tourist town....i go through there occasionally and wonder about her every time. i looked her up on classmates, and there she was. what a happy suprise! 3. i'm pissed because the gilmore girls, has been in reruns for the past 2 months, and tonight was a new episode, it is pre-empted for flippin' basketball! now come on! so i sent the program engineer for the station an email questioning the reasoning for that. unbelievable. 4. i went to see a friend of mine in the hospital last night...she had to have some unpleasant female surgery. it was good to visit with her and her family. 5. my driver's side headlight went out this morning! but the bright light works on it. i bet people were cussing me! 6. they predicted 2-5 inches of snow here overnight, last night. guess how much we got? zilch! i am glad. it scares me to drive in it. 7. it is plenty cold around here, though. i'm not crazy about that, either. 8. is it march yet? sigh
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Tuesday, January 10, 2006 - 6:36 pm
8.1 Jbean, aren't you leaving soon for a tropical cruise? I forget where are you going and when. Anywhere tropical sounds wonderful to me!!!!
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Jbean
Member
01-05-2002
| Tuesday, January 10, 2006 - 6:56 pm
8.3 nick, in march. lol 13th to be exact...to the bahamas and i can't wait (hence the last fact, lol) 
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Tuesday, January 10, 2006 - 7:30 pm
8.4 I turn 40 and suddenly I'm having "senior" moments! LOL! March sounds like a great time for a tropical cruise! I'd be counting down the days!! 
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Froggiegirl621
Member
02-14-2003
| Tuesday, January 10, 2006 - 8:16 pm
1. Hiya Beanie!!! 2. My new niece will arrive on Thursday, I can't wait to meet her. 3. What a long week it's been already and it's only Tuesday. Can't wait until Sunday, my only day off! 4. I need to download some Christmas pics so I can post some to share...that is, if there are any good ones. 5. DH surprised me and put ALL the Christmas decorations away Monday night while I was at work. Such a good man! 6. My grandmother so graciously offered us a week of her timeshare in Florida this February, and we accepted. 7. My parents are going as well. We'll be leaving Feb. 4th, coming home the 11th. I can't wait! 8. This will be Steve's first trip to Florida so it should be action packed. We have Epcot, Downtown Disney, Universal Citywalk, Margaritaville, Cirque du Soleil, and Medieval Times on our list so far. 9. Now I gotta work on a tan and get prepared to see my body in a swimsuit in less than a month - oh dear Lord!
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, January 10, 2006 - 11:08 pm
1. A new niece, how exciting Froggie! And congratulations to your family! 2. Darren's mom called about 7:30 this morning with news of a death on her husbands side of the family. She'd tried getting ahold of Darren at work and couldn't because they had to leave town and she needed someone to take care of their dogs. Told her not to worry at all, we'd take care of it. 3. She then told me that they would probably have to put one of the dogs down and wanted to talk to Darren about her because she needs some special care and help. 4. Poor mil was so upset that as soon as she hung up I called back out to his work and when the guard couldn't get ahold of him, let him know that it was pretty important that Darren call his mom she was upset. He told me he'd keep trying to get Darren to answer the phone and if he didn't when the guard did his rounds he'd stop by the building to let him know. 5. It was only after I hung up the phone I began to worry. His mom had called, I called a few minutes later and left a message like that, I was afraid it'd scare him to death wondering what was wrong! Sure enough when he got home and I apologized, he said he did worry for the two minutes between getting the message from the guard and getting his mom on the phone. I felt bad about that, after the year with bils mother I know better to leave a message that could be interpreted in a frightening way! On the other hand, because I did the guard knew it was an important message and went out of his way (doing more than his job actually required) to track Darren down! 6. Anyways, there were several more phone calls with her before she left, letting us know which dogs needed which meds, how to give it to them, and the fact that she had some steaks marinating in her fridge and wanted to know if we'd bring them home and cook them because she won't be back til next week and didn't want them to go bad. Everythings set up though so it should go smoothly til they get back. 7. Made chicken pot pie for dinner tonight. That is a new one for me though it turned out pretty good. Kids and Darren all had second helpings. 8. A while back Dakota was moved up to the reading group she had tested high enough for. There was worry from her teachers (regular class and reading) about her creative spelling but so far she's done well. This week her words got quite challenging...she's been working her butt off to learn them. She's not only doing her homework, but sits and studies by herself and then asks one of us to quiz her. I've been fighting the urge to go into her class and go neener neener neener I told you Kota needed the harder words and that even though her spelling is not the best she'd work hard to learn the words, lol. 9.I'm guessing that probably wouldn't be the nicest thing, but dangit, sometimes when a parent tells you something it's not just because they're biased towards their own child, they really do know what they're talking about. I know teachers can't always take parents at their word but really all she had to do was have a quick conversation with one of Dakota's previous teachers or even opened up her file and checked her progress through the past two years to see that she does well with a challenge and if she isn't having to work for what she's learning she gets bored and when she gets bored she gets to be a handful. 10. I didn't get to the bookstore today. Dropped sis off and was told her car was to be ready at noon. So sis sat at home and I sat here waiting for a call. 2:30, when i had to pick the kids up from school, they still hadn't called. She felt bad cuz I'd put my plans on hold to pick her up if need be and I felt bad because she was stuck trying to find someone to pick her oldest up from school.
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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Wednesday, January 11, 2006 - 3:42 am
1. Mornings, bleck.
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Wednesday, January 11, 2006 - 5:37 am
1. No Hermi, not bleck. Yay, it's a new day! Yay, it's one day closer to the weekend! Yay, the sun is shining! Not bleck! 2. Happy Wednesday everyone!!
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Schoolmarm
Member
02-18-2001
| Wednesday, January 11, 2006 - 5:49 am
1. Ok, Wargod, I violated my one/two bags of garbage out per week rule. 23 empty boxes and 6 bags of garbage. Mom was busy....Not sure where she put all the stuff. 2. I have moved from the sofa to the loveseat to work. I have a spiffy new sofa table over there for the laptop and all the cords are over there. Need to move the printer off the floor and behind the loveseat arm and I'll have a neat little work area in the living room. 3. You can now walk into all of the rooms of my house. This afternoon, my cleaning lady and I will tackle the music room and shift boxes into my almost empty attic room. Who knows, I may actually get moved in one of these days.
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Skootz
Member
07-23-2003
| Wednesday, January 11, 2006 - 7:06 am
1. Its Wednesday. 2. No one home but myself at the moment 3. I have the tunes cranked 4. I am doing a quick wargod though my house. At least with me the only one home, it will stay clean for a short while Have a great day!
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Spitfire
Member
07-18-2002
| Wednesday, January 11, 2006 - 7:21 am
1. It's LOST day....finally! 2. I have a major headache. 3. My house needs a major Wargod. It's tidy but not clean. 4. I have a major craving for Pizza Hut. Canadian of course. 5. When I was pregnant with Sam I always ate healthy because that is what I felt like eating. Plus with have Gestational Diabetes my choices were limited. So far this pregnancy I really always feel like eating crap. I don't, but man it's hard to resist sometimes.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, January 11, 2006 - 2:22 pm
1. Marm with all that you and mom did unpacking, six bags doesn't sound that bad! 2. Our microwave went pfffffft last night. Ah well bout the only thing we used it for was when the kids made their own oatmeal. 3. Hit the book store, spent over $60 in gift cards. 4. Got myself two sets of books I wanted, picked up the last three to a series Darren was reading, and grabbed Caleb some trading cards I knew he wanted (the Fantastic Four.) 5. I'll have to take Kota back to get what she wants as I had no clue. Caleb had asked me to get the cards for him so that was no problem. 6. It is cloudy and windy here today, though 60 degrees. I keep looking outside wondering if it's going to get nasty again.
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Wednesday, January 11, 2006 - 2:28 pm
1. Feeling less disgusting today, but dreading going home to my house. It looks like a big bomb went off. 2. DD new favorite thing to say is "No, Ha ha." which sounds cute, unless you are telling her to do something, and she looks at you all smart mouthed and says "no, ha ha," and runs the other direction. 3. She has reverted back to bottle and pacifier and diapers, I am sure it's a new baby thing. 4. Had some contractions last night. They got me nowhere. 5. I want to get my carpets cleaned really really badly. 6. My hair is in desparate need of color/highlights, something. 7. My sis is throwing a baby shower for me this weekend! I am excited about that. I registered, per her request at Baby's r Us, and you know I am a girl that can resist anything but temptation, right? Well, I am able to check my registry online, and no one has bought me anything. Poo. OH, well, gifts or not, it should be a good time.
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Chewpito
Member
01-04-2004
| Wednesday, January 11, 2006 - 3:03 pm
1.Wargod,keep the reciepts to those gift cards, I bought a few at christmas, and they were not good, and I had to go crazy to the customer service people to get it fixed. I stupidly did not save the reciepts, because I thought, "Giftcards", what could go wrong.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Thursday, January 12, 2006 - 8:45 am
1. Chewpito, I didn't buy the cards themselves, just used them to buy books. We recieved a bunch of gift cards for Christmas to Waldnes and Barnes and Nobles (it's a traditional gift, lol. I look forward to it every year cuz it's the time I play catch up buying the books I've missed coming out. 2. Go out to start my car at 8 this morning to turn on the defrost and heat the car up, get in and turn it on and get all the settings right. Nothing going on in the neighborhood. 3. 30 seconds later I get out and happen to look at the street and I watch as water starts to rush by, lol. 4. My street is completely flooded within about a minute and a half. Waters coming up over the curb now. Fire department and water companies out there. 5. About four blocks down, theres a medium size apartment complex set behind the houses and they've been installing a securtiy gate. I'm guessing while they were out there drilling in the street they managed to hit the water main. 6. Had to call the little neighbor girl and tell her I'd pull up in her driveway to get her today cuz there was no way she could have gotten across the water without getting soaked. 7. Today is the first day this week I have nothing planned. Feels kind of weird to know I really don't have much of anything to do except run to the grocery store for a couple of items. 8. My sister called yesterday to let me know mom had dropped her baby, lol. Niece ran over to get a hug, grandma picked her up and she squirmed right out of moms hands. Baby was just fine but sis said she wouldn't give grandma a hug when she left!
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