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Skootz
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07-23-2003

Monday, February 13, 2006 - 4:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Skootz a private message Print Post    
1. Had a very busy weekend

2. Friday spent the day getting items ready for our schools first annual Dinner/dance Silent Auction.

3. Friday night was there

4. Saturday after kids finished skating, my cousin, her husband and 3 kids came for an over night visit.

5. We played cards and the kids had a blast too.

6. We are planning on getting together again with them on March break at their house for one night.

7. Last night, I brought all the supper leftovers to my in-laws and we had a nice visit and supper with them.



Knightpatti
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12-06-2001

Monday, February 13, 2006 - 9:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Knightpatti a private message Print Post    
1. Happy Valentine's Day to everyone!

2. DH and I plan to go to Red Lobster tomorrow night. It just opened here. I hope that this one is a good one. THe one in North Myrtle Beach was not!

3. Yesterday, I took the grandkids to see Curious George. Very cute movie!

4. Friday night we are having a pj crop at the store. The stores are closed at 6 pm. The crop begins at 6:30 pm to 2 in the morning. The ladies are coming in their pjs.

5. Saturday night is Noelle's birthday party. She is having a tea party. Hard to believe that she will be 9!

6. I made my DH a love album for tomorrow. I hope he likes it!

7. Watched 24 tonight. So hard waiting until the next week. We watched all the other series on DVD.

8. It is darn cold here!


Wargod
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07-16-2001

Monday, February 13, 2006 - 10:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
1. Really, I'm not bragging, I promise, but it's been in the 70's-mid 70's for almost a week now. Mornings and evenings are cold (around 34 or so) but from about 9:30 am - near 6 pm it's been absolutely beautiful.

2. Caleb has Darren's cold from last week. He told me he really wasn't feeling well but didn't feel like doing anything and his nose hasn't stopped running.

3. Dakota's little friend who's a boy has called several times each day this weekend. I had to give him a crash course in phone manners today, if the answering machine picks up let us know who you are and that you're calling for Kota and when I pick up the phone don't scream at the top of your lungs, "DAKOTAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"

4. This is the little boy who has picked on my baby since the first day of school. If she's complaining about someone you can guess it's him, lol. However she says on the weekends he's much nicer and has a sweeter voice.

5. We did Valentine's day cards today, decorated cookies and did some foamie hearts.

6. My neighbor got her drivers license Friday! She told me to let her know when I want her to start sharing in car pool duties, and that as soon as their second car is fixed she'll be ready to drive. No idea how long that will take, it took awhile for her to get her license, but I'm excited about the possibility that I may have someone to share driving duties with sooner or later!

7. So far oldest niece has raised $147 for jump rope for heart. She's got four more days and a few more people to beg, er fund raise from, lol.

8. I told Darren tonight I had to go shopping for his Valentine's day gift. Now first, let me point out, lol, this isn't a huge gift giving holiday for us. One year I bought him golf clubs but that was weird. Usually it's cards or flowers or a cd or nothing. Usually if I see something I think he'll like I pick it up for him, he does the same, year round. Anyways I told him I was going to go shopping, he said, hey pick something up for you from me while you're there. Sad thing is, he really wasn't joking, LOL!

9. Now the question is do I take advantage of that??? Nah, I can't really think of anything I want that bad other than maybe a new cd or book. Think I'll just give him a list and he can pick something up later this week if he wants to.

Skootz
Member

07-23-2003

Tuesday, February 14, 2006 - 3:38 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Skootz a private message Print Post    
to all factoiders
9.1


Reader234
Member

08-13-2000

Tuesday, February 14, 2006 - 2:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Reader234 a private message Print Post    
1. Sneaking in to give an update - waving hello to all the factoiders, new and "old"!!

2. Life snuck up and occupied me - that and we are down to one computer, and 5 users... homework comes first. DS 20 in college gets first dibs, he got a 4.0 last grading period!! (wooHOO!)

3. DS (almost18) has his Eagle (Boy Scouts) Board of Review in April, not Feb, like I thought, not March like dh thought (conflicting schedules!!) oh well, he auditioned for U of I for school of Music Bassoon (and yep Schoolmarm tried talking me into it, she convinced me, but DS is still floundering!!)

4. I had a birthday Feb 8 - and DH got my cousin and I tickets for the Chicago Radio talk show WGN am talk hosts "Girlfriend Convention"

5. My cousin and I look very much alike (one girl was convinced we were fraternal twins!! lol its always amazing when people say that, but it was uncanny how many things we do, and act alike!! - I am now hearing a song from a TV show from long ago!!)

6. The convention was at the Hilton a few blocks from the Art Institute. It included 3 meals, oh, and our room had 2 double beds, and TWO BATHROOMS!! It wasnt a suite - that was the standard room!!

7. One seminar may be embarrassing to some... /newurl{http://www.boutiqueg.com/, Good Vibrations} head over to the website for a look at the "vibrations" it was funny, and yes I turned multiple shades of red, and no I didnt buy anything (and no I dont 'own' anything... yet... roflol!!)

8. The others were on Pilates, a walking tour of Chicago, and technology in the world (simple program stuffs!!)

9. They also had a couple of dozen vendors hawking, advertizing their wares - nothing real special, Walgreens let us make a copy of a picture for free from the digital machine, Dean Foods let us take a picture of us in a milk mustache...

10 and 2 psychics and a handwriting analyzer said I need to laugh more, be more "whimsical", not to take myself so serious, and "Beware of a tall man hovering around giving false information" roflol... my cousins dh is supposed to "save someone's life" and they arent to have finacial worries (drat I miss that good money one - and he works in a chemical plant so he regularly saves lives imho!! lol)
(oh and hey, I just realized if I had bought something from the good vibration store I would be lol more!!)

oops sorry!! roflol!!

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Tuesday, February 14, 2006 - 7:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
1. Good to see you finally posting again, Reader.

Craven
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05-23-2004

Tuesday, February 14, 2006 - 7:50 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Craven a private message Print Post    

7.1 Reader, you have to admit that the ducky is cute

Craven


Schoolmarm
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02-18-2001

Tuesday, February 14, 2006 - 11:50 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Schoolmarm a private message Print Post    
3.25 Reader....floundering at U of I = success at SIU (we actually help the students out, and our bassoon teacher is very nurturing.) Scholarships still available for a few weeks.

Reader234
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08-13-2000

Wednesday, February 15, 2006 - 8:11 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Reader234 a private message Print Post    
1. ROFLOL (<reader walks over and smacks the top of Craven's head>>> *grin good to "see" all of you too!)

2. I knew it Marm, why is it our kids just dont believe us!! NOw both ds's want to go to UofI, and I HATE what I've seen, and experienced of UofI!! Now with SIU, I get a totally different feel - more friendly, caring...(must try one more time to convince DS to apply to SIU - he at least applied to Ball State - great experience, I'll bet SIU would be similiar - oh and Ball State is hosting the Double Reed Society this summer - DS is supposed to "work" there!!)

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Wednesday, February 15, 2006 - 8:24 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
3.5 or 2.1 Isn't SIU only known for being a party school?

Reader234
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08-13-2000

Wednesday, February 15, 2006 - 9:00 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Reader234 a private message Print Post    
3.6 or 2.2 Trust me after hearing all the bs from Illinois State, ISU has that title, no matter what the "visit" people tell you!!

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Wednesday, February 15, 2006 - 9:27 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
1. After bragging about my 70 - mid 70 degree weather the other day we woke up this morning to 32 degrees, high winds (which make it feel even colder than it is,) and clouds. What a sucky day weather wise! I'd just gotten used to opening all the doors and windows during the day!

2. I threw some spaghetti sauce and meatballs in the crockpot for dinner. Shh...it's not homemade sauce today cuz it was too cold to go to the store to grocery shop, lol.

3. We played the Whoonu game I bought Darren last night. It's a great family game. One person is the Whoozit, the other three get four cards that have something printed on them. You have to choose the two cards you think the Whoozit would like best, then they have to rank the six cards they got from least fav to most fav. You get points based on where your cards ended up in the ranking. Great game for the kids cuz everyone has the same chance of winning (no skill involved other than knowing each other well enough to pick out what you think they'd like best, even if you have four things you know they'll hate.) Darren and I kept grabbing crappy cards and the kids kicked our butts without us even having to cheat to let them win, lol!

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Wednesday, February 15, 2006 - 9:35 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
3.7 or 2.3. I'll ask my brother, he graduated from ISU 2 years ago. My dh graduated from SIU 10 years ago.

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Wednesday, February 15, 2006 - 9:36 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
3.1 Wargod, is that game from the maker of Cranium?

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Wednesday, February 15, 2006 - 9:46 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
3.2 Yep Julie it is. Or at least there was a pamphlet in the box with other Cranium games listed.

Skootz
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07-23-2003

Wednesday, February 15, 2006 - 4:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Skootz a private message Print Post    
1. Got a tooth refilled today (in preparation for a crown to go on it next week) The freezing is now out and it is sore, sore, sore.

2. Tomorrow I start my first job for my business. I am nervous and excited

3. They are calling for freezing rain tonight, hopefully it misses us so I can work.

4. Enjoying watching the Olympics on television.

Knightpatti
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12-06-2001

Wednesday, February 15, 2006 - 4:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Knightpatti a private message Print Post    
4.1 Reader, Many many years ago I went to Ball State University. Did not graduate there. Went to work at Disney World after 2 years of BSU.

Yankee_in_ca
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08-01-2000

Wednesday, February 15, 2006 - 4:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Yankee_in_ca a private message Print Post    
Oh dear Scootz, I can certainly relate to your #1. I feel for ya!

Saxywildcat
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05-30-2005

Wednesday, February 15, 2006 - 6:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Saxywildcat a private message Print Post    
1. I am so exhausted I am having trouble thinking straight!

2. I subbed from 8-3:45 today. I had to leave my house at 7:30 and didn't get home til 4:10 and then I had to work at dillons at 4:30. I got off at 8:00.

3. I forgot to set my VCR for American Idol. I am STILL mad at myself about that.

4. I'm not set to sub tomorrow, so I'm kind of hoping I don't get called, I need rest.

5. Tomorrow, DH should be home for GOOD!

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Wednesday, February 15, 2006 - 11:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
1. Why do schools ask for emergency contact info for several family/friends if they aren't going to use them? Silliest part is because of Dakota's asthma not only the office, but her teacher in the classroom has the whole list of phone numbers just in case she has a problem they will be able to get ahold of someone pretty quickly!

2. Dakota had a tummy ache and tried to call home a little after 2:30. I always leave right at that time to go to school to get them. She goes to the office and calls home, gets the answering maching and they send her back to class for the last half hour. They didn't call my cell phone (and the freaking silly thing is I park on the street right behind her class, anyone looking out the window sees me sitting there!,) they didn't call mom or little adopted sis who are both within a couple minutes drive to the school, didn't call sis, the neighbor or Darren at work. I don't really expect any of them to go pick her up that close to the end of school, but everyone knows I'm sitting over there between 2:30 and 3 and they certainly would have thought to call my cell!

3. Anyways, I got her home after school and she changed right into her jammies, grabbed her blankie and laid down on the couch. She was running a fever and had an upset tummy along with just not feeling very well. Caleb just got over a head cold...have I mentioned lately how much I hate this time of year? Never fails, one right after the other for weeks on end.

4. Caleb's class is going to the Borax Mines for a field trip on the 28th. They were supposed to do a gold mine but changed it at the last minute. He's completely excited about it since it's his first field trip this year. Plus the bus will drive by dads job and he's sure he'll see Darren (not likely at all but he can still wave and point it out to his friends I guess.)

5. We're keeping my nieces Friday night/Saturday morning so sis and bil can celebrate a late Valentines Day. They'll watch our kids Saturday night/Sunday morning, we're going out to dinner and then getting our taxes done, lol. Isn't that romantic???


6. My dryer is making a terrible squeeking noise. It's also taking 2-3 cycles to completely dry a medium smallish load of laundry. I'm so behind on laundry it's not even funny now and I may end up taking it all to the laundry mat just to get caught up. Darren got home from work tonight, listened to it for about three seconds before he went and stopped it. I snapped at him, this load had been in for an hour and a half and wasn't close to being dry, I'm not staying up half the night to wait for it to finish, he better turn it right back on NOW. He gave me a look then said thats it, we're buying a new one! I'm not complaining, lol.

Reader234
Member

08-13-2000

Thursday, February 16, 2006 - 6:40 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Reader234 a private message Print Post    
4.2 for Knightpatti - That's my almamater!! Go BALL U!! (as for a "party school" it was pretty tame compared to my friends' schools in IN - Indiana U had the larger campus, and larger rep!! So I was expecting Ill State to be in that arena... just interesting what they tell you compared to what "is"

6.2 Wonder how Wicked in Chicago is????? (ie from Schoolmarm's point of view!!)

Mamapors
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07-29-2004

Thursday, February 16, 2006 - 8:02 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamapors a private message Print Post    
3.1 Saxy--I am willing to burn you a copy of last nights Idol and send it to you. Let me know.

Froggiegirl621
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02-14-2003

Thursday, February 16, 2006 - 8:04 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Froggiegirl621 a private message Print Post    
1. Hi all! I've been back from Florida since late Saturday night and this is the first chance I've had to check the board...way too much to go through!

2. Florida was great...a bit on the chilly side but still warmer than PA.

3. We did the Arabian Knights dinner show, Epcot, Downtown Disney, Disney Quest, Universal CityWalk, ate at Jimmy Buffet's Margaritaville, Rainforest Cafe twice, and drank enough margaritas that it may still be in my system, lol.

4. We got to the pool only twice during the week with most of that time spent in the hot tub because of the temps.

5. I found out on the flight down that I am NOT a good flyer - got soooo sick that I seriously almost had to use one of those airsick bags. Thank goodness I was seated next to two sweet guys who really helped me. I was more prepared for the flight home - it only took two Dramamine and Sea-bands to get me through it, lol.

6. I had an interview yesterday with a dentist and he's willing to give me a try as a dental assistant. The pay would be better, but the drive is 30 mins. one way and for a guarantee of only 20 hrs/week (possibility of up to 30) it may not be worth it with the cost of gas and all. So I'm *thinking* about it, but in the meantime I might be hearing from an orthodontist whose office is only 5 mins. away. Cross your fingers for me!

7. More good news - Steve went on an interview yesterday too and was offered the job! He'll be working for a really great company who actually want to see him advance and better himself. He'll be starting out at 10k more than he makes now plus a sign on bonus. The health benefits are excellent with less out-of-pocket expenses for us, he gets a few more holidays, but loses a week of vacation time that he built up at his old job. He's excited and so am I...I actually cried on the phone when he called with the good news. Yay for Steve!


Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Thursday, February 16, 2006 - 10:33 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
Mrs Froggie, that is WONDERFUL NEWS! congrats. :-)

Froggiegirl621
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02-14-2003

Thursday, February 16, 2006 - 11:21 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Froggiegirl621 a private message Print Post    
Thanks Mame!