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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Sunday, April 09, 2006 - 1:25 am
1. We bought the kids roller blades today. Or rather we bought Dakota roller blades and Caleb bought his own. 2. No we're not mean, lol! I'd taken them shopping with the intention of buying both kids a pair. No matter how much I tried, I could not get Caleb to even try on a pair and I ended up buying him legos. Couple hours playing with his legos later, he comes up to me and asks if I'll take him back to the store so he could buy his own. 3. Dakota also got a new helmet (her old one was cracked) and knee/elbow pads that came with them. Caleb had to have new elbow and knee pads. Looking at what they've done to the old ones, I'm even more glad we insist on them wearing their saftey equipment! 4. Kota spent all day out roller blading. She's pretty good at it, much better than Caleb. Not saying he's bad cuz he can skate, she's just better at it. Both Darren and I were pretty surprised since she's only been on roller blades a couple times when she's been at her friends house. Caleb never had. 5. While they skated, we bbq and scrapped the freaking paint off Caleb's door. I don't know what the heck it is, maybe the type of paint used or the type of door (nothing special!) but that stuff does not want to come off! Darren sanded it with no luck then moved on to a liquid something or other. He told me this is the same stuff they use at work and is one of the strongest chemicals they use....that didn't even work. It finally took pure muscle to get it off and at that we only got one door done. I think it may take longer to get the doors done than the whole room at this point! 6. Tomorrow Darren's taking Kota fishing with his mom and step dad. She's so excited to be going and gave me a list of snack foods to pick up (bananas, grapes, and celery sticks, lol.) She also packed a small bag with a few toys, a coloring book and crayons and some books to read. She's been asking to go for awhile, but this will be her first time so we're not sure if she'll enjoy it or not and tried to plan for not. 6.5 Caleb gets the raw end of the deal. He's got to go grocery shopping with me and put up with me doing housework and laundry. There's not much housework to do though and we did Costco shopping today so grocery shopping won't take too long. Laundry, well that's a hurry up do it and wait for more thing so we'll have plenty of time to play while Darren and Kota are gone.
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Schoolmarm
Member
02-18-2001
| Sunday, April 09, 2006 - 7:11 am
1. Hi Wargod! I really need you to "wargod" my living room. It's getting thick in here. 2. I am very relieved that I found a contract that needed signing and returning last month. WHEW! It was in one of my suitcases with some other important papers. Glad I found them, too. 3. I am going to Salt Lake City next week. I had to pre-pay and will once again have too much month at the end of my money. All will be well when I get reimbursed. 4. I have hives again this morning. I only have two Allegra pills left with no refills. 5. I'm actually glad about running out of Allegra. I found out that over the counter Claritin is the same as the prescription form that works for hives. Here's the kicker....it costs the same over the counter as my co-pay for Allegra! WHOO HOO! Bye Bye hives. 6. I am hoping that I will get to church without problems. The power is on in the garage, no storms in sight! 7. I have been catching up with my rest....and paperwork....now all I have to do today is proofread two theses and one proposal for submission to the grad school. I think that two will be fine and one will need more revisions. Have a great day, everyone! <Dang, not warm enough to open the pool!>
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, April 10, 2006 - 11:16 pm
1. Hi Marm! I really need to wargod my own living room, lol. The last two days have not been very productive. 2. Hopefully tomorrow I'll be back on my feet and feeling like doing more than I've gotten done. 3. Dakota had fun fishing. She caught four fish (the only part Darren helps with is casting the line, other than that the kids do the rest themselves.) Darren said she got a little bored, but having her bag of goodies kept her occupied during the slow times. She then came home and spent the rest of the day roller blading and fell so deeply asleep that I had to carry her to bed cuz she wasn't waking up for nothing! 4. Today was the first day back to school. They have four days this week, then a four day weekend. They are off Friday and Monday, Darren is off Thursday and Friday. I flew out of bed this morning half an hour before the clock went off ready to drag them to school, lol. 5. We actually did have a great three weeks, but they were starting to get antsy and needed to go back to school! 6. They came home today with paperwork for Jump Rope for Heart. This is one of the fund raisers we do every year and they jump in memory of their grandpa. Usually since all the school here do it at different times, we donate a few bucks to each kid we know, they donate for ours. This time we're rushing. The dang thing is on Thursday so we have three days to collect money. We're trying to raise $50 per kid so they get a tshirt out of it and have $30 for each of them so far. I'm hoping to scrape up $20 more from people in the next two days. Most years we just go to Saturday dinner with the family or a family party but don't have time this year, lol. 7. I got my Easter shopping done mostly. All I have left is to do the veggie tray for Easter dinner and make the kids baskets. 8. Our weather is freaky. This morning was beautiful, but by about 10am it turned cool. By the time the kids got out of school it was cloudy, windy, and cold. They went out to skate for awhile then they were back in pretty quickly saying it was too cold to stay out. I think we're in for more rain and nastiness this week?
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Spitfire
Member
07-18-2002
| Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 6:49 am
1. I have not posted facts in forever. 2. I've actually been busy at work and doing work related things. Humph....how dare they make me work. 3. Sam is still continuing to poop on the potty every day. I have only had to deal with one dirty diaper in three weeks and it was my fault for not getting him to the toilet fast enough. 4. He is really testing my patience lately. He is hitting and throwing things in frustration and I've tried so many things to make it stop. Some days are good...some are bad. 5. I will be 29 weeks pregnant tomorrow. I have the gestational diabetes mostly under control and am now being monitored on a two week basis for high blood pressure. 6. I am carrying this baby completely different then I did Sam. My weight alone is a big change. By this point last time I had gained around 24 pounds and this time I'm at 11 pounds. With Sam I kinda porked out everywhere and this time I am literally carrying around a beach ball. It's really hard on my back being only 5 foot tall. 7. We live out in the country and my in-laws live all around us. MIL and FIL across the road and BIL and SIL next door - which is about a 5 minute walk. Anyway....we have major issues with my BIL and his son riding their dirt bikes through our yard all the time. DH has asked in a nice way to please stop doing it. BIL thinks he's god's gift and pays no attention to what we've asked. Sometimes this can happen 10 to 20 times in a night. It's like our yard is his playground. Last night was the last straw for me. First time around he completely disrupted our dinner and Sam got distracted and then didn't want to eat dinner. Second time around I was having a pee and Sam was playing with the shutters on our window and I hear him say that BIL was coming. Of course, being pregnant and not being able to stop peeing.....I had to try to stop, get off the toilet and pull up my pants because is right at the window. Needless to say I pissed my pants - not just a dribble either. 8. So this is DH last chance to be nice about it. If BIL does not listen I will give him a piece of my mind. 9. A co-worker gave me the good idea of putting up caution tape across where he rides....maybe he will get the hint.
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Schoolmarm
Member
02-18-2001
| Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 7:28 am
9.1 Electric fence would also do the trick. Zzzzzap!
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Spitfire
Member
07-18-2002
| Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 7:50 am
9.2 Another good idea Schoolmarm. I would love to zap him but I'm sure I would then be even more of an outcast in the family. LOL!
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Schoolmarm
Member
02-18-2001
| Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 8:45 am
9.3....But wouldn't it be FUN???? OR get automatic sprinklers and let it rain on him. Or just a rope strung up along the property line. <Marm had these ideas when trying to deal with drunk students invading her previous property.>
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 1:57 pm
1. I haven't posted facts in forever either. 2. My son is on Spring Break with his dad. 3. They drove from California to North Dakota. 4. They are spending time at a friends cattle ranch in Medora. 5. My son is having so much fun!!! 6. Yesterday he herded the chickens and then collected 12 eggs. 7. He also milked a cow for the first time and tasted the milk. 8. Today they are supposed to be branding. There are 100 calves to take care of. 9. He's having such a great time, he may never come home! 10. I miss him but am glad he's having a great time with his dad.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 2:04 pm
1. Oh, what a day, what a day. Good day that is, lol. 2. Mom called to tell me she got Caleb's poster done. I called back to tell her that I picked up a frame for it. She called back to say that since she'd planned on bringing it over when they kids got out of school, and since the schools on her way, she'll stop and pick up the kids from school. Yippee!!!! Usually it takes me being sick or not having a car to get anyone else to pick them up. 3. Darren and I had an interesting conversation last night. He said his buddy and wife were looking into daycares and were going to check out the one our kids were in. They were getting discouraged to find the cheapest daycare is around $160 a week. 4. I told Darren to tell them I'd do it for $80. I was completely joking, but Darren asked if I was serious and it got me thinking...am I? I don't know if his buddy is really looking for daycare (the socialization and preschool atmosphere) or a babysitter while they work. But, if the chance popped up would I want to babysit a baby full time? I think I could enjoy it, but I also like being able to be free to do what I want during the day when the kids are in school. If it was one of my nieces or nephews I'd do it in a heartbeat, if something came up I'd know there parents wouldn't mind their kids going to my mom or sister for a few hours but I don't think I could do that with anyone else's kid, lol. 5. On the other hand I don't often have stuff to do that a child couldn't go with me if needed, and my days get kinda boring and having a little one around could be fun. 6. I've got spaghetti sauce (with meatballs) in the crockpot for dinner. It's looking nasty outside and around here spaghetti and meatballs is comfort food, lol. 7. Plus sis asked if I'd watch the girls this evening while they do some Easter shopping. They've got to buy the girls basket stuff and pick up the food for Easter dinner. Reminds me I have to remember to go pick up a veggie platter Saturday. 8. It is really dark here today! I don't know when the rains supposed to start but I'm going to have to turn on a light to see anything! 9. Darrens working 10 hour days this week cuz it's a three day work week for him. Yesterday he did 11 because something came through at the last minute. 10. I had to call him at work and call him an..well I won't type what I called him, lol. He left the kids sponsor sheets for Jump Rope for Heart here this morning and we don't have time to forget this year! He called back awhile ago to tell me he's already collected $10 for each kid. He felt bad that he'd left the paperwork here. 10.5 ACK, Vacanick beat me to 10 so consider all my facts numbered 1. something, lol.
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Schoolmarm
Member
02-18-2001
| Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 7:09 pm
1. It is thesis deposit week this week. God help me, but line-editing my students' theses is more difficult than writing my own publications. These two use all types of statistics and I hate checking their math as well as their English. ARGGGGGGggggggg!
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Froggiegirl621
Member
02-14-2003
| Wednesday, April 12, 2006 - 3:31 pm
1. Today was day 3 of the new job...so far so good. I just wish I could learn everything NOW! 2. I have some pics of my little niece Emilee that I need to download and post. Hopefully I'll get to it before the holiday. She's such a cutie!
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Friday, April 14, 2006 - 9:55 pm
1. The kidlets cooked dinner tonight. They made french bread pizzas and did a great job. I cut the veggies, and Darren popped the pan in and out of the oven, but other than that they did all of it. They even wiped down the counters and washed dishes by themselves. We've decided Friday nights will be there night to make dinner, now I've just got to figure out other things they can do on their own. 2. Tomorrow we're going to my sisters for dinner and egg dyeing. Pretty much everyone who is going over for Easter lunch and egg hunting will be there. Should be fun with all the kids. 3. I've been a day ahead since yesterday. Darren took the day off and had today off, the kids are out today, my whole schedule is off. I missed Survivor and CSI last night cuz I thought it was Friday and didn't bother turning on the tv since most of my shows were reruns. It was 10:30 when I realized it, lol. Since I figured it out last night it was a surprise to me when I went all day thinking today was Saturday and didn't figure out til this evening it was Friday!
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Jbean
Member
01-05-2002
| Saturday, April 15, 2006 - 8:17 am
1. i had a nice fun day off yesterday. 2. i slept in and hung out here for the first part of the day, then i took my mom's camera memory card back to her. after that i tanned...the cruise tan is way gone. 3. i also went to walmart and bought a cute new top there...since we were going out last night. 4. then last night, i went to my friends house. she cooked dinner for us (it was so good), we drank some wine, then we went to the bar to see keith ANDERSON play. he was good, and he is hot, too, like another keith i've seen. HAPPY EASTER WEEKEND EVERYONE!
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Saturday, April 15, 2006 - 8:20 am
1. Nicholas 2. comes 3. home 4. tomorrow! 5. Yayyyyyy! 
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Ketchuplover
Member
08-30-2000
| Saturday, April 15, 2006 - 10:00 am
I'm worried I'm going to hell Have a great day everybody 
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Chaplin
Member
01-08-2006
| Saturday, April 15, 2006 - 4:05 pm
1. I went to hell a long time ago Ketchuplover and they threw me back! LOL! 2. Work this week was the same old same old. I was lecturing on Health And Nutrition. Was glad to have Friday off. 3. I have to work Monday. It is at least nice to have a 3 day weekend. 4. I have done very little this weekend. I am all alone this weekend though as my roommate went away for the weekend. It is also quiet as he took the dog. So I am here with the cat and she is nice and quiet. 5. Tomorrow I am going to my Stepmom's. Will watch my Niece and Nephew and also my Brother's girlfriends daughter open their Easter treats. That will be fun!!!!!!!!! The weather will be gorgeous. It is nice here today too!!!!!!!!!! 6. I am going back to playing Boggle I think. I love that game!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Coco
Member
07-13-2000
| Saturday, April 15, 2006 - 11:09 pm
1. Here's a fact about me...I haven't been posting for a couple of weeks now. 2. I blame work, real life, laziness and eBay! 3. Yes Factoiders, I'm an eBay ho and I love it! 4. Truth be told, I've been researching and learning and also bidding now and then. 5. Some bids I've won and most I've lost. 6. I learned that I should know the going price of items I'm interested in and then when I place the current winning bid, I must place the maximum bid I would be willing to pay for the item. And I watch for snipes...lol! 7. It feels nice posting in my favorite thread once again!
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Saturday, April 15, 2006 - 11:45 pm
1. Are we going to have to send a rescue party to Ebay to get Coco back, lol? 2. I sent Darren and the kids out to my sisters to dye Easter eggs today while I stayed home and put together the kids baskets. When I was done I raced out to help with the egg dyeing. It was great fun, mostly. 3. There was 9 kids altogether since the rest were off with other family members. The older ones helped the younger ones because for the little ones this was really their first year of having any interest whatsoever in doing it. 4. Youngest niece came in and showed me where someone bit her on the hand. Judging from the teethmarks it was one of the two other little ones though they wouldn't say which one! Caleb told me later she ended up with another bite on her arm, and with the second several people saw middle niece doing it. Sigh....they're too close in age, half the time they are best friends the other half they're fighting like cats and dogs. 5. It got to be too noisy though, and too many people and I developed a headache. I left Darren and the kids their and came home for a couple hours of rest while they stayed for dinner. Worked out well, by the time they got home I was feeling somewhat better. 6. The kids collected another $29 for Jump Rope for Heart today. We have another $11 to go between the two of them til we hit our goal of $50 each. I'm thinking we'll just throw that in instead of bugging people tomorrow about it, lol. Dakota was too cute, she was supposed to be asking our uncle if he wanted to sponsor them and she froze up about it. Caleb finally stepped in and asked him and Uncle asked Dakota why it was so hard for her to ask him. She said cuz she never has to ask him for money, he just gives it to them, hehehe. She has a point, he has no children of his own and tends to spoil ours rotten whenever he gets the chance, I think, not really with the intention of spoiling them but rather because he isn't quite sure what to do with young kids. 7. We're supposed to be out at sis' by 11 tomorrow morning. This year we've planned the egg hunt for after lunch (which is at 1) with the hopes of getting the kids to eat a real meal before they're set loose on Easter candy and crap. It'll be a miracle if it ends up working out that way, lol! 8. Moms birthday is Monday and I have no idea what to get her this year. She gets harder and harder to buy for for some reason.
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Jbean
Member
01-05-2002
| Sunday, April 16, 2006 - 7:22 am
1. yay coco! glad to see you back here. i've noticed your absence and figured it was due to cleaning out the daughter's room and quilting. 2. ebay is addictive, isn't it? i've been good and stayed away from there for awhile. 3. went and seen the movie take the lead yesterday. it was pretty cute. i have always thought antonio banderas is pretty hot. 4. yaya from america's next top model 2(?) was one of the main characters in the movie. the whole time i couldn't figure out who she was, then in the credits, it said yaya lacoste. i'm like "is that yaya the model?" my friend said no, i asked if she was sure, and we decided it was her. her voice is the same, and it is a dance movie, and she was a dancer. she looked young, because it was about high school students. 5. i bought a pair of cropped camo pants last night. i have fought buying a pair for awhile now, because i haven't previously liked camo..i was hoping to find pink camo, but no such luck. they are cute. sigh. yes, i'm a trend follower, lol. 6. i saw that kelly clarkson is touring again this summer, so i googled, and the tickets are $75!!!! not to mention, she is playing ampitheaters and in july is when she will be in MO....it will be hotter than hell here! sadly, i won't be going....$75 is just too much. i guess since she's a grammy winner now, they can charge whatever they want to for her tickets. 7. we are getting a few good people at our local fair this year. blake shelton and joe nichols to mention a few. those tickets are $12 for reserved...much more do-able. 8. on the 29th, i'm going to see miranda lambert from nashville star 1 here in town. i think she's having more success than any of the winners have. i like her cd, so it should be good. 9. happy easter factoiders, i hope you all have a fantastic day! 
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Sunday, April 16, 2006 - 10:10 am
9.1 Yay Coco join the madness lol.
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Coco
Member
07-13-2000
| Sunday, April 16, 2006 - 10:32 am
9.2 jbean & Mocha...help! I need an intervention.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Sunday, April 16, 2006 - 10:41 am
9.3 Honey I ain't the one to ask lol, I got my own obsession with eBay.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Sunday, April 16, 2006 - 10:03 pm
1. Today was a good day. Thought I think I should be wrapped in bubble wrap and be forced to wear saftey glasses 24/7. 2. The kids were up early and thrilled with their baskets. We had a big breakfast, knowing lunch would be late. 3. I was walking out of the laundry room and slammed my wrist against the door frame. My whole hand went numb and pain shot up my arm to my elbow. That was oh so fun. 4. We went to my sisters early to help get everything set up. She said she needed pickles, pineapples and a tablecloth. I offered to run home and pick it up, then got here and realized my tablecloth was too little and had to go buy one. 5. Then about two hours later it started to get colder. All I'd taken was a light sweater so I asked if anyone needed anything else from home, nope, kids had their jackets and sis didn't need anything from the store. I made my second trip home to pick up my coat. 6. I got home and tried to put my eye out with an angel. There's a wooden angel that hangs on my closet door and when I opened the door, it somehow slid over so the wing was hanging over the edge of the door. I leaned over to grab my coat, and stabbed myself in the eye. Yep, bubblewrap and protective eye wear. 7. Lunch was awesome. Everybody in the family plus most of our friends showed up. We had smoked and glazed hams, a fried turkey and a ton of other stuff. 8. The egg hunt was a blast. We let the little ones out first, six of them between 1 and 3, plus two who are under a year. They did a great job. And then the older ones came out and finished up. They found all the eggs, real and plastic with candy and money in them. Since I'd counted all of them and watched one of the dogs eat one off the ground, shell and all, we know for sure they had all of them. 9. After 5:30 most the people started leaving. It ended up with me and Darren and the kids, sis and bil and their girls, our uncle, little adopted sis and her hubby, and a close friend who lived with our family when we were all in high school while his mom was working out of state, and his mom. It was a nice evening. The kids were busy playing, and Darren and the guys were busy playing horeshows, so the rest of us set around chatting. After having so many people there all day it was nice to have a couple hours of quiet time. 10. It was about this point that Kota complained about being cold. It had gotten really cold by that point, but the kids were having fun and Darren was having a good time, so I made my third trip home for the kids heavier coats. I should mention sis lives across town, lol! We got home about 8 and since the kids played outside right until we left, it was worth the extra drive home to grab their coats. I just wish I'd thought of it when I came home the second time to grab mine!
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Eris
Member
11-13-2003
| Monday, April 17, 2006 - 11:51 pm
1. I am wide awake and it is nearly midnight...remind me never to have an energy drink at 7pm again....tisk tisk
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Kaili
Member
08-31-2000
| Tuesday, April 18, 2006 - 6:33 am
1. Yay! Hi Eris!!! No energy drinks for you! Did you have one of those can ones they have out now? I've never had one but I see a lot of people drinking them. Do they tatse good? 2. Been forever since I posted facts. Wow. Moving is coming along well- almost everything is packed but you know how you pack something thinking you won't need it in the next few weeks because you haven't used it in awhile and then you need it so you have to go tearing through boxes to get it? *sigh*
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