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Abby7
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07-17-2002

Monday, May 15, 2006 - 10:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Abby7 a private message Print Post    
wapland, just in case you don't know, a few people have posted in your folder.

we/they are here for you if you need someone to talk to.

Abby7
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07-17-2002

Monday, May 15, 2006 - 10:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Abby7 a private message Print Post    
eta: wapland, i meant to say a few people posted in community area. sorry. (but posts in your folder too).

Max
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08-12-2000

Tuesday, May 16, 2006 - 1:40 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Max a private message Print Post    
RN, I'm just finishing editing a transcription of a focus group. This group has three 12-year-old girls talking about various subjects, but primarily skin care. I just have to say that these girls are great! They are so impressive to me. They talk about how beauty comes from inside and not outside. They talk about fake friends versus true friends with great wisdom. They talk about how their parents are sometimes embarrassing, but ultimately great and that they look up to them because they know that they are strict because they love their kids. They talk about career aspirations that include being surgeons and veterinarians and firefighters -- or maybe some modeling would be cool, too. (Hey, they are 12, after all!) :-) I'm just so impressed. These are the kinds of kids I wish we'd hear more about. They give me hope -- even if this is a silly focus group trying to discover what they think of skincare products. :-)

Wapland
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08-01-2000

Tuesday, May 16, 2006 - 3:23 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wapland a private message Print Post    
RN....thanks again, as always you are the most dependable friends in cyberland.

Fondly
Wappy

Tabbyking
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03-11-2002

Tuesday, May 16, 2006 - 10:35 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tabbyking a private message Print Post    
RN, where are men's heads at, sometimes?! cheese and crackers, got all muddy, we have to be out of our house on june 5, walls washed down, windows cleaned, carpets shampooed, etc. and we still have all the cabinets to go through, closets to empty out, christmas things in the eaves, etc. plus, dd's graduation a week from friday, with a party for 25 on saturday. then getting her to sacramento for a 6:10 a.m. flight (changed from the much-more reasonable time of 9:15!!). back to old house to get everything finished in less than a week...at least two trailer loads of things for up here, each trip being over 600 miles round-trip.
and my husband, God bless him, is taking today to take our friend who own the restaurant (and were supposed to help cater dd's party) to fresno because his doctor in town told him he has a detached retina. very dangerous, very painful. i can understand that and i would do it myself if i were down there. i have no problem at all with taking the day to help with a medical emergency. what i don't understand is my husband telling me he is going to buy paint at home depot in fresno while our friend is at the doctor's...TO PAINT THE RESTAURANT this next week. hello? they've owned it 2 years, so i think the paint job can wait 2 more weeks. once we are done with what we have to do, my dh can spend a week with our friends and paint the place. sometimes he is so giving, we end up out of the loop with things we need to do for ourselves!!
i didn't actually 'freak' out loud and scream and rant and rave. what i did was ask about things we had to fix at our south house. how many loads he might need to bring north. gettting dd to where she needs to catch the bus for disneyland on thursday and reminding him they are coming up here friday when she returns from disneyland. and the party, the shopping we need to do for that, and the company we are having at our furnitureless home, and having to get the motorhome ready for 4 people to sleep in, and painting the baseboards in the house, and how we only have so many days. and then he said, "oh, wow. we have a lot to do."
duh!! hopefully, on his own, he will tell enio and maritza that he will help paint the restaurant in mid-june.
i am still sad over last night's 'grey's anatomy'! looking forward to tonight's 'american idol'.
it's so beautiful up here! kendall and i went for a long walk through the forested neighborhood and i sipped my coffee and he barked at squirrels and dogs behind their fences and it smelled like when i camp, with early morning crispness, pine trees, my coffee. ah, this is the life!! if we can get through the next two+ weeks, things will be just fine!

Irishtxgrl
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12-07-2005

Tuesday, May 16, 2006 - 1:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Irishtxgrl a private message Print Post    
WOW you have A LOT on your plate...OMG how are you staying sane?

RN I am feeling dehydrated so enjoying my ice water and watching trading spaces

Eris
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11-13-2003

Wednesday, May 17, 2006 - 5:14 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Eris a private message Print Post    
Right now I just waking up, I had a rough night. Couldn't stop throwing up blood yesterday so I dragged my uninsured behind down to urgent care. All should be fine now, they switched my current meds and put me on new stuff for what looks to be a gastric ulcer. Weeeeeeeeeeee. Im sorry I missed Wappy last night

Dfennessey
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07-25-2004

Wednesday, May 17, 2006 - 5:17 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dfennessey a private message Print Post    
RN the sun is out in Massachusetts after 8 days of rain

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Wednesday, May 17, 2006 - 11:15 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
RN I am cheap.

Hermione69
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07-24-2002

Wednesday, May 17, 2006 - 11:16 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hermione69 a private message Print Post    
Right now, I am wondering in what way Wargod is cheap?

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Wednesday, May 17, 2006 - 11:24 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
RN cuz I refuse to pay $300+ bucks for a hotel room in Vegas when I can get the same room at an older hotel for $79. Usually its no problem since it's just me and Darren to worry about, but this time its shaping up to be a huge deal cuz his family all wants to stay in the same place. They've all made reservations where the rooms Sat night are $369 and aren't quite sure why I'm dragging my heels.

Heyltslori
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09-15-2001

Wednesday, May 17, 2006 - 11:34 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Heyltslori a private message Print Post    
RN I wouldn't say that you are cheap War. I'd say you are smart.

Hermione69
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07-24-2002

Wednesday, May 17, 2006 - 11:37 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hermione69 a private message Print Post    
Right now, that is a lot of money, War. Ouch.

I had the possibility to go on a trip to Europe next summer with some coworkers. I was going to go if it was about $2,000, but I found out today it would be closer to $4,000. I just can't swing that. Sometimes you just have to listen to the voice of reason. What would happen if you stay at the cheaper hotel??

Mocha
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08-12-2001

Wednesday, May 17, 2006 - 11:57 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mocha a private message Print Post    
Rn there are alot of nice hotels in Vegas way cheaper than $300. Of course if I wasn't paying then I'd stay in a $300 room. :-)

Tabbyking
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03-11-2002

Wednesday, May 17, 2006 - 12:48 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tabbyking a private message Print Post    
RN, my sister, who is staying with my step-father while my mom is in virginia at my brother's college graduation, had to call an ambulance when my step-father appeared to have a major stroke. he is in the hospital now, and has been intubated. he never signed a DNR order, so we aren't sure what measures they will take to save him. he is in critical condition. another sister reached my mom, who is going to try and find a flight home. (my brother's graduation from george mason university) is tomorrow night.
right now, i am thinking if milton passes away, my mom should go ahead and stay the extra day or two for my brother. she only gets to see his family every few years. if milton lives, he will be in the hospital for several days, and my sisters and i can visit him. i am in such a quandary. i also need to try and find his daughter, who is a nurse at stanford. they had been estranged for many years, but had been making attempts to get close again. milton and my mom have been married over 30 years, so he has been in my life since i was early 20's. i really don't know what to do. i will have to find someone to watch kendall if i go into redding. there are wild animals at night that could kill him, and i can't just leave him in the house for however many hours.
i am not going to say anything to my dd yet because she is supposed to go to disneyland tomorrow and there is nothing she can do if she knows but be upset.
oh, i hate things like this! i love milton and i know he wouldn't want to be alive on tubes and machines, but i don't want him to go yet.
i hope it doesn't sound cold to say i wish my mom would stay with my brother for another day or so and that i won't tell my dd anything until after she returns on friday...

Dfennessey
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07-25-2004

Wednesday, May 17, 2006 - 1:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dfennessey a private message Print Post    
rn tabbyking i am sorry

Legalboxer
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11-17-2003

Wednesday, May 17, 2006 - 1:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Legalboxer a private message Print Post    
right now i am running on my 37th hour ... 5 hours in penn station in the middle of the night is just so much fun eh?

Mak1
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08-12-2002

Wednesday, May 17, 2006 - 1:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mak1 a private message Print Post    
rn, Tabby, it doesn't sound cold at all. It sounds like you're trying to figure out what is best for everyone involved. I'm so sorry.

Irishtxgrl
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12-07-2005

Wednesday, May 17, 2006 - 2:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Irishtxgrl a private message Print Post    
RN I am hanging out with the kids' watching PBS

Tabbyking
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03-11-2002

Wednesday, May 17, 2006 - 4:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tabbyking a private message Print Post    
RN, milton is in very bad shape. my mom is on a flight from washington, d.c. and will get into sacramento about 10:45. it's still a couple of hours from there to the hospital in redding. my third sister is picking mom up (sister is a teacher, but has found a sub for tomorrow). mom won't get to the hospital before 1:00 a.m. probably.
i am in a quandary whether to go down to the hospital. two sisters, a brother-in-law, a niece and a brother who is an e.r. nurse at that hospital are all there. infrequently, one or two of them can go in and see milton. at this time, he is heavily sedated because he was fighting the breathing tube.
i guess i should go down. kendall should be okay indoors for several hours. i just can't stay away over night. i'll probably wait an hour before i go into redding, because i will hit there at 5:00 p.m. otherwise. a little later will be better traffic-wise; i always have trouble finding my way to that hospital. you can see it on the hill for miles around, but i can never find the street that goes up to it!
i feel so bad my mom is going to miss my brother's graduation. he is retired military and graduating magna cum laude tomorrow. at least she got a couple of days with him. she was supposed to fly to long beach early next week from washington, d.c. for a nephew's college graduation and then fly north for my dd's high school graduation. i guess we're all up in the air at this time.
dd is going to disneyland tomorrow and dh agrees there is nothing she can do by being told about her grandpa.
i know there is nothing i can do at the hospital, but i feel guilty being only 45 miles away with everyone else there. help!!

Tabbyking
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03-11-2002

Wednesday, May 17, 2006 - 4:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tabbyking a private message Print Post    
RN, my sister said there isn't much i can do by being there. she suggested i go in the morning unless someone calls me before that. he will have company there throughout the late evening and then my mom and sister will get there and i can go early morning.
the doctor told my sister that milton had said before to do anything he had to, he did not want a DNR. however, the doctor said even if milton somehow gets past this, he will need to be in a nursing home or have full-time care at home. in the past, my mom was able to go to work, come home at lunch, etc. and leave milton for a few hours at a time. the doctor told my sister who was staying with milton that had she gone to lunch a half hour earlier (she was just going to go when milton had his stroke) that milton would have died.
i am going to take kendall for a walk and think about things.

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Wednesday, May 17, 2006 - 5:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Right now, Wardog, I am cheap too. I wouldn't even think of staying in the $369 place to make someone else happy. They might talk about you, but you will still be $300 richer in the morning.

And right now, I think Tabbyking going in the morning is a good plan.

Hukdonreality
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09-29-2003

Wednesday, May 17, 2006 - 7:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hukdonreality a private message Print Post    
RN, Top Chef finale is beginning. I had forgotten about this and just ran into it by accident while channel surfing! Tune in on the Bravo channel.

Biscottiii
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05-30-2004

Wednesday, May 17, 2006 - 7:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Biscottiii a private message Print Post    
Wargod said: RN I am cheap.

RN Popping out of lurkdom, but Wargod, THAT's not cheap it's intelligent!!! How much time do you spend in your room? And THEN your eyes are usually closed when you are.

Tell them you're saving your money for the Good Stuff!

Like:

At the Paris Casino, you JUST have to try this buffet, its a Paris Village, streetlamps and all!:
http://www.caesars.com/Paris/LasVegas/Dining/CasualDining/LeVillageBuffet.htm


If you go for late breakfast (but remember the lines are long so watch the timing) you can stick around for the lunch stuff. Last year I told the TVCL travelers to Vegas about this, and I heard they even went back a second time it was so unbelievable! Just ask LanceCrossfire.

(BTW, if you find a $79 hotel room, would you ask if they take dogs? And post if they do? My sister and I are making a quick trip down from Seattle to PHX, via Vegas, with her Shitzu. Stopping there JUST to take in this buffet and another seafood buffet (maybe called the ?Rio?) one more time.

Yeah!!! Save your money for the memories & the good eats! I promise, you'll never forget the inside of the Paris Casino or this buffet! Bisc

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Wednesday, May 17, 2006 - 8:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Rn Tabby I'm so sorry about Milton. He and your family will be in my thoughts and prayers.

Rn thanks ya'll. It's just been a really crummy day with the hotel situation. Usuaully when we go to Vegas we have months to plan and save money for the trip. After working that hard to save money I'm not blowing it on the hotel room. This time with no warning or time to save, the price of a hotel room is doubly important. Ah well, we've got it all worked out somewhat.