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Vacanick
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07-12-2004

Sunday, May 21, 2006 - 5:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Vacanick a private message Print Post    
Right now ... got the thunder and lightning! Good day to lazy inside!

Landi
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07-29-2002

Sunday, May 21, 2006 - 6:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Landi a private message Print Post    
right now, i'm working on huge pitcher of mimosas.

Mamapors
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07-29-2004

Sunday, May 21, 2006 - 7:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamapors a private message Print Post    
RN I wish I was at landi's!!!

Tabbyking
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03-11-2002

Sunday, May 21, 2006 - 7:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tabbyking a private message Print Post    
RN, we had incredible lightning show about 4:00 a.m. and then it has rained most of the day. i love it up here (but i think i've said that before?!)
dh and dd left about 3:00 for los banos. i will go down on wednesday. dd graduates on friday, we party on saturday, she leaves for boston on tuesday...and then we have only til friday morning to make sure the entire house is emptied and cleaned for the carpet cleaners to come. whew!
not sure if my mom will be able to come to dd's graduation. milton got to have the breathing tube removed yesterday! he knows who we are now, too. ddgd (drop dead gorgeous doc, i am not kidding, whoooeee!) said 'milton was a dead man on wednesday. i cannot believe he recovered and is almost back to his normal self.'
i think one of my sisters is still planning to come down. she was supposed to have picked my mom up at the sacto airport, but since mom came home from virginia and is probably not going to long beach for a nephew's graduation, and mom was supposed to drive dd's car up here...somehow, dh and i have to get 3 cars and a motorhome up here. it's like that puzzle where there's a canoe and only so many people can fit in it, but you can never have less than 2 people on each shore and you have to get everyone over to the far side...
dh spent most of the morning trying to unpack boxes he brought up while dd and i went into town to see milton. i was amazed at how much dh got done! when i thanked him, he said, "i didn't think you'd really want to walk back in here and see 2 dozen boxes sitting around."
we are going to have to get creative with furniture and storage placement. at least we'll have the summer to leave some things in the garage, but once it gets cold and damp, we can't store any photos, sport cards, books, clothes, etc. we'll go through things over the summer and probably donate about 20 boxes of my sport cards and memorabilia come fall.
oh this is so funny! we have a life-size cardboard cut-out of joe montana. it's in 2 sections, pretty much separated at the waist. well, dh set the top half on the porch held up by a small pile of wood as he finished unloading the suburban. all of a sudden, i heard kendall start growling, then he was all-out ready to attack. i said, 'what the heck?' and turned around and he was going off on joe! we laughed and brought joe inside. i set him next to the wall in the entry hall and went to get more things. kendall walked into the house and went nuts again, giving the cut-out what-for! we thought it was hysterical, kendall thinking a flat cut-out was a real man!
well, off to check last night's lotto tix. hope i'm a winner :-)

Tabbyking
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03-11-2002

Monday, May 22, 2006 - 12:30 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tabbyking a private message Print Post    
RN, off to bed for me. i had to edit an essay of my son's at 11:00 p.m. via internet and phone. he's a great writer, just needed a little help with comma placement, etc.
let's hope the pets sleep through tonight's storm if it materializes. the lightning here is stupendous, but not if you're a 'scaredy cat', which one of ours is LOL

Saxywildcat
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05-30-2005

Monday, May 22, 2006 - 5:42 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Saxywildcat a private message Print Post    
RN I've decided that Colombian roast is better than French when it comes to maxwell house coffee!

Irishtxgrl
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12-07-2005

Monday, May 22, 2006 - 6:45 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Irishtxgrl a private message Print Post    
RN up early to help Dani get dressed up for Manner's Day at school. Last week of school and they are just entertaining them at this point. Gonna go detail my newly purchased car and grab donuts here in a bit.

Hermione69
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07-24-2002

Monday, May 22, 2006 - 8:08 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hermione69 a private message Print Post    
Right now, I am really tired. I was up too late last night.

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Monday, May 22, 2006 - 9:38 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
RN I am on borrowed time on the 'puter, as I promised DH the 'puter by non and its half past already. But he's reading, and hasn't grumbled yet. I'll make lunch once he does. <GRIN>

Mocha
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08-12-2001

Monday, May 22, 2006 - 9:45 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mocha a private message Print Post    
Rn my tummy is upset.

Lumbele
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07-12-2002

Monday, May 22, 2006 - 9:49 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lumbele a private message Print Post    
RN, I think it is high time for that second computer in the Blanche household. Ds's cast-off was a marriage saviour for us, as I recall.

RN, sushi, Mocha, that'll fix it.

Escapee
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06-15-2004

Monday, May 22, 2006 - 10:35 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Escapee a private message Print Post    
Right Now: I am back to work and starting to get into the grind of things after being off for four + months. I miss my babies a lot, hopefully my mom is alright. She said that DD2 won't take her bottle. Sheesh.

Mayajnn
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01-27-2006

Monday, May 22, 2006 - 10:44 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mayajnn a private message Print Post    
RN, can anyone help me with a clip art of a doughnut. If so, please e-mail it to me. Have a meeting this evening that I need it for. Thanks.

Tabbyking
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03-11-2002

Monday, May 22, 2006 - 11:09 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tabbyking a private message Print Post    
RN, wow, escapee, that 4 months off went by way too fast! i was fortunate that my boss (a dentist) wanted me back so much that he put a baby crib in his office and gave me a $2/hour raise to come back! when the baby would cry, the doc would run to pick him up. all the patients knew they had to wait sometimes because the doc said he had to have his 'baby-time' and would pick kyle up and walk around with him, showing him off. when i had to breastfeed, i went into his office and he would answer the phones himself! i was happy to hear he and his wife finally got pregnant just after i returned to california. they were both in their mid-40's and had about given up. their son is 15 months younger than mine.
the first time i had to leave ds at daycare was when he was 9 months old. it was so hard not to call the sitter; i kept expecting a phone call that something horrible had happened to my baby!
i was lucky that my dad and step-mom would pick him up early if they were off their jobs before me and spend an afternoon with him.
i don't think anyone who doesn't have children can understand the pain of having to leave them. i'll bet it's hard for you, escapee, even leaving them with family! hang in there!

RN, the buyers of our los banos home wanted a chimney inspection. the idiot housing inspector said there was a significant crack in the chimney, but then wrote he didn't assess the chimney because he couldn't access it. huh?
so the people hired a chimney inspector at their cost. the man came this morning and dh said there is one loose brick on the hearth and the chimney itself needs some sealer around the base where it meets the roof, not into the house. they can do it for 250 bucks or dh can do it for nothing. we'll see what the buyer wants done.
meanwhile, all the other 'finds' by the housing inspector were found to be non-existent, or things dh could and did fix.
RN, my step-father was better yesterday and able to be fed some applesauce. poor guy hasn't eaten since last tuesday night! he looks really well, considering he should have died. the doctor is amazed at milton's recovery! i think once they are sure he is out of trouble and able to get more food into him, they will move him to a regular room at the hospital.
RN, i am north til wednesday. i have to plan a bbq for 35 people for saturday down south. our friend, who was going to help cook, is the one who has the detached retina. dh is taking him this afternoon for his surgery. (12k, and the people don't have insurance. they quoted him 15k when they thought he had insurance. does this mean they automatically inflate the price if someone has insurance, or did they give him a break because he has no insurance and this is a very necessary surgery? no wonder our insurance costs are so damn high!!)
so i guess we'll either do costco ribs (i'd hate to use the indoor bbq since we cleaned it, but all our outdoor bbq's are moved north already), or hamburgers and polish dogs. i'll make a macaroni salad (hopefully, dh left me enough pans to make it! he brought a spitload of stuff up here the other day.) we'll either make the candied walnut/gorgonzola salad with our restaurant friend giving us instructions, or just a large green salad. i'm not sure if we'll get to have the world's best clam chowder--again, something our restaurant pal was going to make because dd loves it! we'll have a lot of finger foods, such as chips and salsa and veggies and dips, etc. we went to target in redding the other day and dd bought square silver/gold/black plates with a mortarboard in the center for cake. we bought larger round plates in both red and yellow and plasticware in red and yellow, tablecloths in red and yellow, etc. just that stuff cost us about 40 bucks! when i was figuring costs, i considered the food, the cake, the beer and sodas, etc., but i forgot how much 'decorative' stuff costs!
reminds me, i have to check the airlines and make sure dd's flights are a 'go'. a while back, expedia emailed and told me to contact the airlines. every flight had been changed (one time, i insisted dh call the airline for his alaska fishing trip flight 2 nights before he went. he had purchased the tickets 5 months in advance and my brother-in-law was going, too. they were set to meet at the sacto airport at 7:00 a.m. for a 9:00 a.m. flight). to humor me, dh called and found out they had canceled the flights he was on about 2 months earlier. they 'thought' they had let him know! he was able to scramble and get both he and my brother-in-law on new flights, but they now had to meet at 4:00 a.m. for a 6:00 a.m. flight. if he had just gone to the airport, he would have missed the flight. my b-i-l also had not received any notice of canceled flights. sheesh!
RN, if i saw a clip art of a donut, i would clip art eat it!

Mocha
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08-12-2001

Monday, May 22, 2006 - 11:30 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mocha a private message Print Post    
Rn I'm listening to Christina Aguilera's Stripped. I'm stuck on #8.

Vee
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02-23-2004

Monday, May 22, 2006 - 11:32 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Vee a private message Print Post    
Right now that shows up in "new messages" very interestingly, Mocha! That's why I'm here...

Herckleperckle
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11-20-2003

Monday, May 22, 2006 - 11:42 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Herckleperckle a private message Print Post    
RN, Mayajnn, I sent you an email to the only link you have here--the TV Clubhouse one, which doesn't allow attachments. (Unless I am crazy) Leaving some for you in your folder.

Lumbele
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07-12-2002

Monday, May 22, 2006 - 11:53 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lumbele a private message Print Post    
RN, according to new messages, I thought Mocha was really confused, 6 months behind or 6 month early. Thank heaven it was just Christina, eh, Vee?LOL

Mocha
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08-12-2001

Monday, May 22, 2006 - 12:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mocha a private message Print Post    
Rn hahahaha!

Escapee
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06-15-2004

Monday, May 22, 2006 - 1:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Escapee a private message Print Post    
Right Now: It is hard to leave them, but fortunately for me, my mom watches the girls for me, and she is only a couple of blocks from work. So I go at lunch and feed her and my mom said that she loves rice cereal with a bit of breast milk and applesauce, so that is what she had for breakfast. The kid eats like there is no tomorrow. So when I left to head back to work after lunch, mom and the girls were going to take a nap. I hope this works out.

Supergranny
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02-03-2005

Monday, May 22, 2006 - 1:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Supergranny a private message Print Post    
RN it is cold and damp here at the ocean...we had a week of glorious weather and I want more. Welcome back Escapee...I can imagine how hard it is to have to go back to work. That is really great that your mom lives by your work and you can take a baby break! Oh my gosh I just looked out the window and the sun is out...gotta grab the puppy for trip outside. He does not like the rain and refused to go this morning. I made him a little coat so now he will deign to go. (I put his picture with it on in Hairball Haven)

Marysafan
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08-07-2000

Monday, May 22, 2006 - 2:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Marysafan a private message Print Post    
Right now...I am a bit bemused as I keep coming across the oddest co-incidences.

A couple of months ago I was reading a book called "The Blue Bedroom and Other Stories" by Rosamunde Pilcher. Next up was a story called "Spanish Ladies". I really wasn't in the mood to read a story about Spanish ladies so you can imagine my surprise when the story wasn't about Spanish Ladies at all, but rather it was a wonderful story about a girl and her grandfather. Her grandfather was a retired seaman and "Spanish Ladies" was an old sea shanty that had been sung by English sailors. This was her grandfather's favorite song. I had never heard of this song before and was delighted to read some of the lyrics.

"Goodbye and farewell to you, fair Spanish ladies
Goodbye and farewell to you, ladies of Spain
For we have received orders for to sail for old England..."


So imagine my surprise last week when I am watching the movie "Master and Commander" with Russel Crowe and there is this scene and the sailors are singing...and I hear "Goodbye and farewell to you, fair Spanish ladies
Goodbye and farewell to you, ladies of Spain
For we have received orders for to sail for old England...
It added to my enjoyment of the scene that I recognized that song. And it was wonderful to hear it sung!

Then not long ago in the TVCH trivia game, Tess had asked this question: 71. Who resigned from the Pulitzer Prize board in 2002, after being accused of plagarism in her book The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys?

The answer is Doris Kearn Goodwin. I read that book and really liked it, but I didn't know who the author was...so I hunted down my copy and sure enough there it was. I made a point of remembering her name.

So imagine my surprise on Saturday when hubby comes from and hands me a couple of books that he had just found at a garage sale that he thought I might like. One of them is "Remembering America" by Richard N. Goodwin (who I had never heard of), but when I read the book jacket I find out he is the husband of Doris Kearn Goodwin. I never would have put them together if not for Tess's trivia. The book by the way is amazing, both entertaining and profound.

And then yesterday...Sunday. The first Sunday without Grey's Anatomy. I am flipping through the channels and I come across the movie "Hysterical Blindness" with Uma Thurman and who is that walking into the bar? None other that Dr. Alex Korev himself! Then later, I am looking for something to watch and come across the ABC Family channel which I rarely even look at because I don't have young ones around...and to my amazement I see that they are showing the movie "Under the Tuscan Sun" which I have been wanting to see...and Lo and Behold...there's Christina! and Addison! and they're a couple!

It's just all so bizarre!

Supergranny
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02-03-2005

Monday, May 22, 2006 - 4:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Supergranny a private message Print Post    
Do we hear the music from Twilight Zone in the background?

Tabbyking
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03-11-2002

Monday, May 22, 2006 - 4:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tabbyking a private message Print Post    
RN, marys, that's funny! coincidences are so strange. i will talk about something with somebody and within a few days, i will hear of whatever i talked about when i am standing in line at the store. not common things such as hot actors or latest gossip things, but maybe i'll talk about a bus-line that never quite got off the ground where i used to live that was supposed to help commuters to silicon valley. it was to be called "serendipity"...a word i have never used except as regards that old company and don't often hear in conversation, and then i'll hear it 3 or 4 times within a few days.
or i'll think about "steel magnolias" as i'm packing our videos up. and 3 or 4 times in the next few days, i'll hear someone compare a book to 'steel magnolias' or compare someone's strength and gentleness to a 'steel magnolia'. the doctor told us our step-father was like a steel magnolia the other day.
my sister and i were talking about movies we saw on tv as kids. i think they were on saturday nights and we got to occasionally watch one. i remember loving a movie called 'monkey business' and seeing 'marjorie morningstar', where all i could really remember was the main character sneaking off from where she was a camp counselor to an adult camp across the lake. and i went to our little library up here for their monthly book sale and in the 'free' pile was the 1955 book, 'marjorie morningstar'. i'll bet i hadn't thought of that movie for 40 years and then my sister and i talked about it while reminiscing about our childhoods. i thought it was **'serendipity' to have it suddenly appear before me in print, for free, in a town of 1,000 people within the week.

**lol, i just had to use that word. i'll probably not hear of it or us it in any form for years to come.

i'll have to watch for 'under the tuscan sun'. funny about christina and addison being a couple!

well, i really need to unpack or store some of the stuff we moved up here...but i'd much rather read a book and drink a margarita! darn, let's see: work hard or take it easy?

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Monday, May 22, 2006 - 7:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Right now, Marysafan, next you are going to rewatch Jaws and freak out when the grizzled whale catcher gets drunk and starts singing Spanish Ladies.