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Mocha
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08-12-2001

Friday, May 12, 2006 - 9:28 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mocha a private message Print Post    
5.8.1 Finally found an article on the Washington Post about it. link

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Friday, May 12, 2006 - 9:47 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
5.9 I've heard too many stories about myspace that don't make me want to run out and join up. Blech. Part of the problem is that its too public. All kinds crawling through the woodwork. ick.

Spitfire
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07-18-2002

Friday, May 12, 2006 - 10:23 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Spitfire a private message Print Post    
1. Wow Mocha...thanks for sharing that article. Hermi....be careful!

2. Hubby went away motorbiking for the weekend. He left this morning at 4:20 and I was up with him so I am extremely tired.

3. Tonight I'm getting together with a couple friends for dinner...then I'm off to bed at the earliest possible moment.

4. Tomorrow night I have to go to a Buck and Doe for DH's cousin.

5. It's freezing here.

6. I'm really tired.

Hermione69
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07-24-2002

Friday, May 12, 2006 - 10:32 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hermione69 a private message Print Post    
1.1 Thanks, Mocha. I will be careful, guys. I've got a couple of friends screening all the potentials, too, LOL.

Herckleperckle
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11-20-2003

Friday, May 12, 2006 - 10:56 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Herckleperckle a private message Print Post    
1.2 Tabby, I think I started letting my son touch a mower around the age of 13.

Kaili
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08-31-2000

Friday, May 12, 2006 - 1:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kaili a private message Print Post    
1. I'm on MySpace too, but I'm not at all searchable. I spelled my name wrong in my profile (so you can't search by name) and have no location information. I only have 5 friends on there and they're friends from high school and one from work. I'm not using it to meet people- just to keep in touch with people I haven't seen in years.

2. People have also been fired from their jobs for stuff their employers have found on their MySpace account pages. Be careful of what you let people post and DO NOT let your students find you on there.

3. The kid who hit me in the head with a soda bottle has been caught- 5 day suspension and a $250 fine.

4. I'm beat after this week- I subbed every day on top of having my night job. I've also gotten nothing done. Laundry day tomorrow!

5. It's been raining & pouring intermittently for days.

6. I subed for the first time in an elementry school yesterday. What a bunch of cuties! When do they become so naughty????

7. Only 2 1/2 weeks left of school- the kids last day is Thursday after Memorial Day weekend.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Friday, May 12, 2006 - 9:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
1. Glad they caught the kid, Kaili!

2. I did major work on the cars today. Armoraled both of them, removed the floor mats and vacuumed the interior of both, then washed both. They look great!

3. My nieces are over for the next two days. They're going home Sunday morning, early since it's Mother's Day. Today is my bils birthday so they made plans to go out of town.

4. The other night I ran to the store. Soon as I turned on my headlights, all my dashlights went off. I had no clue what was wrong yet kept forgetting to ask Darren about it. Tonight when bil got here with the girls I had just pulled up and asked him to take a look. He hopped in, rolled a little wheel thingie and there was my dashlights, lol. The other day when I was getting out of the van I smacked the crud out of my knee and probably hit it then.

5. Darren has the whole weekend off. They're giving it to him cuz next week will be 12 hour days M-F and at least 8 on Saturday for inventory.

6. The kids finished their testing yesterday. We're done with it for this year. They are thrilled they're over.

7. Dakota got to go to a picnic at lunch today cuz she hasn't gotten into any trouble and has done all her homework for the past 4 weeks. It was a surprise for all the kids who got to so she was pretty excited about it.

8. The kids are finally starting to settle down somewhat. Caleb and my oldest niece are asleep and Kota and the baby are laying on the floor watching tv.

Reader234
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08-13-2000

Saturday, May 13, 2006 - 10:11 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Reader234 a private message Print Post    
1. I'm exhausted.

2. I was hysterical 12 hours ago - around 8 pm I realized the last hurdle to DS Eagle - his paperwork... was missing.

3. I know the last time I'd seen it was when I drove to council to YELL at them for thier poor organizational skills that almost cost this 18yr old the honor he earned of Eagle.

4. and then I couldnt find his paperwork - I was hysterical at times... I threw away lots of clutter!! Knowing how important it is, I always keep important papers in one location... but it wasnt there.

5. DS and his gf came from the Play Mozart to help us look. DS cried. It broke my heart!!

6. at 12:30AM I found it, DS#1 accidently knocked it off the dresser in the basement, and I had put it in a different folder (I'd been looking for a manila folder, I put it in a "safer" folder!)

7. At 10 am May 13 DS "unofficially" officially achieved the rank of EAGLE SCOUT!!

8. Its nice to see DS so very Proud!!

9. His High School Band got FIRST PLACE in IL Superstate Band Competion - first time they've achieved first place!! The high school held an all school assembly to honor the band, the band came to school in their uniforms (Tuxedos!!) and played their winning piece!!! IT was cool - it featured ds on his Bassoon!! It was only the second time the school earned a FIRST place Banner since the school opened in 2000!! (the first first was the Math Comp!! 2002!!)

Jewels
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09-23-2000

Saturday, May 13, 2006 - 9:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jewels a private message Print Post    
1. Congrats to your DS, Reader!

2. I currently have the house to myself. Jim and the kids are sleeping outside in the tent. Jenna is already asleep, but Jake and Jim are looking at stars in the telescope. They are having a great time.

3. My kids have the best dad.

4. I worked my butt off in the yard today, but have all my containers planted and put some whiskey barrels in the yard with flowers. It looks great.

5. I started this project the other day, but was interuppted by one of my dogs, Tarzan, catching a duck in our yard and killing it in front of my kids. Apparently, it landed in the yard and tried to fly away, but hit our fence and Tarzan grabbed it. Needless to say, the kids were a little shocked, but seemed to get over it pretty quickly.

6. We live on a creek and for some reason this year the ducks have been landing in our yard quite often. They have always been able to get away thought when the dogs start running to them, this time I guess it just didn't have enough get up and go room and hit the fence.

7. We got some bad news yesterday. The wife of one of my husbands co-workers found out that she has invasive breast cancer. She is only 26. Her mom passed away last year from it and she also lost her grandmother to breast cancer. I don't know her very well, but I do see her at the company functions and she is really sweet. Last Christmas, after we had been at the company Christmas party and I told her that I heard she made excellent peanut butter and chocolate treats (my favorite), she and her husband showed up one Saturday night with a plate of them for me. I feel really sad for her. Her and her husband have gone away for a few days so all we know is the little info he sent in an e-mail to my husband.

8. The kids started swimming lessons this week. Jake could care less about swimming he just likes to be underwater. His teacher gets upset when he does that because he is supposed to be above water when she is talking, but he just tells her that he can hear her just fine when he is under there.

9. I have Jenna signed up for a ballet class that starts in July. She is so excited. It's something that she has been talking about for months.

10. I hope everyone is having a great weekend...I am heading outside to check on my "campers".

Wargod
Moderator

07-16-2001

Saturday, May 13, 2006 - 11:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
1. Jewels, what a fun night for your kids and hubby!

1.2 We spent most of the day outside. Darren mowed the lawn and did some yard work, I swept the driveway and washed it down after the kids attacked it with chalk.

1.3 The kids spent most the day out there riding bikes and playing. Caleb took out his little craft table and set it up in the driveway so he could play with his legos and the girls took out Dakota's dollhouse and Polly Pockets and played with those.

1.4 I completely, 100% lost my temper with Kota tonight and feel horrible about it. She did need to understand she was wrong, but I should have kept my cool.

1.5 She got sent to her room earlier in the day for hitting Caleb. Let her out after awhile, the kids were playing great, and she got into an argument with my oldest niece. I was standing maybe 2 feet away when I looked over and saw her draw back her fist towards niece. Grabbed her hand and told her to knock it off and sent her back to her room. When I told her she could come out she told me she was going to play by herself for awhile cuz she wanted to calm down some more.

1.6 She came out a while later and told me she was feeling nicer, lol. I know when my nieces are here she has a hard time. There's only a 9 month age difference between her and the oldest and the majority of the time they enjoy playing together and are great friends. However when they spend too much time together they start to act more like siblings and start ticking each other off. So with the other kids outside, Dakota and I sat down and played a game of scrabble. By the time we were done she was feeling quite chipper and went back out to play with the other kids.

1.7 They played the rest of the day without incident, had dinner she was great. Cleaned up her mess, and sat with the other kids on the couch watching tv for awhile with no problems. I was in cleaning the kitchen up after dinner and Darren was in the shower when I heard her and Caleb start to argue over something, then smack and him going OW! I lost it. 3 times in one day, give me a break. I stomped out of the kitchen told her to get her butt in bed and the next time I caught her so much as thinking about raising her hand to someone else she'd be grounded for a week!

1.8 I know my little girl has an unpredictable temper and it's just as likely she'll hit someone who's making her mad as it is she'll turn and walk away but she has got to learn you can't walk around hitting people when they tick you off!

1.9 The girls are supposed to go home early in the morning. They have breakfast plans (or maybe it's brunch) with their parents.

1.10 I'm hoping we can have a fairly quiet day. The kids have already asked what I wanted, I said no cooking and no cleaning, lol. I'd rather hang around the house, play some games, watch a movie and enjoy some peaceful family time!

Hermione69
Member

07-24-2002

Sunday, May 14, 2006 - 11:37 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hermione69 a private message Print Post    
1. I am taking a break from reading this book. It's this book I have to read for the Book Review Committee at work called "One of Those Hideous Books Where the Mother Dies." The mother, you guessed it, has died. The daughter has been sent to live her famous father in California. She tells the story in stream-of-consciousness free verse, letters and emails and it is somehow very moving. She writes these emails to her mom that make me cry.

2. I don't ever want to lose my mom. I know I will someday. It makes me crazy to think about that. I hope her cancer never comes back. I hope she is around for a very long time.

2.1 Ugh. This book has made me kind of sad. Maybe it wasn't the best thing to pick up on Mother's Day.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Sunday, May 14, 2006 - 11:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
1. {{{Hermi}}} Sounds like after reading a book like that you need big hugs!

2. Darren let me sleep in late this morning, lol. My nieces were still with us so at 7am he sent the kids out back to play, he forgot our bedroom window (which faces the backyard) was wide open. I laid there for a while trying to go back to sleep and when he called them back in for breakfast I thought I'd be able to do it. I finally gave up, hopped in the shower and when I got out was greeted with the funniest sight, lol. All four kids were standing in a line in the kitchen (think an assembly line, with Darren right there.) Youngest niece who is 2 was sitting on the kitchen counter handing dishes, one by one, to Caleb who was washing them. He'd hand them off to oldest niece who was rinsing them then she'd hand them to Dakota who was drying them off and putting them away. I couldn't help but laugh.

2.5 We had a nice day. Mom dropped off flowers and picked up my nieces to take them home around 11. Darren, the kids and I sat and watched the third Indian Jones movie then they cooked lunch. Darren dug up a dead bush (that we can't figure out why it died since the other three next to it were perfectly fine) and the kids helped clean up the mess from that.

3. I've got to start getting ready for the new roof to be put on the house. While we still haven't picked out a contractor I know there's probably quite a bit I should do to get ready for them but I'm not quite sure what!

Tess
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04-13-2001

Monday, May 15, 2006 - 1:40 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tess a private message Print Post    
1. I've never posted in this thread before. ack!

2. I had a very nice mother's day today. Miss Sarah and I both ended up sleeping in while Charlie went to church. He let me rest all day and then woke me to see if I wanted to go to an early dinner. Then he presented me with a beautiful pink orchid.

3. Of course, I said yes and we had a fabulous dinner. Miss Sarah made me a hat to put on the wall in my scrapbooking room and wrote a poem on the back. She and Charlie both made me cards with lovely poems inside.

4. I am completely hooked on 24 thanks to Charlie! He got me Season 2 for Valentine's Day (I already had season 1). Just before I left for a week, he gave me Season 3 for Mother's Day so I could watch it on the train. Then tonight he decided that our anniversary was way too long for me to have to wait for Season 4 so now I have that also. I LOVE THIS SHOW!!! I love watching it on DVD instead of week to week on TV, too.

Schoolmarm
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02-18-2001

Monday, May 15, 2006 - 6:48 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Schoolmarm a private message Print Post    
1. I'm in South Dakota.

2. My niece was baptized yesterday.

3. My brother and Dad are tired and cranky.

4. Today Mom and I get to stain something like 81,000 linear feet of "log cabin" pine siding. Oh, JOY! Dad will be hanging dry wall.

5. Get me out of here!

Knightpatti
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12-06-2001

Monday, May 15, 2006 - 8:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Knightpatti a private message Print Post    
1. Hello, Tess! Oh good to see you here.

2. Tess, I love 24, too. We have all the seasons on DVD. To me that is the only way to watch it. We hate having to watch this season on TV. We can not stand the waiting for the next show.

3. Mother's Day was a wonderful day. My son in law took his wife, my dd, and me plus the kids to lunch. Later, he cooked dinner and we had a Survivor party and watched Survivor together.

4. DH took me to see RV on Saturday night for Mother's Day. Loved the movie! Very funny!

5. Saturday is our 10 year anniversary! No plans yet.

6. This is Harley Bike week in Myrtle Beach. So much traffic!

Vacanick
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07-12-2004

Monday, May 15, 2006 - 8:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Vacanick a private message Print Post    
1. I
2. am
3. celebrating
4. one year
5. with
6. Eddy
7. tomorrow! Yay!

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Monday, May 15, 2006 - 11:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
1. Hi Tess, nice to see you posting here!

2. Congrats Vacanick!

3. A few weeks ago we settled on tentative plans for Caleb's birthday. Since it once again falls over Memorial Day weekend, we decided to wait til June 3 for whatever we were going to do.

4. The plan calls for having a small family gathering on his birthday for cake and gifts and then the following weekend we were thinking of having a couple of his buddies over for a sleep over and then fishing or golfing with Darren the next morning.

5. Today Caleb came home and asked if he could postpone the big sleepover plans for a week. His buddies involved in a group and on the 3rd they're taking over the bowling alley. Its for the members of the group and their invited guests only. I told him it sounded good then he said great, it's cosmic bowling and goes from 10pm to midnight.

6. I had to fight back tears because my baby's not old enough to be out til midnight! Then I laughed at myself cuz it's not like we're turning him loose on the street. He'll be at the bowling alley, tons of chaperones, and we'll be dropping him off and picking him up.

7. I asked my neighbor today to pick up the kidlets cuz I had some stuff going on and couldn't leave the phone. Little after three I was walking by the door and noticed her car still in the driveway. I figured she'd picked the kids up and they decided to stay and play so I went to get them. She kinda sorta forgot. They were home 10 minutes later, none the worse for it. They were actually a little ticked cuz it meant they couldn't walk home. Big dreaming on their part, lol.

8. Neither one of the kids are feeling well this evening. Dakota's been complaining since this morning about a sore throat but it hasn't really slowed her down much until about an hour ago when she came out crying. I got her some meds and put her back in bed only to turn around and find Caleb standing there complaining about his throat.

Spitfire
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07-18-2002

Tuesday, May 16, 2006 - 11:43 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Spitfire a private message Print Post    
1. I went to a buck and doe this weekend and won $100.00...or rather Sam won $100.00. There was a 100 dollar bill taped to a board with the serial number covered up. For $5 you could pick a square to guess the last 2 digits and if you were right you won the bill.

2. Then I have been playing a game with my sisters co-workers called 649 bingo. Lotto 649 is a lottery here in Canada that is drawn every Wednesday and Saturday night. Make a long story short I split the winnings and got $75.

3. I'm hoping third times a charm.

4. I go to the heart doctor today in about 1 hour. I have been going since having DS almost 2 years ago. Now with this pregnancy he is just checking up on me.

5. I go for another ultrasound on Friday.

6. It's such a dreary day here.

7. I cannot wait for summer....my favorite time of year.

8. We are finally coming into the real world and are purchasing a computer for the first time. I insisted on it before I went on maternity leave this time. I really like to have access to info at my fingertips, not to mention how much I missed everyone here last time. Only problem is that we live in the country and our only option at this point is slow speed.

9. I'm now thinking that I need to buy myself a digital camera to go along with it. :-)

Hermione69
Member

07-24-2002

Wednesday, May 17, 2006 - 6:42 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hermione69 a private message Print Post    
1. I completely overslept this morning. I was up too late reading.

2. I am cat-sitting a cat for a friend. There is one extra cat in my household, as if I didn't already have enough. His name is Otis. He's a sweetie pie.

3. It is going to be a slow day again. We've really wound down from the mad rush of the past couple of months.

4. What would I do without coffee?

5. Mornings, bleck!

6. I can't wait to meet TNT this Friday!

7. And Saturday I am going out with another guy.

8. Somebody is going to get their heart broken if I keep this up. Probably me.

9. You know what? I would really like to get flowers from a man one of these days. Is that so wrong? A big bouquet of wildflowers just because.... The last time I got flowers from a man it was red roses from my ex-husband trying to convince me not to leave. I hate red roses.

10. Spitfire, I definitely think you should get that digital camera!

Happy Wednesday! :-)

Goddessatlaw
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07-19-2002

Wednesday, May 17, 2006 - 7:54 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Goddessatlaw a private message Print Post    
1. I have no idea what a buck-and-doe is . Is this another party I wasn't invited to?

Mocha
Member

08-12-2001

Wednesday, May 17, 2006 - 7:59 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mocha a private message Print Post    
1. Hermi I concur with your #9.
2. But it doesn't look like it will happen for me in the near future. So I buy my own damn flowers.

Crzndeb
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07-26-2004

Wednesday, May 17, 2006 - 8:21 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Crzndeb a private message Print Post    
1. It's my bday today and I now qualify for a senior discount in some places (55)....maybe I will finally start getting asked for my ID again....LOL!

Spitfire
Member

07-18-2002

Wednesday, May 17, 2006 - 8:59 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Spitfire a private message Print Post    
1. Rut roh....schticklers are gonna come outta hiding. Happy Birthday Crzndeb

2. A buck and doe is a type of party that is held in honour of a bride and groom to help raise some money for them to use for whatever purpose. Most people I know use it towards a honeymoon.

3. This bride and groom made around $3000.00. There were raffles of items such a liquor, home decor items, gift certificates.....a 50/50 draw....and the above mentioned $100 thing. They are always alot of fun.

Wargod
Moderator

07-16-2001

Wednesday, May 17, 2006 - 11:20 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
1. Happy Birthday Crzndeb!

2. Today I am attempting to do "we are leaving town for a few days and someone else is staying in our house while we're gone" cleaning.

3. I have today and tomorrow to get it done because Friday I'll be busy grocery shopping and paying bills and packing and laundry and getting the kids school clothes set out for a couple days next week and packing them a bag for Saturday and washing my car and ackkkkkkk!

4. It's already 89 degrees here today. The past few days we've hit triple digits (was 104 yesterday when I picked the kidlets up from school.) I can't believe its this hot so early in the year!

Dfennessey
Member

07-25-2004

Wednesday, May 17, 2006 - 11:30 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dfennessey a private message Print Post    
4.1 Wargod send some of that heat eat to Boston. We have had 8 straight days of rain. some areas got over 19 inches