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Abbynormal
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09-08-2007

Tuesday, September 25, 2007 - 7:17 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Abbynormal a private message Print Post    
1. Skyler's best friend was skateboarding, hit a rock and went flying face first into the pavement. Not only is his face one big scab, but he broke both wrists. Poor kid is in casts on both arms past his elbows. He literally can't do a thing for himself. We've had alot of fun teasing him, but it's really bad for a kid his age to have to have his mom do everything for him, if you get my drift.

2. Skyler has been doing a lot of community service as part of his homeschooling and we are doomed. We go for 2 hours each week to the animal shelter. Last week when hubby got home he asked where the dog was! We thought we were being slick because we had already planned out how to approach DH about getting one. We have him picked out already. But I want them ALL! I never knew how rewarding working at a well run shelter could be.

3. Last night I saw that commercial for Honey Bunches of Oats about people never trying it and loving it. I gotta say is there really people out there thats never tried this stuff? It's only THE BEST CEREAL EVER!!! I have been eating it since it came out, I buy the one with almonds. Ok, so if you haven't tried it, please do, you will love it.

4. We moved into a 80 year old house, I absolutely love it. It makes me happy just to walk in the door. I painted the kitchen a soft lime green. Yes you read that right. It is amazing and so happy looking.

Mocha
Member

08-12-2001

Tuesday, September 25, 2007 - 7:21 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mocha a private message Print Post    
4.5 Aack bout Skylar's friend.

Grannyg
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05-28-2002

Tuesday, September 25, 2007 - 10:44 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Grannyg a private message Print Post    
4.75 ack!!! I was suppose to call Abby(not)Normal back and I'm just now remebering that. I'll do that this afternoon. lol

Wargod
Moderator

07-16-2001

Wednesday, September 26, 2007 - 3:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
1. Sunday when I posted in here my sisters car had just been hit.

2. She has these foam filled bumpers or something so the car didn't look like it'd been hit (though the whole hood was scratched up.) But Monday morning when I went out there she went for a quick test drive. She had made it about two houses down from hers when I called her cell phone and told her to come back, her drivers side tire was wobbling like it was about to fall off. She said she heard a horrible noise while driving too.

3. Monday she talked to the other woman's insurance co. Said they told her they'd send someone out by Oct 2. Yesterday she called her insurance company. She explained the accident and told the woman that what she really needed right now while waiting on someone to come look at it is a rental car, she's got a kid in school and a toddler and newborn and can't be without. Her insurance co told her they'd have a rental car for her by today. They also questioned her about the infant and toddler seats, were they in the car at the time of the accident and had they had them inspected since the accident? Insurance woman told her once a car seat had been in an accident it needs to be replaced immediately. Said that when they came out to look at the car, they'd write her a check to cover the cost of two car seats then she'd have to send the reciepts in.

4. This morning she called and asked me to take her to the car rental place. I went over and picked her and the little ones up (luckily middle niece has a car seat at my house that I've given to them until they get a new one and little adopted sis gave them her infant carrier for now) and we went over.

5. Rental place had no minivans, no large sedan type cars. They gave her a PT Cruiser. I asked if she was gonna be able to fit an infant carrier, toddler seat, and an 8 year old in the back seat. Guy told us yes. He wasn't lying, they'll fit..barely. Oldest niece is a dainty little thing but the poor kids gonna be sausaged between the two car seats. Sis just called me to tell me how much she hates this car. The girls are squished in the back and with middle niece in her car seat, sis can put the drivers side seat back far enough to fit her long legs without pinning nieces feet between the car seat and the drivers seat. I helped her put the car seats in and knew then she was going to hate it. It's probably a great car for people who don't have young children but I don't see any of them being comfortable in this car!

5.5 The insurance company did tell her they will most likely total her minivan. What totally sucks is that they just paid the thing off!

Escapee
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06-15-2004

Wednesday, September 26, 2007 - 3:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Escapee a private message Print Post    
5.6 Some insurances have replacement insurance on auto policies. If it's totaled, they give you what it would cost to replace it with a new one. Hopefully she has that and she'll get a new van :-).

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Wednesday, September 26, 2007 - 4:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
5.7 Yup, that's what they told her. She's just disappointed, it was the first "new" (only a year old when they bought it) car they owned and perfect for their family.

Wargod
Moderator

07-16-2001

Wednesday, September 26, 2007 - 11:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
1. I met a newish set of neighbors today (dad and two younger brothers) though not under the best circumstances.

2. They came knocking on doors down the street this evening. Seems the gardners left their back gate open and their tortoise was missing. Dad wasn't sure if it had wandered out on it's own and got lost or if someone saw it and took it.

3. We hadn't seen it (and apparently we wouldn't be able to miss it since it's the size of a dinner plate) but we did stand outside and talk to them for quite a while. They have three turtles (two of them water, like us) and the tortoise. Like the neighborhood, he said it was nice and quiet (we agree,) and the elementary school. While we were outside his boys spotted one of our frogs in the grass and asked if they caught it could they keep it. Told them to go for it, we have a bunch of frogs, lol. They didn't find their tortoise yet, but they got a frog.

4. The kids have a minimum day tomorrow and are out of school Friday for parent/teacher conferences. I've known Kota's teach for a couple years (Caleb had her for language arts in fourth grade) and I've met his social studies/science teach and pe teacher, but haven't yet had the chance to meet his math/language arts teacher.

5. Me and littlest nephew had a goofy day today. He was in a very playful mood. It was fun! I don't really mind when he's grumpy cuz I know he'll only be here a few hours and then he goes home, but it is so much more enjoyable when he's happy, lol!

6. I want to go to bed early tonight but I'm still waiting on some laundry to finish.

Schoolmarm
Member

02-18-2001

Sunday, September 30, 2007 - 6:20 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Schoolmarm a private message Print Post    
1. I have way too much on my calendar! It's strangling me, but some of the stuff is fun.

2. I'm going to be in St. Louis this weekend. I'm giving a couple of clinics at a conference.

3. I'm going to be in Springfield (IL) mid-October and it will be nice to be back in my old stomping ground.

4. I'm just looking for a day off, and I have to wait another week and a half for one, but that's ok.

5. I'm healthy and my energy is returning!

6. I am amazed that I closed my pool all by myself on Friday. That's one really big tarp! Still have to put the pump in the garage and cover the filter, but that can wait.

7. I am a member of Sigma Alpha Iota. Do I have any sisters on the board? I'm the faculty advisor for our chapter and we just initiated 4 members on Friday. It was a good day!

Wargod
Moderator

07-16-2001

Sunday, September 30, 2007 - 11:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
1. My house has been so quiet the last couple days.

2. The kids got themselves in big, big, big trouble yesterday.

3. It started out so simple. Go outside and play. Both of them whined but out they went. They'd no sooner set outside than they started to argue. I gave them a couple minutes then walked outside and told them to knock it off. Went back to cleaning the kitchen and they started right back up. I walked to the front door just in time to see Dakota with a little hand broom in her hand, throw it at Caleb and hit him in the head with it. He kicked her. That was it.

4. Asked Dakota if she had something to say to her brother. She said, "You should have ducked." He said, "You're a mean brat." Sigh from mom. Sent both of them to their rooms for a while and then called them out and grounded them from everything that plugs in or runs on batteries for a week. No computer, no tv, no x-box, no ds, no stereo, no portable disc player, no remote control toys, no phone. They immediately bonded over how mean I am.

5. Today they went over to help me clean my aunts house, and later they worked on a craft project. The rest of the day they spent outside riding their bikes, skating, playing basketball, and running around. And they had fun. And my house was quiet all day long, lol.

6. My baby niece is doing terrific and sis is back to her pre-pregnancy state. The brat was wearing her pre-pregnancy clothes two weeks after giving birth. The baby and her sisters were over today and she was awake most of the time they were here. 2 kids of my own and she's my 8th niece/nephew and I'm still completely amazed by babies.

7. Tomorrow Darren has a schedule change at work. When they switched him back to days a few months ago, he was working 7am to whenever. Now he's back to going in at 5am. Sucks cuz when he was going in at 7 he could carpool, now he can't.

8. I've been doing housework tonight while waiting for laundry to finish. My nephew will be here an hour earlier than usual tomorrow which is when I do some of my housework. I kind of enjoy the early morning cleaning ritual, but it's too hard to do it all if he's here.

Wargod
Moderator

07-16-2001

Friday, October 05, 2007 - 3:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
1. I have a headache. Didn't get to sleep til somewhere around 6am. Caleb woke me at 6:30. I was a very bad mommy. Or maybe a very good one depending on your viewpoint.

2. Told him they were going to stay home tonight. With almost no sleep and a headache I knew damn well I wouldn't have been safe driving and I had no one else to call to take them to school.

3. They were great. I mean really, really great. They let me sleep til 8:30 when my nephew came. But even greater, they are on day #6 out of 7 being grounded from no tv, video games, computers, etc so after they had cereal, they pulled out a board game and sat at the table playing til they woke me up.

4. They've been very helpful with little nephew today. He's enjoyed having them to play with, I've enjoyed him having a distraction since this is his long day with us.

5. Darren is all enrolled in college. His company gave final approval earlier this week and I dropped off our portion of the tuition.

6. Class starts later this month (the one thing his company wanted though was for him to go to campus instead of taking internet classes.) He's pretty excited about it.

7. Yesterday, actually the last couple of weeks, have been so nice here. Cool in the mornings and evenings, but the days have been perfect. The kids have been playing outside non-stop which has been great.

8. Yesterday it was windy, but not cold. That's changed a bit today, it is freezing! All the windows in the house are rattling from the wind, I've been staring at trees bent in half. I miss the nice weather from yesterday, lol.

9. Baby niece is doing awesome! At (almost) 4 weeks old, she is so alert. If someone talks, her eyes swing towards them (if her mommy talks, she tries to turn her head though it's still wobbly.) She loves to be touched and doesn't seem to mind at all when a bunch of kids gather around her and stare down at her.

9.5 Oldest niece is loving her role, she feeds and changes the baby and loves to hold her. Middle niece is still having moments of not really liking it. Or..she loves her sister and loves to help take care of her, but she doesn't like that she's not old enough to do it herself like her big sister is. For a while her favorite saying was, "I can't do nothing right!" We've had a lot of talks with her about that, but she's not even four yet, it's taking a while to convince her that's not true. One thing she really enjoys is being with nephew. He's old enough she can do stuff with and play with, and I think there's a bit of she has someone to boss around, lol. Yesterday he was being a terror getting into everything and me and sis both were constantly saying NO to him. Then I hear little niece telling him no, no, no.....and then she broke out all 3 of his names! Me and sis cracked up, you know you only use first, middle and last name when someones really in trouble, lol.

Marysafan
Member

08-07-2000

Thursday, October 11, 2007 - 5:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Marysafan a private message Print Post    
1. It's great to back at the clubhouse after being offline for so line.

2. I haven't missed being online all that much as I have filled my time reading, stitching, and walking in the woods, but I have missed the people.

3. I have lost over 30 pounds so far so this walking in the woods thing is working.

4. The other night we had quite a storm come through. When I went for my walk there were broken branches and sticks all over my path.

5. So I started picking up the twigs and debris and then it suddenly dawned on me. I was "Wargodding" the woods!!! Good luck with that!

6. Also I have met some interesting critters on my walk. One day I watched a doe walk across the path in front of me. She went into the woods a bit and then stopped to watch me go by. It was so cool! I felt sorry for anyone who wasn't me that day.

7. Another day, I had my walkman with me and jamming to some Todd Snider, lost in my own little world when I came on a porcupine. Oops! I wasn't looking to get up close and personal with him...so I backed off a ways and waited for him to go on his way.

8. Some days when it's nice and dry, the leaves rustle under my feet, but when it's rainy or damp it's all so eerie but peacefully silent.

9. It's been a glorious autumn and I have enjoyed the colors so much. The woods are really yellow and green and brown right now...but the branches are becoming more bare every day.

10. The temps have been in the 40's the last couple of days so I haven't walked...but that's got to change...rain or shine, warm or cold, I've get to get back out there. I know it is good for me. I feel healthier...and most of all...I feel happier.

Mameblanche
Member

08-24-2002

Thursday, October 11, 2007 - 6:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
10.1 Welcome back Marysafan!

Schoolmarm
Member

02-18-2001

Friday, October 12, 2007 - 7:39 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Schoolmarm a private message Print Post    
10.111 I second the "welcome back!" Good to see you again, Marysafan!


1. I am home today after a really hellacious week! WHEW! Then I hit the road for St. Louis and several small points in central Illinois for next week.

Wargod
Moderator

07-16-2001

Saturday, October 13, 2007 - 9:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Hi Mary! Hi Marm!

1. Neighbors are having a party tonight for their two youngest kidlets (one just turned 6, the other 3.) We went over for a few hours and when Darren and I decided to come home they said leave the kids. I should go pick them up in a while, but I keep going to check and they are still having fun.

2. My sister told me today she is planning on cooking for our aunt all next week. She's been helping out more and more since having the baby, but I still end up doing most of it (understandable she has a newborn and less free time, lol.) Have to say though, I am kinda looking forward to a week of cooking only one meal and not running back and forth!

Yankee_in_ca
Member

08-01-2000

Monday, October 15, 2007 - 8:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Yankee_in_ca a private message Print Post    
This week:

1. I found an apartment for mid-November, in Brentwood. I didn't really want an apartment, but LA is ridiculously expensive. I keep trying not to compare the new place with what I just left behind. It is bigger, though, so that's good. Just not nearly as swank.

2. I bought a car, an Audi A4 Avant wagon. Black and shiny.

3. I said goodbye again to my dh this morning, who was here for the week (hadn't seen him since 9/22) but went back home to Vancouver for a few more weeks.

Yankee_in_ca
Member

08-01-2000

Monday, October 15, 2007 - 8:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Yankee_in_ca a private message Print Post    
1. I haven't been eating well.

2. My job is still great and this city is definitely where I need to be to move my career forward.

3. I miss my dog, whom I haven't seen since 9/22. He was at the farm this week while my dh was here, and I'm worried about him. He has a hot spot on his nose that he's been scratching for the past month (probably nerves/anxiety) and I'm worried he's scratched his face off while in the barn at the farm.

4. I am exhilarated by being here, yet completely saddened by it all at the same time.

Yankee_in_ca
Member

08-01-2000

Monday, October 15, 2007 - 8:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Yankee_in_ca a private message Print Post    
1. My dad goes for surgery tomorrow. His defibrilator has failed (they don't know why) and they have to replace it.

2. That means cutting his chest open, which I know really bothered him last time. It hurt him just to wear a light t-shirt for at least a year afterwards, after they put it in.

3. It also means simulating a heart attack to make sure the defibrillator works.

4. I'm very scared for some reason, and I'm usually positive. I'm sure it's a result of all of my turmoil.

5. Because of my move, I still haven't sent my dad his birthday present (bday was 10/7). I keep thinking, "what if he dies and I never gave him his present?" Dumb, I know. But I do keep thinking it.

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Monday, October 15, 2007 - 8:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
5.1 (((((((((((Yankee))))))))))))
I don't pray often and this isn't the prayer thread... but I'm praying all goes well for your dad tomorrow, honey. And please STOP beating yourself up about his present that you've been to busy to send... which will make a great belated birthday and get well present, when it gets there. You are a very loving gal, and I'm sure a very loving daughter, and I'm also sure he understands you've got a lot on your plate right now.

Juju2bigdog
Member

10-27-2000

Monday, October 15, 2007 - 11:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
5.2 (((((((Yankee)))))))
What MameB said, especially about your Dad. Stop beating yourself up, fight those demons. You are pretty enough, you are good enough, you are brilliant, and doggone it, everybody likes you. Well, maybe except the MIL, but she is a beast.


Wargod
Moderator

07-16-2001

Tuesday, October 16, 2007 - 2:35 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
1. Yankee, I agree with Mame and Juju. I'm sending lots of prayers and positive thoughts for you and your dad.

2. Dakota has her last track meet tomorrow. I'm hoping she feels well enough to go, she had a headache tonight. I'm hoping I get to go as well, supposed to take sis to get her car. Hopefully. Maybe I'll drag her along with me.

3. Caleb has a track meet Thursday, not his last one, jr high's season is several weeks longer than the elementary season.

4. My baby niece is doing great. Her big sisters are doing really well too. Oldest just earned herself a limo ride to Chuck E. Cheese (thank you Aunt Sandy for buying a bunch of fund raiser stuff last minute to help me out, lol) and middle niece has learned that even though she's not big enough to help as much as her big sister, there's still a lot she can do to help take care of the baby and she likes that.

5. My nephew had a little accident today. He tripped at my aunts and fell, before I could even move towards him he was pushing himself up. And then somehow he propelled himself forward and all I could do was run towards him and watch in slow motion as he went face forward onto some brick paving stones. He was ok, though has a small cut across his nose. Haven't seen a baby since Kota who was so accident prone, of course he also has that same sense of recklessness that she did at that age!

6. I am having another bad bout of insomnia. This has been going on so long this time I can't remember the last time I was in bed and asleep before 3 am, the last time I got a good nights sleep, or the last time I slept more than four hours in a row.

Yankee_in_ca
Member

08-01-2000

Tuesday, October 16, 2007 - 9:59 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Yankee_in_ca a private message Print Post    
6.1 Thanks you guys. He's out of surgery and in recovery, though my mom hasn't been let in to see him yet.

Mameblanche
Member

08-24-2002

Tuesday, October 16, 2007 - 10:10 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
6.1a You're welcome chiquita...So glad he's out of surgery! Please continue to keep us posted Ms. Yankee. xox & oxo

Mocha
Member

08-12-2001

Tuesday, October 16, 2007 - 12:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mocha a private message Print Post    
6.2 (((Yankee)))

Grannyg
Member

05-28-2002

Tuesday, October 16, 2007 - 1:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Grannyg a private message Print Post    
6.3 (((Yankee))) Sure missed seeing you over the weekend.

Wargod
Moderator

07-16-2001

Tuesday, October 16, 2007 - 2:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
6.4 Yankee, I'm happy to hear he's out of surgery and hoping your mom didn't have to wait too long to see him!