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Texasdeb
Member
05-23-2003
| Friday, February 22, 2008 - 7:25 pm
1) It's Friday - I put my jammies on asap when I got home from the office today - about 6:00 cst pm. 2) Critters wanted me & I gave in. Got to give the things you care about the most time. 3) Made myself a Bacardi/diet coke & here I am.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Sunday, February 24, 2008 - 1:26 am
1. Dakota had practice today. It was kinda nice actually...it was a last minute thing (they announced it yesterday) because of having practices cancelled and cut short this week due to the weather and only half the girls were able to come. Because of that, the coaches and manager were able to do a lot of one on one work with the girls on hitting. They also went 2 hours, we finally had to let them know it was time for us to go! 2. My nieces were back today. Was a bit cool in the afternoon so they only got to play outside for awhile. They were going nuts in the house tonight though. 3. Caleb's been saving up his money for awhile. Asked this afternoon if one of us would take him to buy some legos, he had $45 to spend. I was a little surprised he had that much saved up, but he's pretty good at that when he wants something. 4. Darren went out golfing this morning. Between golfing and fishing I think the last full weekend he spent at home was before Christmas. Between work and school he definitely needs the break!
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Schoolmarm
Member
02-18-2001
| Sunday, February 24, 2008 - 3:38 am
1. Happy Birthday to me! <Imagine REALLY COOL graphic here!> 2. Left the house Saturday for the first time since Wednesday. The ice wasn't too bad. 3. It was great to get groceries...got a little chocolate cake for me. 4. More piano festival judging today! 5. I'm playing a really cool, but strange, piece of music in church today. 
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Egbok
Member
07-13-2000
| Sunday, February 24, 2008 - 4:27 am
1. Happy Birthday Marm!! Have a wonderful birthday DAY!! 2. I'm up in the middle of the night and what do I do?....come to the board...lol. 3. The reason I'm up is because Harley needed to go potty. 4. It's pouring rain (heavy rain) outside and so I had to encourage him to use the potty pads in the house and he complied. Mission accomplished! 5. He went back to sleep with no problem. 6. Me? Whadda you think...hahahaha!!
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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Sunday, February 24, 2008 - 2:13 pm
1. It's also my youngest granddaughter's birthday today. 2. She is six already! 3. I call this picture of her Undercover . . . 4. We need the rain! 5. My yard is brown, and with year round water restrictions it may stay that way forever! 6. I got dh to hang up the hummingbird feeder I got at Goodwill. 7. We put it outside the dining room windows near the bush all the butterflys like.
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Beckie03
Member
07-05-2007
| Tuesday, February 26, 2008 - 2:53 pm
1. I give really bad advice...but 2. I'm always there for my friends 3. I can't hold grudges...meaning I forgive some people too quickly... 4. However, I have a few grudges on people that will never go away (i.e. my dad, my rapist) 5. I wish I was 13 again...so many things I would do over...plus life was easier 6. I gave up fast food for lent...but I'm craving it really badly!!
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Schoolmarm
Member
02-18-2001
| Tuesday, February 26, 2008 - 7:50 pm
1. I didn't give up anything for Lent. Ooops! 2. I had a nice birthday. 3. My brothers forgot, but that is kind of normal. 4. I am trying to get into this years BB, but just can't. I guess I had too many BBs in Germany and I'm just totally not into it anymore. 5. I love that BB brought us this website. 6. I had a good day today, and yesterday too! 7. My cat keeps eating too fast and then puking. ARGGGG. 8. She is now prowling on the steps. She's very funny.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, February 27, 2008 - 2:10 am
1. Happy belated birthday Marm! 2. Dakota has her first game Thursday night. It's really just a practice game but she's so excited about it. 2. Darren's back to working only 9 hour days. This will only last a few weeks til they get really far behind then the company will freak out and put them back on mandatory 12's. It's been kind of nice having him home by 1, we get to spend a little time together before the kids get home. 4. I'm so proud of Caleb. He brought all his grades up a few weeks ago and has maintained those good grades since then. He said he realizes that he gets to do more fun stuff at school if he has good grades. Also on the Caleb front, let me say for the 30th time, puberty totally sucks. 5. My nephew was in a very loving mood today. He was all hugs and kisses. I'm getting a little jealous though, lol. He's starting to try to say names, he said the name of a friend of ours, he calls Dakota "Ko" and Caleb "K" and today when Darren got home, he ran up to him, gave him a big hug and said "Da-rn" just as clear as could be that he was trying to say Darren's name. I spend about 30 hours a week with him and the only thing he calls me is "hey!" How hard is it to say "Sandy????" 6. I need to take my car in for an oil change. I hate doing that. I should also take it to get washed, lol, it's filthy! 7. I haven't been able to do any stained glass painting for a while and I'm missing it. Dang hand can't heal enough, I'm tired of only using 8 fingers. 8. The last couple days have been gorgeous here. Nice enough for windows to be open and no sweaters when going out during the day. Once the sun goes down it starts to get cold though and we've been outside at that time most nights for Kota's practices. Told Darren today I may look dumb, but I'm taking my little blanket from now on, lol. 9. I need to do laundry, it's starting to pile up on me. Why is it I never seem to get ahead with laundry?
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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Friday, February 29, 2008 - 1:38 pm
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Texasdeb
Member
05-23-2003
| Saturday, March 01, 2008 - 7:45 pm
1) weather got up to 80 today. Got up from a nap this afternoon & it was so hot in the house. Have had the a/c on since. 2) even though I'm not a shopaholic, I find that if I've been under alot of stress (especially work related) that it makes me feel better about me. 3) I showered & cleaned up after my nap & took out for a 2 hr alone shopping/stress releaving experience. 4) I only went to 2 stores: JCPenney & Bealls. I have store credit cards at both places & occasionaly get in store gift cards which I had for both stores that would expire today. JCPenney was for $30 & Bealls was for $20. 5) I bought 2 new complete outfits & a shirt that will go very well with all of my navy bottoms (I love navy & have pants, capris, gouchos, & both a knee lenght skirt & a mid calve skirt but I only had 4 shirts that I could wear with any of the bottoms - now I have 5). Got all 5 pieces & only spent $85. 6) I got 2 new pr of dress shoes @ Bealls & that was only $65. 7) Yes, I think it picked up my spirits - again, let me say I am not a shopaholic but I like new clothes & shoes & usually only go shopping about twice a yr for myself & buy lots of stuff each time. I'm going to stretch it out this time though because I'm afraid I still have alot of future work related stress to deal with. 8) My new asst. @ work WILL be good but, I'm spending alot of time investing myself in her & that's OK because the long term will be worth it. 9) Problem is - I also have a new boss & he is nothing like my prev. boss that I adored & enjoyed for the past 8 yrs. This new guy is kinda like a dictator instead of a team player - he actually left without telling a sole Fri. @ 9:00 am & didn't return until 2:30. He went to play golf with a couple of friends. My old boss NEVER did anything like that. 10) I'm just sick of picking up the slack for someone like him. I have loved my job for the last 12 yrs & now this guy comes in & is turning it into just a job that I have to go to because it pays the bills. Sorry this sounds like it belongs in the sucks thread but my work is a big part of my life & always has been & it sucks right now trying to deal with such a different personality type.
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Egbok
Member
07-13-2000
| Sunday, March 02, 2008 - 9:17 am
1. It's a beautiful day, sunshine at last! I'm ready to go out and play.
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Jbean
Member
01-05-2002
| Sunday, March 02, 2008 - 11:52 am
1. This MO weather is about to drive me nuts. I'm about ready to pack up my shit and move somewhere where there is no snow or ice. Yesterday and today, it's supposed to be about 70 degrees...tonight switching to rain (with good chance of flooding) then tomorrow snow, sleet, ice possible. Ridiculous. so sick of it. Praying for no snow or ice WEdnesday and Thursday, as I'm going to Kansas City...ack! 2. On a calmer note, I've been on a low carb diet for almost 3 weeks now, and have lost 7 lbs. Baby steps, right? My weight has gotten way out of control.
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Egbok
Member
07-13-2000
| Sunday, March 02, 2008 - 12:14 pm
1. Hmmmm....I'm wondering if Cosmo's are low carb... 2. I just finished a bit more yard work out back.  3. I feel for my friend beanie and her MO weather.
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Schoolmarm
Member
02-18-2001
| Sunday, March 02, 2008 - 12:51 pm
1. I don't think that Cosmos are low carb. LOL! 2. I'm betting that I get Jbeanie's weather a day later. I'm tired of it. Winds are howling like a train, but it's warm. 3. Hope Beanie has fun in Kansas City! What a fun place. 4. My Mom is visiting to help me unpack and find important papers. She came a day and a half early and so I didn't get all my writing done before she got here (which was supposed to be late tonight.) I can't write while she is going through boxes next to me and critiquing everything in the boxes. That is NOT helpful. I know I have too much stuff, but I hired people to pack it up the last two moves, so I honestly don't know what is in most of the boxes. Or where the important papers are. SIGH!
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Stacey718995
Member
07-06-2007
| Sunday, March 02, 2008 - 1:21 pm
1. Checking the weather for JBean, I am currently in KC. It is 68 today and 1-2 inches of snow tonight. Wednesday and Thursday looks clear but cold 
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Jbean
Member
01-05-2002
| Sunday, March 02, 2008 - 5:39 pm
1. Eggie, thanks for looking out for my best interests. LOL. No carb booze= diet coke and flavored vodka! (no sugar either). Not the best drink ever, but it does the job! 2. I'm sure no one can guess why I'm going to KC on Wednesay, lol. Hint hint, his initials are KU...hmmmm. 3. Stacey, thank you. Thank goodness the forecast says none, but you know around here you never know what the hell is gonna happen. Also, I'm glad my friend is driving this time. What a nightmare! I can handle cold, but no snow or ice, please! 4. Also, you all should know I cheat with the carbs occassionally, eating at PF Changs in KC will be this week's splurge. 5. I'm not so much loving BB9. Where the hell did they get these people this year? Only a few that I like. Um, is it Wednesday yet?
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Racsan
Member
04-09-2004
| Sunday, March 02, 2008 - 8:51 pm
bacardi rum and diet coke is good, no carbs no calories
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, March 04, 2008 - 11:30 am
1. Somethings gotta change here. 2. Darren's been getting up at 2:15 am for work. On Monday's he does that, then works 8-12 hours (yesterday was 9,) comes home for a quickie nap and to spend a little time with the kids then heads to school til 10 pm (last night was late, he didn't get home til 10:30) then straight to bed and up again at 2:15 Tuesday morning. 3. This morning he hit the snooze 3 different times. Then he set on the edge of the bed for a while (I thought he was working up the energy to get up...he'd nodded off again!) I told him to take the day off, he said he couldn't cuz he wasn't sick. I was really bugged about the fact he'd be driving to work (30 miles) that exhausted. Told him to go back to bed for an hour, they could do without him for that long. He said he couldn't...then laid down and said screw it, I'm going in at 7. Said he was going to talk to his bosses about changing his hours for Tuesdays. Company has been really supportive of his going back to school so they should be willing to go for that! 4. Caleb managed to raise all but one grade (nothing to do to raise a PE grade!) His progress report on Friday (last day of grades too, report cards come out this week) had five A's, 2 C's and a B! He's so tickled with himself and has seen some of the fun stuff he gets to do at school if he maintains good grades (going on field trips, movie Monday's) and surprises at home (he got to choose something fun to do this weekend, we went and got ice cream) that I think he'll keep them up. 5. Since sis and her family live so close now, I've been picking up the oldest two nieces on afternoons Dakota has practice and taking them to the park so they could watch her and play. We've had a lot of fun. 6. My nephew hit the terrible two's a wee bit early. Oy, yesterday he drew on a kitchen cabinet, this morning has been frequent temper tantrums. Luckily having him just a few hours a day I can find his cuteness, lol.
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Heyltslori
Moderator
09-15-2001
| Tuesday, March 04, 2008 - 11:50 am
6.1 I think that War said Darren comes home on Mondays for a quickie. 
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, March 04, 2008 - 10:19 pm
1. LOL Lori! 2. Well he talked to his boss. They did change his hours...from 4-12:30 to 4:30-1. He told me that and I just stared at him, he's got to be kidding right? LOL. 3. He wasn't...however they did agree to let him switch to taking online classes after this one! YAY! When he first signed up for school, he'd planned on taking online anyways, but the big boss said nuh uh, he didn't think people put as much effort into online classes as actually going to a class. Today though, Darren pointed out he's maintained a high A average in all the classes he's taken including this one and that he's too old not to take as much as possible out of his classes and the boss ok'd the online classes. 4. We're pretty excited. He'll be able to work on the classes in the early afternoon after work and before the kids get home from school and while they are doing their own homework. On the weekends, he's up at about 3am so he'll have then to work on them too. And best of all, since he'll be doing online, he'll be able to do two classes each time instead of one and cut his time down for school. That's just great! 5. I had a major headache this afternoon. Laid down on the couch and went to sleep. Dakota woke me up when it was time to take her to practice and I told her sorry, I couldn't drive like that, told her to tell dad. She pointed to him and said he's asleep too! Oops, Dakota missed practice. She was very understanding and Caleb took pity on us cuz he took her out and played catch with her and pitched so she could practice batting. I thought that was pretty nice of him. 6. I thought little nephew was never going home today, lol. His mommy didn't call til 2, seems they were having trouble with their power going on and off today and she was way behind on work. 7. We still haven't filed our taxes yet. No idea why every single year we do this, wait so long and really there's no reason for it. They're pretty simple and we always get a decent amount back but still we wait. I just hate having to do it.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Thursday, March 06, 2008 - 10:43 pm
1. I'm so proud of Caleb I could just squeeze the stuffing out of him! 2. They had cross country the first few months of school, which he did. And then running club through the middle of the year (they get together a couple days a week and still run but there are no meets) and now they've moved into the track portion (cross country, shorter distances, shot put, etc.) 3. He's on the cross country part of the team (that's where he does well.) Coach decided that he was going to add a day of practice, so now Monday, Wed., and Thursday. Caleb had a talk with his coach today and told him how much he enjoys running and is really happy to be doing cross country again and that he understands the need for another day of practice. However, on Thursdays he usually has more homework than any other day of the week and he doesn't feel like he can take care of all the homework and have practice like that and that he'd understand if the coach cut him from the team. 4. When I picked him up and he told me about it, I said, Well? What did coach say???? He laughed and said the coach said he wouldn't make him choose between track team and school work and good grades were more important and that it'd be ok to miss Thursday practice. Caleb did promise him that on Thursdays he doesn't have the usual ton of work he would stay for practice as long as it was ok with mom (since he'll have to call me at the end of the day to let me know when to pick him up.) I was just so danged proud of him that he made this decision on his own even knowing it might mean having to give up something he really likes doing and that, in my opinion, the right decision...grades over fun. Also very happy he doesn't have to give it up! 5. Also pretty danged proud of Dakota. She came home today and gave me an invitation to the awards assembly next week, she's getting an award for something. 6. We had another quiet afternoon/evening today. Dakota's softball practice was cancelled at the last minute so no running back and forth today and a chance to sit down and have a non-rushed meal. Enjoyed it while it lasted, lol, cuz practice is on for tomorrow and Saturday is opening ceremonies and if they don't have a game they'll end up having practice afterwards. 7. My younger two nieces are coming over tomorrow to visit for awhile. I think my nephew will enjoy having the girls, or at least middle one, here to play with for a while. 8. Me and kota are having girls day this weekend. We're going to go see Penelope and go out to lunch. Darren's talking about taking Caleb to see something or other and going out to lunch (just the two of them) as well. I told them they better not go see 10,000 BC without me cuz I wanna see that one!
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Friday, March 07, 2008 - 10:28 pm
1. Do we have a skin care thread, similar to All About Hair? 2. I had IPL today for the very first time. First treatment out of 5. 3. My dermatologist did it. 4. It's because of my super-duper enlarged pores. Purely cosmetic. 5. I also started, on his recommendation, a new skin care line. 6. A story is going to come out on Sunday that will either be fine, or will make me in a little bit of trouble. Fingers crossed, please, that it will be fine. 7. I am always tired lately. 8. I am enjoying the 75 degree sunny weather. 9. I am going to go into the kitchen and get my dh a mochi ice cream out of the freezer.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Friday, March 07, 2008 - 11:40 pm
1.5 Yank, we don't have one but you are welcome to start one. 6.5 All the fingers I have that can be crossed are crossed that everything will be fine!
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Saturday, March 08, 2008 - 12:25 am
1. I guess I could have posted 10, lol! 2. Today was report card day for Kota. She did pretty good, B's and C's. For her, that is doing her best so we're pretty proud. She kicked butt on spelling, got a B- which is excellent! 3. Her teacher commented that it shows she's putting more effort in and that the work we've done at home with her is apparent. I'm gonna disagree with her the next time I see her...this is all Dakota. We've done the same work at home with her we always have, but Kota's been working and studying harder than ever the last month or so. 4. We took the kids out to dinner tonight and had one of those had to be there stupid funny experiences. 5. Caleb was telling us he was excited, today was the first day to pre-order year books and the first 100 kids to order would recieve some freebie items (school t-shirt and some other stuff.) I raced him to school early this morning so he could order his and he ended up being #62. I said yay me! and he said no, cuz he went by his homeroom class and asked his teacher where he was supposed to go, she told him the room number and he got lost so he had to run by and order after school. We couldn't figure out how he got lost since the rooms go in order and he commented that he didn't see the numbers. 6. Darren and I cracked up, there are big white numbers on the door, you can't miss them! Darren said they must have painted the numbers to match the doors so they were invisible and I said Oh! That explains the mass exodus of numbers I saw running down the street as I left. Corny jokes went from there, from Mosesix asking for his numbers to be let go, how it was the prime of their lives and they needed to multiply to the corny, but always classic, "why is 6 afraid of 7" joke. I'm pretty sure our waiter thought we were nuts cuz for the four of us this was the funniest thing ever. 7. I told my nieces they could go to Kota's opening ceremonies in the morning with us but I haven't been able to get ahold of my sister to make sure they'll be ready by 8. 8. We got her game schedule today. She'll have 2-3 games each week (Mondays and Wed every week, plus every other Saturday.) Not much different than what we've been doing with practices. 9. Darren and I are going mattress shopping for the Dakota tomorrow. She's got a pokey spring. If we can find a whole set on sale I'd like to do that, she hasn't had a new bed since she moved out of her crib (or rather my bed, lol.) 10. Next week with my nephew will be a really long one. His mommy will be working full time instead of part for the week. He'll be here at 7 and go home after 5. Would be so much better if it was the next week when the kidlets are out of school for spring break.
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Saturday, March 08, 2008 - 3:38 pm
1. Thanks, Wargod. I got an early copy of the story and it's just fine. I can breathe again.
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