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Yankee_in_ca
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08-01-2000

Saturday, March 08, 2008 - 3:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Yankee_in_ca a private message Print Post    
1. So at 7AM this morning, my dh and I decide to walk our JRT on the beach in Santa Monica. We'd been walking for about 45 minutes on an incredibly beautiful morning, when we notice an older man with two small dogs in the sand (we're about 20 feet away, on the concrete walking/biking path that cuts a swathe through the sand). My dh thinks they're JRTs. I say maybe they are, maybe they're rat terriers. Dh stops and stares at the dogs and I can tell he's thinking about walking our dog over to say hi (Finnegan loves other JRTs). Just then, the gentleman lifts his head and looks up at us -- and we both realize -- It's Donald Sutherland!!! Because I didn't want him to think we stopped and were staring because, well, he's Donald Sutherland (and we truly weren't -- we were totally just looking at the dogs), I say, "Your dogs are really cute!!!" To which he then raised his hand (which was covered in a blue dog poop bag), in a little wave to us. Dh and I took a few steps, looked at each other and in unison mouthed a silent, "Donald Sutherland!!" HA!

2. We went to Roscoe's House of Chicken and Waffles for lunch. And we had a plate of ... fried chicken and waffles. With collard greens on the side. YUMMY!

Mocha
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08-12-2001

Saturday, March 08, 2008 - 7:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mocha a private message Print Post    
2.1 Wow I love Donald Sutherland!

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Saturday, March 08, 2008 - 10:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
1. Yay for the story and yay for Donald Sutherland!

2. Opening ceremonies were nice. Dakota's coach decided against having practice today and since their first game isn't til Monday, we only spent about an hour and a half out there today (which was a good thing it was cold and windy!)

3. We searched 7 different furniture stores today for mattresses and/or a whole new bed for Kota. Finally ended up back at the first place we went to where Dakota picked out a bunk bed. They have to order it so it won't be here for a week or so.

Jbean
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01-05-2002

Sunday, March 09, 2008 - 9:50 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jbean a private message Print Post    
1. I had a fun week for the most part. My friend and I saw Keith on Wednesday in KC. He, as always, was AWESOME! Plus we met up for a little bit with another friend that we met in OKC in the summer. We had the chance to hang out with the band after the show but were so freakin tired we went back to the room instead. Dumb, but sometimes you need your rest!

2. This was the 3rd roadtrip in a row where we didn't get lost, or run extremely late or have something go majorly wrong. I told my friend I think we are getting less stupid. LOL!

3. Yesterday was a good day, too. I donated plasma yesterday morning, and the hot guy stuck me...and did great (he's missed and really hurt me before, so I was apprehensive to have him stick me.) Then later on I went to the movies and saw Fool's Gold (which was cute), and then bowling, and to dinner. Fun times.

4. I bought a new camera 2 weeks ago, and while it takes great pictures, it's a bit disappointing that I get "file errors" on it. It's a Sony DSC-H3. I'll re-size and post some pics from the Keith concert in my folder later.

Hope everyone is having a great weekend!


Texasdeb
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05-23-2003

Sunday, March 09, 2008 - 11:27 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texasdeb a private message Print Post    
1) pretty good wk-end here too. It's been chilly but sunny.

2) got my eow Wal-mart shopping done yesterday morn. Critters are good to go for a couple of wks anyway.

3) DD & SIL are in Vegas until Tues. They left yest. morning out of Dallas/Ft.Worth airport. I hope they are winning big & having a great time. It's a combo Valentine/Anniversary trip for them. Their Ann. is 3/23 (It's either 3/23 or 3/25 - gosh, it's slipped my mind).

4) Picked up a butterball turkey breast yest. & it's baking right now. I made a homemade carrot cake last night & will make mashed taters, gravy, stove top, cranberry sauce, & asperagus to go with it. Won't be eating until around 3 though.

5) Things are a little more normal around my office so I feel like doing home things more now on the wk-end than I have for a couple of months. It's all good.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Sunday, March 09, 2008 - 11:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
1. Darren took Caleb to the driving range? (where they go and hit balls with golf club, lol) today. Caleb had so much fun he asked for his own set of golf clubs.

2. When they got back, we took the kids to the movies. We decided to split up and see seperate movies, luckily they both started at the same time and ended within minutes of each other.

3. Darren and Caleb saw Jumper, they really enjoyed it.

4. Dakota and I went to see Penelope and liked it too. It was a cute movie, lots of moms and younger girls there. There were a couple "adult" jokes but they went over the kids heads.

5. This is the last week of school before Spring break and I'm so happy about it! Two weeks of not driving the kids to different schools, no homework, no different times of picking kids up on different days. Ask me Tuesday though how I feel about Spring Break, lol.

6. We really don't have any plans at all. Darren gets Good Friday off and will probably take the following Monday but that's about it.

Texasdeb
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05-23-2003

Monday, March 10, 2008 - 8:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texasdeb a private message Print Post    
1) I guess I'm just not meant to post in here right now. I got to #6 the 1st time & my laptop kicked me out & lost my post. I got to # 3 the 2nd time & the same thing happened again.

2) I'll be danged if I'm gonna give up on trying to post my thoughts - so here goes try #3.

3) DD & SIL are having alot of fun in Vegas. She called me today & told me that so far she's won enough $$ to pay for all of the expenses of the trip.

4) I told her to be careful because she doesn't leave until tomorrow & she needs to back away if she gets on a losing streak.

5) 22 yr old DS who recently moved to Houston to take his Dad up on a life changing job offer completed all of the 1st day paper work for that job today.

6) DS has decided to make that "wrong" girlfriend that he left in Alabama be an EX. She will not be happy because all she ever did for my son was take advantage of him. He is realizing this. Kind of Out of sight - out of mind if you will.

7) me, Oh I don't know - may be getting some kind of flu again. I'm going to take me some Nyquil when I go down tonight just in case. Hey I made it to 7 without getting kicked out.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Tuesday, March 11, 2008 - 1:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
1. Children! LOL, my sister just called me and said, I forgot to tell you earlier (when I stopped by) you don't have to buy my kid shoes, I can afford them!

2. It took me half a second to figure that out, lol. Yesterday my oldest niece was showing me her beat up tennis shoes and I told her I should talk to her mommy.

3. The reebok outlet store was/is having a sale, buy one pair, get one 1/2 off, or buy two pair and get a third free. Me, Darren and Caleb got new shoes last week and I told niece me and her mom should go over and get the girls shoes, split the cost and get a third pair free. Made total sense to me. To her though, not so much.

4. She went home and told her mommy Aunt Sandy was gonna buy her new shoes cuz her mommy couldn't afford them, lol! I never said anything like that!

5. I am glad she mentioned it though. Kota needs new shoes and so do both my nieces so sis and I should take advantage of a decent sale.

6. Dakota recieved an award at school for showing respect. I always love to see those (they give them for respect, kindness, honesty, forgiveness, thoughtfulness and er, dang, I don't remember the other two.) It's nice to see the kids get recognized for good behavior.

7. Caleb's home sick today, he's got some kind of stomach bug and is grumpy as all heck. He's spent the better part of the day in my bed watching tv, a very good thing!

8. I sure could use a nap right about now! The last couple days I've been flat worn out and just not sleeping well at all.

Mictay
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09-29-2006

Wednesday, March 12, 2008 - 5:52 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mictay a private message Print Post    
1.War,hope Caleb's feeling better today.
2.That's great about Dakota getting an award for showing respect.

3.My niece is causing so much trouble right now.
4.She needs A swift kick in the butt,If you ask me.
5.She's 15 and knows everything.

6.Michael is having A hard time in school right now.
7.He was diagnosed 2 months ago with ADHD.
8.His pants are to tight,so I see A shopping trip in my near future!
9.He's gained all his weight back from losing so much in the hospital.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Saturday, March 15, 2008 - 12:10 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
1. Thanks Mictay, Caleb was feeling better by the next day. He did take it a bit easy eating Wed. though.

2. I'm sorry Michael is having a hard time in school right now. How old is he?

3. Dakota's team won their game Wednesday night, 9-7. She scored a run and brought another girl in. The girls had a blast.

4. We were treated to an example of how parents shouldn't act during kids sporting events when one of the dads from our team got into it with the coach. Sad.

5. Dakota's new bed came today. Her and Darren put it together. I posted a couple pics in my folder.

6. Caleb went to school today so excited. It was a minimum day (last day before Spring Break,) his homeroom class was having a party, and they were having their pep rally for the basketball team and track team.

7. When I was in school and we had pep rallies, they were always done at lunch in the quad. Caleb's school doesn't do it like that. They do it in assemblies.

8. When I picked him up he was sooo upset. They split the grades up for assemblies (half the sixth graders went during 1st period, the other half during second, etc etc, through the 8th grade students.) They spent all day sitting in the gym and he missed his party. Not only that but they kept the teams through their lunches, then sent them to lunch with the 8th graders. When they got to the quad, the 6th and 7th graders were told they weren't allowed to go in because it was 8th grade lunch period and they were sent back. By the time they got someone to go back and let the duty aide know they'd missed their lunch periods due to the pep rally, school was over and they didn't get to eat. I called and gripped, they said it was miscommunication, no one told the duty aide that the kids on these teams would be eating late.

9. I felt so bad for him, it really took all the excitement he felt this morning out of his day. I took him and got some lunch and promised this weekend he could pick out the games for family game night and pick out the junk food and we'd have our own little party. Not the same thing as a class party, but it did cheer him up some.

10. All week long my little nephew has been with me from 7 am til after 5 pm. Very long week for us, he's usually here from 8:30-12 or 1. Oy, a very long week, he got into everything, he fought with my middle niece, he threw temper tantrums. I told him when I dropped him off that I loved him but I was amazed we made it through without me putting him in a closet or something, lol, and then he licked my face. That about sums up our week!

Hermione69
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07-24-2002

Monday, March 17, 2008 - 12:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hermione69 a private message Print Post    
1. My 5-year old niece proposed to me last night. She said, "Will you marry me, Carolyn? You don't have a husband!"

Jewels
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09-23-2000

Monday, March 17, 2008 - 12:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jewels a private message Print Post    
1. Ahhhh, that is so cute! A few months ago my daughter cried when she found out she couldn't marry her daddy.

2. Hi, Factoiders!

Marysafan
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08-07-2000

Monday, March 17, 2008 - 1:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Marysafan a private message Print Post    
1. I am very pleased to report that I have lost more than 50 pounds since last summer, when those folks who walked from Boston to Washington DC inspired me to get up and get moving.

2. We are getting a snowstorm tonight, I am hoping it will be the last of the season. <Inset much laughter here>...There is NO chance that it will be the last of the season...but a storm on St. Patrick's Day is as dependable as the swallows returning to Capistrano.

3. I was much saddened last week when I went into my youngest granddaughter's bedroom and discovered that the Disney Princesses were MIA, having been replaced with the High School musical teens. They grow up sooooo fast.

Jewels
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09-23-2000

Monday, March 17, 2008 - 1:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jewels a private message Print Post    
1. CONGRATS, MARY!! That is awesome, good for you!

2. I want a snow storm. We got nothing more than a few flakes this year.

3. Speaking of Disney princesses, I am in the middle of planning a trip to Disneyland in 6 weeks. What a headache.

4. We are going to my mom and dad's for Easter and Spring Break. My dh and I are only staying for 4 days and then we are coming home and the kids are staying for another 5 days!! Wooo Hooo!

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Monday, March 17, 2008 - 1:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
1. Mary, that is awesome, congratulations! Hehe, Dakota's in an in between stage, she's got Tinkerbelle and High School Musical and Hannah Montana for now.

2. Yippee Jewels!! I firmly believe parents need some away time from their kidlets to better appreciate them when they come home. I hope you and your hubby have a great five days!

3. Hermi, that is so sweet! How'd ya manage not to just hug the stuffing out of her?

4. It's been an exciting morning here! First the plumber showed up, followed by my nephew a few minutes later. Then my 3 nieces, including one very fussy baby, showed up. Then Dakota and her bff (who had spent the night at bff's house) came back. They played and had a good time for the most part, except for littlest niece who cried most of the time.

5. My sis showed up and picked up the baby (older two are staying to play til later.) She had no sooner left than Kota's bff's daddy showed up to get her and then little adopted sis pulled up right behind him to take nephew home. Dakota and my two nieces are playing outside now with High School Musical sound track playing. I'm sure the roofers across the street are loving that, lol.

5.5 Caleb declared there were too many girls and babies here this morning and locked himself in his room, lol. Tomorrow I think Kota's bff and her brother are going to come for a few hours so that Caleb can have a boy close to his age to play with.

Schoolmarm
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02-18-2001

Tuesday, March 18, 2008 - 1:14 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Schoolmarm a private message Print Post    
1. Why am I awake at 3 am?

2. My spring break is over and I didn't get all my work done.

3. Now it is Holy Week and I get to play a bunch of cool music.

4. I'm going to Denver not this weekend, but next weekend.

5. Then Chicago the weekend after that. (Then Milwaukee....then Canada).

6. I hope I get my papers and clinics finished before I go!

Egbok
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07-13-2000

Tuesday, March 18, 2008 - 7:51 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Egbok a private message Print Post    
1. Jewels, let me know if I can help you in any way with your trip to Disneyland.

2. Marysanfran, congratulations to you!

3. Yesterday I attended a Volunteer Auxiliary Luncheon and the majority of the room was doused in green, with shamrocks everywhere!

4. We had the traditional corned beef, cabbage and potatos, a salad, huge wheat roll and lime sherbet for dessert.

5. Our entertainment was a gentleman by the name of Clarence Ulrich who retired from the singing group The Drifters.

6. Mr. Ulrich was quite the entertainer and the audience enjoyed his selections of Irish songs and Las Vegas style of entertaining...light dancing, great expressions when singing...as I said, he was quite the entertainer!

7. I really got a kick out of my tablemates. Four of them were originally from Ireland or Scotland and they knew ALL the song lyrics and joined in robustly...it was a special moment for me, one of the best St. Patrick Days I've ever known!


Schoolmarm
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02-18-2001

Wednesday, March 19, 2008 - 11:44 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Schoolmarm a private message Print Post    
1. I am having a VERY strange day!

2. I killed a power cable for my laptop. RIP # 10 or 11, thankfully I have a spare.

3. I drove for two blocks on a flooded road to get home last night. It's open this morning, but....

4. The LAKE that I drive over is within 6-8 inches of the bridge.

5. The marina is underwater except for the gas pump. The portapotties are tipped over and in the lake, and the lake extends for MILES more than usual.

6. I forgot my reading glasses (both pair) at home.

7. Just a bit ago I had to call building services because bright purple stuff was shooting out of the sink in the bathroom across the hall. It stopped, but it was strange, how purple it was, almost like.....PAINT....yup someone poured paint into one of the upstairs sinks and it backed up into the one on my floor. It leaked through the floor into two rooms in the basement. What a mess.

I'd rather just focus on Holy Week and my research, this has just been a bit bizarre (oh, yeah, and Mom is coming to "help".)

:-)

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Thursday, March 20, 2008 - 12:51 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
1. Ack, Marm, on the purple paint!

2. I would really like to go to bed. However, I promised Kota she could sleep with me tonight and she's so wiggly and squirmy that I won't put her in there while Darren's still in bed. He won't be getting up for 2 more hours.

3. Reason I promised she could sleep with me is that she gave up her bunk bed to Caleb and his buddy so neither one of the boys would have to sleep on the floor. They weren't too happy with all the pink girlie stuff but both agreed it was better than the floor, lol.

4. Dakota's softball team is doing really great. They've had four games, won 2, lost 1.

5. The 4th they played tonight. Our manager started protesting before the game began and kept it up for an hour and a half that the pitchers mound was set up for major softball and not minors (minors is a shorter distance between the mound and home plate.) Finally they measured it out and realized he was right. Our manager and coach are going to protest the game and from the sound of it, the league is already in step with that. The game will count as if it never happened, no win, no loss.

6. The game was a very long, drawn out one before they changed the set up on the mound. Both teams struggled, no one hit a ball, the pitches were bad. No one was having fun, even the other team who was up 8-1. The last inning after everything was fixed went pretty well, with both teams doing much better!

7. Caleb's report card came in the mail today. He has a 3.5 GPA. When I first opened it, I looked at the progress report grades (didn't read far enough over) and was on the verge of grounding him, lol. Then my eyes slid over and read the report card grades. Lucky child!

8. After a cold and crappy weekend, our weather is back to being pretty nice during the day. Was in the low 70's and the kids played outside from about 11 am til 2 pm. Supposed to be like this the next couple weeks.

Mocha
Member

08-12-2001

Thursday, March 20, 2008 - 6:44 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mocha a private message Print Post    
1. I'm missing all of my usual tv shows.

2. Life has gotten busy.

3. I like it in some ways.

4. And not in some ways.

5. 2 days till Orlando.

6. I haven't finished packing.

7. But I'm mostly packed.

8. I can't wait.

9. I need a break.

Spitfire
Member

07-18-2002

Thursday, March 20, 2008 - 8:15 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Spitfire a private message Print Post    
1. Mocha hope you have a terrific time.

2. It's sunny and freezing here today.

3. Ya for Easter. Can't wait for all the excitement to start.

4. On Saturday I'm going to take #1 to the movies for the first time. Horton Hear's a Who. Should be interesting.

5. I know I'm looking forward to the popcorn.

6. Last night I asked DH if he remembered the last time we went to the theatre. He thinks it was to see The Mothman Prophecies. That was 2002. OMG!

7. We have three seperate events this weekend to attend. Brunch tomorrow, dinner with my family on Saturday and dinner with DH's family on Sunday.

8. I registered #1 for school a few weeks ago. I'm so nervous about him going. I will cry.

9. Hope everyone has a great long weekend.

10. Happy Easter!

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Thursday, March 20, 2008 - 9:25 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
8.1 Spit, how old is he now? We just found out recently that my middle niece, she'll be five in Nov, can start school this coming year because the school district changed the birth date for admittance. I keep telling her she can't go, I'm not ready, and she'll never come visit me anymore. She just looks at me, rolls her eyes and says, "Oh Sandy! I have to go!"

Spitfire
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07-18-2002

Thursday, March 20, 2008 - 9:39 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Spitfire a private message Print Post    
8.1a Wargod it's totally sad. Right now he's only 3.5 but will turn four in July. Admittance for school here starts with a JK (junior kindergarten) program with children who are or will turn 4 by Dec 31. It is not a requirement and I could keep him out one more year. After much consideration I decided to give it a try. I talked to many friends who have older children as well as friends who are teachers and they say that they are taught sooooo much in JK that it may not be worth it to not go. My options are still open. I will send him but if it's not going well I will stop. I don't know anyone around here who have actually not send their child to JK.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Thursday, March 20, 2008 - 10:07 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
8.2 That's pretty cool, Spit (lol, even as I know how sad to send them away!) Both my kids did preschool and while I know I could have taught them the same things at home for me it was more about the socialization and getting them used to a school type schedule. When they went to kindergarten the transition was pretty easy and they never had any trouble adjusting. Still, it is sad, they're such babies!

Spitfire
Member

07-18-2002

Thursday, March 20, 2008 - 11:49 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Spitfire a private message Print Post    
8.2a They are in daycare right now. Sam has been there since he was 1 so he's been in social settings. I am worried about his ummmm....how shall we say....ah just say it..... attitude. He is good for the sitter though so hopefully he will be good. He doesn't like new things at all. Has a really, really hard time transitioning. At his 3 yr check up he wouldn't let the nurse near him and she actually wrote in his chart that he has a "suspicious nature."