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Dfennessey
Member
07-25-2004
| Wednesday, May 14, 2008 - 1:32 pm
7a. Denecee if i did not see my father for 4 years i would really miss him. I see him at least once a year if not twice
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Denecee
Member
09-05-2002
| Wednesday, May 14, 2008 - 1:35 pm
7aa. Yeah, we weren't very close. Maybe because he was a workaholic or because he had 6 kids. I love him but I don't reaaly know him that well.
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Dfennessey
Member
07-25-2004
| Wednesday, May 14, 2008 - 1:41 pm
7b my father has always favored his 3 sons. so when i need father/daughter time i always go to florida to see him that way i know it is all about me
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Cinnamongirl
Member
01-10-2001
| Wednesday, May 14, 2008 - 3:23 pm
1. Hiya back Vacanick! 2. Hope you had a great Mothers Day with Nicolas 3. 102!!!!! Oh my... we're supposed to get absolutely great weather this long weekend too but thats a bit hot eh? 4. Hope you have a great trip Denecee!! and I hope you can reconnect with your Dad. 5. I never did get a nap today, always too much to do and my mind won't let me relax 6. Having a tea and computing while Matts playing with his hotwheels 7. Looking forward to ANTM tonight...I believe its the season ender/winner 8. Heres my fav squirrel, taken just minutes ago
I think hes looking for somethin
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Jbean
Member
01-05-2002
| Wednesday, May 14, 2008 - 4:22 pm
1. Cute squirrel, Cinnamongirl! 2. I have a cold. AGAIN. Gah, I hate colds more than anything. There is no worse feeling to me than not being able to breathe! 3. I would love some warmer weather. It gets cold and goes back to warm here. Probably the reason for all the stupid tornadoes we've been having...and the reason for my cold. 4. I am hoping by 3 weeks time, the weather has decided to be nice and warm. I would hate to go to fan fair and have to be all bundled up with mittens and shit on. LOL. I'm getting really excited about fan fair and can't believe it's finally coming up. 5. I am rooting for David Cook to win American Idol. He's a Missouri boy, too. That'd be a first for us. I will be really disappointed if <24> wins. At this point I'm pretty sure the David's will be the ones in the final next week. 6. There was a tornado Saturday night in Seneca, MO, which is about 100 miles from here. Pieces of mail from Seneca were found in an area neighborhood. They got a lot of damage. It's too bad. 7. We were under all the warnings, but luckily it passed us by. Gotta love living in tornado alley. 8. Miss Lola is getting on my nerves at the moment. I don't understand why she has to be on my lap at all times...and shiver! I love her to death but sometimes (like right now, for instance) she can drive me crazy! 9. I am hungry. Dieting sucks ass. 
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Jbean
Member
01-05-2002
| Sunday, May 18, 2008 - 4:14 pm
1. Wow, do I know how to kill a thread or what? 2. Friday night was our local Relay for Life. Usually I get more involved (as you guys know), but this year, I just ended up going. Our company raised $2500 so I just joined with them. As usual, it was a humbling experience. We had fairly decent, if a little cool, weather. I bought a pink t-shirt with "I hate cancer." printed on the front then the ACS info on the back. 3. I've been looking for some kind of excercise I can do that I actually enjoy, thinking maybe then it wouldn't suck so much. I get really bored walking. I had given serious thought to getting a bike, but my car is little and I refuse to get a rack for it, and from here to the park's trail, there is a really big hill. Not so much. 4. So, yesterday, I bought a pair of roller blades. OMG. Nope, hadn't ever done it before yesterday, although I have ice skated. Let's just say, it is quite difficult to do. Especially when you grew up on roller skates. What was I thinking? . I am determined to get it down, though. The worst part is how much it hurts my shins. ack! 5. I went to my mom's both yesterday and today to practice in her driveway. The parking lot here has too much traffic, and more attention than I care to have. I just hope I can pick it up quickly. 6. My cold is still hanging on for dear life. It sucks, but at least I'm starting to feel a little bit human again. 7. Still dieting, but I just ate a Smart ones meal, so I'm not hungry for once! 8. Only 11 more working days till Nashville! 9. I'm hoping Keith wins the ACM for entertainer of the year tonight. I did my part on the voting end. 10. I'm not looking forward to work tomorrow. I'm getting too old for Mondays!
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Sunday, May 18, 2008 - 4:38 pm
1. Jbeanie, agree with Relay for Life being a humbling experience. This was my first year participating and I'm planning to do it again next year. I blogged about it in my folder and my myspace.
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Sunday, May 18, 2008 - 4:48 pm
1. Jbean, I went out dancing on Friday night & got a great workout. I highly recommend it for an enjoyable exercise! 2. Today is my nephews 15th birthday. Happy Birthday Skyler!
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Jbean
Member
01-05-2002
| Sunday, May 18, 2008 - 5:47 pm
2.1 Nic, I don't really like dancing. My friend has tried to get me to Jazzercise countless times. Not an ounce of rhythm in my whole body!
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Denecee
Member
09-05-2002
| Monday, May 19, 2008 - 2:14 pm
4.a I know what you mean about them shins and roller skating, ouch! I like the skates better than the roller blades. 1.a Vacanick is so correct about dancing, if you haven't danced in a while, if feels like you might pass out. I love to dance even if I don't know how to dance.
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Jbean
Member
01-05-2002
| Monday, May 19, 2008 - 5:06 pm
4b. Denecee, the only problem is to even consider going out on a dance floor, I need to have consumed large quantities of alcohol, and that kinda cancels out the exercise part. LOL!
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, May 20, 2008 - 12:37 am
1. I danced the other day for my nephew. Those who know me know I don't dance. However, he was cranky and crying and seeing me sent him into fits of laughter. Least its good to know my un-coordination is good for something! 2. It was hot, hot, hot! here today. Hit 104 by mid-afternoon. Miserable day. But, Darren did come racing home from work to get the swamp cooler on top of the house (we use it mostly for the bedrooms) up and running. The little window one he had going this weekend. 3. We have a scheduling conflict this week. Dakota has a game Wednesday night at 5 (should be there at 4) but also has open house/art show/science fair Wednesday at 4. A couple of the girls on the team go to school with her and a couple others thought they also had open house that night too. We have til tomorrow to let the coach know if we'll be there or not for the game. If 4 girls don't show up, we don't have enough to play, coach said if we let him know ahead of time, he'd call and reschedule the game if possible. I know Kota's teacher (and a couple other parents said the same thing) will let me come in before or after school to look at her stuff in class and her artwork hanging in the hallway, while this game has been scheduled for months and there's no garuntee the other team will be able to reschedule and if that happens, we'd have to forefit. 3.5 Nick, my youngest nephews birthday was today, er, yesterday (the 19th,) he's 2. Happy Birthday to your nephew!!!
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Tuesday, May 20, 2008 - 5:34 am
3.6 Happy birthday to your youngest nephew War! 3.7 Dancing is fun even if your not coordinated, it feels good! 3.8 104 ... aren't we expecting a cool down soon? :-(
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Schoolmarm
Member
02-18-2001
| Tuesday, May 20, 2008 - 7:08 am
1. Ooooo, I've been gone for a while. Still nursing a 6-week old concussion. 2. SCHOOL is OUT! YIPPEE! 3. I have the pool almost opened. The pump is in for repair and it is a oh-so-lovely emerald green. 4. I've got my travel plans for NYC (TVCH meet) and Europe almost done! Anyone want to meet me in Munich or Italy? Ahhhh!
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, May 20, 2008 - 8:01 am
1. Nick, supposed to be cooler today than yesterday (weather channel is saying 90 and high winds) and then rest of the week is supposed to be low 80's, high 70's. 2. Marm, I'd love to meet you in Italy...can you sneak me in your suitcase? 3. Little nephews daddy is officially laid off, which means I won't be watching him (nephew, not his daddy) unless daddy has something to do. Last year it lasted about 3 weeks, hopefully this year is as quick. 4. Dakota, after her game last night, didn't have time to finish her homework. She's pretty good at finishing it in the morning though, but today she is dragging. She just finished it, has enough time to get dressed, and now I'm going to have to run her through the drive thru dairy to get something to eat cuz she doesn't have time for breakfast. 5. My kidlets and niece have fun stuff coming up at school. Caleb's going on a trip next week to Little Tokyo (I think) dads going with him. My niece is going to the aquarium and Kota has the fourth grade Gold Rush coming up.
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Marysafan
Member
08-07-2000
| Tuesday, May 20, 2008 - 8:15 am
1. It's still cold here in these parts...high today 48!!! 2. We transplanted raspberries today in spite of it all. 3. I'm happy to report that the Maple syrup is selling well. We didn't realize how long it had been since the Maple syrup sign had been put out until yesterday when a guy stopped by so excited to see it. He informed us that the last time he saw the sign, his little girl had just turned two. She's now 19! Where does the time go! 4. My new project is starting a compost pile. I just hope no one starts calling it "Mary's pile"...but I can see it coming. 5. I went for walk yesterday afternoon in the woods, and decided to try to follow my winter snowshoeing trail. I headed out on the "Hansel and Gretel trail" (I named it that because the first time hubby took me there, it was so dark that I felt like I should be leaving a trail of bread crumbs or something to find my way home!). Well, it looks a lot different without snow on the ground! Somewhere I zigged when I should have zagged and I got lost. I was out in the woods for about an hour and a half! I finally found my way to my brother-in-laws house. Someone is going to have to make marks for me, because until I know my way a little better, I'm sticking with my tried and true path...even if it means I have to do laps. 6. I am over at my nephew's house helping out. His wife has a cast on her leg and needed some help with laundry, dishes, etc. It feels so good to be able to do something for someone else. It just my heart good...and I know they appreciate it.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, May 20, 2008 - 1:04 pm
1. Mary, if we take your temp and mine and average them out, we could end up with some decent temps between the two of us, lol! 2. I am sooooooooo bored! My nephew wasn't here yesterday, I cleaned the house. Since he wasn't here, and we were gone most the late afternoon/evening, the house is clean. Without him here today, I have absolutely nothing to do! 3. Darren has his annual physical for work today. When I worked, my annual physicals were a snap. We'd go next door to the convalescent hospital on our break, someone would come in and ask us to touch our toes, maybe do a TB test, then send us back to work, and usually had a few minutes left on our ten minute break! Darren's ain't nothing like that. He's never had one that's lasted less that 3 hours. They do bloodwork, vision/hearing test, check mobility, turn your head and cough, etc etc etc. I don't expect him home til close to 4. 4. Dakota has a science project due tomorrow that she hasn't even started yet. Er, let me rephrase that. She doesn't have to do the science project, it's not an assignment for class, though she could get extra credit (not that she needs it in science.) She wants to do it, but she's put it off so long, I'm not sure she has time. 5. She wants to show why helium balloons float and air filled ones don't. I think most the work will be her having to look stuff up to answer that. If she finishes it, I told her I'd take her to buy a helium balloon in the morning and she can blow another one up to tack to her poster board for visual effect. 6. Saturday I was (shh don't tell sis) feeding baby niece some cake frosting and noticed she was cutting a tooth. Took her out right away and told sis about the tooth and she was so excited. Today not so much. The baby's been crying for 3 hours straight because apparently she thought one tooth wasn't enough and is busy cutting a second one. Heard her howling in the backgroud and thought, yep, right theres why I don't want another one, lol. 7. It's finally time to go get Caleb! Yay for some company, lol!
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, May 20, 2008 - 11:31 pm
1. I must have a lot to say today cuz I'm back again, lol. 2. Dakota finished her science project. She actually changed her mind about 6pm tonight on what she was doing it on. Instead of helium vs air, it's now on force. If dad puts his hands like this, she can move them using just her finger tips. We took pictures of their experimenting and it turned out pretty good. 3. I am such a dope sometimes. Ever since Dakota's try-outs, I've been taking pictures, tons and tons of pictures, with the intention of printing them out and making her an album. About three weeks ago, I decided it was time to start printing out pictures on my little Kodak printer dock. 4. Everytime I use the dock, when I'm done it gets put back in the desk drawer along with the ac adapter cord and the paper tray. I pulled out the printer dock and could not find the stupid adapter cord for it. I pulled everyone of them in the drawer out (about 10 of them,) looked through the rest of the drawers, searched the kitchen drawers, the bookcases, anywhere and everywhere I could think. I have searched the house many, many times since then. 5. I finally told Darren I couldn't find the cord and he told me he'd help look for it this coming weekend. I have been really upset about it, because I know I always put it back where it belongs but at the same time I know this is a drawer the kids don't get into cuz there's nothing in there! 6. Tonight, I was looking for printer paper and I opened that drawer and started pulling the cords out and right there in front of me was this damn ac adapter cord with KODAK written in big, black letters on the sticker on it. It's been there all this time. Only thing I can figure is that it doesn't look like what I thought it'd look like, lol. I've been printing since I found it. 7. I went to bed about 1am last night and actually fell right to sleep. Wasn't a very good sleep though and when Darren's alarm went off at 3, I woke up too. Laid there for half a minute talking, then told him I was going to get a bottle of water. I don't know what I was thinking, but instead of getting out of bed and walking around it, I decided to crawl over Darren. Except that he decided to pick that minute to get out of bed and ended up kneeing me in the nose. It's sad how often stuff like that happens in our bed, lol. 8. Caleb's birthday is coming up and I've been expecting a list of stuff he wants. So far though he's only mentioned a computer game he's been waiting about a year for and a picture of him and the dogs. When he told me that I gave him an odd look..cuz just that afternoon, Darren had handed me a picture frame (decorated with dragons) that Darren's mom had got and thought Caleb would like. After looking at it, I told Darren he would love it, so we'd wrap it up and give it to him from grandma for his birthday. There is no way Caleb could know about the picture frame (it's hidden in the garage.)
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - 10:46 am
1. There isn't a much better smell then when a man walks by and he smells clean, like fresh scrubbed with just a hint of cologne. 2. MY DH shaved his head last night. It feels like velcro, and I kinda like it. Now, if I could get him to shave off that mustache.... 3. DD1 has just started reading (she's not in kindergarten yet) and she called me on the phone here at work to read me a sentence "I like my dad". 4. I keep having dreams that I am pregnant (not possible) but in the dream I can feel the baby moving around. 5. This weekend I get a whole day to myself. I think I will go work out, go pick up a new book, hit starbucks for a cup, and settle in to read. 6. You know that #5 is just a fantasy and will never happen. 7. DD graduates from preschool next week. I've never heard of preschool graduation, but hey, whatever. We bought her a new bareback pad and bridle for her pony that's decorated like an American flag. She really wants a new kitten, but she can't understand that kittens grow up and turn into cats. 8. I'll bet DH gets her another cat. (insert eye roll and an additional bag of catfood and additional flea issues here) 9. Also, this weekend, we are supposed to be working on fencing, but I can forsee a future of lounging on the boat at the lake. Hmmm fencing or lake, fencing or lake, fencing or lake......I'd better get some sunscreen.
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Spitfire
Member
07-18-2002
| Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - 11:30 am
1. It's been forever since I've been in here. I miss it in here....it's cozy. I just feel like I sometimes cannot keep up and feel bad. 2. Escapee in regards to your #4; I have those phantom kicks all the time, but they actually are while I'm awake. Sometimes they are so close to the real thing I second guess if I've really have my monthly the past few months. Kinda creepy. 3. By the way I love the sounds of fantasy #5. Maybe we could have a fantasy day together that will never happen. 4. I took the kids to the beach this weekend. We spend our time on the beach in pants, long shirts, socks, running shoes and hats. Yes, it was freezing but the kids still had some fun. 5. I've been feeling so fun down lately. Constant headaches, achy, tired and sorta depressed. I'm hoping that some nice weather will cheer me up. 6. My little sister is due to have a baby boy at the end of June. I'm having a surprise shower for her this Sunday. 7. My babies will be another year old soon. Sam will be four in July and Myla will be two in June. 8. Sam is very testy lately. Kinda makes me sad rather than angry. I sometimes wonder if he has some sort of imbalance. He goes from being a normal 4 year old to uncontrollable anger issues. I truly mean uncontrollable in the sense that he even sorta surprises himself. I concerns me. 9. I cannot wait to get some hanging baskets and make it look pretty around home. Right now it's to freakin cold! 10. Happy hump day!
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Schoolmarm
Member
02-18-2001
| Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - 12:19 pm
1. I have a CT Scan scheduled for Friday. Sigh!
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - 1:03 pm
8.1 Spitfire, Lilly, My DD1 says to me "I FEEL LIKE I JUST WANT TO SCREAM OR HIT SOMETHING" and I tell her she is stressed out and I tell her "Stop, close your eyes, deep breath, hold it, let it out, ok, try again. It helps the stress/frustration, but she does really act up and have these dramatic unbalanced episodes every once in a while, and while she is doing this, she gets the naughty chair until she calms down. Her doctor said at this age that they are coming out of toddler-dom but still don't quite understand how to cope with things on their own. They want to grow up, but they are still little at the same time. He said that with all things, patience, and teaching them to cope is the best thing we can do to help and showing them that there are consequences to their actions. He said coddling during these episodes doesn't help them to learn to cope on their own, even though we want to make things as easy as possible for them. So you are not alone.
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Spitfire
Member
07-18-2002
| Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - 1:22 pm
8.2 Thanks Escapee. I know I'm not alone but it's nice to have words of encouragement. I've never tried the "stop, close your eyes" things but may give that a try. What I'm dealing with is not typical preschool behaviour. I mean maybe it is in a way, but the anger behind it is not. For instance if he was sent to a naughty chair I would be ducking for cover, so I now know better that to do that. You are right though, they don't know how to cope with things and need the guidance.
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - 1:29 pm
8.21 For instance if he was sent to a naughty chair I would be ducking for cover Figure out a way to nip that in the bud, seriously. Wow. If one of my girls turned on me when they were being punished, yeah, that would be bad, for them. Like, no TV, no outside, no pony, something serious that stung a little. That is NOT ok. Sorry you are dealing with that. I assume that boys are different from girls in this case sometimes. My girls are drama queens and we are working on teaching Lilly this: "Why are you crying over this" and it usually makes her stop and hopefully realize that she is putting out a lot of energy on crying for a stupid reason and that she's not going to get her way, ESPECIALLY if she's throwing a tantrum.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - 9:30 pm
1. We had a rough, rough softball game tonight. Dakota did well her first time up, made it to first then the next girl struck out (3rd out.) When the girls hit (both teams) the ball, they were making some great hits...there were several doubles and a couple homeruns. But, ya know, when the wind is blowing 30 mph's with 60 mile gusts in the same direction the balls being hit, they're gonna get some air. 1.5 Kota's second time at bat, the pitcher threw the ball at her. Not to her, at her. First pitch hit her in the calf so she got to walk to first automatically. Next girl swung a couple times and Kota managed to steal not only 2nd but 3rd as well. Her team mate hit the ball, Kota started to run but the catcher had the ball so she turned around and went back to 3rd to find that girl with the ball and it turned into a game of monkey in the middle, lol. After several times of running back and forth, the catcher was trying to throw the ball back to 3rd baseman but managed to hit Kota on the top of the head and then the ball bounced off her head and smacked her in the shoulder before richoetting off into the outfield. She ran and tagged home while rubbing her head with one hand and her shoulder with the other. I personally think she should have got double points at least since one time at bat the other team managed to hit her in the calf, head, and shoulder! They lost 12-17. 2. When we got home and I let the dogs out back, I found part of someones roof scattered around my yard. Not sure who it belongs to. But yep, the wind is blowing that hard this evening.
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