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Jbean
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01-05-2002

Sunday, June 15, 2008 - 7:38 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jbean a private message Print Post    
1. Last week/weekend was my trip to Nashville for Fan Fair. I had a blast but it was really tiring.

2. We left on Wednesday 6/4 and got back last Monday 6/9. I did the driving. That was interesting. lol.

3. While I was there, I met Trisha Yearwood and Jessica Simpson. Both of them were nice. Trisha is really tall and pretty, and does not look heavy at all. Oh, and she told me she loved my hair. :-) Jessica is not as tall as I thought, and of course is really pretty. Turns out she is putting out a country album. We heard her first song being played while we were down there and it was pretty good.

4. I also got a new tattoo while down there. It's on my left hip right below my baithing suit line. I'll post a pic of it in my folder in a bit.

5. My friend and I didn't even do any partying down there, because we were too tired by the time the nightly shows got out. We'd get up at 7, eat breakfast if there was time, go stand in line somewhere for various reasons (welcome to Nashville, go get in line) do stuff until 3-4 in the afternoon, then have our one meal for the day. Then it would be time to get over to LP field for the nightly shows that last til midnight...by the time we'd get out of traffic and to the room it was 1am....so exhausting, but it was fun!

6. Friday while we were there, I waited in line for 3.5 hours to meet Sara Evans, and then didn't get to. Turns out she had her fan club party to go to. Before I knew that, I was pissed. I thought that sucked pretty bad to leave after everyone had waited all that time.

7. Also people were cutting in line, and this young girl next to me went up and cussed them out. She just did what we all wanted to but weren't brave enough. I was scared she was going to start a fight, and her sister was mortified.

8. You get to know the people you're in line with really well...after hours on end. We met some really nice people while there.


Vacanick
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07-12-2004

Sunday, June 15, 2008 - 9:11 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Vacanick a private message Print Post    
8.1 Hi Jbean ... I can't wait to see your new tattoo!

Cinnamongirl
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01-10-2001

Sunday, June 15, 2008 - 3:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cinnamongirl a private message Print Post    
1. Wow, sounds like you had a blast Jbean. I'd love to meet Trisha too

2. My ex cried when he opened his homemade Fathers Day card (when he came to pick up our son for the morning). I'd don't know why but I got some kind of pleasure from that ;)

3. Made a huge spinach salad (thinks of Dahli) for our BIG Fathers Day dinner tonight.

4. I have two sil's that have lost their dads this past year and will be having a sad day. My heart breaks for them..

5. Kitty brought in a mole overnight. Grrrr! at least this one was dead :-)

6. Went thru a touchless car wash this morning...and the machine broke down in the middle of it...car was full of soap and no attendant in site...grrrrrr

7. I've never had a manicure or pedicure....nor do I sport any tattoos... :-(

8. Looking to buy a new BBQ

9. Beautiful Sunny Day here

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Friday, June 20, 2008 - 1:13 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
1. Darren's birthday was Tuesday. We had a nice day

2 He celebrated by going to the DMV to renew his drivers license and promptly failed the eye test and now has to wear glasses to drive. I admit it, I cracked a couple jokes about his age (he's only 37, not even close to old.) He got me back by reminding me I wasn't too far behind, lol.

3. Dakota's feeling much better. She still has four more days of meds to take, but by Tuesday she was back to her usual self.

4. Sis and bil set up their pool today. The kidlets are all excited. I'm going to feel very badly breaking it to them that they won't be going over every day to swim...with gas prices the way they are I'm not driving over there every day and it's too far to walk.

5. Dakota's best friend called and invited her to her house to swim today. Even though her brother wasn't there she also invited Caleb which I thought was really nice.

6. Today was a day of nice. Caleb bought himself a video game the other day with his birthday money and it didn't work. We took it back this morning and he got another, cheaper game. Then he offered to help Kota buy a DS game with the left over money.

7. She, in turn, did one of his chores and brought the trash cans up from the curb and rinsed them out.

8. I've never had a manicure or pedicure (the thought of someone touching my feet creeps me out) either, but I do have three tattoos.

9. So far, I'm really happy with how well this summer break is going. There are days I want to drop the kids off at school and leave them there til August, lol, but for the most part it's been pretty nice. They've had friends over, they've gone to friend's houses, they've been doing their chores and reading, playing outside and keeping themselves busy. I haven't heard too many, "I'm bored"'s.

10. My baby niece is starting to crawl. I was begining to think she would skip that phase, she had this way of twisting, turning, and scooting herself across the room that has worked really well for her, lol. But, earlier this week she got up on all four and scampered off like she's been doing it for months.

Texasdeb
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05-23-2003

Friday, June 20, 2008 - 6:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texasdeb a private message Print Post    
1) a wk of he!! for me back @ the office after a wk off. I worked (again) over 50 hrs. I'm salary so I know that's just part of it - but, come on - my salary hasn't increased since I used to work around 42 hrs/wk but my work load has.

Jbean
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01-05-2002

Sunday, June 22, 2008 - 3:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jbean a private message Print Post    
1. I am so flippin' sick of rain, flooding and storms! I had to replace my dialup modem due to forgetting to unplug the phone line Thursday night. That was a JOY!

2. Oh, btw, I'm gonna have a new niece on Thursday! They are inducing my sister at 8am. Her name will be Kendall Rae! Details to follow....


Texasdeb
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05-23-2003

Sunday, June 22, 2008 - 7:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texasdeb a private message Print Post    
2.2 - Jbean, looking forward to hearing more about your new niece, Kendall Rae!

1) really lazy wk-end for me. Frank got off early Thurs.19th & doesn't go back to work until July 7. He's a Network Engineer at the school district & the whole dept. is off.

2) Frank says he is going to be more constructive than usual on this time off - time will tell LOL.

3) Got a disturbing e-mail from a very good friend. I work for a lg co. & she holds the same position as I do at a different location. I actually was her mentor back in 1998. Anyway, she e-mailed me on my personal e-mail that she got suspended. I'm really worried about her.

Cinnamongirl
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01-10-2001

Tuesday, June 24, 2008 - 10:39 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cinnamongirl a private message Print Post    
1. Next Tuesday is Canada Day so we get the Monday off too, and since I don't work on Fridays, I'll get a nice 5 day weekend...and its supposed to be nice and warm, bordering on hot!

2. Time to get the kiddie pool and sprinklers out

3. I think Jujus already been by my house this morning (while I'm at work) to drop off a stash of Borax!!. YAY!! So extremeley nice of her to do that :-)

4. One of my best friends is trying to set me up with a guy she knows....and I'm too scared!

Yay! for Kendall Rae

Schoolmarm
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02-18-2001

Tuesday, June 24, 2008 - 2:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Schoolmarm a private message Print Post    
1. I am home....until Saturday.

2. I have friends coming tomorrow for a children's concert and swim! YAY!

3. I miss old friends who I haven't seen for a while.

4. YAY for the new baby...hope all goes well.

5. I am a little tired from NYC and heavy work yesterday and today.

Texasdeb
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05-23-2003

Tuesday, June 24, 2008 - 8:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texasdeb a private message Print Post    
1) bluh - didn't get out of the office today until 7:45.

2) Boss calls an unplanned mgmt meeting @ 6:30 p.m. - we're all there trying to get caught up so I guess in his mind it was a perfect time.

3) I was about ready to leave when he called the meeting so I'll be OK work load wise.

4) I already am working 55-60 hrs/wk trying to make my dept. get where it needs to be.

5) He tells us we shouldn't be having to work so many hrs to keep our dept's running & that we all have time mgmt probs.

6) funny thing is - he's only been our Boss since Feb. & prior to him becoming our boss, none of us worked these kind of hrs. Makes ya wander.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Tuesday, July 01, 2008 - 1:55 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
1. The kids have been swimming a lot the last few weeks.

2. Dakota's been very good about putting in her earplugs, too bad she waited til after she got swimmers ear to start doing it!

3. Kids, kids, kids. Dakota's bff spent the night here Wednesday and most of the day then they went to her friends house Thursday night. Caleb's friend came over Friday night and left Saturday. Sunday was quiet but then today my nieces came over and tomorrow my nephew is coming. I think Kota has plans to have her friend over Wednesday.

4. No complaints from me, they've been happy being busy and having things to do.

5. Darren's talking about going deep sea fishing again mid-July. They did pretty well this weekend and caught their limit on fish.

6. My aunt's tv went out today so we went to buy her a new one. I think Darren enjoys shopping for techy stuff even if its not for him, lol.

7. I've been working on new ways of decorating those cheap, crafty picture frames. Right now I'm doing them with fabric and they're coming out pretty cute.

Cinnamongirl
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01-10-2001

Tuesday, July 01, 2008 - 7:26 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cinnamongirl a private message Print Post    
1. Beautiful day for Canada Day, perfect for fireworks later on..

2. Having a lady come by this morning and hopefully buy my dining room table I advertised on craigslist.

3. Got my air conditioner (window style) in the other day...whew! good thing too, its been b*tching hot here for the past few days...pretty unbearable

4. Just finished putting out peanuts for the squirrels and have to put fresh water in the birdbath..

5. Watched the Bachelorette last night and I'm really hoping for a Jason win...

6. Bought a really fun sprinkler for Matt, will have to try it out later today

7. Getting ready to make pancakes

8. Hoping the day goes AWESOME for Karen, who's in Belize getting hitched today!! Yay for Karen & Donners

Schoolmarm
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02-18-2001

Tuesday, July 01, 2008 - 11:21 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Schoolmarm a private message Print Post    
1. I'm having an AWESOME time in Munich!

2. I'm in an apartment, with my own room, and two other ladies sharing. The land lady is very nice.

3. I have a kitchen! I can cook!

4. And it's a heck of a lot cheaper than the hostel or dorms that I usually stay in.

5. The weather here is hot, but beautiful.

6. I have massive, get up at 2 am jet lag. Jet lag bites!

7. Yay for Karen and Donners!

8. Yay for everyone else who needs a Yay!

9. I'm so happy, I don't want to leave here. I might just stay! It's good to have broken my jinx of disastrous European trips. Got my luggage, people are nice to me, I'm not lonely....life is good. I think that I will be thinking in German in a couple of days. It really came back fast this time.

Texasdeb
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05-23-2003

Saturday, July 05, 2008 - 8:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texasdeb a private message Print Post    
1) I went to a nail saloon by myself today.

2) the pedicure I got included hot wax teatment, hot towels, & other stuff I don't know what I got but I paid for.

3) the manicure was too simple - the "girl" actually came over to my chair & did it.

4) I'm addicted - War, DON'T ever get either or you will get pulled into this Asian addiction.

5) my asst. @ work has multi-personalities.

6) I've known this for awhile but have - - - what do we say - - - let her show herself.

7) she already tried to hang me for her problems & I got called by upper mgmt. on it (not cool)

8) I kept my big mouth shut because she will hang herself.

9) Frank cleaned up & organized the garage. That's a good thing.

10) I think I've finally figured out a childhood reciepe:

Lime jello cottage cheese salad: I'll tell ya later if I got it.

Cinnamongirl
Member

01-10-2001

Monday, July 07, 2008 - 9:24 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cinnamongirl a private message Print Post    
1. My cat...hmmmm. My cat thought it would be a good idea to bring home a mouse at 2am..and play with it in the livingroom for an hour or so...The poor little mouse was shrieking and scurrying all around. I locked myself in my room and shut my sons door....and waited it out. Came out later to find poor little mouse deceased. I took him outside...went back to bed...woke up, sat on edge of bed stretching and out of the corner of my eye..I see a mouse run down the hallway. OMG!!! I opened up all the doors and haven't seen him since..... If its not fleas, its mice!! I'm not really a cat person

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Monday, July 07, 2008 - 10:05 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
1. I'm sorry Cinnamongirl. Mice are icky. Right behind our neighborhood (which is across the street from me) there is a wash thingie (if there was a flood water would go through there rather than the neighborhood.) It's usually overgrown with weeds and bushes and home to many creepy crawlies that live in our desert. Twice a year, the city goes out and bulldozes everything (would be a fire hazard to let it go too much) and all those creepy crawlies head straight to our neighborhood when they lose their homes. The squirrels and rabbits are cute and I enjoy watching them. The bugs, mice and snakes I could do without.

1.5 I've said for years if we'd known about this before we'd bought the house, we'd never have bought it. Last year was the worst ever, there were actually several snakes in the street over the course of a week or so and the mice were horrible. We've learned to do what we can to minimize the risk of getting them (all food is put into plastic containers with lids, keep things clean, I wipe everything down with bleach...ok, don't know if that really helps but it makes me feel better, lol.) Several years ago we started using D-Con and that worked wonders in getting rid of the mice. However, this year we decided against using poison with my little nephew being far more mobile and having the new puppy and we're getting them bad again. Darren set out fresh traps the other night and we caught four of the little suckers in about 30 minutes. Unfortunately, I know there are more because I keep hearing them. Oh and puppies aren't much better than cats, the other day, PJ brought a dead mouse in from outside and dropped it in the middle of the floor. The damn thing looked freshly killed so I'm guessing she did it (Harvey doesn't bother with the mice) which just made me even happier that we didn't put out poison!

2. I'm trying to figure out what I want to do today. Clean around my house, do laundry, just veg, or go to my aunts. But, while I sit pondering this I'm getting absolutely nothing done!

Cinnamongirl
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01-10-2001

Monday, July 07, 2008 - 10:42 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cinnamongirl a private message Print Post    
1.6 ewwwwww Wargod! I think I've heard you talk about that before..snakes, mice..ick! My dog, whos gone now, used to love to catch mice and rats too..never brought one in the house though, thank goodness...but the cat just HAS to showoff, look at what I brought you mom....why do they have to do that?

2.1 Good luck with figuring out your day...Sometimes its just nice not to do anything, give yourself a break :-)

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Monday, July 07, 2008 - 11:08 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
1. Yep, you probably have heard me complain about them. The worse they are, the more I complain, lol. Our older dog has the attitude that if they leave him alone, he'll leave them alone. He's only gone after a mouse once and it was teasing him, I swear it was, lol! He just reached out and swatted it. PJ though is quite a bit friskier and bringing one in that I think she killed, I have a feeling she'll be chasing em down.

2. LOL, I figured out my week after talking to my sister. I am doing my house today, my aunts tomorrow, then Wed or Thur my nieces will come here for the day and Friday my kidlets will go to sis' for the day. Considering the fact that I have had everyone elses kids here since summer started, I am looking forward to a day with no kidlets and nothing to do!

3. LOL, speaking of kidlets, Dakota just crawled her lazy butt out of bed! She's been enjoying her summer break, staying up late and sleeping late.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Thursday, July 10, 2008 - 2:43 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
1. Dakota's friend came over Monday night for a sleepover and she's been here ever since. We're not complaining, we like having her around since it gives Kota someone to play with. When she goes home, I have a feeling Kota will go with her, lol.

2. It has been soooo hot here the last few days. It got up to 115 today. It wouldn't be so bad except there's no real relief, at midnight it was still 100!

3. Darren is taking a psychology class right now in college. He came home tonight and told me to remind him tomorrow about cereal killers. I said, Huh? He said he has to do a report on cereal killers this week and didn't write it down, needs me to remind him. I was still looking at him totally confused wondering what the heck he's supposed to write about, soured milk? Bugs? Mice? What the heck is a cereal killer? He said you know, like Charles Manson. I'm embarrassed to admit I still stood there a few seconds wondering what the heck Manson did to the cereal before it dawned on me Darren was talking about serial killers! In my defense, I haven't been getting too much sleep lately and I've been playing around with a migraine for several days on top of having a hearing loss, it wasn't my fault, lol.

4. I'm taking the kidlets to my sisters tomorrow (again) to swim. I don't think I've seen them wearing anything but swimsuits for the last week, lol.

Cinnamongirl
Member

01-10-2001

Monday, July 14, 2008 - 2:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cinnamongirl a private message Print Post    
2.5 OMG Wargod!! 115.. thats insane. Hope its cooled down a bit for ya
....and funny story on the cereal killers

1. Beautiful stretch of weather we're having. We get a great view here of Mt.Baker in Washington State and its just been so spectacular lately. Love it! Thank you Washington

2. Just made the Dump Cake, thats been talked about in the Cooking thread, for last coffee break at work and it went over very well, course they like about anything someone else is going to make for them.

3. Have absolutely no clue what to make for dinner. I hate that

4. gave my son a haircut yesterday and it didn't go so well. He was fine when I started out but after 2 cuts he freaked out and didn't want me to do anymore. ACK!! it took me all day but I got a cut or two in here and there and its somewhat presentable now....but barely! how frustrating :-)

5. One weeks total for my cat... 6 mice & 1 bird. Man, I wish he'd cut it out already!

Wargod
Moderator

07-16-2001

Monday, July 14, 2008 - 9:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
1. Well, it has cooled down, Cinnamongirl, but it's been so humid it's miserable. Today was the first day it wasn't so bad, but still hot.

2. And ewwww. I'd freak out way more over the bird than the mice, lol.

3. The kids have had friends here the last couple days. Dakota's bff spent the night last night, tonight they're at the bff's house. Caleb's buddy came over today for a few hours, along with my 2 year old nephew.

4. My nephews going to be a big brother any day now. His mommy's belly is soooo big that they play a game where he hides under it and she pretends she can't find him (she said she really can't see him down there, lol!)

5. I think Caleb's bored and lonely without Dakota here. He's spent more time than usual with me and Darren tonight. When I asked he swore he wasn't and wondered if she could stay with her friend another day, lol.

6. I didn't eat much for dinner tonight (wasn't all that hungry) and now I'm starting to regret it cuz I'm getting hungry! Wonder what I have in the kitchen?

Texasdeb
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05-23-2003

Thursday, July 17, 2008 - 4:50 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texasdeb a private message Print Post    
1) I got wrote up at the office Tues. I was all loaded up ready to leave at about 6:45 & poked my head in the bosses office to wave him that I was leaving & he asked me to sit down. Pretty soon the svc mgr shows up & the door gets shut.

2) he got me for insubordination & conduct unbecoming to a manager.

3) Around 1:00 when he got back from lunch (I didn't take a lunch). I'm working like a robot & realizing that again, I set there & let my lunch ruin only eating a few bites because of all of the work interuptions. I am disgusted about this because I was really hungry.

4) He started asking me about updates on a project that I do know something about but not any of the current issues on it because he took it from me over a wk ago & said he was going to do some work on it & try to get some things figured out.

5) I reminded him that I wouldn't know the current status of this project because he has it & I haven't even seen it in awhile.

6) I am a very direct speaking person & with all of the stress, I will admit that I can see how he might have felt I was trying to play boss on him (trust me - not with him - you can't even tell him he makes a mistake. Everyone knows this & even though you have to show him mistakes, you NEVER point the finger at him - you just have to pretend you don't know how it happened).

7) He & I seem to be OK now but, I still have that stupid write up in my personnel file & have to really be careful how I deal with him in the future. It's not the most pleasant envirnment..

Denecee
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09-05-2002

Friday, July 18, 2008 - 9:49 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Denecee a private message Print Post    
1. It's been two weeks since I last saw my youngest dd and her two boys.
2. and it has not been easy, it feels like someone took my own kids away.
3. I am happy that they are finally a family again since son-in-law made it safely back from Iraq
4. I already am planning on a January vist to them in Fort Bragg, NC
5. finally getting over the stress of my vacation<--not sure if most people would call it that
6. my only grandaughter who is 7 will be spending the night tonight and I am looking forward to spoiling her
7. Texasdeb has way more control than I do because I would not take the rap for his crap!
8. I am so happy it's Friday

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Tuesday, July 22, 2008 - 1:41 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
1. I'm sorry Texasdeb, that kind of working environment can suck so bad, even if it's just one person making it like that.

2. Ack Denecee, I didn't realize your dd and grandsons were leaving. For a good reason of course, but still sad.

3. Kids were supposed to spend the night at my sisters tonight, but Dakota, who'd been complaining about her ear, started to run a fever and felt really lousy. We picked them up and brought them home.

4. I'll be taking her to the dr tomorrow. She's been up several times tonight since going to bed, she just really doesn't feel well.

5. My youngest niece is also having probs with her ear. She seemed just fine yesterday and today but was really complaining tonight so she'll be going to the dr tomorrow too.

6. We had a housefull of kids this weekend. Caleb's buddy and Kota's bff both spent the night, my nieces spent one night. Not complaining, I enjoy the fact that the kids and their friends (and my nieces) want to spend time here.

7. Caleb has his allowance money and is all set to go spend it. I'm trying to talk him into saving it. Up until recently he was really doing well saving his money, but seems like all of a sudden all he wants to do is spend. Not sure if we should set a certain amount he has to save or just let him do what he sees fit with his money though. Are we really teaching him anything if we're forcing him to do something or other with it?

8. Dakota, on the other hand, is really getting into saving money. When I did my aunts banking earlier this week, she was with me and found out they have childrens savings accounts which also give some rewards back for how much they save. She's very excited about opening her own account and has been saving her money to do it (has to have $25 to open the account.)

9. I need to have one of my tires on the minivan checked. It keeps getting low and we can't figure out why (don't see anything in it.) I was supposed to do that today but didn't get out of the house til this afternoon.

Jewels
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09-23-2000

Wednesday, July 23, 2008 - 7:54 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jewels a private message Print Post    
1. It has been way to long since I have been in here, I had to come and see how my fellow factoiders are doing!

2. We have had a pretty exciting summer so far. We are still working on our house..... We spent the first few weeks preparing to pour the cement for some new basement walls. Our basement is more like a cellar so it is just cement walls. We were moving where our stairs are so we can have a bigger back portch when the remodel is done. So tht means extending some walls. Of course after spending weeks digging out all the dirt by hand.

3. We worked for 2 weeks night and day, I'm not kidding, to build all the forms and get them set in prepartation of the pour. The day came to do the pour, my family came to help....it was over 100 degrees, the concrete was really thick, one of our forms failed and we had to stop when we were 75% done. It was a frustrating day.

4. We re-grouped and re-poured the following weekend. Jim had some friends come over this time (they were much more efficient than my family!). The pour went greeat, everyone went home and we were beyond happy to have it all done.

5. Jim was skreeting the concrete (while standing on a 2x3 piece of wood being used as a brace about 5 feet up in the air) and I was there making some stepping stones out of the leftover concrete when all of the sudden the wood Jim was standing on gave out and he fell. He fell on his side against another brace and then kind of just slid down to the ground. He made the worst pained sound I've ever heard. Now he is down in the basement, there are no stairs to get out, just blocks and stuff set up. Somehow, he managed to climb out of the there while I was screaming for my sister next door. Long story short, we called 911, he went to the hospital, final result: cracked ribs. That was two weeks ago and he is still in horrible pain. No work has been done on the house, we are way behind schedule, he's frustrated, I'm exhausted and our yard is a mess. It could have been alot worse though and he will eventually heal, thank goodness. It was so scary though.

6. The night before Jim's accident, Jake took a header in our street in some packed gravel. He didn't get his hands out to brace himself fast enough so the impact was on his forehead, another horrible sound to hear. From the bridge of his nose up into his hairline was just one big mess. We also think he had a mild concussion, but he his all healed up now.

7. The kids are currently staying at my mom and dads for a few days. It's been very quiet in my house, it's a nice break, but I miss them.

8. I went to my 20 year high school class reunion last weekend. It was so much fun! I loved seeing everyone again. The girls haven't changed much, but the guys sure have!

9. We had an adventure getting to the reunion though...I grew up in a town that is about 4 hours away so we picked up my husband at work at noon and hit the freeway. About 30 miles south of town a truck pulls alongside us and tells us we have a flat. I had no idea. So we pulled over at a truck stop, hauled all the luggage out of the trunk and got out the jack and spare bicycle tire. I proceeded to jack up the car (too hard for Jim to do with broken ribs and all) and as soon as I got it high enough, the jack breaks and the car falls. Luckily it didn't smash anything. So Jim borrows a jack from someone else in the parking lot. We try again, get it jacked up, get the spare on and the spare is flat! So we wonder around looking for air, find it, get it filled and find out a back way into the next biggest city so I don't have to get back on the freeway. We make it to the tire store through the back roads. I took my set of car keys off of my big key ring so I could hand them to the service guy. I then turned to get the tire out of the back seat, when I turned back around with the tire, I dropped my keys, saw them hit the ground and then bounce into the big drain in the middle of the parking lot, filled with water. I about had a nervous breakdown! The nice people there got out a pump and some 50 gallon drums pumped out the water and reached 4 feet down to retrieve my keys. What else can go wrong? Luckily, it was uneventful the rest of the trip!

10. I hope all my factoider friends are doing well. I'm going to go back upthread and get all caught up!