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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Thursday, November 27, 2008 - 11:00 am
RN I'm in tears, yes again, after having just watched the Special Needs Color guard perform on the Macy's Parade.
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Thursday, November 27, 2008 - 11:26 am
RN, one of my nieces just picked my mother up to take her to my sister's house for Thanksgiving dinner. Whee, nearly 1/2 a day without having to cook something, find something that was lost, fix something that was broken, to buy something she is out of...you get the picture. It's MY Thanksgiving! I think I'll get Arby's for my dinner later on!
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Thursday, November 27, 2008 - 11:33 am
Right now, this is our first Thanksgiving without our kids with us. Elizabeth is in Florida with her boyfriend's family and Justin will be having dinner at his girlfriend's house with her family. We are heading over to my brother's but it will be different, that's for sure. Hukd, enjoy your "me" time. Have a glass of Quik for me.
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Thursday, November 27, 2008 - 12:34 pm
RN I'm letting hubby sleep for another hour before we have to get ready to go. He was up half the night checking on the turkeys he was smoking so he's pretty pooped out. Its so worth it, though. Smoked turkey YUMMMMM.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Thursday, November 27, 2008 - 2:35 pm
Right now, plans have changed and Justin will be with us after all. I'm happy anyway.
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Riviere
Member
09-09-2000
| Friday, November 28, 2008 - 2:48 am
RN ~ Glad that old Ben Franklin never got his way to declare the turkey as America's Bird...
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Eeyoreslament
Member
07-20-2003
| Friday, November 28, 2008 - 5:55 am
RN, I am avoiding finishing my term paper, which is due in 5 hours, along with a 15 minute presentation. I have been up for about 20 hours so far, and will not be going to sleep for at least another 9 hours. This bums me out. I hate school right now. I know it's almost over, but I still hate it. I sorrrrt of have some momentum right now, bt my eyes are heavy, so I am debating stopping to take a shower to wake myself up, but I risk losing focus and getting out of the writing zone. But the writing zone isn't much of a zone either, as I am constantly thinking about how tired I am.
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Friday, November 28, 2008 - 6:35 am
RN, here ya go, Eeyore. A couple of bangs on the table should get you back in the saddle. You're almost there, keep going!

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Texasdeb
Member
05-23-2003
| Friday, November 28, 2008 - 9:07 am
RN - been up since 6:30 cst. read the paper, ate a ham sandwich & small slice each of pumpkin & pecan pie. Thinking about going to the bedroom & reading - maybe napping. DS & his GF stayed at the motel a mile from here but were planning on doing black Friday. They'll be over some time today. Oh well - I'm on holiday break & I'm staying in my jammies for awhile longer.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Friday, November 28, 2008 - 9:36 am
Rn I'm at work bored as hell.
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Dogdoc
Member
09-29-2001
| Friday, November 28, 2008 - 2:36 pm
RN I am watching A Christmas Carol starring Alistair Sim. I watch it every Christmas.
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Cinnamongirl
Member
01-10-2001
| Friday, November 28, 2008 - 3:12 pm
RN...Just got back from visiting Santa at the Mall...whew! done! mark that off the list 
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Kc103
Member
07-13-2004
| Friday, November 28, 2008 - 5:09 pm
RN it saddens me to no end that someone had to lose his life so that the crazed shoppers could get their goods on "Black Friday." What is wrong with people? Personally, I'd like to see this whole "Black Friday" frenzy disappear. JMO of course.
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Neko
Member
08-03-2001
| Friday, November 28, 2008 - 5:43 pm
Rn, I have to agree with you Kc. Some people want to hold the people who trampled him accountable, because since this happens every year, and no one gets in trouble for it due to the fact it's a "mass/mob" mentality. I mean, a pregnant woman had to be taken to the hospital, and some guy tried to break up a fight and got thrown down and arrested by the cops for it (last year). No "holiday deal" is worth a person's life, even if it isn't someone you know.
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Rissa
Member
03-20-2006
| Friday, November 28, 2008 - 5:57 pm
We had a Future Shop open nearby a few months ago and the grand opening had some real great door-crasher specials in addition to the nothing-great sale prices. The line up went around the big warehouse bldg and off into the back parking lot. What FS staff did was come out about half an hour before the doors opened and asked each person in line what they were there for. If they were there for a door-crasher TV (for ie) they would be given a coupon to claim it inside, if they wanted a Wii they got a coupon for that, etc. Once all the coupons were gone the rest of the line was informed of such. You could still go in for the other sale items but there was no stampeding for those door-crashers. It worked really well and was much more fair then whoever runs the fastest and pushes the hardest.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Sunday, November 30, 2008 - 11:49 pm
RN, we saw the coolest thing today. Dakota and I'd gone grocery shopping and then ran over to my aunts house. Just as we were getting out we heard a double sonic boom. Normally, there's no doubting what it is, the space shuttle is the only thing to make the double sonic boom sound, but we weren't expecting it to land here and it sounded much louder than usual. As I did a quick scan of the sky, I actually saw the shuttle coming in and was able to point it out for Kota and sis and bil who'd come outside to see what the noise was. The shuttle used to land at Edwards often, but now only when the weather is bad in Florida, and I've seen it as it was being piggybacked back to Florida, but I've never actually seen it flying in for a landing! Totally cool!
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Marej
Member
09-20-2002
| Monday, December 01, 2008 - 1:02 pm
RN...did anyone watch the Britney special on MTV last night? I'm sure they will repeat it a million times. But, since Daddy got to be in charge of her life and won't let her drive, etc; she said it is like Groundhog Day, nothing exciting happens, every day, except when she has her kids. Silly me actually felt sorry for her when she got weepy. She got asked why she shaved her head and drove around in the middle of the night acting crazy and she didn't really answer. But she has to sell her new album, and shedding a few tears might help.
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Neko
Member
08-03-2001
| Monday, December 01, 2008 - 1:11 pm
RN, Wow Marej. That came off as really harsh. I watched it last night too. I felt actually really bad for her. Yes, some of the problems she's had were of her own devices, but did you see that guy screaming when she tried to go shopping then had to get back into the car and leave? Can you imagine living a life like that and not having problems?? She's going to be like Madonna, popular even when she's older so she's got a lot of years of this kind of life ahead of her. I know I'd go a bit crazy trying to live my own life while under such intense scrutiny of others.
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Tishala
Member
08-01-2000
| Monday, December 01, 2008 - 1:13 pm
RN War, OMG. I was wondering what the big boom was yesterday--I thought a tree fell down in the neighborhood!--and now I feel so much better knowing. LOL.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, December 01, 2008 - 1:22 pm
RN Tish, I'd read that it had been heard quite a ways a way! Do you usually hear it? I've heard many landings, but don't think I've ever heard one that loud. People were coming out of their houses looking around to see what it was. I read in the paper this morning that it set car alarms off all over the valley and people were calling the sheriff stations reporting sounds of shots and/or explosions!
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Tishala
Member
08-01-2000
| Monday, December 01, 2008 - 1:32 pm
RN War, I think so. I remember hearing it one day at UCLA when I was walking to my car and everyone looked around like "WTH?" But like you said they don't land here very often, so it's kinda a surprise. The thing is, I only heard the one boom and not the other. I think if I'd heard the other one I wouldn't have been so confused.
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Wednesday, December 03, 2008 - 5:20 pm
RN: Brian Shul is standing at my desk https://galleryonepublishing.com/sleddriver/
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Mak1
Member
08-12-2002
| Wednesday, December 03, 2008 - 6:18 pm
Right then, that must have been cool, Escapee! RN, I'm enjoying our Christmas tree lights. 
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Thursday, December 04, 2008 - 8:33 am
RN 'wow' Escapee! Bet you were flyin' high with excitement when ya saw him! Grin.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Thursday, December 04, 2008 - 8:34 am
RN Makkie, that reminds me I have to get our little Christmas tree / Chanukkah bush, up and decorated.
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