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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Saturday, December 19, 2009 - 12:10 am
1. Nothing wrong with a little insanity, Hermi, embrace it! Though, I thought you already had your nose pierced? 2. He did fantastic! Had his first solo, which he kept secret from us until his teacher announced it as they were going to the stage and was why he was so nervous about the concert. 3. Aw, I'm sorry you missed the concert, but having taken younger kids....they get totally bored and twitchy. You let your sis enjoy seeing nephew play without being distracted. 4. I took Kota and two older nieces with me to Caleb's but only cuz I knew it was going to be pretty short. Last years concerts lasted an hour and a half with the choir, band, and guitar kids all playing, this year we only have guitar at our school so the concert was only half an hour long. And the girls were only still for the first song, lol, but at least it was the one with Caleb's solo. 5. Vacation started here today too. And we already had our first kid visitor, Caleb's buddy came over for a few hours. 6. Nieces are coming tomorrow. We're going to see the Griffith Park Christmas lights and the three of them are going with us. The baby will go home when we get back, but older two are going to spend the night. I've got Prep and Landing tivo'd that they haven't seen yet and I'm going to help them make their mommy some jewelry for Christmas. 7. Caleb has the sniffles and a small cough too Hermi, says he doesn't feel great, but not really bad either. 8. Dakota was very grumpy today, which is normally a bad sign for her health. She also went to bed pretty early, also not a great sign. But, no complaints of not feeling well so maybe she's just tired and grumpy. 9. Hoping neither of them gets really sick since this is our busy weekend. Besides the nieces and Griffith park, Sunday is the Christmas train we're going to see.
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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Saturday, December 19, 2009 - 2:03 am
9.1 Hope they both end up feeling fine. Bad time of the year to be sick! I remember the year I had chicken pox at Christmas. Of course I was young and had a blast telling Santa all about it. 9.2 It's 4 a.m. I'm crazy to be up still. Good grief. 9.3 No, never had my nose done, but I have wanted to for awhile so maybe that is what you are remembering. I have my tongue pierced and I used to have my navel and my nipples but those wouldn't heal completely and I ended up taking out the piercings after more than year passed and they still weren't completely healed. 9.4 I think I will try to get some sleep! It's really okay because I won't be going anywhere today. We easily have over 8 inches of snow out there and my area doesn't really have the equipment to deal with any of it in a timely manner because we don't get snow like this that often so it's not budgeted for. I'm liable to be stuck through Monday!
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Sunday, December 20, 2009 - 9:41 am
1. I was in the snow for three years when we lived in Kansas. We were young and enjoyed it. My parents didn't. 2. I'm glad I'm in Northern California now. If I want the snow I can drive to it. And then drive home. 3. Nicholas is second year trumpet. He has a concert the second week in January at the Jr. High. I'm looking forward to it! 4. I missed Nicholas' first concert last year because it was on the day I got my cancer diagnosis. I was to upset to attend. 5. This year will be different. I'll have pictures! 6. What instrument does Caleb play? 7. I can't remember the last time I stayed awake until 4 am. Crazy Hermi! lol! 8. I'm more of a go to bed early kind of girl. I love the mornings. 9. With that said, my son and nephew are both still asleep. My dog is even asleep on my bed. lol! 10. Time for coffee! Happy Sunday everyone!!
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Marysafan
Member
08-07-2000
| Sunday, December 20, 2009 - 12:38 pm
1. Making Joy Philbin's Sweet Potato/Orange cassarole recipe for family get together tonight. That is if Rach gets back from the store with the sweet potatoes soon! YES! Rach and her family are here! So I'm having a ball playing grandma!
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Southern_grits
Member
10-08-2009
| Sunday, December 20, 2009 - 2:46 pm
Yay! for playing Grandma, I'm looking forward to that too, even tho I have one grand, and his Daddy, living with me and hubby. 1. Allow me to de-lurk, I'm southern and gritty, and I feel like I know you all already. (Hope that doesn't sound creepy.) I hit the big half century mark a couple months ago, been married 31 years, 2 sons, 4 granddaughters, one grandson. 2. Two of those granddaughters and my oldest son will be here Wednesday and in addition to cleaning my tookas off I've been busy printing coloring pages, mazes, word searches, ect. to put in folders for each grand. A few pretty pencils and new crayons will all be wrapped together with the folders for each child to open when the girls get here (the boy lives here). Bet it keeps 'em busy for at least 5 minutes.
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Southern_grits
Member
10-08-2009
| Sunday, December 20, 2009 - 2:49 pm
2a. Heh, I kinda left out how very much I am looking forward to my son's and granddaughters' visit.
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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Sunday, December 20, 2009 - 5:34 pm
1. Hi Southern Grits. I like your name! I hope everyone is enjoying their families! 2. I cleaned off my car today and my townhome parking lot looks pretty clear so I think I will venture out tomorrow. 3. I have to make cheesecakes for Christmas.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Sunday, December 20, 2009 - 11:02 pm
1. Hi Southern Grits! Welcome! 2. Vnick, Caleb plays accoustic guitar, this is his second year (and last year in school, the high school doesn't have guitar.) 3. I'm sorry you missed Nicholas' concert last year, though completely understandable you did! 4. Cheesecake is a holiday tradition here, Hermi. Bil's mother used to make them and after she died, sis started making them. I love it, can't eat too much, but I love it.
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Monday, December 21, 2009 - 12:11 pm
1. I have to work the next 3 days. 2. And 3. I'm not 4. happy about it! 5. lolol! 
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Jeep
Member
10-17-2001
| Monday, December 21, 2009 - 12:40 pm
1. My office closes at noon tomorrow and does not reopen until Monday 12/28. Yeah! 2. There is 24" of snow all around my house and the main road in front is just a tractor path. Yeah! for farmers that help us get to work! Boo for the state road plows. I hate to shovel. 3. With so much snow and poor road conditions, I will probably not be able to get flowers to my mom & dad's grave site for Christmas. But I will be thinking of them. 4. I bought my brother a digital camera for Christmas. He helps me all year long with the things I cannot do myself around my house. It's a small repayment in my opinion. 5. I bought myself several Nora Roberts books to read over the holidays. I plan to relax and watch the snow melt! LOL 6. I did my own fingernail art last night and they look really nice, if I may say so myself.
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Southern_grits
Member
10-08-2009
| Monday, December 21, 2009 - 2:48 pm
1. Many thanks for the welcomes! I am glad you like my name, Hermione. 2. I just finished printing out all those coloring pages and word searches. I used all the ink in the printer and we just bought the durn thing. Oh well, hubby has been printing the life out of it too. 3. I hope the g-kids like it, aside from mounds of candy for their stockings that's all they may get from me. Both santasons couldn't afford Christmas this year, so we donated what we were going to spend on the grands to them. It's something hubby's mother did for us several times and I am happy to carry on that tradition. I feel like Santa (but thankfully, without the beard). 4. GS is in his room coughing like crazy. Just what I need, lol, sick kids at Christmas. 5. And I really, really don't want to be sick either. I gots a lot of Grannying to catch up on. 6. I last saw the girls in June. We spent every night for 4 nights coming up with stories off the top of our heads. Oldest GD had her mother and me ROFLOAO for 3 hours over her saga about a family of ducks and how the daddy duck had no sense at all because everyone knows men do not grow brains or mature until they are 40 and he was only 37. He misread the tax bill and thought he owed $230,000 and was all in a tizzy til his wife picked up the bill, looked at it, and slapped him with it because he misread it and he only owed $23. And to stop worrying about all those Washington IRS guys cause everyone knows they are just ducks in suits anyway. Then she aged him to 50 and poof! he got up on his birthday, threw out his back, and yelled for his cane. (At which point my 7 yo GD said (Where'd it go?) All this from a ten year old! 7. I can't wait to see how she tops that!
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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Monday, December 21, 2009 - 8:08 pm
1. That's really funny, Southern_grits! 2. Jeep, I wish I could see your fingernail art. I am way too lazy to do mine! 3. I ventured forth today for the first time since the storm. 4. The main roads were pretty clear, but the side roads were a mess. 5. I thought I would slide into a parked car. We southerners are pathetic at driving on snow! 6. I've had a headache for two days. I think it's too much video game time. Maybe I should go read a book! 7. My nieces and nephews are really excited about Christmas. They are such fun. 8. I need to figure out what to do with my dog so I can spend Christmas Eve night with them. There is nothing like watching the faces of children who still believes in Santa Claus light up on Christmas morning.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, December 21, 2009 - 11:16 pm
1. Southern Grits, that is a great idea with the coloring pages and activitiy pages. It'll give them something to do that's calm and keep them busy while waiting for the Big Guy's visit! 2. Also a very sweet Christmas tradition to help your kids out. The most important thing is the grandkids are happy and they will be. 3. Hermi, can your pup go with you? 4. Sis and bil have lived with aunt about a year and a half now (this will be their second Christmas there.) Aunt told me she just loves Christmas morning now, the girls come running in the living room to see what Santa brought them and being able to watch them open all their presents. Heh, have to admit, I'm always the last one to open presents cuz it's more fun watching the kids. 5. Ick on the working all week, Vnick! 6. Jeep, I'm jealous! I can barely paint my own toenails without making a mess, nail art is way beyond me. 7. First weekday of vacation here and we didn't do anything too exciting. Cleaned then Darren took Caleb to his moms to visit and I took Kota to my aunts. Caleb had a buddy from down the street come over for a while. 8. Tomorrow is looking as exciting as today. I'm taking Dakota over to her bff's house to drop off a couple Christmas presents. She already gave her bff an ornament she made for her out of clay, but she has some candycane ornaments for bff's parents and I have bookthongs I made for her and her brother. 9. I'm to the twitchy waiting part of Christmas, lol. Full of nervous energy because really I can't do much of anything (cooking, Santa's work) until Thursday. Er, except for wrapping which I am still lagging very badly on!
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, December 23, 2009 - 3:58 am
1. 2am and I'm hungry for some reason. 2. 2am and I should have my butt in bed! 3. Sis got a job today....yay!!! 4. She finished her classes (tax preparer) and passed all the tests with flying colors and was offered the job. Since bil has been laid off a lot this year (construction,) she needed it so double yay! 5. I now won't have anyone to talk to on the phone all day...boo! 6. On the plus side, when bil does go back to work (fingers crossed for soon,) I will be watching the baby when sis has to work. Yay! 7. Since she is the most serious 2 year old, I make it my personal mission to make her smile and laugh and giggle as often as possible so we have a lot of fun together being silly. 8. I've been multi-tasking and it's taken me almost an hour to write this post. I'm still hungry. And I should still get to bed! 9. Wrapping day is tomorrow. The kids are going to my sisters for a few hours so Darren and I can get it done. Nieces are coming home with me later in the afternoon for the same reason, so sis and bil can wrap. 10. It was so cold and windy here today. Not even Kota wanted to go outside and play, which is rare for her. We made the mistake of turning off the hallway heater and not turning it back on til 7pm...it's still rather cold in the bedrooms. I think we're going to have to keep that heater on low from now on.
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Wednesday, December 23, 2009 - 6:26 am
1. Congrats on your sisters job!! 1.2 Did you ever get something to eat War? 
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Southern_grits
Member
10-08-2009
| Wednesday, December 23, 2009 - 6:34 am
1. Hermi, I would give anything I own to have that on tape. I've forgotten most of what she said but she was absolutely hysterical. When I said ex-dil and I were ROFLOAO I mean we were LITERALLY rolling on the floor. If I had it on tape I'd be $100,000 richer because it would have blasted through America's Funniest Home Videos contest! Then at one point I was laughing so hard I farted and she got a lot of mileage out of that, giggling with her hand to her mouth, pointing at me and saying "You farrrrtttedddd!" I told her I was finally old enough to fart when I laugh and at least I didn't wet my pants too. I think the word "precocious" invented itself just for her and just hung around for a few hundred years til she got here. When she was 3 my son joined the Air Force and we went to San Antonio to see him graduate. We stopped at my parents house for a few days there and back. My Dad has a long standing reputation as being an a@@hole, some of it earned but a lot of his rough gruff exterior is there to hide a marshmallow heart. He was fasinated with her, H is the first girl born in my family since my little sister was born 37 years before. (Mom had 3 girls, then 2 boys, then 9 grandsons, and had to wait for her first greatgrandchild to get another girl.) So he was intrigued, and H blows everyone away when they first meet her, but he didn't really know how to play with her. So he was at the kitchen table with her, picking at the sleeve of her shirt, and asking one question after another. After a while she put one hand on her hip, cocked her head, and said "You just don't know ANYTHING, do you?". DIL told me she just wanted to melt through the floor because she was a little scared of my Dad, she knew his reputation and had just met him for the first time. My Dad started laughing, was still laughing when we left, and when we came back through, and still laughs about it today. And H is still his crown jewel. 1a. Gotta go, the girls will be here this afternoon and I still have cleaning to do.
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Southern_grits
Member
10-08-2009
| Wednesday, December 23, 2009 - 6:35 am
OOPS, too much lag time. Make that 1a a 2, lol.
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Texasdeb
Member
05-23-2003
| Wednesday, December 23, 2009 - 5:41 pm
1) My office is only closing for Christmas & New Years days so that means I have to work tomorrow, Christmas Eve. However, this is my 14th holiday season working at my job and we've always gotten out early on Christmas Eve so I guess it's not so bad. 2) Since Frank works for the school district, he is off this wk and next. He's been a network engineer for the district for 16 yrs now and enjoys the breaks that come with his job. 3) I don't want to speak too soon....but I'm proud of him THIS break because he's actually been productive around the house and my house sure needs attention.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Thursday, December 24, 2009 - 12:21 am
1. Thanks Vnick! I really am very excited for sis. 1.5 No! I went to bed and woke up this morning thinking I was going to eat breakfast (something I rarely do) and then got busy and forgot it. I did grab a handful of pretzels as I was running out the door to drop the kids at my sisters around lunch time but when I got back I got busy again and then we had to run to the store. I think it was around 4:30 when Darren looked at me and asked what was wrong, I was so hungry I was shakey and getting sick. Needless to say, we had a very early dinner. 2. Aw, I'm sorry you have to work tomorrow Deb. Yay on Frank being productice! 3. Darren's been half and half...he's gotten some stuff done he needed to do, but still has some left. Tomorrow he's got to get an entertainment center out of Caleb's room and clean the turtle tank, though he did invite sis and bil over so I'm gonna have to remind him in the morning to get that stuff done before they get here. 4. We've thought and thought about how to wrap Caleb's electric guitar and finally decided we weren't. We're going to put a bow on it and leave it in our bedroom til it's time for him to "open" it.
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Thursday, December 24, 2009 - 8:24 am
1. An electric guitar is a great gift!! And I wouldn't have a clue how to wrap it either. lol! A bow works! 2. I am off work until January 4th. I work at the University of California and they are closing the campus to save money. Everyone is off. 3. I am looking forward to catching up on rest and reading. 4. Today I am going to go shopping. I have never shopped on Christmas Eve and am looking forward to it. Gonna get a coffee and hopefully find some sales 5. Merry Christmas tvch!!!
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Chewpito
Member
01-04-2004
| Thursday, December 24, 2009 - 9:01 am
1. Wargod, maybe you could wrap several small boxes with clues to each one with yet another clue....'like a scavenger hunt' that will lead him to the guitar..... He will love it.... 2.my poor daughter has worked the last 4 nights from 6pm to 6am.... today she works from 2pm to 10pm, then on xmas...from 6am to 2pm...and the day after too.....with Sunday off....she is beat, but I will have gifts and good food waiting for her..... 3.Today Im going to bake a few pies and prep for tomorrow..... 4. I have not wrapped anything yet.....so Ill be wrapping this evening.... 5. I got my daughter a really nice am/fm clock radio with dock for her Ipod, her Ipod is 3yrs old so I got her a new Ipod to go with it....and other stuff... 6. Merry christmas to all......
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Thursday, December 24, 2009 - 11:57 am
1. We're really excited about the guitar. He's been saying for awhile he wants one, but he knew we were cutting back this Christmas and didn't put it on his list. I'm hoping we can really get a good surprise out of it for him. 2. And it turned into a great jump off gift for other people, lol. Sis and bil are giving him an amp (we got him the cord that he'll open when he gets the amp and not at home.) Bils uncle bought him picks, strings, strap, and uh...dang I can't remember what else he said he got for him. 3. Vnick, good luck on the shopping! Darren just ran out to buy something or other. I don't enjoy shopping on the best days, days like Dec. 24th and the day after Thanksgiving scare the crud out of me and if I can help it I avoid the stores those days! 4. Ack, Chewie, your poor dd! I hope today and tomorrow are easy days for her. 5. Darren and Caleb are off shopping. Kota and the nieces are out front riding bikes and for the first time in 6 days I'm enjoying a little peace and quiet in my home! Oh how I missed the silence, lol. 6. At some point today, I will get dressed. I've been busy all morning, so not really bumming it, but am still in my jammies. 7. I hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas!
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Sunday, December 27, 2009 - 7:58 pm
1. I hope everyone had a good Christmas!! 2. Christmas for me has always been bitter sweet so I am actually glad its over. 3. I have next week off because our campus is closing to save money. 4. I have lunch plans with friends that I'm looking forward to. 5. I am also taking my nephew to finally see New Moon. That should be fun! 6. My son is with his dad this week so it'll be a quiet week otherwise. And that's okay. 7. I have lots to keep me busy! 8. Looking forward to 2010 
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, December 28, 2009 - 1:31 am
1. Was ok, Vnick, other than Kota being sick. 2. Caleb loved, loved, loved his guitar and all the stuff with it. 13 years old and we actually got an I love you mommy and daddy! and several hugs and lots of thank you's. He's been sleeping with the guitar, lol. 3. I got a food processor and whisk for Christmas. I love them! Spent all day yesterday cooking and playing with them. Yes, I'm weird. 4. One week of vacation down and we had a pretty good time so far. We've done some family activities, got some chores done, and lots of relaxing. 5. Oldest niece called Kota today and told her she was getting a new turtle. We have two of them and Kota was telling her they were cool to watch, but not much for playing with. Then Kota said something that caught my attention and I asked...why is bil bringing the turtle here????? I get on the phone with niece and she tells me the turtle is for us....what????? 6. Come to find out, friend of bils has one he's getting rid of. Bil talked to Darren and somehow Darren agreed we'd take the turtle for a few months, then when it warms up, bils taking it and building it a little pond in their backyard. Not that it'll be much of a hassle since we already have two turtles, but it'd have been nice if someone mentioned it to me first! 7. Sis and bil and the girls are coming over for dinner tomorrow night. I told her she could play with my food processor and she's very excited about that. Yep, she's weird too! 8. I haven't talked to sis yet, but I'm guessing I'm watching the girls for New Year's Eve. Her and bil go to a party every year. Darren and I prefer to stay home, we can have a little party for the kids (sometimes just ours and the nieces, other years the rest of the nieces/nephews or friends kids,) and we stay sober and near a phone in case anyone needs a ride home. 9. We watched Angels and Demons last night, it totally stressed both me and Darren out, lol. We'd both read the book, and much like the Davinci Code, the movie left out big chunks of the book. We kept pointing out to each other things missing then decided we needed to reread the book. It was a good movie, just very distracting.
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Tuesday, December 29, 2009 - 11:38 am
3.1 If you're weird then so am I! I'm in love with my new vacuum. Didn't think I could love any other inanimate object more. Then for Christmas I got a NuWave Oven. Oh my how I love it!! And want to cook all the time to see if all the claims are true! My hubby tells people that if I'm not cooking something in it, I'm vacuuming and thinking about what I can cook in it. lol
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