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Texasdeb
Member
05-23-2003
| Friday, February 05, 2010 - 5:25 pm
5.2 - write them a check for a dime and mail it.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Friday, February 05, 2010 - 11:29 pm
1. A check! That's one I hadn't thought about, lol. I did think about the pennies though. And the lunch lady tracking Kota down in class and shaking her down for the dime, lol. 2. Heh, I'm not really going to make off with their money or send them change, Dakota will take a few bucks in next week to add to her account. I just found the whole thing so silly that they have someone call over a dime. 3. Caleb has an ear and sinus infection. It's new for him, he's only had a couple ear infections and never a sinus infection. 4. For most the day he felt ok, his ear hurt and he laid around but didn't feel too lousy. It didn't last too long, by 7:30 he was feeling horrible and went to bed drugged (antibiotics, sinus wash, nasal spray, and tylenol sinus pm) and is out cold right now. 5. Dakota was totally awesome though. She walked him through doing the sinus wash (unpleasant) and the nasal spray and brought him whatever he was asking for. She also told him what to expect but I think he could have done without that, lol. She's had a lot of practice and was even able to explain to him why a sinus infection causes ear infections. 6. Darren has been working a ton of overtime lately. 31 hours in the last pay period. He worked 11 hours on Wednesday, 12 hours yesterday, 12 today, and is working tomorrow. He is exhausted and missing family and kid time, but for now doesn't really have a choice since they are swamped at work and shorthanded.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Saturday, February 06, 2010 - 11:34 pm
1. I love the Z-pack (zithromax.) Caleb's already feeling better than he was after just two days of it. He still isn't feeling great, but better than last night. 2. My nieces were here today and the middle one was complaining about her ear hurting and I heard some sniffles. She is prone to ear infections and will be going to urgent care tomorrow. 3. It was a lousy day to have the girls here. With the nasty weather they were forced to play inside all day, and without the space of being outside the kids start to get on each others nerves and fight. 4. Kids are out of school on Monday. And next Monday. Darren's off next Monday too and looking forward to it since it looks like the only two day weekend he'll have this month! 5. We're kid swapping with my sister next weekend for Valentine's day. I'm taking her kids Friday, she's taking mine on Saturday. 6. Caleb will probably spend the night with his buddy instead of going to sis'. He'd rather do that than spend the night with the girls. 7. I slept for a few hours earlier with a nasty headache and am actually considering going to bed pretty soon (still not feeling well.) I'm not going to know what to do with myself with all this sleep!
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, February 09, 2010 - 12:50 am
1. We got softball team info tonight. 2. Coach called tonight, he's the same one Kota had 2 seasons ago. We really like him and we're quite happy about it. 3. He said they picked numbers rather than names and was so excited when he found out he'd picked Dakota (and niece cuz cuz they came as a 2 for 1, lol.) 4. We have a player/parent meeting later this week and the girls are super excited, especailly Dakota who knows and likes the coach and his teenage daughter who likes to help out with the team and the girls totally adore. 5. I'm hoping Dakota can go to school tomorrow. Took her to the dr today and she has a nasty throat infection because of her nasty sinus infection. At least her ears were fairly clear! She was still running a fever when she went to bed so not sure she'll be able to make it tomorrow. 6. On the plus side, Caleb has all his makeup work done from his two days out of school. He'll have a test to make up, but he got everything else done. 7. Darren is still on 12 hour days and it doesn't look like he'll get much of a break. The last year or so they either get no OT or too much, no middle ground. 8. I need to get an oil change in my car. I really hate doing that since it usually involves me sitting in the shop bored out of my mind. Can't really put it off though.
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Hermione69
Member
07-23-2002
| Tuesday, February 09, 2010 - 1:22 pm
1. I hope everyone is feeling better - Couchtomato for the kidney stone and Wargod and her family for their various ailments. 2. We may get more winter weather. It is absolutely crazy how much snow we have gotten this year. It's the most I can remember in decades. 3. The last storm ended up being a godsend for me. I spent the storm before that with my sister, but this one I stayed home. I ended up getting a lot done around my house. 4. You all will be glad to know that I <drumroll please> shaved. 5. But why the heck is it already growing back? What is up with that? 6. Wax, please! 7. The video on my semi-new flatscreen Olevia television went kaput on Sunday while I was watching a riveting episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer on DVD. 8. I have no cable at home anyway, so it is not a crisis, but what the heck?? I've had my standard television for over a decade and have had no problems. I've had this flat-screen television for about 3 years, 2 1/2 of which it was up in the treadmill room getting embarrassingly little use, and now it fizzles? 9. Maybe the television repairman will be cute. I had the cutest plumber once, who looked like Russell Crowe when Russell Crowe was still hot. My brother nicknamed him "Flushell Crowe."
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Dfennessey
Member
07-25-2004
| Tuesday, February 09, 2010 - 1:31 pm
9.1 Hermi you will be glad to know that Boston is not going to miss this snowstorm the way it did for the last one they are already talking a foot for us tomorrow afternoon into tomorrow night. I am already planning on leaving my car at home tomorrow and take public transportation
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Hermione69
Member
07-23-2002
| Tuesday, February 09, 2010 - 1:39 pm
9.2 Stay safe, Dfennessey! We got 13 inches in the January 30-31 storm. This past weekend, we got a real mixture of rain, sleet and snow and it probably was only about 4-5 inches when all was said and done. The rain and sleet would pack down the snow so it just wasn't as high an accumulation as it was further north of us. The continuing problem for us is that we don't have winters like this often, so we don't have the road equipment to deal with it in a timely manner. The school systems have been criticized for closing so many days, but you just don't want to send school buses down the side streets that are still a mess. Tonight and tomorrow we are supposed to get another mixture which will probably only be an inch or so. If anything.
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Couchtomato
Member
09-09-2008
| Tuesday, February 09, 2010 - 2:19 pm
1.1 Thanks Hermi. Apparently the crisis has passed!! There's an update in my folder.
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Tuesday, February 09, 2010 - 2:33 pm
8.1 Hermi our almost 3 year old Toshiba did that last week. 3 weeks left on our warranty! I scoured the owner's manual. Have you tried unplugging and letting it set for 5 or 10 minutes. "Symptoms" almost matched a scenario in the owner's manual except for the color of light that was on our TV, so I tried it. It worked! Everything's been fine since. Hope it's something that simple for you.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, February 09, 2010 - 11:36 pm
1. Oh, it's not going any better today. 2. Oldest niece got sent home from school today, she was at PE and somehow got elbowed in the nose by a boy throwing a frizbee (total accident.) She has bloody noses regularly, horrible horrible bloody noses, like my bathroom looking like a crime scene one night horrible bloody noses so she started gushing blood right there. She's fine, fat lip, swollen nose (not broken,) and will probably end up with black eyes. 3. Caleb is still complaining about his ear which is worrying, he finished his antibiotic tonight and shouldn't be having anymore probs. Going to wait to see if it's still bad tomorrow to decide if he needs to go back to the dr. 4. Dakota, geez, poor kid. I must have got her to the dr yesterday right at the start of this crud cuz tonight she sounds awful. The sinus-y part hit today (sniffling, sneezing, snotty.) But, far more concerning is her breathing and the fact that we haven't been able to clear her up even a bit with her asthma meds. I am hoping her breathing gets better, if it stays like it is now we'll need to go to the dr tomorrow again for more meds. If it gets any worse tonight, we'll be heading to the ER for breathing treatments and prednisone. Fingers crossed her breathing either gets better or stays the same. 5. I hate the fact that the kids urgent care isn't open 24/7 like mine and Darren's. If it was, I'd have had her in there 3 hours ago. 6. Hermie, what episode of Buffy were you watching? Oldest niece saw my dvds and asked if she could watch and I got all excited. They'll be over Friday night and I think we might watch the first couple episodes. 7. I'm thinking about doing a little Valentine's day party for the girls, maybe a tea party and card making, that sounds like fun. 8. Sigh, Dakota's still awake coughing. We may be able to avoid the ER tonight, she might feel better in the morning, but at this rate she's going to end up missing school cuz she isn't getting any sleep tonight! 9. And the dogs are about to drive me batty, they keep scratching to go out, I open the door and they decide its to cold and run the other way. Shut the door and they're right back scratching. 10. Our microwave went out this week. Don't use it all that often and I'm thinking we may not replace it.
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Hermione69
Member
07-23-2002
| Wednesday, February 10, 2010 - 12:42 pm
1. Serate, I'll try that, thanks! Wargod, I own all 7 seasons of Buffy and have been watching them a lot with the no cable thing. When the picture went out, I think I was on the first episode of Season 2, when Buffy had Master/near-death issues to work through. Have fun with your niece! It was really fun for us when my oldest nephew started watching. It was almost like seeing them again for the first time.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, February 10, 2010 - 12:55 pm
1. That's what I thought Hermi, it'd be like watching with fresh eyes. I had a blast with Caleb watching (he watched the first time through with me, that stuff never scared him, lol.) Had fun with Kota too though she was about 9 watching them in reruns, so looking forward to watching with my niece. 2. Dakota was up most the night. At one point I thought we had howling winds knocking down trash cans or trees or something, but when I got up to check I found Dakota laying sideways in bed kicking the crap out of the bedroom wall. Think it was around 3 or 4 when she finally got a break from the coughing and really got to sleep. She slept til 10 this morning...needless to say, she stayed home from school.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Thursday, February 11, 2010 - 12:37 am
1. Kota probably won't be going to school tomorrow either. Her breathing is no worse, but not much better either. She's completely congested, coughing horribly, and still feeling like total crud. Finally dawned on me to slap a vicks vapor pad to her shirt and between that and being propped up on the couch she's now sleeping. 2. Caleb came home early from school today. School nurse thinks cuz it's his first sinus infection its knocking him on his butt more than it would if he'd had more of them. By bedtime he seemed more like himself so I'm hoping he's over the worst of it. 3. Dakota is going to miss her first day or two of softball practice. Coach knows her and how sick she can get so no biggie there, but she is pretty upset about it. Told her tonight it's better for her to take a couple days off than to end up sick for longer. 3.5 After this week with the kids, I'm terribly afraid our Valentine's Day plans are going to be me and Darren sleeping the whole time the kids are gone, lol!
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Cinnamongirl
Member
01-10-2001
| Thursday, February 11, 2010 - 4:43 pm
1. Made 6 batches of iced Valentine Sugar Cookies this week, brought 3 of them to work today for everyone. (I have tomorrow off) Another batch goes to my sons preschool party tomorrow...and 2 batches left over for me 2. Icky nasty rainy day today 3. I bought a portable DVD player from Amazon and it came today... Love that!! 4. So excited to see the Opening Ceremonies for the 2010 Olympics tomorrow..*fingers crossed* that the rain will let up ps.Hope your kids are doing okay War 
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Saturday, February 13, 2010 - 2:03 am
1. They are getting there, Cinnamongirl. Kota's still having quite a few breathing problems, but she made it to school and to practice. Went to the nurses office during school for her inhaler (she was fine to go back to class after a while) and had to take a couple breaks and hits off the inhaler during practice but did ok. I think we're on the mend. 2. I keep reminding myself, the first time in her life we ever heard the dr say her asthma was under good control was the first year she played softball, with this coach. No doubt in my mind that exercise and a lot of it is good for her lungs, but still hard to sit there and watch her try to practice while she's having so much trouble breathing. Ticks me off that she is forced to slow down when all she wants is to get out there and play! 3. Darren was up at 1:30 this morning (er, yesterday morning) to go to work at 3am. Worked til 1:30, back in town by 2 and went golfing with his buddies til 4 after that. Then went to practice and helped out with the coach and ran laps and drills and played catch. Darren was passed out cold on the couch at 6:30, lol, thought me and the kids were going to have to pick him up and carry him to bed he was soooo out. 4. Moms coming over tomorrow for me to wash and brush her hair. She had surgery on her hand earlier this week and can't do it herself. Told her that was no problem, but she better not ask me to help with her hand...she laughed at me and said she knew better than that! Sis cracked up when I told her that and much to my surprise, agreed with me. Sis is usually great at that kind of stuff. 5. Then she explained, in great and gross detail, exactly what moms surgery consisted of. I finally had to hang up on her, I spent last night puking my guts up with a migraine and sis had me right on the verge of starting all over again.
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Texasdeb
Member
05-23-2003
| Saturday, February 13, 2010 - 1:43 pm
1) arranging the laundry area today: bought a new GE front load pedestal washer & dryer a few wks ago and a nice sturdy clothes rack with wheels for hanging most of my washed work clothes that I never put in the dryer. Got a real sturdy "lifestyle" brand 4 x 6 folding table too. 2) the laundry area - which is part of the garage - was so disorganized and the weather has been very cold so we've yet to get it set up the way I want it. 3) today is nice and I've got Frank out there right now doing the work (tee-hee). 4) he's done lots of laundry since we got the new machines but, I've only done 1 load because I told him I refused to get used to it the way it is because he would never do his part if I did and he agreed. 5) sitting here with the every-other-month color on my hair. Gotta cover that hint of grey that keeps becoming stronger between each color session. May have to change the color schedule to every 6 wks. 6) the last 3 wks, I've taken on more at the office which means more hrs than usual (I agreed to do this and boss assured me he would make it worth my time). Anyway, yest. I was informed that he wants me to take on even more since we had to lay off a person for making some very costly mistakes. If he holds true to "making it worth my time" I should be doing some major banking - we'll see. I know I'll be living at the office now more than ever - but, you do what you've gotta do!
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Hermione69
Member
07-23-2002
| Monday, February 15, 2010 - 11:43 am
1. I'm having gray come in, too, Texasdeb. Didn't really start showing up until last April when I hit 40. 2. Then it was like a gong sounded and everyone came to party! 3. How are the kids, Wargod? 4. Yesterday I went to visit my sister and the kids. My niece Natalie, who is 7 years old, looked me up and down and said, "Hubba, hubba! You look beautiful!" 5. I couldn't find a bra this morning. Okay, that is a lie. I know where most of my bras are, but I went downstairs braless because I thought there was one downstairs and I was going to wear that one. It wasn't there. 6. I guess it scampered away under the couch or something. I don't know what it could be scared of now that my armpit hair is under control again. 7. I didn't feel like going back upstairs (can you say "lazy!"?) so I ventured forth to face the day minus some mammary support. Thankfully, you can't tell. Or maybe you can and I'm in denial about the relative perkiness of my nunga-nungas.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, February 16, 2010 - 12:58 am
1. Little bit jealous, Hermi, I could never get away with going out in public without a bra! My sis has always complained and whined that I've got the big chest, but she has no idea just how much I envy her the freedom to be bra-less. 2. How's the kids...tough question. Kota's coach today commented that this was almost the Dakota he knows. She's about 90% better, still having some breathing troubles and a wee bit sniffly however, that's not all that unusual with her coming off of being sick. Takes about a week to get back to normal once she's healthy. 3. Caleb is the weird one this time. He's either still dealing with some sinus issues or managed to catch a cold. I haven't taken him back to the dr yet because he isn't acting sick, he's eating/drinking fine, has plenty of energy, decent mood. But, coughing and stuffy nose, especailly at night. 4. Nieces are doing good and seem to be healthy again. They were over for a few hours today and spent most the time playing outside. 5. Was a nice day outside and we were out practicing pitching with Kota while the other kids played. 6. I made baby niece sob and sob though. I don't normally have to step into the role of being the big bad meanie with my nieces and nephews and don't like it when I have to. As Auntie Sandy, I get to be the fun one, but ever so often one of them does something and I have to stop being fun. Baby niece ran into the street (thanks goodness our neighborhood doesn't have a lot of traffic, all the kids have done it at one time or another!) I yelled NO and STOP! and she turned around, her mouth fell open, eyes went wide in shock as she stood there and just stared at me. I walked over and grabbed her hand and marched her back into the yard telling her she was not allowed to go into the street! And she started howling and howling. Being the fun auntie, it just kills me to have to do that, having one of the nieces or nephews look at me like I'm the big meanie is as bad as having Kota at about 4 very seriously tell me how she hated me and I was mean. 7. So, continuing on in my quest for "Auntie of the Year Award." Dakota was practicing pitching and Darren was catching. If he missed a ball or she threw past him, I'd run and get it and then throw it back to Kota. Now, Kota's been playing ball since she was about 5 and when throwing to her, I don't hold back much, she can handle it. In between chasing after balls for them, I was playing catch with middle niece. She's just starting coach pitch this year, so I'm much more gentle with her. Shortly after making the baby cry, I had chased down a ball and thrown it back to Kota, middle niece threw a ball at me and I took it and threw it back and her just like I'd have thrown it to Dakota! All I can say is thank God we were playing catch right next to Darren and Dakota...Kota saw me throw that ball and ran over and caught it. If she hadn't have been there, I probably would have knocked poor Bailey right down. I seriously got confused on who I was throwing too, after that we had oldest niece chasing down balls while I played a much gentler game of catch with middle niece. 8.Tomorrow I have to go to the DMV to get the tags for Darren's car. I so don't want to do that, lol. I can think of plenty of ways to spend my morning and the dmv is nowhere on the list!
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Thursday, February 18, 2010 - 3:49 pm
1. Scheduled the kidlets next dermatology appointment and Dakota's blood work appt. 2. She's starting accutane in March. Luckily because of her age we don't have to worry about birth control, but the dr is still not tickled to have to put her on accutane so young. 3. Caleb's mini-play in front of the school board the other night was great. 5 minutes worth of the Sussefication of Romeo and Juliet and the audience laughed their butts off. 4. I was absolutely shocked into distraction to see the school board president was my former elementary school principal. Wish we could have stayed til the end so I could go say hi to him. 5. When I told sis the next morning, she said, "No way! He was an old man when he was the principal!" I told her he was an even older man now, lol. She didn't believe me and ran home to look it up online, then called to apologize cuz I'd been right. 6. Caleb informed us yesterday that his robotics teacher has cancelled robotics club for a few months. I was excited for half a second thinking I'd get a breather from running kids here and there. He then informed us he planned to pick up track on the robotics days. Ack! 7. Tell me again why I encourage my kids to stay involved in school and extra cirricular activities? 8. It's windy here today and cloudy, but it's really nice temp wise. I have the back door and windows open. 9. Sis, bil, and baby niece came over earlier. I was cracking up cuz baby niece came carrying a purse and acting so grown up. Bil told me yesterday she grabbed an empty starbucks coffee cup off the table, threw her purse over her shoulder, and put on her sunglasses and said, "Lets go!" I laughed even harder at that...it is soooo my sister!
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Dfennessey
Member
07-25-2004
| Thursday, February 18, 2010 - 3:54 pm
9.1 War you encourage your kids to stay involved in school and extra cirricular activities so they don't get involved with the wrong crowd
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Thursday, February 18, 2010 - 3:58 pm
9.2 Thank you Dfennessey! Sometimes I get so busy running them back and forth I forget it's actually good for them!
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, February 22, 2010 - 11:04 pm
1. Darren's now on day #8 of working straight through with no day off. Six of those days have been 10-12 hours a day. 2. He is so exhausted. I hate to see him like that but he doesn't have a choice, they are swamped at work. 3. Dakota's planning a slumber party with her bff and another friend (our other car pool girl.) It's two weeks away but it's all the girls have been talking about. 4. Bff's brother is trying to talk Caleb into going to his house for the night so he's not stuck here with the girls alone, lol. 5. We bought the dogs new collars, my aunt asked me to pick one up for her dog and we thought it was about time for ours too. Harvey's is green camofluage, I don't think he cares. PJ's is black with skull and cross bones (got a matching leash.) She looks totally bad ass, especially in her little pink dress, lol! 6. Darren and Caleb went to get haircuts today. Caleb's been growing his hair out so he just got the bangs and back trimmed a little. Looks much better though. 7. I'm thinking about a trip to the bookstore tomorrow. Been awhile since I've been there. 8. Also planning a trip to the bead store one day soon, but I'm waiting to find out the girls team colors first. 9. Made homemade chicken noodle soup for dinner. It was good. Weather has been cold and nasty the few days so it was perfect. 10. Trying to figure out what to do for dinner tomorrow and I'm thinking a pot of beans. Kota's got practice and it'll be nice to have dinner waiting for us when we get back.
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Southern_grits
Member
10-08-2009
| Tuesday, February 23, 2010 - 6:57 am
1a. I'm sitting here enjoying having a computer again, I had to do without it for a while. I'm too addicted for that. 1b. Hubby got his backpay from SSD on Friday and his monthly payments start 3/1. It feels so good to pay off some bills, have something in CD's and savings, and to finally lose the feeling of trying to hold together a house of cards with a shaky hand. 1c. Getting to shop and splurge a little is nice too!
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, February 23, 2010 - 1:14 pm
1. Southern, I'm glad ya'll got the SSD straightened out! My aunt's companion (they've lived together most of my life) went through something similar with VA or SS or both and it took a few years to straighten out and get his back pay. Thank goodness by that point the house was paid off, neither drove, or had big bills (other than utilities, groceries, etc.) 2. My nieces are over for awhile. Their daddy is redoing the bathroom, expected to have it done last night, then discovered he didn't have enough parts to finish...while having all the water in the house shut off. Oops. Girls stayed home from school cuz they couldn't take baths. Which explains oldest niece telling the middle one a while ago..."You stink!" LOL.
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Hermione69
Member
07-23-2002
| Thursday, February 25, 2010 - 9:54 am
1. Southerngrits, I second what Wargod said, sure glad you got the SSD worked out. 2. Wargod, you do so much because extra-curricular activities enrich your children's lives. 3. I found out Monday that my job may be in danger because of budget cutbacks and the new governor's education cuts. I'm not in a happy place about that.
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