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Dfennessey
Member
07-25-2004
| Friday, April 16, 2010 - 10:36 am
Dipo you can come to Boston on Saturday and make your beef stew it is going to rain here 
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Friday, April 16, 2010 - 12:21 pm
LOL
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Friday, April 16, 2010 - 12:45 pm
LOL. I think we're supposed to have rain Sunday, last I saw we were.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Sunday, April 18, 2010 - 9:55 pm
Monday's Mission Darren made it to Pittsburgh today. Very long day for him, he was in bed by 8pm totally exhausted (he left here at 3am.) Sis and I did Costco shopping and bil took the kids to the park and then the batting cages. Hehe, he was playing catch with Kota and hit her in the chin with a softball, when Darren called tonight the first thing she said when she talked to him was, "Hi Daddy! Uncle hit me!" I had to laugh...poor bil looked so upset with himself when he dropped the kids off and told me about it and then that was the first thing Dakota told her daddy when he called. I also got the fridge cleaned out today, took out all the shelves and drawers and washed them, then the wiped down the inside of the fridge. By the time I finished cleaning it out, I had three eggs, a quarter gallon of milk, and Caleb's acne cream that has to be kept cold left in it, lol. It was a very big Costco trip! Dropping sis off at home, she hopped out of the car and said crap! I have a nail in my front tire. Bil checked that out when he came over, will be ok til tomorrow. He's going to go with me to the tire shop in the morning. Also need to get some more laundry and cleaning done and then the girls have a game tomorrow night. Weather report changed, today was beautiful. Now looks like we'll get rain Tuesday/Wednesday.
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Lumbele
Moderator
07-12-2002
| Monday, April 19, 2010 - 6:42 am
Hi, all. Ready to jump in this week - I think. I wonder if that certain lady would include husbands with that "get all the junk out of the bedroom" mission. He ain't a morning person and I am ready to roll.LOL
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Monday, April 19, 2010 - 11:46 am
Wow, that is some fridge cleaning Wargod, LOL. go for it Lumbele, just gather up some stuff to throw away. I have started a bag of things to give to goodwill. I changed the sheets, washed the comforter and just had some lunch. I have been doing some online shopping for things that I needed. Bought a new rug for my desk area and purchased some books I had wanted. Oh, and the electrician came today and fixed my kitchen light, $85 later, the netural wire had come loose in the old switch! Amazing, but so glad he figured it out. I doing research on purchasing and umbrellas and a window AC unit. Also want to figure out what to do with my Roomba that has never worked! I may just say "oh well" and put it into the e-waste at work. I think I am tired of fretting about it and the $250 I spent on it a couple of years ago is long gone! Anyway, just doing a bunch of little things that have been bugging me. It is supposed to rain here tomorrow but it is starting to look cloudy and get a little cold, weather man said rain up north and then rain here tonight.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, April 19, 2010 - 12:12 pm
I don't know what kind of window ac unit you're looking at Dipo, but we bought one from Costco a couple years ago (couldn't even tell you the brand right now since it's put up for winter) for under a couple hundred bucks. We use it in the living room...and I love it! It cools down the front of the house well enough that we (mostly) only have to use the big swamp cooler at night when we're getting ready for bed for a couple hours. Of course, being out here in the desert, there are those times we need the big one going in the day, but not too often. Soon as we started using the window unit, our electricity bill went down and an "of course" for that too, being here in the desert, our electric bill is high no matter what during the summer, but still quite a bit less than it was. When Darren had started looking at them, I argued with him about it, why do we need it when we have the swamp cooler, but I have to admit, that's one purchase I'm happy he overruled me on, lol. I'd been scavenging food since Thursday, lol! The kids ate toast Saturday for lunch! It was pathetic, lol. I was low on pretty much everything, but didn't want to make a run for any groceries cuz I knew I was going to Costco on Sunday and we weren't planning on eating dinner at home Saturday and no one but me being here Sunday morning/afternoon. Seemed like a great time to clean out the fridge since there wasn't that much in there anyways. I have done very little today...first night Darren was gone and as usual when he leaves I slept like crap. I was either just about asleep or had just fallen asleep when Caleb came in and scared the crud out of me (poor kids having sinus probs again) and after that it took me several hours to get back to sleep. I'm running on no energy right now. Called my bil about 10:30, since he was supposed to go with me to the tire store, and woke them up. Youngest two nieces are sick and kept them up all night too. So he didn't give me a hard time when I told him we'd wait until tomorrow to go get my tire taken care of, though I did have to promise to drive Darren's car until then. I did make a quickie run to Walmart, where (it just dawned on me) I forgot to pick up new sponges, dangit, to buy a cable to charge my ipod. Darren took one with him, we have a second one but I can't find it anywhere. I like to take my ipod to the girls games since I'm one of the few parents who actually stays when the girls have to be dropped off early for warm ups, listen to some music while I'm sitting there by myself til everyone else shows up. So plan for rest of the day, I'm just taking it easy.
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Lumbele
Moderator
07-12-2002
| Monday, April 19, 2010 - 5:07 pm
All this fridge talk got me going, too. Apparently it was done once in the last 8 months. Good thing we tupperware everything once opened. Considering, it was remarkably clean.LOL Freezer side tomorrow.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, April 19, 2010 - 11:09 pm
Tuesday's Mission Tomorrow I need to get the tire fixed on my car, make a run to the store for my aunt, and then go over to her house to clean and help her with a shower. The girls don't have practice (game tonight and one Wednesday so they get the day off in between) and I'm pretty much planning a quiet night at home with the kidlets.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Tuesday, April 20, 2010 - 1:30 pm
Good job lumbele, I have found some really old stuff when I do the condiments in the door. I wonder how I missed them the last time, LOL. I have beef stew cooking and a list of chores a mile long that I am tackling 15 minutes at a time. So many are very small, like putting away the tp, but it involves getting the stool and digging out the old TP to put in the bathroom then putting away the new stuff, etc. I like to mark stuff off my list even if it is just a small thing, LOL. I moved the plant off the front porch to the balcony and swept the balcony in prep for the rain. I went to the store and picked up my photos and some litter locker refills. Oh and I purchased a new umbrella, a cantilevered one for the balcony, my sister is taking the old one. It is raining here today and it is a lot colder than it has been!
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, April 20, 2010 - 2:16 pm
Dang weather. It started out nice earlier, but now it's windy, raining, and cold. Turned nasty pretty quick. Yesterday was t-shirt and shorts weather. I ran over and did a bit of cleaning at my aunts. I finally got ahold of her dr and got her an appt scheduled for Thursday so we decided to do her shower tomorrow instead of today. Need to run to the store for some cleaners later, along with a few things she needs.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, April 20, 2010 - 10:37 pm
Wednesday's Mission Littlest niece and nephew were supposed to come over tomorrow for the day, but their dad doesn't have to work so they won't be coming. I was actually a little relieved when their mom called to tell me, I'd forgotten I was supposed to watch them when I made the plans with my aunt. The girls are scheduled for a game tomorrow night, but with the way it's raining tonight and since it's supposed to continue tomorrow I have a feeling their game will be rained out.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Wednesday, April 21, 2010 - 12:20 pm
I think you are right, Wargod. It is raining here! Not heavy but consistent. I did get a lot of stuff done yesterday, cleaned out my inbox and the bookcase it sits in. I now have a whole shelf with nothing on it, LOL. Found some really old stuff in my inbox that I recycled. I have a bag going in the closet for donations, and I did get rid of the broken Roomba that has been haunting me for 2.5 years.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, April 21, 2010 - 1:41 pm
I'm starting to wonder now, Dipo. It's been cloudy, dark, windy, and cool all day, but no rain (had about a minute and a half of very light sprinkling, not even enough to mess up the car window, on my drive home.) Haven't heard anything from our coach or the little league yet, not really expecting to til later. Last time they cancelled our game due to rain they waited til the last minute to call (Dakota was already in her uniform and we were walking out the door when we got the call.) Their coach would prefer to play in the rain than cancel a game since it's so hard to reschedule those games, but the choice isn't always up to him. The league board could cancel it or the field guys could if they decide it's too muddy or the dugouts are flooded. I cleaned aunts, helped sis print out some pictures, and got aunt in the shower. Just sitting around now trying to figure out what I want to do til I have to pick the kids up.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, April 21, 2010 - 7:01 pm
Well, it started raining (not real hard) about five minutes before we had to leave for Kota's game. We drove over to the park making plans for what we were going to do when the game was cancelled, lol. Got to the park and her coach and asst coach were standing outside the gate with one board member. Couple other kids showed up, then one coach from the other team. Finally their head coach called ours and they decided to reschedule the game. Our girls were scheduled to play our leagues other minor league team so they can pretty much reschedule whenever they want with no problem (unlike the first team we had a cancelled game with, still haven't got them to reschedule yet.) We ended up hanging out for a little while chatting, it was just a light drizzle going on, and waiting for other kids to show up to tell them the game was cancelled. So ran to the store and took the kids out to dinner instead of the game. Came home and threw laundry in the washer. Think the dreary weather is effecting the kids...Kota's sitting on the couch with her sketch pad coloring and Caleb's laying in the den watching tv, neither one really seems to be motivated to do anything else (can't say I am either.)
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, April 21, 2010 - 11:56 pm
Thursday's Mission Tomorrow morning I have to take aunt to her dr appt. Also need to write out some checks and balance her checkbook for her. The rest of the day should be pretty quiet, no practice for Kota, though I think Caleb might have practice for his play. I'll probably spend the afternoon cleaning and doing some laundry.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Thursday, April 22, 2010 - 11:15 am
Didn't do much last night, unloaded the dishwasher, cleaned up the kitchen, and had a board meeting. Oh, but it is pretty and sunny and not to cold today!
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Thursday, April 22, 2010 - 12:28 pm
Pfft, we're still overcast and a little cool (not to terribly cold though.) Today has been one of those days. Aunt is very lucky I didn't leave her sitting in the drs office alone and even luckier I didn't just drive by the house, lean over and open the door, and shove her butt out! She made us 30 minutes late to her appt, she told me I should never have let Darren go on his business trip because he is surely fooling around with some other woman, and then she proceeded to yell at me, the nurse and the doctor. Finally dr told her to knock it off, lol, we are all just trying to help you and it doesn't help us if you're yelling! By the time I got her home, I was thoroughly irritated with her. Sis said she's been like that the last several days, I said not to me, Monday and Tuesday she was fairly pleasant...must have been saving up for today!
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Thursday, April 22, 2010 - 6:48 pm
Friday's Mission Friday's isn't up yet, but figured I'd post it now. Don't think I'll be around later on. Tomorrow just cleaning around the house and laundry. Sis (and bil) have a work function for sis to go to so I am going to take middle niece to her baseball game (they're playing on the big field, very exciting for the little kids) and the older two to their practice, then the girls are coming back here for the night.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Friday, April 23, 2010 - 9:38 am
Funny, it is supposed to be nice and warmer here, but it looks like rain--it is foggy and gray, LOL. I made some dinner, watched a 4 hour tape, read the paper and hit the sack, I could hardly stay awake to see who won project runway, LOL. Looking forward to the weekend. My new umbrella may come today!
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Saturday, April 24, 2010 - 11:31 am
Yeah, my new umbrella did come, I have the box open and have read the instructions. My sister will come and get the old umbrella tomorrow and she will help me get the 100 lbs of weight I need for the base! My toliet overflowed!, I have been having an issue with it and heard water running and couldn't imagine what it was!! It was the toliet so now I have a clean floor, thank goodness it was running clean water, I guess the water had been running for a while, annoying I had water bing wasted. Normally I notice it right away, but it doesn't always happen so I missed it this time! When I am at ACE tomorrow I will ask them what makes the stopper thing not seat properly so that the water keeps running.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, April 26, 2010 - 8:42 am
Monday's Mission Sorry, sorry! When I went to bed last night I totally flaked on the fact that today would be Monday and there'd be a new mission for us. Ack, Dipo, hope you got the toilet fixed and sorry about the overflow, even clean water is a pain to clean up. Pretty quiet weekend here. Dakota was sick and Caleb spent most of it with his buddies down the street (didn't mind he was only home to eat and sleep since it meant less exposure to Dakota!) I've got a bunch scheduled for today. Need to call my work people...got a letter from them Friday saying I missed my meeting a couple weeks ago and I better show up next Monday (didn't miss my meeting, in fact went twice cuz the first time I had the wrong social security card) and I've got to call the drs office and get a copy of Caleb's shot record, then wait for mail to see what comes in that I can use for address verification for registering Caleb for high school. Hate to use stuff like a bank or mortgage statement for that type of thing. Also need to make copies of those. Then run by the store for my aunt, by her house to drop the few groceries off and pick up the laundry, and she finally got the letter from the same people I did about the meeting she has to attend. I've been waiting for her letter to come (she has to do an orientation and fingerprints too) and she called me yesterday freaking out cuz she finally got it Saturday. I'm actually wondering, based on how she was acting about it, if this isn't the first letter she recieved about it and she's put it off to the last minute. Then the girls have a game tonight. Not sure if oldest niece is going or if she is if she's playing since she's sick. Kids have minimum days Tue, Wed, and Thurs both this week and next for state testing and one of those days I have to take Caleb for his registration, probably tomorrow if I get all the paperwork I need together in time.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Monday, April 26, 2010 - 9:55 am
Wow, busy week! I got my new umbrella set up, it is really cool, but I was thinking it is going to be a pain in the butt if I have to take it down because of wind/storms, LOL. So, of course we have a storm coming in tonight! Not much else going on so far.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, April 26, 2010 - 10:06 am
Heh, Dipo, that's why we haven't put up an umbrella. I would love one on the back patio, but with all the wind around here it'd be a mess to deal with. Called my job, apparently they sent out the same letter to everyone for some reason. She told me not to worry about it if I made it for the first meeting. Called the drs office, they can get me the shot record by tomorrow, but I have to fill out the medical release form (which I need to get from their website) and bring it in today. Er, ack. For some reason, our printer only works with Darren's laptop which is in Pittsburgh at the moment. Need to find someone who can print it out for me so I can drop it off today.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Monday, April 26, 2010 - 11:41 am
A normal umbrella isn't too hard to manage, as long as you remember to unfurl it on the stormy days (I forgot once and found it down on the ground, two doors down, LOL). But this one is cantilevered so you it is a two step process, I can't just turn the handle down, I have to unfurl the umbrella and then bring the whole cantilevered part down as well, or the umbrella will just spin around in the wind, LOL. Oh well, I will keep an eye on it tonight and check the weather report, maybe we won't get bad wind and it will be just fine in the up position.
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