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Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Monday, July 26, 2010 - 3:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
Thanks 'Necee!

Biloxibelle
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12-21-2001

Monday, July 26, 2010 - 7:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Biloxibelle a private message Print Post    
(((MamieB))), it is their loss. If we could pick our relatives, I would be first in line to pick you.

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Monday, July 26, 2010 - 7:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
OMG Belle.. thank you! You gals are just too kind.

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Monday, July 26, 2010 - 7:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
Funny, but I feel this should be in the gripe thread instead of the done anything stupid thread. Hey maybe that's the stupid thing I did, putting it here. LOL. If I still feel lousy about things tomorrow, I'll move it over to the gripe thread. Doesn't help that I'm PMSing.

Christy358
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07-10-2007

Monday, July 26, 2010 - 11:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Christy358 a private message Print Post    
Everyone is )(*&(* stupid when I am PMSing.

How did they all get on my cycle?

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Tuesday, July 27, 2010 - 6:15 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
LOL Christy! They say life is what you make of it, so today life will be good. Besides I'm too busy to get sucked into any more drama! ;) Although I do have a couple of cousins for sale - cheap!

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Tuesday, July 27, 2010 - 9:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Don't sweat the small stuff, MB. You can never change them. You can only change the way you are going to let them get to you. There there.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Thursday, August 12, 2010 - 8:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
I don't usually post everytime I fall down or trip or run into something. Sometimes, though, my clumsiness is so spectacular I just have to share.

Won't take long for ya'll to spot the disaster waiting to happen, one sentence maybe.

When my neighbors are having a party or their dogs are going nuts, I'll put up the baby gate between the den and the living room and leave the dogs in the living room so they can't run outside and bark. So baby gate is up, Darren's in bed, kids are down the street at their friends house. I know, with my clumsiness, if the gates up too long it'll only be a matter of time before I fall over the damn thing. Most of the time, I'm also happy to have no one around to witness these clumsy moments.

I threw one foot over the gate and steadied myself and then pulled the other foot over. Caught that foot on the baby gate and down I went. I hit my hip on the corner of the speaker, I pulled the baby gate down and managed to twist my left leg under it and me, threw both hands behind me to try to...I dunno, snap my wrists cuz I sure as hell wasn't going to stop myself from falling, and pulled the standing fan down on my head. I laid there on the ground for a couple minutes wishing someone else was around to pick me up cuz I wasn't sure I was ok at first. Then took stock and realized I'm going to be all sorts of pretty colors tomorrow and sore and swollen, but I'm ok.

From toe to head...my left ankle is sore and already swelling and my left knee is pretty tender from where my leg went under me, I've already got a bruise on my left hip where I hit the speaker, both of my wrists (which aren't good to begin with since I have carpel tunnels) are swollen and my left hand kinda hurts, my left elbow is pretty sore and probably hurts the worst, and my head is hurting from where the fan hit me. Most annoying of all I seem to have rug burns on the tips of a couple of my fingers! Other than my right hand/wrist/fingers (where I tried to catch myself) I landed on my left side.

Ya know the really stupid part? After I picked myself up and checked to make sure nothing was broken or in need of medical attention, I picked the fan up and then set the freaking baby gate back up. Just in case I want to do it all again later on or something, I guess.

Teachmichigan
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07-22-2001

Thursday, August 12, 2010 - 8:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Teachmichigan a private message Print Post    
That last line got me - I was feeling horrible for you, and now I feel guilty for giggling. :-)

Seriously - I hope you're not too sore tomorrow, and I hope you have a few ice packs around!

I was coming to talk about breaking a pizza stone and cutting my foot after burning the da*n pizza on the grill, but it seems very small potatoes after War's war wounds. All in the perspective, isn't it? :-)

Debra
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11-20-2003

Thursday, August 12, 2010 - 8:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Debra a private message Print Post    
(((War))) Reading your post I went from laughing to horror to sympathy. I hope you are not to beat up.

I tripped over the McGuyver gate I made to keep Poco from the bedrooms about a year ago. I know that feeling of being afraid to move. I only ended up with a sprained ankle though.


Wargod
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07-16-2001

Thursday, August 12, 2010 - 9:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
No worries, once I realized I was just sore and not seriously hurt I was laughing too. This one definitely gets a place in my top 5 clumsy moments based on how many body parts I managed to bang up on my way down.

Ouch Debra! A sprained ankle really hurts.

Gates are dangerous if you have clumsy tendancies, but they do come in handy with the pups.

Teach, I don't have a pizza stone since I don't make a lot of pizza, but aren't those stones really heavy and sharp if they're broken? That sounds like it could have been pretty serious!

Teachmichigan
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07-22-2001

Friday, August 13, 2010 - 8:19 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Teachmichigan a private message Print Post    
Yup - they're heavy, it was really hot (at first I'd thought I'd burned my foot until I saw the blood), and it was sharp enough that the wound was still seeping a bit of blood this morning. It definitely could have been a lot worse, so I was lucky it was only a corner that broke!

However, those stones are IDEAL for making the perfect pizza crust - I've got a new one ordered already. :-)

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Friday, August 13, 2010 - 8:29 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
LMAO, Wargod so sorry to laugh, but I couldn't help myself. One question, I thought those gates opened so you could walk through them, not have to go over them.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Friday, August 13, 2010 - 9:00 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Heh, Dipo, they do open. But, Harvey was giving me a hard time, everytime I tried to open it he was trying to push his way to this side of the house so he could go bark at the noisy neighbors. I thought it'd be easier to go over.

Oh no, Teach! I didn't realize the stone was hot when you dropped it! So glad you didn't get burned.

My bils uncle makes his own pizza and has a couple of the stones, he loves them.

Texasdeb
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05-23-2003

Friday, August 13, 2010 - 3:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texasdeb a private message Print Post    
Laughing with you Wargod.....not at you!

Dogdoc
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09-29-2001

Friday, August 13, 2010 - 5:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dogdoc a private message Print Post    
Well, I know I will never look at baby gates the same way again!

Debra
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11-20-2003

Friday, August 13, 2010 - 6:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Debra a private message Print Post    
How are you feeling today War?

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Friday, August 13, 2010 - 10:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
They're very useful Dogdoc, but dang hard when they leap off the ground to trip you!

Silly, lol. Physically I'm sore, swollen, and bruised. I woke up this morning totally stiff and anytime I sit for more than a few minutes I start to get that way again. Day or two I'll be fine.

Happymom
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01-20-2003

Saturday, August 14, 2010 - 7:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Happymom a private message Print Post    
Debra and War...so sorry about both of you. (War, your line about in case you want to do it all over, sure made me lol though!)

Some baby gates aren't so easy to open. We have one of those screen doors for our front door that rolls into itself on one side. Thought that would work on the hot days when we need the cool morning and night air to come in...first time he saw it, one of our cats went right under it! (He must have had experience in his previous home or something.) It doesn't look like anything could go under it, but it isn't really attached ... if it was...it wouldn't roll up. So we bought a baby gate to use in conjunction. I can barely get over that thing when getting in and out when it's up. You also have to do a small step down when going out...it's actually not really all that safe now that I think about it. But you can't really easily open it from both sides, only the side on the inside. I'm the person who has to go over it the least, I'm really careful and slow...I hate falling, makes me nauseous even if I don't hurt myself much.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Saturday, August 14, 2010 - 8:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Be careful going over that baby gate, Happymom!

I'm usually the clumsiest person around, so it was bound to happen. And I'm also the first person to laugh at myself, seriously when you can trip over air, you have to be able to laugh about it!

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Wednesday, August 18, 2010 - 10:38 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Round #2

Went into to grab laundry from the laundry room. Came back through the kitchen and somehow missed the dang ironing board that had slid (it sits between fridge and wall right next to the kitchen door) down and I tripped over the thing. Fell onto my bead cart which sets next to the kitchen door. Hit my right wrist and hip (at least its the opposite side this time!)

To her credit, Dakota flew off the couch and tried to help me up and picked the stuff I'd knocked off the bead cart, all without laughing.

I went to change clothes, came back to the living room and the phone rang. Picked it up and it was my sister who said, "You fell again? Are you hurt????? Do I need to come over right now?" Big, confused pause from me. Did I call her and tell her and don't remember? Is she developing magic powers? How on earth did she already know this? She caught on pretty quick and started laughing, "Dakota texted Brit to tell her about it." Niece told my sis cuz she was worried they might need to come now to check on me.

I ought to take the dang cell from Dakota, lol!

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Wednesday, August 18, 2010 - 10:43 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
LOL - Your daughter is reporting on you! It is nice that she tried to help.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Wednesday, August 18, 2010 - 11:12 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Heh, remind me not to let her tweeter, people would be getting daily doses of clumsy stuff her mom does!

Dfennessey
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07-25-2004

Wednesday, August 18, 2010 - 11:35 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dfennessey a private message Print Post    
look on the bright side of things War. When the kids are all grown up you all will be laughing about all this stuff

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Wednesday, August 18, 2010 - 11:47 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
LOL - I'd definitely follow those tweets!