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Southern_grits
Member
10-08-2009
| Monday, July 05, 2010 - 5:55 pm
5.1 Color me jealous. I have wanted to go to Yellowstone all my life, so much that when hubby was transferred in the Air Force I made him put Wyoming as his number one choice. We were there seven years and never made it to Yellowstone. But we went to Rocky Mountain National Park every chance we got. It is still my favorite place on earth. Wave hello to a moose or something for me Hermi.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, July 05, 2010 - 9:54 pm
1. It sounds like you are having a fantastic vacation, Hermi! 2. Please don't have any little bison children. I'd have no clue what to get you for a baby shower gift! 3. My neighbors were out of town this weekend. They asked the kidlets to take care of their pets (a puppy and two fish.) 4. The kids did a great job. They took the puppy out for two walks a day, fed/watered him, changed his pee pads, played with him, and with fireworks going off all day yesterday, they went over and checked on him several times to make sure he wasn't flipping out. 5. They also fed the fish like they were supposed to. Yesterday morning, Caleb came home just devestated, both fish were dead. He felt horrible, kept saying, "I killed a 5 year old girls goldfish!" We kept telling him goldfish die all the time, but still he was very upset. He left a note on their front door and then ran over first thing this morning to explain and they said, "Caleb, goldfish die all the time! That's the sixth pair she's had in the last year!" 6. Took Kota to oldest nieces all-star softball game tonight. They lost, but was pretty much expected. One league dominates in all-stars, all divisions, and thats who they played tonight. They've got to win from here on out to stay in the tournament. 7. Dakota's first game isn't til the end of the week. Her team is coming together ok. It's hard for them, they aren't just coming from different teams, but from different leagues and they've only had about 2 weeks to get the whole "team" thing down. I wish they had a few more weeks to learn to work together as a team, but all things considered they are doing well and individually they have a ton of talent.
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Hermione69
Member
07-23-2002
| Tuesday, July 06, 2010 - 5:11 pm
1. Wargod, good luck to Kota in her upcoming game. LOL @ Caleb worrying about the goldfish. 2. Southern_grits, you absolutely should try to get to see Yellowstone some time. 3. You could spend a week there and not see everything there is to see. I was fascinated with all the geysers. 4. Going to the Sun Road in Glacier is also amazing. 5. Today we saw the Crazy Horse Memorial. As I told my Facebook friends, it made me decide to give my Mom and Dad Native American names. 6. Dad is Grumpy Bear and Mom is Calm Waters. Then I asked what my Native American name would be and Dad said, "Pain in the Butt." 7. Tomorrow is Mount Rushmore and then we spend the two days after that traveling towards St. Paul, MN where we will take Amtrak back to Virginia. 8. I can't believe it is almost over! It has been the best trip of my life.
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Dfennessey
Member
07-25-2004
| Wednesday, July 07, 2010 - 4:26 am
8.1 I am glad you are having a great trip Hermi
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Hermione69
Member
07-23-2002
| Wednesday, July 07, 2010 - 5:46 pm
8.2 Thanks, Dfennessey! How are things with you?
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Dfennessey
Member
07-25-2004
| Thursday, July 08, 2010 - 4:47 am
8.3 Hazy Hot and Humid. I know all we do in New England is complain about the weather but it has been extremely Hot for almost a week now.
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Hermione69
Member
07-23-2002
| Friday, July 09, 2010 - 5:20 pm
8.4 That is what I am hearing from my friends back east. I love hot weather, but ya'll's temps have been too much. I've been very spoiled weather-wise on this trip. Stay cool!
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Sunday, July 11, 2010 - 1:21 am
1. You're Native American name, Pain in the Butt, cracked me up, Hermi! 2. Oldest nieces team has done very well in their all-star tournament. They lost their first game, but have since won 3. They play again tomorrow. If they win, they go on Tuesday (I think) to play, lose and they are done. 3. Dakota's team lost their first game as well. They won today. Monday they have to face the team that beat them in the first game. If her team wins, they'll play the same team Tuesday. If they lose, their tournament is over. 4. Dakota has been doing excellent. She's been playing 1st base and hasn't missed a single ball. She did have an oopsie moment today. The batter bunted and she ran up to get the ball. Pitcher got it first and went to throw it back to 1st (where our 2nd base girl had run to.) They would have got the girl out, except that Dakota was standing right between pitcher and 1st base girl. She was supposed to drop to her knees and let them throw the ball over her head, a drill they have spent a lot of time practicing. She just shook her head afterwards and got right back in the game. 5. Her batting has been an issue. Coach took her longer bat away, wants her using a shorter one (there's some reason for it but I have no clue) and I think that's causing the problems. She's helped advanced runners though, so its all good. 6. On our way home, I heard Caleb tell her she did good today and that she "was a great brick first." I had to laugh. 7. One of the things people cheer at her, when she is playing catcher, is "be a brick wall!" Meaning, don't let anything get past her. Caleb misunderstood that and one day asked why everyone told her to be a brick whale. We cracked up and ever since have cheered her on with "be a brick whale." Poor Caleb wasn't quite sure what to say today with her on 1st so I thought his brick first was pretty funny. 8. It was frying outside today (car thermometor read 108) and we were pretty worried about how hot it'd be during the game. But, when the girls were doing their warm ups before the game, it started to rain. Ump said they were going to introduce the teams and do the pledge and all and then he and the managers would have a quick meeting to see if they were going to do a rain delay. Just as they were doing their meeting, it stopped raining. Field wasn't all that wet, no mud, and amazingly enough, that few minutes of rain managed to drop the temp about 15 degrees and made it nice and comfortable for the girls. 9. Tomorrow Kota has practice and then we will go out and watch nieces game. For the 9/10 tournament this year (nieces) they decided to combine the southern and northern division teams, so niece is going up against girls she's never played before. Don't know if that'll throw them off or not, but the coaches went out and watched part of the other teams game today, so maybe that will help.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, July 12, 2010 - 10:06 am
1. Both Kota and niece's teams made it to the championship games in their tournaments. Kota plays tonight (and tomorrow night if they win tonight) and niece plays tomorrow night (and Wed. night if they win tomorrow.) 2. Our leagues teams, and the combined teams like the one Kota is on, have done so well. The combined senior team won their tournament and then the two younger teams have gone at least all the way. Very fun. 3. Last night, the kids and I were sitting here doing our things when there was a knock on the door. It was 10pm so naturally I was cautious. Ran in and looked out the kitchen window and it took me a full minute to figure out who the heck it was. 4. Took me that long cuz I couldn't believe my eyes. It was our friends (neighbors across the street) oldest boy. I knew he was coming home on leave but thought it was at the end of the month. 5. We've known this kid since he was about 7. He babysat the kids, acted as an older friend, watched over them the way he did his little sisters, offered advice, etc. 6. The kids and I almost knocked each other over getting out the door to hug him. And it shocked me once again, how much he's grown up since he joined the military. 7. I should be off running errands, but I woke up with a headache. I've been fighting a headache for several days now and know eventually I'm just going to have to give up and let it come. 8. Seems both kids are taking a lazy day too. Dakota is being lazy on purpose since she has a game tonight, Caleb just because he can. 9. Darren will be done with college in January. He can't wait for it to be over. Neither can the kids and I. My poor hubby is exhausted these days between school and funky work hours. 10. My mail people have been changing. I got so used to having the mail lady show up like clockwork that it's throwing me off. Last week we had a different guy who was getting here after 1pm, today we've got another guy who just showed up. I like knowing exactly when to expect the mail, miss our mail lady and hope she's just on vacation and not had a route change!
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, July 13, 2010 - 11:15 am
1. Dakota's team was knocked out of the all-stars tournament last night. Hey, they came in 2nd place. Niece plays tonight, they have at least 2nd place as well, though hoping they put up a good fight and win tonight (if they do, they have to play the same team again tomorrow.) Fingers crossed, it'd be totally fun to see the girls win tonight even if they don't win the tournament!
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Hermione69
Member
07-23-2002
| Tuesday, July 13, 2010 - 12:52 pm
1. Gratz for 2nd place for Kota's team and good luck to her niece. 2. I lost my dog while I was on vacation. Posted about it in the dog thread. I feel incredibly depressed about it. Have been having trouble quieting my mind down.
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Prisonerno6
Member
08-31-2002
| Tuesday, July 13, 2010 - 1:20 pm
9.1 for Wargod - Congrats to your husband! I have so much respect for returning adult students who work, raise a family and finish college. What a great example for your children.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, July 13, 2010 - 1:33 pm
1. Hermi, I'm so sorry about your dog. 2. And thank you. The girls did well and I think for the most part they had a lot of fun. 3. Thank you, Prisoner. I'm so proud of him. It's been very hard on him with his work hours and missing some of the kids stuff, but he just keeps going. He's managed to keep up a 3.9 GPA through it all. And yep, it is a good example for the kids, they see how hard he works to keep his grades up and they see how hard it is to go back to college later in life.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, July 13, 2010 - 9:27 pm
1. Nieces team lost tonight, 3-16. Believe it or not, they actually put up a good fight. 2. Throughout the 9/10 tournament, no one else scored off this team, except my nieces team. And nieces team kept them to 3-5 runs per inning. Really, that's awesome, in the 10/11 game yesterday (Kota's game) their team scored all 13 runs in one inning, so limiting them to 3-5 is terrific. 3. So the other league won the 9/10, 10/11, and major divisions for all-stars. And our combined teams (our league plus two others) won the junior and senior tournaments. I know the other league also won 2 of the boys tournaments, not sure about the rest. 4. Now we move on to fall ball. I know a majority of the girls Kota and niece play with are doing it this year, either with the ASA league or with our own. All of the girls who are already on or will be on the majors team next year (Dakota/nieces age group) are playing and some of the girls from the league that did so well in all-stars will be joining us. Last I heard, they were basing teams on the leagues the girls were from, so they can get used to their regular season teams and play against the teams they'll be playing against next spring. Should be fun.
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Cinnamongirl
Member
01-10-2001
| Wednesday, July 14, 2010 - 4:48 pm
1. Awwwwww Hermione, I feel so bad for you and your lost dog. Thats so heartbreaking. I hope with all your efforts that you'll be reunited soon. 2. War...great try for your nieces team. They must be proud of themselves for that good fight 3. Matt just spent 2 days in hospital after a wasp sting. Was incredibly scary and I didn't have time to panic or freak out til hours after he was treated in emergency. 4. He'll/I'll now have to carry a epi-pen where ever he goes. Scared! 5. I don't want to let him out of the house til winter....but I bet that won't go over well since summer just started..
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, July 14, 2010 - 9:29 pm
1. OMG Cinnamongirl, I'm so sorry about Matt. Very happy he's better now. 2. We get a lot of wasps here, I don't know where Matt got stung (home, park, etc,) but best bet is to take a walk around the outside of your house every couple weeks to make sure they aren't building nests and if they are take care of them before they get too big. You can't really do much outside of your yard, but at least can make sure your yard is wasp/nest free. 3. Dakota is rather upset. Caleb's been talking to her bff on the phone the last few days. Told her that was the problem with being the little sister of a big brother...eventually he'll be really interested in her friends, lol. Oh, Caleb and bff, it's totally innocent, they're playing an online video game with each other. 4. Oddly enough, the kids have been getting along really well the last couple days, no fighting at all. They've been playing the computer game together, they went and hung out together today, and right now are watching a movie together. 5. I have to take Caleb to the high school Friday for a math test. He's going to try to test out of Algebra and go straight to geometry I think it is. He's always tested rather high so he may actually do it despite last years math grades. 6. I've barely got into Big Brother this season. Only watched the first two episodes and about 45 seconds of live feeds earlier this week (was on foth.) I'd been waiting for the girls softball tournaments to be over since we were so busy with that and now that it's over, I'll try getting into it. This is the first year I haven't been very excited about it, the last few seasons haven't been all that great.
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Hermione69
Member
07-23-2002
| Thursday, July 15, 2010 - 12:17 pm
1. Thanks, CG. It's been a rough few days. 2. I'm currently both working summer school and staying late to make up for time lost on the trip that my principal let me arrange. 3. Our book budget suffered some major slashage this year, but at least I still have a job. 4. WG, will you ask Caleb for some of his favorite books? I swear, boys are the hardest to snag. 5. I'm going to play Putt Putt tonight with my brother and his daughter and their church friends. Should be fun. I do love Putt Putt. 6. Sorry about niece's team not winning. 7. I have to belatedly echo Prisoner's congrats to Darren. She's right in how hard it is for adults who are parents to go back and finish college.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Thursday, July 15, 2010 - 8:30 pm
1. Hermi, not sure it would help for a school library, but Caleb really enjoys sci fi and fantasy. He's making his way through my books these days. 2. He'll read what a teacher assigns or something off a book list, and read it well enough to write a paper, take a test, and discuss it, but he usually doesn't enjoy the classics and stuff that's assigned. 3. So, action, adventure, great quests, sci fi (and he really likes the hard core sci fi, the real sciency/techie stuff.) When I asked, he said a favorite was Mirror of Merlin (it's a series of books, the mirror one is #3 or 4 in it) but I'm not sure of the age level for that one...I know it's been a couple years since he read it. 4. My nieces are here this evening, family emergency. Kinda wondering when they're going home, they are getting tired and the baby's eyes are really bothering her and she doesn't have her eye drops. 5. Poor baby has allergic congectivitus. Dr said they've been seeing a lot of allergic reactions among kids who have been hanging around the softball fields. Dakota's had a rash for months (off and on) that we & her derm had determined was from the same thing, but didn't know a bunch of others were effected as well. 6. Caleb's math test is not tomorrow but next week. Same day he has picture day and the freshman welcome (tour of school, meeting other kids, etc.) 7. The girls took one day off from softball. Kota and oldest niece were out in the front yard this evening practicing bunts and playing catch. I do enjoy it when niece is here and can play with Kota, I'm not much of a softball player and she laughs at me when I throw the ball. 8. Need to set up the kids next derm appts tomorrow. We had so much trouble getting Caleb's prescription filled I just picked it up yesterday and it's already time to schedule the appt.
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Schoolmarm
Member
02-18-2001
| Saturday, July 17, 2010 - 2:31 pm
1. is totally swollen shut and my right eye, cheek, behind the ear and neck are also swollen. Yesterday I thought that I was literally going to die. 2. I went to the doctor on her last day ever in the office. Got lots of meds and seem to be a little better today. As in I stayed awake most of the day and actually ate more than a banana. 3. Can't chew much of anything either as my back molars on the right side don't meet. Should have re-thought that hot dog with pickles. 4. So so sorry about Hermoine's dog! I hope that someone nice found it and is treating it well. 5. WHOO HOO for Darren! I love having returning adults in class...helps the "regular aged" undergrads understand about time management and responsibility. 6. Because of the swimmer's ear and my resulting incoherence and "ragdoll body" I missed the first day of sanctuary prep for our new pipe organ. 7. YES! A pipe organ is coming from a church in California in a couple of weeks. I can't believe it. 8. August 2, I will be singing the national anthem with a bunch of music teachers at the Cardinals/Astros game. Expect harmony! 9. Does anyone know how long it takes to get rid of swimmer's ear? Or at least how long before my ear should "open up" a bit? O U C H !
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Schoolmarm
Member
02-18-2001
| Saturday, July 17, 2010 - 2:47 pm
ACKKK...what happened to the beginning of #1. I have SWIMMER'S EAR and my right ear is totally swollen shut. OMG!
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Bookworm
Member
12-18-2001
| Saturday, July 17, 2010 - 6:29 pm
Marm I used to get swimmer's ear every summer at the start of summer. It seemed like it lasted about a week. <ducking, because I know that's not what you wanted to hear> I learned in my youth that I would have to get past the swimmer's ear and one bad (blistered) sunburn before I could enjoy the rest of my summer. That was the days before sunblock.... the days of the coconut scented suntan oil...
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Bookworm
Member
12-18-2001
| Saturday, July 17, 2010 - 6:32 pm
And btw, I never swelled like that from swimmer's ear. Yikes!
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Saturday, July 17, 2010 - 11:29 pm
1. Depends Marm. Dakota's had them that seem to last all summer long! Really she just gets one, then gets over it, and gets the next. 2. She uses earplugs now, which reminds me I need to buy her some, surprised she hasn't had it yet this summer though she's only been swimming a couple times. 3. Oh, the earplugs, they are a waxy type substance, you roll them around in your hand into a ball and then put in your ear and push (gently) to form to the inside of your ear. The ones I buy are bright orange and come in a 12 pair pack. Because she's still little, we were able to split one in half to use for her, so got 24 uses out of them. 4. And like Bookie, she's never had the swelling like that with swimmers ear. We have had times where she screamed and cried in pain with it though and other times where she didn't even notice it (like last years annual physical when the dr took a peek and asked if her ear was hurting, she said no and dr said, huh, you have swimmers ear again.) 5. Went to a bbq at the neighbors tonight. It was nice. Their oldest is home on leave so they invited everyone over. 6. Oldest niece is coming over tomorrow and spending the night. I'm taking her and Kota to see Eclipse. Very rare that I get just one of my nieces over here without the other two. I did suggest to sis that middle niece might could spend the night with our other niece who is around the same age. 7. Dakota is downright moody right now with no structured activity to keep her busy. I can't wait til fall ball starts. 8. Caleb has been busy working on his summer English project. He starts back to school August 9th (a full month before the elementary and jr high schools) and needs to have his project done the 1st week. 9. I'm kinda looking forward to this new schedule. It'll give me a few weeks home in the summer with Dakota alone and at the end of the school year a few weeks alone with Caleb. 10. I've been reading the Sookie Stackhouse novels by Charlaine Harris (the books True Blood the hbo series are based on.) Totally fun books, easy reads, good story, and I think I've found another vampire character as totally cool as Spike from Buffy. Eric, the big, bad Viking vampire. And the actor who plays him on the show is yummy.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Sunday, July 18, 2010 - 1:41 pm
1. The girls are driving me wacky. I picked up oldest niece and then we went and got tickets for the 4:30 showing of Eclipse. They've been asking every 5 minutes since 1:30 if it was time to leave yet.
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Hermione69
Member
07-23-2002
| Monday, July 19, 2010 - 7:47 am
1. Thanks, Marm, about my dog. Sure hope you are feeling better. 2. Thanks, Wargod re: the book suggestions. I actually have the Merlin series you mentioned. Has Caleb read the Alex Rider series? I've been working on a book order all morning and I am excited because I've stumbled upon some promising African-American fiction writers and series that I hadn't heard of before. It's always gratifying to add to the multicultural collection. I've found some new Hispanic selections, too.
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