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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Thursday, August 26, 2010 - 9:44 am
That's insane, lol. I don't even use the telephone that much! But, she is texting just like you guys are describing...short, short messages and if they'd rather text than talk. And most aren't back in school yet so they have lots of time to text. We're willing to pay $30 a month for it. We were paying $20 for either 80 minutes or 3 months, which is perfect for me and Caleb (both of us usually have minutes that roll over cuz we aren't using even 80 minutes!) If she wants unlimited, she'll have to put up the other $15 and so far she's good for the next two months.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Thursday, August 26, 2010 - 11:01 am
That is good news that they are checking on the seniors, I worry about that here and keep meaning to suggest to my condo board that we have some sort of check on our seniors, we have a lot in our complex that have lived here since it was built. I hate that kids are only learning to communicate via text. It really came home for my girlfriend when she found that her daughter was practically afraid to make a phone call and schedule an appointment. It made her very anxious to even think about it. Now at 18, she will have to call the doctor or hairdresser if she wants to be seen, Mom can't do it for her anymore. I am excited to get some things done tonight it will only be 88 here, so will be cool enough to get a few chores done. I need to change the sheets (now that I won't be sweating all night) and do some laundry and I think I will do the mission, I haven't wiped down my switchplates in a while.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Thursday, August 26, 2010 - 11:22 pm
Friday's Mission I thought it was great too, Dipo. My aunt has us to take care of her and make sure she's ok in the heat but a lot of elderly folks don't have anyone or anyone close by. My text pet peeve is people (mostly kids) who will stop whatever conversation or meal or activity they are in to read and answer them. We have rules for Kota, no texting during conversations with real live people, no texting during meals or family activities. I ended up with a migraine today, still feeling pretty lousy. My greatest accomplishment was returning a couple phone calls earlier this evening, spent most of the day on the couch asleep. Tomorrow if I'm feeling up to it I need to run to Costco for a couple things and Darren was talking about going to the bookstore.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Saturday, August 28, 2010 - 2:02 pm
I was out on a team building event all day friday, so didn't do much when I got home. I changed the sheets the other day so I have laundry to do. Got the dishwasher going, cleaned out a bunch of old food from the fridge and placed a Safeway order. I need to do a little work today so that is about it.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Saturday, August 28, 2010 - 11:27 pm
You got quite a bit done, Dipo. I haven't accomplished too much. Still wasn't feeling up to too much yesterday, we went to Walmart for a couple things when Darren got off work and that was it. Today, we had an unexpected date day. Darren's mom and step dad took the kidlets to the aquarium in Long Beach today. The kids had a great time and got some grandma and grandpa spoiling and it's always good for them to spend time together. Darren and I took our trip to the bookstore and then went out to lunch. That was the most activity I've had in a couple days and I came home, laid down on the couch and was almost asleep when the kids got home. They told us about their morning and afternoon, showed us what they'd bought, and the pictures they took. That was about 3:30 and Caleb headed off to his buddy's house and then Kota asked if she could watch something on tv and next thing I knew it was 6:30! Caleb was still gone, Darren was finishing up a paper for class, and Dakota was nowhere to be seen. Darren said she'd watched tv for a while and then told him she was going to lay down in our bed and watch a movie, when he went to check on her she was sound asleep. Caleb came home, had dinner, and was in bed early. Dakota didn't get up til 10pm! And then she got up, had a piece of pizza, asked for some tylenol for a headache and went back to bed. I'm hoping she was just worn out, they'd gotten up at 5am and my in-laws picked them up at 6, 3 hours (total) in the car, and a lot of walking and excitement in between. Tomorrow I'll be at my aunts (shower and cleaning) and have to do a little grocery shopping for my house. Will be a busy week. Monday the kids have their lab appt and aunt has a dr appt. Wednesday the kids have their derm appts and then Friday is aunts shopping day.
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Biscottiii
Member
05-29-2004
| Sunday, August 29, 2010 - 12:05 am
Feeling pleased. When my Sis came for a visit a few weeks ago, my 36" 15yo tv crapped out in the upstairs 2nd flr living rm. No sound on many stations, downstairs tv worked fine so it wasn't a cable connection. Actually fortunate timing, since she won't be back til Christmas (and TAR, Survivor starts well before then!). Between the two of us, we got a new 42" HD flatscreen tv upstairs in the living rm and she set it all up. TVM Sis, I'm REALLY looking forward to this next season! Now, I've got that old huge 36" monster still sitting next to the wall until I can get some burly young neighbor guys to haul it down the stairs, it's heavy & was way too much for the two of us to manage! Called the City Garbage/Recycle and for $20 each tv they will pick it up (they really want to keep these out of the landfills or their waste stations). BUT it needs to be sitting down outside ON my property, flat area. Okay, still need to figure that out. My big (older) brother said he would haul it down at Christmas, and dang I just know he would do it all by himself even it ruined his back, he's a macho guy. Gives me a deadline to get it out of here before then. Anyway, City said I can take any tv (up to 19") to a free E-cycle place, Goodwill not too far. Checked them out and they also recycle computers. Hey, just happen to have 1 old half-dead 19" tv and 2 old crashed computers in the basement. So I used the handtruck and got those tv/computers loaded yesterday. Took them to Goodwill today and it's a chunk more junk out of my space. Yippee! Checked (concerned about any private tax info potentially leached out of those computers) and they said they scrub them clean so it's safe, first. If they can't fix for resale (Nah, those puppies are older than Methuselah) they part out and recycle. Figure the City wouldn't refer folks to them if it wasn't safe. Young man even hauled them all off my truck. AND gave me a receipt for tax purposes after I asked him. (I've been a mere 4cents over a tax bracket before, so I ALWAYS get a tax receipt just in case). So, I saved $20 and cleared out some junk. Now, I'm just HOPING my skinny house neighbors decide to have a party! Lot's of burly young men (friendly & safe) at their parties. I've even got the handtruck already up in the living room available (just in case)! It's been a lot of years since I've been scoping out young men, maybe soon I will get 'lucky'. 
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Biscottiii
Member
05-29-2004
| Sunday, August 29, 2010 - 12:09 am
War, sounds like you all had a NICE quiet, catch up on some rest day. Recharged some batteries while Darren got his schoolwork done. Lovely.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Sunday, August 29, 2010 - 12:50 am
I had no clue Goodwill did E-cycle! I'll have to check ours out. Our garbage co does a free e-cycle day once or twice a year, but they have a weight limit to what they'll take. No biggie, cheaper than normal. Waste Management though is way out in Palmdale, so long drive. Goodwill's right down the street. It was a pretty nice day. I'm still getting over being sick and I know that's why I felt so worn down. I feel fine, just low on energy. Darren's cracking me up about school. He has one week left of his current class, which includes the paper he wrote today and a final exam and then he has 3 classes left and he'll be done. He'll actually go through the graduation ceremony 4 or 5 weeks before he's done with his last class. But, the closer he gets to finishing the twitchier he gets about it. He can't wait to be done and at the same time he's dragging his feet and putting off homework as long as he can. So, it was really good for him to have a few hours today where he could just sit and get it done. Oh and Dipo...how much did your temps drop???? We had 107 as the high earlier this week and 3 or 4 days of 100+ temps. Last night it got kinda cool. Today was a shock, my car thermometor (which usually runs a couple degrees hotter than it really is outside) said 79 at noon! Not cold by any means, though I did wear jeans, but wow, that's a heck of a drop and really low for us at the end of August!
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Sunday, August 29, 2010 - 1:24 pm
LOL, they dropped from 105 to about 75, it was great, but it did feel cold. I turned off all the fans in the LR and the one in the bedroom. Today it is supposed to be a little warmer, I think around 80, I have done my laundry, put away my safeway order away, and have sunday roast in the oven, should be done in about a half hour! I need to decide if I need to do a little work or just bust my ass on Monday morning to get my project done by noon.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Sunday, August 29, 2010 - 7:22 pm
Monday's Mission Which actually isn't up yet, but will be. Today is a few (2 or 3) degrees cooler than yesterday. But having yesterday to get used to it, it was pretty nice instead of just cold. Very bizarre. I went to my aunts and cleaned and helped with a shower. Then did the little bit of grocery shopping at Costco. Also picked up a doll at Costco for baby niece's birthday, she'll be 3 next week. Did a couple loads of laundry, cleaned up the kitchen and that's been about it. Kids have early labs tomorrow morning (6:30 ugh) and I'll drop Caleb off at school. I'll have a couple hours before I have to get to aunts and get her ready for her dr appt. I've got to take Kota clothes shopping sometimes this week for school, we'll either do it tomorrow, Tuesday, or Wednesday. I'm thinking Tuesday or Wednesday so we don't have to rush it.
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Lumbele
Moderator
07-12-2002
| Monday, August 30, 2010 - 8:29 am
Well, for someone who wasn't going to do anything until after the granddoggies vacation w/ us, I didn't do too badly this morning. Took the dogs for a 1/2 hour walk, then went right into making a carrot, bean, cauliflower and Wurstsalad. Piggies in a blanket to go w/ all those salads and the Wurstsalad for supper. A little picking up around the house, maybe fold the laundry still hanging up and I am done for today. Clothes shopping definitely needs full concentration, WarMum.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, August 30, 2010 - 11:30 am
LOL, Lum, I took Kota to buy an outfit last week (Grandma gave her the money) and according to my oldest niece there is no way I could have taken her cuz I never pick out anything as cute as Kota's new outfit. Kota's sooooo difficult to buy for, she doesn't fit normal sizes well. She's got a long torso, so unless we buy something big it's really difficult to find shirts that fit her well and she can't fit into most dresses, unless they are really long. And she's so muscled and thick from the waist down (with short legs) that pants, shorts, and capris that fit her waist, butt, and hips are usually too long for her legs. She's mismatched, lol! Plus I'm kind of a prude. She's 2 weeks from turning 12 and I happen to think she should dress like that. Most clothing designers and stores don't seem to agree with me though. So we have to search to find stuff that fits her well and clothes that are appropriate for her age. I really, really don't enjoy clothes shopping for her, lol. Sis just asked if I'd watch the girls one day this week so they can go shopping for the baby's birthday. If they do that tomorrow, I'll take Kota shopping Wed. Took the kids to the lab this morning. Our normal lady wasn't there and we once again had the woman who had to chase Kota down a couple months ago. Went much smoother today, she chit chatted with her for a while before poking her. Dropped Caleb off at school and came home, Kota went back to bed for an hour or so before we left to go to my aunts to take her to the dr. Pretty quick appt actually, usually is with the foot dr.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Monday, August 30, 2010 - 12:42 pm
Sounds busy! I ended up reading the paper instead of working, have been at it since I got to work and I am taking a break to eat some lunch and check up on the news.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, August 31, 2010 - 12:58 am
Tuesday's Mission
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Tuesday, August 31, 2010 - 9:21 am
Watered the plants, refilled water bottles, and changed the brita filter.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, August 31, 2010 - 10:47 am
I really, really hope I am just suffering a massive allergy attack. My nose is stuffy, my throat is scratchy, and my eyes are watering, also have a little cough. I feel a little blah on the energy level but not like I can't do anything. With the drastic weather change I'm wondering if I'm coming down with a cold but seriously hoping not. Last week Caleb complained that his alarm clock wasn't going off when it was supposed to. He's had it for years and it was a cheapie, figured it was going bad and told him I'd buy him a new one this weekend. I'm sound asleep this morning and Caleb wakes me up in a panic, "Mom! I just woke up!" And then it dawned on me I forgot to buy him a new alarm clock. It was a little after 10am! All 3 of us way over slept this morning. We figured out by the time he ate and took a shower, it'd be close to 11 by the time I got him to school and he'd make it just in time for lunch, pe, and to go home. I told him to enjoy his one free day out of school this year, lol. We'll be going to buy a new alarm clock later on. Nieces are supposed to come today so other than the trip to the store, I'll be doing some cleaning around the house.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, September 01, 2010 - 9:24 am
Wednesday's Mission A little bit of cleaning and clothes shopping are the plans for today.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Wednesday, September 01, 2010 - 11:10 am
Lets see, I made hummingbird food, cleaned up some leftover dishes, did the mail, and watched a tape. OH I balanced my checkbook and made sure the bills were all correct to be paid. My PG&E went down $20, thank you! its from not having to run the AC, and of course, today it is supposed to hit 90, so my house will be 100. I just realized that I lost my purple rags when I did the laundry, I think they must be in the fitted sheets I folded, LOL, so tonight I will unfold everything and see if I can find them.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, September 01, 2010 - 2:11 pm
Yay on the electric bill going down! Is PG&E both gas and electric? Ours is SCE (just electric) and the gas company, both have been pretty low this summer, no surprise on the gas bill though. Electric was $109 last month, absolutely shocking in the summer! LOL, last week I lost one of Kota's softball socks in the laundry. Softball socks aren't like regular socks, they're really long and not likely to get eaten by the sock monster, I couldn't figure out what the heck had happened to it. And it was one of Kota's favorites, the one with the monkeys, so we tore up the house looking for it. Finally Sunday, Darren went to take a shower and I threw his clean clothes on the bed, he came out putting his t-shirt on, stopped and said, "What the heck is this????" and pulled her monkey sock out of his t-shirt, where I'd evidently folded it up, lol. We had a change of plans. Decided to do clothes shopping tomorrow after the kids drs appt. We'll pick Caleb up from school, go to the dr, drop him back off at school and then go shopping and to lunch. Neither of us was in a hurry this morning and by the time we got ready it was already late for clothes shopping. Even with the appt tomorrow, we'll get to an early start tomorrow. We did go to Walmart and bought her school supplies though. I'd bought her a backpack when I bought Caleb's and have picked up a few things (like 3 ring binders, paper, and pencils) already so we had a pretty short list today. Shoot that reminds me! You ever lose something you absolutely shouldn't lose? Few weeks ago was my youngest nieces (she just turned 2) birthday. I bought her a baby doll too and a roll of cutesy little girl wrapping paper. Had quite a bit left, but wasn't concerned cuz my other niece (she's turning 3) has her birthday coming up and I could finish off the roll with her present. I have a closet in the hallway that is for toilet paper, paper towels, and wrapping paper. Tons of Christmas paper, birthday paper I could use for anyone, etc. I looked last night and the Dora the Explorer paper is not in there! I can't find that dang roll of wrapping paper anywhere, its driving me nuts. I wouldn't have used it for anyone other than the two littlest nieces, wouldn't have thrown it out cuz I never throw out wrapping paper. But, that was the one thing I forgot, another roll of paper since I can't find that one.
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Lumbele
Moderator
07-12-2002
| Thursday, September 02, 2010 - 6:17 am
Bills going down are always a nice surprise, albeit oh so rare. Well, the house's a mess, but it has been raining at least once a day since the grands came and no matter how well you dry 12 paws, there will still be prints on the floor. The Tupperware lady came by the other evening and I was quite embarrassed. Then I thought wth, if it bothers her she can always ask for the mop. But I did manage to put the baby blanket that I knitted together. Now I need to wash and block it. I have never blocked anything in my life! Ack! War, how are the sniffles? Did you find the wrapping paper yet? I know it is frustrating for you, but comforting to me that someone else is conducting these kinds of searches. The other day I was looking high and low for the "going to town" watch - clinging to my wrist.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Thursday, September 02, 2010 - 8:09 am
Thursday's Mission LOL Lum, I do that often, look for something (usually my sunglasses) that are on my head. Nope, haven't found the wrapping paper. I even checked behind and under the couch thinking maybe I set it behind the couch and it fell over (can't figure out why I'd put it there though, lol.) If it was any other design than Dora the Explorer I'd think I was nutty and used it for someone else's present and just don't remember. But, it was Dora and the only kids young enough to use that for are the two littlest nieces, even the two middle girls (one turned 7 in April, one turns 7 in Nov) would look at me like I'd grown a second head if I used Dora paper, lol. Besides which, other than the 2 babies and youngest nephew, we've been given the kids money for their birthdays so they can go pick something out themselves! Ack, I'm late, I'll be back later, lol.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Thursday, September 02, 2010 - 11:32 am
LOL, that is weird about the Dora paper. I forgot to look for the purple rags last night so will do that tonight. Instead I took out the trash and recycling, straightened up a little for my sister to come and clean. She is coming friday instead of Monday since its a holiday. So tonight I will look for the purple rags (she needs them for cleaning, LOL), run and unload the dishwasher, refill my soda bottles and water the plants. It is supposed to be our hottest day today, ACCK!! 98, so over a 100 at my house, then starting to cool down tomorrow thank goodness. I see Britanney is vaccuming the BB house, LOL.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Thursday, September 02, 2010 - 12:27 pm
Yeah, very weird. I ran out of here and to the high school thinking like jr high I'd whiz in and out in 5 minutes, hahahaha. Good thing I always leave way early! Walked into the high school, had to sign in, show my id, and find out where to go. Then got to the attendance window and it took them a couple minutes to locate Caleb and call his house, then fill out the slip to take him out of school and find out the policy for bringing him back after his appt. Then had to wait for him to drag himself across a very large campus. Took a good 20 minutes, if not 25. Took them to the derm, that went well. Dakota's going to do the 6th month, which is the full course of accutane treatment. No serious side effects, just the dry chapped lips, dry skin, and sore joints which she told him rather firmly she was willing to deal with as long as the med is working. Her cholesterol was good, triglicirides were 231, a little high but not concerningly so. Caleb, just starting his 3rd month, is doing even better. He's got the chapped lips but no other side effects, even his cholesterol (which had been high before he started back on it) was normal. Then took him back to school, figured since his blood work came back normal that I'd cheat and stop him by to get McDonalds for lunch since I was dropping him off in the middle of his lunch period and he wasn't going to have much time to eat. Took Kota clothes shopping after that. She got 3 pairs of jeans, a pair of shorts, 3 pair of knee high socks (mostly to wear for softball practice,) a belt, a t-shirt (we didn't have much luck finding shirts at the store we went to), and a pair of tennis shoes for $72. Just as I thought, we had a hell of a time finding jeans to fit her with her short stubby legs. We stopped by the sub shop on the way home and got sandwiches for lunch. I've been doing a little cleaning since then, have a load of laundry in the washer, breakfast dishes on to soak, and have picked up a little bit. Need to go wash dishes and do some other cleaning. Dipo, I hope you can find your rags! Oh, and can I good naturedly tease you about how you spelled Britney's name? Only because that's my oldest nieces name, spelled the same way Britney, and for the first year or two of her life, I could not spell it right for anything! Everytime I had to write it down I spelled it different and even now at 11 I still have to stop and think about it first! And I can not believe the bb Brit is vacuuming! Most of the hg's this year have been complete slobs and she sure hasn't done much of the house cleaning so far! I haven't had my feeds on this week but I'm guessing she's doing it cuz no one else is?
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Thursday, September 02, 2010 - 1:05 pm
LOL, Wargod, I think I spell her name differently everytime I type it. And you better sit down, I saw Enzo cleaning too, I about died.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Thursday, September 02, 2010 - 1:38 pm
LOL, it's a funny one cuz there are at least four ways I can think of that I've seen it spelled. Sis never could get on me about that either cuz the first time she spelled it, she spelled it wrong too. Her and bil had discussed it and chose the Britney they wanted and the day niece was born, the clerk came into the room to have sis fill out the birth certificate info. I showed up a few hours later and sis said, it was the strangest thing, the woman came in to do the bc, but then all of a sudden got up and said she'd be back later. The woman came while I was there and told sis she just wanted to come back when she wasn't quite so drugged up because she wanted to double check the spelling of the baby's name. I can't remember how sis had spelled it but there were at least 14 letters in that name, lol! Thank goodness the clerk realized sis was still pretty drugged up and not in her right mind or else poor oldest niece would have had the longest and strangest spelling of Britney ever! Enzo is cleaning?????? Holy cow, I'm almost sorry I missed that!
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