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Wargod
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07-16-2001

Sunday, August 15, 2010 - 9:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
1. Hi Sage! It's so nice to see you! I'm glad things are going well with your daughter!

2. Hermi, big congratulations to you! You should be very proud, 14 years is terrific!

3. LOL, the True Blood vampire deaths are freaking nasty! And kinda funny in a sick way. The first one shocked us into howling with laughter (er, especially Pam telling Sookie she had a little vampire in her cleavage!)

4. I describe Caleb as smart, scary smart, lol. Weird smart works too. He's very science/techie minded. He'll ask someone a question and before they finish answering, he's figured it out himself.

5. That in itself causes problems too. He's so used to answers coming so easily to him, he has no idea what to do when they don't. Like math, he just can't wrap his head around the fact that that is one subject that doesn't come easy to him and he actually has to study for it.

6. Oldest niece is spending the night tonight. I haven't told her yet, but our fun and excitement for tomorrow is grocery shopping, lol.

7. I bought some new jammie bottoms today, one pair is blue/purple/white plaid and the other is red/white/blue plaid. Middle niece looked at them and told me they were ugly.

8. Dakota's eye looks fantastic. She has a check up tomorrow and I'm pretty sure that will go well.

9. I would really like to be in bed right now, but I'm waiting on some laundry to finish.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Monday, August 16, 2010 - 1:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
1. Took Kota and oldest niece out to lunch. We had a great time.

2. Except for when the waiter looked at my tiny niece (who is almost exactly 9 months younger than Kota, 11, but is so little she looks much younger) and asked if I wanted her to have a soda in a cup with a lid. She was totally offended.

3. We bought Kota a new cell phone yesterday. She's been using my old one (it's about 4 years old) and we thought it was time for an upgrade.

4. Still pre-paid, but it's Straight Talk. $30 a month for 1000 minutes phone and 1000 text messages. We were paying $20 for 80 minutes so I thought it was a pretty good deal. There's also a $45 card for unlimited phone and text, but we told her if she wants that, she'll have to do extra chores to pay for the other $15. I'm fine paying $30 a month for a phone, anymore and it's on her.

5. We laid down some pretty strict rules since this is her first time being able to text a lot. No texting during meals or when she's in the middle of a face to face convo. Mom and Dad have the right and responsibility to go through her text messages. If she runs out of minutes and texts, she's out of luck til the next month unless she spends her own money. No texting/phone calls during school.

6. We offered to get Caleb one too, but he said, "maybe later. I don't use the 80 minutes I have now, I would never use 1000, let alone 1000 text messages!" I was proud of him. Same reason I don't have anything more complicated than a cheapie pre-paid cell. Anything more would be a waste.

7. Dropped niece off at home and cracked up when I saw sis. We are matching today! Blue tank tops, blue jean shorts, and tennis shoes. We haven't dressed a like since we were little kids, lol.

8. Got another weird email from Darren this morning wondering what I thought about him going to a grave yard shift. They offered (actually gave him the choice this time) and he's considering it.

9. I think it's a horrible idea. We both hated the last 3 times he was on a grave yard shift. He hated it cuz his schedule was all messed up, I hated it cuz I never slept. Might possibly be better now since I'm not working out of the house and the kids are older, but unless he has some great reasons for doing it (far more money maybe!) I don't think I'll be too happy with it.

10. I've got to leave in a few minutes to take Kota to the dr. Don't really feel like going but no choice, lol.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Monday, August 16, 2010 - 10:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
1. Dakota's dr said her eye is looking good, but still a little swelling and infection so she prescribed some antibiotic eye drops (she was actually surprised the urgent care dr hadn't prescribed them last week with the pills.) Also gave her a prescription for eye drops for allergies (dust on softball field causing itchy/red eyes.)

1.5 Was actually an interesting appt. Normally if we go in for a same day appt or a follow up, they are quick appts, dr checks out what they have to check out and then out of the room. Today after checking her eye and discussing the allergy issue, she pulled up her stool and said, "So, how have you been?" Long appt, just chatting about everything from her asthma to softball. That's one thing I like about the kids drs office, when they have time, they'll catch up with what the kids are up to and how they're doing overall.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Monday, August 16, 2010 - 11:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
.5 Knew there was another reason I came to post here earlier, besides Kota's drs appt!

1. Darren's email about grave yard shift, turns out it wasn't just some wild thought he had. His big bosses are considering running swing and grave shifts in his department. He is hoping to stay on day shift, but if that's not an option and he has to choose, we both agree grave yard is better.

2. As much as grave sucks and I hate it, swing shift is much, much worse. He would only get to see the kids a few minutes in the morning before they leave for school and then on weekends. No softball, no school activities, no just being there. Grave yard might suck, but at least he gets to see the kids and stay involved in their lives.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Friday, August 20, 2010 - 12:35 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
1. Darren will graduate Nov. 13. He'll still have one class to go, but can at least walk. Otherwise he'd have to wait til May to graduate. And he's decided he's actually going to the ceremony (he'd said no at first.) I'm happy with that, we all need to see him graduate!

2. Caleb was traumatized in school today and I hate to admit it but I wasn't all that sympathetic. His health class was collapsed so he was sent to a new teacher. He came home and said "Mom! I didn't know they could show you dirty pictures at school!" Since he'd started off by telling me about the health class switch, I had a feeling I knew which way this conversation was going. And I was right, the new health teacher had pictures of std's hanging on his walls. "Herpies, mom! Herpies!" What better way to make a point to be safe and smart?

3. He was also traumatized last week when the pe teacher told them they were required to take showers after pe. He told us today they were told now they don't have to shower. Several parents complained to the pe teachers, the school, and the district about it so now no showers. Ya know, it never once dawned on me to complain to anyone about it! I'd like to say it's cuz when I was in jr high and high school showers were mandatory (they were) but really, I just spent the last three years carpooling stinky kids home who didn't have to shower after pe and quite frankly I think they should be forced! I wouldn't care if they lined them up on the blacktop, turned the hose on them, and attacked them with soap and a broom if it meant I wouldn't have to smell them. Think a 10 minute drive isn't bad? Try it locked in a car with 5-6 stinky pre-teens and teenagers! Betcha anything those complaining parents aren't the ones carpooling.

Schoolmarm
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02-18-2001

Friday, August 20, 2010 - 3:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Schoolmarm a private message Print Post    
1. Pipe organ is installed and I played it for services...Total time for organ--1 week, with another two days on either side for carpenters to deal with the wall, trim, etc.

2. War, Jr. High kids just need to be hosed down. There is NOTHING like teaching all day, every day in a smelly middle school. But the showers may not be private and some kids are shy about that. I don't blame them.

3. University classes start Monday. Excited about my classes and students. Not so much about colleagues and administration. Or the state budget!

4. I AM also excited that I will be teaching 4-8 music and HS choir at the local Christian school. And that gives my students a direct link to observe me teaching. Pay is barely above volunteering. But they appreciate me! :-)

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Friday, August 20, 2010 - 9:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
1. Ok, Marm, I thought carpool with the stinky kids was the worst, but hands down you win with the classroom full of them all day, every day!

2. I've only seen pipe organs a couple times (in a church or two) but I thought I remembered them being very complicated instruments!

3. Speaking of instruments, Caleb is still playing his guitar even though right now he doesn't have a class in school. If he doesn't get in the class this year, he'll go to an advanced class next year (er, if he wants to.) Grandpa would be so proud.

4. Oldest niece is spending the night again. She came home with us after practice.

5. Worked out pretty well. Caleb went to the fair with his buddies tonight. They saw Ted Nugent (Nuggent?) in concert and most likely checked out the girls. He's not home yet or I'd ask, lol.

Hermione69
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07-23-2002

Saturday, August 21, 2010 - 8:00 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hermione69 a private message Print Post    
1. I spent yesterday with an old friend. It was a wonderful time.

2. Wargod, your Caleb "Herpes!" story cracked me up!

3. Schoolmarm, sounds like things are going really well! Yay!

4. Defennessey, I somehow missed the story about your niece's show. It sounds great and nice that they performed the number again after the fire alarm interrupted the first one.

5. I officially go back to work Wednesday, but I have things that take me to school on Monday and Tuesday so it feels like Monday is my start date. I'm going to try to stay positive and look for the good in my co-librarian. Everyone has good in them. I give this new attitude about 2 days and 3 hours!

6. Need to get going as I am babysitting today.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Sunday, August 22, 2010 - 9:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
1. I hope you had fun babysitting, Hermi!

2. My sister stole my kid this weekend, lol. Niece spent the night Friday, then sis and bil picked both girls up for a birthday party yesterday morning.

3. They swung by the house last night to pick up an overnight bag and kept Dakota last night. Then this morning, Kota called and asked if she could go to the fair with them tonight.

4. Bil drove her home to shower, change clothes, and get money and I haven't heard from them since then. No idea if she's coming home tonight or not.

5. Oh well, she has had a pretty good weekend. That's always a plus.

6. And yep, I was right. Caleb and his buddies spent most their trip to the fair checking out the girls, meeting girls, and hanging out with girls.

7. I'm actually wishing Kota was home so I could go to bed and it's only 10:30! I'm really tired tonight for some reason.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Tuesday, August 24, 2010 - 10:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
1. Caleb's second book for English, after Ender's Game, is To Kill a Mockingbird.

2. He says he's read it before, but it wasn't one he brought home. I'm guessing it was one of the ones he read for free time either last year or year before if he did.

3. I'm excited, I haven't read it since I was in high school. His English class is one of his B block classes, or whatever it's called, this week so he'll only need the book on Thursday. I can start it tomorrow, then finish it over the weekend.

4. Darren pulled a calf muscle or something today at work playing volleyball. He's hurting pretty bad, might end up in the drs office tomorrow.

5. He said he thinks he'll start bike riding on his lunch break once he heals instead of playing volleyball. Says he's too old for jumping around anymore. I kept my mouth shut, lol.

6. Watched the nieces again today and will have them for a while tomorrow. Bil's got a follow up dental appt tomorrow.

7. They were watching Wipeout and Kota came up with the idea to set up an obstacle course for littlest niece. Oh she thought it was the funniest thing bouncing off couch cushions. Heh, just so no one thinks we're totally irresponsible, lol, we supervised them very closely.

8. Dakota is looking forward to back to school clothes shopping. I don't know if I'll take her this week or next week, but think I'll make it a full morning or afternoon, with lunch out.

Cinnamongirl
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01-10-2001

Tuesday, September 07, 2010 - 12:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cinnamongirl a private message Print Post    
1. Its been a while since I've posted in here. Hi everyone

2. Sent my little one off to his first day of kindergarten today. He was super excited and I was kinda feeling weird, almost numb..not really sure how to explain it.

3. I bought him plenty of school clothes and his Nana bought him TONS more.... she's a retired teacher and I think shes worried I don't know how to dress him properly or something... He has more clothes than he can possibly wear.

4. Fall is coming on fast and I LOVE it. Its my fav season by far. Cool. crisp. coloured leaves. apples. pumpkins. Halloween. coziness. fireplaces. Thanksgiving. comfort food. etc.....

5. My parents are off an another 2 month trip/cruise this Saturday. I just realized they'll be gone for Thanksgiving.. *gasp* I've never cooked a turkey on my own...

6. Starting to panic about what to make for school lunches and snacks! ugh...

7. I really want Matt to be a pirate for Halloween and he's set on being a ghost.

8. My favourite shows...Survivor, Greys, Desperate Housewives, Parenthood all start new this month. YAY!!

9. Summer was extremely busy and I'm more than happy to start into the fall/school routine. *happy sigh*

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Tuesday, September 07, 2010 - 8:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
1. Cinnamongirl, is he in all day kindergarten? You mention having to make lunches and snacks.

2. Finger foods are good for snacks. Cut up carrots or celery sticks, fruit. The boxes of individual packages of crackers work good too if you want something quick.

3. We're getting ready for back to school (tomorrow) with Kota too.

4. Took her today and bought shirts and a belt (we'd bought jeans and shoes last week) along with lunch foods since she decided she doesn't want to buy.

5. Tonight we went to the school for a welcome bbq. Picked up her schedule and went to each of her classes and decided where I'd drop her off and pick her up.

6. Ran by her math class to meet her teacher, or rather, to check and see if it was indeed Caleb's math teacher from last year. It was and Kota's happy cuz she knows at least one teacher from her old school. Also took her by the nurses office. She spends enough time with the school nurses she ought to go see where she's at and meet the woman, lol. I'll have to stop by later this week to drop off her inhaler.

7. Today was baby nieces 3rd birthday. She had a very nice day, got a couple new outfits (had her party Saturday so she got lots of gifts then) and an ice cream cake.

8. Dakota's birthday is next week. She was reminding me about it today.

9. Just realized I will have the house all to myself tomorrow! It has been a very long summer break, lol.

10. Though I won't be home a good portion of the day. I have to do my aunts grocery shopping and run by the pharmacy and take Kota to practice.

Cinnamongirl
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01-10-2001

Wednesday, September 08, 2010 - 6:41 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cinnamongirl a private message Print Post    
1. Yep, ALL day french kindergarten. All day is new this year for us and I think it'll be great. The french I'm still nervous about... we'll see. Lunch & snack are making me nervous cuz I want him to eat so it has to be good, obviously no peanut butter and it should have one of every food group. We try to eat healthy but we're not that good. Doesn't help that I'm a natural born worrier either. :o(

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Wednesday, September 08, 2010 - 9:51 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
1. How did his first day go yesterday? Do you speak french at home or will that be completely new for him?

2. Lunches are always hard. There are so many more interesting things to do than eat when school is new...like recess, lol. I know here, our teachers are pretty good about watching the new all day kids at lunch time and quick at spotting problems. At Caleb and Kota's elementary school they had to show their lunch trays or lunch boxes to the noon duty aid before they were dismissed from the cafeteria, if they hadn't eaten or eaten enough, they were sent back to their table. At my nieces school, they had a couple tables where the kids would sit with teachers if they weren't eating. Middle niece spent a lot of time there last year, lol. Her first week of school, she went in, got her lunch, set down at a table, then would get up and throw it away. She kept coming home from school starving and by the end of that week, sis went in and talked to her teacher about it. Sure enough that afternoon, the teacher watched her try to leave without touching any food and introduced her to her new table.

Cinnamongirl
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01-10-2001

Wednesday, September 08, 2010 - 2:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cinnamongirl a private message Print Post    
1. His day was great... I stayed with him though, all parents did...and tomorrow is the real test with me dropping him off at the door. First day solo.. yay!

2. I don't speak french but my mom (his nana) was a french teacher for many many years...shes retired now. Her first language was french. About half my neices and nephews did the french program all thru school. He can say a few words and count to 20 in french (thats all I can do too!)

3. Lunches are tough but I've been googling around for ideas and came up with tons of things to try. Hes usually a good eater but being with friends, away from me, maybe he won't be. I don't think our teachers/schools watch over the kids and make sure they eat enough... at least I don't think they do..You're lucky for that. I'll see soon enough when I get his lunch kit back at the end of day.. hehe

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Wednesday, September 08, 2010 - 11:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
1. That's good that he had a great day! It won't be so bad tomorrow, or uhm, maybe by next week. Some kids take a little longer, but eventually they all get to the point they have no problem going. I think it's a little harder on us parents, especially when they finally decide they have no problem waving goodbye to you!

2. I think an all French school is pretty cool. At his age, they soak stuff up like a sponge and a second language will probably be no different!

2.5 If he turns out to not eat so well, maybe ask him to help pick out stuff for his lunches. He might be more willing to eat it if he made some of the choices (of course, choices like bananans or apples and carrots or celery?) Hopefully he won't have too many problems with that, but lunch at school is a whole new, exciting thing.

3. Went to pick Kota up from school, the place was insane! I parked so far away from the school I had to get out and walk to the school to get her since I knew she couldn't see me where I was. When I finally got to her, she was letting a friend use her cell phone (his mom wasn't there yet either, she was stuck in traffic) and she said, "Oh hi mommy!" She hardly ever calls me that anymore outside of when she's sick and never in front of her friends!

4. Heard someone coughing and sneezing and couldn't figure out who it was (with Kota's asthma and sinuses there are times she sounds like a 70 year old man who has smoked for 60 years.) After a few minutes, I walked back and it was Caleb. Hope to heck he isn't getting sick. He's been back in school five weeks and has already had 2 bugs!

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Wednesday, September 15, 2010 - 10:08 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
1. Darren and Dakota are seriously twisted, lol.

2. A few weeks ago, she made a snail out of clay and gave it to him. Very cute, he set it next to his computer.

3. Then one day they were messing around with each other and he told her to get him a bottle of water, she said no. He grabbed the snail and a pair of scissors and told her if she didn't the snail was going to get it. She laughed, said no, and he snipped it's eyes off. They both cracked up and she fixed the eyes. Few days later he came home from work, she had taken a toy truck and run the snail over. Left him a note saying that the snail couldn't get out of the way fast enough.

4. He came home, looked at it and said oh that is just wrong. She fixed the snail and it set there next to his computer staring at him. Last week, her and Caleb were gone and when they got back I heard gasping laughter and went to look. Darren had taken the snail, tied a string around its neck and hung it from the chain on the ceiling fan, lol.

5. So snail has set there next to his computer and everytime I look at it I wonder what's next. Found out this morning when I got up, lol. She had taken the snail, cut it into 7 pieces (that I've found so far!,) scattered them around the house and left him a note for a scavenger hunt, lol. After seeing the poor snail cut into so many pieces, I'm wondering what the heck he's going to do to it once it's put all back together again!

Goddessatlaw
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07-19-2002

Wednesday, September 15, 2010 - 10:14 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Goddessatlaw a private message Print Post    
LOL, Wargod!!! That's so cute.

Jmm
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08-15-2002

Wednesday, September 15, 2010 - 11:27 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jmm a private message Print Post    
LOLOLOLOL Twisted indeed.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Thursday, September 16, 2010 - 8:30 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
1. Darren got home from work and found the first piece of his snail and set about collecting the other pieces. He got back to the living room, 7 little bits of snail in his hand, looked at Dakota, and said, "You murderer!!!!!"

2. HAHAHAHAHA! Me and Caleb were sitting on the couch howling with laughter. Caleb told me he can't wait to see what dad does next to it, I cracked up again because I'd had no idea Caleb had been following the torturing of the snail tale as closely as I had been, lol.

3. Darren rolled all the pieces together and rebuilt the snail.

4. Took the kids to Kota's practice. We would have been early too, except that I realized as we were getting her bags and my chairs out of the car that we were at the wrong dang park! On the plus side, we weren't the only ones who went to the wrong park.

5. Caleb's grounded (not asking help for his homework and telling us he had none when he did and now he has a D in math.) I had told one of the softball moms this (her girls are on the team, her son goes to school with Caleb.) She came yesterday and asked if Caleb was coming to practice Friday, yup, oh good, she said, cuz she just got her sons progress report and she's so not happy. She liked the not staying home alone punishment so her son is coming to practice too, lol.

6. When I got up this morning, Kota was cracking up and pointing. Before he left for work this morning, Darren had taken his coffee cup and squished the snail, lol.

Dfennessey
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07-25-2004

Thursday, September 16, 2010 - 8:35 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dfennessey a private message Print Post    
6.1 War I laugh everytime I hear a tail about the snail. keep us posted

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Friday, September 17, 2010 - 9:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
1. The snail tale continues:

2. Dakota answered the coffee cup squishing directly, she walked by the once again restored snail and flattened him with her fist, lol.

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4. My littlest nephew and niece were over today and nephew was admiring the snail. Darren waited til Kota went to change for practice, then called nephew over and said, "Wanna see something funny?" and stabbed the snail with a fork. Nephew thought it was hysterical, so did Caleb and I! I had to snap a pic quick, lol.

5. Dakota came out of her room, took one look and said, "Daddy!!!" He (the snail) is un-impaled now and sitting on the table. I'm thinking it's a good thing she hasn't seen the Godfather or else we'd be waking up next to a snail head on our pillows sometimes this weekend!

6. Kota has horrible times for her games tomorrow, the ones everyone complains about. First game is at 11:30 (we have to be there by 10:30) and second game at 3 (have to be back by 2.) No time between the two games to come home (or rather, we'd have time to drive home and turn right around and go back.) So we'll be at the park from 10:30 til 4:30-5. Long, long day.

7. Darren has a four day weekend. We'll be busy tomorrow and Sunday (Dakota's birthday party) but have a couple days of quiet.

Christy358
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07-10-2007

Friday, September 17, 2010 - 10:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Christy358 a private message Print Post    
RN, I have to admit I do not often visit the RN thread.

The snail thing had me worried. Do snails grow back together? Why would the War family be doing this to a snail? What do I say? Call Dogdoc for help?

Luckily I read back and found it is a clay snail.

I would have had to call Animal Police.!!!

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Friday, September 17, 2010 - 10:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
7.2 LOL Christy. Yep, the snail is made out of polymer clay and every few days he looks a little bit different than the last time depending on who put him back together again.

Heyltslori
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09-15-2001

Saturday, September 18, 2010 - 8:12 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Heyltslori a private message Print Post    
7.3 The snail story is cracking me up! This reminds me of the Sock Thread from years ago. Love the pic!!