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Happymom
Member
01-20-2003
| Saturday, September 18, 2010 - 10:45 am
LOVE the snail saga!!! What a riot!
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Southern_grits
Member
10-08-2009
| Saturday, September 18, 2010 - 11:26 am
1. I'm loving the snail saga too, so funny. Stupid question though, won't the snail eventually harden? Or is it something that doesn't harden til it bakes? Ooops, there's an idea for Kota, impale it on a weiner fork and park it over a stove burner. 2. Sorry for being MIA, it's been a rough summer. I never would have thought winning in court (son, actually) and getting custody of the kids would bring so much trouble. 3. I read in another thread about someone having to deal with a phsycopath. I've thought for quite some time now I am too with the ex-dil. It's so difficult because she lies so easily and is so convincing the whole rest of the world thinks we are horrible people. She had us suckered for years and I am pretty much resigned to the fact that she will have most of the rest of the world suckered and there is not much we can do about it. 4. DCS is even fooled by her and have found all the past abuse 'unfounded'. Unbelieveable. 5. I am still finding it hard to even take a deep breath of air and frankly I'm scared to death of her. Having to deal with her every day is just becoming more and more difficult for me. 6. Ok, some fun I've had this summer though- Hi my name is Southern and I am a Facebook Frontierville addict. And shamefully facebook became the website my browser automatically connected to instead of TVCH. 7. I am so ashamed for cheating on y'all. 8. Quiet weekend so far. Hope it stays that way.
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Couchtomato
Member
09-09-2008
| Saturday, September 18, 2010 - 11:40 am
1. Thanks, War, for the continuing snail saga. I've had a stressful week and sure needed to smile. 2. Last Saturday we attended the funeral of our friends 18 yr old daughter who died (in her mother's car on the way to the hospital) from viral pneumonia. Very, very sad. 3. Sunday, just as football was about to come on, our cable went out. Back on within a half hr. 4. Monday & Tuesday, phone service was sporadic. I'm on dial-up. 5. Also, Mon. into Tues, the fridge died. It's fixed now. Only lost less than a qt of milk, out of code anyway. 6. Wednesday I see a dead bird under the feeder. I went in to get a bag, back out, and no bird. Guess it was just stunned and flew away. Nope, an hr later it's face-planted, wings splayed by the fence. Back in for a bag, back out. Went to pick it up & it hopped through the fence and under a bush. Good, I think, it's ok. Wrong again. Later that afternoon, my dog finds it, on it's back, feet up & curled. He pawed at it a couple of times. Back in for a bag, back out. It's now hopping (poorly) towards the feeder. Guess the dog performed CPR! I knew it didn't have much longer to live, so got the hose, gave it a little drink, offered seed but no go. So finally picked it up and put it in the soybean field, plenty of shade & bugs if it revived again. 7. Thurs. dd calls, her truck barely has brakes, will I pick her up at repair shop when she takes it in on Friday. (Truck is fixed, not too expensive, & she waited there for it) 8. Friday, my dog finally found the bunny nest in his yard and started snooting in it. Before I could run out there, 5 baby bunnies scurried out. All but 1 made to safety. I cradled the teeny bunny til it passed. It's now back in the soybeans with the bird. 9. Sheesh, I'm glad this week is just about done!
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Landileigh
Member
07-28-2002
| Saturday, September 18, 2010 - 12:38 pm
6.a. cheri, add me, i can always use good frontierville neighbors. currently level 56. there are a bunch of us that play over there. check out the facebook thread.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Saturday, September 18, 2010 - 10:17 pm
1. Couchtomato, I am so sorry about your friends daughter. 2. Southern Grits, kinda, but not really. If you bake polymer clay it will get hard and you can't do anything else to it except paint or glaze it. If you don't bake it, it will get a little hard sitting out, but all you have to do is roll it around between your hands for a few minutes until it warms up and then it's soft again and you can reform it. I'm not sure how long you can keep playing with it, but this has been about two weeks. It's also pretty expensive for the amount you get so Kota doesn't get a lot to play with. I've never developed the talent Heyltslori has for it, but I can do a couple simple things. 3. After Darren went to bed tonight, Kota pinched the head off the snail and put it on his laptops keyboard. She left the headless body sitting next to his mouse, lol. 4. We spent all day at the park today. Watched the game before Kota and nieces. Then their first game. Then another game and finally their second game. It's starting out to be a rough season. 5. Nieces are spending the night, it's sis and bils 12th anniversary...well, tomorrow is, but they are celebrating tonight. 6. Middle niece was complaining about her ears. Just complaining though. If they were really bothering her she'd be screaming bloody murder. I did call sis and let her know, but told her I wouldn't call again unless I absolutely had to. 7. We're having Kota's birthday party tomorrow. Need to get an early start cuz I still haven't bought any food or drinks, lol, and I have to get to sis' early to decorate. Doing it there so the kidlets can swim. 8. I'd love to be in bed, but I'm waiting on a load of laundry to finish up and I have the girls uniforms hanging up in the backyard I still need to bring in. 9. Dakota has been in the worst mood all day. No, actually she's had a bad mood going on all week, it's just worse today. She also started sneezing earlier. She's been having a lot of breathing and sinus problems this week and along with the grumpiness, I believe she's working on getting sick. 10. My puppy needs a haircut. Maybe I'll do that on Monday while Darren's home to help.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, September 22, 2010 - 1:35 pm
1. The snail has met with another unfortunate "accident." Dakota took him and shoved him into one of my bead containers. She brought him over to the couch, held up the container with the flattened snail in it and said, "Hey look! He's an oyster now!" LOL! I didn't realize til she said it but the little container is rather oyster shaped. 1.5 He was remolded into snail form last night. Little nephew was looking at him earlier and asked what happened to his eyes, he didn't have any. Not sure if that's Darren's latest attack or if the snail was recreated without eyes. Either way, he's as blind as can be right now.
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Hermione69
Member
07-23-2002
| Monday, September 27, 2010 - 2:36 am
1. Love the snail's adventures. It's got more lives than a cat! 2. My library supervisor warned all the librarians strongly against personal internet usage at work so I haven't been around much. And my weekends have just been so busy. 2.1 I was wide awake at 3 a.m. and decided to just get up. Now I am hurting and it's too late to go back to bed. It's gonna be a long day.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, September 27, 2010 - 7:53 am
1. If I could remember where I left my memory chip, I'd take a new pic of the snail. The last act of torture against him...Dakota flattened parts of his shell and then attacked him with a heart shaped hole punch. He's very pretty, lol. 2. I am sick. I spent the better part of Saturday and Sunday sleeping. Fever, stuffy head, sinuses hurt like hell and a cough. Worst of it though, muscle aches. Was awake most of the night just hurting. Thought it was a sinus infection, but not sure now. Caleb was up at 5am, with tears, because he'd started to hurt too, he's stuffy and coughing too. Think both of us need to go to urgent care, but I just can't face the drive, so we'll have to wait til Darren gets home. 3. I was supposed to watch niece and nephew this morning, but called little "adopted" sis and let her know I'm fairly sure I'm contagious. She called someone else.
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Dfennessey
Member
07-25-2004
| Monday, September 27, 2010 - 7:58 am
3.1 I hope you and Caleb feel better soon
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Thursday, September 30, 2010 - 10:33 am
1. Hehe, someone (and I'm not sure which one it was yet) took a handful of change and stuck it all in the snail. He looks like some kind of twisted change holder...and he's worth $1.26 now! 2. Caleb is feeling better, me not so much. Better than I was though. 3. I can not find the dang memory chip for my camera! That's going to drive me batty. 4. My house is a mess and I so need to clean it. That ain't gonna happen today.
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Kaili
Member
08-31-2000
| Friday, October 01, 2010 - 2:21 am
1. Sitting here at 5 am covered in baby. Emma cries every time her pacifier falls out of her mouth (we call her Maggie Simpson with that thing) and Eli just sleeps better on his side next to me. 2. It's amazing how fast time is flying by- they will be 12 weeks on Tuesday! Reading what has been going on with Karen and her new baby...it seems like a lifetime ago now that we were heading to the hospital 3x a day and of how I would bring like 10 ccs of pumped milk with and be so proud of that tiny amount. And they only had a 9 day stay in the nursery. 3. Trying to decide what I want to do today. I want to get out of the house- I haven't gone anywhere during the day all week. It's a lot of work to pack up two babies, and either their two car seats take up the whole cart, or I use the stroller but still can't shop at all then because I have nowhere to put stuff except on them. They are great in the car and great out and about...I pay for it when I get them home and both are hungry at the same time and want to be fed NOW! 4. Wish I could be sleeping right now. Maybe I can pop them back into their crib and get an hour or so in before Tim gets up to go to work. After he leaves at 7 I usually bring them into bed and we sleep until Bella comes in around 9:30-10:00 whimpering to go outside. 5. Between two babies, two dogs, and working part-time I have a hectic, busy life these days. I love it.
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Friday, October 01, 2010 - 9:36 am
1.1 You're babies sure are cute!
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Friday, October 01, 2010 - 11:34 am
1. Kaili, it sounds like an almost perfect morning with your beautiful babies. 2. Probably would have been more perfect if they slept til 8am, lol! 3. I used to have the almost perfect moments of holding Dakota, quiet and calm, no distractions, just watching her sleep in my arms. My almost perfect moments always happened around 3am...little stinker wouldn't sleep more than 20 minutes at a time all night long. 4. How are the dogs getting along with the babies home? 5. I've been having spurts of energy today but they aren't lasting all that long. Hoping by tomorrow (which will be a full week since I got sick) I'm up to doing more. 6. Darren usually gets home ealry on Friday's, but they've been so crazy busy at work lately I have no idea if he will today or not.
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Friday, October 01, 2010 - 1:19 pm
1. Had a perfectly beautiful day here in Indy - 72 degrees, sunny and breezy; 2. Colossus suggested we pack up our tandem bicycle and go down to Crown Hill Cemetery to ride around; 3. Crown Hill is the third largest cemetery in the US (555 acres) and sits on the highest ground in central Indiana, so you get a panoramic view of the city from James Whitcomb Riley's grave at the top of the Crown Hill; 4. It is also a magnificent nature preserve with 140 different species of trees and deer all over the place. It was founded in 1864 to inter the Civil War dead, and even includes a large section of Confederate burials that were relocated from a prison camp; 5. President Benjamin Harrison's grave is disgraceful - just a large rough-hewn stone on top of in-ground burials. I know that they all weren't President Lincoln and won't have his kind of tomb, but you would expect at least a nice mausoleum for a U.S. President (the cemetery is filled with absolutely gorgeous mausoleums, especially from the art deco age); 6. John Dillinger's grave is (understandably) even less impressive - just a family headstone and four footstones. The grass is pretty trampled there; 7. Colossus got a nice variety of nuts to plant, and we had a perfect afternoon just tooling around a remarkably beautiful and serene historic cemetery. We will do it again when the leaves have turned (they haven't even started yet); 7.1 And now the pain sets in - both of us look and feel like we've been riding horses all day.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, October 04, 2010 - 9:57 pm
1. Gal, your day sounds like it was great! Hope you are both walking normal now. 2. My aunt came home from the hospital on Saturday night. She's doing fantastic so far. 3. Caleb busted his guitar Saturday morning. Poor kid, wasn't really his fault, but the look on his face! He took it with him to the park for Kota's game and while playing, snapped a string. He started to complain, it'd been so long since he'd changed any of them that they were in pretty bad shape. No problem, when we get home, I told him, I'll give you money to run and buy new strings. So he was taking the other strings off and this little....bar? piece? that the strings rest against fell off, along with some little pegs or something. 4. He is devestated. He's had the guitar for 2 and a half years now, took it to school every day for 2, takes it everywhere he goes now, including to school a few days a week (even though he doesn't have a guitar class because he gets extra credit in health class for having a "healthy" hobby,) and still plays at home on a daily basis. 5. Darren is going to take it to work tomorrow. He's got a work buddy who makes accoustic guitars and he's going to see if his buddy can fix it. I thought about using wood glue, but I know so little about it for all I know that small piece is of vital importance and I could screw it up! 6. Told Darren, if his buddy can't fix it, this is one of those things I think is important enough to Caleb that I would have no problem buying him a new one. Wasn't like he was smashing it against a wall or something, he takes care of his guitars and loves them. Considering the fact that we paid around $100 for it and he's used it daily, I'm a little surprised it held up as well as it did! 7. Took him to Kota's practice today and at least four of the girls asked where his guitar was. Ding ding ding, lol. Every season there's at least one girl who develops a crush on Caleb. Older brother, funny, reasonably cute kid...but it dawned on me, maybe it's him sitting there in the grass playing Metallica on his accousitc guitar that has a little something to do with that?? 8. I am finally over the crud I had. Still a bit of cough left and I don't have all my energy or my appetite back yet, but feeling much, much better than I have been. That crap really laid me out.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, October 05, 2010 - 8:23 pm
1. Darren's buddy said Caleb's guitar can be fixed easily. All it needs is a little sanding and then to glue the little piece right back on. 2. After a week of doing nothing, I am going haywire tonight. Decided to tackle the built in bookcases in the living room. Cleaning everything off, wiping off the shelf, and putting everything back on nice and neat. 3. Also have the curtains in the dryer and will be cleaning the carpet tomorrow. Might wash the walls too but I haven't decided about that yet. 4. My littlest niece is coming over to visit tomorrow. I'm watching her a couple days a week. 5. Also watching her older brother, but he is in preschool for the first two hours and only here the last two. Tomorrow he won't be here at all, his mommy has a parent/teacher conference. I'm really happy to have them coming back a couple days a week, I enjoy spending time with them. 6. I am feeling very lucky today, or maybe blessed is a better word. Today I spent several hours with my elderly aunt, this evening with my hubby and kids, tomorrow with one of the nieces. What more do I need in life? 7. My poor sis is now sick. I think we're taking turns, kinda sucks but at least it's not both of us at the same time! 8. Dakota had some birthday money to spend. I took her shopping this evening and she bought herself a new pair of sneakers and an art kit. And she still has about half her birthday money left. I was pretty impressed, instead of buying something she didn't really need or want, she decided to hold onto it until she finds something she really wants. 9. After tomorrow night, Darren only has 3 more classes left (dang, or is it 2?) Next up is a science class, we were joking that since Caleb is such a whiz at science he could tutor dad. Darren said if that happens he plans to be as much of a pain in the butt as possible to pay Caleb back for all the stress over homework he's caused Darren, lol.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Saturday, October 09, 2010 - 9:11 pm
1. Darren was up all night long last night complaining about his teeth hurting. 2. Went to Kota's game this morning and as soon as we got home he was making an appt for the dentist. Our dentist isn't open Saturdays so he called and asked his work buddy who he uses and got the phone number to go in. 3. Drove himself over because they told him over the phone since he was a new patient they probably wouldn't do anything besides an exam today. Then calls me an hour later to ask me to come over cuz they're going to do a root canal and he's not sure he'll be able to drive home afterwards. 4. Sigh, not complaining cuz it had to be done, but damn dental work is expensive! For the most part, I think we have fantastic insurance but the dental insurance leaves a lot to be desired, especially when we have to pay $600 out of pocket. 5. So now Darren is swollen and hurting, but they gave him vicodin. Not sure if he's in the happy state or not, but he's out cold, lol. He has to go back Monday for a cap and to have a filling done on another tooth. 6. Weird thing was, our two nieces just had dental work done on Thursday, oldest had one tooth pulled and middle niece had four mini root canals done. There's tooth pain all around us right now! 7. Other than that it has been a pretty quiet weekend so far. 8. Last night Caleb went to his high schools football game. He told me he really didn't want to go, but his buddy's did. Then he got home and told me he had a blast, they met up with some friends who are girls (not to be confused with girlfriends) and watched their team get seriously beat. 9. Dakota's games were fun. It was cool (not cold) when we got there and warmed up so it was a beautiful day to spend 4 hours at the park. The girls played really well and they had a good time, lost but they had fun and that's what matters. 10. I think my oldest niece is coming over to spend the night tomorrow. The kids are out of school Monday and she's been asking for a while.
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Cinnamongirl
Member
01-10-2001
| Tuesday, October 26, 2010 - 12:28 pm
1. My little guy is starting Hockey today. Hes 4 and not the best skater but he sooooo wants to be a hockey player. I'm torn, I want him to play what he wants and be happy but a big part of me wants him to play a safer sport... maybe soccer?? baseball??
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Dfennessey
Member
07-25-2004
| Tuesday, October 26, 2010 - 12:36 pm
1.1 Give him a few years maybe he will change his mind about hockey.
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Jmm
Moderator
08-15-2002
| Tuesday, October 26, 2010 - 12:44 pm
1. I am making Melodie's Halloween costume today. 2. I am taking a break because the back sides do not seem to fit on the back. LOL
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, October 26, 2010 - 12:54 pm
1. Cinnamongirl, take it from this softball mom, baseball probably isn't much safer! Some of the horror stories I've heard and some of the injuries I've seen among the girls make me want to yank Kota out sometimes and throw her into...hmmm, maybe a book group? As long as he has a good coach, they follow good saftey practices, and have good equipment, he'll probably be fine. Er, Kota came home yesterday with a nasty softball shape bruise forming on her ankle, pitch was low and she wasn't quick enough to jump out of the way. 2. Ack, Jmm! How on earth do you fix something like that? 3. I'm procrastinating on calling our insurance co. They just denied a referral for Kota for the dermatologist and informed me she was no longer under his care and her pediatrician should be dealing with acne. Same day I get her denial, I get Caleb's approval letter to see the same derm for acne.
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Jmm
Moderator
08-15-2002
| Tuesday, October 26, 2010 - 1:04 pm
1. Oh, I'll figure it out, War, I always do. It's not the pattern, it's me. 2. Got a call today from the University her about a job. Only problem is the campus it's on is at least a 2 - 3 hour drive each way. 3. She asked if I was still interested and I had to tell her no. 4. Oh well, someone was interested in me. Someone else will be too, eventually.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, October 27, 2010 - 8:41 am
1. I'm sorry, Jmm, sucks that you get a call but the job is too far away. 2. Darren and I have already started our annual fight though it's a little early in the year for it. When I went to bed last night, I turned the thermostat in the living room up to 74 (it was after midnight and freezing!) When I got up, it was set to 68. I can handle 72, but dang if I'm going to sit here and be uncomfy in my own house! 3. We go through this every year. Also go through the cooler battle in the summer. I let him win that one and grab a blanket cuz it's much more important I get to be warm in winter, lol. 4. I should really get off my butt and do something. Like laundry or vacuuming or cleaning out the fridge. Don't feel like it! 5. Should also consider some grocery shopping, but I'm not feeling like doing that either, lol.
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Dfennessey
Member
07-25-2004
| Wednesday, October 27, 2010 - 9:13 am
2.2 War you would never survive my house in the winter. For the most part our heat is on 64 and only goes up if to 66 it is really cold out (like the actual temp is 5 with a wind chill of below zero)
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, October 27, 2010 - 9:37 am
2.3 I oughta send Darren to you, lol. I'm not happy unless it's 70 or over. He'd be perfectly fine to sit here with the heaters off all winter.
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