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Wargod
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07-16-2001

Tuesday, December 21, 2010 - 12:06 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Tuesday's Mission

Not sure if it's good news or not, niece doesn't have strep, the test was negative, but she does have a viral infection. Doctor told sis her throat looked horrible, but on the plus side, her ears are fine (she's the one who has had so many ear infections.) Sis called me about 1:30 and said she'd fallen asleep in the car so they went straight home instead of coming here first, wanted to know if I'd keep the other two girls for a few more hours to let middle niece sleep. No problem, they were being good and having fun.

Heh, it's the Charlie Brown Christmas tree, which I always loved. When he puts the ball at the top and the tree bends down, I almost cry everytime I see it. Then all his friends come and talk about what a nice tree it is and they decorate it and it's beautiful...sniff!

It rained non stop all day again today. Seriously, I don't know how people deal with this type of weather on a regular basis. Three days, the kids are grumpy cuz they can't go outside and I'm tired of the gloominess.

Tomorrow or Wednesday I need to go to the grocery store for the veggie and cheese/cracker tray stuff. Don't want to put it off much longer cuz the stores will be even worse later in the week, but I'm not all that excited about going out in this weather.

Most of my plans for tomorrow, more laundry, but I think I'm going to spend a few hours watching movies with the kids and pulling out a couple board games. There's plenty more I could be doing, but if I don't give the kids something to do I think they may go bonkers trapped in the house again.

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Tuesday, December 21, 2010 - 9:36 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
Maybe you will get a break in the rain in a couple of days, we got one for today. It looks nice outside right now.

Did a few chores around the house, emptied the litter locker, watered the indoor plants, dumped the water pooling in the trays for the outside plants and turned the trays upside down until the rain stops, swept the leave off the balcony (I swear I don't know where they are coming from, LOL, there are no leaves on the tree in front of my balconcy anymore), took out some recycling and tracked down my resume.

I am thinking about applying for a different job at work. Not sure yet, but in either case apparently I need to put my resume online. I guess they can't use the one I gave them when they hired me, LOL.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Tuesday, December 21, 2010 - 11:50 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
We have a break! I was so excited to wake up this morning and not hear rain, lol. But, it's supposed to start back up in a few hours and be pretty bad from what the weather report says.

I keep Darren's resume on the computer and update it ever so often for the same reason (speaking of that, I need to update it to show he graduated from college.) Good luck if you decide to apply!!

My day so far...sitting on my butt, lol. I need to run to the store (going in a while) cuz sis and I realized we'd picked up nothing for aunt and her companions stockings. Hitting the 99 cent store for that (dice, playing cards, little bottles of lotion, stuff like that.) Then over to my sisters to see if she has any printer ink. Caleb didn't have school pics done this year and I'm getting comments from the grandma's (my mom and Darren's and my aunts. He posed for a pic yesterday and I didn't know I was out of ink til I went to print out the pic. Sis says she has a little ink, hopefully enough to print out the pics. If not, I'll stop by little "adopted" sis' house, she always has ink. Probably easier to go buy ink, but I don't feel like braving walmart or staples, lol. Oldest niece is coming home with us for the night. And then I will do my chores and playing day with the kidlets.

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Tuesday, December 21, 2010 - 2:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
LOL, about staples. So glad you got a little break in the rain. I really like rain but it was starting to get really old.

I went to Bed, Bath and Beyond today, we went early at 11 to try and beat the rush. The problem is the parking lot, Michaels and BB&B share one, well everyone must have had the same thought because when we were done at noonish, there was tons of parking! I only spent 30 minutes getting my stuff, then it took 15 to get checked out, and they were opening registers as fast as they could find bodies, LOL.

I am done, done, done. Picked up some kitchen towels, wooden spoons and a bath scale for my sister. I will need to wrap those tonight. And I got a set of towels and a potatoe masher for myself, LOL.

Lumbele
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07-11-2002

Tuesday, December 21, 2010 - 5:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lumbele a private message Print Post    
We wanted to go shopping this morning, but it was still too nasty, so we decided to do other stuff and go tomorrow.
Laundry load #7 is in the washer, tree is decorated (didn't do that last night either), house is all christmassy, presents under the tree (pix in Hobby thread), dusting done, dogs fed, driveway and dog run in the process of being shoveled, dogs yet to be bathed. We are going to fall into bed dead tired again tonight.
Hoping the city has had time to plow our way to all the stores by tomorrow morning. After that, it's going to be just kitchen duty and last minute wrapping. Hallelujah!!!

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Tuesday, December 21, 2010 - 5:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
Yeah for you Lumbele, you should totally prepared and ready to relax for the holidays.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Tuesday, December 21, 2010 - 8:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Yep, time for holiday relaxing, Lum. After all the cookies and gift bags and knitting, it's time to relax.

It was a short break in the rain. Dakota and I went to the 99 cent store and when we got done it was raining again, probably about 1 then. Not hard rain, but it hasn't let up at all since.

Got the pic printed at sis' and brought oldest niece home. Darren had gotten off work early, well actually on time, but it was early for what he's been working the last couple weeks. I did a couple loads of laundry and picked up around the house and vacuumed while the girls played. Step fil stopped by to drop off some Christmas presents, they're going out of town this weekend.

Niece reminded me we'd been watching the Buffy dvd's while she's here so we spent a few hours watching that. I wrapped up the marshmellow shooters and the last couple gifts I needed to wrap. Huh, typing it out, seems like I got more done than I thought I had, lol.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Tuesday, December 21, 2010 - 11:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Wednesday's Mission

I haven't decided what my plans are for tomorrow after I hit the grocery store. Since my niece will be here I may get some baking done (or let the girls do the majority of it while I supervise) and make some pumpkin bread for the neighbors.

It's Darren's last day of work (vacation for a week and a half) and supposedly the last day of rain. Going to get the floors done and whatever laundry is left so I can spend a couple days just enjoying vacation time with him. No major chores, no shopping, no running here and there.

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Wednesday, December 22, 2010 - 10:25 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
hahaha, we are going to get two days without rain! Starting up again on Saturday.

I didn't get the presents wrapped last night so I have to do it tonight, LOL. I did get through a 5 hour tape so am caught up in that area. c

Today I will work on my resume, need to vac the rug in my bedroom and see if anything esle needs a little pick me up.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Wednesday, December 22, 2010 - 11:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Thursday's Mission

LOL, yeah but the weather report for us says only 40-50% chance of rain this weekend. Usually if it's that low of a chance, we may get some, but it won't be anything like the last week. I hope.

I didn't get much done today either but really can't say why. I did take a nap and that might be part of it (slept like crap last night/this morning.)

We were supposed to send the kids to the movies and off for fast food lunch tomorrow so that we could get some stuff done. Darren wants to get Caleb's laptop hooked up to the wifi and install some games before Christmas and get Kota's playlists installed on her new ipod and we can't really do any of that while they are here.

But, sis called tonight in a panic. They had leaking at the house. She had put all her Christmas presents in a closet and that was one of the hardest hit spots. She had to unwrap everything, take stuff out of soggy boxes and dry stuff off. Called and asked if I'd take the girls tomorrow so they can check everything out and make sure it wasn't damaged and that clothes they bought didn't get wet (or she'll have to wash those) and then get everthing rewrapped. Told her of course, send them over and if they need help rewrapping, throwing a tarp over the roof or cleaning carpets to let us know. Been there, done that, know how bad it can be.

So tomorrow, I have to get to the grocery store, or rather, Costco, to pick up the Christmas food and I'm planning on doing that as soon as they open. Then I'll pick up the girls and bring them back here. I think we'll make Christmas cookies or else do some crafts for gifts since they're going to be here. They're all in that too too excited about Christmas in a couple days stage, then need something to occupy them.

While they're busy, I'm going to get some cleaning and more laundry done. I am totally confused...PJ has refused to go outside since it started raining, to the point I had to lay paper out for her, yet somehow I have little muddy paw prints all over my comforter! I told her when I saw that tonight, cuz you know she totally understands, lol, that she was NOT sleeping with us tonight.

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Thursday, December 23, 2010 - 9:54 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
LOL, maybe PJ got desperate and snuck out during a brief respite,LOL.

Last night I got all the presents wrapped, polished/cleaned my granite, refilled the water and soda bottles, took out some trash and recycling, vac'd the rug in the bedroom and swept a little.

My sister is coming over for our Christmas celebration today after I get off work so I wanted to house to look spiffy.

I did get my resume done and applied for the job here, not expecting much to happen from it, our corporate culture has undergone a radical change and it not currently very supportive of women or minorities, plus they may want to bring someone in from the outside. Unfortunately I think that would be a bad idea because the new people get sucked down the wrong path frequently because they don't know the history of the company.

Anyway, we shall see what happens, doesn't matter one way or the other with regard to what I do, it would be very similar to my current job, the pay grade is only $10,000 higher than my current so it is kind of a lateral move if I were to get it.

Have fun making cookies! And keeping everyone entertained, send them all off to see Tron or something later.

Lumbele
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07-11-2002

Friday, December 24, 2010 - 5:35 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lumbele a private message Print Post    
Ah, to have little ones around again during this season! All that excitement!LOL

How's your sister's place now, War? Dried up yet? She must be so ticked.

Well, I fell into bed at 11:30 last night, totally exhausted.
The day started w/ 2 loads of laundry, making enough fruit salad to fill the largest bowl Tupperware ever made (it just got away from me), baked a cake as an annual gift to friends, chopped 2 bowls full of parsley, cut and marinated the meat for tonight, wrapped another small bunch of presents as well as the Linzer Tortes I made for the "in-laws" and the neighbours, bathed and groomed Molly.
Still plenty to do. Forget the "just want to cook and shower today" plan, but at least it won't be hectic, I hope.

Have a Merry Christmas, Flybabies! See y'all on the other side.

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Friday, December 24, 2010 - 1:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
Lumbele sounds like you have every thing under control, hope that you have a great Christmas and evening.

I had a great Christmas celebration yesterday with my sister. She picked me up at work at 1:45 and we went to Claim Jumper. It is one of her favorite places and I was looking forward to it. We love their zuchini sticks, so we always get that and I love their blue cheese wedge. Well it so happens they were having a Holiday Special Steak and Lobster!

I have been wanting some Lobster for about 2 years, LOL. So naturally I had that plus all of the other above food. I ended up bringing home most of the steak, half the wedge, some zuchini sticks, the roasted veggies and a blueberry muffin. I will say they give very large portions, I ate all the lobster and the baked potato, LOL. It has to be the best meal I have had in a very long time, so that was fabulous.

Then we stopped for some coffee at Starbucks and came to my house to finish visiting and open all our presents. I got some books I really wanted, and some new beautiful bowls, two for my kitties and two for me, and a coffee press. I loved every thing and so did she.

Today, I have hand washed my new bowls (they cant go in the dishwasher) and set up the kitty bowls, loaded the dishwasher, cleaned the kitchen counters and stove, received and put away Safeway delivery, and did some general pick up around the house. It looks great and I am all done!

Oh, and I have had some of my leftovers, the salad for lunch and the muffin for breakfast. Now I am watching a Star Trek the next generation marathon on SyFy channel.

It is a great day and wonderful holiday time. Oh and I forgot, the sun has been shinning and I even saw some birds at the bird bath for the first time in days.

MERRY CHRISTMAS everyone.

Biscottiii
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05-29-2004

Friday, December 24, 2010 - 6:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Biscottiii a private message Print Post    
Merry Christmas Dear Friends!

We're having a fantastic Christmas, kid Sis is now putting in the horsey-durvs and then we're off to do the Christmas Eve stuff in front of the TV. Different kind of Christmas, low keyed but we're all (Big Bro, Sis & Me) having a wonderful time. Will be taking dinner tomorrow to my elderly neighbor, turkey/ham/prime rib, plus all the trimmings. Asked him to come join us but he didn't want to so at least he will eat high on the hog (like we will).

Biscottiii
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05-29-2004

Friday, December 24, 2010 - 6:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Biscottiii a private message Print Post    
Hey, can I tell you the Christmas 'joke' I'm playing on Sis? You won't tell, will ya? But she's so busy tonight I'm sure she won't check TVCH till after it's unwrapped.

Frankly I needed new slippers. Now, last spring Sis and I went to lunch in Phx with her dear friend and friend's 30yr old single son. Son, sitting next to Sis, dropped his silverware a couple of times. We laughed that he was just nervous sitting @ a table with a bunch of women. His mom said, it's just he's nervous because he's afraid that Sis is a "Cougar". I freaked and asked her if she knew what a Cougar is? We all laughed.

So, back to the slippers. There are two boxes from Santa to Bisc & Shooz-shooz. Inside each is a note from Santa saying "Now you and your Sister can be Cougars at the same time!"

Here's the goodies! Tried mine on and they're fantastically warm.
http://acorn.com/products/tex-bootie-ocelot-for-women

ETA: BTW, kid Sis may be my kid sister, but she's only 3rs younger with several grandkids. That's why the "Cougar" comment hit my funnybone!

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Friday, December 24, 2010 - 6:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
LMAO, those are very cool!

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Friday, December 24, 2010 - 10:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Merry Christmas, everyone!

Just a bit on the ticked side, Lum. They had to take their bed apart and move it out of the bedroom to get at the worst parts where it leaked on the carpet. As soon as we picked up the girls, they got to work checking out the presents. There were a few things (clothes) that got wet that had to be washed, but seems like nothing else got wet inside boxes. We kept the girls most of the day and then took them to look at Christmas lights last night, so by the time we got them back home, they had everything rewrapped and were getting their bedroom back together.

We got everything we wanted to done as well. Though hooking up the laptop and the ipod to the wifi was a pain in the ass. Our phone line has been crap since the storms and our internet is touch and go right now. We're going to have to call the phone company out on Monday...we have no phone, it's completely dead. The x-box live and netflix hardly work, and like I said, internet is touch and go.

Today I made two trips to the store, did a couple loads of laundry, and some light cleaning up, along with the last few presents that had to be wrapped. I made the devilled eggs and cheese/cracker trays (bought veggie trays) and made a smaller seperate tray of everything for my aunt and her companion (they don't like to go to the big family get together.) Need to make them stuffing and mashed potatoes tomorrow and that's all the cooking/food prep I have to do.

Finished the night watching The Santa Clause 2 and everyone opening one gift (jammies for Caleb, slippers for everyone else...traditional Christmas Eve presents here!) Then put the kidlets to bed and got everything set up for the morning. Actually, I think Kota is still up playing her dsi, she was a few minutes ago, but she's in bed.

I hope you all have a very nice day tomorrow and it's a relaxing day!

Merrysea
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08-13-2004

Friday, December 24, 2010 - 10:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Merrysea a private message Print Post    
LOL, War, when my kids were young they always got to open one present on Christmas Eve, and it was always a pair of pajamas! They had to look cute for the pictures the next morning!

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Friday, December 24, 2010 - 11:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
LOL, yep, Merry, that's it! It was the same way when I was growing up.

Dakota was supposed to get a pair of jammie bottoms (totally cute, fuzzy, light purple) but I forgot to mark the box they were in so I couldn't figure out which one it was tonight, lol. Instead she got:

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She loved them!

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Saturday, December 25, 2010 - 1:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
Those are cool, Wargod, LOL.

You guys made me start thinking about cookies, so last night I pulled my frozen choc chip dough out and baked cookies, FYI, if the best by date is past they don't turn out to well, LOL.

They wouldn't ever melt down into those nice round cookies, they didn't taste bad, but they were ugly square bricks of cookies.

LOL, so today I am making them from scratch, not sure how they will turn out because I see my choc chips say best by May 2009. I had no idea that choc chips could expire. So I guess if choc chips don't melt that good, the rest of the cookie will taste fine, LOL. got the butter softening, and will make them in a hour or so.

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Saturday, December 25, 2010 - 4:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
Cookies are done, old choc chips are fine, LOL.

Christmas dinner is in the oven, Lasagna! Very easy to make since it was Stouffers.

Having a nice day, we got a little sun earlier but it is now lightly raining, gray and starting to get colder.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Sunday, December 26, 2010 - 12:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
I got some very nice presents yesterday and had a great time with the family, a nice day all around. But, nicest surprise I got was this morning.

We had breakfast yesterday, then ran to my aunts. Came home and everyone had a small lunch (except me,) and I made the food I had to make for my aunt before we left again and didn't get home til last night. I had walked in the kitchen and looked at the pile of dirty dishes, then walked back out and told Darren I was tired, I'd get to them today.

I got up this morning to find a sparkly clean kitchen! Darren got up and washed a few dishes, then made the kids breakfast. Decided when he took the dirty dishes back to the kitchen that he'd go ahead and wash all the dishes. Then he wiped down counter tops, swept and mopped and took the trash out. He'll wash dishes or pick up around the house, but the fact that he cleaned the whole kitchen this time, nicest surprise yet!

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Sunday, December 26, 2010 - 3:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
Wow, what a nice surprise. I know you must have been very pleased.

It is amazing how little it takes to mess up the kitchen. I think it was Saturday when I looked around the house and said to myself How did it get so messy in here, LOL. My LR, office, DR and Kitchen are sort of one big space divided into zones and every area was a mess. Doesn't take that long to straighten it up but it always amazes me how it got that way.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Sunday, December 26, 2010 - 11:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
LOL, sounds like my house Dipo! The kitchen was the worst, but the living room is still messy and the den needs a little work. Oh and look at this weeks zone!

Monday's Mission

Today we spent a lot of time playing with new stuff. Couple new wii games, Dakota's art kit, Caleb's new game.

Tomorrow cleaning. Living room needs picked up and vacuumed and the boxes need taken out of the den. I'll probably do a couple loads of laundry too.

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Monday, December 27, 2010 - 12:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
WE have sunshine! So I am thinking I will do a load of laundry, cleaned up the kitchen - getting ready to run the dishwasher.

I think I will start getting the decorations organized so I can put them away.