Another Unofficial Chatterbox Thread- Everyone is Welcome!

[azdisneylover]

Hi! Welcome to the thread :goodvibes That's cool that you love jelly beans. My co-workers bought a box from the 99 cent store called Belly Flops. They are made by Jelly Belly and consist of the irregular/deformed jelly beans. They said it tasted good. :)









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Yummy! That is a great price for those jelly beans! I buy mine at Costco. I wait for the Costco coupon booklet and then I stock up! LOL:banana: This last time, they had individual packets of Jelly Bellys, but I couldn't find them so I just bought the jars. I was thinking to myself that those would be great to take on a trip...(DL):thumbsup2

[azdisneylover]

Hi girlies and Welcome to all the newcomers.

I have a yoga/pilates/tai chi class in an hour, I have no idea what it's going to be like. I can do yoga, I hate pilates and I've never tried tai chi it should certainly make for an interesting hour at any rate.

I accidentally left my lock at the gym yesterday so hopefully someone turned it in so I can have it back. I'm borrowing dh's lock for the day but I miss mine :sad1:

Also, my sister is coming to visit me!!! She's in Egypt this week and next Tuesday she's coming to my house for the whole month of May. We fight a lot but I'm still excited :lmao:

If I don't see any of you later, have a great day!

I can't wait to read about your exercise class!

Hope you have a great time when your sister visits. I bet the time will fly by.

[azdisneylover]

I like the tea and mug idea from world market! :thumbsup2

I have nothing to offer, its too early! :lmao:I'm heading out for a jog to clear the mind. Had a horrible night at cheer. Morgan now thinks she is FAT. She is a flier and she has new bases that could not lift her this year. Well, the bases are not trained right thats the problem not that my 8 year old is FAT. OMG! My daughter is underweight not overweight. I'm so irritated. I miss her old coach so much. This never would have happened under her. I told Morgan we will do the next 2 classes and the competition but we will quit after that if she wants. She said she didnt want to but she hates the coach so we might look elsewhere. I'll be checking out coaches at the competition this weekend. ugh. I actually told her that we could just quit now but she said she didnt want to leave the girls without their flier for competition. After they called her heavy she wants to go and support them. I hope they appreciate that but I doubt it.

OK 5:45 am rant over. I need to jog to get this out of my head.

Random thought: Why is my dog making human like noises?

Love the name Morgan! I have a beautiful niece with that name. Sorry to read your daughter is getting called fat. That isn't right. Wishing you the best of luck finding a new coach.
Kudos to you for getting up and jogging...I do it too, but only in my mind so far...:thumbsup2 It's a start! LOL

I know why my dog makes a human like noise....he occasionally passes gas! :scared1: The kids thought it was the funniest thing!:rotfl2:

[azdisneylover]

Ooooh! we have new people here!!

Welcome aboard!!:goodvibes

To the rest of you ladies who know me..................yes I have been MIA! :rolleyes1

Sorry, I'm trying to keep up on all of you!!

I had a wonderful visit to DL last weekend. I ended up going 2 1/2 days, so it was nice and not too rushed. Sunday, I basically just watched my grandsons having fun. I enjoyed that so much. Saw some of DIS ladies running around doing the Mouse Adventure contest. That looked like a blast!

So what is new with all of you?


Melody:flower3:

Sounds like your trip to DL was a great! What is the Mouse Adventure contest? Is there a thread or site you can direct me to so I may read up on it? :surfweb:

[funnygarcia]

Mouse Adventure is sponsored by a different web site (Mouse Planet). It's a big event with hundreds of participants. Looking at their web site.. they are having TWO this year at DL, next one is May 10th (mother's day.. ooooo busy day!! )

[tinkermell]

Sounds like your trip to DL was a great! What is the Mouse Adventure contest? Is there a thread or site you can direct me to so I may read up on it? :surfweb:Hi again!
The Mouse Adventure contest is sponsered by the Mouse Planet website. It is combination of a scavenger, puzzle and trivia questionaire that you do at DL against other teams. It is suppose to be pretty challenging from what I have heard. It does sound like fun, even if you don't win. :goodvibes

[funnygarcia]

Oh boy.. J has dragged us into being Marching Band parents :eek:
Don't get me wrong.. I'm happy that he wants to participate in something but uhhh E and I are just uhhh not the most active school parent type people. :rolleyes1
Marching band.. a very good marching band.. it's expected to be VERY involved in the band boosters.

Fee $$$$, rehearsal and parade schedule, parent meetings, fundraiser expectations, supplies, band camp, competition in Missouri ...


Making us feel a tad dizzy :faint:

The most he has done was Jr ROTC last year, free and during the school day.
And Math Team this year, after school and a handful of competitions.

[stitch1986]

hello!

This is my first response to this chatterbox, so not quite sure what I need to say but here goes

My name is Christine im 23 live in AZ, going to DL Oct 2 first time without family.
I work at a OB/GYN office now for over a year.

I have 3 dogs and a rabbit. I have lost a total of 24 lbs and exercising more and surprisingly have more energy than before never knew exercise and losing wt could make a difference. :) Um not sure what else but hope everyone has a good night if I dont hear from you later on. :)

[AZMickeyfans]

:cool2:

[funnygarcia]

Poly has gone looney.
She is running back and forth in the hallway. Then she launched herself across the couch, ran and slid along the kitchen floor. Made a mad crashing leap into the windowsill, off the kitchen table. Spooks herself at her own reflection in the window. Takes a flying leap off the table.. slides on the linoleum and back to scramble in the hall.

Earlier she jumped at the blinds in the kitchen window, thump whack and scampers away. Leaving the blinds hanging at an odd angle.

:sad2:

Spring crazy??

[AZMickeyfans]

hello!

This is my first response to this chatterbox, so not quite sure what I need to say but here goes

My name is Christine im 23 live in AZ, going to DL Oct 2 first time without family.
I work at a OB/GYN office now for over a year.

I have 3 dogs and a rabbit. I have lost a total of 24 lbs and exercising more and surprisingly have more energy than before never knew exercise and losing wt could make a difference. :) Um not sure what else but hope everyone has a good night if I dont hear from you later on. :)


Hi stitch! :wave:

I'm from Phoenix as well, Gilbert actually. Congrats on the weight loss! Thats awesome!

I'm Shawna, I have 2 kids and am a stay at home mom living in Gilbert. My kids are 8 and 6. I'm planning on going to ASU in the fall for teaching. Not the best time I know to go into that profession! :lmao:

[AZMickeyfans]

Poly has gone looney.
She is running back and forth in the hallway. Then she launched herself across the couch, ran and slid along the kitchen floor. Made a mad crashing leap into the windowsill, off the kitchen table. Spooks herself at her own reflection in the window. Takes a flying leap off the table.. slides on the linoleum and back to scramble in the hall.

Earlier she jumped at the blinds in the kitchen window, thump whack and scampers away. Leaving the blinds hanging at an odd angle.

:sad2:

Spring crazy??

twitterpated.

[funnygarcia]

Actually.. it might be a perfect time considering the big push to improve our schools. :thumbsup2
Depending on your teaching focus, you can qualify for loan forgiveness programs. There are programs to internship with a district and you are guarenteed a position at the end of your training. :thumbsup2 Kinda wish these programs were in place for E, the internship program would have been nice. Ah well...

[funnygarcia]

twitterpated.

ahhh, that may be it.. wait.. can one be twitterpated if your umm "fixed"? :lmao::lmao::lmao:

[stitch1986]

Hi stitch! :wave:

I'm from Phoenix as well, Gilbert actually. Congrats on the weight loss! Thats awesome!

I'm Shawna, I have 2 kids and am a stay at home mom living in Gilbert. My kids are 8 and 6. I'm planning on going to ASU in the fall for teaching. Not the best time I know to go into that profession! :lmao:


Thats good though I live in gilbert too!!!! :) yea my babies are my animals lol :)

[funnygarcia]

The big world is actually quite small.. Shawna will be installing her stalker equipment soon. muahahahhaha.

:lmao:

[AZMickeyfans]

They just laid off thousands of teachers in Phoenix but I'm hoping that by the time I'm out then it will be better. :goodvibes

[stitch1986]

lol haha:rotfl:

[funnygarcia]

They just laid off thousands of teachers in Phoenix but I'm hoping that by the time I'm out then it will be better. :goodvibes


That's a bummer.
We have some schools closing around the metro area, consolidating and changing district boundaries. Losing a few positions that way but not a HUGE number of layoffs. State has been working very hard to not cut school funding budgets, but they aren't getting any increased funding either. It's a very delicate balance..

[AZMickeyfans]

Ok sorry the kids needed to go to BED and me being on the computer was not helping that happen! :lmao:

Anyone still around?

[stitch1986]

I am lol

[eatmypixiedust]

hello!

This is my first response to this chatterbox, so not quite sure what I need to say but here goes

My name is Christine im 23 live in AZ, going to DL Oct 2 first time without family.
I work at a OB/GYN office now for over a year.

I have 3 dogs and a rabbit. I have lost a total of 24 lbs and exercising more and surprisingly have more energy than before never knew exercise and losing wt could make a difference. :) Um not sure what else but hope everyone has a good night if I dont hear from you later on. :)

Hi Christine! Welcome to our thread :goodvibes Congrats on the weight loss. That's awesome! Keep it up! :thumbsup2 :dance3: :yay: :woohoo:

[eatmypixiedust]

Poly has gone looney.
She is running back and forth in the hallway. Then she launched herself across the couch, ran and slid along the kitchen floor. Made a mad crashing leap into the windowsill, off the kitchen table. Spooks herself at her own reflection in the window. Takes a flying leap off the table.. slides on the linoleum and back to scramble in the hall.

Earlier she jumped at the blinds in the kitchen window, thump whack and scampers away. Leaving the blinds hanging at an odd angle.

:sad2:

Spring crazy??

http://i44.tinypic.com/23uo0pd.gif Your kitty is cuckoo for cocoa puffs! :rotfl: ;)

[stitch1986]

thanks :) that cat is a funny pic just LOVE it lol

[AZMickeyfans]

Sorry Christine and pixster, I think I passed out last night. I was so tired after putting the kids in bed I went into our bedroom and fell asleep with my clothes on. Dh woke me up laughing at me!:rotfl2: I dont remember ANY of it!

About to head out the door for milk before my household gets up this morning. If there is not enough milk to go around they will Stage a Coup!!! :faint:

Oh, I'm all registered for ASU in the fall. :teacher: Did I say that yesterday? :rotfl:Too sleepy to go look back one page!

[tinkermell]

Good morning!

Welcome to Christine! My name is Melody. Nice to meet you!:flower3:

I am also a stay at home Mom with 4 children, 2 grandchildren and one on the way. I am the oldest one here. :sad2:

Shawna, I didn't know that you are starting school next fall. Woo hoo! That's exciting and a little scary huh?

Bernice, Thankyou so much for the nice card. The stickers are being shared by my grandsons and my DD's classroom for grading papers.
I bet sometimes you guys just crack up at Poly!:lmao::lmao::lmao:
Welcome to the life of HS and parent involvement. :eek: Mine were in sports, FFA and cheerleading. I had 3 children in HS for one year. That was one busy year!!! :faint:

[Sherwin]

hello!

This is my first response to this chatterbox, so not quite sure what I need to say but here goes

My name is Christine im 23 live in AZ, going to DL Oct 2 first time without family.
I work at a OB/GYN office now for over a year.

I have 3 dogs and a rabbit. I have lost a total of 24 lbs and exercising more and surprisingly have more energy than before never knew exercise and losing wt could make a difference. :) Um not sure what else but hope everyone has a good night if I dont hear from you later on. :)
Hey, high five, I've lost weight as well!

Though it has lead to some jokes with my friends that I have a tapeworm. :scared1:

[MotoXPrincess99]

Hi all! Still super busy at home and at work, but I just wanted to pop in and say hi!

[azdisneylover]

Mouse Adventure is sponsored by a different web site (Mouse Planet). It's a big event with hundreds of participants. Looking at their web site.. they are having TWO this year at DL, next one is May 10th (mother's day.. ooooo busy day!! )

Thanks! I will check it out. I didn't have a clue what Mouse Adventure was! LOL:)

[dizzyami]

:rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2::r otfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2:

I love it! Dizzy, I hate to tell you this but the girl is 4'8 1/2" tall now! How tall are you? Her dance teacher is only 4'11" and fears by Christmas Morgan will be as tall as she is!

So she is 4' 8 1/2 inches tall and only weighs 65lbs. 65lbs!!!!! What are those girls thinking??? There is no way she is overweight. Like I said she needs to gain a few lbs! Actually the problem stems more from them being new to cheer and cant lift her up since they have not been trained but they dont want to admit they cant do anything so they call her heavy. They are 12 year olds! UGH!

I think we are done and are concentrating on dance from now on where she feels happy and proud of herself. Yes, we've encountered some crazy, mean people at competitions (dizzy, you know exactly who I'm talking about or at least from what studios) but she can deal with that since she is starting to "hang" at their level. The cheer thing is just ridiculous.

5 foot :rolleyes1

hello!

This is my first response to this chatterbox, so not quite sure what I need to say but here goes

My name is Christine im 23 live in AZ, going to DL Oct 2 first time without family.
I work at a OB/GYN office now for over a year.

I have 3 dogs and a rabbit. I have lost a total of 24 lbs and exercising more and surprisingly have more energy than before never knew exercise and losing wt could make a difference. :) Um not sure what else but hope everyone has a good night if I dont hear from you later on. :)

Welcome Christine - Stitch is my favorite so you are definitely welcome here :rotfl2: I am 32, married with two kids almost 8 and 6. We moved up to the white mountains a couple of years ago - but lived in Gilbert for 30 years before that.
Thats good though I live in gilbert too!!!! :) yea my babies are my animals lol :)
Ooooh....watch out! That is how Shawna and I met (for real, not on the computer). Come to find out we lived right around the corner from eachother and our daughters went to the same school!!!

The big world is actually quite small.. Shawna will be installing her stalker equipment soon. muahahahhaha.

:lmao:

If you see a lego outside your house....let me know :thumbsup2

[sameyeyam]

Howdy Hyenas! And a big Howdy to all of our new people.:goodvibes

Sorry I haven't been around for a few days. We had our bi-annual managers meeting this week, so I've been beyond busy at work. Then when I get home I've been cleaning out every single inch of our house for the garage sale. We are all done with the inside, now on to the garage, travel trailer and back porch....I've been working my butt off the last week or so. Fell into bed exhausted last night.

I was having bad pains in my abdomen area and was so tired I could barely stay awake. I know the doctors said 5-10 years to fully regain my strength, but sheesh, it's been 2 years since chemo and as everybody knows I don't listen to figures of authority anyway.:rotfl2: So I'm taking tonight off from my spring cleaning quest.

DD is going to help me price and set up the garage sale (so she will get 25% of the proceeds). DS wants money to buy a new Ipod Touch, so he has been helping me go thru the house, haul stuff out and will also help me run the garage sale (so he will get the other 75%). DD being a self conscious teenager doesn't want to be (gulp) SEEN having a garage sale. DS gets more money because he's going to do the bulk of the work.:thumbsup2

Not sure when we are going to have the garage sale. I'm thinking Saturday, May 9th. Just a one day only sale and the rest we will haul off to the Goodwill. I know that's Mother's Day weekend, but we're doing it on Saturday only. But I guess it depends on what Mother Nature has in store for weather.

[azdisneylover]

Hi again!
The Mouse Adventure contest is sponsered by the Mouse Planet website. It is combination of a scavenger, puzzle and trivia questionaire that you do at DL against other teams. It is suppose to be pretty challenging from what I have heard. It does sound like fun, even if you don't win. :goodvibes

This sounds like lots of fun! Thanks for the info.:)

[azdisneylover]

hello!

This is my first response to this chatterbox, so not quite sure what I need to say but here goes

My name is Christine im 23 live in AZ, going to DL Oct 2 first time without family.
I work at a OB/GYN office now for over a year.

I have 3 dogs and a rabbit. I have lost a total of 24 lbs and exercising more and surprisingly have more energy than before never knew exercise and losing wt could make a difference. :) Um not sure what else but hope everyone has a good night if I dont hear from you later on. :)

Hello Christine,
I'm in AZ and new here too! Congrats on the weight loss. :thumbsup2

[stitch1986]

Thanks everyone!! :) yea it has been rough to lose the weight due to emotionaly stuff that was going on but I am now back on track :) That is cool azdisneylover where in az if you dont mind me asking?
Yea I am hoping to one day go back to school to be a physical therapist :)

[eatmypixiedust]

If you see a lego outside your house....let me know :thumbsup2

Okay, this is not as clean looking as I wanted it to be but not bad for spur of the moment:

http://i40.tinypic.com/2mwasf6.jpg


:rotfl: :teeth:

[eatmypixiedust]

During my lunch break today I got a tire rotation for my car. Pixster's Tip Of the Day: :teacher: Be sure to rotate your tires every 5,000 miles to help prevent wear and tear. Your tires will last longer and they will be eternally grateful! :worship: Oil changes- get one every 3,000 miles. :thumbsup2


I bought a pair of Levi's and some Puma sneakers for my boyfriend as part of his b-day gift. Well when I got home I noticed that the sensor was still on the jeans. :sad2: Now I have to go back and have them remove it. What's odd is that it didn't beep when I left the store. :confused:

[MotoXPrincess99]

STATEMENT REGARDING SWINE INFLUENZA

Miami - April 29th 5:00 PM


We have decided to cancel all calls at Mexican ports for all current sailings and all voyages departing on Thursday, April 30th through Monday, May 4th. In many cases, we will be able to substitute the cancelled call with an alternative port. Additionally, we are working on alternatives for those itineraries impacted by this decision. Please check back periodically for the latest information. In the unlikely event that our new itinerary options are not to your liking, we will also give you the opportunity to reschedule your cruise at a later date. Those details will also be made available tomorrow.

Our primary concern is your safety. We will continue to monitor the situation and will keep you updated if and when changes are made.

Thank you for your understanding. We look forward to welcoming you aboard your "Fun Ship" cruise.


Carnival has this message posted on their web site. We don't leave until the 14th so we shall see...

[azdisneylover]

Thanks everyone!! :) yea it has been rough to lose the weight due to emotionaly stuff that was going on but I am now back on track :) That is cool azdisneylover where in az if you dont mind me asking?
Yea I am hoping to one day go back to school to be a physical therapist :)

I don't mind at all! I live in Avondale. :)

Physical therapist is a great profession. :thumbsup2

[MotoXPrincess99]

Hi Linda. I live in Fairfield home of the Jelly Belly plant.

Once my BFF drove all the way to Fairfield one weekend just to visit the Jelly Belly Factory. We stayed one night, went to San Francisco and then drove home. :rotfl: It was a blast. I think we were 18 at the time.

[kaoden39]

Once my BFF drove all the way to Fairfield one weekend just to visit the Jelly Belly Factory. We stayed one night, went to San Francisco and then drove home. :rotfl: It was a blast. I think we were 18 at the time.

I used to do that with Disneyland.:goodvibes I was overwhelmed by sweet it smelled in there when we went on our first tour.

[AZMickeyfans]

I don't mind at all! I live in Avondale. :)

Physical therapist is a great profession. :thumbsup2


AZ, I'm out in Gilbert! Nice to meet you! I'm Shawna.

Sarah, I dont exactly know what to wish for besides wishing this all clears up before your cruise but I'm not sure the whole thing will stop before then. HOpefully it will then! Maybe they will reroute you to Bora Bora. That would be cool! :thumbsup2:lmao:

[MotoXPrincess99]

Oh, and my name is Sarah, I'm 27. I live with my DBF, August will be 10 years for us. :scared1: :rotfl: I don't have (or want) any kids. We have 2 dogs, 2 water turtles, 2 tortoises, 1 bird and now a new 55 gallon fish tank. I even have 2 fish with hidden Mickey's on them. http://www.google.com/images?q=tbn:3KXZRW1b2uyzVM::img.blogcu.com/uploads/uzmanakvarist_SunsetMickeyMousePlaty%25255B1%25255 D.jpg

[Belle Ella]

OK, I am a little annoyed right now. I had to get an extension on my photo assignment (it's a multi-source collage) and I needed to scan in one last piece today in my class before I could print and turn it in today and of course class is cancelled. Again. Grr. We've had a lot of cancelled classes lately, which I get, there's some family issues going on. But I'm really bummed that I may not be able to turn it in now. Or at least I can email it to her without the print, but I have to have that scanned part in. Plus I wanted to go over my photos for our final project. :headache:

[Belle Ella]

Oh, and my name is Sarah, I'm 27. I live with my DBF, August will be 10 years for us. :scared1: :rotfl: I don't have (or want) any kids. We have 2 dogs, 2 water turtles, 2 tortoises, 1 bird and now a new 55 gallon fish tank. I even have 2 fish with hidden Mickey's on them. http://www.google.com/images?q=tbn:3KXZRW1b2uyzVM::img.blogcu.com/uploads/uzmanakvarist_SunsetMickeyMousePlaty%25255B1%25255 D.jpg

Hi Sarah! That has got to be the coolest fish I have ever seen!!:goodvibes

[stitch1986]

I don't mind at all! I live in Avondale. :)

Physical therapist is a great profession. :thumbsup2

Thats cool yea I am excited about doing PT :) so how was everyone's day? Mine was ok other than my friend racked up my phone bill to where I cant pay and now I got no cell phone :( so I had to give work my house. and then she says I cause drama and that I am picky with guys thats why I have been single for 2 yrs and I am like what?? so yea I just needed to vent about that sorry it really hurt and I told my co-workers and they go she is not a true friend then.
So hopefully I will get my phone back soon. :( and my week gets better soon

[sameyeyam]

During my lunch break today I got a tire rotation for my car. Pixster's Tip Of the Day: :teacher: Be sure to rotate your tires every 5,000 miles to help prevent wear and tear. Your tires will last longer and they will be eternally grateful! :worship: Oil changes- get one every 3,000 miles. :thumbsup2


I bought a pair of Levi's and some Puma sneakers for my boyfriend as part of his b-day gift. Well when I got home I noticed that the sensor was still on the jeans. :sad2: Now I have to go back and have them remove it. What's odd is that it didn't beep when I left the store. :confused:


I bought some items at JC Penny and they left the sensor tags on...no beeping. But then as I was walking thru the mall, ever store I went into was beeping. Finally they figured it out at Victoria's Secret and I went back to JCP to get them removed. Went back in, still no beeping sensors at the store I got them from.:confused3:lmao:


STATEMENT REGARDING SWINE INFLUENZA

Miami - April 29th 5:00 PM


We have decided to cancel all calls at Mexican ports for all current sailings and all voyages departing on Thursday, April 30th through Monday, May 4th. In many cases, we will be able to substitute the cancelled call with an alternative port. Additionally, we are working on alternatives for those itineraries impacted by this decision. Please check back periodically for the latest information. In the unlikely event that our new itinerary options are not to your liking, we will also give you the opportunity to reschedule your cruise at a later date. Those details will also be made available tomorrow.

Our primary concern is your safety. We will continue to monitor the situation and will keep you updated if and when changes are made.

Thank you for your understanding. We look forward to welcoming you aboard your "Fun Ship" cruise.


Carnival has this message posted on their web site. We don't leave until the 14th so we shall see...

I was wondering about your cruise when I heard that on the news. Better safe than sorry though. :thumbsup2

[sameyeyam]

Love your Molly fish Sarah. We used to have an aquarium and had some of them, they are very hardy fish.:thumbsup2

[sameyeyam]

Thats cool yea I am excited about doing PT :) so how was everyone's day? Mine was ok other than my friend racked up my phone bill to where I cant pay and now I got no cell phone :( so I had to give work my house. and then she says I cause drama and that I am picky with guys thats why I have been single for 2 yrs and I am like what?? so yea I just needed to vent about that sorry it really hurt and I told my co-workers and they go she is not a true friend then.
So hopefully I will get my phone back soon. :( and my week gets better soon

I think I agree with your co-workers. Sounds like she's not too good of a friend.

[stitch1986]

yea I am learning that from them since they see me more and we hang out outside of work :) its just a shock like are you kidding me !! so yea so anyways how is everyone night going?

[AZMickeyfans]

Hi Sarah! That has got to be the coolest fish I have ever seen!!:goodvibes

Totally agree with this. Those fish are awesome!

Thats cool yea I am excited about doing PT :) so how was everyone's day? Mine was ok other than my friend racked up my phone bill to where I cant pay and now I got no cell phone :( so I had to give work my house. and then she says I cause drama and that I am picky with guys thats why I have been single for 2 yrs and I am like what?? so yea I just needed to vent about that sorry it really hurt and I told my co-workers and they go she is not a true friend then.
So hopefully I will get my phone back soon. :( and my week gets better soon

Aww, I hope your week gets better too. Sounds like she is no good to you. I'm all about getting rid of toxic people in my life right now! :thumbsup2

[stitch1986]

yea that is what I have been going through past few weeks for sure :) and that is less drama than I need I already have enough family stuff I dont need friends drama and luckily it is none of the friends that are going to disney with me lol

[funnygarcia]

Physical Therapy Assistant is one of my "highly possible" to pursue this fall, I considered just going for the therapist degree but the idea of 6 + years of school would make me uhhhhhhhhhhh halfway to 50 :eek: by the time I graduate...

Shorter time commitment would be the better choice for me. :lmao:


E's just a teensy bit concerned with the whole swine flu thing.. mostly because if they get even a probable case at his school.. it means a closure for a few days. Which begs the question... do you get paid if the health dept closes your school? :confused3 I have no clue and would need to read the 50 page volume that is his contract to figure it out.

They closed two schools in a small city here in MN, for a "probable" case. That city is less than 2 hours away from here...

[stitch1986]

yea they closed one school in AZ cause there is one case so its kinda scary cause I think the kid got it from spring break and is now just showing signs?? which is kinda scary if ti can lay dormant but I didnt pay close attention to the whole thing so not sure if what I said is true. but still kinda scary

[AZMickeyfans]

yea they closed one school in AZ cause there is one case so its kinda scary cause I think the kid got it from spring break and is now just showing signs?? which is kinda scary if ti can lay dormant but I didnt pay close attention to the whole thing so not sure if what I said is true. but still kinda scary

and we border Mexico......Yikes!

I'm hoping they get it under control soon!

My son has been sick and he came back today and someone asked if he had the swine flu and they all started playing like they were pigs on the playground today. :lmao: Its all funny to kindergartners!

[funnygarcia]

and we border Mexico......Yikes!

I'm hoping they get it under control soon!

My son has been sick and he came back today and someone asked if he had the swine flu and they all started playing like they were pigs on the playground today. :lmao: Its all funny to kindergartners!:lmao::lmao:
Leave it to young children to put it all in a new perspective for us. :lmao:

[sameyeyam]

Totally agree with this. Those fish are awesome!



Aww, I hope your week gets better too. Sounds like she is no good to you. I'm all about getting rid of toxic people in my life right now! :thumbsup2

So that explains why you haven't been posting on the Hyena Thread lately...now we know the truth!:lmao:

yea that is what I have been going through past few weeks for sure :) and that is less drama than I need I already have enough family stuff I dont need friends drama and luckily it is none of the friends that are going to disney with me lol

A true friend joins you at DL and buys you a Dole Whip!:thumbsup2

[stitch1986]

yea me too :( but I am so use to wiping my hands and washing my hands and not touching face or anything due to me working in a drs office that it is routine for me lol :)

[funnygarcia]

A true friend joins you at DL and buys you a Dole Whip!:thumbsup2

And laughs with you when the cast member stares at you quizzically and says " A whip and a spear? " :laughing:

[sameyeyam]

and we border Mexico......Yikes!

I'm hoping they get it under control soon!

My son has been sick and he came back today and someone asked if he had the swine flu and they all started playing like they were pigs on the playground today. :lmao: Its all funny to kindergartners!

:lmao::lmao::lmao:That's too funny. Personally I'm not going to worry about it too much. There are plenty of other things that I'm much more likely to die of than swine flu.

[sameyeyam]

So will Hog N Dazs ice cream cure Swine Flu? Best be on the safe side and have some every day.:thumbsup2

[stitch1986]

A true friend joins you at DL and buys you a Dole Whip!:thumbsup2

lol yea to be honest never had a dole whip what is it?

[funnygarcia]

Im not worried about being sick. It's how the illness will screw up my child's education and my husband's work schedule.if they close schools. Though if Eloy got it... that would majorly suck.

[sameyeyam]

And laughs with you when the cast member stares at you quizzically and says " A whip and a spear? " :laughing:

Hey, that was the best Whip and Spear that I've ever had! Come to think of it, it's the only whip & spear I've ever had.:rotfl2:

[AZMickeyfans]

So that explains why you haven't been posting on the Hyena Thread lately...now we know the truth!:lmao:





:rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2:

And laughs with you when the cast member stares at you quizzically and says " A whip and a spear? " :laughing:

:rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2::r otfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2:

[eatmypixiedust]

Did someone say dole whip float?? :lmao:

[funnygarcia]

lol yea to be honest never had a dole whip what is it?:scared1:

You poor deprived soul.. you must have some!
It's a pinneapple sherbet kinda thing, the float is fresh juice with the yummy pinneapple sherberty goodness on top.. complete with a cherry and a fancy umbrella in your cup. :goodvibes


But shhhhhh, don't want to have any pinneapple scaryness for Shawna. :rolleyes1

[funnygarcia]

Did someone say dole whip float?? :lmao:
:rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2:

awesome timing!:upsidedow

[AZMickeyfans]

lol yea to be honest never had a dole whip what is it?

Either have I. Well, I have tasted it but I am afraid of pineapple. Actually I do not like pineapple so I stay away from pineapple flavored food so yes I am honestly terrified of pineapple! :scared1:

[stitch1986]

aahhh oh ok I guess I will have one in Oct when I go and let you guys know how I think of it :) and thanks for cheering me up guys and I dont even know you guys well and your there for me and I am GREATFUL!!! thanks a bunch you guys!

[sameyeyam]

lol yea to be honest never had a dole whip what is it?

It is heaven and sunshine in a cup. :lmao: It is pineapple soft serve and pineapple juice. It is served from the little stand near the exit on Enchanted Tiki Room. They also serve fresh pineapple spears. But be careful if you order both they might serve you a Whip and a Spear!:scared1:

Im not worried about being sick. It's how the illness will screw up my child's education and my husband's work schedule.if they close schools. Though if Eloy got it... that would majorly suck.

Actually I have been making sure that I wash my hands a lot and push open the doors at work with my butt or feet. My immune system is pretty good, but it's still not completely back to normal. Yeah, that would be bad if E was exposed to it. Hopefully it won't become a full fledged pandemic.

Oh and I forgot to thank you for the card and stickers. :hug: Loved the card, it was so "me".:laughing:

[AZMickeyfans]

Hey pix!

[funnygarcia]

oh yes.. Pixie you're earlier lego pic..

I thought it looked like a Lego piece and the freaky Geico money stack got bow chicka wow wow :woohoo::banana::woohoo: and produced that odd looking creature.

I would flip out if that was left at my doorstep :scared1::scared1::scared1:

Attack of the Lego Gieco mutants.. eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek!

I can totally picture some weird stop action animation movie posted on Youtube.. do it!!! :yes:

[eatmypixiedust]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3121/2601827547_855109bcec.jpg

Mmm....the most delicious thing ever created by man....behold! The dole whip float! :love::love::love: I'm addicted to dole whip floats, can you tell? ;) :lmao:

[funnygarcia]

Loved the card, it was so "me".:laughing:

And I totally thought of you when I found it. :lmao::lmao:

[AZMickeyfans]

Oh yes, thanks Alison for the reminder. I'm such a goob.

Thank you Bernice for the card and stickers. I loved them and they did make me :). Perfect. Also, pix, thanks for the music. I got it at the same time. We literally get our mail about once a week so I hadn't seen it! LOVE the music.

:worship:

[stitch1986]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3121/2601827547_855109bcec.jpg

Mmm....the most delicious thing ever created by man....behold! The dole whip float! :love::love::love: I'm addicted to dole whip floats, can you tell? ;) :lmao:



that does look good

[eatmypixiedust]

oh yes.. Pixie you're earlier lego pic..

I thought it looked like a Lego piece and the freaky Geico money stack got bow chicka wow wow :woohoo::banana::woohoo: and produced that odd looking creature.

I would flip out if that was left at my doorstep :scared1::scared1::scared1:

Attack of the Lego Gieco mutants.. eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek!

I can totally picture some weird stop action animation movie posted on Youtube.. do it!!! :yes:

:lmao::rotfl2::rotfl: I always feel like...Shawna's watching me!! <---I bet that's Dizzy's ringtone! ;) :lmao:

[sameyeyam]

Did someone say dole whip float?? :lmao:

Hey Pix! Yep, we were calling you, not so subliminaly.:rotfl2:

[eatmypixiedust]

Oh yes, thanks Alison for the reminder. I'm such a goob.

Thank you Bernice for the card and stickers. I loved them and they did make me :). Perfect. Also, pix, thanks for the music. I got it at the same time. We literally get our mail about once a week so I hadn't seen it! LOVE the music.

:worship:

Aww...you're welcome! :goodvibes Once a week?? :faint: Is it because you want to give your mailman a challenge? How many envelopes can he stuff into your mailbox? J/k!! :rotfl:

that does look good

Oooh...it is. It is absolutely scrumptious! :goodvibes :love:

[funnygarcia]

I don't think I got everyone this round of cards... ran out of cards.. ran out of stamps.. ran out and didn't buy anymore.

So if i missed ya this round.. I will get ya on another :goodvibes
oooo I need Dizzy's address, I just have the original one... darn it all, lost my address book somewhere in the apt or in the car. :headache:

[eatmypixiedust]

Hey Pix! Yep, we were calling you, not so subliminaly.:rotfl2:

My dole whip float senses were tingling! I new something was up! :lmao::rotfl2::rotfl:

[sameyeyam]

Oh yes, thanks Alison for the reminder. I'm such a goob.

Thank you Bernice for the card and stickers. I loved them and they did make me :). Perfect. Also, pix, thanks for the music. I got it at the same time. We literally get our mail about once a week so I hadn't seen it! LOVE the music.

:worship:

I use my cd for housecleaning. It's fun, upbeat music I can get a good cleaning tempo going. Of course maybe I shouldn't. Next time I'm at DL I'll probably hear the music and want to grab a broom.:laughing:

that does look good

And delish it is. I give it two thumbs up.:thumbsup2:thumbsup2

[funnygarcia]

off to bed, gotta watch the lil guys for sis.. all day! :faint:

I'm out of practice, my guys are almost full grown! :laughing:

http://www.dailypainters.com/images/origs/1003/the_great_little_white_pumpkin.jpg

[AZMickeyfans]

I use my cd for housecleaning. It's fun, upbeat music I can get a good cleaning tempo going. Of course maybe I shouldn't. Next time I'm at DL I'll probably hear the music and want to grab a broom.:laughing:


You could get a job that way! :rotfl:




Yes, we only get it about 1 time a week. Sometimes we will go 2. I kid you not I am so bad at getting the mail. In our neighborhood we have to walk down the street to community mailboxes and they actually hold a lot. Well I do all of my bill paying automatically or online so its usually junk in the mailbox so I'm never in a hurry to get it! :rotfl: Then something fun comes and I'm upset I didnt have it earlier!

[eatmypixiedust]

I use my cd for housecleaning. It's fun, upbeat music I can get a good cleaning tempo going. Of course maybe I shouldn't. Next time I'm at DL I'll probably hear the music and want to grab a broom.:laughing:



And delish it is. I give it two thumbs up.:thumbsup2:thumbsup2

Does it remove stubborn stains? Oh, not used in THAT way. J/k!! :lmao::rotfl2:

[sameyeyam]

Goodnight Bernice. Happy Dreams and have fun tomorrow.

[AZMickeyfans]

Night Bernice, I am actually going to run too. I need to get the girl down for bed. Talk to you tomorrow.

[eatmypixiedust]

off to bed, gotta watch the lil guys for sis.. all day! :faint:

I'm out of practice, my guys are almost full grown! :laughing:

http://www.dailypainters.com/images/origs/1003/the_great_little_white_pumpkin.jpg

Goodnight Bernice :cloud9: :hug:

[sameyeyam]

You could get a job that way! :rotfl:




Yes, we only get it about 1 time a week. Sometimes we will go 2. I kid you not I am so bad at getting the mail. In our neighborhood we have to walk down the street to community mailboxes and they actually hold a lot. Well I do all of my bill paying automatically or online so its usually junk in the mailbox so I'm never in a hurry to get it! :rotfl: Then something fun comes and I'm upset I didnt have it earlier!

We have a PO box downtown, I don't even have a key to it. It's near DD's school, so she stops by once or twice a week and picks it up.

Does it remove stubborn stains? Oh, not used in THAT way. J/k!! :lmao::rotfl2:

Now if only I could train it to vacuum and dust for me. Hmmm.:thumbsup2:lmao::lmao:

[sameyeyam]

Think it's about time for me to hit the hay also. Goodnight and Happy Dreams to all.:cloud9:

[stitch1986]

goodnight all talk to you tomorrow :)

[eatmypixiedust]

Oi, big heap of laundry calls. Goodnight everyone. :hug:

[sameyeyam]

Good Morning Everybody.:):):) Hope everyone has a wonderful day!:goodvibes

[eatmypixiedust]

Good Morning Everyone,

I had my eye on a Juicy watch for a long time....I finally caved and bought it yesterday with a gift card I had. It's hot pink and really cute. :goodvibes

Tomorrow is my boyfriend's birthday...he's going to be 30! :eek: :faint: I will be 29 in July which means I'm not far behind! :eek: :faint: This Saturday I'm picking up the cake I ordered for him. It's royal blue fondant with white fondant bows on it. The inside is vanilla cake with vanilla cream cheese mousse with strawberries. One of their chefs called me the other day and made suggestions for the filling. I originally chose vanilla buttercream. I hope it tastes good. :) My bf's family is throwing a bbq on Sunday to celebrate his b-day along with his cousin's daughter's birthday. I still need to wrap her gift or think of a creative way to wrap it. I got her a bunch of beach stuff from Victoria's Secret Pink collection. I was thinking of buying a plastic beach bucket and wrapping it. :confused3


I hope you all have a great day. :cheer2:

[MotoXPrincess99]

Hi Sarah! That has got to be the coolest fish I have ever seen!!:goodvibes

Yep. :thumbsup2

I bought some items at JC Penny and they left the sensor tags on...no beeping. But then as I was walking thru the mall, ever store I went into was beeping. Finally they figured it out at Victoria's Secret and I went back to JCP to get them removed. Went back in, still no beeping sensors at the store I got them from.:confused3:lmao:



I was wondering about your cruise when I heard that on the news. Better safe than sorry though. :thumbsup2

They still haven't decided anything with our's yet. I see that the one leaving today is going to Catalina instead of Ensenada. I just keep checking the Carnival web site.

Love your Molly fish Sarah. We used to have an aquarium and had some of them, they are very hardy fish.:thumbsup2

DBF says that the other fish are going to eat them but I wanted them any way.:rotfl:

[eatmypixiedust]

It's very boring and slow at work today..... :sad2: It's just been a slow week in general.

[eatmypixiedust]

I got my custom shirt in the mail! :yay: It has Tinkerbell on the front and says Pixster on it. :woohoo: :woohoo:

[staley7580]

Hey guys!! YES.. Thank you Pix for the CD! I kept forgetting to thank you for that! And Alison, and Bernice for the COUPONS!! I cant tell you much that helps!!! :cool1::cool1: I am going to take a picture of my formula cupboard.. It is insane. I have no much right now, and I think it cost me a whopping $10. or something. Some of it came from WIC though. THANK GOD for that. Im glad I finally sucked it up and applied. Hopefully we wont need it for long.

So we had our appt. today... THe babies are MASSIVE. Seriously. Our little teeny babe, Jazzy.. Is in the 90th percentile for height. and she is the SMALL ONE. She up up to 11 pounds. Vinny, our tank is pushing 13 pounds. he is shorter.. only 22 inches long. Kaylee is a whopping 54 pounds, and 44 inches tall. You GUYS!! She just turned 4!! They weighed me too.. but I will spare you all. :lmao: I do weigh less then i did when I got pregnant with the twins though. :woohoo: Only by like 5 pounds. But still.

[eatmypixiedust]

Hey guys!! YES.. Thank you Pix for the CD! I kept forgetting to thank you for that! And Alison, and Bernice for the COUPONS!! I cant tell you much that helps!!! :cool1::cool1: I am going to take a picture of my formula cupboard.. It is insane. I have no much right now, and I think it cost me a whopping $10. or something. Some of it came from WIC though. THANK GOD for that. Im glad I finally sucked it up and applied. Hopefully we wont need it for long.

So we had our appt. today... THe babies are MASSIVE. Seriously. Our little teeny babe, Jazzy.. Is in the 90th percentile for height. and she is the SMALL ONE. She up up to 11 pounds. Vinny, our tank is pushing 13 pounds. he is shorter.. only 22 inches long. Kaylee is a whopping 54 pounds, and 44 inches tall. You GUYS!! She just turned 4!! They weighed me too.. but I will spare you all. :lmao: I do weigh less then i did when I got pregnant with the twins though. :woohoo: Only by like 5 pounds. But still.

Hi Staley! I'm glad you liked the CD! :hug: Thanks for sharing the baby updates ;) That's cool that they have grown so much! Congrats on the weight loss. :yay:

[staley7580]

OMG... Vincent just rolled over!!! :cool1::cool1: They are growing up to fast.. :sad1: Now if only he would do it when he wasnt throwing a temper tantrum!:lmao:

[eatmypixiedust]

OMG... Vincent just rolled over!!! :cool1::cool1: They are growing up to fast.. :sad1: Now if only he would do it when he wasnt throwing a temper tantrum!:lmao:

http://i374.photobucket.com/albums/oo185/TheBear54/RollingSmiley.gif Wheee!!! J/k!! :rotfl:

Awww....they are still small. Don't worry! :hug: :goodvibes

[eatmypixiedust]

Oh! I just remembered....when I was at DL I saw the cutest baby stuff. They have soft cotton material baby hats for a boy and girl. One is pink and one is blue. I forgot to take a pic of it but they were really adorable. It's like a cotton beanie but it has mickey ears. :)

[eatmypixiedust]

Oie vay...need to rush off to Kinko's later to ship something to a customer. Our warehouse guy leaves early every day for his 2nd job. Eek, going crazy at work. :sad2:

[sameyeyam]

OMG... Vincent just rolled over!!! :cool1::cool1: They are growing up to fast.. :sad1: Now if only he would do it when he wasnt throwing a temper tantrum!:lmao:

Next thing you know he'll be asking for the car keys!:lmao: Congrats on your weight loss!:thumbsup2

[staley7580]

Next thing you know he'll be asking for the car keys!:lmao: Congrats on your weight loss!:thumbsup2

:lmao: I know.. huh!

Okay.. Vincent is too funny. He always looks really concerned. About everything. It kills me. :lmao: Then there is Jasmine.. she always looks pissed. WHY are you holding me and not feeding me?? :mad: WHY are you LOOKING at me and SMILING?? :rotfl2::rotfl2: It kills me. Between the two of them.. they are killing me. :rotfl2: I FINALLY found a sassy they will both take. The soothie. :thumbsup2 its a wonderful thing. I love that they will take them for a few minutes and stop screaming! Silence is indeed GOLDEN. :lmao:

Alex is convinced he has swine flu. :rotfl2: He had a cough last night, and insisted we keep him home. :rolleyes:

[funnygarcia]

:goodvibes
Loved the updates Megan :goodvibes
Glad that the formula checks could tide you over and now WIC ready to go. Formula is insanely expensive, I never really knew how much because we did WIC with J and then BF only for Noah. I glanced at prices the other day at Target-- holy moley! :eek:

I've read on couponing boards, you can ask your ped for formula samples at each visit. Chances are they have a bunch in stock or at least the checks to use.

It's amazing how fast they grow...:cutie:

And then we have my sister's Lil guy :rolleyes: 28 pounds and 3 yrs old, just a teeny tiny stick boy. She plans to have him stay back an extra year .... he will be 6 and turn 7 during the school year in Kindergarten. I don't blame her. He needs to work on language, social skills, self help skills .. and freaking GROW! :laughing:

[stitch1986]

hey! how was everyone's day today? yea I didnt get alunch we were so far behind I am just eating now for the first time other than in the morning it sucked :(

[staley7580]

:goodvibes
Loved the updates Megan :goodvibes
Glad that the formula checks could tide you over and now WIC ready to go. Formula is insanely expensive, I never really knew how much because we did WIC with J and then BF only for Noah. I glanced at prices the other day at Target-- holy moley! :eek:

I've read on couponing boards, you can ask your ped for formula samples at each visit. Chances are they have a bunch in stock or at least the checks to use.

It's amazing how fast they grow...:cutie:

And then we have my sister's Lil guy :rolleyes: 28 pounds and 3 yrs old, just a teeny tiny stick boy. She plans to have him stay back an extra year .... he will be 6 and turn 7 during the school year in Kindergarten. I don't blame her. He needs to work on language, social skills, self help skills .. and freaking GROW! :laughing:
The prices are ridiculous!! We calculated that with wic we are saving about $275 a month on formula. Can you believe it?? :scared1:

I am going to ask at the next appt. We are also supposed to be able to get a free case from the formula company for having twins.. I have my fingers crossed. We got the first checks on Monday, and we are already on our third can..:scared1: Tht stuff is going to fast!

[eatmypixiedust]

Aww...I was hoping there would be a chat party tonight. :(

[eatmypixiedust]

hey! how was everyone's day today? yea I didnt get alunch we were so far behind I am just eating now for the first time other than in the morning it sucked :(

Aww...that sucks :( Sorry to hear you had a rough day. :grouphug:

[stitch1986]

Aww...that sucks :( Sorry to hear you had a rough day. :grouphug:

Thanks but hopefully it will get better since the office im at is moving to a better and bigger office!!!!!!! yayaya

[eatmypixiedust]

Hooray! I made a new sig. :yay: Part of it I had to cut off but it's okay (I stuck the mice from Cinderella in front of Ryan Seacrest). :rotfl:

[XTinabell]

I got my custom shirt in the mail! :yay: It has Tinkerbell on the front and says Pixster on it. :woohoo: :woohoo:

Oh cool! Where did you get that from?

[eatmypixiedust]

Oh cool! Where did you get that from?

The disneyshopping website. :goodvibes

[tinkermell]

Morning ladies!!

Sorry I missed out yesterday. I was gone all the day from morning till last night.

Today, I'm sewing up some more aprons for my Sisters to give them, when we meet up for our annual trip with my Mom. We are going to DL and staying at the Grand baby!! Which will be perfect for my Mom. She will love just sitting in the lobby and people watching!

Hope all is well, and have a great day!

Melody:flower3:

[sameyeyam]

Alex is convinced he has swine flu. :rotfl2: He had a cough last night, and insisted we keep him home. :rolleyes:

I let my DS know that he is absolutely not to play with any hogs that wander onto the playground at school. ;)

hey! how was everyone's day today? yea I didnt get alunch we were so far behind I am just eating now for the first time other than in the morning it sucked :(

Busy, busy day. But then again I guess I am supposed to work for my paycheck.

Morning ladies!!

Sorry I missed out yesterday. I was gone all the day from morning till last night.

Today, I'm sewing up some more aprons for my Sisters to give them, when we meet up for our annual trip with my Mom. We are going to DL and staying at the Grand baby!! Which will be perfect for my Mom. She will love just sitting in the lobby and people watching!

Hope all is well, and have a great day!

Melody:flower3:

Sounds like fun. :thumbsup2 Nothing better than people watching. So how is your sister doing? Hopefully well and making it thru everything ok.:hug:

[sameyeyam]

Cute new siggie Pix.:thumbsup2 One of these days I'll maybe watch that show and see what everyone is raving about. or maybe not.:lmao:

We have been considering getting rid of our satellite tv. As much as we enjoy the programming, it kinda gets in the way of life. Thinking about just going back to good ol' rabbit ears...oh and converter boxes.:thumbsup2 Don't know, just something we are thinking about.

SO...I get a call yesterday from DH and he is cracking up and I can hear a high pitched machine whine in the background. We have a neighbor, kind of keeps to himself most of the time, but very nice man. His property is sort of overgrown. But the last month or so he's been out weed eating, etc. He collects train memorabillia and by that I mean pieces of real trains!!!! He actually works/runs an old historic steam engine train nearby. Anyway he has piles of old train wheels, you name it. Well over the years blackberries and brush have taken over all of his "treasures". Not to mention that he has lots of other crap.

Anyway, he and a friend decide to dismantle a boat that he recently uncovered. THEY USED A CHAIN SAW TO CUT THE BOAT INTO PIECES! Not a sawzall or a chop saw, but a chain saw. DH watched them for the entire day. They were wearing hard hats, goggles, orange protective gear and cut up a 20 foot fiberglass boat with a chain saw. DH was very tempted to go down and give them the proper tool for the job, but was just having too much fun watching them.:lmao:

Then even more funny, they decide to move a small log. Now honestly, DH says he could have picked the end up and moved it by himself...so what do they do??

tie a tow rope to a truck and pull it?
two strapping men pick it up and move it?

NOPE! They bring out a furniture moving dolly and use it to move the log!:lmao::lmao:

Our weather is supposed to be nice again today, so DH is eagerly awaiting installment #2!:lmao:

[MotoXPrincess99]

Hooray! I made a new sig. :yay: Part of it I had to cut off but it's okay (I stuck the mice from Cinderella in front of Ryan Seacrest). :rotfl:


:thumbsup2 Way Cute!

[dizzyami]

Thanks but hopefully it will get better since the office im at is moving to a better and bigger office!!!!!!! yayaya

:cool1:

Hooray! I made a new sig. :yay: Part of it I had to cut off but it's okay (I stuck the mice from Cinderella in front of Ryan Seacrest). :rotfl:


Way cute - I like it :thumbsup2

[dizzyami]

Good Morning!!! Sorry I haven't been on the last couple of days - we had the owner, vice president and supervisor at the store yesterday - so I have been stressing to make everything perfect. Good news is both DH and I had a great visit so no issues. It was actually very laid back - all three were in a great mood so it was fun having them in the store. At one point they actually discussed (jokingly) turning the store into a 70's theme, and in an effort to help sales, offer a joint free with every combo meal :hippie:. Of course then one realized that we should offer that first, and then let the customer order 15 minutes later :hippie:. It was funny to see 3 of the most important people in the company have this discussion on my front counter :rotfl2:

[XTinabell]

Cute new siggie Pix.:thumbsup2 One of these days I'll maybe watch that show and see what everyone is raving about. or maybe not.:lmao:

We have been considering getting rid of our satellite tv. As much as we enjoy the programming, it kinda gets in the way of life. Thinking about just going back to good ol' rabbit ears...oh and converter boxes.:thumbsup2 Don't know, just something we are thinking about.

SO...I get a call yesterday from DH and he is cracking up and I can hear a high pitched machine whine in the background. We have a neighbor, kind of keeps to himself most of the time, but very nice man. His property is sort of overgrown. But the last month or so he's been out weed eating, etc. He collects train memorabillia and by that I mean pieces of real trains!!!! He actually works/runs an old historic steam engine train nearby. Anyway he has piles of old train wheels, you name it. Well over the years blackberries and brush have taken over all of his "treasures". Not to mention that he has lots of other crap.

Anyway, he and a friend decide to dismantle a boat that he recently uncovered. THEY USED A CHAIN SAW TO CUT THE BOAT INTO PIECES! Not a sawzall or a chop saw, but a chain saw. DH watched them for the entire day. They were wearing hard hats, goggles, orange protective gear and cut up a 20 foot fiberglass boat with a chain saw. DH was very tempted to go down and give them the proper tool for the job, but was just having too much fun watching them.:lmao:

Then even more funny, they decide to move a small log. Now honestly, DH says he could have picked the end up and moved it by himself...so what do they do??

tie a tow rope to a truck and pull it?
two strapping men pick it up and move it?

NOPE! They bring out a furniture moving dolly and use it to move the log!:lmao::lmao:

Our weather is supposed to be nice again today, so DH is eagerly awaiting installment #2!:lmao:

What the heck? Sounds like your neighbour has a lot of garbage in his yard. I would have enjoyed watching them too:rotfl2:


TGIF ladies!! I don't have anything exciting to tell you other than I have a pimple that looks like mouth herpes. I was using this new lip balm and kept putting on too much because my lips were so dry, so it would smear into the corner of my mouth onto my face. It didn't take long before I got a pimple there, so I started to pick it and it spread into four little itty bumps but the redness makes them look like I have some kind of nasty infection :rotfl2:

[kaoden39]

Cute new siggie Pix.:thumbsup2 One of these days I'll maybe watch that show and see what everyone is raving about. or maybe not.:lmao:

We have been considering getting rid of our satellite tv. As much as we enjoy the programming, it kinda gets in the way of life. Thinking about just going back to good ol' rabbit ears...oh and converter boxes.:thumbsup2 Don't know, just something we are thinking about.

SO...I get a call yesterday from DH and he is cracking up and I can hear a high pitched machine whine in the background. We have a neighbor, kind of keeps to himself most of the time, but very nice man. His property is sort of overgrown. But the last month or so he's been out weed eating, etc. He collects train memorabillia and by that I mean pieces of real trains!!!! He actually works/runs an old historic steam engine train nearby. Anyway he has piles of old train wheels, you name it. Well over the years blackberries and brush have taken over all of his "treasures". Not to mention that he has lots of other crap.

Anyway, he and a friend decide to dismantle a boat that he recently uncovered. THEY USED A CHAIN SAW TO CUT THE BOAT INTO PIECES! Not a sawzall or a chop saw, but a chain saw. DH watched them for the entire day. They were wearing hard hats, goggles, orange protective gear and cut up a 20 foot fiberglass boat with a chain saw. DH was very tempted to go down and give them the proper tool for the job, but was just having too much fun watching them.:lmao:

Then even more funny, they decide to move a small log. Now honestly, DH says he could have picked the end up and moved it by himself...so what do they do??

tie a tow rope to a truck and pull it?
two strapping men pick it up and move it?

NOPE! They bring out a furniture moving dolly and use it to move the log!:lmao::lmao:

Our weather is supposed to be nice again today, so DH is eagerly awaiting installment #2!:lmao:

:lmao:

That is hilarious, I can so picture the log moving. Honestly I can picture women moving a log like that because well you know....but men no.:rotfl2: I can hardly wait to tell DH this one.

[MotoXPrincess99]

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[eatmypixiedust]

Cute new siggie Pix.:thumbsup2 One of these days I'll maybe watch that show and see what everyone is raving about. or maybe not.:lmao:



Thanks Alison! :goodvibes

:cool1:




Way cute - I like it :thumbsup2

Thanks Dizzy! :)

What the heck? Sounds like your neighbour has a lot of garbage in his yard. I would have enjoyed watching them too:rotfl2:


TGIF ladies!! I don't have anything exciting to tell you other than I have a pimple that looks like mouth herpes. I was using this new lip balm and kept putting on too much because my lips were so dry, so it would smear into the corner of my mouth onto my face. It didn't take long before I got a pimple there, so I started to pick it and it spread into four little itty bumps but the redness makes them look like I have some kind of nasty infection :rotfl2:

Eek! Sorry to hear about your pimple and the infection. :flower3: That sucks :( If I get a pimple I use Neutrogena Rapid Clear Gel. It's a tiny tube and it is supposed to reduce the size of the pimple within 8 hrs or less. I also have a tube called S.O.S. Emergency Cream by the brand Elemis. It's a skin care line that is from England and they sell it in Nordstrom. I use it sometimes since it's good for sensitive skin. :)


I just came back from the dermatologist. I have a small spot on my right "chesticle" that has been itching and is dry/peeling. I put Eucerin lotion and it doesn't help much. The doctor said it is a small eczema! :eek: She said it's nothing to be worried about and she gave me some prescription cream to use (she said there is no need to get it from the pharmacy). She gave m a couple of tubes and said to come back in 2 weeks to check the progress. Hopefully it goes away.

[eatmypixiedust]

My bf's birthday is today. He turned 30! :eek: He works late so when he came home around 12:30am, I surprised him with a cupcake with a lit birthday candle in the middle and sang happy birthday to him :) He said it was sweet and gave me a hug :) I gave him a birthday card and inside it had a bumper sticker that says: "I'm not old, my turn signal is supposed to stay on!" I also got him a Jamba Juice gift card because we're Jamba junkies! :teeth: (just like Shawna! ;) )

[AZMickeyfans]

My bf's birthday is today. He turned 30! :eek: He works late so when he came home around 12:30am, I surprised him with a cupcake with a lit birthday candle in the middle and sang happy birthday to him :) He said itw as sweet and gave me a hug :) I gave him a birthday card and inside it had a bumper sticker that says: "I'm not old, my turn signal is supposed to stay on!" I also got him a Jamba Juice gift card because we're Jamba junkies! :teeth: (just like Shawna! ;) )



:thumbsup2love the Jamba card! Best gift ever! No :eek:'s when mentioning 30! :rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2:

[eatmypixiedust]

:thumbsup2love the Jamba card! Best gift ever! No :eek:'s when mentioning 30! :rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2:

:rotfl::rotfl2::rotfl:

[eatmypixiedust]

It's really boring and slow at work today. I almost fell asleep at my desk a few minutes ago but luckily it was time for break. :faint: I got Starbucks this morning: grande strawberries n' creme (w/ no whip cream) and a turkey pesto sandwich. I also bought the newspaper so that I could get the weekly Fry's ad. :teeth:

[MotoXPrincess99]

My DBF will be 33 in July. :scared1: I'll be 28 next month. :scared1::rotfl:

[sameyeyam]

Thanks Alison! :goodvibes



Thanks Dizzy! :)



Eek! Sorry to hear about your pimple and the infection. :flower3: That sucks :( If I get a pimple I use Neutrogena Rapid Clear Gel. It's a tiny tube and it is supposed to reduce the size of the pimple within 8 hrs or less. I also have a tube called S.O.S. Emergency Cream by the brand Elemis. It's a skin care line that is from England and they sell it in Nordstrom. I use it sometimes since it's good for sensitive skin. :)


I just came back from the dermatologist. I have a small spot on my right "chesticle" that has been itching and is dry/peeling. I put Eucerin lotion and it doesn't help much. The doctor said it is a small eczema! :eek: She said it's nothing to be worried about and she gave me some prescription cream to use (she said there is no need to get it from the pharmacy). She gave m a couple of tubes and said to come back in 2 weeks to check the progress. Hopefully it goes away.

As you know I am quite paranoid about anything chesticle related. If the spot does not clear up within two weeks then you should probably have it checked out again.:thumbsup2

My DBF will be 33 in July. :scared1: I'll be 28 next month. :scared1::rotfl:

Wow, we're really close in age. I'm 29!:thumbsup2 I bet next year we will be the same age! Geez, when I was your age I was popping out my first baby!:lmao:

[sameyeyam]

it's really boring and slow at work today. I almost fell asleep at my desk a few minutes ago but luckily it was time for break. :faint: I got starbucks this morning: Grande strawberries n' creme (w/ no whip cream) and a turkey pesto sandwich. I also bought the newspaper so that i could get the weekly fry's ad. :teeth:



wake up pix!!!

[eatmypixiedust]

My DBF will be 33 in July. :scared1: I'll be 28 next month. :scared1::rotfl:

I'm 28 now but I will be 29 in July. :eek: I'm hanging on to my 20's for dear life!! :rotfl: :lmao:

My doctor told me I look 16 earlier this week so that made me feel special! :rotfl:

[sameyeyam]

My neighbor just posted his chain saw boat dismantling photos on Flickr. Kewl, he got a photo of my DS and nephew riding in the background. The one photo with the little blue building is our pumphouse and our house is in the background.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/94845957@N00/

[sameyeyam]

Well ladies, going to get stuff put away and head home. Everybody have a great weekend!:)

[MotoXPrincess99]

As you know I am quite paranoid about anything chesticle related. If the spot does not clear up within two weeks then you should probably have it checked out again.:thumbsup2



Wow, we're really close in age. I'm 29!:thumbsup2 I bet next year we will be the same age! Geez, when I was your age I was popping out my first baby!:lmao:

:rotfl:

I'm 28 now but I will be 29 in July. :eek: I'm hanging on to my 20's for dear life!! :rotfl: :lmao:

My doctor told me I look 16 earlier this week so that made me feel special! :rotfl:

I get told that all the time too. :rotfl:

[eatmypixiedust]

As you know I am quite paranoid about anything chesticle related. If the spot does not clear up within two weeks then you should probably have it checked out again.:thumbsup2



Will do. :thumbsup2 My doctor said it's not big deal, looks harmless but still wanted me to see the dermatologist to see what type of skin condition it was. Luckily the dermatologist said not to freak out, that's it's nothing scary. :)

:rotfl:



I get told that all the time too. :rotfl:

:lmao::rotfl:

[stitch1986]

hello!! I finally had a normal busy day :) lol glad it is the weekend for sure!!! :) anyone have plans for tonight? I am going to a bar with friends and do karaoke :)

[eatmypixiedust]

hello!! I finally had a normal busy day :) lol glad it is the weekend for sure!!! :) anyone have plans for tonight? I am going to a bar with friends and do karaoke :)

Glad that you had a good day! :goodvibes Karaoke sounds like fun! I hope you have a great time :)

My bf's birthday is today but he's working. We plan to watch Wolverine tomorrow (Hugh Jackman is a HOT tamale! :love: ). Then on Sunday we are celebrating his b-day with his family. My dad is away on a business trip but my mom offered to take us out for lunch tomorrow.

[funnygarcia]

Chilling at home, one boy out the door for the night .. one at home eagerly awaiting his first marching band practice in the morning. Have I mentioned the child has not even opened his flute case in the past two years? Good thing they don't have auditions. :rolleyes:

After dropping him off at school we plan to attack some garage sales. Several suburbs and a very cool area of Minneapolis are having city/neighborhood wide sales this weekend.
We will see how many the hubby will tolerate :laughing:

Going to call up DNTheMarine tm in a few minutes.
He's back on base :goodvibes will be on leave in a few weeks-- yeah!
We all have missed him very much.

[eatmypixiedust]

bernice!!

[funnygarcia]

bernice!!

pixster

[funnygarcia]

How's it swinging itchy chesticle lady? :upsidedow:laughing:

[eatmypixiedust]

pixster

Yay! I'm finally online at the same time as you and not when you are about to head for bed! :lmao:

[eatmypixiedust]

How's it swinging itchy chesticle lady? :upsidedow:laughing:

http://i38.tinypic.com/m8mbkz.jpg :lmao:

[stitch1986]

Glad that you had a good day! :goodvibes Karaoke sounds like fun! I hope you have a great time :)

My bf's birthday is today but he's working. We plan to watch Wolverine tomorrow (Hugh Jackman is a HOT tamale! :love: ). Then on Sunday we are celebrating his b-day with his family. My dad is away on a business trip but my mom offered to take us out for lunch tomorrow.

that sounds fun! yea hugh jackman is hot!!! :) I so cant wait to see it sometime soon. :) you have to tell me how the movie is? for sure

[eatmypixiedust]

that sounds fun! yea hugh jackman is hot!!! :) I so cant wait to see it sometime soon. :) you have to tell me how the movie is? for sure

Sure! Will do :thumbsup2 I heard it was good. I saw a massive line of people outside a local movie theatre last night. The line wrapped all the way around the building. Crazy! :scared1:

[funnygarcia]

Had to push hubby's buttons.. on his dialysis machine. :laughing:

He's trying to be super D man and take off too much..

uhhh my blood pressure is low and I fell like I'm going to cramp...

oh yeah, and why is that dear? .

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:snooty:just push the button



:lmao:
Dork!

[eatmypixiedust]

Bernice are you spying on the Domino's guys? :rotfl:

[funnygarcia]

Sure! Will do :thumbsup2 I heard it was good. I saw a massive line of people outside a local movie theatre last night. The line wrapped all the way around the building. Crazy! :scared1:

E wants to watch it this weekend.

Did you know they are already selling tickets for the Star Trek movie?
Another "gotta see it" for the hubby. But we can wiat to buy a ticket. :laughing:

[funnygarcia]

Bernice are you spying on the Domino's guys? :rotfl:

Not right now, bedroom windows face the wrong way.. but Poly is filling in for me. :thumbsup2

[eatmypixiedust]

E wants to watch it this weekend.

Did you know they are already selling tickets for the Star Trek movie?
Another "gotta see it" for the hubby. But we can wiat to buy a ticket. :laughing:

They did that for LOTR and Harry Potter too. I just waited until it came out to buy the tickets. My bf and I still find it odd that people wait in line to pay at the box office when there are 6 kiosk machines on the side. We always use the machines since it's a lot faster. :)

[eatmypixiedust]

Not right now, bedroom windows face the wrong way.. but Poly is filling in for me. :thumbsup2

:rotfl: Is Poly in a crazy mood again today?

[eatmypixiedust]

My bf and I finally watched Fast and the Furious last weekend. It was okay but my favorite is still Tokyo Drift. :woohoo: We were hesitant to watch this 4th one but it was alright.

[funnygarcia]

I alwys thought that was odd at the theater in Moreno Valley too. No one used the kiosks. :confused3

We don't have those here in MN. Only the fandango machines where it prints it out from buying it online. It costs extra.

When we lived in St Cloud, small college town, it was a pain to go to the movies. They would accept checks and cash only.. no credit/bank cards. Hardly anyone accepts checks anymore.. it was weird! I don't even have any checks, never bothered to pay for printing them. Online billing is much easier!

My mom had her checkbook and wallet stolen out of her purse ... distracted by a lady while her partner made the grab. She was so mad and frustrated with the police for not doing anything.

Meanwhile I'm like .. mom why do you have your purse in the shopping basket, open and your entire checkbook, social security card, credit cards, ID.. all of it within reach of others? :confused3

She didn't get it, she went on to how she won't trust any young persons trying to scam her.. but mom... why??? why??? :rolleyes1

[eatmypixiedust]

I'm currently waiting for my mom.....she asked if I would go with her to Nordstrom. A family friend is getting married in 2 weeks overseas. My mom wants to find a nice dress and she hasn't been to the new Nordstrom here.

Oh, time to go. Hope you all have a great evening. :wizard:

[funnygarcia]

:rotfl: Is Poly in a crazy mood again today?


She's mellow, but give her time.
She tried to swipe at me when I was hauling her furry self out of my closet. We got her back later, rolled her in a big blanket and bounced her like a baby.

She wasn't amused. :lmao:

[funnygarcia]

I'm currently waiting for my mom.....she asked if I would go with her to Nordstrom. A family friend is getting married in 2 weeks overseas. My mom wants to find a nice dress and she hasn't been to the new Nordstrom here.

Oh, time to go. Hope you all have a great evening. :wizard:

Have fun!

:goodvibes

[sameyeyam]

hello!! I finally had a normal busy day :) lol glad it is the weekend for sure!!! :) anyone have plans for tonight? I am going to a bar with friends and do karaoke :)

If you're going to become a Hyena you are going to have to get rid of your social life on Friday nights.:lmao:

I'm currently waiting for my mom.....she asked if I would go with her to Nordstrom. A family friend is getting married in 2 weeks overseas. My mom wants to find a nice dress and she hasn't been to the new Nordstrom here.

Oh, time to go. Hope you all have a great evening. :wizard:

I would suggest a wet suit since she will be getting married over seas.:rotfl2:

[eatmypixiedust]

I would suggest a wet suit since she will be getting married over seas.:rotfl2:

:sad2: :rotfl::lmao::rotfl2::rotfl:

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Do you take this man to be your husband? I doooobobobobobobobooooooodoooo!! :rotfl:

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[sameyeyam]

Goodly Morning Hyenas! Another partially rainy day here...followed by a week of rainy days. Bleech! But at least this time of the year it's 60-65 and rainy, not 45 and rainy.

Last week on my garage sale/thrift center adventure I got a book of bread machine recipes. Lots of tasty looking recipes so I'm going to give a couple of them a try today. They have regular bread, french, even sourdough (but I need to make a sourdough starter ahead of time), as well as some good dessert breads and even a recipe for bagel dough. Might even bake some cookies also.

Then we are going to finish cleaning up garage, trailer, back porch and get all the garage sale stuff together. Work on making signage, pricing things, etc.

So I guess this weekend is my domestic diva weekend.:thumbsup2

[stitch1986]

goodmorning all!!

[eatmypixiedust]

http://i42.tinypic.com/2gtc8lu.jpg Good Morning Everyone :) http://i5.tinypic.com/661rpr5.jpg


I'm off to pick up the cake soon. We plan to watch Wolverine and possibly eat Korean BBQ. Yummy! :)


Hope you all have a great day! :goodvibes

[Albort]

eek, the transition has started! :(

[sameyeyam]

eek, the transition has started! :(

Hiya Albort! I'm assuming the DL job/employment situation. I think I remember you talking about some changes that were coming.

Don't worry about things, I'm sure you're a good employee and just go with the flow. Don't worry about things that you have no control over. All we can do in life is our best and that's that! Fear of the unknown is always usually worse than the reality. Hang in there!:thumbsup2

[sameyeyam]

Got everything priced for the garage sale and taken down to my neighbor's shop. We are doing it at her shop across the road from our house, since we have such a steep/non-car friendly driveway.

Spent all morning pricing items and then spent all afternoon getting the trailer cleaned out for beginning of camping season. Woo Hoo! Got our first camping trip planned for weekend after next (weather permitting of course). :cool1:

Going to work on cleaning off the back porch today. Uggh!

[staley7580]

Hello!! Nothing exciting here... Just hanging out with the kiddos. Hubby is working 40 hours for at least the next couple of weeks.. cool beans, yo. We watched Tropic Thunder last night.. Too funny. :thumbsup2 NOT for kids, thank goodness we didnt let Alex watch it. :scared1: He wanted to, but we Vetoed that one with a quickness.. And realized just why about 5 seconds into the movie!:rotfl2:

[XTinabell]

Got everything priced for the garage sale and taken down to my neighbor's shop. We are doing it at her shop across the road from our house, since we have such a steep/non-car friendly driveway.

Spent all morning pricing items and then spent all afternoon getting the trailer cleaned out for beginning of camping season. Woo Hoo! Got our first camping trip planned for weekend after next (weather permitting of course). :cool1:

Going to work on cleaning off the back porch today. Uggh!
Ugh, I don't think I will ever have a garage sale again. People are so frustrating and there is so much work involved with little reward, I feel for you. I will gladly shop garage sales but no more hosting them.
Hello!! Nothing exciting here... Just hanging out with the kiddos. Hubby is working 40 hours for at least the next couple of weeks.. cool beans, yo. We watched Tropic Thunder last night.. Too funny. :thumbsup2 NOT for kids, thank goodness we didnt let Alex watch it. :scared1: He wanted to, but we Vetoed that one with a quickness.. And realized just why about 5 seconds into the movie!:rotfl2:

:rotfl2: I thought tropic thunder was so funny, I think it's one of those you have to be in the right kind of mood for.

On another note, is it normal for 3 week old babies to be really skinny? My friend's new baby has super skinny arms, I'm used to seeing fat babies. Even dh said to me the baby didn't look healthy it's arms are so skinny. So is it normal? I've seen the mum feed the baby so I know she's not starving.

[MotoXPrincess99]

Good morning all! DBF and I went down to Long Beach yesterday. The weather was so nice. We still have our fingers crossed for the cruise. So far they have changed the ports of call for cruises thru the 11th and ours leaves on the 14th. We really don't want to go to Catalina. If they do change ours we will most likely reschedule for later in the year, but I read online that Mexico is re-opening business on Wednesday because the Swine Flu threat is receding.

My bf and I finally watched Fast and the Furious last weekend. It was okay but my favorite is still Tokyo Drift. :woohoo: We were hesitant to watch this 4th one but it was alright.

I though part 4 was also just ok. And Tokyo Drift is my fav too. :thumbsup2

[eatmypixiedust]

Good Morning Everyone,

I hope you all had a good weekend. :cutie: On Saturday my bf and I picked up his b-day cake. The party was on Sunday but the bakery is closed on Sundays. Oh my goodness....the cake was BEAUTIFUL and looked so pretty. It was also really really heavy. The bakery did an awesome job. I will post pics for you guys to see later. :) It tasted heavenly, honestly, best cake I've ever tasted! :goodvibes It wasn't overwhelmingly sweet and it was perfect. :thumbsup2

On Saturday afternoon my mom called me and asked if I could pick up my little sister from her art class. My bf and I picked her up and then we went out for Korean BBQ. It was really really good. :love: Then we headed back to my house where we played Smarty Pants on the Wii.

My bf got called into work. Normally he is off on weekends but one of their facilities in northern CA closed down. All their orders were transferred to my bf's work. Apparently they receive at least 1,000 orders a day! :faint:

His supervisor loused up the schedule and they didn't have enough workers. She took a 2 week vacation to Hawaii. :sad2: Nice huh? Louse up the schedule and then take off to another state. :sad2: :sad2: My bf was super stressed out on Friday (the day of his b-day). Then to have to go back into work on his day off made him stressed out even more. He worked from 5:30pm to almost 10:30pm. They wanted him to go in again yesterday but he said no.

Sunday we watched the new XMen movie. It was really awesome and we both liked it. :thumbsup2 Hugh Jackman is HOT! :lovestruc:love:

We grabbed a small lunch on the way home and then left later in the evening to his family get-together. There were people there whom we didn't know and we were also told the wrong time to show up. :sad2: We showed up an hour after everyone else and they all had already eaten. It wasn't too big of a deal but it just wasn't well planned I guess. :confused: We also had trouble getting into his cousin's apartment because no one was answering their cell phones. He called his uncle and his mom and none of them answered. After several phone call attempts, his cousin's husband finally called him back. Other than that, the food was good and we had a great time. I'll post some pics later. :)

Hope you all have a great day! :goodvibes

[XTinabell]

Good morning everyone!! My sister comes tomorrow!!

I'm a little freaked out though, she's going to be at three airports in one day and with swine flu going around I'm really hoping she doesn't bring anything here. Have any advice for me short of kicking her out?

[eatmypixiedust]

Good morning everyone!! My sister comes tomorrow!!

I'm a little freaked out though, she's going to be at three airports in one day and with swine flu going around I'm really hoping she doesn't bring anything here. Have any advice for me short of kicking her out?

I don't blame you for being scared of the swine flu. I went to Target and Walmart and they were completely sold out of hand sanitizer. It was insane and I've never seen those cleared out. :eek: I was able to find some at Walgreen's without any trouble but they didn't have a lot out. I keep one bottle on my desk at work and one in my car and purse.

I'm not sure how you can cut your sister's visit short. :rotfl: My siblings and I can't be around each other for too long or else we'll go nuts! :rotfl2: I hope you do have fun with her though. :hug:

[MotoXPrincess99]

Well, they have officially changed our port of call to Catalina. I think we are going to end up going anyway...we got such a good price for this one and if we wait until summer the prices will be almost double so we will probably just go next week and then start saving and go again in the fall. Plus my SIL and her husband still plan to go because it's not very often that they can pawn off all 5 of their kids at the same time :rotfl2: so they don't think they'll get the opportunity again.

[stitch1986]

hey all!! how was everyone's day today and weekend? Mine was ok friday went to a bar then went to a friends house and stayed the night. Sat just hung at the house and read angels and demons, then sun one of my friends invited me to a bbq so did that and went swimming. Today was crazy at first we moved to a new office cause the one in gilbert was tiny and the first three hours was insane nothing worked no faxes could be sent in or out we could not print anything and some of the computers did nto work, but towards the end of my half day everything was getting better :)

[sameyeyam]

Ugh, I don't think I will ever have a garage sale again. People are so frustrating and there is so much work involved with little reward, I feel for you. I will gladly shop garage sales but no more hosting them.


:rotfl2: I thought tropic thunder was so funny, I think it's one of those you have to be in the right kind of mood for.

On another note, is it normal for 3 week old babies to be really skinny? My friend's new baby has super skinny arms, I'm used to seeing fat babies. Even dh said to me the baby didn't look healthy it's arms are so skinny. So is it normal? I've seen the mum feed the baby so I know she's not starving.

Yep, especially the first few weeks some babies are very skinny. After a few months we fatten em right up.:lmao:

Honestly, we've priced things really cheap for this sale. This was just a truck load full of stuff I was going to take to the Goodwill anyway. If anybody gives us any offer on anything, we'll take it. I have a few nicer things priced at $5-$20, but I have tons of stuff priced at five cents, 10 cents, books are 50 cent, shirts 50 - 75 cents, pants & jeans $1-$2. It's priced so unbelievably low I would be surprised if we have anything left.:rotfl2: Whatever is left over is going into the back of my SUV and straight to the Goodwill.

Good morning everyone!! My sister comes tomorrow!!

I'm a little freaked out though, she's going to be at three airports in one day and with swine flu going around I'm really hoping she doesn't bring anything here. Have any advice for me short of kicking her out?

My advice...enjoy your visit and don't worry about the swine flu. There are what, 300,000,000 in the US and less than 100 have come down with the swine flu. I'd say the odds are in your favor.:thumbsup2

hey all!! how was everyone's day today and weekend? Mine was ok friday went to a bar then went to a friends house and stayed the night. Sat just hung at the house and read angels and demons, then sun one of my friends invited me to a bbq so did that and went swimming. Today was crazy at first we moved to a new office cause the one in gilbert was tiny and the first three hours was insane nothing worked no faxes could be sent in or out we could not print anything and some of the computers did nto work, but towards the end of my half day everything was getting better :)

Agghhh! Sounds like a rough start to the day. Glad it got better though.

[stitch1986]

yea so how was your yard sale? I think you had over the weekend?

[sameyeyam]

yea so how was your yard sale? I think you had over the weekend?

We were just pricing it and taking it all down to the neighbor's shop where we are going to have the sale. Weather permitting we are having it this Saturday. Weather not permitting, 2 weeks later. Weather not permitting 2 weeks later, then maybe 3, 4, 5 or 10 weeks later.

Oh who am I kidding, it'll be raining until August.:rotfl2:

[eatmypixiedust]

http://i36.tinypic.com/2m2x8ur.jpg Hello! Here are the pics I promised earlier :wizard:

On Saturday my bf and I picked up his b-day cake. It turned out a lot better than I had expected. They did an awesome job and I was thrilled when I walked into the bakery and saw it. :yay: My bf thought it looked cool. :)

Here are some pics of the cake:

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Sunday evening was the party celebrating my bf's b-day and his cousin's daugther's birthday. I wasn't sure what to get her (she turned 16). I bought a tote bag, flip flops, lotion and a water bottle from Victoria's Secret Pink Collection. I also added some flavored chapstick. I was thinking of how to wrap the gift, so I found an large inexpensive plastic beach bucket from Walmart, bought a cellophane bag and wrapped it. Here's what it looked like:

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The cake was a big hit. Everyone loved it and it tasted awesome! Honestly, it was the best cake I've ever tasted. :love: I brought some to work and shared with co-workers who also loved it and they asked where I got it from. :cutie:

Yesterday afternoon my bf and I did get to watch the new XMen movie. It was awesome and we both liked it. :thumbsup2 Oh and yes, Hugh Jackman was HOT on the big screen :love: :rotfl: ;)

[XTinabell]

Pixter, that cakes looks fantastic! I can't believe that bow/ribbon thing going on that's amazing. Glad it tasted as good as looks too.

[AZMickeyfans]

Good Morning everyone! Its an oddly cloudly day here although its going to be near 100. I feel like its Disneyland being overcast and clear in the morning. Just wish I was really there. I could use an escape now!

Yesterday was a rough day. Paradise just keeps messing with us. UGH. We've been denied unemployment based on how they wrote up his dismissal. They put it was a mutual/voluntary leave which is good for getting another job but bad if we need unemployment or insurance help right now. We decided to write the company for severance yesterday and not 4 hours after we sent the email off he gets an email stating his bonus was recalculated and it came up different so he will be getting only $200. This is almost $1000 LESS than we were told the day he was let go. Coincidence it just happened on the day we sent the letter? UGH. Still have not heard any response to the severance yet. We are honestly waiting til we get a response on the severance request before we question that bonus amount.

Yesterday I just woke up with a sick feeling bad things were going to happen all day. Luckily today I dont have that feeling. It will be better.

On top of all that Jake is still feeling terrible. Not sure why his cough wont go away. I'm thinking it has to be allergies. He's on zyrtec for kids but it has not helped in the week he has been taking it. We'll finish out the box and then try another brand.

Ok venting over.

Hope everyone has a great

CINCO DE MAYO

today!

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Oh man I almost posted the picture of the pig! :lmao:That is just so wrong!!!!!!!

[XTinabell]

Aw Shawna that really sucks. It sure seems like life kicks you when you're down. When one thing goes wrong everything else goes wrong, but the good news is that it doesn't last forever.

I am so wore out from running around all day, maybe doing a tai-chi/pilates/yoga class first thing in the morning is NOT a good idea. I'm so tired I can't move, I'm starving and my kitchen is a mess. I can't clean because I can't move and I can't cook because my kitchen is a mess. Boo.

[eatmypixiedust]

Shawna- I'm sorry to hear you had a rough day yesterday :hug: I hope today is a better day for you. :grouphug:

Christina- sorry to hear that you are sore from your exercise classes Are you taking 3 different classes? :confused: Maybe you could cut back so it's less strenuous. I don't want you to get hurt or too sore. :grouphug: I hope you feel better. :hug:

[eatmypixiedust]

It's too hot today! :faint:

[MotoXPrincess99]

Hello, I am so bored today! I've been training this new lady and this week the bosses want her doing everything that I trained her on last week so I have nothing to do.:dance3: Oh well at least next week she moves on to training with my co-worker and I get my jobs back.

Pixter, that cake came out really nice! :thumbsup2 And that's good that it tasted good too.

I'm trying to come up with a sign or some sort of decorations for our door on the cruise ship. There is still 6 of us going and I want to decorate all three of our doors. It's DBF and I, DBF's sister and her husband and DBF's grandma and grandma's sister. This is the first time that the rest of them have been on a cruise. I was thinking or ordering the room decorations thru Carnival for them but it's so expensive. I did that when I took DBF on the cruise a few years ago and they do spiff up the room a bit but I think this time I will just decorate our doors. I saw some people who did that on the last cruise we took. I just don't know what I should do... I think I'm goingto go to the party store this weekend and look there. Anyone have any ideas?:confused3

[staley7580]

Ugh, I don't think I will ever have a garage sale again. People are so frustrating and there is so much work involved with little reward, I feel for you. I will gladly shop garage sales but no more hosting them.


:rotfl2: I thought tropic thunder was so funny, I think it's one of those you have to be in the right kind of mood for.

On another note, is it normal for 3 week old babies to be really skinny? My friend's new baby has super skinny arms, I'm used to seeing fat babies. Even dh said to me the baby didn't look healthy it's arms are so skinny. So is it normal? I've seen the mum feed the baby so I know she's not starving.

It is normal for some babies. As long as the babe is eating... she is good! Jasmine is really thin, and so was Alex as a baby.. Mikalah and Vinny are our little chunkos! :lmao:

Cake looked awesome Pix! :thumbsup2

Shawna, I hope something works out for you guys. :hug: If his work doesnt come through, appeal with unemployment. that might work. I cant imagine how scary this is for you guys right now. I would be a barfing wreck if we had no income. :hug::hug:

[stitch1986]

We were just pricing it and taking it all down to the neighbor's shop where we are going to have the sale. Weather permitting we are having it this Saturday. Weather not permitting, 2 weeks later. Weather not permitting 2 weeks later, then maybe 3, 4, 5 or 10 weeks later.

Oh who am I kidding, it'll be raining until August.:rotfl2:

lol :) oh ok lol how was your day today

[funnygarcia]

oh wow Shawna! Time to kick some Paradise/ Panera butt :mad:
By writing it up as a voluntary leave the company is cheating the system -- and screwing you over. If they don't change it immediately, I would contact a lawyer for denial of unemployment benefits. Document, document, document every email, letter, phone call or other contact.

Hang in there.. I know.. easier said then done. :hug:

Look at the bright side..
at least now you will qualify for more student aid :thumbsup2

I had to fight with the darn FAFSA application online for the past few days :badpc: GIANT headache as it claimed I didn't exist per my name/ SSN :headache: Fixed that by waiting for a new PIN to process...

and then I tried logging back in to sign with my PIN.. it said there was no application! :headache: I was torn between :sad: and :furious:
Finally got it done today- whew!
Thank goodness that's only a once a year headache.

ahhh yeah, switched the 'what am I going to be when I grow up" from physical therapy to teaching PreK to Grade 3 licensure. Figured I might as well have the same work schedule as hubby, plus I have a boatload of credits in early childhood ed already completed. :goodvibes

Dream job would be early childhood special education.

Yes I know, more school for special ed endorsement.. but no lack of jobs in that area either. Dang I'm going to be one OLD new teacher when I get done! :lmao::lmao::rotfl2::rotfl2:

[funnygarcia]

pssssssssssst

I got a secret... :yay::yay::yay::yay::cheer2::cheer2::cheer2:

crazy busy with this little secret.. but oh wow oh wow WOW WOW!

If it all works okay.. we are going to have one big happy family moment at my Dad's brithday party this weekend. ::yes::


:cool1::cool1::cool1::cool1::cool1:

[eatmypixiedust]

SPILL THE BEANS!!! :lmao:

[eatmypixiedust]

I went to the mall after work and stopped by a new pet store that just opened up. I really really really want a puppy......probably won't get one any time soon but it doesn't hurt to look right?

I saw the cutest small pomeranian but someone else snatched it up to play in the backroom area. They have a couple of empty rooms with a bench so you can interract with the dogs. They only carry dogs in this store.

I pass by this corgi puppy (male). It's so cute and looks mellow. I ask the employee if I could see it so he leads me to an empty room, says he will be back in a couple of minutes.

I pick up the corgi and he playfully licks my face and is really sweet. I pet him and play with him and then he goes into full blown hyper mode! He starts biting my sneakers, I tell him to stop but he growls at me and keeps biting my sneakers. I move my feet away and he gets mad and lets out a bark. :scared1: Then he starts running around in circles around the tiny room. He stood on his hind legs and tried to bite my Juicy purse! :scared1::scared1::scared1: I blocked him with my arm (so now his front paws are resting on my arm as he attemps to bite the purse). I let him down and then try petting him again. He starts running around the room again, bites my sneakers, undid my laces, pulls my laces.

The dog is so cute but I couldn't help but picture him tearing up the house. :rotfl:

[eatmypixiedust]

I'm starving....I came home and threw in some laundry into the washing machine, then went and took a shower and now I'm starving. :faint: I just ordered pizza hut for dinner. :goodvibes

[AZMickeyfans]

oh wow Shawna! Time to kick some Paradise/ Panera butt :mad:
By writing it up as a voluntary leave the company is cheating the system -- and screwing you over. If they don't change it immediately, I would contact a lawyer for denial of unemployment benefits. Document, document, document every email, letter, phone call or other contact.

Hang in there.. I know.. easier said then done. :hug:

Look at the bright side..
at least now you will qualify for more student aid :thumbsup2

I had to fight with the darn FAFSA application online for the past few days :badpc: GIANT headache as it claimed I didn't exist per my name/ SSN :headache: Fixed that by waiting for a new PIN to process...

and then I tried logging back in to sign with my PIN.. it said there was no application! :headache: I was torn between :sad: and :furious:
Finally got it done today- whew!
Thank goodness that's only a once a year headache.

ahhh yeah, switched the 'what am I going to be when I grow up" from physical therapy to teaching PreK to Grade 3 licensure. Figured I might as well have the same work schedule as hubby, plus I have a boatload of credits in early childhood ed already completed. :goodvibes

Dream job would be early childhood special education.

Yes I know, more school for special ed endorsement.. but no lack of jobs in that area either. Dang I'm going to be one OLD new teacher when I get done! :lmao::lmao::rotfl2::rotfl2:

We are doing the same thing!:yay: I'm going into prek -Grade 3 as well! Early childhood education its called here! I'm so excited. Havent thought about an area of study yet. Need to get in there first and see how I do. I'll be an OLD new teacher too! I start in August! I've got 8 classes to take before getting into the program. luckily all of my gen eds are out of the way. WOOHOO! I was going to take 1 class this summer and pay out of pocket but that sort of got screwed up! LOL! Oh well!

Even though I got a letter with a lecture today for some odd reason from my brother overseas I'm in a great mood. I just feel its going to be a good day. Of course the last time I said that....:rolleyes1

[sameyeyam]

Good Morning Hyenas!!:goodvibes

Cute cake Pix. I'd give it 2 thumbs up.:thumbsup2:thumbsup2

Shawna, that sucks about the unemployment thing. DH had that happen once and he went and talked with his old boss. Some companies automatically try to fight every unemployment claim, so their future unemployment tax rate remains low. However, sometimes talking to one's ex-boss can get it changed around. Worth a try.:thumbsup2

SO...good news is DH has several new job leads/interviews this week.

1. First one is rather weird, a new start up company looking for production workers. Guys with more talent will be promoted to supervisors. Guy called his on cell phone last week and told him he had the job. But called on a cell phone that was cutting out. Said he would call him back on land line on Sunday...NEVER DID!:confused3 DH is going to give him a call later this week and find out what the heck is going on. So we just don't know what to think on that one.

2. He has an interview this morning with a temp. agency. It's a temp to hire position. Driving semi-truck part of the day, working in warehouse and operating forklift. Said they were having trouble finding someone that has a CDL for truck driving, but still willing to work in warehouse environment. Doesn't pay great, but what the heck. DH says it's better than sitting home.

3. A chemical company looking for a railroad track manager sent him to local college to take skills test. He had already taken the same test for another prospective employer (and did good on it). So they said no need to take it again. So this afternoon he will call them and give them his previous test number so they can look at his results. DH would REALLY like this job. It's located about 20 miles north of where we live. No traffic and very easy 15 minute commute down I-5.

4. A company located 86 miles from our home!:scared1: They have done a phone interview and two online tests. He will be going for an in-person interview Thursday. It's in White Salmon, WA; down the Columbia River Gorge. We REALLY like an area called Stevenson/North Bonneville and have talked about possibly moving there someday. Stevenson area would put us halfway between my job and his job (30 miles each way). So not a bad commute for either of us. The company provides some sort of electronics for military planes. Sounds like a very good job with very good benefits. We would let continue living at our current home for a year until DD graduates from high school. He could take our travel trailer and rent a monthly space for those days he doesn't want to drive home or has to work long hours. Then next year think about trying to sell the house, buy a new one in the Stevenson area if it looks like a long-term job that he really likes.


The good news is it looks like there are positions available out there. Bad news is everyone is telling him that literally hundreds of people are applying for just one position. The job #1 told him that the first two hours the job was posted over 400 people applied.:scared1:

[eatmypixiedust]

Good Morning Everyone!

Shawna- I'm glad you are feeling better today :grouphug:


Alison- Best of luck to your DH. I hope he gets hired soon. :thumbsup2

[MotoXPrincess99]

Good Morning!

[staley7580]

pssssssssssst

I got a secret... :yay::yay::yay::yay::cheer2::cheer2::cheer2:

crazy busy with this little secret.. but oh wow oh wow WOW WOW!

If it all works okay.. we are going to have one big happy family moment at my Dad's brithday party this weekend. ::yes::


:cool1::cool1::cool1::cool1:
What?? You have to tell me!
We are doing the same thing!:yay: I'm going into prek -Grade 3 as well! Early childhood education its called here! I'm so excited. Havent thought about an area of study yet. Need to get in there first and see how I do. I'll be an OLD new teacher too! I start in August! I've got 8 classes to take before getting into the program. luckily all of my gen eds are out of the way. WOOHOO! I was going to take 1 class this summer and pay out of pocket but that sort of got screwed up! LOL! Oh well!

Even though I got a letter with a lecture today for some odd reason from my brother overseas I'm in a great mood. I just feel its going to be a good day. Of course the last time I said that....:rolleyes1

:thumbsup2 Cool! You guys rock! I could never be a teacher. I REALLY dont like small children. Doesnt that make you laugh? I have four kids under 8.. I LOVE my kids.. But I dont have a lot of patience. I get crabby when I have to take care of other peoples kids for very long. Probably because I cant beat em.. :lmao::lmao: IM KIDDING!

Sooo... Im feeling... I dont know. Unfulfilled. :confused3 Not sure what it is all about. Actually.. I think it is a combo of just popping out the babies, my high school reunion, and the fact that we are FLAT BROKE because of dh's work. I want to go to college.. But I want a cool job.. Frelan wants me to look into Border Patrol, since I could actually do that locally. :confused3 I dont know. I have a strong desire to learn Arabic, and go to Israel. :confused3 I think I might be watching to much NCIS. :rotfl2::rotfl2:I think I am having a midlife crisis. :rotfl2::rotfl2: At the ripe old age of 28. :lmao:

[sameyeyam]

What?? You have to tell me!


:thumbsup2 Cool! You guys rock! I could never be a teacher. I REALLY dont like small children. Doesnt that make you laugh? I have four kids under 8.. I LOVE my kids.. But I dont have a lot of patience. I get crabby when I have to take care of other peoples kids for very long. Probably because I cant beat em.. :lmao::lmao: IM KIDDING!

Sooo... Im feeling... I dont know. Unfulfilled. :confused3 Not sure what it is all about. Actually.. I think it is a combo of just popping out the babies, my high school reunion, and the fact that we are FLAT BROKE because of dh's work. I want to go to college.. But I want a cool job.. Frelan wants me to look into Border Patrol, since I could actually do that locally. :confused3 I dont know. I have a strong desire to learn Arabic, and go to Israel. :confused3 I think I might be watching to much NCIS. :rotfl2::rotfl2:I think I am having a midlife crisis. :rotfl2::rotfl2: At the ripe old age of 28. :lmao:

:hug: Cheer up punky pie! We are ALL FLAT BROKE!! As a matter of fact our entire nation is FLAT BROKE!!:lmao: And yet I laugh about it. :laughing:

I think I've been having a midlife crisis since age 27, so you're in good company. Of course that was also the age that I had my first child.:rolleyes: Life just has it's ups and downs doesn't it. Whenever I get to feeling a bit overwhelmed I try to just look at the little pieces and not the whole big picture. That and try to focus on the future. Set some little goals and before you know it, you'll be accomplishing bigger things.

For instance there was a time I thought I could NEVER finish college, work full time and have a child. But I put my mind to it and took 1 class every quarter on my lunch break. Granted it took me 6 more years to graduate, but I did it. You can to...the hardest part is just thinking about it and taking that first step.

So here's my Megan plan:

1. Get online and find website of nearby community college. Peruse the classes, see what might interest you, check out what degrees are offered. This can be done when you are broke! Cost $0.

2. Call the financial aid people and see what is available.

3 Schedule a day that Frelan will be home and go take the test to see what classes you must start with. Make it a goal to do this before September 1st. Cost $0 or perhaps cost of a babysitter for a few hours.

4. Decide when you want to start classes! Set a date and put it on the calendar. Say, the first quarter after the baby's 1st birthday. WRITE IT ON A CALENDAR.

4. The day after twins first birthday, find out next date to sign up for classes and sign up for 1 class. Sign up for 1 class only. It can even be an online class. But sign up.

The rest after that is gravy!:thumbsup2

Now the job thing...let's be realistic. Having 4 small children and trying to work full time will be, what shall I call it?? Oh yeah...NUTS!:laughing: How about finding a local business, even fast food or something where you can work for just a few hours a week. Just enough to get you out of the house, feel good about yourself, be able to communicate with people that don't drink from sippy cups and let you know that you are valued.:thumbsup2

[sameyeyam]

Oh and Bernice....no fair posting stuff like that! What's up?:confused3:lmao:

[sameyeyam]

Is that a green Megan light? Am I actually going to get to talk to Megan in person???:flower3:

[sameyeyam]

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[sameyeyam]

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I'm having a strange craving for Tubby Toast!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:rotfl2:

[sameyeyam]

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Suppose I should get back to work....ho hum.

[sameyeyam]

http://i350.photobucket.com/albums/q427/sexy-doggy/hairhat.jpg

The long-lasting effects of swine flu that you don't hear about...:lmao:

[tinkermell]

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The long-lasting effects of swine flu that you don't hear about...:lmao:
That is just not right!!! :scared1::scared1::scared1:

So Alison, I hope things go well for your DH. :goodvibes

Shawna, I hope today was a better day. :goodvibes

Bernice, what, what, what, what?!? :hyper:

Megan, Maybe you are having the stuck at home blues! Have Frelan take you guys to the park or something. Oh, and a border patrol agent sounds cool and mysterious!:cool2:

Pix, the cake looked fantastic! :cloud9:

Hi everyone else! :wave:

[eatmypixiedust]

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb212/carmy-lou/100_1664.jpg

I'm having a strange craving for Tubby Toast!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:rotfl2:

I think Alison is off her rocker today! http://i40.tinypic.com/2gtd7hg.gif :rotfl: :lmao: That scary dog faced man photo and pig hair-do....craves tubby toast......what in the world?? :rotfl2::lmao:

[staley7580]

:hug: Cheer up punky pie! We are ALL FLAT BROKE!! As a matter of fact our entire nation is FLAT BROKE!!:lmao: And yet I laugh about it. :laughing:

I think I've been having a midlife crisis since age 27, so you're in good company. Of course that was also the age that I had my first child.:rolleyes: Life just has it's ups and downs doesn't it. Whenever I get to feeling a bit overwhelmed I try to just look at the little pieces and not the whole big picture. That and try to focus on the future. Set some little goals and before you know it, you'll be accomplishing bigger things.

For instance there was a time I thought I could NEVER finish college, work full time and have a child. But I put my mind to it and took 1 class every quarter on my lunch break. Granted it took me 6 more years to graduate, but I did it. You can to...the hardest part is just thinking about it and taking that first step.

So here's my Megan plan:

1. Get online and find website of nearby community college. Peruse the classes, see what might interest you, check out what degrees are offered. This can be done when you are broke! Cost $0.

2. Call the financial aid people and see what is available.

3 Schedule a day that Frelan will be home and go take the test to see what classes you must start with. Make it a goal to do this before September 1st. Cost $0 or perhaps cost of a babysitter for a few hours.

4. Decide when you want to start classes! Set a date and put it on the calendar. Say, the first quarter after the baby's 1st birthday. WRITE IT ON A CALENDAR.

4. The day after twins first birthday, find out next date to sign up for classes and sign up for 1 class. Sign up for 1 class only. It can even be an online class. But sign up.

The rest after that is gravy!:thumbsup2

Now the job thing...let's be realistic. Having 4 small children and trying to work full time will be, what shall I call it?? Oh yeah...NUTS!:laughing: How about finding a local business, even fast food or something where you can work for just a few hours a week. Just enough to get you out of the house, feel good about yourself, be able to communicate with people that don't drink from sippy cups and let you know that you are valued.:thumbsup2
Sounds good! I need to do something. I think this sounds good. :thumbsup2 I have been tossing around the idea of working part time a lot lately.. Even just volunteering at the Y. Alex freaked out when I mentioned getting a job. So did Frelan. At first.. Frelan SAYS he is okay with it.. Until the reality sets in, and I am actually out of the house for any length of time. Ga. He was really upset when I told him that I have accomplished nothing with my life.. He looked at the kids and was like.. :eek::mad::guilty: I got married and had a gaggle of kids. Its not that hard!
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The long-lasting effects of swine flu that you don't hear about...:lmao:
:scared1::rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2:

[funnygarcia]

:rolleyes1:rolleyes1:rolleyes1:rolleyes1:rolleyes1 :rolleyes1:rolleyes1

spill what beans? beans? They make you toot you know.:upsidedow

[funnygarcia]

oooooooo live hyena people.. this hasn't happened in like ages.. :goodvibes:goodvibes

[staley7580]

Ill bet I know!

[funnygarcia]

I just had a silly thought..

look at this again -----------------> :goodvibes:goodvibes

Am I the only one who thougt of some overly happy chesticles? :lmao::lmao::rotfl2::rotfl2:

I am the only one? okay.. that's cool. I blame it on Alison's Tubby Toast. :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

[funnygarcia]

Ill bet I know!

yeah and ? popcorn::

[staley7580]

Your just lucky I dont mind pawning my babies off on my older kids.. Otherwise I would be stuck on the couch feeding Jasmine. :lmao: Actually Alex got home and BEGGED to hold his baby sister. He is so in love with her, it cracks me up. He said to me... momma.. Jasmine is the most BEAUTIFUL baby in the whole world!!:lovestruc So I asked what he thought of Vinny.. Apparently.. he is just kinda funny looking. :eek::rotfl2::rotfl2: I thinks its the big head. :lmao::lmao:

[staley7580]

I just had a silly thought..

look at this again -----------------> :goodvibes:goodvibes

Am I the only one who thougt of some overly happy chesticles? :lmao::lmao::rotfl2::rotfl2:

I am the only one? okay.. that's cool. I blame it on Alison's Tubby Toast. :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
:lmao::lmao: I think you are the only one. :rolleyes1:rotfl2:
yeah and ? popcorn::

Are you guys getting a visitor?? Maybe?? You know... someone you havent seen in a while??

But I could be totally off base. If I am, just ignore me. :lmao:

[funnygarcia]

:cutie:
It's a little crazy and not quite worked out.. but it involves one person who has been gone since the fall.. and technically doesn't have leave until two more weeks.

SUPRISE!

How's that for a 70th birthday present..and a Mother's Day gift all in one very short weekend!

He was joking with me yesterday ..

gosh I hope I don't give him another heart attack :lmao: :rotfl2:

[staley7580]

:cutie:
It's a little crazy and not quite worked out.. but it involves one person who has been gone since the fall.. and technically doesn't have leave until two more weeks.

SUPRISE!

How's that for a 70th birthday present..and a Mother's Day gift all in one very short weekend!

He was joking with me yesterday ..

gosh I hope I don't give him another heart attack :lmao: :rotfl2:
:goodvibes I KNEW IT!! :cool1::cool1: Im so smart it hurts sometimes..:rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2: How exciting!!

[funnygarcia]

So I asked what he thought of Vinny.. Apparently.. he is just kinda funny looking. :eek::rotfl2::rotfl2: I thinks its the big head. :lmao::lmao:

:rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2:

That's one to write in the baby book!
Kids are so funny!

[staley7580]

:rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2:

That's one to write in the baby book!
Kids are so funny!

:lmao: I know!

[funnygarcia]

But we ran into a snag..
Silly boy decided to fly in here to metro area, but back to CA out of our hometown. He wants to rent a car, we agreed to rent one for him but it would be a one way rental.. $450!:eek:
Two day rental for economy car with same pick up/drop would have been only $40

I told him-- no can do on rental car. We are now scratching our heads trying to decide, I had already offered a ride up to my parents' for my oldest DN (his dad is out of town) .. RAV only seats 5 :rolleyes:

[staley7580]

BERNICE???? Did I scare you off with the size of my brain?? Or the size of Vinny's head? :lmao: Or the massive black cloud over my head? Ugh.. I started my first after baby period yesterday. I thought I had one a few weeks ago, but it was just spotting.. Right now however.. I feel like I am freaking hemorrhaging. Its GROSS. Just in case anyone was wondering. :lmao::lmao:

[staley7580]

But we ran into a snag..
Silly boy decided to fly in here to metro area, but back to CA out of our hometown. He wants to rent a car, we agreed to rent one for him but it would be a one way rental.. $450!:eek:
Two day rental for economy car with same pick up/drop would have been only $40

I told him-- no can do on rental car. We are now scratching our heads trying to decide, I had already offered a ride up to my parents' for my oldest DN (his dad is out of town) .. RAV only seats 5 :rolleyes:

Fold him up and stick him in the back. :thumbsup2

[funnygarcia]

I'm thinking of renting a minvan, drive the whole crew and from there he could beg/ borrow a car. He's got lots of friends.. I'm sure he could find a car for one day.

I know it totally would cramp his style to do the family drive though. :laughing:

[funnygarcia]

Fold him up and stick him in the back. :thumbsup2
sure, fold a 6 ft Marine and wedge him in behind the seats for a 2 hour drive.. yeah that would be fun. :lmao:
He would never want to see me again! :rotfl2:

[staley7580]

I'm thinking of renting a minvan, drive the whole crew and from there he could beg/ borrow a car. He's got lots of friends.. I'm sure he could find a car for one day.

I know it totally would cramp his style to do the family drive though. :laughing:

Sounds like a plan, Stan. Wont he be with the family the whole time?

[funnygarcia]

Ugh.. I started my first after baby period yesterday. I thought I had one a few weeks ago, but it was just spotting.. Right now however.. I feel like I am freaking hemorrhaging. Its GROSS. Just in case anyone was wondering. :lmao::lmao:

Lovely.. must we share everything?
(me too, open the flood gates here it comes. Bodyfluids are so nasty sometimes)

[staley7580]

Lovely.. must we share everything?
(me too, open the flood gates here it comes. Bodyfluids are so nasty sometimes)

:goodvibes Indeed we must! :lmao: Its confounding me a tad... I dont remember this happening with my other two kids. :confused3 But then I have never given birth to twins before, so I guess everything is bound to be different, eh? On a happier note.. I have decided my husband will have a vasectomy. Isnt that nice of me? :rotfl2:

[funnygarcia]

Sounds like a plan, Stan. Wont he be with the family the whole time?

He said something about his girlfriend.
And he would want to visit his mom - parents are divorced.

I think it's too much to plan and he should just do the family thing. but ya know.. he would't listen to that advice.. stubborn and young. :rolleyes:

[staley7580]

He said something about his girlfriend.
And he would want to visit his mom - parents are divorced.

I think it's too much to plan and he should just do the family thing. but ya know.. he would't listen to that advice.. stubborn and young. :rolleyes:

OOOHHH.. Okay. I get it! Kids... what can you do?

[funnygarcia]

:goodvibes Indeed we must! :lmao: Its confounding me a tad... I dont remember this happening with my other two kids. :confused3 But then I have never given birth to twins before, so I guess everything is bound to be different, eh? On a happier note.. I have decided my husband will have a vasectomy. Isnt that nice of me? :rotfl2:

Mine was different after Noah and it's gradually changing as I get older. My sister is starting to have late/missed/spotting - about the same age as when our mom started the process.

:thumbsup2 How very nice of you ! :thumbsup2
Ice packs, tylenol and a supporter.. he will be just fine.
E had his done at a planned parenthood. Kinda funny walking thru abortion protestors at the time. LOL

[staley7580]

Mine was different after Noah and it's gradually changing as I get older. My sister is starting to have late/missed/spotting - about the same age as when our mom started the process.

:thumbsup2 How very nice of you ! :thumbsup2
Ice packs, tylenol and a supporter.. he will be just fine.
E had his done at a planned parenthood. Kinda funny walking thru abortion protestors at the time. LOL

I wish I could just have my innards removed. I got a little sad after having the twins with the thought that my child bearing days were over.. I even thought that we would probably have more kids. Now.. Im sure we are DONE. Frelan is not so sure. He keeps hinting around that in a few years we might want to revisit the baby having issue. But we have FOUR KIDS. Thats a lot! The next person who looks at me with pity in their eyes and saying that I am either... really busy, superwoman, crazy, or.. I dont know, WHATEVER.. is going to get one of my babies shoved in their butt.

Okay.. I was totally on a rant about something, and comcast called and totally threw me off. :rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2: I have lost my steam, so what were we talking about? Oh yeah! Your super exciting news!

[AZMickeyfans]

:hug: Cheer up punky pie! We are ALL FLAT BROKE!! As a matter of fact our entire nation is FLAT BROKE!!:lmao: And yet I laugh about it. :laughing:

I think I've been having a midlife crisis since age 27, so you're in good company. Of course that was also the age that I had my first child.:rolleyes: Life just has it's ups and downs doesn't it. Whenever I get to feeling a bit overwhelmed I try to just look at the little pieces and not the whole big picture. That and try to focus on the future. Set some little goals and before you know it, you'll be accomplishing bigger things.

For instance there was a time I thought I could NEVER finish college, work full time and have a child. But I put my mind to it and took 1 class every quarter on my lunch break. Granted it took me 6 more years to graduate, but I did it. You can to...the hardest part is just thinking about it and taking that first step.

So here's my Megan plan:

1. Get online and find website of nearby community college. Peruse the classes, see what might interest you, check out what degrees are offered. This can be done when you are broke! Cost $0.

2. Call the financial aid people and see what is available.

3 Schedule a day that Frelan will be home and go take the test to see what classes you must start with. Make it a goal to do this before September 1st. Cost $0 or perhaps cost of a babysitter for a few hours.

4. Decide when you want to start classes! Set a date and put it on the calendar. Say, the first quarter after the baby's 1st birthday. WRITE IT ON A CALENDAR.

4. The day after twins first birthday, find out next date to sign up for classes and sign up for 1 class. Sign up for 1 class only. It can even be an online class. But sign up.

The rest after that is gravy!:thumbsup2

Now the job thing...let's be realistic. Having 4 small children and trying to work full time will be, what shall I call it?? Oh yeah...NUTS!:laughing: How about finding a local business, even fast food or something where you can work for just a few hours a week. Just enough to get you out of the house, feel good about yourself, be able to communicate with people that don't drink from sippy cups and let you know that you are valued.:thumbsup2

I like her plan!

alison, I'll be praying your dh finds out about jobs soon! Dh got a surprise phone interview from.......................................where is Alex.............................................. ..............................Starbucks! He was up in the attic of my moms house cleaning and they just called him asking if they could do an interview. The look on his face was priceless as he tried to get down the hole, onto the ladder and not fall or drop the phone! :lmao: who knows!

We found out no severance today also. Jerks! I'm really hating them right now but no more time spent on them. Hopefully we will find something soon and be on with our lives. Paradise stinks! ON top of everything my brother from somewhere overseas or in the seas who knows emailed a nasty letter to us about how we were not very good with our money always putting the kids in things and going to Disney etc. We should have had at least a savings of a year. OK come on, now that would be idea but how many restaurant managers with stay at home moms of little kids have a years worth of savings??? we are not in danger of losing our house just yet MR. I was so mad. He gets judgemental sometimes and its easy for him to do when he's halfway across the world. UGH.

OK then we went to my moms house and put all of her stuff from the garage in the attic. We had to go to storage and get the rest of her stuff that has been stored there for about 5 years. Its paperwork from my dads old business. We are not sure if we have to hang on to it or not. Anyway, after taking about half of the legal boxes (there are about 30) over to my moms we discovered termites in some of them. OMG!:scared1:TERMITES!!!! We dont want this in my moms rafter filled attic!!!!! Shoot! We ran home and grabbed the boxes and brought BACK to storage hoping they were not contaminated or none had gotten out yet. They were only there about a half an hour.

SO, we are trying to figure out what to do. Some of the stuff needs to be gone through but its personal information of his old clients so we cannot just throw it in the garbage. That would be easy. We are thinking they need to be burned. Mom says they are old enough to get rid of. Now we dont know how to do this because we dont want to bring them back to our fire pit and burn them here in case they get out and scatter everywhere. I mean there were THOUSANDS:scared1: So we were laughing at what to do. Maybe take them to a campground and carefully throw them on a campfire a few papers at a time? Maybe get a metal trash can and burn them that way but where to do it? Douse them with bleach and try to kill them first? But how can we be sure? We were cracking up at ideas. Believe me they got creative and I wont say on here because we've gotten in trouble for joke ideas before that people took too seriously but we were laughing our butts off.

So to recap, not such a good day but I'm still in a great mood anyway and thats all that matters. Like Alison, we are all flat broke but I'm laughing. Insanely laughing possibly but laughing still!!! :rotfl: Oh, except the STarbucks interview was good! :thumbsup2

[sameyeyam]

I just had a silly thought..

look at this again -----------------> :goodvibes:goodvibes

Am I the only one who thougt of some overly happy chesticles? :lmao::lmao::rotfl2::rotfl2:

I am the only one? okay.. that's cool. I blame it on Alison's Tubby Toast. :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

I didn't say drink a margarita with the tubby toast! :lmao::thumbsup2

But we ran into a snag..
Silly boy decided to fly in here to metro area, but back to CA out of our hometown. He wants to rent a car, we agreed to rent one for him but it would be a one way rental.. $450!:eek:
Two day rental for economy car with same pick up/drop would have been only $40

I told him-- no can do on rental car. We are now scratching our heads trying to decide, I had already offered a ride up to my parents' for my oldest DN (his dad is out of town) .. RAV only seats 5 :rolleyes:

Luggage rack still work??:laughing:

Lovely.. must we share everything?
(me too, open the flood gates here it comes. Bodyfluids are so nasty sometimes)

You otter try hot flashes...you'll come to appreciate body fluids.

:goodvibes Indeed we must! :lmao: Its confounding me a tad... I dont remember this happening with my other two kids. :confused3 But then I have never given birth to twins before, so I guess everything is bound to be different, eh? On a happier note.. I have decided my husband will have a vasectomy. Isnt that nice of me? :rotfl2:

DH highly recommends a couple bags of frozen peas for afterwards.:lmao::thumbsup2

[sameyeyam]

Dang I missed the afternoon hyena party.

[funnygarcia]

hyena party? what??

:flower3:

My internet connection went POOF this evening.
Gave up trying to disable and renew the ISP on the laptop. Asked J to tackle the mess of cords to reset the router and modem. Directed him what to do, he kinda yanks the modem forward (I'm thinking.. uhh I don't think normally we have that much yardage) and unplugs everything.
Plugs it back in.. and ........


Not a single blinking light on the modem.. NOOOOOOOOOO.
Calmly asked if maybe he put the battery pack in wrong or maybe unplugged it.. the evil teenager surfaces to unleash the wrath of "YOU told me to do it that way!" Again I say, let's look and see what is wrong. (Thinking it thru, not yelling.. very mellow in fact)

Evil teenager is still spouting. :rolleyes:

I told him I didn't care for his attitude and go to bed.

He stomps off, suddenly pops out of the bathroom with electric toothbrush and some odd white thing in his hand. Yells "I hate this stupid cheap house"

sigh, now what?

Apparently he "lightly slammed" (how does one lightly slam??) the toothbrush onto the old fashioned ceramic toothbrush holder. Which is now in his hand.

Silly mom, I start laughing and telling him "having a bad day much?" :laughing:

He grumbles and tosses himself on his bed.. then pouts that I'm laughing at hm and repeating everything he says (I was telling E what had happened - he was dialyzing).

E comments about "well it is almost a full moon" :rolleyes1

Then the truth comes out, he's mad because I didn't try to fix the computer earlier. He missed playing some game.

hmm, I think somene needs to go on a "game diet". :rolleyes::lmao::lmao:


And yes it was his fault the modem had no power, he had unplugged it from the power strip when he gave it a yank. :upsidedow

:lmao::lmao:

[AZMickeyfans]

Hey guys! I came on thinking I could chat but I just went to lay down in bed and it felt nice so I 'm headed in there. :lmao: So I guess I'm posting to say I want to chat but I'm starting to feel sick and I want to go to bed. :faint:

Jeff used to work for pigs. Do you think we all have the swine flu now? :rotfl:

[funnygarcia]

Jeff used to work for pigs. Do you think we all have the swine flu now? :rotfl::rotfl2::rotfl2:

Well don't give it to my teenager- I'm looking forward to sending him to school in the morning. :lmao:

[funnygarcia]

I think I'm having allergy symptoms, this is the longest sniffley and sneezing cold I've had in a long while.

hmm, it seems to go away when the windows are closed at night.. :idea:

darn pollen :headache:

[funnygarcia]

oh yes, DN The Marine has decided that getting a ride with his Aunt and Uncle.. and assorted cousins... will be just fine. He offered to pay for the minivan rental, with a bonus if we leave before 8 am. :laughing:

His attempted visiting list:
the party for my dad
his mom
his girlfriend
and whatever friends he can scare up in the evening.


He's going to be exhuasted, overnight flight and then on the run all day.
180 miles from here to Duluth, 30 miles to my parents, his mom lives in town somewhere, his dad lives way up the north shore now. Duluth may be a smallish city, but it's spread out running along Lake Superior and pushed out into the hills above.
His dad and one of his brothers know he is coming.. but they were sworn to secrecy not to tell anyone else. ;) My mom (grandma) is going to be thrilled! She took care of him many weekends when he was a little boy. Nice to see him all grown now.

[funnygarcia]

http://www.csabo.com/PumpkinPatch.JPG

[eatmypixiedust]

Hey guys! I came on thinking I could chat but I just went to lay down in bed and it felt nice so I 'm headed in there. :lmao: So I guess I'm posting to say I want to chat but I'm starting to feel sick and I want to go to bed. :faint:

Jeff used to work for pigs. Do you think we all have the swine flu now? :rotfl:

I hope you feel better Shawna :hug: BTW, your pigs comment was freakin hilarious!!! :lmao::rotfl2::rotfl:

[sameyeyam]

hyena party? what??

:flower3:

My internet connection went POOF this evening.
Gave up trying to disable and renew the ISP on the laptop. Asked J to tackle the mess of cords to reset the router and modem. Directed him what to do, he kinda yanks the modem forward (I'm thinking.. uhh I don't think normally we have that much yardage) and unplugs everything.
Plugs it back in.. and ........


Not a single blinking light on the modem.. NOOOOOOOOOO.
Calmly asked if maybe he put the battery pack in wrong or maybe unplugged it.. the evil teenager surfaces to unleash the wrath of "YOU told me to do it that way!" Again I say, let's look and see what is wrong. (Thinking it thru, not yelling.. very mellow in fact)

Evil teenager is still spouting. :rolleyes:

I told him I didn't care for his attitude and go to bed.

He stomps off, suddenly pops out of the bathroom with electric toothbrush and some odd white thing in his hand. Yells "I hate this stupid cheap house"

sigh, now what?

Apparently he "lightly slammed" (how does one lightly slam??) the toothbrush onto the old fashioned ceramic toothbrush holder. Which is now in his hand.

Silly mom, I start laughing and telling him "having a bad day much?" :laughing:

He grumbles and tosses himself on his bed.. then pouts that I'm laughing at hm and repeating everything he says (I was telling E what had happened - he was dialyzing).

E comments about "well it is almost a full moon" :rolleyes1

Then the truth comes out, he's mad because I didn't try to fix the computer earlier. He missed playing some game.

hmm, I think somene needs to go on a "game diet". :rolleyes::lmao::lmao:


And yes it was his fault the modem had no power, he had unplugged it from the power strip when he gave it a yank. :upsidedow

:lmao::lmao:

It's always so reassuring that I'm not the only one dealing with the teenager "tude"! DD asked what I would like for mother's day. I told her "the greatest gift you could give me would be to dump your attitude and quit the eye rolling"....at which she rolled her eyes and stomped off all the while giving me the Look!:lmao:

I think I'm having allergy symptoms, this is the longest sniffley and sneezing cold I've had in a long while.

hmm, it seems to go away when the windows are closed at night.. :idea:

darn pollen :headache:

And yet you can't seem to heed my advice and purchase a Neilmed Sinus Rinse.:confused3

[sameyeyam]

Have I mentioned that DD has wanted a tattoo for about 2 years now. Of course I have said NO!

She is taking an Assertiveness course at college. So I believe she was trying to work on me. The other day she came to me and CALMLY discussed wanting a belly button piercing. I listened as she sounded very grown up and told her I would talk to her Dad and think about it. I was relieved at least it wasn't the tattoo thing again!

So I decide to offer her a deal...she can have the belly button piercing with a few strings attached:

1. We get to approve of the shop where she will have it done. We want to go there beforehand and make sure that disposable items are being used and/or that proper sterilization techniques are done. We will also be there when the procedure is done.

2. If we agree to let her have this piercing then she agrees to not consider having a tattoo before age 21. Of course I know she can get one when she is 18 without parental permission. But I am also the person paying for college and if she wants her college paid for...well then, no tattoo. I know she will get one anyway the day she turns 18, but at least it will be in a spot that is not seen by the public!

So far she hasn't taken me up on my compromise.:thumbsup2

[eatmypixiedust]

Good Morning Everyone,

Have you guys seen this? http://www.disneystore.com/disney-moments/c/62995/ :wizard: I think it's really cool! You can upload a video, select 10 segments and make it into a flip book. I think that's kinda cute. :goodvibes


I did not make it down to DTD last night :sad2: I really wanted to go but then my mom asked me to accompany her to the mall again yesterday. We went to L'Occitane where she bought a lot of products. She is leaving on Sunday for a business trip and for her friend's wedding. One of her overseas friends asked her to buy some items from L'Occitane (it's more expensive overseas).

I ended up getting a chapstick for $5 and some hand cream for $10. The chapstick was on sale.

Another friend of my mom's asked if she could find some Godiva chocolate candies for her son. It's these tiny round pieces of chocolates that come in a small tin. My mom bought one extra so we could try it and honestly, it wasn't that great. :confused3 It was also $4 a tin. :faint:

I saw some cute cargo pants at Anthropologie......I took one look at the price tag and almost fainted. :faint: It was around $88!! :scared1::scared1: I also saw a cute shoulder tote at Metropark. It's a Diesel brand bag but it cost almost $200 so I passed.

I think if I really want it I'll just wait until it's on clearance.


I'm going to try to make it down to DTD tonight. I wanted to try to find a mother's day present and look around World of Disney. I think the park closes early (8pm). If I make it down in time then I'll hit some stores on Main St.

Hope you all have a great day. :goodvibes


Oh, and last night I received 1 missed phone call. I call the # back and it was my dad. He called me from China to tell me that there was a Laker game and that they were winning. :lmao::rotfl2::rotfl:

[MotoXPrincess99]

It's always so reassuring that I'm not the only one dealing with the teenager "tude"! DD asked what I would like for mother's day. I told her "the greatest gift you could give me would be to dump your attitude and quit the eye rolling"....at which she rolled her eyes and stomped off all the while giving me the Look!:lmao:



And yet you can't seem to heed my advice and purchase a Neilmed Sinus Rinse.:confused3

I've been using it for a while now and I can breath again! Why didn't I take your advice years ago? Lol. I even got my SIL using it now too.

Have I mentioned that DD has wanted a tattoo for about 2 years now. Of course I have said NO!

She is taking an Assertiveness course at college. So I believe she was trying to work on me. The other day she came to me and CALMLY discussed wanting a belly button piercing. I listened as she sounded very grown up and told her I would talk to her Dad and think about it. I was relieved at least it wasn't the tattoo thing again!

So I decide to offer her a deal...she can have the belly button piercing with a few strings attached:

1. We get to approve of the shop where she will have it done. We want to go there beforehand and make sure that disposable items are being used and/or that proper sterilization techniques are done. We will also be there when the procedure is done.

2. If we agree to let her have this piercing then she agrees to not consider having a tattoo before age 21. Of course I know she can get one when she is 18 without parental permission. But I am also the person paying for college and if she wants her college paid for...well then, no tattoo. I know she will get one anyway the day she turns 18, but at least it will be in a spot that is not seen by the public!

So far she hasn't taken me up on my compromise.:thumbsup2

I've had my belly button peirced since I was 17. I got my tragus done a few years ago.
http://tbn1.google.com/images?q=tbn:u8NJQA_sI9ffuM:http://www.tribe.se/pics/254_catobj.jpg

And I plan to get my rook done next.
http://tbn3.google.com/images?q=tbn:JYlPIH4BzmzbxM:http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0211623/images/rooktattooart.jpg
I know that someday I want to get a tattoo but I'm still not sure what I want...

[funnygarcia]

Piercing? <<shudder>> no thanks

Tattoo? I love mine! :lovestruc

I get comments on it everywhere I go .. only in the summer here of course (it's on the side of my calf) :laughing:

It took a lot of soul searching for me to decide and then we talked to people to ask where/who was the best in the area. E made the mistake of not finding a really good artist the first time, it's okay but it was done in an odd way. Doesn't look as nice as the ones he had done later.

My first tattoo was small, not much thought put in it.. would love to have something put over it someday. But it still would have to be small to keep it below the neckline of my clothes.


If the boys ask for tattoos I would have them wait it out. Really be sure WHAT they want and place it somewhere out of the public eye. Of course they would need to pony up the cash on their own.

Legs, feet, upper arms are good places .. the skin doesn't get as stretched in those areas. Stretchy areas of skin plus pregnancy, gaining/losing weight, older sagging and you've got ewwwwww factor. :lmao:

One option that isn't permanent yet still has coolness factor... henna tattoos. Done professionally they will last several months.

But do make sure it is an artist who uses good quality materials. I've read of bad allergen response from cheaply made henna.


The drawback ... they cost almost as much as an inked tattoo. :eek:

[kaoden39]

I am not big on piercings and when my then 15 year old daughter asked for gauged earrings I told her that when she was making her own money and had her own place then I didn't care. Well, now a year later and wiser she is so glad that I didn't let her.

Now I have 2 tattoo's. One on either shoulder. I went to the same tattoo artist for both and they were actually done 21 years apart. When he saw the one he had done years before he felt the need to redo it. My tattoo's are both very vibrant and bright. And they are also hidden unless I am dressed to show them off. I love them both.

[funnygarcia]

I bought a rice cooker for my Mother's Day gift to me , out of my very own pocket. :snooty:

Experimenting and using recipes posted online.. made a giant pot of jasmine raice (that my family happily gobbled up, gee no leftovers?), a spanish rice kinda cassereole thingie (that hubby has been happily eating for two days-- the boys wrinkled noses and ate cereal instead), and today a baked style Mac and Cheese.

All of it made start to finish right in the rice cooker. Even the onions, ground turkey for the casserole-- done in the cooker and drained off the fat.

I like it better than my slow cooker. Faster, easier to clean (nonstick), doesn't have that overly wet cooked to death texture (steam escapes thru a port) and incredibly versatile.

I got this one
http://www.aroma-housewares.com/images/items/300x300/ARC-998.jpg

8 cup size (up to 16 cups cooked rice) at Target

[kaoden39]

I love steaming food. I have this steamer. I love the fact that it has three compartments.

http://www.amazon.com/Richard-Simmons-Electronic-Food-Steamer/dp/B000R5P4FO

[funnygarcia]

My next thing to try .. cooking (steaming) hardboiled eggs \

And once I go grocery shopping again--- with our crazy busy schedule this weeeknd that may be awhile, GAH!---- I want to try some steel cut oatmeal. YUM!

[AZMickeyfans]

I love steaming food. I have this steamer. I love the fact that it has three compartments.

http://www.amazon.com/Richard-Simmons-Electronic-Food-Steamer/dp/B000R5P4FO

Oh that looks cool! Dh would love that. We steam quite a bit of veggies but nothing like that. Might have to add it to our wish list!

[kaoden39]

Oh that looks cool! Dh would love that. We steam quite a bit of veggies but nothing like that. Might have to add it to our wish list!

I love it. I can cook our entire meal in it. It has these little spice cups under and you can put your seasonings there and it seasons your food.

[tinkermell]

Hi Hyenas!!

Just checking in to say I am still around.

Have a nice day! :flower3: