5/27/06 "Il pochi il fiero i blabbermouths" We *will* sail again Part 6

[itdjbw]

bingo. got the kids set up with their own ING direct accounts!! Getting their money out of their lousy local bank account (which earned them less than $1 in interest last year) and into something better. (3.80% instead of 0.45%) Showed them on a financial calculator what their money could be doing for them and they are now excited about saving it!!! Allowance money can now be directly transferred from our account to theirs--which is nice b/c we never have cash!)

We are in the process of closing there bank accounts and putting both those in a credit union account so they can always have it, we want to take them and let them deposit there allowance so they can learn what it is about.
Last year I painted jars for them and wrote vacation and fun things on them and they saved there allowances to spend in AU in summer, we then gave them the equavilent in AU$$ and deposited the money here for them.

 

[ohiominnie]

Ahhh YES, the cruise that "Keeps on Giving!" Gotta love it!

We'd better get thinking about what the NEXT cruise will be. After all, think of the let down on June 3rd if there isn't a plan in place!

Tran-Atlantic anyone?

 

[ohiominnie]

Irene, do you know the release date for this movie? If it releases that week, we probably will. I don't think they show them early, though. Wouldn't that be fun to watch in the big theater?

I'll bet they don't have it. Doesn't it come out July 7th? I think it does b/c we made a comment once that it'll come out the day before KT's birthday. Might have to see it without the kids. They'll probably be at camp that week. I'm NOT going this year!!!

 

[ohiominnie]

And a special message to Virgil: I don't see where you gloated (is that the word?!!) over your Sugar Bowl win!! Congratulations to the Mountaineers! They came out ready to win and it showed!! We were VERY impressed with your young quarterback; ah, heck - we were impressed with the whole team!! The better team won!

But the Buckeyes weren't even IN the Sugar Bowl....how could they have won???

 

[itdjbw]

We'd better get thinking about what the NEXT cruise will be. After all, think of the let down on June 3rd if there isn't a plan in place!

Tran-Atlantic anyone?

I've learnt that lesson....to always have something booked, we are doing 2 week Alaska in September, anyone interested, there are 15 of us already.

 

[WDWLVR]

fish heads, fish heads, roly, poly fish heads.
fish heads, fish heads, eat them up.....yummm!

Too funny - I thought the same thing! Dr. Demento would be proud.

 

[ohiominnie]

I've learnt that lesson....to always have something booked, we are doing 2 week Alaska in September, anyone interested, there are 15 of us already.

sorry, we are no longer allowed to cruise during OSU Football season.

 

[ohiominnie]

Too funny - I thought the same thing! Dr. Demento would be proud.

That was one of my all time favorite songs. That and "Dead Puppies."

Of course we have the Dr. Demento CD's but many of them are a tad bit inappropriate for the kids!

 

[ohiominnie]

made it to page 1523. Slowly but surely.

 

[kikipug]

fish heads, fish heads, roly, poly fish heads.
fish heads, fish heads, eat them up.....yummm!

YOU READ MY MIND!!!! AGAIN!!! Why is it that we 'Karen's' seem to think alike pretty often!!! (Especially when it comes to weird stuff...)

OMG.. what a day... meeting after meeting... and I'm sitting in my last meeting of the day and my phone rings... I answer it, (we hadn't quite started yet), and it's Elizabeth... bawling her eyes out... seems that there wasn't much progress from the AWFUL mid-term report to the EVEN MORE AWFUL report card!! She FAILED reading... how does a smart kid who generally LOVES to read FAIL READING!!!! I am so mad right now I could spit.

I have officially grounded her until mid-terms come out again, taken the phone out of her room, and am working on what else will happen... I'm just to disappointed to think clearly right now. She was supposed to go to MGM on Saturday with our church youth group... it's killing me not to let her go, but I've GOT to get through to her. She is a smart kid- she's just not doing the work, not turning it in, not studying, not paying attention... not... not... not... you get the picture. It has NOTHING to do with ability.

OK... I guess I'm done venting for now... Calgon, take me away!

 

[ohiominnie]

TOP!!!


You all make it too easy. I go away for awhile and when I come back, it's time for a TOP!

 

[tinksdad]

how does a smart kid who generally LOVES to read FAIL READING!!!! I am so mad right now I could spit.

You could always blame on the Gators!!

 

[ohiominnie]

YOU READ MY MIND!!!! AGAIN!!! Why is it that we 'Karen's' seem to think alike pretty often!!! (Especially when it comes to weird stuff...)

SCARY, huh? Although I prefer "great minds think alike!"

OMG.. what a day... meeting after meeting... and I'm sitting in my last meeting of the day and my phone rings... I answer it, (we hadn't quite started yet), and it's Elizabeth... bawling her eyes out... seems that there wasn't much progress from the AWFUL mid-term report to the EVEN MORE AWFUL report card!! She FAILED reading... how does a smart kid who generally LOVES to read FAIL READING!!!! I am so mad right now I could spit.

I have officially grounded her until mid-terms come out again, taken the phone out of her room, and am working on what else will happen... I'm just to disappointed to think clearly right now. She was supposed to go to MGM on Saturday with our church youth group... it's killing me not to let her go, but I've GOT to get through to her. She is a smart kid- she's just not doing the work, not turning it in, not studying, not paying attention... not... not... not... you get the picture. It has NOTHING to do with ability.

OK... I guess I'm done venting for now... Calgon, take me away!

Man, I'm glad I don't have to deal with this kinda stuff. If mine aren't trying hard I crack them in the head that day....no need to wait 9 weeks around here for a good head cracking!

 

[ohiominnie]

....no need to wait 9 weeks around here for a good head cracking!

now, where IS the Tag Fairy when you need her!?!? HA!

 

[Scoopie]

Hey Scoopie! How you doing? While you are there maybe you can make Megan smile a bit. You have that effect on people!

Megan was here, and I did make her smile. In fact, I made her laugh. She said "WHAT is THAT?" and when Stacey told her she laughed. I'm glad I was here to make her happy.
Plus, she liked holding me in front of the dog to see if he wanted to play with me. That made her laugh, too....but it made Stacey mad, so Megan left.

 

[justmestace]

Long day...I'm tired. No news from Jay's brother.

Jordan is at a game, so we're going to take Scoopie someplace for dinner before we have to go get her.

 

[Dancind]

Ack, Kiki, that's a tough one. When did we have that discussion about our ADD kids? Sometime back about nine months ago, I think. Most of us expressed frustration with our kids and their attention/effort/organization problems. If one of us could find the answer to that question we could make millions.

I was kind of thinking we would book something about eighteen months out on the cruise, and then figure it out when new itineraries are announced. I'd love a trans-Atlantic, but not sure the family would (no scuba diving).

 

[tinksdad]

Megan was here, and I did make her smile. In fact, I made her laugh. She said "WHAT is THAT?" and when Stacey told her she laughed. I'm glad I was here to make her happy.
Plus, she liked holding me in front of the dog to see if he wanted to play with me. That made her laugh, too....but it made Stacey mad, so Megan left.

Playing catch with Scoopie is fine, but NOT fetch!!!


Besides Diana just cleaned him all up.

 

[scuba.mom]

We'd better get thinking about what the NEXT cruise will be. After all, think of the let down on June 3rd if there isn't a plan in place!

That is exactly what Jim said - we better figure out the next trip. What would we do without looking forward to some more time with our friends. Any ideas for 2007???

 

[ohiominnie]

Hey, is the Ohiomouse family still on tap to get Scoopie at the end of January? I think that was the original plan. We were going to take him skiing. Well....as we have no ski trip planned we'll have to find SOMETHING fun to do with him!