8/17/08 Captain Jack's Repossession Repo Cruise to PC thru TPC Part 16

[Andrew DEREK UK]

Well... seein' as I am a reasonable fellow ...

.. and that my alternate plan "B" is not working...

... I accept your gracious offer - subject to the exception that ...

... if a UK Lotto should pay off greater than 10 quid - then I revert to claiming my share of the payoff - what-ever that portion was I no longer can recall... however, I assume it is greater than 1/10th - hence 1 quid or more of 10!

And here is alternate plan "B"

And no - I'm not quite ready to turn in - but I shall any minute now - maybe quite abruptly and without warning!​

Settled on a mickey bar,

But not using your numbers now, (Still lost Saturday)

 

[Nutty4Disney]

I am so sorry to hear that!!!
I was a Brownie leader for 2 of my girls....need I say more? Parents loived to say things like *I think you should have meetings more often.* *I think you should have more field trips.*......... But, none of them wanted to take the training (just an hour or two!) and actually HELP me!

I know where you are coming from...I was a Girl Scout leader for 14 years. And trying to get help was really hard. I had one Dad yell at me because I wouldn't hold up the entire troop because his daughter overslept. I told him I would meet him there if he wanted to drive her to the location of the field trip, but we had a starting time and were already running late because we waited a 1/2 hour for her. Of course he wouldn't do that. I felt bad that the girl missed the trip, but if we waited the entire troop would have missed out. And don't get me started on parents who were late picking up their girls after a meeting or asked me to bring them home. But you know, now that my DDs are grown I miss it. I was always involved in GS, PTO, church group and school activities.

 

[captaincrash]

If you've got any spare pixie dust today, I could sure use it. My mom's in the hospital with pneumonia and she's have a terrible time breathing. They keep giving her astma treatments, which I keep insisting that she doesn't have, and she still can't breath without wheezing. She's been in since yesterday and we haven't seen any improvement yet.


And oh yeah, the guilt is building. I feel as if I may have pushed her too hard on the cruise.

Monica,

We're sending our best wishes for a rapid and favorable recovery here. And just to speed things a bit more ... here's Tink with a little pixie dust:

 

[pdarrah]

Just thought I would pass on if anyone collects Fenton glass.........After 102 years in business the company is closing Some of Chuck's family members collect so I feel lucky to get some pieces from QVC for Christmas.

I just called DH to tell him about this - he was pretty shocked - he says that Fenton is the last of the big glass companies. He doesn't particularly collect Fenton, but he is a serious Depression Glass collector. He often sells other types of glass on Ebay to fund his collection. He is thinking of holding some of the Fenton glass he currently has for a while to see what this does to the prices! ALso, he tells me that *I* have some Fenton - the cranberry glass my grandmother has given to me is Fenton.

Pamela (pdarrah)

 

[allshookup]

Thinking of you Stace!!!

 

[allshookup]

Happy 8th Birthday Miranda/M&m's Mom's DD!!!

 

[pdarrah]

Monica - some for your mom

Stacey - some for you too.

All the talk about parents who don't volunteer caused me to start thinking about how HARD it is to get involved in our school. I think that maybe all the PTO, room moms, etc are a single clique or something. Since DS started 1st grade (he is starting 3rd now) I have been offering to help. I have verbally told people who I know are involved that I "would be happy to help - just let me know what you need." I have also signed up on lists to volunteer for stuff. The 1st year, it did no good at all - it seemed like no one even wanted to acknowledge my interest! Last year, I managed to help with a couple classroom parties and a tiny bit with the big annual fundraiser. I really think it has to do with my being a working mom - I do work full time, but since I work for my father in the family business I can be pretty flexible! I think the non-working moms all go out for coffee in the morning after dropping the kids off and know each other and just organize it all among themselves. It's just weird because I know for the other organizations I am involved with that we ALWAYS need volunteers and would jump at any offers of help!

Pamela (pdarrah)

 

[allshookup]

If you've got any spare pixie dust today, I could sure use it. My mom's in the hospital with pneumonia and she's have a terrible time breathing. They keep giving her astma treatments, which I keep insisting that she doesn't have, and she still can't breath without wheezing. She's been in since yesterday and we haven't seen any improvement yet.


And oh yeah, the guilt is building. I feel as if I may have pushed her too hard on the cruise.

Monica please don't blame yourself! You should feel proud that you were able to invite your Mom on such a wonderful trip & I'm sure she treasures that time with you! I hope she gets better soon!

 

[captaincrash]

Hi

( short enough?)

Hey Andrew...

... it could have been shorter....

<chuckles>​

​

 

[Diznyfan68]

If you've got any spare pixie dust today, I could sure use it. My mom's in the hospital with pneumonia and she's have a terrible time breathing. They keep giving her astma treatments, which I keep insisting that she doesn't have, and she still can't breath without wheezing. She's been in since yesterday and we haven't seen any improvement yet.


And oh yeah, the guilt is building. I feel as if I may have pushed her too hard on the cruise.

Monica, sending lots of PD & prayers.

 

[captaincrash]

Monica - some for your mom

Stacey - some for you too.

All the talk about parents who don't volunteer caused me to start thinking about how HARD it is to get involved in our school. I think that maybe all the PTO, room moms, etc are a single clique or something. Since DS started 1st grade (he is starting 3rd now) I have been offering to help. I have verbally told people who I know are involved that I "would be happy to help - just let me know what you need." I have also signed up on lists to volunteer for stuff. The 1st year, it did no good at all - it seemed like no one even wanted to acknowledge my interest! Last year, I managed to help with a couple classroom parties and a tiny bit with the big annual fundraiser. I really think it has to do with my being a working mom - I do work full time, but since I work for my father in the family business I can be pretty flexible! I think the non-working moms all go out for coffee in the morning after dropping the kids off and know each other and just organize it all among themselves. It's just weird because I know for the other organizations I am involved with that we ALWAYS need volunteers and would jump at any offers of help!

Pamela (pdarrah)

As BIP would say:

Ya'nnooo....

I get two ends of what you're talkin' about here. As a SAHD (who's also kept a modest business limping along for 19 years) I feel that most of the Moms dropping off kids - or hanging around at the playgrounds are just a little bit in thier own little covens or cliques. I make some conversation, throw little parties and such - and get involved with various functions from time to time. However, I don't think it's a really thriving community thing/ experience for me ... yet. We have not spun off with one or two families at our school to hang for many "diversions". Volunteering or otherwise.

Now - most recently, as a volunteer referee and with my spouse as volunteer coach for the same AYSO team it's still somewhat similar. So - I don't know what to think. I guess nothing realy comes easy. In business - my spouse and I are essentially in sales or sales management... so you would think we are good at being gregarious and forging relationships. And I think we are efective in our respective businesses. But the thing is that when things turn personal... things do change a little. we don't really want to MAKE everyone who happens to meet us an "intimate" of sorts. We are really looking for like minded souls, common interests, and - in fact - I find myself OBSERVING more (as opposed to being the gregarious business minded fellow looking a dollar). And in observing I am more judicious about how far I'll talk about things or ... volunteer otherwise. SO... I can say though that I've been stopped a couple times around town an waved to as the Team Soccer Ref or Coach (even though my spouse is the coach) by families who have kids on our team. They spotted me first and approached me. (chuckles) The way I shop or scurry about town I'm often like a secret agent on a Impossible Mission task and go directly to get my things done then back out to the car - kno what I mean?

I think - on reflection - that some of the folks who I see "hangin'" whom I HAVE learned about (indirectly) have kids that have shared more than a year together ( a ouple years of classes together). Or there are other reasons for them hanging out more together. That's what my spources tell me (the teachers or others I chat with aside.

As for if they are working or not - I would say that sometimes having the free time in the business day does make for opportunities to get to know other people - no doubt about it. But then again - it takes some time too.

I've had many chats with my spouse about how we want to keep an eye on the kids our kids make friends with. We don't want the wrong influences to creep into our kids lives through certain kids.... if possible. Maybe this sounds draconian or "better than thou" thinking... but "no", I think it's only natural.

Having spouted off with probably too much dribble - I'd like to share that its' been a shame that the little girl whom my older daughter became best friends with has moved across town. They would not have been in the same school even before they moved since this was a pre-school friendship ... and they lived in a diferent neighborhood. But since they've moved further away it is harder to get together or do many casual things with them. As such, the best enduring relationships I've forged have been with my kids' school teachers and the managing staff there.

Last year, the young ladies we hooked up with for play dates have had interests out of school that did not match up well with us. So - for various reasons we have not found the right alignment of identical class stnading girls to match up with our daughter for "best pals" - to exand upon in forging common parental diversions. For now, we have good friends who have like aged kids whom we hang with. and, unfortunately.. most of them are sort of far off in other parts of Socal or the country. Plus, my siblings are all 10-15 years older than me - hence they have no kids the same age as our kids. SO... my kids' cousins on my side are much older. And on my spouses' side her siblings are all our age - but scatterred from Maui to Honolulu to Boston.

Sigh.... so it's back to patiently minding our own business and tending to the routines of family, home and so on. Frankly, it gets so busy sometimes its' hard to make time for other things sometimes. Like finding time to wander the DIS <chuckles>. It's a good thing I write pretty quick (or so my spouse thinks I draft prose quick - compared to her). And as some may have noticed, I do sometimes haunt the DIS really late at nite.

Notable excetions being when a pirate sprint is looming.... I try to lurk more closely.

OK... (with mock ironic inflection) this Warlock has gotta go check his "coven" now - there's a "Parents' Advisory Council" meeting starting in 10 minutes at my younger daughters' preschool - which usually means FREE LUNCH is served. I've been active there for 4 years now - and I still don't really know anyone excpet theowner of the school. Today is our first meeting of the academic year. Lets see if there are any repeat parents from last year attending?

Chuckles!

 

[GoofyontheHiSeas]

If you've got any spare pixie dust today, I could sure use it. My mom's in the hospital with pneumonia and she's have a terrible time breathing. They keep giving her astma treatments, which I keep insisting that she doesn't have, and she still can't breath without wheezing. She's been in since yesterday and we haven't seen any improvement yet.


And oh yeah, the guilt is building. I feel as if I may have pushed her too hard on the cruise.

Hey Monica, sorry to hear about your mom. There is a lot a pneumonia going around right now. As far as the respiratory treatments, NO your mom does not have asthma but when you get pneumonia your airway closes down in the same way an asthmatics airway closes down. This is what causes the wheezing and difficulty breathing. So they use the same medications that they would use for asthma. All they are doing is opening up her airway. Give her our best and hopes for a speedy recovery.

 

[Downrivermama]

Monica - some for your mom

Stacey - some for you too.

All the talk about parents who don't volunteer caused me to start thinking about how HARD it is to get involved in our school. I think that maybe all the PTO, room moms, etc are a single clique or something. Since DS started 1st grade (he is starting 3rd now) I have been offering to help. I have verbally told people who I know are involved that I "would be happy to help - just let me know what you need." I have also signed up on lists to volunteer for stuff. The 1st year, it did no good at all - it seemed like no one even wanted to acknowledge my interest! Last year, I managed to help with a couple classroom parties and a tiny bit with the big annual fundraiser. I really think it has to do with my being a working mom - I do work full time, but since I work for my father in the family business I can be pretty flexible! I think the non-working moms all go out for coffee in the morning after dropping the kids off and know each other and just organize it all among themselves. It's just weird because I know for the other organizations I am involved with that we ALWAYS need volunteers and would jump at any offers of help!

Pamela (pdarrah)

OMG! I could tell you horror stories about our PTO. DD is in 4th and I do think there is a bais against working moms. Like only holding meetings in the morning. When I got involved there was one clique and they didn't seem to want anyone to help. They moved on with their kids and last year we got the "yuppie" social clique. PTO meeting tonight, not looking forward to it!

 

[winotracy]

If you've got any spare pixie dust today, I could sure use it. My mom's in the hospital with pneumonia and she's have a terrible time breathing. They keep giving her astma treatments, which I keep insisting that she doesn't have, and she still can't breath without wheezing. She's been in since yesterday and we haven't seen any improvement yet.


And oh yeah, the guilt is building. I feel as if I may have pushed her too hard on the cruise.

Sending you pixie dust.

 

[dahuffy]

If you've got any spare pixie dust today, I could sure use it. My mom's in the hospital with pneumonia and she's have a terrible time breathing. They keep giving her astma treatments, which I keep insisting that she doesn't have, and she still can't breath without wheezing. She's been in since yesterday and we haven't seen any improvement yet.


And oh yeah, the guilt is building. I feel as if I may have pushed her too hard on the cruise.

Monica, I have had pnuemonia twice and I know it can be quite scary to those who love us. Breathing treatments,massive doses of antibiotics and steroids are about the only way to make it through this. And I'm more than positive that none of is of your making!!

 

[got2travel]

Hey Monica, sorry to hear about your mom. There is a lot a pneumonia going around right now. As far as the respiratory treatments, NO your mom does not have asthma but when you get pneumonia your airway closes down in the same way an asthmatics airway closes down. This is what causes the wheezing and difficulty breathing. So they use the same medications that they would use for asthma. All they are doing is opening up her airway. Give her our best and hopes for a speedy recovery.

Thanks Roger. If the doctors would just explain it like that then maybe I wouldn't have gotten so upset. They just kept telling me that she needs to be treated FOR asthma. Not once have they ever explained that the pneumonia is treated the same.

 

[Andrew DEREK UK]

Hey Andrew...

... it could have been shorter....

<chuckles>​

​

Everyone says posts are a bit wordy, not yours a bit pictury,

 

[Grandma x3]

Good luck today Stacey

Prayers & too!!

 

[dahuffy]

Thanks Roger. If the doctors would just explain it like that then maybe I wouldn't have gotten so upset. They just kept telling me that she needs to be treated FOR asthma. Not once have they ever explained that the pneumonia is treated the same.

She also needs to cough up all the crap that's in her lungs!

 

[Grandma x3]

If you've got any spare pixie dust today, I could sure use it. My mom's in the hospital with pneumonia and she's have a terrible time breathing. They keep giving her astma treatments, which I keep insisting that she doesn't have, and she still can't breath without wheezing. She's been in since yesterday and we haven't seen any improvement yet.


And oh yeah, the guilt is building. I feel as if I may have pushed her too hard on the cruise.

Oh Monica - so, so sorry!! - NO - don't beat yourself up - she got her rest during the cruise - and if you're going to feel guilty then so will I - remember Gibraltar!!!!! Tell her for me that she's in my prayers & to get well soon. Sending & !!!
I'll be up in S.F. next Friday - if there is anything I can do.