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[Lars624]

I understand your fear Rascalmom, my twins are 19 now, but I remember the panic when they first started driving.
To explain to them why I was so nervous I finally had to be honest with them & tell them that when a parent tells their child that the most important thing to them is that their child be happy, it's a lie.....the most important thing a parent wants is for their kid to be safe!

 

[hiwaygal]

I just saw the fireworks live from Disney on that live webcam from the Poly.

I felt a little like a stalker but the fireworks were great

I had the volume turned down and only caught the last few shots!!!

I'm gonna stay up and watch the ones at 11:50 though...preview for tomorrow night!!

 

[rascalmom]

Yay! You came back!

Yes, we're so ready for the big game. We're trying to decide if we want to watch it at home or go to the new Warren to watch on the big movie screen.

Oh - the Warren sounds fun....I didn't know they did that. DH & I have a group of friends we always watch the game with, but I will pass this along to dd!

Thanks for warning me.

It's the least I could do - Really, she is a pretty good driver - I just am not sure how long it will be before she gets lost. Neither of my dd's got a sense of direction.

I tried to help my mom with insurance woes today. After a number of phone calls we didn't get very far. Her health insurance is through OU and they're changing providers, as of the 1st. Her new plan is under Blue Cross Blue Shield of Oklahoma, and they say they don't have her in the system. And yet she got an Rx membership card in the mail (with an invalid number - so they claim) and a letter asking for her Medicare info (which they say they don't need). Hello? I think she's just going to have to wait until OU's office is open after the holidays.

Ugh - insurance can be such a pain, but then I wouldn't want to be without it. I don't know if you remember, but I help out at dh's office now & then - insurance claims can be the bain of my existance. That said, we have had BCBS of OK for our family for years & have had good service. Hope everything gets sorted out for your mom.

 

[rascalmom]

I understand your fear Rascalmom, my twins are 19 now, but I remember the panic when they first started driving.
To explain to them why I was so nervous I finally had to be honest with them & tell them that when a parent tells their child that the most important thing to them is that their child be happy, it's a lie.....the most important thing a parent wants is for their kid to be safe!

So true!!!

We went on a practice run before her test....both of us were a bundle of nerves before we were done. Maybe I shouldn't have tried to have her parallel park behind a state trouper's car?

She was so freaked out she tried to back out on the test appointment. I was about half way back across town & decided to make her at least try....she was glad I did later; the examiner said she did really well. It has been about 5 hours now & she is still texting her friends to tell them her news.

 

[firstmickey]

Donna kick her

Oh I'm much more evil than that. She's no longer going to be able to enjoy her Friday dinners out because I plan on sticking her with half of them and not working them all anymore for her.

Gail...I had a day of idiots too. My 12 hour day turned into a 14 hour day and my stuff still wasn't done when I left...I'll have to do more of it tomorrow and hope I get caught up.

Rascalmom~ congrats to your daughter

Angel ~ enjoy having the house to yourself


Molly and I just saw Bedtime Stories . I really enjoyed it.... Adam Sandler had me for the whole movie

Stealing Miss Pam..thanks. I wanna see that movie too!

that's all I got.

 

[L107ANGEL]

How am I here before Cami Rascalmom, did you and your DD sign a teen driving contract?

 

[barrett7890]

good morning all

a massive fry up?????

a big breakfast with bacon, eggs, sausage, fruit pudding, beans, haggis, potato scone, mushrooms


Caitlin stayed over last night which was lots of fun, i have a sicilian lasagne and a couscous dish to make for tonight, and need to clear some space in the dining room to atleast let us reach the table

i would love to use the webcam to watch the fireworks, but it will be 5am over here

RascalMom - congrats to your daughter, i'm thinking of starting lessons in the spring

cami
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[barrett7890]

How am I here before Cami Rascalmom, did you and your DD sign a teen driving contract?

cause my daughter is being lovely and lazy at the moment and didn't get up till 9am

cami
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[Boo'sMom]

I understand your fear Rascalmom, my twins are 19 now, but I remember the panic when they first started driving.
To explain to them why I was so nervous I finally had to be honest with them & tell them that when a parent tells their child that the most important thing to them is that their child be happy, it's a lie.....the most important thing a parent wants is for their kid to be safe!

truer words have never been spoken. Congrats, Rascalmom, on your daughter's accomplishment!

Snow is on the way here today....5 more inches at least I'm not driving home from Pittsburgh in it

No plans for tonight....I like that!

 

[L107ANGEL]

I forgot, Happy New Years!

 

[MerryPoppins]

I just spent the night in the ER with my mom and her boyfriend Ted. It seems he has a bowel obstruction. Probably will be scheduled for surgery tomorrow. What a way to end the year. It's after 4:30 and I'm shot.

We have BCBS of OK through Tinker and we've never had any trouble either. This is just some supreme mix up and I'm sure it'll all work out in the end. It just seems that the right hand doesn't know what the left hand is doing and neither seem to be correct. I still can't imagine why they're sending her all this incorrect stuff if she's not even in the system. She called a friend, also retired from OU, and he said theirs was also mixed up. They got cards with valid ID numbers, they were just the names of two women that didn't live at their address. He called BCBS and they said yes, those women lived in Norman at HIS address. He assured them that the women did not indeed live with him, and he wanted HIS cards instead of theirs. He finally got his mess straightened out. It actually gave us a good laugh. I always say it's better to laugh than to cry.

Well, I'm off to bed. My normal wakeup time is just around the corner. Thank goodness it's still winter break.

 

[L107ANGEL]

Here is for a speedy recovery for Ted

 

[cindi]

Good morning.

Missy~Hopes for a speedy recovery for Ted and that they get the mess with the insurance cleared up. Hope you were able to get a little sleep.

Cami~That sounds like quite the breakfast.

 

[paras4ri]

Good morning. Happy New Year's Eve.

 

[pam66]

Good Morning!




Missy ~ I hope Ted recovers quickly


Happy New Year's Eve!!

Our plans changed and we are going out to dinner with two other couples. The kids will stay home with the older kids while we have dinner then we'll go back to the house to ring in the new year.


We're supposed to get snow today too but it should be done by the time we want to go out.

 

[lewdyan1]

Happy New Years Eve!

 

[barrett7890]

heres my menu for tonight

http://www.gla.ac.uk/~gwm1h/food/mains/cousroyal.html

a lasagne that i can't find an online link to lol, but it's made with continental meats and meatballs, mozzarella, ricotta, parmesan and tomatoe sauce

garlic bread

salad

cami
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[cindi]

Sounds yummy Cami!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What time are we eating?

 

[tmasingo]

Oh I'm much more evil than that. She's no longer going to be able to enjoy her Friday dinners out because I plan on sticking her with half of them and not working them all anymore for her.

Good! She deserves it after being nasty. People always want other people to give for them but never want to help in return and the only way to make your point is to do what you're doing, I think.

for Ted.

Sounds like a yummy dinner Cami. Are you having people over or is it just you, Stuart and Abi?

We've got several families coming over tonight. We're cooking a spiral ham and everyone else is bringing things to go with it. I think we've got scalloped potatoes, green bean casserole and baked beans coming. I need to make a beer bread and dip as well as dip some strawberries in chocolate and hopefully make a batch of peanut butter kiss cookies. I haven't checked to make sure I've got all I need for those, though. I also want to make a spinach dip.

I guess I'd better get moving since I also have wash to do and more picking up around the house. Have a great day everyone!!

 

[barrett7890]

we're having liz (plus bump), chris, jack and Lizs mum over

not sure how long they will stay, so might just be us for the bells

cami
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