DDA Chapter 6

[PNO4TE]

There was a TV show about a dog that was educational. Each week the dog played a different character. Does anyone know what I'm talking about? And if so, do you remember the name of the show? It used to be one of Katrina's favorites and we can't remember the name.

ETA: Becky & Katrina found it. It was Wishbone.

My DDs loved that show! We even have a Wishbone stuffie here.

 

[tink2020]

Thanks for all the comments on the pictures! The shower was really great

Elizabeth, your "Cake in MACRO" comment had me

yes I know I am the dummy....but the dang tax website has gone down!!

Love the cheesecake pics!!

Jen-your cute too!!

Oh, I hope your tax stuff got resolved at a decent time last night!

Poor DS. The science teacher listed LOTS of assignments online today, but he has blanks for most of them. I started asking him about the different papers. One (that appears to count for TWO grades) he got a 60. He said it was because he missed a day to go to the band competition so he turned it in without finishing it. Two of the others he wasn't sure about. I pulled his binder out of his backpack and found them. Incomplete. A couple of the others were in there with grades on them, so I hope she has those written in the grade book! Tomorrow is the last day of the 6 weeks. He has now finished the 2 worksheets, and I had him finish the paper that was incomplete where she gave him the 60. Well, he is finishing it now. MAYBE she might go ahead and bump it up to a 70, which is passing, when she sees that he did make an effort to fix it. I don't know what it is about that class. He just can't seem to stay on top of what's due. DH thinks it is because that teacher is out so often. DS gets confused on due dates.

I almost wonder if his Focalin dose is too low. That's what happened around this same point in the school year last year, but we just had him tough it out on the lower dose until the year was over. The thing is, there are some big standardized tests coming and he needs to be focused for those.

I hope you can figure out the source of his distraction.

im going to watch the end of the biggestl oser and head to bed....theres something going on at home that is really bringing me down, so im sorry i havent been around too much

have a great night

Please let us know if we can do anything for you!

My Kristin would be very jealous. She LOVES the Monkees!

Me too! I went to a "World Reunion Tour" several years ago, but my favorite (Mike) was back in Europe filming a movie. Still, it was a blast! We were by far the youngest there, and had a very different "relationship" with the Monkees. Some women, I swear, probably ended up in the hospital! I still love watching the TV show, and do so on a regular basis! I think it's hysterical!

I started going to concerts in 1962. I don't remember if my first was Bette Midler or Little Stevie Wonder. I grew up in Philly with the Uptown Theater and the Spectrum. (Philly's version of the Apollo Theater) And only a 90 minute train ride to my sister in NYC.

Back in the day before music videos, when music was mastered on a vinyl record, artists would actually have to tour to promote their records. The artists actually sang the songs with musicians playing instruments on a stage. If you liked the music, you had to buy the record. There was no downloading, no ripping, no burning.

Anyway, thanks for the trip down memory lane. There are more acts that I have had the privilege to see, just can't think of them right now. This has been so much fun.

Bette Midler and the Harlettes
Rufas and Chaka Khan
Chaka Khan by herself numerous times
Red Foxx
Sly and the Family Stone
The Jackson 5
Michael Jackson’s Victory Tour
Michael Jackson by himself
Intruders
Four Tops (original and many times as they changed)
Smokey and the Miracles
Temptations (the original and all along the way)
Tina and Ike Turner
Tina by herself twice
Gladys Knight and the Pips
Mick Jagger and the Rolling Stones
Yes
Willie Nelson
Diana Ross and the Supremes (with and without Florence)
Diana Ross by herself
New Kids on the Block
Whitney Houston (before Bobbie)
Bobbie Brown with New Edition
Yellow Sunshine
Johnny Mathis
Marvin Gaye
Earth Wind and Fire (the originals and all along the way)
Stevie Wonder (couple of times, once while he was still Little Stevie Wonder)
Wham
Teddy Pendergrass (before the accident)
The Sound of Philadlephia (TSOP)
Dillion
Rod Stewart
Bill Cosby (comedy act, always clean, I have all his records)
Isaac Hayes
Barry White
Kool and the Gang
Little Richard (when he was younger)
Elton John
The Commodores
Ray Charles
The Village People
Sam Cooke
Chicago
Hall and Oates
Barry White

Live Aid

Thanks again. What a lovely way for me to spend the evening.

No surprise that Steffy knows how to have a good time! What an impressive list! All this talk, and you all might have me reminiscing, too. We go to concerts less frequently now, but it used to be a huge hobby of ours!



I hope you all have a great day. Halfway through the work week!

 

[PNO4TE]

Me too! I went to a "World Reunion Tour" several years ago, but my favorite (Mike) was back in Europe filming a movie. Still, it was a blast! We were by far the youngest there, and had a very different "relationship" with the Monkees. Some women, I swear, probably ended up in the hospital! I still love watching the TV show, and do so on a regular basis! I think it's hysterical!

Mike is Kristin's favorite too! She and her best friend (who loves Davy) have a dinner party every year to celebrate their birthdays.

I tried to work it out to take them to WDW for the F&G Festival to see Davy in concert this May, but the dates just didn't work out for the trip. They were "seriously bummed."

 

[PNO4TE]

Good morning, DDA!

 

[PNO4TE]

Bob was not a happy camper this morning... he had to scrape his windshield!

We are supposed to go to 72 today and into the 80s by the end of the week, so that was a major departure from our normal weather.

 

[bethbuchall]

Because I do a horrible job at posting pictures as I go (here), I'll let you know that the blog has updated shower pictures, etc from the last several weekends and will have ultrasound pictures (not great ones.... the girls are getting too crowded ) in just a few minutes. But first, some familiar faces...

(GRR... so now that everything is on Picasa, it's a pain to post pictures on the vBulletin boards like the DIS . Here are just a few then, since I had to move them to photobucket. The rest are in a Picasa link on the site, if you're interested... including all of the (adorable!) decorated onesies. Sorry!)

Thanks for sharing those pictures! I also went out to your blog to see the rest. You may not feel well, but you certainly look terrific! Alyssa is such a cutie, too.

 

[bethbuchall]

I just thought maybe we could entice Debbie by offering Joe up front and tossing in the others as a bonus.

Beth - Mmmm! Cake! Cake in MACRO! I love cake!

 

[bethbuchall]

I use chillax, all the time. I started using it in college or before. But now I hear it all the time.

Beth- The cake looks yummy but right now the thought of food makes me feel My stomach and back hurts and I have no clue why. I hope it is nothing serious.

Have a great night everyone.

that you feel better, Becky. Is the pain to the right of midline near the bottom of your rib cage? Does it feel like it goes all the way through from front to back? Do you have any history of gallstones?

 

[bethbuchall]

Poor DS. The science teacher listed LOTS of assignments online today, but he has blanks for most of them. I started asking him about the different papers. One (that appears to count for TWO grades) he got a 60. He said it was because he missed a day to go to the band competition so he turned it in without finishing it. Two of the others he wasn't sure about. I pulled his binder out of his backpack and found them. Incomplete. A couple of the others were in there with grades on them, so I hope she has those written in the grade book! Tomorrow is the last day of the 6 weeks. He has now finished the 2 worksheets, and I had him finish the paper that was incomplete where she gave him the 60. Well, he is finishing it now. MAYBE she might go ahead and bump it up to a 70, which is passing, when she sees that he did make an effort to fix it. I don't know what it is about that class. He just can't seem to stay on top of what's due. DH thinks it is because that teacher is out so often. DS gets confused on due dates.

I almost wonder if his Focalin dose is too low. That's what happened around this same point in the school year last year, but we just had him tough it out on the lower dose until the year was over. The thing is, there are some big standardized tests coming and he needs to be focused for those.

and

 

[bethbuchall]

One of my staff, also a Girl Scout volunteer, got after me at our meeting today saying that I have to be there on Saturday. She was really pushing me so I'm signed up. They are also having a Sunset Celebration from 7-10pm to celebrate the end of our Council (since we are merging with other councils to become one) which I'll attend.

CONGRATULATIONS!

 

[bethbuchall]

im going to watch the end of the biggestl oser and head to bed....theres something going on at home that is really bringing me down, so im sorry i havent been around too much

have a great night

 

[bethbuchall]

well, THAT'S where Matthew was! Smart kid. Between Off Kilter and British Invasion I could spend the better part of an hour sipping an adult beverage listening to great music.

Yes, we love them both, too! Matthew listens to a wide variety in music and has always loved the Beatles.

The last time we saw Off Kilter, there was a man there feeding a squirrel nuts. He was obviously a regular, and the squirrel was climbing all over him.

 

[bethbuchall]

I'm sorry to hear that, Jen! Holler if you need anything!

So I was just e-mailing DS's teacher to let her know he will have LOTS of papers for her tomorrow when I realized that poor DS is probably worried about my mom! She is a frequent topic of conversation these days. He gets distracted so easily anyway, I am sure this is not something he can put out of his mind.

That is something that would be hard to stop thinking about, and I'm sure it must be affecting him.

 

[bethbuchall]

Beth you need to post a warning before you show a picture like this OMG this looks so good!

Sorry! It was good, and there is a lot left, so you're welcome to pop by for a piece. The only problem is that I can't let you into the house. It's a complete wreck!

 

[bethbuchall]

I spoke to the manager at the bowling alley twice today. He has been on vacation so he said that he would look into it and get back to me. Of course he never called me back so I called him. He says that Amy, the woman I spoke to initially never actually went to get the case, she just told me that she had seen it and planned to grab it after the phone call. When she went to get it it was already gone. There are so many problems with that story since 1) I waited on the line while she went to get it 2) the phone call was approx 10 minutes long (what could we have talked about if she hadn't gone to get it and fully descibed it to me 3) She had our contact number, but never felt the need to call me right back to tell me that someone had taken it. She works tomorrow so he is supposed to talk to her in person to see if he can get to the bottom of it. I'm pretty sure that we are SOL on this, but I will continue to put pressure on them tomorrow. I told him that I have my cell statement on the way with a detail of the length of the call. Unfortunately we don't think it would be beneficial to file a small claim through the courts. We'd have to travel there to file it, again for the court date and it would cost to file. I am wondering if our home owners insurance would cover it. The game list keeps growing and we are up to 10 games now

I don't have time to catch up as I am mentally and physically exhausted. I'll try to post something coherent tomorrow.

that you find some resolution for this! And

 

[bethbuchall]

I am finished with the closet I did not realize just how much stuff I had in there. Took me longer though beings I had to look at all the pictures & read the cards & letters from my mom & dad. I even came across all my poems I wrote in Jr. High. Reading them now it seems I was one very depressed girl, but that is around the same time my father passed away.

One funny thing that happened is I found money in a birthday card to Garrett from Gary's mom for his 7th Birthday So Garrett is $16 richer now(strange amount ), to bad it was drawing interest Oh & I came across a picture of Garrett with his 1st set of mouse ears when he was two I found a picture of Riley that reminds me of the little boy in A Christmas Story. The part where his mother is dressing the younger boy before school & he can hardly move

I have lot's of trash outside for pickup tomorrow & the back of my truck is full with stuff to take to Goodwill. I think I had a productive & fun day

I need to do this x about 5! Great productive day that you had.

 

[bethbuchall]

Kristine & Bill, hope today is just as magical as the 1st day you met.

I love this one! Happy Anniversary, Kristine and Bill!

 

[tinknme]

Sounds like Olivia had a very fun day, look forward to seeing some pictures!

My parents and DB took Olivia and my nephew fishing today. Olivia caught about 15 fish I was told. She had a blast mom said, she would clap every time she or Ryan caught a fish. Mom took photos but her camera is the film kind. So hopefully I can get Jeff to scan the pic when we get it and I can show you all.

 

[bethbuchall]

so along with getting my taxes filed I took Walgreen's up on their free 15 photos for tax day. I was already planning on printing and framing pictures for Abi for her birthday.

Here are the pics:

http://photo.walgreens.com/thumbnailshare/AlbumID=36934319/a=22262209/t_=22262209

Yay for getting the taxes filed! I couldn't see the pictures...I'll try making an account there in a little bit.

 

[tinknme]

Stephanie you have seen some great concerts

I started going to concerts in 1962. I don't remember if my first was Bette Midler or Little Stevie Wonder. I grew up in Philly with the Uptown Theater and the Spectrum. (Philly's version of the Apollo Theater) And only a 90 minute train ride to my sister in NYC.