May 10, 2008 Ship of Thieves! Stealing the Magic..AGAIN!!! Panama Canal FL to CA!!! Part 7

[MrsMork]

ok, I have to make an emergency stop for wine on the way home, it appears I will be doing wine shots in the kitchen as the Outlawz are coming.


The one thing I truly hate in the world is arriving home to company...I like to at least have a few minutes to get out of my work clothes and to get my mind in the home mode.....they will be there when we get home....

Sorry, V. It is that time of year for you.

 

[birkner]

ok, I have to make an emergency stop for wine on the way home, it appears I will be doing wine shots in the kitchen as the Outlawz are coming.


The one thing I truly hate in the world is arriving home to company...I like to at least have a few minutes to get out of my work clothes and to get my mind in the home mode.....they will be there when we get home....

Can I trade you for my son's wife??? Your DH and my son might not be so happy but I sure would be!!

 

[granmaz]

Goodnight. Have a good evening.

 

[fourmcds]

ok, I have to make an emergency stop for wine on the way home, it appears I will be doing wine shots in the kitchen as the Outlawz are coming.


The one thing I truly hate in the world is arriving home to company...I like to at least have a few minutes to get out of my work clothes and to get my mind in the home mode.....they will be there when we get home....

V...I feel for you, have never thought of wine shots though! Let me know if they help ease the pain of an Outlawz visit...I might need to try that for my next visit with mine!

 

[fourmcds]

Angie...glad to hear she is doing better. I don't have any connections at Swedish, except in the OB dept, sorry. Please keep us informed on how she is doing.

 

[disneylover5]

I guess us Californians always see DL as Disneyland!!

It is really funny how we are all "regionalized" (is that a word??)

 

[gydell]

Can I trade you for my son's wife??? Your DH and my son might not be so happy but I sure would be!!

Any takers for my SIL?

 

[birkner]

Any takers for my SIL?

Now is the son-in-law or sister-in-law?

 

[gydell]

Now is the son-in-law or sister-in-law?

Son in law. The 2 things I can say about him is - he makes good money and he doesn't hit her. Other than that I can't think of any good things to say about him.

 

[calmom]

Ok I had to take a break from work to post about my conversation with our school's vice-principal regarding STAR testing!!

The first thing he said after I explained about the cruise: "well, how can we expect any good results from a little boy taking the test when it meant he couldn't be with Mickey and on the Disney cruise?" I love our school!

He didn't give me a Good Housekeeping stamp of approval, but basically he said you have three options: take it early, ask for an exemption (which we will get), or just don't show up. He said "kids come to school during testing and they are sick and we send them home. There is no STAR police that will come visit."

He did say other things like the test gives us an idea how things are going, but he said for our 4th grader he didn't think it would mean anything different than his 3rd grade results. With the 2nd grader, he said that we just wouldn't have that base line for him. But we know how he is doing academically, which seems to be going well. He told me that I shouldn't tell anyone because if everyone asked for an exemption, then he'd have problems. Then he said "Have a good time!" The VERY best thing about this: this means my kids will have NO homework to make up since the testing will be happening while they are on the cruise. We will chose the exemption - I don't think my kids would fair well taking the test all by themselves. Too stressful, life is short, and WE ARE GOING ON TO TAKE THE MAGIC TO CALIFORNIA!

I love our school, I love our school....

 

[birkner]

Ok I had to take a break from work to post about my conversation with our school's vice-principal regarding STAR testing!!

The first thing he said after I explained about the cruise: "well, how can we expect any good results from a little boy taking the test when it meant he couldn't be with Mickey and on the Disney cruise?" I love our school!

He didn't give me a Good Housekeeping stamp of approval, but basically he said you have three options: take it early, ask for an exemption (which we will get), or just don't show up. He said "kids come to school during testing and they are sick and we send them home. There is no STAR police that will come visit."

He did say other things like the test gives us an idea how things are going, but he said for our 4th grader he didn't think it would mean anything different than his 3rd grade results. With the 2nd grader, he said that we just wouldn't have that base line for him. But we know how he is doing academically, which seems to be going well. He told me that I shouldn't tell anyone because if everyone asked for an exemption, then he'd have problems. Then he said "Have a good time!" The VERY best thing about this: this means my kids will have NO homework to make up since the testing will be happening while they are on the cruise. We will chose the exemption - I don't think my kids would fair well taking the test all by themselves. Too stressful, life is short, and WE ARE GOING ON TO TAKE THE MAGIC TO CALIFORNIA!

I love our school, I love our school....

I always knew there is something "special" about living in Woodside!!

 

[birkner]

Off to a UC Berkeley event at Google called "The Future of Technology" with DH. If we don't get back too late, I will check in. If it is very late, will check in and hope there will not be 10 pages to catch up on.

Ciao for now.

 

[MrsMork]

Angie...glad to hear she is doing better. I don't have any connections at Swedish, except in the OB dept, sorry. Please keep us informed on how she is doing.

The news is not good this evening. The kids and my bro and his wife talked with the doc today and they are less than hopeful. They say she is not a candidate for dialysis again as she has systemic infections that are not responding to any antibiotic they have hit it with. Her PH is dropping, acidity rising, Blood sugars up, blood pressure down, breathing shallow and kidneys failing. The doc asked her if she wants them to recussitate if/when her heart stops and she just replied "I don't want to die." Which is all she has said most of the day, except to say "I hurt." My heart is just breaking for my big brother. It will likely be a slow process, but inevidible.

 

[nskjerven]

I spoke to Rick and the LACC office who both recommend him highly. You might want to call him back and ask for some local references to double check. I suspect there aren't too many people who want to deal with bats. The LACC office number is 1-530-596-3282.

ya I'm afraid of that too, you'd think with all those bats flying around they'd be a big problem, but maybe not...again thanks for the # now it's a my fingertips and I don't have to look it up

I guess us Californians always see DL as Disneyland!!

Duh, I didn't even think of Delaware!!!! I tend to use Dland, but DL means the same thing to me too

Ok I had to take a break from work to post about my conversation with our school's vice-principal regarding STAR testing!!

The first thing he said after I explained about the cruise: "well, how can we expect any good results from a little boy taking the test when it meant he couldn't be with Mickey and on the Disney cruise?" I love our school!

He didn't give me a Good Housekeeping stamp of approval, but basically he said you have three options: take it early, ask for an exemption (which we will get), or just don't show up. He said "kids come to school during testing and they are sick and we send them home. There is no STAR police that will come visit."

He did say other things like the test gives us an idea how things are going, but he said for our 4th grader he didn't think it would mean anything different than his 3rd grade results. With the 2nd grader, he said that we just wouldn't have that base line for him. But we know how he is doing academically, which seems to be going well. He told me that I shouldn't tell anyone because if everyone asked for an exemption, then he'd have problems. Then he said "Have a good time!" The VERY best thing about this: this means my kids will have NO homework to make up since the testing will be happening while they are on the cruise. We will chose the exemption - I don't think my kids would fair well taking the test all by themselves. Too stressful, life is short, and WE ARE GOING ON TO TAKE THE MAGIC TO CALIFORNIA!

I love our school, I love our school....

Yup, this is the same response I've gotten from both Wil's principal and Molly's too. Molly's teacher (who is a POC fan) suggested that she could do her class project on the P Canal instead of the Revolutionary War like the rest of the class if she wanted. I think I will have Molly & Wilson enjoy the bliss of "nothingness" during vacation if the dates are identical to the test also. I really dread making them work while I'm on vacation.

I always knew there is something "special" about living in Woodside!!

I think this is karma, not just Woodside. We parents who give and give to school in whatever form money or volunterism are sometimes rewarded and I think that perhaps Lisa and I are just in a good school karma place this time around


DH just got home, in a bad mood about a client, so time for me to cheer him up!

Later,

Nan

 

[nskjerven]

The news is not good this evening. The kids and my bro and his wife talked with the doc today and they are less than hopeful. They say she is not a candidate for dialysis again as she has systemic infections that are not responding to any antibiotic they have hit it with. Her PH is dropping, acidity rising, Blood sugars up, blood pressure down, breathing shallow and kidneys failing. The doc asked her if she wants them to recussitate if/when her heart stops and she just replied "I don't want to die." Which is all she has said most of the day, except to say "I hurt." My heart is just breaking for my big brother. It will likely be a slow process, but inevidible.

Angie

I'm so sorry to hear it hasn't gotten better today. It is hard enough when a love one passes when they are ready, but when they are holding on and afraid that is just horible.

Many prayers for you and your brother coming your way,

Nan

 

[lillygator]

Can I trade you for my son's wife??? Your DH and my son might not be so happy but I sure would be!!

V...I feel for you, have never thought of wine shots though! Let me know if they help ease the pain of an Outlawz visit...I might need to try that for my next visit with mine!

I don't want you to think I am hateful to them, I am not...my stomach is just on instant upset when they are around. My MIL thinks nothing of coming into our home and starting to clean things....you know, implying we are less than the best housekeeps..but hey, it's evidence of life right?
And she is from the negative batch about everything....why on earth would we get a pool, why on earth do we take time off. I love them with all their quirks I just wish they would be more interested in us and the girls.

The news is not good this evening. The kids and my bro and his wife talked with the doc today and they are less than hopeful. They say she is not a candidate for dialysis again as she has systemic infections that are not responding to any antibiotic they have hit it with. Her PH is dropping, acidity rising, Blood sugars up, blood pressure down, breathing shallow and kidneys failing. The doc asked her if she wants them to recussitate if/when her heart stops and she just replied "I don't want to die." Which is all she has said most of the day, except to say "I hurt." My heart is just breaking for my big brother. It will likely be a slow process, but inevidible.

Angie, I am so sorry.

 

[lillygator]

and I know I posted recent Gator photos but check out Samantha before she was 2....

and Haley's first season

 

[lillygator]

we use that Gator as well as the Gators by Alumni hall as their growth charts....it's such fun to look at all the years so far!!

 

[HollyTyler]

Howdy! Just a quick post to say we're back! Got back about 7pm tonight (about 2 hours ago), then had to unload the car, get Tyler's bath, a late dinner, get Tyler into bed, laundry, put stuff away, catch up on e-mail, and here I am. Off to catch up on the 21 pages since I've been gone. I was expecting about double that, so you all must have been pretty quiet!

OK...here I go catching up!

 

[HollyTyler]

Hi Everyone

Hope you all are well

today the weather is sunny and took the kids to swimming then meet my friend for chat.

Happy Anniversary to John and Deb

As our 13th Anniversary is on 1st October!! think we will have chinese take away on Monday.

Scottishwee35

Well, I see I missed an anniversary while I was gone! Happy Anniversary! I hope you had a good time!