May 10, 2008 Ship of Thieves! Stealing the Magic..AGAIN!!! Panama Canal FL to CA!!! Part 9

[granmaz]

Sorry I missed your birthday Karen. Hope you had a really lovely day and didn't have to work too hard.

Another story about the magic oatmeal: That same year (two years ago) I sprinkled Milk Duds on our porch and a few on the sidewalk after Tyler was in bed. I thought it would be funny because he'd think the reindeer left um.....you know....on the sidewalk. WELL, that backfired because he was SO MAD at those reindeer! He was really grossed out and couldn't understand why they'd do that! It was so funny, I couldn't stop laughing and he just got even madder! I thought that would be something most boys would get a kick out of, but he was actually quite offended! I told him not to worry and that I'd just shovel it up and get rid of it. He said, "Don't even think of using MY shovel for that!"

So last year he reminded me about those gross reindeer and told me we'd better only leave a tiny bit of magic oatmeal for them. We cut back their portion by quite a bit and they didn't do anything rude last year. This year, he has already reminded me again that the reindeer can't eat very much! But finally, 2 years later, he actually laughed about it.....he said, "Mom, remember when the reindeer pooped all over our sidewalk?"

That is so funny!!! I will tell my daughter as she was the first I knew who put magic oatmeal down a couple of years ago.

 

[Ginamarie]

Happy Belated Birthday Karen!!

 

[LisaG520]

Wow only 6 posts since I signed off last night!!

Lisa,

One of our best friends specializes in eminent domain law. He is one of the top lawyers in No. Cal and often speaks at Bar Association functions and other lawyer functions on the process.

It always seems so interesting and very diverse.

Glad it finished early though. It's tought to be committed to something like this at this time of year.

Karen

It was very interesting - very glad it wasn't someone's home involved, I imagine that gets very emotional.


Hope you had a terrific birthday!!!

 

[LisaG520]

We are going to see Sweeney Todd this morning so I better go get ready.

Tonight we are going to the Wild Animal Park to see the Christmas lights.

Have a great day everyone!!

 

[Ginamarie]

What a SLOW day today!!!

 

[nskjerven]

Hi there:

We've been out and about for the weekend. Yesterday started with my last work of the season, a long BOD meeting, Paul sits on the Board, I've just recently taken over the accounting for this company, not so fun investor arguments, oh well. it's over I'm glad. We decided to take the kids to see Alvin after that, Paul didn't want to go, but we made him and he laughed, it was a good thing to revive us after the meeting. It was cute, glad it was short. We then had a nice dinner at my sister-in-law (removed by divorce) do you still call that a sister-in-law? We do, we share nephews, therefore we consider our kids cousins (even thought they aren't) it kist works for us. Gives Molly a girl cousin that she can associate with. Otherwise, it's 9 boys
(11 with these "extras") and Molly, since my neice lives in TX. Kinda sad at family functions Molly has no girls to hang with, but us old moms & aunties.

Tonight we are off for an adventure, we are meeting friends (Wilson's racing buddy & family) at our favorite Chinese resturant and then we are going on a horse drawn carriage ride around the little neighborhood of Willow Glen. Nice area with cottage houses that decorate great for Xmas....should be fun!

Now back to watching SpongeBob and eating my omelet...I love my DH

Hope everyone is enjoying the season.

MERRY XMAS!!!!

 

[EllaEnchanted]

Hi All!! I'm watching football....the giants and raiders are both televised so I keep switching channels back and forth. We're at the half and the raiders are getting slaughtered, but the giants are up by three. We still have the second half to go so we'll see......have to consider that I'm watching so therefore the jinx.

I'm watching the scores of other games......John's browns are down.....they're playing the bengals who are up 19-0. Kaylee's hawks don't play until later.

The giants are playing in Buffalo and it's pouring down rain....I would rather watch a game in snow.....blizzard conditions like the browns game that John went to last weekend.

 

[EllaEnchanted]

John is wrapping my presents, the kid already wrapped Ray's. The tree looks so much better with presents under it.

Tomorrow I'm going to the Bethlehem hotel and we'll watch movies and swim and do hot tub. It's a great little get away locally. We'll eat out and drive by main street Bethlehem, Christmas City as they call it around here. It's old and historic and beautifully decorated with lights. I love it there, especially at this time of year.

We'll come home about 11am on Christmas morning and the kid will go pick up Ray around 11am then we'll all meet at my house and open presents. I'll make some calls to Ray's brother and sister and daughter and if any of them are available to talk to him, it will make his day. They all have his phone number at Mrs. Bush's (personal home care), but none of them ever call him. They never called him when he was at home with mom either. I can't accept how they can just abandon him, especially now. If it wasn't for mom's family, he wouldn't have any.

We have dinner reservations for 3pm on Christmas day.....so we'll go out to eat and then drop Ray back off at Mrs. Bush's. He loves having his own room now, without having a roommate to deal with. He's very happy. My disposable income just went down because Ray can only afford a shared room. I will be picking up the difference for the private room.....and it ain't cheep!!

What's everyone else doing for Christmas eve and day? When do you open presents? This is the first time in my life that I will open presents on Christmas day. I like doing it on Christmas eve and think that I will go back to doing it that way again next year.

 

[granmaz]

John is wrapping my presents, the kid already wrapped Ray's. The tree looks so much better with presents under it.

Tomorrow I'm going to the Bethlehem hotel and we'll watch movies and swim and do hot tub. It's a great little get away locally. We'll eat out and drive by main street Bethlehem, Christmas City as they call it around here. It's old and historic and beautifully decorated with lights. I love it there, especially at this time of year.

We'll come home about 11am on Christmas morning and the kid will go pick up Ray around 11am then we'll all meet at my house and open presents. I'll make some calls to Ray's brother and sister and daughter and if any of them are available to talk to him, it will make his day. They all have his phone number at Mrs. Bush's (personal home care), but none of them ever call him. They never called him when he was at home with mom either. I can't accept how they can just abandon him, especially now. If it wasn't for mom's family, he wouldn't have any.

We have dinner reservations for 3pm on Christmas day.....so we'll go out to eat and then drop Ray back off at Mrs. Bush's. He loves having his own room now, without having a roommate to deal with. He's very happy. My disposable income just went down because Ray can only afford a shared room. I will be picking up the difference for the private room.....and it ain't cheep!!

What's everyone else doing for Christmas eve and day? When do you open presents? This is the first time in my life that I will open presents on Christmas day. I like doing it on Christmas eve and think that I will go back to doing it that way again next year.

We open our presents on Christmas Day usually. I always felt opening them on Christmas Eve sort of spoilt Christmas Day. I think my parents opened them before bedtime on Christmas Eve once we had left home. There are only 4 joint ones under our tree as John and I aren't bothering this year with this last vacation and the cruise coming up. We are opening one lot of children's presents on Christmas Day and another on Boxing Day, so that spreads things out a bit!!

You are just so special in the way you take care of Ray. What a shame for him about his children - it must hurt mustn't it?

 

[granmaz]

We are going out for breakfast tomorrow with our son, daughter in law and girls. Then there are some jobs to do before we can relax. Probably some films on TV in the evening.

Christmas Day we are at our daughters for an action packed hectic day. Our son and daughter in law are going for lunch too. Boxing Day we are going to our son's.

We will probably see our other son and family this week too.

 

[EllaEnchanted]

I intended to watch the Dallas game last night, but fell asleep early and missed the whole game. Prior to that I was chatting with Holly on here. Holly.....sorry I just fell off the face of the earth like that without saying goodnight.

I love the magic oatmeal stories....I had never heard of that before....the milk duds story was even better. Is Tyler happy now because he has some presents to open. YEAH the terrible Tyler is gone and the sweet and funny one is back.

 

[gouodux]

We just purchased tickets for Hannah Montana for Jenna's 8th birthday. Her birthday is January 9th and the concert is the 22nd. She is already having a Hannah Montana birthday party, so this will be the icing on the cake.

We tried to purchase tickets this past Sunday when they went on sale - with no luck. Sold out in an hour.

Won't mention the crazy price we paid, but the look on Jenna and Kayla's faces will be priceless and well worth it!

 

[EllaEnchanted]

We are going out for breakfast tomorrow with our son, daughter in law and girls. Then there are some jobs to do before we can relax. Probably some films on TV in the evening.

Christmas Day we are at our daughters for an action packed hectic day. Our son and daughter in law are going for lunch too. Boxing Day we are going to our son's.

We will probably see our other son and family this week too.

What fun Marilyn....having a big family to share this holiday with. I always wanted to grow up in a big family and then have my own big family, but neither one of those things happened.

There's just the few of us now, without any kids, and it's calm and quiet. There's something to be said for that too, but I prefer the crazy busy hectic frenzy you find with a house full of kids. Whenever I miss that I always go to my best friend Cindy's house. (She has cruised with us twice already.) We met in high school at 16 years old. I lived with her and her family for a year at 16....mom and I didn't see eye to eye then. She had 5 kids in her family and I was number 6. Christmas time in that house was great! Cindy and I were the oldest, then she had 3 brothers and a sister. She has since lost her youngest brother.....but that's another story.

Cindy and her mom and her sister and one brother all still live close to each other in NJ....just 45 minutes from my house. Whenever I want a dose of kid chaos, I visit Cindy and get cured fast.

 

[EllaEnchanted]

Giants 38 Buffalo 21....YEAH!

John's browns are now browns 14 bengals 19....catching up!

Ya think the giants will actually win a game that I'm watching. Wow!

The raiders on the other hand is Jacksonville 49 Raiders 3. That's typical!

Giants have only 3:39 minutes left to play. A win here will put them in the playoffs as wild cards.

 

[EllaEnchanted]

Game over....giants win 38-21. YEAH! And I got to watch it! YEAH!

It's raining like the devil over here. And we have a weather dog. She's covered in wet muddy sand right now and looks like a big rat. We have a doggy door and a pen. The bottom of her pen is all sand. She's been playing outside in her pen in the rain.

Gandalf used to lay out there in the snow. We would be having a blizzard and he stayed out there sleeping. He once came into the house and all you could see was his eyes.....he was coated in snow. I think we have a picture of it. I'll check with John and if we have it I'll post it.

 

[GatorFamily]

Hope everyone is having a good time getting ready for Christmas. We still have my DBIL in town through the 27th and my DH and him are on the way to the airport to pick up DMIL and DFIL right now. My DK are watching spongebob and I'm going to head to get ready soon(still in my pjs ). V just wanted to say thanks for the recipes I've been cooking all day since I woke up. I made poppy seed chicken for Christmas eve and the cranberry chutney and regular homemade cranberry sauce and the make ahead mashed potatoes Love the idea of making it ahead with the turkey and honey ham I'm making and the trimmings who has time....love to make as much as possible ahead of time. V your awesome I'll let you know how everyone likes it...it smelled sooooo good. After all that I made some homemade chicken soup with the broth and some veggies, chicken, and noodles ...it was really yummy. I love cooking but never really have the time...hopefully when the kids are both in school full time I'll have more time Deb Christmas Eve we'll probably go to church eat dinner...maybe hot chocolate or smores after and I let the kids open one present(books so they could enjoy just a little before they get lost in all the toys). Christmas morning we open all the presents and have the big Christmas dinner. Growing up we had the big party Christmas Eve not Christmas day...cultural thing ...we also had Three Kings Day before we moved to FL where you would take grass from the yard and tie it up to put by the nativity scene for the camels to eat when the Three Kings went house to house bringing presents. My parents said when we moved to FL they don't come to FL just PR so we just did Santa Clause there after.

Have a Merry Christmas Everyone

 

[granmaz]

What fun Marilyn....having a big family to share this holiday with. I always wanted to grow up in a big family and then have my own big family, but neither one of those things happened.

There's just the few of us now, without any kids, and it's calm and quiet. There's something to be said for that too, but I prefer the crazy busy hectic frenzy you find with a house full of kids. Whenever I miss that I always go to my best friend Cindy's house. (She has cruised with us twice already.) We met in high school at 16 years old. I lived with her and her family for a year at 16....mom and I didn't see eye to eye then. She had 5 kids in her family and I was number 6. Christmas time in that house was great! Cindy and I were the oldest, then she had 3 brothers and a sister. She has since lost her youngest brother.....but that's another story.

Cindy and her mom and her sister and one brother all still live close to each other in NJ....just 45 minutes from my house. Whenever I want a dose of kid chaos, I visit Cindy and get cured fast.

I grew up with quiet Christmasses, so find these very hectic!!

Game over....giants win 38-21. YEAH! And I got to watch it! YEAH!

It's raining like the devil over here. And we have a weather dog. She's covered in wet muddy sand right now and looks like a big rat. We have a doggy door and a pen. The bottom of her pen is all sand. She's been playing outside in her pen in the rain.

Gandalf used to lay out there in the snow. We would be having a blizzard and he stayed out there sleeping. He once came into the house and all you could see was his eyes.....he was coated in snow. I think we have a picture of it. I'll check with John and if we have it I'll post it.

Oh I hope you have a photo.

 

[EllaEnchanted]

My dog is acting like a cukoo maniac right now. John is wrapping the presents in the kitchen at the table under the light. While he's moving the boxes and the paper all around it's creating shadows that are moving on the floor......the dog is chasing the shadows on the floor.....she's going nuts after them.....what a cukoo maniac she is.

 

[EllaEnchanted]

Kaylee's team is winning.....seahawks 7 ravens 0.

John's browns lost. My giants won, raiders got blown away.

 

[EllaEnchanted]

I played with my ibiza this morning. I have one recorded song now. I have a 30 free trial to Raposidy.....which is streaming music of all genres that you get everytime you're in a hot spot, like at the airports or hotels. I picked something that I wanted to hear and recorded it as I listened. The sound is awesome too. I have a Bose player at home which has great sound. This sounds every bit as good as the Bose, maybe better. It's easy to navigate through all the menus too. Next I have to learn how to rip a cd onto it....then I'll record my collection of music. I also have the ability to download songs from raposidy or any other site that I choose. I probably won't do this, at least not at first because I want to get my CDs on there. Then when that's done, maybe I'll subscribe to a DL site....we'll see.

PJ did you find the ibiza on amazon? If not I'll send you the link in a PM. Did you also read the news release I posted on here a while back? If not I can PM it to you as well. Let me know. Or if you have any questions you want to ask me about it, shoot! I know it's bluetooth compatible, but I only have wired ear buds right now. I will upgrade. You can also plug it into speakers at home or use it with headphones in a car. I have to find out if I can plug directly into speakers in the car. I'm not sure. It's a handy little gadget and I love it.....especially the hot pink color.