Mixed Nuts

[blue_river]

Blue!!! You know I'm trying to behave on this thread!

-- Rob

Is it working?

 

[RobInBigKC]

Is it working?

Mostly. If you women would behave...

-- Rob

 

[PrincessJasmine08]

You're right....I got it - Chestnut

Is this because of your special talent on MSN.

Way to spoil it for me JD! So much for me watching it off the ole Tivo!

Hi Blue!!!

-- Rob

My bad. Sorry to spoil it for you. Although, if I am remembering correctly you said ER was so last year.

 

[blue_river]

Mostly. If you women would behave...

-- Rob

Now I know you aren't referring to me

Is this because of your special talent

 

[RobInBigKC]

Is this because of your special talent on MSN.


My bad. Sorry to spoil it for you. Although, if I am remembering correctly you said ER was so last year.

Just giving you a hard time, JT. And you're close. I think I actually said that ER is soooooooo over. Did they jump the shark tonight with this marriage?

-- Rob

 

[GoofyDad869]

Greetings from GoofyDad869, Wash DC edition!!!

PJ, I think an appropriate "noisy boyz punishment" should be to chaperone 4 of my 5 middle-schooler boys (12 & 13 year-olds) - sounds like they're on the same emotional & mental developmental level.

A short (sorta) Trip Report (in-progress):
I am so freaking tired. We left the school in Maryville at 6:15 yesterday morning (15 minutes late) and got into DC yesterday at 4:30 (1 1/2 hours late due to DC area traffic). NOBODY slept on that bus, which in hindsight might not have been a good thing. After we got into DC, we did a walking tour of Arlington Cemetery (5:30 Changing of the Guard at The Tomb of the Unknowns, John & Bobby Kennedy's gravesites, Iwo Jima Memorial). After that was dinner, 80+ kids w/ 20+ chaperones in Pentagon City Mall food court. It was Nucking Futs. Insanely crowded. All of my boys decided to have pizza, which was right next to a Thai place - I got pad thai w/ pinneapple steamed rice (pretty good). We had an issue with some of the girls wandering off from their chaperones to shop right after eating, which made us late to round everybody up (the girls' assigned chaperones searched all five floors of that mall). After everybody got rounded up and on the buses, we went back to The Mall and did the Jefferson Memorial and the new FDR Memorial, in full dark (keeping track of unfamiliar kids in the dark is not fun, but we did OK) until about 9:15. Jefferson is great in the dark, but I think we could have gotten more out of FDR in the light of day. We then attempted to drive to our hotel in Maryland, and the front bus got lost twice. Soon after, our bus (#2) took over lead and we did make it in to our hotel about 10:30. We were checked into our rooms by 11:15 (immediate curfew for the kids since we got in so late so my boys just took showers and got into bed, watching Nick), and a chaperone meeting was called for 11:45 to discuss the Pentagon City Mall problems and how to not have that happen again. Yeah, that was fun. We also busted a half-dozen girls for violating curfew while we were meeting (You'd think they could duck their heads back around the corner faster like I could do at that age...). The meeting ended about 12:30, and I stayed up and read until about 1:30.

This morning wakeup call at 6:45. I have boys in my room and since both had decided to shower last night, it was just me - we were ready to go by 7:10. Downstairs for the continental breakfast (yogurt & a banana for me), out the door and on the buses at 8:00. We got back into DC proper by 9:00 and went directly to the Supreme Court. It was pretty cool, if you like lots of marble and stuff... We toured that and walked next-door to the Library of Congress at 10:15. The Library of Congress is very impressive. We were scheduled to do the kids' portion of the Holocaust Museum before lunch, but we had time constraints at the Nat. Cathedral that we had to be there for. We decided to punt on the Holocaust before lunch and ate at Union Station for an early lunch. I talked a couple of the boys into Indian food - I had an excellent curry chicken. This meal went much smoother than Pentagon City from the "kid-korralling" standpoint. I had warned my boys that it WOULD NOT BE PLEASANT FOR THEM if they got separated from me for any length of time.

Our afternoon consisted of a tour of the Nat. Cathedral starting at 1:30 - it is a beautiful church. I took about 100 pictures of *just that*. Next was the National Zoo. Since this is a blitzkrieg trip (we're pretty much hitting the high points according to the tour guides) we only had 1 1/2 hours in the zoo (and it's easily an all-day deal). We saw the pandas and the boys elected to do the reptile house and aviary of we had time. No time for the aviary as it turned out - we still had the Holocaust Museum to do before dinner. We got back on the bus and went back into The Mall. We did just the kids' presentation in the Holocaust Museum (a thing called "Daniel's Story") which was very moving but skimped on alot of the more unsavory details (instead of saying '6 million' were killed it said 'many million', that sort of thing). The kids were drawn to the gift shop like moths to a flame, and I ended up buying myself a book there too (I'm a sucker for museum books). Next was dinner at the Ronald Reagan Office Plaza food court. Most pleasant meal by-far, so far, much less crowded than either of our previous meals. Since it was relatively uncrowded we gave the kids much free-er range (there weren't any stores other than newsstand-places also). Most of my boys had nachos and subway sandwiches, and I had a gyro (one of the guys decided he was brave enough to try one too). Normally when I eat Thia, Indian or Middle Eastern (ok, Greek), KAMommy complains about my breath. So I don't usually get a chance to eat a lot of it. I use times like these to my advantage - eat all of the stuff that gives me dragon breath...

Coming out of Reagan plaza I almost got into a fight. There are bus pick-up lanes right outside the building. DC has a 3-minute idle law in effect for buses, to keep traffic moving (in theory). A group of 4 buses from Cleveland OH had been parked there for about 15 minutes and took up all of the available bus lanes. Our 2 buses came along and had to double-park so that we could load. One of the Cleveland drivers got pissed and started yelling at some of our kids when they crossed in front of his bus. I ended up calling him a "semi-bad" name (I think I said something like "Geez-o-Pete, you've been parked for more than 15 minutes and we'll be out of here in 2 or 3, you dick!!" - I definitely remember saying the "dick" part). It's not like he could have done anything short of ramming us out of the way. Anyway, I should probably apologize to the kids who overheard me (I heard snickers behind me as I was arguing with him). FWIW, I don't think any of the teachers or other chaperones overheard my exchange with Mr. Sphincter from Cleveland.

Tonight was World War II memorial at dusk (awesome!!!), followed by Vietnam Memorial. At Vietnam Memorial (as simplistically powerful as always), it was getting to be full dark and one of my boys got separated from me (but he was still with our overall group). After a couple of minutes of terror on my part I found him, and I made sure he was attached to my hip after that. Next we did the Korean War Memorial. It was cool but would have been better in full light (plus I was sorta on edge with what happened a few minutes before at the Vietnam Memorial). To cap off tonight we did the Lincoln Memorial - this time I was sure to count the steps as we climbed (56 step risers - Lincoln was 56 when he was assassinated). Got on the buses at 9:15 - bus ride back to the hotel was uneventful. Kids have all been in the pool and curfew passed by at 11:15 (it's 11:25 right now). I'm gonna shave my peach fuzz on my head, read a few minutes (Cormac McCarthy's "The Road"), and call it a night.

Maybe I'll see y'all tomorrow night.

 

[PrincessJasmine08]

Just giving you a hard time, JT. And you're close. I think I actually said that ER is soooooooo over. Did they jump the shark tonight with this marriage?

-- Rob

Jump the shark? What does that mean?

PJ, I think an appropriate "noisy boyz punishment" should be to chaperone 4 of my 5 middle-schooler boys (12 & 13 year-olds) - sounds like they're on the same emotional & mental developmental level.

Thanks but no thanks. Glad the trip is going good so far.

 

[blue_river]

Goofydad: Are we still ignoring each other?

Sounds like you're having fun with the kids!

 

[PrincessJasmine08]

Okay, guys, I'm outta here. Night.

 

[blue_river]

Okay, guys, I'm outta here. Night.

Night Peanut!!!

 

[PrincessJasmine08]

Night Peanut!!!

That's little peanut to you! Talk to you later, Chestnut.

 

[RobInBigKC]

Jump the shark? What does that mean?

Actually, ER jumped the shark long ago in the minds of many of us who watched it in its early years. Jumping the shark is used to denote the point at which a TV show has passed its peak and you start to sense a noticeable decline in the quality or a deviation from the original charm of the show. The term comes from an episode of "Happy Days", near the end of its run, when Fonzie jumped over a shark on water skis.

Okay, guys, I'm outta here. Night.

Whaaaat? Before midnight?

-- Rob

 

[PrincessJasmine08]

Actually, ER jumped the shark long ago in the minds of many of us who watched it in its early years. Jumping the shark is used to denote the point at which a TV show has passed its peak and you start to sense a noticeable decline in the quality or a deviation from the original charm of the show. The term comes from an episode of "Happy Days", near the end of its run, when Fonzie jumped over a shark on water skis.


Whaaaat? Before midnight?

-- Rob

Interesting. (or at least I'll pretend it is). Sorry, I'm just overwhelmed right now. I'll be back when I can.

 

[RobInBigKC]

Interesting. (or at least I'll pretend it is). Sorry, I'm just overwhelmed right now. I'll be back when I can.

Sounds like you're "tolerating" my post.

-- Rob

 

[CPM]

I need a nut name too!!!

 

[babynurse1]

Actually, ER jumped the shark long ago in the minds of many of us who watched it in its early years.

-- Rob

ITA!

I need a nut name too!!!

me too!

can I be pecan? here's my reason why.

Dh and I went to London a few years back, and I love pecans. yummy.
We knew somebody who lived there so they met us for dinner one night. At the end of the meal, they brought us a dessert menu, and I said Pecan Pie looks good.

So dh told the waitress, "We'd like an order of PUH-CON, pie" and she looked at us like we were crazy. Our friend and her bf were like "What are you saying?" so he said it again "PeCON pie" and she just kept staring at us and said in her cute British accent "I don't know what you're saying" Dh pointed to the menu, and she said "OHHHH, you mean PeeCAN pie"
and dh said "No, I mean PUH-CON" which started a lively debate on all of our Americanisms with our British friends.

Ok, that's it for me have a good one.

 

[apirateslifeforme]

So did ya???

Heck no! It's too soon and I still do feel a bit awkward. Plus it was too late at that point. He was probably getting ready for bed (don't think about it, don't think about it... )

 

[disneymama73]

ITA!



me too!

can I be pecan? here's my reason why.

Dh and I went to London a few years back, and I love pecans. yummy.
We knew somebody who lived there so they met us for dinner one night. At the end of the meal, they brought us a dessert menu, and I said Pecan Pie looks good.

So dh told the waitress, "We'd like an order of PUH-CON, pie" and she looked at us like we were crazy. Our friend and her bf were like "What are you saying?" so he said it again "PeCON pie" and she just kept staring at us and said in her cute British accent "I don't know what you're saying" Dh pointed to the menu, and she said "OHHHH, you mean PeeCAN pie"
and dh said "No, I mean PUH-CON" which started a lively debate on all of our Americanisms with our British friends.

Ok, that's it for me have a good one.

You are definitely PUH-CON!

 

[disneymama73]

Heck no! It's too soon and I still do feel a bit awkward. Plus it was too late at that point. He was probably getting ready for bed (don't think about it, don't think about it... )

Hehe.

How are you today?

 

[willis37862]

Actually, ER jumped the shark long ago in the minds of many of us who watched it in its early years. Jumping the shark is used to denote the point at which a TV show has passed its peak and you start to sense a noticeable decline in the quality or a deviation from the original charm of the show. The term comes from an episode of "Happy Days", near the end of its run, when Fonzie jumped over a shark on water skis.


Whaaaat? Before midnight?

-- Rob

I agree....I haven watched in a long time. And I think Greys Anatomy is going the same way

Hi everyone....I am off to run errands, I finally have a day off work Everyone have a good day.