MOOvers on the MOOve Again

[Backstage_Gal]

DD requested cabbage rolls for dinner, demanding equal treatment, since DS got his dinner yesterday.

So I am off to cook for 3 hours


PS many hours later: If I never make cabbage rolls again, it will be too soon! 7 pots and pans, collander, cutting boards, utensils galore, not to mention actual dinner dishes, and it killed my new stove top!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Word to the wise, Never get a bisque colored stove top, EVAH!

 

[Minnie_Moo]

Pumba - Congrats on the new car! My grandma never drove either, but she was blind in one eye due to a childhood accident. When I was a Camp Fire leader, the mom of one of the girls had stopped driving due to being in a bad accident. I have always wondered whether she ever ended up driving again.

Marita - I haven't made cabbage rolls in years, but I still have my mom's recipe. They sure are a lot of work.

I am not looking forward to going back to work tomorrow. Having two four day weekends in a row has been very nice.

 

[NAB]

Pumba -- I only got my license when I was 27 and started working nightshift. My dad paid for me to go to driver training. When I was sixteen I got my beginner ones but was to scared to drive all the cars then were huge and I tapped my mom's car with my dad's truck that was it I wouldn't go out again. Can't imagine if I got into a really accident. I would be toast. I have a corrola too. But you got the sporty model I like , I too would love the red.

We had a bad accident in town this week. A 12 year old was hit and killed crossing the street where she wasn't suppose to. The poor lady didn't see her but I bet she is seeing her in her sleep now. Nicholas knew of her since they are the same age, she would have been 13 in 10 days and was an only child. Very sad.

Marita-- I agree what Moo said cabbage rolls are alot of work. I think I only made them once because of it and then no one liked them. The cabbage was too hard. Can't blame them. So now I let my inlaws make them.

 

[pumba]

just got back from our sons 40th birthday celebration......we had a great time......lunch was chili and corn bread and taco dip and salsa and guacomole and chips......now for supper they were serving tacos....soft and hard shell and all the fixing.....the cake was a cake that said old as dirt.....just cant believe my kids are this old......he got some good joke gifts and some nice ones too....

I think if we all have corollas or trucks we should start a new fad......the movvers in different vehicles...


have a great day everyone

 

[pumba]

I would love the recipe for the cabbage rolls......I made them years ago and lost the recipe I followed......it had rice with the meat and then we rolled it with other stuff......HELP MARITA....

also I have a beige stove and fridge.but the year we got these it was called ecru........

 

[pumba]

hellooooooooooooooo........anyone home.......where are you all.......did you all get blown away from the wind we had.????

have a good day....well the rest of it

 

[Minnie_Moo]

I am here, Pumba! Just couldn't post during work. Going back to work wasn't too bad today. Had a meeting this morning, lunch with a friend, a doctor's appointment, then my annual performance appraisal so it went by pretty fast.

I had my last in a series of five knee injections today (w00t!) . . . my knees don't hurt too much lately. I was able to shop for several hours on Saturday for the first time in years Not that I bought much, but it's just SO nice to be able to do that again.

Not much on TV tonight. Guess I'll do some reading.

 

[pumba]

I have two new books to read too........one by Nora Roberts, and the Lost symbol by Dan Brown....I love to read anything I can get my hands on.

glad to see you MM.......hope you have a peaceful night reading

 

[Backstage_Gal]

I'm here.

My day wasnt too bad either. Some work morning and afternoon, 2 hour lunch for 1 birthday and 3 people leaving the Global team, so I got a free meal out of that at Olive Garden (boss paid OO pocket, not like the good ol' days). I just had soup and breadsticks, not even salad, I'm a cheap date.

DH and DS took my car in for inspection today and steam cleaned the carpet and cleaned the A/C grill. Dh drove me out all the way to Disney and picked me up. DD made muffin pizzas for dinner tonight.

Moo, YAY for your knees being better, what a relief!

I have my year end evaluation Thursday, YUCK!

PS: Regarding TV, "Find my family" is a great new show on NBC at 9PM

DS leaves at 7:38 tomorrow morning for Montana, and he is really anxcious to make it there on time, since he closes on his house 1 1/2 hours after he is supposed to land, so he wants to leave here at like 6AM Can't blame him, he doesnt want to miss his flight.

Tomorrow I have a sick day to make it to two Dr appointments. Hopefully I can schedule my next eye surgery then. My "old" eye sees really bad now, I dont know if it has changed or I just notice it more. Scary thought, as that was my "good" eye before.

 

[lalijack]

Hi Moovers!

I am here too. Hope you all had a lovely Thanksgiving...I sure did!


I have been online since about 7:30 this evening, scouring the interweb for Taylor Swift concert tickets. She's playing at Gillette Stadium here in MA on June 5, and the tickets don't officially go on sale until Saturday, but there are presales all over the web. Y'all should see the prices! I have had about 5 people tell me that if I had an American Express card, I would have gotten a presale code. Who knew? Anywho, if anyone here has a direct line to Taylor, could you let her know that Natasha and I are in the market for primo seats? Heh.


My Christmas decorations are up! The halls are decked, the stockings are hung by the chimney with care, we hauled out the holly, etc., etc. Now all I need is a winning lottery ticket to buy everyone the perfect gift(s), and I'm good to go!

 

[babynurse1]

I'm around. And a square.

My mom got the results of her pathology report yesterday. The good news is it is a stage 2 cancer (1 being the best and 4 being the worst). The bad news is it is an aggressive type of cancer. She meets with an oncologist to discuss chemo/radiation soon. It will be a hard road for her and I was very tearful yesterday as she is one of my bestest friends and I hate to see her going through this.

I am doing better today though. I needed a moment to process things. Time to pull myself up by the bootstraps, throw on my Pollyanna hat, and go spread sunshine and pixie dust to the world.


Hope you guys are doing well.

To Lynt: My house needs to be Christmas'd. Please come out from under the window and get busy. I will make you some hot chocolate.

 

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Babynurse-- You don't have to be pollyanna all the time. So nice that you are so close to your mom. By the CB a lot do not like inlaws or parents it is sad.

Pumba-- What Nora Roberts are you reading? I love her too. I have been reading a lot of hardcover books at the library while the kids have swimming lessons. Then I think there is a new book out in paper back and I have already read it.

Speaking of swimming Nicholas finally passed the last level for the Red Cross , level 10 He is going for the Bronze cross next. Hannah is still stuck on level 6 but I don't think I will put her in over winter. Don't want to rush there in the snow after school . We barely made it with out snow.

Lynette-- I just decorated my new fireplace mantle, it looks so pretty. I shopped more for the mantle stuff then Christmas. Only because I really don't know what to buy the ones I have left.

Marita-- Hope you get your other surgery done soon so you can really see good. Is your dd still at your house from Thanksgiving? Must be hard saying goodbye to your son again.

 

[TwinkieMama]

I'm around. And a square.

How funny. Me too. Actually I am fa'ar more round than square these days.

My house is not Christmas'd. It is just cluttered by the trimmings awaiting to be trum. I just made up that word. You are ALL welcome. The DH and I were pretty funny getting all the "day-cor" out of the attic. The attic has a tiny little door in the wall behind the girls dresser which involves moooving furniture and then once you get the boxes and trees you have to hopscotch over the beds, drawers, Disney princess dolls and 12 million stuffed animals all while preventing any damage to Snow Globes or other valuables like 17 secret diaries per child hidden in various crevices. All this while Goldenchild and Grasshopper attempted to help.

The DH had to do all the crawling into the attic and was complaining about how sore he was. I pointed out that I was lifting and hopscotching and tree carrying all while 7 months pregnant. We had to laugh at what a pathetic pair we are.

We were too exhausted to actually decorate after that. Plus we are in Christmas tree light purgatory.

My to-do list is miles long today. So maybe I'll be posting when I should be paying bills or folding laundry.

 

[celerystalker]

I'm around. and a triangle!

The house is almost all decorated.
I let Camden and Hayden put the disney oranments up.
One benefit is I don't know where the ornaments are, so I'm surprised.
one drawback is my mickey tree topper got dropped.
But now I get to go shopping for more! woo!

I have my pampered chef show at work tomorrow.
I'm excited! and nervous.
off to do more work.

in other news, I'm in the market for a new alarm clock. maybe one that plays cds. I need SOMETHING to get me out of bed. I didn't get to work until 10 yesterday. Today it was before 8:30 and my coworkers said hell must've frozen.
I'm supossed to be here between 7 and 7:30.
oops.

 

[pumba]

stemming from my child hood and my bratty sister () would play music while I was trying to sleep.....I yelled ...and I cannot sleep with music.....and I dont like music to wake me up...so its some good gosh awful alarm that sounds like a fire truck is in my bedroom.....SOOoo I always wake up before it goes off and I shut it off and take my covers off so I will freeze and then get up fast.......all in a reason to get out of bed......
its cold today 34 and I took Ava out for a fast run to the corner store....she had gotten her hat and coat and made me go......remember she is a year and five months old kiddo......good lordy I love her so much and she is so darn sweet.......but keeps me going and I sleep really good at night...

The Nora Roberts book I am reading is Tribute......I never read her books before and my neighbor made me read the wedding trilogy.....One down and the new one (when she gives it to me) to go.....
If you would like to read some pretty amazing books that are not sexual or swear words in them........try The Relic ......what a great book.....I could not put it down nor any of the others by Lincoln Child and Douglas Preston.....but THE RELIC is a good one to start off with....TRY IT

 

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The Nora Roberts book I am reading is Tribute......I never read her books before and my neighbor made me read the wedding trilogy.....One down and the new one (when she gives it to me) to go.....
If you would like to read some pretty amazing books that are not sexual or swear words in them........try The Relic ......what a great book.....I could not put it down nor any of the others by Lincoln Child and Douglas Preston.....but THE RELIC is a good one to start off with....TRY IT

I have read that one, I have also read The Quickie. What are books with out swearing and sex ..... I will have to look that one up.

Celery-- You should talk to Marita about alarm clocks. I think she bought a sonic boom one not to long ago...... Don't over do it!!

Twinkie-- that room sounds like Hannah's....

 

[NAB]

I think I did a pretty good job putting the wreath and garland together. You can't see it but there are mini white lights in both. ( I still need a blind or curtain on the window too. This basement is never going to be done)

I could only find NOEL for stocking holder but I still like it , most everything out there was silver and I wanted gold. I woud like new stocking but hubby told me to stop being matchy.... Well if you can see the NOEL among all that stuff.....

 

[PrincessJasmine08]

L...TSwift and I are pretty much bff. I'll text her to let her know y'all need front row.

bbn...you are so very strong. I admire that about you. You're also a complete and total loser. See, I'm here to keep things balanced for you.

Nab...decorations look great. Lights on my balcony will be the extent of my decorating. How festive am I?

Celery...I ate lunch at the Cool Springs Atlanta Bread Company on Sunday. I just thought you should know.

We had a nice trip to Florida. Grandpa's 80th birthday was on Thanksgiving. That was very special. There was relatively no drama and it was nice to just enjoy relaxing and sunshine for a few days. Of course since I've been back it's been cloudy and ugly everyday.

Today at faculty meeting we had to do team building. Whenever we do that a collective eye roll pretty much goes up from the group. I am a little bit of a sarcastic person (anyone noticed? ) so I usually hate that stuff. Anyway, today it was really good. To be perfectly honest, I haven't slept the past 2 nights and I've had a rough 2 days. So when I was asked to write down a personal problem I'm facing I wrote about what's been bothering me. It's something that happened to me 5 years ago, and something I need to let go. When I had to write whether I thought I could conquer it I wrote no. Then I changed it and I wrote yes. Because I think I can conquer it. Do I know I can conquer it? Nope, not at all. It's time though. I can't do it alone. No one can do it alone. But I think I can do it.

After the meeting I just sat in my room and looked at everything around me. There were times throughout my college career that I thought I would never get to this point. Teaching is all I have ever wanted to do and that hurt. As I sat there and realized I've made it I just thought that no matter what, I am here for these kids. Even though there are days when I go home covered in bloody nose (okay, that was 2 weeks ago), or days when I have to hold a crying child and somehow convince them that everything will be okay when I don't know that, and most days I feel like I'm constantly putting out fires, I know it's worth it. So many of these kids have been through so much in their little lives. But they're so so resilient. They amaze me. As I looked around me and I thought about how far I have come I just cried. I think I needed to let that out.

I should probably stop typing before my loopiness gets me in trouble! I guess I just wanted to share. Someone should probably tell me to shut up.

 

[lalijack]

1. I'm around. And a square.

2. My mom got the results of her pathology report yesterday. The good news is it is a stage 2 cancer (1 being the best and 4 being the worst). The bad news is it is an aggressive type of cancer. She meets with an oncologist to discuss chemo/radiation soon. It will be a hard road for her and I was very tearful yesterday as she is one of my bestest friends and I hate to see her going through this.


3. To Lynt: My house needs to be Christmas'd. Please come out from under the window and get busy. I will make you some hot chocolate.

1. I knew that. And that. BTW, I am a trapezoid. Cuz I like to be just a bit different.

2. I'm glad your mom has such a strong friend and supporter in you to help her through all this. I betcha that God hears us all praying for her.

3. I'm on it! But tell that cowboy I'm gonna need a coupla more extension cords if we're gonna git er done right! Oh, and do you have the hot chocolate with the tinky-tiny (TM Natasha) marshmallows in it? Cuz that's my favoritestestest. Please and thankyou.

The DH had to do all the crawling into the attic and was complaining about how sore he was. I pointed out that I was lifting and hopscotching and tree carrying all while 7 months pregnant. We had to laugh at what a pathetic pair we are.

We were too exhausted to actually decorate after that. Plus we are in Christmas tree light purgatory.

My to-do list is miles long today. So maybe I'll be posting when I should be paying bills or folding laundry.

Thank you for regaling us with the wacky hijinks of the Twinkie family. I bet you guys could get your own reality show. Maybe you could break into showbiz by pretending to misplace one of your progeny in a homemade hot air balloony thing. Or crashing a party at the White House. Just a thought.

I'm around. and a triangle!

I have my pampered chef show at work tomorrow.
I'm excited! and nervous.
off to do more work.

A triangle, huh? You are such a rebel!

Good luck with your Pampered Chef schtick! You'll be great!


NAB, I have mantle envy! Your Christmas vignette looks lovely!


I spoke with some of my cousins' wives over the past two days, and we managed to set the date for our annual Santa party (to be held at my house again, natch). Now I need to get in touch with Santa and see if that date jibes with his schedule. Wish me luck!

 

[monymony3471]

PJ: I hope you can conquer your issue. Ain't no mt. high enough....ain't no river wide enough...... maybe this was the first step. I can't wait to be in my own classroom.

Hi, hope yous alls are having a wonderful week.