POPpers are back from POP 9/29-10/6 and made GREAT friends!Chat until next trip!! Part 2

[DisneyMommyMichelle]

Thanks for the well wishes everyone, i got a question for you mommies out there:

Gabriel woke up from his nap yesterday with his eye SEALED shut with crust (gross i know) but it was a dry crust, not like a wet eye-boogies (soooorrry to gross you out!!) Then his eye was lazy all day and into today. HOEWEVER he was and is still acting totally normal right up until bed time tonite?? any ideas on what it could be?? his eye ball itself is not red or anything like that.

TIA!!!

 

[ANTSS2001]

Anyone know the legend of the pickle ornament?? and does anyone do it on their tree??? thanks!!!

The Christmas Pickle is an American tradition related to the Christmas tree. In this tradition, a family decorates its Christmas tree with ornaments including one glass pickle. On Christmas morning, the first child to find the pickle on the tree would get a special gift and would supposedly have a year of good fortune.

This tradition is said to come from Germany, but this is probably apocryphal. In fact, the tradition is widely unknown in Germany.

 

[rkwells]

woohoo!!! welcome everyone!!!!..as far as requesting a special room or building for the newbies, it's a good idea so that they don't stick ya in the faaaaaaarrrrr back! that's why we looove 70s! building 10 is right close and soooo cool! not to mention our kids looove the POP Jets so we like being right by them too!!!

Our family is staying a POP for 1 night during spring break 2007 before moving to OKW the next day. We will be checking in after a 24 hr drive. We will want a very quiet out of the way location to just rest up for a day in the parks the following day. Any location advice??? Thanks!

 

[ANTSS2001]

Morning Poppers... please send some positive energy my way

this is it...at 8:40AM.... I will find out what will GYN will tell me about my 2 fibroids ( one is as a big as a tennis ball and the other is as big as a baseball ball) and if she missed it last Nov she better not she did not!!)

 

[Tinkerbell_Girl]

Good Morning!

Lori-

CR-

Antss2001-

Michelle- I hope the kids feel better soon!

 

[dreamergirl78]

Chris - Me blush? Nahhh. I will give you one word AWESOME! Uh-huh, I was living on cloud 9 for a few days. Wooo Hooo! Made the lack of sleep and craziness not matter so much. Can't wait for X-Mas!!!

Michelle - Sorry about your babies. I would guess Pink Eye but since his eyes are not red, I have no clue. http://www.webmd.com/hw/vision/hw91904.asp Try this link and maybe it will help.

Timmy - You mean they may have missed it LAST November? Sounds like what my Mom is going through. She has a tumor the size of a grapefruit and they just now caught it. It can be so frustrating sometimes.

I can't remember who else said what. My brain is NOT 100% this morning.

I have my first Private Quarters party this Friday. Wish me luck!

Terry will be back on the 17th for 2 weeks! YAY! Then on the 2nd of Jan he is buh-bye. My in-laws are thinking about coming out like the 18th - the 24th. My brother gets here the 24th and my Grandma will be here around that time too possibly. So much for a quiet few weeks at home. I was hoping for some alone time as a fmaily, but it looks as though those plans have changed! Oh well. I will just have to make the best of the situation.

My Mom goes in for her 1st treatment tomorrow. Keep her in your thoughts for me please!

 

[ANTSS2001]

(((((Cat,Chris and Tia))))) I got my package!!! OMG I love every thing in it.... the books,the cocoa set, the knitting stuff thanks Chris and Tia.. The magazines and the socks, candies, gigantic Tictacs and many more thanks Cat... I was crying by the time I was done opening my mail... you are the best guys!!! I would never forget this!!! Thanks for all your support!!


-timmy

 

[scrappinmom]

(((((Cat,Chris and Tia))))) I got my package!!! OMG I love every thing in it.... the books,the cocoa set, the knitting stuff thanks Chris and Tia.. The magazines and the socks, candies, gigantic Tictacs and many more thanks Cat... I was crying by the time I was done opening my mail... you are the best guys!!! I would never forget this!!! Thanks for all your support!!


-timmy

You are SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO very welcome!!! We thought about it after your accident. There is more coming!!! We wanted to send you something to cheer you up! We tried to coordinate it where you got it all at the same time, but the whole turkey/shopping/stress thing kinda messed us up! I hope it brought a smile and a little sun to your day

 

[CathrynRose]

(((((Cat,Chris and Tia))))) I got my package!!! OMG I love every thing in it.... the books,the cocoa set, the knitting stuff thanks Chris and Tia.. The magazines and the socks, candies, gigantic Tictacs and many more thanks Cat... I was crying by the time I was done opening my mail... you are the best guys!!! I would never forget this!!! Thanks for all your support!!


-timmy

ITS ABOUT TIME!!!!!

You had us *worried*! ! ! ! I thought for sure some postman somewhere had on fuzzy warm socks, reading magazines and eating tic-tacs, while applying lip smackers!!!

YAY! im glad you love it!!

 

[DisneyMommyMichelle]

Hiya!!! Hope everyone is doing well!

Gabriels eye took a bad turn and today it's barely open, so an appt. to the Doc was made (we were just there sat. ) I will be taking him in tomorrow! Autumn is still bed bound, but she and I colored all day and that really had her thinking about other stiff soo at least her mind wasn't on her belly!

Timmy glad to hear you rec'd your package! Tia, AWESOME about your DH and your g-ma is in our prayers!!

 

[DisneyMommyMichelle]

Timmy, thanks for the pickle info! i'm thinking that i will start this thing this year! it will be a nice little tradition to start!

What are you all getting the men in your lives for the holidays?????

 

[DisneyMommyMichelle]

Timmy i'm late on the PD, but i hope you are feeling well after your appt today
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Our family is staying a POP for 1 night during spring break 2007 before moving to OKW the next day. We will be checking in after a 24 hr drive. We will want a very quiet out of the way location to just rest up for a day in the parks the following day. Any location advice??? Thanks!
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Regina

I sent you a PM, HOWDY neighbor!! i have family that live in Roscoe! We're there quite often!!

We recently did the drive from up here and CR did the drive from the suburbs! So if you have anyquestions along that front let us know!!!

As far as room requests 80s and 90s are GREAT quiet locations as long as you go for parking lot views as opposed to pool views!!!

Have Fun!!

 

[DisneyMommyMichelle]

**EDIT** i was reading back my posts and i meant to say your mom is in our prayers TIA, not G-ma! i swear my mind thinks up what to say fasater than i can type and then BOOM!

 

[DisneyMommyMichelle]

Well i've tgaken up enough space for now and my DH is wanting to go shopping, so looks like since no one is online, i will go now!!

Have a great day POPpers and i can't wait until the holidays are gone, so i can go back to being online more! haha!! i have too much going on and the kiddies are sick and blahhhh!!!

Timmy, when are you coming into town?? will you be here for Christmas???


Chris, CR and anyone in the area or coming into town!! we need to get together!! even if just for lunch or something?!?

Hugs to all!!

 

[ANTSS2001]

quick drive by...

I had some of my tictacs while reading my magazines and books on dinner break while sitting on a hitting pad at the physical therapy room I think everybody was envious of what I have :yes: my one hour of agony at the torture chamber was very pleasant for a change thanks to all of you! Ok... boss is in mode so I better go.. will be back later when I get home!

PS: Appointment was so..so.. since this is the 1st ultrasound result and I had express all my future plans we have decided to wait for another 3 months another ultra sound and if doesnt get any bigger we will not operate and wait till further notice. For now she put it hold!!!!

 

[ANTSS2001]

 

[mrFDNY]

I hope everyone had a great turkey day! So remember that great 9 month training program i was telling you about that i'm trying to in march, well the nyc post ran a story about it. Here it is, if you are interested. For some reason the newspaper list's it as a 3 week program which it's not,its a 9 month class.

DISASTER-MASTER MEDICS SET FOR ACTIONBy ERIKA MARTINEZ
TIGHT SPOT: Silvana Uzcategui, one of 11 women on the FDNY's 52-member rescue-medic team, trains on a "trapped" dummy during an exercise on Randalls Island. November 27, 2006 -- The city has created an elite squad of "combat" paramedics trained to reach and navigate the crevices of collapsed buildings, bridges, tunnels and roads to aid injured and trapped survivors, The Post has learned.

Fifty-two FDNY rescue medics will be ready to work alongside cops and firefighters deep in the rubble of any Big Apple disaster caused by a terrorist attack or natural catastrophe. They will administer medicine and fluids to victims who previously had to wait hours, or sometimes days, for treatment.

"Our FDNY Emergency Services can now provide the most advanced prehospital care to patients fighting for their lives in the most perilous situations," Chief of FDNY EMS John Peruggia said.

"With this new training, our paramedics can administer treatment faster than ever before, which could ultimately mean the difference between life and death."

More like combat medics geared up to tackle conditions on an urban battlefield, these proactive medical professionals will no longer have to wait on the sidelines while other first responders bring patients to them.

The trailblazing medics went through nearly three weeks of rigorous instruction alongside firefighters at the department's "rescue school" on Randalls Island and will be hitting the street on Dec. 3, with one ambulance in every borough.

Each paramedic selected for the unit has experience working in haz-mat situations.

With that knowledge as a base, they spent 80 hours in harnesses and protective masks while learning how to maneuver through small, cluttered spaces, shimmy through narrow tunnels, and rappel down ropes to get to their patients.

Some have credited the combination of those tactics and a complex understanding of emergency medicine with saving Port Authority Sgt. John McLoughlin, who was given fluids and medicine while he spent nearly 22 hours trapped under the smoldering ruins of the Twin Towers. He was played by Nicolas Cage in the movie "World Trade Center."

A trapped victim "must be treated before they are completely extricated" to increase survivability, explained Lt. Rafael Goyenechea, 44, a 19-year EMS veteran and Rescue Medic supervisor.

The groundbreaking program was paid for with a $2.2 million federal grant from the United States Fire Administration, FDNY officials said.

Paramedics handpicked for the squad realize they are pioneers in the field of emergency medical service.

"Years ago, you wouldn't have thought we'd be working side by side with firefighters in a collapse or a trench. It was unheard of," said Brooklyn paramedic Joel Pierce, an 11-year veteran.

Paramedic Silvana Uzcategui, one of 11 women in the unit, said, "Living in this city, you have to be ready for anything. We are a primary [terrorist] target, and we are getting prepared."

 

[CathrynRose]

What are you all getting the men in your lives for the holidays?????

He bought himself an AMP - like a tube amp thing for a guitair. He saw it go on sale and was SO excited - he called me and asked if I wanted to go with him to buy his x-mas present.

Wanna know what *I* got? - cuz I picked that up the night we went for his amp!!!

Ummm - he has some DVD's, Pajama's, these:

And some other little stuff, under the tree.

I need to get him some more, but Im kinda at a loss this year. Plus, this morning? Im royally ticked off at him.... he's just driving me nuts!!!

 

[CathrynRose]

Timmy, when are you coming into town?? will you be here for Christmas???


Chris, CR and anyone in the area or coming into town!! we need to get together!! even if just for lunch or something?!?

Hugs to all!!

I used to have a group of girls I'd meet from an AOL Disney board - years and years ago. I wonder what happened to them....

I'm up for a meet - maybe after the holidays would be better though. I wouldnt mind going out to Woodfield, after X-Mas.... Cheesecake Factory, perhaps??? Mmmmm!!!

And I wanna go to a few stores out there.....

 

[CathrynRose]

I NEED HELP!!!!

I need to be told Im not a total butt-hole, cuz I feel awful.

My 15 y/o had been a serious JERK lately. Really, really bad. No drugs, no drinking, no blowing off school - but just a horrible attitude with me.

So he comes home last night, and says 'Youre not gonna beleive this, Matt's Dad has Bears season tickets and he invited me on Sunday, can I go?"

Joey's a huge Bears fan.

So I go - I wanna talk to you first about the way youve been treating me. So, he cops the attitude again, mid-way through the conversation he leaves my room, I called to him - get back in here, he says no, I say - fine then youre NOT going to the Bears game. Although - I did NOT mean this... Bad move on my part, I know, I know, I know.

I went after him, and said - I wasnt done talking to you, get your *bleep* back in here. No, he says. I tell him again - No. I even said "I highly advise you dont make ANY phone calls or do ANYthing until I finish talking to you" No.

Well, Joey goes back in his room. Calls Matt and tells him he cant go - like immediately, which slays me cuz he KNOWS (and this is terrible to admit) if you bother me enough, I give in. Remember what Bill Cosby said - Parents dont care about whats fair, whats right or wrong - they care about QUIET! Peace and quiet. He's right.

So, Matt - he called another friend, other friend said yes.

So, Joey is crushed. And I feel terrible. Jim says it's not my fault, even my younger son said 'not your fault - he should have never walked away in the first place' - never the less, I cried myself to sleep last night, I feel TERRIBLE. I can never afford to take him to a game, and he wants to go, and has wanted to go SO bad, for YEARS.

He wouldnt say one word to me this morning. And I even went into his room last night, after everything was done - and said, Im sorry this happened, but I needed you to finish talking with me, and YOU chose to walk away from me.

I just feel like poop, now.