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

[scrappinmom]

PJ that's some powerful thinking....what a huge amount of responsibility you have on a daily basis....all I have to worry about is what to feed my kids for breakfast right now....As someone who has loads of family living in and around nyc, thank you. You definetely deserve a DISNEY trip my friend!!!!!

Jen - Happy belated bday - hope it was great

Today's a pretty hard day for me. It would have been Patricks 9th birthday. I dont know why, but every year, I think it's gonna get easier, and every August 12th I'm slammed and feel the exact same way I felt 9 years ago. the next 33 hours are so brutally painful for me. He lives from 2:08pm today until 10:32 tomorrown night. I mean I completely accept it, and am actually grateful for everything my son taught me in those 33 hours. I can honestly say I see my life as before 8/12/98 and after. I am a different person. I'm grateful as hell for my girls, I mean I absolutely suck at having babies....the fact that they're here, and the 3 of us are alive is a miracle, I know that. but I still have the nagging, sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach, I'll never get to raise a boy. does that make sense? I mean I'm grossed out by bugs, hate race cars & watching baseball....but I still miss having that chance? We're going to the cemetary today for our traditional balloon release. We'll do 9 red balloons and the girls will each pick out a special one (probably Pooh - that was his nursery). We'll buy a cake, and sit at the cemetary and have our own little party...but then that's it. that's all I get. no birthday presents, no power ranger parties, nothing.

thanks for listening you guys. sometimes it feels better to just write (or int his case) type your thoughts down.

 

[Nanu57v]

HAve a great day all!!!! Don't worry about nyc or us( the FDNY) EMS or the NYPD, we are ready for anything!! We are more prepared today then we were on sept 10, 2001.

I'll still send some prayers your way if that's okay.

Yesterday was my birthday and we had a really nice day. Ugh, a year older...

Happy b-day!

PJ . but I still have the nagging, sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach, I'll never get to raise a boy. does that make sense?

thanks for listening you guys. sometimes it feels better to just write (or int his case) type your thoughts down.

I know what you mean about both, although I imagine your pain hurts a lot more than mine....of course it makes sense. With me, it helps me to talk to all my online friends, but I don't want to talk about it in RL. I just pretend I feel fine.

 

[mrFDNY]

Today's a pretty hard day for me. It would have been Patricks 9th birthday. I dont know why, but every year, I think it's gonna get easier, and every August 12th I'm slammed and feel the exact same way I felt 9 years ago. the next 33 hours are so brutally painful for me. He lives from 2:08pm today until 10:32 tomorrown night. I mean I completely accept it, and am actually grateful for everything my son taught me in those 33 hours. I can honestly say I see my life as before 8/12/98 and after. I am a different person. I'm grateful as hell for my girls, I mean I absolutely suck at having babies....the fact that they're here, and the 3 of us are alive is a miracle, I know that. but I still have the nagging, sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach, I'll never get to raise a boy. does that make sense? I mean I'm grossed out by bugs, hate race cars & watching baseball....but I still miss having that chance? We're going to the cemetary today for our traditional balloon release. We'll do 9 red balloons and the girls will each pick out a special one (probably Pooh - that was his nursery). We'll buy a cake, and sit at the cemetary and have our own little party...but then that's it. that's all I get. no birthday presents, no power ranger parties, nothing.

thanks for listening you guys. sometimes it feels better to just write (or int his case) type your thoughts down.

 

[Tinkerbell_Girl]

Chris-

Rebecca-

Jen- Happy belated b-day!

 

[CathrynRose]

Looks like everyone needs a hug

I cant even imagine what it feels like to lose your child, so Im not going to even try to make like I do. Im so sorry.

 

[CathrynRose]

but I don't want to talk about it in RL. I just pretend I feel fine.

This rings totally true for my mom's death. Sometimes the feelings are really overwhelming, but I just dont want to talk about it and just go along like its hunky dory.

 

[dreamergirl78]

Wow everyone. Here I come along needing to vent about my day with Ryan and seeing what everyone else is writing helped to put things into perspective.

PJ - I can't thank you guys (and girls) enough for what you do. You all are the heros I hope my son looks up too. Because of people like you and my husband, we live in a place that affords us so many freedoms I feel we often take for granted. So THANK YOU from me. Keep those "kids" as you call them in training. I pray to God we never have to send them into one of those situations, but I would rather they be equiped with the very best knowledge and training they can get. They are lucky to have you as a leader!

Rebecca - My heart goes out to you everytime I think about what you have been through recently!

Chris - I sent you a PM. But another big just in case.

Jen - Happy Birthday! I am glad you had a great day.

Everyone else - I hope your weekend was great. Ours was pretty good. A few ups and downs but I guess that is to be expected. I am doing the best I can, but this whole being Mother and Father is really hard. I just want my husband to come home. Can you believe it has already been 15 months? 6 or 7 more to go. I think the downhill slope is going to be the hardest. *sigh*

Ok, I am going to go lay my lazy butt on the couch now. Have a good evening all!

 

[Msslaydbug]

Hi everyone ! I am back. The first part of my trip was touch and go but I made the most of it and can't wait to go back. I am lucky enough to live so close to Las Vegas we seems to make it a couple times a year. So, what's a rocky trip every once in awhile. Anyone up for a Popers trip to Vegas next summer ? We could spend the day by the pool with our froo froo drinks.

I am SOOO looking forward to this Disney trip even more !

Boys - lots of hugs are needed around this place

I was just telling Dan last night how most of have now been talking over a year to each other You seem like such a part of my day to day life It sounds so strange and most would think I am crazy - but it's true ! I always look forward to what everyone is up to and how their week has gone.

Just the small daily stuff !

Ok I am off to bed

 

[Msslaydbug]

Ok I forgot -

I came home and was going through the mail and Dan said that he thinks he saw a Jury summons in there for me !

I looked and I believe the date in for the 10th of September !

If I do get picked - I leave that next week for Florida on the 13th.
I probably won't get picked or it would be a simple trial but - Oh my goodness - it would be just my luck to get picked the week i go on vacation for jury duty of all things !

I asked Dan if he thought I could mark on the sheet I don't read or understand the English language and send the form back ! He didn't find it as amusing as I did !

 

[mrFDNY]

Hi gang,
Whats doing?? Well the whole "dirty bomb" thing is starting to blow over and i get tommorrow off!! So at work last night sitting on the lazy boy and the gongs go off, meaning we have a run/job. So i make my way to the rig and jump in, i turned the master battery on and the computer kicks on and the run is on the computer screen in the rig. I start to read it, 2 different 911 callers have called 911 to report a new born was thrown in a sewer and might be drowning in the sewer.All the callers say they can hear the baby which very young, like just born young crying. They don't see anything but can hear crys comming from the sewer.

I began to think, how ever sad, its been done before so i start to think its a real run/ hot job. Its not uncommon here in nyc to find a baby, newly born in the garbage, or in some bushes or even thrown in a sewer. We roll and i'm driving and i'm moving fast, lights and sirens and air horn blazing! traffic sees i mean bussiness and just about everyone gets out of my way fast, i have the right of way and i control the road. It seemed like it took 10 minutes to get there, but later when i checked it only took us 4 minutes to roll on scene. We are met by a group of kids and 2 older women, most likely the kids mothers. All of whom are standing in the middle of the street, trying to get our attention, which i can see from blocks away.

We get out and get the story, they all say they hear a baby crying from the sewer, but don't see anything.We turn the high powered, twin turbo deisel engine off on the rig to hear better. Me and my men get close to the sewer to hear better and yep we hear it. I know instantly that its not a new born or human, its meowing. Its a kitten from the sound of the meow its a small one too. Now we have rules to follow, we are not supposed to enter the sewer for animal rescue only for human rescue. We are supposed to call animal care and control for this. I also know that at 8pm on a sunday, chances are it will be hours if not days before they show up, most likely they have one or two trucks for the entire 5 boro's.

So we left, no i'm just kidding we played the I think its a baby game, then we would have no choice but to get into that sewer. So i look at jimmy and say it sounds like a infant and he says thats what i think too, Wink, Wink. So somehow i try to elect jimmy to go in, but i get voted to enter, yay me.So i get in and there it is, the tinest kitten, all orange i ever seen. Before i can grab it, it begans to climb up my turnout pant leg and makes it all the way to my stomache, where i held on and we got her out. She was covered in mud and junk and was really dirty, as was i from the sewer.None of the people who called us wanted her and we could not let her just go in the street, she could and most likely would get hit by a car.

So we did the next best thing, we took her back to the fire house.Btw it is a girl, if you did'nt figure it out al ready. One of the men at the fire house, gave her a bath while we ran and bought kitten food and a litter box at petco. Which everyone chipped in for.If you don't remember, We have a another cat at the fire house, but she does not come inside the offices and just hangs out and sleeps behind the rig. She won't let us pet her or anything. Not this new young one, she loved all the attention she was getting. She ate like she had not in months and we figured her to be around 3 to 6 weeks old. She is staying in the lounge and we put a gate up in the door way, so she could not get loose and possible hurt herself or get hurt. Of course jimmy come's running into the fire house, as he was standing outside smoking and says the chief is pulling up.

Now we have a problem, so we play hide the kitten. Mike ended up taking her in the closet and locking her in it to hide her. The chief walks in and we all thought we were safe and ask's, why there is a gate blocking off the lounge. We told him, we were just about to mop and apply a coat of wax to the floor. He leaves it at that and leaves, so as i left tonight she was sleeping out cold in the lounge with 8 other FDNY men all sleeping too. Of course this thread is useless with-out pics. Please excuse the quality of the pictures, they were taken with a old, cheap cell phone camera. Not really sure if we will keep her or not, but if not, we will make sure she gets a good home. One of the guys is already thinking about taking her home as a birth day gift to his daughter. Who is turning 9.



All curled up, a sleep.

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Yep, she has her own pillow.

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Look hard and you'll be able to see mikes sneaker in the back ground next to her, who wears a size 10, to understand how small she really is.

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Trying to climb up my pants.

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[Tinkerbell_Girl]

Good Morning!

Welcome back Lori!

PJ- Poor kitten! I'm glad you saved her!

 

[scrappinmom]

Morning all

Thanks PJ, I woke up needing a smile that story was perfect

Welcome home Lori! I LOVE LOVE Vegas.....we sometimes get cheapy dings there....I've done 2 girly vegas trips & loved them

Thanks everyone for your hugs & thoughts. They do mean a lot to me.I guess I thought after 9 years it would be easier...nope, it still sucks.

We went to the cemetary yesterday morning....did a balloon release..this time I let each of the girls release 9 balloons...had a picnic lunch there...

went to see Underdog (just a so-so movie btw), and then for ice cream.

I just feel sad. Not crying, sobbing sad, just sad.

I know after today it'll be better again for another 363 days...but for today I just feel sad.

The girls & I did have a blast at Woodfield on Saturday. YIKES I don't think I've ever spent that much money on school clothes...Miss. Casey is becoming quite the expensive teen. She needs a job I think!!!!! Grace found a lot of nice stuff as well. Now I just need to purge their closets to fit it all in!!!!

What's going on this week??? We're going to the Hootie & the Blowfish concert on Wednesday night, I need to get to IKEA to get Casey's desk, but other than that, not much happening this week.

but we are one week closer!!!! I was looking at the MNSSHP pins last night, hte pin for our night is the VIllans pin,.....(blah)...are any of you going on the 14th? I think Casey would rather have the Mickey pirate pin. Timmy do you want the Villan pin????

Have a good morning everyone

 

[DisneyMommyMichelle]

Morning everyone! What a crazy weekend! It was too hot and i'm too tired and then my legs locked up. the muscles tightened really bad and just would not loosen, it was scary! They just ache now. It looks like everyone needed a hug this weekend Maybe it was something in the air???

Chris we're always here for you glad you had fun at Woodfield! Did you make it over to check out the doorway of dreams??

Rebecca I hope you get all the answers you need!

PJ--> That's amazing all that you do

Jen--> Happy Birthday (late of course!! sorry!!) Hope it was fun and fabulous!!!

Colleen--> the hair looks really cute!!

Timmy--> How is everything going?? any other Drs appts. today??

Hope you all have a great day! We have to hit the library for craft and story day and then we should make it back in time for Sal to be home for lunch I think i'm just going to make a chicken ceasar salad It's easy and won't require too much work!!!

I'm at that stage where this baby won't stop moving even at night and it's driving me nuts if i'm sitting still he moves so much you can see it right through my shirt it's kind of creepy if you don't expect it!!

Have a great one all! I will check in later!

 

[DisneyMommyMichelle]

Did anyone catch the new room rates for next year??? They changed the way the seasons are! they still have VALUE and PEAK and Regular and HOLIDAY, but now they charge more for Friday and Saturday Nights and of course now if there are holidays within Value season (ie Martin Luther King day etc. ) they charge more for those nights too Our little Y&B Club trip for next year is going to be crazy!!

Oh and now if you check in on the last day of VALUE season, you only get that rate for that night and then the next day when the season changes, you get the current rate! No more loopholes! Then with ticket prices going up, this trip is getting outrageous!! (I still can't wait to go! hahaha)

 

[Tinkerbell_Girl]

Did anyone catch the new room rates for next year??? They changed the way the seasons are! they still have VALUE and PEAK and Regular and HOLIDAY, but now they charge more for Friday and Saturday Nights and of course now if there are holidays within Value season (ie Martin Luther King day etc. ) they charge more for those nights too Our little Y&B Club trip for next year is going to be crazy!!

Oh and now if you check in on the last day of VALUE season, you only get that rate for that night and then the next day when the season changes, you get the current rate! No more loopholes! Then with ticket prices going up, this trip is getting outrageous!! (I still can't wait to go! hahaha)

I heard about that. I think our trip next year might be our last for a few years. There are a few other places we want to go to now.

 

[mrFDNY]

Hi gang,
It's warm here in nyc today. Whats doing?? I can't wait any longer to go to wdw!!!I have a ton of stuff to get done. Al right gang, i gotta run , just checking in to say

 

[Msslaydbug]

PJ - The kitten looks so tiny ? Will you guys be able to keep it for good ?

Michelle - I saw the new changes. I think it is a bit overkill - but they are going to get the money no matter what. Just will have to budget a little more for the trips. I think it's time to really look into investing into DVC here in the next year.

Nicole - Cute new Tink in your siggie

Today I spent the day at home getting all my new Christmas Cards rady for my clients. It is also my anniversary but I don't think we are doing anything exciting. Austin has art class then Karate tonight.

 

[Nanu57v]

Ok I forgot -

I came home and was going through the mail and Dan said that he thinks he saw a Jury summons in there for me !

I looked and I believe the date in for the 10th of September !

If I do get picked - I leave that next week for Florida on the 13th.
I probably won't get picked or it would be a simple trial but - Oh my goodness - it would be just my luck to get picked the week i go on vacation for jury duty of all things !

When you go, just tell the judge you have a vacation planned. When I used to cover court for the newspaper, the judge would always ask if people had vacations planned. They don't want to cause you a financial hardship by having to reschedule. You make cards? Do you have a website?


PJ--That's so funny after you said yesterday how you were going to get a cat call today!

Chris--I wish you would be at WDW when I was there...that way I could give you a hug in person!

DMM--Sorry about the leg cramps...only 2 more months!


I found out from the doctor today he basically knows nothing. All the test showed was the baby was less than 12 weeks old, which I knew. The folic acid stuff was just because I'm getting older and at a higher risk. So, oh well...at least I know it wasn't definitely my fault or anything. I took my vitamin daily, but it only had 400mcg, and they are saying I should take 1000mcg.

I'm really psyched about WDW too. I just wish I had some unlimited spending money so I could go to MNSSHP or a behind the scenes tour. And I wish I could be there when you are all!

 

[Patsfan7]

Chris, Hugs to you too! We are going on the 14th. We will be happy to purchase the pin for you. I had no idea that they had different pins for each party. What else don't I know????

(I'll tell ya what I do know... they don't change the bracelets from one party to the next. We didn't re-use them, but I saw the people with their bracelets on, and they were the same ones that we had the week before. I so wanted to put my one from the past week on, because I did not get the special shirt, and wanted one, and they said you could only buy one if you had a bracelet on..... I never did even see the special shirt )



Rebecca- I am PM'ing you too. Please don't beat yourself up about what happened. They really DO NOT know what causes these things to happen. I will expand on that in the PM. Hugs to you.


Love to all, just a short pop by!

 

[ANTSS2001]

Good evening peeps... just woke up.... I survive the weekend just realize today that next month I am basically living infront of the SWA airlines.. can you believe this... a couple of years back... I wont even get in the airport now I basically live at the airport...

Morning all

Thanks PJ, I woke up needing a smile that story was perfect

Welcome home Lori! I LOVE LOVE Vegas.....we sometimes get cheapy dings there....I've done 2 girly vegas trips & loved them

Thanks everyone for your hugs & thoughts. They do mean a lot to me.I guess I thought after 9 years it would be easier...nope, it still sucks.

We went to the cemetary yesterday morning....did a balloon release..this time I let each of the girls release 9 balloons...had a picnic lunch there...

went to see Underdog (just a so-so movie btw), and then for ice cream.

I just feel sad. Not crying, sobbing sad, just sad.

I know after today it'll be better again for another 363 days...but for today I just feel sad.

The girls & I did have a blast at Woodfield on Saturday. YIKES I don't think I've ever spent that much money on school clothes...Miss. Casey is becoming quite the expensive teen. She needs a job I think!!!!! Grace found a lot of nice stuff as well. Now I just need to purge their closets to fit it all in!!!!

What's going on this week??? We're going to the Hootie & the Blowfish concert on Wednesday night, I need to get to IKEA to get Casey's desk, but other than that, not much happening this week.

but we are one week closer!!!! I was looking at the MNSSHP pins last night, hte pin for our night is the VIllans pin,.....(blah)...are any of you going on the 14th? I think Casey would rather have the Mickey pirate pin. Timmy do you want the Villan pin????
Have a good morning everyone

Chris all I can hope and pray is that it will get easier for you and your family...

for the pin... I am going IN on the 14th and the 30th do you want both pins?

Morning everyone! What a crazy weekend! It was too hot and i'm too tired and then my legs locked up. the muscles tightened really bad and just would not loosen, it was scary! They just ache now. It looks like everyone needed a hug this weekend Maybe it was something in the air???





Timmy--> How is everything going?? any other Drs appts. today??

for the cramps...

so far so good about the Drs' appointment.... today is Monday which is the chiro day that went well.. since I hurt my right arm playing wii so thats a bit fix.... Major doctors.. well No news is good news.. they have not called me about the MRI result and I did a follow up so maybe next week... I just need to make an appointment for my Genetic counseling but maybe I'll do that after WDW...

It is also my anniversary but I don't think we are doing anything exciting. Austin has art class then Karate tonight.

Happy Anniversary!!!

Chris, Hugs to you too! We are going on the 14th. We will be happy to purchase the pin for you. I had no idea that they had different pins for each party.





Love to all, just a short pop by!

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