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[snowwhite325]

I would never have met all of you!!

 

[HARASW]

Hi Sarah!
I'm catching up on some of my DVR right now...I may watch Desperate Housewives and Brothers & Sisters...If I don't fall asleep first

I'm hoping to watch Amazing Race.
I will definitely fall asleep in the middle of the 2 hour Apprentice. Luckily, it is shown again Saturday night on NBC and a few more times on CNBC.

 

[snowwhite325]

Do you remember on Friday when I mentioned lots of students were going home sick? Well we made the local news...http://www.wkbw.com/news/local/40881577.html

 

[snowwhite325]

I'm hoping to watch Amazing Race.
I will definitely fall asleep in the middle of the 2 hour Apprentice. Luckily, it is shown again Saturday night on NBC and a few more times on CNBC.

Enjoy

 

[coles1mom]

I would never have met all of you!!

Mr. Judi, just very impressed "I don't know how you do it, fix a full dinner and never leave the "



Bad news Judi family, no more coupons, no more gourmet dinners. Everyone say boo-hoo.

 

[HARASW]

Do you remember on Friday when I mentioned lots of students were going home sick? Well we made the local news...http://www.wkbw.com/news/local/40881577.html

Sorry you had to be part of that news.
Glad you're all better now!

 

[snowwhite325]

Sorry you had to be part of that news.
Glad you're all better now!

Thanks Sarah
I didn't get it nearly as bad as some of my friends!

 

[HARASW]

Mr. Judi, just very impressed "I don't know how you do it, fix a full dinner and never leave the "



Bad news Judi family, no more coupons, no more gourmet dinners. Everyone say boo-hoo.

The DHs don't realize how versatile we are!!

Boo Hoo!!
Do you want me to look out for specific coupons?

 

[HARASW]

Thanks Sarah
I didn't get it nearly as bad as some of my friends!

Make sure to keep that Purell handy in school this week. Even more, around the Kindergarteners!

 

[snowwhite325]

Make sure to keep that Purell handy in school this week. Even more, around the Kindergarteners!

We keep Purell at each table in Kindergarten!

 

[coles1mom]

The DHs don't realize how versatile we are!!

Boo Hoo!!
Do you want me to look out for specific coupons?

No, but thank you. I've think Cole might have finally got her fill of junk food for a bit. She just ate a double quarter pounder She isn't that big.

She keep eating like that she will be.

 

[HARASW]

Sorry, Jeremy Piven -- an autographed DVD just doesn't cut it as a tip, and it might even end up costing you in bad publicity.

When the Entourage star left a copy of the first season of his HBO show in lieu of a gratuity at Aspen sushi hotspot Nobu Matsuhisa in 2007, the stiffed server took the story to then-New York Daily News gossip reporter Ben Widdicombe, who reported it in his column. The actor was subsequently banned from all Nobu locations and faced ribbing in the press.

Two years later, blogs and websites like Bitter Waitress, Stained Apron, Bite Club and TMZ solicit gripes from waiters, cabdrivers and other service providers who have been short-changed by well known athletes, musicians and actors.

A slideshow on ABCNews.com highlights a rogues gallery of some of the most notorious penny pinchers, including pop icon Madonna and her husband director Guy Ritchie, whom the London Mirror reported once left $18 on a $400 dinner tab, troubled songstress Amy Winehouse, reported by TMZ to have stiffed a cabdriver on a $40 fare and golfer Tiger Woods, whom the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports was once described by sports commentator Charles Barkley as "the second tightest pro tipper in all of sportsdom, after Michael Jordan."

However, not all famous folks are spreading the recession around. Stained Apron maintains a "Saints" list of top tippers, including talk show host David Letterman, former President Bill Clinton, actor Bill Murray, and many others.

 

[HARASW]

A Washington State Brownie troop was cheated out of $100 after someone bought Girl Scout cookies with fake $20 bills.

KC Gettings, leader of Troop 40411 in Bremerton, Wash., discovered the fake bills on Feb. 28 when she took the cookie money to a local bank, King5.com reports.

Kate Rocks-Brigati of the Girl Scouts of Western Washington tells AOL Food that 17 troops found counterfeit money among their earnings.

"Apparently, the counterfeiters thought the Girl Scout cookie sale was an easy target," Rocks-Brigati said. "What they found instead, was the girls and leaders, in true Girl Scout fashion, were resourceful and helped to identify the thieves."

The troops use the money they earn from the sale of the $4 boxes of Tagalongs, Samoas and Thin Mints to take camping trips and excursions to the zoo and pool.

Gettings was told two of the bills she took to the bank were phony, and when she used a counterfeit detection pen, she discovered $60 more in fake bills, the station said.

But the Brownie troop did get some satisfaction. On Monday, police told King5 that four people were arrested on counterfeit charges after an 18-year-old man tried to pass off the funny money at a Rite-Aid.

"The lesson is not to steal, not to make fake stuff," Sylvia Swanson, a 7-year-old member of the troop told King5.

Gettings said the girls will get a tour of the police station and will earn a fraud badge.

"We're going to teach the girls about fraud and more about the criminals and stuff that is going on," the troop leader told the station.

And Girl Scout officials said safety was a priority for the young girls.

"Law enforcement has given the girls guidelines to help them feel safe during cookie sales," Rocks-Brigati said. "It is sad that girls as young as 6 have to learn about crime first hand."

 

[snowwhite325]

I got a major head start on my Disney binder...it looks awesome! I spent about 2 hours typing up information and that is just the start! I will post pictures when I finish it

 

[HARASW]

I got a major head start on my Disney binder...it looks awesome! I spent about 2 hours typing up information and that is just the start! I will post pictures when I finish it

I can't wait to see it!
I will enjoy hearing about all of your plans.

 

[coles1mom]

A Washington State Brownie troop was cheated out of $100 after someone bought Girl Scout cookies with fake $20 bills.

KC Gettings, leader of Troop 40411 in Bremerton, Wash., discovered the fake bills on Feb. 28 when she took the cookie money to a local bank, King5.com reports.

Kate Rocks-Brigati of the Girl Scouts of Western Washington tells AOL Food that 17 troops found counterfeit money among their earnings.

"Apparently, the counterfeiters thought the Girl Scout cookie sale was an easy target," Rocks-Brigati said. "What they found instead, was the girls and leaders, in true Girl Scout fashion, were resourceful and helped to identify the thieves."

The troops use the money they earn from the sale of the $4 boxes of Tagalongs, Samoas and Thin Mints to take camping trips and excursions to the zoo and pool.

Gettings was told two of the bills she took to the bank were phony, and when she used a counterfeit detection pen, she discovered $60 more in fake bills, the station said.

But the Brownie troop did get some satisfaction. On Monday, police told King5 that four people were arrested on counterfeit charges after an 18-year-old man tried to pass off the funny money at a Rite-Aid.

"The lesson is not to steal, not to make fake stuff," Sylvia Swanson, a 7-year-old member of the troop told King5.

Gettings said the girls will get a tour of the police station and will earn a fraud badge.

"We're going to teach the girls about fraud and more about the criminals and stuff that is going on," the troop leader told the station.

And Girl Scout officials said safety was a priority for the young girls.

"Law enforcement has given the girls guidelines to help them feel safe during cookie sales," Rocks-Brigati said. "It is sad that girls as young as 6 have to learn about crime first hand."

That is just terrible. What are people thinking now days.

 

[snowwhite325]

I can't wait to see it!
I will enjoy hearing about all of your plans.

I had 2 binders to choose from...pink and blue...I picked pink for you

I am still trying to come up with something extra special for Mom's birthday. I wanted to surprise her with breakfast at the castle on the morning of her birthday but she wants to spend the first half on the day at DHS...so now I'm not sure what to do

 

[HARASW]

Members of the original Pepsi Generation are about to get a sweet trip down memory lane. The company announced on Thursday that three new "retro" sodas will be hitting beverage aisles beginning in March and April.

Frank Cooper, a VP for Pepsi-Cola North America Beverages announced via the company's website, "Pepsi Natural and the Throwback duo (Pepsi and Mountain Dew) give consumers the opportunity to refresh how they experience soft drinks."

The big difference? Packaging and sweetener. Pepsi Natural, touted as a "premium" cola, replaces the brand's standard sweetener -- high fructose corn syrup -- with natural cane and beet sugar, shaving four grams of sugar per 12-ounce serving. Pepsi's website also touted lightly sparkling water, natural caramel, kola nut extract, natural apple extract and a light, amber color as hallmarks of its revamped formula.

Two more brand extensions, Pepsi Throwback and Mountain Dew Throwback, will be available for a limited time only. These soft drinks are also sugar-sweetened and packaged with an old school design, inspired by the '60s and '70s. Both will be nationally available beginning April 20th, for a limited run of eight weeks.

High fructose corn syrup has come under fire from opponents who claim that the substance -- chemically identical to sugar -- promotes obesity, though no scientific causality has been found. HFCS became popular with manufacturers in the 1980s as an alternative to cane sugar, which generally costs twice as much. Sugar sweetened Pepsi products, indicated by a white cap, are available in the United States during Passover, as the consumption of corn is forbidden under Kosher law during that time period.

 

[HARASW]

I had 2 binders to choose from...pink and blue...I picked pink for you

I am still trying to come up with something extra special for Mom's birthday. I wanted to surprise her with breakfast at the castle on the morning of her birthday but she wants to spend the first half on the day at DHS...so now I'm not sure what to do

I think that's so sweet!! Thanks!!

Did you get in touch with IP? They can be very helpful. They will answer your e mails within a day or two and you can e mail back and forth until you get the answers that you're looking for.

Another idea, is to start a thread on some of the different boards. There are so many DisneyWorld veterans who can definitely give you some ideas.

 

[HARASW]

That is just terrible. What are people thinking now days.

What an awful lesson for the girl scouts to have to learn!