Something About Nothing #3..........

[damo]

I love that so many people are trying to quit smoking. Doncha wish you could shake some sense into those kids who are just starting????



Go Jason!

 

[pixeegrl]

Been trying to help Joshua get unstuck on Super Smash Bros and I am NO GOOD at the fighting games. Mario Party I can kick butt on, but the ones where you actually have to kick butt... not so much.

I'm off to sit very still and not think much until bedtime.

Night!

I hear ya! I've never seen my kids so anxious to come home and do chores and homework hmmmm....has to be the New Smash Brothers that's got em moving that fast!!!

 

[Metro West]

I'm proud of you too Todd!

Thanks Tricia.

 

[tarheelmjfan]

Katie, was your signature once very similar to Patty's? Her's looks very familiar.

I just can't keep up with you people
I haven't been here since Friday, had a 22 hour day Friday with my day job and a sound gig in Allentown (about an hour drive). (From the time I got up at 5:30AM Friday until I got home and into bed Sat at 3:30AM). Anyway, then I had a long session in the studio Saturday, and yesterday I had a Gospel band with a 9 member choir, haven't recorded that style in a while, they were great, but it was a lot of work! So, after the weekend, then going to my day job today, I came home and crashed! I knew there would be a lot to Ketchup on, but WOW!!!!!

Anyway, I'm alive and lurking!
G'night all, time to crash again.

Sounds like you need a vacation.

Honey, I'm home! We had a fabulous and very successful show & weekend! Thanks for all the well wishes.

I have to try to catch up from page 208 in our previous home. Don't know If I will ever get that done. And there are already 5 full pages here!

Anyway, I hope everyone is doing well. If anyone took cliff notes for me please forward them my way.

I need to head to bed but wanted to let you all know I am home safe.

Talk to you all tomorrow! Sweet sleep everyone!

Welcome back! We're patiently waiting for details.

What's wrong Barb?

I missed most of the day of work today....I went in for 3 hours and had to come home and go to bed. This cold or whatever it is is getting the best of me.....

Are you feeling better? Here's some pixie dust to help you get better soon. Shhh.... Don't tell mom (Mac) I used pixie dust. I'm fresh out of mummy dust till the new stock comes.

we're in the south...it's warm here

Finally!!!

Yeah Janet....

Janet??? I don't think so!

Honestly I don't drink it (or much 'beer' for that matter).... it's popular at Margaritaville...and both Janet and Tracie live in PA and distributors are just getting it in now....guessin' it reminds them of UO???

Mom will you make Janet tell us about Landshark? Seems like she's trying to keep that little find to herself. I don't drink beer either, but if it's all that, I just may have to try it. So, spill it Janet!

ok, i have been mia due to a personal problem the last 24 hours,

Sorry to hear that. You know where I am, if you want to talk.

 

[tarheelmjfan]

jail, yes, i know that word.
i have stories i could tell you about that but ............

You don't seriously think I'm going to let that slide do you?

my brother that i am close to and love dearly lives in honolulu.
he moved there in 1990 after he left Thailand

we try to see each other every other year.
last september he came to st louis area/ illinois side though, and stayed with the folks/
it was his turn to come to the states but we had our dates mixed up.
i told him january 07 the florida dates i had and would not be available.
you guessed it.
he came 2 days before my scheduled trip so i couldn't have him up to my place. his plans changed and he had to go to boston on business first.
we didn't get to see each other last year.

i promised him i would come see him this spring.


other than that my bottle of jack is now empty and i have been using spell check.
i leave on the 18th and will be gone 8 days

Awesome trip!!! I'd take Hawaii over cooking Easter dinner any day.

jodie didn't come backc aarouendk yet?


i lodkced the doore and the catee is in the baseermnent;\


see youser in somew houres for monw

Is there a translator in the house?

 

[tarheelmjfan]

Barb, great Mommy/Bubba story. I'm curious to see what he chooses to do this weekend.

tammy - thanks for asking about the basement - it was not as bad as last winter, so that was a bonus, but still a PITA to clean up could you send me the cheat sheet too?? (I am pretty sure Barb sent it to you)

Do you still need the list? If so, PM me. We won't tell Barb.

cross your fingers! Job interview wednesday!

Fingers crossed! Good luck!

P.S. Really, really, I know I'm going to burn. I'm evil to be annoyed at my cousin's wife. Perhaps my exhaustion and annoyance would be better explained if I told you this makes time #4 that I've had to tell her that she cannot send her umpteen sonogram pictures to my work email. She doesn't zip them, and they come across as huge files. Huge files are always flagged by the server. Her friggin excitement is going to get me fired.

Can you change your work email address, & just ignore emails to the old address? I definitely wouldn't let her put my job in jeopardy.

So now that our excitement is over for today I was wondering ??Anyone know of a nice ,clean hotel near Bush Gardens in VA?? I think it is Bush Gardens Europe now . ... I am going to plan out our summer trips this year and looking around for a nice place to stay. We haven't been to that area in a long time so any advice??

I haven't been to that BG, since I lived in VA. Sorry, no help on hotels. We've only stayed in Colonial Williamsburg.

Atleast you can get buba to do something for you Barb my two Ds's won't even clean thier room until we do alot of yelling and don't even get me started on the oldest going on 17 and acts like a 3 year old and wants to run the streets with his buddies and you think he give old dad a break nope mister almost 17 likes to think he is already an adult and tell me what to do and I just sit back and tell him I have done more in my lifetime than he will ever think of and after calming down day dream bout how close it is till we come to Orlando

Sounds like typical teenagers to me.

 

[tarheelmjfan]

Janet, I hope your baby boy is feeling better tomorrow.

I'm proud of myself today. From the hours of 7am and 3:30pm, I only had three cigarettes at those were at lunch. I'm trying to cut back so I don't have to worry about the smoking ban coming in July and then I'll try to quit completely. But...first things first.

Thats great metro you got me beat by 1 and have to say think I am doing good when you consider that by this time of day I usually have 1 pack smoked and started on the second

I'm very proud of both of you! You guys rock!

well, what's up with this month?

ran out of money & still bills to pay ; into my vacation stash i trudge

When you run out of money, you're supposed to stop paying bills... right?

I thought when you ran out of money you were supposed to tell your hubby he needs to make more money.

Been working 11 hour days for a big project.

YEAH CHIKEZIE (for those of you watching Idol)

Sorry to those who've posted some important stuff and I've missed. . .I'm a loser. . . but I've been thinking about you all.

Gotta spend what little time I have between work and sleep with kidlets. . .just completed a homework battle and now start with showers.

Next few weeks going to be rough but I keep looking past the project and knowing it will end gets me through.

Me an Alli still hanging tough. . .

Enjoy your babies. We won't be going anywhere. Just don't forget where we live now.

Sweet Lord, Clarice. Someone lock Katie in the Romper Room, and pronto.

Don't feel bad Katie. I don't get it either.

 

[bubba's mom]

Well, dang people. So much for not cluttering up the new place. Sheesh. I am caught up for now... until Barb comes back to ketchup on my ketchup... or whatever.

You need ketchup???

I am exhausted. Did all the running around. Easter Bunny is done. Been trying to help Joshua get unstuck on Super Smash Bros and I am NO GOOD at the fighting games. Mario Party I can kick butt on, but the ones where you actually have to kick butt... not so much.

When Janet's son feels better, he can come over and help him....he won a contest for that game

I'm proud of myself today. From the hours of 7am and 3:30pm, I only had three cigarettes at those were at lunch. I'm trying to cut back so I don't have to worry about the smoking ban coming in July and then I'll try to quit completely. But...first things first.

I am proud of yourself today too You're doing it right...small steps and one thing at a time....

youngest DS was feeling yucky last night, came home literally green after skool...stomach virus i suppose. Gave him some immodium & tucked him in on the couch...he's been sleeping for over 2 hours...through the dogs barking, phone ringing...so much sickness still around-weird.

Hope he feels better after a good nite rest....

barb - quality time in the market - who knew? anyone else have a hubby who get frisky when u shop; i get annoyed spending the money on food...where's the fun in that? bubba's going to be a great catch for some lucky girl...a long time in the future (she better like Florida )

not me!!! Had no idea he'd enjoy the store quite that much.... (I think being able to "Heely" around tho had something to do with it ) If my future daughter in law doesn't like FL, she ain't marryin' my kid While upbringing the boy, (teaching him respect, consideration, put the seat down, put your clothes IN the dirty hamper, clean up after yourself, etc....) once in a while I'll say to DH, "our future DIL WILL thank me someday" ..........

Uh...DH hates shopping .... so, answer to the frisky question would be 'no'.....

well, what's up with this month? ran out of money & still bills to pay; into my vacation stash i trudge

ooohhhh noooooo Not dippin' into the vacay stash!

We're actually ahead of the game this month...due to all that OT DH worked couple weeks ago...

Thats great metro you got me beat by 1 and have to say think I am doing good when you consider that by this time of day I usually have 1 pack smoked and started on the second

It's good to see the two of you doing this together...the only "regular" guys here and trying to quit...definately a good support system

Barb, what is the place you work at called? I'll listen for the commercial, they usually have Y102 on at the Post office.

I did get airfare home, it was $168, down from $188. I'm still checking every day, and I'll jump on a cheaper fare for the same flight if it comes up, and then use the credit in October

Malibu Tanning & Body Care Salon in Shelbourne Shopping Center in Exeter. Still shocked we have the only Hydration Station in the area (and apparently we got it from CA?) Our nearest competition is Mt. Penn (next to Blockbuster shopping center) at the Baja Beach Club....but, they just raised their prices....so, we will 'catch up' as far as clients/business ....

Good to hear you got airfare...sounds like a good plan!! With the rate you're paying on the way down...I think you did real good (You know you really can't complain, dontcha? )

I see my sister reading through the boards........

...who will post more often?

OMG! "It will put the lotion in the bucket." I hate horror movies in general, but I totally loved Silence of the Lambs.

sorry...i had never seen that movie

Easter Bunny is done! Easter Bunny ran out of money, so Easter Bunny is done!

I wasn't aware the Easter Bunny even HAD money

Thanks Lawrence...as I said, the only thing I'm trying to do now is not smoking at work w/o it bothering me...then I'll work on quitting. Today wasn't as hard as I thought it would be and hopefully it won't be going forward.

One day atta time.....

 

[tarheelmjfan]

Sorry, if the TV gets a bit loud. March Madness has arrived, & I'm preoccupied. If I go MIA, you'll know there's a game on. I may not see you again till April.

 

[KStarfish82]

...who will post more often?

ME!!!! P-fin will be

!!

 

[ky07]

ME!!!! P-fin will be

!!

 

[bubba's mom]

I hear you cause trust me this is not my first go around with trying to quit and I have been smoking for about almost 25 years so its not like I am going to be able to quit in a few days but I will give it my all and thanks to everyone for the encouragement

Quit for good this time...my Dad was an "on & off again" smoker for more years than that. Out of nowhere he developed lung cancer and died a couple days after surgery....even tho his checkup the year before was clear

I got called for jury duty once for the local (state) and once for federal (downtown Atlanta). I served on the federal case jury and I enjoyed it. Fascinating stuff. A Secret Service agent went undercover after receiving a tip that a telemarketing list man was going bankrupt and trying to sell his information (including credit card numbers) to the highest bidder. Agent was wired when the official transaction went down. That was... 1990 or so? Seemed way cool to me.

So? Was he guilty??? That DOES sound very interesting..... I served on a jury when I was 19 (this was way back when you registered to vote, they snatched ya then ). So, here I am, young, stupid, naive and 19 sitting (for a week) on a jury for a MURDER trial! (Dude ended being innocent of 'murder' charges, but got guilty on assault and stuff like that.)

DH had jury duty today....He was home by 12:30 ... bummer...he was really hoping to get picked for the jury. Altho, it was only shoplifting trial and woulda been over today anyhows..... (He was happy to get the day off [for the most part] with pay tho!)

Not boring at all!

Joshua would LOVE that! He already carries my list and tells me what we need next, then crosses it off after we pick it up. He takes that job VERY seriously. We don't get to scan and bag our own groceries. I bet Bubba had a great time. If he thought it was more fun that spending a few minutes with the vacuum, he MUST have had a great time!

When Buds was little, he'd go to the store with me. I didn't know any other 3 yr. old that knew where most of the stuff was in the store...he knew my routine. When he went to preschool, I would drop him off and then head over to the store...alone. Continued that way for many years....until I started working every day of the work week and Saturday...good thing I have Sundays off.....

Somebody tell me when it is safe to come out.

Come out, come out, wherever you are....

yea, it gets worse.
but the bright side is all crimes done by them before age 18, doesn't go on a permanent record.

that counts jail time also.

in illinois, cases are not releasable with minors on criminal acts.

i have been thru the boys getting suspended before.
it's a real trip.

think of it this way.
15 years from now, no one will care about a grade school suspension.
when people say it goes on your permanent record, don't believe it.


and for the kids that get a few d's in skool, after college, no one cares about high school grades.

I think I am frightened you are so knowledgeable about this

you know you will be missed a whole lot.....

..... i will??

When you run out of money, you're supposed to stop paying bills... right?

You are?!?! whoops!

Been working 11 hour days for a big project.

Gotta spend what little time I have between work and sleep with kidlets. . .just completed a homework battle and now start with showers.

Next few weeks going to be rough but I keep looking past the project and knowing it will end gets me through.

Me an Alli still hanging tough. . .

Sorry to hear you're putting in long hours... Good thing to think optimistic and look for the light at the end of the tunnel! Stay focused and energized by eating healthy!

Sweet Lord, Clarice. Someone lock Katie in the Romper Room, and pronto.

Now THAT i get!!!

I love that so many people are trying to quit smoking. Doncha wish you could shake some sense into those kids who are just starting????
Go Jason!

.......didja get to vote???

I hear ya! I've never seen my kids so anxious to come home and do chores and homework hmmmm....has to be the New Smash Brothers that's got em moving that fast!!!

Welcome to our home pixeegri!! (or do you have another name to use for 'short'?) We just moved in yesterday...there is still probably a bed available....uh...somewhere around here.... Just jump in and chat about anything at any time!!

Are you feeling better? Here's some pixie dust to help you get better soon. Shhh.... Don't tell mom (Mac) I used pixie dust. I'm fresh out of mummy dust till the new stock comes.

Your secret is safe with me....

Janet??? I don't think so!

Wha??? I KNOW you are NOT referring to ME??

Blame Alison...she ain't home

Mom will you make Janet tell us about Landshark? Seems like she's trying to keep that little find to herself. I don't drink beer either, but if it's all that, I just may have to try it. So, spill it Janet!

This is what DH said about the Landshark..... it's a "Margaritaville" brand....it's Jimmy Buffett's Mville beer made in Jacksonville.... (He sez it tastes like Miller )

You don't seriously think I'm going to let that slide do you?

Not much gets by her....

 

[dolPhinlovEr83]

Is that a challenge?? Don't have much fight in me this week, got yearbook deadlines to make...

Maybe next week...

 

[macraven]

I hear ya! I've never seen my kids so anxious to come home and do chores and homework hmmmm....has to be the New Smash Brothers that's got em moving that fast!!!

pulling the red carpet out for pixeegrl.......

welcome to your home away from home.
hope you stay awhile.
we are a nice bunch of homies that loves people.

Katie, was your signature once very similar to Patty's? Her's looks very familiar.







Are you feeling better? Here's some pixie dust to help you get better soon. Shhh.... Don't tell mom (Mac) I used pixie dust. I'm fresh out of mummy dust till the new stock comes.

Mom will you make Janet tell us about Landshark? Seems like she's trying to keep that little find to herself. I don't drink beer either, but if it's all that, I just may have to try it. So, spill it Janet!

out of mummy dust................

don't make me come in there............

janet be a good sissy and tell her about the booze..........

When Janet's son feels better, he can come over and help him....he won a contest for that game


sorry...i had never seen that movie

WHAT.............you have never seen silence of the lambs???

it's one of my favorite movies...

i can recite a lot of it.
give me a bottle and i will.........

 

[dolPhinlovEr83]

Nighty Night all and good luck on your interview tomorrow, Penny!!!

 

[bubba's mom]

I thought when you ran out of money you were supposed to tell your hubby he needs to make more money.

that works too!

Don't feel bad Katie. I don't get it either.

Romper Room = Katie's age (how young she is ).... KFed...who's younger again...you or P-Fin? .....sorry...I forget? (Thinkin' it's Patty....)

Sorry, if the TV gets a bit loud. March Madness has arrived, & I'm preoccupied. If I go MIA, you'll know there's a game on. I may not see you again till April.

So we know where to find Jodie too then? April isn't really that far away....

ME!!!! P-fin will be

!!

Uh oh...it's ON!!!

 

[macraven]

ME!!!! P-fin will be

!!

you think so?
are you gonna arm wrestle over that?

DH had jury duty today....He was home by 12:30 ... bummer...he was really hoping to get picked for the jury. Altho, it was only shoplifting trial and woulda been over today anyhows..... (He was happy to get the day off [for the most part] with pay tho!)[/COLOR][/SIZE]

I think I am frightened you are so knowledgeable about this




..... i will??

i was hoping mr bubba would get on a jury..
maybe next time.....he would have fun with it.


yes, i have lots of stories about the sons.
some are not bragging ones as you can guess.
i can remember the time when they were 11 -10- 8 years old and had a couple of friends spend the night on a friday.

they did some things on the phone and made one of their teachers think they were being abducted by a stranger but got away and was hiding in the dumpster at skool.

that was around 3 in the morning.

i don't know why that teacher had to call the police for their help.
i guess she really believed them...



upsetting thing for me is we live across the street from the skool that they said they were at............






another reason for jodie not to multiply

 

[macraven]

got the internet running correctly now, went for the burger king run of the night for one son, about ready to spend time on the threads and realize it is time for forensic files.


i'll be back..........

i said that in my arnold schwenaggier voice.......did i fool you?
i know, did not spell the name right...

 

[bubba's mom]

out of mummy dust................

Wasn't me! Wasn't me! I didn't tell her...she found out on her own....

WHAT.............you have never seen silence of the lambs???

it's one of my favorite movies...

i can recite a lot of it.
give me a bottle and i will.........

Is that a challenge?? Don't have much fight in me this week, got yearbook deadlines to make...

Maybe next week...

 

[KStarfish82]

Patty is younger than me by 11 months.

I will WIN........