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

[marciemi]

Thanks for the replies. Right now I'm leaning towards the "No way! I'd go crazy" mindset, but we'll see. Lori - I really wouldn't worry about them being away. Matt flew to Colorado (alone) for camp for a week when he was 12 and to NY for a week when he was 11. (Both for soccer camps). Those were all by himself, without anyone he knew. This would be (teenagers first of all) with friends and school teachers we know in a place we're familiar with.

My issue would be surviving the bus ride, and rooming. If I have to share a room with 3 other chaperones, I don't think I could do it. One other - okay. Guess I could ask that! The band director said that basically he's never had a parent come home from one of these trips saying "Wow, that was fun!"

Okay, finally - those snow pics I promised. I'm trying a smaller photo size since the others keep coming up huge. First - what the backyard looked like in the early morning:

Then, by the time I left for work around 10:30, it was already starting to melt - you can see a few blades of grass peeking through. In case you're wondering, by this afternoon it's all completely melted!

Edited to add - okay, I give up on photobucket. I reduced them to a small photo size, and on the site they come up about 2x3 inches. I don't know why they're huge here!

 

[dolPhinlovEr83]

Very quiet night...is everyone hiding under the covers with Barb???

Well, have a great night homies!!!

 

[RAPstar]

i'm still here. i had starbucks on the way home so i'm wired. coffee flavored frappucino. oddly enough, the coffee-ish aftertaste i usually experience with frapp's was oddly absent. mybe cause it was coffee flavored coffee

 

[macraven]

Marcie - I did it once with each child. I had a great experience each time. Went to DC with one and Toronto with the other. I'd do it if I was you. Bring noise cancelling headphones on the bus! They were definately worth the $$.

When we went to Toronto, the drinking age was 18. (I don't know what it is now.) One of the activities for the kids was a baseball game. Two of the boys decided they would skip out during the game, buy a case of beer and drop it off at the hotel, returning before the game ended. Well.....they got lost, and didn't make it back before the game ended. Security was tearing apart the stadium looking for these kids. The police were called, the kids parents were called. It was pretty scarey for awhile. After about 45 minutes, the kids called the band conductor to say they were lost. It wasn't funny then, but is now! They ended up suspended from school for a while.

well, did they get to drink the beer?

 

[macraven]

i watched AI tonight........i wasn't as impressed as i was last year when they did the Give Back program.



2.5 hours of sitting ............whew



an hour ago i had to go to the store and fix up dinner for a son.

stuck it in the fridge, he can use the microwave.


just now finished ketchuping on the thread here.


looks like everyone else was watching AI also tonight.............



andy, are you still here?

 

[Cdn Friends of Pooh]

i'm still here. i had starbucks on the way home so i'm wired. coffee flavored frappucino. oddly enough, the coffee-ish aftertaste i usually experience with frapp's was oddly absent. mybe cause it was coffee flavored coffee

I usually get the Caramel Macchiato, Caramel Frappuccino, the White Hot Chocolate or the Double Chocolaty Chip Frappuccino (which is my most favorite ... yummy)

 

[Cdn Friends of Pooh]

well, did they get to drink the beer?

i watched AI tonight........i wasn't as impressed as i was last year when they did the Give Back program.

2.5 hours of sitting ............whew

looks like everyone else was watching AI also tonight.............

I actually forgot it was on ...

 

[macraven]

bonny, you didn't miss much then.


i was disappointed in this years give back program.



btw, i only drink my coffee black...


no nothing in it.

just black and strong

 

[RAPstar]

i'm here. browsing the threads some. i tend to get obssessive over big events (i almost drove the BF crazy last yr with my trip to visit him while he was living in Las Vegas (it's a long distance thing for now, in case you're wondering)). Wow....double parentheses twice in one day. Maybe doing the sudoku in the newpaper everyday is making my brain work better.

 

[RAPstar]

btw, i only drink my coffee black...


no nothing in it.

just black and strong

the way you like your men? sorry, old bad joke i couldn't pass up!!

 

[macraven]

i'm here. browsing the threads some. i tend to get obssessive over big events (i almost drove the BF crazy last yr with my trip to visit him while he was living in Las Vegas (it's a long distance thing for now, in case you're wondering)). Wow....double parentheses twice in one day. Maybe doing the sudoku in the newpaper everyday is making my brain work better.

honey, you can double parentheses with me anytime........

you can't drive me crazy...nothing bothers me.

the way you like your men? sorry, old bad joke i couldn't pass up!!

no, all my friends say that line .....

when i order coffee that is...

 

[RAPstar]

honey, you can double parentheses with me anytime........

you can't drive me crazy...nothing bothers me.

that's good, cause I expect we'll be spending quite some time together next yr at HHN (BTW, let me know when you start planning next yrs trip so I can (hopefully) let my super. know and get the vacation request in early (if she lets me)). OMG, I've topped myself. That was a triple!!!

no, all my friends say that line .....

when i order coffee that is...

well, i'd hope so, or Mr.Mac would wonder what you were up to........not that he doesn't anyway

 

[Cdn Friends of Pooh]

bonny, you didn't miss much then.

i was disappointed in this years give back program.

I was looking forward to watching it but now don't feel so bad that I missed it.

the way you like your men? sorry, old bad joke i couldn't pass up!!

 

[macraven]

mr mac thinks my friends in the box are invisible.

he laughs...........



and he doesn't understand the thrill of a tag........




i think i am going twice next year for hhn.

i will do the columbus day weekend for a 4 nighter for hhn.


and if bonny and lee invite me, i'll go to their renewal vows..........which will be on the 31st i believe.

 

[macraven]

I was looking forward to watching it but now don't feel so bad that I missed it.

this year it didn't touch me enough to call up and give money.



i kept thinking, look at all these celebs, are they giving???


last year ellen did the show in part and she announced on live tv that she was giving and said the amount.
then she encouraged other celebs to give.

i read that the 3 judges gave their nights salary tonight to the fund.

 

[Cdn Friends of Pooh]

that's good, cause I expect we'll be spending quite some time together next yr at HHN (BTW, let me know when you start planning next yrs trip so I can (hopefully) let my super. know and get the vacation request in early (if she lets me)).

Would it help if we called and told her that you absolutely can't miss it ??

 

[Cdn Friends of Pooh]

mr mac thinks my friends in the box are invisible.

if bonny and lee invite me, i'll go to their renewal vows..........which will be on the 31st i believe.

Actually we'll be doing it before the 31st - we'll be down the columbus day weekend too - and are more likely to be able to do what we want to do when it's not as busy ... the 31st will be too crazy

 

[RAPstar]

Would it help if we called and told her that you absolutely can't miss it ??

or kidnap me.......that works to, tho I don't think ill get it paid for (paid vacations rock!!)

mr mac thinks my friends in the box are invisible.

he laughs...........



and he doesn't understand the thrill of a tag........

egads woman!! how ever do u survive??

i think i am going twice next year for hhn.

i will do the columbus day weekend for a 4 nighter for hhn.


and if bonny and lee invite me, i'll go to their renewal vows..........which will be on the 31st i believe.

this year or 2009? i was invited to sing remember. if i can swing it. FYI it takes me 8 months to pick 1 song .......i'm that finnicky

 

[Cdn Friends of Pooh]

this year or 2009? i was invited to sing remember. if i can swing it. FYI it takes me 8 months to pick 1 song .......i'm that finnicky

yep 2009 ... and yes you are invited to sing - but remember we'll be doing this at Halloween Horror Nights

and of course you are invited Mac ... wouldn't be the same without you!

 

[macraven]

Actually we'll be doing it before the 31st - we'll be down the columbus day weekend too - and are more likely to be able to do what we want to do when it's not as busy ... the 31st will be too crazy

does this mean i am really really and truly invited!!


i love the columbus day weekend.
hhn last year was on the 4 days for that extended weekend.

the bumps are usually worked out for bill and teds and scare zones by that time so that is another reason it is my fave time.

i used to go opening weekend but its only on friday and saturday, no sunday.
two days is not enough for me.

and, i just don't get the feel as much for it when it starts late september.

i thought i read on csw that lee posted about doing vow renewals on your anniversary date. maybe i mis read it. it was sometime back that was posted and i could have confused the dates too.