Mac - actually we're just enough further north I guess that we haven't had the flooding. I guess from Appleton (about 30 min south) and south - especially Oshkosh and Fond du Lac, things are really bad. We didn't even get any rain today - for a change! I know they're predicting it again for tonight and tomorrow though.
Why didn't they just let you put your meds through the scanner again rather than throw them out? Maybe I'm not understanding. When we flew out to Boston, Matt had a water bottle that had some water in it and they took it and refused to let him empty it out or go through again with it. (He was particularly upset about this because, get this, the expiration date on the bottle would be his and GF's 2 year anniversary so he'd been re-using it for awhile!). When we flew home out of Boston, one of the other kids had a regular (non-disposable) water bottle that had apple juice in it from breakfast that they were supposed to throw out. When I asked if there was any way we could have the bottle back, the TSA agent went and emptied it out and gave it back to me.
So I guess the rules weren't very consistent.
Hi everyone else! It's a hectic soccer weekend. Two games last night, games today at 10, 2, 3, and 6 and Matt refereed two games at 9 and 11:30. Tomorrow games at noon and 3. Not a lot of time to catch up at home. Stephen has a bunch of friends sleeping over so of course that makes it even more hectic (and loud!).
Catch you all later!
marcie, when i fly out of o'hare, they enforce the rules to the T.
if anything is confiscated, you can't have it back.
my mouth ran as my prescriptions were very costly and i could not replace them while i was on my vacation.
they told me i could go thru but without my medications.
i argued, they called a supervisor and i was escorted out of the building.
the tsa people can refuse admittance to anyone if they act snarky i guess.
how horrible the son lost the bottle almost. it was good they let him empty it and go thru again.
dates are so important to teens.
mac....i don't think they CAN throw meds out.... and exactly what difference did it make whether it was on the belt or not? just like you have to take your laptop out and put it in the bin separate...I don't get that?
Marcie...they don't let bottles of more than 3oz. thru security...whether they are full of liquid, empty or almost empty. They don't go by the "3oz liquid" rule, more like the "3oz bottle size". You were lucky to get the other bottle back. I think I came home with an empty waterbottle (8oz) from the HardRock last year 
Mac....sendin' YOU the ark next 
tsa guidelines state you can not keep certain items hidden from open view of the tsa xray employees. they consider medicine in a purse and not on the belt a violation of trying to get an item thru inspection at o'hare airport security.
yea, i didn't realize that until i read what they showed me.
all meds should be in a plastic type baggie and placed on the counter belt for tsa view.
so i was wrong but the second time i went thru, i had it out of my purse for viewing. then it was okay. like i said, o'hare enforces all the rules.
if you refuse to remove your shoes, it is a body search.
one of my boys decided to be an idiot and said he was too tired to take his shoes off and relace them up again.
he went to a private room for body inspection.....
i laughed............
he passed the inspection..
you got a new tag.........and our location has been colorized....
Hi Penny! How's things going for ya?
i'm not penny but i am fine.......
what he said. Also, if you have a bottle that is more than 3oz., but almost empty (and obviously LESS than 3oz. in it), they will still take it. They go by what is written on the bottle (what size it is)....NOT HOW MUCH is left IN the bottle 
Hope everything/one is okay. We are set for the 10th....Dragons and/or Hulk?? Was going to invite Robert too...he's from Ireland and will be staying at RPR too. I have to do the coaster(s) [Hulk] with his wife Lily..... I can set up a coaster-meet for the 10th if ya want 
...i'm not bored....got a ton of stuff to do....wanna help? 
We only use about 300-400 gallons a year...then again, we replaced our furnace in 2002 and our windows a couple years later too....so, we got all energy efficient around here....saved us 1 tank of oil a year...not bad. Now that you got the coal stove, you watch.....you'll have a record warmth winter (not that you'd complain or anything....) 
