Something About Nothing..........#6

[macraven]

well, i'm typing with one eye open and one shut........
so that is kind of like typing like shatner also....eh..

 

[RAPstar]

Mac, you get me so well

 

[macraven]

 

[macraven]

Good Morning Homies.


Finally, it's Friday..........

 

[minniejack]

Hey - look what the cat dragged in - it's me! Yeah, I haven't been around much because we've been SO busy. We leave tomorrow for Boston & skiing in Vermont. I'll try to keep up with the thread, but certainly won't be responding much.

Had a rough day yesterday. Eric got 4 warts on his hand lasered with involved using a long needle to go under each one and numb it first. Then I got to rush over to a different doc with Matt. His thumb was all red and swollen and, evidently, infected. So I next got to watch them slice and dice it to get (this is the technical term the doctor used) the "nasties" out! A fun morning of watching my sons get tortured.

Came home to a note from the school district telling me that Eric is truant for the year since he's missed more than 10 days of school. Well, I doubt that he's missed much more than 10 HOURS of school, but evidently according to their policy they spelled out for me "missing any portion of the school day constitutes an absence for that day"! So all the times I pulled him out of gym or band first hour (he has study hall second hour) to go to the ortho or get his warts treated counted as full days of missed school. Tell me that makes sense. The letter gave no guidance as to what this signified, other than to tell us that we need to watch his absences carefully in the future!

Off to do more packing now that I've turned in my absence form to Mac for the next week! Don't want to be marked truant!

This is all part of the No Child Left Behind Act. Schools make these rules to look like they are conforming to the law. I know in our district that if you have a doctor's excuse then they won't count it against you--call the doctor and see if he/she will get you copies to turn in.

 

[tlinus]

It's Friday Homies!!!!

Villanova moves on - whoot!!

Let's go Temple!!


oh - and HAPPY SPRING!!

 

[avic77]

'ello all
Ms. Macraven (I always feel the need to add Ms. in front of her name for some reason) invited me over to make friends
Im not good with these general chitchat threads. I never know what to chit chat about .

So for chit chat i'll add:
Tomorrow is my 13th wedding anniversary

 

[marciemi]

This is all part of the No Child Left Behind Act. Schools make these rules to look like they are conforming to the law. I know in our district that if you have a doctor's excuse then they won't count it against you--call the doctor and see if he/she will get you copies to turn in.

Welcome avic!!!

Guess I'm the only one around now so I'll welcome you, but I'm sure Mac will be here with the official welcome wagon!

Minnie - I agree with you. What triggered this is that he is one of only two middle school students in our city to make the Youth Orchestra program. Monday they were off all day putting on concerts at the University for elementary school kids from around the area. Guess that was the absence that broke the camel's back, so to say. We always turn in the slip they give you from the orthodontist when he goes back, but I guess I never got one from the wart doctor! (yeah, that sounds like a good title!).

So what are they going to do? Hold him back? This is the kid who is number 1 in his class, taking 6 of his 7 classes at the high school (everything but gym) and will be in 2 AP classes next year as a freshman. Yeah - go ahead. Hold him back. Then senior year he can spend the entire school day taking classes at the local college (which he'll probably already be doing his normal senior year, so MORE classes) that the state can pay for instead of me! Works for me!

Well, I'm off to pack the car. We're doing the exciting drive to Milwaukee, followed by the 20 minute flight to Chicago, then a long flight to Boston. I priced just driving into Chicago instead, and that cost 3 times as much! After my husband and oldest son drop us off, they'll drive from Milwaukee to Madison to see our high school basketball play in the state championships. They won last night (and they got back home about 1am!) so this is the semifinals (4 teams left), which is the furthest our school has ever made it. Go Pirates!!!

 

[macraven]

to the newest homie:

avic77 (aka Victoria)



dang, she must be from the south.
she gave me a title......

the only other homie here that has a title is keishashadow and hers is Empress


we hope you hang around for awhile, come and go as you wish but be sure to close the door so the cats don't get out.....

we chit chat, talk about our trip, our kids, make jokes, etc
i'm glad you are a part of us now.


others will bring out the welcome mat to you also.

homies pop in and out here and sometimes i have to count noses to see who is MIA........


congratulations on your up coming anniversary.
13 years is great. makes you know it is ever lasting.
hope you can celebrate the event with out kids tomorrow.


i'll send jodie to babysit for you.
she has a real thing with kids...

i guess by now you have discovered what the rest of us have.

marriage is more than a sentence......

if you don't get what i said, i'll explain later.

 

[macraven]

Welcome avic!!!

Guess I'm the only one around now so I'll welcome you, but I'm sure Mac will be here with the official welcome wagon!




Well, I'm off to pack the car. We're doing the exciting drive to Milwaukee, followed by the 20 minute flight to Chicago, then a long flight to Boston. I priced just driving into Chicago instead, and that cost 3 times as much! After my husband and oldest son drop us off, they'll drive from Milwaukee to Madison to see our high school basketball play in the state championships. They won last night (and they got back home about 1am!) so this is the semifinals (4 teams left), which is the furthest our school has ever made it. Go Pirates!!!

hey, i can hop in my and be at the milwaukee airport in 33 minutes.
we could do coffee..........

or i could see you at gate 3 terminal 2 at ohare.

take you pick but you are buying the coffee........



have a great time in boston.
don't come back with an accent.



i always have the hardest time understanding that accent.

 

[Metro West]

Happy Friday all!

 

[macraven]

victoria, there is another gal on this thread that home schools.
that is tamie tu tu or affectionately known as the taminator......


hopefully she will drop by this weekend
she will be thrilled to find another family that home schools.

 

[macraven]

Happy Friday all!

i over slept this morning cause you didn't do the "good morning" to wake me up



good thing is i'm not working today

are you doing sea world this weekend?


we missed you yesterday metro

 

[Metro West]

i over slept this morning cause you didn't do the "good morning" to wake me up



good thing is i'm not working today

are you doing sea world this weekend?


we missed you yesterday metro

Sorry...I was actually busy at work this morning.

I probably will go over to one of the parks this Sunday...I have to do some of the yard work tomorrow that I've been putting off. My flower bed looks like the jungle has taken over.

 

[marciemi]

hey, i can hop in my and be at the milwaukee airport in 33 minutes.
we could do coffee..........

or i could see you at gate 3 terminal 2 at ohare.

take you pick but you are buying the coffee........

You're welcome to stop by if you love airports that much! You could probably make the drive between them as well and beat us there! I still have your phone numbers in my cell (assuming they haven't changed since the last time we met up!). We'll be hitting Milwaukee around 2pm (maybe a bit later). We only have a little over an hour layover in Chicago, so I don't think that would be enough time to get through security and socialize both!

Really, though, you don't need to. I'll have two tired, cranky teenage boys with me, which should be enough to scare anyone off! Hopefully we'll make it down to Six Flags again this summer and can meet up then!

 

[macraven]

ok, six flags it is but not when it is

 

[avic77]

to the newest homie:

avic77 (aka Victoria)



dang, she must be from the south. Yep, deep southwest Alabama
she gave me a title......

the only other homie here that has a title is keishashadow and hers is Empress


we hope you hang around for awhile, come and go as you wish but be sure to close the door so the cats don't get out.....

we chit chat, talk about our trip, our kids, make jokes, etc
i'm glad you are a part of us now.


others will bring out the welcome mat to you also.

homies pop in and out here and sometimes i have to count noses to see who is MIA........


congratulations on your up coming anniversary.
13 years is great. makes you know it is ever lasting.
hope you can celebrate the event with out kids tomorrow. No idea what we are doing tomorrow. We went out last weekend so we might be staying in. Though last weekend was NOT an anniversary date IMO


i'll send jodie to babysit for you.
she has a real thing with kids...

i guess by now you have discovered what the rest of us have.

marriage is more than a sentence......

if you don't get what i said, i'll explain later.Okay you gotta explain... the redhair isnt to far off blonde and sometimes I just dont get things

BTW I really am a redheaded step child

 

[donaldduck352]

Good Friday afternoon all!!


And A

To another homie on the SAN thread!!!

 

[RVGal]

Who is Dario Franchitti??

Ooo... Ooo... I know this one! He drove the Target Dodge for awhile last year in Nascar, but he is mainly an open wheel (Indy) driver. He is married to Ashley Judd and is a hottie (but you probably don't care about that part ).

I remember when truant meant skipping class to go hang out and generally cause trouble, not being taken to the MD by your parents. Schools need to focus more on education and safety than what parents do with their children.

Off my soap box.

Is there room on that soap box for me? I'll join you.

'ello all
Ms. Macraven (I always feel the need to add Ms. in front of her name for some reason) invited me over to make friends
Im not good with these general chitchat threads. I never know what to chit chat about .

So for chit chat i'll add:
Tomorrow is my 13th wedding anniversary

If you are a friend of mac's then you are a friend of mine.

Minnie - I agree with you. What triggered this is that he is one of only two middle school students in our city to make the Youth Orchestra program. Monday they were off all day putting on concerts at the University for elementary school kids from around the area. Guess that was the absence that broke the camel's back, so to say. We always turn in the slip they give you from the orthodontist when he goes back, but I guess I never got one from the wart doctor! (yeah, that sounds like a good title!).

So what are they going to do? Hold him back? This is the kid who is number 1 in his class, taking 6 of his 7 classes at the high school (everything but gym) and will be in 2 AP classes next year as a freshman. Yeah - go ahead. Hold him back. Then senior year he can spend the entire school day taking classes at the local college (which he'll probably already be doing his normal senior year, so MORE classes) that the state can pay for instead of me! Works for me!

Marcie, I got one of those letters too. Signed by the pricipal and everything. Oooh. Like I'm really scared now. I took the letter in and said, "Hi. Remember me? I'm the mother you had to call in because the ambulance was here to transport my son when he was having a seizure in class. He has epilepsy. He sees doctors, has tests, and has seizures that cause him to miss school. I always attach the doctors (or hospitals) note to his absenses. What is up with this?"

She told me it is a standard form letter, generated by computer automatically when the child misses X number of days, and to feel free to throw it away. She knows perfectly well the situation my son is in.

Stupid waste 'o my time.

 

[ky07]

Good afternoon Homies