Barb - That's it. BLAME ELMER.
I hope the homework isn't too tough on you guys. Mine is still of the "write your name using a capital letter at the beginning and the rest lower case" variety. I'm not looking forward to the real stuff when it hits.
Your family has enuf 'bad' news right now..... Anyhow...why take the blame all myself?? 
You KNOW you're just as guilty As far as the homework thing.....seems 3rd grade is when they 'step it up'...past 2 years was just a page of math for homework....now we're doing social studies, reading, cursive, math, etc..... Really emphasizing the 'reading' too......so, taking longer these days....ah, the joys of things to come.... 
A little too much free time 
...but, thanks for keepin' us in the loop....and keep postin' woman! Get that post count up! 
Barb - thanks, i was almost ready to walk out of the salon when she tried to tell me my natural hair was too dark to go light; finally saw it my way I suppose. I think she was just being cheap w/the bowls of color. Cannot remember the product she uses, know it's not clariol. Kept saying it didn't have bleach in it; so how can it lighten hair...whatever, all worked out. Funny thing is i think some of the younger stylists (her wealthy parents set her up in business right out of beauty school) only want to do what they think is cool/current? Had the nerve to tell me the hairstyle i picked out of the beauty book was an "old lady cut"
More CP later today, i hope.
...and yes, it won't lighten your hair without having bleach in it. Difference is professional bleach is conditioned and buffered, so it's not like we are putting clorox on yer head Sometimes hair IS too dark to go that light, but, uh, hello? You HAVE pictures with it that light....I think you're right in assuming they are just lazy ....(the darker the hair, the longer it takes to lift)...so, they are spending more time on you....OR, she just didn't feel like doin it! I yelled at him and told him to hike his butt up to the front of the park and do them!! (Apparently they headed toward KidZone for the Barney and WW coaster first!) So, hopefully they are doing them right now....can't believe they skipped them! I'm gonna beat his butt when he gets home.... 
Great. Oh, but to be absolutely sure, they have to suck THREE VIALS of blood out of my arm to run a full panel. I'm on a prescription iron supplement already and we'll see if this helps. 
Guess the trip is finally, officially, over!
Janet- So now you are just going to blend my name with Tracie's so you'll always be at least half right?
We had torrential downpours and tornado warnings. All of the parkways were flooded!! 
I'm sorry to hear that ...I was reading and crying too.... If it seems odd your pup would go outside like that, maybe it DID mean something Either way, no more suffering, but, still not easy. I don't envy you at this time, but I know how you feel and sending you "the love" 
...figure it out on yer own and throw yer money away. (If I'd helped, I'd let them know the parks were closing at 5 cuz of HHN tonite 
and if they would have gone yesterday, they would have had 2 extra hours..... )...but, they make good money and she's home during the week and she said she was researchin'....so, I figured she had it all figured out.... When she stopped by here to give us her lottery slips (so we could get their numbers for them while they were gone) I mentioned something about how her triplets will feel so special walking around WDW with their "First Visit" 'badges' on....she was like wha? ....I was like You don't know to go to Town Hall and get yourself one of those? So, let 'em waste time and money and when they come home and complain, I'll tell 'em "told ya you shoulda asked me".....
My old pup died a few months ago, so I know how hard it can be. When it's their time, it's their time.
so hard when our furry babies pass, hope you remember all the joy he brought your family and the hurt goes away soon. I have several seniors in my family of pets nearing 20; it shall be a sad time. ; evidently, it did get dinged but, visibly okay. He pulled over to check; isolated bit of road & no houses for miles. He took it off to side of road; by the time he went back to his car it was back on the highway. Yes, he brought it home. No, i didn't keep it; already have 2 dogs & 3 cats. Fed it, watched it for a few hours & it seemed okay; ate like a horse. 
We wracked our brains & DS finally thought of a friend who lost his mom a few months ago, only he & his brother in a big old house. They were thrilled to have such a cute 'lil black kittie. 
; i'm afraid it shall be Elmer & Stacie for me...alliteration gets me every time ; how can you go every years & waste all that money ? Got a mailer yesterday from Salon, new tanning beds; she mentions the product "Scruples Blazing"
forgot to mention, good luck on the anemia; those iron pills are biggies. NASCAR fans look like a clean cut bunch to me; who would've guess they're such a scurvy lot. jk. I'd be offended too if i were a fan. What were they thinking?
right now! Do you have any kids who are coping with this right now too? That was the hardest part for us. The cats are older than any of the kids so it never occurred to them that they wouldn't be around forever.
Elmer
This will make your blood boil. Government has interns studying NASCAR races to determine strategies for national defense/terrorism, etc. They are recommending that they receive 5 different innoculations (Hep A & B, Tetnus, Flu & Diptheria).
Today show reports great offense from officials/fans. Much higher recommendation that those government employees assigned to 3rd world countries.
They had the senator (Mississippi?) who stands by the committee's recommendation; no aplogies given...got a feeling there's going to be some backpedaling in a hurry once word gets out...let us know!
Didn't understand one bit of that!
