Something about Nothing, come join in........ Part 2

[keishashadow]

LETS GO RED SOX!

Game 7 tonight. Rocks vs Sox in the World Series, please. I beg ye, Baseball Gods, make it Happen!

let it be said, let it be written!
drug myself to church this am, put in a good word for ya

jaws DH spent years on a carrier-in the Navy ; i was ascared to cruise. Had bouts of vertigo & motion sickness years ago; got Rx for the patch & i was a pro! We had thought about cruising from NY, baltimore or norfolk. None are a pleasant drive imo crazzzzy drivers; think i'd rather go with norfolk (not much running out of that port ). I had the bright idea once when driving home of skipping the crappy PA turnpike & cutting over on 68 (66? cannot remember); even bigger mistake lol. Didn't realize it was more of an expressway, hit heavy local traffic & fogbanks in the mts.

penny - good calls! Did you know that comping on ice is a classic sign of iron deficiency/anemia (that & eating dirt)? I used to be territorial over the ice cubes in our house once i got that problem fixed i lost that nasty habit.

barb - tell santa to hit black friday! i'm still puffy, not sure what's up with the allergies this fall.

 

[goofy!]

LETS GO RED SOX!

Game 7 tonight. Rocks vs Sox in the World Series, please. I beg ye, Baseball Gods, make it Happen!

Just remember....

It's ROCKTOBER ​

Rox Sox sounds like a great matchup. I will root for your team tonight!

 

[goofy!]

Ever have one of those days?

If anybody likes sudden extremes of weather, they should come to Colorado.
Yesterday, I was at Ds's football game in shorts and a tanktop. I woke up to it snowing.

We have our big taping this afternoon with NBC nightly news for DD's cheer team. So of course, I wake up to...

DS11 not being able to open his eye - pink eye
Did I mention it is snowing?
Went to put DD's practice uniform in the washer and the 1 year old front loading washer won't lock the door. So, no washing machine.

Wish us luck and cross your fingers nothing else goes wrong. We leave in an hour.

 

[bubba's mom]

let it be said, let it be written......drug myself to church this am, put in a good word for ya

thanks

I had the bright idea once when driving home of skipping the crappy PA turnpike & cutting over on 68 (66? cannot remember); even bigger mistake lol. Didn't realize it was more of an expressway, hit heavy local traffic & fogbanks in the mts.

whoops!!...live & learn

penny - good calls! Did you know that comping on ice is a classic sign of iron deficiency/anemia (that & eating dirt)? I used to be territorial over the ice cubes in our house once i got that problem fixed i lost that nasty habit.

I used to eat ice too....till I discovered how "dirty" it is..... Ice is extremely dirty and if you had seen what I've seen, you wouldn't even order it in drinks....

barb - tell santa to hit black friday! i'm still puffy, not sure what's up with the allergies this fall.

Have you tried Benadryl and allergy meds??? What is the big problem?? mold??? I hope it gets better in a jif! Oh and I haveta work Black Friday ...BUT, not till later in the morning AND Bubba gets to come to work with me (no skool, no sitter ) Believe it or not, Black Friday is usually a very busy day for me....makea lotsa $$

Yesterday, I was at Ds's football game in shorts and a tanktop. I woke up to it snowing.

Couldn't handle that!!!! Unreal!

We have our big taping this afternoon with NBC nightly news for DD's cheer team. So of course, I wake up to...

DS11 not being able to open his eye - pink eye
Did I mention it is snowing?
Went to put DD's practice uniform in the washer and the 1 year old front loading washer won't lock the door. So, no washing machine.

Wish us luck and cross your fingers nothing else goes wrong. We leave in an hour.

lotsa luck...it can only improve from here on out Let us know when the show airs....I wanna see you Get on camera and mention Dis Try to have a better day

 

[keishashadow]

i'm usually dead tired on Black Friday, seems like i just get the leftovers put away & shoo out the guests & it's time to shop 'til we drop...cannot imagine getting a beauty treatment. Unless, it's all those deer widows with money burning a hole in their pocket lol

i haven't visited my PCP for almost 2 years ; even had DH ask for the sea-sickness patch when he went for checkup this week (i owe him ). Switched docs, he seemed ok @ 1st; then nothing but new Rxs & tests...i don't take any thing he's prescribed anymore & feel swell. I haven't a clue what i'm allergic to, was never a big deal before; just minor seasonal & the whole cat hair issue (i've got 3) long as i wash my hands after touching them i'm okay; not the last month though...oh well.

off to try & catch goofy on the news, think i'll tape it instead

 

[RVGal]

I'm here, but I'm tired... again...

Had to entertain in laws for a few hours to celebrate their anniversary. It's still weird to me that we have to get them a card and gift (or take them to dinner or something) for their anniversary, but I've adapted and now know what is expected of me. So, I was entertaining big sis and her family yesterday... in laws today... and now I've got to tackle all the stuff I would have normally done.

Joshua has managed to bust through the knees of another pair of jeans. I have watched the child. He doesn't walk on his knees. He doesn't crawl on his hands and knees. Why do I have 10 zillion pairs of jeans with no knees?

Brad has managed to bust through another pair of shoes. He will only wear New Balance black walking shoes. Why I don't know, but it looks like I've got a shopping trip in my near future.

Maybe I'll manage to get myself a haircut while I'm busy taking care of everyone else's stuff.

 

[bubba's mom]

After all that entertainin', you deserve a shopping trip! Oh, and the knees...it's a "boy" thing it just happens.... (Bubba usually outgrows 'em before havin' a chance to blow th' knees

Janet....Michele's DD was taping today...airing next week.... Hopefully she'll let us know when

 

[bubba's mom]

Almost forgot.......

Congrats on 9000 posts Janet!!!

 

[the Dark Marauder]

Just remember....

It's ROCKTOBER ​

Rox Sox sounds like a great matchup. I will root for your team tonight!

That's the whole point. Oh, the puns and signs you will see. "<i>Rock</i> the Sox" "Sock the Rocks", and whatnot.

Also it would be my dad's team (Sox) vs Ad's team (rocks). Me? I'll just be watching neutrally.

Ever have one of those days?

If anybody likes sudden extremes of weather, they should come to Colorado.
Yesterday, I was at Ds's football game in shorts and a tanktop. I woke up to it snowing.

I was in Denver earlier this year.

 

[keishashadow]

9,000 big ones baby...that's a whole lotta bs-ing

well, i'm glad to hear it's next week! taped it then realized that we didn't get the national news tonight because...

Its a football night in Denver




forgot this tidbit, after the football game yesterday, the collective Rooney family (owners of the Steelers & grandparents of the other team's QB) made a bee-line to limo parked beside the field & their private plane to jet out to Denver/lifestyles of the rich & famous. we had to walk up the hill to the upper parking lot...maybe in my next life?

elmer - you r a good DIL and an even better wife to go with the flow. I never cashed in one the Sears Kids Club guarantee as my sons always managed to outgrow their clothing before it wore out...sounds like it was made for your 'lil guy (they replace the item). Might want to check it out

 

[goofy!]

Its a football night in Denver

This is going to be painful! Especially since Champ Bailey is out for tonight's game.

We did give our tickets to our much crazier niece. It is COLD out here tonight.

-Michele

 

[goofy!]

That's the whole point. Oh, the puns and signs you will see. "<i>Rock</i> the Sox" "Sock the Rocks", and whatnot.

Also it would be my dad's team (Sox) vs Ad's team (rocks). Me? I'll just be watching neutrally.

The signs would certainly be interesting

Rockies put their WS tickets on sale tomorrow at 10am MDT. It is all being done online. I will be online with a laptop and the desktop at 9:59.

They said on our news tonight that the tickets will be harder to get and more valuable if the Sox win.


As for boys going through the knees in pants, I think there is a genetic marker on that Y chromosome that knees automatically burn holes in any kind of jeans.

Congrats too on the 9,000 posts!

 

[marciemi]

Okay Jaws (Do you have a friendlier name you'd prefer we call you by?), these are the links to my webshots pics in case you'd be interested in showing your DH cruise pics. They're from Princess with my DH in 2003 and my mom in 2004 and from Royal Caribbean with the whole family in 2004. We're huge aft balcony fans as you'll figure out from looking at the pics. When my mom and I booked our cruise, we just basically looked for whatever ship had one available the week we were planning on and that's how the itinerary was chosen! DH & I are contemplating booking a cruise for our 20th anniversary as well in 2008 - when's yours? Ours is May 27th, but we probably wouldn't cruise until November.

Grand Princess aft pics:

http://travel.webshots.com/album/102025550UlWCMW

Grand Princess general cruise pics:

http://travel.webshots.com/album/102026838Svperw

Diamond Princess aft/cabin pics:

http://travel.webshots.com/album/231290997lPryJu

Diamond Princess general cruise pics (2 albums):

http://travel.webshots.com/album/231303732zFgcag

http://travel.webshots.com/album/231328488DLmfsM

Voyager of the Seas aft/cabin pics:

http://travel.webshots.com/album/192732222bfOzJt

Voyager of the Seas general cruise pics:

http://travel.webshots.com/album/192329302AAupPp

Why would I do it? Simply for the food! I love the "eating out" as much as you want thing more than anything about cruises. Yes it's fun to visit different ports, do various excursions, etc., but for me it's probably mostly about the food. We aren't into as much stuff in general on cruises - we love sitting on the balcony, relaxing and watching the water go by. But we love eating out and on a cruise you can do it twice a day with multicourse meals. Breakfast we tend to eat light so we can enjoy lunch and dinner, so it's easy to just grab a little and relax on the balcony while you eat.

But the great thing about cruises is that you can do as much or as little as you want. Folks like us can rest on their balconies 20 hours a day (yes, we even slept on them sometimes!) and eat the rest. But when we went with the kids, we pretty much did non-stop activites instead. Ice skating, rollerblading, rock climbing, quiz games, pools, etc. It's all there, along with casinos, bars, shows (we rarely do any of these) for the people who want something different. You can do anything in ports - from sleeping on your balcony, to golf, shopping, sightseeing, scuba diving, viewing historic ruins, biking, horseback riding, etc.

Basically I just can't see how someone couldn't like a cruise these days unless they were REALLY susceptible to motion sickness. I know a lot of peope who were hesitant to cruise because they feared they might be, but once they went, none of them ever got sick. You can always get prescription meds and bands, etc., if you think you might, but otherwise I just can't see what there'd be to not enjoy!

What month are you considering cruising? If you're only going to Bermuda, and want a "warm weather" cruise, you may need to go around the summer months - look at weather.com - the climate there is comparable to say South Carolina - so if you go in January, it'll be in the 50/60's, not the 80's! Feel free to ask any questions - that would be on Royal Caribbean, right? We thought that was a good cruise line. We love Princess, but especially if I went back with the kids again, we'd cruise RCCL instead just for the activities (and the food was probably better).

 

[bubba's mom]

As for boys going through the knees in pants, I think there is a genetic marker on that Y chromosome that knees automatically burn holes in any kind of jeans.

....and don't forget the holes in socks and underwear too

 

[bubba's mom]

Why would I do it? Simply for the food! I love the "eating out" as much as you want thing more than anything about cruises. Yes it's fun to visit different ports, do various excursions, etc., but for me it's probably mostly about the food.

But the great thing about cruises is that you can do as much or as little as you want.

We like the different places you go without the hassle of packing and driving/flying..... you go to sleep in one place, wake up in another We also like to do as much or as little as we want....we were surprised our first cruise how much there really IS to do....if ya wanna.....

(btw...nice pix marcie....don't have time to look at them ALL right now, (Desperate Housewives comin' on) but will get back to them)

 

[marciemi]

Barb - don't feel at all obligated to view them ! That's why I just put links rather than posting a bunch of pics, so if anyone was really interested they could look at them, but otherwise they weren't in everyone's way. When I'm planning a cruise (or a trip to Disney or whatever), I want to look at as much as I can to get excited. The rest of the time, I'd probably not want to because it just depresses me!

I also wanted to add (I tried scrolling back and finding it, but was unsuccessful) that we also had a smoking area in our school. Cafeteria had a small courtyard attached to it and students and teachers alike hung out out there. These days around here at least, all school property (even parking lots/playgrounds) are non-smoking! My kids find it amazing that it would ever be allowed! That reminds me of a funny email I got - I'll see if I can find it again for you guys!

 

[marciemi]

Okay, I found it. It's just a then and now comparison of how much things have changed, especially in the schools, in the last 30 years or so!

Then and now...
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Scenario: Jack pulls into school parking lot with rifle in gun rack.

1973: Vice Principal comes over, takes a look at Jack’s rifle, goes to his car and gets his to show Jack.

2006: School goes into lock-down, FBI called, Jack hauled off to jail and never sees his truck or gun again. Counselors called in for traumatized students and teachers.

++++++++++++++++++++++

Scenario: Johnny and Mark get into a fist fight after school.

1973: Crowd gathers. Mark wins. Johnny and Mark shake hands and end up best friends. Nobody goes to jail, nobody arrested, nobody expelled.

2006: Police called, SWAT team arrives, arrests Johnny and Mark. Charge them with assault, both expelled even though Johnny started it.

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Scenario: Jeffrey wont be still in class, disrupts other students.

1973: Jeffrey sent to office and given a good paddling by Principal. Sits still in class.

2006: Jeffrey given huge doses of Ritalin. Becomes a zombie. School gets extra money from state because Jeffrey has a disability.

++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Scenario: Billy breaks a window in his father's car and his Dad gives him a whipping.

1973: Billy is more careful next time, grows up normal, goes to college, and becomes a successful businessman.

2006: Billy's Dad is arrested for child abuse. Billy removed to foster care and joins a gang. Billy's sister is told by state psychologist that she remembers being abused herself and their Dad goes to prison. Billy's mom has affair with psychologist.

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Scenario: Mark gets a headache and takes some headache medicine to school.

1973: Mark shares headache medicine with Principal out on the smoking dock.

2006: Police called, Mark expelled from school for drug violations. Car searched for drugs and weapons.

+++++++++++++++++++++++++

Scenario: Mary turns up pregnant.

1973: Five High School Boys leave town. Mary does her senior year at a special school for expectant mothers.

2006: Middle School Counselor calls Planned Parenthood, who notifies the ACLU. Mary is driven to the next state over and gets an abortion without her parent's consent or knowledge. Mary given condoms and told to be more careful next time.

+++++++++++++++++++++

Scenario: Johnny takes apart leftover firecrackers from the 4th of July, puts them in a model airplane paint bottle, blows up a red ant bed.

1973: Ants die.

2006: BATF, Homeland Security, FBI called. Johnny charged with domestic terrorism, FBI investigates parents, siblings removed from home, computers confiscated, Johnny's Dad goes on a terror watch list and is never allowed to fly again.

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Scenario: Johnny falls while running during recess and scrapes his knee. He is found crying by his teacher, Mary. Mary hugs him to comfort him.

1973: In a short time Johnny feels better and goes on playing.

2006: Mary is accused of being a sexual predator and loses her job. She faces 3 years in State Prison.

 

[AlexandNessa]

Marcie, that's great!

My parents and I often laugh that they brought me home from the hospital in a cardboard box ... (I am a 1972 baby).



Hey everyone ... ever try to google your screenname? Perhaps I should stop complaining about my peers at work ...

Janet, how you feeling?

Tricia, hope you had fun with your company!

Jaws, you need a hubby like mine ... I just tell him where and when to show up and what to bring! There are some cruises that go out of Norfolk, VA. Is that any closer for you? We love cruising and have missed it this year.

Michele, make sure you give us details on when that segment will be airing! Would love to see the girls in action!

 

[JawsCPA]

Gee - its 1am and I can't sleep. So catching up some.

Thanks to Marci for the great pics on the cruise.

We were looking at Royal Caribbean - simply because it is the only one sailing out of of Baltimore in June and July. Our anniversary is May 14, but we would cruise in the summer. We won't take the son out of school, and we don't want to leave him with someone else during the school year. Debating whether to make this an "anniversary" cruise or a family cruise. Hubby doesn't like to leave the son for more than one night.

Marci - glad to hear you had good time on Royal Caribbean - this is what AAA agent recommended - but you never know if she has a hidden agenda in what she recommends.

A side note on the lovely rugrat. We don't like him to miss school, because he gets too far behind, and has trouble catching up. A while back, everyone was talking about their children being accepted into the gifted program. I just laughed, as I had nothing to contribute. Our son is perfectly happy to go through life with a la-dee-dah attitude. His father and I are not so happy about it. We struggle with homework and math in particular. As you may guess, from my signon - I am a CPA, but my son has no math aptitude. Oh the shame!!

Seriously, I just think he is lazy - and would rather play then go to school or do homework. So we have a lovely time each night on the schoolwork. If you listen - you can probably hear DH yelling - no matter where you live!!!

Thanks for the cruise advice and pics - I will start working on DH again this week and see what he thinks!!

Take care,
Jennifer

 

[keishashadow]

morning - off to the 1st dentist appt of the week today . I'm still puffy, sick of taking benydrl, have taken to putting ice on face. Mom said to use preperation H...on my face ; apparently it takes down the swelling...think i'll shelve that idea

steelers didn't come to play ball woke up too late in the 2nd half; both teams looked marginal at best...i dread the New England game.

marci - looks like you had a large, curved balcony - was it a sweet suite? If not, what category range of balcony was it? painful email, times are changing. middle DS getting a wakeup call after only 2 shifts as to the # of dirtballs in our quiet little town.

jaws - not to worry about DS, better to live up to his potential than be a "classic underachiever".
jodie - one time only, too much info My DH is the same way w/vacations, only wants to know where we are going. Scary thing is he went from being more of a guy who crashed in cheap hotel rooms w/his buds (or even slept in car when they couldn't find a room @ the shore) to a hotel snob and now expects fancy digs on a beer budget.