Something about Nothing, come join in........ Part 3

[Sharon G]

Nope, I never did. And since I've been drinking and you're asking...

When we left to make the drive to Nashville, we headed due north. From where we live, due north means heading over the mountains. No biggie, but Daniel seemed to have some car sickness issues. He kept saying, "Mouth, Mommy. Mouth hurt. Tummy, Mommy. Tummy hurt." and I'd look at him and he was swallowing hard and often. He was queasy. No doubt about it. In fact, we pulled over a couple of times to let his system settle. He never got sick, but I think we came close a time or two.

SO, for the drive back, we decided to go to Chattanooga, then head south, then east... driving home UNDER the moutain ridge line instead of east from Chattanooga, then south (which would have put us over the mountains). I hope that makes sense. Anyway, I'm the navigator. I'm holding the atlas and telling Brad what roads to take. We get to a small town and he sees a sign for a (somewhat) nearby town and he moves over into the turn lane to head that way.

Me: "Why are you turning left here?"
Brad: "This leads us to Ellijay. I know how to get home from Ellijay."
Me: "I'm looking at the map. This road is a tiny red line that heads into the green shaded area of the mountains. We need to stay on this road for another 2 miles then head east."
Brad: "I'm already committed."
"Because you are in a turn lane?"
"It'll be fine."
We make the turn. Big warning signs about Steep Grade ahead... No Trucks... No passing... etc.
Me: "I really think it would be worth it to turn around and head down the road a couple of miles."
Brad: "It'll be fine."
"Whatever this is, we're going to be stuck on it for 23 miles."
"It'll be fine." (now delivered in an irritated tone of voice)

The road was horrible. Two lanes carved into the side of a mountain with no guardrails. We couldn't do more than 25 to 35 miles per hour for most of it. Thank goodness Daniel slept through it.

He may NEVER live that one down.

Thanks for sharing your story! I needed a good laugh!
We had a somewhat similar situation back when GPS systems were new. We were on our way to a wedding in VT. I am usually the navigator, but DH had a newfangled gift called a GPS. He thought the GPS was God's gift to drivers and way better than a map. Well, back then, the maps Garmin were using were not that good in unpopulated areas. I had brought the map cause I wasn't ready to trust the GPS.
So it's now around 7:00 PM, and we are in the mountains, we are supposed to be going thru a notch in said mountains.
But the GPS (Gertrude) said to take a right off the highway. No way can GPS be wrong, right?
So, off we go to the right, after about 2 miles, there is no more center line and the road is doing a switch back thing around the mountain. After another harrowing mile or so, we end up at a trailhead to a firetower.
So guess what, back down and around we go, this time going even slower as we are descending down a steep incline and the brakes are heating up.
Gertrude ended up in the backseat, and we continued on thru the notch following my trusty map.
I was so glad this was in the summer, so no snow to deal with.
Even now, 3 GPS units later, I still take along a map! But, I will admit, the new ones are really alot better.

 

[Sharon G]

My son James was bothering by carsickness for years. From about 4 years to 12 years. It was so bad he couldn't ride for more than 1/2 hour. He would actually be physically sick to his stomach. We always had a roll of paper towels and a bucket in each car. His Dr prescribed Claritin (the allergy med) for him. Worked like a charm, as long as we had 1/2 an hour notice.
The first time he was bothered with it was when we were at WDW when he was 4. It was horrible. He couldn't go on any rides that spun around. Just getting from WDW back to MCO was a trip in itself. We had to stop every 10 minutes or so and let him walk around. I felt so bad for him. It did get him out of that hour long bus ride back and forth to school thou!

 

[damo]

Why? (can you tell I'm Canadian?) Snow is pretty for about 15 minutes and then it needs to leave.

 

[KStarfish82]

Why? (can you tell I'm Canadian?) Snow is pretty for about 15 minutes and then it needs to leave.

I like waking up (on a school day of course) and seeing a fresh blanket of snow. Its a special treat every year.

 

[marciemi]

According to my Weather Channel toolbar, we currently have 28 degrees, with "Unknown Precipitation"!

 

[macraven]

Is Raven gonna yell at me for missing American Idol? The kids are playing Smart Cycle and won't give up the tv... [/COLOR][/SIZE]

you bet your as s i am..........

was good tonight..

Tricia..I am jealous!!!! I soo want snow!!

are you nuts?


marcie, we should send the health teacher some of that white stuff......
she can use it in her lesson plan....

I want some SNOW !!! We were suppose to get a pretty big snow here and all we got was rain . I live in NYC and can remember the days of really big storms like 12 inches or more . now we are lucky if we even get a dusting around here.

to the newest homie

coastermom

we've crossed paths on other threads and now you have joined us.
we are glad you are here!
don't leave now, we need your snail to mail the white package to...

Anyways..spoke with mom. Apparently dad's doing better but I was wrong that they would know for sure stuff today. (Although we don't know bad stuff so that's good!). Sounds like there's a chance they'll let him out tomorrow, but he'll be coming back every day for bloodwork and labs for awhile. If things still look good after a week, then it should be good. If not, then he may have to come in for dialysis regularly too. But it definitely sounds like things are going good and assuming he gets out tomorrow, somewhat back to normal at home too. Keep your fingers crossed!

sounds like dad is starting to do better. that is great marcie!.
hopefully the lab tests will be good so the dialysis won't be a regular thing for him to go through.

can you believe all this talk of wanting snow?????
you and i get our gut full, so does penny, and the other homies want it now.

how are your bucket lists coming along???????


come on now....think.......

whatcha wanna do before you go?

there has to be at least 1 thing you all want to do...

here is another for me....
maybe try buffalo meat. MAYBE.

i ate buffalo meat quite a few times growing up.
it was the cheapest meat in the grocery store.

You guys actually WANT snow?

i don't understand either damo.......

Why? (can you tell I'm Canadian?) Snow is pretty for about 15 minutes and then it needs to leave.

AMEN..............

 

[macraven]

where is todd?



he knows better..........he also is aware i count noses before green lights go out here....







metro, bring a note from home in the morning or i will have to hurt you.

 

[macraven]

i guess all the homies are gone now.
probably at the store to stock up for french toast in the morning.

time for forensic files and then mission road

 

[Motherfletcher]

To all the Homies that wanted me to bite them for losing so much weight ya'll will be happy to hear that yesterday I lost nothing!

The doctor said I have soft tissue in my throat (because I'm fat) and asked if I snored. I asked my daughter last night when I picked her up from her basketball game if she could hear me snore at night. She said they could hear me from China. BTW, her team won the game 29-3. I asked how they got the 3, kick a field goal? When you stop breathing it shuts of air to the lungs and it sends a message to the brain to wake up. Well I get that message 200 times a night so I toss and turn and never get enough sleep. It can actually cause heart attacks and sudden death for old fat guys like me. Some healthy football player died from it. One of the guys at work did the sleep lab the night before and found he has it. He is going to do the surgery. Surgery has a 70% chance of working and the forced air masks have a 100%. I'm going to do the lab and find out how bad I am. This usually is a man thing like being color blind or left handed. I'm both so I likely have this too.

I'm really ashamed of the commercial I was in. They created a character at my job called Kandu. It started by them sending all the employees a round, yellow, fuzzy ball with little cardboard feet, antennae, and the googly eyes they use in lots of crafts. It had a little ribbon attached that said something like "Yes, we can do!" They wanted to promote this to the public and I lost a bet with the big, big, big boss so he made me put on a costume that was supposed to look like the little yellow ball. They made the body out of bright, yellow, long-haired fabric. To cover my legs they made me don these plus size women's green tights. My shoes were huge green plastic clown shoes. The antennae were glittering silver balls on a hair clamp to the head thing. I had huge yellow clown glasses and they got hair paint and colored my hair and beard yellow. Like Mickey Mouse I didn't talk but unlike MM you could tell who I was! I did 2 commercials in this get up but that wasn't enough. They had me do a promotion at the mall and they gave away the little yellow balls. Kids would see me and try to figure out who I was supposed to be. The best was, "Look, Mom, it's Big Bird!" Embarassing!

I don't care if I ever see snow again! A hundred years ago I worked plowing snow. I drove the V plow so I was the first on the roads. I had to avoid all the cars parked on the road, curbs, mailboxes and drunks. This was difficult in cases where we would have blizzards and drifts.

It looks like Mac puts the Homies to bed every night then I wake them up. So, "Good morning, Homies!"

 

[keishashadow]

morning, getting ready to grab an blankie & crawl on the big comfy couch (anyone remember that pbs show?) late for my 1st one, ds usually has brought me home a bug from skool by sept

idol good, thought 1st night better; even law & order held my interest. I miss 24 wonder if he's done doing his DUI sentence

think the snow is supposed to miss us today & visit barb we've only had 1 biggie in PIT & we were in FLA
tricia - oooooh hoover dam pics can u share. Not sure why i thought GA was warm all year & didn't get snow. scary driving story, hate that phrase as to i was already committed; followed by going with the flow of traffic...usually in response to be putting on the imaginary brake when a passenger

lori - i developed my height aversions late in life, convince myself i'll be okay until i get up on the structure, then cling madly to anything with a foothold

kfed - comfortably numb is a good thing, repeated payments to the dentist is not

mac - tee-hee! hear 'ya sista

MF - i'm speechless (for once); what a team playa!

 

[bubba's mom]

Hey Homies!
I've been trying to ketchup on here and been reading for an hour....you guys have been chatty!

Mac, I haven't got to meet any Dis'ers yet, but I may get to meet Barb in June this year. I would love to meet more! I want to do HHN with you and Jodie sometime... I think that would be a hoot! It may be a few years before we can do HHN, though....you know having a kids 10 and 13.....

Yeah....how's that comin' along anyhows????

I may meet quite a few DISers this summer (helps having a split stay at UO) .... Alison, Lawrence, Robert, Todd (of course!), and hopefully Lori..... and there's a couple of others going too....still waiting on the list to fill up till i start planning another meet(s)....

I'd love to do HHN with raven and Todd and Jodie and whoever else too...but, like you, I have some years to wait.... the boy is not quite old enough! (besides, it might take me that long to convince DH to put out that kind of money )

Mac - any reason why you posted not twice, but thrice!! Are you trying to increase your post count, so Bubba's mom can't catch you.

i thought the 'thrice' posting was funny too..... but, gonna be many a years before i catch missy mac....ain't gonna even try.. ... (she gots just as big a blabbermouth as I do!)

 

[RVGal]

I want some SNOW !!! We were suppose to get a pretty big snow here and all we got was rain . I live in NYC and can remember the days of really big storms like 12 inches or more . now we are lucky if we even get a dusting around here.

Hi coastermom!

We are a friendly bunch here. Feel free to stop in and chat whenever!

Another peep from the northeast. Sigh. I'm still in the minority.

Anyways..spoke with mom. Apparently dad's doing better but I was wrong that they would know for sure stuff today. (Although we don't know bad stuff so that's good!). Sounds like there's a chance they'll let him out tomorrow, but he'll be coming back every day for bloodwork and labs for awhile. If things still look good after a week, then it should be good. If not, then he may have to come in for dialysis regularly too. But it definitely sounds like things are going good and assuming he gets out tomorrow, somewhat back to normal at home too. Keep your fingers crossed!

Tricia - enjoyed your return wedding story! NOT what I'd want to be doing at night driving home. I wouldn't LET him live it down!

Glad to hear things continue to look good for your dad. I hope the dialysis isn't an ongoing thing, but whatever he needs. Fingers and toes are crossed.

Oh, don't worry. He will NEVER forget the time he took us over the mountain.

how are your bucket lists coming along???????

and another would be.....
drive a stock car once around a nascar track. or, ride with Darrell Waltrip just once. then throw up. or laugh my butt off.

You know, they have that Richard Petty Driving Experience at most Nascar tracks. If you check 1800bePetty dot com it lists the tracks where you can do it. They have either drive the car or ride along options. It's not cheap, but, if it is really a bucket list wish...

Okay, vent ahead! I just looked over my pay statements because at work today my boss mentioned something about a raise. Well, my pay is confusing because I work hourly weekly, but get paid salaried twice a month. I pulled out my pay statement I got yesterday and...surprise!! My new paycheck is now LESS than my old one!

Errors in a PAYCHECK are NEVER a good thing.

read the wedding trip return drive home.

that freaks me right out.

Freaked me out at the time and I live in the friggin foothills, so hilly and/or curvy roads are the norm for me. The worst road, however, that I've ever been on was on Maui. Sharp drop off with jagged rocks and crashing ocean at the bottom.

You guys actually WANT snow?

I've always lived in the southern US, so we only get snow maybe once or twice a year... sometimes not at all... so I enjoy it. My husband, who grew up in Minnesota, HATES it... so I understand what you mean.

Thanks for sharing your story! I needed a good laugh!
We had a somewhat similar situation back when GPS systems were new.

I've only used a GPS once and it was in a rental car. Magellan, maybe? I thought it was fun, but I'd still rather have the visual of a map.

you bet your as s i am..........

was good tonight..

Sorry. I'll do better next time. Can I send the kids to you when they pitch a hissy fit?

Is hissy fit a southern thing? Do people have hissy fits elsewhere in the world? I mean, I know they have them... but do you call it that?

To all the Homies that wanted me to bite them for losing so much weight ya'll will be happy to hear that yesterday I lost nothing!

*Ahem* I think I was the only one who mentioned "bite me" and I believe I stated that I was controlling the urge to tell you to bite me and instead said "way to go."

The doctor said I have soft tissue in my throat (because I'm fat) and asked if I snored. I asked my daughter last night when I picked her up from her basketball game if she could hear me snore at night. She said they could hear me from China. BTW, her team won the game 29-3. I asked how they got the 3, kick a field goal? When you stop breathing it shuts of air to the lungs and it sends a message to the brain to wake up. Well I get that message 200 times a night so I toss and turn and never get enough sleep. It can actually cause heart attacks and sudden death for old fat guys like me. Some healthy football player died from it. One of the guys at work did the sleep lab the night before and found he has it. He is going to do the surgery. Surgery has a 70% chance of working and the forced air masks have a 100%. I'm going to do the lab and find out how bad I am. This usually is a man thing like being color blind or left handed. I'm both so I likely have this too.

One of the reasons why we decided to have the surgery on Joshua was the ENT doc told us the long term statistics for heart problems, etc for people with sleep apnea. My FIL uses the Darth mask. Has for years. He can't sleep without it anymore.

I'm really ashamed of the commercial I was in. They created a character at my job called Kandu. It started by them sending all the employees a round, yellow, fuzzy ball with little cardboard feet, antennae, and the googly eyes they use in lots of crafts. It had a little ribbon attached that said something like "Yes, we can do!" They wanted to promote this to the public and I lost a bet with the big, big, big boss so he made me put on a costume that was supposed to look like the little yellow ball. They made the body out of bright, yellow, long-haired fabric. To cover my legs they made me don these plus size women's green tights. My shoes were huge green plastic clown shoes. The antennae were glittering silver balls on a hair clamp to the head thing. I had huge yellow clown glasses and they got hair paint and colored my hair and beard yellow. Like Mickey Mouse I didn't talk but unlike MM you could tell who I was! I did 2 commercials in this get up but that wasn't enough. They had me do a promotion at the mall and they gave away the little yellow balls. Kids would see me and try to figure out who I was supposed to be. The best was, "Look, Mom, it's Big Bird!" Embarassing!

Oh, please tell me you have a picture. Somewhere. Anywhere. PLEASE!

 

[the Dark Marauder]

I got my W2s e-mailed to me!

E-filing FTW!

 

[Sharon G]

time to do a bucket list.
if you are unfamiliar with this, it is a "to do list" before you kick the bucket. sit down for a minute with pen and paper and think about what YOU wanna do before you die.

me?

take a surfing lesson. preferably on two feet that work.
ride a cable car around San Fransisco
work on a presidential campaign
stroll the hills of Ireland

OK, here's my bucket list: all travel & history related.

Go on an archeological dig in Egypt.

Vist the Acropolis & Parthenon in Athens.

Tour the Greek Isles, mainly Santorini.

Do a photography safari in Africa.

 

[Sharon G]

Also, this year in May is our 20th wedding anniversary. I would like for DH and I to get away for a couple days or even a long weekend. So right now, no official plans, just trying to make it through winter and April 15.

Hey us too! When's your anniversary? We'll hit 20 years on May 25th! I'm betting yours isn't the same day since we were abnormal and got married on a Friday!

ME TOO! Ours is May 8th. If we don't kill each other by then.....

 

[bubba's mom]

BM, I share your warped sense of humor! Question though- Todd is shocking while Jodie is shocking with approval?

well....of course!!! (Nobody seemed to pick up on the "knife" comment when we were talking about spoonin' and forkin'.... .....DH & I used those terms all the time with a good laugh!)

I had to do my crosswords (at least number 2 down) this morning because I have to go to the doctor and it's the check up where he violates me. Last time I started moaning in pleasure so he would feel as uncomfortable as I do.

and how'd the doc work out for ya?? I agree w/ Tricia, get him to buy ya dinner first.....

I think it's the 40 something age that the men have to start enduring the same humiliating exams/tests that us ladies have done for awhile.... good for you guys.... (welcome to our world!)

I would love to have Jodie stalk ****err, ummmm**** meet up with us....don't know how much of the bean family she and MetroMike could take though - my kids may just annoy them too much

For all of those who requested it....here is the niece that SIL (Jim's sis) and BIL had yesterday:

Yeah Tracie let the beans visit Jodie and "PM" Mike (not AM Mike!) ...it won't take long for them to remember why they only have kittahs

"Tink" is a beautiful baby..... and I agree....a TON of hair!!! (lemme at it....lol....)

My bucket list is to see my grandchildren grow up. First I need to seem some born!!! (but not quite yet)

I think that is a great start to a list....after all, aren't grandchildren your 'reward' for not choking your kids?

Remember that sore throat/fever thing I had when Carol was in the hospital? I got some sinus gunk along with it. Sore throat and fever are LONG gone, but the sinus gunk is still here and getting worse. I think I've got another sinus infection brewing.

How's the sinus thing?? Any better?? Your slight PUI help it at all last nite??

the non ambulatory homie here.

start working on your list. the clock is ticking every moment of your life.

How are ya today Penny?? ANY better at all?? Have you seen a doctor???

As far as my bucket list....there is only 1 thing on it (and like Tricia said, anything else is just a bonus).... Don't read DM....



move to Fla.

Three doctors now (two in the hospital, plus my regular doc) have told me that I have a 50/50 chance of Joshua outgrowing this by age 16. We'll know more once they can MRI his brain. That'll probably be a couple of months down the road.

Well, that's better than the 30% they gave you before....right??

I haven't met anybody.

I pick.... Chattanooga. Everyone make your plans accordingly.

Hi all-
Sorry, been MIA Been very busy yesterday.
Chrissy was sick so I had her stay home yest and take a sick day from school yest.

Matthew had his first band concert last night! He did great!

Hey Rose..... Hope Chrissy is much better...just a bug blowin' thru, I'm sure..... That's great to hear about Matthew...good for him!!!! ...oh, and nice of your Mom to actually DO you a favor

Quick flyby before I'm late for work (is anybody noticing a trend here?)! Mom called late last night. Sounds good. The dialysis went well.

Apparently dad now has a special "Falling Star" sign on his door....
His numbers were all down yesterday, which is what they want....

DS12 takes 2 classes (math and science) at the high school. Apparently everyone in his science class (mostly DS14's classmates and friends) hate him because he's doing so well. Last test class average was a 57, he got a 100. Today after I picked him up after the final to drive him to the middle school he said "well, they still all hate me". Teacher graded the tests and once again he got the only 100. He can't understand how the other kids can find it hard - he was like "Mom, the questions were exactly the same as the study sheet he gave us. They even had the same NUMBERS!" Going to guess others didn't look at the study sheet!

Sounds like Dad is doin' good ....independent men...see what it gets them....stars on their door!!! Glad he's on a 'good' road.....

Some kids don't study for their tests, let alone go over the study sheets they use... ...so, easy to see why your son is confused..... You know the saying, a lot of kids will do 'just enuf to get by'....not go above and beyond..... (of course I could have used that study sheet and had the same questions and still done bad...I absolutely suck at math!)

does anyone ever catch the way janet phrases things and plays off of your words.?? i noticed that and its a hoot.

Yep...I notice when she does it..... (& I notice when you do it too.....)

I am feeling much better, still have problems with my voice first thing in the morning but other than that I am good.

I don't think you checked in last night??.....or did you and my blonde was showing again??? Is the voice any better??

 

[Sharon G]

hmmm bucket list : may have to think of that for a bit.....but will get back to you all

I have not met anyone on these boards, but I also belong to a parents of October 2001 babies boards and have made some very good mommy friends. One came two years in a row and stayed with me for a few days all the way from Iowa.

I would love to have Jodie stalk ****err, ummmm**** meet up with us....don't know how much of the bean family she and MetroMike could take though - my kids may just annoy them too much I have to get cracking on my trip details and slide it in under the daddybean radar. I wish I knew for sure that the simpsons ride would be open - got to price some stuff out.

MFletch - you made me shoot coffee out my snout!!! Good Luck with Dr. Feelgood!!

For all of those who requested it....here is the niece that SIL (Jim's sis) and BIL had yesterday:

she is still unnamed. I think Jim and kbean are going up tonight to see her and, of course, take more pics

I have not met anyone either....maybe this summer if DS decides to attend college in Daytona!

What a beautiful baby! I'd go with Belle!

 

[RVGal]

morning, getting ready to grab an blankie & crawl on the big comfy couch (anyone remember that pbs show?) late for my 1st one, ds usually has brought me home a bug from skool by sept

tricia - oooooh hoover dam pics can u share. Not sure why i thought GA was warm all year & didn't get snow. scary driving story, hate that phrase as to i was already committed; followed by going with the flow of traffic...usually in response to be putting on the imaginary brake when a passenger

I'll have to hunt up the Hoover Dam pics and scan them. Trip was prior to digital camera.

We don't get snow much. South Georgia almost never does, but here in the northern end of the state we get it on rare occassions.

Big Comfy Couch is still on PBS. I get stuck watching it sometimes.

 

[Sharon G]

We haven't made vacation plans yet. Don't know if we'll have money to play with until the FOPs come back to the area and start spending some of their fixed income.

Tricia - what's a FOP?

i ended up doing 2 cw puzzles on line waiting.

Mac - What site do you use for cross word puzzles?

 

[AlexandNessa]

To all the Homies that wanted me to bite them for losing so much weight ya'll will be happy to hear that yesterday I lost nothing!

The doctor said I have soft tissue in my throat (because I'm fat) and asked if I snored. I asked my daughter last night when I picked her up from her basketball game if she could hear me snore at night. She said they could hear me from China. BTW, her team won the game 29-3. I asked how they got the 3, kick a field goal? When you stop breathing it shuts of air to the lungs and it sends a message to the brain to wake up. Well I get that message 200 times a night so I toss and turn and never get enough sleep. It can actually cause heart attacks and sudden death for old fat guys like me. Some healthy football player died from it. One of the guys at work did the sleep lab the night before and found he has it. He is going to do the surgery. Surgery has a 70% chance of working and the forced air masks have a 100%. I'm going to do the lab and find out how bad I am. This usually is a man thing like being color blind or left handed. I'm both so I likely have this too.

I'm really ashamed of the commercial I was in. They created a character at my job called Kandu. It started by them sending all the employees a round, yellow, fuzzy ball with little cardboard feet, antennae, and the googly eyes they use in lots of crafts. It had a little ribbon attached that said something like "Yes, we can do!" They wanted to promote this to the public and I lost a bet with the big, big, big boss so he made me put on a costume that was supposed to look like the little yellow ball. They made the body out of bright, yellow, long-haired fabric. To cover my legs they made me don these plus size women's green tights. My shoes were huge green plastic clown shoes. The antennae were glittering silver balls on a hair clamp to the head thing. I had huge yellow clown glasses and they got hair paint and colored my hair and beard yellow. Like Mickey Mouse I didn't talk but unlike MM you could tell who I was! I did 2 commercials in this get up but that wasn't enough. They had me do a promotion at the mall and they gave away the little yellow balls. Kids would see me and try to figure out who I was supposed to be. The best was, "Look, Mom, it's Big Bird!" Embarassing!

I don't care if I ever see snow again! A hundred years ago I worked plowing snow. I drove the V plow so I was the first on the roads. I had to avoid all the cars parked on the road, curbs, mailboxes and drunks. This was difficult in cases where we would have blizzards and drifts.

It looks like Mac puts the Homies to bed every night then I wake them up. So, "Good morning, Homies!"

First of all, having met MF in person, I can assure you that he is not the morbidly obese person he makes himself sound to be. Perhaps if you put 2.5 Motherfletchers together, you would get the Motherload of Motherfletchers. I'm just saying ...

Second of all .... I would've paid good money to see your commercial. But, even more so the mall event you had to do. Still have those green tights? Admit it .. you still have them and wear them regularly when no one is home.

I got my W2s e-mailed to me!

E-filing FTW!

I actually am looking forward to getting ours this year as well. I won't get into what happened last year. Let's just say when you're DINKs, it is best to file your W4 as "married but withhold at the higher single rate."


Chattanooga, Tricia? For real? Can we maybe do Dollywood instead? That's so much more funner. Funnerer. Funnest. Ever.

Mac, I hate American Idol (I will tell you all about why privately), but I did watch 5 minutes of it last night so I could pretend that I watched it and talk intelligently about it, and then you perhaps would think that I am a fan and I watched the whole thing. Alas, I am a very bad liar. I did, however, feel very sorry for Douglas. He was the one who kept trying to sing Bon Jovi while pacing in circles. I thought they were handling him very well until Randy said, "Let's just exploit him." Very mean, I thought. If I wanted petty and exploitative, I'd watch the Real HOs of Orange County, er.... I mean, The Real Housewives of Orange County (which I do and is my favorite current train wreck). Does anyone else watch? Or Project Runway, my favorite reality show ever?

Anyway, GOOD MORNING, homie-ritos and homie-ritas!!!