Something About Nothing.......part 2 (please join us)

[loribell]

Damo & Wendy - those are both very cute puppies!

 

[Metro West]

Damo & Wendy - those are both very cute puppies!

Yes indeed....sigh.

 

[bubba's mom]

Good morning all!
Quick fly by....

Hi Rose! Ummmmm.....glad you got lucky last nite

this article isn the Times yesterday was called describe your life in 6 words or less.okay, here goes.


neurotic, monkish, New York Sports Fan.

NEXT????????????

6? only 6?

a level 3 sex offencer moved to Conn, and won a 10 million dollar lottery the other day.
I am sick.

Reading something like that really tests my religousness.

Does make ya wonder why SUCH bad people reap those kind of benefits?

However, I am a believer in the 'good luck/bad luck' thing. If you happen to have extremely bad luck, you'll have extremely good luck...all evens out (That dude just did the bad thing before getting his 'good' ....but, I agree....he is not deserving like some others are.... )

saw the results of the "shoot-out", yeah for the Dale fans...now what exactly does it mean? pole position? edumacate me

my middle DS was hit by lightening

yeah...splain to me too thx

Janet...you don't just put "my middle DS was hit by lightening" and leave it at that! details!!!

damo, i remember his passing last year. that was tough on you and the family.

i remember too

please let us know about the sleep number bed when you get it.
i am very interested in that.
i am thinking it will help mr mac and i get a solid nights sleep if we had something like that.

guessing you don't sleep well together??

i used to go to the bathroom to hide from the boys when they were driving me nuts.
they would always find me even if i was only gone out of the room for 20 seconds.

i would always see a lot of little fingers under the door when i was in there taking care of business.
mommie.............i can't see you.........open the door...........then the others would join in........

Mental image of 'little fingers under the door'....

my dad always called me sissy since he wasn't sure what name mom was using at the time.
but he still refers to me with my maiden name.

So, does Dad not know you married Mr. Mac? Or does not approve of him? Or, KNOWS you married him, but forgot

DH (Royce) and I (Marcie) both have unusual names -

I thought I'd mentioned this a few times here before (at least in my trip report! ). No, I'm not deaf - just hearing impaired.

Believe it or not, my teen boys would think nothing of barging in the bathroom to hand me the phone, ask a question or tell me something.

I've always found "Royce" an interesting name....never heard of any others??

My DH has the same problem...but not as bad. He refuses to wear an aid and is at his worst with lots of people making loud, background noise.

One of the last times at Margaritaville, he sat at the end of the table of 8 of us. We were outside on the Porch with band playing. Waitress stood at the other end of the table and started mentioning specials. DH took one look at me and said, " She thinks I can hear her!"....then, she came down our end

As far as the dis barging into the bathroom...I'm . The rule in our house is, if the door is closed, ya don't enter...you knock. People need privacy..... I even knock and ask Bubba if it's okay to come in.... (respect thing....give it....get it )

when they were little, they all ran naked.

one neighbor met me for the first time when the boys were 5, 4, 2.5

i was 3 houses away from mine standing on the sidewalk out front of new neighbors house.

15 minutes of yaking and i hear screaming coming from my drive way.
a naked child running towards me with toilet paper in the hand yelling.........
wipe my butt...........

i love your stories.....

 

[wwessing]

Yes indeed....sigh.

Aaawww. . .wasn't very sensitive of me to post those pics today, was it what if I post pics of the giant hole my dog chewed in the couch

 

[loribell]

Wendy you have some beautiful daughters. Thanks for taking the time to upload them and share them with us. I can't wait to see some more.

 

[loribell]

Ahhhhhh, the life of a mother! Loved it! Thanks Tricia.

Yay! Wendy got pictures! We LOVE pictures!

All this talk of racing made me go read my racing Trip Report again. I'm getting hyped for Daytona!

Barb - I hope Bubba has a wonderful, fabulous, FUN birthday party. NO FEVER! NO FEVER!

I know I am not keeping up, but I've read everything. Tracie, the Transformers are EVIL! Who designed those things? You look at the instructions for turning it into a truck and there are 37 steps!

That reminds me of a story I sent out to my friends a few years ago. Sit back and enjoy if you want...


I had one of those ridiculous moments this afternoon. You know, the realization that this just can’t be normal. A parental epiphany, if you will. Let me explain…

Joshua is resting right now. He is a sick little fella. He had a cold last week that just hung on and on, so we finally went to the doctor this morning… who calmly informed me that Joshua has pneumonia in his left lung. Excuse me??? Don’t throw a scary word like “pneumonia” at me and act like it’s no big deal. “Oh, he just needs to take some Amoxicillin… tastes like bubblegum… he’ll love it (yeah, right)… and get some rest (double yeah, right). He’ll be fine.”

Off we go to the pharmacy where they fill the prescription. The medicine costs about $8, but we spent an additional $10 on miscellaneous crap that Joshua thinks might “make him feel better” (the list includes construction paper, stickers, and a matchbox playset… yeah, he knows how to work his momma…). Upon arriving at home, I shake the medicine, slurp it into one of those medicine droppers (man, does a teaspoon seem like a lot when you are looking at medicine in a dropper), and inform Joshua that it is time to take it. “No, no, NO, Mommy! I don’t want to take it! It’s yucky!!” Well, yeah, it is. “I know you don’t want to, but you have to.” One of the most painful sentences that I utter as a parent. “NO! NO! NO!” This is now being yelled from behind the hand that he has glued to his mouth. I have to pry away both hands… grow a magical third hand, so I can squirt the medicine in his mouth… all the while informing him that if he spits it back out, we’ll just have to do it all over again. He gags (dear lord don’t let him barf it back up), but most of it goes down… followed by lots of dramatic spitting noises and “I didn’t want to take the medicine!” It’s over now, baby, let it go.

We get to do this twice a day, every day, for the next 10 days.

Now, time has passed and I am trying to think of “quiet games” for Joshua to play so that he doesn’t over exert himself. He’s been into Star Wars for awhile, but it’s been a few weeks since he really played with all those action figures… so I dug out the box of his Star Wars stuff and he was perfectly happy saving the galaxy (or whatever goes through his head while he plays with them). Good.

Daniel is snoozing away in his swing, so I start trying to get some of my stuff done.

“MOM! I can’t get Yoda to stay in his Swamp Stomper!!” (Oh god… not the swamp stomper…)

“Okay, bring it here and I’ll do it.” You have to get Yoda lined up just right to get him to stay in his swamp stomper… and, of course, he has to have his lightsaber as well…

“How long until my birthday?”

“Only 5 more weeks to go, big boy.”

“We’re going to have a Power Ranger party, right?” Oh, yes… can’t wait…

“Of course, that’s what you want, right?”

“Yuh-huh. Will I get the Mega Bloks Power Ranger DinoThunder BrachioZord?” Yes, that’s really what the toy he wants is called.

“We’ll have to wait and see, but I bet someone will find it.” You can bet the farm, since I already have it hidden away.

“I think I need a snack.” Music to my ears, since the kid eats like a bird to begin with… and then add sick into the mix…

“What would you like? Teddy Grahams? Goldfish Crackers? Vanilla Wafers?”

“Goldfish.” How hard can it be to get this damn plastic toy together???

“Okay, just let Mommy finish…”

“Kay. What can I watch while I eat my snack?” This is actually more of a “why don’t you suggest 99% of the movies that we own and I’ll see if anything sounds good” kinda question.

“How about one of your Bob the Builder movies?”

“Nope.”

“Maybe a Dora the Explorer?”

“Nuh-uh.”

“Blue’s Clues?”

“No.”

“I know, Cinderella?” That’s a safe bet, since it’s a new one.

“Yeah, that sounds good.” Yes, I’m still trying to get the perfect balance of Yoda/lightsaber/swamp stomper worked out.

“I want 10 Goldfish.”

“Okay.”

“How come ‘It’s a Small World’ wasn’t working at Disney World?” Isn’t it amazing how a child’s mind leaps from topic to topic. This is a question that has come up at least a million times since our trip to Disney World in JANUARY… over 9 months ago.

“I don’t know sweetie.”

“Maybe next time.” Think he’s heard that response a time or two?

“Maybe.”

“I think I want to have a parade with my Disney World toys.” No, NO… not now! I’ve almost got Yoda together! Dammit!!!

“That sounds like fun, but let’s have that snack first, okay?”

“Kay.”

“Here’s Yoda in his Swamp Stomper.”

“Cool. Thanks Mom.”

“I’ll have your snack ready in a minute.”

When did I have the epiphany? That my life isn’t normal anymore? Right about then. Sounds like a perfectly acceptable conversation between a mother and her almost-4-year-old son, doesn’t it? Except for the fact the entire exchange occurred while I was sitting on the toilet, yeah, I guess it does.

This is my life. Gotta love it.

 

[loribell]

Hmmmmm, who's Dale Earnhardt?

Didn't you just love our exchange last night!

 

[damo]

Wendy....nice to 'meet' your family....beautiful girls!

To Wendy & damo....cute doggies. I love 'em...Used to have one, but they are so much like "people" it's hard when they are gone. Bubba has always wanted dog...but, I can't see it....we are WAY to busy! .....maybe someday...when he can assume more responsibility for it's care...

Thank you both for posting pix of your furbabies..... I "aahhhhhed" at each one




Yep....loved it!!! I think that conversation would make me realize that too.....

Can you imagine twins?

I babysit two year old twin boys every Monday from 8-4, and let me tell you, it is definitely interesting. We had a nice pooping episode in the bathtub last week and they quite enjoyed watching it go down the drain (after I quickly hauled their nekkid little butts out of the tub). We even made up a song about it! "Oh where, oh where, has Adam's poop gone? Oh where oh where can it be". They sang it all day much to my amusement. I'm sure their Mommy is still trying to figure out why they are singing about poop.

 

[JawsCPA]

Daniel is snoozing away in his swing, so I start trying to get some of my stuff done.
. . .

Except for the fact the entire exchange occurred while I was sitting on the toilet
This is my life. Gotta love it.

A little editing makes Tricia's story even funnier.

It will probably be hilarious if you have a rum and coke to go with it.

 

[JawsCPA]

So, yeah, I can't promise how well I'd do in a courtroom. I probably couldn't follow along and catch all (probably not even most) of what was said. I could get the gist of it and read transcripts afterwards. So that's what I put! Just kind of hoping they say "oh, that sounds like a hassle" and skip over me!

I'm betting you will be excused - so that whichever side loses, can't use this as an excuse for an appeal.

Do you guys find this horrifying? I'm just kind of curious because I was discussing it with a friend a few years ago. She was absolutely shocked. Told me she hadn't seen her boys (who are just a bit younger than mine) without clothes since they finished potty training. I was kind of like "Wow, I probably haven't seen mine since, I don't know, yesterday?"

Potty training - good grief. Either her kids are extremely self-sufficient or they aren't that clean. I have to wash Jr.'s hair about every couple of days for him or it does not look clean. Jr.'s preferred sleepwear is his boxers and a t-shirt.

 

[yankeepenny]

I had Jury Duty once. ONCE. I am still ugly about the whole thing. All I could see was taxpayer dollar waste everywhere. and this was 10 years ago.
i hope I never get called again. would rather have a root canal. and i have had a few.


We have gained 1 hour and 25 minutes of daylight. This is a good thing.

I can tell you I am 41 now. I have almost no clue as to who is in for the grammy awards. 20 years ago, i had their music. now it is like "who is that and what the heck kinda music are they playing"?

I am in the mood for IHOP pancakes. that is not good.
with syrup and bacon.

 

[yankeepenny]

keep a good thought this week that Todd will have good luck with that shelter place!

 

[JawsCPA]

We have gained 1 hour and 25 minutes of daylight. This is a good thing.

Yes Indeed - Winter and tax season go hand in hand as they are both dreary. I am so happy when the end is here - we get spring and I get less work. Love the updates.

I can tell you I am 41 now. I have almost no clue as to who is in for the grammy awards. 20 years ago, i had their music. now it is like "who is that and what the heck kinda music are they playing"?
Penny - I feel the same way (42). I scan the nominees and am like who???? Never heard of the artists or the songs. I haven't watched the Grammys since I don't know when.

 

[JawsCPA]

Wendy and Damo - love the baby pics and the dog pics.

We had a poodle when I was younger. DS has always wanted a dog. But DH is not an animal person. And I just don't want to take care of a pet. Also, due to my allergies - cats are out, and dogs have to be non-shedding.

But my coworkers are all getting puppies now, and I'm starting to ge the itch.

 

[loribell]

Good morning all!
Quick fly by....
Sorry I haven't been here, It's been too busy here lately. DH went out for a few minutes this morning to do an errand. Chrissy is really driving me crazy right now, trying to tear up the house.
It is below 0 here today.

Hi Rose. Sorry Chrissy is driving you nuts. The worst thing about winter is that the kids are couped up in the house all the time.

this article isn the Times yesterday was called describe your life in 6 words or less.okay, here goes.


neurotic, monkish, New York Sports Fan.

NEXT????????????

Disney Freak, Universal Lover, Sooner fan, mommy

my middle DS was hit by lightening

when i do disney, they have nescafe which i don't consider coffee.
but after drinking about 10 mugs of it, i can tolerate it......

universal has great coffee.
it is the real stuff.

Although I don't drink coffee I have heard that the coffee at Kona Cafe is fabulous!

do you really want to hear what i have to say about that.......running the ac cause it is too hot...........


she sure did. i was born in a catholic hospital and the nuns refused to allow a girl have a boy's name. mom stood firm and wouldn't waiver.
my mom insisted she have a son and didn't want a daughter.
she did put Thomas on the certificate but my dad had it changed.

well when she got me home, she decided on a name.
what a doosie.
and she changed it again when i was 11 months old, then 5 years old and again at age 10.

i answer to anyone looking in my direction.


my dad always called me sissy since he wasn't sure what name mom was using at the time.
but he still refers to me with my maiden name.

Well I did say in the car, not the house. You know with the sun shining in it does get hotter. And I also said we were supposed to get ice tonight. It's no wonder we are all sick all winter long. Our bodies don't know how to adapt. Of course it is a lot better than what you are dealing with.

So do you answer to hey you? Can't believe your mom changed your name every few years.

later finding out he name is bobby ray and has always gone by that. we have hillbillies on my mom's side of the family.
i think more families should have them also.

Me too.

do you really want to know what i think on your last question?
first let me ask if i got it staight.....

when you get out of the hot tub, you take off your suits then put a towell around you.
do you all say, "look the other way?"

mr mac walks around nekkid at times in the house. when ever the boys would have someone over, they would have to tell dad, guests in the house, use a towel
when he would take a shower, he strips in the bedroom and puts items away then walks down the hall to the bathroom.

or to the basement if there is some running clothes he forgot to get when he was down there to change into.

one son is the same way.
other 2 always have a door closed.

dh gets in trouble for walking around the house in his underwear.

when they were little, they all ran naked.

one neighbor met me for the first time when the boys were 5, 4, 2.5

i was 3 houses away from mine standing on the sidewalk out front of new neighbors house.

15 minutes of yaking and i hear screaming coming from my drive way.
a naked child running towards me with toilet paper in the hand yelling.........
wipe my butt...........

Ohhhhhhh,



No wonder you go by Raven...

 

[Akdar]

I have done my best to catch up here, you peeps sure can yak

I came down with some real bad bronchitis, and luckily got in to see my doc on Friday. But I had to do 2 out of town sound jobs witch lasted 12 hours each during this time, I am exhausted now. Trying to keep up with this thread is now my 4th job. Hope everyone is well, I am getting better, no more coughing up brown lumpy stuff , thank God, that was awful, especially while on the job. I'll be hanging around, trying to keep up with you all

 

[bubba's mom]

I really wanted to do my taxes, and I think I've mentioned this, but due to the wonderful way my company chose to fill out our W2s, we can't. This whole thing is a mess.

I think I would be marching my big butt into the payroll dept. at work (during their day hours) and gettin' some answers! It's totally ridiculous.....hope they can manage to stay in business with THAT kind of bookkeeping... (sic Jennifer on 'em! )

Let's talk about something more fun. Mike hates my car, and my car is going on 8 years old, so we are in the very beginning stages of looking at getting me a new car. These are my requirements: must be a cross-over vehicle (not a car, not a full-fledged SUV), must be AWD (not 4W, I like AWD best as I am not excused from work in bad weather), and must have a history of brand reliability (so not Ford). Wanna play find a new car for Jodie that will also satisfy Mr. Turbo Engine Mike?

Well....I wish you luck. I'm partial to Honda's and the closest thing would be the CRV...which, they've recently "redesigned" and it looks like a 'glorified' car

JCP.com has a 20% off code today, so I went there to peruse the outlet sections. . . . I got 2 skirts, 2 gauchos, 1 pair of shorts and 8 shirts for $100!

That's stuff for dd8, dd11, dd15. . . all from the Outlet

awesome deals

I thought the problem was fixed? It appeared to be but I guess not.

I don't have any problems

Raven....what connects you to the internet?

 

[loribell]

Wow, I am enjoying talking to myself... it's much easier to stay caught up that way!!!!!

Yes it is!

I really wanted to do my taxes, and I think I've mentioned this, but due to the wonderful way my company chose to fill out our W2s, we can't. My company used all the local boxes (18-20) for all the socialist NJ taxes we pay (workforce development, health care, etc, etc.). Since my company had 2 payroll systems this year, Mike and I each have two W2s. So, it looks like we have more than 4 localities, which makes us unable to e-file. I have a call into payroll to see what the frig they did. What I call our "socialist" taxes were usually put in box 14, which is "other" but that's where they put our charitable contributions instead. This whole thing is a mess.

Hope they get it fixed soon.

As for the car...Mercedes R350 or R500.

What's up with the DIS? Just took me like 14.5 minutes to post my last post.

I vote for Thomas. Or Raven. Do both, that way you're not limited.

the new and improved dis is not likeing me.

double posts, hesitations when trying to post on the thread and then the page won't open.........


i hear ya jodie, 15 minutes of wait time is too much...

Me either. I hate the "improvements".

If that's like satellite tv...yep....can understand your problems....

So I have to deal with satellite dsl & the new, improved dis.

Good thing I like you....

Hope all went well!

It did.

I thought the problem was fixed? It appeared to be but I guess not.

Nope!

Does make ya wonder why SUCH bad people reap those kind of benefits?

However, I am a believer in the 'good luck/bad luck' thing. If you happen to have extremely bad luck, you'll have extremely good luck...all evens out (That dude just did the bad thing before getting his 'good' ....but, I agree....he is not deserving like some others are.... )

Maybe he will get sued and have to pay it in restitution to his victims.

yeah...splain to me too thx

Starting lineup for the Budweiser Shootout -- an annual non-points race that is a high-end preview of what's to come during the 2007 season.

The 70-lap race features 21 drivers, 15 of which won a Budweiser Pole during the 2006 season. (The remainder of the field consists of past Shootout winners.)

It's just something to tide us over one more week.

As far as the dis barging into the bathroom...I'm . The rule in our house is, if the door is closed, ya don't enter...you knock. People need privacy..... I even knock and ask Bubba if it's okay to come in.... (respect thing....give it....get it )

I agree.

Aaawww. . .wasn't very sensitive of me to post those pics today, was it what if I post pics of the giant hole my dog chewed in the couch

Now that would let him know what he is in for when he gets his puppy.

 

[bubba's mom]

I babysit two year old twin boys every Monday from 8-4, and let me tell you, it is definitely interesting. We had a nice pooping episode in the bathtub last week and they quite enjoyed watching it go down the drain (after I quickly hauled their nekkid little butts out of the tub). We even made up a song about it! "Oh where, oh where, has Adam's poop gone? Oh where oh where can it be". They sang it all day much to my amusement. I'm sure their Mommy is still trying to figure out why they are singing about poop.

gettin' in "Grandma" practice, eh?

I had Jury Duty once. ONCE. I am still ugly about the whole thing. All I could see was taxpayer dollar waste everywhere. and this was 10 years ago.
i hope I never get called again. would rather have a root canal. and i have had a few.

We have gained 1 hour and 25 minutes of daylight. This is a good thing.

I can tell you I am 41 now. I have almost no clue as to who is in for the grammy awards. 20 years ago, i had their music. now it is like "who is that and what the heck kinda music are they playing"?

I am in the mood for IHOP pancakes. that is not good.
with syrup and bacon.

I had it once too...when I was 19! I hope to never again...I've done MY part I always told a client of mine (who is a retired police officer) I could never do what he did. I'd feel like I was babysitting grownups who knew better I just was called this past summer for jury duty...on the day we were to fly to Fla. Faxed my itinerary and the excused me. Was recalled 3 months later and had to report. Answered all the questions "wrong" and was excused and home by noon!

I am with you guys when it comes to the Grammy's....I have NO idea who anyone is ...nor do I really care

Thanks for the daylight update.....at 5:30 it's still light out here....starting to make a BIG difference....

Oh Penny.....resist the IHOP urge

keep a good thought this week that Todd will have good luck with that shelter place!

I have done my best to catch up here, you peeps sure can yak

I came down with some real bad bronchitis, and luckily got in to see my doc on Friday. But I had to do 2 out of town sound jobs witch lasted 12 hours each during this time, I am exhausted now. Trying to keep up with this thread is now my 4th job. Hope everyone is well, I am getting better, no more coughing up brown lumpy stuff , thank God, that was awful, especially while on the job. I'll be hanging around, trying to keep up with you all

Glad you are on the road to recovery..... bronchitis isn't good ...and that is a good way to look at us...a 4th job! ...more posting....less lurking....

 

[bubba's mom]

Starting lineup for the Budweiser Shootout -- an annual non-points race that is a high-end preview of what's to come during the 2007 season.

The 70-lap race features 21 drivers, 15 of which won a Budweiser Pole during the 2006 season. (The remainder of the field consists of past Shootout winners.)

It's just something to tide us over one more week.

That actually sounds "mean"....like they are 'teasing' you all