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

[macraven]

Hi, hello, buenas dias, or should I say Buenos Snowshoes?!

Alison, great pics! You totally made me homesick! In October, I plan to get the same pick on the electric chair ... except I'll be sitting on Raven's lap. Maybe she should sit on mine so I don't crush her.

nope, you sit on my lap.
i got fat over the holidays........
end of discussion................

Morning homies!

I don't think I mentioned before that James is on the Robotics team at his high school.

The competition is this weekend in New Hampshire. I can't wait to go. Not so much for the comp, but because it's a few days away from home! DH and I actually stay at a different hotel than the kids. One that is in walking distance to the civic center. So it's a little alone time for us as well!

The kids and their mentors have 6 weeks to build a robot that weighs about 200 lbs. They are given a kit of parts and can modify it any way they want as long as it fits the height and weight requirements. James is the programmer.

There are over 1,500 teams, with at least one in all the states and many foreign countries. Brazil, Chile, Isreal, Mexico etc.

The guy who invented the Segway (Dean Kamen) started this competition about 10 years ago as a way to encourage kids to study math and science.

This year the robots have to race around an oval track, picking up and moving large 42" beach balls either over or under an a 7 foot overpass.

James leaves tomorrow morning and Jim and I leave after work tomorrow. Should be a fun weekend. I'll take some photos of the robot to show you.

I don't have time to catch up and respond to everyone but I do want Tricia to know that I'm so happy all went well with the MRI adventure.

do show the pics of james. we would love to see them.

and a me too for what you said for tricia.

I didn't even hear about the outage until I looked at today's Orlando Sentinel.

and the new job is.............
and you start ..................

do i have to play 20 questions to get you to talk more about it darkie?

I don't think I have ever vented about how much I hate snow days cause I don't mind when it keeps my DS's home but it brings out oldest DS's friends and 2 of them are the most rude kids you ever met in your life.
I am an easy going guy and shy to some point and never like saying anything out of the way to anyone but man these kids are rude and try coming over and start telling everyone what to do and when you tell them to leave they look at ya like your stupid.
I tell DS to send them home and he won't and I swear I am going to have a heart attack before its all over and have a pounding headache and chest hurts and makes me kinda wonder what kind of parents these kids have.
Any way hope all of you homies are having a better day

don't be shy
just toss them out on their butts.

Hi all,
Just quickly checking in. Thanks for all the well wishes. I'm not improving, but keep putting off going to the dr. one more day. I'm bad for that! At this point, I'm up to taking 5 pain pills at a time, & my muscle relaxers more often than I like to. Keep the prayers & Mummy dust coming, please.






Now you're talking my language! There's nothing as great as March Madness! I'm a fan of the future 2008 champs. Yes, that's right! The:

UNC TARHEELS


I'll try to check in more often, but no promises until I'm feeling better.

hoping you feel better real soon.
sending you oodles of mummy dust.

if you are still feeling poorly after a week, check with the doc.


keisha, so sorry to hear about your mom.
i know this is hard on you.


to all the other homies that i did not address by name, i still wuv you......



got out early, my last 2 classes were cancelled.

off to curves at 3 today.

 

[loribell]

ahem............i think i pointed out before the list is not in abc order.

yankees should be at the end of the list..........



rose, i like those dudes also.
we have the same taste!

Yes, you are right. The Yankees should be last!

Do I sense a little Red Sox "envy" ?

She is going to get you!

 

[macraven]

Thank's for the welcome. It has been awhile. Back to full strength.

Worls Series Champion Red Birds eh? OK I'll play along.

oh, you noticed..............
i am amazed people read my crap...




don't mind me, i'm a big kidder......

 

[macraven]

Do I sense a little Red Sox "envy" ?

woops......think penny read that..........

Thanks. It looks like it is going to be a very busy season.





I have noticed them but never looking so pretty! Have no idea what they are.

i know what NUTS is and you don't qualify at all for it

That would be me!



Glad you made it back safe and sound.







What? You mean we are not your top priority??????

when it is after midnight and all the homies are sleeping, the tv is my new best friend............


and , no, you are not NUTS enough to qualify............yet.

 

[FireandIce]

oh, you noticed..............
i am amazed people read my crap...




don't mind me, i'm a big kidder......

No, I don't mind at all. I hope we face the Cards in the series again. By the way, how did that turn out???

 

[KStarfish82]

When it comes to baseball, all I can say is....

 

[tlinus]

Hey homies,

Later afternoon fly by - sitting here doing homework with the kids. In a really foul mood today for some reason.

Thank you all for the compliments on the picture - it isn't one of mine it was too yucky out yesterday to get a picture like that. I do have a few great nature pictures that I DID take though...these are outside in July 2006

the first one was my wallpaper for the longest time on the pc - talk about refreshing
I have more.....need to find them if you all are interested - I have bunnies, birds, squirrels and roses in a park in Boston

 

[Metro West]

Morning Homies!

We now have a special place at Margaritaville for our "I was here in ...". I'll post pics later.

Trip was great except for the 5 hour flight yesterday that was supposed to be just over 2. Stupid thunderstorms kept us all sitting in the airplane on the tarmac waiting to leave for over 2 hours.

Our portofino suite was lovely (no special upgrades or even any response to our email request for villa). We had a pool view and were very happy with the room. The weather was usually in the seventies. Parks weren't busy and we got to do everything.

The Pirates and Princess party was a lot of fun and not crowded. The biggest surprise was the number of adult females dressed up as pirate wenches. My son labelled them the "yo ho's". That about summed it up. We stayed at the AKL which we won't do again. What a huge waste of money that was. The room was so small (no way to fit 5 people in that room!) and we paid over $350/night. The toilet ran continuously all night which was annoying so it always sounded like someone was showering. The resort was nice enough. Disney's magical express lost our information but that worked out fine. They picked the kids up 4 hours before their flight going back which was pretty silly considering you don't go through customs in Orlando to get to Toronto.

At Royal Pacific we had a King Suite (room 1201). It overlooked the jungly area in the front and was fine. We got our welcome gift the night before we left and only after having to remind them. We had gotten our welcome gift at Portofino the first night. The little gifts at turndown at RPR were nice and the chocolates at turndown at PBH were nice too.

I think I prefer the PBH just because the bathrooms are so much larger. We found that if you walk across to the Hard Rock driveway and then through their parking lot to the parks, it is only about a 6 minute walk to Universal Studios.

Simpsons is still undergoing a lot of work. Not much to show there. The Harry Potter area is coming along nicely. We've got pictures from the top of Flying Unicorn which I will post later.

All in all, a great trip.

Very nice...can't wait to see the pix!

It's great to hear you had a good time and can't wait for the pics

Seriously, I will thank Mac for starting the thread, Metro for his post, and Lawrence for his post so I could post my post. Thank you Barb!

And I would like to thank Mac for the thread start, me for being me, Lawrence carrying on as usual, Brab for being Brab, Allison for thanking everyone she thanked!

to the newest drop in homie:

FireandIce


good to see you again.
i think one of our last conversations on a post together was,
i prefer ice to fire on dueling dragons.


dd rules..........

Sorry Mac...I like Fire better.

I will try not to pass any tornado's on we start getting them.

Thanks Lori...I would appreciate that.

Glad you both kept your power.

Yes...being w/o power really bites!

 

[loribell]

Hey homies,

Later afternoon fly by - sitting here doing homework with the kids. In a really foul mood today for some reason.

Thank you all for the compliments on the picture - it isn't one of mine it was too yucky out yesterday to get a picture like that. I do have a few great nature pictures that I DID take though...these are outside in July 2006

the first one was my wallpaper for the longest time on the pc - talk about refreshing
I have more.....need to find them if you all are interested - I have bunnies, birds, squirrels and roses in a park in Boston

An we all thought it was your pic!

These are even better. Please do share more!

Thanks Lori...I would appreciate that.

No problem!

 

[FireandIce]

When it comes to baseball, all I can say is....

Exactly!!! The Yankees are history.

 

[loribell]

Oh Janet have you seen this:

But in new filings with the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Disney formally states that the Disney Vacation Club will "add a ninth component site to be known as Kingdom Tower at Disney's Contemporary Resort."

Disney says in the documents that it will sell the time shares in phases, beginning with an initial 75 units. The Kingdom Tower, which will connect to the existing Contemporary via a fifth-floor pedestrian bridge, will ultimately contain 281 units, according to the filings.

 

[tarheelmjfan]

You better go to the doctor. It is not safe to be taking that much medication at one time.

I know. They're not the hard stuff though. It's what I take on a daily basis kinda like a maintenance drug. I normally take 2 at a time, so it's not like I'm flying high or anything. In order to do that, I'd probably need 10 of them. I definitely won't be doing that. No worries. Thanks for your concern.

 

[wwessing]

What is a large bay located between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, Canada??

 

[bubba's mom]

What is a large bay located between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, Canada??

Bay of Fundy?

 

[bubba's mom]

i have been pricing air for my trip this fall.

i used the kayak notification and see my rate has increased by $60 in the last 2 weeks.

i didn't buy the air yet.
i was hoping for a drop in price.............not an increase.......

I hope it drops for you I'm glad I bought our air the day it came out. It has done nothing but go UP since Didn't Jodie say that kayak refunds you if the price drops....or was that another site?

time for forensic files, and well, i do have my priorities............

we are missing noses here.
head count on wednesday........

HEY! WE are a priority missy!

I think all the homies heard you was gonna count noses.....they are comin' out from hidin'

No...it didn't affect me. According to the news, it seemed to be mainly FP&L customers and I have Progress Energy. While some people in this area were affected, I was good.

We're all good. Usually when they say southern Florida they are talking Miami.

I know...I heard them say southern Florida....then i heard them say Daytona area....I don't consider THAT southern Orlando, yes....Daytona...uh-uh

 

[wwessing]

I'm thinking Hudson Bay. . .but I don't have a map or an atlas. Having trouble finding anything online. . .but I'm not very focused right now either with trying to get kids off to church.

 

[loribell]

I think Barb was right. Is this what you were talking about?

 

[bubba's mom]

Penny, for the love of Pete .... I am feeling sooooo tre neglected. We do football, and nascar, now baseball. What about basketball? Who else loves March Madness?! Surely, I am not the only lone duck here?

Ya know...you GOT a good point there....why don't YOU take care of our teams for basketball??? Just lemme know when i gotta pick

Jennifer, how is tax season going?! I finally sorted out all our tax business and was able to file online, but until that was sorted all out, I was ready to hop on a plane with my papers to have you do them for me. You must have the patience of a saint and not be dyslexic like me. It takes me forever to make sure my numbers are right because I'm forever transposing numbers. I suppose you're not too busy yet, and your mad dash starts late March or so?

Hi to everyone I didn't address personally.

Glad to hear your FINALLY got your tax stuff straightened out...what a pia! Gettin' a nice refund are ya?

Morning homies!

I don't think I mentioned before that James is on the Robotics team at his high school.

The competition is this weekend in New Hampshire. I can't wait to go. Not so much for the comp, but because it's a few days away from home! DH and I actually stay at a different hotel than the kids. One that is in walking distance to the civic center. So it's a little alone time for us as well!

WOW That is amazing!! Makes my brain hurt just reading about it Sounds cool tho...ain'tcha proud of your genius son? I hope you have a wonderful time, enjoy the DH and we look forward to seein' pix

guess who won the office ncaa pool the last two years in a row??????????????????

I didn't even hear about the outage until I looked at today's Orlando Sentinel.

You guys amaze me.... it was ALL OVER OUR news But, guess it didn't affect you...so, that was good!

I don't think I have ever vented about how much I hate snow days cause I don't mind when it keeps my DS's home but it brings out oldest DS's friends and 2 of them are the most rude kids you ever met in your life.
I am an easy going guy and shy to some point and never like saying anything out of the way to anyone but man these kids are rude and try coming over and start telling everyone what to do and when you tell them to leave they look at ya like your stupid. I tell DS to send them home and he won't and I swear I am going to have a heart attack before its all over and have a pounding headache and chest hurts and makes me kinda wonder what kind of parents these kids have.
Any way hope all of you homies are having a better day

Like Lori said, not a 'request' to leave I don't think they'd be welcome in MY home if they weren't respectful....

We are just starting to get busy with our taxes. We have 5-6 corporate bank audits that we start January 8 and are just finishing up (think 1 bank a week). They need to have their financial statements to mail to stockholders by mid-march. Also Corporate USA deadline is March 15.

jennifer

I thought you were going somewhere else with this statement...but, i will ask....when do YOU do YOUR taxes?

Hi all,
Just quickly checking in. Thanks for all the well wishes. I'm not improving, but keep putting off going to the dr. one more day. I'm bad for that! At this point, I'm up to taking 5 pain pills at a time, & my muscle relaxers more often than I like to. Keep the prayers & Mummy dust coming, please.

That's it! Call the doctor...this is ridiculous...you can't be poppin' THAT many pills and get NO relief You call him/her tomorrow....OR else

I think it was Barb who asked about our power. From what I heard is was the east coast from Daytona & Key West that was affected. We live on the west coast & also have Progress Energy, so we weren't affected.

I'll try to check in more often, but no promises until I'm feeling better.

Glad to hear YOU weren't affected either. Guess we don't have any homies where the power was out

Mummydust to feel better

ahem............i think i pointed out before the list is not in abc order.

yankees should be at the end of the list..........

oh SNAP! Penny.....she gotcha....AGAIN!

 

[bubba's mom]

I'm thinking Hudson Bay. . .but I don't have a map or an atlas. Having trouble finding anything online. . .but I'm not very focused right now either with trying to get kids off to church.

I think Barb was right. Is this what you were talking about?

of course I'm right....Google don't lie

 

[wwessing]

Bay of Fundy?

I think Barb was right. Is this what you were talking about?

Guess we know who the smart ones are around here. . .

I'm thinking Hudson Bay. . .but I don't have a map or an atlas. Having trouble finding anything online. . .but I'm not very focused right now either with trying to get kids off to church.

. . .and who's, well. . .not