Team Focker Watch Chat - in the 11th Hour

[princessjv]

Mel- I love that you get magazines from the library. We literally were talking about that at dinner tonight. WE have started getting new release DVD's. Saving money rocks!


Z- That totally sucks about needing to pay in for past years taxes. It has happened to us 2x...due to tax preparer errors. Crossing my fingers that it's minimal... if anything.



T- I would have told that momma where she and her dd can stick it. You did well, by keeping your cool.



Janet- Totally a regional din din. LOVE IT! I hope you get some relaxing in there too kiddo! stop doing laundry! It's your day!



CE- LOVE mexican. SOunds like a fabulous day.


Lori and Janet- You can come to dinner anytime, girls!


Kristel- Room to park the lawn mobiles! Awesome! I bet doug got a kick out of the card from his "kids".



Rosie- Sounds relaxing!



V- Hope you had a great time in the sun.



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Dinner is DONE and all of the extra testosterone barers have left my home. I'm now on an equal playing field here. I have completed the dishes and am ready to RELAX! WE bought DH a new bike helmet (he is training for a triathlon) and a Wii fit. So far the Wii fit is a total hit.

Anyone who has owned one... I'd LOVE Wii fit hints and tricks!

 

[KatGarcia]

Happy Birthday Janet!!!!!

Great Mouse Detective.....meh. (That's "Kat" speak for BLAH) LOL

So, where on earth have our people gone?! It's so dang quiet here. It's creepy..... <-----Like that guy.

MEL

LOL. He's not as creepy as the six flags guy <shudder>

I truly have missed you guys and I do plan on doing an update to my DL trip report, maybe even a double.

Love you guys and hopefully life will be a little less crazy!

Hola! July 25th- don't forget, mark your calendar!!! Atlantic City!

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Hi to everyone else I missed.

It was a super lazy day today. We slept LATE and KC went for some Dunkin Donuts for brunch (by the time we got up lol). Then we watched movies all afternoon on cable (Shutter, Gossip & Dark Knight). Finally around 6:30 we got off our lazy butts and did the grocery shopping. I hate shopping on Sunday's. Too many older folks always there and they get very testy when you want to move around them. But it's done. Laundry, however, will wait until tomorrow night.

So my birthday dinner seems to be about 12 people so far. Not too bad. I'm looking forward to it. Tomorrow I am relaxing and doing some hand washing and what not, so I'll be around.

Hope everyone had a great weekend!

 

[mrsksomeday]

Happy Birthday Janet!!

I am so sorry I won't be quoting people because if I did I would have one of the longest posts in DIS history, I just read through 12 pages to get caught up . I need to get on this thread every day and vow to after tomorrow. I will be doing laundry and tidying up the apartment.

We had a quiet weekend, watching moving on TV since Direct TV had a free premium weekend. I have been busy planning for our trip in November with the well, kinda grandkids. My son lives with his girlfriend and we are taking them and her two kids, 11 and 4 to Disney with us, they are newbies .

I have been having fun planning how we are going to surprise the kids etc. Bill and I will have such fun seeing Disney through children's eyes, we can't wait.

I hope everyone is having a great evening.

 

[cmp1111]

Dinner is DONE and all of the extra testosterone barers have left my home. I'm now on an equal playing field here. I have completed the dishes and am ready to RELAX! WE bought DH a new bike helmet (he is training for a triathlon) and a Wii fit. So far the Wii fit is a total hit.

Anyone who has owned one... I'd LOVE Wii fit hints and tricks!

Oh, good! Sounds like a nice day. Um, I have a Fit, and love it, but the only thing I can say is to practice. So much of it is really much more about balance, but it matters more about how you work the board than maybe your actual balancing skills.

So my birthday dinner seems to be about 12 people so far. Not too bad. I'm looking forward to it. Tomorrow I am relaxing and doing some hand washing and what not, so I'll be around.

Hope everyone had a great weekend!

Sounds good, but how many hands are you washing?

My son lives with his girlfriend and we are taking them and her two kids, 11 and 4 to Disney with us, they are newbies .

I have been having fun planning how we are going to surprise the kids etc. Bill and I will have such fun seeing Disney through children's eyes, we can't wait.

I hope everyone is having a great evening.

Ooh, that will be fun! Glad to see you - hope you've had a nice weekend, too.

 

[debraW76]

Debra- I'd try to get on some groupie sites and read up. I'm for sure way out of the "ins" on that stuff. Tink will be a groupie soon enough though.

That is not what I thought a groupie was?

I *may* wish him a Happy Father's Day but we'll see what kind of mood I'm in and feel generous enough to say it.

I didn't wish my X a HFD either.

After that her page went to private yet I could still see her status updates and she still posted everything for the world to see.

A Birthday Poem For Someone Over 30

My what is now known as the other bad foot has been diagnosed for what I just had surgery in the other foot.

Oh and then there was the emergency dental appointment!

Other than that I had my 90 day mark this week and did get my ADR's made, 2 of them I wasn't thrilled with the time, but then saw online was ready and got them through online

Ouchie. Well at least you have your priorities right. You didn't let any of that stop you from getting some awesome ADRs

Ahhh, you have found my forte'. I stalked, I mean met BonJovi when I was younger I have to dig out the pics and post them. Anyway...try to find out what hotel they are staying at. I found this was the best way

Thanks for the tips!

Played golf today, are you surprised?

Not really

Well, it's official. I have a teenager. My baby turned 13 last night.

So not looking forward to that

We had our final badge ceremony and afterwards I had a parent complain why her daughter didn't get as many badges as my daughter.

OMG that is awful!

I am cinderella today and have been up since the crack of dawn baking and preparing. Ham is in the oven, blueberry scones are made, banana cream pie completed, German Chocolate Cake cooled, frosted and ready, and last but not least the Fruit Salad is chilling.

Z doesn’t know what to do with the Disney PIN she just got. It's nice to have those kinds of decisions.
I must have missed this. Congrats Z

Did I tell you guys we are minus one clunker in the pole barn? Doug's nephew is refusing to take money for the patio work. So I guess he saw the Trans Am in the barn and asked about it. Now it's his. I have somewhere to park my lawn mowers with out climbing over them.
Of course that car doesn't run. It's probably not worth $500. I plan on giving him a gift card for groceries too.
I hope Doug checked the car stray coons and cats??!!![/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]

I'm a little depressed because I got audited by the IRS from my 2006 taxes that this fraudulent tax guy did. I know the guy's fraudulent because a lot of people from work went to him, plus my brother and they all got audited. I was hoping my taxes weren't done wrong, but apparently they were. Our accountant friend helped my brother find out that the tax guy was stealing money from people's returns and claiming more deductions and pocketing them and giving the people back less than what was claimed on the forms. So now I know I'm gonna owe, I just don't know how much yet.


TTFN!!

So sorry Z

I am so sorry I won't be quoting people because if I did I would have one of the longest posts in DIS history,

Missed you I think your disney trip sounds awesome.

 

[CelticBelle]

hey everyone! I doubt ill be able to catch up on the last 20 something pages so i'll just jump back in!

long week, but fun. i saw hangover and up. The wedding was great. Now im trying to recover from the terrible allergies i had while at home. Its so bad i feel like i have the flu when i get my allergies. I hate going home sometimes.

I didnt get my trip to DL, but...I got marc to agree to have our wedding at DL!

 

[rachel3]

hi all!! i know my posts are few and far between , but it is getting better! at least they're only a week apart and not a month apart! just got back from another weekend in........................................... ohio.

i'm so tired of going back there every weekend! then, when we went back this weekend, the basement carpet was soaked! aparently, the electric went out with the storms causing the sump pump to not work causing water to back up in the basement causing unfinished side to be a muddy mess causing the carpet to be soaked causing me to scream!

don't know why i laugh at these things. i figure it's better to laugh. seriously, i think it's bc i work in the ER and see horrid things. a wet basement is really nothing compared to what could happen. so, i spent all weekend with the steamcleaner soaking up water, then steam cleaning the carpets. i guess a lot of people had the same problem d/t the storms. my inlaws are going to go up a couple times this week and air it out. is it wrong to secretly wish the house would burn to the ground so i could collect the insurance money and sell the lot?? what?


so in more fun news, i booked my dining reservations for sept. there are a few my mil wanted to do , so we compromised.

1. ohana (sunday 5pm)
2. donald's breakfast ak ( mon 1030am)
3. akershus princes tues 5pm
4. 50's primetime cafe (not one of mine) wed 12pm
5. whispering canyon cafe (also not one of mine) wed 7pm
6. rose and crown thu 730pm ( will we be able to watch the fireworks with our reservation at 730?)
7. boma friday 810pm


i really want to watch illuminations from rose and crown, but not sure it will work with reservations at 730.


so that's my week in a nutshell.....


hope all is well with everyone! i need to find kristel's update!


rachel

 

[rachel3]

okay have to tell funny story. it will also allow me to take the mother of the year award!


we're at applebees..... 3 kids, me, my mom..... nice dinner.....kids get dessert.... i decide to get a small glass of wine while they eat dessert..... well i get the sangria instead and they bring me a fishbowl of sangria! ............... couldn't finish it all and didn't want to waste......................sneak it into one of the kids' empty cups................. regan carries it out.........................my 10yr old starts yelling "regan don't drink that it has ALCOHOL in it over and over again, then says "mom it has ALCOHOL in it doesn't it.................... quietly, i tell him quiet............ tell him again, drop it............... and again.............. and again.......................we're walking out of the restaurant and he just won't stop............... my husband calls me on my phone and i'm trying to talk to him and quiet the 10yr old , who is going to bust me for sneaking alcohol out of applebees..................... well, i snapped............ i turn around and yell (in a whisper , i thought ) " shut the heL L up before i beat you". then proceed to say " what was that honey" all sweet to my husband..


my mom is cracking up laughing at this point. there are people outside waiting for a table and i'm sure they all heard me. i was so embarassed! my 10 yr old was cracking up too!


oh, i'm sure i'll have that mother of the year award for a while with that one!!

 

[debraW76]

long week, but fun. i saw hangover and up.


I didnt get my trip to DL, but...I got marc to agree to have our wedding at DL!

What did you think of up?
and for the DL wedding!

so in more fun news, i booked my dining reservations for sept. there are a few my mil wanted to do , so we compromised.

1. ohana (sunday 5pm)
2. donald's breakfast ak ( mon 1030am)
3. akershus princes tues 5pm
4. 50's primetime cafe (not one of mine) wed 12pm
5. whispering canyon cafe (also not one of mine) wed 7pm
6. rose and crown thu 730pm ( will we be able to watch the fireworks with our reservation at 730?)
7. boma friday 810pm

Those look great!

We dropped my friend's boys off with the next house parent. Their parents are coming home tomorrow. They said the sweetest prayer last night for dinner. They said "Please God help us to not be sad and to not cry just because our parents left us and went to Colorado without us" I had to leave the kitchen because I didn't want them to see me laughing at them.

They were great kids but made me appreciate my kids even more iykwim.

After church we went to office max then to Red Lobster. that was his FD gift. After we got home and Alpha and Delta came home I went out to clean up my van because the youth group is using it tomorrow. Since I had some time to myself (and I never have time to myself) I stopped by the cemetery to tell my dad Happy Father's Day. It was overdue.

Then we all went to see UP again.

I cried (again).

Packed Alpha and delta's bags - they are going to VA to see Grandma and Grandpa tomorrow. Zeta is not doing to well with this.

Tomorrow is Omicron's birthday and he is at his dad's

Actually I just checked the time. Today is his birthday. I'm going to update my siggie andgo to sleep.

Nighty night all.

 

[Muffinygood]

Oh! Why am I up so EARLY on summer vacation????

Because I thought it would be a great idea to sign my kids up for classes all summer so they wouldn't drive me nuts. Yeah. SD has a photo shop class that starts at 8 am. For two weeks. Ugh.

So, I need to drive him off to that soon. Then I'll be home and can chill for a little bit. I am taking Gus to the pool at 10 am. I don't love being out the door so early for stuff but it's going to get pretty hot here and I don't want to be at the pool when it's the hottest part of the day.

What is everyone else up to?

And I'm not quoting anyone but I had to address this:

Rachel smuggled booze!!!!!​

MEL

 

[cmp1111]

I didnt get my trip to DL, but...I got marc to agree to have our wedding at DL!

Awesome!

hi all!! i know my posts are few and far between , but it is getting better! at least they're only a week apart and not a month apart! just got back from another weekend in........................................... ohio.

I'm sorry about the traveling and the carpet. It's a pain.

is it wrong to secretly wish the house would burn to the ground so i could collect the insurance money and sell the lot?? what?

so in more fun news, i booked my dining reservations for sept. there are a few my mil wanted to do , so we compromised.

Nice!

okay have to tell funny story. it will also allow me to take the mother of the year award!

Packed Alpha and delta's bags - they are going to VA to see Grandma and Grandpa tomorrow. Zeta is not doing to well with this.

Is it their maternal side, or is it just that it's a long time.

Actually I just checked the time. Today is his birthday. I'm going to update my siggie andgo to sleep.

Happy Birthday, Omicron!!!

Because I thought it would be a great idea to sign my kids up for classes all summer so they wouldn't drive me nuts. Yeah. SD has a photo shop class that starts at 8 am. For two weeks. Ugh.

Crazy lady! I am happy that the one week of camp for which I just got the kids signed up is at 9:00.

And I'm not quoting anyone but I had to address this:

Rachel smuggled booze!!!!!​

She's learning from the master!

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Good morning!

For reasons unknown, D & I got interested in some TV shows and stayed up past 1:00. He was feeling really like he had a cold yesterday, so I got up this morning, but I'm really not happy about it.

It's once again 63 and raining, so all I want to do is go back to bed, but I have a busy day. Singles tennis this morning, then I have to go to the store to get the stuff for the end-of-the-year ice cream party in Woody's room. Then I have to shower and GO to that, being room mom.

So, I won't be around much today - maybe a little in the middle of the day. Hope everyone has a good Monday!

 

[englishrose47]

Someone told me RACHEL SMUGGLED BOOZE!!!!Swore at the Kids but tha's OKit was Fathers Day not Mothers Day!!!

Rachel what are your Sept dates andwhere are you staying !! I will be at Pop 12th thru the 20th!!!

Good Mornin all !!
JoA teenager
Kat when do you start or did I miss it again!! Post pix They should be obvious to these ol' eyes!!!

Janet Happy Belated Birthday !!!

 

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

Good morning!

I know I am a bad Focker and don't post here much. I am reading along though.

Not much going on with me. I applied for a job with the City on a whim. I still have plans to go back to school starting in September but if I get this job I won't have to.

Went out for dinner with Mom and Erich last night which was nice. It was actually a nice warm summer day which we have not been getting a lot of so it was great sitting out on the patio at the restaurant.

Erich is all excited as he is getting a nice big cheque from his RESP (Registered Education Savings Plan) as Dad finally cashed it out for him. I warned him not to misspend it though and to save it for school tuition. We'll see if he listens to me. He should take my advice I was a very frivolous and carefree spender during school.

Not much else going on, been spending my time at work writing my trip report of course and planning stuff to do next month when we visit family in Ohio and then in August we are going out to see Dad for a week so I have been looking up all the hiking spots he says he is going to take us to.

 

[PrincessV]

Morning!

Janet, I'm sorry I never got over here yesterday to say...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!​

Is it possible to exercise yourself to illness? I was feeling really strong and energetic yesterday morning, so I did a High Intensity workout with my Sadistic Wii Trainer. I was okay with it, but an hour or so later I started feeling like a truck had run me over and had to lie down. I woke up 4 hours later! I'm taking a rest day today to recover.

Hope everyone has a terrific Monday.

 

[jcc0621]

Janet: Now I want Cheese steaks. Yummy. Hope you've had a good day. I know housework isn't really "birthday-ish" but I hope you made the best of it.

It was a good day

Janet- Totally a regional din din. LOVE IT! : I hope you get some relaxing in there too kiddo! stop doing laundry! It's your day!

It was still a good day

Lori and Janet- You can come to dinner anytime, girls!

Happy Birthday Janet!!!!!

Thanks Kat!

Happy Birthday Janet!!

Thanks Tracy!

I have been busy planning for our trip in November with the well, kinda grandkids. My son lives with his girlfriend and we are taking them and her two kids, 11 and 4 to Disney with us, they are newbies [/COLOR][/FONT]

I have been having fun planning how we are going to surprise the kids etc. Bill and I will have such fun seeing Disney through children's eyes, we can't wait.

That's going to be soooo much fun!

Thanks for the tips!

I didnt get my trip to DL, but...I got marc to agree to have our wedding at DL!

Focker meet at DL

i'm so tired of going back there every weekend! then, when we went back this weekend, the basement carpet was soaked! aparently, the electric went out with the storms causing the sump pump to not work causing water to back up in the basement causing unfinished side to be a muddy mess causing the carpet to be soaked causing me to scream!

I'm sorry

is it wrong to secretly wish the house would burn to the ground so i could collect the insurance money and sell the lot?? what?

so in more fun news, i booked my dining reservations for sept. there are a few my mil wanted to do , so we compromised.

1. ohana (sunday 5pm)
2. donald's breakfast ak ( mon 1030am)
3. akershus princes tues 5pm
4. 50's primetime cafe (not one of mine) wed 12pm
5. whispering canyon cafe (also not one of mine) wed 7pm
6. rose and crown thu 730pm ( will we be able to watch the fireworks with our reservation at 730?)
7. boma friday 810pm

Looks good

oh, i'm sure i'll have that mother of the year award for a while with that one!!

Mel will be so proud of your smuggling skills

And I'm not quoting anyone but I had to address this:

Rachel smuggled booze!!!!!​

See

So, I won't be around much today - maybe a little in the middle of the day. Hope everyone has a good Monday!

TOmorrows the last day right

Not much going on with me. I applied for a job with the City on a whim. I still have plans to go back to school starting in September but if I get this job I won't have to.

Good luck!

Went out for dinner with Mom and Erich last night which was nice. It was actually a nice warm summer day which we have not been getting a lot of so it was great sitting out on the patio at the restaurant.

Nice

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Anything that can wrong is with this reorganziation. I have the construction crew coming in on Saturday to reconstruct our 12th floor. However, they won't approve our electricians for overtime to work on Saturday. Explain to me how I can have cubicles built but no electricity run to them

It's gonna be a looooooooooonnnnnnnnnnnnng week

On the plus side that orange orb is back int he sky and it looks like we are finally going to dry out.

Hope everyone has a great day.

 

[debraW76]

okay have to tell funny story. it will also allow me to take the mother of the year award!

SD has a photo shop class that starts at 8 am. For two weeks. Ugh.

Sounds like a neat summer camp.

Is it their maternal side, or is it just that it's a long time.

Because it is so far away and so long. It is his dad but they are not close.

Happy Birthday, Omicron!!!

Thank you.
For reasons unknown, D & I got interested in some TV shows and stayed up past 1:00. He was feeling really like he had a cold yesterday, so I got up this morning, but I'm really not happy about it.

Yikes. Try to get some rest ok?

Not much going on with me. I applied for a job with the City on a whim. I still have plans to go back to school starting in September but if I get this job I won't have to.

Cool! Hope it works out for you.

I did a High Intensity workout with my Sadistic Wii Trainer.

What game do you use? I only have the wii fit that came with the board.

Focker meet at DL
I would love to crash a wedding.
It's gonna be a looooooooooonnnnnnnnnnnnng week

Called Omicron this morning to wish him a happy birthday. Picking them up tonight and we are doing something tomorrow. I am letting him pick so I don't know what it is yet. I do know that tomorrow has a high of 92 so hopefully he will want to do something indoors.

I still haven't planned a birthday party for him so I was thinking of making it a surprise party. He asks for one every year

Looks like we may be driving to DC this weekend to pick up Delta and Alpha.

Just got an email from disney visa rewards. Mod rooms for $96/night. Not bad!

 

[rachel3]

mel--- yuck on the early morning classes. and yes, i smuggled booze! i learned from the best!

ce-- the kids are still in school???? must have been a good show to stay up till 1am. do what i do, just drink a red bull. (only one though)

rosie-- we're going sept 19th - 26th at poly. we're driving so sat is usually a rest day, then we start touring on sunday. 3 months!!!! yay!!

debra--- when do your 2 kids come home? hope they do okay

v-- that's the exact reason i haven't been exercising.... i was afraid it would make me sick!
seriously, that's strange it made you feel that horrible. was it a really hard work out or do you think you were getting sick before. hope you feel better.

janet-- if there's no electric, maybe they could just give you the day off! how much longer till they're done??


hoping i didn't forget anyone. wow, 2 days in a row! i'm on a streak! well better go shower, have to take regan to the doctor . i think she has a uti. of course now that i make an appointment, she is in the family room rocking it out on rock band. go figure.

 

[rachel3]

just realized i forgot lessa! sorry lessa.

hope you get the job. when are you supposed to find out? good luck

 

[PrincessV]

Anything that can wrong is with this reorganziation.

What game do you use? I only have the wii fit that came with the board.

It's a new one called "EA Active." It takes Fit to a whole new level!

Hey, do you air back yet?

seriously, that's strange it made you feel that horrible. was it a really hard work out or do you think you were getting sick before. hope you feel better.

Thanks - I think it was a combination of things: it WAS a really hard workout; it was my 4th day in a row of hard workouts;I got another mosquito bite that's causing a major allergic reation; and I didn't sleep well Sat. night.

 

[Kickapoo Joie Juice]

Ooh, having a good morning so far, I didn't have to go into work for the monday morning meeting for the first time (that's an hour and 20 minutes in traffic up and an hour back!)

Instead I:

waxed my eyebrows

deep conditioned my hair

took the 3 months old nailpolish off my toes

whee!

I did do some work early this morning, but it was dialed in (needed more calendar entries).

I have to take younger DD to the ped in 15 minutes because she's had a sore throat for two weeks and I just don't think it's going to go away on its own, other than that I'm going to really work on catching up with cleaning the house and maybe after the sun goes down work in the yard some. I missed the domestic stuff!!!

I keep a budget of everything I spend on a spreadsheet and I'm a longtime poster on the "No Buy" thread on the budget board, and I realized that of my $400 paycheck for the last two weeks of work, $80 went to gas and $340 went to the girls' camp.

That put me UPSIDE DOWN for working. If I had just stayed at home and not worked I would have had more money. . That's a big reason I quit and switched to just working 10 hours from home, my family was the other...