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so, it took me FOR-EVER at the bank. I decided to go ahead and cash them all out (Janet- I know I have to claim the interest, but it's under B's SS#). The bank tried to tell me I couldn't do it because I wasn't on them. It has B and my FIL's name on them. I told them of course I could, I am her mother, after all. I know they had me sign something stating I was her mom and she was a minor in the past. They told me I had signed them when I had no right to and I would have to have them reissued (then they'd go to my FIL's house!). I was so annoyed and upset I asked What about if B was here? Could she sign them?" They said I had messed them up and the Treasury wouldn't cash them now.
I told them I had some cashed out when she was younger by our bank in Austin and I didn't have problems. I finally asked to speak to the manager who, after I explained everything over again, said she'd called the treasury. After standing for 30 minutes at his little walk-up, they came back and said, "Yeah, we'll do it." like they were doing me a favor. Turns out they even had a stamp that has the same friggin' statement I mentioned so I can sign and put that she's 11 yrs old.
I said, "You know, more and more the state is trying to take away my rights as a parent and I knew you were wrong. I am her mother and I have a say as to everything that she's involved in.
So, it's all done. I went and had mushroom, ham and cheese crepes
and bought B the Amercian Girls book and feelings and the journal that goes with it.
If anyone hasn't heard of these books, they are so wonderful. I also bought her the all about your body book years ago and she keeps it in her room so she can read it whenever she wants. It really helped us open up and talka bout what all she's going through.
Anyway... I wish that lady'd call me back!!! I don't want to be annoying, but I'm dying over here!!!
I told them I had some cashed out when she was younger by our bank in Austin and I didn't have problems. I finally asked to speak to the manager who, after I explained everything over again, said she'd called the treasury. After standing for 30 minutes at his little walk-up, they came back and said, "Yeah, we'll do it." like they were doing me a favor. Turns out they even had a stamp that has the same friggin' statement I mentioned so I can sign and put that she's 11 yrs old.
I said, "You know, more and more the state is trying to take away my rights as a parent and I knew you were wrong. I am her mother and I have a say as to everything that she's involved in.
So, it's all done. I went and had mushroom, ham and cheese crepes
and bought B the Amercian Girls book and feelings and the journal that goes with it. If anyone hasn't heard of these books, they are so wonderful. I also bought her the all about your body book years ago and she keeps it in her room so she can read it whenever she wants. It really helped us open up and talka bout what all she's going through.
Anyway... I wish that lady'd call me back!!! I don't want to be annoying, but I'm dying over here!!!
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okay, just wanted to say one thing before i jumped in the shower............................. if my husband suprised me with a disney trip, there would be a lot more panning for him!!!!!
hey. would someone tell him that for me?
More panning...Hmmm wonder if that would work for Jim to get him to agree to DVC
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okay, just wanted to say one thing before i jumped in the shower............................. if my husband suprised me with a disney trip, there would be a lot more panning for him!!!!!
hey. would someone tell him that for me?
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Dawn- They got you in???
Jo- The girls look so beautiful! Love the collage.
T - I'm so excited to hear how the externship went today.
Jen Jen - I'm All caught up!
Janet - I'm still trying to figure out... What page are we trying to get too? You know me... always LOST!
CE - I am sooo lovin the pics from your mini trip report. I wish I was there. too bad for the lunch time drama. 6 people trying to make a spur of the moment decision is tough.
Rachel- Did you work last night? I hope you go the house cleaned in time.
Kat- Are you up yet?
Lessa- Are you devouring some great novel?
Puggy- Woman are the worst to work with. I hope in your new area, there isn't anyone like witchy poo.
What's new Mel & V?
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My ds has a playdate over. They are tormenting poor Tink. She wants to play with them sooo bad, but they don't want anything to do with her and keep kicking her out of their games. It is tough to be a little sister!
Jo- The girls look so beautiful! Love the collage.
T - I'm so excited to hear how the externship went today.
Jen Jen - I'm All caught up!
Janet - I'm still trying to figure out... What page are we trying to get too? You know me... always LOST!
CE - I am sooo lovin the pics from your mini trip report. I wish I was there. too bad for the lunch time drama. 6 people trying to make a spur of the moment decision is tough.
Rachel- Did you work last night? I hope you go the house cleaned in time.
Kat- Are you up yet?
Lessa- Are you devouring some great novel?
Puggy- Woman are the worst to work with. I hope in your new area, there isn't anyone like witchy poo.
What's new Mel & V?
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My ds has a playdate over. They are tormenting poor Tink. She wants to play with them sooo bad, but they don't want anything to do with her and keep kicking her out of their games. It is tough to be a little sister!
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Dawn- They got you in???
I still don't know anything...
But she did say they have a new date for me. 
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CE - Thanks for the new update. Monaco looks gorgeous. Somplace I ahve always wanted to go. Princess Grace is a local girl. She grew up anout 1 mile from where I live now.! Prince Albert is here ALL the time for different events. He was here a couple of months ago dedicating a new boathouse on Boathouse Row named after the Kelly family. The Kelly's were/are huge here in Philly, his uncle won an olympic medal for rowing
Cool, I didn't know that. They had pictures of her all over the place, still.
Thanks!
Thanks, I may get another day up today.
Mo said:The real reason she canceled, she went and met a friend for lunch and didn't want to rush back for the 1pm meeting!!!!!! She put her lunch plans ahead of the client!!!!!!!!
OMG I just keep telling myself there is the light at the end of the tunnel!!!!!!
Oh, for pete's sake. What a woman.
OMGosh, OMGosh! I had a message saying they have a new date for me for my surgery!!! I left a message for her to call me back! I'm so happy! I'm shaking!
Now I'm going to catch up!
Oooh, good. Let us know, of course!
[/quote]That was thankfully the only time it really happened.
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After lunch Woody & I went to the nursery and picked up a bunch of garden flowers, and just finished planting them. Hooray! I have a garden!
Now we don't have anything until t-ball, so far as I know.
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Good job I wasn't there, I haven't got a clue who he is, I have heard of NSync though
"We got his autograph! We got his autograph!" They were soooo excited. So I asked them whose autograph they got - thinking it was Joey or some other star. They said it was a CM they thought was cute.
NoooooThe real reason she canceled, she went and met a friend for lunch and didn't want to rush back for the 1pm meeting!!!!!! She put her lunch plans ahead of the client!!!!!!!!
OMG she will so be fired soon!Woooohoooo, hope they call back soonOMGosh, OMGosh! I had a message saying they have a new date for me for my surgery!!! I left a message for her to call me back! I'm so happy! I'm shaking!
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On the third day we had another lovely breakfast in the hotel. The flight attendant and her DH decided to turn in their car and shop in Nice's old town. She's responsible for the food, wine, and flowers on the plane, for starters, so she had to get some stuff for the next day for the flight to Paris.
D & I had decided to follow the book and go see a few sites in the countryside and further along the coast toward Italy. We asked if J & J2 wanted to join us. J had said he'd wanted to just relax, but his DW knew he'd get bored in 15 minutes and she really wanted to keep going. So, they decided to join us. Fun!
The guide book had just mentioned a medieval "perched" village. Didn't sound like there was much there, but it was a destination and looked like a nice drive, at least.
We followed a narrow, winding road up a nearby mountain, and started to see this:
Yep, that's where we were headed, Peillon.
There were NOT many sites, but it remains my favorite day in Nice because it was just so cool. It was only something like 12 miles from Nice, but it felt like 200, as well as something like 500 years away.
Here's the view from the tiny little parking area outside the walls:
We just wandered through the rabbit warren of stone steps and inter-connected houses. We whispered, because it just felt weird to talk loudly. It was beautiful. Here's a random nice doorway:
And a taste of the steps and walkways:
D & I at the "top" of the town near the church tower:
And this - I was NOT standing on anything. This is an actual, real-life front door for someone:
There were national park like walking trails out beyond the town, and we walked a tiny bit of them to see the views:
Then we had lunch at the only hotel - built outside the walls.
It was pretty funny - the hotel had menus displayed at the bottom of the stairs leading up to the lobby. There were price fixe lunches for 60 Euros (!!!) or there were sandwiches for 8. We wanted the sandwiches, go figure.
So we went up and were seated at a lovely cloth and china set table. The menus, however, were only the pricey ones. I asked in my stumbling French about the sandwiches. Oh, yes, they had them, but you had to go sit on the other side of the porch, in the more "lounge" area. Which was fine - we certainly weren't upset - but then the SAME waiter waited on us there. This, I don't get, but whatever. It obviously was the same kitchen, waitstaff, etc.
D & I had pate sandwiches and J & J2 had ham & cheese - but the ham was proscuitto and the cheese was brie. They were on monstrously large and good baguettes, with lettuce and tomato and such and they were fantastic.
I took this picture from the terrace:
We decided that it was still early, so we took a winding "high road" back down toward Monaco. We stopped briefly at the last bit of French Riviera, but then decided, what the heck, let's go to Italy. So we drove into Italy and just stopped at the first town for vino & formaggio!
D in Italy:
Now, the Italians seemed to be closed from 4-7, and it was about 5:00. We found one place open and willing to give us wine, and I asked about their cheese and they said OK.
I took a couple of semesters of Italian when I was working at the University of Illinois, after I'd already graduated, and had been pretty good for a while - but that was 10 years ago.
The waiter wanted to speak either Italian or French. Hmmm.
At any rate, with some sign language and my basic Italian, I thought I'd ordered a cheese plate for four people, with assorted cheeses.
However, we got FOUR PLATES of assorted cheeses. Big ones. But we ate nearly all of it, so I guess it turned out fine.
We drove back the "middle road" through Monaco and to Nice. We had yet another lovely dinner - just D & I, J was done for the day - at a place where supposedly Elton John is a regular. We were sitting on the sidewalk bit, when the interior of the restaurant starting blaring an Elton John song and we saw a lot of flashes going off. We don't know for sure, as we ourselves didn't see him, but it made us wonder.
At any rate, it was a great day - no group tension - and we saw some really cool things.
The next morning the flight crew had to leave around 9:15 for the airport, so we had a quick breakfast and did that. J2, R, & I caught a cab for our flight more around 11:30 - J2 & I walked the beach promenade for a bit. And then we were off for Paris...
Stay tuned!
D & I had decided to follow the book and go see a few sites in the countryside and further along the coast toward Italy. We asked if J & J2 wanted to join us. J had said he'd wanted to just relax, but his DW knew he'd get bored in 15 minutes and she really wanted to keep going. So, they decided to join us. Fun!
The guide book had just mentioned a medieval "perched" village. Didn't sound like there was much there, but it was a destination and looked like a nice drive, at least.
We followed a narrow, winding road up a nearby mountain, and started to see this:
Yep, that's where we were headed, Peillon.
There were NOT many sites, but it remains my favorite day in Nice because it was just so cool. It was only something like 12 miles from Nice, but it felt like 200, as well as something like 500 years away.
Here's the view from the tiny little parking area outside the walls:
We just wandered through the rabbit warren of stone steps and inter-connected houses. We whispered, because it just felt weird to talk loudly. It was beautiful. Here's a random nice doorway:
And a taste of the steps and walkways:
D & I at the "top" of the town near the church tower:
And this - I was NOT standing on anything. This is an actual, real-life front door for someone:
There were national park like walking trails out beyond the town, and we walked a tiny bit of them to see the views:
Then we had lunch at the only hotel - built outside the walls.
It was pretty funny - the hotel had menus displayed at the bottom of the stairs leading up to the lobby. There were price fixe lunches for 60 Euros (!!!) or there were sandwiches for 8. We wanted the sandwiches, go figure.
So we went up and were seated at a lovely cloth and china set table. The menus, however, were only the pricey ones. I asked in my stumbling French about the sandwiches. Oh, yes, they had them, but you had to go sit on the other side of the porch, in the more "lounge" area. Which was fine - we certainly weren't upset - but then the SAME waiter waited on us there. This, I don't get, but whatever. It obviously was the same kitchen, waitstaff, etc.
D & I had pate sandwiches and J & J2 had ham & cheese - but the ham was proscuitto and the cheese was brie.
They were on monstrously large and good baguettes, with lettuce and tomato and such and they were fantastic. I took this picture from the terrace:
We decided that it was still early, so we took a winding "high road" back down toward Monaco. We stopped briefly at the last bit of French Riviera, but then decided, what the heck, let's go to Italy. So we drove into Italy and just stopped at the first town for vino & formaggio!
D in Italy:
Now, the Italians seemed to be closed from 4-7, and it was about 5:00. We found one place open and willing to give us wine, and I asked about their cheese and they said OK.
I took a couple of semesters of Italian when I was working at the University of Illinois, after I'd already graduated, and had been pretty good for a while - but that was 10 years ago.
The waiter wanted to speak either Italian or French. Hmmm.
At any rate, with some sign language and my basic Italian, I thought I'd ordered a cheese plate for four people, with assorted cheeses.
However, we got FOUR PLATES of assorted cheeses. Big ones.
But we ate nearly all of it, so I guess it turned out fine. We drove back the "middle road" through Monaco and to Nice. We had yet another lovely dinner - just D & I, J was done for the day - at a place where supposedly Elton John is a regular. We were sitting on the sidewalk bit, when the interior of the restaurant starting blaring an Elton John song and we saw a lot of flashes going off. We don't know for sure, as we ourselves didn't see him, but it made us wonder.
At any rate, it was a great day - no group tension - and we saw some really cool things.
The next morning the flight crew had to leave around 9:15 for the airport, so we had a quick breakfast and did that. J2, R, & I caught a cab for our flight more around 11:30 - J2 & I walked the beach promenade for a bit. And then we were off for Paris...
Stay tuned!
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I Joey! When we saw him onstage at the Dancing with the Stars Tour I screamed, "I LOVE YOU, Yo-wee!" and embarrassed the girls something bad. Bonus!
Joey! When we saw him onstage at the Dancing with the Stars Tour I screamed, "I LOVE YOU, Yo-wee!" and embarrassed the girls something bad. Bonus!
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Get to AC immediately
Updated below!Haven't been as busy at work but have been getting ready for my garage sale each night. I am taking tomorrow off to get everything ready. I have already gotten responses to my ad on Craigslist and people asking if they can come tomorrow to get first dibs on stuff. I almost feel as though I need to be set up and ready to go tomorrow
Good luck with the sale Mo. At least you will haveb etter than me
The real reason she canceled, she went and met a friend for lunch and didn't want to rush back for the 1pm meeting!!!!!! She put her lunch plans ahead of the client!!!!!!!!
OMG I just keep telling myself there is the light at the end of the tunnel!!!!!!
OMG, I can't believe her
Soon Mo, soon OMGosh, OMGosh! I had a message saying they have a new date for me for my surgery!!! I left a message for her to call me back! I'm so happy! I'm shaking!
Now I'm going to catch up!
Keep us updated
We have to start a new thread when we hit 250 pages
I was/am fascinated with Grace Kelly.
Good job I wasn't there, I haven't got a clue who he is, I have heard of NSync though
That's ok, becasue I thought it was a girl
UPDATEWinner doubles their bet
Dawn - 30 points - June 18th
T - 50 points - June 19th
Mary - 20 points - June 19th
Jen2 - 20 points - June 20th
CE - 30 points - June 21s (MY BIRTHDAY)
KAt - 20 points - June 23rd (her Birthday
TE - 20 points - June 25th
Janet - 20 points - June 24th
Tanya - 20 points June 24th
Jo - 20 points - June 26th
Mo - 20 points - June 27th
Margie - 40 points - June 28th
V - 30 points - June 30th.
Mel - 20 points - July 2nd
Step right up an place your bets ladies. What day will we have to start TFW part 5. No correct winner will result in all "bets" being returned.
Final Bets must be placed by 10:00am (EST) Friday June 13th.
HomeschoolMama
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It was beautiful. Here's a random nice doorway:
It's so gorgeous!!!
The cheese story is too funny!
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Stupid lunch break... I'm still waiting. I think I'll give her until 2 then call back.
Mo- What a piece of work witchy-poo is!
CE- I love that door picture so much. I was thinking it would be beautful blown up and framed. I am trying to do an Italian-feel kitchen and that's so perfect.
I should do some lesson planning since I'm just DISing and staring at the phone. It rang once about 10 minutes ago and didn't show up on caller i.d. I think it's messing with me. Evil phone.
Mo- What a piece of work witchy-poo is!
CE- I love that door picture so much. I was thinking it would be beautful blown up and framed. I am trying to do an Italian-feel kitchen and that's so perfect.
I should do some lesson planning since I'm just DISing and staring at the phone. It rang once about 10 minutes ago and didn't show up on caller i.d. I think it's messing with me. Evil phone.
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Well, after my little excursion to the mall for birthday/graduation presents I came home and I CLEANED my living room and dining room. My living room no longer looks like Toys R Us exploded
No, I am jsut hanging out for a few minutes. Then I am going to shower and pick Jimmy up from school. Jim has his final duty as softball coach today, the all-star game, so he won't be home until about 7:00 or so. Jimmy and I will probably do something light for sinner and then just hang out. His graduation is tomorrow, so we don't have to get up early so we may watch a movie or something.
No, I am jsut hanging out for a few minutes. Then I am going to shower and pick Jimmy up from school. Jim has his final duty as softball coach today, the all-star game, so he won't be home until about 7:00 or so. Jimmy and I will probably do something light for sinner and then just hang out. His graduation is tomorrow, so we don't have to get up early so we may watch a movie or something.
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It's so gorgeous!!!
The cheese story is too funny!
Let me tell you... I felt kind of bad because of course we had to pay - but then we ate it, so oh well...
CE, when you went into Italy...where exactly were you?
Ventimiglia. Italian Riviera. Never heard of it before, but it was Italy...
Steal if you can, or I can e-mail you the original if you PM me your addy!
Well, after my little excursion to the mall for birthday/graduation presents I came home and I CLEANED my living room and dining room. My living room no longer looks like Toys R Us exploded
WOOHOO!
I will say that my anal SMIL did leave my house looking great - I have a few ??? stories at the end of my mini-TR about her, but... Don't know how long we'll manage to keep it up, but it's still pretty good after 4 days!
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Hey!!!
It's not stealing 'cause you said I could! I think I can right click and save it. If I can't I'll let you know. 
Thanks for being a good sharer! 
I saved it. Thanks again. I'll print out that one of you and your DH too, and you can hang over the breakfast table. How's that sound?
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And this - I was NOT standing on anything. This is an actual, real-life front door for someone:
Score. A door that is my size!
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okay janet , i'll take june 16 for 20pts. (even thought i'm not sure where the points come from or if i even have any), but i'll still play! 
jen-- no i didn't work last night, but we all slept in late (10am). i'm mother of the year bc i have my kids trained to sleep in since i work midnights.
i got the house clean enough in time. with 3 kids it's never truly all clean, kwim?
ce- just love the pics!!
hsm-- hope they call you soon, let us know !
jo- any golf today?
katt- when do you leave for disney?
kat- who is author of twilight? it sounds so good , i want to read.
t- how'd the externship go? and how are your teeth?
mel-- you've encouraged me!! i started counting points today, actually writing them down.....i;ve been keeping track in my head for past week, but after 5pm i quit counting. it's better on papaer!! oh and thanks for the website.
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everyone else, hello!!!!! what's up?
jen-- no i didn't work last night, but we all slept in late (10am). i'm mother of the year bc i have my kids trained to sleep in since i work midnights.
i got the house clean enough in time. with 3 kids it's never truly all clean, kwim?
ce- just love the pics!!
hsm-- hope they call you soon, let us know !
jo- any golf today?
katt- when do you leave for disney?
kat- who is author of twilight? it sounds so good , i want to read.
t- how'd the externship go? and how are your teeth?
mel-- you've encouraged me!! i started counting points today, actually writing them down.....i;ve been keeping track in my head for past week, but after 5pm i quit counting. it's better on papaer!! oh and thanks for the website.
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everyone else, hello!!!!! what's up?
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