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That is GROSS, JO! I'd order vegetarian too!
It is isn't it :scared:

Ugh. No thanks Jo. You can keep your stomach. I'm hangin' onto mine right now.
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Ewwww!!! I saw that on Bizarre Foods. They like boil it in the stomach and you eat the inards. :crazy2:
I knew you'd like it :lmao:

Ummm, it's too late now. :mad: And now I feel bad for the girl and her *&%$ mother. :headache:
Why do people do that? :mad:

Relatively calm here for the moment. The kids are all happily involved in independent play at the moment. The oldest and youngest are on hand held video games, and the middle is in the basement with her polly's arranged about her.
Sounds blissful and you call that a lay in? :rotfl:


MEL if I don't see you before have a fab time in WDW :wave2: :hug:

I'm off to cook some food, yep we're eating before we go out for dinner, well it is haggis on the menu and after last year we decided we HAD to eat before :rotfl2:
 
So here's me and Jodi in the lobby of the Grand Californian.
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Oh, you're both so cute, and I think it's a great New Year's resolution! :)

CE - D's feelin' neglected. :p

Nah, I think he just needed some sleep. He was out like a light before I finished my teeth brushing/face washing, etc. :rotfl2:

donde esta le gente? :bored: Estoy aburrido.

What IS in your OJ?

I hope everyone else is doing great. I'm off to transform the house into various habitats and await the arrival of an unknown number of kids. Why don't people RSVP anymore????

Have a great day :flower3:

Have fun!

Good morning! :wave:

Hi my lovely Fockers.

Just wanted to pop in and say good morning. :teeth:

:hug: all around.

Good morning (well, afternoon for me, now) Jen!

Morning! Leo took over the Wii, and with no school anymore I'm left with working out or being on the computer. I'll work out soonish. ;)

::yes:: D took the boys to the park, so it's my turn on the Wii, except that I begged off the park because I was going to "clean". :bitelip:

I have been reading along, just not posting too much. It is pinewood derby day for DS. The weather has yet again dropped to -11. Tonight we are having a bunch of friends over for Pizza. I am a bit apprehensive of 2 of the kids. They are a bit more aggressive and one only likes to play video games. Nothing else. I was thinking of not letting them play the Wii, because there are 5 boys, all are 6-8 and we only have 2 controllers and 1 numchuk. I just hope I don't get a mutiny.

Ugh, good luck!

She says you've asked her and she was happy, funny whiskey story :rotfl2:

Oh, good! :goodvibes And I know - poor friend...:rotfl2:

Now you know why I've ordered the veggie one :rotfl2: It will be lots of fun though as the dancing is hysterical!

::yes:: UGH!

Tomorrow we're going into London for the girls Christmas present Emma bought them tickets for the 4 of us to see Cirque du Soleil at the Royal Albert Hall, we're going to find somewhere for lunch in London too :thumbsup2

Oh, very cool! I'm sure I've asked before, but how long does it take you to get to London?

Ummm, it's too late now. :mad: And
now I feel bad for the girl and her *&%$ mother. :headache:

That sucks, because it's so not the kid's fault. :sad2:

Anyway, I'll be back later to go back a few pages to catch-up. DD11 has requested lunch, so I've gotta run for the moment. TTFN! :wave:

Have a good day!

I'm off to cook some food, yep we're eating before we go out for dinner, well it is haggis on the menu and after last year we decided we HAD to eat before :rotfl2:

Sounds like a wise move! :lmao:
 
She's getting attacked by the green eyed monster! Because I MAY, it's not definite, go to DLRP without her and then I MAY, again not definite all depends on $, go to WDW end of September for a Moms Panel thing she's having a strop. She says she misses me when I'm not here :confused3
Yea, I'm jealous too! ;)

I ordered a vegetarian one this year as this is what's in haggis...
I knew there was a reason I order vegetarian most of the time. :thumbsup2

Tomorrow we're going into London for the girls Christmas present Emma bought them tickets for the 4 of us to see Cirque du Soleil at the Royal Albert Hall, we're going to find somewhere for lunch in London too :thumbsup2
How lovely. :thumbsup2

Speaking of RSVPing.... the event today is by ressie only. Well, out of my 9 girls, 8 RSVP'ed and I paid for them in December. Well, last night the mother of the girl who didn't RSVP sends me her permission slip to attend today. Umm.. hello? For the past 2 weeks I've been asking if this girl is going and haven't been given a yes, so I assumed she wasn't going. Yeah, the day before the event the mother sends me this paper. Ummm, it's too late now. :mad: And now I feel bad for the girl and her *&%$ mother. :headache:
Maybe you should tell this story at the next meeting so no other mothers realize RSVP isn't a suggestion. :rolleyes: This is so one of my pet peeves.

Angela- I know more about the Stone Mountain park area generally. Never stayed at the Marriott there.
Thanks for the info. :thumbsup2
 

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Hello.... Anybody Home??
I'm here for a second. :wave2: I need to work on my school stuff now that I'm home.

T- I feel bad for the little girls too. :sad2:

Yikes! It's 2 and all I've done is go to MIL's and get groceries. I'd better get busy!
 
::yes:: I have 17 points I'm willing to pool. :teeth:

We'd love to! We can meet for cocktails at ESPN Zone. Do you have my cell#?

Have fun in the motherland, Mel! :cool1:
I'd pool too! I wanna girl's weekend! I will let Bob know to leave a night open for you guys! I do have your cell, I'll make sure Bob takes it with him.

Thanks! I think I'm packed! The house is clean. Just have to color my hair still and I'm done. :goodvibes

MEL if I don't see you before have a fab time in WDW :wave2: :hug:

First, Blech! Haggis!

Thanks! I'm sure I will have a great time, I wish you guys were all coming though! :confused3

Hi Dawn!

Hi Katt!

Hi Jen/JenV!

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I'm almost done with everything on my list. The boys are done with lessons and SD is finishing up his homework. He did History last night, Geometry this morning and now he's doing ELA (English). That only leaves Drafting/Design to work on when we get home. I am so proud of him for getting done BEFORE vacation!

Bob's out shopping for sneakers with his Mom and Dad. :confused3 Don't know why he'd do that in FL, but oh well. He called me last night to say that he missed me. His mom made some weird side dish called Corn Casserole and he was totally grossed out. Poor baby. :scared: I told him that I'll have to get the recipe from her. Ha!

I forgot to go to the atm earlier. I guess I'll have to go out and do that after I shower. Now the butterflies are setting in....

Hope I don't sleep through my alarm tomorrow! :sad2:

MEL :banana: (that's for dawn!)
 
Hi ladies. Just wanted to come over and say hi. I tried to spend as much time as I could with Bug last week and it seems to have helped some. I also printed a photo of him and he took it to school with him. Kids an I are going shopping this weekend and I have to get as much school work done as I can. Student teaching is going great. I will stop in later tonight or tomorrow. If I have missed anything major please let me know.

I do know Mel is leaving soon. Have lots of fun.
Jo is eating gross Haggis.
I also saw Girls Weekend. I thought we discussed this before. I am all for this.
Is there going to be a Fockerfest this year or not until 2010? I was at a couple of meets last year but missed the big dinner and I do not want to miss it again.
 
::yes:: I have 17 points I'm willing to pool. :teeth:

Jodi is a doll! So so's sweet and so easy to talk to ... and Eric had me crackin' up. :rotfl:

Don't the Grand Villas have blenders?? :teeth:
You should meet Jodi girls, just adorable and full of personality! princess:
would love a girls weekend!!! I dont have points to pool...but I`ll pay rent! :hyper:

T said:
I'm about ready to take over the Wii, too. Gotta crop my turnips in for the big bucks today. ;)
I stood in front of this game yesterday at Wal mart, for about 15 minutes. really considering it. but for $50, i wasnt so sure. Sell me on it T! do you have to get the Wii speak for it also? :confused3

David said:
I read a bit over on the DVC board about the new point charts and shake-up and thinking I need to sit down with Jenny to make sure we made the right choice for us in light of all the changes. We're still in our 10 day cancellation window, so if we are going to have second or third thoughts, now is the time while we can actually do something about it.
Good luck deciding David, sounds like your on the ball for sure! :thumbsup2
BTW. Has anybody told you lately what a great Dad you are. :goodvibes
I'm off to cook some food, yep we're eating before we go out for dinner, well it is haggis on the menu and after last year we decided we HAD to eat before :rotfl2:
Good move Jo!! :scared:

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Hello.... Anybody Home??
I love this smiley Katt!!!!!

Bob's out shopping for sneakers with his Mom and Dad. :confused3 Don't know why he'd do that in FL, but oh well. He called me last night to say that he missed me. His mom made some weird side dish called Corn Casserole and he was totally grossed out. Poor baby. :scared: I told him that I'll have to get the recipe from her. Ha!

I forgot to go to the atm earlier. I guess I'll have to go out and do that after I shower. Now the butterflies are setting in....

Hope I don't sleep through my alarm tomorrow! :sad2:

MEL :banana: (that's for dawn!)
one more day Mel!!!! :cheer2: I make a corn casserole thats really good!! I wonder if its the same one? except mine is yummy and Bob wouldnt be grossed out,,:rotfl:

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Do you guys remember when my youngest sister was thinking of moving down here with her 2 kids.?
My Mom called and Elizabeth is in the hospital for major depression and anxiety. and who knows what else. I guess she asked her mother to take her on thursday night. they admitted her and are working on meds and group sessions and therapy. It seems she just got overwhelmed. there is also depression that runs in the family. her older sister (not me) was admitted for 3 weeks when she was 16, years ago...
Elizabeth called me from the hospital when I was at Wal mart this afternoon. I guess there is a community phone in the hall or something. It kept ringing when I tried to call back. I`m going to call her again now before work...:sad2:
have a Great Saturday Nite everyone!! :smokin:
 
You were missed Katt! :grouphug:

Awww.... Thanks Carrie

I have LOADS... to share... and I'll do it bit by bit...
First off... have any of you ladies ever threw anything at your Hubby ??
LEFT YOUR HUBBY.. and not just to escape a few hours ... in a Mall, at a friends or even a Parking Lot. But OVERNIGHT.

I reached a point where I could not handle ANYTHING... I Flat OUT LIED when I told a couple of you that I was O.K. But I wanted it that way.

While my life as far as "WORK" goes is not stressed... I self impose stress, and let little things bug me.
Add to that my hormones are "petering out" and a New Train coming into the house and I LOST IT... L O S T I T :guilty: .I finally snapped, and all the spending that Scott Does... came to a BOILING POINT.. and for me a Melt down.

And sense I have been overly emotional... I got my feelings hurt here:guilty: So I felt like I HAD NO WHERE and NO ONE...
Do I sound CRAZY YET ?? :crazy2: :sad: DON'T ANSWER THAT !!

So I saw my Doc... she put me on some "Wonder Pills"... that is helping some.
Scott maybe now see's that his "hobby" is dragging me down.
Add a Diet/Lifestyle change in there and :scared: :scared:
Now all I need is a Little Snow... S'late took ALL OF IT... and would not Share.

I missed being here.. I was/am trying to declutter my life. Not that TFW is"Clutter"
But I just took a break from nearly everything for a couple of weeks. Short of Church.

That's the "Cliff Notes" Version for now.
Just send me some good thoughts and forgive me for getting upset . :flower3:


 
Of course, Katt. You know we all care about you. Don't stay away next time. :goodvibes
MEL:banana:
 
Hi all :wave2: HAd a great time at the Please Touch Museum. WIll post pictures later.

Did I see mention of the possible girls weekend over Columbus weekend???? I may be able to do somthing really cheap if I stay with mom and day:hyper: :scratchin

Jo - Haggis
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Katt - :hug:

V - I know what you mean, some people are finding me that I really don't want to deal with. I stopped talking to these people for a reason ::yes::

Mel - Down to hours baby:cheer2: :cheer2: :cheer2:

T - Awesome pic of you and Jodi!

Carrie - Go for it:thumbsup2

Kristel - Gotcha!:thumbsup2
 
Of course, Katt. You know we all care about you. Don't stay away next time. :goodvibes
MEL:banana:
Thanks Mel... When you get all "wonky" in the brain... NOTHING MAKES SENSE...

Wish I could go to DW with you... Space Mountain is open Now :sad:
 
Do you guys remember when my youngest sister was thinking of moving down here with her 2 kids.?
My Mom called and Elizabeth is in the hospital for major depression and anxiety. and who knows what else. I guess she asked her mother to take her on thursday night. they admitted her and are working on meds and group sessions and therapy. It seems she just got overwhelmed. there is also depression that runs in the family. her older sister (not me) was admitted for 3 weeks when she was 16, years ago...
Elizabeth called me from the hospital when I was at Wal mart this afternoon. I guess there is a community phone in the hall or something. It kept ringing when I tried to call back. I`m going to call her again now before work...:sad2:
have a Great Saturday Nite everyone!! :smokin:
Poor thing... :guilty:

MEL :banana: (that's for dawn!)
:cool1:

Awww.... Thanks Carrie

I have LOADS... to share... and I'll do it bit by bit...
First off... have any of you ladies ever threw anything at your Hubby ??
LEFT YOUR HUBBY.. and not just to escape a few hours ... in a Mall, at a friends or even a Parking Lot. But OVERNIGHT.

I reached a point where I could not handle ANYTHING... I Flat OUT LIED when I told a couple of you that I was O.K. But I wanted it that way.

While my life as far as "WORK" goes is not stressed... I self impose stress, and let little things bug me.
Add to that my hormones are "petering out" and a New Train coming into the house and I LOST IT... L O S T I T :guilty: .I finally snapped, and all the spending that Scott Does... came to a BOILING POINT.. and for me a Melt down.

And sense I have been overly emotional... I got my feelings hurt here:guilty: So I felt like I HAD NO WHERE and NO ONE...
Do I sound CRAZY YET ?? :crazy2: :sad: DON'T ANSWER THAT !!

So I saw my Doc... she put me on some "Wonder Pills"... that is helping some.
Scott maybe now see's that his "hobby" is dragging me down.
Add a Diet/Lifestyle change in there and :scared: :scared:
Now all I need is a Little Snow... S'late took ALL OF IT... and would not Share.

I missed being here.. I was/am trying to declutter my life. Not that TFW is"Clutter"
But I just took a break from nearly everything for a couple of weeks. Short of Church.

That's the "Cliff Notes" Version for now.
Just send me some good thoughts and forgive me for getting upset . :flower3:


Katt... :hug: I understand the need to unclutter your life. We missed you and we're here for you. :grouphug:
 
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Hey, Katt!

That only leaves Drafting/Design to work on when we get home. I am so proud of him for getting done BEFORE vacation!

Good for him!

Hope I don't sleep through my alarm tomorrow! :sad2:

You won't. If you're anything like me, you'll wake up every 30 minutes or so to check the clock. :rolleyes:

Elizabeth called me from the hospital when I was at Wal mart this afternoon. I guess there is a community phone in the hall or something. It kept ringing when I tried to call back. I`m going to call her again now before work...:sad2:

Oh, honey. I am sorry.

That's the "Cliff Notes" Version for now.

:hug:

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Well, huh. D took the boys out to the park earlier, and I stayed behind to clean. The family room is back to normal - I got rid of a few more things on the sly that I don't think they'll notice as missing, so now the new toys all have a place, finally. I cleaned the kitchen counters off and got my piles put away in the right spot (but yes, I knew what was in them all! ;) )

They came back and had thought maybe we'd all 4 go play tennis and swim, but there are no courts open until 7:00. Buzz was pretty adamant that he just wanted to stay home and read the Star Wars book he'd gotten at the school library yesterday. Woody was a little restless, and finally he started trying to talk Buzz into the swim. Once Buzz finally agreed, Woody started claiming HE didn't want to go. GAH. :crazy2:

Anyway, D washed his hands of it, which made Woody freak out and want to go again, so they just walked out the door. Now it's too late for me to go, as when I went to lunch yesterday, I was reminded of a girls night in tonight at one of the mom's houses. When she first brought it up, I thought this was the last week of January, where I knew that D was gone for training, but that's NEXT weekend... Then I forgot about it until yesterday. D is sweet and always encourages me to get out for myself, even though in this case I'm not terribly excited. I'm sure it will be fun, but it seems like a late time to go out, I'm driving a friend, so I can't have much wine, I don't really want to sit around and watch a movie, which was the suggestion... We'll see.

The gym is really close to the friend's house, but since I said I'd pick up one of the other friends, I'd have to come back PAST my own house, then go back past the gym, so it just doesn't make any sense.

And we're not having dinner, so D was going to eat at the gym, which I would have liked to do.

Oh well.

At any rate, I haven't done much of anything since they got back, and I do need to run out and get some brownies or something to take with me, but I have no desire. I still need to shower, too, even though the hostess says she's going to be in her pj's. ;)

I can't believe it is 5:00.

But my Illini are winning, so I'm good. :thumbsup2

I'd better go out if I'm going. I have two hours to shop, shower, and possibly bake brownies if I get a mix.

See you later! Have a great night. :grouphug:
 
Carrie - :hug: for your sister too

CE - Ugh, nothing like going out when you don't really feel like it:sad2:

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Here are a couple of pictures from the Museum today. Jimmy and Sarah had a fabulous time. Afterwards we tookd the kids to Freindly's for lunch and then took Sarah home. We hung out at their place for about an hour and then cam home. Everyone is tired, so it should be an easy going to bed night:thumbsup2

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Jimmy on the "space buggy". THe kids have to pedal and it goes up in the air.
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McDonald's Display
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Grocery Shopping
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Capt. Noah was a show from when I was a kid. It was a local thing then went National in the 80's sometime
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Working the Construction Site
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Liberty Arm...The entire thing is made from melted down toys and recycles!
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Statue of Liberty Needs a shave:lmao:
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Alice in Wonderland Area
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Not sure how many pics that in so I am going to post another one with just Memorial Hall.
 
Memorial Hall was build for the 1876 World's Fair (The Centennial Celebration). It was one of 100's of buildings built, but only 1 of 2 that still exist.

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Scale Model of what the exposition looked like.
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SOme of the items on Display in 1876

A typewriter
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Kindergarten Blocks
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Then and Now
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And the tour depressed me because the woman was explaining that plastic is recyclable only a few times, but it never breaks down. We use so much of it...and plastic water bottles, soda bottles, juice bottles, etc. don't get remade into other plastic bottles. They can only really be shredded and made into less stable plastic...fleece and carpets are the two biggies. And apparently there is a blob of plastic the size of Rhode Island sitting on the ocean floor that will just stay there forever. Forever. So while recycling is imperative, we really have to choose our containers more carefully. Glass and aluminum are the way to go.

Sorry, a PSA this early in the morning is no fun.

Oh Wow! That's good to know Kate. :sad2:

Hi from not so sunny California! I'm not sure who ordered the rain, but it's pretty gray and wet here right now!

Hi Jodi!!

So here's me and Jodi in the lobby of the Grand Californian.
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:thumbsup2

She's getting attacked by the green eyed monster! Because I MAY, it's not definite, go to DLRP without her and then I MAY, again not definite all depends on $, go to WDW end of September for a Moms Panel thing she's having a strop. She says she misses me when I'm not here :confused3

:eek: I don't blame her Jo. :p

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Hi Katt! :wave2:

I have LOADS... to share... and I'll do it bit by bit...

:hug: :hug: :hug:

Janet: that museum looks awesome

Hi everyone!!! :wave2:

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MEL!!!! You Leave tomorrow!!!!!!! :jumping1: :jumping1:

I'll see you in a few days! :hyper: :hyper:

Nothing new from me. Just did a quick catch up and skimmed a little. It was nice working in the morning but I was tired! I only got a few hours sleep so I blame it on that.

After work the boyfriend took me out to eat. We went to this Mexican restaurant called Chevy's and it was muy delicioso! :teeth: I had me 2 delicious Margaritas too. Yum!

Then we just chilled and I passed out.

Ok, just a quick check in.

Gotta go to work! :upsidedow
 
Janet, it looks like a blast!

Z, have fun at work!

I went to the store and am having a little leftover pizza before I go shower. :thumbsup2
 
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