The Maelstromers... a FASTPASS! Part 2

[kpk89]

First off: KPK I LOVE THE GOONIES!!!

Well golly Melons, me too! But I'm confuzzled. Did I mention the Goonies someplace?


Sher, I am with you in that dark place. I am having recurrent waking nightmares of Chris' face, and Katherine's when Ryan broke the news. Both shocked. The only consolation is that Chris will hit it big anyway, most likely. I hope. If I never get a chance to buy his CD I'll forever carry the guilt that I didn't get on the phone and vote.

Chappie - Upon further review, it appears that I was SO pay-happy in April that not only did I schedule two payments for the same card on the Chase site (and then cancel one) I ALSO had scheduled an auto-pay from my bank's site. Which I didn't cancel, and which is the $300 in question. At least I know my balance is well under control!


AND -- so cute. Conor got all dressed up for school today. White oxford shirt, khakis, with a BELT and actual SHOES (not grungy sneakers.) He wanted to look nice when the kids in his class sang him Happy Birthday. He's a funny little guy, I love him.

 

[AshClan]

I was thinking that I would get a blank fanny pack and embroider what JNRMOM put on her's in lime green with the top pocket flap having Portable Puke Purse or something on it.

It could have Maelstromers embroidered on the belt all the way around or something!!!!


What do you think?

I'm sorry to say....I don't think my DH would agree to be with me if I carried a fanny pack. BUT, if you can embroider, that sounds like a great idea! If I never get my act together with Java's t-shirt transfers, then I could just hide the fanny pack from DH until we get there!!

 

[sheridac]

Yes.....

Lou, you and JW get all the today!

 

[kpk89]

By the way, if anybody wants stickers from the other side of the fence - I have some links for that!

If we're gonna talk politics - lets' talk! If not, let's not!

Blessings!
MarkyMark

aaaahg! Let's not! I can get that from my husband. And I'm on the same side of the road as he is!

Anybody else an escapist like me and want to talk about TV some more?

 

[Chapter 11]

Upon further review, it appears that I was SO pay-happy in April that not only did I schedule two payments for the same card on the Chase site (and then cancel one) I ALSO had scheduled an auto-pay from my bank's site. Which I didn't cancel, and which is the $300 in question. At least I know my balance is well under control!

Well, now you have $300 more to spend on your Chase card. BTW, you might want to consider simply using only your bank's own site for all of your electronic payments, for 2 reasons: 1) consistency is key, and that way you shouldn't run into the same problem you just did, and 2) would you rather be having an argument about a disputed payment with your own bank, or with some creditor? In theory, your bank has a bigger incentive to make you happy, because they want to keep your business. Although in this case, it appears that what your bank told you may have been wrong -- if the payment in question had in fact truly been unauthorized, your bank could have returned the debit (depending on how much time had elapsed since Chase hit your account), no matter that it had originally been scheduled on Chase's site. Their telling you "to take it up with Chase" is not very customer-friendly, in my humble opinion. But then, that's banks for you, isn't it?

 

[MOMOFMNM]

Well golly Melons, me too! But I'm confuzzled. Did I mention the Goonies someplace?

i DON'T KNOW!!! did you not say heEEEYY you gguuuuys??? like the fat kid on Goonies??? Sorry to say fat guys but maybe I should say round??? I dunno!!

BUT I do love the Goonies...KPK!!! just thought you might like to know~~~

markymark!!! ohhh lalala!!!! I think I will steer clear of this one seeing as though we broke up long ago, I don't want others thinking I want you back purely for your "hidden talents..." or whathaveyou....

and LOU LOU LOU....

the YES to which you were answering to, my friend?? I am even sorry I brought up my surgery here on this thread and now I feel like I have to defend my question on it.
Dearestloulou:

ohh I love you and mean no offense nor do I want to upset anyone or start a debate on this thread!! NOT ON THIS ONE PLEASE!!!
but here it goes:

when you have two rather large children the size of watermelons cut out of your stomach so that the scars look like roads on a map, both NORTH and SOUTH and your stretch marks resemble that of the Mississippi...and YOU can stretch your tummy up over your head in a rain storm for shelter...and you no longer have a belly button...its more like Lake Huron...then we'll talk.

Until then I'll take my hard earned money, spend it at the Poly, and plop down exuberant amounts of money so that a doctor can cut it all away and give me an actual WAIST...

Hey I am a girl who knows what she wants and is not afraid of it. Nor am I afraid of saying it, asking about it, making fun of it, or crying over it if need be....

ASHCAN!! (((((((((((((HUGS))))))))))))))) AND EMSMOM!!! I AM SOOOO SORRY YOU TWO!!!!

HI TO YOU GIRLS!!! YOU ARE THE BEST!!!

AND yes emsmom my dh is THE BEST!!! Not only do I GET a new tummyand a vacation at the Poly this summer, I came home to a huge floral arrangement with a love note attached to it this afternoon!!! I am so incredibly lucky and in love and happy. So I might have to fight you for him because he is even better than Keith Urban, Joey Mac, and Justin Timberlake COMBINED...he is without a doubt
#1 in my book!!!

master g!!! I am sooooooo a theater girl!!! I WAS DOROTHY!!! and the fat girl with an afro in FAME!! but thats another story...

I so wish we had a community theater here, IF my kids were older I would help teach drama at my high school but I just DO NOT have the time for that but that is my dream!!

I TOO SIR AM AN ACT- OR-ess

DANGIT we would have such fun in a meet with our horny horns and mexico margaritas!!!

waaaa...I'll miss the meet!!

I do think Lou and I might get together a special "strommer" rendevous in August though

what do you think Lou???

you wanna date with a 29 yr old blonde melongoddess?? huh???

 

[DisneyMommyMichelle]

Anybody else an escapist like me and want to talk about TV some more?

over here!!! i lovee talking TV! i'm an Amazing Race fan here!! anyone else??

 

[sheridac]

Well, now you have $300 more to spend on your Chase card. BTW, you might want to consider simply using only your bank's own site for all of your electronic payments, for 2 reasons: 1) consistency is key, and that way you shouldn't run into the same problem you just did, and 2) would you rather be having an argument about a disputed payment with your own bank, or with some creditor? In theory, your bank has a bigger incentive to make you happy, because they want to keep your business. Although in this case, it appears that what your bank told you may have been wrong -- if the payment in question had in fact truly been unauthorized, your bank could have returned the debit (depending on how much time had elapsed since Chase hit your account), no matter that it had originally been scheduled on Chase's site. Their telling you "to take it up with Chase" is not very customer-friendly, in my humble opinion. But then, that's banks for you, isn't it?

Chappie! Oh so professional today. No hangover? Remember, I saw you with that lampshade on your head fella!

 

[DisneyMommyMichelle]

when you have two rather large children the size of watermelons cut out of your stomach so that the scars look like roads on a map, both NORTH and SOUTH and your stretch marks resemble that of the Mississippi...and YOU can stretch your tummy up over your head in a rain storm for shelter...and you no longer have a belly button...its more like Lake Huron...then we'll talk.

All i can say is i second that emotion! we must be belly twins cause since Gabriel this is how i look.

Next topic from my head:

anyone watch soaps? i'm a huge all my children fan, but i only get to watch when my kiddies are asleep!!! i really must look into this TIVO thing!

 

[Chapter 11]

Chappie! Oh so professional today. No hangover? Remember, I saw you with that lampshade on your head fella!

Just trying to add value. BTW, Kim, I'll just go ahead and PM you my bill -- remember, pay within 30 days, or I'll have to start charging interest.

 

[Lil' Grumpy]

...where are the lose connections today?! oh, that's right..they're off
gavotting all over wdw??? hemp-dwats!!!

ok..tvlanders,,what's thestory behing ****by sherman's character in "her
comes his bride"???

oh, my..i never knew seven brides for seven brothers were connected?
we matched up with those brothers in more than one way... begin
with being seven brothers with 3 girls..first/middle and last.....

[hey, lil luobon..youre pole guy was too ...
p.s. i stressed lil fishin dude not to been mistakin with all the pole
dancers the ladies were "googlin" bout..scary wasn't it?? then pp
sneakin your legs..with waxi all over it...did they produced the lil
house of wax by your responses???

tink*her lil bell...i really git into your lil surfer girl talk..did you ever own
a "board"? p.s..i told a lil dick/jane story once..and "pp" people off!
boy, that made feel old!!! they couldn't tell if i was using flattery or
"s"-not"....

grammy your sooo one of my favorite..lil spices and all..hope everything
is on the up side of recovery!! lil wondering..with your secret spices....
all your dishes are the most mouth waterin treats around! parmes-a-man!
homemade breadsticks that pipin hot!! these youngem's here could really a
recipe or two from... a master. no doubt , the envy across the boards!


ok..melon'in girl..i know i'm probably steppin it but tummies aren't the primary
"yummies"..on my list...[what i observed before was based on my reality,
100%]....and [going to git killed] but there something sensual in pretty
feet! ha! you already know cos no one been workin it better...

= just so the guys are not left out!

 

[AshClan]

You are so sweet....I was j/k. I know there are just too many to remember!!

At any rate, I hear ya sista on the surgery thing! Fortunately, my tummy isn't too bad (I never got any stretch marks!!), if I would just stop eating so much. But I'm planning on some eye/cheek/chin stuff sometime within the next few years for sure! Gotta whiten my teeth first, and lose some weight (ya, good luck with that!), then I'll get my face back the way I want it. There are some new not-so-invasive procedures out there. Do you know that you can have fat from other parts of your body (erm....like my fat butt!) injected into your cheeks?!? It's a lunchtime thing, supposedly. I'm just waiting for them to perfect it a little more, then I'm THERE baby!!

Oh, and Lil' Grumpy....I'm scared. You're making more and more sense with each post!

 

[kpk89]

Just trying to add value. BTW, Kim, I'll just go ahead and PM you my bill -- remember, pay within 30 days, or I'll have to start charging interest.

Oh. Crap. Do you take Visa? Chase? Could I interest you in a lovely NH vacation home? We'll call it even!

It turns out, I guess, that the error was mine since I went nuts trying to make diggity darn sure that bill got paid!! The bank would've taken care of me, except the transaction in question was a month ago (just got my statement so just caught it).

 

[Loubon]

what do you think Lou???

you wanna date with a 29 yr old blonde melongoddess?? huh???

You have to ask???

And hey if you go back and look at my quote I wasn't saying yes to the tummy tuck stuff (I deleted that out). I was saying yes to all of the Sheri Baby stuff.

 

[kpk89]

Happy Mother's Day!

This is for the mothers who have sat up all night with sick toddlers in
their arms, wiping up barf laced with Oscar Mayer wieners and cherry
Kool-Aid saying, "It's okay honey, Mommy's here."


Who have sat in rocking chairs for hours on end soothing crying babies who
can't be comforted.


This is for all the mothers who show up at work with spit-up in their hair
and milk stains on their blouses and diapers in their purse.


For all the mothers who run carpools and make cookies and sew Halloween
costumes. And all the mothers who DON'T.


This is for the mothers who gave birth to babies they'll never see. And the
mothers who took those babies and gave them homes.


This is for the mothers whose priceless art collections are hanging on
their refrigerator doors.


And for all the mothers who froze their buns on metal bleachers at football
or soccer games instead of watching from the warmth of their cars.


And that when their kids asked, "Did you see me, Mom?" they could say, "Of
course, I wouldn't have missed it for the world," and mean it.


This is for all the mothers who yell at their kids in the grocery store and
swat them in despair when they stomp their feet and scream for ice cream
before dinner. And for all the mothers who count to ten instead, but
realize how child abuse happens.


This is for all the mothers who sat down with their children and explained
all about making babies. And for all the (grand)mothers who wanted to, but
just couldn't find the words.


This is for all the mothers who go hungry, so their children can eat.


For all the mothers who read "Goodnight, Moon" twice a night for a year.
And then read it again. "Just one more time."


This is for all the mothers who taught their children to tie their
shoelaces before they started school. And for all the mothers who opted for
Velcro instead.


This is for all the mothers who teach their sons to cook and their
daughters to sink a jump shot.


This is for every mother whose head turns automatically when a little voice
calls "Mom?" in a crowd, even though they know their own offspring are at
home -- or even away at college -- or have their own families.


This is for all the mothers who sent their kids to school with stomach
aches, assuring them they'd be just FINE once they got there, only to get
calls from the school nurse an hour later asking them to please pick them
up. Right away.


This is for mothers whose children have gone astray, who can't find the
words to reach them.


For all the mothers who bite their lips until they bleed when their 14 year
olds dye their hair green.


For all the mothers of the victims of recent school shootings, and the
mothers of those who did the shooting.


For the mothers of the survivors, and the mothers who sat in front of their
TVs in horror, hugging their child who just came home from school, safely.


This is for all the mothers who taught their children to be peaceful, and
now pray they come home safely from a war.


What makes a good Mother anyway? Is it patience? Compassion? Broad hips?


The ability to nurse a baby, cook dinner, and sew a button on a shirt, all
at the same time?


Or is it in her heart?


Is it the ache you feel when you watch your son or daughter disappear down
the street, walking to school alone for the very first time?


The jolt that takes you from sleep to dread, from bed to crib at 2 A.M. to
put your hand on the back of a sleeping baby?


The panic, years later, that comes again at 2 A.M. when you just want to
hear their key in the door and know they are safe again in your home?


Or the need to flee from wherever you are and hug your child when you hear
news of a fire, a car accident, a child dying?


The emotions of motherhood are universal and so our thoughts are for young
mothers stumbling through diaper changes and sleep deprivation . . . And
mature mothers learning to let go.


For working mothers and stay-at-home mothers.


Single mothers and married mothers.


Mothers with money, mothers without.


This is for you all. For all of us . . .


Hang in there. In the end we can only do the best we can. Tell them every
day that we love them. And pray. And never stop being a Mom . . .


Please pass along to all the Moms in your life.


"Home is what catches you when you fall - and we all fall."


Please pass this to a wonderful mother you know.


(I just did!)

 

[Master Gracie]

master g!!! I am sooooooo a theater girl!!! I WAS DOROTHY!!! and the fat girl with an afro in FAME!! but thats another story...

I so wish we had a community theater here, IF my kids were older I would help teach drama at my high school but I just DO NOT have the time for that but that is my dream!!

I TOO SIR AM AN ACT- OR-ess

DANGIT we would have such fun in a meet with our horny horns and mexico margaritas!!!

waaaa...I'll miss the meet!!

Who knew you and I would both be thespians....waiting for it.

My wife played Dorothy in the dinner theatre last year. I was the Beast.

As far as the meet goes, I will miss it as well, by about 2 weeks.

I suppose that the Maelstrommer meet must remain ACT- OR and -ess less.

Unless there are more of the creative persuasion that I don't know about.

Now, as far as your surgery goes, it really isn't any of our business. It is your money, it is your body, it is your decision. I feel fairly certain that none of us are going to alienate you either way. I know I won't....I couldn't live without the melons.

Seriously, you are a very attractive lady, and if you think it needs to be done, best of luck and get well quick!

 

[dana0801]

Happy Mother's Day!

This is for the mothers who have sat up all night with sick toddlers in
their arms, wiping up barf laced with Oscar Mayer wieners and cherry
Kool-Aid saying, "It's okay honey, Mommy's here."


Who have sat in rocking chairs for hours on end soothing crying babies who
can't be comforted.


This is for all the mothers who show up at work with spit-up in their hair
and milk stains on their blouses and diapers in their purse.


For all the mothers who run carpools and make cookies and sew Halloween
costumes. And all the mothers who DON'T.


This is for the mothers who gave birth to babies they'll never see. And the
mothers who took those babies and gave them homes.


This is for the mothers whose priceless art collections are hanging on
their refrigerator doors.


And for all the mothers who froze their buns on metal bleachers at football
or soccer games instead of watching from the warmth of their cars.


And that when their kids asked, "Did you see me, Mom?" they could say, "Of
course, I wouldn't have missed it for the world," and mean it.


This is for all the mothers who yell at their kids in the grocery store and
swat them in despair when they stomp their feet and scream for ice cream
before dinner. And for all the mothers who count to ten instead, but
realize how child abuse happens.


This is for all the mothers who sat down with their children and explained
all about making babies. And for all the (grand)mothers who wanted to, but
just couldn't find the words.


This is for all the mothers who go hungry, so their children can eat.


For all the mothers who read "Goodnight, Moon" twice a night for a year.
And then read it again. "Just one more time."


This is for all the mothers who taught their children to tie their
shoelaces before they started school. And for all the mothers who opted for
Velcro instead.


This is for all the mothers who teach their sons to cook and their
daughters to sink a jump shot.


This is for every mother whose head turns automatically when a little voice
calls "Mom?" in a crowd, even though they know their own offspring are at
home -- or even away at college -- or have their own families.


This is for all the mothers who sent their kids to school with stomach
aches, assuring them they'd be just FINE once they got there, only to get
calls from the school nurse an hour later asking them to please pick them
up. Right away.


This is for mothers whose children have gone astray, who can't find the
words to reach them.


For all the mothers who bite their lips until they bleed when their 14 year
olds dye their hair green.


For all the mothers of the victims of recent school shootings, and the
mothers of those who did the shooting.


For the mothers of the survivors, and the mothers who sat in front of their
TVs in horror, hugging their child who just came home from school, safely.


This is for all the mothers who taught their children to be peaceful, and
now pray they come home safely from a war.


What makes a good Mother anyway? Is it patience? Compassion? Broad hips?


The ability to nurse a baby, cook dinner, and sew a button on a shirt, all
at the same time?


Or is it in her heart?


Is it the ache you feel when you watch your son or daughter disappear down
the street, walking to school alone for the very first time?


The jolt that takes you from sleep to dread, from bed to crib at 2 A.M. to
put your hand on the back of a sleeping baby?


The panic, years later, that comes again at 2 A.M. when you just want to
hear their key in the door and know they are safe again in your home?


Or the need to flee from wherever you are and hug your child when you hear
news of a fire, a car accident, a child dying?


The emotions of motherhood are universal and so our thoughts are for young
mothers stumbling through diaper changes and sleep deprivation . . . And
mature mothers learning to let go.


For working mothers and stay-at-home mothers.


Single mothers and married mothers.


Mothers with money, mothers without.


This is for you all. For all of us . . .


Hang in there. In the end we can only do the best we can. Tell them every
day that we love them. And pray. And never stop being a Mom . . .


Please pass along to all the Moms in your life.


"Home is what catches you when you fall - and we all fall."


Please pass this to a wonderful mother you know.


(I just did!)

OK Someone pass the Kleenex!!!! Dang woman it's not like it looks good teaching classes with a drippy nose and red eyes

Right back at ya Something for you to enjoy on Mother's Day !

 

[DisneyMommyMichelle]

KPK89 that's so sweet thanks!!

 

[kpk89]

OK Someone pass the Kleenex!!!! Dang woman it's not like it looks good teaching classes with a drippy nose and red eyes

Right back at ya Something for you to enjoy on Mother's Day !

Thanks Dana! I love flowers!

 

[dana0801]

Thanks Dana! I love flowers!

You're very welcome. Now no more sappy stuff (sniff) I've got to go teach a class and it's harder to fool adults than it is to fool kids!

It's just allergies (AAACHOOOO!)