The Mominator Vs. The Kinder Gentler Me...Go Read the TR!!!

[Lauralee131]

Ok first off, lurrrving the Zune.

I'm LOOOOVING this thing...just ordered a bunch of accessories so I can play it in the car, etc...HOW did I live without it? Here's a mental picture for ya...I actually VACUUMED yesterday - only 'cause I had this on - but I was just a gettin' down wit my bad self...errrr...and my dance partner...Dyson...

I can't believe she ruined HP for you! That's just a bad reader, lurrrve your other book tastes. I have an author suggestion for you because I love pimping out authors to people so hope you don't mind...Jennifer Crusie try her out Bet Me, Welcome to Temptation and Faking It are some of her more popular books, you might like her stuff.

I'll have to check it out. Cousin Eddie's wife told me about another series of books she said was good, but I can't remember the author's name...it's Confessions of a Shopaholic...I'll have to check that one out...and ahem...maybe buy it for some of my friends!

OMG, I just gave you the last 3 1/2 hours of my life to get caught up again, was it worth it?..........Of course it was you crazy gal

Thanks! Glad to have ya here!!

have to say i thought I was the only one with a tackle box for a make up box, but mine is perspex with pretty lilac trim, and boy do i love it, i seriously never thought about lugging it to WDW with me but it would be much simpler than trying to decide on the perfect slimline make up kit for the week, ahh the agony!

YES!! I knooooowwww...people think it's easy being us!!! I must say, other than the size of it being a bit inconvenient, it really is MORE convenient...less of a mess to clean up, keeps the bathroom neater and quicker to get to everything I want and be done and out the door without having to worry about stuffing everything back in the little bag, etc...

(btw will whisper....I pack at the last minute too, a week ahead for the kids, but for me, definately the night before

I'll pretend I didn't "hear" that...

Oh yeah, one more thing: is your boss still available? I would like to nominate myself to keep him company in the coming months, I'm 28 (nearly 29), am fully house trained, single for about a year, and ummm.....hes hot keep me posted, as we might say in England, he is top crumpet
Looking forward to any last minute changes,

Why YES...as a matter of fact, he IS still available...and....are you ready for this....he's going to be in England the week of the 13th of August... He's vacationing somewhere around London I think...Hmmm...maybe a date would be in order...

Oh LL you're hilarious so glad I crept on here whilst at my Dad's to catch up Love the MP3 player and kinda free too

Ah ha...I've been wondering where you've been...I forgot you were going to Dad's...

Are you having fun??

Hi Dad!!!

So in August we've got to make sure we're not boring yeah

I'm sorry...did you say something? I wasn't listening...
J/K...LY/MI!!!

And Kate (Sharkbait) what's wrong with the sock tan?????? I have one from golfing

There's a mental picture...That means you're spending too much time on the course and not enough time being a lazy flip flop wearer!!

At least now we know if LL slips on her earplugs, we've not made the cut!

Actually, they can be worn so that they hide quite nicely under my hair, with the wires behind me...no one would be any wiser...learned that trick in high school when we smuggled our walkman into typing class!

Listen, I'm not even married, so it's not just husband's friends... I can't stand 90% of the parents I meet! Thank god I found you all or I'd have no social life at all (Did I just refer to DISing as my "social life"?? Ouch. Still, I'd rather hang out here with you guys then make small talk with the wacky moms at our local playground.)

Yeah...totally painful...AND Cousin Eddie's wife (what IS her name in those movies?) had gone to WDW in June and I couldn't even stand talking to her about it...

Ooooh...got one for ya...and this is SOOOO true...Have you heard of PostSecret?? OMG...you gotta check it out...this guy started this project, where people can write their deepest, darkest secrets on a postcard and mail them to him anonymously...well, he's published books out of them...they're totally addicting once you pick one up...I found it at the bookstore and looked inside it because the book looks like a school text book with a brown paper bag cover on it...I couldn't put it down...HAD to buy it...

But anyway...one of the "secrets" in there says, "I don't take my kids to the playground because I don't like talking to the other mothers"....I was as I'm the SAME way!!

I keep this book in the bathroom by the way...good reading!! There's a website...I think it's www.postsecret.com or something like that...

SWEET!!! I love the idea of movies whenever and wherever you are

Me too...it'll be great for travelling for work too and I MAY even put a Disney movie on there for Michael...we'll see....

Aaacck!!! You poor thing - I'd insert a hug, but I'm afraid it'll hurt! Okay, here's V's sunburn cure-all: aspirin, 100% pure aloe vera gel (none of that stuff with alcohol or weird chemical names), drink lots of water, luke-warm oatmeal baths.

Oh I'm MUCH, MUCH better...it's really not bad now...as long as I keep slathering the moisturizer on, I'll be brown shortly...and thanks for the cure-all..I'll have to remember that...

(none of that stuff with alcohol

and oh, by the way...alcohol DID help...

V, I'm with you on the aspirin and aloe. I keep 2 plants in the house so I can cut the leaves open and smear it on the boys when they need it. I'm hyper about sunscreen now (notice, I say "now") but aloe when desperate really makes a difference.

And Jo, there is nothing wrong with a sock tan...shows your athletic. I have flip-flop lines on my feet....shows I'm a lazy flop wearer!

AH HA!! See Jo...Lazy Flop wearers UNITE!!!

I think we belong to the same club.

 

[Disneyland_Mama]

Yeah...totally painful...AND Cousin Eddie's wife (what IS her name in those movies?) had gone to WDW in June and I couldn't even stand talking to her about it...

I dunno, but now you've got me giggling over here remembering when they go to carve the turkey and it deflates!! Or how about when Aunt Edna wraps her cat up in a gift box! Bwahahaha!! Ok, I've got to go and pop that DVD in tonight!

But anyway...one of the "secrets" in there says, "I don't take my kids to the playground because I don't like talking to the other mothers"....I was as I'm the SAME way!!

Ewww... me too. They have this "club" in the area called the Mommies Club or Mom's Club... something like that. Well, I was chatting with a lady in the doctors office and I mistakenly gave her my cell phone number. She called me for 6 months trying to get me to join that cult. Crazy toddler moms!

I keep this book in the bathroom by the way...good reading!! There's a website...I think it's www.postsecret.com or something like that...

You read in the bathroom?

 

[fizz13]

Why YES...as a matter of fact, he IS still available...and....are you ready for this....he's going to be in England the week of the 13th of August... He's vacationing somewhere around London I think...Hmmm...maybe a date would be in order...

No!!! Are you for real? I would be more than happy to show him some sights I only live about 30 minutes out of London so feel free to offer Tour Guide Claire If hes still round on the 21st he might even like to come to my birthday bash night out, keep me posted

there you go, you can show him that i look half normal lol!

 

[Lauralee131]

No!!! Are you for real? I would be more than happy to show him some sights I only live about 30 minutes out of London so feel free to offer Tour Guide Claire If hes still round on the 21st he might even like to come to my birthday bash night out, keep me posted

there you go, you can show him that i look half normal lol!

I'll talk to him tomorrow!

 

[Lauralee131]

I dunno, but now you've got me giggling over here remembering when they go to carve the turkey and it deflates!! Or how about when Aunt Edna wraps her cat up in a gift box! Bwahahaha!! Ok, I've got to go and pop that DVD in tonight!

Ok, cool - let me know what her name is...

Ewww... me too. They have this "club" in the area called the Mommies Club or Mom's Club... something like that. Well, I was chatting with a lady in the doctors office and I mistakenly gave her my cell phone number. She called me for 6 months trying to get me to join that cult. Crazy toddler moms!

Boy would YOU be a scary addition to a cult!! Yeah, I'm not the "mom club" type... Let's face it - shiny, happy people are annoying...shiny, happy, June Cleaver-moms...just piss me off...

You read in the bathroom?

What?!?! You DONT read in YOURS???

Actually, the idea to put it in the bathroom came from a duct tape book that somehow ended up in our bathroom years ago and everyone that used our bathroom loved it...of course, it caused a line outside the bathroom during parties, but since then I've been putting really odd books in our bathroom...whateva...

 

[jcc0621]

Listen, I'm not even married, so it's not just husband's friends... I can't stand 90% of the parents I meet! Thank god I found you all or I'd have no social life at all (Did I just refer to DISing as my "social life"?? Ouch. Still, I'd rather hang out here with you guys then make small talk with the wacky moms at our local playground. )

I totally agree V. I don't know if it becasue DH and I are so much older than other other parents (If some of them are over 18 it would be amazing), but some of the things that come out of their mouths make me cringe

 

[Lauralee131]

Effie???? I laughed so loud at this I scared my niece. She said: "What you do Tia??? You play on puter??? Is puter funny???" She was utterly confused!

If only DH really KNEW what I thought (and said!) about his friends.... Seriously...you would not believe how STUCK UP this chick was... DH didn't like her either which says something...he usually likes ANYONE with breasts

 

[Lauralee131]

So Tracy was talking not too long ago about the Disney Dreams...yep...we all must have 'em, no?

Ok, so this is what I dreamt, that I can remember anyway, before Tony woke me up this morning...

We landed in Orlando just fine and were headed to the ME Check-In area...but all of a sudden we were in this restaurant - on Route 4 in Quechee, VT. Don't ask me...I've got NO idea what the heck we were doing there...but we were waiting and waiting for DME...I get in line at the "counter" and the lady that works there tells us that our shuttle was in an accident and is running late. LATE?!?! All of I could think of was The Plans this was ruining.

So I'm standing at the counter, trying to talk to this woman, while she's waiting on people and taking pizza orders while I'm standing there...so I'm freaking out saying isn't there another way to get us to (and here's the scary part ) The Poly...yep - I dreamed we were staying at the Poly.

Nope, no other shuttles available, she says, why don't you go sit down and I'll call you when we know something.
Well, fine, but where's our luggage? Your luggage? Oh no...no one had any idea where our luggage was...and I had no "carry-on" bag of a change of clothes with me. (We were supposed to go right to TL...why didn't I have a change of clothes with me?)

So then, I'm like BEGGING...isn't there SOME WAY to get us there? Can't you call the Poly and have them send someone to get us?? Yes, she says, she can do that. So I'm standing there at the counter, she walks away to make the call and I go to get something (I can't recall what) out of my purse, when all of a sudden it hits me...

I DIDN'T BRING ANYTHING WITH ME!! GASP!!! No calendar, no list of ADR's, no trip insurance stickers for my luggage, no Passporter...no AP's...NOTHING!!!

So panic sets in, Tony wants to know what's wrong, but I don't want to tell him.

Luckily the lady comes around the corner and tells us that she can give us a ride to the Poly in her....wait for it, wait for it....chicken fryer truck! At this point, we're desperate, so we agree...she says go sit and wait for a few minutes while I take the chickens out and make some room for you.
So the next thing I know, we're in this dining room-slash-grocery store, full of old, beat up Poly furniture and shelves full of things like coffee, creamer, boxes of spaghetti, etc...
So I'm sitting at the table, going thru my bag still trying to figure out HOW I'm going to get my stuff. So the next thing you know, I now realize that WE HAVE NO MONEY! DOH!

Yep - all my credit cards are nearly maxed out...only a couple hundred, if that, left on each of them...and my DH doesn't know this. Now we sit at the table, me with credit cards and cell phone in hand and I'm oh-so-not discreetly calling to check balances and thinking about how I'm going to get a hold of my lists/plans and I hear someone whining, driving me crazy. I look in my wallet and see that I've got a total of $47 dollars on me. I pull out a $20 and look up and hand it to....wait for it, wait for it...MY MOTHER (Insert scary Psycho movie shower scene music here) to go buy some coffee and creamer for the hotel room (if we ever get there) and she's whining about wanting regular milk so I'm like FINE...buy that too...and I'm still trying to get my card balances and it's getting worse and worse...we have NO money available on the credit cards...the chicken fryer truck lady is M.I.A....my MOTHER is all of a sudden on vacation with me...

OH THE HORROR...

And then I heard....BABY! It's almost 5:00... (Tony waking me up)...
PHEW!!!

Remind me WHY I continue to have chocolate before bed when it gives me crazy dreams like this????

 

[fizz13]

Now that would have had me waking up with the sweats this morning!
Dr Claire is diagnosing that these pre-trip dreams are totally normal and that you would be confused seeing as you have made so many changes to your schedule so far and are an uber-planner......that or you had some really bad chicken for dinner last night
Seriously a chicken truck to the Poly? Oh bless you for making me laugh so hard this morning I would convey these thoughts to Tony and explain that you need to upgrade to the Poly pronto or it could cause further psychological damage beyond your control
have a peaceful day lauralee xx

 

[sharkB8HooHaHa]

Oh, NOT a good way to wake up! Chicken fryer truck, eh? That's bizarre. I can see the stress about getting there. I can definately relate to the stress of the money. But you've stumped me with the chicken fryer truck.

Then again, I dreamt I was being chased by swarms of fire ants. So I'm not much help.

Glad Tony was there to wake you up.

 

[princessjv]

Did you wake up hunger for chicken? The fried version?

Maybe you are spittin hot mad at your mom and want to 'fry' her?

Or is it you have been spending a lot of money on a card and don't want Tony to find out...?




Don't you just love those dreams...

 

[PrincessV]

OMG, I don't even know what to say! A CHICKEN FRYER TRUCK??!! The Poly, I get. And the lost Plans. Even the money loss. But what's with the chickens?!

Oh LL, here's hoping your day has improved!

 

[cmp1111]

All my stress dreams involve my 3 year stint as a waitress at a Friday's (11 years ago, BTW), but the chicken fryer truck takes the cake!

Sweeter dreams tonight, LL!

 

[Disneyland_Mama]

Wholly cow! Now that's a Disney nightmare!! I think I've figured out the Chicken Fryer part. It must be the sticky wings they have as an appy at Kona, eh? Right? Am I right?

I feel your pain sista.

 

[Lauralee131]

Now that would have had me waking up with the sweats this morning!
Dr Claire is diagnosing that these pre-trip dreams are totally normal and that you would be confused seeing as you have made so many changes to your schedule so far and are an uber-planner......that or you had some really bad chicken for dinner last night
Seriously a chicken truck to the Poly? Oh bless you for making me laugh so hard this morning I would convey these thoughts to Tony and explain that you need to upgrade to the Poly pronto or it could cause further psychological damage beyond your control
have a peaceful day lauralee xx

You should have see the look on face when I told him about this one this morning!! He said "That's it...no more chocolate ice cream before bed" and shook his head and walked away... If I have ANYTHING chocolate less than like 3 hours before I go to bed I have CRAZY dreams!!

Oh, NOT a good way to wake up! Chicken fryer truck, eh? That's bizarre. I can see the stress about getting there. I can definately relate to the stress of the money. But you've stumped me with the chicken fryer truck.

Then again, I dreamt I was being chased by swarms of fire ants. So I'm not much help.

Glad Tony was there to wake you up.

Eeewwww...fire ants! Now THAT is a nightmare!! I've got ME stumped with the chicken fryer truck too...I can't figure that one out for the LIFE OF ME!!

Or is it you have been spending a lot of money on a card and don't want Tony to find out...?

Hmmm....now you're on to something! I have spent a TON of money since the beginning of July and the last few days have been in a serious panic about money for vacation...oh yeah, and bills too...

OMG, I don't even know what to say! A CHICKEN FRYER TRUCK??!! The Poly, I get. And the lost Plans. Even the money loss. But what's with the chickens?!

Oh LL, here's hoping your day has improved!

So far so good...been a quiet day...getting a lot done at work...well, maybe not THIS MOMENT, but I'm catching up on a lot of stuff...Ben is out in St. Louis till tomorrow afternoon so I'm getting a lot of mindless work done - complete with my Zune today!!!

All my stress dreams involve my 3 year stint as a waitress at a Friday's (11 years ago, BTW), but the chicken fryer truck takes the cake!

Sweeter dreams tonight, LL!

Really? You dream about Fridays?

Wholly cow! Now that's a Disney nightmare!! I think I've figured out the Chicken Fryer part. It must be the sticky wings they have as an appy at Kona, eh? Right? Am I right?

I feel your pain sista.

Mmmmm....Kona...

Funny thing is...and it didn't even occur to me until a few minutes ago...

Guess what I took out of the freezer for dinner tonight????Yep...chicken!!

 

[fizz13]

Guess what I took out of the freezer for dinner tonight????Yep...chicken!!

Sweet dreams lol!

 

[cmp1111]

Really? You dream about Fridays?

Yep. My dream that I have whenever I'm stressed is that I still work there. It has been a slow night, so we've sent a bunch of people home, but then some game or concert lets out (I worked at one in a college town, both during and after my college career) and we fill completely up. I can't keep up with all my new tables, and then when I go to put the orders in the computer system, I find that I have to win a video game to get to the order input screen, which I can't do - or, alternatively, that they've totally reclassified the entire system and I can't find the items on the touch screen. I get so panicked that I can't do anything, and more tables are coming in, and we're out of ice by the drinks, etc....

I started working there in 1993 and left in 1996, so it's a little scary that it's still where my head goes.

Enjoy your chicken for dinner!

 

[Lauralee131]

Yep. My dream that I have whenever I'm stressed is that I still work there. It has been a slow night, so we've sent a bunch of people home, but then some game or concert lets out (I worked at one in a college town, both during and after my college career) and we fill completely up. I can't keep up with all my new tables, and then when I go to put the orders in the computer system, I find that I have to win a video game to get to the order input screen, which I can't do - or, alternatively, that they've totally reclassified the entire system and I can't find the items on the touch screen. I get so panicked that I can't do anything, and more tables are coming in, and we're out of ice by the drinks, etc....

I started working there in 1993 and left in 1996, so it's a little scary that it's still where my head goes.

Enjoy your chicken for dinner!

Wow! And I thought MY head was a mess!! Dr. Frasier Crane (and Niles, of course) would have a FIELD DAY with you - the video game thing just KILLS ME!!

 

[cmp1111]

Wow! And I thought MY head was a mess!! Dr. Frasier Crane (and Niles, of course) would have a FIELD DAY with you - the video game thing just KILLS ME!!

I will admit that I'm not great at video games, but...

Hope dinner was great - I know the commercial you mean, of course!

 

[Lauralee131]

I was starving when I got home, but by the time I got dinner on the table, I had a hard time choking the chicken down...

We now pause for this 3 hour break since Tracy's in a different time zone and she'll have a field day with the above sentence....