WBRepo-Ship of Thieves-Remember the Magic Pt 11

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Nan, in answer to your question on the old thread......


Well, I did kiss him goodbye at the airport the last time he was in town for a high-school mini reunion.

And I bet you a dollar I'll kiss him hello!

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Just make sure you bring protection... and I ain't talking pregnancy...

Technical question:

Just had a high school friend on facebook mention he's in town next week and wants to get together. Since he's a MAN and SINGLE....can I call this a DATE??

It's a booty call!!!!!

hahahaha.....I keep seeing that trailer for the new movie, "He's Just Not That Into You" and it's a scene where Drew Barrymore is saying that he myspaced her to ask her out and the friend said that's the new booty call....hahahahaha!!!!!!!

Deb!!!!

HA! I found you. I need personal invitations to these sorts of things. Anyway, I'm sure you all read it but the nice person that closed our last thread had this in the signature line

It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice.

I think this is my new saying.

Yeah... but you still have ziplocks and bubble wraps...

 

[EllaEnchanted]

Thanks Ian... Last night turned out to be a very bad night for me pain wise... I knew you'd keep an eye out for us... Thanks friend...

I'll be back later to chat...

Hi Michelle.....sorry to hear about your bad night. I hope today is a little better at least. Hugs, prayers, pixie dust and love to you....

 

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It's not that I want him.....I just want to be able to say I had a DATE!

He's a great guy and would be a good 'catch', but we're not a match. I think I'm a little too 'earthy' for him. He generally dates more, uh, 'polished' women.

Well... he doesn't know what he's missing!!!

Good day friends.

IT'S THE WEEKEND
Not sure what the plans are though.
I did 40 min on the wii fit this morning. Proud of that. Now catching up on here while I wait for bubba to get up.

I see Bubba and I are on the same sleep schedule?

It's 54F in Chicago!


We've just returned from our Saturday errands and will be going out for a walk a bit later.

There are people out in shorts and many guys are shirtless.

After acclimating arctic conditions, 54F feels HOT.

As I predicted it is also a real mess outside, particularly on the side and back of my house.

Last summer we dug the canal and then built an earthen dam across our back gate to keep the water from building up.

Well the water melting off the roof is causing havoc. We actually rolled our pants up so the bottoms would not get wet when we slogged to the side door of the garage.

There's a building lake at the bottom of our front steps. The dogs are refusing to go out.

We're supposed to have warm weather for most of the week, going up to 58F by Tuesday.

It doesn't matter though. This is the annual February thaw. It will probably be back down below freezing within a week's time.

Shall we send the Royal Sloop to rescue you and the pups???

OK, I realized that I had more photos in iPhoto that I had scanned a few years ago,

So, if you have the stomach for old family photos, feast your eyes:





With my Zeyde (grandpa):

With my Bubbe (grandma):

The mandatory studio shot:

The studio shot with my brother and sister:

Kindergarten (top row, second from the left):

High School Graduation Picture:

They are so cute!!! I'm going to have to show mom... of course she's gonna want to grab those cheeks... wait a minute... she's irish...we don't do things like that...

 

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Ian, this is almost the cutest baby picture EVER!!!

Actually, you don't look much different now!

Just a little taller...

Its cool! I can take a hint! At the mere mention of more pictures, Ian and the rest of you just up and DITCHED me!

Not me...

Got home too late last night , so we didnt even start going through the pictures. Maybe V can scan some tonight, since I'm one of those technically challenged people. I will say this, Michelle aint got nuttin' on me in the stroller department thats for sure! Wait till you see this thing!

So my deathtrap of a stroller wasn't good enough???

And I meant to answer this quite a few pages back.....

Debra (SCOTTISHWEE) yes I was born in 1961. Were you too???

& I'm still YOUNGER... than you guys at least...

V and I were discussing these very tough times for our country. We asked eachother how the country actually got out of the "Great Depression". I must not have been paying attention that day in school(whats new), and can't remember the answer. I know the stuation isnt quite the same now as it was then, but can someone please edgumicate me????

See Deb and Ian for that...

After I posted about the baby shoes, I had to go see if Stride Rite, were still in business, they are! That company must be about 1000 years old. I think Mary Todd Lincoln's mother bought her first pair of baby shoes from Stride Rite.

In my day, they were heathy orthopedic type shoes. I remember that in the first grade, each shoe weighed about 150 pounds each, and I think in place of leather soles they had planks of wood.

I think my mother had to start putting my shoes on me the night before, to allow enough time to get me laced into them. My father assured us that we would have good feet and good posture, even if it would kill us.

They were steel toed Mary Janes and I had to have the ones with the bar in between... torture I say.... TORTURE!!!

Not at all. It just took me a minute to understand.

My parents were not orthodox, all of my aunts and uncles were (and still are). But my family is "modern orthodox," while the men all wear yarmulkas (skull caps), no one in my family ever wore payot (side-locks).

See Bubba... Education... Wait until he tells you about the Nuns....

Hi

Olivia and I had a nice day today...

We got up 7 am and catch the buses to Glasgow as it was snowing. We thought it was not good idea but it was okay when we got in Glasgow.

Olivia went to Art Visual and she saw her friend there...

I went to meet my good friend then went to Battlefield for lunch with another 3 friends..

I was rushing to pick up Olivia but it seem far away and I got off wrong direction as end up long walking to pick her up...

I didn't realised that I got blister on my feet

After that we went back to meet my friends for wines and snack and catch up the news...

We missed the bus and wait another 15 mins , got back home safety...

I feel worn out now... (must be my aged)

Scottishwee35

I think it was the wine...

It means that the guy asked her out on her myspace page....either by message, IM or comments.....kind of like asking her out by email instead of a phone call or in person like the old fashioned way of doing things.

Forget having to wait for the calls that never come...

The Great Depression was one of my favorite areas of history in school. I spent nearly a year studying it, the politics, etc.

There were really 2 part to the depression, 1933 to 1937, and 1937 to 1941.

There was quote a bit of job creation through the New Deal from about 1933 to late 1936. Basically, economic stimulus. Roosevelt's idea was to spend the country out of the depression. In the latter part of 1936, the conservative had a bit more sway, and there was a cutback on the spending, which ironically brought on another wave of an economic slump. In some ways the second wave hit very hard.

Net net, WW II really pulled us completely out of that second cycle. Had there not been the war, the second wave of the depression might have ended later in about 1942.

So when do you think this one will end?

OK, you got me thinking about something else, we've chatted on here before about it.

What gives with the way people are dressing kids these days?

I keep telling them high waisted jeans will be back, but look what it did to Jessica Simpson...

I'm up again for a bit. Just got the legs out of the tub. I was soaking them in Epsom salt and water per the doctor's request. He said that will draw the fluids out and dry them up. So I gave it a try to help them along some more. All I have to say is OUCH!!!! My legs are stinging in pain right now. It must be working.

I have to tell you, even the infections on both legs look so much better. Partially because the antibiotics are working and partially because the swelling has decreased and so has the leaking. It's all good.

glad to hear things are getting better...

 

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Hi Michelle.....sorry to hear about your bad night. I hope today is a little better at least. Hugs, prayers, pixie dust and love to you....

Thanks Deb... a little better today... I just don't want to take anything stronger than I did last night - I have one of the heat pads on my lower back and I'm hoping the rest of me stops doing the cha cha... but this happens when the weather goes back and forth... Is spring here yet???

 

[nskjerven]

Probably because he felt like you were strapping planks of wood to his feet.

but they were cute planks of wood ya know...

OK, you got me thinking about something else, we've chatted on here before about it.

What gives with the way people are dressing kids these days?

don't get me started. you know I'm not "that" mom. I think there are lots of reasons for the problems of which you speak, mom/dads tha don't care because they are self-absorbed mostly at the top of the list would be my suspicion.

michelle, have a drink pop a pill and relax

I'm going to a wine party tonight. My sister is hosting tonight. Paul hates the crowd so another mom from school is going with me, but Paul is driving us. Nice guy that he is...

 

[Tigger1221]

Hey, I hope everyone is doing well. Its been a really rough week. I have a virus of some sort so we didn't get to go tubbing today. Oh well we can go another day.

 

[HollyTyler]

Not only is Stride-Rite in business but they make great age appropriate shoes for little girls. I was always able to find Molly a pair of patten leather flat black there. Everywhere else seemed to think that 8-9 year old girls should have heals, but not this mama....

Willie never liked their shoes either btw...

Tyler wears them too. It was the only place we could find shoes with a firetruck on them! He had a pair of white sneakers with a firetruck on the side and the lights on the firetruck lit up when he walked, and he had a pair that looked sort of like hiking boots, brown leather with firetrucks on them too. The boots didn't light up though.

 

[BubbaGrump]

Michelle, I'm saying your stroller was BETTER!

 

[BubbaGrump]

Thanks Deb and Ian for the history lesson.

 

[HollyTyler]

This is amazing! My body feels 100% normal today, and I just did the workout for the 4th day in a row! I've never worked out 4 days in a row before because I'm extremely lazy and can't stand anything that makes me sweat. But I'm just that tired of being this size. So I will continue to weigh myself every Monday at Tyler's occupational therapy appointment and hopefully the scale will start going down instead of up every week. Yeah, I know, muscle weighs more than fat, but she says that when you switch back and forth from cardio to strength and back and forth during a workout it burns more calories. I have no idea if that's true, but am certainly hoping so!

I still can't do the whole workout, but came very close this time! Strength isn't a problem, it's my endurance that sucks. My huffing and puffing woke Tyler up and he came out to see what was going on!

 

[HollyTyler]

Thanks Deb and Ian for the history lesson.

Yeah, sorry, I had to skim over it. When I try to read or listen to history, all I catch is: blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. But I'm glad people here are available to share good info with others who want to know.

 

[HollyTyler]

This is absolutely crazy. I usually snack all day, but I had breakfast around 10 or 11, lunch at 4, and I never got hungry again after that late lunch. No urges to snack either! CRAZY! I feel like I should eat something just because I'm used to eating all the time, but am not hungry, so I'm trying not to. Trying to fight that craving. I think it's just a habit more than a craving because I'm used to eating while watching TV.

We didn't even buy any junk at the grocery store today, except for some heart shaped cookies for a Valentine's day treat for me & Tyler to share. They're shortbread cookies with red sprinkles on top. Tyler had 2 after supper but I DIDN'T EVEN WANT ONE! Still have no urge. Makes me wonder what's wrong with me.

 

[HollyTyler]

Bubba, ask V to hurry up with those pictures! I'm headed to bed soon!

 

[BubbaGrump]

Bubba, ask V to hurry up with those pictures! I'm headed to bed soon!

Sorry Holly! Its only 6:30 here, so we are just about to eat dinner.

 

[HollyTyler]

I hope my tax refund shows up soon so I can quit TV shopping. I keep changing my mind on what size because the sales keep changing, of course. Today I saw a 50 inch at Best Buy for the same price as a 42 inch I was considering! I'm tempted, but I think it would look stupid because my house is too small.

 

[MouseFaninQueue]

Back from my meeting today. It was a long meeting but got some good information. Our party President was there giving a speech and glad handing everyone. One of the organizers of the meeting made sure to bring him over to our table to say hello to me, and then he joined us for lunch. Think of him as the equivalent of the new GOP Chairman Michael Steele (I couldn't quickly find the Democratic equivalency).

So as far as the "insignificant cog in the expansive Canadian Parliamentary system", the cog just moved a few notches. Or at least his ego did! LOL

Now I get to drive for 9 hours to get to Prince George tomorrow, have another meeting on Monday and then Monday finally get home after about a week away.

Looking forward to finally getting home. Monday night can't come soon enough!!

 

[iankh]

Tyler wears them too. It was the only place we could find shoes with a firetruck on them! He had a pair of white sneakers with a firetruck on the side and the lights on the firetruck lit up when he walked, and he had a pair that looked sort of like hiking boots, brown leather with firetrucks on them too. The boots didn't light up though.

Are they still making them to whip little feet into shape? To say Stride Rite were "sturdy" in my day would be an understatement.

I don't think it was an iceberg that sunk the Titanic. It was a Stride Rite boy's shoe floating in the water.

 

[HollyTyler]

Oh my gosh, I just found ANOTHER 50 inch TV for the price of the 42 I was considering! It's 720p rather than 1080p, but from the research I've been doing, for my purposes 720p is perfect. From what I understand, 1080 is better if you're planning on playing Blu-Ray discs or doing lots of gaming. What I've read says if you're doing neither, then 720p is fine and cuts the cost a bit too.

I'm SO non-technical oriented, so reading all this stuff has been as exciting as watching paint dry.

I'm going to go ahead and get the 50 inch! It's not possible to have a TV too big! I can't wait!

 

[HollyTyler]

Are they still making them to whip little feet into shape? To say Stride Rite were "sturdy" in my day would be an understatement.

I don't think it was an iceberg that sunk the Titanic. It was a Stride Rite boy's shoe floating in the water.

No, they're not that bad anymore. Now, I think they just advertise as shoes that are "good" for growing feet. I had awful ones when I was a kid too, but instead of Stride-Rite, the store was called Little Chick. Same idea, but it had a cool playroom.