IT'S FIVE DAYS UNTIL EASTER]

TERRI I know just how you feel I did the same thing a while ago ,and I have done it so many times before , be at the end of the post and hit the wrong button and poof its gone. I know how maddening it can be , and I to have had to go away for awhile the girls can attest to that, Take a deep breath ,have a we are a support group and we will be here when you get back

WELL HI MISS SUSAN Anal you think , you couldn't sleep till you started a new thread , my oh my, you are a funny girl, so your on your own again huh , come over to my house , we will find something to do, how long will it take you to get here, I will wait, It was a materpeice in the making never to be duplicated, you should be ashamed But your a cutie, I couldn't be mad at you.(((HUGS)))Hurry up OK

HI PAM Yay for the good luck today , see good deeds beget good deeds, did you get most of the garbage hauled away. Poor kitty , I hate when they get into fights and come home all ragged and hurt, mine to came home the same way last night , they are mighty viscious when they fight ,poor little guys, why can't they all just get along Bri started some new medication today , so we will see if this does the job, I sure hope so she is such bad shape, I feel so bad and there isn't much I can do but clean her eyes and wipe her wee nose , I hope she starts feeling better soon.I should go check on her now , its time to see if she will eat some warm pablum , since she hasn't had anything today not even water and thats a bad sign for her since she loves purified water , yep thats what I said, straight out of the tap, or her special bowl,shes old and spoiled, hopefully my kids will do the same for me some day ,

HI MARTI Angie is very very very ,far away from me , I thought we were about three hours apart in the time , but I could be wrong, when I talked to you that night it was 9:30 -10 I thought , and it was past 1 am here, but I could be hallucinating from lack of sleep This cough won't go away, you girls must be sick of hearing me whine about being sick , I don't know what the heck is wrong with me , I can't seem to shake anything, Maybe I should have went to the vet with Bri

I will be back later, unless DS needs the computer for his business, otherwise I will be,

C R I S T I N A ~~~ COME HOME X O

Hello everyone…..how are you all doing?

Sorry I haven’t been on here in the past couple of days. Brandon caught a slight cold, so I have been dealing with trying to get him to fall asleep and stay asleep. Plus, deal with his cough, sneezes and runny nose.

Oh, we also weighed Brandon. Well, technically I had Tommy jump on first, and then I handed him Brandon. Brandon is roughly 25lbs, and roughly 29 or 29 ½ inches long! I jumped on the scale, and to my surprise, at 9 weeks preggo, I weigh as much now, as I did when I found out I was preggo with Brandon! Go me!

I was talking with my cousin in WI, and she told me that she had heard rumors that we were pregnant again a couple weeks before we tested. I emailed her back and ask her what the rumors were, and she told me that my cousin Heidi in Germany heard that we might be pregnant again and told her mom. Her mom, my aunt/godmother, then told my aunt Kathy who told my cousin Julie.

Sorry for this being a fly by, but I am sleepy!

Tommy got an email from a local hospital for a Radiologic Technologist, whatever that means. From the description of the job, it just sounds like a Radiology tech where he will be doing x-rays, ultrasounds and what not. The job just opened and the hospital emailed him specifically for the job. The pay is from $18.34 to $23.90 an hour. It said that it prefers six to twelve months experience, but our buddy Joe told me to tell Tommy to just fill it out, what is he going to lose right? The job would be the midnight shift with some weekends. He filled out the application online, so now we just sit and cross our fingers!

On the job front, before I even showed him the email he told me that he is going to quit this place soon. The supervisor came and yelled/cursed him out for an honest mistake. And one of the guys that works in the area that Tommy does, said that it was not right for the supervisor to do that.

Jane~ He seems to be over his cold now, for the most part.

Terrie-Lee~ It is good to meet you.

Pam~ It is good to hear from you as well!

Ellen~ I love seeing all your little graphics that you add to your posts!

Marti~ I agree! He has been so crabby that nothing seems to calm him down except for all of us going to bed at the same time and where he has to touch both mommy and daddy and then he will fall asleep.

Susan~ Yeah, I figured it was easier to weigh him that way then trying to get him to stay still with just him on it. I was looking at a chart for giving medicine to, and remembered that you are suppose to go by weight, and just checked to see where Brandon’s weight stuck him, and according to the chart, he weighs as much as a 2-3 year old.

Welcome Scooby 2!

Suetalks~ he is his normal self, he just doesn’t seem to want to sleep in his bed again. Which we just got him switched around to a new schedule, but now he likes to touch daddy to fall asleep! Which means, no sleep for mommy! I hope you guys can find some place to build a house on, and one that you are happy with.

Man, we really do talk a lot!! LOL

Brandon is a bigger cousin again. My sister Megan had her daughter today. Kira Hope, was born at noon, weighing 7lbs. 14.2oz. and was 18 ½ inches long!

Jane~ Have fun!!!

Gotta run…..hungry little munchkin that is getting mad! (not to mention a hungry momma that wants to get him taken care of first, and then me.)

Happy Easter to you also Ellen. I used to have a family dinner on Easter every year. Kinda miss that with everyone spread all over the place. Now I think I will just go to church and then home. Trying to decide on a yummy menu for dinner for the two of us. It might be time for a nice beef or pork roast. We eat mostly chicken so a roast will be a treat.

I am tired of cold weather. It is rainy and damp today and the chill goes right through a person. Brrrrrr!!

We don't want to get me started on the medical profession..I dealt with that issue today and was truly disgusted. I go for another chest CT scan on Thurs. and then back to the gastroenterologist next week...I swear I am going to have to put my medical problems on Jeopardy and maybe someone can get the right answer/errr/question. I won't whine, but I have had the same pains since last MAY. No avail!

Marti...thanks I will look at that link. Did you guys drive to SF? I have to fly in and air fares have risen. Don't know when I will get back there. DD is moving and so wants me to come see her new place, just don't know when I will make it.

Mindee..When my DGS was a baby he always put the blanket right up around his neck when he slept. We were always going in and making sure it was loose. Now at almost 5 he still puts the blanket up around his neck. He will be in just his boxers but the blankie will be on his neck.

Pam..glad to hear you came across a man in a truck. LOL. Here you can just put things out by the curb and someone will come by and want it.

So long for now to all the JL's.

Not to brag or anything but I have never ever lost a post! I am stuck using dinky 3fatchick smilies and they aren't even in season!! :merry:

I am in counseling now over you losing a masterpiece because of little ole anal me Ellen.

I am really sorry, next time I will go to bed at the 46th post and will sleep through the crisis of no new thread at 50.....who was going to do it?? Sheesh- everyone is on vacation!! lol

Would love to come to your house Ellen Hope your kitties are better tonight

Can't wait for Cristi,Katie,Katy and Jane to get back!! We miss you all

Sorry about little Brandon, Mindee Congrats to Tommy though cross fingers he gets the position!! That would be super.

Oh - Sue - hi and Ang (psssst aren't you glad you invited me here?? Probably have totally embarrassed you by now?? lol ))

Yes, HRH Gabrielle is a world renown traveler. She even has the cutest little suitcase , on wheels,with a bear on it. I don't send her with that though - waaaaaay - too small for all her valuables and color coordinated clothes.
I guess the coast is warm and sunny. They had a grand time playing in the sand earlier in the day.
Rach gave Gaby a bath and she is in her nightgown already (only 7 pm here) sitting on a stool eating cheerios. I guess the sun is setting right out their window and they have an awesome view of the ocean.
They are staying at a relatives condo.

anyway, best get!! 80 oz's of water today!!

wooo hoooo. Go Me,,,,,,,,,literally - lol

Hey Everyone

Rough day in the trenches....computers went down,,,no beer! OMG the world is coming to an end! Ive put in about 5 extra hours per day extra to man the phones and explain in my nicest damn way that our computers are down and we will like them to fax in their orders....its insane...stupid people I swear,,,can't you just sneak in my order? umm well buddy if I could sneak in your order why not the rest of the provinces? geesh what part of our computers are down did you not get?

Terri, I was one of them kids who had ear infection after ear infection, I got tubes put in my ears when I was 8,,,best thing ever. But when I was in my late 20's I started getting ear infections alot again then for whatever reason they stoped too...
Its been so long since I had a lil one at home,,,would be scared to have another.

Susan...I wish I was Gaby right now,,,sunny weather would be nice right now.

Marti, I have about 65 pairs of wings made for this play...insane! We had a makeup party for the fairies and they are going to look so awesome!

Jane, HAVE A GREAT TRIP!

Ellen, hope you get to feeling better soon....What is your weather like? we are chilly without much snow...keeps trying to snow

Pam, my MIL had alot of stuff packed away and when she passed on, well it was a nightmare. She kept bills from the early 80's...she died late 90's but we slogged through and found some wonderful treasures,,,pictures and such. Had a creepy landlord who kept walking in without knocking,,,finally I freaked on him, told him that under the circustances that I know for fact that what he is doing is agaist the law and he would have a big problem on his hands if he doesn't give us a 24 hour notice. Ya know what he said? So are you selling that stand in her spare room? He must of been snooping in her apartment while we were gone! I just went balistic,,,told him I hope you never have to put up with someone as insensitive as he is when someone close to him dies....later that day his wife was in an accident and died.

Sue, building a house is cool too! I personally would never do it again though...2 new houses is more then enough for me.

Well I should get going ,,,vented enough for one night

My goodness Ang your font is waaaaay big. Thank you I am getting wiser not older, right? Getting better not more forgetful........is that how that goes?? hahaha

Yes, can just see you and Gaby in your nighties eating Cheerios. I miss her now, I miss her most at night because we sleep together. I have a huge king size bed and we always manage to sleep on the right edge.

I bought her a comforter the other day and I am fixing up her own bedroom - going to try and wean her over to her own bed and all.

The other day she asked that I close the door and I did - peeked in and saw she was under the comforter with her 2 twin dolls pretending to sleep - sooooo cute.

anyway- 100 oz's of water!

better get

I'm baaaaack......

Hi ladies! I'm back, and back at work, and tired of the real world, and I want to go back and live at the Disneyland Hotel! *sigh* When I was in high school, I wanted to be a tour guide at Disneyland (before I wanted to write for Rolling Stone magazine). Probably just as well I never worked there -- Tim says, "trade curses what it touches"...you often aren't happy if you turn something you love doing into your job. He's right, too...I went to a commercial baking school, and still love to bake at home, but hated working in a bakery. Although, I think I'd love being a writer; can't see that making money doing it would make me love it any less...

I think it was Marti who asked me how I found time to get on the computer while I was on vacation...the Disneyland Hotel has internet access, and Tim, being the technogeek he is, never leaves home without the laptop. It's actually really cool because we can fill up both memory sticks for the digital camera every day, then come back to the room and download all the pics to the laptop and have empty memory sticks ready to rock-and-roll the next day...

We took a pedometer, and walked about 10-12 miles EACH DAY. No wonder my feet are killing me! Oh, but it was so much fun. If I can figure out how to do the Yahoo album, I'll post some pics.

Happy Birthday Susan!

Angie, got any pics of the fairy costumes? Would love to see them!

Pam, could you send the junkman over here next? He can have almost everything in my garage...

Oh man, I am soooooooo beat ...gotta cut this short. Hi to everyone else!

Hi all, Just another quick pop in. Lots to do again today.

Marti-- Thanks for the lowdown on the picture posting sites. I will do that when I get some time.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SUSAN

TERRI-- Where in the great white north are you. I am near to Toronto myself, but I just love being up North in the summer. We have friends who own a trailer park outside of Sudbury. I loved it up there when I went.

ELLEN-- Hope you're feeling better soon sweetie. Kittie's too!!

JANE Have a super trip.

Well gotta go. Time to strap on the ol'pedometer And start logging on the steps. Looks like it's gonna be a beautiful day here in Southern Ontario and I'm hoping to get in a walk this morning with Joycelyn and Nikki Puppaloo.

This afternoon, I am going to meet some other mommies for a tea party. Should be fun, and I'll try to stick to the tea and turn a blind eye to the yummy goodies, that I know will be there.

TTFN
Anita

OK i am over my fit.. sorry about that,, but it took me soooo long to make that nice letter!!! Wow, did i ever blow it yesterday!!! No excercise and i ate all day... oh well today is a new day, i refuse to let one day discourage me!!

Susan: In my letter that dissapeared i was telling you about my aunts' ex. He hasnt paid child support in 15 years.... saw the kids maybe once a year.. even said the youngest wasnt his... then he took her to court on monday, trying to get the 15 years of back support reduced.. and he is trying to say that he thought my uncle adopted them.. so that is why he didnt pay and shouldnt have to... sheesh what a moron. . they have already taken his licsence and sent him to jail before... maybe those were clues that you were supposed to be paying???? gally what a guy!

Anyway, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Anita: I live about 2 hours North of Sudbury, near New Liskeard. It is really nice up here but the Winters are cold and the summer is full of bugs!!



Katie: Hello nice to meet you, I am Terri. Glad you had a good vacation!! I think i would be crippled if i walked 12 miles!!! Welcome back!! Look forward to getting to know you!!


MIndee: Good to meet you!.. How old is the baby?.. My baby girl is 19 months and she is 28 pounds or somewhere around there... She is tall like her daddy... I dont think she will be short like me!!! Not that i ever cared that i was short.. (maybe if i was a guy it would bug me).. Now the fat part... that is a whole nother story!!! Glad to here the little one is starting to feel better!!

Angie: Ya i had tubes quite a few times when i was a kid too, i was hoping my kids wouldnt... but they both have had them put in this fall. Emma it was infections, but Nolan just went deaf. He is hearing better now though thank god.. My eardrums burst a couple of times the were so filled with fluid when i was little.. talk about pain!!! Right up there with childbirth lol.. Sorry about your troubles with the..

Suetalks: Nice to meet you. We always have big family dinners with my moms brothers and sister.. but this year everyone is fighting and so now it looks like it will be just us.. makes me kind of sad.. oh well. Have a Happy Easter if i dont see you before.


Marti: Hi there!! How are you? Do you do anything special for Easter? by the way did i tell you the pics were great!!


Pam: Glad you are feeling a little better.. and i hope you have a good easter!!


Ellen: It is exhausting putting in all these little pics lol BUt i have sooooo much fun doing it (when i dont lose it all). Have you seen anyone about that cough?? maybe bronchitis or something .. I hope the kitty is ok!! you havent been on today so you must be tending to her.



Jane: Hope you are having a good trip!!


EVERYONE: HAVE A GOOD DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!

Grr all thise nice pics and you cant even see that... sorry about that ladies

Another gloomy rainy day. Usually I love it when it rains. We get so little of it but they are saying this is the 2nd wettest year in over 100 years and the rainy seaon isn't over yet.

Susan Happy Birthday and many more. Your still a youngter.

Angie, wow, Do you know Syliva Brown? I'm have found a couple items but boy, they are few and far between.

Terri, aren't you cute. Making your posts so cheerful. Ellen knows how to do this to. Me, I'm still struggling along with the basics. One day, I vow, I'll know how to do everything then watch out. Will you be inundated with cute and so will everyone else.

Anita, hello and welcome. Ellen lives up there somewhere.

Cristi, you are such a doll. Thank you for the cards. I'm having trouble getting back to my routine and am just beganning to pick up the pace. Cards may be a little late ladies.

Ellen, love your posts. Very creative and candy for the eyes. Cold and rainy here. Todays high is going to be around 60.Brrrrr. They say Sunday will warm up to 75 though. Diane's wedding went off without a hitch except for Mum's hubby, who complained about the music but he was determind to find something so no one cared. Such a jerk.

Suetalks, girl, I know what your talking about. My x SOB quit drinking after 35 years and self detoxed which nearly killed him. My DS spent almost a month out in SC trying to help him get back on his feet. Recently X was back in hospital because of a cist on his pancreas. They gave him a blood transfusion
which was suppose to be for someone eles. He didn't find that out till they came back to get it.

Thats all for now girls, I'l check in later. Love ya.

Hi All

I've got a few minutes so I wanted to just add to my previous post.

TERRI-LEE Wow, you are in Northern Ontario! Guess what? I was reading your Bio and discovered that we were married one day apart. I was married on Friday August 17th 2001. We're anniversary buddies!

ELLEN Are you anywhere near Toronto? Maybe we're neighbours.

So far I've only logged 1490 steps. I am going to walk the dog for an extra long walk tonight to make up for the defecit. This pedometer really makes you aware of how much (or how little) you are actually doing in the way of exercise.

MARTI---Here's a link to my photo album. The wedding pictures are what I am aspiring to get back down to weight wise. I lost over 55 pounds for my wedding but my bundle of joy helped put it back on.

http://www.photobucket.com/albums/y55/Neets/


Anita

Hello ladies~

My haven't we been busy little bees chatting up a storm! Not even going to try and catch up with the other thread(s).

Marti~glad you and James had a great trip. The pics are wonderful and thank you for sharing them.

Susan~is your BD today? I thought it was but for some reason Jane has it as the 25th! Oh well, your BD will be a little late, sorry and I will wish you a very HAPPY 41st BIRTHDAY! today and on the 25th!

Ellen~hope you are feeling better girly! And your babies too!

Pam~hey, that worked out perfect, the guy in the truck! And you are welcome for the cards. I can only imagine the stress you have been under with first the x and now your sis-(((((HUGS))))) to you sweetie.

Mindee~hope Brandon is feeling better and that Tommy gets that new job. That would be great for you guys! Especially with another little one coming.

Sue~I can't believe they haven't found what is wrong yet, that is terrible. Makes you wonder about the medical profession.

Anita~I will check out your photos as soon as I finish this post. Took me forever to read everything and for some reason I missed the link.

Katie~glad you and hubby had a wonderful trip to disneyland! Did you guys steer far from there or basically stay there the whole time? Hope you post some pics, would love to see them!

Angie~oh that is crazy bet you ladies were working your butts off to get those orders filled! Hopefully things have calmed down now.

Terri-Lee~such pretty, colorful posts you have! You and Ellen-bet that takes you ladies a long time to do all that. Like Susan, I stick with the smilies, convenient and I have most of them memorized so don't even have to click on them, call me lazy!

I hope I haven't missed anyone. This thread has grown so much I'm having a hard time keeping up! Of course it doesn't help that I was gone for four days. Anyway...

Jane & Katy~hope you ladies are enjoying your trips and the weather is cooperating for you. Have fun and be safe.

Taken from the Wizard of Oz, there's no place like home! I am so happy to be home even though we had a nice little visit and a long weekend away. I wouldn't call it a vacation since we were gone just a few days and it was mainly to visit family. It was nice to visit and DD and I did a few things while there. On the way we went through Joplin and decided to spend a little time there (we lived there for a while) and on the way back we went through Tulsa for a different view. It's about the same distance. Anyway, I have to go for a few minutes-will be back a little later to post some more. Take care ladies and have a wonderful day!

Hi Gals!
We are home a day early...had intended to go up north to visit my grandmother, but she came down with a cold and didn't feel up to company. We are going to try again to see her this summer. We had a lovely time in Condon.. as we left yesterday morining, it was snowing Weird. My son was getting on me about not packing mittens, but I just threw up my hands and reminded him that when we left Portland we had 70 deg. and sunny and I was tempted to pack shorts! Sorry about the mittens......

While we were there, we took a day trip up to the Maryhill Museum on the beautiful Columbia Gorge. http://www.maryhillmuseum.org/ A fun time was had by all....

I went ahead and changed my ticker...came back and that extra loss was not a fluke, apparently. Yay! Feels good to be losing some after such a long period of maintaining.

I've enjoyed catching up on the posts...

Happy Birthday Susan...I'm nipping at your heels here, with my 40th coming up in June..hope you have a very very special day

Anita - can't get into your photobucket ( need a password) but would love to see your pix..here's the link to my yahoo page so you ( or anyone else) can get a gander at my little family http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/rosiekate37/my_photos

Marti - loved your pix from SFCA... I would love to go someday and do the walking tour. I always like to see the sights on foot - even with the hills. My DH has been to SFCA for a conference and figured out BART pretty quickly, so he can be in charge of the bus rides when we go. We were thinking about a trip to D.C. for our 20th annniversary... but maybe I can talk him into San Fran instead. I have 5 years to exert my influence

Cristi - thank you for the lovely card.... we are all looking forward to Easter. James is singing in church on Sunday and we have a large family gathering at the ILs... so w will have lots of fun. I've been staying sugar free - so it could be hard for me on that level, but I am just going to do my best and try to sneak all that candy into my DH's bag.

Ellen - always enjoy your bright and friendly posts...hope your kitty's feeling better.

Know I am leaving people out - so sorry. Will try to get to more people in the next few days..until then.... Have a great day! It's good to be home!