This is the program they push these days in the high schools to organize parties for after prom and after graduation to keep the kids from drinking and doing drugs. They have had one after graduation for several years I guess -- they have them come to the bowling alley (I'm sure the kids were really good bowlers from all the practice they had at our party the day before... ) and they stay all night, and they give out prizes and feed 'em good and let 'em bowl and play pool and arcade games and lots of other stuff. Then in the morning they go out to breakfast and go home. The rafting trip after the prom was part of the chem-free party -- they had to show up at the party after prom and stay all night to get to go rafting. The key to the whole thing is that they can't leave the party and come back, so nobody can go get drunk and return. The kids had a good time. DD won a stereo -- there were also dorm refrigerators and camcorders and other good stuff. Cool, huh?

NC does have its share of thunderboomers, but I don't remember extremely wet springtimes -- maybe it's just this year, because we are practically flooded here this year too. What I mostly remember about rainstorms in Charlotte was in the summer. Every afternoon like clockwork we'd get a thunderstorm. "Everybody out of the pool!" Half an hour or so later, it would all stop and we'd get back in. When I got older and was working or driving somewhere, a lot of the time the traffic lights would crap out during one of these. Wow, did I hate that. All that traffic and no stop lights. ~shudder~

No, silly Peachie, close the peanut butter jar!!

As a matter of fact, yes. I have put out several different kinds of traps and they do either no good at all or very little good. So yeah, squashing it is.

I think your kitties will be fine. Have fun!

I'm going to take my mom for a long drive Don't worry, it will be fun.

Kiwi

we have left the cats for a weekend and just put out LOTS of food and water {and litter!!}----just put out extra water if you think it will evaporate----lots and lots----make an island in the tub that they can sunbathe on and fill the moat with water!!!----kiwonk---they have an alcohol and drug free party here,but they still manage to have a big drunk fest at another time!!!

We have a chem free grad party here too, so they just postpone the big drunken brawl until the next night.

You know everyone thinks Oregon is so rainy, but from late June until the end of September we can go a month or 2 without any rain whatsoever. My water bill is horrible, then the clouds move in around November and we don't see the sun for months. We very seldom get lightning.

The only ant problem I've had is w/ those huge black carpenter ants. DH sprayed with toxic waste around the perimeter of the house and we haven't had any more problems.

Peach, go to the pet store and buy one of those automatic pet waterers that holds a jug of water upside down and fills the bowl automatically. They're pretty cheap. We had one for my weiner dog when she had diabetes and drank gallons of water every day. Poor doggie.

MMMmmm toxic waste.

I have nothing to say.

Kiwi

Is there a place one can go to purchase toxic waste? How intriguing.

Tomorrow is our 16th wedding anniversary - can you believe it? I can't.

It's been hotter than Hades all week but thunderstorms are coming soon to cool us off. My house is a mess and the garden is full of weeds.

Happy Anniversary, Sugar Plum! Wow, 16 years. We are coming up on 20. My mother mentioned it the other day, that we are coming up on 20 and my sister & BiL are coming up on 10 years. Somebody said, "what are you going to do to celebrate?" DH and I looked at each other and I said "Pity party?" and he said "Good idea"

Had a lovely dinner out tonight, sponsored by my mom. We took Dd and bf along. Then we went for a drive up where I took my mother yesterday -- we saw several moose in the water then so we thought we'd see if there were any tonight. Sure enough, there were several, pretty far from the road, but one big bull moose with an impressive rack was right near the road munching on water plants. Kept looking at us. Made my mom's day. I'm tard.

Kiwi

I took yesterday off to do all the stuff that stay at home wives get to do every day. I paid my household bills, I did a couple loads of laundry, I went shopping for 2 wedding gifts, 1 graduation gift, 4 Father's day cards, 2 Father's day presents, went and took my geezer eye test so I could renew my driver's license that has beed expired since my birthday in April, bought a few groceries. geez. It's hard work to be a domestic goddess. Then DH said "I thought you were going to clean the house". Yes, he still has his head..... lucky for him.

Toxic waste is the stuff at the exterminator's that you have to ask for.... they keep it behind the counter. We also have to take our neighbor, Bob with us b/c he has an applicator's license b/c he has a small vineyard that he has to spray all the time w/ nasty chemicals. Bob buys our ant killer for us.

I was driving home yesterday when my sis in law called. She was stuck in traffic in 110 degree heat on the Phoenix freeway. I was stopped on a country road waiting for 2 deer to sloooowly move out of the way on a perfect 72 degree sunny day. I have a good life.

16 and 20 years of matrimonial bliss.... it will be 28 years for us this fall..... and me, so young and lovely still. I'm sure glad I still like him.

I picture your town like the one on Northern Exposure, Kiwi, complete w/ moose.

I forgot to tell you how devastating it was to get a new picture for my driver's license and to tell them my revised weight. Turning 50 is bad enough, but why do they have to humiliate me w/ this little routine? Aaaaarrrrgggghhhhh.--- and excuse me, Peach, but this was not a pleasant experience. I wouldn't mind the turning 50 if I was in good shape, but I'm not. Pictures don't lie. damn it.

I never even thought of exterminators as having a counter. Not having dealt with any since I was a kid in NC -- I always thought you just called them up and they came to your house.
Not far off. The town is a lot bigger, but not much more going on... Saw another moose by the side of the interstate while I was driving my mom to the airport.

I'm with you -- 72 degrees and a country road beats 110 and traffic any day.

I'm changing my ticker. A pound is a pound. Apparently I sweated it out while watching 3 dance recital performances (that's about 10 hours of dance) in the stuffy sweaty auditorium. Whatever works, eh?

I am ditching my in-laws today. I woke up with a migraine and figured that was a good enough excuse to be unsociable. It's father's day and I sent a card home with my mom to give my step-dad and I'm calling it good. DD can do the father honors today for DH, she's old enough for heaven's sake.

I don't believe I've told the truth on a driver's license for 20 years. I shave off as much as I think I can get away with. The only people who get to know how much I weigh are you guys and the doctor's scale (which is obviously set too high...)

Kiwi

I wonder if the police really care what you weigh when they're issuing a speeding ticket?

Must go call my dad.

Whooo on the pound, Kiwi! 9 lbs sounds good but 10 sounds fabulous!

I am still not dead.
I am still fat.
Are any of you chalking up weight-loss successes? If so, how and how do you stick with it. I can be "on a diet" for about 15 minutes... usuallyjust AFTER I've eaten.

Miz Painty, I can't speak for the whole herd, but I've not been behaving myself diet wise. It's summer time and I don't want to bare this blubber. I'm seriously thinking of going to the fake and bake b/c I figure tan blubber always looks thinner than white blubber. Either way it ain't pretty.

We went to a wedding on Saturday. The couple was young and sweet. They made up part of their vows. Very touching. Sunday we drove all the way to Seattle to look at a car DH is thinking of buying. A '57 Chev. Don't all men want a '57 Chev? He made an offer. We don't really need it, but he said he'd sell the Harley to buy it so I'm happy. He's had 3 friends wipe out on their Harleys in the last 2 months, so he's getting smart and selling the d*mn thing. I actually forgot to call my Dad on Father's Day. We were soooo tired when we got home yesterday my brain wasn't working. We're doing a belated Father's Day bbq tonight for DH, DS and Gmpa Jim.

My DIL has lost all the baby weight and looks fabulous. 60 lbs in 4 months. Is that possible???? I think you have to be young and nursing a baby and veeerrrrry motivated.

I wonder if he would have called me on it if I would have told the DMV clerk that I weighed 120? I think it's rude enough that they put me through the vision test because I turned 50.

Here's a depressing bit of news: My adorable nephew and his very gorgeous wife who got married in Charleston a little over a year ago, are breaking up already. Her decision apparently. Sux, eh?

DH says his experiment with the dvd didn't work and he's back to square one. Clearly what we really need is to spend big bucks on some new hardware for the computer...

Kiwi

Yes, Kiwi, I have a DVD player and yes, I would like a DVD of the talented Miss Kiwiette.