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Black Cow in a Fog
They are all out driving around---yes--all the teenagers are OUT driving themselves to movies,golf courses,drive ins, camping trips out of town,beach parties,bon fires....I AM GOING INSANE!!!!!!! is there any way for me to survive this?????WABBY HELP ME!!!!!-------Frappe could help if she weren't IGNORING us forever!!!!!!---- I guess I will have to join Wabby someday when all the rest of you tramps are whining about your dds and ds's getting their drivers licences:( ----just thought i would stop by and WHINE:cry: :cry: :cry: not that it will do me any good,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,...................
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Poor Bagzie, the DD's will survive this summer, will you?
Has Frappe ever been to this home or did we loose her when Francine so unceremoniously dumped us? My DD does not drive. She wants a job desperately and I am the one who gets to drive her from place to place today as she blankets the county with applications. Here is something horrible. A sort-of friend has died. I say sort-of because she had become unbearable in the past few years. She always seemed like the top of her head was about to blow off. Well, sadly, it did. She had a stroke and died while alone in the house. She was my age. I wonder, now, if she had seen a doctor about the change in her personality. Did you know that the smoke from Canada's fires is here? These fires must be huge. They say the one in question is above Ontario. Yesterday when we came out of church there was a haze. The news says that that is what it was. Ok, everyone, post. bye |
sorry about the haze
I told them to stop it at the border,but they were too busy with the army guys searching my trunk----did you know they have fully dressed army guys when i go to the Maine Walmart????? in the olden days they just said----where ya goin'-and have a nice day---now you need ID and three soldiers stare and rummage!!!! thank you for your kind words re the dd's lushie----dd18 is "babysitting" for the summer---BOR-ing----good pay and good kids but YIKES---naturally she is consulting me about everything---last summer she worked at a salad cafe and complained about the rude customers---working sucks for sure---my dd16 works at the golf course,she LOVES it---cleaning clubs in the backshop and looking at all the cute pros.HOWever---TODAY is ds's birthdday----EIGHT years old---my 'roids are KILLING me again,and I have a party to perform---bowling alley,balloons,treatbags the whole nine yards---all while perched on a travelling sitz bath---do you think the children will be grossed out??????:D
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oh---i don't recall Frappe ever visiting here---maybe Wabs or kiwonk would know----LUSHIE!!! flush Peachers out of hiding why don't ya?---regarding driving your dd around---that is the ONLY good thing about them having their licences----you can drink at home and pretend that you can sleep until they arrive back!!
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Kids driving
Bagzie, you've just discovered an ugly fact of life. You are no longer essential in your children's lives. Your purpose in life is over. Time for the mid life crisis. This is when we start drinking heavily. Actually the drinking is so we can bear to have our kids out driving around on freeways and late at night.
Lush, that is so bizarre about your sorta friend. Will they do an autopsy? Do you think the personality change and stroke could have been caused by a tumor or some such thing? Frappe has been here. Anyway I'm pretty sure she has been. Almost positive. Ask Kiwi. Shouldn't she be back by now? |
you are SO right wabby---i did a search and found her----Frappe
Junior Member Registered: May 2001 Location: Montreal Posts: 12 [Frappe is offline] ip [Old Post] 09-03-2001 05:53 PM profile | pm | | find | buddy list edit | quote [Talking] Working hard to get ready for parents. Decided to redo the guest/playroom. Looking forward to their visit. Hope everyone's having a great holiday weekend. tata for now. frappe |
my kids can't even tie their own shoes yet!
Well, one of them can't anyway. When the can drive, I'm going to make them drive ME to Wal-Mart.
If you cows knew what a #$%# stupid keyboard I am being forced to type on, you would be able to appreciate the sacrifice I am making in posting this message. No wonder my dad doesn't want to touch this thing. So sad about your friend, Lushy. We had a family friend who had been acting strange for years and was finally diagnosed with a brain tumor that eventually killed her. Very nasty business. Well, besides the fact that it's 30 C one day and pouring rain the next, things are going swimmingly here. Went to the Salvation Army Thrift Shop and got a pair of GAP "classic khakis" for only $6.29! And they even fit and everything. Already spilled barbeque sauce on 'em, of course. Saw perfect cleanie adorable best friend at her house Saturday night and admired brand new hardwood floors and granite countertops in kitchen. She says at the rate they're going, they'll never get out of debt, but we can't have the house looking shabby, can we? She's forcing her dh to paint their front door in cranberry in time for the "girls' lunch" she's throwing on the 22nd. He's very long-suffering. Gotta go have some more fun now. Or maybe write some postcards. |
I will never get out of debt either, Sugar P. And I have regular laminate countertops and fake wood pergo floors. So what's with that?
DS sold his zoomy little car, and bought a new zoomy car. He bought a Mitsubishi Eclipse convertible. It's so pretty I'm jealous. I really don't have a thing to say. Anybody else have a life? |
where is kiwi? my ds is in the town that kiwi is visiting this month? will I get to see her when I go get him? is she there now?
Lush, that is sad and it makes me think about all the diffucult people in mylife. What am I to do when I think they're ill? Canadians are so rude. Dressing up like American soliders now? |
Rude Canadians?
Please explain. I'll apologize in advance for whatever they did. Newspapers are on strike here so I haven't a clue.
Yesterday I went up a mountain on a cable car, watched a lumber jack show, saw two orphaned grizzly bear cubs, went even higher in a scary chair lift and somehow managed to get a sunburn on the top of my head! I was cleverly disguised as a tourist so no one noticed. Must be about 90 degrees here today. Highly unusual. We keep having to tidy up the house we're staying at so Flo, the real estate agent, can show it. It's a ruin. No one will buy it. The view is spectacular though so I suppose someone who wants to go even deeper in debt could just tear it down and build a new one. My day to cook dinner. Mummy is out getting her nails done. |
I'M BACKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK
And because I am in a brain fog due to the endless days of blistering heat and blazing sun added to travelling for nearly 24 hours with no sleep, I am posting the brainless way--hitting quote to reply to your messages.
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Your dd16 is so lucky to find a job that is actually fun. I wonder if it is all in the personality whether you like jobs or not. I never have. I hope my dd is the type to like jobs, but she is usually a lot like me. Sometimes she surprises me, though, and is totally different. Like, she doesn't get stage fright and loves to perform on stage. I get stage fright when she goes on stage! I think Canada is rising up against our insulting border checks -- I saw 3 Canadian warships cruising down the Hudson River toward New York City a couple of days ago! They were a somewhat sickening shade of hospital green. Ours are a much more manly gunmetal gray. I think you should complain. More on our vacation in another post. Tata Kiwi |
I'm not wearing any pants
I don't plan to get dressed today at all. I can't remember when I got home. I think it was yesterday.
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I'm jealous that you found decent clothes at the Thrift Shop. I spent about 2 hours at Goodwill, before we left on our trip, looking for a decent dress or skirt and top to wear to my sister's wedding. The store was huge and there were millions of dresses; I tried on about dozen things and could not find anything that fit or looked good. I finally went to Filene's and found lots of good stuff on sale. I think I actually didn't spend that much more than I would have at Goodwill. I got a sleeveless rayon full length green patterned dress (strangely reversible with a horrid pattern of squares on the inside :shrug: ), very loose and cool, and a nice lightweight jacket so I could hide my flabbery arms (eww, when did those happen?) The wedding was lovely. We stayed at a B&B called The Sign of the Amiable Pig (sorry, no website, Wabbit ;) ), where we had an awesome breakfast the next morning. The wedding was at a lodge on a beautiful lake in the woods. It was outdoors by the water's edge, and it was sunny and blazing HOT. My sister looked fab and sweet and her groom was such a big guy (not fat, but very tall and stocky) he made her look teeny. They look an adorable couple. He had built the wedding arch (what do you call that?) himself. All my family (on my dad's side) were there, and the best surprise was that my brother from LA, my crazy longhaired photographer/writer/movie gopher/sailor/diver/barnacle scraper/hypnotist goofy adorable brother whose wife is a movie studio teacher, was not only there and photographing the wedding, he was wearing my :angel: Dad's kilt and regalia and looked great in them. For extra tearjerking moments, the wedding was purposefully on my Dad's birthday and a special toast to him at the reception from my sister (the bride) was very moving. The reception was a kick, excellent DJ, everybody danced, even DD had a whole lot of fun. It was great. Well, ladies, if you want postcards from me, they will have to be from East Podunk, Maine because I couldn't find a single decent postcard on my entire trip! :eek: I am not kidding. Most places we went had no stores or none open when we were there (after all we were busy sailing all day and only had the presence of mind to look for stores after we docked or anchored at night). We did find some postcards on Fishers Island, but they were so boring I couldn't stand it. I figured in NYC I would find plenty of thrilling ones, so I waited. The place we docked in New York was called Chelsea Piers. It was this gigantic recreational complex that included 4 piers, some of them with humongous private cruisers on them, most of them with more reasonable sized power boats, a few sailboats like us. Plus there was a golf driving range -- if you've seen the movie Serendipity, it was just like that, with 4 stories of little cubicles for people to hit balls from and this massive screen-enclosed "green". We got to shower in the golf clubhouse, quite nice. And there were skating rinks, skateboarding places including a halfpipe, soccer and basketball gyms, a gymnastics gym, a bakery, a diner, a brewpub (conveniently located at the top of our dock), a bowling alley, just everything. Except for a postcard shop. So I waited till I got to Grand Central Station on my way back home. And, unbelievably, the newsstands that were open (okay, it was 10 PM) had nothing but memorial Twin Towers postcards. It was so morbid--every one of them said "World Trade Center 19something-2001" It was too gruesome. So I gave up. I'll send you all some pictures when I get them back. So, more later. Kiwi |
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I'm jealous of your DS too! By the way, what did you get for a car, Wab, or didn't you? Kiwi |
Peaches, my dear
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I absolutely refuse
to start a new thread just to get attention. Although I must say I am quite miffed that nobody even wants to say Hi Welcome back to me. :p
Uhoh. Did you notice the line they added to the reply form saying that advertising of any kind is NOT allowed -- do you think that my sig would be advertising? Maybe I'll change the wording. It's not like I'm making a profit or anything, just defraying my expenses on books. Speaking of which, I finished the book you sent me, Peaches. I really enjoyed it, although I was surprised at the way it turned out, if you know what I mean. Who wants it next? It's about a middle aged guy who does the Appalachian Trail with his chunky friend who likes Little Debbies and Slim Jims. Later gators. You'd better have posted or I'll really pout next time I come here. Kiwi |
all alone am I
DS is in the Kiwi state. He says next week he gets to dissect a rat.
Herbie is in Reno with his friend Doug. When Herbie calls at night he always says "Doug is sitting his with tongue out waiting to eat."I don't know who should be more offended, me or Doug. I have cats who want to sleep with me but they're a pain.One climbs on my head so he can reach the high window and one is polite to allow me to put out a glass of water without taking a lap. So I am bored. Bored and fat. Bored and fat and stir crazy. Kiwi, I dont have your address handy. Would you mind emailing me .. or we could ask Bagz to act a go-between. I know her address I think. |
Trying to appease Kiwi
Hey woman!! Welcome back!!!!!!Wooo hooo!!!! Post a whole bunch more and we'll forgive you for the post cards. I think personal correspondence is becoming a rare thing, Kiwi, probably why you had a hard time finding postcards. I would have taken a morbid twin tower one, though. I'm easy. Ask DH.;)
I didn't buy a car yet, Kiwi. I'm thinking seriously of a Honda Accord. DH is having a fit that I would consider anything but a domestic, but hey, I figure half of the domestic cars are built somewhere else anyway. Probably an SUV would be more practical for me, but I'm not willing to dish out that much money. They're too durn expensive anymore. Peaches, I'm going stir crazy too, and DH isn't even in Reno. We went to the beach for the weekend (sorry, no website);) and spent most of the time sleeping and eating. We didn't even go walking on the beach. Can you believe that??? It was DH's 47th (eek!) birthday. I don't know how a young chick like me ended up with such an old codger. |
Hi Wabby and Peachbabe!
I think some Honda Accords are actually built in the U.S.; you should tell him to check it out. I can't believe you didn't walk on the beach! And, by the way, 47 ain't so old...spoken from the vantage point of 46 ;) Peachie, I sent you an email, did you get it? DH is borrowing a laptop from work for DD so that she can do her online writing course while we are at the beach. We're leaving on Thursday. I'm going to make reservations at motels with modem connections so that she can work on it on the way. I'm sure her friend will be bored to death, but I hope this works out. Last year we went to the beach a little earlier in the summer and didn't have this conflict. The course is 6 weeks long, so she will be able to concentrate on the rest of it better. Later, gorgeous babes, :cool: Kiwi |
kiwi-bumpkin what email did u use? I can't get the old one to open these days. Did you the use the aol one like u're supposed to? How can I control you people? DS DID NOT call me on the weekend like he was supposed to. Today he left a message on themachine that he'd call later. He has my CELL NUMBER and DID NOT use it. I am upset by this a litttle. How should I act? He is being a selfish male.
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Dear Peachboy
Pay no attention to your mother when she insists that she gave you her cellphone number and told you to call it. It is just like the aol address she claims to have given me. See you after you finish cutting up all the froggies and stuff.
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Whew!
I just survived a workers comp insurance audit. Which is a big deal considering the fact that I forgot all about the auditor coming this morning. I managed to dig out all the reports he needed with no problem. He actually told me I'm organized. Ha! I've sure got him fooled. :dizzy:
Peachson is off having fun, don't be bothering him with reporting in, ma. You know where he is and that he's alive. This is practice for when he leaves for college. Believe me, they don't need ya forever. :( Remember when I got down to 145? I'm not there anymore, and I don't even want you cows guessing my weight now. Sigh. I don't know why I do this to myself. My sweet unofficial adopted son called to say we were welcome to come swimming with he and my real DS and all their friends. I didn't want to tell him that I was just too fat and flubbery to be seen in a swimsuit in front of them. But it was awfully nice of them to invite us old folks. Gotta work. |
Today I spent 3 hours taking DD to a 1/2 hour guitar lesson. This is nuts (it's an hour away). And she has another one tomorrow, because she missed last week and the week before. Oy. I'm tired.
I think Wabby weighs 147 lbs. My guess and I'm stickin' with it. When we drove in the driveway this afternoon, DH was standing there. Honestly the guy looks 7 months pregnant. How do you get a guy to lose weight? 'Specially since I can't lose any myself. The thing is, guys have no shame at all. They'll wander around in a swimsuit with a gut hanging out and think they look pretty hot! Now, theoretically this is a sign of good self-esteem, but geesh! Tata ladies, gotta go look for more motel rooms (I'm rarely this prepared for a trip, but I actually have a reservation for one night already. Yay me.) Kiwi |
Men have no shame
Actually my DH is very conscious of his weight. He has a slight belly right now and he won't go without a shirt even though he actually looks pretty darn good. Of course, we are approaching rodeo time which means he'll go on a crash diet so that he can fit into his rodeo jeans, which are much tighter than the regular work jeans. Rodeo season is what keeps him trim. Now, me, I just go buy new jeans. :o
Kiwi, I used to drive 45 minutes each way so my DD could work a 2 hour shift. I feel your pain. Get some good cd's and try to enjoy the drive. p.s. your guess was low. :mad: |
Hey Y'all
I'm just practicing my Southern accent so I'll fit right in when I get to NC.
I get to see Peachie.............I get to see Peachie :smug: We're leaving tomorrow and drrrrrrrrrrrriiiiiiiiiiiiiiivvvvvvvving for 2-1/2 days and then I'm going to bake on the beach and torture my little nephews and all that good stuff! We're going to have a laptop with us, and if I don't spend toooo much time on it, I can say howdy to you all while we're gone. Later, i have 4 million things to do today. Kiwi |
you were all right
DS couldnt' call because a long line all the time for the phone when they get to use which is rarely. I don't need to talk to him anyway. Next week, when Kiwi and I meet in Cute Town USA, she will tell me all about the town and I'll know stuff he doesn't.
Where's Bagzie. ? Why is our envelope in flames? She she do that? |
Funny you ask that...
I smelled smoke outside yesterday and it was definitely coming from the north...
I'm a-packin' my bags and a-headin' out today. Peaches, do you want me to bring back the book you lent me, or shall I pass it on? Here's what I have to do this morning: Make dog food for while I'm gone Take a shower Make 2 phone calls Pick up my car and my kid Pack Wash the dog's butt Scoop the cat litter Vacuum the living room Look for chairs and beach toys in the nasty attic Think of stuff for the cooler and pack that Take a library book back Get rid of that giant dead rodent on the step so the dog won't eat it Probably other stuff Later gators Kiwi |
More blather from me
Here's what I still have to do:
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Having way too much fun to post. Just burned the microwave popcorn. Have a great time together, Kiwi and Peaches!
Way to go for surviving the audit, Wabby! Hi Bagzie! Oh, BTW, I wrote postcards to everyone and the are actually in the mail. If they're illegible, blame it on the sea air, ok? |
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