Well, today is a much warmer day. Geez, it took two days for the kitchen faucet to thaw-finally did last night. Had planned on fixing a big pot of chili yesterday but that didn't happen. Between being gone and the water not working. So, I am fixing it today-of course it is not as cold but it will be good none-the-less. Had some errands to run this morning and now I need to get my butt in gear and get a walk in, or at least do my WATP video.

Marti~I completely forgot to say how sorry I am that you fell yesterday. I hope your ankle is better today. I can't believe that no one helped you. What is wrong with people?

Well ladies, I need to go find something to do. Hope EVERYONE is having a great Thursday! TTFN

Hiya ladies,

Marti - hope your ankle is okay!! I too got preggers my senior year. The thing is, I had only been active for less than 6 weeks and got caught! Shame on me!! I was a hippy w/o the drugs in the late 60's and early 70's! Really, I protested the Vietnam war, wore fringe on lots of my clothes, tried to get to Woodstock, had the love beads, and listened to Bob Dillion. ... Lay Lady lay, lay across my big brass bed..... lol.

Kayecee - I didn't get your PM! Try again, okay? What are your ideas about the reunion? Hop over to that thread and let us know, okay? edit: Kayecee, I DID get it, but no pop up to tell me so! How frustrating!

Cristi - I got your New Year's Card today! Thanks a bunch! I sure hope you get the house you are bidding on! Tell us all aout it, okay?

Angie, Shanna, Jodiwhere are you?????

Hi to the others....


Did any of you send a magnetic calendar inside a Christmas card?? I thought it fell out of my sil's card, but she said she didn't send it! I really like it on the fridge and want to thank the sender...

Went shopping today with Mary and the 3 girls. That was an adventure! I think I know now what I want to do with the extra room... I am going to decorate it using the Flowers etc. pattern from Target. They have stools, tables, valances, rugs and other stuff. It is really cute! Mary and Katie said they will sponge paint the walls in the coordinating colors, so that will be too cute, also!

Gotta go fold some towels - bbl,
Jana

Brrrr! Still cold here- only 35 degrees today. O.k.- o.k.- I know that Marti would probably love to see it that warm. I saw Oregon on the weather tonight and geesh y'all got hit good. Hope y'all are o.k. Has anyone else been hit hard? No snow here yet- except for a couple of spits here and there today.

Marti- I confess- I had done the math- I knew that you said you got pregnant your senior year and you were 33 so I wondered how Jhanai got to be 14 or so! I thought that you had said she was younger than Landon and he's 10. I wasn't going to pry. I have a hotmail account but I didn't realize you had to download a messenger account seperately. I'll do that in a minute. My messenger name will be the same as my e-mail address, right? If that's true, you can add me to your friend's list. How did school go today? Any powerpoint questions yet? Tim still ain't working, so I need some grocery money.

Cristi- LOL You should get a huge frame and put one of your t-shirts and a picture of you wearing it inside and hang it on the wall. This may sound silly, but one thing that I was really sad about losing in our fire was my two Milli-Vanilli t-shirts! Anybody love Milli-Vanilli? I finally discovered how well dresses camouflage everything and have bought about 20 since spring. I usually wear the ones with jackets. Again, Cato's is a life-saver. I have a lot of nice dresses, but usually only spend $10-20 on the clearance racks. I hate the fact that stirrup pants have gone out of style. I loved the black ones. They really helped to slim my legs and I could usually find them for $3-5 at Cato's. The nice thing about being heavy- if you gain or lose 5-10 pounds, you can usually get away with wearing the same size.
So even if it's on clearance near the end of the season, you know that you'll still probably be able to wear it next year. Now, if you're skinny and gain or lose the same 5-10 pounds, you have to buy a whole new wardrobe. Gee, I'm lucky.

Jana- Uh... who's Bob Dillon? OMG I remember my sister was into the hippy thang. She wasn't anti-drug though. I'll never forget complaining to my mom that she was sooooo nasty- she's pulling weeds up near the house and smoking it. Ewwwwww! LOL Of course, as I got older, I realized that that icky "grass" that daddy mowed was quite different than the stuff she was smoking. (Just so y'all know- She was spending the summer with dad who was divorced from her mom- my parents had a hissy-fit and after a huge fight she went back to her mom's in Kansas. They definitely will not have any drugs anywhere near them and to this day, I'm still surprised that one of them didn't have a stroke! ) I'm glad you got my PM. The Flowers idea sounds good. I had wondered if you would get completely sick of Blue's Clues. I know how putrid Barney was to me by the time I got Landon old enough to like something else. You can still use it for a playroom. A nice cedar chest or wicker baskets can hide the toys when the kids aren't there. And then you can add a big fluffy chair to read. So it can be kiddy yet an adult hide-out. Do they have toy chests that match the decor? I haven't seen the pattern, but I have a friend that put up a chair rail in her kid's playroom. Then below rail, they used different colors to stamp their hand-prints all around the room. It was soooo adorable. Another friend used chalk board paint on the door and the kids loved it.

Where is everyone else?!?!? I hope we haven't lost some of you. I know it may be a little hassle signing up again if you were newer, but hopefully, it won't happen again. Come back! See y'all later!

Evening ladies---

School was ok today.....no ice! But I woke up really sore...my hip ached! And my thighs... I want to blame falling, but I can't. I actually worked out my legs the other day and that's what I'm feeling! Gotta up my workouts! I haven't done anything more since that day!!

Weather is much warmer where we're at. Portland is much worse... it's North of us. I'm glad that we're out of the snow and ice! (for now anyway.) Yesterday the sun was actually out and it felt sooooo nice outside. Almost like Spring! And I can't wait for Spring to arrive!!

Jana-- I'm trying to picture you in all the 70's attire!! You had to be adorable! There were so many cute hippies along with the smelly and dirty ones. Those hippies smelled horrible!! They could peal the paint off my wall! So...were you one who threw her bra in the big bon fires to protest??!!

Cristi-- I'm glad to hear that you can use your faucets again! It was cold here, but it didn't freeze anything in our house! If I would have been living up in the hills like last year,.... I would have had problems. Plus, we would have had to bundle up in blankets on top of filling the wood stove... (we had cracks in the house to where you could see the outdoors!! OLD HOUSE) Oh..make sure you keep the pepto nearby after eating all that yummy chili!!

Kayecee--Jhanai may act 14 sometimes, but she's only 9. I had my son in highschool and then gave him up for adoption. It was an open adoption so we are close. In a sense that I get a phone call on Mothers Day or Valentines day from him and we talk. His mother is wonderful! couldn't have asked for a more loving and caring mother! Before I had him, I got to meet her for lunch with my adoption couselor. She was soo sweet and I knew from the start that I was going to pick her. And get this....this is cool.....(see I like to share my life stories.... I should write a book!) when we were waiting for lunch.. Judy (the adoption counselor) was asking me questions, like when was my birthday, when was the fathers birthday... and when I told her my birthdate.. Karen (the adopted mother) said "What?!" which startled me because it was the way she said it... so I repeated myself. We share the same birthday! And... get this.. it's not over...the father (who is also Jhanai's dad, my ex) shares the same birthday as her father, who has the same name!!! How weird was that?! It totally felt like we were made to meet!! It was a great thing. And over the years, we've met up together several occasions. The last time though was when Jhanai was five...so it's been awhile. But we still keep contact through letters and e-mails.

See what an interesting person I am!? (hee-hee) And I could probably tell you things that would make you laugh, cry, and even wonder "who the **bleep** are you!"

Shanna--Where you at girl? I seen your post in the photo thread....but the chit chattin is over here!!

Angie-- We're missing you! I hope all is well in Canada! You're not overwhelmed with your schedule again are you? Are you still recooperating from New Years Eve??? Come back!

Same goes for you Jodi!! Rejoin us!!

Ok.. time for me to get off this thing for a while. I'll probably check in later!!

Take Care girls.

Marti

P.S. Jana... I'm sorry, but I didn't send out the Calendar.... but if you can't find out who did.... then you can just say I did.

See- I didn't think that I had taught reading so long that I've lost my math skills! I had been almost sure that Landon was older than Jhanai. I loved the similarities! That is almost too weird!

Hello Ladies

Let me tell you all that I was pretty nervous this morning when I checked and still nothing..
I checked to make sure I had Jana's phone number for tomorrow if it still wasn't up.
I have been sick with the flu,,,horrible cold and achy body but Im already on the mend.
My schedule is insane...I still have my decorations up and I should be right now putting them away but I had to check and YAY we are all back on.

Marti,,,bummer on the fall...your ok now thou right?

I told my friend Susan to join our group so hopefully she will. Shes from Portland Oregon...used to be Astoria. She lost alot of weight...over a 100 lbs...and has kept it off for a few years now.

I have this weekend off finally,,,was told that I would get one weekend off per month and since Ive been there this is my second one...hmmmm ya ok... So Im heading home,,,my cousin Tanyia is meeting me at my mom's and she will do my hair. What do you think of purple and orange? Then we are going for eye exams and then to my old Safeway friends for gourmetten..a dutch thing. We have been doing this for years. Cook on little frying pans...alot of fun.

As for hippy looks,,,I dress more like the 70's now with all the flared pants and chunky boots and beads. Oh ya since I ripped my contact lenses I have been wearing my glasses that are small like John Lennons...lol Peace everyone!

AS for the teen years,,,,Im lucky I lived throu it. I ran away at 17 and did finish high school while bartending,,(too young but they didn't know that) And was preggers at 18 too.
Have talked to Monte about our gt together and hes laughed...lol Told him what I would like to do is,,,all of us go and I make a side trip to meet with you guys and then catch up with them. Hes all for it...so we can start making plans....
Well I should try to get some decorations down.
btw I may have a job opp...cross your fingers.
Angie

Hi Ladies,

Kayecee - Even Katie has heard of Bob Dillion! He's a singer/songwriter of the 60's and 70's who was all for love and peace, lol. About the playroom, I will be geting the pastel rack and bins to match the other stuff. I am getting really excited about the end result, because I know the grandkids will love it!

Marti - the story of your son is a sweet one. You were very brave to give him up, and I'm so glad you get to be a part of his life. Hope you are feeling less sore today!

Angie - hope your friend joins us! BTW, anytime anyone wants to call and chat on the phone, I'd love it! Wow, Angie, you had an interesting teen life, too! I am so glad you will join us in Evansville! Even if it's just for a little while, it will be great to see you!

Hi to Cristi, Jodi and Shanna. Also my buddies Carree, Kat and Ruth!

I am headed to Indianapolis in a little while with my sister Katie. My Katie is named after her since she inrtoduced me to Neal. Her son and dil have bought a 19 (yes, 19) room house there and I want to see it. Thank goodness for Merry Maids, right? He is an established CPA and his wife is a vip with a credit card company. They are expecting twins at the end of February. And we are going to do a little shopping, too.

Btw, it is actually 2 hours later here than what the thread says, I think. It's going on 7 and I gotta run!

Have a good day, ladies!

Jana

I'm here, I'm here.

Ok girls, I am here, I will post something later today, I am having lunch with my mother and then got to get some stuff and the store and do some homework, not that any of you care to hear about my errands. hee hee. To bad, I am not erasing it. ;-)
Marti: I KNow that chat board is over here miss smarty pants, but I wanted to say something about those cute new pics you put up and I was too lazy to get over here. So there!!!! ;-P
Well if I am to have anything to say after my errands I better shut my mouth now and get going. I hope veryone is having a good day.

Well, I wasn't supposed to be spending money with buying a house and all but I took DD to the mall and ended up in Old Navy and saw some pants and a shirt I couldn't live without! I need to stay away from the shopping centers. I also went to the scrapbook store which is across from the mall- Oh well, it won't kill us. Plus I need to start saving for the reunion.

We got the house! I am so very excited! We have set the closing for 30 days but the guy thinks we can close in 2 or 3 weeks. I can't wait.

About the hippy conversation-it made me think of something my son said to me a few months ago. He told me I look like a hippy. I said why because the long hair? He said yeah. I said having long hair makes me a hippy? He shook his head and said yep! Silly boy. Of course I did have the long hair in the 70's & 80's also!I don't wear the flared pants, DD does. Hey, I was happy to see bell bottoms go! This is bringing back so many memories-good ones of course.

Kayecee~I liked Milli Vanilli-their music but wasn't a big enough fan that I would want them on a t-shirt. I watched MTV A LOT back in the 80's when they actually showed music videos most of the time. Mtv and VH-1. And yes dresses camouflage a lot of things! I got on this denim kick a few years ago and have quite a few denim dresses. I LOVE denim! I also wear some skirts and leggings. Leggings are the perfect thing for me. I love wearing them with big shirts and sweaters, and boots. Okay, can we say the word LOVE one more time.

Jana~hope you have a fun time shopping with your sister. A 19 room house-geez! That is huge! You must tell us about it. I too am getting excited about fixing our new (not brand new-but new to us) home the way we want, or should I say the way I want. I plan on adding a lot of color. DH thinks we will take a year to do this- little does he know...I like to get things the way I want them before I settle in. I think that is special that Katie is named after your sister. DD is named after my great-grandmother and her dads grandmother. Now is Katie a nn for Katherine or Kathleen or is it just Katie? I meet some Katie's and Kates who are just Kate/Katie and then some who are Katherine/Kathleen. I am just curious-I have been fascinated by names for many years and am always curious.

Marti~I think that is special that you keep in touch with your son and family, and yes you were very brave to give him up for adoption. I can only imagine how hard that was for you but I am glad he is a part of your lives. Hope school is going good.

Angie~I hope your friend joins us. Sending you some good vibes & luck for the job. :

Hi Shanna, Alyra and everyone else. Hope everyone is having a great day. I really need to get going. Take care ALL!

Hello ladies--

Alyra--Glad that we didn't lose you after all! How is the house hunting going? Did you get the one in the picture?

Cristi--Congratulations on getting your house!! How exciting is that?? You are going to have to post pictures and share with us.

Angie--I hope your friend joins! Tell her were just a bunch of crazy ladies who enjoy each others friendship and funny stories. Oh yeah,,,,you can even tell her that every once in awhile we actually discuss our weight.

Jana--19 rooms??!! Holy cow!! I think I would get lost. And at night I would probably lock myself in a room if I were all by myself! I'd be afraid in a huge house! Get photos and share!

(can you see a pattern here? I want to see pictures!)

Shanna-- How was lunch with mom? Did you get good stuff when you went shopping? What did you get me?

ok ladies.. this one is quick.. be back later to check in.

Marti

O.k. gotta make this quick- I gotta get in bed. We're going to the hills in the morning to get firewood and take the horse to get her bred. We're going to leave her at our place with some of the neighbor's horses and hope for the best. LOL We had company tonight. They left a little while ago. We had snow crab and shrimp then played Texas poker. Had a wonderful time.

Angie and Alyra!!!!! Sooooo glad to see y'all back! I was beginning to worry!

Well, gotta go. I'll try to post individual replies tomorrow, but we are supposed to go to BIL's to play cards. Have a wonderful weekend if I don't get to say much. BTW congrats on the house Cristi. Pictures! Pictures!

Wonderful news Cristi! I love decorating...colors mmm beautiful colors! My mom bought the boys duvets for their rooms,,,and I told each other them we would go shopping for a cover and paint and redo their rooms to how they want...Brandon grumbled aobut being too much work...lol But hes told me he wants dark blues....k
Well Im off to bed,,,we plan to go to Sylvan tomorrow...purple and orange hair here I come!
night
Angie

Kaycee I missed you by 20 minutes....
I noticed that the time is exactly 1 hour off...being behind that is.
Ang

Poppin in for a min.

I was suppose to take James to his truck earlier and we got ready, then he made a phone call to make sure it was there on time....it wasn't!! It was two hours later! I got back from taking him there about 15mins. ago!! (it's only a mile from home) You'd think they'd have a better schedule!!

Anyway...

I've been talking about posting pictures... and Angie---girl---you have got to post a picture of orange and purple hair!! Are you seriously doing that? I'm not sure what I'm picturing and what you're actually getting is going to match....which is why you HAVE to post a photo! (my imagination is running wild!)

Not that it would be foreign to me to see such a thing. You should see my ex-husband. That man can't make up his mind what he wants to do. Any color...or he shaves it all. Tattoo's, peircings....forked tongue. And I wonder now what it was exactly that caught my eye when we first met????? But he's an alright guy. (now!)

But...I didn't come here to talk about my ex!

Well... I believe I'm done for the night. (what a surprise eh?) but I'm actually tired. (and it's not even midnight yet) I thought about tackling some homework but decided against it. That will be my morning tackle.

Take Care ladies
Marti

BTW....I finally fixed my siganature. I had it all mixed up earlier. Lot's of miles ahead of me! And my legs are sore!!!!