Jane,She played the wack job married to Paul who tried to kill Cricket.Remember she had Paul's baby,the child he seems to have forgotten all about. :lol3: The primetime shows I'm really interested in right now is "Lost","Desperate Housewives", all the CSI's,Law & Order,and "Boston Legal".

Ellen,OMG,what an awful day.Driving in the winter there must be treacherous. I remember I had to put chains on my car when I lived in the mountains. Do you use chains?


Katy,Love Carol Burnet. Remember the skit of Gone With The Wind. I crack up everytime I see her coming down those stairs waring the green curtins,rod and all. :lol:

holy cow!!!
 

I haven't been on in a while (life's been crazy) and I read through THREE chat threads this morning before I looked at the clock and realized I was in danger of being late for work -- then came home tonight and read through two more!!! Omigosh, there is no way I can remember who all said what, but I guess I'll just jump in with both feet...

First of all...

:hb: :gift: HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARTI!!!!! :gift: :hb:

Hope your day is as wonderful as you are :) :) :) And congrats on your new little nephew! That's a pretty great b-day present, hmm?

Ellen, how are your mama and baby kitties doing now? The pictures were so cute, I just wanted to cuddle them. Your cakes are really great, too -- I used to decorate a lot, but now only once in a while for a birthday at work, and nothing very fancy. I love the figure piping; that's so much fun to do, but very time consuming. I'm very glad to hear those folks in the accident were ok, even if they were banged up. As for your doctor woes -- you are paying your doctor, probably a LOT, for a service. If your doctor isn't giving you the time or attention you need, then you might be doing yourself a big favor by finding a different doctor.

Cristi, were you asking about Netflix? We have been members for over a year, and love it -- but we were always getting late fees at Blockbuster, or returning movies we hadn't even had a chance to watch. We pay a set amount to Netflix every month -- I think it's about $20, but we never get late fees and can keep the movies as long as we like, and we can request older or kind of obscure films that are hard to find. And the convenience is worth it for us...probably wouldn't be if we didn't watch as many movies as we do.

For those of you reminiscing about Dark Shadows, there is some info here http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/D/...arkshadows.htm I barely remember the original series -- I was not allowed to watch it, but occassionally sneaked a peek :devil: They did a pretty decent remake in 1991; would love to see reruns of it. I think I'll check to see if they have it on Netflix...

Mindee, can Brandon eat any other milk products? My kids ate cottage cheese and yogurt, and tolerated cow's milk just fine. Maybe he just sort of needed to grow into it?

Angie, hugs to your Brandon, and I sure hope his credits work out so he can graduate as planned. :goodluck: Loved the pic you sent! And I would love to see one of the plays you are involved with. There's nothing else quite like live theater. One of my friends at work played the dentist in a local production of Little Shop of Horrors, and we went twice. He was in The Music Man (missed it, was sold out when we tried to get tickets); and now he is considering replacing one of the actors in "Pageant" -- a comedy play with all MEN playing the roles of beauty pageant contestants...it's supposed to be a riot! Oh, and thank you so much for the jokes you send! They really brighten my day. :D

Susan, be careful of liquor-laced chocolates and Russians with $20 rings -- dangerous combo! Besides, I've heard Hawaii is a lot prettier than Moscow :lol:

My oldest son finally came for a visit, and will be here in CA until the beginning of February. He'll go back to SD, then might get deployed to Guam *sigh*.

Middle son is enrolled in college full time at night, looking for work, and hubby is enrolled in college half time at night -- trig and chem, oh boy...work is insane and my life and house and paperwork are in chaos right now. I'm exhausted mentally and emotionally, and it's been gray and dreary for weeks... my eating habits are horrible right now, and I seriously need a change. And some time off, dang it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Whew, sorry 'bout that. Started venting and then couldn't stop :lol: I was gonna backspace and erase it all, but then thought, naw, maybe it will explain why I only make it in here occassionally. Maybe I should stop by more often, then I wouldn't be so stressed? Y'all are better than chocolate.

OK...I gotta get paperwork together, or at least try to find what I need. The notary is coming to our house to sign papers for our re-fi tomorrow night -- Tim's ONLY night off school -- we lowered our interest rate, cashed out some $ for home repairs, and kept our housepayment pretty much the same. Wish the interest rate was just a little bit lower...or a lot lower...

Hugs to you guys, and thanks for being here,

Mary Kate
(Katiecat)

Marti, if it was just that simple, thing is hes done all the work, the reason he would lose credits are the amount of time he was off. He was suppose to be off only 6-7 weeks but 10 weeks later hes still at home and in pain. He starts physio on Thursday. And then once the new semester starts on the 2nd he will be back at school. Thing is its advanced drama! His teacher and I worked together on a play before...and this all hangs in his hands,,,
Mary Kate, I would love to do the Pageant. Too funny.
Ellen, girl you need some rest. Your son is ok, banged up but fine. I admit I would have freaked. But now you really need to sleep....

66 yrs old? And first time mom? No thanks,,,as much as I love babies I wouldn't want to be a first time even at my age. There is a woman in our cast who is the same age as me who is trying to have her first baby...meanwhile here I am with a son old enough to graduate.
Came home from rehearsal tonight to find our roof is leaking,,,huge stain on my ceiling near the vaulted area. Not at all impressed with this day. Should of noticed it earlier when I was in a fighting mood,,,grrrr So have to call the contractor and see what hes going to tell me. 3.5 yrs is way too soon for roofs to start leaking.
Anyways need to get to bed,,,,
have a hair appointment in the morning and well Im not sure whats shes got planned for color...hopefully wild! Cause thats how I am feeling....grrrr.....lol

Happy Birthday
 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MARTI
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MARTIHAAAAPPPY BIRRRRRTHDAY TO YOU
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MARTI
and many more
HUGS,
:joker: :cb: :gift: :flow2: :grouphug: :cloud9: :high: :queen: :encore: :cheer: :balloons: :wizard: :flow1: :dance: :hat: :hb:

Awwww!!! Thank you girls!! How sweet you all are.

Today at work, the lead got on the intercom to the entire building and announced my birthday. Then, when I left, she got back on and said "The birthday girl is now leaving the building" I had to laugh.

To answer Pam's question....I'm 34 today. But I feel like I'm about 14! :D

Good Night ladies and Thank You!!

Good morning ladies!

Pam - wait, I thought Paul had a child with April? Or was that the child's name? Anyway, the mom is a mousy blond. The one I'm thinking of is definetely NOT Eva Longrino. But she had one, too??? Paul needs to keep his pants zipped!

Katiecat - yep, stopping by here is a good thing! So glad you're getting a visit with your son. How long will he be in Guam? Hon, you need a spa vacation. Or at least a box of Calgon!

Angie - hope you get some good news about your roof. The guarantee should be for about 20 years or so! Have fun at the stylists. If you get a color or cut we need to see to believe, post a link to the pics, ok? lol

Marti - you got my card on Saturday?? Sometimes it takes much longer than that, so I mailed it early. Hope you have a blast today. Any special plans, or do you need to wait until the weekend to celebrate? Hope your day is special and fun, Marti. Wish I could be there to share some cake, lol.

Hi to all reading this. :wave:

Makenzie the twin is coming over today. It's her turn for a little one-on-one with grandma, lol. We're going to make lite banana pudding and fold white clothes. Then we'll read some books and play with a Boobah cd-rom interactive game that came with the toy. Oh boy, what fun, lol.

Not sure I'll make it to chat. Depends on how long Makenzie is here. I really want to be there since it's a special day, so I'll try....

BBL,

:coffee2:Good morning everyone.Another 84 degree day.Last night my son gave me a "Auto Trader" and told me to mark all the cars I was interested in at around a certin price range,between 5 and 6 thousand. I desided I want a small economy car that still had a back seat and decent trunk,like a Starfire or Elantra.AC is a must for our summer

Jane,what a good idea to give each child some quality alone time with Grandma.

Marti,so young and so wise.

Ellen,hope today is better then yesterday,calmer.I can usually predict a bad day when things start to go bad in the Am.

Girls as you can see I'm discovering color .This is fun. See you all later ,Pam

Hello All
HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARTI
Jane: Hope you have a great day with grandbaby!!!
Ellen: Wow , what a night, day, etc......Talk about STRESS!!!! Hope you're doing a little better
Angie: Hope Brandon pulls through all this, must not be easy on him

Well I worked last night till 1100 at the hospital, Im pretty dead today!!!
It is so cold here, it was like shock to my body walking the 10 minute walk from the hospital to my car last night!!! My fingers were frozen by the time I got there....Ill tell you it's this time of the year that I wish I could flee New England. I'd love to be in warm weather all year!!
Surprisingly I have been doing very well with the whole diet thing this week. Havent been able to get up early to workout before work, but Im doing about 1 hr of workout four days a week, so hopefully with dieting Ill see some results this week!! Im having a really hard time fighting urges though!!! Its almost like withdrawal....My head will ache like Im hungry all the time, when physically I know I have eaten, but its like the healthy food just doesnt fill you up mentally!!! Thats been the worse part of it all!!
Oh well enough of my belly aching, hope you are all doing well, and Ill talk with you later
Julie

Makenzie is napping, but I feel sure she'll be up before chat... might try to sneak in anyway, lol. We got the pudding made, and I think I'll post a link to a photo of that on the next chit chat thread.

BBL....