G'nite Sneezy, and once again, G'day Friend... till next time all! :)

Bunny dreams are the best, but Hawaii dreams are better. Hula, Luau, and all the other fun Hawaiian stuff. I dream of coconuts and grass skirts, snow melting and flowers blooming. I don't want to wake up to snow tomorrow, make it go away!

Nighty night Starby, sweet dreams, I'll meet you on the beach, okay?

Morning all...

I've determined to be the Princess of Positivity today...

:D

How is everyone? Sneezy, sweet, how are you?

Alty dear, how's lefty?

(Who's the newbie? )

HEY!

I'm the Princess here!

Hello HC, how are you?

Lefty is hanging in there, by a thread. I have my appointment with the specialist tomorrow, I hope to finally find some relief. The skin by my eye is completely rubbed of from massaging the tear duct, not to happy right now.

The newbie is a young man that posted about girlfriend problems, he wanted to know how to apologize to her, I gave him some advice, and then I think he decided to check out the kleenex box. He's 15.

I will be the Princess of Pink today, positivity is too much to ask for, but pink I can do. ;)

LOL! Synn, Synn... :D

Ok, you can be "The Princess"... I'll be the princess of Positivity... you get the capital P... is that better?

niiiiice Alty. But, Synn is Uber-Princess. We have to establish that... the rest of us are just Princesses...

Lol... "just" princesses! Lol...

Ahh... OK, newbie = 15. Welcome to the Box :)

All hail Synn the Uber Princess. :)

Where did everyone go?

Sorry Alty... wrapping my head around my projects for the day...

I'm here... :)

Woot!

I get to be the Uber Princess!

Now... get me more coffee! Chop chop!

Wow, give Synn a title and she gets bossy. ;)

Coffee coming right up Uber Princess, your wish is my command. :)

HA... I've created a... a... a DIVA!! She's ALIIIIIIIIIVEEEE!!

(hehehe... )

Number 5 is alive, AHHHHHHH! ;)

What's on the agenda today HC? Sneezy needs some help with his type 2 diabetes paper, he was wishing for HC help yesterday. :)

I saw that... what a cutie. :)

Today I'm converting documents from a pdf into InDesign (the most bombastic program ever!) Fun... no thinking work...

At least that is this morning... this afternoon I'll probably be writing an article for my Aug/Sept issue of the magazine... on Literature and Creative Writing. Should be easy.

:)

Wow, your day is much more exciting than mine. :)

I plan on shovelling heavy snow, doing laundry, cleaning house, tickling rug rats, homework help for my little guy (not so little anymore, sad) and drinking lots and lots of coffee, 1 pot down and counting. :)

Aww... wow... what a day!

Bring on the coffee! (I'm ahead of you - a pot and a half... oo... and a venti black iced coffee from Sbucks :))

Oh Crud...

Eye twitch... that's the sign of too much stress... not coffee... never can one have too much coffee...

Eye twitch? Pshaw, how about stabbing eye pain, also not a sign of too much coffee.:)

Coffee, oh wonderful heavenly coffee, I adore you and worship at your urn. :)

HA! I made the same declaration of my undying love and adoration yesterday... it's a beautiful thing...

How's Sneezy today? Get that paper done? Remember, those who write good papers are rewarded with cookies... at least in my world :)

Oooh, I'll write a paper for cookies. I'll get started right now. Hee, hee, I love COOKIES, especially when dipped in coffee. Ah, it's a good day. :)

I've got to run for a bit, or at least walk quickly. I'll talk to you later sweet HC, keep the kleenex box hopping, maybe you'll get a visit from the young newbie, that should keep you on your toes. :) ;)

Bring it on! Princess of Positivity is IN! :)

Morning or afternoon or whatever it is out there right now... lol

How is everyone this morning? Full of coffee? :)

Oh... and I saw that comment about 'we're all princesses'... I hardly think that's fair... heh

Would you like to be Knighted, Resty? :)

That would be much better, thank you. Lol.

I'll be the charcoal knight. That way I'm not exactly dark, but I can still have my moments, lol.

I, the Princess of Positivity, Knight thee, Sir Resty, as the Charcoal Knight of the Kleenex Realm. Go; may the sun always shine upon thy head.

That almost makes me want to start roleplaying. I'm such a geek/nerd/whateveryouwannacallit, yet I've never played DnD. Some day, some day... lol

How are things around the realm? I tend to drift in and out around here, heh.

Never played any roleplaying games, but I'm really really wanting to. Sadly, those I know (ahem... Synn) are waaaay too far to play with me - I'd like to do the paper (is that what you call it? Not computer) ones.

That's all just in my head... I'm a Shakespearean dreamer... still waiting for that White Knight! ;)

Tabletop, actually. That's what I meant, too. I'll be the white knight this winter, lol. I'm sure when the snow hits and I get my skis out for the first time, I'll be full of snow.

Lol... not exactly the "white knight" I was talking about... :D

But skiing IS fun. Growing up in MI and Upstate NY, I loved to ski. And sled. And build forts. Lol... anything snow. :)

Pretty much, heh. I've been aroudn Grand Rapids my whole life, so I'm pretty used to it by now.

NY huh... I've been wanting to go there lately. I have a friend in Misosuri who said it's a lot of fun. Of course, I usually just trek to Chicago instead, since it's only a 2-3 hour drive :)

Definitely want to get out of Michigan and go somewhere that's a little warmer throughout the year though. Florida would be nice... but it's kind of humid. CA is probably too cold in the winter... I was thinking Arizona or Texas, woo. GA wouldn't be bad either, or NM. I guess it just depends on where I can find a good job.

Is it nice and warm around NY? We've been getting awesome weather lately.

Oh, I'm not in NY now... that was, oh, 5 states and a country ago! I moved around a lot and then went overseas after college. I'm in TN now.

I liked NY. Lived about 2 hours from Niagra Falls, beautiful country.

TN is absolutely, positively gorgeous these days. Spring has sprung and the sun is absolutely wonderful. Picnic weather galore! :)

546 posts and I had no idea you guys were even here!!
Hi guys!:)

Yo Starty! :) Welcome to the Box! :) Glad you made it!

Thanks! How is HChicky? I am not baking but I should be...
I am not cleaning but I should be...
I really need to get myself motivated today! :):)
Hope you all are great!

Lol, I had to keep looking for it too, until I made my first post.

I'm out for lunch... be back sometime this afternoon :)

Oh my... a lot happens while I'm gone.

Yes, paper is done. Turned it in this morning. Currently at the school's coffee shop watching CNN's coverage of $4 a gallon gas in san francisco. Yikes. Thank god I drive a tiny car.

HC: I've caught you in a lie. You DO play role playing games. Remember that time we... ;)

I have about 10 minutes before I have to go cut some thin sections of bone... in search of syphilis. Syph... where are you?

I have about 10 minutes before I have to go ...in search of syphilis.

Takes a special breed to say those words.

Sneezy!! I wasn't talking those kind of role playing games... I graciously avoided mentioning that time... saving you... ;) Got your best interest at heart, sweetie...

Paper's done, huh? All right... almond chocolate biscotti, coming right up!

Thanks! How is HChicky? I am not baking but I should be....
I am not cleaning but I should be.....
I really need to get myself motivated today!! :):)
Hope you all are great!!


I'm well... thanks! :) haven't been baking either... busy, busy Chicky! :)

AKA Whack-a-Chicky

Mmmmm... I love tabletop gaming.

But... long distance friendships are why MMOs exist!

Alas! Alack! Princess Synn, I beg your pardon...

Yes, yes, I know... INTERNET!

*sigh*

Or you could just come visit!

Minnesota... *sigh*

Lol... that is definitely an option! :)

Lol, remember how I always JUST miss sneezy? 12:16 to 12:18. Once again... heh.

Mmm, burger king. Unfortunately when the other two people who are here today found out I was going out, I ended up having to pick up food for everyone else :)

Oooo... wow... a Whopper really sounds good...

Darn it, Resty... lol.

I've lost 50 pounds in the last 7 months... by NOT eating Whoppers!

Oh well... one can't hurt, right! ;)

(Have to keep my sexy figure for Sneezy... ;) )

50 lbs? Nice :)

I'm trying to get on track to lose about 40. I don't like all this weight I seem to have gained since HS... I've put on about 25. I'm looking to get back to where I was when I actually looked good, if I do say so myself :)

I just need to find myself a workout buddy. I skate 4 or 5 times a week, but that doesn't help slim my waist down any, lol. On the other hand, I do have strong legs...

I've got a KILLER waist-cinching exercise that I... well, can't exactly show you now, can I? LOL!

Its awful... but golly, it works!

Lets see if I can explain it...

You sit on the floor with your legs straight in front of you. Twist your waist and put your nose to the floor behind you... (wow... this is hard to describe) Without using your hands (well, as little as possible), bring your body back to a 90 degree angle, twisting from your waist as you sit up. Do this 10 times each side. In a week, you'll start to notice a difference! :)

Is that legs apart a little so I can keep my balance? I think I get what you're saying... but I know I can't get my nose to the floor behind me, lol.

Like.. I could twist my upper torso to the right and sortof lay on my stomach, while my legs are still upright and forward, right? And then without hands, go back to regular sitting position?

I think so... You start sitting at a right angle, legs apart a bit - for balance.

You got the other parts right!

Cool. I'll have to try that out.

I'm a big fan of the good ol crunches, but I can never will myself to do them, lol. I always feel the burn. I was sick with a really not-fun cold about 2 months ago, I lost 20 pounds over the course of a week... and managed to keep 5 off, lol. I guess getting sick has it's benefits.

Crunches... blech... lol

The thing about this exercise, it works your sides and waist - because, basically, you're using muscles in your waist and side to pull up the weight of your torso... its an intense exercise if you do it right. You won't need more than 10 on each side for a bit. When your body gets used to the repetitions, you can up it to 15 or 20.

Awesome. After my waist I got to get some upper body strength, lol. I used to install cable... carrying around a 28' extension ladder was all I needed to keep my strength up. Now that I work in an office, I can't do a singple pullup.

Just came in to say a quick HOLLA!

Busy today... will check in to see what shenanigans you are all up to again in awhile!

Have a good day all!

Later kids! ;)

Oh and p.s.. . if you see me in here for too long today? Tell me to get out and get my work done k? ;)

How long is "too long"? :)

Hey starby!

Get to work :)

Bye starby!

Lol

Hehe... yes Chicky and Retsy... break is over! Before I know it I'm on too long... so how long is toooo long Chicky?. I never know? That's why you have to kick me out! :D

LOL! I'm not the one to talk about "too long", nor am I the one to set that standard!! :D

LOL... okayyy, I'm going now... really... no really... yes OK... well just another min..,. no really! I think I'm starting to argue with myself now, lol B'BYEEE!

50 lbs in 7 months!! That's amazing!

I've dropped about 20 in about 4 months... trying to gain it back in muscle.

I lift weights mon/wed/friday... I run tues/thurs/sunday...

And I eat like a rabbit.

I skate pretty much every day that it's sunny... thats more for fun than excersize though. I just like being out in the sun, with my CD player, chugging along for a couple hours.

Oh, and Hi Sneezy!

What can I say, Sneezy... have to keep these curves looking fine if I'm going to keep a younger guy happy... ;)... or, at least keep my curves as fine as my brain... cause we all know you just like me for my brain...

Of course, but the curves don't hurt either!

... how's everyone doing?

Currently... I am in the "bones lab"... it's a paleopathology lab... I just cleaned, polished, cut, polished, and plated tibia (shin bone) samples... roughly dated early 1200s...

... now eating a salad among bone dust.. . it smells.

HI RESTY!

Finally, huh?

That actually sounds amazingly entertaining... blame it on the historian in me, but wow... great way to spend an afternoon!

Forensic anthropology... now that would be fun...

Bones is one of my favorite TV shows, can you tell? :)

Oddly enough, I've never seen it... but yeah, the anthro department is all about it.

I have a t-shirt from them that says "bone to be wild" and "How you doing? Your basilar suture fused?

... ok. Enough nerdy talk.

LOL! Wow... :)

Nerdy talk is perfectly acceptable... I can hold my own with Civil War/American history nerdy stuff, but bones and tissue samples? I'm clueless...

Wow, bones, syphilis, skating, skiing, weight loss, exercise tips, all the good stuff happens when I'm gone. Sigh. ;)

How is everyone? Were did KP go?

:) missed you Alty! :)

Can I just say... just a few more "agrees" and I get another Green Blobby Thing!! :D That's just cool! :)

Love green blobbies, great green blobbies.

Ouch, ouch, ouch, it feels like someone just poured acid in my right eye, what they heck? What's going on with righty now. Will this ever end?

All the good stuff happens, alty... With sexy results!

Sorry... you can blame that on the simpsons addict in me.
I never really looked at the green blobby things... how many do you need to get a blob? I wonder how many I have...

:) each blob is up to 100 agrees. If you have one blob, you have under 100. If you have two, you have under 200, etc.

Aww Alty... I'm so sorry about your eyes! Is there nothing your doc can do?

Ah, got you. Let b=blobs and a=agrees. b=floor(a/100)+1

Why didn't you just say so? :)
So, how do you tell how many agrees you have? Mine just shows a list... and I'm not about to try counting, lol.

Lol... if you go to one of your agrees, click on "rate this answer"... it will tell you how many you have.

Resty, Look under your avatar, it says Join Date, then Location, then posts, then a green blob. You have one green blob so far, which is great. Some people have red blobs, or even black, that's allot of disagrees. Just keep it green! :)

HC, I gave you one greenie, hope that helps. :)

As for my poor achy eyes, I go to the specialist tomorrow and then back to the surgeon who did the lasik on Friday. Hopefully this is temporary, because it's driving me nuts. :(

Oooo!! Thank you for my greenie Alty! :) You're sweet. Those bereavement questions always get to me... The Ten Minute Rule really works... I just hope it helps that girl.

Good. Glad you're going to a specialist. Its been WAY too long for it to be hurting.

I agree, about both, bereavement and my eyes. RAH, I can't take it anymore. RAH! ;)

Do you like my new signatures? I changed them yesterday. :)

Hey alty, just ask Sneezy to fix it! He can fix anything that's biological!

He does seem to be a bit of an ogre at the moment, though. Crushing people's bones into salad and eating them. I always thought they crushed them into soup...

:)

Wow... I like the blue one...

That's so true... and perfectly defines my first relationship question on here! One of those, "wish I didn't know the answer" ones. :)

Here's a sympathy RAH!! :)

Rah, rah, sis, boom, bah!

Resty, I don't think Sneezy can fix my eyes, unless he's willing to poke them out for me, which I've seriously considered, believe you me. ;)

There's a very cute bunny behind me cleaning her fur, she's just being really adorable right now, wish you could see her, you wouldn't be able to help yourself, an AWWWW, would come out, trust me, tooooooo cute. :)

:D Cute bunnies always facilitate AWWWW's... :)

I saw a bunny on Sunday! We were out roller blading and it ran across the trail.

LOL! I first read that as "I ran across its tail"... bad Chicky... lol... Much better that IT ran across the TRAIL...

Yesterday Sneezy said he was eating Rabbit feed, I thought he said Rabbit feet, all bad, don't ever say that to Alty, I will bring out the whip! ;)

My oh my, all these masochistic people here in the box. What have a gotten myself into? Lol

Hee, hee, Resty, you fit right in. ;)

I've got to run yet again. It's snow fort building time. I'll be back later. Take care all. :)

Alty out, for now. :)

I've got to run yet again. It's snow fort building time. I'll be back later. Take care all. :)
Snow forts? Does that mean I get to rub in the fact that it's 81 outside right now, and it's freakin MICHIGAN? :)

You get the bad with the good though... the warm weather that melted all the snow also gave us a wildfire warning. Apparently it's 'explosive fire growth potential' :(



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 10 PM EDT THURSDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

ON THURSDAY SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL COMBINE WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW 25 PERCENT AND AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 70S TO RESULT IN A SIGNIFICANTLY ELEVATED DANGER FOR WILD FIRES. THE LACK OF SIGNIFICANT RAIN IN THE PAST WEEK AND A HALF IS ALSO A SIGNIFICANT FACTOR FOR THE RISK OF WILD FIRES THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

Wow... just looked up the "alerts" in my town... interesting comparison!


Local Pollen Alert:
Today's forecast levels:
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Type: Cedar
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Weed None
Get Tomorrow's pollen forecast for your area

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My sister lives in Virginia and she said last week you could look outside and the entire ground was covered in pollen. That's really got to suck for people with allergies.

I know it... I'm so thankful I don't have them... it would be awful!

Our pollen count 2 weeks ago was through the roof.

I washed my car, waxed it, left it outside for ONE day... it was COVERED in yellow, as if someone sprayed it with chalk dust. Ewww

Ewww is right...

Reminds me of Honey, I Shrunk the Kids... massive pollen... lol

That was a great idea for a movie... but they went too far when they turned it into a TV show.

A TV show? Seriously? Wow... where was I? Lol.. I thought it went too far with "Blew Up the Kid" and definitely too far with "Blew Up Ourselves"

And you forgot Shrunk ourselves, too, lol.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure they had a series on Disney or Nickelodean for a little while. You may have outgrown cartoons since then... but I ST ILL haven't, lol. I like to get my scooby doo on a little now and then.

LOL! Heeeyyyy now... you calling me OLD??

Ask Sneezy, I still got it! ;)

I'm just saying you're probably more mature than I am, lol.
I'm 22, and I still get carded for rated R movies.

Hmmm... "more mature"... not sure that's any better...

Oh... and can I say?

The Princess of Positivity has LEFT THE BUILDING.... RAH!!!!!

I'm going home in 10 or 15, too.

I'll catch everyone later :)

Have a great night, Charcoal Knight :)

I hate you.

I have at LEAST an hour yet tonight.

I'm staying a bit tonight... making up time... rah...

Is anyone here?? Alty? M? Sneezy?. any of you?

Heyyy...

... um... so... around 4pm, I thought, I'll take a nap for an hour... then hit the gym until about 6.

... I just woke up. 830pm.

..!

Hahaha... you know?. I did almost the same thing! Well not the gym part, but I was really busy all day and laid down around 3:30 for what I thought would be 20mins or so and woke up and it was 6!

I woke up to some verrrry unpleasantness and I'm HOT!!

Remember me talking about crazy stalker lady? Well I heard someone come up to my door... they didn't knock or anything so I thought it was mail. There was a note on my door when I opened it. It was from her saying... c'mon Princess, where are you? Court is over with, you have no excuse to be busy now! :0 Oh am I maaaaaddddd! And then a PM from Isabelgopo... ooooooo... I'll tell you in a min... my phone just rang

Man, starby...

I suggest you brush your pearly whites, because I feel like you're going to bring back the chomper.

Haha! Yes,. I'm trying to calm myself. Those 2 things the minute I woke up from my nice peaceful nap just got me going!

Pogo girl is sending me PM's now? The heading said... Let's get this party started!!

Then part of what she wrote said... I suppose you think since I hit my Pit Bull that I shouldn't hit my children either?

Then I got another PM from someone I don't even know that is mad at the mods, because someone has been banned and they want me to send them PM's.

What can I say... you're a popular gal.

Aren't I though? Crazy people! I'm calmed down a bit now, lol. I sure don't know why someone would think I could go to the mods and have a ban lifted on someone... I feel like Superwoman now, I have the power!. LMAO!!

His/Her world is YOUR hands. Be careful starby... with great power, comes great responsibilities (... who I am quoting.. )

... I feel like I should shower...

... ::takes a whiff::

... yep. I'm taking a shower.

Then off to the library!

Okay Sneezy... catch up with you later! :)

His/Her world is YOUR hands. Be careful starby...with great power, comes great responsibilities (...who I am quoting...?)



Uncle Ben ftw. / Stan Lee

Anyone online? Am I alone again? I'm all alone, there's no one here beside me. :(

Wow, pit bull hitting and child hitting, wow, what's wrong with this girl? Does she not realize what she's doing? Some people shouldn't be allowed to reproduce or own pets, really.

How is everyone? Is M here, M, where are you?

People like that are what iggy bins are made for...

Hey KP, looks like we have the box to ourselves. How are you? :)

I'm here alty! For the moment :)

Hey Chris, how was your day?

I had a blast making a wonderful snow fort with the kids, it's cool, really cool! The weather is starting to warm up now so the snow fort won't last long, but it will be fun while it lasts. Hopefully the buses are running tomorrow and the rug rats can go to school, 3 days off is a bit much. :)

Lol, I know how you feel. My mom had almost 10 days in a row off, and I live with her at the moment. It's just like a kid... she doesn't listen and she always wants my attention.

Wait until you have your own, trust me nothing compares to it. Kids are great, and when you're older you can live vicariously through them. Besides, I have made two people who are biologically obligated to take care of me when I'm old, not a bad plan. ;)

I'm peachy.

Just poking along... burning time before bed. Nothing remarkable.

Sipping on a nice pinot grigio and wishing it wasn't going to rain. Would love to lay out on the hammock tonight.

BOO!!

I'm here Alty :) And Hi kp!

Alty, you're so terrible :) And that's why we love you.

Yeah, I can't see myself with kids. It seems like my friends all have the same idea. Does that get better with time? We're all about 20 to 22.

Kids are great, and when you're older you can live vicariously through them.

So true.

Tonight I watched my 4 year old play "star wars" in the front yard for 30 minutes with a stick. I was in awe. Reminded me of those days when I was a kid and could play for hours with a ball or a stick or whatever...

Had to be there... but it completely took me back to my own yard, my own playground. A stick and an imagination and no inhibitions about who is watching. Fantastic.

Then I got another PM from someone I don't even know that is mad at the mods, because someone has been banned and they want me to send them PM's.

Send that PM to RickJ.

Seriously.

so true.

tonight i watched my 4 year old play "star wars" in the front yard for 30 minutes with a stick. i was in awe. reminded me of those days when i was a kid and could play for hours with a ball or a stick or whatever....

had to be there... but it completely took me back to my own yard, my own playground. a stick and an imagination and no inhibitions about who is watching. fantastic.
See, I grew up in the country. We used corn stalks. They break more easily, but you can actually hit each other and not get hurt... much :)

Send that PM to RickJ.

Seriously.
And add them to the iggy bin. Seriously.

Love the iggy bin.

I got married when I was 24, so yup, it get's better with time. You also have to find the right person, which I was lucky enough to do at the age of 19. I didn't have my first child until I was 27 though, I'm glad that I waited a while, it made me that much more ready to care for another human being. Wouldn't trade my kids for the world. :)

Hey M, Ahhh, you scared me. :eek:

KP, hammock, why don't you come over and play in my snow fort. ;)

KP, hammock, why don't you come over and play in my snow fort. ;)
Is that a come on line? ;)

is that a come on line? ;)

LOL... Alty is actually the matchmaker amongst us :)

Oh KP, you make me blush. :o

Here's a picture of the snow fort;

8009

I'm just the troublemaker. Purveyor of debauchery.

KP, you aren't the only one, trust me. I am naughty to a fault, or haven't you noticed? ;)

Awesome pic

Sure I've noticed.

Were the kids in class who keep getting in trouble.

Yeah great pic

Thanks, and I guess I don't have to tell you that those are my rug rats.

My daughter is a mini-me, it's actually scary, I'm just a taller older version of her. I hope she doesn't get my thighs when she grows up. ;)

My son is a mini-daddy, exactly like him. At least we know he's not the milk mans kid. ;)

sure ive noticed.

were the kids in class who keep getting in trouble.

Only when I wasn't skipping class. ;) :)

Hey Alty.. just trying to figure out how to put Niki's pic up... be back in a bit... just trying something out here

Starby
Maybe you need that lesson now

Starby, didn't M give you a lesson on picture posting yet?

M, oh M, we need some tutoring over here. Where are you sweetie? :)

starby
maybe you need that lesson now

Darn, you beat me to it. We must have posted at the same time. You win, beer's on me. :)

my son doesn't look like me exactly, but he doesn't look like the dark haired, dark skinned italian boy my wife expected (her side).

so I tell her he looks like me on the outside and he's naughty like her on the inside. She wired him. I can blame her and God.

my kid has so much gall at the age of four... he's going to get into more trouble and get laid more often than I ever did. He's going to be the boy that says "cmon why not? itll drive your dad crazy. you know they dont want you too"...

we have a college fund started that I tell my wife just might as well be a bail fund. Flip a coin. We will see.

love the rascal, but man... when a 3 year old follows a cute girl across a store and never looks back to see where daddy is... you know you are going to be answering the phone in his teen years with "hello. im sorry"...

=)

Those PMs are from a banned member, who was banned with good cause.

Anything else we can get to Rick about that whole issue is more ammunition for a perma-ban, though I don't know much more about it than that.

ANY time you get something like that, forward it to one of the admins or supermods.

Gawd, I need to sleep. Just a few more chores!

Oh, no, keep him away from my daughter. ;) :)

My son is 9 years old. I felt that the time had come to have the sex talk with him, he was asking allot of questions. So I sat him down and asked him if he knew what sex was, he put his hands over his ears and screamed "Gross, gross, gross, I don't want to know. " I hope that means I don't have to worry for a while. They grow up to fast. :)

My daughter wanted to know were babies come from, I so wanted to say Egypt honey, they all come from Egypt. I didn't, I told the truth, she survived the conversation, I'll never be the same, she told her entire class! :) She's 5.

Funny...

When my wife was watching a land before time and her little 5 year old looked up with teared eyes after the dino mommy dies and said "are you going to die mommy?" her immediate answer was "no honey, only dinosaur mommies die"...

Bad idea long term... got her through the moment I guess.

Starby , here you go , I just took this from the FAQ section of the site.


How do I add pictures and other file types to my post?
A. "Attach" files (including pictures) from your computer. This method puts the attached file below the text of the post.

Click on an Ask or Answer button to ask or answer a question
Compose your question or answer in the window.
Under the window where you composed your question or answer is a section called Additional Options.
Click on the Manage Attachments button: a pop-up dialog will open. NOTE: The Manage Attachments dialog lists the maximum sizes of the various types of files that may be attached.
Click the Browse button to navigate to the image on your computer and double click the file on your computer: this will return you to the dialog window.
Click the Upload button.
Click the link to close the dialog window OR repeat numbers 5 & 6 to attach another image.
B. "Embed" image(s) from the internet. This method inserts an image wherever you wish within the text of your post.

Click the Insert Image icon above the posting window: A pop-up asking for the URL will open.
Enter the URL of the image in the field then click the OK button.

Okay, that was scary. Did anyone else have problems posting? Did anyone else get this error;

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Is it just me? Was it just me. Thank goodness that's over, I was sad. :(

Me too

Yeah I got it too , like having to go without AMHD cold turkey

thank goodness I had more vino to get me through those 17 minutes. =)

Was it only 17 minutes? It felt like a day. Sad, this is an addiction. So sad. :) ;)

Good for you kp... I'm still at work so had to do some of that for 20 minutes

Okay, AMHD disappeared for a while there. This is getting scary. I don't like this. :(

I think I'm going to give up for a while. I've got to get a few things ready for tomorrow anyway.

I'll talk to you all later or tomorrow, depends on how tired I am when I'm done.

Take care all, be good and I'll talk to you soon. Big hugs to all. :)

hello all.

... posting from the library... 130am.

... I've been working on ONE math problem for the past 2 hours... literally.

it's a 4 page equation... and it's not hard, it's just icky. I am tired.

where is everyone? Starby? STARBY?!

Hi all! Does anyone know if it's a full moon or something tonight? I just got rid of the strangest company I've ever had! What a weird day this has been!

How's everyone here... no one strange here is there? Yikes!

Starby
Your lesson is on post 651

I think I've just had "The Addams Family" move in across the street!

::wide eyed::

... I want to meet them...

Thank you M! The Addams Family's youngest girl thought she would try and show me how to do it. Your instructions always sound so much easier. I was scared this little girl was going to crash my puter! LOL!

I have never met such strange people in my life! They just showed up at my door and introduced themselves as the 'new neighbors'. I told them it was very nice to meet them... but they just stood there until I felt compelled to invite them in. They stayed for about 3 and a half hrs.

Oh noooo, they like me... I don't want them back!. Oh nooo, what am I going to do? Geez, I am having enough trouble getting rid of crazy stalker girl! ;)

What'll really boggle your mind is...

... did they REALLY just move in? Or are they just some lunatic family that go from one neighborhood to another, just for poops and giggles?

... I feel like I'd do something like that.

::wide eyed::

...i wanna meet them...

Oh pleasssseee take them Sneeze! Seriously, they are really a cross between the Addams Family and the 'Redneck Family'... I didn't even know what to say! They showed up with a 24 of beer, and wouldn't leave until every last one was gone!

Thank goodness they brought beer though... I don't know how I would've handled it sober. LOL!

LMAO... The Adams Family. Good luck starby :eek:

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What'll really boggle your mind is...

...did they REALLY just move in? Or are they just some lunatic family that go from one neighborhood to another, just for poops and giggles?

...I feel like I'd do something like that.

LMAO... now yer just scaring me! :O

LMAO...........The Adams Family. Good luck starby :eek:

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THAT'S THEM!. have they lived next to you too??

You really need to get up to speed with this attaching pics thing... then you can take some of your new friends and show us :) :)

Friend!. I don't think they would show up in pictures! LOL!

I will try the pic attach thing in the morn Friend! I think I had too many beer pops with the "Family", LOL!. but your instructions look so much easier than the one's that JRebel tried to give me yesterday... I was completely baffled! Although, I really did appreciate her trying to tell me how to do it.

Ok sounds good , those instructions are from the FAQ section.

OK I better head off for the day , no work for 3 days as we have along weekend here. Woo hoo

Bye all :)

Oh cool! You have a great long wkd then! Have fun! :D

Send that PM to RickJ.

Seriously.

Ok Synn. I will... because it mentioned RickJ personally!

Oh KP, you make me blush. :o

Here's a picture of the snow fort;

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Awwwww!! That is so sweet Alty! I'm just catching up, and saw those pics. I want to come play in the snow fort! Precious! :)

Okay, that was scary. Did anyone else have problems posting? Did anyone else get this error;

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Is it just me? Was it just me. Thank goodness that's over, I was sad. :(

I'm so glad I wasn't here for that one... well maybe I wasn't so glad... I don't know what would be worse! Thinking one of my trolls today had done something to kick me off... or sitting here with the Adams/Redneck family, LOL

Once again, just catching up on the conversation! I loved reading the stories about your kids Alty,. and Kp's too. Got to love the things that kids come up with eh?

As always... it's 340am here and the only person on... is.. STARBY!

... just got back from the library... and on the way, got some food for lily... poor thing, I forgot that she ran out of food (she goes through a 4 lb bag in a month) so she ate a quarter of a bowl of food for dinner. Bad sneezy. Oof.

Off to lala land I guess... here's to another day.

Hey! What do you mean the only person on is STARBY? ::sniff sniff:: Thot you wuved me too! Waaaaaa! Bad Sneezy! ;)

Well Goodmorning everyone. All the early birds are out today.

Oh my. Not that I'm complaining starby... I love our late night chats.

Hi jesus!

Well it's either the early birds, or the ones the can't sleep at 2am, lol

oh my. not that I'm complaining starby...I love our late night chats.

hi jesus!

I know my dear... givin you a hard time!

Sorry JH, I really had to laugh when I saw sneezy say "hi Jesus" I din't know if he was saying a prayer or what he was doing! LOL

Haha... after I posted, I thought... "I wonder if that's blasphemy..."

You have a sense of humour, don't you Joe! ;)

OK lady and gent. I am off to bed. Night!

G'nite Sneezy... sweet dreams!

Same to you Joe if you're still here!

Sleep well my Canadian and American friends! :)

I know my dear...givin you a hard time!

Sorry JH, I really had to laugh when I saw sneezy say "hi Jesus" I din't know if he was saying a prayer or what he was doing! LOL

Lol. Tooo funny lol. I actually like being called Joe, but...

You have a sense of humour, don't you Joe!! ;)
If you guys want to pray to me, that's okay too. Lol

Head starting to swell...

lol. Tooo funny lol. I actually like being called Joe, but ........

Well, I think I've told you before... I'm the girly version of that name... but don't tell k? LOL

If you guys want to pray to me, thats okay too. lol

Head starting to swell.......

Trust me! My prayers would probably make your head explode if you had to hear all of them, lol

Was it right for me to pray that all of the stupid people would go away today?? LOL

Too many of them, eh??

Is there still a full moon out there??

Way too many of them... I think I can still hear them howling at the moon!

I'm off... need my beauty sleep the minute it hits my or I end up getting a second wind, and then the early morn really sucks! ;) G'nite JH... remember,. the early bird gets the worm... but who the heck wants a slimy worm for breakie? LOL!

Nitey Night! :)

Nighty Night.

Its Thursday!!

I'm going camping tomorrow!! Woo-Hoo!!

I'm trying this Princess of Positivity thing again today... I got all the way to 3 pm yesterday... then my boss made some wise crack about muchkins, oompa-loompas, and my lack of a white night... I was ready to pull out my sparring gear...

Yes, I have an odd boss.

Your boss is nothing a good leg sweep couldn't fix.

Morning.

Or a rear thrust kick... :)

Mornin, kp!

Howdy

And bye. Got to scoot. Just saying hi. And bye. For now.

Lol.. bye. :)

Morning all, or is it?

I woke up in terrible pain this morning. Both of my eyes hurt like they did the day after I had the surgery, I couldn't open them and they felt like someone was sticking hot pokers in them. They are still really sore, I'm scared. I'm going to wait until my appointment, it's at 2:00pm, I hope everything is okay.

Sorry for my constant eye pain troubles, but this is really bad, worse than the pain from the clogged tear duct because it's my eyeballs that hurt. Ouch, ouch, ouch, what could be wrong now?

I hope everyone else is okay.

Alty... I'm really concerned about your eyes... Does anything help? Cool compress? Warm compress? Cucumbers? I'm so sorry that you're in this much pain. Hopefully they will be able to help you today...

The pain I can handle, it's the fact that there is this much pain that I'm concerned about. It's not just lefty this time, although lefty does hurt more than righty, but both eyes are really painful. It also feels like little electric shocks are going through my eyeballs, I'm worried about my vision, my eyes, what could be going on?

I was fine last night when I went to bed, woke up this morning crying and screaming (it takes allot to make me cry or scream from pain). I hope the specialist can tell me what's wrong. If not, I have an appointment tomorrow with the doctor who did the surgery, hopefully he can tell me what's up. I just don't like sitting here worrying, they're my eyes, they're important to me, I'm an artist, without my eye sight I don't know what I'd do. Sorry, just scared.

Sweet Alty... rest your eyes.

I'll say a prayer for you... hopefully, you'll figure out what's up very soon.

I'd love to rest, but I'm to worried. I'm going to call the specialist in a few minutes to see if I should go to the hospital.

Thanks for the prayers HC, I need them right now. I'm terrified that something bad is going to happen to my eyes. Why did I have this surgery?

You had it because you thought it would help. In the long run it will. Try not to worry. I'm sure that it will all work out.

Keep me updated.

Sending you ::hugs::

Aww... I hope your eyes feel better alty. Let us know when you find something out.
My grandma had a cateract surgery that didn't go completely right. She got better, but she could barely see for a couple weeks... It probably just needs some time, and a doctor to make sure everything is all right. Or maybe you just need different eyedrops :)

I hope everything is OK with your eyes too Alty hun! I'm so glad you have your appt today. You shouldn't have to be in pain for this long. Poor Alty, I feel for you. I'll say some prayers for you too OK?!

All right... I'm working... and bored.

Trying to write an article on Literature and Creative Writing and coming up with writer's block... rah...

Anyone out there? Entertain me! :) Pleeeeze!

I'm here.

Just working... or... at least pretending to work with a file folder filled with random journal articles to make myself look busy... hee hee..

sorry about your lefty alty... my righty's acting up... not as bad as yours, but it's been drying out really fast lately... been wearing my glasses instead of my contacts... :(

Feels like it should be Friday, doesn't it?

*sigh*

This entire week feels like it should have been Friday... ::sigh:: is right.

Oh - this morning? Had to fill up my car - its pretty bad when a gallon of gas is more than a Venti Historian... what is this world coming to!

Mornin Chicky. So you want some entertainment do you? Check your PM box in a second or two. Miss Pogo doesn't want to give up on me, and now she's trying to sound SMRT! I'll forward one of her PM's to you. It's a good read, lol I won't send them all... just the latest. I don't know why she feels the need to keep on sending me PM's. I guess I really did make the mistake of responding to her first one.

I was in san fran last week for about 2 days... $3.97 a gallon for unleaded.

In atl, brimming $3.50

... I'm moving to Idaho.

I'm getting a motorcycle. Lol... or a Schwinn... sheesh...

Nuts.

Hi Starby! Cool! :)

Stupid Michigan... if I got a motorcycle, I'd only be able to use it for a few months out of the year.

Gas is 3.69/gal right now. I've been trying to wait it out, but I'm almost down to 1/8 tank...

Wow... I filled up at $3.44 this morning.. and I thought that was rough...

My Mom tried to tell me that if you fill up first thing in the morning and never go under a half that you'll get better mileage... not sure about that, but hey, I'm willing to try!

I got 25 mpg this last fill up... not bad, not bad.

I get 28 when I drive erratically :) Good ol Geo.

Yeah, I filled up last week for $3.44, because I was out of town and it was the lowest I'd seen gas go in the past month. That's the tank I'm holding on to right now... I've been driving pretty much nowhere if it wasn't on my way to work. Stupid gas prices...

I was thinking about riding my bike to the zoo this weekend. It's only about 25 miles, and it's a nice bike trail... all paved and everything. It crosses a few streets... but what doesn't?

The zoo? Detroit? I remember going to the Detroit Zoo on field trips! Lol.. .

Ooo... and Mackinaw... mmm... fudge... :) First time I ever got wind burn was riding a bike around the island... wow... Couldn't have been more than 8? Yikes... that was too long ago... mmm... fudge... :D

Lol, no not detroit. I live around Grand Rapids, it would be the John Ball Park Zoo. The bike trail conviently leads from about 5 miles from my house, all the way up to John Ball Park.

That ab thing is awesome, by the way. It took me a few tries to figure out that I actually can have my legs in sitting position and put my face to the floor BEHIND me. I really didn't think it was possible, but it was so easy. It's hard for me to not use my arms though... I can't figure out where to put them to stop myself from using them.

It (gas) should only get uglier with travel season coming up... and memorial day here in the US in a month.

Just bought an old honda 650 nighthawk for my wife and she's eager to have it up and running. I'm eager for it to be an ease on the fillups. And to see her on the bike. Just when I thought she couldn't be sexier... a long, cute italian girl on a black motorcycle motoring up my drive with a big grin is right up there on what I want to see before I die.

Need to get my mountain bike fixed... thatll help too. And remember not to jump it down a flight of concrete stairs... bad things happen when you do that. Duh. Luckily, just to the frame this last time. Amazing I don't choke on my own shoelaces sometimes...

LOL! Yay! You like it! Well, not "like" persay, but isn't it WICKED? Glad you figured it out. :)

Starby: tried to send you a PM - but you're full...

I'm off to lunch all... talk to you in a bit! :)

I hope not, KP lol.

My friend has a diesel truck... he's paying 4.29 right now, I believe. And of course, you know it's got to get great fuel economy... it's a truck.

I hope not, KP lol.

My friend has a diesel truck...he's paying 4.29 right now, I believe. And of course, you know it's gotta get great fuel economy...it's a truck.
As recently as December some were predicting prices for unleaded would top around 3.40 by summer... oops. That's been long since revised to higher numbers.

And some are now thinking it might not be until after the election, and into early 2009 before we see some stabilization and prices begin to decrease.

Then again, you can find someome to support about anything.

k. now I'm boring myself.

I don't know about the morning fillup... it's good for smog control, not sure about gas mileage.

I actually never fill up to the top, always go about 60% - 70% of my tank so that the car's not as heavy and it uses less fuel to drag it along... planes use this method as well.

My car's not so much a gas guzzler... but it's not exactly a civic either...

And my new bike... oy. It's awesome for joy rides... but that thing takes as much as gas my car does!!

Oh, my bike? What is that, you ask? This baby right here...

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Well, between OPEC and tarrifs and taxes and disasters, I guess you never really know what's going to happen to gas. I just hate the crude oil keeps rising... what are we at now? The fourth or fifth record daily close? Ugh...

The bad thing is that I live about 20 miles from work, and need to drive FOR work.

Sneezy, that bike is almost as big as my car! Lol

I drive a Geo Prizm. Yeah... what can I say, I'm dutch.

oh, my bike? what is that, you ask? this baby right here...

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Sneezy... wow... be still my heart...

Smotes tackled the gas in the am, half full fill opinion... in the end, there was no real compelling evidence at all...

One thing I haven't watched is the assertion to buy gas on Wednesday, as it supposedly peaks for the weekend, and by Wednesday its usually hit its low again until it bumps up again.

Ill join in the show me yours and ill show you mine game... not ours actually, just a pic of the model, one year earlier. You'll have to imagine the italian gal riding.

http://mysite.verizon.net/res0wdw9/BikeHistory/84HondaCB650.jpg

Gone again until later.

Don't do anything I wouldn't do.

Wow... classic... love the bike, KP!

The box doesn't seem very active today... is everyone on decongestants or something?

Lol... working on an InDesign file - doing my designers work... :)

Ah. I hope alty is doing well... her doc appointment was a little while ago. Hopefully she's at home resting.

Yeah, I hope she's OK... :(

Just got back from classes + anthro lab... about to head out soon again... yikes.

Everyone doing OK?

Sun is shining, coffee is still flowing, music is playing, I'm good :)

As well as can be expected while being at work for the past 8.5 hours.

Classes, labs, libraries, bonecrushing... do you ever rest, sneezy? :)

Don't forget entertaining Chicky... ;)

I rest... ya know... at work.

I'm heading back out to meet the owner of the sports bar I put in a bid for... just waiting on him to call me back with location/time... then dinner... then I guess... I have some off time. Might put in a movie and clean my apartment.

"off time" is very good! Don't forget the popcorn and peanut m&m's with your movie...

Oooh, sportsbar. Are you going to call it the Kleenex Box?

Actually, it already has a name... but that would be awesome!

Sadly, HC... I'm not a huge popcorn fan... gets stuck in my teeth.

... I got some trail mix :)

Whenever I go see a movie, I have to have the three P's - Popcorn, Pepsi, and Peanut M&Ms... you dump out a bit of popcorn and pour the m&ms into the cup... the perfect ratio? Two popcorns/one m&m...

Weird and random, yes... but that's me! :)

That sounds... interesting. Salty + sweet.

Oy vey... any plans for the weekend?

Mine... consists of...

Saturday - haircut, lunch with parents, shooting range, dinner plans, paper writing.

Sunday - meeting with owner, paper writing, studying, tutoring

Camping! :)

AWESOME! I want to go!!

Tent, sleeping bag, campfire, s'mores, L.L.Beans, the whole shebang... :)

I am such a connundrum... Wilderness Girl in Red Stilettos... not at the same time, of course... ;)