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Post  Lady Arabella Mon Feb 22, 2016 4:34 pm

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Catherine - Apr 25, 2006 3:42 pm (#2551 of 2983)

I just got a flier for Team in Training, the group that raises money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Good golly, I would love to do it but they ask you to raise a whole lot of money in a short period of time! –Denise

I will investigate this, and get back to you, Denise. I confess to being intrigued....

Recently, I gave extra credit to students who participated in a blood marrow drive for a seriously ill kindergarten teacher who has myelogenous leukemia. It was extra difficult because she is an ethnic minority, and that can mean trouble in finding a match. I am pleased to say that my efforts did help student groups to recognize this need (the gospel choir and some Greek organizations got involved).

Can you email me a link?

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Finn BV - Apr 25, 2006 4:30 pm (#2552 of 2983)

Welcome back Mike! Glad you enjoyed (?) your time. (I suppose saying that is just out of habit. Glad you took some time off from work, I'll say.)

Finn, glad your teacher changed the day, but you should have to go at all. –boop

I suppose you mean that I shouldn't have to go at all, but yes, I'm happy anyway. ((HUGS))

In more school-related incidents, I found out my chorus teacher abruptly resigned last week, and I suppose he found another job, because so far as I know he was well-liked and he did not do anything unprofessional. Weird. Six weeks left (or less!) of school. Anyway.

Enjoy the RotD all.

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The giant squid - Apr 25, 2006 4:35 pm (#2553 of 2983)

no piercing of eyebrows, lips, nose or ears are permitted unless a more sensitive body part is done first.--Denise P.[

Now that is good parenting! You don't say no, you just point out how it'd probably be a better idea not to. Frankly, if that option had been given to me back in the day I wouldn't have a closed-up hole in my earlobe now. It hurts just thinking about it...

--Mike

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Puck - Apr 25, 2006 5:14 pm (#2554 of 2983)

Welcome back Mike!

Congrats to Lizzy's brother!

Love Thora's clock! Do you put pictures of your family on it?

My babysitter offered to fold some laundry for when I went to teach ballet. Baby was napping, so I jumped at the offer. Well, little one awoke shortly after I left. The babysitter said she tried to get back to it, but never managed it. LOL, now she understands why my house looks the way it does!

Oh, so I was listening to XM kids on the radio (as we can't watch tv) and there was a song about Harry Potter! And yesterday there was a song about Anakin Skywalker to the tune of "American Pie".

Happy RotD, Kathy

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Nathan Zimmermann - Apr 25, 2006 5:45 pm (#2555 of 2983)

To all those who healing charms and the like thank you they worked wonders. We took the dog to the vet today. and that was required was change in diet and an increase in her medications. The vet she said she was in relatively good health for a ten year old dog.

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Madam Pince - Apr 25, 2006 6:08 pm (#2556 of 2983)

Yay, Nathan! Wow, that is such exciting news! I am so happy for you, that it turned out to be a great day after all!!! Phew...finally a forum pet got some good news!!!

Welcome back, Mike! Glad you had a good time!

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Puck - Apr 25, 2006 6:08 pm (#2557 of 2983)

Nathan, what wonderful news! So happy for you!

Kathy

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Thora - Apr 25, 2006 6:13 pm (#2558 of 2983)

Thora, what a great birthday present! Is it from the same sister who packed your HP books in the POD? - Viola Intonada

No, that was the other sister, who was just trying to help me. I guess it didn't occur to either of us that I wouldn't see the contents of those boxes for six months. She likes HP too, but she can't quote it like the clock making sister. When she moved in with me she had to re-read the books so she could have a conversation with me.

The clock making sister is a bit more.... well like me. I'm still the heaviest potter-aholic in the family, but she holds second place by a long shot.

Thora

Edit: Oh and my sister put the pictures on, she resized the ones she had on file from her wedding, then put these scrap-booking bubbles on top of each. It's quite a nice effect.

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Tazzygirl - Apr 25, 2006 6:25 pm (#2559 of 2983)

That is wonderful news, Nathan!! I'm happy for you and your family!

~Kristina

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Denise P. - Apr 25, 2006 6:29 pm (#2560 of 2983)

Catherine, the site is www.teamintraining.org They ask each team member to raise $1500 in about 6 weeks

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Finn BV - Apr 25, 2006 6:51 pm (#2561 of 2983)

Nathan, congrats! I love magic!! Those charms worked!!

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The giant squid - Apr 26, 2006 12:36 am (#2562 of 2983)

And yesterday there was a song about Anakin Skywalker to the tune of "American Pie".—Puck

That was probably "The Saga Begins" by "Weird Al" Yankovic--one of my favorite musicians. I'm a big fan of the silly.

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Catherine - Apr 26, 2006 4:44 am (#2563 of 2983)

I'm a big fan of the silly. --Squid Mike

You don't say. It's good to have you back, Mike.

Denise and Loopy, my curiosity led me to find out my Goth name on two different sites. One of them was most definitely Forum unfriendly (in the EWWW! range) but I rather liked the tamer "Vampyra Everdark." It almost sounded "Rowling-esque," like something on JKR's "Wizard of the Month" calendar on her official site.

** tries and fails to imagine self as a Goth **

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Marie E. - Apr 26, 2006 5:24 am (#2564 of 2983)

**strongly suspects that her daughter is the Brat Brownie in her troop**

I can't remember if I posted after I got back from Missouri. Isn't that funny? They say the memory's the first to go, eh? Well, I had a uneventful, if boring, drive across Kansas. I checked the audio version of Order of the Phoenix out from the library and that helped out a lot. Nephew is very sweet and adorable. I can't tell right now who he looks like, though he reminds me a little of Lexie. He still sleeps quite a bit. I miss those days.

I have strong suspicions that Shayla will go through a Goth or Gothish phase. Mr E and I decided together that we will let the girls do anything they want to with their hair. We will just take pictures to torment them later. I do like Denise's piercings idea.

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Loopy Lupin - Apr 26, 2006 6:20 am (#2565 of 2983)

It occurs to me that perhaps some people don't know what the hey we're talking about when we reference "goth" and kids "being goth." So, since wikipedia is the best site in the universe, here you go:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goth

My goth name using my real first name wasn't forum friendly. My goth name using "Wayne" -- actually my middle name-- was "Beautifully Chaotic."

I must say that fads seem much more complicated for today's youth. Parachute pants and Members Only jackets were much easier to deal with and getting "an" earring ("an" as is ONE)was the height of rebellion.

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Winky Woo - Apr 26, 2006 6:41 am (#2566 of 2983)

Loopy, that really took me back that link. I am now listening to Joy Division. People are surprised to see old photos of me when I was 15/16 with short bobbed jet-black hair and goth make-up and Doc Marten boots! I now have long blonde hair and I have turned out reasonable sane and respectable I think

Take heart Denise, Wikipedia quotes a recent study by Sussex University which suggests that goths are likely to grow up to be doctors, lawyers or architects, and that goths are usually intelligent, refined and sensitive, and keen on poetry and books.

How is Wednesday treating everyone?


Winky X

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Gina R Snape - Apr 26, 2006 8:35 am (#2567 of 2983)

Denise, not to worry. I was a goth in my teenage years and that's how I met Severus and it's not the worst thing in the world. I agree with Winky Woo, most goth kids turn to that scene because they feel different, and are usually pretty bright articulate kids looking for an alternative outlet for peers beside sports.

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azi - Apr 26, 2006 9:25 am (#2568 of 2983)

Hmm, in high school I was known as a mosher (semi-goth), goth and a hippy. Not sure how they work together! I would class myself as more hippyish than goth, as black isn't my thing. I much prefer tie-dye. Many of my friends were goths/moshers though. My mother encouraged it, especially after she heard some woman talking to her daughter in disgust at my clothes - 'Ewww, how can her mother allow her to wear such things!' - (a green tie-dye top and jeans, in fact) and the daughter replying, 'she's a freak.' Hmm, wonder why I didn't like high school...

They generally grow out of it anyway...most of my friends have. I'm still wearing tie-dye.

Weird Al Yankovitch does do some very funny songs...

Back to revision...

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Puck - Apr 26, 2006 10:08 am (#2569 of 2983)

For Mike -and other fans of the silly- another great "kids" group is "Trout Fishing in America". I find their CD's hilarious.

My son has his first tee ball practice tonight. My adventures of driving to various fields in my mini van begins!

Maie, I'm sure yours is not the Brat Brownie, as, from what I remember, said usually come with a Brat mother. If you were that mom, I'm sure Mike would have told us!

I was a bit preppie, I'd say. I like pink too much to ever be goth. I did have a belly ring, though, as well as 5 piercings in my ears.

happy RotD, Kathy

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The giant squid - Apr 26, 2006 12:05 pm (#2570 of 2983)

   If you were that mom, I'm sure Mike would have told us!



Well, in all fairness I haven't spent that much time with her lately... Actually, of my two sisters, the other one is more likely to be classed as "bratty". She's outgrown most of it, though.

While I was never quite "goth", I did wear a lot of black in high school and college. Since I lived in North Dakota that was mostly for heat retention, though. I never did get into bands like Joy Division & The Cure, either--pretty much required in the goth scene.

--Mike

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Thora - Apr 26, 2006 3:54 pm (#2571 of 2983)

At least Denise's kids have a group they identify with, I wore several different styles a week. It really bugged me back then that people tried to peg me as a "type." I didn't feel they had any right to judge me by my clothes, so I mixed it up. During my senior year I stuck with the cowgirl look for a few months, to match my current boyfriend, but both the style and the relationship were short lived.

Come to think of it, I still don't fit in any of the easily identifiable categories. I guess I'd get bored with the monotony of one style. What fun is life if you don't have a sari and big silver buckle sharing your closet?

Thora

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boop - Apr 26, 2006 4:51 pm (#2572 of 2983)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY WISHES FOR APRIL 27: SARCASTIC GINNY!! I hope you have a great day!!!

hugs always

boop

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Chemyst - Apr 26, 2006 4:52 pm (#2573 of 2983)

Nathan, that is news! Good doggie.

That was probably "The Saga Begins" by "Weird Al" Yankovic--one of my favorite musicians. I'm a big fan of the silly. –The Squid
You know, enjoying "Weird Al" Yankovic songs have been one of the fringe benefits of having kids—I don’t think I’d have discovered much of his genre on my own. I’m way not silly enough.

Thora, I like your style—at least one of them.

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TwinklingBlueEyes - Apr 26, 2006 5:35 pm (#2574 of 2983)

Happy Birthday SARCASTIC GINNY! WOOT! My disaster loan finally came in, now trying to figure out how to spend and invest it! Decisions, decisions!

...toddles off doing the happy dance six inches off the floor...

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Finn BV - Apr 26, 2006 5:40 pm (#2575 of 2983)

Happy Birthday Sarcastic Ginny!

TBE, that's great about your loan! Go out and buy some HP memorabilia!!

We have to write an essay on Dracula in English and guess what I'm doing… Dracula vs. Voldemort! I'm so excited! There are so many connections I noticed as I read through the book, including an exact description of what we know as Legilimency. If anybody's read Dracula and has some ideas, let me know – essay due next week!

Enjoy the RotD.

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Snuffles - Apr 27, 2006 12:28 am (#2576 of 2983)

Nathan, that is good news on your dog, I'm happy for you

Welcome back Squid Mike, glad you had a good vacation.

Happy Birthday Scarcastic Ginny, have a wonderful day.

TBE, that is fantastic news, whatever you decide to spend it on, enjoy it.

Have a great Thursday everyone

Julie

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Good Evans - Apr 27, 2006 4:51 am (#2577 of 2983)

nathan - so pleased to hear your news,

Madam P - I did sniff at your story by the vet. I know the day isnt too long off for my own adored doggie - and I dont think I will be able to be anywhere near as strong as that family. But being positive I am living every day with her as if its a bonus.

Finn - yay on your friday result! - I'm pleased sensibility won the day.

Mike welcome back - I hear Jamaica is great fun!

Hugs to Betty, and good wishes for your friend!

happy birthday Sarcastic Ginny

TBE - if you have any money to spare, I desperately need to extend the downstairs of my house!!!! seriously, enjoy it!!!!!!

have a great rest of Thursday all

Julie x

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azi - Apr 27, 2006 7:21 am (#2578 of 2983)

Happy birthday Sarcastic Ginny!

Congrats on the loan, TBE!

Ooo, I like the Dracula/Voldie idea, Finn!

Just got back from my exam. Two questions (worth 3%) I didn't know the answer to...Why is pyrophyllite known as a 2:1 mineral? and List four common arrangments of silicate tetrahedrons in silicate and silicate polymorphic minerals.

I'm going to enjoy the sun!

Have a lovely day everyone!

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Lupin is Lupin. Natch. - Apr 27, 2006 8:20 am (#2579 of 2983)

Two questions (worth 3%) I didn't know the answer to...Why is pyrophyllite known as a 2:1 mineral? and List four common arrangments of silicate tetrahedrons in silicate and silicate polymorphic minerals.---azi

Pffft. I could list six.

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haymoni - Apr 27, 2006 8:36 am (#2580 of 2983)

Silly who????

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Catherine - Apr 27, 2006 8:48 am (#2581 of 2983)

Pffft. I could list six. --Lupin is Lupin

Only six??? Honestly, don't you read? she said like Hermione. Actually, I have no idea what you and Azi were talking about. Science isn't exactly my strongest subject.

I'm in a jolly mood--I think I just bought a new dining table. Won't Mr. Catherine be surprised when he comes home? We've been talking about replacing our way-too-small breakfast table for two years now. I saw the perfect one this morning, AND it was 40% off.

Retail therapy rules.

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Madam Pince - Apr 27, 2006 8:53 am (#2582 of 2983)

List four common arrangements of silicate tetrahedrons in silicate and silicate polymorphic minerals.---azi

Easy -- frontwards, backwards, upside-down, and sideways. Right? Chat & Greetings 2006 - Page 3 1003735042

Happy Birthday, Sarcastic Ginny! Hope you have a great day!

Great news on your loan coming through, TBE! Woo-hoo!

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Julie Aronson - Apr 27, 2006 11:26 am (#2583 of 2983)

OOhh Azi! Sounds like a mineralogy class to me!
** Sniffs and misses the old days of feeling smart in school **

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Tazzygirl - Apr 27, 2006 11:46 am (#2584 of 2983)

Happy Birthday Sarcastic Ginny! Hope you had a great day!

Good luck with your essay, Finn!!

Wow, Azi! I could barely pronounce some of those words!

Did anyone watch the Recap show for LOST last night? Did any of you notice that one of the Others on the boat when they took Walt was a girl? She was the one driving the boat, and threw the explosive onto the raft. I am thinking it's the French Woman's daughter... Someone might have mentioned it when that episode originally aired, but this was the first time I noticed. Oh- and the character who plays Ana Lucia (she drives me up a wall...) has been sentenced to five days in jail and a $500 fine for driving under the influence here in Hawaii. **shaking head** Her driving record isn't perfect either- she has three speeding tickets here, and several more in California. I personally would have requested a longer sentence, but oh well.

All right, I now need to get ready and leave for school- four class days left and I am on summer break!!! Yippeeeeeeee!

Hope you all have a wonderful RotD/N!!

~Kristina

EDITED to include Finn and Azi!

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azi - Apr 27, 2006 11:47 am (#2585 of 2983)

I wish it was that simple, Madam Pince!

Admittedly, I should have known the answer to the first from Geology lessons, but the second...nah. I vaguely read that stuff, but didn't understand a word. Both the questions were practice questions with answers provided though (teaches me to do anything but skim read!). The answer to the first is 'because it contains a gibbsite sheet sandwiched between two silicon tetrahedral sheets' while the second answer says 'any 4 of isolated tetrahedrons, single chains, double chains, sheets or frameworks'. The second answer still has me confused...

It was a geology/geog class, Julie, entitled 'The Earth: An Introduction to the Science of the Atmosphere, Crust and Oceans'.

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The giant squid - Apr 27, 2006 11:56 am (#2586 of 2983)

azi, I kinda-sorta recognize the words used in your answer to #2, but their placement has me as confused as you. In other words, "Huh?"

Catherine: You "think" you bought a dining room table? That's the sort of purchase one should be certain of, in my opinion...

Tazzy, I think we did mention the female Other before, but that's what the recap shows are for--catching stuff you missed the first time. That, and I finally got to see the stuff about Locke's leg--I missed that episode so when we came back the next week and Locke was injured there was a bunch of new food, I was quite confused.

--Mike

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I Am Used Vlad - Apr 27, 2006 12:22 pm (#2587 of 2983)

I've been missing for a bit and it looks like I missed the birth of Coby. Oh, well. Whatever. Never mind.

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Loopy Lupin - Apr 27, 2006 1:02 pm (#2588 of 2983)

Hiya Vlad! How've you been? I was wondering where you got off to. ***waves to Denise, Kim and Catherine's new table****

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Puck - Apr 27, 2006 1:07 pm (#2589 of 2983)

Azi, I think I like Madame Pince's answer better!

Horray TBE! What fun decisions to make!

Fealing jealous of Catherine as a look at my mom-in-laws hand-me-down table, which is not the least bit "me".

Glad Lost was a recap, as I can't watch tv until Monday. The laundry to be folded is starting to stack up. Thinking about going to Target to buy another basket. That's my friend Jill's answer to such laundry problems. "You don't need to fold it and put it away, you just need to buy more baskets!"

Welcome back Vlad!

Happy RotD, Kathy

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Good Evans - Apr 27, 2006 1:15 pm (#2590 of 2983)

Ok - now this is going to sound a little odd.... does anyone have a recipe for Spotted Dick they are willing to share that results in it being steamed in a pudding basin?

All the recipes I can find have you rolling it out, wrapping in foil or greaseproof paper or a tea cloth (?)and steaming in a steamer / pan of water.

I'm doing spotted Dick for dinner tomorrow night (by request) and we are divided on the correct way to make it. Hubby insists the pudding basin was how mum always made it!!!

oh - spotted dick for the uninitiated is a suet pudding with currents served with custard - YUM!

edit - welcome back Vlad - where have you been!!

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Catherine - Apr 27, 2006 2:02 pm (#2591 of 2983)

Vlad, it's great to see you.

Catherine: You "think" you bought a dining room table? That's the sort of purchase one should be certain of, in my opinion...--Squid Mike

Gee, I must be as transparent as Moaning Myrtle. Good thing I'm not married to Mike. The "I think" was because I had my name on the table, but hadn't paid for it yet until I went home to double-check the space. So now that the store has my money, I guess I "know" that I bought the table.

I think. ** waves on behalf of table back to Loopy** Ooh, speaking of decorating, Kim, I showed the paint swatches you sent me to the store owner, who showed me some lovely fabric that I could use to recover my dining room chairs, which are so "not me." **waves to Puck in hand-me-down solidarity**

I am counting down the days until my current table, which is as battle-scared as Mad-Eye Moody, can relax in easy retirement.

Thinking about going to Target to buy another basket. --Puck

Brilliant! See how smart you get when you don't watch TV?

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Detail Seeker - Apr 27, 2006 2:11 pm (#2592 of 2983)

can I resist to show off ? ...... No, I can´t.

azi, just take a few silica tetraeders and have them one by one: Thats the first possibility of the second answer. You will find that in a solution on silica acid. You can take them and make a chain out of them. Not a very likely possibility in nature, but the stuff I know as "Water glass" contains such chains.

Take a few of these chains and combine them to cover some area, then you will have the third configuaration asked for (clay contains such arrangements, though there are aluminium hydroxides in there, too.

Stack these arrangements from part three above each other, and you have the fourth part of the answer - or e.g. quartz, to put it in simpler words.

I know this is not relevant to you anymore, but who knows....

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Catherine - Apr 27, 2006 2:36 pm (#2593 of 2983)

I know this is not relevant to you anymore, but who knows.... --Detail Seeker

To quote Ron in the first SS film..."Brilliant, but scary."

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azi - Apr 27, 2006 2:48 pm (#2594 of 2983)

Why, thank you very much, Detail Seeker! That actually made some sense! By the way, does diamond come into it at all? All I could think about seeing 'tetrahedral' was diamonds!

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Madam Pince - Apr 27, 2006 4:28 pm (#2595 of 2983)

Ah! I thought that was it! (said in a knowing "Lockhart" voice....)

Azi and Detail Seeker, too smart you are, too smart you be, I see you are too smart for me!!!!

Congrats on the new table, Catherine! Hope Mr. Catherine loves it just as much as you do! With any luck at all, he won't even notice!

Puck, fantastic idea on the laundry baskets! I have a similar philosophy on purchasing socks and underwear -- the more you have, the less you have to do laundry!

Good luck with the spotted dick, Good Evans! I can't say as I've ever had it. Sounds interesting, though. Suet, as in beef fat? Hmmmmm.... ***imagination is coming up with something that resembles the blocks of birdseed suet with berries in it that you feed to the birds...*** Haven't heard of such a thing as a "pudding basin" either. Sigh.... I need to vacation in England to brush up on my mother language....

I am counting down the days until my current table ...can relax in easy retirement. -- (Catherine)[ Is that anything like a spotted dick? They both have currents...

Tazzy, there has been some speculation as to the identity of those Lost characters you mentioned: If you took the man and woman that were shown in the "instruction film" about the Dharma project -- I forget their names, but they were supposedly the people who founded the project or something? -- and aged them about 20 years (or however long it's supposed to have been), they would look remarkably like the bearded man on the boat and in the jungle, and the woman who threw the bomb from the boat. Just speculation, of course. TV Guide magazine pulls out little clues like that occasionally and shows still pics of them for comparison's sake, and they did those two. It was pretty convincing!

I read that about the actress who plays Ana Lucia -- apparently she had a choice of fine + jail time or doing community service and she chose fine + jail. Interesting choice! Her lawyer said she was constantly getting bugged for autographs so it would be a hardship for her to do community service. Guess the inmates aren't so anxious for any signatures or something.

Welcome back, Vlad! Where have you bean? (Oh, I'm just on a roll with my voices today...)

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boop - Apr 27, 2006 4:35 pm (#2596 of 2983)

Welcome Back Sam!!!!! (((HUGS))) You were missed.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY FOR APRIL 28: GINA!!!! I hope you have a great day!!!!

Have a great RotD!!!

hugs always

boop

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Julie Aronson - Apr 27, 2006 4:55 pm (#2597 of 2983)

Azi,

No. Not diamonds. They are nonsilicate, and they are made of carbon.

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Puck - Apr 27, 2006 6:10 pm (#2598 of 2983)

Happy birthday, Gina! Hope Severus gets you something nice this year!

If you people aren't actually geologists, how do you remember all this stuff?

waves back to Catherine and M. Pince, as I sit here not folding the laundry.

Happy whatever!

Kathy

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Finn BV - Apr 27, 2006 6:47 pm (#2599 of 2983)

LOL azi, and Detail Seeker, what an answer!

Hi Vlad (Sam)! Good to see you around!

Happy Birthday Gina!!

Enjoy the RotD!

Madam P: thought you might want to call in to PotterCast (http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/#article:8620) – their question is who else was at Godric's Hollow that night?

Tomorrow is "Middle Mania," which I explained as I was talking about my science teacher, who is now the most cheerful I have seen all year (). So wish the Blue team luck; both Steph and I are on it!! Woohoo!

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Thora - Apr 27, 2006 7:45 pm (#2600 of 2983)

About Lost: The french woman's daughter was introduced this season in the episode where we found out what happened to Claire, she was the nice young brunette that forcibly dragged the drugged Claire to safety.

I was surprised at how well I followed Detail seekers explanation.  I read the coolest stuff about graphite the other day and I have to admit I look forward to going back to school and exercising my Hermione muscle a bit. It'll be years before I go back, but I fully plan on outgrowing my mommy brain someday.

Oh and go blue team![/i][/i]
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Post  Lady Arabella Mon Feb 22, 2016 4:35 pm

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Denise P. - Apr 27, 2006 8:07 pm (#2601 of 2983)

Welcome back, Sam. How goes your running?

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Madam Pince - Apr 27, 2006 8:57 pm (#2602 of 2983)

Thanks for the tip, Finn! I can always count on you to be on the lookout for info about the theory nearest and dearest to my heart! Now, if only I had the least little bit of technical knowledge and could know what to do with a PotterCast.... Don't you have to have an i-Pod or a Palm-something or a Blackberry or a Raspberry? No, wait, this is a raspberry Anyway.... I will swing by Leaky and check it out regardless!

Go Big Blue!

Happy Birthday, Gina!!!! (Well, it's almost the 28th here... five more minutes or so....) Hope you have a wonderful day with lots of great food and drink and the company of friends and that your darling Severus is feeling 'specially amorous...

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Tazzygirl - Apr 27, 2006 11:11 pm (#2603 of 2983)

Happy Birthday Gina!! Hope you have a great day!

Thanks for the reminders on Lost- I forgot we had already met the French Woman's daughter. So nevermind on the one lady on the boat- wonder who she is though. And some of the Others do seem familiar- like they had met some of the survivors when in the flashback scenes. Can't wait for next week's episode!!

Off to package up brownies and sandwich wraps for class tomorrow- it's our last class meeting for this particular subject, so we are having a "Cultural Party". We have to bring something in from a culture that is fasinating to us and share it with the class, bring food in to share, and according to the teacher "wear outfits that are comfortable to dance in"... She loves salsa dancing, so we get to salsa dance. So excited. **said in an extremely sarcastic tone of voice**

~Kristina

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Good Evans - Apr 28, 2006 1:11 am (#2604 of 2983)

Happy Birthday Gina - have a great day!

Madam P - yes suet as in beef fat (or vegetable suet - goodness only knows what that is!!). a pudding basin is a bowl - maybe 1 1/2 pints - and you steam the pudding in it, comes out round rather than oblong (if you roll it).

hmmnnn no takers - I shall have to make up my own recipe - this could be very interesting!!!!

have a great day all - hair dressers, food shopping, housework and dinner party - going to be a busy day!

oh - I went for a run this morning - a new route and wasn't sure how far it was - I ran all bar about 30 seconds of it (my shoe lace came undone) but didnt press start on my ped, I know it was about 20 minutes, but I have no idea on distance - will go directly to iron hands - stupid me!!!

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jose043 - Apr 28, 2006 1:11 am (#2605 of 2983)

Happy birthday too all the pottie fans this month as well as family members.

From Josephine & Anne The Moon made me do it (Little werewolves of London) One non Pottie fan whose birthday is today which is my husband's he turned 67

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Winky Woo - Apr 28, 2006 2:31 am (#2606 of 2983)
Edited Apr 28, 2006 3:08 am

Good Evans, I've not tried this one but James Martins recipes tend to be yummy UK TV FOOD
Also sending you an extra pair of hands I found at Weasleys Wizzarding Wheezes to help you with all that you have to get done to day, I am exhausted just thinking about it!(apparently the twins got the idea from Harry when he offered to put an extra hand on Malfoys broom to help him catch the Snitch!)

I am off to Majorca tonight to visit my parents who have semi-retired out there, and of course its because I want to see them, and I am NOT going for the pool, sunshine or huge hot tub! Chat & Greetings 2006 - Page 3 464751818

Happy Bank Holiday weekend to all the Brits- does anywhere else have a public holiday this weekend?

Have a great RoTD

Winky X

Edit Happy Birthday Gina Poor you Azi! I can't say that the staff will be too pleased either! Oh well I suppose you have just returned from a break whilst the rest of us have been slaving away....

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azi - Apr 28, 2006 2:38 am (#2607 of 2983)

Happy birthday Gina!

Thanks, Julie! That clears even more confusion up! I knew diamond was carbon, but got confused or something...I think it''s because we did about the structures of both carbon and silica in the same lesson. Ah well, don't need to remember anymore!

Enjoy your salsa dancing, Tazzy!

'...too smart you are, too smart you be, I see you are too smart for me!!!!' - Madam P   Hehe!

Sorry Good Evans, I've never actually had/made Spotted Dick! I do have a recipe for it at home, but obviously I'm not there! Good luck with that! Congratulations on running - it's more exercise than I ever do!

EDIT - did you know Winky, that my university still teaches on Bank Holiday Monday??? I have lectures! Enjoy your holiday - I'll be envious (although admittedley is it amazingly warm at the moment...)

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The giant squid - Apr 28, 2006 4:07 am (#2608 of 2983)

Welcome back, Sam...and Happy Birthday, Gina!

I saw a blurb on IMDb that Michelle Rodriguez (Ana-Lucia) is blaming the steroids in her allergy medication for the DUI. That's a bit of a stretch, but she says they made her irrational which is why she picked a fight with the cops.

I knew diamond was carbon, but got confused or something...—azi

All I know is that diamonds are forever, and that they're a girl's best friend. Oh, and they're darned expensive! Luckily my lady prefers emeralds (still expensive, but not as)

--Mike

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Finn BV - Apr 28, 2006 4:26 am (#2609 of 2983)

Happy Birthday to Mr. Josephine too!

Madam P, you don't need an iPod or be a listener of PotterCast to call in! You can listen through iTunes. The info is there.

Tazzy, enjoy the cultural class!

Running off to go win Middle Mania! See y'all later!

**wonders if Mike is still awake after I have slept the whole night**

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kaykay1970 - Apr 28, 2006 5:23 am (#2610 of 2983)
Edited Apr 28, 2006 6:17 am

Happy Birthday Gina and Mr. Josephine!

Good luck to Finn, Stephanie and the rest of the blue team!

Have fun at your Cultural Party Tazzy and Good Evans at your dinner party!

My eldest has Prom tomorrow night. I love having so many sisters. My niece is doing her hair. My Mary Kay sister is doing her facial and another sister is doing her nails...

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Loopy Lupin - Apr 28, 2006 6:52 am (#2611 of 2983)

Luckily my lady prefers emeralds. . . . . .-- Mike

Hmmmm. You really think so?

Mmmmmm....Spotted Dick........ I don't know if this helps, but this recipe at least gives you the option of using a pudding basin.

http://www.recipesource.com/side-dishes/puddings/spotted-dick02.html

Have a great weekend everyone!

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Gina R Snape - Apr 28, 2006 6:53 am (#2612 of 2983)

Aaaawww, you guys are so great! I don't come onto the chat thread that much but you still remembered my birthday!

Thanks, everyone.

Green wand sparkles for everyone.

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Thora - Apr 28, 2006 7:36 am (#2613 of 2983)

Happy Birthday Gina!!!!

Interesting person this Michelle Rodrigez (continuing the "Lost" conversation). When I saw her face on "Lost" I recalled that she had played a drag racing thief in "The Fast and the Furious." She also played a tough cop in S.W.A.T., like the one she is playing now. I wonder how much of the infraction was chemical and how much of it was her being typically tough-girl. She doesn't exactly have a delicate flower reputation....

Anyhow, I should be checking on the one year old at my house who has decided she wants to be potty trained. I'm not really up to it, but short of duct taping the diapers in place she isn't giving me much of a choice. After several destroyed diapers I've given in and put her in undies. We shall see how it goes. What was that charm? Scourgefy?

Thora


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Puck - Apr 28, 2006 9:21 am (#2614 of 2983)

Go Blue Team!!!

LOL Thora! It helps to cover your couch in beach towels topped with plastic painters drop cloths. (available cheap at home improvement stores.)

Personally, I enjoy most sparkly gems!

Sandwiches and Brownies? Is it the culture of soccer moms that you find fascinating Tazzy? I'm honored!

Could everyone please send some Accio charms to my premium membership? I made my payment on Monday and have been waiting all week for the upgrade. I thought it was only supposed to take a day or two. E-mail World Crossing, still waiting for the reply.

Happy RotD! Kathy

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azi - Apr 28, 2006 9:36 am (#2615 of 2983)

**Sends Accio charms for Puck's membership!!!**

I got my hair cut. Although I only had 2-3 inches off to get rid of raggy ends, I still feel bald. My hair's nice and shiny though!

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Madam Pince - Apr 28, 2006 9:50 am (#2616 of 2983)

Winky Woo, have fun in Majorca! Don't eat any funny whelks! (Well, those always tie together in my mind for some reason, even though I don't think it's right....)

Happy Birthday, Mr. Josephine!

Tazzy, I think you should try some of these recipes for Spotted Dick for your Cultural Appreciation thingy. Bet you'd be the only one there with that particular dessert!

Good luck with the dinner party, Julie!

I like emeralds, too. However, they are set off quite nicely if they are surrounded by a couple carats of diamonds.... When we went to the Smithsonian recently and saw the precious jewels display, there was an absolutely stunning emerald necklace there -- belonged to Napoleon or Marie Antoinette or somebody. I'm trying to remember if it was the one where the surrounding diamonds had been replaced by turquoises or not. That was not the brightest move on the part of the jeweler, I thought...

kaykay, hope everyone in your family enjoys prom night!

...she says they made her irrational which is why she picked a fight with the cops. Ummmmm....OK. "And that's my story and I'm sticking to it." I'm sure a really good lawyer could craft a fantastic defense out of that.

Enjoy the RotD!

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Chemyst - Apr 28, 2006 10:19 am (#2617 of 2983)

Accio Puck's membership!

Happy Birthday Gina! Love your latest avatar– is that a nose ring? **thinks Gina must have cool friends to draw her Slytherin-y pic.**

Welcome back Sam/Vlad. ...and Thora too. 'Sorry I missed that last week.

Another thing I missed mentioning is how much I've enjoyed Madame Pince's posts this week — you have indeed been on a roll.

I like emeralds. When I was little, I wished I'd been born in May because it has emerald as the birthstone. Anyway, in the case of Mr. & Mrs G. Squid, emerald seems apropo for their wedding date.

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Gina R Snape - Apr 28, 2006 10:46 am (#2618 of 2983)

I'll take some emeralds and diamonds!

Yes, Chemyst, that is a nose ring. My sketch was done for me not just as a gift but because I am now a member of Snapecast, which is a new podcast that we hope to star airing next month. I am going to be the "intrepid interviewer" chasing down artists and writers and various other folks in the fandom for interviews.

This Sunday I am going to the Tribeca Film Festival premiere of Driving Lessons and Rupert Grint is slated to be there. I'm hoping to get a moment with him and maybe he'll say "Snape is a greasy git" for us, into my digital recorder.

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Madam Pince - Apr 28, 2006 10:47 am (#2619 of 2983)

Thanks, Chemyst!

I was envious of those born in May who got to have emeralds for their birthstone, also. I like amethysts OK, but they aren't nearly as "mysterious" as emeralds. I picked an emerald for my high school class ring even though almost everybody was using their birthstone. I was really torn, and after I saw my best friend's amethyst I feared I had made the wrong choice, but actually I do still like it and wear it sometimes.

OK, off to finish running errands that we didn't get to finish yesterday because Little Pince had a "no-nap"-induced meltdown yesterday afternoon -- ta-ta!

Edit: Ooooo, fun, Gina! Have a great time at the premiere!

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Tazzygirl - Apr 28, 2006 1:17 pm (#2620 of 2983)

On Michelle Rodriguez- she said on the news here that she was blaming the steroids for her behavior, and was taking the steroids in the first place to help her sleep... or something like that. I say sleep because the first thought on my mind when she said that was "Why doesn't she just take sleeping pills or the natural supplement of Melatonin??? And why would you drink after taking those???" Not the greatest of moves.

I love emeralds- (and they are accented very nicely with some diamonds! towards Madam P.!) and being that I was born in May, makes it even better!

Happy Birthday Mr. Josephine!!

Have fun with Middle Mania, Finn and Stephanie!

ACCIO charms to Puck! Hope the membership comes through soon!! LOL on the sandwich and brownies comment! (I can see myself as a soccer mom in later years, actually!)

Hmmmmm... Spotted Dick. There's a thought... **off to see exactly what spotted dick entails** I would definitely have everyone beat on a cultural dish... What is Sultanas? I am hoping to have fun this class- it has been my least favorite this semester, so the whole idea that this is my last class is definitely something to be happy about!

Hope you all have a wonderful RotD/N!!

~Kristina

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Detail Seeker - Apr 28, 2006 1:34 pm (#2621 of 2983)

Just another go at the silica-diamond- tetrahedron-question, that you do not need answered, azi: the carbon atoms in diamond are arranged in tetrahedrons as the smallest self repeating structure while in silica the oxygene atoms form a tetrahedron around the Silicon atom. So you can say, both are related and I guess that is why your professor had both in one lesson.

So, let´s forget the materials scientist in me again and return to the more important things in life.

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Puck - Apr 28, 2006 1:41 pm (#2622 of 2983)

Well, as I had my children in May, July, and September, any future "mother's" jewelry would be comprised of emeralds, rubies, and sapphires. That's good planning! Chat & Greetings 2006 - Page 3 2752390508

Jealous that Little Pince usually naps -even if he skipped yesterday. Diva is the same age and gave hers up a year and a half ago.

Thanks for the accio charms. You'll know they are working when you see a shiny new avatar -assuming I get figure out how to down size a picture...

Happy Weekend! Kathy

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Tazzygirl - Apr 28, 2006 2:37 pm (#2623 of 2983)

I just received word and thought I'd share it with you all :

My guinea pig, Tazzy, is now an Aunty!! The newest guinea pig my mom adopted- her name is Zat (opposite of Tazzy's nickname, Taz), had two little babies this morning. My mom has only had her for about a month now, and we had no idea she had been pregnant. Mom walked into her classroom this morning, and there were two new guineas. The class has named them Zig and Zag... I wanted Fred and George, but as we don't know what gender they are yet... oh well. We now have Tazzy, Zat, Zig, Zag, and Edith. Talk about 'Z' names...

~Kristina

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Finn BV - Apr 28, 2006 2:55 pm (#2624 of 2983)

Kaykay, hope your family enjoys the prom.

**Accio's Puck's membership** Steph gave me mine as a birthday present, and I don't know when she paid for it. Sorry!

Forgot to say it before -- Winky Woo, enjoy Majorca, and say hi to Rafael Nadal for me!

Gina, if I didn't have school the next day I would convince my parents going to the TFF would be a lovely cultural activity for that night… and oh, whoops, look, it's Rupert Grint!

Congrats to the real Tazzy on becoming an aunt!!

Middle Mania was a TON of fun today. Blue got third (out of fifth). We also got third last year, but we did win in our sixth grade year! Today was our last MM ever, since next year we'll be in high school!! Being a captain was fun since every little sixth grader pulls on your shirt to ask you if the team is winning. Overall, it was a really great experience. I'm going to miss it next year so much though!!

Enjoy the RotD everybody!

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kaykay1970 - Apr 28, 2006 3:15 pm (#2625 of 2983)
Edited Apr 28, 2006 3:56 pm

I'm glad you had a good time. Finn! Be glad you are not attending high school with my daughter. She refers to the Freshman as "Ickle firsties" (Isn't it great that she loves HP as much as I do). She has driven her brother crazy this year! My daughter says to add that being an "Ickle firstie" is great fun. She misses it..

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boop - Apr 28, 2006 4:21 pm (#2626 of 2983)

jose043, Happy Birthday to your husband!!!

Julie, Sounds like a busy day. I hope you have fun.

KayKay, I hope your daughter has a great time at her Prom.

Thora, Good Luck on the potty training.

Azi, congrats on the hair cut.

Kristina, Congrats on the newest member of your family.

I hope everyone has a great weekend.

hugs always

boop

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Marie E. - Apr 28, 2006 4:32 pm (#2627 of 2983)

Happy Birthday, Gina! I knew you'd speak up once they started talking about goth things. Enjoy your cake and Snape drink, if you still have some.

Have I mentioned how much I despise Colorado springtime? Yesterday it was 82. Today? It was 38 with alternating snow and rain.

I just blame Shayla's Brat Brownieness on forgetting to give her the ADD meds on Saturdays. Couldn't possibly be me!!

Speaking of meds, we (and I mean the Child Quest group at her school and I) decided to start Lexie on her meds now rather than waiting for August. The reasoning was that her present teacher would be better equipped to tell us how it working. Good point, I thought. One of Lexie's little friends is being tested for Bipolar. Her mom was very concerned about it until I told that I've had three Bipolar kindergarteners in the last four years. I started describing one little girl's symptoms and she said her daughter behaves in exactly the same way. I think it was reassuring for her to hear that other six year olds have gone through the same thing.

I'm walking for March of Dimes tomorrow and am not looking forward to the weather. I don't supposed there's any hope of it suddenly going back to 80, is there?

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boop - Apr 28, 2006 6:26 pm (#2628 of 2983)

Marie, Sorry about your weather problems. I know its not hard to forget to take your meds. I have forgotten mine, and remember when its too late to take them. Good luck with the walk tomorrow. Sending good weather charms your way.

hugs always

boop

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Viola Intonada - Apr 28, 2006 6:44 pm (#2629 of 2983)

Happy Birthday, Gina!

I tried posting last night, but the cable was down (Arrgghh). Azi, Silicon Carbide (SiC) is used in growing synthetic diamonds. It is sold on the market as Moissanite. I have a pair of Moissanite earrings, the best thing hubby has ever brought back for me from a conference. He is a semiconductor researcher using SiC rather than the typical Silicon (Si).

Have a great RotD, Everyone!

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Gina R Snape - Apr 28, 2006 8:46 pm (#2630 of 2983)

Bah ha ha, Marie you know me well.

Finn, yes I agree it would have been a very good cultural event. But on a school night, it is hard to muster. I never go out on Sunday nights as it is a "school night" for me to in that I have to be up for work the next day. But alas, one of the joys of being a grown up is being able to say the heck with it sometimes and go out anyway. No worries, you have that to look forward to in a very short time! (Though it may not feel short now).

I promise to all here on the Lex that if I get any good pictures I will post them for you.

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azi - Apr 29, 2006 3:47 am (#2631 of 2983)

Thankyou once more, Detail Seeker and also Viola! I love Geology...

Tazzy, sultanas are dried fruit, like raisins, just with a slightly different taste and orangey colour (I prefer raisins).

**sends weather charms to Marie**

I love Emeralds, hate diamonds. Diamonds are just so plain...need colour.

hope everyone has a great day!

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Good Evans - Apr 29, 2006 3:49 am (#2632 of 2983)

ah - just the one glass too many last night - feel a little delicate this morning, but it all went very well. thanks Winky and Loopy Lupin for the recipes. I actually used the latter one, but added some suet and changed the flour to plain , so it was almost the same as the other one!!! it was scrummy.

We had a hot smoked salmon dish to start that was my own recipe, with mushrooms and chillis - it was lovely, then they demolished a 2 kg roast of beef, with yorkshire puds carrots and sprouts roast parsnips, roast saffron potatoes, and then the spotted dick and we finished with cheese and biscuits - I was pretty good on the eating - I didnt have the yorkies or the potatoes but I did have a parsnip and some spotted dick - I left the cheese alone too, but it was the wine, I stupidly opened a bottle of white and no one else was drinking it so after two glasses of red I switched to white and quaffed the lot - yes I know self inflicted!!!!

On the birthstones, I curse my bad luck - April is Diamond , so what can I do except accept the lashings of carats that I get every year **wakes up from dream world** actually the only diamonds I possess are in my engagement ring and earings that hubby bought me for our wedding day . Hmmnnn he is obviously slacking!!!

Actually I agree, I love emeralds and have a beautiful emerald necklace the hubby bought me a few years ago, I guess I need to face it I love gemstones, regardless of their colour, its the sparkle that counts!!!

Azi - I had my hair cut yesterday too, but it was only a trim as I had the major chop last time. Mine is sleek, shiny and in control - wait til I was it myself tomorrow, it will be back to a bush!!!

Finn - glad you had fun, and well done sounds like you did ok!

Kaykay - hope you and yours enjoy the prom!

congratulations Tazzy on all of those Z names!!!

off to plant lupins in the garden, and drink a gallon of water - very necessary to rehydrate!

Thora - charms to you, best of luck with the potty training (actually dont we all do that being as we are all potties?)

Kathy - accio membership charms to you

Marie - weather charms for you!

have a great saturday everyone

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azi - Apr 29, 2006 3:56 am (#2633 of 2983)

Mmmm, Yorkshire Pudding...love it! It is very filling though. Hope the hangover gets better soon! **sends hangover cure**

I went into the hairdressers for a trim...came out with way too short hair. **hoping it grows quickly** Mines nice and in control too, I don't expect it to last!

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Puck - Apr 29, 2006 5:03 am (#2634 of 2983)

LOL, Julie. I believe the password is abstinence. I know you dont feel well, but are you sure planting poor Remus in the garden will help?

Tazzy, horray on the new "pigs"! What fun news.

Down to the last days of no TV, the being the weekend, it may be more difficult. I'm actually grateful to have a busy weekend planned.

Last night we went to see a short play at the school. It was a few actors with some 5th graders tossed in doing a production called "Hoot". Apparently a movie of this story opens next weekend. Cute story, and it was fun watching how my son acts when around his school friends. Goes something like this;

Kay, hope the prom was wonderful. I take it you found the absent child the other day, then?

Happy weekend! Kathy

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Finn BV - Apr 29, 2006 6:37 am (#2635 of 2983)

Marie, weather charms to you!

LOL Gina. It turns out we have a concert we're going to Sunday night at 8. So much for this cultural activity thing – we're already booked at the same time!

I went to bed at 8PM last night – something I have not done in a long time!! And, I didn't wake up until 7 this morning (early for a Saturday, too!), so I got 11 hours of sleep last night, because I was so exhausted. I don't know how I did it.

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Finn BV - Apr 29, 2006 11:49 am (#2636 of 2983)

Hi everybody – sorry for the double post. Doing a bit of research for my essay on Dracula and:

Is it stated, and where, in the books that Voldemort never loved anybody. I know at the end of this interview J.K. states it, and I consider that canon, but I would prefer to take it from the direct source. Of course, at the end of PS Dumbledore says "Voldemort cannot understand love," but where does it say he does not love? If anybody finds it, that would be great. Thanks!

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Marè - Apr 29, 2006 12:32 pm (#2637 of 2983)

Runs in late... sorry Queensday celebrations!!!

Happy birthday Gina!!!

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Tazzygirl - Apr 29, 2006 1:53 pm (#2638 of 2983)

Thanks for all the congratulations! The entire guinea pig clan are doing fabulously. Sad thing though- mom's students are having a hard time pronouncing Zig and Zag, so we have to change them. Any ideas?

We had an interesting night last night. At about midnight we lost all our power. Didn't turn back on until 4:45 this morning. At 1 AM, my aunt and I went outside to talk to a policeman who had stationed himself across the road as a barrier. Turns out there was a drunk driver, and had wrapped himself around one of the electricity poles. We have no idea if he got hurt or anything. I think it will be on the news tonight. This is the fifth time in two years someone has managed to hit that one pole.

Hope you all are having a wonderful weekend!!

~Kristina

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Julie Aronson - Apr 29, 2006 2:21 pm (#2639 of 2983)

Kristina,

What does your mom teach? Zig and Zag seem pretty simple to pronounce.

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Tazzygirl - Apr 29, 2006 2:54 pm (#2640 of 2983)

Julie A.- My mom is a special education teacher.

~Kristina

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Madam Pince - Apr 29, 2006 4:54 pm (#2641 of 2983)

This is the fifth time in two years someone has managed to hit that one pole. Hmmmmmm.... sounds to me like it's time to move that pole..... Hope the guy is all right!

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Puck - Apr 29, 2006 5:16 pm (#2642 of 2983)

If they do move the pole, I'd be very careful not to stand in that spot! I, too, hope the guy is okay, but personally think it's better for the drunk person to hit a pole as opposed to another person.

Tazzy, something like Mi & Mo should be easy to pronounce. (Think of children's first words, Ma, Da, Hi, all those sounds come fairly early on in the process.)

Finn, trying to remember in HBP if DD says anything about that during the scene when he is explaining that the prophecy is not set in stone. When they talk about the "power he knows not" being love.

Enjoy the RotD, Kathy

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kaykay1970 - Apr 29, 2006 5:22 pm (#2643 of 2983)
Edited Apr 29, 2006 6:08 pm

What a long day! Daughter is finally gone to the Prom. I do not have a lovely new avatar because my digital camera chose tonight to cause problems! Thankfully my sister took photos with her 35 mm. camera.

Yes Kathy I did find the tardy child sitting in the school parking lot. His friend was trying to sign up for classes for next year. I posted on the chat room thread. Should have posted here instead. Sorry!

Edited to add this for Finn: pg. 509 HBP Dumbledore says "You have a power Voldemort has never had. You can--" I know Harry says impatiently "I can love." Oops, somehow I missed Kathy's above post.

If you read the other lessons with Dumbledore and Harry in HBP you will find the reasons that led Dumbledore to the conclusion that Voldemort can't love...(small bits like He never had I friend nor do I believe he wanted one or another time Dumbledore says he thought Voldemort was more connected to the school that he had ever been to another person)pg 277 HBP is a good place to start!

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Finn BV - Apr 29, 2006 6:58 pm (#2644 of 2983)

Kathy and Kaykay, thanks and good sleuthing! Didn't feel like wasting time on my essay reading a 600 page book, as much as I love Harry!

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Tazzygirl - Apr 29, 2006 9:22 pm (#2645 of 2983)

You would think they would move the pole, but I guess hitting that would be better than slamming into the wall or into a person's house. I live right before a huge blind curve, so people don't understand the whole "Slow Down" signs are there for a purpose. I am glad no one was hurt- I drove by the pole this morning and there wasn't any leftovers from the wreck. I am hoping more info is on the news tonight. We'll see!

I am so excited!! I FINALLY got my GoF and OotP books back from my friend- she borrowed them almost 2 years ago. But the good thing is- they came back to me in the same condition as when I loaned them to her!

We are still thinking on guinea pig names... One of the students came up with Zat's name. Edith was named before we got her. Tazzy was all me! Still waiting on pictures to see what the babies look like. Then it'll be easier to name them.

~Kristina

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Puck - Apr 30, 2006 5:12 am (#2646 of 2983)

Okay, so I can get here through the backdoor -entering world crossing-but can't get here through the Lexr by linking from JKR's site. Domain problems, apparently. Thanks to those who showed me the way to Potty Five Words on the Fanfiction site, or I wouldn't have known how to do the WX thing!

Finn, glad to help. Just re-read that book recently, so it was still somewhat fresh in my addled mind.

Last day of no tv. Yesterday I wore them out by going to swim and gym, church, and a walk after dinner. Today is the T-ball parade and team pictures. Tonight, I might turn on the tube a bit early can get through folding the laundry. It's been piling up.

Enjoy RotD, Kathy

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kaykay1970 - Apr 30, 2006 5:59 am (#2647 of 2983)

Your welcome, Finn! I just finished rereading HBP last Sunday. So I guess it was fresh on my mind too!

Have fun at the T-ball parade, Puck family!!

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Kip Carter - Apr 30, 2006 7:04 am (#2648 of 2983)

Puck, I noticed that you were able to get to the Forum through the "backdoor" because of friendships established with some of our Forum Family. Yes, the Lexicon is down! (See my thread above, *** Problems Visiting the Harry Potter Lexicon - please read! for details.)

I am sure that there are members who may not have the knowledge that you had it getting to the Forums. If I could offer a suggestion to both you and any other member of our Forum, it would be to email those friends that you have met on the Forum who do not know how to get here and invited them on board by including this link, Harry Potter Lexicon Forum (http://wc6.worldcrossing.com/webx?1@702.5ewQa07ET2G@.ef4d335), for this Forum and this link, Harry Potter Lexicon FanFiction (http://wc1.worldcrossing.com/WebX?14@@.1ddb941c), for the FanFiction Forum.

If you don't have their email address, search this thread or Forum for their username and click on their profile. Many provide their email address; however some do not.

If you find that their email is unavailable, you are invited to let our Hosts know either with an email or with a post to the thread, *** Problems Visiting the Harry Potter Lexicon - please read!, which I mentioned above; however due to time commitments that our Hosts have, they may not be able to contact the friend as soon as you may desire. I thank you ahead of time.

Attention to All Who Read This Thread: The above suggestion is open to each of you also. I am sure that those who do not know the way in will appreciate an email or possibly an instant message from you. I am sure they would do the same in you were having possible problems getting here.

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Finn BV - Apr 30, 2006 7:49 am (#2649 of 2983)

Hi Kip!! Good to see you around here. Too bad about the Lexicon, hope it gets back up soon!

Enjoy the parade, Kathy, but don't jump the gun on watching TV!

Enjoy the RotD all!

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Gina R Snape - Apr 30, 2006 8:32 am (#2650 of 2983)
Edited Apr 30, 2006 9:21 am

Hey, Kip. Just read about the domain name problem. Thanks for the update. Let us know if $$$ is at issue and I'd be happy to kick in some.

ETA: Kip. Looks like junediamanti posted a direct link to your post about the domain issues on the sycophant hex community LJ. I know how you feel about direct links to the forum so I thought you might want to know.

http://community.livejournal.com/sycophant_hex/34909.html
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Thora - Apr 30, 2006 9:30 am (#2651 of 2983)

Wow, I'm glad I have the Forum in my favorites then.

I just hope Jo doesn't need to check a fact while it's down (healing charms the Lexicon)

Thora

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Lupin is Lupin. Natch. - Apr 30, 2006 9:36 am (#2652 of 2983)

The Forum is down? **:looks around quizzically**: Maybe I get in through the backdoor as well. Hmmmm.....

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Viola Intonada - Apr 30, 2006 9:53 am (#2653 of 2983)

My bookmarks, in order, are: The Lexicon, JKR's site, the Forum and the Fanfiction site. I love bookmarks. I don't know if I would be able to find half my sites again without them.

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azi - Apr 30, 2006 9:55 am (#2654 of 2983)

I concur, Viola!

**healing charms to the Lexicon!**

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Denise P. - Apr 30, 2006 10:10 am (#2655 of 2983)

**:wonders if perhaps Kim needs her glasses checked because it clearly says the Lexicon was down, not the Forum****

I am sitting here with streaming eyes, headache, snuffling and sneezing from allergies. Ugh, not fun so I am off to try to nap.

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geauxtigers - Apr 30, 2006 10:59 am (#2656 of 2983)

I just went to the Lexicon and its working fine for me!

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azi - Apr 30, 2006 11:07 am (#2657 of 2983)

Ain't working for me! **patience**

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Elanor - Apr 30, 2006 12:16 pm (#2658 of 2983)

Everything is working well for me too now, and colors and logos are back as well!

Belated Happy Birthday Gina!!! Joyeux anniversaire!

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Puck - Apr 30, 2006 12:45 pm (#2659 of 2983)

Thanks, Kip! I've seen many regulars here, but if I notice anyone missing I'll try to drop them a line!

Healing charms to the Lex! (I just checked, still getting the domain issue screen.)

Weather was perfect, and we had a wonderful time at the opening day parade.

Time to see if I still have a rug under the toys and cheerios.

Happy RotD, Kathy

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Tazzygirl - Apr 30, 2006 5:17 pm (#2660 of 2983)

All right, we have names for the new guineas! My Mom and I chose gender neutral names (or so we think). One is Mindil and the other is Groban. Mom and her class have this thing for Josh Groban, so they figured Groban would work. Mindil is a beach in Australia, up in Darwin. I have this thing where I name my pets after places in and around Australia- so Mindil it is! I was originally going for names from HP- but no one was big on that. How rude. Thanks for the name suggestions, Puck!

Have a great RotD/N everyone!

~Kristina

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Lupin is Lupin. Natch. - Apr 30, 2006 5:57 pm (#2661 of 2983)

**:wonders if perhaps Kim needs her glasses checked because it clearly says the Lexicon was down, not the Forum**---Denise (being fresh)

It's all one and the same to me.

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Gina R Snape - Apr 30, 2006 9:20 pm (#2662 of 2983)

Thanks Elanor.

Well, I saw Driving Lessons tonight. It was a lovely film, really funny and endearing. And Rupert was an absolute doll. I only got one or two good pics of him, which I'll post tomorrow. Can you believe, I brought my digital recorder and got Rupert to say 'Hey, this is Rupert Grint and Snape is a greasy git." and my recorder failed me!!!!!! I think I'll be tossing and turning tonight I'm so upset.

Oh well, it was a fun evening and I'm grateful to have been there at all.
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The giant squid - May 1, 2006 2:22 am (#2663 of 2983)

Marie, my condolences on the weird weather, but we've had some of our own today. It was hot (as usual--it is Vegas, after all) but calm, until about 6PM. Then there was a major windstorm for about a half hour...it even managed to knock out the power to the movie theater as well as the casino we're attached to. Yes, there's nothing I enjoy more than having to run up to the projection booth to get 10 projectors restarted before the customers get too restless. Oh, well, it's better than being the manager on the floor who has to try to keep said customers calm while I'm working my magic upstairs.

Gina, that's too bad about your recording. Clearly Severus put a hex on it, knowing full when what you intended it for. He is an accomplished legilimens, after all.

--Mike

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Finn BV - May 1, 2006 5:11 am (#2664 of 2983)

Oh Gina, too bad! I was in Tribeca last night for an art walk and really felt like sneaking over to the theater to see if Rupert had arrived early... At least you heard him say it, he can't take it back now!

I'm still at home since I am... GETTING BRACES TODAY!!! LOL I'm a bit scared and a bit excited... we'll see how it goes!

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Marie E. - May 1, 2006 5:23 am (#2665 of 2983)

Thanks for all the weather charms. It snowed on Friday, off and on flurries, and then warmed up on Saturday to the 50's. Yesterday was gorgeous in the morning and rainy in the afternoon and evening. We really need the rain.

We bought a tree to replace the one that fell down last year. I believe it's called a Canada Red Cherry. It blooms with red leaves. It sounds pretty, anyway. Mr E got it in the ground right before it started raining.

We had company over last night and my girls got to bed late. I'm feeling so guilty about them not getting enough sleep. They're big, whiny bears in the morning even on normal days.

I'm picking up my pictures of my nephew weekend today. I'll bug Mr E about renewing my membership so I can put up pics of Cobain. He's very cute! **non-biased**

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kaykay1970 - May 1, 2006 5:40 am (#2666 of 2983)

I found my digital camera problem. Whoever loaded the Easter pictures onto the pc left them in a file on the camera's memory card. So that is why the card had no memory although it said there were only 7 pictures... My sister did the 1 hour photo processing so I am happy!

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Thora - May 1, 2006 6:44 am (#2667 of 2983)

Hey is the Lexicon back up? I couldn't see the pages a few hours ago and they just loaded fine a minute ago.

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Tazzygirl - May 1, 2006 12:43 pm (#2668 of 2983)

Have fun getting braces, Finn!! Like I said a while ago- take Advil or Tylenol before going in! It will help immensely!

My camera always ends up not working in the times that I need it. My sympathies to Gina and Kay!

Hope you all have a wonderful RotD/N!

~Kristina

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Finn BV - May 1, 2006 2:26 pm (#2669 of 2983)

Looks like our Lexicon healing charms worked guys!

I am wearing the braces. I am wearing the braces. I am wearing the braces. LOL, they're not bad actually. I took Motrin going in and took some Advil coming out. There's a little pain, but it's not too bad.

If you could all send some healing charms to my keyboard - STILL not working – and since your Lexicon ones worked so well, that would be great!!

Enjoy the RotD!

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Puck - May 1, 2006 2:51 pm (#2670 of 2983)

whee! The Lex is back! (Though I am still without an avatar. )

Healing charms to Finn's teeth and keyboard! (And to others having technical problems.)

Mike, your theater doesn't close dow during a power outage? When I worked at one we had to, as there was no electricity to run the projectors!

My mother's helper came came! Hooray! For those wondering, I did, in fact, find a rug beneath the expansive of toys, papers and cheerios!

Happy RotD, Kathy

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Stephanie M. - May 1, 2006 3:06 pm (#2671 of 2983)

Glad you teeth don't hurt too much, Finn! Your teeth will look so pretty once they come off!

Kathy, I'm glad you can see the floor! (Except I really like cheerios... )

I hope everyone's technical issues get worked out soon! My keyboard still doesn't work... I will get it replaced after finals.

Happy 75th Anniversary to the Empire State Building!

Have a good rest of the day everybody!!!

Edit:Just remember electronics and liquids don't like each other! Keyboards tend to get very angry and stop working.

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Finn BV - May 1, 2006 3:22 pm (#2672 of 2983)

Ooh, happy birthday Empire State Building! I think it's older than any forum member... maybe. LOL

Thanks, Steph and Kathy!

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Julie Aronson - May 1, 2006 3:51 pm (#2673 of 2983)

Soothing charms to your mouth, Finn.

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Gina R Snape - May 1, 2006 4:06 pm (#2674 of 2983)

Finn, did you get the regular metal kind? Plastic ones that blend into your teeth? Or the colored ones they have now?

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Finn BV - May 1, 2006 4:12 pm (#2675 of 2983)

Gina, I got metal ones for the bottom and porcelain for the tops. Everybody says that you can't see them (because they blend in with my teeth) unless I pull down my bottom lip, which is a good thing I guess.

I thought the colored ones were only colored because of the rubber bands. In any event, I don't have colored ones or rubber bands.

Julie, thanks!

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Madam Pince - May 1, 2006 7:45 pm (#2676 of 2983)

Gina, what a shame about your recorder! Curses, curses, curses on technological equipment that doesn't work!!! Sounds like a fun evening at the Film Festival, though. Finn and Steph, hope your computer woes are soon straightened out....

Speaking of "straightening out" -- woo-hoo on the new braces, Finn! Hope they don't hurt too badly. They sound very cool!

Phooey on WorldCrossing for you not getting your avatar yet, Puck! Hope it happens soon!

Marie, that is some weird weather you are having! How do you keep everyone from getting sick? We keep going back and forth between having the heat on and having the A/C on here, too, but it's because Mr. Pince and I have...um.... thermostat issues. It's been getting pretty cold here at night, too, so when he has the A/C on when going to bed, it's freezing when I wake up first in the morning. So, naturally, I put the heat on. ***evil cackle***

We're going to our cabin / my Mom's house again tomorrow through Sunday, so I won't be back until then. Everyone enjoy the RotWeek!

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Finn BV - May 1, 2006 7:47 pm (#2677 of 2983)

They sound very cool!

Well, I guess that's one way to describe them. LOL. Have a fun week, Madam P!

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Madam Pince - May 1, 2006 7:49 pm (#2678 of 2983)

Yeah, I'm such a geek. I'm probably the only person in the world who would think braces are cool. The whole technology of it just amazes me, you know? And the fact that they can make ones you can hardly see, well that just impresses the heck out of me!

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Mrs. Sirius - May 1, 2006 9:34 pm (#2679 of 2983)

Happy Birthday Gina! Happy birthday and anniversaries and congratulations on the new job and on the grades...

Finn good luck with your braces, hopefully you won't have to wear them too long.

I have missed so much lately. I have been in serious lurker mode for some time now. I went back to work and can just barely get to read through my favorite threads. Now I have been having these weird computer problems, since I don't know how to fix them we may just have to BUY a new computer! Sheshh, technology!

Kip, I have been here since 2002, there is a secret way in and I never heard of it????

Edit: Question if I get a new computer, can anyone tell what will happen to my certificates earned at the JKR site? Will lose them? is there any way to transfer the cookies from my current computer to a new one?

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The giant squid - May 2, 2006 12:27 am (#2680 of 2983)

Mike, your theater doesn't close down during a power outage?—Puck

We probably would if it were a long-term outage. Our power was only off for a few seconds--just long enough for everything to shut down. Since we're connected to one of the casinos the backup generators are pretty good. Don't want those slot machines shutting down, now do we?

Welcome to the world of orthodontia, Finn. The pain won't be too bad now, but wait until you go in for an adjustment... I'm convinced that orthodontic schools select for sadistic tendencies.

Mrs. Sirius: technically, there is a way to transfer your cookies. Just copy them onto a disk and paste them into the new computer's cookie folder. Of course, if you've picked up any spyware or other nasty stuff that poses as a cookie it'll come along as well. You'd probably be better off just getting all the goodies from JKR's site all over again.

--Mike

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Amilia Smith - May 2, 2006 12:58 am (#2681 of 2983)

I'm convinced that orthodontic schools select for sadistic tendencies.

****sings****

You have a talent for causin' things pain
Son, be a dentist
People will pay you to be inhumane
Your temperament's wrong for the priesthood
And teaching would suit you still less
Son, be a dentist
You'll be a success


Healing charms to Mrs. Sirius's, Finn's and Steph's computers ~~~~~~~~~~

Accio charms to Puck's avatar ~~~~~~~~~~~~

Mills.

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kaykay1970 - May 2, 2006 4:55 am (#2682 of 2983)

Suddenly I have a strange fear of being eaten by a large plant. Thanks Amelia Smith! HeeHee

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Good Evans - May 2, 2006 7:29 am (#2683 of 2983)

son, be a dennnnntist - **sings along with Mills**  Love that show and the song!!!

I went to the Dentist today for my fillings, not too painful, but why do they insist on talking to you when your mouth is full of metal clamps????!!!! empathies and charms to Finn!!!

I then played golf - and played the worst round of my life - the only way is definitely up!!!!

chuckles, have a great rotd folks

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Viola Intonada - May 2, 2006 10:32 am (#2684 of 2983)

I guess it is a week of dental visits for the Forum. Yesterday I had to go to the dentist to get a filling fixed, part of it had broken off. The dentist asked if I wanted "numbed", like an idiot I said, "Nah". It probably would have been more painful to have the shots (and its never comfortable when it wears off), but there were a few moments that were quite painful. *shudders*

Mrs. Sirius, don't look at it as losing all of the certificates, look at it that you will get to earn them all back! (Which is most of the fun anyway)

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Lupin is Lupin. Natch. - May 2, 2006 1:43 pm (#2685 of 2983)

For those of you who remember the incident with the strawberries, I had another Ranger Kim incident this weekend. (For those of you who don't, see here Lupin is Lupin. Natch., "-- Chat and Greeting Thread (31 Aug 05 to 12 Jan 06)" #351, 11 Sep 2005 3:13 pm.

My husband and I were enjoying a lovely weekend sans children (thanks Mom!) and after a lovely if exhausting 10 mile walk we decided to treat ourselves with ice cream at our favorite ice cream stand--complete with farm animals! We took our ice creams off to a corner and while enjoying them we heard the geese putting up and awful racket. Since geese can be noisy on their best days we didn't think too much of it.

After finishing, we sauntered over to the animals where, much to our shock and horror, a group of girls in soccer uniforms (looks like sportsmanship was left off the practice list) and a couple of their siblings--the majority of people were in the 10-11 year old age range and the two siblings appeared to be around 6 and 9, were throwing stones at the animals. Geese, sheep, goats, you name it. They couldn't pick up the stones fast enough. And they were laughing. My blood chills just to think of it. And their parents? you might ask. Oh, well, they were too busy chatting to see what their little darlings were up to.

Mr. Ranger Kim and I starting squawking ourselves. "Hey, stop that!" "Are you throwing rocks at the animals?!" "Put that down!" Finally, one of the parents clued in, turned around and said to his oh-so-charming son, "Are you throwing rocks?" "No" said the not-too-bright cherub, stone still in hand. Then, turning to his older sister, "She was doing it too!" "No I wasn't!" she said with a puss, the rock also still in her hand. The parents then gathered up the group of hoodlums and left.

And should you be wondering, there was no "Oh, I'm so sorry, please forgive, Tommy, Susie, Jenny, Sarah, etc., etc... We don't know what could have come over them. I'm so embarrassed." People never apologize for the appalling lack of behavior in their children anymore. It's downright depressing.

Well, that's today's rant.

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Finn BV - May 2, 2006 1:54 pm (#2686 of 2983)

That was an entertaining read, Kim. Thanks! How awful.

Healing charms to all our members who have visited the dentist or with computer problems!

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haymoni - May 2, 2006 2:02 pm (#2687 of 2983)

Healing charms to the animals!!!

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Stephanie M. - May 2, 2006 2:37 pm (#2688 of 2983)

Oh, those poor Animals!

Healing charms to everyone and everything!

Good weather charms to Marie, and anyone else that has been having weird weather!

I love going to the dentist. I hate going to the doctor. I don't mind going to the eye doctor either... I also enjoy broccoli.

Have a good RotD!

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azi - May 2, 2006 2:43 pm (#2689 of 2983)

I fully admit to hating geese, but I would *never* throw anything at them (I run away/avoid them). Disgusting behaviour.

Eeek, fillings without a numbed mouth? Couldn't do that...

Ack, what a day! First, I had fieldwork all day which involved measuring the circumference, elevation and identifying over 100 trees. This was somewhat hindered by 3 of the 4 males I was working with, who felt their time was better spent using the clinometer to pretend to shoot each other, canes to hit each other, and generally arguing and chasing each other. I can forgive some of this, since we're all stressing out about the looming maths exam on Thursday, but after 4 nights of bad sleep and your own stress on top, I did get ever so slightly annoyed!

After this, the group got together to revise maths, since 3 of us had no idea what to do. Three and a half hours later, I'd been given a crash course in factorising, simultaneous equations and the product, quotient, chain and power rules of differentiation. Naturally, I am now shattered, except I can't sleep and it sounds like my floor are having another loud night! I am, however, extremely grateful to my friends for helping me with maths and tomorrow I'll be helping them learn statistics (which I can do better than them). I'm hoping my rather erratic mood swings and tiredness will improve rapidly after the exam.

Hope everyone has a relaxing day!

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Puck - May 2, 2006 3:14 pm (#2690 of 2983)

happy dance while chanting "Red Sox beat the Yankees!" Take that Johnny Damon! (For those who don't know, Damon was one of our players who left to join the rival team. Kind of like if Hagrid suddenly up and became a DE. (in no way implying Yankees are as bad as Death Eaters. )

On the subject of baseball, son's first game cancelled due to rain.

Kim, thanks for speaking up! I once had to do the same for a foul-mouthed pre-teen throwing rocks at the most beautiful butterfly I had ever seen. Her excuse was she thought it was bird. Yeah, like that's better. Mom was very busy sunbathing. I do promise you that when my boy -then age three- bit a stranger's child in the picture place at the mall, I was properly mortified, apologized profusely, and did not allow cartoons for several days!

Thanks, Madame Pince! Kip has sweetly offered to get involved on my behalf. *waves to Kip* Hopefully will be resolved soon.

My diva just had her first dental appointment last week. She did great!

Best of luck with the exams, Azi!

Happy RotD! Kathy

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Lupin is Lupin. Natch. - May 2, 2006 4:55 pm (#2691 of 2983)

Kim, thanks for speaking up!---Puck

LOL Speaking up has never been my problem.

I do promise you that when my boy -then age three- bit a stranger's child in the picture place at the mall, I was properly mortified, apologized profusely, and did not allow cartoons for several days!---Puck

I stand corrected. See? That's all I want. A little parental mortification. Is that too much to ask?

In the interest of full disclosure, I need a filling replaced and I've put it off for several months. I can't say that reading the chat thread the past few days is making me any more inclined to schedule it.

It's American Idol night and since my kids never throw stones at other living creatures I'm gonna let them stay up past their bedtime and watch it.

**: starts chanting 'come on Elliot, come on Elliot, come on Elliot' **:

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boop - May 2, 2006 5:00 pm (#2692 of 2983)

Kim, what a sad thing for those animals to go through.

Best of Luck to anyone with finals or papers due.

Tomorrow I start working 13 days straight of overtime. The student have to be out Saturday at 4pm. Then we have to get the buildings turned over for summer camps.

Have a great RotD!

hugs always

boop

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Finn BV - May 2, 2006 6:03 pm (#2693 of 2983)

Boop, I looked in your profile to see what school you were talking about and I see that you work at penn! Stephanie's sister will be heading off to penn for the next school year, wouldn't that be cool if you got to meet her! LOL

Just wanted to thank Chemyst publicly for her "addition" to my avatar.

Kim, the *dentist* is fine. I never hurt going in, during, or coming out of the dentist. It's just the soreness of the braces on my tongue. I had a filling once, it was (I recall, but I could be wrong... haha) relatively painless.

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Tazzygirl - May 2, 2006 6:08 pm (#2694 of 2983)

Healing charms to computers and people and animals.

I have one more class this week, and one final test day next week, and I then I am on summer break!!! Yippeee!

Have a fabulous RotD/N everyone!

~Kristina

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Viola Intonada - May 2, 2006 7:21 pm (#2695 of 2983)

Kim, all I have to say is that the longer you wait to get your filling fixed the worse it's going to be. If you can stand up to misbehaving children that are not yours.... (Great job in doing so )

I'm a wimp when it comes to other people’s children (remember I am the Aid, not the Teacher) Discipline seems to be taking a back seat to other things these days. I see kids doing things that I would have never thought of doing when I was their age. I'm sure my parents said the same thing about my generation, too.

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Loopy Lupin - May 3, 2006 5:49 am (#2696 of 2983)

Kim, thanks for speaking up!---Puck

LOL Speaking up has never been my problem. – Kim


You can say that again.

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Lupin is Lupin. Natch. - May 3, 2006 6:10 am (#2697 of 2983)

You can say that again.---Loopy Lupin (the wallflower)

Oh, hush.

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haymoni - May 3, 2006 6:37 am (#2698 of 2983)

Hey all!

We've had a break-through at our house!!

Hubby actually read some of Sorcerer's Stone to The Beautifulest One last night!

I was in our bedroom and I heard her ask for him to read to her and he picked up right where we left off - "Quidditch".

She fell asleep right after Lee's first commentary, but HUBBY ACTUALL READ SOME OF THE BOOK!!!

I'm going to go post this on the "Significant Others" thread!

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Thora - May 3, 2006 6:40 am (#2699 of 2983)

Brats. GRRRRRRRRR.

I think if I'd caught my kids throwing rocks at geese they would have at least stood with their noses to a tree for a while.

I'm constantly getting congratulated by little old ladies for disciplining my kids in public, but that's really more of a sign of how wild my kids are than how good of a parent I am, isn't it? lol.

There are for to many Vernon and Petunia like couples in the world, in my mind anyway.

Thora

Edit: Congrats haymoni! I'll never forget the way it felt when my hubby first showed interest in shareing HP with me.

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Tazzygirl - May 3, 2006 1:41 pm (#2700 of 2983)

I am so excited. I'm literally jumping off the walls. I received my letter today from the College of Education up at the University of Hawaii- I GOT ACCEPTED!!! YIPPPEEEEEE!

Butterbeers for all! Hugs for all!

Hope you all have a wonderfully fantastic RotD/N!!!

~Kristina
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azi - May 3, 2006 1:44 pm (#2701 of 2983)

Yey, go Tazzy! Well done!

Congratulations, Haymoni! Persistence pays off!

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Snuffles - May 3, 2006 1:46 pm (#2702 of 2983)

Way to go haymoni don't think I will ever achieve that!!

Congratulations Tazzy, I'm really please for you

Have a good day/night everyone

Julie

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haymoni - May 3, 2006 1:52 pm (#2703 of 2983)

Congrats, Tazzy!

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kaykay1970 - May 3, 2006 2:03 pm (#2704 of 2983)

Congratulations Tazzy!!

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Finn BV - May 3, 2006 2:19 pm (#2705 of 2983)

Tazzy, fantastic!! That's great, good luck!

Haymoni, that's also wonderful news. Seems like our forum members are having good days!

Enjoy the RotD all!

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Catherine - May 3, 2006 2:56 pm (#2706 of 2983)

A little parental mortification. Is that too much to ask?--Lupin is Lupin

Not in my book. There SHOULD plenty of it to go around, I tell ya. I just wish we had a license plate for the little Ted Bundy wanna-be types whose animal torture you interrupted in such a timely manner. Just so we can alert the neighborhood watch folk.

I've experienced my own bouts of parental mortification, and I daresay that trend shall continue, if history repeats itself as it is wont to do.

I gave my last two exams today. HURRAY FOR ME!

Congrats to Tazzy--you must feel so relieved and happy!

** waves to Loopy the "wallflower" **

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Tazzygirl - May 3, 2006 3:18 pm (#2707 of 2983)

Thanks everybody!

I feel immensely relieved- I was starting to think I'd have to find a different University to apply to. The letters were supposed to be mailed out a couple weeks ago. My friend called to see if I had received a letter yet, because she just got hers this morning too. Very exciting. So I now officially have 2 years before I finally graduate. Whoo-hoo!! And I start student teaching this Fall. Yeay!!!

YEAY!! to Catherine! Isn't the end of the semester wonderful?

Now I actually feel motivated to write the stack of papers (16) that I haven't really made a dent in... They are due in a week.

~Kristina

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Thora - May 3, 2006 3:26 pm (#2708 of 2983)

16! EEK!

Quick, someone send a self correcting quill via owl!

The Hermione in me is panicked at the thought, and they aren't even my papers!

Thora

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Tazzygirl - May 3, 2006 3:33 pm (#2709 of 2983)

Thanks, Thora! It is a little daunting, huh?

~Kristina

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Catherine - May 3, 2006 4:05 pm (#2710 of 2983)

The Hermione in me is panicked at the thought, and they aren't even my papers! –Thora

Oh, dear. **fans self, and snatches the cold compress** I have had repeated nightmares during exams in which I am standing in the middle of a field, waiting to take a calculus final that I have not studied for, and in fact, did not know I would be taking.

Keep in mind that I am not taking exams, merely administering and grading them. My students' stress does rub off, I think. Definitely contagious.

I have been pleased with my students' responses to my classes. After exams, I alerted them to my Facebook account, and they have made me smile with their postings and links.

**waves to Mandy, Julie, and Finn who are on Facebook**

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boop - May 3, 2006 4:29 pm (#2711 of 2983)

haymoni, Thats great news!!!

Kristina, Congrats to getting accepted. Good luck on your 16 papers.

Catherine, at least you were the one giving the exams.

Enjoy the RotD!

hugs always

boop

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Finn BV - May 3, 2006 6:51 pm (#2712 of 2983)

Catherine, at least you were the one giving the exams. –Betty

Oh, how true!!!! LOL.

**waves back to Catherine and Mandy and Julie** Catherine, you have to friend Steph, or the other way around, or something, she is the one who got me on Facebook!

Eek, Kristina, I thought 4 projects – math, history, Spanish, and English – were enough!

Enjoy the RotD everybody. I have a history assignment I haven't touched. And with my teacher, that might take a while.

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Kip Carter - May 3, 2006 7:02 pm (#2713 of 2983)

Puck, you now have Premium status.

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Finn BV - May 3, 2006 7:44 pm (#2714 of 2983)

Kathy, congrats on your long-awaited arrival of premium-ship!

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Puck - May 3, 2006 7:55 pm (#2715 of 2983)

Wheeee! I just noticed that myself! Thanks, Kip!

Now, I just have to figure out how to downsize my pictures. I took this one from the net, so it was already sized properly.

Congrats to Kristina! Personally, I never had any doubt you'd get accepted.

Boop, hope all the work is going well. Do you get a break after all the students clear out?

We had a quiet, rainy day. I took all the clothes that baby is starting to outgrow out of her dresser and loaded in the new ones. *sigh* One kid down, two to go. *heaving sigh*

Okay, I'm going to hit the "post" button so I can stand back and admire my avatar!

Happy RotD

Kathy

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kaykay1970 - May 3, 2006 8:02 pm (#2716 of 2983)

Nice to see your avatar, Kathy! Congratulations!!

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Puck - May 3, 2006 8:13 pm (#2717 of 2983)

Thanks, Kay!

Oh, I meant to mention I heard another HP song on XM Kids radio today. It was basically a narrative of the POA story. I was cooking dinner, and ran into the family room to turn up the music when I realized what the song was. I can't remember the name, but it did say it was on the XM Kids CD.

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Snuffles - May 4, 2006 12:23 am (#2718 of 2983)

Congrats Kathy, now you can try and take the crown off Kristina on the Five Word Thread

Julie

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Julie Aronson - May 4, 2006 2:06 am (#2719 of 2983)

**waves back to Catherine and Finn!** Mandy, I keep trying to add you but it won't let me! Feel free to add me if you want--my name is right before your eyes.

I get to take my Civil Procedure final tonight. Eek.

Have a great day!

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Tazzygirl - May 4, 2006 2:11 am (#2720 of 2983)

Congratulations, Puck, on your new status!! I love your current avatar- very pretty! Thank you for the support!

Snuffles: ... take the crown off Kristina on the Five Word Thread. We'll just see about that! Since we have a brand new shiny Potty Five Words (Part II), I say: Bring it on!! **pats top of head to make sure crown is still safely on top** No- seriously- it will be an honor to pass it on to the next queen/king of Five Words.

I just got back from a lovely dinner with some friends from class. It was our last class tonight, so we all thought we'd celebrate.

Now it is time for me to go to sleep.

~Kristina

EDIT: Good Luck with your final, Julie A.!!!

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kaykay1970 - May 4, 2006 3:07 am (#2721 of 2983)

Happy birthday Tazzy! I hope you have a wonderful day!!

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Snuffles - May 4, 2006 3:09 am (#2722 of 2983)

Happy Birthday Tazzy

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The giant squid - May 4, 2006 4:03 am (#2723 of 2983)

Congrats on getting accepted, Tazzy. Makes the commute a lot easier, huh? Driving to California from Hawaii can be a bear...

Congrats also to Puck for (finally) getting Premium status, and to Catherine for handing out her last punishment exams. is the school year over already? When I was in school we had to hold out until the end of May, and finals weren't until...well, the final days.

Then again, I've noticed kids get a lot more days off than we did (at least here in Nevada vs. North Dakota where I grew up). I'm not saying that's the reason behind the declining quality of qraduates these days, but...

Yeesh...I'm too young to be pulling "When I was their age" stuff. Someone shoot me before senility sets in.

--Mike

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Finn BV - May 4, 2006 4:45 am (#2724 of 2983)

Kristina, Happy Birthday!

Julie A., good luck on your finals... Civil procedure? Eek is right!!

I have a tennis meet and a piano lesson tonight, which means all my other time will have to be used doing homework.

**waves to Squid Mike who is likely still awake**

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Loopy Lupin - May 4, 2006 5:38 am (#2725 of 2983)

I get to take my Civil Procedure final tonight. Eek. – Julie

Good luck with that. As my civpro professor said, and I quote, "In order to have jurisdiction, you've got to have jurisdiction." There, that should illuminate things for you a bit.

OH MY GAWD!!!! I won't engage in any spoilers or hidden text, but I can't refrain from commenting on "Lost" last night. Oh my Gawd!!!! ***waves to Catherine and Kim*****

Good luck with your tennis match Finn.

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Snuffles - May 4, 2006 6:09 am (#2726 of 2983)

Loopy, Pleeeeease feel free to write any spoilers in white text, the 2nd series has only just started here and I neeeeeeeeed to know what is going on!!!!

Julie

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Denise P. - May 4, 2006 6:20 am (#2727 of 2983)

**fans self**** I sure sat up and took notice on Lost last night. Did you hear the thunk as my jaw hit the floor??

Poor Sayid!! I didn't see that coming but it confirmed to me that I have always thought Kate was a sleeze. Maybe now Jack will see it. And who would have thought Sawyer would do that??

It will make for an interesting next week!

Before anyone is upset that I spoiled them, I am just having fun. I would *never* post a spoiler where it could be seen like that! **waves to Kim, who probably had a heart attack****

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Thora - May 4, 2006 6:27 am (#2728 of 2983)

Happy birthday Tazzy.

Squid Mike: I'm feeling a bit old myself, and I don't even have the right yet. My much younger brother just turned 17 and I'm not adjusting well to the thought of him being an adult in 363 days.

I missed Lost last night, I know, gasp. I didn't really realise it was wednesday. The kids had me pulling out my hair until my husband got home at 11:30. The sad thing is they were in bed at 9:30 and it took me that long to de-stress. I get to drive 8 hours with them today, happy, happy, joy. Now we know why some witches are depicted as bald, they had kids.

Thora

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Lupin is Lupin. Natch. - May 4, 2006 6:34 am (#2729 of 2983)

Before anyone is upset that I spoiled them, I am just having fun. I would *never* post a spoiler where it could be seen like that! **waves to Kim, who probably had a heart attack****---Denise

You stinker! I did!

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Winky Woo - May 4, 2006 7:00 am (#2730 of 2983)

Well I was scared to come and take a look knowing what a chatty bunch you guys are, but still 112 posts is a lot so I skimmed through. The down side to that is that you get some very surreal images as you speed through things Eg I misread the description of Finns Middle Mania and had bizarre images of 6th graders pulling on his skirt! What kind of mania do they have exactly at middle school? That did give me pause for thought and a quick re-read of the post! (should have been shirt!)

Happy Birthday Tazzy, (oh and congrats on Uni too) I know I have missed others so a group hug to all, congratulations, healing charms, scourgify, and concentration spells to those that need them, and especially for those in the UK I brought back the wonderful Mediterranean weather!

I'm off to catch up on the other posts....I may be quite a while...

Winky X

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azi - May 4, 2006 8:24 am (#2731 of 2983)

Yey, Puck! Hope you enjoy posting loads!

Good luck, Julie A!

Oh yes, I need to start the new Potty story...now my exams are finished I might be posting more as well.

My last exam (maths) went...bad. Suffice to say that if I got full marks on what I did, I'd still only get 50%. Ah well, can't be good at everything in life!

Went on big wheel in York today to celebrate no more exams. Nice view. Then looked at trains (the wheel is part of the Railway Museum) and insisted on having my picture taken with the Platform 9 3/4 sign. Hehe!

Lovely sunny weather here. Adorable! Hope everyone has an equally sunny day!

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Soul Mate for Sirius - May 4, 2006 8:29 am (#2732 of 2983)

Hey everyone!

So, I have some exciting news, but in order for it to make sense I have to catch you up on what's been going on in my life during my absence. Aaron and I are no longer together. We're still friends, but he "met" someone else and moved on. No biggie, I have too! Anyway, I'm with someone else now and we got engaged 2 months ago!!! I'm so excited!!

But that's not all of it!! I just found out yesterday that I'm pregnant! I couldn't be happier!!

Okay, I'm done gushing. I couldn't help myself! Anyway, I have a lot of catching up to do on the other threads, so Happy Belated birthday yet again to those I missed!!

-Jenn

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Snuffles - May 4, 2006 8:35 am (#2733 of 2983)

Jenn, that is fantastic news on your engagement and pregnancy , you have a right to gush.

Julie

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Julie Aronson - May 4, 2006 8:47 am (#2734 of 2983)

Wow, Jenn. Congrats!!!

Thanks for the good wishes--I need them all--my finals period is just starting...

I appreciate the clarification about jurisdiction, Loopy, it really helped. So does that apply to the jurisdictional requirements for class actions, too?

Azi, don't sweat your math exam. Do they grade on a curve? If so, you might end up with a much higher grade than you think!

* whimper*

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azi - May 4, 2006 9:13 am (#2735 of 2983)

Congratulations Jenn!

Don't worry Julie, I ain't sweating! I'm not sure how they grade them, I think it's just what you got right. The lecturers might not mark them yet, as some are on an assessment strike anyway...I can wait for that result!

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haymoni - May 4, 2006 9:27 am (#2736 of 2983)

Wow, Jenn!

I have just one question - the new man understands your HP obsession, yes???

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Loopy Lupin - May 4, 2006 9:29 am (#2737 of 2983)

I appreciate the clarification about jurisdiction, Loopy, it really helped. So does that apply to the jurisdictional requirements for class actions, too? – Julie

Glad to be of service. As to your question, unfortunately you'll find that most actions have no class.

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Holly T. - May 4, 2006 9:53 am (#2738 of 2983)

Hello all! Congrats and well wishes all around.

Whew, I was out of town all last week and was so busy at the convention I didn't have time to go scope out the other booths. It was the Texas Library Association convention and in the past I have picked up some HP-related stuff there but not this time.

So far this week I am behind at work (from being out of the office for a week); my son has been sick (but not sick enough to slow down, which means he is as active as usual, only grumpier and with germs); my husband has been in Dallas on business; I just found out my sister (who lives near me) is moving to California as soon as school gets out; my son has been officially diagnosed as dyslexic and we have a meeting at the school tomorrow to go over the test results; we are having a paper supply issue with the printer that does production on the journal I work for and therefore the April issue has still not been printed even though it is now May; my son's birthday is next week and I haven't sent out invitations for his birthday party (although I have threatened to cancel it--see above about grumpiness); and my parents, my in-laws, my brother, sister-in-law, and niece are all visiting this weekend--both kids have baseball/softball games and my daughter has her dance recital--naturally this is the weekend my husband will be working at a homeless shelter (he was very pleased about the timing once he found out everyone was visiting). My house is a wreck. I very much need a house elf.

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haymoni - May 4, 2006 10:04 am (#2739 of 2983)

House Guests = House Elves????

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Holly T. - May 4, 2006 10:08 am (#2740 of 2983)

My mother-in-law will actually be overjoyed at the idea of being able to help me clean the house. So she is sort of like a house elf. She's even short!

That sounds very mean. I actually like my MIL, sometimes better than my own mom. My son says my mom looks like a cross between Ursula the sea witch (from Disney's Little Mermaid) and Jabba the Hutt. I told him that was a mean thing to say about his Grandma. My husband says he shouldn't get in too much trouble for telling the truth.

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Chemyst - May 4, 2006 10:15 am (#2741 of 2983)

Holly, just breathe.

Kudos to Denise, that was a good one! **hopes your jaw is OK**

Tazzy... after reading about your 16 papers, I had to join the queue waiting for the cold compresses, but now that I have recovered, congratulations on the birthday and school admission.

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Loopy Lupin - May 4, 2006 10:18 am (#2742 of 2983)

My husband says he shouldn't get in too much trouble for telling the truth-- Holly T.

Perhaps the boy shouldn't get into too much trouble (Miss Manners would disagree and is distressed by the current shortage of cold compresses), but certainly the same rules can't apply to husbands, can they?

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Julie Aronson - May 4, 2006 10:30 am (#2743 of 2983)

Loopy, I'm beginning to think that a lot of this law stuff has no class!

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Holly T. - May 4, 2006 10:39 am (#2744 of 2983)

As my mom once beat my husband (back when he was just my fiance and had delivered the joyous news that we were to be wed) on the head with a TV remote control I think even Miss Manners would agree that he is entitled to say whatever he wants about her.

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haymoni - May 4, 2006 10:46 am (#2745 of 2983)

Wow!

And he married you anyway???

Now that's love, folks!

Or maybe he was just Confunded after having been beaten by the remote!

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Soul Mate for Sirius - May 4, 2006 10:49 am (#2746 of 2983)

haymoni- While my fiance doesn't share my love for Harry Potter (or for reading at all for that matter) he lets me be with my obsession and has been known to surprise me occasionally on my return from work with a bowl of popcorn and a "Harry Potter movie night" So that always wins him brownie points.

Holly, good luck with everything you've got going on this weekend. Cheering charms for you son! I hope everything runs as smoothly as possible!!

-Jenn (<-- my face has changed with my new good news!!)

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Good Evans - May 4, 2006 11:31 am (#2747 of 2983)

Jenn - I am so pleased for you, congratulations !!!!

Kristina - woo hoo on getting accepted at UOH (????University of Hawaii) - well done!

Holly T - now that is a story to remind hubby of from time to time!!! lol

May the Fourth be with you all today !!! couldnt resist.

Julie X

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Elanor - May 4, 2006 11:38 am (#2748 of 2983)
Edited May 4, 2006 12:09 pm

Jenn, congratulations indeed!

Kristina, that's really great!!! Congratulations too! Edit: and Happy Birthday!!! Joyeux anniversaire!

Julie: "May the Fourth be with you all today !!!

LOL! Reminds me of a joke I once read: What is Obi-wan always telling Luke at lunchtime? "Use the fork, Luke..." (sorry, couldn't resist either )

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Puck - May 4, 2006 12:07 pm (#2749 of 2983)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, KRISTINA!!!

Jenn, what wonderful news!! Congratulations!

Holly, I'm tired just reading the post! Energy and sanity charms to you!

LOL on the Star Wars puns!

Lost is on TiVo. Will be sure to watch tonight!

I had a fun morning of bathingsuit shopping. I lost track of time, and ended up 15 minutes late picking Diva up from school. I called to say I would be late, and she played happily, not the least bit upset that I wasn't on time. I took her out to lunch to make up for it.

Beautiful day here. Tee-ball game this evening!

Happy RotD, Kathy

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Tazzygirl - May 4, 2006 12:20 pm (#2750 of 2983)

Thanks for all the birthday wishes and congratulations! I tell you what, this has been a fabulous couple of days for me. Tonight I am going to dinner with my aunt and uncle and the kids to celebrate. Buca de Beppo!! Yippee!

Congratulations Jenn!!

I haven't had a chance to watch LOST yet... My aunt knocked on my door this morning and asked if I had seen it yet. When I said I didn't she replied "No way! It was awesome." Thus- I am now going to go watch LOST.

Have a great RotD/N everyone!!

~Kristina
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Catherine - May 4, 2006 1:16 pm (#2751 of 2983)

Holly, your post helped me see that as stressed out as I am today with submitting final grades and cleaning out my office, someone else definitely needs the cold compress more than I do. **hey, who's hogging the cold compress?? I think Holly needs it**

That said, I had an incredibly rude email from a student today. I submitted grades over 24 hours before they were due, mind you, and she sent me a note after I had submitted grades telling me to hurry up. In CAPSLOCK, no less. I wrote her the sternest email of my teaching career. Maybe she'll get a clue and learn some netiquette. **waves to Miss Manners**

I'm off to take migraine medication and head for a cool, dark room.

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haymoni - May 4, 2006 1:20 pm (#2752 of 2983)

How rude and how stupid!

NEVER insult an instructor until you've gotten your grade!!

Too bad you already posted hers!

What a brat!

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Tazzygirl - May 4, 2006 2:02 pm (#2753 of 2983)

I am sorry, Catherine! Hope you feel better too! **sending a bat-bogey hex to the student**

Just finished watching LOST and I have to join Denise in jaw dropping to the floor. Holy Mackeral. I'd post stuff in white, but this really is one of those episodes where you don't want to give anything away! ( at Snuffles! Sorry!) Can't wait for next week!

My goldfish is dying... I guess it's to be expected, as I tend to have bad luck with fish. I can keep alive any other type of pet, but fish and I just don't get along.

~Kristina

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Lina - May 4, 2006 2:30 pm (#2754 of 2983)

Congratulations, Kristina! Yay and butterbeer for you! That's great news! And !

Kathy, great avatar! Yay for you too.

Belated to all who celebrated in the time that I was just lurking on the forum. I'm in the middle of the spring cleaning and doctor checking for several members of the family (nobody is sick, we just have to do the checks). As I mentioned probably a year ago, spring cleaning is the source of the wonderful feeling: getting rid of stuff. While about those medical checks we have to do, my head is spinning - have to remember all the appointments and call to make new appointments. And for some appointments, there are only few hours in the month when you can make them. If you miss those hours, you have to wait until next month...

Finn, your avatar is great too!

Belated hugs to all who were sad and had bad luck those days too.

Wow, Jenn, that's great news! I wish you all the happiness in the world!

Strengthening charms to Holly!

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Stephanie M. - May 4, 2006 3:15 pm (#2755 of 2983)

Stephanie's sister will be heading off to penn for the next school year, wouldn't that be cool if you got to meet her!-Finn

The only problem with that is that my sister is going to UPenn (University of Pennsylvania... a lot of people just say Penn though). But trust me, if my sister was going to Penn State, I would have already contacted Boop and pleaded with her to get my sister a single room. **waves to Boop** My sister just sent in her top 10 room choices, the other day... (I personally don't think that she will get any of them... her top 5 were all singles and freshmen never usually get singles.)

Happy Birthday and CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!! to Kristina!!!! I'm so happy for you!!

Jenn, That's great news!! I'm glad that you are so happy! The new man, sounds so sweet with the popcorn and Harry Potter movie night!!

Puck, congratulations on the premium membership!!! I love your avatar! It's so pretty!

Kristina, I'm also sorry about your fish! Tomorrow would actually be the 4th birthday of my fish... but sadly, he died about a year and a half ago... LOL.

Catherine, I'm sorry about that rude student!! She obviously doesn't get the how much work you have to do since you had to grade them with a deadline! And Good job on getting them in so early! I know teachers who hand things in 3 minutes before the deadline!

Have a good rest of the day, everyone!!

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kaykay1970 - May 4, 2006 4:00 pm (#2756 of 2983)

Congratulations Jenn!! What wonderful news!

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Puck - May 4, 2006 4:36 pm (#2757 of 2983)

Lina! I've missed chatting with you! Alas, your evening is my afternoon, and the weather is too beautiful to stay inside and type. You're very welcome to come clean my house when you finish with yours!

Tazzy, sorry about the fish. They are trickly creatures to keep alive.

Tonight’s t-ball game was hilarious! My boy was on first base, and starting running the wrong way, coming back to get his glove. (I guess we hadn't explained you don't need it when your team is at bat.) Kids were just standing on bases, or sitting down on them, instead of running. They were various pile-ups of those attempting to catch the ball. The first baseman stood and watched as the ball sailed by. I was just hoping for fresh air, excerise, and family time, but it seems we're going to get some good laughs as well.

Oh, the avatar is the reflection of the recent eclipse on the face of the flower.

Happy RotD, Kathy

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Finn BV - May 4, 2006 5:51 pm (#2758 of 2983)

LOL Winky! No, they didn't pull down my skirt... perhaps that's the next addition to my avatar. First braces, and now a skirt.

Jenn, that is fantastic news about your engagement and pregnancy! I hope everything goes well for the two of you! And we hope you'll be back around more often!

Holly, geez! I thought going hard at school for 7 hours today – without a break or lunch – was tough!

Catherine, what an annoying case of discourtesy. I hate students who whine about getting grades. Teachers have lives too!

Tazzy, so sorry about your goldfish.

Lina, great avatar to you as well! Haven't see you nor Kate in a while... hope you'll be back to full posting strength soon!

Oops, Steph, sorry! LOL.

Kathy, haha, that's funny! By the way, what an interesting idea for a picture, your avatar!

We flattened our opponent today, winning all 11 of our matches. My doubles partner and I won 6-0, bringing my record (not his, I played with a new guy this time as normal partner was absent) to 2-1 – there was a match last week that I lost that I didn't get to tell you about. Today we played at their courts, which had cracks all over and falling apart. It sort of gave a sense of their quality as a team...

I still have a ton of homework because of my meet and piano lesson – still haven't had dinner too, and it's almost 9 pm, so I'll have to steer clear of the Forum until morning! Enjoy the RotD everybody!

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boop - May 4, 2006 6:23 pm (#2759 of 2983)

HAPPY BIRHTDAY TAZZY!!!

Congrats Jenn!!!

Kathy, I took 3 weeks off in July. So I will have some time off this summer.

hugs always

boop

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Tazzygirl - May 4, 2006 6:57 pm (#2760 of 2983)

Thank you again, everyone!

Also, thanks for the goldfish thoughts. Sadly he has officially died, and is now keeping Moaning Myrtle company in the U-bend. My friend thoughtfully told me that I should buy 5 more fish to make up for him.

Puck- it sounds like T-ball was a blast!

Congratulations, Finn, on flattening your tennis opponent!

~Kristina

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Marie E. - May 4, 2006 7:13 pm (#2761 of 2983)

Teachers have lives? Gosh, I had no idea. (She says while ordering graduation caps for her kindergarteners)

Congratulations, Jenn!!

Holly, I bet you're relieved to get the diagnosis finally. There are so many things that can't be done until that diagnosis is final. We started Lexie on her ADHD meds last Friday and I was a little nervous about it. Once of her main attractions is her bounciness and her vivaciousness. I was so afraid all that would be dampened. No fear! She still talks a mile a minute and smiles constantly. Her teacher reports big improvements in listening and finishing her work on time. So, yay for Lexie! Meanwhile, despite meds, Miss Shayla nearly got sent to the office for being rude and obstinant in class yesterday. Her teacher called me at work and thought maybe a "pep talk" from Mom might help. Let's just say I persuaded her to get back to work and apologise to her teacher.

More weather freakiness. Today we were socked in by a horrible fog that stuck around for six hours. My class insisted on still going out for recess. It's hard to believe that in a month or so I'll be whining about the heat.

I really need to start watching Lost. I keep meaning to TiVo it. Maybe that will be my summer project.

Have to get the kids to bed. TTFN

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Puck - May 4, 2006 7:32 pm (#2762 of 2983)

That's great about Lexie! To do well in school and keep her sparkling personality is the whole idea.

(in my best "mom" voice) Finn, if you're reading this, get back to work! You said no forum, yet I noticed several posts on the Five Words thread.

And now, a moment of silence for Kristina's fish.

Okay, another busy day tomorrow, so TTFN!

Kathy

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Lina - May 4, 2006 11:02 pm (#2763 of 2983)

Stephanie, you are so cute! Actually, you reminded me that this month would be the 14th birthday of my dog... but sadly, he was hit by a car about 9 years ago... Condolences to Kristina.

Kathy, I would love to come over to help you with the spring cleaning. The only problem is that as soon as I finish putting out the summer clothes and putting away the winter clothes, I have to start doing the opposite. And, since I have real problems with understanding the baseball rules, it is a real comfort to see that 7 yr old American boys have the same problem.

Finn, well those are the charms of spring. While I am busy with the spring cleaning, Kate is busy with going out. I hardly see her at all. Fortunately, she did something wrong and she was grounded last few days so I could remember what she looks like. It seems that the winter IS the best time of the year for an Internet life.

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azi - May 5, 2006 1:56 am (#2764 of 2983)

I agree with Lina that winter is the best time for Internet-anything. Sun makes you want to be outside!

I don't think I wished you Happy Birthday yet, Kristina (which I'm very sorry for!) so...

I'm going home for the weekend today! After a slightly stressful week I need to get away. Of course, reading everyone else's stresses makes me feel I'm over-reacting! **sends stress relieving charms**

Nice days to all!

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Catherine - May 5, 2006 3:39 am (#2765 of 2983)

Good morning!

I feel like a new person. I'm done with teaching freshman research methods, and will rejoin (part time) my old job teaching at the middle school today. Grades are in, my office is nearly cleaned out, and my annual report is finished. W00T!

It's a great day to substitute because it's "Teacher Appreciation Day." I could use some appreciation after yesterday! I heard that one of the moms is serving lunch to the faculty and that our classes will be covered while we dine.

The only hitch is that I'll be teaching middle school science, which we all know isn't really my thing. Oh, well, one can fake anything for a day.

**waves to everyone**

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Thora - May 5, 2006 5:10 am (#2766 of 2983)

Congrats Jenn! Babies are the best, husbands are nice to have around too.

I'm beat. I've been watching a friend's son while she goes to orientation for her return to work at the hospital. He's not to much of a bother, but I'm not used to gettting up at 6:30 am. If I hadn't been up to midnight teaching our houseguest how to play "Settlers of Catan" perhaps I might have escaped this headache. Some mornings are just not designed for hosting an extra 3 year old....

I really shouldn't complain though, his presence got me out of a ticket. Apparently I had managed to slip upto 60 in a 45... oops. I had my 3 kids and the extra in the back and we were all bouncing around to the numa numa song of internet fame. Then there are lights in the rear view mirror... sigh. So I pull over, my excesive speed and the fact I was in a work zone were revealed to me, and I murmur an apology while I reach for my liscense and registration. Then the kids start making a racket, and the nice cop says, "Oh you have kids in the back?" "Yeah, four." "All of them yours?" "No..." "Well tell you what, 15 over in a work zone is a $250 ticket, but do something nice for the kids and I'll let it go."

My jaw did a Denise, but I managed to pick it up in time to say thank you.

So now I owe the kids a treat, I didn't get it yesterday because that was within the first half hour of the seven hour drive we were on. I'll have to do something inconspicuous though because I really don't want to reveal to my husband that I almost got a ticket. I'm thinking icecream and the park... afer the tylenol kicks in.

Thora

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The giant squid - May 5, 2006 5:15 am (#2767 of 2983)

Somehow I missed the announcement that it was Tazzy's birthday when I congratulated her on getting accepted into the U of Hawaii. So...Happy Belated Birthday, Tazzy!! Condolences on the loss of your goldfish, but I must say I'm convinced that they are genetically disposed to going belly-up. My sisters tried keeping goldfish when we were younger and I think the longest any of them lasted was 2 weeks...

Speaking of sisters:
Miss Shayla nearly got sent to the office for being rude and obstinant in class yesterday.--Marie E.

I dare you to say, "I don't know where she gets it." I double-dog dare you!

Congrats on the sweep, Finn. Just one more way you make us slackers/procrastinators look bad.

Double congrats to Jenn! Now we know why you've been away so much.

Catherine, I'm not nearly as nice as Miss Manners; I'd take that student & smack her upside the head with a Calculus textbook (it's heavy and confusing). That and re-submit her grade...

Welcome back from Lurker Land, Lina! It's not that baseball is hard to understand, it's just that it takes so long for something to happen that by the time it does you've forgotten the rules again. There's a reason Major League Baseball is the only professional sport where players can get away with having a beer gut.

Feliz Cinco de Mayo to those celebrating such, or just those looking for an excuse to pound a few cervezas. In the US it's pretty much the same as St. Patrick's Day, with the Guinness replaced by Corona.

--Mike

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Julie Aronson - May 5, 2006 5:21 am (#2768 of 2983)

Happy birthday, Kristina!!! Sorry about the fish...

Catherine, that student really DOES deserve a grade change! At least you're done with them!

Thanks for the good wishes from yesterday. I lived through Civil Procedure. Now I have Criminal tomorrow. We had a Q & A with the professor, and he pretty much answered every question with a, "look at the code I give you." That was NOT helpful, unless I'm WAY too worried about knowing stuff in advance for it...

eek.

Have a great day!

Julie

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Marie E. - May 5, 2006 5:25 am (#2769 of 2983)

Oooooo...how could I resist a double-dog dare?

Every year on Cinco de Mayo I take pictures of my kindergarteners wearing a giant sombrero. My class is very excited for the sombrero to arrive today.

Just a minute ago I saw some of those little ants we had to deal with last summer. There were four of them under the computer desk. Now, Mr E keeps his computer area decorated in Modern Slob. There's paper all over the floor, piles and stacks of junk all over the desk. I tidied up under the desk to see what attracted them. It was a buffet of broken M&M's, pieces of Doritos, and other assorted goodies. I have to give him and the kids a strict talk about not eating downstairs. The kids told me they saw a few in the toy room so I'll probably have to clean in there. I've been refusing to set foot in there since once I clean it they trash again.

They are having a beach party/dance at the girl's school tonight. The weather must heard about it because the fog is back. After the beach party Shayla is going to a slumber party. I'll have to think of something special Lexie and I can do together. She always wants to watch a movie, but then falls asleep on the couch. She's not much of a party animal.

Happy Friday!

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Loopy Lupin - May 5, 2006 6:09 am (#2770 of 2983)

The only hitch is that I'll be teaching middle school science, which we all know isn't really my thing. Oh, well, one can fake anything for a day. – Catherine

It's easy! Just remember to always mix acids with bases.

Probably too late today, but next time, check out these easy experiments

http://www.west.net/~science/expindx.htm

Oooh, I also like this site too. It's not really about science "experiments" but it's still neat:

http://www.eyetricks.com/

And, last but not least, you can make your own Shroud of Turin:

http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20050228/shroud.html

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Ydnam96 - May 5, 2006 9:33 am (#2771 of 2983)

Hey Everyone! I've been away for a while...well not "away" just not having time to do much online or catching up on the Forum. I had to hit the magic button. But I see that I missed a lot of birthdays. I hope you all had wonderful times.

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Puck - May 5, 2006 11:02 am (#2772 of 2983)

Welcome "back", Mandy!

Catherine, hope you enjoy your well-earned appreciation day. Though you'd like it better here. We have Teacher Appreciation week!

I got to play substitute teacher at the preschool today. What fun! I love being home with my kids, but sometimes I miss teaching.

Lina, I appreciate the offer, but I'm not exactly within driving distance! I'll just continue to live in an untidy house.

Good luck to all those taking exams!

Cheers!

Kathy

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Lupin is Lupin. Natch. - May 5, 2006 11:46 am (#2773 of 2983)

And, last but not least, you can make your own Shroud of Turin:---Loopy Lupin

Oh, I found out about that site years ago. It really is helpful. And the results are outstanding. Our bedspread always gets lots of comments.

We have Teacher Appreciation week!---Puck

We do too. **:grumble, grumble**: Back in the day, it was called a paycheck.

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Tazzygirl - May 5, 2006 12:12 pm (#2774 of 2983)

Thanks for the condolences!

Puck: And now, a moment of silence for Kristina's fish.  Thank you. **bows head** LOL!!

Squid Mike: ...must say they are genetically disposed to go belly up. **Mental picture of Nemo yelling "I don't wanna go belly up!! Gill! Don't let me go belly up!!"** I've been trying to keep alive all my fish now for a little over a year. It's a running joke with my friends. And knowing that I am extremely attached to these fish (I am not really attached, I'd much rather have something furry. Rent agreement says no animals- so I must content myself with the fish. ) , I haven't even gotten around to naming them- or if I had, I don't remember the names.

Thanks again for all the birthday wishes!

Hope you have fun teaching Science, Catherine!

Thora: Phew!! I love when cops are being nice. I've never actually received a ticket before- but there was one time when I was driving with my family to Disneyland. My mom crossed a double yellow line to get out of the carpool lane (big No No!!) right in front of a cop. He pulled us over, asked my mom for her license- turns out she left it at home. The cop saw us kids in back and said 'No problem. Where you headed.' Mom answered Disneyland, and he then gave us extremely easy directions to follow and sent us on our way.

Catherine's post reminded me- I was offered a summer teaching position at Sydney's little preschool! The teachers there know I am getting a degree in teaching, so they asked if I wanted to teach for part of the summer. I might not though- I want to, but I'll be in the process of moving out of my house for renovations, and I'll be going back to California for a month or so. But it is exciting!

Hope you all have a fantastic RotD/N!

~Kristina

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haymoni - May 5, 2006 12:13 pm (#2775 of 2983)

The Beautifulest One wrote a note to her teacher for Appreciation Week.

Dear Mrs. Calhoun,



I like you. You are nice. Thank you for being my teacher.



Love, Spencer

They are posting them in the hallway for everyone to read.

She told Mrs. Calhoun, "Don't peek!!" when she turned in the note.

Ah, kindergarteners!

By the way, she has to be a pig for her kindergarten play. She is "Curly".

Hey, Curly!

Yeah, Cue?

Did you hear about the hog with no nose?

No nose?? How'd he smell??

How'd he smell???...Terrible!!!


Any ideas where I can get some pink pig ears, preferably on a headband? I was going to try Oriental Trading, but if anyone has any other ideas, keeping in mind my Slacker Mom tendencies...

Hey Curly!

Yeah, Cue?

I lost my baby pig!

That's awful! Maybe you should put an ad in the newspaper.

Don't be silly! He can't read!


She thinks these are so funny. This ought to be a scream.

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Catherine - May 5, 2006 1:36 pm (#2776 of 2983)

This ought to be a scream. --It already is. Good luck on the pig ears.

Loopy and Kim, thank you for the heads up on science fun. It's always good to go prepared. At least there is a non-painful way to make one's own Shroud of Turin. Who knew?

We had a fun day at school. The Spanish classes celebrated Cinco de Mayo, which meant that I could load up on nachos and guacamole, and drink non-alcoholic margaritas during my planning period. Then we had a luncheon complete with tons of tasty treats, and chocolate fondue for dessert. MMmm...Teacher appreciation day....

I came home to a terse message on my answering machine demanding requesting me to bring a fruit tray to Hayley's and Claire's school Monday for Teacher Appreciation Day. Grumble grumble grumble....In this case, it seems so much better to receive than to give!

Hope everyone enjoys a good weekend.

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Finn BV - May 5, 2006 3:18 pm (#2777 of 2983)

Oh come on Kathy, I couldn't resist a post on Five Words! Besides, I think I aced my math test and my Spanish project, so that's good! Yay!

Thora, if only all our incidents with frustrating policemen were like that… think of all the ice creams I would get… I like nice officers. The only hitch is that I'll be teaching middle school science –Catherine

Be sure to tell them the joke about physics, or make sure you don't show up to class and then give the class a detention in the middle of the summer. Um, yeah. Good luck Catherine.

or just those looking for an excuse to pound a few cervezas. --Squid Mike

How come "cerveza" is the most commonly-known Spanish word besides "Hola"?? Sí, ¡que tengas un buen Cinco de Mayo!

Welcome back, Mandy!

I am not really attached, I'd much rather have something furry. --Kristina

Come on! You have Rinky!!

LOL haymoni!!

I think my keyboard is working again, but it's just been too annoying, so I hope to get it replaced tomorrow. Thanks for the charms, though, guys!

Enjoy the RotD!

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Puck - May 5, 2006 5:02 pm (#2778 of 2983)

Sure, Finn, last night you went to Five Words, but this afternoon you all leave me hanging! No one has posted there for hours. (hint)

I used to get out of tickets, then I got this wedding ring, and suddenly I can't talk my way out of them anymore. (Not that I've gotten lots, only 2. Telling Hubby was worst part.)

LOL Haymoni! I'll have to share those jokes with my kindergartener. He'll love them! I'd say pink felt, a headband, and a glue gun. Party stores sometimes have costume stuff, but I'm not sure about Pigs.

Glad you had a great lunch, Catherine!

Tomorrow is the big birthday party at the pool. Darth Vader cake is on order, supplies purchased. Expecting a total of 15 kids. I still need to put all the goodie bags together, but otherwise all set.

Happy RotD, Kathy

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Tazzygirl - May 5, 2006 5:36 pm (#2779 of 2983)

Finn: Come on! You have Rinky!!

That is true, huh? I keep forgetting about him... He almost became a pinata, right? Poor Rinky. (wait, isn't he already furry? )

Puck- I just posted on Five Words! Hope the Vader Party tomorrow goes very well!!

~Kristina

EDIT:I meant to tell you all: Nathaniel is now officially walking on his own with no help! Yippeee!

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Puck - May 5, 2006 6:21 pm (#2780 of 2983)

Hooray for Nathaniel! What exciting news!

And thanks for going to Five Words!

Kathy

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The giant squid - May 6, 2006 2:53 am (#2781 of 2983)

Mr E keeps his computer area decorated in Modern Slob.--Marie E.

You say that like it's a bad thing...

How come "cerveza" is the most commonly-known Spanish word besides "Hola"??—Finn

I blame the Corona advertisers. Of course, all this talk about Spanish is reminding me of Encino Man..."El queso es viejo y putrido. Donde esta el sanitario?"

(translation for those who didn't take Spanish in high school: "The cheese is old and moldy. Where is the bathroom.")

--Mike

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Snuffles - May 6, 2006 5:24 am (#2782 of 2983)

Thanks Mike

I'm off to Spain in June, I shall write that Spanish sentence down just in case.....

Julie

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Finn BV - May 6, 2006 6:20 am (#2783 of 2983)

Hey, Julie, we might bump into each other! When are you going? I'll be in Barcelona between the 9th and the 12th.

Yay Nathaniel!

Anybody have any good recommendations for a back that's killing me? I don't know what it is, it's just in sore pain.

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Thora - May 6, 2006 8:17 am (#2784 of 2983)

Hmmm pig ears, those are hard to find. My dad is a cop and loves the whole pig joke in connection with his job, so I would have noticed if a store carried them. Walmart has pink felt, but you'd need a light shade and a dark shade. I'd also glue the smaller dark triangles to cardstock before putting the lighter pink triangles behind them, that way they'd stand up. If you make the larger triangle long enough to wrap around the headband and then glue to itself then the ears shouldn't flop as much. That way you aren't in danger of melting the headband, and you don't have to worry about if the glue will stick to the plastic. You've just made a sleeve for the headband.

Am I making sense? Probably not, this is why I can't delegate, I just can't communicate the best way to do things so I just do it all myself... I guess I need to work on that....

Well, Happy Saturday all, and congrats to Nathaniel on joining the bipedal club.

Thora

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Tazzygirl - May 6, 2006 11:07 am (#2785 of 2983)

Finn- The only thing that helped me with back pain really was Advil. Hope it goes away soon!

**In my world- Advil solves all ailments.**

Have a great weekend everyone!!!

~Kristina


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Finn BV - May 6, 2006 2:41 pm (#2786 of 2983)

Well, we've been a quiet bunch today! Kristina, thanks for the tip, I'll try it out.

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timrew   - May 6, 2006 4:36 pm (#2787 of 2983)

Over here in the UK tonight, it was the premiere of 'Peter Pan' on TV....................the one with Jason Isaacs as Mr. Darling and Captain Hook.

I've not seen it before, and if you can put up with some very dodgy CGI, it's a great film. At least, it sticks a lot closer to the actual story than any film that has gone before............

I enjoyed it a lot!

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Amilia Smith - May 6, 2006 4:43 pm (#2788 of 2983)

At least, it sticks a lot closer to the actual story than any film that has gone before............

This is good news as Michael Goldenberg wrote the scripts for both Peter Pan and OotP.

Mills.

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timrew   - May 6, 2006 5:05 pm (#2789 of 2983)

Is that right, Mills? I'll look forward to OotP, then.......

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Puck - May 6, 2006 6:15 pm (#2790 of 2983)

it's just in sore pain. –Finn

You mean as opposed to a tickling pain? Chat & Greetings 2006 - Page 3 2752390508

Do you think we'll see OotP before we read book seven? Though, even if the writer is true to the story, so much will need to be cut, or else it will be a six hour movie. (Not that I'd be against that!)

Birthday went well. The parents stayed to watch their kids, the lifeguard was great, and everyone had a blast. My son was thrilled, as he got plenty of Star Wars toys. I was thrilled all those energetic boys were not in my house.

Happy RotD, Kathy

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Finn BV - May 6, 2006 7:08 pm (#2791 of 2983)

Glad the party went well, Kathy! I meant sore pain as opposed to sharp or jabbing pain!! Geez Louise! It's the type of pain that, when you feel it, it hurts but at the same time feels good, like stretching after staying out of shape for a while. Or, as the case is with me, stretching after playing some intense tennis for a while. Back's getting better anyway.

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Puck - May 7, 2006 5:24 am (#2792 of 2983)

Sounds like you may of pulled something playing tennis, or just worked it harder than usual. My muscles will feel like that a day or two after a new workout. Heat will help.

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mike miller - May 7, 2006 6:01 am (#2793 of 2983)

Hey Finn, I've got one word for you, jacuzzi!!! One of mankind's greatest inventions, right up there with the wheel, the micro-chip and perforated toilet paper, LOL!

Mills - What's your source for the new screenwriter? They have made such a big deal about the close working relationship between JKR and Steve Kloves that after 4 films I did not think they would make a change.

I've been away for a while, so I hope everyone is doing well. Work has been a bit "off the hook" of late and I'm not sure if it's going to get any better for the next couple of months at least. Now that Spring is here, there's so much to do outside in the yard. I have to cut the grass twice a week or suffer cuttings all over the lawn. Cutting and edging is about a 2 hour project. The gardens are a challenge since the weeds seem to have a genenic survival advantage. I spent most of yesterday spreading mulch and only managed to get to about one-third of the flower beds. I generally enjoy the yard work as I think it's good mental health activity. It's just too much of a good thing right now! The physical activity is good also; however, I will be taking my own advice and head to the jacuzzi later today.

Have a great Sunday everyone!

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Puck - May 7, 2006 6:07 am (#2794 of 2983)

Welcome back Mike M.!

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Catherine - May 7, 2006 11:15 am (#2795 of 2983)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JULIE ARONSON!

Enjoy the day.

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Amilia Smith - May 7, 2006 11:20 am (#2796 of 2983)

Mills - What's your source for the new screenwriter? They have made such a big deal about the close working relationship between JKR and Steve Kloves that after 4 films I did not think they would make a change.

The Leaky Cauldron. :-)  Apparently Kloves got a bit burned out on Potter and wanted to take time out to do something else for a while. However, when HBP came out, Kloves couldn't stay away. He liked the book so much that he called up the producers and begged them to let him come back and write the script for #6. Of course, they agreed. This is good news because it meant that they could have writers working on the scripts for both OotP and HBP at the same time. Less lag time between movies for young actors to grow up. :-)

Mills.

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Julie Aronson - May 7, 2006 12:09 pm (#2797 of 2983)

Thank you! I'll try!

Right now I'm trying to motivate myself to study for my Contracts final...Unconscionable! (contracts humor)

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azi - May 7, 2006 12:31 pm (#2798 of 2983)

Happy birthday Julie A!

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Tazzygirl - May 7, 2006 12:49 pm (#2799 of 2983)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JULIE A.!! Have a fantastic day!

I have now realized that the 16 papers are much harder than they look. 5 of these papers I have to write in textbook form- basically find sources and then copy word for word what they say on five different disabilities (This part is the hardest. Spent 6 hours yesterday on just one paper, and I haven't finished yet ). The next 5 are summaries of articles that talk about teaching strategies for each of the five disabilities. The last 5 papers are papers on including children with these disabilities in the general education classroom setting and listing 3 different ways to teach them. The last one is yet another personal philosophy. **Pulling hair out** I am really kicking myself for procrastinating on this project... I also have another paper due Tuesday, along with a Final Exam to study for.

Hope you all have a fantastic RotD/N!!

~Kristina

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mike miller - May 7, 2006 1:42 pm (#2800 of 2983)

Happy Birthday Julie!

Thanks Mills!! See what happens when you get behind on your Potter! I did manage to catch a couple of short interviews with the cast in support of the DVD release of GoF. Emma mentioned that they were having great fun filming scenes in the Room of Requirement. Daniel was telling about getting a cold and forcing a rescheduling of his Christmas kiss Cho. I can't remember the exact site but it was something from the BBC.
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Lina - May 7, 2006 1:55 pm (#2801 of 2983)

Julie Aronson!

Belated to Kathy's son. I'm glad that the party went well, shell we see the cake soon?

Here, Kristina, have a timeturner. I could use it too, but I decided you need it more. Just don't worry, I know you can do it!

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Finn BV - May 7, 2006 2:06 pm (#2802 of 2983)

Happy Bday Julie!! Catherine, betcha remembered thanks to Facebook!

Thanks for the advice, all, and welcome back to Mike Miller!

Azi, cool picture of you!! LOL

Kristina, good luck to you. I have but 3 projects, one paper, and finals, but finals aren't for three weeks. phew...

Back to the grind! (Although I do not take responsibility for my actions if I find myself on Five Words *cough, cough* Kathy *cough, cough*! )

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Tazzygirl - May 7, 2006 2:10 pm (#2803 of 2983)
Edited May 7, 2006 3:05 pm

Thanks, Lina! The timeturner will definitely come in handy.

Thanks Finn! I wish I had your homework instead of mine. Wanna trade? (Just as long as there's no math involved. ) Hope your back is better!

~Kristina

EDIT: change Azi's name to Lina's. Sorry!

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azi - May 7, 2006 2:16 pm (#2804 of 2983)

Pst, Tazzy, the time turner is confusing you...Lina sent you it!

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Puck - May 7, 2006 2:41 pm (#2805 of 2983)

Happy Birthday, Julie A.!!!

Lina, thanks, but your birthday wishes for my son are actually early. We had a party this weekend as it's more convenient than doing it mid-week.

Best of luck, Kristina! Perhaps next time Hermione should make you a color coded study schedule?

Finn, if you plan a study break for around 9pm EST, I can meet you at Five Words!

We've had a wonderful afternoon playing outside in the backyard. Swings, bubbles, ball, chalk. We had lemonade and watermelon to make it a perfect Sunday afternoon. Hope the rest of you had as lovely of a day.

Kathy

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Catherine - May 7, 2006 3:15 pm (#2806 of 2983)

Catherine, betcha remembered thanks to Facebook!

Indeed, Finn, indeed.

I just love Facebook. My students laugh that they "hooked me." If you go on the D.I.G.S. group, Finn, you will see that my student who introduced me to Facebook realizes that he created a monster.

My students who did well in my class wrote some nice comments on my wall. It's always swell to be appreciated.

** off to study for Jeopardy!**

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Finn BV - May 7, 2006 3:23 pm (#2807 of 2983)

Catherine, this is my favorite line: “ . . . and i can't wait till you become addicted to this as you are to that harry fellow....”



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Catherine - May 7, 2006 4:10 pm (#2808 of 2983)

LOL, Finn.

Yes, he wrote that AFTER I explained to them how much I loathe Netspeak and lowercase "i"s. He was teasing me because he could; the semester was over, after all.

Interestingly enough, he's a "track" person, Finn, and went to a private school, also.

Strange likenesses, wouldn't you say?

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Finn BV - May 7, 2006 4:48 pm (#2809 of 2983)

Catherine, da similirateez end dere. i dont speek netspeek lyk he duz.

Wow, I feel like I just posted on the Norbert is hotttt thread.

Back to work! Enjoy the RotD everybody! Three more weeks of school here, three! Yay!

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boop - May 7, 2006 5:07 pm (#2810 of 2983)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JULIE A, I hope you are had a nice day.

Welcome Back Mike Miller.

I hope everyone had a nice weekend.

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Snuffles - May 8, 2006 12:27 am (#2811 of 2983)

Hey everyone

Finn, We are only in Spain for 1 week, the 10th June to the 17th. No where near Barcelona though, we are staying near Malaga, which isn't too far from Gibraltar.

Happy belated birthday to Julie .A. hope you had a great day

We have had glorious weather for the past few days, I think Spring maybe here at last!!!!!

Hope everyone had a good weekend

Julie

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azi - May 8, 2006 2:22 am (#2812 of 2983)

I agree Julie! **Looks at sun outside** I hear sunbathing after my ecology lecture! Wait, I have to buy food so I don't starve...

I just got accused of skiving a lecture. The timetable says my practical is on Wednesday rather than today, yet most people are at today's practical...(we are split up according to alphabet). Weird. Why get up early on a Monday morning when you can be already awake (due to an earlier lecture) late on Wednesday morning?

Anyway, I hope everyone has a fabulous day!

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Julie Aronson - May 8, 2006 5:14 am (#2813 of 2983)

Thanks for all the birthday wishes--gotta love that Facebook!

We went to a nice dinner at a groovy little place in Ohio City, a gentrifying neighborhood in the Cleveland area. I got a really cool sculpture/mirror from Don Drumm, one of my favorite local artists, and I got to learn about frustration of purpose with regards to backing out of contracts. (It doesn't always work!)

Off to post a few more comments and then try to study some more.

By the way, great picture, Azi!!!

Have a great day!!!

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Puck - May 8, 2006 5:47 am (#2814 of 2983)

Glad both Julie's enjoyed their Sundays!

Azi, when I was in college most professors didn't mind if you skipped classes, but wouldn't be kind if you asked for extra help/extentions if you hadn't been coming to class.

Going to enjoy the beautiful day. We aren't expecting another for about a week. Damp chilly weather arrives tomorrow.

Cheers!

Kathy

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haymoni - May 8, 2006 7:54 am (#2815 of 2983)

Hey all! Hope everyone had a great weekend!

Friday night was the school carnival - they had ice cream and one of those bouncy, Moon-Walk things - I don't think that was a good mix! The Beautifulest One had a blast. I won a Family Fun night prize - a big ceramic popcorn bowl, movie-size candy - Snow Caps, Milk Duds, Nerds, etc. - $10 movie gift card, micro-wave popcorn and a Jiffy Pop!!! I made the Jiffy Pop as soon as we got home. I still get a kick out of watching that silver dome getting bigger and bigger and bigger!

Saturday, Ungrateful Son had a team Math Competition - they finished 2nd - and then we had to get him right over to his baseball game by 11:30. We went to my brother's for his son's 7th birthday - he is autistic and making great strides - he's doing multiplication already, but doesn't really talk. Grilled italian sausage with onions...mmmm!!!!

Sunday, I collapsed! I scrubbed the kitchen floor first and then got to watch the Pistons thoroughly embarrass my Cavs. Thank goodness the Tribe was on!!!

Happy Monday all!

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Soul Mate for Sirius - May 8, 2006 8:19 am (#2816 of 2983)

Hey everyone! Hope everyone's weekend went well.

Julie A. and Tazzy- Happy Belated birthday!!!

I must say, it is so nice to be back on the forum and to have something to look forward to everyday when I come into work!!

This weekend was quite eventfull. The soon to be Mr. Soul Mate and I babysat his 3 year-old nephew for the entire weekend. Talk about chaos! We've watched Armani (yes, he's named after the designer ) before and he's always been so well behaved, but for some reason this weekend it was like we had his evil twin instead! I won't get into everything he did this weekend to drive me crazy but let's just say that by Sunday afternoon when we took him home, my fiance and I looked at each other and said "Are we sure we want to have a baby!?"

The one nice thing was that Armani loves the Harry Potter movies, as long as I promise him I'll fast forward through the "scary parts". So, deciding that I was absolutely not under any circumstances going to let him watch GoF (WAY too scary for a 3 year-old) we all sat down to watch the frist 3 movies. Well, by the time I had fast forwarded through the "scary parts" the only scenes we watched were scenes involving Quidditch, furry animals (no snakes, they're too scary), and Dobby! Not that I mind having to censor the movies for Armani, because it was worth it just to hear him get all excited while watching the Quidditch matches! He loves them!

Anyway, I have to go in for my first ultrasound on Wednesday. It's still really early in the pregnancy, but according to the doctor I have "certain risk factors" and he wants to keep a close eye on the baby's development over the first few months. He keeps remindin me that there really won't be anythign to see yet, as the baby is only a few cells at this point, but I'm really excited anyway!

Okay, I'm off to check the threads. Have a great day everyone!!

-Jenn

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haymoni - May 8, 2006 8:27 am (#2817 of 2983)

Jenn - I let my daughter watch the Yule ball scenes. She really loved that, but she's 5.

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Soul Mate for Sirius - May 8, 2006 8:50 am (#2818 of 2983)

haymoni, I didn't even think about that scene. Although the rock music may be a bit loud for him, he tend to cry a lot at loud noises! Thanks for the tip though. Maybe I'll try him out on that scene next time! It'll be a nice break from Dobby!

-Jenn

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azi - May 8, 2006 9:36 am (#2819 of 2983)

I don't think my teacher would mind either, Puck, but I don't skive lessons as I don't like missing things (and I have the principle of getting the most value for money out of my tuition fees!)! I checked with other people in my class, I was right about the timetable.

We've got these fancy 'first of it's kind in the world' buses for our university route, and the ticket machines have already broken (first day of use!) so I got a free bus journey. Very pleased! Air-conditioned and very pleasant inside, with screens telling you what the next stop is.

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Puck - May 8, 2006 10:47 am (#2820 of 2983)

You can still buy Jiffy Pop?! Where can I get some? I haven't had any since the 70's. (No need for those who weren't even born then to point it out. )

I never was one to "skive lessons" (love the term. Here "cut classes" is what we say), not much anyway. I had friends who would rarely attend class, then complain about their grades.

Jenn, have fun at the ultra sound. Get lots of rest. Are you feeling okay?

Haymoni, fun but busy weekend it sound like. You rest, too!

Excitement this morning at swim class. Diva was swimming by herself! Just a couple of feet at a time, but all on her own. She was quite proud of herself.

Back to 5 Words!

Kathy

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haymoni - May 8, 2006 10:52 am (#2821 of 2983)

Who knows, Puck! That package may have been from the '70's!!!

I have seen it in stores though - it's just easier to buy the microwave kind.

Slacker Moms Unite!!!

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Finn BV - May 8, 2006 11:25 am (#2822 of 2983)

haymoni, glad the carnival was a success. Hope you can relax tonight!

Jenn, enjoy the ultrasound!!

Congrats to Diva! That sounds exciting -- I remember when I first swam by myself.

I had to present a math project today. I was partnered with a friend. We were the first people to go in the class, in a two-week span of presentations. We had an alotted 45 mintues to go, even though I knew ours would take much longer than 30. It only took fifteen, but... Anyway, I think we were really good and that everybody understood it! So, I have no more math work until the final now that we have the next two weeks of projects! Yay! Off to class!

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Tazzygirl - May 8, 2006 11:35 am (#2823 of 2983)

Congratulations on your premium status, Julie A.!

We bought Jiffy Pop one year and took it camping with us. We found out that Jiffy Pop and fire don't mix. Not only did we not get any popcorn, but the entire thing was melting into an aluminum mess.

Papers are coming along slowly yet surely!

Hope you all have a fantastic RotD/N!!

~Kristina

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Puck - May 8, 2006 11:54 am (#2824 of 2983)

Finn, isn't that the great part of going first? Everyone else is still stressing, and you can just kick back and listen.

Off to make cupcakes!

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haymoni - May 8, 2006 12:09 pm (#2825 of 2983)

I think there is a warning about open flames & Jiffy Pop. I was concerned because I have a gas stove, but it worked just fine.

I think I'm going to make some popcorn tonight the old fashioned way - in a pan (with a lid of course!) on the stove. I don't have any popcorn oil, so I'll have to make do with canola or corn. Mmmm...we'll see.

Hubby doesn't have to work tonight, so I'm guessing I will be doing some sort of yard work with him. Look out for gnomes!!

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Madam Pince - May 8, 2006 2:20 pm (#2826 of 2983)

Hi all -- we're back from our trip! Had a good time, and really enjoyed all the blooming flowers of springtime in the mountains -- it's cooler there, so everything that's already bloomed here is just now blooming there, so we get to enjoy it twice! (Did that make sense?) Anyway, the lilacs were heavenly.

Congratulations Tazzy on getting into the Ed. School, and also belated Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday also to Julie Aronson! (...my Contracts final...Unconscionable! (contracts humor) Oh, you wacky lawyers.... )

Jenn, it's so great to hear from you again! And congratulations on all your exciting news -- best wishes and we hope you will be very happy! (Errrr... did you ever get that tattoo? )

Puck, the t-ball games sound hysterical! I am so looking forward to Little Pince playing, but they don't start here until age 5. He will start soccer this year though. He was very excited to get his shin guards because "Harry has these!" He wants to use them to play Quidditch instead of soccer, though.

Mike Miller, welcome back! It's good to hear from you! Take it easy on the yard work and don't wear out your aching back!

Timrew, I agree with you about Peter Pan -- we really enjoyed it! (Plus I have a totally inappropriate crush on Jeremy Sumpter, but that's beside the point...) Loved Jason Isaacs final lines as Captain Hook "...done for!" He's such a great villain.

Off to watch last week's Lost episode which I taped because we were away -- sounds like I missed a doozie! ***crosses fingers that VCR worked and power didn't go out or anything*** Hope everyone has a great RotD!

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Puck - May 8, 2006 3:03 pm (#2827 of 2983)

Madame Pince, so glad you're back and had a wonderful trip! Our t-ball doesn't start until 5, either. Soccer begins as young as 4, though we have done that yet. LOL about Little Pince wanting to play Quidditch! You're doing wonderfully raising him as a Harry Potter fan. Hope you get to watch "Lost".

Haymoni, you can make popcorn on the stove?!

Off to make dinner, put kids to bed, fold laundry, and frost cupcakes.

Kathy

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Finn BV - May 8, 2006 3:24 pm (#2828 of 2983)

Julie, congrats on your premium status. I can't imagine what sparked it…

Madam Pince, welcome back.

Everybody enjoy the cooking/baking jobs!

Finn, isn't that the great part of going first? Everyone else is still stressing, and you can just kick back and listen. --Puck

It sure is! Benefits of going first also include a one grade boost (e.g. C+ to B-, A- to A+, etc.) since we hadn't seen how other projects went!

Woohoo, I got my keyboard replaced. Now I can type my p's and 0s and )s and /s and ?s!!! Yay!!!

Edit: Congrats to Lexicon Steve for being keynote speaker at Patronus 2006!

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Chemyst - May 8, 2006 4:28 pm (#2829 of 2983)

Belated birthday wishes for Julie.

Thank-you for the inspiring comment about gnomes, Haymoni. We spent part of our weekend in the North Georgia mountains and did the requisite shopping at the potteries, lapidary shoppes, and trinket stores. One stop was a little cottage garden place that specialized in contemporary relics— that is, they plant ferns in broken, artistically rusted barbeque grills and charge more than the grill cost new. They also had an adorable sign to stick in your garden that said, 'Do not feed the bears,' but again, tagged at more galleons than it was really worth. And since making folk art does not require oodles of expertise, I had decided to make one myself; until I read your post and now I think I ought to change bears to gnomes.

Oh Madame Pince! What a good memory! Yes, indeed,   …Jenn’s tattoo…

Welcome back Mike Miller. I’d been out walking in the woods, saw some deer prints, and realized you hadn’t posted in awhile. The next time I check the chat thread, there you are! So I looked at the post time to see if you were posting at the same time I saw the prints; nope, not even close. Oh well, not everything is magical.

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Julie Aronson - May 8, 2006 6:14 pm (#2830 of 2983)

Well, I just got back from my Contracts exam, and it actually WAS unconscionable. The professor started us 1/2 hour late because she forgot about our entire section. There were several typos on the actual exam. There was stuff on there I am CONVINCED she tested us on last semester, and some really important stuff from this semester did not seem to be there.

Then again, I thought I did awful on her exam last time and it ended up being my highest grade (such as it was ;-|)

Thanks again for the birthday wishes...

Julie

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Finn BV - May 8, 2006 6:32 pm (#2831 of 2983)

That's weird, Julie… good luck again!

Just saw a commercial for LOST and thought of all you guys! I'm watching David Blaine hold his breath for 9 minutes… it's about to begin! So exciting!

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Tazzygirl - May 8, 2006 6:51 pm (#2832 of 2983)

**frantically runs to TV so as to watch David Blaine** What channel is it on?!?!?! I can't find it! I wanted to watch it too... oh well. I saw a video clip on the internet where David was talking about how his skin hurt from being in salt water for so long.

Yup! Good Luck, Julie A.

~Kristina

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Finn BV - May 8, 2006 7:18 pm (#2833 of 2983)

Ooh, Kristina, it was on ABC. It was so nerve-wracking! (Spoilers in white)But, he didn't pass the record. It really looked like he was dying, or at least in a ton of pain… of course, he couldn't die on national television, but… Quite interesting to watch!!.

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Tazzygirl - May 8, 2006 7:32 pm (#2834 of 2983)

Thanks Finn! **immediately changes channel to ABC** YES!! I didn't miss it yet! It shows here at 7 PM. **phew** (It comes in handy when you are several hours behind New York) For a second there I thought David Blaine was going to be shown live, but Judge Judy is currently showing and before her was Ellen. OK, now I can go back to my papers... sigh.

~Kristina

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Holly T. - May 8, 2006 7:47 pm (#2835 of 2983)

Good luck with the papers Kristina!

Well, I survived the weekend, whew. It helped that both kids' games were rained out, darn. Of course the relatives were all coming to visit to watch the kids play but oh well. My daughter's dance recital was great. And, even though they no longer had the option of going to my son's baseball game, which was supposed to be at the same time as the dance recital, none of the male members of the family opted to go watch the ballet recital. Hmmm. Many thanks for the cold compress! I needed it.

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Puck - May 8, 2006 8:29 pm (#2836 of 2983)

Glad you got through the weekend, Holly!

Laundry folded, cupcakes made, kids sleeping, and final episode of 7th Heaven watched. It's late, and I need to go to bed, but couldn't resist a trip to the forum to check the 5 Words thread. (What? Who? Me? Nope, still not addicted? )

Kathy

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dizzy lizzy  - May 9, 2006 12:10 am (#2837 of 2983)

Hi all! It's been pretty quiet over here at my place for the last few weeks. I've been reading quite a bit, both books from the library and fan-fic on the computer, as my sleep cycle is now all messed up. I'll be glad to get a job in order to go back to my normal routine.

It's now Autumn (fall) and it is now starting to get quite chilly. I've been rearranging my study and making it a bit more organised and comfortable. The fridge ended up being repaired twice and it is now going properly. I'm hoping it now runs smoothly enough until I can buy a new one. I still haven't managed to buy a new microwave, which is pretty inconvienient as it limits the bulk cooking I can do, to dishes which can be reheated in a saucepan on the stove...

Good to hear everyone is enjoying the spring weather...Happy birthday to those who have had birthdays and ((hugs)) to all those who needed/need them!

Lizzy

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Julie Aronson - May 9, 2006 3:35 am (#2838 of 2983)

Thanks for the good thoughts about that stupid test. Next is Torts, tomorrow afternoon, with one of our most efficient professors--that should be a relief!

Have a great day!

Potty five words Potty five words one of us one of us

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mike miller - May 9, 2006 5:10 am (#2839 of 2983)

Hey Chemyst - Weird how that happens. I was just thinking this morning about a friend that I haven't spoken to in a while and when I started my computer this morning my planner reminded me that tomorrow is his birthday; weird.

I'm luck to be working at home today. My wife is going to a computer training seminar today and tomorrow so I'll be putting our daughter in the school bus this morning. Since I need to be here when the bus arrives back this afternoon, it doesn't make any sense to lose the commuting time. Given the price of gas, some of us at work have been talking about working at home on Mondays and Fridays.

Have a great RotD!!!

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Finn BV - May 9, 2006 5:14 am (#2840 of 2983)

Kristina, glad I could be of help!

Holly, congrats to your daughter. And, I have also at times wished for rainy weather for days when I would have an outdoors sport – if I'm too busy!!

lizzy, good to hear from you! Hope you'll be around more often soon! Enjoy your fall! (Is it actually called fall, or is it spring, but it's just cold?)

Enjoy the RotD everybody!

EDIT: Hope you can "work" at home more often Mike (aka sneaking on the Forum!! ).

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haymoni - May 9, 2006 6:07 am (#2841 of 2983)

Hey all!

I did not make popcorn on the stove last night. I slacked off & used the microwave. How atypical of me!!!

I have an incredibly long meeting that starts in about a half an hour, so send some charms my way.

Glad I could help with the sign, Chemyst! That sounds perfect! How about "Professor Sprout was here." or "Watch out for dragon dung!" or "Slug! Slug!"

Mmmm...note to self...make money selling garden supplies to HP fans.

Have a great day all!

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Loopy Lupin - May 9, 2006 6:15 am (#2842 of 2983)

Well, I just got back from my Contracts exam, and it actually WAS unconscionable. – Julie

Hehe! For those who don't know, that's a lawyer joke of sorts.

Congrats to Lexicon Steve!

Congrats to Jenn. How wonderful! *****waves to Kim ***** ***wonders if Catherine can stop studying Jeopardy long enough to say "Hi"!****

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Denise P. - May 9, 2006 6:19 am (#2843 of 2983)

**:going back several days**: Jenn, congrats! I hope your pregnancy goes smoothly!

Jiffy Pop - I found some last year but I can't recall the store I found it in. It wasn't nearly as good as I remembered but I wish I could find it again to bring on some camp outs. Wouldn't that be cool to do for the kids? We do s'mores...with a twist. Girl Scout All Abouts work great for them since it is a shortbread cookie with chocolate on one side. I have also used chocolate dipped graham crackers.

Mike, good to see you again!

This weekend is going to be crazy, we have bridging, we have cross over, we have a district Tiger cub registration but at least Mr. Denise will be home to watch the extra kids. This way, I only have to worry about my 20 cubs, the 5 other Packs out there with us and Rhys

I am off to get a Junior uniform, go to the library and take a child to the dentist...all before noon!

Have a great RotD! **:waves to Catherine, who is cramming for Jeopardy...Miss Know It All****

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Madam Pince - May 9, 2006 6:40 am (#2844 of 2983)

****Is starting the day off tired already just from reading Denise's "to-do" list...****

My sister-in-law gave us an electric s'mores-making machine for Christmas. Now, call me crazy, but doesn't that just sort of defeat the purpose? I couldn't believe they actually manufacture such a thing. I've been debating what to do with it. I may have come up with a plan, actually. This weekend is my annual "get-away-with-my-old-girlfriends" weekend, and we are staying in a suites-style hotel in D.C. and going shopping and doing sightseeing, etc. It occurred to me that we might have a fake camp-out using the s'mores machine. I'm sure it's probably in violation of about 50 fire codes or something, but it's a thought...

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mike miller - May 9, 2006 9:46 am (#2845 of 2983)

Hey Denise! It's good to be back; I only hope I'll be able to keep checking in from time to time.

I don't know about anyone else, but this gap in publishing seems harder to bear than the previous ones. By the time I became involved with Harry's world, the first 4 books were out and the wait for OotP wasn't too bad. About half the wait was already over and I got to read the first 4 twice before Order.

The wait for HBP was exhausting; and, now it looks like it might be Christmas 2007 or even early 2008 before we get the last book. I'm basing the timeline on the idea that the "Money Machine" will want to space out movie, DVD and book to maximize sales. The most recent info I've heard places the release of OotP film either Summer 2007 or Fall 2007. If that's correct, DVD should release in time for Christmas stocking stuffer and the last book in early 2008. Seems a long way off!

I can't say I've done less speculating about what's to come in the final book, even though I got very little right about what would happen in HBP. I'm just a little less up for speculation and theory this time around. Is it just me????

EDIT: Hey Madame Pince!!

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haymoni - May 9, 2006 10:38 am (#2846 of 2983)

We just went crazy after this book.

I was theory-ed out after about 2 weeks.

Then the nit-picking began and a few kernels of wisdom were gleaned, but nothing really all that new came forward.

GOF came out and that gave us something new to talk about - for about a week, anyway.

I think we've just gotten too good at this.

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Puck - May 9, 2006 10:44 am (#2847 of 2983)

Mike M., I think you should help pass the time by playing Potty Five Words!

Which reminds me, I need to recheck that thread before I go!

Kathy

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Madam Pince - May 9, 2006 10:53 am (#2848 of 2983)

I think you're right, haymoni. We've covered just about every conceivable theory, no matter how wildly remote the possibilities are, in one form or another. If any of our personal "pet" theories are still viable, we have nothing much more to do but wait and see if they are borne out in HPLBDI.

Of course, the more brilliant among us still continue to find treasures in the alchemy threads and such, but my poor little brain hurts just peeking in there... I do envy them finding new discoveries!

The fun-and-games threads are entertaining, though! I do enjoy passing the time there sometimes! And just randomly chatting, of course! But you're right, Mike - this gap seems pretty long....

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Loopy Lupin - May 9, 2006 11:18 am (#2849 of 2983)

I'm just a little less up for speculation and theory this time around. Is it just me???? --- Mike


It's not just you at all. I think there are a lot of reasons why I don't make it out of this chat thread much. The main one is my general disappointment with Book 6. ****ducks rotten tomatoes*** It's also true that the structure and plot for Book 7 seem, at least to me, to already be in place: (1) We've got to go a-hunting down the rest of the Horcuxi. That should be roughly similar to getting through the set number of tasks in Book 4 with the point being that a big chunk of the book should be devoted to that. (2) There has to be the last stand/showdown with Voldemort. There are scores of other possibilities in how the details will pan out, but these two areas seem assured.

The only detail I'm holding out hope for and speculating about is Snape being held accountable for "killing" Dumbledore. I imagine Harry finally getting up to snuff on his Occlumency and imagine Snape's horror upon realizing that he's being confronted by a Harry whose mind is impenetrable. Sorry, Gina, things don't look good for Snape in Book 7.

Anyway, movie timing aside, I thought JKR said something to the effect that she's writing the book this year and that it will be out in 2007. If she keeps with that schedule, then maybe it will come out around the "regular time" of July with the OoP movie to follow in the Fall of 2007. After POA, I don't think they'll do any more summer premieres for the remaining films.

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Julie Aronson - May 9, 2006 11:21 am (#2850 of 2983)

Let's hope--at this point I really need something to anticipate (besides my grades...)
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CatherineHermiona - May 9, 2006 12:13 pm (#2851 of 2983)

Hello everyone!

Well, first, happy belated birthdays to everyone I missed!

Second, welcome back, Jenn, and congratulation on those great news!

Third, I don't think I posted since I had country competition in shooting 22nd of April. So, I shot 162, which isn't too good, but at least more than 160... But we had a great time, it was great, sunny weather (even too hot), we had so much fun and came back late. And we went there by train! I felt like I'm going to Hogwarts! It wasn't one of those too modern trains, it had coupes and everything! Talking about shooting, I really have to change my avatar. Or at least second line of info... I'll do that... eventually... hopefully... I'm just too lazy...

And now the countdown. Only 3 days, 8 hours and 10 minutes until the beginning of the trip to Gardaland! I can't wait! I'll take some photos and maybe I change my avatar then. I'm going to go on Blue Tornado, Magic Mountain and all other scary rides where aunt didn't want to go with me last summer! I can't wait! Just 3 days, 8 hours and 3 minutes now...

OK, so I think it would be all. The most important things. I suppose.

Kate (only 3 days, 7 hours and 47 minutes until Gardaland now!)

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Stephanie M. - May 9, 2006 2:04 pm (#2852 of 2983)

Happy beleted Birthday to Julie!

Good to see you back, Kate!

I've had so much work to do lately! I'm going to go crazy! 3 more weeks of school!! YAY!!

Have a good RotD, everyone!

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haymoni - May 9, 2006 2:06 pm (#2853 of 2983)

Gina - any word on the transcript of the Snape Trial???

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John Bumbledore - May 9, 2006 2:07 pm (#2854 of 2983)

Julie A.

Happy belated birthday, I saw you mention torts. I was wondering if I could request cherry.

<)B^D˜ John Bumbledore

**back to the Knock knock thread on FFF**

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Marè - May 9, 2006 2:11 pm (#2855 of 2983)

****ducks rotten tomatoes***

Gives Loopy an umbrella to ward of possible tomatoes. I liked book 6 less than the rest too. Personally I don't think shipping is Jo's strongest point writing wise.
And I wanted to read the book slowly, and found out a lot of things by myself. But if you come to the forum a few days later, all the things have allready been discussed. In a few days... And we still have to wait so many years/months for book seven... unpatient bunch!

So yep, Chat thread and Potty games for me. Except I have been slacking there too. I think I missed Azi's and Tazzy's and Julies birthdays (Sorry! And very belated happy birthday)
And Kate I'm looking forward to some Gardaland pictures.

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Julie Aronson - May 9, 2006 3:05 pm (#2856 of 2983)

John,

I would love to make you a cherry torte. At this point, though, talking about baking, which I love to do, feels like intentionally inflicting emotional distress on myself! (more unfunny legal humor)

Off to Potty five words...

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Finn BV - May 9, 2006 4:58 pm (#2857 of 2983)

Kate, so good to see you around! Congrats on your shooting and enjoy Gardaland! That's a nice end-of-the-year treat!

Emma Thompson is confirmed for OoP, Mike Miller, that's something to be happy about… for another few hours or so…

Lost our tennis match today but we won the overall meet, so that's good. Personal record's at 2-2. That's fair…

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winlia - May 9, 2006 8:16 pm (#2858 of 2983)

Hi, Folks,

Took my 5-year-old to ice skating on Saturday. We dove on a frontage road along an old cemetery, and there was a mail truck in there. She hasn't stopped talking about it, can't imagine who would be getting letters in a grave yard. My husband tried to tell her about the Dead Letter Department, but she's too little to get the joke.

---Judy

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Amilia Smith - May 9, 2006 11:48 pm (#2859 of 2983)

LOL, Judy! What a cute story!

Finn! Stephanie! Gina! Anyone else in New York that I forgot! Did you see? Jo is coming to do a reading at Radio City Music Hall in August! How exciting is that?!?!?!?!

Mills.

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Puck - May 10, 2006 4:14 am (#2860 of 2983)

Happy Birthday, Kipp!

You share this day with a wonderful boy, who is now 6 years old!

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Stephanie M. - May 10, 2006 4:15 am (#2861 of 2983)

She is?????? I am going to check out that link right now!!

Happy Birthday Kipp!!!

Sorry, about the tennis match, Finn!

Off to school! Have a good day everyone!!!

Cross posted with Puck. Edited to add Happy Birthday to Kipp!

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Kip Carter - May 10, 2006 4:26 am (#2862 of 2983)
Edited May 10, 2006 5:24 am

Puck and Stephanie, thank you for the birthday greetings; however when did I get a extra "p" added to my name.

A "kip", according to Websters, is many things, like a bundle of hides, bed, sleep, nap, a unit of weight equal to 1000 pounds, 100 at in Laos (money); however I am not a "kipper", defined as a male salmon or sea trout during or after spawning season or to cure by salting and smoking. I may sleep or nap every now and then and may have been rather heavy at one time; however I am a male, but definitely not a salmon or sea trout, and do not remember ever being cure by salting and smoking.

I look forward to just enjoying being 66 and plan on being around for at least 30 or more years. 'Nuf said!

Forgot to add a "Happy Birthday" to Puck's little one!

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Marè - May 10, 2006 4:44 am (#2863 of 2983)

A "kip", according to Websters, is many things
Like I said, it's a chicken!

But happy birthday Kip!

And there is more info about Jo's reading on her site. Gina, I kind of do expect you to go and report back to us....

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kaykay1970 - May 10, 2006 4:54 am (#2864 of 2983)

Happy Birthday to Kip (1 p) and Puck's 6 year old!!

I haven't really posted as I've been doing end-of-year things with the children. We've had AR parties, Drama Club plays and Academic Banquets, etc. Tomorrow we have a Womanless Beauty Review (my 12 year old has a lovely dress picked out to wear) at the elementary then an Athletic Banquet at the high school tomorrow night. Then Friday the elementary talent show starts at 12:30 while the high school awards are given at 1:00. I still don't know how to be two places at one time. Boy I wish I had a time turner!! Next week my niece is graduating! WooHoo!!

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Julie Aronson - May 10, 2006 5:08 am (#2865 of 2983)

Happy birthday Kip!

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John Bumbledore - May 10, 2006 5:20 am (#2866 of 2983)
Edited May 10, 2006 6:16 am

Paintball or Star Wars Rebels? That begs the question, is Kip a nickname or short form of your given name? You never know what is possible in a world where Jack is short for John...

Happy Birthday, Kip!  {B^D˜ (> I take my hat is off to you. You run an excellent forum.

Oh, and about the way Puck and Stephanie M. gifted you with the extra p in your name; perhaps they were simply expressing a subconscious desire to see more of your chatting around the forum?

<)B^D˜ John Bumbledore

Edits: And a happy birthday to little Puck.

And happy birthday to anyone else I've missed.

And a belated gift to Kip. LOL

Hey, you're the one who mentioned "Kipper." Though I picture you more like Kipper's friend, Tiger. LOL

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Kip Carter - May 10, 2006 5:21 am (#2867 of 2983)

To all: Thank you for the birthday wishes both prior to this post and afterwards.

Steffie, I am definitely a South Carolina Gamecock (a fighting rooster); however where is a "kip" defined as a "chicken"?

John, Kip is a nickname! And thanks for pointing out my error on addressing Finn instead of Stephanie. I just corrected that post!

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Finn BV - May 10, 2006 5:27 am (#2868 of 2983)

Happy birthday Kip! Enjoy your 66th! Stay away from the Forum for a day and don't do any work! Please!!

Happy birthday also to Kathy's little one!

Mills, I did notice! I'm hoping to go – it's right in the middle of summer which should be great! Yippeeeeee!!

Edited as per Kip fixing his error.

EDIT 2: Kristina, good luck!! Don't visit Potty Five Words!

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Tazzygirl - May 10, 2006 5:27 am (#2869 of 2983)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, KIP!! Hope your day is fantastic!

Happy Birthday, Little Puck! Hope he has a fantastic day too.

It is 2:30 AM here... my papers are due this evening (Wednesday) by 5 PM. I still have a loooooooong way to go (10 more to be exact). Why did I wait until this past week to write these papers?!?!? **headdesk** I didn't think it was going to be this hard. I don't think I'll be going to bed anytime soon. sigh. OK. Back to work!

~Kristina

EDIT: Woah. By the time I posted this, three or four people managed to post before me. Just thought I'd share. Blame it on the sleep deprivation and paper overload...

EDIT again: LOL, Finn! You caught me! I was just on my way over to Potty Five Words... Thanks!

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Loopy Lupin - May 10, 2006 5:38 am (#2870 of 2983)

Happy Birthday Kip!

Yay! More "Lost" tonight. I'm so excited, I'm all a dither!

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Catherine - May 10, 2006 5:57 am (#2871 of 2983)
Edited May 10, 2006 7:19 am

Happy Birthday, Kip! Happy Birthday to young Puck!

Howdy, Loopy! ** took time off from studying just for you and Kip **

I've actually been busy turning my house inside out to prepare for the top to bottom cleaning I "gifted" myself for Mother's Day. Many things to organize, throw away. You can't have the house dirty when the cleaning folks are coming.

They are even going to powerwash the outside and do all of the windows. Yippee!

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Denise P. - May 10, 2006 5:59 am (#2872 of 2983)

Happy Birthday Kip!!

If my mom were still with us, she would be sharing in the celebration as well.

I keep a big wall calendar in the kitchen, about the size of a poster, where I keep all appointments and things written. I also keep a planner with me where everything is written as well. I check the kitchen one every day to see if there is anything I need to be sure to not forget.

Yesterday, the kitchen calendar had written "Devin DDS 10 am" so I loaded up everyone and had Devin at the dentist by 10 am. After I checked him in, I pulled out my personal planner to see what else I had to do. Imagine my surprise when it said "Devin DDS 10 am" on Wednesday not Tuesday, like it was on the kitchen one. Whoops!! His appointment was for Wednesday, not Tuesday...I was there a day early! It was just a check of his mouth appliance so they worked him in. Guess I need to be sure I am writing things on the correct day. I knew my planner was correct since I had written it down when the appointment had been made.

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Marè - May 10, 2006 6:04 am (#2873 of 2983)
Edited May 10, 2006 7:02 am

however where is a "kip" defined as a "chicken"?
It is in my language

And for Tazzy: might have to use that one myself at some point..
Icon by feathered.

Edit: Denise your story reminds me of the day my parents and brother went to the open day of a possible school a complete week early. That's two hours in a car for nothing...

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mike miller - May 10, 2006 7:01 am (#2874 of 2983)

Happy Birthday Kip and Little Puck!!!

Well only a half day today as I will be flying to Chicago this afternoon. Glad I checked the weather channel, rain and low 50's in Chicago for the next couple of days. I will be working in a little "personal time" and getting to my favorite cajun place (Heaven on Seven) and a trip to Buddy Guy's Legends.

Have a Great Day!!

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haymoni - May 10, 2006 7:32 am (#2875 of 2983)

They should just call Chicago "Food City". I was there for a trade show once and gained 5 pounds.

Hope all is well today.

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Esther Rose - May 10, 2006 7:40 am (#2876 of 2983)

Hmmm... Haymoni must have gone to Leoni's. hehe I would hate to do a calorie/fat counting on their food. They serve their french fries with sour cream instead of catsup and the food is amazing.

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haymoni - May 10, 2006 8:11 am (#2877 of 2983)

It's been a few years. I remember one restaurant - Gene & Georgetti's - something like that - 2 "G" names - incredible salmon.

There was a seafood place - something about Frogs.

There was an Italian place - it began with an "M" that was top shelf all the way - absolutely incredible - polenta with sausage - manicotti...mmm...

The sales reps came into town and so we had to go to the Hancock Building - "The Top of the..." - well, it isn't very Forum-friendly, but the food was great.

I think I only have a salad for lunch today. How depressing!

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azi - May 10, 2006 8:25 am (#2878 of 2983)

Happy birthday Kip!

Have a nice time in Chicago, Mike!

**sends work and good luck charms to Tazzy!**

Lovely sunny weather here!

Hope everyone has a great day!

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Gina R Snape - May 10, 2006 9:44 am (#2879 of 2983)

Happy Birthday Kip!!!!!

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The giant squid - May 10, 2006 10:39 am (#2880 of 2983)

Happy Birthday, Kip!! Many happy returns, as well.

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Holly T. - May 10, 2006 11:09 am (#2881 of 2983)

Happy Birthday Kip and Happy Birthday Little Puck!

Denise, BTDT with the schedule. I have to synchronize the pocket planner with the big wall calendar or I get confused. The wall calendar is color-coded, the planner isn't. Sometimes I get confused.

Today is my daughter's last ballet class until September! The ballet studio she goes to is almost 20 miles from our house so three times a week it is a 40-mile round trip (on almost $3 a gallon gas) to take her to ballet. Ok, she hasn't been to her Saturday class in about a month because of softball so it's been only twice a week the past month. Still, I'm excited.

No one has RSVP'd to my son's birthday party yet (his birthday is Friday, party is Saturday).

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Puck - May 10, 2006 11:18 am (#2882 of 2983)

Oops, sorry, Kip! My friend's husband spells it with 2 p's, and I was stopping into the forum while packing lunches and frosting cupcakes. (Batch #2, as the first ones were for Diva's school. She has a summer birthday, so chose to have a school party near her brother's birthday.)

Went shopping for birthday gifts this morning, and got home to wrap them and have lunch. Now off to pick up the birthday boy from school. (I still can't believe he's 6!) Can't wait for him to see his bike!

Kristina, it will all be over soon! You can do it! *hugs*

Ooh, gotta get in the car!

Kathy

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Holly T. - May 10, 2006 11:41 am (#2883 of 2983)

Kathy, my son is getting a bike too! Only we haven't bought it yet. We're going to take him to the store to make sure it's the right size. Actually we haven't bought him anything yet, oops. My husband is supposed to go to Target today on the way home from picking up our daughter at ballet (I drop off, he picks up) to buy Mother's Day cards and some gifts for the birthday boy (and I hope Mother's Day gifts for me--must pass along instructions to our daughter so she can direct him toward something I would like). Birthday boy has decided that his GI Joes are unevenly matched and has requested more bad guys "you know, evildoers," he said. "With weapons." We're also getting him some nunchuks to use at Tae Kwon Do. Our daughter, naturally, thinks this is a Bad Idea.

Editing to add that I haven't made any cupcakes--yet. Need to get started. Hubby has to work the Little League concession stand tonight so I think the kids and I will make cupcakes and watch "The Amazing Race."

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I Am Used Vlad - May 10, 2006 12:35 pm (#2884 of 2983)

Happy birthday, Kip.

Thanks, everyone for welcoming me back to the Forum, er, weeks ago. I wish I had an exciting tale to tell, like traveling around the world with that glacier volleyball team, but in reality I've just been extremely busy with a vast array of personal issues. I hope to be posting more often soon, but figure since, for the most part, Finn and I seem to share the same brain*, I'm not really needed.

Denise, last time I popped in you asked me about running. I was supposed to run in the Marine Corps Marathon last fall in D.C., but my knee was bothering me too much so I couldn't. I did manage to spend 80 dollars for a T-shirt, though. I thought about telling Loopy that I was going to be in the area, but I was afraid he would tie me to a chair and force me to watch The Gold Rush.  Chat & Greetings 2006 - Page 3 2775603007   I've only been running short distances lately.

.*This only applies to Harry Potter. I eat meat, like Kid Rock and have a picture of Julie Andrews taped to my dart board.

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Madam Pince - May 10, 2006 12:47 pm (#2885 of 2983)

Happy Birthday to Kip and to Little Puck! Also early "Happy Birthday" to Holly's son! Hope everyone has a great day! Kip, perhaps you are going to get a bike for a present, too -- it would be a shame for you to be the only one left out!

Chicago and food....ummmmmmm.... I have actually been thinking about Giordano's Stuffed Pizza ever since Finn mentioned something about having pizza for dinner a few weeks ago; how sad is that! (I just looked at their website to be sure I had the name right, and guess what? They will half-bake a pizza and Fedex it to you on dry ice for you to finish baking at home....hmmmmmmm.....) I am forever spoiled for any other pizza after having Giordano's. We went to Chicago last spring on our "girls' weekend" and we ate very well -- had (outrageously overpriced) drinks at the top of the John Hancock Building too, but I didn't recall that name, haymoni! Maybe it was the name of the restaurant, and we actually only went to the lounge part. Lovely view from the bathroom windows, I thought, which is not something you can usually say about public bathrooms....

OK, still haven't gotten around to seeing last week's Lost yet because I got diverted, but I got "spoiled" by the TV commercials for this week's show, and also by the arrival of my TV Guide yesterday. Highlight here if you've already seen it: So I guess we know why the actress who plays Ana Lucia wasn't sweating having to spend 5 days in jail -- I was wondering why that wouldn't be cutting into their filming schedule! It must be sort of like being on "Survivor" -- even if you're voted off, you can't leave the island until the whole thing's finished filming or you'd give away the ending! LOL!

I'm off tomorrow for my girls' weekend -- Little Pince is staying with his grandparents -- we plan DC sightseeing and Georgetown shopping, and a nice dinner at a fancy Italian restaurant tomorrow night, I think. I'm going to have to ditch the s'mores idea because I'm going to metrorail instead of drive so I don't want to have to haul that big box on the train.... oh well!

Everyone enjoy the RotW! Early Happy Mother's Day to all the Moms out there!

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Puck - May 10, 2006 1:03 pm (#2886 of 2983)

Have a great time Madame Pince! *repeats to self "I am not jealous, I am not jealous."

LOL about the boy/weapons thing, Holly! There is an interesting book called "Killing Monsters", which talks about why kids need that kind of play. I waited until today to have Diva pick out a gift because a)I wanted to see what he got at his party and b)I figured she would only have to keep the secrets for hours as opposed to days.

Why would anyone want to throw darts at Julie Andrews!?

Cheers,

Kathy

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Loopy Lupin - May 10, 2006 1:10 pm (#2887 of 2983)

I thought about telling Loopy that I was going to be in the area, but I was afraid he would tie me to a chair and force me to watch The Gold Rush. – Vlad

No, I think I'd tie you to a chair and make you watch The Sound of Music instead.

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Madam Pince - May 10, 2006 1:26 pm (#2888 of 2983)

LOL, Puck! It's supposed to rain here all weekend, if that makes you feel any better! This is my one little gift to myself to be away from Mom-duty for a couple days a year, though, so I probably wouldn't care if it rained toads!

Little Pince has decided that I would like to have a goldfish or a hamster for a Mother's Day present. He keeps asking me to call "the aquarium" and ask them for a tank...

I forgot earlier -- best wishes to all who are finishing up final school papers, projects, exams, etc. Good luck and strengthening charms! ***Tosses time-turner to kaykay so she can attend all end-of-school events at once***

OK, now I really am signing off (I saw the posts about new info on the JKR site and had to go by there -- see how easily I get distracted? I'll probably never watch Lost....)

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Julie Aronson - May 10, 2006 1:35 pm (#2889 of 2983)

MMMMMMM Giordano's......mmmmmmm I love getting breakfast at Mitchell's, too. They have the most amazing blueberry coffee cake!

Catherine,

When is your day on Jeopardy?

Well, Torts is over. On to Property. (maybe I can get an easement...I hope I don't zone out) Oh my, I think I might have completely lost it...

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Catherine - May 10, 2006 1:42 pm (#2890 of 2983)

Catherine,

When is your day on Jeopardy? –Julie

I try out on May 22. **waves to Loopy Lupin and counts down the days**

Today has been both frustrating and fun. My MSN is acting funny **waves to Kim** and I thought that Kim was just taking a long time to respond to my comment and I realized I was logged out. I can't get it to log back in. Mr. Catherine may need to fiddle with it when he gets home. In addition, our DSL connection keeps conking out, and spent 30 minutes on the phone with Sprint trying to fix it. Grrrr....

But...I got my agapanthus today! May they flourish like Petunia's. I spent this afternoon outside siting them and seeing where they will fit best.

EDIT: MSN appears to be working now. **beckons to Loopy and Lupin is Lupin**

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Julie Aronson - May 10, 2006 1:49 pm (#2891 of 2983)

Catherine,

You'll rock the stage!

Enjoy your agapanthus.

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Lina - May 10, 2006 2:01 pm (#2892 of 2983)

Now I know why my mum did a cake today! It was for Kip's birthday. A very Chat & Greetings 2006 - Page 3 1609556105 Kip! Have a wonderful one and many many more!

, to Kathy's big guy (again)!

Yay for your agapanthus, Catherine!

Hugs to Kristina and good luck charms to all who deal with the exams and papers to do!

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Winky Woo - May 10, 2006 3:57 pm (#2893 of 2983)

Happy Birthday K ip!


Hope you have a great day....do you know I now sleep in sports wear after your advice following my embarrassment last year!

Love Winky X

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boop - May 10, 2006 5:31 pm (#2894 of 2983)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO KIP!!! I hope you are enjoying your day.

Kathy, Tell your son Happy Birthday for me.

Only 2 more days of overtime then I have the weekend off!!!

Have a great RotD!!!

hugs always

boop

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Finn BV - May 10, 2006 6:02 pm (#2895 of 2983)

… and have a picture of Julie Andrews taped to my dart board. –Vlad

Gasp! The sentence was so good up until you said "dartboard."

Oh, Madam Pince, you're making me yearn for that pizza I had a few weeks ago!! Enjoy the early weekend!

No, I think I'd tie you to a chair and make you watch The Sound of Music instead. –Loopy

I'm starting to lose faith in my shared brain partner…

Kristina, my history teacher is part-time at school (she's 26) and is up into ghastly hours of the night righting her essays as well! Pretend you're her and you don't have any Five Words to distract you…

Enjoy the RotD!

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Holly T. - May 10, 2006 6:19 pm (#2896 of 2983)

Julie Andrews was one of the keynote speakers at the convention I went to a few weeks ago. Not that I got to see her, as a lowly exhibitor (for a company not willing to spring for extras like keynote luncheons with famous people), but I was in the same building.

All this talk of papers and finals is making me have flashbacks to writing my dissertation. I don't know if there's really an accurate way to check, but I would say at least a third of it was written between the hours of midnight and 3 a.m.

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winlia - May 10, 2006 6:27 pm (#2897 of 2983)

Madam Pince

I live in the Chicago area and now feel compelled to get a sitter and head out to a restaurant. Gene and Geogetti's is wonderful indeed, as is Giordano's, and the restaurant at the top of the Hancock is the 95th. Technically, I think it's "The Signature Room at the 95th". My niece's husband of 15 years took her there when they were teens.

Happy Birthday to Kip and Little Puck!!!

I was out looking at bikes for my soon-to-be six-year-old, and there's an adorable pink StingRay. That style was popular when I was a kid, though for boys, not girls, and not, of course, in pink.

I love reading the schedules of all you parents. I think some of you are actually busier than my husband and I. Tonight was ballet and karate. And after reading some of the posts, I expect I'll soon be having one of my reoccurring nightmares about being unprepared for an exam or late with a term paper, even though I finished grad school almost 25 years ago. The memories of some of those all-night pre-exam cramming sessions run deeper in my mind than the remembered pains of child birth!

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Finn BV - May 10, 2006 6:44 pm (#2898 of 2983)

Ooh, Holly what convention? The Sound of Music and Julie Andrews have been some of my favorite things, no pun intended but boy does that sound lame, for a long time.

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Holly T. - May 10, 2006 6:55 pm (#2899 of 2983)

It was the Texas Library Association convention. I think Julie Andrews and her daughter have written a children's book, which is why she was speaking there. Marlee Matlin was there too, as was Richard Friedman, who is running for governor of Texas. Note: I didn't see them either. I really was there, LOL.

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Puck - May 10, 2006 7:03 pm (#2900 of 2983)

Finn, the forum really has been punny (or is that funny) lately! John must be rubbing off on us!

Young Puck had a nice birthday. He was looking slightly disappointed about his presents until Daddy snuck down to the basement and reappeared with the bike. Pity it was raining, so he couldn't try it out.

The rain has our phones out. When the lines get wet we tend to loose service. Plus, my cell needed recharging. I called my mom once it was recharged, and apparently she had spent they day worrying about why she couldn't get through, and was quite relieved to hear from me. She had even gone so far as to call and ask the phone company -who didn't cooperate- to check my line.

Hope everyone makes it to all the days events, and on the correct days. I'm just starting to get into the running kids around to various activities mode. Next year it will really kick in, as Diva starts ballet, and Young Puck will be old enough for piano lessons and cub scouts.

I'll be in Chicago this summer (possibly on my birthday), so I'll have to keep in mind some of the restaurants you've been mentioning.

New stuff on Jo's site?! See ya!

Happy RotD, Kathy
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timrew   - May 10, 2006 7:40 pm (#2901 of 2983)

Happy Birthday, Kipp, or should that be Kip! Are you a man or a fish, speak up!

I gave up on watching 'Lost' when I heard that the writers had enough material for five more series. I just thought, 'I've got to watch this for five more years until I find out what it's all about?' I don't think so!

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Elanor - May 10, 2006 9:44 pm (#2902 of 2983)

Happy Birthday Kip! Joyeux anniversaire!

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Eponine - May 10, 2006 10:18 pm (#2903 of 2983)

Happy Birthday, Kip!

Congratulations on your engagement and pregnancy, Jen!

Good Luck on Jeopardy, Catherine!

And everything else I've forgotten.

You know, whenever I have a question I can't find the answer to anywhere else, I come here.

The other day, I accidentally put dish soap in my dishwasher. I was out of the real stuff, and I thought the sample packet was for the dishwasher. Anyway, I ended up with soap all over my kitchen floor. I ran another load with the dishwasher detergent, but I still got soap all over my floor. Does anyone know if I need to run the dishwasher a couple of times to get all the soap out? Have I ruined my dishwasher?

I hope everyone has a great RotD!

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jose043 - May 10, 2006 11:18 pm (#2904 of 2983)

Happy Birthday Kip, hope you had a wonderful day.

It is the 11th May here in Aussie so I am late from here, but might just scrap in for the 10th May in USA.

From Josephine & Anne

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Tazzygirl - May 10, 2006 11:56 pm (#2905 of 2983)

I'm FINISHED!! My 16 papers are done and turned in (a little later than 5 pm, but oh well. At least it was on the same day! )!!! **insert exhausted dancing smiley here** I am so glad it's over. But guess what that means??

I am officially on SUMMER BREAK! YIPPEEEEE!!

All right... Off to check Potty Five Words **waves to Finn and Julie A. and Puck** and then off to bed.

Thank you everyone for the encouragement!

~Kristina

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Snuffles - May 11, 2006 12:46 am (#2906 of 2983)

Congrats Kristina, now you can finally relax!

Happy belated birthdays to Kip and to Kathy's son, hope you both had a wonderful day.

Have a great weekend Madame .P.

***hands Finn a cold compress to help him get over the thought of Julie Andrews' picture being on a dart board! ***

Hope everyone has a good Thursday

Julie

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Tazzygirl - May 11, 2006 2:17 am (#2907 of 2983)

Cute avatar, Snuffles! Olivia is too cute!

I forgot Julie Andrews being taped to a dart board. Poor Finn. Would it make you feel better if we reserve post number 1935 for you on Potty Five Words?

(and yes, I was supposed to have gone to sleep a couple hours ago... my aunt has discovered skype internet phone- thing and I have been chosen as the lucky person to have her test it out on. So while she is pushing buttons on her computer, I am posting here!) I wanna go to sleeeeeep. sigh.

~Kristina

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Puck - May 11, 2006 3:52 am (#2908 of 2983)

Waving back to Tazzy Kristina, hope you get some sleep soon! Well, now that you're on break I should just say "Long rule the Queen!"

Julie, great new picture!

Healing charms to the dishwasher!

Well, I need to get the kids out of bed and ready for school.

Cheers, Kathy

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Finn BV - May 11, 2006 4:24 am (#2909 of 2983)

. Poor Finn. Would it make you feel better if we reserve post number 1935 for you on Potty Five Words? –Kirstina

Psst! It's 1965!!

Snuffles, that is a great picture of you and Olivia!! And thanks for the cold compress. **cold compresses** (I tried to make that into a verb but I guess it just sounds like more than one cold compresses. ) Eponine, haven't the faintest, but good luck to you!

Enjoy the RotD!

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mike miller - May 11, 2006 4:39 am (#2910 of 2983)

Here's a quick report from the Chicago food scene; Brazzazz Brazilian Steakhouse. Dinner starts with an outstanding salad bar with 35 items including raw oysters to Itallina coldcuts to all of the traditional salad items. Each person has a little token at their seat, turn it up and roving servers come by with big skewers of all sorts of meats, chicken breast wrapped in bacon, filet minion, pork tenderloin, sausages, roast beef and the list goes on! Traditional side dishes are also brought out with various sauces for the meats. A bit pricey though, one drink each, bottle of wine, 2 desserts and coffee was nearly $400 with tip! Outstanding meal though!

Well off to work, have a great RotD!

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azi - May 11, 2006 5:18 am (#2911 of 2983)

Love the avatar, Snuffles!

A 'Happy Birthday' in advance for Holly T's son!

Wow, that's a lot of food Mike!

Unfortunately I don't know anything about dishwashers, Eponine, but good luck with getting it fixed (love the avatar!)!

Have a great time on summer holidays, Tazzy!

Still a sunny time here!

Have a lovely day, everyone!

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Chemyst - May 11, 2006 5:25 am (#2912 of 2983)

Happy Birthday Kip

Audrey, did you take the picture of Fawkes's spirit? Cool.

 ** must resist urge to ask Tazzy if she learned anything about procrastination **

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Marie E. - May 11, 2006 5:34 am (#2913 of 2983)

Happy Birthday, Kip!

I've been so incredibly busy at work. I've got end-of-the-year assessments to finish and graduation rehearsals to do. There are also parent/teacher conferences next week where I get to tell a father that I really, really think his son should repeat kindergarten. I dread thinking about it.

My most favorite brother got my a Goblet of Fire t-shirt for Mother's Day. I admit to having a "squee" moment. Thanks, Mikey!

Our goofy weather continues. I woke up yesterday to an inch of snow on the ground. It's May! The night before we had thunderstorms. I wonder if it was thundering and snowing. It's all melted now and warming up.

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Julie Aronson - May 11, 2006 5:51 am (#2914 of 2983)

Eponine, I think running the dishwasher empty is a good idea. You might also want to try putting some plain white vinegar in the soap dispenser--it's good for cleaning residue, so I guess it will help with too much soap, too.

Good luck!

yippie! I figured out the smilies!

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haymoni - May 11, 2006 6:36 am (#2915 of 2983)

I'm sure the dishwasher isn't broken. It will just take a while to get all the soap out.

My dishwasher is making me crazy. Water will go in for the first "Normal" wash, but won't go in for the others. The little door opens up to release the 2nd bit of soap but there isn't any water to clean it with.

Of course, the dishwasher works just fine if Hubby runs it, so I'm going to put him in charge of that. He doesn't believe me, but I think I'm a jinx.

Actually, I'm just slacking off again. I just haven't had the energy (or the time off work) to deal with the Maytag Repairman.

It is my day for treat at the baseball game tonight. So I went hunting for the cooler under the crawl space - at 7:30 am, no less. I'm sure the mold growing in it will cure several of the world's most horrible diseases, but I had to scrub it out anyway. God forbid the other baseball moms see what a Slacker I truly am!

As I finished my scrubbing, I happened to glance outside at the rain pouring down. I'm guessing the game will be cancelled, but at least I have a clean cooler!!

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Puck - May 11, 2006 9:20 am (#2916 of 2983)

There is to be an epidemic of cancelled baseball games. We've only had one of the 4 scheduled, and I'm guessing tonights might be called off as well. Poor kid has waited a year to join the team, and still can't play. Rain is in the forcast every day for the next week.

Julie, isn't fun to discover smilies? I'm properly impressed with your dishwasher knowledge, by the way. I fix things by telling Mr. Puck it's broken.

Haymoni, you mean it's slacking to be sitting here when my sink is full of dishes and my counter tops hiding beneath a sea of cracker boxes and school papers?

Mike, thanks for the restaurant info! Hey, if it is my birthday when we go, I may be able to talk hubby into it!

Happy RotD, Kathy

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Elanor - May 11, 2006 9:23 am (#2917 of 2983)

Chemyst: "Audrey, did you take the picture of Fawkes's spirit?"

I did! I took it from my appartment window a few days ago. I was just enjoying the spring evening air when I saw that cloud and thought "FAWKES!!!!" And I was lucky enough to have my camera at hand, so here it is!

Have a great day everybody!

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Holly T. - May 11, 2006 9:27 am (#2918 of 2983)

Oh, I need a cold compress! I have a lovely widescreen iMac here at work. However, as part of my job I need access to a database that only runs on Windows. So, thanks to remote desktop I have just had to suffer the indignity of having Windows screens on my lovely iMac. Ack. I guess you have to be a fellow Mac person to realize how awful this was.

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Gina R Snape - May 11, 2006 10:21 am (#2919 of 2983)

Ok, I've seen this off and on for the past few months and meant to ask. What is RotD? Return of the... Dark Lord? Dementors? Diapers? Drycleaning? Dressing? Daffodils?

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Denise P. - May 11, 2006 10:26 am (#2920 of 2983)

Remains of the Day, I think

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John Bumbledore - May 11, 2006 10:46 am (#2921 of 2983)
Edited May 11, 2006 11:44 am

Paintball or Star Wars Rebels? A good question: what does RotD mean? I thought it was Returns on/of the Day. Now, is that just for those who have investments; wishing them good returns on one's investments Today?

Or is it more akin to wishing some one a repeat of the day, like in that move, "Groundhog Day" where Bill Murray keeps reliving the same day over and over again?

I'll go see if it is listed on the forum abbreviations post.. **Crack!**

**Pop!** Nope, not listed there yet.

Oh, hello Denise; not sure how I missed your post. But I like your explanation better than what I had previously been told.

<)B^D˜ John Bumbledore

Edits: Not Dan Ackroyd but (the other Ghost Buster) Bill Murray

EDIT: RotD initialism of "Remains of the Day" was coined (at least here on the Chat thread) by Madam Pince back on Jan. 23 "How about 'Happy Remains of the Day?' We could call it RD for short." I think it was first abbreviated as "RotD" on Jan 24 by her.

She suggested it in response to a request by Finn VB (it is his fault! ) to come up with a replacement for the longer alternative of Happy morning/day/evening/night/what-ever-it-is-where-you-are-now sentiment. (Okay, that is a paraphrase of his similarly long phrase.) So, Happy RotD to everyone!

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Denise P. - May 11, 2006 10:59 am (#2922 of 2983)

Maybe it is Rest of the Day? Hee, I don't remember but it is way back on the chat thread somewhere.

I did a 10K run this morning! Woo hoo!! 6.2 miles.....

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Julie Aronson - May 11, 2006 11:35 am (#2923 of 2983)
Edited May 11, 2006 12:21 pm

Thanks Puck! Sadly, there is no Mr. Julie--just Reluctant Boyfriend. That means that if something's broken, either I see about fixing it or it stays broken.

edited to congratulate Denise!!!

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haymoni - May 11, 2006 11:36 am (#2924 of 2983)

I thought it was "Rest of the Day" because we are all in different time zones and to say "Have a good night" or "Have a good day" may not accurately describe the situation.

Someone did comment that they thought it was cool that it sounded like "Remains of the Day".

Nice job on the 10K, Denise.

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Puck - May 11, 2006 11:57 am (#2925 of 2983)

I believe Madame Pince came up with the term "Remains of the Day", and we slackers quickly shortened it to RotD!

Way to go Denise! You inspire me. I will go for a run tomorrow morning.

Julie, my hubby likes the saying "If women don't find you handsome, at least they can find you handy!" (Of course, I tell him I think he's both )

Happy RotD! Kathy

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John Bumbledore - May 11, 2006 12:23 pm (#2926 of 2983)

Okay, moving my "visit to the Pensive" down to a new post so it is visible to others...

From my previous post:
RotD [is an] initialism of "Remains of the Day" [and] was coined (at least here on the Chat thread) by Madam Pince back on Jan. 23 Stating "How about 'Happy Remains of the Day?' We could call it RD for short." [But] It was first abbreviated as "RotD" [by Puck] on Jan 24.

[It was] suggested in response to a request by Finn VB (So, it is all his fault! ) to come up with a replacement for ...
Have a good night/evening/day/afternoon/whatever, everyone!
We need to come up with a collective term for any time of day. If there isn't already one, that is. --Finn VB

So, Happy RotD to everyone!

<)B^D˜ John Bumbledore

Edited with corrections.

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CatherineHermiona - May 11, 2006 12:45 pm (#2927 of 2983)

Happy belated birthday, Kip!!!!!!!

Now I really have to change my avatar. This must be a lucky week for me. Yesterday, on a shooting practice, I shot 170. So, a new best result and a new avatar. Though I'll probably put just first two targets, because last two are 39 and 39, what is less than average of 8.

Then today. I'm proclaimed the most popular girl in the class, sharing my place with Ana! We did a survey last week on our Class Hour. We got a paper with a list of people in our classes, and we had to to cross those we don't want to hang out with, and make a circle around those we want to hang out with. Today our homeroom teacher brought the results, and told us top 5 most popular persons in our class. Romano was on first place, because no-one crossed him. He is an OK guy and I can't imagine anyone crossing him. Matko and Patrick shared 2nd place, with only one person crossing them. Ana, Ivan and me shared 3rd place, with two persons crossing our name. Girls couldn't get any higher because I've heard that two certain boys crossed all girls. Almedin, Nika and Tea shared 4th place, and I don't know about fifth. But I'm the most popular girl in my class! That's surprising...

Also, today Marina borrowed 2 Green Day CDs to me (American Idiot and International Superhits)! Today I sent one certain picture from Glorija's mobile phone to mine! Gosh... I think I'm done with today.

And this Saturday I'm going to Gardaland, as most of you know! I can't wait!

And this Sunday we have last school competition and they are going to give medals and cups to us! We will be third, and we will get a cup and we will all get bronze medals (hopefully). Also, Tena will be 1st in individual competition. Our boys are second, and I think Dejan is 2nd individually. I think Tena and me will shoot our best result this Sunday. I mean, coming home about 1 AM, and getting up at 6 AM second morning... I can't think of better winning plan...

Kate (only 1 day, 7 hours and 15 minutes left to Gardaland!)

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Loopy Lupin - May 11, 2006 1:29 pm (#2928 of 2983)

Today our homeroom teacher brought the results, and told us top 5 most popular persons in our class.—CatherineHermonia

Goodness. Many American teens complain that high school elections (for class officers and the like) are just glorified popularity contests. We've never thought of simply dispensing with pretense altogether.

Congrats though, on both your popularity and your prowess with firearms.

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Lina - May 11, 2006 2:59 pm (#2929 of 2983)

Yay for you Kristina! I knew you could do it!

Marie, good luck for your conference with that father. If someone had told me that about my Veronika at the kindergarten time, I would have been thankful. I really think that she would have benefited that way. But alas, nobody noticed that she had problems or at least nobody wanted to tell me that. So just be brave and do what is best for the kid.

Denise, congratulations on the run!

Welcome, Winlia! I hope you'll enjoy this bunch of obsessed people!

I need to say that what I like about the "contest" that Kate mentioned, is that it was not about who is the most beautiful, most clever or something like that, it was the contest about who would you like to spend the time with, more like who is the most pleasant. And I like the idea of encouraging the ability to avoid the conflicts and to be kind.

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Tazzygirl - May 11, 2006 3:40 pm (#2930 of 2983)

I finally got to sleep around 1 last night. (My aunt is a night-owl). But I woke up at 11:30 and I now feel caught up on sleep.

Puck: Long rule the Queen! Thank you! I have a feeling there are going to be several people stampedeing to reach a new max! Boy is it fun!

Finn: 1965? (Even though it is the year Sound of Music came out) I was thinking 1935 because that is the year Julie Andrews was born. But if you want, we can reserve post 1965 too!

Azi: I plan on having a great summer! HP... Potty Five Words... and vacation in California for a month or so!

Chemist: ...must resist the urge to ask Tazzy if she learned anything about procrastination.

I learned alot. Don't wait until a week before to write 16 papers. Time is definitely against you. But... for being a member of Procrastinator Club, I feel it was a major feat!

Great Job, Denise!

Congratulations, Kate!!

I always thought RotD was Rest of the Day. Then I just added the N for Night so I could get in everybody!

Have a fabulous RotD/N everyone!! ...off to clean...

~Kristina

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Finn BV - May 11, 2006 4:09 pm (#2931 of 2983)

Gosh, Marie, yet more weather healing charms to you!

Oh, Holly, do I sympathize with you! I too am in the camp that the best use for a PC is as a doorstop. **compresses with you**

Yup, it is Remains of the Day, though we sort of modified it to Rest of the Day starting here on 26 Jan. John, just so you know, my initials are BV.

Congrats Denise, that's a big step up! Is that site, fitnessjournal.com which you told us about a while, free? I'm thinking of recording my running habits this summer, but I don't really want to cough up anything. If it does cost something, anybody know anything about other free record trackers?

Kate, congrats on the shooting as well as being well-liked by your class! And enjoy the rest of your week, it sounds packed! Hope to see you over on Five Words soon too… you haven't visited in a long time!

I was thinking 1935 because that is the year Julie Andrews was born. –Tazzy

True, true. But I was thinking of 1965 because that's the post I got last time. Yay!

Enjoy the RotD everybody, now that we're all settled on what it means!

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Tazzygirl - May 11, 2006 6:41 pm (#2932 of 2983)

Finn- True, true. But I was thinking of 1965 because that's the post I got last time.

That thought also crossed my mind!

Just finished helping my aunt clean her house. Now I am going to clean my apartment. Whoo-hoo.

~Kristina

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Catherine - May 11, 2006 7:00 pm (#2933 of 2983)
Edited May 11, 2006 7:30 pm

Well, I've completed my Procrastinator's Anonymous tasks.

I was really stressing about trying out for Jeopardy!, until Loopy Lupin did an Procrastinator's Intervention and got me "Googling and Reserving." I'm not at liberty to divulge his methods, but let's just pretend that I was more worried about what he and Lupin is Lupin would do versus not trying out.

Dragons aren't so bad, really....

As a result of said intervention, my Mum is completely thrilled with her trip to Washington, DC, just a week after Mother's Day. Shopping and Museums, here we come!

Mr. Catherine gave me an early Mother's Day gift, a trivia game called, "Can You Beat Ken Jennings?" All I can say is that I played this game and I do wish to give Mr. Jennings a beating. I did beat Mr. Catherine by several million dollars, though, and that was satisfying!

I'm off to Richmond this weekend for a nostalgic weekend. Miller & Rhodes, the old defunct department store, is giving its old "fashion runway" show as a fundraiser, and I will be in attendance. It's where I first saw "the real" Santa Claus, and went every year to see the Christmas storefronts. We will be eating lunch in the old "tea room," where Santa ate with us and Rudolph's cake was served by Santa's hand. While I don't expect it to be the same, I feel like I will connect with my Grandmother who enjoyed this ritual very much and took my cousins and me every year before she died in 1978. When Claire was 4 months old, it was the last year at Miller and Rhodes and I flew in from Texas to visit my parents. We have a lovely picture of Claire screaming in Santa's lap (the same lap I sat in years ago). Even the same man (Eddie Weaver) played the Christmas tunes on the organ...

So it's about the memories.

Off to do laundry and pack...

Hope everyone enjoys a good weekend.

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Denise P. - May 11, 2006 7:18 pm (#2934 of 2983)

Finn, Fitness Journal is a pay site but FitDay is very similar but free. It does basically the same thing minus some bells and whistles.

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Puck - May 11, 2006 7:31 pm (#2935 of 2983)

Good for you, Kate!

Kristina, stop cleaning and play 5 words!

Catherine, have a wonderful time. It sounds lovely.

Marie, hope your talk went well. It is always nerve wracking to have such a conversation. (I could hear that stress in my son's teacher's voice when she called to suggest he may need speech therapy. There was noted relief when I whole-heartedly agreed.)

Happy whatever! (just to mix things up a bit )

Kathy

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Finn BV - May 11, 2006 7:35 pm (#2936 of 2983)

Catherine, have a great time! Didn't Ken himself make that board game? I really should get it…

Forgot to say… we've had a few M. Night Shamlymandfjka;djsf… ahem… moments in English class lately. We're in our final poetry unit and talking about poems about death, and we mentioned the American Express commercial with him, and some of his "great" films that deal with death. One of these mentioned was The Village… No doubt Steph and I turned to each other and started laughing!

Denise, thanks for the info. I'll go check it out.

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winlia - May 11, 2006 9:22 pm (#2937 of 2983)

Hi, Folks,

Well, I guess it had to happen eventually, but we've just had the experience of my 8-year-old not being invited to the birthday party of one of his favorite classmates. And to top it off, the kid keeps telling him that he's invited, but the invitation must have been lost in the mail. (I'm not sure if the classmate is confused, or if he's deliberately teasing my little guy.) Of course, my son wants me to put it right.

And what really frustrates me is that the classmate was invited to my son's 7th and 8th birthdays. He attended the first, but couldn't make the second, and he and his mom dropped off a gift, which really seemed above and beyond. Last year, his mom called and suggested that we request that our guy be placed on the same little league team (which the classmate's Dad coaches) and they're together on the team again this year, although this time I didn't make the request. On the other hand, we've asked the classmate over for playdates a couple of times, and they've always said that they are busy. (Do I need to log off and start writing to Dear Abby instead?)

No wonder my 8-year-old is confused by the social signals--I'm confused too. Learning not to try to go where you're not wanted is a big part of growing up, but it hurts (and my son feels bad too Smile).

So as a member in good standing of the wildly over-indulgent current generation of parents, I'll be making the 3-1/2 hour drive to the Wisconsin Dells on the day of the party to visit The Great Wolf Lodge and its kid-pleasing indoor water park for a couple of days.

I guess these little hurts are just the tip of the iceberg.

Best RotD, and may all your sought-after invitations be delivered, preferably by owl.

Judy

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The giant squid - May 12, 2006 2:37 am (#2938 of 2983)

I tried to make that into a verb but I guess it just sounds like more than one cold compress.)--Finn BV

How about **coldly compresses**?

Marie: You're welcome. Actually, the thanks should go to my darling wife (and her sister-in-law, who managed to find another GoF shirt so Mary didn't have to give up hers).

Eponine, your dishwasher should be fine, you'll just have to run it without any soap for a few runs. I know they're making things more and more disposable these days, but I still doubt they'd make a dishwasher that can't handle a little extra soap...

Judy, have you tried calling the boy's parents? If the kid says your son is invited, I'd consider that the final word but it would be nice to know if the parents are expecting him.

--Mike

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azi - May 12, 2006 2:45 am (#2939 of 2983)

Shame about the invitation, Winlia! I'm sure he'll make plenty of friends who actually care in time! The water park sounds really fun, though.

Congratulations Kate on your shooting score and popular class result! Enjoy Gardaland!

**shudders to think what position she would have got in high school with such a vote**

Kristina - enjoy California! I met someone from California the other day and immediately thought of you!

Had a BBQ last night with friends, but naturally it started torrential raining (first time in at least 4 days!)! So we retreated inside to watch Monty Python and had a good time there instead. It's nice and sunny again today, so I'm off into the city to do *something*, not sure what.

Have a lovely day!

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haymoni - May 12, 2006 4:18 am (#2940 of 2983)

It was so cold here yesterday that I had to stop to buy a pair of jeans on the way to Ungrateful Son's baseball game.

When I left the house in the morning it was almost 70 degrees. By the afternoon, it was Halloween weather!

Doesn't look too promising for today either, but it is Friday, so who cares!!!

Have a good one all!

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Catherine - May 12, 2006 4:31 am (#2941 of 2983)

It's rough going today. My back is letting me know that I planted 12 big pots of perennials and annuals yesterday.

Where are the Weasley boys when you need some gardening assistance? I guess I shouldn't complain, as Denise ran 10K yesterday! You go, Denise!

I awoke to an email confirmation that I completed the Da Vinci Code Quest on Google. Now I await to find out if I am one of the 10,000 other hopefuls competing for the big prize. Did anyone else on the Forum play this game? I wonder how soon you had to submit the answer on the final puzzle to be one of the 10,000. Oh, well.

Thankfully I will get a haircut today--it hasn't been cut since early March---EEEK---so that my mother doesn't have the pleasure of saying, "When was the last time you got a haircut?" later this afternoon. She's treating me to a facial as a Mother's Day gift. I can't wait!!

Hope everyone has a good weekend and hope the Moms, Mom-to-bes, and the Mom-like people in our lives make out like bandits.

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Chemyst - May 12, 2006 4:48 am (#2942 of 2983)

...and hope the Moms, Mom-to-bes, and the Mom-like people in our lives make out like bandits. ~ Catherine
I am hoping that statement is worthy of a new Loopy avatar. I'd love to see if he can google up a mom in a bandit mask! But then, that would sort of negate the benefit of a facial, huh?

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Catherine - May 12, 2006 5:05 am (#2943 of 2983)

I am hoping that statement is worthy of a new Loopy avatar.—Chemyst

You never know with Loopy. Of course, Loopy is probably planning something fabulous for his own Mum along with his six basset hound "siblings."

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Puck - May 12, 2006 5:14 am (#2944 of 2983)

All I want for Mother's day is a nap and 2 hours alone with my sewing machine.

LOL, Azi. Back when I was 13 I doubt I would have been high on the list.

Judy, I would definitely call the kid's parents. Things do get lost in the mail. (Though personally I'd pick the water park over some birthday party!) Forget "Dear Abby", you can find out the answers to most anything here on the forum.

Tired today. Baby started to cry just as my head hit the pillow. I rocked her back to sleep, but she began crying when I returned her to her bed. Her cry worked to a scream, and eventually I brought her to my bed. She then laughed and sang happily until after midnight. She wiggled over so far that I was perched on the very edge of the bed, but didn't want to slide her over for fear of waking her up. Of course, it's hard to be annoyed by this when the first thing you see in the morning is that little smile.

Happy RotD, Kathy

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Marie E. - May 12, 2006 5:24 am (#2945 of 2983)

Thank Mrs. Squid for me then, Mike. It's a great shirt.

Weather is back to normal. High 60's to low 70's, with occasional rain showers. Birds tweeting. Ahhhhh!

I have my conference next Tuesday, so I get to fret about it all weekend. It's not a shock to the dad. We've had a few other meetings and I send home monthly progress reports. In fact when I mentioned to him the date and time of our graduation he said, "Oh, you're going to let him graduate?". As if I'd tell the kid he had to sit out while his friends all participated in the ceremony!

RotD

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Loopy Lupin - May 12, 2006 5:34 am (#2946 of 2983)

I'm thinking of recording my running habits this summer, but I don't really want to cough up anything.—Finn

Well, if I were to begin having running habits, I'd be coughing up plenty. Ba-dum-bump!

Winlia, you weren't clear if you had already, as Mike suggested, called the parents to ask about this invitation issue. Perhaps the not-so-tactful-but-nevertheless satisfying way of finding out the information would be to call the parents and invite this other boy along to the amusement park. The parents' response to the invitation should be all that you need to know. Miss Manners will look the other way if you don't call but instead offer the invitation at a little league game within earshot of the other boy.

Anyway, the call would at least clarify where you stand because the only negative signal, up until now, has been the "being busy" for proposed playdates. I don't think that being busy a "couple" of times qualifies as a brushoff quite yet. As it is now, you might be expected at this party and it doesn't look like you're showing up.

Yes, Catherine, I am indeed going to visit Mum and the dogs this weekend. I do have a surprise in store: a big bag of laundry. It'll be like old times when I was in college.

Chemyst-- Couldn't find a good avatar of a mom in a bandit mask, but I figured Marge's mug shot would work just as well.

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haymoni - May 12, 2006 5:52 am (#2947 of 2983)

Winlia - I'd just let it go.

You've already promised the waterpark thing, so finding out if your child was really invited to the party isn't going to solve anything, except requiring you to now purchase a present on top of paying for the waterpark trip.

If the invite got lost in the mail, the other mom may be nervous about approaching you on your lack of RSVP manners.

If the kids play well together going forward, that's all that matters.

I'm starting to think that these birthday parties have gotten out of hand anyway.

I'm very thankful that The Beautifulest One's birthday is in mid-August, so it usually ends up being a family affair - which is bad enough!

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Puck - May 12, 2006 5:54 am (#2948 of 2983)

Perhaps the not-so-tactful-but-nevertheless satisfying way of finding out the information would be to call the parents and invite this other boy along to the Waterpark. The parents response to the invitation should be all that you need to know. -Loopy Lupin

Well, I just meant to call and politely explain the reason for your confusion, but leave it to the lawyer to find an -ummm- less direct tactic.

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Thora - May 12, 2006 6:23 am (#2949 of 2983)

Whew, getting behind on this thread is not a good idea.

Now that our house guest is gone and the PODS box is empty and gone I have managed to reach my computer. I'm freezing right now though because the stupid air conditioning vent points right at me and I have to leave it going all day, lest it not start back up when we need it this afternoon. I dread telling my husband when he gets home that not only is the motor on the air conditioner not working (as he discovered last night), the motor on the dryer has decided to sieze up again too. With the 12 hour days he's been pulling I think I'll wait until morning to give him the bad news. We seem to be having a bit of rotten luck the last few months...

Mike Miller: I was really happy to see you here, I was thinking about you the other day in connection with the gathering and that fabulous hat of yours, and I often covet those excellent hogwarts maps. I'm curious as to how your daughter's trip to the mail box on her birthday, did it contain the planned letter from Hogwarts?

Well I'd best be off, I have one kid in the corner for biting her brother, and the bitten one is having fun crushing all the cheerios the youngest threw on the floor this morning. I'm watching his little friend again and they seem to be having great fun destroying everything.

Thora

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kaykay1970 - May 12, 2006 7:00 am (#2950 of 2983)

Thora seems to be having the same problems I just fixed! Our air conditioner totally quit working and had to be replaced. Then my dryer had problems. I only had to replace the heating coil on it and now it is fully operational...

The Athletic Banquet was really nice. Then they started the trophy presentations. People were trying hard not to fall asleep until their sport was called. They have suggested having separate banquets next year for Fall and Spring sports. I really hope they go with that idea!
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John Bumbledore - May 12, 2006 7:22 am (#2951 of 2983)

Finn BV, you mean it isn't Finn VB? I am berry sorry avout that. I guess my fingers just followed the qwerty order on the keyboard. I wish I could correct both posts.

From now on I'll just have to remember that your initials are backwards.

<)B^D˜ John Bumbledore

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Gina R Snape - May 12, 2006 7:25 am (#2952 of 2983)

I'M GOING TO SEE JKR IN AUGUST!!!!!! And I can submit TWO questions! TWO questions about Snape, but what will they BE?

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(attempts to regain composure)

Oh, and btw, Fitday is a great website. I've used it in the past with great success.

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Loopy Lupin - May 12, 2006 7:31 am (#2953 of 2983)

Was he in love with Lily Potter? (Before he met you, Gina, of course.)

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Thora - May 12, 2006 7:32 am (#2954 of 2983)

Okay, I'm so jealous my stomach just did a flip flop....

(composes self)

I'm really happy for you Gina, I'm sure you will glean much from the experience and share every juicy detail with all of us poor, deprived fellow fans who can only hope to live it through you.

Sigh....

Oh and for whoever it was who is months behind on LOST, I've got good news, ABC has now made it possible to watch already aired episodes on their official web site. I'm not sure of the particulars, but it was advertised after the episode on Wednesday.

Thora

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Steve Newton - May 12, 2006 7:42 am (#2955 of 2983)

Gina, Way to Go!!!!

I think the test will be to come up with questions whose answers don't obviously give away any of the upcoming plot.

Off the top of my head. Do Molly or Arthur have any other siblings than have already been mentioned? Obliquely asking about Ginny being 7th daughter.

Would YOU trust Mundungus in your house? Sort of asking about Dung and the Black objects.

Obviously I've got nothing great. More thinking required.

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Gina R Snape - May 12, 2006 9:25 am (#2956 of 2983)

Thanks guys. Of course I'll report back everything.

I am, of course, only considering Snape questions.

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Puck - May 12, 2006 9:34 am (#2957 of 2983)

WOOT, Gina!

That is fantastic news! Once again find myself repeating "I am not jealous, I am not jealous."

Thora, wait, do you mean I’m not supposed to have crushed Cheerios on my floor?

Kay, glad the banquet went well.

I signed the girls up for this sing-a-long with puppets on Friday mornings at the Senior Center. Great fun! Diva was her bouncy self, and Baby was trying hard to figure out how to clap.

I wonder if they have all the Lost episodes on that site? The tivo wasn't working properly, so we missed the second episode, and never seemed to catch it in the reruns.

Cheers!

Kathy

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azi - May 12, 2006 9:54 am (#2958 of 2983)

Wow, Gina, congratulations!!! **does happy dance for Gina**

I went into York today, but as I started walking it also started thundering. Next minute the wind picked up, I thought 'uh oh' and ran for cover. Just in time, as suddenly it started torrential raining with hail the size of marbles! Don't think I've ever seen rain like it. I, and a lot of other people, were stuck under a roof for 20 minutes attempting not to get wet, but failing. Fortunately in York it was the continental market, which cheered me up, as did window shopping (I showed admirable resistance to temptation by not buying anything). Then I went to a cafe and read some of PoA, so all in all it was a good day!

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haymoni - May 12, 2006 9:59 am (#2959 of 2983)
Edited May 12, 2006 10:47 am

Gina - I'm guessing she will never answer the Snape/Lily question or if Snape is a spy to the nth degree, but I wonder if she would tell us who the folks are in Snape's memories that Harry saw and the circumstances that surround them.

Who is the laughing girl? Where are they with the broomsticks? Who is the man that is yelling and who is the woman who is being yelled at? Where is Snape when he is lying on his bed zapping the flies? Is that Spinner's End?

Edit: More importantly, Gina - how did you manage to ask questions of JKR??? Have you "Imperio"'d anyone???

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Good Evans - May 12, 2006 11:51 am (#2960 of 2983)

Hi Folks

Just a quick post as I havent been here for a few days. Unfortunately we lost my precious doggie on Wednesday, I am to say the least devastated and those of you who are pet owners will know how I feel.

Many thanks for all the kind wishes over the past few months, she lived with the disease for five months, which isn't so bad, but it all seems to have been all in all too short a life. She would have been six next week, and I really belived (right up to the weekend just gone ) that she was going to make it to her birthday, sad to say it wasn't to be.

I shall probably keep her as my avatar for a while, as she will always be with me in spirit. We are going to get another dog and I will post the details as and when, hubby wants to get two, it will be lovely to have wet noses and waggy tails in the house again as it all seems to strange without her. I can never replace her, but we can offer other dogs a great home and love, totally immeasurable against what they give back to us though!

I just thought I would let you all know, the "chat room mob" in particular

take care all

Julie x

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Gina R Snape - May 12, 2006 11:55 am (#2961 of 2983)

Oh, Good Evans how sad. I know how it is to lose a beloved pet. You have my condolences. :sad:

Azi, I loooove York. It's one of my favourite places in all of the United Kingdom.

haymoni, anyone who purchases tickets can go to a URL printed on your receipt and submit one question per author. Since I bought tickets for two nights, I can submit two questions.

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The giant squid - May 12, 2006 12:00 pm (#2962 of 2983)

Thankfully I will get a haircut today--it hasn't be cut since early March---EEEK—Catherine

Early March--that's awful! Why, I just got my hair cut last...September 1994. Luckily for me, my wife prefers "longhairs".

Marie, your weather may have calmed down but it's just getting nasty here. I saw a news report last night saying it'll top out over 100 this weekend (38 C) and probably stay there for awhile... I had hoped that the nastiness would hold off a little longer. To be fair, though, it's been in the low-to-mid 90s for the last couple weeks, so I doubt I'll even feel the difference. How jaded am I--it doesn't start to feel "hot" until the mercury hits the 110 mark!

Thora: just tell people the crushed Cheerios are an avant garde art project. They'll call you a genius and pay thousands for it. Or not.

I'm surprised that Miss Manners actually agreed with one of my suggestions. To be fair, though, my actual response would have been closer to "screw 'em, he can make new friends." I'm something of a cynic, though. And, strangely, I actually have friends; go figure.

Congrats, Gina! I couldn't begin to think of how to narrow down the 1,000,001 possible questions for JKR, so my envy is somewhat dulled.

--Mike

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haymoni - May 12, 2006 12:15 pm (#2963 of 2983)

That's great, Gina!

As I will probably never get to New York, I will live vicariously through you.

I guess there is no guarantee that she will actually answer all the questions, but maybe if enough fans of the books are there, you won't have to hear about "how to be an author" or "how to get ideas".

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Tazzygirl - May 12, 2006 12:39 pm (#2964 of 2983)

Just a quick stop in- lots of errands to run today!

YEAY to Gina!! I am so jealous!! Hope JKR answers all of the Snape questions!!!! WHOOO-HOOOOO!!!

Good Evans- I am so sorry about your dog. The good thing is that she will no longer suffer. ((((((((((HUG)))))))))

Hope you all have a great RotD/N!

~Kristina

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Julie Aronson - May 12, 2006 1:41 pm (#2965 of 2983)

Congrats, Gina!

I'm so sorry about your dog, Julie.

Off to study Property. One more exam and it's over!!!

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Puck - May 12, 2006 2:34 pm (#2966 of 2983)

Oh, Julie, I'm so sorry. I'm sure she had lots of love in the years she lived.

Good luck, Julie A.!

Happy RotD,

Kathy

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Herm oh ninny - May 12, 2006 2:56 pm (#2967 of 2983)

Gina, if I were a Slytherin, I'd imperio you and force you to hand over your tickets! LOL Seriously though, I am soo excited for you! Perhaps you could ask Jo if Snape's parents are still alive, and if they are, where are they?

Julie, I'm soo sorry about your dog. Have a big (((HUG))) from me and a couple of wet snouts from my two chihuahuas!

I have had a week off since my last class, and now my first summer class starts on Monday I will then have classes until August 12! Great summer, eh?

Well, I'm off to dinner at the Cheesecake Factory with my sisters! YUMMY! Have a great RotD guys!

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Nathan Zimmermann - May 12, 2006 3:01 pm (#2968 of 2983)

I may end up having a very challenging summer. I am debating whether or not restart my martial arts training that I had to put on hold it has been 11 years since I trained actively.

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Finn BV - May 12, 2006 3:07 pm (#2969 of 2983)

We'll be starting a new thread soon! Yay!

winlia, I've had the reverse experience -- being the person who didn't invite a child who was apparently upset at not being invited. I must admit that I said that she was invited, but the invitation must have been lost in the mail, and I commented that other people's invitations had been lost too -- which is entirely true. We then invited her over the phone. I was happy to though, I didn't hold a grudge. (As it turns out, she was busy that day anyway.) Though it's hard when you're 8 or 9, as you get older a key thing to having events to which the entire world is not invited is to keep it quiet! If I'm inviting five people to a movie or something, I will ALWAYS say to please not mention it in school, nor talk about it to others at school. Good luck!

Mike, good thinking. **coldly compresses**

Loopy, I read your joke four times before I got it.

Jumbledore, not a problem. Bust letting you know.

Gina, I have to get my tickets, but I will be going too!!! What day are you planned for, so perhaps we can run into each other?? I see you are going both nights. Hmmm… I bet tickets are selling fast…

Julie (Good Evans), I'm so sorry for you. Cheering charms to your family.

Herm oh ninny, good to see you. Hope that amidst your classes you'll be back more often.

Nathan, if you've got the time, I say go with the martial arts.

I had an interesting day. I woke up at 4:30 in the morning (considering coming on to wave to Squid Mike), but with a searing stomach pain. In an hour I had taken a bunch of medicines and fell back asleep, and when I reawoke at 7, I felt great. Hmmm… Anyway, it's Friday, so I am happy!!! Wooohooo! Two more weeks of school, and in less than a month I'll be on the other side of the pond!

Enjoy the RotD!

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Tazzygirl - May 12, 2006 3:17 pm (#2970 of 2983)

Nathan Z.- ...I am debating whether or not restart my martial arts training.

Which type of martial arts, and what level belt did you get up to? It's kind of funny, but I am thinking the same thing, although it has only been about 4 years since I last took a class. I was in TaeKwonDo, and was training to become an instructor, but school 'got in the way' and then I moved. Hopefully I can start it up again!

...is really wishing she could get tickets for both a plane ride to New York and to JKR's thingy... sigh.

~Kristina

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kaykay1970 - May 12, 2006 3:39 pm (#2971 of 2983)

I'm so sorry about your dog Good Evans. ((hugs))

My husband took me out to my favorite Chinese restaurant today for Mother's Day gift. Then I got an unexpected gift from the three year old. He threw a fit to go watch the koi in the fish pond. He tried to make a "fish face". He stuck out his lips and blew spit all over my face. How sweet!! My 8 year old brought home a live flower in a small bucket that she decorated herself. I hated to tell her that I am allergic to flowers.

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Nathan Zimmermann - May 12, 2006 3:53 pm (#2972 of 2983)

Tazzy, reached the level of a red belt, in a style of Korean karate called Soo Bahk Do. The ranking I reached is two belts away from what is termed in the that style of karate as a midnight blue belt. The midnight blue belt is equivalent to the blck belt in other systems of martial arts

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Eponine - May 12, 2006 4:10 pm (#2973 of 2983)

Julie, I'm sorry about your dog. *hugs*

Gina and Finn, I am so jealous. I know some other people who are going, and I'm jealous of everyone! Why do I have to live in the South?

Why, I just got my hair cut last...September 1994. – Mike

My marriage has lasted through (so far) three of my brother's haircuts. He gets it cut a little more often than you do, but we think it's a funny way to gauge our relationship.

My dishwasher has finally stopped spitting soap everywhere. Thanks for the advice.

I hope everyone has a great RotD!

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Chemyst - May 12, 2006 4:25 pm (#2974 of 2983)

Yea! to Gina and Finn— you guys are going to make Stephen King and John Irving feel like also-rans because their fans will be such milquetoasts by comparison to Jo's.

My question suggestion would be similar to Herm oh ninny's in that I'd want to find out more about Snape's parents, but I was going to try to phrase it so that his parents' status would come out during the answer to a different question. Something like, "Snape seemed like such a loner at Hogwarts; how close was he to his mum when he wasn't busy teaching?" or "Is Spinner's End a family home that he inherited complete with its furnishings, or did he decorate it himself when he moved out of his parents' house?" Ask something that might give a clue to the I'm a Prince/Irma Pince theory of his mother-in-hiding.

Nathan, I used to have a crayon named midnight blue... not that it has anything to do with much of anything. Success In Training charms to you.

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Tazzygirl - May 12, 2006 4:50 pm (#2975 of 2983)

Wow, Nathan! It always throws me off at how many different branches of martial arts there are. Good luck if/when you restart training! I was testing for the probationary 2nd degree blackbelt when I left. In Taekwondo, I believe, when you reach the Senior 8th degree you become a master... Not too sure though. In Taekwondo, the ranks in belts are: white, yellow, green, senior green, (technically could be midnight) blue, senior blue, purple, senior purple, red, senior red, probationary 1st degree black, decided 1st degree black, senior 1st degree, probationary 2nd degree... and so on.

...I know you all wanted to learn that... I'll stop now. hehehe.

~Kristina

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HungarianHorntail11 - May 12, 2006 5:03 pm (#2976 of 2983)
Edited May 12, 2006 6:01 pm

Hi everyone!

I just came across this thread and though I did not read through all 2,975 posts (probably more like the last 20 or so), I am glad to have discovered it.

The very first post in the center of my page was yours, Gina, announcing your meeting w/JKR! Wow, that is really exciting! I am sure you will come up with some great questions and can't wait for you to share the answers with us.

BTW, what is going on in NY? Where have I been?? We are a stone's throw from NYC and am wondering if there is something we may be missing?

Good Evans, I am so sorry to hear about your dog. *sending a hug* I still remember when ours became ill - she was 11 and I really thought she would make it to 13, but never did. (Six seems far too young) Ours was a Siberian Husky and quite a character. That was over nine years ago. We never got another dog because my husband felt as though it was too difficult to lose something that did not live nearly long enough. Anyway, I feel your pain and hope that the new puppies will liven up your home and bring you much joy.

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boop - May 12, 2006 5:24 pm (#2977 of 2983)

Congrats to Finn, and Gina!!!

Big Hugs to Julie, sorry for your family loss.

I hope everyone has a great weekend.

big hugs

boop

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Finn BV - May 12, 2006 6:20 pm (#2978 of 2983)

HH11, first see The Leaky Cauldron’s Tuesday post, and then the follow-up, yesterday's post.

I am going on Tuesday night. I'm in the orchestra, row N. Mom splurged for the second-most expensive tickets for my 14th birthday present, as that's only a few days after, but the guy gave us orchestra tickets for the cheap price. Yay! Gina, hope you might be in Row N as well… by concidence.

Since we ordered our tickets by phone, I have to wait to get the URL to submit the question.

But keep the suggestions coming!

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Puck - May 12, 2006 6:23 pm (#2979 of 2983)

HH, welcome to the chat thread! Can't believe you haven't been here before! Nice to have you aboard.

Wish I could get tickets, as I'm only hours from NYC, but the babe won't be fully weaned until the fall, so I can't exactly take off and leave. Perhaps the following summer there could be a book release party? (Hope to get book 7 summer 2007.)

Glad the healing charms worked on the dishwasher!

Hmmm, starting to wonder if there's a reason my son has only been invited to one birthday party all year. Diva has been invited to several. He hasn't said anything about missing any, so at least I don't have to worry about hurt feelings -yet.

LOL Kay! What a sweet present! :Sillygrin:

Happy RotD! Kathy

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Loopy Lupin - May 12, 2006 7:20 pm (#2980 of 2983)

Early March--that's awful! Why, I just got my hair cut last...September 1994. Luckily for me, my wife prefers "longhairs". – Mike

My mental picture of you is now complete. I'm confident I could pick you out of a lineup now.

Well, I made it home and have been sufficiently slobbered on by dogs. So sorry about your dog Julie.

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HungarianHorntail11 - May 12, 2006 7:36 pm (#2981 of 2983)

Thanks for the response and the links, Finn. I am guessing it would be too late to purchase tickets. What a shame, Olivia would surely have enjoyed it.

Wish I could get tickets, as I'm only hours from NYC, but the babe won't be fully weaned until the fall, so I can't exactly take off and leave.

Puck, having put in nearly 7 years myself (among 3, that is), I fully understand. Also, thanks for the welcome!

Maria

EDIT: Finn, I tried the Ticketmaster link from the Leaky Cauldron site but it did not recognize Rowling, JKR, JK Rowling, et al and I tried to look up by way of Radio City, but all to no avail. Does this sound pathetic, or what?

I will keep trying, though. I got through on the RCity site. WE'RE GOING!!!

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Finn BV - May 12, 2006 7:40 pm (#2982 of 2983)

HH, too late, not at all!! Tickets just went on sale today!! Hurry up, hurry up!!

Just speaking for the hosts, as it has not yet been said: as this is the 2995th post of a thread with a capacity of 3000, I suggest we halt our discussions until the new chat thread is made.

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Kip Carter - May 12, 2006 8:24 pm (#2983 of 2983)

I have closed out this thread. I will leave it here for an undetermined amount of time to give those who could possibly be interested in what has happened since this thread was created. Just think 2,983 posts in 121 days. This thread was begun January 12, 2006. I can see that this group is quite chatty. I hope everyone enjoyed having this thread available.

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-- Chat and Greeting Thread (12 May 06 to 27 Jul 06)

Edited Aug 6, 2006 3:40 am

This thread is established for each of you so inclined to chat on the main discussion threads. With this thread, I hope that all chat-type posts will no longer disrupt the other threads.

This is the tenth thread provided for chat-type posts since September 25, 2003. The first -- Chat and Greeting Thread (25 Sep 03 to 26 Feb 04) had 2752 messages before it was closed out February 26, 2004. The second -- Chat and Greeting Thread (25 Feb 04 to 15 Jun 04) had 2912 messages before it was closed out June 15, 2004. The third -- Chat and Greeting Thread (15 Jun 04 to 2 Sep 04) had 2954 when closed out September 2, 2004. The fourth -- Chat and Greeting Thread (2 Sep 04 to 30 Nov 04) had 2977 when closed out November 30, 2004. The fifth -- Chat and Greeting Thread (1 Dec 04 to 14 Mar 05) had 2956 when closed down March 14, 2005. The sixth -- Chat and Greeting Thread (15 Mar 05 to 6 Jun 05) had 2981 when closed down June 6, 2005. The seventh -- Chat and Greeting Thread (6 Jun 05 to 31 Aug 05) had 2967 when closed down August 31, 2005. The eighth -- Chat and Greeting Thread (31 Aug 05 to 12 Jan 06) had 2980 when closed down January 12, 2006. The ninth -- Chat and Greeting Thread (12 Jan 06 to 12 May 06) had 2983 when closed down May 12, 2006. Eventually the ninth thread will join the first eight threads in the = Archived Discussion Between Members Group Folder!

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HungarianHorntail11 - May 12, 2006 8:28 pm (#1 of 2979)        

The first post on the new thread! Thanks Kip, for the new thread!

Thanks, Finn, for the rally. I probably would not have pursued it if you had not given me the nudge. The three of us are going on Tuesday night. Hooray!!

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Mrs. Sirius - May 12, 2006 8:41 pm (#2 of 2979)        
Edited May 12, 2006 9:11 pm

Woa, I never get this close to number one!

Weee, I am off to a Mother Day "Wellness" spa day. (It's for the entire weekend but I dare take only the one day). A full day of canoeing, kayak ing, yoga, massage, cooking class etc, etc. As it has been pouring for the past several days and is expected to continue to pour, I doubt anyone will find me near the water. I am still in lurker mode but have found the RotD discussing amusing, thanks Gina, Bumbledore and of course Madame Pince.

Congratulations to the over achievers!

To all the Moms, Slackermoms or Perfect Moms alike HAPPY MOTHERS DAY! and RotD

Marie, you are brave to be honest about hold kids back or repeating a year. Many parents around here are wrestling this this question here to hold them back or let them go on. I let the girls start school before they actually turn 5, it was a good decision but a number of other parents are struggling with their decision. The cut-off dates to start school should be more consistant at least within a school system

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Herm oh ninny - May 12, 2006 11:10 pm (#3 of 2979)        

Well, I was having dinner at the Cheesecake Factory with my sisters and I told them about Jo's reading in NY. My sister then says to me "We should go!" and my other sister agreed! Well, I just bought three tickets for the Tuesday, August 1st reading!!!! I am soo excited! Despite waiting until 2 in the morning to order tickets, we still got pretty good seats! We are in Orchestra 2 row N! I am soooo excited!



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Lina - May 13, 2006 1:30 am (#4 of 2979)        

I came to the forum this morning and noticed 3 new posts in the chat thread and thought "how well, they were not posting much while I was sleeping"... until I noticed the new thread below the old...

((((Julie)))), hugs. I'm sorry it happened so soon. Have you considered the idea of taking a mutt? I understand they get ill more rarely.

Kristina, I'm sorry, but I just need to say this: I had a friend who was training Taekwondo and I remember him showing off with his legs "flying in the air". And I just had to think about the reason for you not to like the horses and to ask you: are you sure it is a good idea? I wouldn't want to be the one who ruins the party, but maybe you should talk to a doctor first... And hope soon we will be able to talk in the chat room.

Wow, Maria, I wasn't aware that you weren't participating this thread, who knows why? Maybe you should discover the JK Rowling Official Site thread too. And yay for you going there too! Actually, it almost sounds like another Forum gathering!

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HungarianHorntail11 - May 13, 2006 3:40 am (#5 of 2979)        

Actually, it almost sounds like another Forum gathering!

I think you could be right, Lina. I am happy to be going and the girls are very excited, to say the least! I told the girls it is part of their birthday presents, though their birthdays are in June. I will give them the tks in an envelope, as I have tickets in hand - printed them out last night - Hooray!

Herm oh ninny, Cheesecake Factory is great, isn't it? Our seats are Orch 2 on Tuesday as well. Imagine if our seats were right next to each other?? But what are the odds of that, right?

Anyone who is going, would it be possible to arrange a meeting beforehand? (Afterward may be too late for those with a long ride back.)

Okay Lina, JK Rowling Official Site. Got it. As soon as I catch up on the other 200+ posts (conservative guess) I have fallen behind on, I will check it out. Thanks!

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Puck - May 13, 2006 5:43 am (#6 of 2979)        

So happy for Maria (and Olivia), as well as Herm oh Ninny! Wish I could be there!

Have fun, Mrs. Sirius!

Happy RotD, Kathy

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Holly T. - May 13, 2006 7:58 am (#7 of 2979)        

Julie, I'm so sorry about your dog!

Kristina, there are at least two different styles (not sure if that is the right word)--they have different belt colors, different progressions in ranks, and different forms. I learned all this while trying to find info online to help my son practice his forms. He took--and passed!--his black belt test in December at age 7 and a half. :-) He's been doing TKD since he was 4. It's been great for him and he really enjoys it. Fortunately he had the black belt test before he broke his arm, spent a month in a cast, and then started baseball season, so after going to TKD every day for the few months before the black belt test (he usually goes three days a week) he's only been going once or twice the past few months.

Editing to say that I am not trying to be a know-it-all, LOL, but when Kristina said TKD I thought "cool," then realized she meant the other kind. Not that it isn't cool, just that I know about the other kind.

How great for all of you that get to go see JKR! **jealous** (and very far from NYC!)

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Finn BV - May 13, 2006 9:09 am (#8 of 2979)        

Herm oh ninny, our seats are in row N too, I think… Wouldn't that be weird??

Enjoy the RotD!

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azi - May 13, 2006 10:21 am (#9 of 2979)        

**hugs** to Julie! It is good you have lovely memories of your dog! I hope you'll be able to find another wonderful dog soon!

Gina - York is also one of my favourite places in the UK! I admit it was a significant factor in my decision on University.

Have a lovely time at the spa, Mrs. Sirius!

Congratulations to everyone going to see JKR! I'm sure you'll have a great time (and make the rest of us jealous )!

Finally...Liverpool won the FA Cup!!! One of the best footie matches I've seen in a long time! WOOHOO! I was seriously on the edge of my seat for most of it, surrounded by West Ham supporters! I only went to watch it because of the Dean Thomas - West Ham connection (although supporting Liverpool).

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Herm oh ninny - May 13, 2006 12:34 pm (#10 of 2979)        

Our seats are Orch 2 on Tuesday as well. Imagine if our seats were right next to each other?? -HungarianHorntail11

Herm oh ninny, our seats are in row N too, I think… Wouldn't that be weird??—Finn

Our seats are Orchestra 2 row N seats 201-203. Can you imagine if we all were right next to each other? LOL

I am now trying to think of a good question to ask Jo. I was thinking about asking her how Phoenixes are created or where they come from. What do you guys think?

HungarianHorntail11-- Yes, it's one of my favorite restaurants!

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Finn BV - May 13, 2006 12:42 pm (#11 of 2979)        

Congrats to Liverpool, azi!

Herm oh ninny, I'm almost positive we're in row N 213-214. LOL!!

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Marè - May 13, 2006 12:49 pm (#12 of 2979)        

Envy envy envy
But seriously, I'm so happy that all the real potties seem to be going, that is as it should be!

And maybe some-one can ask how uncle algie managed to grab a mimbulus mimbletonia from an empire that doesn't exist anymore:
Chris., "+ Mimbulus mimbletonia" #15, 12 May 2004 3:51 am

Or one of the questions from this list:
http://www.hp-lexicon.org/jkr-letter.html

Or ask her if James parents are on the Black family tree (even though the ages of the Potters don't correspond with the canon from the books)

Ideas enough?

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Julie Aronson - May 13, 2006 12:54 pm (#13 of 2979)        

OK. I'm back from my final final. It was not good.

The professor said he wasn't used to writing two hour tests, so he gave us three to take it, just in case we ran over a bit. After three hours, I had answered 25 multiple choice (complicated ones), one decent essay, one sketchy essay, and one sentence on the third.

Not good.

Oh well. It's over for now...argh.

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Detail Seeker - May 13, 2006 12:56 pm (#14 of 2979)        

If all of you visitors to JKR´s reading wear a HPLF-Logo somewhere visible, you ought to find each other. Maré did that last year during Accio.

Have a nice meeting afterwards !

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kaykay1970 - May 13, 2006 12:58 pm (#15 of 2979)        

Maybe if enough people ask JKR for another reading (in, say Nashville, TN, Chat & Greetings 2006 - Page 3 2752390508 )  maybe she would consider it? Hmmm...Hungarian Horntail gave me the idea in the chat room. Hee Hee! Maybe Denise can back me up on this one! Seriously though I hope everyone has a great time at the reading! Detail seekers idea is great! Maybe you could all wear a shirt with your current avatar so everyone knows who you are...

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HungarianHorntail11 - May 13, 2006 1:12 pm (#16 of 2979)        

We are Orch2, Row N seats 206, 207 and 208!!! How great is that????

Good suggestion, Detail Seeker. I don't think we can get away with T-shirts, so we'd have to come up with another way. There is always the old reliable cell phone. Or a meeting place and time, like a Starbucks or something. Anyone familiar with the immediate area? I have a friend who grew up in Brooklyn. I will see if she knows. (She is my "tour guide" whenever we venture into the city - which is usually to Nintendo and American Girl stores.)

Afterwards is fine with me, my drive is only about 20-25 minutes home. I am sure, though that that is not the situation with everyone else. So, is before or after better? Although, if our seats are so close by, we will probably meet up then, too!

Julie, try not to fret. You probably did better than you think you did. And if the professor made such a comment, he may take his "test writing abilities" into account and be lenient in the grading. But for now, you're free!

kaykay, I'll send a letter, too. I would even consider driving to TN, since we've made the triangle (NJ-FL-LA-NJ) and that was no problem.

Okay, that's a good idea, Mare. Just printed the logo. Thanks for the suggestion.

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kaykay1970 - May 13, 2006 1:20 pm (#17 of 2979)        

I'm just kidding about the Nashville thing HH. But thanks, you are too kind! You could always put your Hungarian Horntail avatar on a shirt!

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Marè - May 13, 2006 1:21 pm (#18 of 2979)        

Like Detail Seeker said, I made a HPLex forum keychain.

Just print the Lex logo twice, glue it to a piece of carton and plasticify (sp) it (large piece of tape works too) add keychain and taadaa: Lexlogokeychain thingy...

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Tazzygirl - May 13, 2006 1:27 pm (#19 of 2979)        

Lina- Are you sure it is a good idea? I wouldn't want to be the one who ruins the party, but maybe you should talk to a doctor first... And hope soon we will be able to talk in the chat room.

When I was taking TaeKwonDo a couple years ago, it actually helped my back. I was probably in the best shape of my life! When I had the episode with the mules- (for those of you who don't know, I went to Yosemite National Park last summer and rode a mule up a trail. By the time I got back down, I had managed to pull a muscle and mess one of the spinal discs in my lower back or something along those lines. I spent the next several months in physical therapy and then in December had a surgery.)- I was using movement in my lower back that I had never used before. That’s what caused the injury. But now that you think about it, I probably should make sure it is OK to start TKD again. Thanks Lina for suggesting that! Since I had the surgery I felt like I could do anything again. See you in the chat room!!

Holly- TKD is strange in that there are several different branches. This little boy who lived across the street from me started TKD because I was in it. He went to a different school than I did, and had an entirely different system (they seemed stricter than my TKD school too.). I think its neat! Congratulations to your son!

Hope you all have a fabulous RotD/N and a great weekend!!

~Kristina

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The giant squid - May 13, 2006 2:54 pm (#20 of 2979)        

From the "old" thread...

I woke up at 4:30 in the morning (considering coming on to wave to Squid Mike)—Finn

I just wanted to point out that your 4:30 is my 1:30, so I was almost certainly awake. I might not have been on the Forum, though, as I have houseguests this week.

Congrats to everyone who managed to score tickets to JKR's reading. Sounds like the Forumers are taking up a good chunk of row N... I feel bad for the guys stuck between HH11 & Finn--maybe you can get them to swap seats.

--Mike

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Marè - May 13, 2006 3:01 pm (#21 of 2979)        

Maybe you can get them to join the forums....

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Gina R Snape - May 13, 2006 3:02 pm (#22 of 2979)        

Actually, Detail Seeker, I was thinking today we should have some sort of gathering. I have some local people who want to meet up as well.

Shall we post a new thread for people going to see JKR in NYC, to try and organise and meet up?

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Marè - May 13, 2006 3:07 pm (#23 of 2979)        

Sure, why not. There are enough of you going. I think it's great to have a forum sort of gathering.

I just demand pictures!

Edit: and a transcript of the questions :sweetsmilepleadingsmiliehere:

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HungarianHorntail11 - May 13, 2006 3:33 pm (#24 of 2979)        

Sounds great, Gina. Could you post a link if you start a new thread, please - for those of us who seem to have difficulty locating threads.

Mare, I will take pics, but I can't promise much, as my old digital is not too great and my new camera to be, well. . . it has magically transformed into 3 JKR tickets.

Maria

Edit: Hey Mike, I'm not THAT chatty - only when someone's sitting next to me. . . or I'm on the computer, or the phone. Anyway, I have a feeling that whoever sits between Lex fans will gladly switch after the first few minutes.

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winlia - May 13, 2006 3:40 pm (#25 of 2979)        

Good Evans, So sorry to hear about the pup. I know how it hurts. We've had pets for years (keeping picking up strays) and we've lost several, most recently our 9-1/2 year-old German Shepherd last August.

My Brother had a collie before I was born (there's 14 years between us). My Mother mentioned that dog a few weeks before she died in 2005, and by Brother mentioned her a few months ago. Fifty years later, people are still mourning that pup, that's how they worm their way into your heart. (Hmmm. Wonder if anyone will speak of me 50 years after I'm gone. I won't bet on it.)

Meanwhile, the sad saga of my uninvited son continues. I got a call from his teacher yesterday. He was called to the principal's office because he tossed a water bottle to a friend in the boy's room. (Apparently the friend had forgotten it.) Son was supposed to be a bathroom monitor for his 2nd grade class, but he was caught in this heinous act by a bathroom monitor from another class. The monitor didn't know Son's name, so they had all the boys line-up, and Son was ID'd. Then a few minutes later, the principal called Son to his office over the PA system, and proceeded to tell him that any further infractions would result in his being barred from the end-of-school activities. (The teacher hinted that she thought the punishment a bit excessive.) Son's only been in official trouble once this year, also bathroom related (he peeked in another classroom on the way to the bathroom very early in the year), but he did get several checkmarks on his report card for general disruptiveness. So now Son requires a parental signature on a "Think Sheet" the gist of which states that in the future he will hand over rather than toss the water bottle. Good grief. I've no doubt Son is capable of causing trouble, but this seems like a bit much fuss given that it's all based on another kid's word.

Thanks for all the party-related advice. We did decide to proceed to the water park.

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kaykay1970 - May 13, 2006 4:01 pm (#26 of 2979)        

Whoa Winlia, I thought you were going to say he peeked into the girl's room or something! Yes, I agree that the "water bottle incident" was a bit blown out of proportion!

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Loopy Lupin - May 13, 2006 4:04 pm (#27 of 2979)        

The professor said he wasn't used to writing two hour tests, so he gave us three to take it, just in case we ran over a bit. After three hours, I had answered 25 multiple choice (complicated ones), one decent essay, one sketchy essay, and one sentence on the third.

Goodness! That sounds like my Con law professor. His exam was 27 pages long. Keep in mind that everyone was in the same boat as you were. Sometimes the bell curve is a good thing.

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HungarianHorntail11 - May 13, 2006 4:47 pm (#28 of 2979)        
Edited May 13, 2006 5:46 pm

winlia, sounds to me as though both bathroom incidents have been blown out of proportion. I should think the 'lineup' and an apology should have sufficed for punishment, especially if your son was indeed throwing the bottle to him rather than at him. Is it a military school of some sort? I must be missing something.

That being said, as you know, such things do happen and I recommend that you let him know that you believe/support him. I think that would cancel out pretty much anything else.

Happy Mother's Day, all you mommies!

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Puck - May 13, 2006 4:56 pm (#29 of 2979)        

ROFL! They have con classes in law school! That is just too funny!

Oh, everyone have a great time in row N! How great you are all sitting together. *gives up on pretending not to be jealous*

We went to my niece's First Communion today. It's hard to believe she's that age already. We had a nice time visiting with family. And now I'm ready to relax and start Mother's Day a bit early.

Happy RotD!

Kathy

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boop - May 13, 2006 6:07 pm (#30 of 2979)        

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!! I hope you have a wonderful day!!

hugs always

boop

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Gina R Snape - May 13, 2006 7:02 pm (#31 of 2979)        

Ok, for all those going to see JKR at Radio City and would like to meet up, I started a new thread. It can be found here

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winlia - May 13, 2006 7:30 pm (#32 of 2979)        

Good advice, HH11

No, it's not a military school, just a suburban public school with a principal who takes bathroom deportment seriously.

kaykay1970 It's funny you should mention the girls' room. A few months ago on a Saturday night, my husband and I were painting the dining room ceiling. (We really know how to live.) He put on "Shrek II" to occupy the kids. They were playing in the living room as well as watching the movie. He went in the living room awhile later and let out a primal scream. Shrek had ending and adult programing had come on at about 9:00 in the evening. Weird programing choice, to say the least. Son couldn't understand what the fuss was. He just calmly replied that they weren't watching and truly appeared to have no interest. I assume such innocence won't last long.

Congrats to all you Radio City folks. But really, shouldn't she be staying at home and writing? Smile

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Gina R Snape - May 13, 2006 7:58 pm (#33 of 2979)        

Congrats to all you Radio City folks. But really, shouldn't she be staying at home and writing? Smile

LOL. That thought has crossed my mind too, winlia!

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Finn BV - May 13, 2006 8:09 pm (#34 of 2979)        

Mare-, I will definitely consider a question from the open letter. Nothing's popping out at me right now as the right one – yet – so I'll keep looking around. But I will keep those in mind. And of course I will take pictures!! Not sure if they'll let you take them inside the theater, but… I'll try my best for a transcript. Surely somebody official will take one?

Julie, sorry the final wasn't so good! Sure you did great – just don't think about Harry's History of Magic exam!!

About meeting up – please see my post on the new thread Finn BV, "Meeting up after JKR at Radio City 8/1 & 8/2" #1, 13 May 2006 8:00 pm.

I might not have been on the Forum, though, as I have houseguests this week. --Squid Mike

Naturally you were entertaining them at 1:30 on a Friday morning.

winlia, tsk to your son's principal! I would hate to see Fred and George at the school – sounds like even thinking about their jokes would cause havoc!!

They have con classes in law school! That is just too funny! --Kathy

LOL!! I was thinking the exact same thing!

Happy Mother's Day to all mothers… and others! (Hey, that rhymes. )

Enjoy the RotD!

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The giant squid - May 13, 2006 9:30 pm (#35 of 2979)        

   Naturally you were entertaining them at 1:30 on a Friday morning.



Actually, at 1:30AM Friday I was at work. That whole "making sure the new movies are OK before showing them to the public" thing...

Happy Mother's Day to all the moms in attendance, even though by my watch (and the Forum clock) it's still 2 1/2 hours until Sunday.

--Mike

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Puck - May 14, 2006 4:56 am (#36 of 2979)        

Happy Mother's Day!

Of course, in honor of the day, I'm up at 7:30am with the children. Chat & Greetings 2006 - Page 3 1242194059   Baby is getting her two front teeth, so sleep is a bit tricky.

Hey, Mike, was wondering if you've gotten a look at Poseidon. Worth a baby-sitter?

Cheers!

Kathy

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Loopy Lupin - May 14, 2006 5:17 am (#37 of 2979)        

They have con classes in law school! That is just too funny! --Kathy

LOL!! I was thinking the exact same thing! – Finn


Ooopsie. "Con" would be short for "constitutional," but in many different ways, it's the same difference.

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Good Evans - May 14, 2006 5:56 am (#38 of 2979)        

HI guys, many thanks for all the kind words, they are appreciated and you are all the greatest ! **big group hug back to all**

Went to a quiz last night to raise money for a local hospice, the evening was a great success, in that we raised loads of money, but unfortunately the organisation was not so good and we didn’t find out where we finished as only the top three were eventually named (and well we weren’t top three!!) and it took so long to name the winners that lots of folk had left before the end anyway.

One HP question and can you believe I almost got it wrong!!! I gave an answer and then realised before the papers were marked that I had given the wrong answer and they kindly let me change it - I would never have lived that down!!!!

I said the name of Hagrids three headed dog was "Fang!" duh!!!!!!!

when I realised what I had done the rest of the table were besides themselves laughing as hubby had made a big thing about what a fan I was.

red faces all round!!

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Puck - May 14, 2006 6:07 am (#39 of 2979)        

Julie, how does this work? You pay to go, take a quiz, and the top three get a prize? Sounds fun. Oh, I believe the face you're looking for is

Hugs back to you!

Kathy

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Good Evans - May 14, 2006 6:18 am (#40 of 2979)        

thanks Kathy - yes that would be the one!!!

you pay to enter, supper (fish and chips) is thrown in you buy raffle tickets and pay for a couple of silly games during the evening and the winning team only got a prize this time, often it is the top three. Yes it was fun, other than the comperes lack of time management skills. He dropped the last two rounds as they decided the evening had just got too late, he also rushed about four rounds before so it was starting to get difficult to think of the answers he moved really quickly.

weird and wonderful questions covering almost every subject, it was good fun on the whole. And the chips were nice, I haven't had chips in ages.

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Julie Aronson - May 14, 2006 7:28 am (#41 of 2979)        

Thanks for the hope on my final! Yes, the bell curve can be a good thing! but all I can do now is wait.

Happy Mother's Day!!!

Julie

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Finn BV - May 14, 2006 7:57 am (#42 of 2979)        

Of course, Mike… I too was wondering about Poseidon.

Sounds fun, Julie! At least you could change your answer!

Happy Mother's Day again!

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winlia - May 14, 2006 8:15 am (#43 of 2979)        

After watching "Iron Chef American" with my son last night (Son likes cooking and watching cooking shows, doesn't want to eat any of it), I had a dream that my husband brought a squid home as a pet, claiming that it would help me with my golf game. This squid didn't require water, kept slithering around the house and biting the cat on the nose. Meanwhile, a golf pro was sitting around waiting to fit me with golf clubs and was disgusted because I was occupied with trying to control the squid. (Had a cute image of the squid finally curled up on the daybed. Of course, we don't have a daybed. Aren't dreams great?) The golf club this strange man in my house wanted to sell to me was much too short (and if that's not Freudian, I don't know what is). I kept checking web sites in order to find the correct work phone for my husband, which is wild because he works from a home office (I should have just opened the office door and tossed the squid in, that would teach him), and the dream ended with my reaching him and telling him to come get his silly squid.

I may never golf again. Smile

Happy Mother's Day!

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Puck - May 14, 2006 9:53 am (#44 of 2979)        

A dream about the Giant Squid as a baby! Tell us, Winlia, do you support the DIGS theory?

Thanks for the explanation, Julie! Will remember that one next time someone needs a fundraising idea.

Cheers! Kathy

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winlia - May 14, 2006 10:41 am (#45 of 2979)        

Puck

What's the DIGS theory?

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Catherine - May 14, 2006 11:38 am (#46 of 2979)        

What's the DIGS theory? –Winlia

DIGS is an acronym that stands for "Dumbledore is the Giant Squid."

There have been some amusing references to DIGS on the Forum.

I'm back in Greenville. I feel very "celebrated." I drove home through a massive thunderstorm, so I'm off to recline on the sofa with a cold compress.

Happy Mother's Day to all.

**jealous hexes to all those who scored tickets to see Jo read in NYC! **

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Marè - May 14, 2006 2:07 pm (#47 of 2979)        

For the DIGS theory, just click &pbsp; here &pbsp;

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Tazzygirl - May 14, 2006 2:24 pm (#48 of 2979)        

Happy Mother's Day!!

I feel bad, as my mom won't be getting her gift until Tuesday or Wednesday (just ordered it today... ). I am the only one in my family that usually has gifts and cards arriving on the exact day of the event, so this is killing me. But, as Mother's Day is a Sunday, nothing would have arrived anyways. Oh well.

I had a fabulous day yesterday. I went and had my hair colored and styled with a friend, and then I came back to pick the kiddies up and along with my friend and her son, went out to dinner. It was great!

Hope you all have a fabulous RotD/N!

~Kristina

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Madam Pince - May 14, 2006 3:25 pm (#49 of 2979)        

Julie, I am so very sorry about the loss of your dog -- condolences and (((hugs))) to you. Wah....

Welcome to the Forum, winlia! I had a horrible sinking feeling there for a second, reading your recent post about Iron Chef and then the immediate segue into something about the Giant Squid -- I had an awful mental picture of Mike in a great big steaming cauldron, waving his many arms in the air...

Too funny -- when I'm talking in my head, (OK, OK, no comments) I always say "Remainder of the Day" for RotD. (And I even made it up, apparently!) I think we were talking something about admiring Anthony Hopkins or something, weren't we? At the same time that Finn was mentioned the awkward long-phrase way of signing off the Forum? Anyway, it seemed like a good idea at the time!

Happy Mother's Day to all you Forum moms out there, and also to JKR, and Lily, and Molly, and probably even Narcissa, I suppose.... it must be very rough to be Draco's mom.....

Had a great weekend with the girls! (Puck, cover your eyes here...) It didn't rain on us at all -- only once between about midnight and 1:00 a.m., so we decided that meant we would just have to stay a little longer at the Georgetown piano bar we were in, even though we really and truly wanted to go home, because it would just be silly to try to catch a cab in the rain on a Friday night on M Street, now wouldn't it? Singers we are not, but we had fun trying!

Azi, I needed some of your resistance to temptation, because I was a very bad girl in the shops. At one point I was actually carrying one bag each from Victoria's Secret, Nine West, Banana Republic, and Dean and Deluca, and trust me -- it's not very often (read: never) that that happens with me -- I was so excited! ***girlie moment*** I'm usually carrying bags from K-Mart and Food Lion and the Hospice Thrift Shop and maybe Kay-Bee Toys Outlet. It was heaven! Nice to splurge once in a very great while in a "real" store. Haymoni, I am envious that you could just run out and buy a pair of jeans when it got cold -- I tried on so many jeans that I got blisters on my hipbones -- seriously, I am not kidding. Let's just say that the newest jeans fashions are not exactly designed for the majority of the over-40 crowd... I did manage to find a pair, but I am fully expecting to eventually yank off the back belt loops because I keep pulling them up and pulling my shirt down further.... My friends told me they look right and that I am not "showing" anything, but I swear I am feeling breezes that I did not feel before....

Gina, I saw a fabulous belt with a metal serpent clasp in Anthropologie that absolutely had your Slytherin-y name on it! I also saw a young man in Dean and Deluca that I would've sworn was Finn if I hadn't known better....

We also got to do some sightseeing at the Smithsonian and to visit the World War II Memorial which I had not seen yet. That was very nice. Catherine, you should enjoy your upcoming week in DC -- the student tour season hasn't gotten fully cranked up yet in May, so things aren't quite so crowded. Let me know if you have a free minute on your itinerary and maybe I could metrorail in for a lunch or something!

(Of course, now she's going to turn me down and I'll have to join winlia and her son at the indoor water park.... )

I had a similar thing happen to me that winlia and Finn related -- one of the "office couples" was getting married, and while we were not very very close, we were still in the same circle of friends. Everyone else had gotten an invitation, while I had not, and a few days before the wedding everyone was standing around talking about what they planned to wear. The bride-to-be (who is a bit of a scatter-brain, if truth be known) turned to me and said brightly "So, are you coming to the wedding?" I was so flabbergasted that I had no idea what to say. I just stammered a bit and finally said "No, I guess not." (Honestly, there were RSVP's, so she should've known.) A couple hours later, she called my desk and asked "Did you get an invitation to our wedding?" and when I said "No," she said "Well, you were supposed to have! Hope you can come!" It was this big fancy formal affair, and I didn't have time to rush out and find a dress, so I didn't go. I just didn't feel right about it anyway. The whole thing was just sorta weird. Oh well! But Loopy is right -- invitations do get lost sometimes, so I wouldn't fret too much winlia. I would've probably called the parents too, since the kid said what he did, but it's also probably true that your son will have more fun at the water park!

Little Pince gave me a framed "silhouette" portrait of himself that he made with the help of his grandma, which was a lovely Mother's Day gift! (I am also counting my DC purchases as part of my gift too, although no one knows it yet...)

Very envious of the NY-Forumers who are going to get to see JKR and Stephen King and John Irving! (Well, not Irving so much , but anyway...) You guys have fun! If I was going to ask a Snape-y question, I would ask something about "that night" in Godric's Hollow, but then again, she probably wouldn't answer that. Maybe something about why Dumbledore trusts (or thought he could trust) Snape? Hmmmm.... this is very hard to do knowing that she won't really give much away....

Everyone enjoy the RotD!

Edit: Geez.... way too long post! Sorry!

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Finn BV - May 14, 2006 4:01 pm (#50 of 2979)        

I also saw a young man in Dean and Deluca that I would've sworn was Finn if I hadn't known better.... --Madam P

Nope, definitely not me. Though knowing my split personalities, it probably was. Welcome back!

As for questions – I'm thinking I want a really good informative answer that she can answer. I hope that nobody in the audience wastes their question by asking (beside, as we've said, "What makes a good writer?") anything so obviously spoilerish about the last book that she just can't answer!!

Hope all the moms enjoyed their day!
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Puck - May 14, 2006 5:07 pm (#51 of 2979)        

Ahh, Mother's Day, the one day where I can be "dad". (Getting to hang out doing my own thing while someone else tends to house and kids!) The kids made me pictures, and Mr. Puck cleaned the family room -including under the couch! Then we went for dinner and ice cream. I even got to send some time quilting. Hubby said he had planned to take the kids shopping, but I informed him I was thrilled that they opted to clean instead!

Now, to relax and watch the Survivor finale.

Happy RotD,

Kathy

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winlia - May 14, 2006 5:22 pm (#52 of 2979)        

Madam Pince

I did think about calling the parents, but we see them several times a week at little league, so if they were expecting Son, I think they would have said something.

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HungarianHorntail11 - May 14, 2006 5:41 pm (#53 of 2979)        

winlia, I always tell my children to pay close attention to their 'gut feeling'. It is usually quite accurate and as we become "socialized" starting at a young age, we learn to doubt/second guess that inner sense. As a result, Olivia and Priscilla react quite well to sometimes difficult situations. My point is, that if something is telling you not to address it by asking them, you should recognize that. Think about it, you promised a day at the water park. That was no accident. (BTW, several of my friends (yes, I have a few of those ) have taken their children to the one in PA and it sounds like a lot (two words, I know, Finn - I'll explain) of fun.

Then again, I am more the type to feel as though they would have mentioned it if he had indeed been invited and would let it lie.

Finn, regarding the Five Words game, I wanted to get the word 'sir' in because I felt as though Harry needed to show the sense of respect he has for DD in the books. In my desperate attempt, I meshed the words together hoping no one would notice. I should have known better. Sorry for the extra word.

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Finn BV - May 14, 2006 6:01 pm (#54 of 2979)        

HH, don't apologize! As I am (I believe) the only person who has to carefully read the posts, to transfer the words into Microsoft Word, I have to, as a result, have a much keener eye for that type of thing. Somebody who reads through the posts quickly, just to get the story, might not notice it. I have corrected countless number of posts like that. And also, it happens to me too, as hard as you try to count "one, two, three, four, five," somehow you only get four, or six, or seven (I think somebody gave eight once! ). Don't worry!

Off to do the work I couldn't accomplish because of Mother's Day!

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Herm oh ninny - May 14, 2006 9:07 pm (#55 of 2979)        

Happy Mother's Day to all the Lex Moms!

For those who asked about Poseidon, I popped in and out of the theater while at work tonight and I was not very impressed. Four people actually got up and left halfway through the movie, so I don't think that it is as good as everyone expected it to be.

Madam Pince- While watching that episode of Iron Chef I heard one of the announcers say something about a giant squid, and I also immediately thought of Mike and pictured him being thrown into a boiling pot! (Sorry Mike, it wasn't anything personal )

I start my Oceanography class tomorrow morning and I'm dreading the drive. Class starts at 9am and I live about an hour away from the campus. Of course there is rush hour traffic on the parkway that I need to take, so I have to get up at 6am and be out the door by seven. My class ends at 4:30, just in time to hit the traffic of everyone getting out from work!! OK, my ranting is now over! Sorry about that, I just needed to vent!

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Tazzygirl - May 14, 2006 9:44 pm (#56 of 2979)        

Herm oh ninny- I felt the same exact way about commuting to class when I lived in California. I had an 8 AM class, and had to leave by 5:30 AM to make it on time. I swore I would never take an early class again after that one. Take along HP booktapes, that'll make the time more enjoyable!!

~Kristina

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Snuffles - May 15, 2006 12:44 am (#57 of 2979)        

Hey everyone

Julie, I am so sorry for the loss of your dog. I know how you feel ((((hugs)))).

Finn, Gina, HH11, Herm oh Ninny and anyone else I have forgotten. WooHoo way to go on seeing JKR. I am not jealous in the least!!!!!!!!!! Please make sure there are plenty of photos taken

Hope everyone has a good start to the week

Julie

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haymoni - May 15, 2006 4:09 am (#58 of 2979)        

Madam Pince - the jeans I bought were "stretch" - very, very, very forgiving!!!

Saturday am The Beautifulest One & I went to a sneak preview of "Over The Hedge" - A racoon (Bruce Willis) steals a bunch of food from a bear (Nick Nolte) and has to replace it. The theater was full of adults and kids of all ages and we were really laughing hard throughout the whole thing. I thought it was cute. Not as good as "Shrek" but better than "Madagascar".

Then we went to Ungrateful Son's baseball game - they won - and then I came home and slept. I had Chinese (chicken lo mein) for dinner and went to sleep again!!

Sunday after church, we made an attempt to go out for breakfast, but every place was packed! So I dropped them off at home and I went grocery shopping - alone! - Heaven!- and when I got back, my breakfast was waiting for me.

We went out to dinner - Ruby Tuesdays - and then we came home to watch a replay of Lenny Barker's Perfect Game (Pitcher for the Indians) - it was the 25th anniversary. It was really fun to watch.

Now it is back to work!

Have a good one, all!

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The giant squid - May 15, 2006 4:50 am (#59 of 2979)        

All this talk about squids & boiling pots really has me steamed!  Chat & Greetings 2006 - Page 3 464751818

Puck & Finn: My theater didn't get Poseidon (they're leaving room for Da Vinci Code). The few coworkers who have seen it actually gave it good reviews. Mind you, they're all in the 16-25 year old range, so Finn will probably like it (if he's not in Professor mode at the time).

I actually forgot to call my mother today until after I got to work. The first thing I told my boss when I showed up was, "I'm going to be making a long-distance call from the theater tonight; I forgot to call my mom." He just shrugged and said, "OK." It's good to have an understanding boss. Not to mention one that doesn't have to justify every phone call.

--Mike

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Puck - May 15, 2006 5:09 am (#60 of 2979)        

Kim, how are you doing? My area is not flooded, but thought you might be. Try to stay dry!

Haymoni, sounds like a pleasant Mother's Day. Ahh, to be alone in the grocery store!

Sounds like Posiedon can wait to be on DVD. Of course, the effects may be cool on the big screen.

Well, neither of my Survivor picks won. Oh, well. It's rarely the person that I want to see win.

Everyone have a great RotD!

Kathy

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Marie E. - May 15, 2006 5:24 am (#61 of 2979)        

I'm going to have to renew my WX membership so I can help Loopy's mental image of my brother along. So far he's been described as rail-thin with long hair. And with many tentacles.

Yesterday we wanted to go to a steak restaurant for dinner that has a call-ahead service. In theory you are supposed to be able to call them and get your name put down on the wait list so you're waiting time is shorter. I called at 4:40pm and they told me there was a 90-120 minute wait. We didn't show up at the restaurant until 5:30 and were told there was an additional hour and 15 minute wait. We wouldn't be seated until almost 7:00pm. I had myself a bit of a tizzy and we left. We ended up stopping at a locally own steak place that cold seat us within a half an hour but was incredibly expensive. Mr E said that he didn't care how much it was because he was starving. It was very good, thank goodness.

I'm going in today for some outpatient surgery. It's really nothing but I'm still getting nervous about it. The whole thing about them cutting me with sharp stuff, ya know. I've been told it's very quick, under half an hour, and I'll only have a local anesthetic. I'm also not allowed to eat breakfast. I'm very thankful for that large steak dinner last night. Wish me luck!

Happy Monday!

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HungarianHorntail11 - May 15, 2006 5:29 am (#62 of 2979)        

I was not crazy about Madagascar. Perhaps it was because of the circumstances surrounding the initial viewing - when it came out, we took our children to their first drive-in movie (which is saying something around here - 45 min. drive). After two hours of trying to find a parking spot, a car fire, three fire trucks, mosquitos, three "trips" to the bathroom, one to the snack bar (the movie is starting!!), a whole lot of musical chairs and "when are we going home", my husband and I resigned ourselves to the thought that perhaps it was not such a good idea after all. Needless to say, on the way home, the three of them said thank you and "when can we go again - that was fun!"

Hmm, Mother's Day - It started with a beep - my husband had an emergency call at 7 a.m. (Not that kind of emergency - he's a glazier and a store had caught fire overnight so he had to go and replace the doors and windows so they could secure the place.) So, I went with my three children to church. Two of my students (I am a Sunday School teacher) were not there. It turns out that their mom, who has asthma and allergies was rushed to the hospital the previous evening. We visited my in-laws (long story there) and then I went home and worked in my gardens (mainly catch-up work) and listened to a cd (my, those players are big compared to MP3s) until it was too dark to work any longer. Gee, I hope my neighbors didn't mind my singing. I will spend today making dinners for my sick friend, and taking care of Olivia who is home with an upset stomach (I'm quite sure it's allergy-related).

Haymoni, LOL - Ungrateful Son - LOL! I always laugh when I read that comment!

Mike, do you not have a sister who is also a mom? Did you remember to call her???

Marie, good luck today with your surgery (hug). Local anesthetic sounds better than a general, though it is always a stressful thing to go through.

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Loopy Lupin - May 15, 2006 5:40 am (#63 of 2979)        

I hope that nobody in the audience wastes their question by asking (beside, as we've said, "What makes a good writer?") anything so obviously spoilerish about the last book that she just can't answer!!—Finn

I agree that it is pretty annoying to hear questions that are wastes of opportunities. However, there is some value, I think, when Jo's answer is something to the effect of "I couldn't possibly answer that!" In not answering, she still gives some information. So, even if she declines to answer my suggestion ("Was Snape in love with Lily?"), it might be worth asking.

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Madam Pince - May 15, 2006 5:42 am (#64 of 2979)        

Good luck with your surgery today, Marie! Hope it is uneventful yet successful!

Puck, re: Survivor, me neither. Oh well, like you, I'm used to it.

Hope everyone has a great, traffic-free day!

Edit: Snuffles, love your avatar -- very appropriate for Mother's Day (or Mother's Week, tee-hee Puck!) Is that Under-The-Cabinet lighting I see in your kitchen? Was it there already or did you put it in, and if so was it difficult to do? Do you like it? We have been considering it, but I can't decide if being able to see the stuff on my counters is a good thing or a bad thing. Mine don't look like the lovely ones in the magazines....

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Puck - May 15, 2006 5:46 am (#65 of 2979)        

Healing charms to Marie, Olivia, & Maria's friend! (Marie, milk it for all it's worth. Perhaps you can extend it to "Mother's Week!")

Kathy

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Snuffles - May 15, 2006 6:16 am (#66 of 2979)        

Madame .P.

Yes it's a sort of under cabinet lighting! Hubby decided to put some there, he thought it would be a good idea to put on in the evening instead of having the main kitchen light on!

He is always playing around with things and changing things about. People always say "aren't you lucky to have a husband who will do things like that". Well.......yes it is,it's just annoying when he starts at about 9pm on a Friday night!!

Livvy always tells people 'Daddy is pottering'

Julie

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kaykay1970 - May 15, 2006 6:18 am (#67 of 2979)        

Good luck Marie!!

I hope Olivia is feeling better soon!!

I have pretty much come to expect my Survivor hopeful to lose. That is why it was so much fun to get a vote on the Rupert million!!

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haymoni - May 15, 2006 6:46 am (#68 of 2979)        

Whoo Hoo! I won our Survivor Pool!!! I had Aras.

I really tic everyone off because I never watch the show.

Oh well!

Only those who have ever gone grocery shopping with children can appreciate what a Mother's Day gift that was!!!

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HungarianHorntail11 - May 15, 2006 6:59 am (#69 of 2979)        
Edited May 15, 2006 7:52 am

Snuffles, I have one of those husbands! On Halloween, he had the front entrance ripped apart (he was replacing the doors and the entrance tiles). Needless to say, it was an eventful Halloween. I love the "you're so lucky" comment.

haymoni, yes, I like those grocery trips, too, though it is only five minutes from home. Sometimes I wish the trip was just a bit longer. . .just a bit longer. . .

Thanks Puck!

EDIT: LOL azi. Luckily, my husband works quickly. He just needs to work on his timing.

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Lupin is Lupin. Natch. - May 15, 2006 7:31 am (#70 of 2979)        

Kim, how are you doing? My area is not flooded, but thought you might be. Try to stay dry!---Puck

I was wondering the same thing about you. I'm fine but the surrounding area is so wet I feel my inner pirate coming out. Arrrrrrr! Have you been watching the news? York, ME is flooded and my son is nervous that his favorite toy store might go under. Mind you, I don't think he's concerned so much for the toy store owners as their merchandise.

Last night after dinner I took a drive and checked out the areas in and around town. I saw a backyard which looked like a swimming pool and there were many basement lights on.

***hopes Catherine is studying hard for her Jeopardy audition and heartily recommends that she get and memorize Schott's Original Miscellany***

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azi - May 15, 2006 7:41 am (#71 of 2979)        

I love grocery shopping on my own! Hate going with friends - I can't take my time choosing what I want and then we have to take detours around places I would never normally go. Makes it stressful...I expect kids are worse though!

Marie - good luck with surgery!

I'm looking forward to seeing The Da Vinci Code film when it appears! The book was ok, so the film might be as well. Never heard of the other one...

Eeeek, HH11, that sounds annoying! My father isn't one of those people . Nothing gets done until it breaks so much it *has* to be done, and then it stil takes a while!

Horrible muggy/rainy day here. Eeek, I got to go get my washing!

Great days all round!

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Esther Rose - May 15, 2006 7:58 am (#72 of 2979)        

I must say folks would probably hate going grocery shopping with me. I try and have a method of going through the grocery store but my memory can be as good as Neville's is when it comes to remembering what I need and where it is. (Even a grocery list does not help.) So any ways I end up circling the store about three or four times sometimes.

Shopping for clothes is another issue. Take that circling and multiply it by 10. I am rather indecisive about my clothing choices.

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Soul Mate for Sirius - May 15, 2006 8:01 am (#73 of 2979)        

Hey everyone! It's been a really long week and a half here. I hope everyone else is doing well.

Happy belated mother's day to everyone!!!

I'm off to do some things and then I'll be back to check the threads!!

-Jenn

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Denise P. - May 15, 2006 8:15 am (#74 of 2979)        

I have my coupons arranged by the aisle in the grocery store so I make my list and mark when I have a coupon for an item. It works for me.

We did Cub Scout camping and Cross Over this weekend. We also did Brownie Bridging. Friday we did the Bridging where my Brownie became a Junior. Saturday we did Cross Over where my pack of 18 boys all moved on to the next rank and one boy went into Boy Scouts with an Arrow of Light.

My air mattress developed a leak so I slept on a stick or something because I am walking like a 90 year old woman, unable to stand up straight or move quickly. Motrin and hot water has become my friend.

Wow Catherine, next week already! **:starts to hum the Jeopardy theme music**:

Holy cripes! Who watches Grey's Anatomy? Izzy, Izzy...what are you thinking, girlfriend? Don't do it! George! Stop her...now! I will have Tivo tonight since I will be down at the Boy Scout Council office for a popcorn meeting. Yep, popcorn already and we don't even start selling until September!

I am off for another dose of motrin and to get summer camp applications sorted to mail in.

Happy RotD!

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Catherine - May 15, 2006 8:36 am (#75 of 2979)        

So, even if she declines to answer my suggestion ("Was Snape in love with Lily?"), it might be worth asking. --Loopy Lupin

Hmm...I wanted to ask if Snape had a thing for Narcissa. Maybe we should ask, "Was Snape in love with Lily or Narcissa?"

Kim and Kathy, I'm glad you all are not flooded. We've had tremendous downpours here, and our basement could comfortably house the Giant Squid for a bit. ** waves to Mike**

Denise, I complain about going to the grocery store, but I realize how silly I am when I realize what shopping for your crew must entail.

I'm reviewing geography today. I spent this weekend looking at sports trivia in the almanac. Oh well, at the very least, I get a little jaunt to D.C.

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Viola Intonada - May 15, 2006 8:38 am (#76 of 2979)        

Wow! Denise, you are amazing! I'm too lazy to even cut out the coupons anymore, let alone organize them by aisle. Hope your back feels better soon. Couple of years ago I spent the weekend hobbling around a Girl Scout camp due to back problems, I know it is no fun!

Marie, I hope all goes well for you today!

Last week was a busy one. I had my last Brownie meeting of the season on Tuesday (though we still have a few outings). Wednesday was the last evening of PSR (CCD, non-Sunday Sunday School...), I'm an Aid for my youngest daughter's class. Friday was the last day of Preschool and Saturday was my last concert with the orchestra for the season. Of course, hubby is gone to conference this week so I don't get to sleep in an be a "Slacker Mom" to the best of my abilities until next week.

The question I would ask JKR, if I had the chance, would be "What were Lily and James's professions?" It has driven me to St. Mungo's that she still has not answered that in any of the books.

Happy RotD everyone!

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Thora - May 15, 2006 11:11 am (#77 of 2979)        

I always thought they were in horticulture....

Okay you can throw the rotten fruit now.

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Puck - May 15, 2006 12:13 pm (#78 of 2979)        

Kim, glad to know you don't need a houseboat! The town where I grew up is flooded, and my sister-in-law had the school she works at closed.

Catherine, hope your basement waters recede quickly. Good luck with the studies!

Denise, coupons by the aisle? You continue to amaze me!

Kathy

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Tazzygirl - May 15, 2006 12:33 pm (#79 of 2979)        

Healing charms, good luck charms, and staying dry charms out to those who need them!!

I love grocery shopping by myself. I am also one of those people who do the leisurely stroll up and down all the aisles several times. It's fabulous. Very relaxing. I don't mind going with my mom, as she is the same way.

I saw Grey's Anatomy last night, Denise!!! I sat bolt up right and stared in silence for a very long time. Holy Mackeral!!! And I totally agree with you! In white: And Izzy dragged George into it TOO!!! I can't wait for the season finale tonight!

Have a great RotD/N everyone!

~Kristina

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haymoni - May 15, 2006 1:59 pm (#80 of 2979)        

I just love Patrick Dempsey, but I haven't been able to watch that show.

Maybe I can catch up on re-runs.

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Chemyst - May 15, 2006 2:04 pm (#81 of 2979)        

I like my under-counter lights a lot. Before I installed them, I was always working in my own shadow. It was really annoying.

I love grocery shopping on my own! Hate going with friends. [...] I expect kids are worse though!  - azi
Hm... very young children, yes. But a single medium-size child or teen who is actually interested can be a delight and they'll talk you into trying new foods.

I have my coupons arranged by the aisle   - Denise
Oh, why am I not surprised? The only time I had the patience to do that and make a detailed list was right after my son got his driver's license and the weekly grocery shopping became his chore. And, of course, the items on the list I made for him were also in order so that he'd circle the store only once. The first time he did it he came home and said, "Thanks, mom. I guess great minds really do think alike." (Meaning that he'd noticed the list was in order) I could only smile and shake my head.

Maybe we should ask, "Was Snape in love with Lily or Narcissa?"   - Catherine
LOL Can you imagine how people would take sides if the answer was a simple, "Yes."

Healing charms to Marie.

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John Bumbledore - May 15, 2006 2:24 pm (#82 of 2979)        

I also saw a young man in Dean and Deluca that I would' ve sworn was Finn if I hadn't known better. - Madam P.

Hmm, so you saw a young teenager acting like a 51 year old, carrying a tennis racket, piano music, and the collected works of JK Rowling? LOL

Denise P. ... you are too much.

Chemyst, ... the simple life. (Edit: not the Paris Hilton kind, the “keep it simple and enjoy life” kind.)

Sorry, I must attend muggle matters now. Two ball games Tonight, two games tomorrow but in two different towns, and Wed. my Lady has choir practice and my oldest has a late game until 9:30 PM. I have to run apparate now if I wish to get home before the first game starts... ** Crack! **

<)B^D˜ John Bumbledore

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Madam Pince - May 15, 2006 2:25 pm (#83 of 2979)        

Count me in with Puck (yet again!) on being amazed at your being able to sort coupons by grocery aisle, Denise! But then again, since it's you, I'm not terribly surprised -- you're da Mom! (Get it, "Da Mom" .... Da Bomb... Da Man.... whatever....) Anyway, good on ya! I use coupons whenever possible, but I'm usually flailing around juggling a checkbook and a purse and a million other things, with the coupons fluttering in the air around me at the checkout line while the guy in line behind me with only dental floss and an apple is giving me the death glare.

Shopping alone is definitely a great thing for me! With kids, you never know if/when there is going to be a meltdown, and with the older parents they have to stop and look at every single item, so it's really a blessing to shop alone! I shop at three different stores, depending on what was in their sale flyers that week, so I couldn't possibly remember which item is in which aisle to sort my coupons or lists accordingly. My list is just posted on the fridge and I add to it as I use things -- I sort of try to group categories, but it is hard to do that as you go. Plus the stores do things differently -- I can never find the grated parmesan, for example, because one store puts it with the spaghetti, one store puts it up high over the refrigerated cheese, and one store puts it with the catsup and mustard and spices and things. Grrrrrr....

Edit: LOL, John! No, he was blond and about Finn's age but speaking to his parents in a very adult and well-educated manner, so that's what made me think that! No tennis racquet nor JKR books...

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Finn BV - May 15, 2006 2:28 pm (#84 of 2979)        

Marie, good luck with the surgery!

Kim and Kathy, glad to hear things are okay. NY isn't that affected, but I understand Vermont and MA have called states of emergency and some counties in Maine as well.

Catherine, you're going next week already?? Wow! Good luck! My aunt went on many years back, but I have yet to watch the tape of it… She won her first day at $10,000 (a lot of money – this was before they doubled the amounts), and lost the second day by a dollar! When does the episode air?

Enjoy the RotD!

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boop - May 15, 2006 3:21 pm (#85 of 2979)        

Marie, Good luck with your surgery. Sending healing charms your way.

Haymoni, Sounds like a nice Mother's Day. Congrats on winning pool.

Have a great RotD!!!

hugs always

boop

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The giant squid - May 15, 2006 8:24 pm (#86 of 2979)        

Mike, do you not have a sister who is also a mom? Did you remember to call her???--HungarianHorntail11

While I sent gifts & cards to both of my sisters who are mothers , I did not call them. Of course, had I known one of them was going into surgery today I might have... I swear, the only time I get any family news is on this Forum!

((boop))

--Mike

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HungarianHorntail11 - May 16, 2006 5:23 am (#87 of 2979)        

How are you feeling, Marie?? I hope everything went smoothly and you are feeling up to par soon.

Thanks, kaykay for the well wishes for Olivia. She is better today, and back in school, though she is still experiencing some of the discomfort that comes with allergies. She and my husband walk around sneezing all day.

You're a good brother, Mike.

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Tazzygirl - May 16, 2006 11:08 am (#88 of 2979)        

Hope your surgery went OK, Marie!! Quick Recovery charms to you!

Wow, only one post since I last checked last night before bed. Where is everyone?

Hope you all have a great RotD/N!

~Kristina

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azi - May 16, 2006 11:19 am (#89 of 2979)        

I was thinking the same thing, Tazzy!

Have a nice day everyone!

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Holly T. - May 16, 2006 11:27 am (#90 of 2979)        

Hope you are doing OK Marie!

I cannot wait for the end of school. Every day this week and next I have to leave work early or come in late because the kids have something at school. Including my daugher's fifth-grade graduation. They're having a dance after school the day of the graduation. They had a Christmas dance too. Now I am not that old, LOL, but "back in the day," as my kids tell me, we did not have school dances in fifth grade. My daughter rolls her eyes at me and says "it's not like we're dancing with boys, eewww" so I guess it is ok.

Enjoy the RotD!

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kaykay1970 - May 16, 2006 11:30 am (#91 of 2979)        

it's not like we're dancing with boys, eewww –Holly

The day is fast approaching when she will be...

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Good Evans - May 16, 2006 11:36 am (#92 of 2979)        

LOl Holly T - imagine dancing with boys eeeewwwww!!!!

Marie E - hope that the surgery went well and you are well on the road to recovery

hint - might be politic to let your brother know you are having surgery before announcing on the lexicon in future!! hee hee

Never mind Mike, you just have to get used to the fact that you share your sister with the rest of the lexicon family!!!

Hope everyone has had a good day

We are registered with three puppy lists, so I am really hopeful we will get a call soon to tell us yes or no, we are looking at collecting said new family member in middle of July, that is quite long enough ... so I do hope that one of these litters pans out. We have decided on a name, but I am not going to jinx it by telling you all yet, but yes it has a HP connection! We are going to have one puppy now (ish) and another later in the year once the main training bit is done, we decided a bit too much work for two at once - also the lists have so many requests for bitches we will be lucky to get one straight away anyhow.

one of the litters Dam is called Mugglepuzzle - spot the HP fan!!

fingers crossed and send me some luck charms please folks...

Julie

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Julie Aronson - May 16, 2006 11:42 am (#93 of 2979)        

Good luck with the puppy!

I hope you're feeling better, Marie!

Have a good day, all.

Julie

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Snuffles - May 16, 2006 12:39 pm (#94 of 2979)        

Hope you are feeling ok Marie.

Julie, my fingers are crossed you get the news you want on your puppy soon. **sending good luck charms**

Have a good rotd.

Julie

Edit: Ooh 3 Julie's have posted in a row!!

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Loopy Lupin - May 16, 2006 12:59 pm (#95 of 2979)        

when you wonder if Loopy will see this and wave to you.—Finn

Hey Finn! You need wonder no more. ***waves****

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Finn BV - May 16, 2006 1:06 pm (#96 of 2979)        

Ah yes! You waved. I remember at the beginning of the old YKYAHPLFW thread seeing you tell everybody that they're supposed to say w00t, so I told them the same thing, and thought of you.

Holly, calming charms to you, and have a great time at the graduation.

Julie, hope that you get the dog you want! Good luck!

Enjoy the RotD! Only 8 more days of school! Yay!

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HungarianHorntail11 - May 16, 2006 2:03 pm (#97 of 2979)        

**Waving Trevor's wand fiercely in an attempt to send luck charms to Good Evans.**

I vote for a new thread entitled, "Guess the name of Good Evans' New Puppy" (because I know you will get your pup).

hint - might be politic to let your brother know you are having surgery before announcing on the lexicon in future!! hee hee

Never mind Mike, you just have to get used to the fact that you share your sister with the rest of the lexicon family!!!


LOL Good Evans! I was thinking along those lines, and had to laugh when I saw your post.

Hope everyone is enjoying his/her day!

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Thora - May 16, 2006 2:14 pm (#98 of 2979)        

Catherine: I don't know if you will recall our conversation on dogs a year ago, but I finally got to meet a Shitzu, and I'm allergic. I'll keep testing different breeds though and see if I can find one that doesn't make my fingers tingle on contact and my eyes itch in minutes.

Thora the dog deprived

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Catherine - May 16, 2006 2:19 pm (#99 of 2979)        

A Forum member who seems to have disapparated, Shelter Girl, rescued a dog and after much discussion on the Chat thread, named her Ginny. Come to think on it, her name was Julie, also! Strange likenesses....

I wish Good Evans loads of fun in naming her newest family member-to-be. So far, I stick to literary names, but if any more puppies join our family, I will be hard pressed not to use HP names by naming a dog "Lily" (continuing the flower theme begun by "Daisy") or "Holly" (in honor of Harry's wand wood) or "Willow" (in honor of Lily's first wand).

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Puck - May 16, 2006 2:36 pm (#100 of 2979)        

wOOt! I think I may actually see sunshine! Guess I can quilt tonight instead of working on my ark!

Julie, hope you soon have a new family member to love!

My neighbor's dog is called Lily, don't think it was HP inspired, though...

Okay, there is definitely a blue sky out there! I should switch on the news to see that dam burst. All the flood trouble is right in the area where I grew up. When I was in high school I remember a flood where people were paddling a boat in a ball field. They say this is even worse. Glad my mom has moved out of her basement apartment in that town!

Fast healing, Marie.

Why do we say "wOOt"?

Cheers!
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Finn BV - May 16, 2006 2:50 pm (#101 of 2979)        

Kathy, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W00t and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leet.

**is jealous that she got post 100**

It is turning into quite the nice day, after a miserable downpour this morning!

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Puck - May 16, 2006 3:12 pm (#102 of 2979)        

Thanks, Finn! I thought it was an HP thing, not an internet thing.

It is turning into quite the nice day, after a miserable downpour this morning! –Finn

...and yesterday, and the day before, and the day before, etc....

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Tazzygirl - May 16, 2006 4:42 pm (#103 of 2979)        

All the rain Hawaii got a couple months ago has finally reached the East Coast area... Hope you all managed to stay somewhat dry!

Just finished organizing both of my cousins' closets. It took me two days. Now, if anyone messes them up, I shall pull an Umbridge and make them write lines. **evil grin**

~Kristina

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The giant squid - May 16, 2006 7:35 pm (#104 of 2979)        

   All the rain Hawaii got a couple months ago has finally reached the East Coast area...



And yet it completely missed Vegas... As I told some friends yesterday, if Lake Mead gets any lower I'm gonna have to learn to drink sand!

Okay, if my sister won't tell me before the surgery, she could at least call me afterwards... Then again, with my family no news is good news--I'd only hear from her if something went wrong. So we'll just assume that everything's fine at the E. household.

--Mike

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Mediwitch - May 16, 2006 8:35 pm (#105 of 2979)        

Finn, thanks for the wikipedia links...very interesting! Now when I tell my son (who is 1 semester shy of a Master's in Computer Science ) that I can't understand his "geekspeak", I'll have to use "g33k5p34k" instead!

It was very exciting to see the sun here in northwestern CT this afternoon, too!

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azi - May 17, 2006 5:15 am (#106 of 2979)        

Hope everything dries up for the East Coast soon!

Cloudy here, but at the moment it's horrible muggy weather so am not too fussed.

Good luck with the new puppie, Julie!

Got an email from my mother saying that my brother has temporarily taken over my room during his exams... It's the beginning of a full take-over! I need to be home to fight him...

Ooo, it's taken so long for me to write this the sun has appeared!

Hope everyone has a sunny day!

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Marie E. - May 17, 2006 5:17 am (#107 of 2979)        

Sorry, Mike, Mom said she was going to call you and I didn't want to repeat all the same information. I will call you. Remember, I found out about your surgery here on the forum also.

Thanks for all the healing charms! I'm going back to work today, though I may ask to get off early. I got to the outpatient surgery clinic and they informed that I was now getting general anesthesia instead of regional. Since I hadn't anticipated that I was wearing my contacts. The doctor said that since mine are the kind you can sleep in anyway it would be okay. I guess I woke up very quickly and was chatting with the doctor but now I have absolutely no memory of our conversation. The nurses were teasing me about stuff I said.

Weak HP tie-in: My best friend gave me a ride to and from the surgery since Mr E has to sleep in the daytime. She said she was going to bring along a book to read and naturally it was Order of the Phoenix.

Edit: About Grey's Anatomy, omg!!!

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Finn BV - May 17, 2006 5:20 am (#108 of 2979)        

Marie, glad to hear you're okay!

It's a nice sunny day here, glad to hear it's like that in England!

Enjoy the RotD!

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Puck - May 17, 2006 5:43 am (#109 of 2979)        

Marie, glad to hear you're doing well, but I think you could have gotten the full day out of work today!

Azi, when can you get home to stand your ground?

Mediwitch, I knew there was a mom from CT, here! I'm not far from the border. I was thinking how nice it would be to drive to NYC to see JKR. Alas, I can't go.

I went for a nice, dry jog this morning. The kids will be able to release some energy outside today.

Happy RotD,

Kathy

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azi - May 17, 2006 5:53 am (#110 of 2979)        

Puck, I'm aiming for not this weekend, but the weekend after. If I was to go home this weekend I wouldn't have a bed as it has been requisitioned to store living room items while the room is being redecorated!

Hope the kids use up their energy today!

Finn, the sun went already!

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John Bumbledore - May 17, 2006 7:10 am (#111 of 2979)        

Puck, are you here?

<)B^D˜ John Bumbledore

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Madam Pince - May 17, 2006 7:28 am (#112 of 2979)        

Good luck with finding a great puppy, Good Evans! What an exciting summer you will have!

Glad to hear the surgery went well, Marie. Isn't it funny (and a bit disturbing) how you wake up after anaesthesia and have no idea what you've been chatting about? I'm sure it was probably something HP-related! (At least, you always hope it was something like that rather than, say, your private opinions of the surgeon's relationship with his nurse or something!)

Spent a good part of the day yesterday researching on the internet to find a good portable DVD player to take along for our upcoming 14-hour car trip to Georgia. It might make about 4 hours of the trip a bit more tolerable for Little Pince before he loses it. We are driving the 14 hours because apparently our destination is 2 hours from the nearest airport, and our relatives think "it wouldn't be worth it" to fly because we'd have to drive those two hours there and back to the airport in a rental car. And we have to rent a car for the entire trip anyway, because we'll be having 6 passengers and our largest car only seats 5, and plus we'll be staying one hotel night each way because nobody can stand to drive all the way through. Sigh.... I need a cold compress, or a well-timed attack of appendicitis or something....

Thanks for the Wikipedia link, Finn! The things you can learn!

Hope everyone enjoys a nice weather day today! Looks like we'll have sun here, but I need to spend some time indoors organizing and straightening. ***wishes Tazzy were here to help clear closets***

Everyone enjoy the RotD!

Edit: Choices, I just read on the other thread about your injury -- healing charms and hopes that you get well soon! (and get a cool Malfoy walking stick, too!) ***Mad-eye Choices...snort***

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kaykay1970 - May 17, 2006 8:10 am (#113 of 2979)        

I just came home from Awards Day at the elementary school. My 3rd grader (the one who has always had to struggle with grades) not only got an honor roll certificate, but also had the highest average in English! She was so excited!

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Soul Mate for Sirius - May 17, 2006 8:51 am (#114 of 2979)        

Hey everyone! What a week!

Marie - so glad to hear the surgery went OK and that you're recovering well!!

So I got a lot of bad news in the last week. Last Tuesday I went into the emergency room with the worst pain in my stomach I have ever had. It was so bad that when my non-HP Fan mother asked how bad it was, I actually explained it by saying I felt like someone was doing the Cruciatus Curse on me. She just stared at me for a moment then said "I'm going to assume that you're talking about Harry Potter again and that I'm supposed to take that as it hurts REALLY bad. Honestly, how you can make references to books while you're suffering this much is beyond me." Anyway, we went to the emergency room and I spent the night there in a great deal of pain while the nurses and doctor told me over and over again they couldn't figure out what was causing it and did ultrasounds and MRI's and blood work and the like. Finally on Wednesday afternoon, after 12 hours in the hospital and no food in over 18 hours (they wouldn't let me eat in case they had to operate) MY OB-gyn showed up and gave me the bad news. My pregnancy was ectopic and, because of this, the fetus couldn't continue to develop and I lost the baby. I had surgery to remove everything and it wasn't until AFTER the surgery that my doctors even realized how close I had come to bleeding out if it had ruptured!

Needless to say, I've spent the last week recovering from the surgery and from the emotional blow. I went back to work today and am really glad to have an excuse to think about other things. I've been hovering on the forum to get my mind off everything, but I couldn't bring myself to post until today! Anyway, sorry to go on and on about all this, but well, you guys are already like family and I wanted to let you know what was going on!

On a different note - drying charms to everyone in New England! We've gotten a LOT of rain here in Cleveland, but nothing compared to you guys!!

Madame Pince- Good luck on your long road trip. When I was younger, my family would drive 14 hours to the OBX down in North Carolina every summer and on the way down we always stopped at a hotel for one night, but on the way home, my dad always insisted on driving straight through. From someone who's made the drive MANY times as a youngster, the DVD player will be a life-saver!!

Julie- Good luck with the soon to be new puppy! Sounds like you'll have your hands full pretty soon!!

kaykay- That's great that your daughter's doing so well in school! You must be so proud!!

Okay- I actually have work to do now so it's time for me to go. I'll be back in a bit to check the threads!

Have a great RotD everyone!!

-Jenn

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kaykay1970 - May 17, 2006 9:18 am (#115 of 2979)        

((Hugs)) for Jenn.

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haymoni - May 17, 2006 9:24 am (#116 of 2979)        

Jenn - I am so sorry to hear that.

I'm sure it DID feel like the Cruciatus Curse...and probably still does in lots of ways. Take your time with this. Everyone deals with these things in their own way.

You'll hear stupid comments, like "This was probably for the best." or "You're young - you'll have other children." Don't judge these people too harshly. They are at a loss for what happened and are just trying to make you feel better.

I'm sure we will all be thinking of you and your fiance.

On a side note, I find it perfectly logical that you would use HP to express your feelings. It's becoming a universal language.

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Holly T. - May 17, 2006 9:26 am (#117 of 2979)        

(((Jenn))) I'm so sorry.

WTG Kaykay's daughter!

Madame Pince--we have a portable DVD player for the car and it is so awesome--the kids put on their headphones and watch a movie and my husband and I can actually talk to each other.

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Soul Mate for Sirius - May 17, 2006 9:32 am (#118 of 2979)        

Thanks for the support everyone! I'm working through this as best I can. As for my fiance, he seems completely unaffected, but I'm thinking that's just him trying to cope so I'm not pushing him to show any emotion until he's ready to.

-Jenn

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Julie Aronson - May 17, 2006 9:48 am (#119 of 2979)        

WTG, Kaykay's daughter!

Jenn, I'm very sorry.

Julie

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Puck - May 17, 2006 11:44 am (#120 of 2979)        

(((Jenn)))

wOOt for Kay's daughter!

John I'm here now. You looking for me?

Madame P, as hubby prefers to drive the 1000 miles to his parents’ house, I insisted my van have DVD. Very helpful. I also suggest magna doodle, finger puppets, and those Leapster hand held computer games. Good luck!

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Good Evans - May 17, 2006 11:56 am (#121 of 2979)        

Great news kaykay - give your daughter a huge well done hug!!!

Jenn - I am so sorry, and send you heaps of love and support.

Marie - glad to hear it has gone well

We got a phone call today and one of the litters has been born, we are second on the list and there are three bitches. So all going well and if she likes us, in two weeks when we can go and see them, it looks like we may have a new puppy to love. We wont be able to bring her home til the middle of July, but if we get the go ahead that we can definitely have one (and providing the meeting goes well) I will let you know the new girls name in two weeks. still guess away if you want to - I've not seen the right name appear yet!

have a great rest of day everyone

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Soul Mate for Sirius - May 17, 2006 12:04 pm (#122 of 2979)        

Julie- Great new about the puppy! I hope the meeting goes well and you get to bring her home!

-Jenn

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haymoni - May 17, 2006 1:16 pm (#123 of 2979)        

Good Evans - How about Luna? The dogs are blondish.

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Soul Mate for Sirius - May 17, 2006 1:22 pm (#124 of 2979)        

Ooo! I like that haymoni! Julie, I second that name!!

-Jenn

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HungarianHorntail11 - May 17, 2006 1:23 pm (#125 of 2979)        

Jenn, I am terribly sorry. You were in a dangerous situation and I am glad they were able to determine what it was. Sending warm hugs and loads of strength and comfort your way.

Marie E. glad to learn that your surgery went well and you are recovering well, too. *phew*

kaykay, I am really glad to hear about your daughter. What a nice surprise that must have been for you!

Madame P., I agree with Puck - lots of little games. We drove from NJ-FL-LA-NJ in just under two weeks and the DVD player is a great idea. If you buy them new DVDs or any toy, save it until you are in the car. I made a small bag for each of them and gave them one item every so often. It kept them busy, well-behaved and eager for the whole trip. (Oh yeah, Nintendo helps, too. )

Really glad to hear about your puppy, Julie.

Edit: What great guesses! I don't have anything clever to add, so I'll just leave it alone.

Time for me to get cleaned up. Trevor and I spent the day spreading 5 yards of mulch and planting flowers at my daughter's school. **mumbling to self - how did I get roped into chairing School Beautification Committee???**

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B]Finn BV[/B] - May 17, 2006 1:29 pm (#126 of 2979)        

kaykay, congrats to your daughter! That's fantastic!

Jenn, I'm so sorry to hear about your pregnancy. Hugs all around.

Good Evans, has Ginny been guessed?

Enjoy the RotD!

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Catherine - May 17, 2006 1:35 pm (#127 of 2979)        

I mentioned Ginny yesterday, as that is what Shelter Girl named her dog.

How about Molly? I'm assuming that Petunia is not correct! Hmmm...on the theme of HP moms...there's Alice. Narcissa is blond, but that doesn't bode well...

Maybe Fleur?

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Denise P. - May 17, 2006 1:45 pm (#128 of 2979)        

Wow Julie, that is great. When we got Daria, I filled out an application a year before her litter was born. Even when the litter was born, there was no promise of a puppy until the litter had been evaluated and the breeder determined there was a puppy who would match my needs. Luckily, my girl, orange girl, was in the litter. It was a toss between orange girl and red girl. I really liked Red when I went to visit but the breeder gave us Orange...who became Daria. It worked out really well but the wait was hard.

Sorry to hear about that Jenn, it stinks. No other words are enough.

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Madam Pince - May 17, 2006 1:49 pm (#129 of 2979)        

Jenn, I am so very sorry to hear about your loss. Big (((hugs))) to you. We will definitely be thinking of you and your family. That could have been so dangerous -- glad that you are OK and that the doctors took good care of you.

Thanks for the ideas for the travel games, everyone! We've got a Leap Pad and a magna doodle already, and I have a big bag of "stash" from Kay-Bee Toys' last Crazy-8's sale down in the closet, which has some hand-held computer games and such -- I am holding onto it to dole out during the trip. I will probably get another Leap Pad game or so if I can. Actually, one of the adult occupants is more likely to set my teeth on edge rather than Little Pince.... Can't think of any solutions to that besides duct tape...

Yay, Good Evans, on the puppies! Hope you get a lovely little girl! I'm thinking Minerva...

Congratulations to your little one, kaykay! You must be very proud!

Edit: Who is Alice? I'm having a brain freeze...

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Finn BV - May 17, 2006 1:53 pm (#130 of 2979)        

I'm guessing Dolores will be out of the picture…

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Puck - May 17, 2006 2:27 pm (#131 of 2979)        

Alice Longbottom, Neville's Mom.

If it's an ill behaved pup, perhaps Bella? Tonks if she's colorful!

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Tazzygirl - May 17, 2006 2:28 pm (#132 of 2979)        

Madam Pince: **wishes Tazzy were here to help clear closets**

I could be... at a very high price. I am thinking plane ticket plus room and board. Chat & Greetings 2006 - Page 3 1003735042

Whoo-hoo to Kaykay's daughter!!

Jenn- I am so sorry! (((((HUG)))))

Yeay to Good Evans! **Crossing fingers** that you'll bring home one of the puppies soon! (I like Luna as a name too!)

Hope you all have a fantastic RotD/N!

~Kristina

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winlia - May 17, 2006 3:12 pm (#133 of 2979)        

Jenn  - So sorry for your loss.

Thora Have you looked at the bichon frise? I think they are supposed to work for people with allergies.

Good Evans Congratulations! When our GSD died last August, my husband sent out a notice to our friends and family, and included the breeder. She responded promptly with a list of upcoming litters, and our little girl is now 8 months old and an absolute delight. She recently passed her Canine Good Citizen exam and will be starting tracking classes soon.

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Madam Pince - May 17, 2006 3:21 pm (#134 of 2979)        

****slaps self on forehead**** D'oh! Alice Longbottom! I am such a dunce....

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Julie Aronson - May 17, 2006 3:42 pm (#135 of 2979)        

What about Lily for the beautiful new puppy? (Did someone suggest that already?)

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Catherine - May 17, 2006 3:48 pm (#136 of 2979)        

Yes, in a roundabout way I did--I mentioned that is what I'm planning if we acquire another shih-tzu. Although Mr. Catherine thinks that two are plenty.

In a more serious mode, though, our oldest pup is going on 14, and she's been feeling her age lately. Our younger pup is going on 3 come July, and while she is the most loving, affectionate creature toward people, she appears to "need" a doggy sibling. In fact, our breeder allowed us to have Daisy only because we already had a shih-tzu in the home, because Daisy enjoys other animals so well, including cats (which, with my allergies, will not happen for her. There are pictures of Daisy curled up with the breeder's Persian cats; the cute factor for this was very high!). The other day, Daisy attempted to play with a bunny she discovered in the yard, and waited by the fence where the bunny disappeared for twenty minutes waiting for the bunny to come back. Silly girl.

When Phoebe (elder girl) was in the veterinary hospital last year for a few days (non-malignant tumor removal), Daisy just wilted and moped. We quickly realized that when Phoebe decides to embark on the next great adventure, we will not be the only ones grieving.

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HungarianHorntail11 - May 17, 2006 4:00 pm (#137 of 2979)        

So far, Lily is my favorite.

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Chemyst - May 17, 2006 4:44 pm (#138 of 2979)        

((hugs)) Jenn

Madame Pince, if you are traveling with 6 people, then you need to pack some "toys" for yourself! Maybe you can let one of the others read to Little Pince while you "play" with some thick foam-rimmed headphones, a neck pillow, and sleeping mask!

dog names... Bathilda, author of A History of Magic PS/SS5 A puppy would have to grow into a name like that, but I like it for an adult dog.

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Julie Aronson - May 17, 2006 5:03 pm (#139 of 2979)        

Catherine,

You just remind me how much I want a shih-tzu! I wish I knew I'd be home enough to justify it!!!

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Nathan Zimmermann - May 17, 2006 5:14 pm (#140 of 2979)        

Jenn, I am sorry to hear of your loss. My family and I send hugs, healing and comforting charms to you and your fiance.

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kaykay1970 - May 17, 2006 5:47 pm (#141 of 2979)        
Edited May 17, 2006 6:26 pm

Well yes, I was pleasantly surprised by the English award. Remember, this is the same child that asked me how to spell ain't and brung (bring, brang, brung HeeHee)a few months ago! Maybe next year we should work on spelling? I think she was equally surprised. She looked like Harry when his name appeared from the goblet. She's come a long way baby! I'm glad she "brung" me along for the ride...

Julie- I too like the name Luna for the pup.

Madame P.- I agree, bring lots and lots of toys. I remember our car ride trip to Texas with a 2 year old in tow. I don't recommend it!!

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Mediwitch - May 17, 2006 8:09 pm (#142 of 2979)        

Oh Jenn, ((((HUGS)))).

Puppy name....hmmm...how about everyone's favorite author? Jo!

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Elanor - May 17, 2006 9:49 pm (#143 of 2979)        

I am so sorry to hear that Jenn! ((((HUGS)))

((((HUGS)))) to Julie/Good Evans too! Good to hear about the pup though! Hmm... What about Poppy for the puppy name?

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The giant squid - May 18, 2006 12:34 am (#144 of 2979)        

(((Jenn)))

As for my fiance, he seems completely unaffected, but I'm thinking that's just him trying to cope so I'm not pushing him to show any emotion until he's ready to.

I'd say that's probably what's happening--a combination of "I'm not ready to react yet" and "I have no idea how bad I should feel, and I don't want to look silly overreacting." Men barely understand women when things are going smoothly, and when "women stuff" is involved it gets even worse.

Don't push him about it and he'll respond when he's ready. Trying to force a response could actually push him farther away.

Marie: Mom didn't mention it when I called her on Sunday. So now I get to harass both of you. I'm glad everything went OK.

--Mike

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Snuffles - May 18, 2006 12:39 am (#145 of 2979)        

Azi, hope you manage to 'steal' your own room back soon!!

congrats to Kaykay's daughter on her grades.

Jenn, I am so sorry ((((hugs))))

I like all the names for Julie's dog, though I am leaning towards Madame P's suggestion of Minerva...

Have a good Thursday

Julie

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Marè - May 18, 2006 3:01 am (#146 of 2979)        

I think Minerva is such a fancy name for such a cuddly dog. If it were shortened to Minnie. But I like Molly better.

And hugs to Jenn, I'm afraid I have nothing smart to say except maybe more hugs. Hope you feel a bit better soon.

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azi - May 18, 2006 4:15 am (#147 of 2979)        

Many, many *hugs* to Jenn. *hugs*

Wow, Kaykay! Congrats to your daughter!

I like the name Luna or Poppy! Minerva would fit a black laborador (sp?) better I think.

Welcome back rettoP yrraH!

Hope everyone has a great day!

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Marie E. - May 18, 2006 5:18 am (#148 of 2979)        

Oh Jenn, I'm so sorry. Please take care of yourself.

I tried calling Squidboy last night but there was no answer. I'll try again.

Going back to work was hard. I miss my couch. With my job I end up standing or bending over a lot and by the end of the day I was beat! Maybe I can lie down today and make it look like it's part of a lesson.

Tomorrow Lexie's Brownie troop has a field trip to a nature center. I'm getting off work early to go along. Saturday morning we're going to Denver for a Teacher Appreciation event for my work. Saturday afternoon Shayla's troop is doing their bridging ceremony at an indoor amusement center, complete with pizza, cake, and two-hour ride passes. Sunday? I collapse!

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haymoni - May 18, 2006 6:02 am (#149 of 2979)        

Wow! My bridging ceremony was in our school cafeteria!

We've come a long way, baby!!

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Loopy Lupin - May 18, 2006 6:06 am (#150 of 2979)        

Good Morning everyone!

Well, I'm very distraught that there is only one episode of "Lost" left, although it will be two hours long. Yee!!! Last night's episode was pretty good, but not the best. It was kind of like Book 6 in a way. There was background explanation and all the pieces have been moved into place for next week. I'm all a-dither. I wonder when Season 2 comes out on DVD. ***waves to Kim****
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Lupin is Lupin. Natch. - May 18, 2006 6:11 am (#151 of 2979)        

OMG! Willie's back!

I, too, wonder when Season 2 will come out on video. Hopefully in time for me to catch up and start Season 3 from the get-go.

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haymoni - May 18, 2006 6:31 am (#152 of 2979)        

Worlds must be colliding!!

The Indians & the CAVS both won last night!

Look out!!

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Julie Aronson - May 18, 2006 6:34 am (#153 of 2979)        

Go CAVS!!!!!!

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CatherineHermiona - May 18, 2006 6:43 am (#154 of 2979)        

Hi, everyone!

I'm sorry to hear about your dog, Julie! But I'm glad to hear about that puppy! I like the name Luna.

I'm so sorry to hear about your baby, Jenn!

Healing charms to everyone that need some!

We had a really great time in Gardaland! I still didn't go to Blue Tornado because some people in our group got scared when they saw it... Still, I went to Sequoia and Freefall. I'm not going to Freefall ever again! And Sequoia was great! We also went to 4-D cinema (you get 3-D glasses, and your seats are moving!) and saw Rene and another guy and one girl from C class there. We got wet 3 times, but our clothes was dry before we came to second ride. It was really hot. We were on Catepillar. We saw Karlo, Matko and Martina there. We really had a great time and we were exhausted when we came home.

Friday wasn't my day. I got a C in Croatian (I really hate this substitute teacher!) and a B in Maths... The worst news were that we aren't in the bus with C class on the trip to Gardaland, but in the other bus! That really ruined my day... And yesterday we found out we will have this substitute teacher in Croatian until the end of this school year! I now can forget an A in Croatian, and language high...

On Sunday we had a shooting competition, as you know. I know I was joking I will shoot my best result, but I really shot my best result! And have beaten my last one for 9 points! My first best result on a competition. And we won a cup, our school! We were third, and all members of our team (Tena, Andrea and me) won medals! You can see mine as an avatar.

On Tuesday we played volleyball and I played pretty good. Today on PE we played against A class. I wasn't too afraid, because I knew C class has English, and they for sure won't watch us (as they did on Tuesday). I only really hoped we will finish the match before the end of 6th class. We didn't... But we won! And we play on School day next week against C class! I still don't understand how I scored so many times... And five times in a row... And how I played so good while Dino and rest of C class watched... I must have been red in my face like... like... Ron's hair! But I still scored. Few times in a row. I still don't understand how... And I'm in the team on School day when we will play against C class and whole school will be there, and C class boys, and they will be rooting for their girls... And I hope I will play good. Wish us luck!

Well, I think that would be it.

Kate

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Mrs. Sirius - May 18, 2006 6:53 am (#155 of 2979)        

I am still hobbling along with computer problems, we are going to make one more effort to resucitate this one (part of my reluctance to give up on this one, is losing my JKRowling site goodies) before we upgrade. I found out yesterday that my kids got into summer school, woa hoo!

Marie E good you, you faced the muggle nutter with knives bravely!

Jenn, so sorry, warmest thoughts for you.

As a lurker I have missed some details, I have followed along with Catherine making it to Jeopardy, but have missed when she'll be on, could you repeat please?

Edit: Catherine Hermiona, do we see an Olympics in your future? Bejing 2008?

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Catherine - May 18, 2006 7:05 am (#156 of 2979)        

Mrs. Sirius,

I audition on Monday morning, May 22. Who knows if I'll actually make it to the real show?

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Madam Pince - May 18, 2006 7:17 am (#157 of 2979)        

Hmmmm... I also like the names Jo and Poppy and Luna. Oh who knows, they're all good choices! I've had several friends with dogs named Molly, and it has a good "ring" to it when you're calling the dog.

Kate, congratulations on your recent winning streak! (Well, except for Croatian, but I'm sure you'll do fine....) That medal is very nice! Sounds like you had a great time in Gardaland -- glad to hear you were not a chicken when it came to the scary rides!

Loopy, you're right about last night's Lost -- it did feel like Book 6! They've got a lot to tie up next week, and I hope it's Michael they tie up! I swear, if it wasn't for Sayid, not a one of them would have a lick of sense....

Ordered the DVD player from Amazon and paid for two-day delivery, just to be safe. (We leave the 24th on our trip -- blame "Procrastinator's Anonymous" for me not ordering sooner. Actually the idea didn't even occur to me until this past week.) Today we got an e-mail from them stating that they'd shipped it via 2-day delivery, and to expect delivery on the 24th. Now even including the fact that they say Saturday/Sunday doesn't count in their 2-day delivery, I think they need some help with their maths. All I can say is that I hope that e-mail is wrong, or I shall be one unhappy camper. If I'd wanted 4-day delivery I'd have chosen the free super-saver shipping. Ah well -- keeping my fingers crossed.

Couldn't sleep last night, and then someone called early this morning and woke me up after I'd finally drifted off. Argh. This will be a loooong day.

Edit: Catherine, Sybill knows....

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Eponine - May 18, 2006 7:28 am (#158 of 2979)        

Jenn, I'm so sorry for your loss. *hugs* Mike is right. Your fiance is probably dealing with it the best way he knows how.

Catherine, do you have more auditions to go through before you get on the actual show? I had a teacher in high school who qualified, but he never made it on.

I'm getting to go home for a few days next weekend. I'm very excited as I haven't been to TN since Christmas. My niece's gymnastic...exhibition was going to be on Saturday, but they changed it since it's Memorial Day weekend so now I'm not going to get to see her do her stuff. She's only 5, so her class hasn't learned much more than forward rolls and stuff like that, but it would still have been fun to see.

Hockey playoff tickets are expensive. The Carolina Hurricanes (GO CANES!) are in the conference finals this week, and I looked on Ticketmaster to find Mr. Eponine a ticket (I have to work) and the cheapest ticket is $70! I can't imagine how much the Stanley Cup tickets would be.

Anyway, I hope everyone is having a great day!

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Soul Mate for Sirius - May 18, 2006 8:14 am (#159 of 2979)        

Kate, awesome job on your shooting!! That's great! And I'm glad to hear you had fun at Gardaland. I've missed our chats in the chat room!!

Thanks everyone for the thoughts and charms and everything. It really does mean a lot!!

To all my fellow NE Ohio residents out there, can you believe the Cavs won IN DETROIT?!? I'm sooo excited!! My friend actaully has tickets to Friday's game at the Q and invited me to go, but I can't go!! I'm sooo disappointed!

Last night was fun. I went up to our local sports bar with some friends last night (my fiance had to work ) so we could watch the Cavs and the Tribe at the same time and then me and my friend Liz left yearly to watch the results of Tuesday's American Idol (I can't help it, I'm obsessed with that show!!) and watched the rest of the Cav's game on the other TV. It was a very intertaining night!

Well, that's about all from me for now, I'm off to actually get some work done and then check the threads!

Have a great RotD everyone!!

-Jenn

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Puck - May 18, 2006 9:26 am (#160 of 2979)        

Jenn, glad to see you're keeping busy and going out with friends!

Congrats to Kate! Glad you had a fun trip. I love amusement parks! I would definitely ride the scary ones with you!

Went for son's 6 year check-up today. He grew an inch, but dropped half a pound. Well, maybe he'll get to 40 pounds by next year. I swear I do feed my kids!

Have a happy RotD! Off to make a backyard picnic!

Kathy

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mike miller - May 18, 2006 9:43 am (#161 of 2979)        

Congratulations Kate! and Good Luck! I went to the dentist this morning and found out his son has been doing quite well in junior trap shooting competitions (small flying clay targets shot with a shotgun). Good to see young people enjoying the shooting sports!

I suggested a coworker who I've converted to Potter (with some help from JKR's stories) that he try listening to one of the books as a change of pace. I lent him OotP (Jim Dale reading) on CD and he's loving it! In case any of you have not tried listening to the books, it's a great way to kill a morning/evening commute!

Have a great RotD!

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Holly T. - May 18, 2006 9:48 am (#162 of 2979)        

Congrats Kate!

I love listening to the audiobooks! I spend a lot of time in the car.

Have a great RotD!

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HungarianHorntail11 - May 18, 2006 10:06 am (#163 of 2979)        

Congratulations on your score, Kate! I mentioned to Olivia that I noticed your targets were looking better. So happy for you !

Boy, you and Olivia would do well together in amusement parks. I always seem to be the one who ends up accompanying her on rides such as the Tower of Terror and Mission Space - ugh. I sooo hate heights. Then again, I guess the rides are fun.

Catharine, I am sending good luck charms (though I am no Lily) your way for Monday.

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The giant squid - May 18, 2006 11:28 am (#164 of 2979)        

I tried calling Squidboy last night but there was no answer. I'll try again.--Marie E.

See, you keep trying to call when I'm not home. I'd think it's a conspiracy, but you're not that well organized.  Chat & Greetings 2006 - Page 3 2775603007  I'll be at work tonight (and well into tomorrow morning--five prints of Da Vinci Code to build & screen...) so unless you can get to me by 7PM your time I'd put off the phone call until Friday.

I got a C in Croatian—CatherineHermiona

I'm glad to know getting low grades in your native tongue isn't strictly an American thing... Don't get discouraged, Kate; try to look at this substitute as an opportunity to learn in a different way, rather than deciding ahead of time that you just aren't going to do well. It's all in your attitude. Frankly, as good as your English is I can't believe you'd have trouble in Croatian.

I wonder when [Lost] Season 2 comes out on DVD.--Loopy Lupin

If I remember correctly, Season 1 came out on DVD a week or two before Season 2 started. Not nearly enough time for me to rewatch the whole thing (which I had planned to do).

Went for son's 6 year check-up today. He grew an inch, but dropped half a pound. Well, maybe he'll get to 40 pounds by next year.—Puck

Gee, sounds like someone I know... The same thing happened to me when I was a kid, Kathy--my mom would feed me & I'd grow 2 inches while staying the same weight. I weigh now what most people hit in junior high (110 lbs./50kg). To the shock of my doctor, I'm perfectly capable of leading a normal life.

--Mike

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Loopy Lupin - May 18, 2006 11:29 am (#165 of 2979)        

Loopy, you're right about last night's Lost -- it did feel like Book 6! They've got a lot to tie up next week, and....- Madame Pince

If I remember correctly, Season 1 came out on DVD a week or two before Season 2 started. Not nearly enough time for me to rewatch the whole thing (which I had planned to do). – Mike

My, my, my, that seems like an awfully long time for some people to have to wait to get up to speed. ***waves to Kim****

I had a question and some comments from last night too which are I was one minute late getting the show (eeeek!!) and when I tuned in, Michael was locking Jack and Locke into the hatch holding cell. Then the rest of the show was 13 days ago or today, etc. But, when was Michael locking them in the hatch supposed to be? Was that from earlier in the season? I didn't start watching this season until midway through--- after I watched the first season on DVD and couldn't wait anymore---so there are lots of details that I'm unclear on. (I do have the general gist from reading recaps on the net.) Anyway, as for the show itself, I'm good with suspending disbelief and all, but HELLO!! Why is Sayid the only one who has grown suspicious of Michael? Insisting that the only soldier in the crowd not go on this raid? Also, from reading some reviews on "television without pity"-- thanks for that site Denise-- I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought that Walt looked like a college freshman at this point. It's only supposed to be forty-some days, but the boy looks like he grew 6 inches! LOL

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Thora - May 18, 2006 12:09 pm (#166 of 2979)        

Loopy (in white): Michael locked them in the hatch earlier in the season when he decided to go find Walt. He'd been communicating with him via the computer, or at least we are meant to assume it was Walt... after seeing the camera in the ? location I'm starting to wonder if the others aren't watching the feeds too. They could have easily baited Michael, but who know with this show. I haven't seen last night’s episode though, we will watch it tonight if my husband get home at a decent hour. The spoilers I've read make it sound interesting though.


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Madam Pince - May 18, 2006 12:10 pm (#167 of 2979)        

Loopy, according to my VCR from last night, the opening scene also took place 13 days ago. Apparently shortly after Michael was typing on the computer and the words "Dad?" came back at him -- at that point is where he decided to go after Walt, and he couldn't think of any other way to get a gun to take with him. I agree about Walt having an unfortunately-timed growth spurt -- I remember reading somewhere that the producers were tinkering with the idea of replacing the actor because he had just grown too much. But maybe they could explain it away by the weird effects of the island -- not only do things heal quicker, but they also grow faster! LOL! Except that then Aaron should be about three or something.... Hope that helps!

Edit: Oops! Bumped into Thora!

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Good Evans - May 18, 2006 12:29 pm (#168 of 2979)        

Mike - I completely agree, but I listen in the kitchen when cooking I am constantly in a HP book without having to find the time to sit down and read, so I think they are brilliant. I haven't heard the Jim Dale books as we have Stephen Fry narrate over here, but I would love to hear one, I watched Carry On Columbus last week and he is so funny, I can imagine him easily doing the HP books.

I will just say that the puppy name has been guessed, and has a lot of support so obviously we all think similarly!!! But I am not going to jinx it so I will leave you to wonder. Hubby is fascinated that this forum have put forward names, and when we get a second pup we may well pick up another one thereafter. So thanks for all the ideas, I had forgotten how many brilliant names there are in the books that work well for dogs, excellent!

Have a great ROTD folks

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Loopy Lupin - May 18, 2006 12:49 pm (#169 of 2979)        

Thanks Thora and Madame. In white:

Maybe they will go with the "effects" of the Island angle. That would give them a good excuse to jump Claire's baby's age too. (I mean how many shows have a big pregnancy storyline and then, next season, the child is 5!) I feel bad for the actor playing Walt. He didn't do anything but be a normal 12 year old kid and grow. Now, there's probably all kinds of anguish of what "to do" about him.

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Lina - May 18, 2006 1:17 pm (#170 of 2979)        

I'm sure there were many things that I wanted to write while I was reading the thread, but only few of them are still in my head now.

Jenn, I'm sorry that you had to go through this. Hugs. But the most important thing is that you are safe. I'm sure that next time it will be all well. And I think it's nice that your fiance is more willing to comfort you than to be comforted.

Julie, fingers crossed for the puppy. I'm sorry that the name has been guessed already because if I wanted to name my female pet after HP, it would be Hedwig. But I give my pets descriptive names - the dog with spots was Spotty, the dog that used to ruin furniture is something like Nibbly. Well, the budgerigar was Amadeus, but that was Veronika's choice.

My life has been so busy lately, full of appointments, so today I decided that I need a little pocket planner because otherwise I'll get lost. Until now the wall calendar was enough.

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Puck - May 18, 2006 1:20 pm (#171 of 2979)        

Lost is still on TiVo, so I skipped over plenty of white print today!

I did watch the finale of Amazing Race, and unlike Survivor the team I was rooting for won! And there was a marriage proposal this morning on the Early Show between team members. I'm such a sap for that kind of thing.

Mike, the doctor assured me my son is healthy. I'm not really fussed, as hubby and I were both skinny kids (no longer a problem for Mr. Puck Chat & Greetings 2006 - Page 3 1003735042 ) I was feeling pretty good about being back to pre-baby weight, but now I find I still out-weigh a giant squid!

My neighbor called to ask my son if her boy was on the bus, which he wasn't. After a few heart stopping minutes, she discovered that he had gone to his daycare after school instead of home. Whew! So scary to have the bus pull up and your kid not get off it!

Yeah! We actually have t-ball! And Baby took an almost 2 hour nap! All in all a lovely day.

Happy RotD!

Kathy

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Tazzygirl - May 18, 2006 2:22 pm (#172 of 2979)        

AH! I forgot yesterday was Wednesday! I am soooo glad I record LOST and The Amazing Race, as I would have completely missed watching the shows. (My weeks are a little off, since I don't have school anymore. ) After I finish posting, I think I am going to watch the shows.

Puck- I am hoping the winners of The Amazing Race are the two that I think it is... REALLY hoping!! The other two teams- one group I can't stand, the other would be OK to win, but I really want this last group to win...

Congratulations, Kate! About the substitute- aren't they supposed to just let you slide while the real teacher is gone? All my substitute teachers in school just had us watch videos or something. Don't give up on this teacher- work extra hard, and I think you'll be able to get your grade up!! I know you can do it.

Glad to hear you are doing better, Marie!

Have a great RotD/N everyone!

~Kristina

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Madam Pince - May 18, 2006 3:05 pm (#173 of 2979)        

Loopy, (highlight)(I mean how many shows have a big pregnancy storyline and then, next season, the child is 5!) –
I gather you don't watch many soap-operas, then? Except usually it's 18.... Chat & Greetings 2006 - Page 3 1242194059

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Thora - May 18, 2006 3:40 pm (#174 of 2979)        

Grrrrr..... my husband just informed me that he won't be getting home until 11 tonight. That means no Lost for me until the inlaws are gone this weekend.

I guess he's getting a worse deal than me, since he's the one pulling a 16 hour day, but man I wanted to watch that.

Thora

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Lupin is Lupin. Natch. - May 18, 2006 4:08 pm (#175 of 2979)        

STOP. DOING. THAT.

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HungarianHorntail13 - May 18, 2006 5:36 pm (#176 of 2979)        

HI everyone!

:Fires off healing and luck charms in every direction that needs it:

I'm sorry to hear about that Jenn.

I also like the name Luna for the puppy!

I must admit that the white letters are a bit annoying....

I know how you feel Kate! I have had a Spanish sub all year, and I've learned more from 'Dora the Explorer' than her.

-Olivia

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Lupin is Lupin. Natch. - May 18, 2006 5:56 pm (#177 of 2979)        

For the record, I don't find them annoying at all. But I couldn't pass up the opportunity to have a little fun with it.

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Tazzygirl - May 18, 2006 6:00 pm (#178 of 2979)        

I was right! Whoo-hoo! The team I was rooting for in The Amazing Race won!! Yippee!

Yeah- LOST was big last night. hmmmm. Can't wait for the season finale. By the way- ABC (tv channel in which LOST airs) is offering free episodes of LOST on their website. I haven't checked it out yet, so I don't know if it is complete shows or recap shows. It's always worth the shot to look though!

I have had an extremely lazy day today. Woke up at 8:30 this morning, then immediately fell back to sleep until 11. The beginning of the week was so busy and hectic it got way ahead of me.

Good luck on Monday, Catherine!!!

~Kristina

EDIT: HAPPY BIRTHDAY MIKE MILLER!! Hope you had a fantastic day!

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boop - May 18, 2006 6:05 pm (#179 of 2979)        

Jenn I am so sorry for your loss, (((HUGS)))

Kate, Congrats to you. Glad you had fun on your trip.

Marie, Glad your surgery turned ouut fine. I am sending healing charms your way.

Belated HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MIKE MILLER. I hope you had a good day!

hugs always

boop

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Finn BV - May 18, 2006 7:37 pm (#180 of 2979)        

Kate, so happy to hear Gardaland was fun, and too bad about your grades. And congrats on your shooting! What a cool medal! Glad to see you back around again…

Happy Birthday Mike Miller!

((hugs boop))

Haven't posted much today because of studying and stuff. This week went by really fast, can't believe it's Friday tomorrow!

Enjoy the RotD!

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Puck - May 18, 2006 7:38 pm (#181 of 2979)        

Mike M., Hope you had a great birthday!

I never got my quilting done today. Well, the baby shower isn't until Sunday, so that gives me 2 nights to finish the project. I'm so good at this procrastinating thing! Chat & Greetings 2006 - Page 3 1003735042

I don't mind the white, I just can't wait to watch Lost!

Tazzy, weren't they a fantastic team? I agree, that one of the other teams would have been okay, but there was one I did not want to win.

Off to bed! (After checking 5 words )

Kathy

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Tazzygirl - May 18, 2006 7:52 pm (#182 of 2979)        

Puck: Tazzy, weren't they a fantastic team? I agree, that one of the other teams would have been okay, but there was one I did not want to win.

The winning team was fabulous! And I am right there agreeing with you on the other two teams.

~Kristina

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Madam Pince - May 18, 2006 8:36 pm (#183 of 2979)        

Oops -- sorry we are being annoying, Olivia! Just trying to share some info without "spoiling" people who don't want to know yet... But just think how much worse it would be if we just blurted it out! (Remember the t-shirts some people were wearing to Barnes and Noble stores the week after HBP came out -- "Dumbledore dies on page 596 - I just saved you $30 and 5 hours.") Actually that was pretty funny, I thought.... Anyway, sorry again.

So I will just say about the end of E.R. tonight --- aaaarrrghh!!!! They expect us to wait all summer to find out about all that???

Boop, I will have to send (((hugs))) to Jim via you, I suppose. I don't watch The O.C., but I saw an outline of tonight's episode blared on the headlines of the news on my internet homepage. (Talk about spoilers...) I'm thinking he may be bumming hard.... Man, the season-enders this year have really been something! Anyway, here, keep a few for yourself too! (((hugs)))

At least it seems everyone's Amazing Race turned out well! Haymoni, I keep forgetting to ask you -- what did you win in your pool with Survivor? That was excellent news!

Happy Birthday, Mike Miller! Hope you had a fantastic day! (Good idea about the audio HP books -- I haven't bought them because of the price, but if the library has them, it could help me on the long trip, I think!)

Everyone enjoy the RotD!

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Mediwitch - May 18, 2006 8:59 pm (#184 of 2979)        

I would have to say the CDs are definitely worth the price. I listen to them all the time...cooking, cleaning, driving...(actually, now I listen to the MP3s in my car and the CDs in the house!)

They make great gifts (both to give and to receive), but borrowing from the library works too.

EDIT: Even my father-in-law, who lives with us because he has Alzheimer's, recognizes Harry Potter because I listen so much!

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Mrs. Sirius - May 18, 2006 9:18 pm (#185 of 2979)        
Edited May 18, 2006 10:22 pm

Catherine, I will keep my fingers crossed for your appearance.

It took me a long time, but I finally bought the sound track to Sorcerer's Stone. I have kept it in my van to listen to between endless errands. This weekend the kids wanted one of their CD's. Now I cannot find the Socerers Stone ughhhhhh. (I'll add that I accidently dropped the CD box into the interior casing of the van in a tiny slot that was impossible to find but for my slipping it in, in the first week)

My daughters (7 1/2) were home sick most of this week. On Monday Anastasia decided they should read Sorcerers Stone. I was very impressed with her ability to read with proper inflection. By early this morning she finished it and moved right on to COS! Maria read a bit but for the most part she is not a fan. Go figure.

Edit: Sammmy! there you are! Welcome back. When did you get in?

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Tazzygirl - May 18, 2006 9:49 pm (#186 of 2979)        
Edited May 18, 2006 10:35 pm

I have HBP on CD. I bought it from Sams Club for about 30 bucks. I can't find any of the other books on Cd for that amount. Big old bummer. If anyone knows where to get the CDs for cheap, please let me know! My mom has the books on audiotape, but I don't have a tape player. We have also played them so much that the tape players eat them.

~Kristina

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rettoP yrraH - May 18, 2006 10:16 pm (#187 of 2979)        

Sams Club, yessireebob my own exclusive club. Glad you're part of it. Chat & Greetings 2006 - Page 3 2281877974

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mike miller - May 19, 2006 4:30 am (#188 of 2979)        

Thanks all for the birthday wishes! They had a cake for me at work, just happened that my birthday was on a day when we had an all day meeting with people in from across the country. Only one bummer, the cake was supposed to be "yellow" according to the label but was in fact chocolate. I know for you choco-holics out there that would be no problem, but I'm not a big fan. Thank goodness there was also a large tray of cookies!

Madame Pince - Try eBay if you're interested in the audio books. I picked up OotP for about half original list price.

I hope the weather breaks this afternoon, it's supposed to. I haven't cut the grass for over a week, between Chicago, Spring Concert at school and rain, it just hasn't happened. If the grass gets any taller I'll have to call the local farmer and ask to borrow his hay baler!

Have a great Friday and weekend everyone!!!

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Puck - May 19, 2006 4:34 am (#189 of 2979)        

Ahh, it's raining, again... It was so depressing to wake up to that sound. The ground hadn't had a chance to dry out yet. *sigh*

Even my father-in-law, who lives with us because he has Alzheimer's, recognizes Harry Potter because I listen so much! Always knew Harry had healing powers!

Great. I'm doing dishes, and managed to break one of the "safe" plastic bowls I use for the kids. (pauses to take a bow.) Son is actually in tears because it was his favorite.

Cheers!

Kathy

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The giant squid - May 19, 2006 5:30 am (#190 of 2979)        

By the way- ABC (tv channel in which LOST airs) is offering free episodes of LOST on their website. I haven't checked it out yet, so I don't know if it is complete shows or recap shows. It's always worth the shot to look though!—Tazzygirl

It's complete episodes. Luckily for me, since I forgot to set a tape last week when my cousin & his wife were in town! They have a couple of "commercial breaks" (a 30-second spot for Tylenol) but for the most part it's straight through to the end. My only gripe is that I couldn't go full-screen and had to watch it in a 4"x6" box.

I find I still out-weigh a giant squid!—Puck

Don't feel bad, a lot of people outweigh me. I have friends with housecats that weigh more than I do...

Happy belated birthday, Mike. At least they tried to get you a yellow cake...

--Mike (the other one)

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azi - May 19, 2006 5:38 am (#191 of 2979)        

Happy (belated) birthday Mike! Apologies for not wishing it on the day!

Puck, maybe you could go out and buy a new plastic bowl? Well done for managing to break it! I once forgot a dish was plastic and put it in the microwave to melt some chocolate. Made a hole in the bottom.

Gloomy day here, but hoping to do something constructive!

Have a great Friday!

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Marie E. - May 19, 2006 5:42 am (#192 of 2979)        

My daughter Lexie finally lost her other top tooth yesterday. It's been hanging there for about four days and driving me nuts! It was so low that her bottom teeth could touch it. Now she's got that cute gap-tooth smile so adorable on six year olds. She turns seven next Tuesday so I'm going to get her picture taken to preserve the cuteness. Can you believe that when I joined this forum Lexie was not even three and a half yet?

**tacklehugs for Sam-the-Man** Welcome back, Sammy!!

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Thora - May 19, 2006 6:29 am (#193 of 2979)        

Even my father-in-law, who lives with us because he has Alzheimer's, recognizes Harry Potter because I listen so much!—Mediwitch    That is really amazing.

I find I still out-weigh a giant squid!—Puck

Don't feel bad, a lot of people outweigh me. I have friends with housecats that weigh more than I do...-- Squid Mike

That's exactly what I thought too, well not exactly, my thoughts were more like "Well he can't weight that much, I thought he was short and thin? OH she means an actual squid... duh Thora."

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Loopy Lupin - May 19, 2006 6:32 am (#194 of 2979)        

I gather you don't watch many soap-operas, then? Except usually it's 18.... -- Madame Pince

Oh, I guess my sarcasm didn't translate. I meant to imply that the phenomenon I was talking about was pretty common, unfortunately. "Family Ties" did it and so did "Growing Pains." I was unaware though that soaps were so shameless.

****waves to Kim****

So, good luck to Catherine with your try outs! I expect to be seeing you on the telly quite soon!!!!

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Julie Aronson - May 19, 2006 6:43 am (#195 of 2979)        

Happy belated birthday, Mike!

GOOD LUCK CATHERINE!!!

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Soul Mate for Sirius - May 19, 2006 7:55 am (#196 of 2979)        

Good morning everyone! (At least it's still morning here in Cleveland! )

Happy Belated Birthday to Mike!!

So it's raining here again today, but it's hard to be gloomy. Aaron just got back home and he's stopping by tonight to catch up with me and my fiance!!! (I know it sounds kind of weird, but Aaron and I are still really close and he and my fiance know each other and get along really well, so it couldn't have worked out more perfectly!) Plus, GAME 6!!! I can't wait to watch the Cav's game tonight! I think they have a fairly good chance of winning, considering they're on a 3 game winning streak AND their playing here at home!!

Okay, enough of my ranting. Last night was a quiet one, dinner out with my fiance and then the first 1/2 of ER. (I was soo tired from this past week that I fell asleep! I was so mad!! Thank God he taped it for me!!)

Well, that's all from me for now, I'm off to check the threads!

-Jenn

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haymoni - May 19, 2006 8:05 am (#197 of 2979)        

Madam P - I won $100 on good ole Aras!!! I actually still have some of it too!

I watched the last episode of "That 70's Show" last night. Very nice. No big surprises.

I also tried to watch the "Will & Grace", but I was also trying to do laundry at the same time. Didn't work.

Have a lovely Friday all!

Edit: MishaFan - is that your lovely lady that is no longer with "The O.C."????

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azi - May 19, 2006 8:37 am (#198 of 2979)        

I have a question. Was 'That 70s Show' filmed in the 70s or now? I couldn't work it out! One of my friends claims I'm like one of them, I think Donna or something. She has gingery-brown hair anyway. It was more a personality thing than looks.

Good luck to Catherine!

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Finn BV - May 19, 2006 9:38 am (#199 of 2979)        

azi – unless you're suggesting Ashton Kutcher was around in the '70s, the show was definitely filmed in this century.

Welcome back to rettoP yrraH, though I've never seen you before – I have seen your old posts though!

Catherine – good luck!

Only a week left of school! I can't believe how fast it's going!

Enjoy the RotD!

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azi - May 19, 2006 9:40 am (#200 of 2979)        

Thanks, Finn! I don't even know who Ashton Kutcher is...
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John Bumbledore - May 19, 2006 9:42 am (#201 of 2979)        

Hey y' all! Wanted to say that I think I'll be cutting way back on my visits here. I'll only be accessing from home now. Some recent events which I mentioned on the "You Know You're a ... Fan When..." thread have me changing things around. I just want to make it less visible that I am a fan of Harry Potter.

First, my umbrella was missing in the restroom and it disappeared before I returned to retrieve it. It took me 2 to 3 hours to remember where I had left it. Two days later it reappeared with a cartoon sticker of Hagrid on the handle. **Cool, I though** Next week, I find a DD sticker and a Hagrid sticker on two printouts which I had forgotten were printed to the shared printer. Now, I find a sticker on my car's side-view mirror. The parking lot is of the size seen at large shopping malls. I have to count the rows and spaces from where I park to where the crosswalk is so that I can find my own car after work.

At first I hoped it might be a fellow forum member or co-work playing a prank. Now I think it is just someone here that has seen Harry Potter fan sites on my computer screen... my back and screen face toward the isle with a vending area behind me. So there is a lot of foot traffic past my cubical.

Either way, the fun has waned, and I'm feeling more like Alastor Moody.

Thank you for the friendship and fun. Although I'll be around less often, I'll still be holding you all close in my heart. TTFN and happy RotM (m for month).

<)B^D˜ John Bumbledore

[Edit for azi] Ashton Kutcher is the tall "brainless" friend of Eric's on "That Seventies Show" on US television. Also is the boyfriend (or what ever) to actress Demi Moore. He also stared in "The Butterfly Effect." Which I will now google for this IMDB link.

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azi - May 19, 2006 9:50 am (#202 of 2979)        

Eeek, John! Hope things calm down so you can return soon! Jokes can be taken too far...but don't get too paranoid! *waves*

Edit - thanks for the info. on the guy! I've *heard* of Demi Moore, no idea what she does! Plus, I've only seen 'That 70s Show' once, and have never heard of that film. I'm not so celebrity conscious...

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John Bumbledore - May 19, 2006 10:08 am (#203 of 2979)        

Nothing to worry about, I'm sure. But I am practicing the Moody Commandment, you know what I mean. CONSTANT VIGILANCE! Yeah, that one.

The butterfly effect is a reference to Chaos theory. Essentially, it is the observation that in complex systems it is highly difficult to predict a given outcome based upon a few discrete starting values... **erm, has my post suddenly taken on a professorial tone? Sorry**

It is no mystery that the film may not be well recognized. In fact, I would expect only a few other here to know what it is about. Oh, did I mention that I have never seen the movie? I just remember the trailer because I recognized the allusion to Chaos Theory.

Am I starting to sound like Kip going on about some minute item of interest to history buffs? **Waves to Kip**

Ykes! My lunch is over, Happy RotD/N!

<)B^D˜ John Bumbledore

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kaykay1970 - May 19, 2006 10:12 am (#204 of 2979)        

John I know I might feel odd asking the security at work to check security tapes(provided the parking lot has cameras) for someone putting stickers on my car. But if I was really worried about it...I think I would.

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Madam Pince - May 19, 2006 10:35 am (#205 of 2979)        
Edited May 19, 2006 11:21 am

Oh, John, I'd never thought of that 'til now, but it could be that someone at work has noticed the time you spend on the Lex and is using a "subtle" way of letting you know that they've noticed, rather than filing a formal complaint of "wasting company time" or some such, maybe. Not very nice, but I suppose it would be worse if they went the formal route. Still, would feel yucky to think someone's "spying" on you -- as you say, "Constant Vigilance!" And if they're looking that closely, then they should be aware that you only post at lunchtime. Anyway, well phooey. We will miss you if you have to cut back a bit, but will understand!

***applauds Azi for being "not-celebrity-conscious"*** Good for you! Honestly, you aren't missing much... (Except, Tazzy, you really must hurry and watch the end of E.R.!)

Loopy, silly me not catching the sarcasm! ***hits self in forehead*** -- it's just that you're so rarely sarcastic that I was caught off guard.

I bet Lexie is so cute with the gap-toothed smile! :insert smilie here with tooth missing:

***waves to Sam, too*** Welcome back! I said hi on some other thread earlier, can't recall which, but it never hurts to say it again!

Just checked the tracking on the DVD player, and it arrived in a post office that is about a half-hour from here at 7:00 this morning, so it might actually arrive today! Whew! They must've just been erring on the side of caution with their earlier delivery estimate -- yay!

Off to bake two cakes for the bake table for our Historical Society day tomorrow, at which I am also supposed to work for awhile. Don't quite know how that will turn out as Mr. Pince is going to be doing a living history demonstration all day, and I don't have anyone to watch Little Pince. I'm thinking he's not going to stand still for too terribly long... Perhaps I will dress him in his Civil War stuff too, and he can help Dad... or maybe it will rain and the whole thing will get cancelled...

Everyone have a nice RotD!

Edit: DVD player just arrived! Woo-hoo!

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HungarianHorntail11 - May 19, 2006 10:53 am (#206 of 2979)        

Sorry to learn that, John. I hope it just someone who was not intending malice and doesn't know when a joke has long passed its limits.

I suppose there is no way to swing your seat and monitor around for a bit more privacy? I guess you would have thought of that though, eh?

That is not a bad idea, kaykay. ** Hmm, envisioning John explaining to security personnel that he found an HP sticker on his car and must know who the offender is. **

I am hoping for a better start to next week. I posted earlier this week that a friend was in the hospital (she had asthma and her allergies were so bad, they found her unconscious) and I spent Monday cooking for her family (their children are in my SS class). I received a phone call Tuesday afternoon that she died early Tuesday. She was about 5 years younger than I am. Last night was the wake and the funeral was this morning. My youngest two came and Olivia chose to go to school (I gave them the option, as I know it would be a difficult situation). Needless to say, this Sunday will also be a bit tough, as the children are all very upset. I just hope I can hold it together in front of them all. Those cute little faces looking sad will be eating me up.

Jenn, (SMFS), I was thinking about you and your comment about your fiance as I headed back to my car last night and today. My face, in an effort to 'get through' must have been contorted into quite a frown and I avoided the children with the exception of a quick "hello" as I knew if I stuck around them too long, I would cry and I did not want to do that in front of them. They were holding it together quite well. My point is that, sometimes our outsides do not nearly reflect what is going on inside.

My little guy's 4th b'day party is Sunday. It will be nice to have a cheerful event to end the day.

Happy Belated Birthday to Mike Miller!

Lots of May babies, I see.

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Madam Pince - May 19, 2006 11:00 am (#207 of 2979)        

So sorry to hear about your friend, HH11 -- sympathies, and strengthening charms for Sunday. Very sad for the little ones to have that happen period, but to happen at Mother's Day is just awful.... We will be remembering them in our prayers.

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Soul Mate for Sirius - May 19, 2006 11:05 am (#208 of 2979)        

HH11, I am so sorry to hear about your friend. That's awful. You and your family and her family have my deepest regrets and sympathies. Strength and healing charms to you all. I understand what you mean about our outsides not matching what's going on within. I've felt that way for the last few days now as well, so I can sympathize. I hope Sunday can help brighten everyone's spirits just a bit and that everything goes well...

John, I'm sorry to hear about your troubles at work. Hopefully you can find a solution that won't make us all have to miss you too much

-Jenn

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Puck - May 19, 2006 11:39 am (#209 of 2979)        

Oh, Maria, I am so sorry. My heart breaks for those children. Strength to you all!

John, we'll miss you! How sad that that others can be so childish. Hope your wife doesn't mind you popping in for an occasional visit!

My house is a disaster, I'm way behind on my quilt, but what did I do? Decided to procrastinate the other work and bake brownies. Diva is quite happy with this decision.

Off to check threads!

Kathy

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Loopy Lupin - May 19, 2006 12:17 pm (#210 of 2979)        

Loopy, silly me not catching the sarcasm! ***hits self in forehead*** -- it's just that you're so rarely sarcastic that I was caught off guard. -- Madame Pince

See! It's really not that hard for sarcasm to translate onto the internet.

Too bad about that, John. Hope to see you again soon after the work spies die down.

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Lina - May 19, 2006 12:31 pm (#211 of 2979)        

Belated happy birthday, Mike!

I'm so sorry about your friend, Maria! Some strengthening charms sent your way.

There are around 60 people working where I work (including my sister) and I know all of them. I may not be friend with all of them, but I can connect the face with the name for each of them. There are less than 40 cars on our parking lot, but there is no way I could know which car belongs to whom. I can't even recognize my sister's car since she changed it few months ago and now it is just a red car parked among many red cars. I know who is driving the pink car, because there is only one pink car on the parking lot, and the same situation is with the golden color car. But all those red, black and silvery cars, there is no way that I could connect them with the right person. So, John, if your car isn't any specially rare color, I just can't understand how could anybody connect your back and the pictures on the screen with it. It might be a good idea to avoid sites with explicit HP pictures, but I think you can still find some time for the Forum. Who would ever think that this is a HP forum with all those avatars? And I just know that your job is not suffering because of this.

Woo hoo for your DVD player, Madam Pince!

About the substitute, if it is clear that the teacher will be missing only few days or if it is not possible to find a substitute that is teaching the right subject, than we get the substitutes that are not specialists in the subject. But if the teacher is going to be absent for a longer time and there are plenty of teachers in the same subject searching job, then the substitute is the teacher of the right subject.

Good luck charms to Catherine!

Healing charms to everybody that need them!

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Tazzygirl - May 19, 2006 12:34 pm (#212 of 2979)        

We'll miss you, John!! That really wasn't nice of the person/people at your work!

HH11- I am sorry about your friend. (((((HUGS))))) to you and her family.

I watched the series finale of Will and Grace last night. It was pretty good.

I also watched the season finale of The O.C. It's really sad to see all the shows I watch ending for a couple months! What am I supposed to do?

Sydney (my cousin) turns three tomorrow! I moved here when she was only 9 months old. Time flies, huh?

Hope you all have a wonderful RotD/N!!

~Kristina

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Puck - May 19, 2006 12:42 pm (#213 of 2979)        

wondering if I should tell Kristina that in my experience 3 is harder than 2?

ps-playing 5 words!

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Tazzygirl - May 19, 2006 1:00 pm (#214 of 2979)        

LOL, Puck!!!

ps. I am heading over to 5 Words now!

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HungarianHorntail13 - May 19, 2006 1:01 pm (#215 of 2979)        

Happy late birthday Mike!

Lol, Azi, whenever I've seen you in a picture, I thought you looked like Donna from That 70's Show.

YAAAY! 7th grade won Spirit Day! I ripped down some ribbons after to take home. I say I celebrate with some booms and explosions!

Yay! Puck's a procrastinator too! High 5! I love procrastinating!

John, I wouldn't act like that's bothering me. When the kids bother my friends at school, I tell my friends to just ignore them and they eventually get bored and go away.

-Olivia

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azi - May 19, 2006 1:07 pm (#216 of 2979)        

Condolences HH11, that must have been a shock. Good luck on Sunday.

Lol, Olivia! Just goes to show how people's opinions differ! Well done on winning Spirit day! What is Spirit day, by the way?

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Finn BV - May 19, 2006 1:28 pm (#217 of 2979)        

Sympathies to all the HHs on the loss of their friend. ((hugs))

Yay for the DVD player!

John, I hope you'll make up the time you lose at work on the Forum back at home! The way you posted sounds like you'll be cutting down on time altogether, and that you won't be checking in every day. While I naturally don't know your schedule, I certainly find the time to come to the Forum every day, especially on busy days when I just need a place to STOP my work and relax. Your "RotM" makes it sound like you usually only access the Forum from work… Anyway, please don't stay away too long!

Only a week left of middle school… the suspense is unbearable!

ETA: It's thundering and lightning here! Very odd weather we're having for May!

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Mediwitch - May 19, 2006 1:47 pm (#218 of 2979)        

A week! Finn, I'm jealous! Envious We have 21 more school days (yes, teachers count down as much as the kids!)

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kaykay1970 - May 19, 2006 2:12 pm (#219 of 2979)        

Hugs ((HH"S))

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John Bumbledore - May 19, 2006 2:18 pm (#220 of 2979)        

Lina, your example points out that this person either followed me or watched me go to my car. Then made an effort to remember what it looked like and to find it later. I am now parking in a different lot about 100 meters away from where I normally park. The sticker isn't damaging, as it will come off easily, it is more that this unknown person appears to have been following me long enough to identify my umbrella, my name which is printed on the separator page between print outs, and my car.

So, I am reacting quite a bit like Moody. A friend of mine is a crime scene investigator. I'll be asking him what he thinks about this. I've left the sticker "untouched" in case he wants to take it for examination. LOL I watch too much "crime show" TV.

<)B^D˜ John Bumbledore

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Lina - May 19, 2006 2:40 pm (#221 of 2979)        

John, I sincerely hope that you will find out soon what is it all about and that it will turn out to be a bad joke from one of the co-workers that claimed before that he hadn't had anything to do with it.

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HungarianHorntail13 - May 19, 2006 2:53 pm (#222 of 2979)        

Yippee! The DVD player arrived!

Spirit Week is when they make everyone in the school do weird things (like wear your clothes backwards.) Then, on Friday, the theme is Spirit Day, and they make each grade wear specific colors. In the afternoon they have a competition between all 3 grades. Two people are picked from each homeroom. 6th and 8th tied, and we had about 10 more points than them.

-Olivia

Edit: Just a question, but does anyone know where I can download MP3 stuff?

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Madam Pince - May 19, 2006 3:51 pm (#223 of 2979)        

Tee-hee, Olivia! I have until this day only had a very vague notion of exactly what an "MP3" is, much less where you can get one! But in reading the instruction booklet that came with the DVD player, I am gratified to see that apparently the manufacturer (RCA) decided to go with the idea that whoever has to stop to read instructions for electronics must be a total dingdong, and so very patiently gave a complete and extensive definition of what everything is, including what an MP3 is! Woo-hoo! At last, I know! (So what if I had the somewhat uncomfortable feeling that the writers of the instruction booklet were giggling behind their hands as they wrote the text?) They even said who the inventor of the technology was. Now that's being thorough! I'm feeling good about this purchase already. Anyone who would go into that detail with their instruction booklet is bound to have been very careful with building their product, right?

****Enjoying mental picture of John dusting his HP sticker for fingerprints, or swabbing it for saliva DNA or something...***

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boop - May 19, 2006 4:03 pm (#224 of 2979)        

Madam Pince, I will pass the hugs on to Jim. He knew that Mischa was going to leave the OC. Just didn't know how it was going to end. Mischa will be missed. Gives her time to move on to something else.

HUGS to Sam, welcome back!!!!

Maria, Sorry to hear about the loss of your friend. Sending Hugs to you and your friends family.

I hope everyone has a real nice weekend.

hugs always

boop

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HungarianHorntail11 - May 19, 2006 4:31 pm (#225 of 2979)        

Thank you all very much for the support. What a great group of people! It really does help. I guess I kept it kind of bottled up but after I finally posted it, I felt better. Even more so after seeing all of the well wishes. So sorry, Puck (you are so sweet) and anyone else who became upset - that is the one reason I held off posting. I didn't want to be depressing.

It is nice to see the cheery posts.

John, we will miss you on the Potty Games thread - I hope things work out well for you and you find yourself able to get online more often than you originally thought.

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Denise P. - May 19, 2006 4:34 pm (#226 of 2979)        

Somedays I feel challenged when doing things of a computer or technical nature but I feel like breaking my arm patting myself on the back.

We switched our phone service from a regular land line to Vonage, a VOIP. It says that it only takes a few moments to install and set up so I was prepared for a few hours of frustration to discover one tiny thing I didn't do right. I was so pleased that it really did only take me about 5 minutes to set up and be able to call.

Since we got Vonage, it meant that our Tivo no longer has a phone line to call in so I had to get a wireless adapter to make sure the Tivo works. Again, I was planning for at least an hour since it says it takes 3 steps. The longest part of setting up the Tivo to connect wirelessly to my broadband access was actually typing in my network key!

Pass the motrin, my arm is sore from patting myself on the back.

Sam! Good to see you! We named one of our birds after your favorite owl, Erroll! Yep, Erroll is still with us and doing well. I have successfully moved him from a seed diet (bad) to a pelleted diet (good). He was not happy but a day of hunger helped him see that pellets were okay. He is finally being brave enough to nibble at the fruits and veggies he gets too.

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Puck - May 19, 2006 4:54 pm (#227 of 2979)        

***Enjoying mental picture of John dusting his HP sticker for fingerprints, or swabbing it for saliva DNA or something...***

teehee, CSI: Lexicon

*passes Denise the Motrin*

Maria, don't worry about getting me teary. Hallmark commercials have the same effect. (Yes, I am a sap!)

Kristina, sorry I didn't stay to play more 5 words! The laptop battery was low, usually my signal to get off the forum and get some work done! (I had been playing hangman and 5 words with Azi for awhile. *waves to Azi*

Holly, was it you looking for books for your son? I can't remember if anyone mentioned the Magic Treehouse series. My boy brought one home from the school library and loves it. Figure since they both like villians, they may like the same books!

Happy RotD,

Kathy

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HungarianHorntail11 - May 19, 2006 5:02 pm (#228 of 2979)        

Puck: (Yes, I am a sap!)

Me too. That's what I am, a 40 yr. old sap is what I am.

Both of my daughters enjoyed the Magic Treehouse series. As a matter of fact, there is a new one just out.

Don't feel bad, my 3 year old (I can only say that for one more day) wanted to be Darth Maul. He soon replaced his light saber with a wand.

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Tazzygirl - May 19, 2006 5:18 pm (#229 of 2979)        

Puck: Kristina, sorry I didn't stay to play more 5 words!

That is quite all right! I am currently trying to get down all of what Finn does to keep track of everybody's posts and such (that's why I haven't posted as much!). I finally figured out how he does it all (Whoo-hoo!!) so I can get back into the posting frenzies.

~Kristina

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Holly T. - May 19, 2006 5:26 pm (#230 of 2979)        

Maria, I'm so sorry about your friend. How awful for her family. I have asthma and allergies so it gave me heebie jeebies and made me tell myself to take my meds even if I think I don't need them.

WTG Denise! I spent way too much time today on the phone with tech support with my DSL provider and well, let me just say that I will be changing DSL providers. Ack.

My son loves the Magic Treehouse books. I just bought him one--it's set in Paris. Is it the most recent one? I don't know. He read it already. Right now he's listening to the Redwall audiobooks.

John, I'm sorry about the weird stuff at work.

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Catherine - May 19, 2006 5:50 pm (#231 of 2979)        

Loopy, silly me not catching the sarcasm! ***hits self in forehead*** -- it's just that you're so rarely sarcastic that I was caught off guard.--Madame Pince

Excellent work, Madame P. I was almost caught off guard.

Thanks for all the well wishes, everyone! I'm excited and nervous, but I am in Richmond, VA, and will go up to D.C. tomorrow afternoon. That means that I have Sunday to "play" before my audition.

I probably won't be back on the internet until Wednesday a.m., as I left my computer at home, so hopefully nothing too exciting will happen on the Forum until I get back.

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timrew - May 19, 2006 6:24 pm (#232 of 2979)        

Belated belated happy birthday, Mike! Sorry I'm so late.........

And a warm welcome back to Rettop Yrrah (aka Sam). Where you been, Sammy?

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HungarianHorntail11 - May 19, 2006 6:39 pm (#233 of 2979)        
Edited May 19, 2006 7:36 pm

I feel as though I'm in the midst of an "Alumni" reunion.

EDIT: **Envisioning Madame Pince crossing toes.** You always were the talented one in the class.

PS: Hooray for the headphones. Happy kiddies unite!

PPS: Thanks Mike.

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Madam Pince - May 19, 2006 7:13 pm (#234 of 2979)        

Your dress looks lovely on you, HH11! And you haven't aged a day!

Catherine, good luck on your tryouts! I was going to wait to post until we got closer to the time (so the luck wouldn't wear out, of course) but ack! I may have missed you altogether! Anyway, my fingers and toes are all crossed for you!

Congrats on the techie talents, Denise! Fantastic job! I am utterly unsurprised, though....

DVD is working great! Got the battery all charged and the manual all read. I should probably invest in some better headphones and a bigger carrying case, but other than that all is good. The player itself is first-rate! ***is more excited than at Christmas***

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The giant squid - May 19, 2006 7:31 pm (#235 of 2979)        

Hmm...Sam comes back & John B leaves. Coincidence? Tune in to next week's CSI: Lexicon to find out! (thanks for the laugh, Kathy)

Sorry to hear about your friend, Maria.

Denise, you'll have to let us know how well Vonage works out for you. I've been leery of the concept, simply because their TV ads annoy me...

Speaking of TV...azi, That 70's Show started in the fall of '98 here in the states and ended...next Tuesday, I think. As for Butterfly Effect, while the base concept is similar, the movie has very little to do with the chaos math theory. It was just a chance for Ashton to prove he could do drama as well as comedy. Astute viewers will notice he hasn't done a drama since...

John, it seemed funny after the post-it on the printer, but now it's getting creepy. Hopefully it's just someone trying to be clever & not realizing they've taken it too far. Maintain Constant Vigilance, and check in every once in a while to let us know you're okay.

--Mike

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Viola Intonada - May 19, 2006 7:49 pm (#236 of 2979)        

Sam!!!!! *waves wildly*

Ugghh!!! Hubby has been out of town this week. Our internet went of the fritz Thursday morning and hadn't worked since. I tried the few things I knew how to do, still no internet. Hubby gets home today, I tell him of my internet woes, he has in fixed in two seconds. He wiggled a cord and now it is working just fine. (I guess I'll have to keep him after all Chat & Greetings 2006 - Page 3 2752390508 )

I went to a Scholastic Book Fair Warehouse %50 off sale on Tuesday. They had tons of Harry Potter stuff. Including HBP in Spanish. There were tons of coloring books, sticker books, and post cards. The only thing Harry Potter I ended up buying though was a book of postcards (I already had most of the other stuff).

Have a happy RotD, Everyone!

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HungarianHorntail11 - May 19, 2006 8:32 pm (#237 of 2979)        

Thank you, Holly. Yes, definitely take your asthma and allergies seriously! I am not quite certain how it got away from her but do pay attention when you are not feeling right.

Marie, I hope the tooth fairy is in a generous mood for that long-awaited tooth.

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Finn BV - May 19, 2006 8:52 pm (#238 of 2979)        

Magic Treehouse is awesome! I stopped reading them a couple years back, but I think I started when I was seven. So, that would mean I have been reading them for more than 40 years…? No, they're excellent.

In a similar vein, the A to Z Mysteries are fun easy reads. And if you get a bit older Agatha Christie anything (**waves to Madam P**) is great.

Gosh, 10 of midnight already? **hits the sack**

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Madam Pince - May 19, 2006 9:02 pm (#239 of 2979)        

Ah-HA! Sooooo... Viola, you haf ze HP stickers, zen, haf you? 'Fess up, where haf you been putting zem? Ve haf vays of meking you talk....

Puck, Mr. Pince refers to them as "freaky toes".....

****waves back at Finn -- Agatha, the original CSI...***

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azi - May 20, 2006 2:00 am (#240 of 2979)        

**waves back to Puck** It's ok, I needed an early night anyway!

Is it unusual to be able to cross your toes? I can do it fine! **Joins Madam Pince in crossing fingers and toes for Catherine**

Thank you for the info. Mike! Wow, 1998 seems so long ago...

I'm going to Leeds to the Royal Armouries today. Wanted to go there so long! It's a museum with displays of old weapons such as swords. Plus it's free, so I feel obliged to take advantage. After that, I may go shopping! It's funny that the last two times I went to Leeds it was torrential raining, and now it is again!

Hope everyone has a lovely day!

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Snuffles - May 20, 2006 2:32 am (#241 of 2979)        

HH11, so sorry to hear about your friend. Lots of ((((hugs))) your way.

I don't find the white text annoying at all. I love reading about what is going to happen in Lost. The 2nd series has only just started here and I can't wait to see what is going to happen.

Magic Treehouse - Did that have a character called 'Moonface' in it? I can't remember if it is those stories or The Magic Faraway Tree stories.

Happy belated birthday to Mike. Hope you had a good day

Bumbledore - hope to see you around again. **Sending a bat bogey hex to the person at your work with the stickers!!**

I had to skim through a hundred posts so I hope I haven't missed anything.

Have a good weekend

Julie

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Good Evans - May 20, 2006 4:50 am (#242 of 2979)        

Happy Saturday all

belated Happy Birthday to Mike Miller, whoops sorry I missed this earlier (and sorry about the non yellow cake!)

Went to see "Confetti" last night and laughed so much, I had read that it was disappointing, but it obviously hit my funnybone, I was in stitches, especially about the couple that did not have a stitch between them!!!

Went with two girlfriends and had a great time, so I recommend it as chick flick but not so sure that chaps will enjoy it. Also got in with my Student card - hooray cheap seats!! Am going to go next friday to see XMen 3 I think, sounds like a plan

Not such good news when I got home though as Dad rang to tell me that his Goldie has a tumour on the bladder, she is on medication and hopefully will be able to be operated, but it is not yet clear. we have decided to write off May in future, it is not a good month, actually 2006 is looking to be a bit of a write off, not many good things happened this year at all.

John B - I really hope that you can get to the bottom of the stalker issue and come back at lunchtimes, it wont be the same without you!

We have been told that for a tax reason our non work internet must be insignificant, so I have stopped my lunchtime visits too, but being as I usually come here at night (UK time anyway)it is a more active time on this forum, so it is not such a big deal for me.

We are having a small get together tonight for Eurovision (not a party, we were but decided to cancel the party after last week so it is just four close friends coming round). We are going to mark as follows:

Best song Worst song most original / worst costumes most interesting / bizarre backing singers most creative dance routine

Hopefully it will be a hoot. For those of you outside of (the extended) Europe - Eurovision is a song contest where European nations (but read a very broad definition in to this!) enter a song and the different countries vote through juries/ panels or televoting for thier favcourite awarding 12 pts 10 pts 9,8 7, etc . It has been going for 50 years and does have some political bias usually creeping in to the scores, I could (but I wont) tell you now who some of the countries will give the top votes too and who will receive no votes at all. It is really embarrasing if you get "Nil Point" but it does happen from time to time.

Overall it is really cringeworthy, usually awful songs and really bad groups / singers, (even though the likes of AbbA, Celine Dion, Katrina and the Waves, Cliff Richard, Lulu) have all taken part in the past. BUT it is compulsive viewing and needs to be taken with the ever so slighlty large pinch of salt.

WE shall be tuned in.......

Have a great rest of day all

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Eponine - May 20, 2006 5:09 am (#243 of 2979)        

HH11, I'm so sorry for the loss of your friend. I'm sending *big hugs* your way.

Is it unusual to be able to cross your toes? - Azi

Mr. Pince refers to them as "freaky toes"..... - Madame Pince


Azi, I can cross my toes. Of course, I can also pick things up with them and pinch things with them. My toes are freakishly strong, and Mr. Eponine knows better than to tease me when my toes are nearby. My toes are also double-jointed and can bend all the way back to touch the top of my foot. I didn't know that it wasn't normal until I was in high school.

Good luck, Catherine! *crosses fingers and toes*

Speaking of CSI, did anyone watch the finale a couple nights ago? Spoiler: I think Grissom and Sara are adorable, and it's about time they got together

Well, I'm off to work today. I'm working this weekend instead of next weekend so I can go home for Memorial Day weekend.

Have a great RotD!

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Puck - May 20, 2006 5:53 am (#244 of 2979)        

Julie, Magic Treehouse books feature siblings Annie and Jack.

Yet another Julie, I remember you telling me about that show in the chat room! Have fun watching!

I can't cross my toes.

Going back to read all the white print now that I've watched Lost!

Kathy

edit; I just read all the white and wanted to add I've been thinking along those lines with the baby. Kid is supposed to be what, a month or maybe 6 weeks old? That child looks more like 4 months, and Claire commented once how he usually sleeps through the night. I know babies grow faster than they can film, but it still bugs me. Yep, must be the island. He'll be walking by 3 months.)

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Finn BV - May 20, 2006 6:49 am (#245 of 2979)        

Good Evans, have a fun time with your Eurovision judging!

I can put my big toe over my second toe, but it doesn't really go around.

Enjoy the weekend! Time to start studying for finals!

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HungarianHorntail11 - May 20, 2006 7:05 am (#246 of 2979)        
Edited May 20, 2006 8:04 am

Thank you, Snuffles and Eponine. I am gearing up for tomorrow.

azi, the Royal Armories sounds like an interesting trip. Maybe you could display some of the pics in your profile? It is great that it is free. There are some such places in Washington DC where the museums are free.

Eurovision sounds like fun, Good Evans. Geez, I don't think I could ever award a Nil Point no matter how bad the person was. (Unless of course, he/she was purposefully rude or crude - then I'd have to create the minus sign award. )

Good luck on your finals, Finn.

EDIT:

HH11 - Maria

HH13 - Olivia (very rarely Priscilla, but she will sign her name when it is indeed she who is posting. )

Sometimes I may "borrow" Olivia's computer or vice-versa for the sake of convenience (and she has JAVA) but for the most part, we stick with our own profile. All in all, if either of us deviates from the above, we sign our names accordingly.

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Good Evans - May 20, 2006 7:21 am (#247 of 2979)        

HHII - never sure if you are Olivia or Priscilla (whoops, sorry!!)

there are about 20 entrants or so and each country can only award points to 11 countries so some have to lose out, but it is unusual that no one votes for at least someone during the whole competition. Thats when Terry Wogan goes in to overdrive, when poor old _____ (insert country of choice) is still at the bottom with no points and the leader has about 100!!

Finn best of luck with that studying.

I'm off now, so have a great rotd all

Julie x

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Puck - May 20, 2006 12:34 pm (#248 of 2979)        

Happy 4th Birthday to Maria's boy! (Hope I got that right. )

There's an Armory Museum not far from us that my kids like. It's free if you stop at the library to pick up the pass. Hope you had fun, Azi.

Cheers,

Kathy

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Lina - May 20, 2006 12:38 pm (#249 of 2979)        

Congrats Denise on speedy setting up the VOIP.

Finn's mentioning A to Z Mysteries and Agatha Cristie has reminded me that my sister has dyslexia and she started to read without help with Sherlock Holmes.

While the Eurosong is starting, let me just point out that the Croatian song has nothing to do with my choice. Yet, just because I think that Julie's remark Overall it is really cringeworthy, usually awful songs and really bad groups / singers is true, I expect our song to be among first five. I'm sure you will mark it as most original something.

So far, I like Switzerland the best, although Latvia was not bad.

Yep, happy birthday to Sidney! (I think Trevor is not until Monday)

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The giant squid - May 20, 2006 12:44 pm (#250 of 2979)        

Finn, have you ever read Encyclopedia Brown? They were popular when I was a kid (back in the stone ages ) and I thought that someone with your professorial tone might enjoy them. Even if they aren't being published anymore it'd be worth checking out the local used book store. The titles were usually "Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the...", a title format I'm sure we can all relate to.

Hey, I can cross my toes, too! Maybe there's some correlation between HP fandom & long, freakish toes. I wonder if JKR can cross her toes...?

I wonder if I can find a way to say "toes" one more time? Yup!

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Caius Iulius - May 20, 2006 1:19 pm (#251 of 2979)        

To all the other Europeans on this forum. What do you think of the song/act from Finland? It is on just know and I don't know what to think of it". It is unusual, to say the least... (the singer has a sort of hardrock batman costume and sings: "hardrock hallelujah.

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Anna L. Black - May 20, 2006 1:39 pm (#252 of 2979)        

I think it's... scary mostly. Maybe if they were dressed normal, I'd notice the song too. But I was too busy being shocked.

Romania's song was nice, though.

Edit: Hmmmm, Armenia's choreography was also a bit.... weird. Well, let's go voting!

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Tazzygirl - May 20, 2006 2:06 pm (#253 of 2979)        

Hi Everyone!

Just finished setting Sydney's party motif up. She wanted a 'Princess Party' so she got one. Pretty cool looking! We put a tent up with pink cloth hung loosely everywhere (reminds me of the movie Aladdin) and short little tables so the kids can sit on the ground. It is very Disney princessy. Made a CD last night of all the songs from each movie (Cinderella, Aladdin, Ariel, Beauty and the Beast)- it's been playing over and over since 8 this morning. All the little girls look so cute- they are all wearing princess dresses. I still can't believe Sydney's three!

Happy Birthday to Maria's son- Trevor!!

Hope whoever is doing/watching Eurovision is having fun!

Sorry to hear about your dad's dog, Julie!

Off to put Nathaniel to bed!

Hope you all have a fantastic RotD/N!!

~Kristina

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Caius Iulius - May 20, 2006 2:16 pm (#254 of 2979)        

I liked France too. Very classic song (in French of course).

Finland is doing well in the voting...

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azi - May 20, 2006 2:19 pm (#255 of 2979)        

As I don't have a TV I'm watching the video's online on the BBC. So far Finland is actually my favourite. France wasn't bad either.

I had a lovely time at the museum! Avatar will follow soon I'm sure!

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Caius Iulius - May 20, 2006 2:57 pm (#256 of 2979)        

And Finland has won the Eurovision Song contest. Congratulations Monsters!

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Lina - May 20, 2006 2:59 pm (#257 of 2979)        



I still think Switzerland was the best. And I don't share your opinion on the GB song, Snuffles!

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Chemyst - May 20, 2006 3:00 pm (#258 of 2979)        

As I don't have a TV I'm watching the video's online on the BBC.

Thanks for mentioning the BBC, azi. Now I can see a bit of what you're all talking about.

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Julie Aronson - May 20, 2006 3:14 pm (#259 of 2979)        

Finn,

I second Squid Mike on the Encyclopedia Brown series. I was also a big fan of Danny Dunn, Scientific Detective.

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HungarianHorntail11 - May 20, 2006 4:18 pm (#260 of 2979)        

Kristina, the party sounds like a 3 year old girl's dream! It must be fun to host it - they always try to act so proper when you set up a "tea" situation. A very Happy Birthday to Sydney!

And thank you. Trevor will be 4 on Monday, but since we are celebrating it on Sunday, I kept thinking it was Sunday. (Just send the "Mother of the Year" award this way. )

Took the children to the carnival. Today was the last day and it was pleasant and not crowded (surprisingly). Though I was not crazy about some of the rides (Pharaoh's Phury), it is amazing how tame it seems after the Tower of Terror. (Did I mention that I am not fond of heights?) However, my voice is a bit hoarse from - well, screaming. Olivia is not at all ashamed of her mom - no sirreee.

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HungarianHorntail13 - May 20, 2006 6:12 pm (#261 of 2979)        

Whew, I had a great time at the carnival. Zeppolis, spinning rides, up and down rides, more spinny rides...! The list continues like that.

Mom, after all you have been through, you still don't like heights? Quick find more!

Because you have mentioned BBC, I think you're talking about TV. I like The Office. Mom's hosting my avatar.

It's 9pm, and we have just figured out what's for dinner.

._Olivia

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haymoni - May 20, 2006 6:30 pm (#262 of 2979)        

Ungrateful Son really liked "The Magic Treehouse" Books - so did I. Mary Pope Osbourne does a ton of research before writing each one. We have a letter from her - I think it was one of those standard form things - but I remember how excited Son was to get a response to his letter from her. He had suggested that she write a book about being in a submarine.

John - I think you should boldly ask who your "Harry Potter Stalker" is. "Who is stalking me with Harry Potter stickers??? My wife wants to speak to you!!!" That should take care of it!

Have a good one all!

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Finn BV - May 20, 2006 6:41 pm (#263 of 2979)        

Happy early birthday Trevor and happy birthday today to Sydney!

I could never get enough of Encyclopedia Brown!! I even tried my hand at writing some in his style… though they were pretty bad…

Congrats to Finland! Yay Finns!

haymoni, that's cool that you even got a letter from Mary Pope!

We had a nice HP conversation at dinner today, because my mom is now around page 200 of OP!! Woohoo!!! She's really enjoying it! She was able to tell my dad the plot up to there! I'm so happy!

Enjoy the RotD!

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Mediwitch - May 20, 2006 7:24 pm (#264 of 2979)        

Here's another vote for Encyclopedia Brown - I always loved those books! One of these days I will read The Magic Treehouse books; maybe this summer!! Cool

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Tazzygirl - May 20, 2006 8:03 pm (#265 of 2979)        

I missed out on The Magic Treehouse... But I did like Encyclopedia brown. I also like Nate the Great books.

Sydney says thank you for all the birthday wishes!

I am sooooo wiped out. My feet hurt, and I really want to sleep (being that I didn't get to sleep until 3 AM last night. ). The party was a hit! All the little girls decorated crowns to wear, little door knocker thingys, beat up a pinata, and played a 'pin the crown on the princess' game (a poster of Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, and Belle, where they all taped a crown to it). The cake was vanilla with the brightest pink frosting I have ever seen. Pretty impressive. After the kids where done eating, they had pink stains all over their faces.

Now I think I'll go lie down for a bit.

~Kristina

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HungarianHorntail11 - May 20, 2006 8:19 pm (#266 of 2979)        

It sounds as though Sydney's birthday party was a hit! What a wonderfully princess pink day!

I'm glad you had fun, Olivia . Now, I think I'll join Kristina and take a rest myself. After all, it's nearly midnight.

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Madam Pince - May 20, 2006 8:22 pm (#267 of 2979)        

Having a very surreal "YKYAHPLFW..." moment -- I had never heard of the Eurovision show until this week when Good Evans mentioned it, although apparently it has gone on for years. So then I log onto my internet news homepage and see in big letters "Finns win Eurovision!" and (naturally) I think: "He did? Really? I knew he played tennis but I really didn't know he could sing!" Then I saw a photo of one of the singers in the group and I knew that was definitely not our Finn!

Finn, I think your effort counts as crossing your toes.

Azi, hope you had a great day at the Royal Armories! I would love to have gone with you! We always enjoy the room at the Virginia Historical Society in Richmond, VA with all the antique firearms, and also the armories at Colonial Williamsburg.

So I made two cakes today for the bake sale -- an Amaretto Cake with about half a bottle of amaretto in it (purchased by an older lady who plans to serve it to her church's ladies' group tomorrow ) and a lemon chocolate-chip one which we cut and sold by the piece. I was so bummed that my kitchen smelled so nice but yet I had no cakes to eat that I ended up buying one of the other ladies' cakes to bring back with me. ***bad Madam P, bad*** The day went well -- Little P spent most of the day with his dad and was very well behaved, so I got to help the little 80-year-old ladies with the bake table. Then afterwards we went to a local crab house with one of Mr. P's buddies and had crabs and steamed shrimp finished off with a piece of double-chocolate cake from the sale. I'm feeling very full right now!

One very good thing about being busy today was that I did not get to watch the Preakness horse race. I am profoundly grateful for that, because the favorite horse ended up breaking his leg during the race and they are not sure that he will live -- will likely have to be euthanized. I love horses, and I used to love watching races, but ever since Ruffian in 1975 I have not been able to watch a race without cringing and peering through my fingers. I absolutely hate to see an animal get hurt, and particularly a horse. I would've been a wreck if I had witnessed this race -- I was almost in tears just reading about it. Glad I missed it, and am hoping the best for the poor animal. I had picked him to win the Kentucky Derby, which he did, and I was hoping for him to win this one today. So sad.

Tazzy, the little princess party sounds so cute! I bet they were adorable! Enjoy your rest tonight -- you deserve it!

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Denise P. - May 20, 2006 8:31 pm (#268 of 2979)        
Edited May 20, 2006 9:05 pm

Oh Madam Pince, share the lemon chocolate chip cake recipe! How can you go wrong with lemon and chocolate?

My local news said it was possible he would be able to be saved and used as a stallion, just not ever able to race again.

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Mrs. Sirius - May 20, 2006 11:09 pm (#269 of 2979)        

azi, good for you for NOT knowing who Ashton Kutcher is. There was a good woman of Leeds….

My son loved the Magic Treehouse books, he is just past them now. One of the triplets (1of 3) was reading them but she has just this week that she can read the Harry Potter books for herself she is now half way through COS…

The other triplet, (2 of 3) really loves the Junie B Jones books. Although the second grade teachers don’t care for these books, they are great fun, I often have to stop reading because I’m laughing so hard.

Hey Mike I really liked the Encyclopedia Brown series when I was a kid, talk about the Stone Age…

Happy Birthdays Sidney!!!

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Puck - May 21, 2006 4:49 am (#270 of 2979)        

Happy Birthdays Iain and Sydney. (Sounds like a fun party. I did the Princess thing for Diva when she turned two, as her brother had had a pirate party that year and I needed to compensate for all the skulls and crossbones.)

Madame P., cakes bought for charity have no calories!

Darn! I forgot to check to see if the BBC had Eurovision show on last night! Congrats to Finn for winning! (Yet another alter-ego.)

My brother's family and mine are going to Disney this fall. (Last time my brother and I were there together it was 1975.) He asked if Mission Space makes people throw up, because he definitely wants to ride everything that makes people throw up. Guess I won't be alone on the coasters this trip! (Olivia and Kate got me to thinking about this.)

Off to wrap gifts. I have a baby shower today. I was up until 1:30am finishing the quilt. (Baby Puck was awake 5 hours later.)

Happy RotD, Kathy

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Good Evans - May 21, 2006 5:45 am (#271 of 2979)        

OK Finn - I am convinced it was you in the mask on the stage for Finland last night, So Madam Pince you have been fooled!!! As Finn is a 50 year old / teenager / piano playing / playwright / tennis playing / diplomat and all round good egg! clearly donning the weird Ron Wood esque suit and make up / mask is easily within his talents to win Eurovision!!

I think that Lithuania should have won, imagine whiny school playground type chanting "we are the winners, of Euro- vis-ion " for pure audacity they should have won. Lina - 10/10 for Croatian effort, it was at least (well it seemed to be) a stab at your cultural reflection, unlike some of the Countries that wanted to be 80's American. Having said that can anyone explain what the German entry was about (maybe Immo can shed some light??), where exactly in Germany are the Cacti??????????????????? (it was a country and western song down to the ten gallon hats and cacti - odd to say the least!)

Still it was all euro fun - winner of worst song in our house was Spain - why did they look like they were all in a hairdressing salon??????? No Xenophobia, all just great fun to poke at each other and have a good laugh, roll on next year.....

Have a great Sunday folks

Happy birthday to those celebrating and Kathy enjoy the baby shower (oh and get some sleep!!)

Julie

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Detail Seeker - May 21, 2006 6:06 am (#272 of 2979)        

Hello, everybody !

As I do not follow the Eurovision contest, I fear, I cannot shed much light on your question, Julie. Cacti do not grow in german landscape. Why a Country & Western song from Germany? We have been taught since 1945, that copying America is a good thing after all and dropping our own traditions is even better.

Some years ago, the rule, that the language of the songs had to be the language of the country was cancelled with the intention, to bring everybody to sing in english. And that is, what, to my mind, really ruined the whole contest - besides the sometimes rather awful songs, brought forward.

These just as a few incoherent infos, best , that I can serve you , here.

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Lupin is Lupin. Natch. - May 21, 2006 6:17 am (#273 of 2979)        

Oh, I remember Ruffian! It was a huge race between her and Foolish Pleasure. Being a kid, at first I thought Foolish Pleasure got a burst of speed. It took me a moment to realize Ruffian had been hurt. She was lovely looking. What a sad day that was.

Denise, I'm all agog at the rotating picture of Iain Niall. How'd you do that? What a great smile! He takes a really good picture.

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azi - May 21, 2006 6:51 am (#274 of 2979)        

Happy Birthday to Denise P's Iain!

I must agree with you, Detail Seeker. I prefer it when people sing in their own language, just more interesting!

Still Finland, I think, were the best. I can't remember who I thought the worst were...Eurovision doesn't exactly hold the prize for decent songs!

No problem about mentioning the BBC, Chemyst! I considered posting a link, but decided people wouldn't really be bothered!

My avatar now shows the armour of an elephant from the Royal Armouries! I got very excited when I saw this, as I hadn't realised elephants were actually used in battle (apart from Lord of the Rings)! I would have posted pictures of huge displays of swords etc., but camera and re-sizing to 10kb problems meant I lost the best pictures. I'll probably go again some day and take more...

Yet another day of pouring rain...*sigh*

Hope everyone has a great day!

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kaykay1970 - May 21, 2006 7:11 am (#275 of 2979)        

Happy Birthday Iain! What a cutie!!

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Denise P. - May 21, 2006 7:32 am (#276 of 2979)        

Kim, I used animation shop. Trust me when I say it is incredibly easy to do or there is no way I could do it. It does come out fairly large though so I turned off my avatar to use this today instead. I think on another board, I had one where the Hogwarts crest dissolved into the Ravenclaw crest. He was being silly with that smile but it worked out great for this picture.

Mr. Iain has decided he is into monster trucks so his cake is a monster truck cake. He is all excited about dinner since he picked Ruby Tuesday Of course, Kierynn is telling us it is her birthday today too. Yummm....Southwestern Spring Rolls

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Finn BV - May 21, 2006 8:08 am (#277 of 2979)        

Glad you had a good time, azi!

Happy Birthday Iain! What a cute pic!

Good Evans, no wonder I'm so busy!

Enjoy the ROTD!

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boop - May 21, 2006 9:19 am (#278 of 2979)        

Happy Birthday Iain, hope you have a real fun day!!!

Have a Great ROTD!!!

hugs always

boop

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Caius Iulius - May 21, 2006 9:40 am (#279 of 2979)        

LOL Finn, you have been found out!

Congrats to all whose birthdays are these days.

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HungarianHorntail11 - May 21, 2006 10:30 am (#280 of 2979)        

Happy Birthday to Iain! He is super cute - how quickly it goes from the cradle to the fifth, eh? (**Perpetual Ache pangs, sigh**) I, too, am impressed with the rotating pic.

Keep studying, Finn - only a few more days. (HHs are all jealous )

The kids did well today in Sunday School. Even the two were in - which I was not certain to expect, but very glad to see. They said they, too, went to the carnival yesterday. I had to keep fishing my heart out of my stomach, but I must say that people are at their best when things are at their worst.

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Soul Mate for Sirius - May 21, 2006 11:03 am (#281 of 2979)        

Hey everyone! It's been a very uneventful weekend here. Friday night was a quiet one, and then yesterday was slow. My little brother had his prom this weekend, so yesterday I went to the park where the whole senior class meets to take pictures. He and his date looked GREAT! Then last night me and two of my girlfriends went to see "The DiVinci Code". I thought it was done really well. I loved the book, and must admit that when I heard Tom Hanks would be playing Robert Langdon I was nervous, but he did a wonderful job.

Happy birthday or belated birthday to everyone I've missed this weekend!!

I'm off to check the threads!!

-Jenn

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Nathan Zimmermann - May 21, 2006 11:17 am (#282 of 2979)        

I saw the film adaptation of The Da Vinci Code this weekend. The film was well done I thought, and it makes me wonder whetjer the book is even better than the book?

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Soul Mate for Sirius - May 21, 2006 11:27 am (#283 of 2979)        

Nathan, did you read the book? While I agree that the movie was amazingly well done, I still don't think it rivaled the book. I suppose that what I liked better about the book was (in white) Langdon's internal appreciation of the art and history around him, and his little anecdotes for the reader of the history or meaning of certain symbols. That was what made the book so great to me, and that was distinctly lacking from the movie. In the movie's defence however, those internal monologues would have been hard to do well without seeming unneeded or silly.

Jm2k...I actually liked Angels and Demons even better then DiVinci Code, so I'm hoping Ron Howard decides to tackle that next, and that he keeps Tom Hanks on as Robert Langdon!!

-Jenn

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Tazzygirl - May 21, 2006 11:40 am (#284 of 2979)        

Happy Birthday Iain!!

Denise P.:Ruby Tuesday Of course, Kierynn is telling us it is her birthday today too. Yummm....Southwestern Spring Rolls

I'm taking the Sydney and Nathaniel there tonight, and I am super bummed, as they don't offer the Southwestern Spring Rolls at this Ruby Tuesday's! Although, their mushroom veggie burger is yummy too.

Syd and 'Thaniel's parents went to the Big Island this morning. So I am watching the kids until tomorrow evening, in which they get back. We are going to the zoo and the mall and go out to dinner today, and then tomorrow Syd has school, so we won't be doing much tomorrow.

I haven't read "The DiVinci Code" yet... Need to put it on my book list.

Have a fabulous RotD/N everyone!

~Kristina

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Lina - May 21, 2006 2:47 pm (#285 of 2979)        

Happy birthday to Iain!

Well, Julie, the German group has just reminded me that Karl May was German and that Winnetou and Old Shatterhand originally spoke German. Not to mention that it was partially filmed in Croatia. I don't know about you others, but I admit having been a great fan of Nscho-tschi at the age of 6.

And I do have a feeling that this year Eurosong was a contest in shocking people. Those who didn't try to shock went low.

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timrew - May 21, 2006 3:26 pm (#286 of 2979)        

Happy 5th birthday, Iain!

Congratulations to Finland for winning the 'best of a bad bunch' in The Eurovision Song Contest.

I didn't give much for England's chances. If they'd kept the kids singing and sacked the rapper, they might have stood a better chance!

What was it Dave Lee Travis (a UK DJ) said? "Do you spell 'rap' with a small 'c' or a large 'C'?" I couldn't agree with him more...................

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Catherine - May 21, 2006 6:12 pm (#287 of 2979)        

Hello!

I'm writing surreptiously from the Business Center of my hotel while my mother eats the room service panini I obtained so that she could be ASSURED of watching the finale of Desparate Housewives.

So, for the record, I've had a lovely trip north into D.C. Most notable thus far is meeting the witty and (don't smack me, Wayne!) adorable Loopy Lupin. He's just as funny in person as he is in writing, folks.

(Fiddle-dee-dee! Catherine said while wearing her ruffled day dress and wide-brimmed sun hat...speaking to her escort, resplendent in his seersucker suit and jaunty bow-tie...")

Okay, that wasn't the scenario...except that I would like to say that Loopy Lupin is probably the first person (aside from Kip, as administrator)whom I ever emailed from the Forum, and he is the first person I ever met, well, in PERSON. I had fun, and am quite psyched to audition for Jeopardy! tomorrow.

**waves to everyone!**

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Viola Intonada - May 21, 2006 6:45 pm (#288 of 2979)        

Oh, Catherine, I'm so excited for you!!! I hope all goes well tomorrow!

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boop - May 21, 2006 6:45 pm (#289 of 2979)        

Catherine, Glad you got to met Wayne. Good luck tomorrow for your audition for Jeopardy.

~~~waves back~~~

hugs always

boop

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Finn BV - May 21, 2006 7:03 pm (#290 of 2979)        

Yay for Catherine!! We'll be thinking of you. Especially because I'm sending some charms to make all the categories Harry-related. Glad you and Wayne got to meet! Yippee!!

**hugs to Betty**

Enjoy the RotD! I have only one week of school left and the last two have just whizzed by, would expect the same for this one!

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Snuffles - May 22, 2006 12:32 am (#291 of 2979)        

Happy belated birthday to Syndey and Iain!

Good luck Catherine. We don't get Jeopardy in the UK (at least I don't think we do!!). Are you able to watch it online?

Lol Tim, I couldn't agree more!

Are you saying you liked our song Lina?

Well it has been raining here for about 24 hours, and it doesn't look like it is going to stop for a while! Oh well

Have a good Monday

Julie

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The giant squid - May 22, 2006 2:48 am (#292 of 2979)        

Why am I not surprised that Finn has already devoured all the Encyclopedia Brown books? Ah, well, I just wanted to share the thing that I enjoyed while Marie was reading Betsy Tacey.

Happy birthday, Iain!

I liked The Da Vinci Code as well. The changes from the book were minor to me, and all made sense within the limitations of transferring book-to-film. Actually one of the scenes at the end made more sense to me in the movie than it did in the book. Go figure.

I'd like to see Angels and Demons too, as I thought that book flowed better than DVC.

(((boop)))

*crossing fingers, toes and any other crossable body part for Catherine*

--Mike
edit: I can't seem to figure out white text, and I'm too tired to try again

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azi - May 22, 2006 3:01 am (#293 of 2979)        

Well, after all these good reviews I think I'm going to go see Da Vinci Code this week!

Good Luck Catherine! <<< Put in as couldn't find a good luck smiley! I guessed it's an 'intelligent' smiley...

I wish the rain would stop too Snuffles! **weather charms**

Hope everyone has a lovely day!

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kaykay1970 - May 22, 2006 5:02 am (#294 of 2979)        

Happy Birthday to the youngest Horntail!!

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Loopy Lupin - May 22, 2006 5:02 am (#295 of 2979)        
Edited May 22, 2006 5:47 am

So, for the record, I've had a lovely trip north into D.C. Most notable thus far is meeting the witty and (don't smack me, Wayne!) adorable Loopy Lupin. He's just as funny in person as he is in writing, folks.—Catherine

Awwwwwwww, shucks! Thank you Catherine. ((((huggles))) Meeting you (and your Mom too) was great and certainly the highlight of the day. (By the way, I hope you got my message on your (ancient) cell phone because I did come up with a "one-liner" for you to use during your audition.) Also, Catherine can attest that during lunch I received a call on my cell that I had to take. I answered the call, got up and went outside the restaurant to talk briefly, thereby not bothering anyone. Score one for Miss Manners!!! And, I got to talk to Kim on Catherine's ancient cell phone this being the first time that I'd talked with her "in person." Did I mention that Catherine's cell phone was ancient? I didn't know that they even made battery packs anymore.

Best of luck Catherine!!!

Edit: Oh, and Happy Birthday to Iain as well as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

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Marie E. - May 22, 2006 5:17 am (#296 of 2979)        

Isn't it fun meeting people you've only "talked" to online?

I had a busy, but fun weekend. I went to Denver on Saturday morning for our Teacher Appreciation event at Fat City (an indoor amusement place with bowling, mini-golf, roller-skating, etc). Saturday evening we had the bridging ceremony for Shayla's troop at an indoor amusement area. It was very fun, but tiring. Sunday we went to an open house at our Girl Scout camp so Shayla could have a look around and then spent the rest of the evening with friends of ours who live near there. It's a good 45-minute drive so the girls were exhausted when we got home.

Happy Birthday, Iain! I remember when he was the "baby" in the family photos. May must be a good month for Lexicon birthdays as Lexie's is tomorrow.

Good Luck Catherine!

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Julie Aronson - May 22, 2006 6:15 am (#297 of 2979)        

Happy birthday to all the Lexicon kids!!!

I can't wait for Catherine's report! I remember the Golden Girls episode where Dorothy tried out for Jeopardy and was so obnoxious that they wouldn't take her. Not that I think Catherine would do anything like that, but it came to mind when I read Loopy's comment about the one-liner.

Have a great day!!!

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Puck - May 22, 2006 6:20 am (#298 of 2979)        

Good luck, Catherine!

24 hours of rain? Not so bad. When you hit day nine, get a day of sunshine, then it starts to pour yet again, it gets a bit more tiring.

Actually the flooding may have saved my uncles life. My mom's sister and family were supposed to go away for the weekend, but couldn't go due to the problems of access water/sewage backing up. Anyway, my uncle who lives with them would have been home alone if they had gone. He had a heart attack on Saturday. If his sister hadn't been there, he could have died. (He went to the hospital on her insistance, and wouldn't have called for help if she hadn't been there.) I went to visit him after the shower. He's alert and has good color, and is teasing his sisters as usual.

Hope everyone has a great RotD!

Kathy

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azi - May 22, 2006 6:25 am (#299 of 2979)        

Healing charms to your uncle, Puck!

It would be cool to meet forumers in real life! Maybe one day...

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mike miller - May 22, 2006 6:29 am (#300 of 2979)        

Thanks again for the birthday wishes, even late it's still appreciated. I know how hard it is to "keep current" with this thread. Witness my next statement!

Happy belated Birthday Iain! It's not every day our young man turns 5!.

My wife remedied the cake issue by making a lemon cake with lemon icing, one of my favorites. They say the acorn doesn't fall far from the tree, I like lemon cake and my Dad's favorite is lemon meringue pie.

Have a great RotD!!!
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Snuffles - May 22, 2006 6:29 am (#301 of 2979)        

Now you put it like that Kathy, maybe 24 hours isn't so bad!

Hope your uncle continues to improve. **healing charms**

Julie

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Julie Aronson - May 22, 2006 6:32 am (#302 of 2979)        

Wow Kathy!!! Sometimes things really do happen for a reason!!!

Just checking to see if my new smiley program works!!!

edit: And it does!! w00t! Did I do that right, Loopy?

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Loopy Lupin - May 22, 2006 6:46 am (#303 of 2979)        

edit: And it does!! w00t! Did I do that right, Loopy? – Julie

Yes, that was good form.

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Puck - May 22, 2006 6:53 am (#304 of 2979)        

Love the Dragon, Julie!

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Holly T. - May 22, 2006 7:00 am (#305 of 2979)        

Wow, sending lots of happy birthday wishes all around!

Good luck charms to Catherine!

And (name dropping) I've met Mary Pope Osbourne and my daughter has an autographed copy of Stage Fright on a Summer Night. I've also met Kevin Henkes (my daughter won't let her brother read her autographed copy of Lily and the Purple Plastic Purse) and Paula Danzinger. The perks of getting to go to publishing conventions! LOL!

Sadly, JKR has never been to one of these conventions. :-(

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Eponine - May 22, 2006 7:01 am (#306 of 2979)        

Good luck, Catherine!

I used to love the Encyclopedia Brown books when I was younger. I always felt really smart when I figured out why the crook was lying.

I'm getting to go home next weekend. My mom's 60th birthday was a couple of weeks ago, so we (my siblings and I) are combining our resources to get her a big present for a combination Mother's Day/60th birthday gift. (I know it's a little late, but I couldn't go home before this.) I'm looking forward to the trip. Everytime I go home to Chattanooga, I always try to do so much stuff but I never get it all in. Hopefully, I'll get most of it in this time.

Catherine, I'm keeping my fingers and toes crossed for you today!

Have a great RotD, everyone!

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HungarianHorntail11 - May 22, 2006 8:00 am (#307 of 2979)        

Thanks kaykay! He is having lots of fun so far - missing sisters a bit. (They had to go to school.)

The best of luck to you, Catherine!! Lots of good luck charms being sent your way from the HHs.

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Thora - May 22, 2006 10:10 am (#308 of 2979)        

Well I got behind again... my dratted life keeps getting in the way of my Lexicon use.

John, If you ever read this... sneak back as much as you can, okay? The JKR Web site thread will never be the same without you.

Denise, Happy birthday to Iain. Also, isn't Vonage great? Love the price and the service works great, unless we are doing some serious uploading.

Mike, Glad to know you got to have a birthday party.

Well my baby girl is now 2. Sniff. I'll change my avatar to a pic of her cake. I added a "Care Bear" but it didn't turn out as well as I wanted. I had to do it in a hurry because after dinner on Friday my husband told me we needed to celebrate before bed so his parents could get on the road in the morning before the bikers woke up. It was the closing weekend of bike week in Myrtle Beach, and there have been enough deaths with out adding another senior couple in the mix... So I quickly threw the icing on and we opened presents at 10.

Thora

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Puck - May 22, 2006 10:30 am (#309 of 2979)        

Happy Birthday to Thora's Little One! The Care Bear looks great to me!

Well, Diva just dumped glitter all over, so....

Kathy

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azi - May 22, 2006 10:44 am (#310 of 2979)        

Aww, that cake is lovely! I liked the Care Bears when I was younger - I still own Good Luck and Funshine bears! I hope those are the right names...it's what we called them anyway!

Hmm, the river is starting to burst it's banks here. It's stopped raining now so will probably go down unless we have more rain. I shouldn't get excited, but it is difficult not too. It's environmental!

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Soul Mate for Sirius - May 22, 2006 10:49 am (#311 of 2979)        

I loved the Care Bears when I was younger as well! I don't think I have anymore of my bears though. I'm pretty sure they made the cut for the last garage sale and are all gone now!

Kathy, good luck cleaning up the glitter!! In my experience, that stuff stays on everything!

Not really much else to say. I've been lurking on the forum all day and figured it was finally time to post on the Chat thread, so I did!

Have a great RotD everyone!!

-Jenn

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Holly T. - May 22, 2006 11:01 am (#312 of 2979)        

Good luck Kathy! I am still finding glitter in my daughter's room from when she accidentally smashed her glitter lamp two years ago. Helpful hint: if your child smashes a glitter lamp, put on gloves before you clean up the goo. I didn't, and whatever goo they put inside glitter lamps made my hands itch.

Have a great RotD!

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kaykay1970 - May 22, 2006 11:06 am (#313 of 2979)        

Happy Birthday to Thora's little one! The cake looks great!

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Lina - May 22, 2006 12:12 pm (#314 of 2979)        

Happy birthday to Trevor and Jordan!

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HungarianHorntail11 - May 22, 2006 12:43 pm (#315 of 2979)        

Thank you, Lina and all! We just returned from picking up the girls and he is now in his glory! They are helping Trevor put a name into the Princess Peach game. Or was it the Animal Crossing game??? Honestly, I don't know how he keeps track.

Happy Birthday to Jordan! The cake is adorable! Looks too good to eat, or good enough to eat - whichever way you want to view it.

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Good Evans - May 22, 2006 1:12 pm (#316 of 2979)        

Happy Birthday Jordan and Trevor !!!!!

I think the care bear looks great Thora, although I never cared for them myslef!

Best of Luck Catherine - I suppose about now is about when your audition takes place so.... woo hoo!!!!

Have a great rest of day folks, oh weight loss stands at 35 lbs today thats 2 1/2 stone to those of you who are imperial - am somewhat pleased with self - only another 5 stone to go!!!

have a great rest of day all - and hugs to Betty, not seen you in the chat room for a while!

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Madam Pince - May 22, 2006 2:09 pm (#317 of 2979)        
Edited May 22, 2006 2:50 pm

Happy Birthday to Lexie and Iain and Thora's little one and whomever else is celebrating! (Thora, if that's what one of your cakes looks like when you're just slapping icing on in a hurry, I'd love to see one where you take your time! WOW! It looks great to me!)

Probably too late for "good luck" wishes, but hope you did well today Catherine! I can empathize about the ancient cell phone -- somebody at the festival Saturday asked to borrow my phone, and actually laughed at it when they saw it. I started to say "Don't look a gift horse in the mouth -- it's better than your cell which is non-existant!" but decided Miss Manners wouldn't approve. (It's not really that old anyway, I don't think??!!! Definitely bigger than a deck of cards though.)

I can totally see Loopy in seersucker with a bow tie (I'm picturing Matthew McConaughey's witty lawyer friend Harry Rex from A Time To Kill here -- I think he also played a lawyer in Indecent Proposal so that's why I've got his picture filed in my brain next to shark lawyer) -- however, is it proper for one to wear seersucker prior to Memorial Day? I'm thinking it almost falls in the white shoes category....

Puck, glad your Sunday school class went well. I was thinking of you!

Tazzy, have fun babysitting your little ones!

I agree with Immo that the Eurovision songs should be done in the country's native language. I would think that would be part of the appeal, wouldn't it? Oh well, I've not seen the show so what do I know. (Except that I agree with timrew about rap! )

Denise, I'll send you the lemon/chocolate chip cake recipe. It really did turn out pretty yummy, although a lot gooier than I had expected.

I'm almost afraid to watch to watch the Lost finale this week -- can the carnage get any greater? Last night's Desperate Housewives finale certainly bumped things up a notch or two, or three, or...

Thank goodness at least the racehorse is doing well after his surgery! They say still only has a 50/50 due to high chance of infection, but he's looking good so far and it seems very encouraging.

OK, off to pack for our car trip. Sigh....

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boop - May 22, 2006 2:58 pm (#318 of 2979)        

Happy Birthday to all Lexicon kids. I hope you all have a great day.

Madam Pince, good luck with the packing. Have a safe fun trip. I passed the hugs on to Jim. He is coming down for the weekend.

Have a great RotD!!!

hugs always

boop

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Lina - May 22, 2006 3:12 pm (#319 of 2979)        

Oh, indeed, a happy birthday to Lexie too! Maybe it is really safer to say happy birthday to all the Lexicon kids...

And way to go, Julie! Or should I say w00t? I really envy your perseverance. I lost a kilo (2 pounds) and started to eat chocolate again.

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Finn BV - May 22, 2006 3:36 pm (#320 of 2979)        

Happy Bday all Lexicon kids!

Congrats Julie-GE (Good Evans)! That's fantastic work!

Steph and I were nominated by our English class to read at our grade-wide Poetry Slam tomorrow! I'm so excited! She says she's sorry she hasn't been here in a while, just weighed down with end-of-the-year work. (I, of course, leave my work for later to come on. No really, I just don't have as much.)

Won our final tennis meet today, 6-0, 6-2. Yippee!

Only four more days of middle school! Wow!

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boop - May 22, 2006 5:31 pm (#321 of 2979)        

Finn, Congrats to winning your tennis meet today! Four more days until school is over for you. YAY!!!! What summer plans do you have Finn? Tell Steph Hi from us and good luck tomorrow.

hugs always

boop

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Finn BV - May 22, 2006 5:37 pm (#322 of 2979)        

Betty, on 9 June we will be flying to Barcelona, where we will meet up with friends, rent a car, and drive through NW Spain, the south of France, and ending in Venice. Our plane ride home lays over in Amsterdam for ten hours too (from 8am to 6pm), so we will explore there as well. I am ecstatic!!

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Puck - May 22, 2006 6:52 pm (#323 of 2979)        

A BIG "wOOt" to Julie! Fantastic job! (Oh, maybe I should have made it a little "wOOt"?

Had a lovely afternoon outside, then finished the Magic Treehouse book before dinner. I forgot about Encyclopedia Brown. Thanks for the reminder! (I was more of a Beverly Cleary/Laura Ingalls Wilder girl, myself.)

Hope Catherine did great today!

Finn, nice work on the tennis! Is your vacation going to be your first time overseas?

Happy RotD!

Kathy

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winlia - May 22, 2006 6:57 pm (#324 of 2979)        

Hello All.

Just returned from the lack-of-party-invitation inspired water park trip. We had a fantastic time.

I had a little scare that turned into a good laugh. We had just walked into the water park, and Son realized that they had forgotten their goggles. I had told my daughter, China Doll, age 6, that she couldn't go in water over her head. (I had epi-lasik recently, and I wasn't going in the water.) She grabs an inner tube and hops in the lazy river. As she comes around the bend, she slides down into the middle. I catch a glimpse of the very top of her little head, and she's gone again. I was about to wade in wearing jeans, which would have been totally unnecessary given that the water wasn't over her head after all. Even if it had been, she can swim (several years of lessons at the Y), and she was more than capable of hopping back on the inner tube (several years of gymnastic lessons). Just as I was heading for the water, my son showed up, and I yelled, "Help your sister!" For an eight-year-old who finds his sister intensely irritating, he sure moved fast! In fact, I didn't know he could move that fast. It's amazing how hostility and the desire to protect can coexist in siblings.

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Finn BV - May 22, 2006 7:09 pm (#325 of 2979)        

Glad everything worked out well, winlia!

Puck, I went overseas five years ago for a similar trip, omitting France and doing more of Italy. (And no Netherlands.)

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Catherine - May 22, 2006 7:24 pm (#326 of 2979)        

This is Catherine sneaking on the business center connection in D.C.

Wayne, you are just jealous that my cell phone is four times bigger than yours, and has gum residue (don't ask; kid thing) to boot.

Madame Pince, in fairness to Wayne, I must inform the Forum that Wayne is not nearly Southern enough (living as he does in Northern Virginia) to wear seersucker. I was just making a funny about Wayne to see how he'd pick on me!!! Although I'm sure he'd look smashing in whatever get-up he decides to wear....

OK--about Jeopardy!--I don't know how I did. It was an entertaining and grueling three hours. Wayne--I used a modified version of your one-liner. The whole "audience" of contestant wanna-bes and the studio staff laughed loudly.

Kim will appreciate the following: They made me take another test!! Another fifty question test followed by a lengthy interview in front of twenty other people plus a mock game.

It turns out that I did NOT need coaching to be loud, authoritative, or an aggressive button-clicker. It's great to be gifted in something, finally!

I hope it's enough. If wishes translate to Jeopardy, than I can't ask for more.

Thanks to all for the good luck--it warms the heart, and please know that I had a fantastic time trying out!

Cheers.

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Finn BV - May 22, 2006 7:37 pm (#327 of 2979)        

Yay Catherine!! Woohoo, sounds like it went well! I've been trying for ages to get my dad on the show, but I'm afraid he'd just go berserk with the button. Glad you have some talent in that field…

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Mediwitch - May 22, 2006 7:49 pm (#328 of 2979)        

Wow Catherine! Sounds promising - when will you know if you made it?

Witch

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Herm oh ninny - May 22, 2006 8:46 pm (#329 of 2979)        

Hey guys! I just read through about 200 posts, and they've all become a blur! LOL

Ahh Eurovision, since I live in NJ, no one around me has even heard of it! We are Greek, and naturally my father insisted on buying an international satellite the second Greek channels were available on it! LOL Greece won last year(yay) but I hated the song our contestant sang this year! I must admit that while I liked their song, Finland's group scared me just a little bit. Did anyone notice the male host? He is a famous Greek singer whom I have been in love with since I was 14....just wanted to be able to say that to someone who may have actually seen him before! hehehe

Catherine- I'm crossing everything for ya!

Have a great RoTD everyone!

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Tazzygirl - May 23, 2006 2:29 am (#330 of 2979)        

Happy Birthday to Lexie and Jordan and all the other little kiddies of the forum families!

Glad to hear your audition went well, Catherine! **crossing fingers** and hoping you make it onto the show! (How exciting if you get on- the entire forum will be watching that episode!! ) I wouldn't do so well with the buzzer- I have a few seconds delay in that area.

I am soooooo tired. Syd and Thaniel's parents got home this evening, and hopefully I can sleep in tomorrow. I can't believe I am still up, it's 11:30 my time, and it feels much later. :yawn:

I went out and bought the first season of Grey's Anatomy yesterday. Managed to watch 3 episodes last night. I started watching the series the night of the Superbowl, so I have a ways to catch up!

Sorry if I missed anyone! Lack of sleep really is getting to me.

~Kristina

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Stephanie M. - May 23, 2006 4:29 am (#331 of 2979)        

Wow Catherine! I hope you make it!

Happy Birthday to everyone that I missed!

I have been on the Forum, but I had to read about 100 posts in every thread and I haven't had time to get through all of them, so they just kept building up and building up! I'm finally done! But as Herm oh ninny said, "I just read through about 200 posts, and they've all become a blur!" I can 100% understand, they really are all a blur especially if you read them over a weeks time!

Well, I'm late for my bus! So have a great RotD!!

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Lupin is Lupin. Natch. - May 23, 2006 4:32 am (#332 of 2979)        

**:wants to know what Wayne's one-liner was and how Catherine modified it**:

Catherine, I guess the second test was to weed out the people who cheated on the first. Not that I would cheat but it did occur to me that we could have gotten on the phone and taken the test together. Either I would be trying out too or you wouldn't have gotten a chance to meet Loopy this weekend.

**:goes off to celebrate what appears is going to be a second day without rain**:

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azi - May 23, 2006 4:53 am (#333 of 2979)        

Well done Catherine on just surviving the audition!

Wow, Julie (GE), that's loads of weight lost! Keep it up!

Lovely and sunny here. Yey!

Nice days to all!

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kaykay1970 - May 23, 2006 4:56 am (#334 of 2979)        

Happy Birthday Lexie!

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mike miller - May 23, 2006 5:23 am (#335 of 2979)        

Happy Birthday Lexie!

Congrats Finn on the tennis match and I'm sure you're going to have a great trip.

Catherine - Sounds encouraging! Remember they're looking for intelligent players who have "character". I too am curious about Loopy's one liner.

Have a great day everyone!

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Julie Aronson - May 23, 2006 5:57 am (#336 of 2979)        

Happy birthday Lexie!

Catherine, it sounds like you had a great experience, anyway. I hope you make it on the show!!!

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Soul Mate for Sirius - May 23, 2006 6:09 am (#337 of 2979)        

Happy birthday Lexie!

Catherine, I hope you make it onto the show! That would be so awesome! I too am joining the group that is curious as to what Loopy's one-liner was...

Does anyone else here watch 24 ? The season finale was last night and I'm still in shock!! This week is a good one for TV for me. 24 was last night, the season finale of House is tonight, and the finale of American Idol is tonight with the 2 hour results show tomorrow! All of the "Top 12" are coming back to sing tomorrow and I'm relaly excited because I love Chris and Bucky and I'll be able to see them perform again! But I hope Taylor wins the finale! I love him.

Oo! I'm also really excited about The Closer starting again in June. It's so nice to have a new season to watch over the summer when all my other favorite shows are playing re-runs!!

Well, off to check the threads...

-Jenn

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HungarianHorntail11 - May 23, 2006 6:10 am (#338 of 2979)        

Madame Pince, I hope I'm not too late in wishing you all a safe and healthy trip and may your sanity be intact when you return.

Happy Birthday Lexie!

HHs still sending good luck charms your way, Catherine. It sounds as though we may all be watching for a certain episode with you!

Finn, great scores! Congratulations on your tennis finals, and also for being nominated for the Poetry Slam today! Your trip to Europe sounds great!

Trevor is still a bit young but I would like to start making family trips overseas in the next several years. A neighbor down the street wants to come along with us if we go to Hungary - I guess they think I'd make a good tour guide . I would like to visit Monet's Garden like in "Linnea In Monet's Garden" and of course, England (my in-laws grew up in Shoreham) to visit family.

Good Evans, that is great, keep up the good work! You may have to treat yourself to a new wardrobe when all is said and done.

Enjoy a great RotD everyone!

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Thora - May 23, 2006 7:40 am (#339 of 2979)        

Thora, if that's what one of your cakes looks like when you're just slapping icing on in a hurry, I'd love to see one where you take your time!- Madame Pince

Well, not much better. I put the Strawberry Shortcake on this one for my oldest girl's birthday a few months back. I've never taken any lessons, and I hope to get around to taking some before my kids run out of birthdays where it's cool to have mom add a few things to your cake.

Winla- It's really amazing how kids can fight non-stop and still love each other more than life, isn't it?

Well I'm off to a play date at the park, the kids have their shoes on and I've not even brushed my hair, eek.


Thora

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John Bumbledore - May 23, 2006 9:30 am (#340 of 2979)        

Never Tickle a Sleeping Dragon Thank you to all who offered word of support or helpful suggestions for the "sticker stalker" I seem to have.

Happy anniversary to those who recently celebrated b-days and such! (and also if you soon will.)

Heart felt sympathies to Julie, Maria, Olivia, Jenn and any others who have had a loss or recent hardship.

Thora, the only difference I see between the cakes you decorate and the ones with images printed by some cold, heartless machine is the obvious love, time, and care you give with yours.

I saw a Harry Potter reference on the ".. in pop culture" thread and wanted to share what I found. New dino named Dracorex Hogwartsia.

The State Museum of Pennsylvania currently has article about and an artist rendering of Dracorex Hogwartsia on their home page.

<)B^D˜ John Bumbledore

P. S. Madam Pince, The State Museum of Pennsylvania is located at 300 North Street, Harrisburg, PA 17120 which I think is still about half the state away from Betty ((Boop))!

Sorry, all I have time for. Best of the RotD or N to us all, everyone!

Oh, such muggles! Look what their press release says... Academy? Indeed! LOL

   PHMC paleontologist Robert M. Sullivan helped world-renowned paleontologist Robert T. Bakker come up with the name Dracorex hogwartsia in honor of the fictional “Hogwarts Academy” from the popular books and films based on Harry Potter’s adventures by British author J. K. Rowling. The scientific name Dracorex hogwartsia means “dragon king.”

   A cast of the skull of the dragon-like, spiked-headed dinosaur found in South Dakota in 2003 is on display at The State Museum of Pennsylvania starting today.




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Esther Rose - May 23, 2006 10:02 am (#341 of 2979)        

Oooooh ho ho ho. Guess who is going to visit Pittsburg with her family this summer? Perhaps I can request a detour driving home?

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Loopy Lupin - May 23, 2006 10:20 am (#342 of 2979)        

Madame Pince, any time is a good time for seersucker.

The "one-liner" wasn't supposed to be a "one-liner" in the sense of "Take my wife. Please!!!" or "Did your mother have any children that lived?" Catherine told me that Jeopardy asked that they come up with a "one-liner" of sorts that dealt with one's interests. So, the gist of what I told her to say was something to the effect that her biggest interests were (1) her children, (2) her husband, and (3) her sheed-zus Phoebe and Daisy and that while her children always came first, the order of the last two depended upon her husband's behavior. Ba-dum-bump.

Sounds like things went rather well Catherine; I'm sure you did your best. I suppose it is all in Alex Trebeck's hands now, but if you do make it, I would love to be able to point you out to my non-Forum friends. I don't think they really believe me when I tell them that the majority (or at least a very significant portion) of Forumers are actually adults. It would be my chance to say, "Ha!"

Wayne

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Finn BV - May 23, 2006 11:00 am (#343 of 2979)        

Very funny, Catherine. Thanks for telling us Loopy.

Bumbledore, glad everything is working out (? – I think – your wording was a bit unclear).

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John Bumbledore - May 23, 2006 11:14 am (#344 of 2979)        
Edited May 23, 2006 12:23 pm

Clear, it was not?

Continue, it does.

Sticker, a new one there is.

Time, I have not.

Humor, survive it does.

<)B^D˜ John Bumbledore

P. S. I was just thinking that this Dracorex Hogwartsia image I used as my faux avatar in my previous post reminds me of Caput Draconis who I have not seen about in quite a while. Perhaps we just visit different threads?

Edit **Wave to Good 'evans! **

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Good Evans - May 23, 2006 11:35 am (#345 of 2979)        

well done Catherine fingers crossed that it is a "result for you" !!

John (or Yoda!!!) glad to see the humour hasn't deserted you, but it must be really frustrating, a joke is one thing, this is just stupid!!

Olivia, would you believe my Mother-in-law lived in Shoreham (and hubby grew up there) it is about 10 miles from where I live but I know it quite well. When Mother-in-law was alive we used to visit quite a lot! Small world!

have a great rotd all

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Madam Pince - May 23, 2006 1:09 pm (#346 of 2979)        

Finn, you'll have been to more countries before you enter high school than I have been to in 40-mumble-mumble years.... I'm happy for you, but sad for me! Sounds like a fantastic vacation! Actually, my two "wanna-visits" are Pompeii and the Yorkshire dales. Well, and Egypt. And basically anyplace that has ancient things. But other than that, I'm good where I am.

Thanks for the travel wishes, boop and everyone! I am off this minute to drop off the dog at the kennel and run various other last-minute errands (such as picking up migraine headache pills at the pharmacy -- just in case ) If I post after this, I shouldn't be, because I should be packing the car.

OK, everyone have a great RotW -- enjoy the Lost finale, and enjoy the long Memorial Day weekend if you are in the States and will be celebrating! Stay safe!

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boop - May 23, 2006 3:10 pm (#347 of 2979)        

Winlia, glad everything turned out fine. Sound like it would be lots of fun there.

Catherine, Glad you had a good time. I will keep my fingers crossed that you make the show.

Jenn, I watch 24. You just never know how that show will turn out. I also watch House, and American Idol.

Thora, I love your cakes. You do a great job on them.

John, Harrisburg is about 2 hours from me. Glad to see you around!

Have a great RotD!!

hugs always

boop

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Catherine - May 23, 2006 4:10 pm (#348 of 2979)        

Catherine, Glad you had a good time. I will keep my fingers crossed that you make the show. –Boop

I did so enjoy myself. Thanks again for good wishes and good luck--I will need them all. I was quite insistent on "penciling out" the entire month of September and half of August in terms of filming dates. They will start filming in August, but as I am starting a new job then, I do NOT wish to leave a new class with a substitute teacher so soon.

If I am chosen (Oooh, the "chosen one") to film on August 1, I will know that the HP gods and goddesses do NOT wish me to attend the NYC readings.

Joking aside, I wasn't "Stella the Super Star" in auditions. I was "pitted" against another Who Wants to be a Millionaire? person, except that this guy bragged publicly about how he almost got on, but then didn't. The folks then turned to me and said, "So what happened on Who Wants to be a Millionaire? with you????

I tried very hard to (LONG EXPLANATION FOLLOWS: because this is a source of embarrassment) to emphasize that I THOUGHT I knew something (a.ka. being an insufferable know-it-all), but did fail in the task (a.ka. lost the MILLIONAIRE $64,000 question).

So--long story made short--I competed against a dude who was banking on "Millionaire" status without actually having done "Millionaire."

So they will choose, I think, "Which one?"

I hope it's me. I was wearing me new pink lipstick!

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Puck - May 23, 2006 5:55 pm (#349 of 2979)        

Catherine, you were on Millionaire? I never knew that! Glad you had a fun try out!

John, glad you had a chance to sneak over!

Long day, glad it's at an end. It was my last ballet class for this session, so the girls put on a little show at the end. The really did quite well, I was impressed.

Okay, so it was voting day, and I went to the school to vote. I give my address, but my street isn't on their list. This guy asks if I live in a particular area, but I say no, my street is on the other side of town. He told me no, that street is definitely on the west side and I must be confused. About what? My address or where my house is? He looked up my name and was surprised to see I was right about the name of my own street. Apparently I look much dumber than I actually am.

Well, it's been almost 24 hours, so I must get to 5 words!

Cheers!

Kathy

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Madam Pince - May 23, 2006 10:05 pm (#350 of 2979)        

Packing stinks.

***said while looking at every thread of summer-ish clothing I own, none of which has been tried on in 8 months and which cannot possibly fit, even if I did still like it, which I don't***

Good thing I've got 8 more hours to finish and to sleep before we walk out the door to leave.
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The giant squid - May 23, 2006 11:56 pm (#351 of 2979)        

Marie, please give Lexie a super-big hug from me. I got so wrapped up in work & whatnot that I completely spaced on her birthday! I'm a horrible uncle...

Our plane ride home lays over in Amsterdam for ten hours--Finn BV

And, alas, you're far too young to truly enjoy it.

I hope you make it onto Jeopardy, Catherine. I fully intend to live vicariously through you.

((boop))

--Mike

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azi - May 24, 2006 4:58 am (#352 of 2979)        

Great to see you around, John! **waves**

Have a great holiday Madam Pince! **wishing she had a holiday planned**

Hehe, Puck! The guy must have been really embarrassed when he found out he was wrong! Hope you had fun at 5-words as well!

Catherine - that 'almost-Millionaire-but-not-quite-there' guy sounds annoying! **fingers and toes still crossed**

Alas, washing calls to be done.

Hope everyone has a nice day!

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Puck - May 24, 2006 5:27 am (#353 of 2979)        

This should be a lovely day. Nice weather, mother's helper coming this afternoon, and nothing else on the calendar. Ahhh.

Mike, I'm sure you're a fine uncle. (ps- you're supposed to say you ordered a gift on-line, but it was back ordered and may not arrive on time. )

Azi, the gentleman politely thanked me for teaching him something new. Actually, he was polite the whole time, I just thought it odd he decided I was more likely to be mistaken about the location of my house than he was.

Happy RotD,

Kathy

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azi - May 24, 2006 5:35 am (#354 of 2979)        

Ooo, good on him for being polite then, Puck! I don't like the lack of common courtesy I see these days (hmm, sounding older than I am there...).

Your day sounds lovely as well!

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Marie E. - May 24, 2006 5:38 am (#355 of 2979)        

We've had our first-ever neighbor altercation! For the last three days our behind-us neighbor boy has been throwing water balloons into our yard. Mr. E said that it was harmless fun, despite me complaining about cleaning up broken balloon pieces that are choking hazards. The girls complained to me a few times about the balloon throwing. Last night my two girls and my friend's two boys were out on the trampoline when they all came running in saying that the boy next-door threw something at Shayla and hit her in the stomach. They showed me a marble sized bead thing and a circular welt on Shay's stomach. I said, "He threw this?" and my friend's son said, "No, he has a slingshot." I went into full Momma Bear mode. Mr. E called over the fence to the boy, who had run into the house. We questioned him about shooting a bead at our daughter and he said he did it because she threw a rock at him. (She says she wasn't aiming at him, just throwing it to stop him from throwing water balloons anymore.) My friend asked him how old he was (he looks about 14ish). He said he was 17 and his parents weren't home. He told us he was under the impression that they all were "just playing around" and that he didn't intend to hit Shayla. I replied that he was 17 and Shayla was 9 so he should have known better. We told him no more throwing things over the fence and we'll talk to his parents tomorrow (today). I did note that he never apologized, even after I told him about Shayla's injury. Shayla is being punished for throwing the rock. She's not allowed to play in the backyard today.

--favorite Lexie party moment-At Pump It Up there's an inflatable throne the birthday child sits in to open presents. Lexie kept telling the other kids "get out of my throne!".

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Puck - May 24, 2006 5:57 am (#356 of 2979)        

Marie, Lexie sounds like a perfect "Queen"! You're neighbor boy sounds like a perfect something else that I can't say on this forum. A slingshot?!

**mumbles something about 17 being old enough to know better**

To restore faith in young men, I will state that I just saw on the news that one of the new selectmen in Massachusetts is all of 21 years old. Wow! He's still in college and already won his first election.

Kathy

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haymoni - May 24, 2006 6:43 am (#357 of 2979)        

selectmen???

There really is such a thing???

I thought they only lived in "Mike Mulligan & His Steam Shovel"!!!

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Loopy Lupin - May 24, 2006 8:08 am (#358 of 2979)        

Our plane ride home lays over in Amsterdam for ten hours--Finn BV

And, alas, you're far too young to truly enjoy it. – Mike


Hehehehehehehehehehehehe!

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Chemyst - May 24, 2006 9:20 am (#359 of 2979)        

Our plane ride home lays over in Amsterdam for ten hours--Finn BV

And, alas, you're far too young to truly enjoy it. - Mike

Hehehehehehehehehehehehe! –Loopy


THAT MUST BE GUY-THING HUMOR.  

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Esther Rose - May 24, 2006 9:26 am (#360 of 2979)        

This certainly does look like guy humor, but my guess is that it is "beverages of choice" humor. No Firewhiskies for Finn!

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Chemyst - May 24, 2006 9:29 am (#361 of 2979)        

I was thinking red lights, and not the traffic signal kind.

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Loopy Lupin - May 24, 2006 9:36 am (#362 of 2979)        

Well, before this veers off into very Forum unfriendly speculation, the joke has nothing to do with any particular districts in Amsterdam, those lit crimson or otherwise. Further explanation can be found in the collected works of Messrs. C. Marin and T. Chong.

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Chemyst - May 24, 2006 9:42 am (#363 of 2979)        

...well then, Cheech and Chong are definitely guy humor.

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John Bumbledore - May 24, 2006 9:45 am (#364 of 2979)        
Edited May 24, 2006 10:28 am

Edited to remove unnecessary guess, since Loopy and Chemyst "cleared" the air before I had finished my post.

It is probably too cold yet for sun bathing, so it is not likely Finn will need to "wash his eyeballs." LOL

Finn, If it is warm or at least sunny, remember to wear dark sunglasses so you don't look like this . LOL

<)B^D˜ John Bumbledore

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Esther Rose - May 24, 2006 9:57 am (#365 of 2979)        

AH! You are more correct than I am Chemyst. Now that I am completely wrong. =)

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Catherine - May 24, 2006 10:00 am (#366 of 2979)        

..well then, Cheech and Chong are definitely guy humor. –Chemyst

Indeed.

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mike miller - May 24, 2006 10:19 am (#367 of 2979)        

Well Loopy, I can admit to being a teenager during the 70's and my mind went right to Cheech and Chong. However, their movies don't seem quite as funny when you're not under the influence.

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Puck - May 24, 2006 10:53 am (#368 of 2979)        

Haymoni, good to see you're so involved with local politics.

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Soul Mate for Sirius - May 24, 2006 10:57 am (#369 of 2979)        



Well Loopy, I can admit to being a teenager during the 70's and my mind went right to Cheech and Chong -mike miller

Well Mike, I was not even born in the 70's, and I have to admit that my mind went right to Cheech and Chong as well!!

..well then, Cheech and Chong are definitely guy humor. --Chemyst

Indeed. – Catherine


Well then, I must admit to having a guy's sense of humor because I was laughing quite a bit when I read Squid Mike's post!

-Jenn

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haymoni - May 24, 2006 11:01 am (#370 of 2979)        

Is "selectmen" the same as "Council Person" or is it higher, like a County Commissioner???

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Loopy Lupin - May 24, 2006 12:21 pm (#371 of 2979)        

Well Loopy, I can admit to being a teenager during the 70's and my mind went right to Cheech and Chong -mike miller

Dave's not here!

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Julie Aronson - May 24, 2006 1:12 pm (#372 of 2979)        

RE: Cheech and Chong

It's Labrador, man.

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azi - May 24, 2006 2:34 pm (#373 of 2979)        

I fully admit that I don't even know who Cheech and Chong are. I thought of something else when Amsterdam was mentioned. Flat, very flat. With bridges.

Just saw Da Vinci Code. Was very good, although the main two characters aren't the best actors in mine and my friend's opinion. Ian McKellen made the film amazing for me, even though he wasn't like I imagined the character to look like. My friend, who hasn't read the book, thought the plot was a bit fluffy at points, such as how quickly the codes seemed to be solved with little explanation or train of thought. I have to agree with that. Overall it was a good film! One thing annoyed me - the 'British' accent that no one actually talks. So annoying! I have a real need to visit Paris now, because it's so pretty.

Afterwards I had pub dinner and reverted to childhood with 'eyes bigger than belly' behaviour. I'm disappointed because I couldn't finish my treacle sponge and custard (it was huge). *sigh*

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Esther Rose - May 24, 2006 2:38 pm (#374 of 2979)        

Yep, I want to watch that movie but I can't see Tom Hanks playing the lead character. That's a tough sell for me.

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Kip Carter - May 24, 2006 2:40 pm (#375 of 2979)        

I feel that everyone has tried to keep this conversation on both Cheech (Marin) and (Tommy) Chong and the "guy humor" within bounds; however any attempts to further explain certain things, like "It's Labrador, man." (remembering and ROFL ), may stretch the envelope of good taste to the limits.

I suggest we move on before some tried to explain further. There are web sites available for those interested; however please don't list them here. I am sure that most understand how to Google by now. (If I were the only one involved, I would have a ball with this type of conversation!)

'Nuf said!

Thank you, azi and Esther Rose, for changing the flow of discussion!

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Tazzygirl - May 24, 2006 2:53 pm (#376 of 2979)        

**waves to Kip**

Wow, Marie! That 17 year old should have known better! The water balloons would have done it for me. Hope your daughter's stomach heals soon. Ouch.

I was rudely awakened this morning (about 6 AM) by the neighbor's fire alarm going off. The house wasn't on fire, it was one of those 'the battery is dying and this is how it tells us that it is dying' moments. The thing went off and on for almost 2 hours, and was constantly on for one of those two hours. Oh well.

Nothing much to really tell... One more week and I am back in California for a month! w00t!!

Hope you all have a fabulous RotD/N!

~Kristina

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Julie Aronson - May 24, 2006 3:04 pm (#377 of 2979)        

Point taken, Kip. Feel free to e-mail me any time to talk Cheech and Chong!

RE: The Da Vinci Code

I haven't read the book yet. I'm waiting to see the movie. Tom Hanks might be OK, but I'm NOT an Audrey Tautou (sp?) fan right now...

Have a great evening!

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HungarianHorntail11 - May 24, 2006 3:04 pm (#378 of 2979)        

Olivia, would you believe my Mother-in-law lived in Shoreham (and hubby grew up there) it is about 10 miles from where I live but I know it quite well. When Mother-in-law was alive we used to visit quite a lot! Small world!

Good Evans, wow, small world indeed! I was just looking at the pictures of Shoreham last week. She said not very much has changed. The round chapels, the waterway (is it a river?) that separates it, etc. Looks like a neat place to grow up. My father-in-law was on a rowing team and now I understand why - water everywhere!

Mike, you are not a bad uncle, you are just getting old. . .and forgetful - like the rest of us.

Kristina, that sounds awful! Were you able to get back to sleep?? We have alarms that go off around here all the time and they reset themselves, so they start, stop, start, stop. . .well, you get the idea. When our neighbor across the street was new, they'd set it off all hours of the day and night and not know how to shut it off. Needless to say, newborn baby and I were not too happy.

Marie, I am curious to learn how the boy's parents react. Doesn't he have homework to do, or something????? I'd have a list of chores for him longer than OotP! "What's that, dear? You're bored?? Oh, okay, let me get my pen and some paper. After you finish this list, we'll find you a paying job."

Maria

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Marè - May 24, 2006 3:15 pm (#379 of 2979)        

Well without going into guy territory, Finn, when in Amsterdam, try to get your hands on a caramel cookie called "stroopwafel". Preferrably the fresh, still warm ones from the market (you can smell them from afar) and otherwise, try to find a package...
I thought of something else when Amsterdam was mentioned. Flat, very flat. With bridges
Have you seen the rest of the country? That's about it... And you can almost see all of it in one view from the plane. (Wave to me when you pass over us Finn!) I tried it last weekend... We did a weekend in Dublin (rain and pubs) and flew back to a slightly warmer home.

And as for pub food: HUGE piece of delicious homemade carrotcake! So glad my main meal was actually rather small...

Crossing thumbs for Catherine and her quiz results and wishing everybody a happy ROTD. Now I have to go and brave the 150 or so posts in the Potty games thread...

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Detail Seeker - May 24, 2006 3:24 pm (#380 of 2979)        

I do not know, if you like that, Finn, but the Netherlands have the best salt liquorice in the world - and a good shop for that in the airport.

It is about time for me to visit that shop again....

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Catherine - May 24, 2006 3:47 pm (#381 of 2979)        

Mmmm...this thread is giving me the munchies, big time.

Stroopwafel sounds delicious. Normally I don't like licorice, but Detail Seeker's description would make me try it, at least.

Not to mention Mare's description of carrot cake...I have an unholy weakness for carrot cake. My own recipe for carrot cake is so decadent and rich that I only make it once every few years. I persuaded an older lady to part with the recipe after she had refused to give it to me several times. (**oooh, this makes me think of Hepzibah Smith from HbP!**) It has a ridiculous amount of oil, butter, and cream cheese in it, but it is good.

Well, I think I have recovered from "Jeopardy Boot Camp." It's on to "teaching time." I spent an hour on the phone today with a parent who wants ME to institute the National History Day competition at our school. This is the equivalent of a "history fair" for people who grew up competing/being forced to compete in "science fair."

I'm not a history teacher, but as Humanities teacher, I will be teaching both English and Social Studies. It's a little daunting as I have ZERO experience in "mentoring" history projects toward regional and national competition.

And here I was worried that they wanted me to start a Quiz Bowl team.

As this is an educational link, I hope that I can be forgiven for linking to http://www.nationalhistoryday.org/ for anyone who wishes to learn more about the competitions. My inner Hermione is fascinated, but my inner Ron says, "You'd have to be mental!"

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Julie Aronson - May 24, 2006 3:53 pm (#382 of 2979)        

Catherine, "yoo can doo eet!"

I also think I share your weakness for carrot cake. I found the best way to rationalize the cake love is to make carrot cupcakes. They freeze great, and they're just little.

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Nathan Zimmermann - May 24, 2006 3:56 pm (#383 of 2979)        

Mare and Detail Seeker I agree the stroopwafelen and salt licorice are excellent. I only wish I could get may hands on some here in the United States.

Finn if you are also visiting Spain I would recommend a breakfast churros con chocolate.

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Tazzygirl - May 24, 2006 4:14 pm (#384 of 2979)        

If churros con chocolate is what I think it is, I want some!

I'll have to make a list of all the food you all are mentioning, so when I eventually get to travel to Spain and Amsterdam and basically all over Europe, I'll know what is good!

~Kristina

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Marè - May 24, 2006 4:31 pm (#385 of 2979)        

Oh, I'm getting hungry, not good!

I forgot about liquorice (called: "drop" over here) even though we brought a big pack to our Dutch friend in Dublin this weekend.
It comes in sweet and soft, honey, salt, double salt and triple salt... You have to like it, lots of people don't and lots of Dutch people can't go without it. Apparently we eat it more than chocolate. I like the honey ones.

And oh "poffertjes" (for your list Tazzy) they are a cross between your odd fluffy american pancakes () and the real pancakes ().

I was this tempted this weekend to buy golden sirup and try to make treacle tart again when I was home... But I know it won't be as good as the real one. I was also tempted by Phelims favourite, banoffi pie.

Maybe we need to start an international food exchange programs... After all, I still have to try those peeps!

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Nathan Zimmermann - May 24, 2006 4:51 pm (#386 of 2979)        

Finn, If you are visiting Spain would also suggest a nice dish of Capriotada, a Spanish bread pudding for dessert.

On another note when I visited Wassenaar in July of 1993 one of my favorute was called the Pancake House in English that speciallized in dishes made with crepes.

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Tazzygirl - May 24, 2006 5:03 pm (#387 of 2979)        

Thanks, Mare!

...Pancake House in English... reminds me of the Waffle Houses they have in the South here in the States...

~Kristina

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HungarianHorntail11 - May 24, 2006 5:34 pm (#388 of 2979)        

LOL! Just watching No-Shoes-Dave from American Idol! LOL!

I'd forgotten about him!

Oh, my husband just told the children "Mommy reminds me of Dave!" Oh, how rude!

Are you suuure you all still want to meet up with HH's after Radio City???

This thread has now made me hungry. It also reminded me of the foods I miss from Hungary. (Though it has been more than two decades since I've been there!)

A recipes thread would be great!

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Finn BV - May 24, 2006 5:53 pm (#389 of 2979)        

Happy Belated Birthday Lexie! Marie, hope you talk some sense into the boy!

Enjoy your holiday, Madam P!

**wonders if Chemyst was making some allusion to his traffic light project, and waves**

**also waves to Kip, and heads over to Google, and doesn't say anything to Squid Mike**

The New Yorker panned the Da Vinci Code. It was hilarious! No intention on seeing or reading it.

Thanks, Mare, Detail Seeker, and Nathan, for the tips! I'm writing them all down now!

Maria, I think there once was a recipes thread (could be wrong), but it was mulched.

So, happy to report that I won the poetry slam and will be reciting it at Class Day, next Tuesday, in front of parents. I will also receive a gift certificate to Amazon.com or something then.

Lots of studying to do!

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DJ Evans - May 24, 2006 5:55 pm (#390 of 2979)        

Oh Catherine? ***waves hand up in the air so very excitedly*** Is there any way you would be willing to share your recipe for Carrot Cake? Mother & I just love Carrot Cake & would love a good recipe for one. One of my bosses from way back when used to make one that was out of this world, but sadly I lost her recipe & I haven't seen her in ages. I've looked for a really good recipe & yours sounds like it would definitely be worth a try. If you can't share it, I will, of course, understand but please? Pretty please -- with cream cheese frosting on top?

HH11: We used to have a recipe thread, but I guess it got lost somewhere along the way at some point...

Later, Deb

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Marè - May 24, 2006 6:04 pm (#391 of 2979)        

Not mulched, stored:
Mare-, "-- Harry Potter themed recipes" #, 9 Oct 2003 6:18 am

Maybe we can open it again to add the carrot cake recipe? :hint:

And congrats on the poetry slam winning Finn!

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Tazzygirl - May 24, 2006 6:15 pm (#392 of 2979)        

Congratulations, Finn, on winning the poetry slam!

Off to take 'Thaniel swimming...

~Kristina

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Puck - May 24, 2006 7:22 pm (#393 of 2979)        

Congrats to Finn, who will return from his trip ten pounds heavier if he eats all that you are suggesting!

Actually, those cookies and licorice sound wonderful!

Mare, I'd be happy to send you some peeps!

What's a "real" pancake? Have I been eating plastic ones all these years? Chat & Greetings 2006 - Page 3 1003735042

Deb, haven't seen you in a while! Have you been lurking?

Happy RotD!

kathy

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HungarianHorntail11 - May 24, 2006 8:01 pm (#394 of 2979)        

Congratulations on winning the Poetry Slam, Finn!

Will mom be there to videotape, or does that not happen once you hit 8th grade? Come to think of it, I think Olivia would be mortified if I showed up in her school with a video camera. Silly mommy that I am.

Thank you DJ Evans and Finn for the info. on the recipe thread and for the link, Mare. I just checked it out and remember having read it way back before I became a member.

I love carrot cake, but must admit that I only like the homemade kind. The store bought just does not taste the same.

Did anyone watch American Idol? I don't want to say who won in case anyone TiVo'd it.

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haymoni - May 24, 2006 8:13 pm (#395 of 2979)        

OK - I have totally ruined myself.

I watched "Lost".

I'm hooked.

Do you think I have an addictive personality???

I don't smoke, drink coffee or have more than 1 drink at a sitting.

However, I'm hooked on a book (okay - books), I watched "Contender" until my eyes bled and now you nasty, nasty people have led me to an island.

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Tazzygirl - May 24, 2006 8:21 pm (#396 of 2979)        

Welcome to our world, Haymoni! And you started with the season 2 Finale for Lost?!?! You are brave!

~Kristina

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Mrs. Sirius - May 24, 2006 9:40 pm (#397 of 2979)        

Haymoni, nope, we really do have selectmen in New England. There is the first selectmen, and two selectman on the board of selectman. They are like the mayor. Our selectman, until this past election, was one of those youngest ever, he was in his early 20’s when he was first elected.

I loved carrot cake and then I discovered cheese cake. I had one slice of cheese cake and was so amazed that anything could be so good. I bought a cheese cake at a New York bakery. I gave my sister a slice and took a slice for myself, then I had another because it was just so good. Then I had another thin slice and then another smidge. Before I knew it I 'd eaten the entire cheese cake, but for the slice my sister had. One should never eat an entire cheese cake…I did discover.

Congratulations Finn on the poetry contest. I never got a handle on poetry.

Happy birthday Lexie!

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Julie Aronson - May 24, 2006 11:48 pm (#398 of 2979)        

Congrats Finn!!!

MMmmmmm...cheesecake...it's no wonder I can't lose any weight with all the food talk on this forum!

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The giant squid - May 25, 2006 2:21 am (#399 of 2979)        

Congrats, Finn, and welcome to the island, haymoni. "One of us...one of us..."

Well, after Marie's story I'm now planning on ordering something online for the girls...how much is a Soprano's-style whacking going for on Amazon? Seriously, what kind of pathetic waste shoots things at kids half his age? I've got half a mind to hop on a plane and ruin his weekend. I have bigger things than beads, and years more experience with slingshots...

Since Kip (wisely) put the kibosh on the Amsterdam stuff, I'll just offer a LOL to Loopy and Julie.

--Mike

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kaykay1970 - May 25, 2006 4:49 am (#400 of 2979)        

Congratulations Finn!

For some reason I suddenly feel hungry. I was actually ok with all then food talk until Mrs. Sirius mentioned cheesecake. It is my absolute favorite, but I only really like it homemade. Off to find my recipe...
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Eponine - May 25, 2006 5:05 am (#401 of 2979)        

Mmmm...cheesecake. I have a fabulous Oreo Cheesecake recipe that's just to die for, but it's very, very bad for you.

The other day I made a dark chocolate raspberry cake, and it was delicious. I was very glad I got to send the rest of it home with other people after lunch, because I can't have that stuff in my house right now. (I'm trying to lose weight. So far, I've lost about 8 pounds.)

I'm driving home today for the weekend. Mr. Eponine's job took him to Chattanooga this week, so I'm driving out today, and we're going to spend some time with my family. Whenever I go home, there's a couple restaurants I have to go to, and I must visit the used book stores. I usually come back to NC with several more books than when I left.

I hope everyone has a great RotD!

P.S. Bellatrix has reportedly been recast.

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Puck - May 25, 2006 5:13 am (#402 of 2979)        

mmmm, cheesecake!

Haymoni, hehehe, it worked! You couldn't resist that white print!

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Marie E. - May 25, 2006 5:29 am (#403 of 2979)        

Mr. E forgot to go over to the neighbor's yesterday, so we've yet to talk to the boy's parents. I'm kind of glad they weren't home that night because I was hopping mad (almost literally) and I might have said something I shouldn't have.

Today is the last day of school in our district. I really liked the teachers my girls had this year, so I almost as sad as they are. Shayla has a field trip today to Cave of the Winds. Mr E will be going along since I have kindergarten graduation (silly me, planning it right before lunch). Lexie has a hotdog picnic so I'll need to dress her in ketchup colored clothes.

I saw American Idol last night and can't say that I'm surprised at all. It was great seeing Chris sing with one of my favorite bands, Live. RotD

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azi - May 25, 2006 5:48 am (#404 of 2979)        

So many yummy things on this thread! Love cheesecake, dutch pancakes (mmm, could do with some of those!) etc. However I *do not* like triple salt liquourice! Foul stuff. Liqourice itself I love.

Mare - I did fly over the Netherlands as I returned from a trip to Germany! I got very excited at how much you could see.

Eeep, I need to get ready to go for my train home.

Hope everyone has a great weekend!

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Loopy Lupin - May 25, 2006 6:02 am (#405 of 2979)        

I spent an hour on the phone today with a parent who wants ME to institute the National History Day competition at our school.—Catherine

Ooooh. Hmmm. I'm curious. What would you do if someone turned in a project based on The Da Vinci Code ?

Azi, what did you mean about the "British" accents in The Da Vinci Code ?

And, speaking of The Da Vinci Code , I liked the book a lot if for no other reason than it made be google all the art work being discussed so that I could see what they were talking about. (I don't care what anyone says, that is clearly a female sitting next to Jesus in "The Last Supper." Not so sure about the other interpretations contained in the book.)

As to the movie, it was good but not great........I'm well aware of the differences between books and movies and translating the former into the latter (see my collected works down in the movie threads ), but I think Ron Howard and the crew fell just short of capturing the "spirit" of the book. Tom Hanks is either miscast or he just decided to phone this one in. On the other hand, if the professor is supposed to be a wooden, unemotional being who lacks the capacity for facial expression, then Hanks nailed it. The movie just didn't do enough to translate the process of deciphering all the puzzles. Compare National Treasure for example.

Have a good day all.

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Mrs. Sirius - May 25, 2006 6:22 am (#406 of 2979)        

I spent an hour on the phone today with a parent who wants ME to institute the National History Day competition at our school.—Catherine

Way back when there some talk about Six Degrees of Separation from Kevin Bacon,(very convoluted connection, stay with me here), my son was just assigned his state project. He has to research and report on a person or event important to our state, Connecticut. Joseph Smith, (born in Vermont), the founder of the Mormon church, was descendent from John Huntley. John Huntley (1640) was one of the founders the area that now comprises the 6 towns in Connecticut on the shoreline were we live. My husband is descendent from John Huntley. My son did not choose his ancestor to report on, but that did lead me to think about how many Forummer are members of the LDS, and what a small, small world this is.

I read the Da Vinci Code, haven't seen the movie, I agree that reading the book Tom Hanks is not the person that pops into my mind.

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Lupin is Lupin. Natch. - May 25, 2006 6:37 am (#407 of 2979)        

Tom Hanks is either miscast or he just decided to phone this one in.---Loopy Lupin

I don't know if Hanks was miscast but his hair certainly was.

haymoni, I feel your Lost pain. When will they start reruns of Season 2 and will they start from the beginning, I wonder?

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DJ Evans - May 25, 2006 7:10 am (#408 of 2979)        

Yep Puck, I've been lurking -- I'm getting very bad at that I know. But you see what got me out of the lurking mode -- carrot cake!! lol

Later, Deb ***waves to everyone***

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Holly T. - May 25, 2006 7:18 am (#409 of 2979)        

Catherine--History Day rocks! And it covers so much more than just history. Lots of students get into it because they want to make documentaries--the ones that win at nationals are so good they could be on the History Channel (one of National History Day's sponsors, btw). The top-placing research papers are excellent and the performances will blow you away. I have never been to nationals but I have been peripherally involved with Texas History Day--the state finals--for several years, usually as a judge, and many of the Texas projects have placed at nationals. It is a great program.

I love carrot cake and cheesecake and have not seen or read the Da Vinci Code. We went to see Hoot over the weekend and it was cute and we enjoyed it. I would hurry if you want to see if though as there were less than 10 people in the theater watching it--the three theaters showing Over the Hedge were all packed.

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Torill - May 25, 2006 7:49 am (#410 of 2979)        

Hi everyone - I take my chances and post in here even if I am new - I read that it was not allowed to chat or welcome anyone in the newbie thread, one should go here, so I went here - I have just introduced myself over there, and do look forward to get to know people in here!

Read up most of this thread, and my, did I get a craving for cake - can't see why, hehe... I had this delicious very dark chocolate cake with just a sting of chili in it a while ago, and was given the recipe too, but haven't tried it yet - maybe I will go dig it up now - no, too lazy just now...plus, I am planning to perhaps losing a bit weight as well - but I would prefer to do that from more activity, more training, instead of from subjecting myself to cake deprivation..

Since I am a newbie - is there any interesting ongoing discussions you could point me to? Any “must reads” that would help me avoid looking too stupid for not knowing? Otherwise, I do plan to just dive in here and there, give me a few days.. ;-)- this seems like a friendly place!

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haymoni - May 25, 2006 8:02 am (#411 of 2979)        

Torill - I think you should pick a topic and dive right in.

You might want to pick a thread with only a few posts, just to get your feet wet.

Some of the threads are HUGE, but if you take the time to read through one of them - and keep something handy to jot down your comments as you go - you'll be a pro in no time.

I read your intro and you sound just as obsessed as the rest of us.

Welcome!

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Torill - May 25, 2006 8:08 am (#412 of 2979)        

Thanks for the tip and the welcome, haymoni! Yes, I have started to read up one of the awe-inspiring Huge Threads, and since I am a huge Sirius-fan, guess which! So far I am up to post no.34, so it will take a while till I am ready to post, I guess.. hehe. But I might try something shorter in between.

Guess you could call me obsessed, yes, guess you could....

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kaykay1970 - May 25, 2006 8:50 am (#413 of 2979)        

Welcome to the forum Torill!! Your English is wonderful, by the way!

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azi - May 25, 2006 10:06 am (#414 of 2979)        

Loopy - I was talking about the way the Police talked. Never heard anyone talk like that. Might have been some other examples, but the whole film is hazy now...

Welcome Torill! If you want a thread which you can jump pretty much straight into, I'd suggest the Potty Games thread! It's a lot of fun.

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Loopy Lupin - May 25, 2006 10:23 am (#415 of 2979)        

Any “must reads” that would help me avoid looking too stupid for not knowing? – Torill

Don't worry about "looking too stupid." I've never let that fear stop me from posting anything.

Edit: ****wonders if Catherine likes new avatar***

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Torill - May 25, 2006 10:45 am (#416 of 2979)        

Kaykay1970 - thank you!! 😊 And thanks to azi and Loopy Lupin as well, for the welcome - that's what I thought, this is a friendly place. I will try not to worry too much about the stupid part, and yes, will definitely try the Potty games thread!

Right now, my flat mate and dear friend is about to finish cooking a delicious wok meal for us, so will have to go for now - I am very happy with my first day as a Lexicon forum member!! See you all around.

Torill

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Puck - May 25, 2006 10:55 am (#417 of 2979)        

Welcome, Torill! (Oh, if you're feeling lazy, you can always click on "recent" at the bottom of the page, and it will skip you to the end of the thread.)

Baking Snickerdoodles, as it is hubby's turn to bring cookies to work tomorrow for Friday "Cookie Time". Also need to pack a picnic as the kids and are are playing at the playground until T-ball. Of course, I need to figure out how to do all this without disturbing the baby asleep on my lap.

Mike, thanks for movie advice on the other thread. Mr. Puck already took the older 2 to "Over the Hedge" this weekend.

Holly, like the new avatar. I need to remember to ask hubby to show me how to shrink pictures!

Happy RotD! (Remains of the Day, in case Torill or other newbies are wondering.)

Kathy

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Thora - May 25, 2006 10:55 am (#418 of 2979)        

Torill- Welcome! You might want to look up the Dumbledore is the Giant Squid thread, but as far as I know that's the only prerequisite for catching all the inside jokes. I'm sure you'll soon find threads that are your natural home, we all have a few favorites that we keep tabs on.

All- Does it ever amaze you the kind of people that gravitate to this forum? Sometimes I feel like the least educated person one here, and that includes Finn.

Anyway, just feeling honored to be here.

I'm deliberately delaying my packing so I won't arrive at my in-laws until all the local restaurants are closed. I'm also waiting for my husband to call me back because SOMEHOW my mother-in-law got the impression that she gets to keep my children for the weekend while we go to Ohio. After the condition in which my son was returned (he is still acting very spoiled and it's been a week) I have no intention of leaving my children there again. Half the trip has been planned around visiting their friends, why would we leave them behind?

Okay, done venting.

This thread has also added to my appetite, but thankfully I cannot bake so I'm in no danger. I've had the fortune to become addicted to only those desserts that are only available in restaurants, so I can keep them in check simply by chaining myself to my computer. I am of course excluding the Lindt Chocolate Truffles I have stashed 10 feet behind me, but those are strictly used to ward off dementors, and they are 10 feet away so I can kill off 2 of the 34 calories in each square by just getting up to get one.

Well this is turning into a bit of a book written in stream-of-consciousness, so I'll go pack now.

Thora

(By the way, do fortifying charms work on oneself or do I need a potion for that?)

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Tazzygirl - May 25, 2006 11:15 am (#419 of 2979)        

Welcome, Torill! I hope you enjoy it here as much as I do!!

I started watching the season finale of Lost last night, but ended up falling asleep (Bad Lost fan, I know!) so I will be watching it tonight...

Oh- I forgot who also watches the Amazing Race, and mentioned a while ago that on the Today Show, two members of the Amazing Race got engaged. Who was it?

Off to check to see if the new Potty Five Words story has been started!!

Hope you all have a fabulous RotD/N!!

~Kristina

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haymoni - May 25, 2006 11:37 am (#420 of 2979)        

Thora - while I understand and sympathize with most comments about in-laws, why do you want to get to their house after all the restaurants are closed????

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Thora - May 25, 2006 12:14 pm (#421 of 2979)        

haymoni- Because then she can't watch me eat and complain I didn't eat anything. They never let us get the tab, and then I get "the look" if I don't order a huge expensive meal.

Ever known someone you couldn't please, no matter what you do, but who pretends to be overly pleased until your back is turned?

Sigh, sorry, I shouldn't even get started.

I'm still not sure how to pack the kids, I wish my husband would call back...

Thora

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Anamaria-Ginny - May 25, 2006 12:26 pm (#422 of 2979)        

Hi!! I´m finally back. Tomorrow I will play volleyball in school in first team. i don't know what to say. I wasen´t. hear for a long time.

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John Bumbledore - May 25, 2006 12:41 pm (#423 of 2979)        
Edited May 25, 2006 1:36 pm

** Sending fortifying charms to Thora! **

Thora, my mum is like that to my wife. It is not often and only seems to be unintended, in our case. Hope I haven't made the charm too strong.

Oh, and may I suggest you pack the truffles or another "secret" stash of chocolate? Sounds like you will be near a dementor during your trip...

** waves to every one! **

I must go now. I hope to be back tomorrow. **steps out the door, then you hear a soft, muffled CRACK as he disapperates.**

<)B^D˜ John Bumbledore

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Torill - May 25, 2006 12:50 pm (#424 of 2979)        

Dagfinn, my flatmate, wanted to check a few things on the net, so here I am again...

The meal he had cooked was really wonderful - marinated meat and lots of crunchy fresh vegetables, and a good red wine. We watched "the Mummy returns" on DVD while eating - didn't know it was so hilarous! Totally silly, but well made, funny and thrilling. I really enjoyed myself! Today is a holiday in my country, and both Dagfinn and I have the day off tomorrow as well, so not working till Monday, yohoo!

Puck, Thora and Tazzygirl, thanks a lot to you too for your nice welcome. Yes, I did read that Dumbledore is the Giant Squid thread, very funny it was too!! DIGS is the acronym for that, right? I always thought that if DD was an animagus, he had to become a phoenix though, but that's just me, hehe.

And thanks for the explanation of the RotD, Tazzygirl, that was actually one of the things I planned to ask!

I so know I am going to like it here

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The giant squid - May 25, 2006 12:59 pm (#425 of 2979)        

I'm still not sure how to pack the kids—Thora

I'd recommend bubble wrap. tissue paper just doesn't protect as well. Chat & Greetings 2006 - Page 3 1003735042

Welcome aboard, Torill. As the others have said, don't worry about looking silly--we were all newbies here once. This is by far the most polite and respectful board I've ever seen; instead of being ridiculed for posting something that's been said before, you'll get a polite nudge in the right direction. We'll usually wait untilt he third or fourth time you mess up before we call you on it.

--Mike

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Holly T. - May 25, 2006 12:59 pm (#426 of 2979)        

Welcome Torill!

Thora, the best visit I ever spent with my in-laws was when I had horrible bronchitis and was doped up on this wonderful codeine-laced cough syrup. I would wake up, cough for a while, take a dose of cough syrup, go back to sleep, repeat for the whole visit. And they couldn't complain that I was being unsociable because I was sick.

I am going to be spending the next two weekends with my in-laws. My husband and the kids are coming too, LOL. Actually, for the present I actually would rather spend time with my in-laws than my own parents, but I definitely have BTDT with judgmental in-laws, especially when the kids were babies. Yikes.

Off I go for the holiday weekend. We'll be at my in-laws' lake house, where my son likes to make mud, roll in the mud, jump in the lake to rinse off the mud, repeat until we force him to get cleaned up. I will be kicked back in a chair with my iPod and a book trying to keep him away from me when he is covered in mud.

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kaykay1970 - May 25, 2006 1:16 pm (#427 of 2979)        

But Holly, he would have already gotten clean in the lake! HeeHee

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HungarianHorntail11 - May 25, 2006 1:26 pm (#428 of 2979)        

Hi Torill! Welcome to the Lexicon! I enjoyed reading your posts!

Hmm, I just read through a load of posts, have all these thoughts in my head throughout, I get to the end to type and then. . .nothing.

I hope the thread isn't dead over the weekend. Are the HHs the only ones not going away for the weekend??

John, it's nice to see that you are keeping up.

Thora, this may sound nuts, but at least your in-laws have the courtesy to "act" like everything is okay. Sometimes the tomatoes-in-the-face get tiresome. Kevin and I have resigned ourselves to the fact that we are the "black sheep" of our families. Oh well, new litter, fresh start. Hopefully we will know better for our children, right???

Anyway, I think John's suggestion to pack chocolate was an excellent one ! LOL!

I'd recommend bubble wrap. tissue paper just doesn't protect as well.

Mike, for some reason, I found this particularly funny! (Perhaps because I am envisioning my "mouthy" daughter in bubble wrap.) Thanks for the LOL!

Have a great RotD (and weekend for those logging off for a while).

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John Bumbledore - May 25, 2006 1:32 pm (#429 of 2979)        

I'm still not sure how to pack the kids--Thora

I'd recommend bubble wrap. tissue paper just doesn't protect as well.--Squid-Mike.


ROFL! Actually, I would recommend using a tarp (tarpoline), wrap them up in it with a bit of extra room, lash the package to the luggage rack on the roof of the minivan (or car). Use Mike's bubble wrap and a few layers of cardboard between the roof and the package to keep the noise down..

But I've never tried this, mind you. **thought about it yes, but never tried it**

Did I ever mention that my wife, mother of four, invented the following phrase?

“I know why some animals eat their young...

Because they can!’

<)B^D˜ John Bumbledore

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Tazzygirl - May 25, 2006 2:20 pm (#430 of 2979)        

This has been a highly entertaining thread today. I remember both my parents saying they would tie one of us kids to the bumper if we didn't stop picking at each other in the back seat.

Torill- Puck was the one who explained RotD to you. But, I include the /N at the end to include the people who already had a great day. (RotD/N) I like to cover all bases!

Just took 'Thaniel on a very long walk around the park and Waikiki. Fabulous fun!

~Kristina

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Torill - May 25, 2006 2:23 pm (#431 of 2979)        

Thanks again to everyone welcoming me - you are all so nice.

ROTFL to the bubble wrap kids - now you have put an image in my head, really!! I can just see those struggling little packages on the roof of the car, with their muffled cries!

Wonder if that would work on some of my patients? Bubble wrap I mean? :evil grin: (I currently work on a ward for young schizophrenic drug addicts - it does get noisy sometimes.. ) (And that was a very very nasty thought, bad Torill :fetches lamp to bang over her head: - they are very young, very vulnerable and very beautiful - but you know, sometimes....!)

Oh - sorry Puck!! But then - what does the /N mean?

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Tazzygirl - May 25, 2006 2:33 pm (#432 of 2979)        

Torill, sorry! /N means /Night... so 'Remainder of the Day/Night'.

~Kristina

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Lina - May 25, 2006 2:51 pm (#433 of 2979)        

Welcome Torill! I am quite behind on the Snape thread lately, but I'm afraid that you will come to its end before me. Yet, nobody will get angry with you if you just choose to read 20 last posts and jump into the conversation. But if you want to read more about Snape, maybe you'd like to have a look at = Hogwarts Staff Group Section Folder... :evilgrin: And if you like to chat, you are welcome to visit the chat room in the evening (I mean your evening)...

Thora, I totally agree with you that this forum attracts the special kind of people, that's why I enjoy it!

It seems to me that we could start a weight loss support group here. Now, if we who need to loose weight, join the Procrastinators Anonymous, we can just keep talking about food and start the diet later...

Oh, well, I'm not going anywhere this weekend, Maria! Or maybe I could just have a quick trip to Hungary... This reminds me that I will be 4 km (2,5 miles?) from Hungary this summer, a friend of mine is getting married...

Mihaela is having the end of the day care play tomorrow. They will all be flowers and have many of flower related songs... And she announced me today that she has an official boyfriend. And she will be dancing with him in the play. I told my hubby that his daughter has a boyfriend (didn't mention which one) and his heart stopped for a second. Not to mention that it was after 9 p. m. and Kate was not home yet...

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Torill - May 25, 2006 3:29 pm (#434 of 2979)        

Thanks Kristina, I should have known. N=night, of course!

Lina, I would love to join the chatroom one night - but there is a time difference issue, yes - I am GMT+1 hour - and most of you are in the US, right? I guess New York for instance is some 6 hours behind Oslo... I have tried to start a campaign for a flat earth for a long time now, to avoid all this silly time difference business that is such a hassle in international cooperation, but so far, it hasn't met with much sucess...

Speaking of which, it is really getting late here now, past midnight already, so I will have to go. Nice talking to you all and have a great RoD/N (hope I got that right now, LOL)

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Chemyst - May 25, 2006 4:14 pm (#435 of 2979)        

Way, way back when I first started reading this thread today, Puck asked, "What's a "real" pancake?" Well, I had to go grocery shopping this afternoon and I can tell you what a non-real one is — they had big plastic bags of 'pancakes' in the freezer section that you could pop into a toaster, (the pancakes, not the bags.) They were grey and splotchy, and I’m pretty sure those were not real pancakes. Anyway, I didn’t see an answer to your question, so– guessing here, they probably meant real pancakes are what we’d call crêpes.

History Day takes applications for paid interns! That would have been useful to know last February.

Now, cheesecake… I have a recipe for pumpkin cheesecake (probably not as good as Eponine’s Oreo, but more Wizard-worldy, and, Mmm, it has pecans too,) which I mention just in case it will help get Deb out of lurker mode.
and…
 going back to your link in post #401 to CBBC Newsround about the Bellatrix recast; Apple Brook as Professor Grubbly-Plank looks exactly as I’d imagined. Now I must find a picture of young Snape.  **wonders if anyone was thoughtful enough to post one on the move 5 thread.**

Hi, Torill.   And hello again, Anamaria-Ginny, (did you enjoy Gardaland as much as Kate did?)
Holly, I'm enjoying your Easter avatar, but I worry that by getting rid of the Christmas tree, you may have jeopardized your 'member in good standing' status of Procrastinators Anonymous.

HH, I’m not going anywhere over the weekend, unless you count going out to the backyard hammock.

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Lupin is Lupin. Natch. - May 25, 2006 4:27 pm (#436 of 2979)        

There's actually someone named Apple Brook in the world? Sounds like a location in The Secret Garden or perhaps Winnie-the-Pooh.

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HungarianHorntail11 - May 25, 2006 4:45 pm (#437 of 2979)        

Oh hooray, Lina and Chemyst! The crickets won't be chirping on this thread after all!

Mihaela's play sounds adorable! Poor shell-shocked daddy. And poor Kate coming home and taking the rap for her sister!!

My husband always says, "The girls promised me I can choose for them." At which point Olivia promptly turns to him and says, "I never said that!!" LOLOLOLOL!!

She did confess to me that "there is no one in this school for me" much to my pleasant surprise. Whew, we've got until college, then.

Lina, I wish I could visit Hungary! I can't believe how close you are - I may be a tad jealous.

Hi Annamaria-Ginny!

Maria

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Catherine - May 25, 2006 5:05 pm (#438 of 2979)        

She did confess to me that "there is no one in this school for me" much to my pleasant surprise.

Urg. This reminds me. Hayley came home not too long ago and asked, "How old do you have to be before you can kiss a boy on the lips?"

I nearly swooned at this question, but did recover faster than her Daddy did. I told her, "Kissing on the lips is so yucky, only married people do it." I was kidding, naturally, but she took my words to heart, and I haven't been motivated to correct her yet. Well, she'll probably figure that one out, eventually....

I hope this doesn't put me in the same category of people who tell children that they came from a cabbage patch. Duh.

We all know that I think that rosebushes and peonies are much prettier than cabbage.  Chat & Greetings 2006 - Page 3 464751818

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DJ Evans - May 25, 2006 5:53 pm (#439 of 2979)        

Chemyst: ***comes out of lurker mode for a moment, again*** I admit that a piece of cheesecake would not be turned down by me for any reason. And pumpkin pie is my 2nd all time favorite pie (chess pie being #1) -- but I just cannot imagine the two flavors together, hmmmm? You do have me intrigued though. Please email me the recipe, if you don't mind & I'll give it a try. (my email address is in my profile) Sounds very interesting.....

I know I should post more or at least once in a blue moon & let everyone know I'm still around or something. ****hangs head in shame****

Oh, I "can" give you all some exciting news on one of our members from way back when. For those of you who remember Sherbie Lemon, she is expecting in August! She is doing fine & just finished up her classes for this term.

We've sold our house & will be looking for a new place soon. Hopefully we will move to a more populated area & get out of the boonies (way back in the country) like we are now. Mom had a stroke a couple of weeks ago, but she is doing great. This is her second one in 8 years & in some ways she is better now than what she was after her first one.

Later, Deb

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Julie Aronson - May 25, 2006 5:55 pm (#440 of 2979)        

Torill, you must have the patience of a saint! Gosh!!!

LOL, Catherine! That was a great answer! Puckering Smile

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Finn BV - May 25, 2006 5:56 pm (#441 of 2979)        

Thanks all!

Welcome back Deb and Amy!

Welcome Torill, enjoy yourself here! Glad to hear that my name will not sound foreign to you at all (for it is Finn ).

Thora, thanks for showing us your Molly clock! That's so cool! And a at your educated remark. We have such a diverse collection of members, that's all! And some fortifying charms to you as per your request.

Not to mention that it was after 9 p. m. and Kate was not home yet... --Lina

LOL! Hoping to see more of the two of you soon! (Or maybe I'm just not around enough, what with exams and all!) BTW, Lina, you need to refill your premium status!

Chemyst, yes, Grubbly-Plank looks just like I thought too, maybe with a bit more hair and without the smile, but, hooray for more casting news!

Words of wisdom, Catherine.

At 9:20 today I was officially finished with my science teacher forever, no more will I ever have class in that classroom or class with him. Wow. Only one more day of middle school classes!!

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Tazzygirl - May 25, 2006 5:59 pm (#442 of 2979)        

Catherine: ...same category of people who tell children that they came from a cabbage patch. Duh.

My brother and I (being twins) were told we came from K-Mart (Kid-Mart). My sister was picked from a tree...

So technically we did not come from the cabbage patch. Chat & Greetings 2006 - Page 3 1003735042

(Just thought I'd share!)

~Kristina

Edit: Yeay to Finn! One more day and then you can be classified as a freshman!

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HungarianHorntail13 - May 25, 2006 6:18 pm (#443 of 2979)        

HI! I haven't been on in a while, and I just skipped the past 100 posts. If there are any posts that anyone thinks I should read, please tell me.

Yay Finn! No more school for you! I get out on June 22nd, so I feel left out

._O livia

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Puck - May 25, 2006 6:57 pm (#444 of 2979)        

Healing charms to Deb's Mom!

LOL, Lina. It will almost be worth dealing with "Diva; the Teen Years", just to watch my husband struggle with the idea of his girls dating!

Kristina, did I know you had a twin?

I'm still not sure how to pack the kids, I wish my husband would call back...

I had a funny remark to make about this, but Mike and John were quicker and funnier! ROTFL

We had a lovely afternoon on the playgrounds. After almost 4 hours of playing outside the children went to bed without struggle.

I, too, will not being going away for the weekend. *sigh*

While many of us are in the States, there are some in Australia and a fair number in Europe. Actually, the chat room seems busiest when it is evening in Europe and afternoon in the states.

Happy RotD!

Kathy

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Mediwitch - May 25, 2006 7:14 pm (#445 of 2979)        

Hello, Torrill, and welcome!

HH11 (and others!) - I'll be home for the weekend, too, so add one more to the (short) list of those who will be here. We live in a really tiny town in CT, and have THE most quintessential New England Memorial Day parade and ceremony on the tiny town green. Wouldn't miss it for the world, even if I didn't march with the fire department/ambulance. Ambulance

Cheesecake...mmmmm....I have a yummy Kahlua Cheesecake recipe; when my daughter was younger she used to call it "Kahlu-ha-ha Pie"!

HH13, after suffering some jealousy over Finn's early last day of school, you have made me feel better - our schools here are out on the 15th. (As I told Finn, even the teachers count down until the last day! )

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Tazzygirl - May 25, 2006 8:12 pm (#446 of 2979)        
Edited May 25, 2006 9:35 pm

Puck: Kristina, did I know you had a twin?

I don't know... I think I mentioned it to a couple people in the chat, but I don't remember who. But now you know for sure!

~Kristina

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Mrs. Sirius - May 25, 2006 9:12 pm (#447 of 2979)        

My brother and I (being twins) were told we came from K-Mart (Kid-Mart). My sister was picked from a tree..

Growing up, when I asked my mother for an older brother she said that Sears & Roebuck stopped making them so I couldn't have one. Well it was true that could not get an older brother at least.

I didn't know you were a twin either! (I have triplets with 2 who are identical)

Welcome Torrill!

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Tazzygirl - May 25, 2006 9:35 pm (#448 of 2979)        

Mrs. Sirius- isn't it funny what parents say to their children? I can't wait to tell it to my own one day! I didn't know you had triplets! Cool!

Obviously, my brother and I are not identical. We get that question a lot... We also get asked if we are in the same grade (when in high school), and here's a Duh! one: So you guys are the same age? :headwall: Sometimes I think people's heads are full of fluff.

~Kristina

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HungarianHorntail11 - May 25, 2006 9:41 pm (#449 of 2979)        

Great - another non-traveler! Mediwitch, I'm in NJ! **waves**

I am not a great fan of cheesecake but I must say Kahlua cheesecake sounds enticing! Could you possibly share that recipe????

Deb, very good to learn that your mom is doing better. I don't think I've ever heard of anyone being better after a second stroke than before it.

LOL Catherine - I like that answer! (mind if I borrow it if the need arises?) FWIW, I wouldn't tell her, either.

Hi Kristina! ((Trying feverishly to remember if I've ever asked a dumb twin question or not))

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Tazzygirl - May 25, 2006 10:55 pm (#450 of 2979)        

Hi Maria!!

Kahlua Cheesecake is THE best cheesecake in the world. I can never pass up a slice. **yum**

I have a question for the fellow forum members from Germany and Ireland:

What is the weather like in Germany in June? My aunt, uncle, and the kiddies are going there next week for the World Cup, and are going to be there for about three weeks (without me. How could they???). I thought I'd ask you all because I have to pack the kids' suitcases, and I'd like to pack appropriately.

and... What is the weather like in Ireland in July? My parents are going there for 15 days (I believe they are doing a complete circle tour of the island), and my mom doesn't know what to pack. They are also going without me. (What is wrong with the members of my family who don't take me to other countries!?! ) The day they leave for Ireland is the same day I fly back to Hawaii from California (I am going to California in less than a week! w00t!!!). I'd much rather continue to be on vacation and go to Ireland. Oh well.

I am also currently really bored. Hence the reason why I am posting after every time someone posts here. Sooooo... if any of you are reading this, and would like to post on Potty Five Words (hint hint MARIA), that would be fabulous!!

~Kristina
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Good Evans - May 26, 2006 1:42 am (#451 of 2979)        

Welcome Torill, and dont worry about time differences, GMT +1 hour makes you one hour ahead of Me and there is usually a very international flavour in the chat room most evenings, there are several people popping by and the conversations range from the eductional (what was that fish called???? humahuma......??)to the down right bizarre (hmmn same thing!) we also run linguistic classes (lol well a few words and phrases anyway)

Tazzy, Europe in June and July is fabulous, the weather should be lovely and warm in both Ireland and Germany! However if they come to the UK better bring thier wellies!! although weathermen are saying that from mid June it will be hot hot hot, hmmn, you know this is the wettest drought I've ever been in (!)

Off to lunch in town today (London) - I'm supposed to be doing the housework before I go, but hey "procrastinators are us" seemed a much better use of my time!!

I have about an hour before I need to go for the train. Not being good this week with the dieting, I blame all of you talking about food on this thread! still I am not weighing til Wednesday so I have an opportunity to put things right!

have a great day, I'll hopefully get back here this evening, as I am eating at lunch time I shan't be cooking dinner, those that want to eat will have to shift for themselves!! But the Americal Idol final is on tonight and I have been really good and not cheated to see who won, I'm rooting for Katherine.

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Amilia Smith - May 26, 2006 3:38 am (#452 of 2979)        

Hmmm . . . my mom actually told me the truth about where babies came from--I just didn't get it.

The baby is in you tummy Mommy?
Actually, it is in my womb.
*I take her by the hand, lead her down the hall to her bedroom.*
But this is your real room, right Mommy?

One of my summer classes started Monday. Film Librarianship. It's really cool. I get to watch lots and lots of movies for homework. Tonight I watched Sunset Boulevard with a couple of classmates. None of us had ever seen it before. I was the most familiar with it, having seen bits and pieces before, as well as having memorized the Broadway soundtrack (I was on a Lloyd Webber kick a few years back). As the movie ended, we just looked at each other and said, "Wow!" That is one incredible movie! Now, at home, I have looked up the movie on Rotten Tomatoes (100% Tomato rating!) and IMDB. It is quite amazing how Billy Wilder blended truth and fiction for this film. I highly recommend this movie to any and all who have not seen it before!

Mills.

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mike miller - May 26, 2006 4:17 am (#453 of 2979)        

Welcome Torill!

I love cheesecake, it's a serious weakness of mine. When we lived in California we were right down the street from a popular restaurant called Cheesecake Factory. They have many, many flavors; almost like ice cream. One of my favorites was peach. My wife has a great recipe she found in an old Southern Living cookbook, about as good as it gets!!!

We try to avoid travelling at holiday times, too many bad experiences. I would much rather go at an off time and avoid the crowds. We'll probably take advantage of the Memorial Day sales and try to make progress on our list. We've been working on getting a few things for the house. New deck furniture was secured on Tuesday thanks to pre-holiday sale at Sears.

My wife is still looking for a new dresser, so I'm guessing some time in the furniture store is coming up. Unfortunately, we cannot buy the dresser to match our bedrooom suite since they no longer make it. We purchased our bedroom funiture from Thomasville hoping that we would be able to add pieces later. No such luck as they style we picked was only available for a couple of years, I guess it didn't sell well. It is becoming a real challenge to find something we like that is complimentary to the rest of the set.

Have a great weekend everyone!

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Puck - May 26, 2006 5:30 am (#454 of 2979)        

LOL, Mills! That's a good one!

I once got carded when ordering Kaluha cheesecake, as it has alcohol in it. I was mid-twenties, but had left my ID at home. It took some doing, but we finally convinced the waitress to let me have dessert.

Mike M., I too am hoping to spend time at Sears. I have my 3 year-old telling her dad, "Mommy needs a new dishwasher." I'm convinced that my plates should be clean when I take them out of the machine. How silly of me.

Just for Julie, it's time for fresh berries! Strawberries, blueberries, rasberries. Yummy! (and non fat!) Thought I'd toss in mention of some of my favorite healthy foods!

Kristina, Ray proposed to Yolanda on the Early Show last week.

Happy RotD!

Kathy

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Lupin is Lupin. Natch. - May 26, 2006 5:57 am (#455 of 2979)        

I, too, will not being going away for the weekend. *sigh*---Puck

Personally Kathy, I think you shouldn't even attempt the Mass Pike this weekend given its recent difficulties.

Mr. Lupin is Lupin is taking a rare day off from work today. The lovely man is making me breakfast as I type ***waves to Loopy Lupin*** and then I plan to send him off for a day of fishing. I'd like to go too but it's my dear friend's 40th and I need to get her gift filled with flowers.

My weekend is going to be filled with long drives and birthday parties. ***waves to Catherine*** I'd kill for two blissful hours in a hammock.

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haymoni - May 26, 2006 6:13 am (#456 of 2979)        

Your "packing the kids" suggestion made me think of Slug-Slytherins in the luggage rack on the Hogwarts Express.

I will eat ANY kind of cheesecake. Mmm... sounds like the alcohol from the Kahlua doesn't cook out...must get some!

Too bad about the in-law thing. I, of course, would say something crass like, "I just can't eat a big dinner like YOU can!" which would lead to more glares. Alas, earwax!

We made some comments about "The Outsiders" on the You Know You're A... thread. Last night, I watched ER and C. Thomas Howell was playing a bad guy. I kept thinking to myself, "Ponyboy Curtis would NEVER do anything like that!!!" I am a bit miffed that he would choose to portray such a person - I know, "acting challenge" - "allow people to see me in a different kind of role" - blah, blah. Sorry, but that was just WRONG!

Happy Friday all!

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kaykay1970 - May 26, 2006 6:24 am (#457 of 2979)        

Strawberries, blueberries, raspberries! Hmm...all great toppings for cheesecake!

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HungarianHorntail11 - May 26, 2006 6:30 am (#458 of 2979)        

Oh Kristina, I am sorry that you have to see people off to such great adventures without going.

I will try to get on Five Words, I love it! If I can only keep up with the storyline. By the time I've got that, it's on to another topic and well, then I have to research it again. . .it's like a vicious cycle for me, it is! Of course, having my three children home also serves as a distraction. I LOVE when they are home and we can all relax together.

mike miller, may I recommend that you search Ebay? If you know the name of the Thomasville line, you can do a specific search on it. Most likely something will come up.

Puck, I can't believe you got carded for food! LOL! I did not get carded often enough. I have resigned myself to the fact that I look older than I actually am. *sigh*

LOL haymoni and Mills! And kaykay! Hi!

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mike miller - May 26, 2006 6:32 am (#459 of 2979)        

Puck - Sears is the best place for appliances! Silly of you to expect clean dishes from a dishwasher, LOL ;-) I may be replacing my lawn tractor as well, they have a nice one marked down!

I LOVE BERRIES!!! any kind, any place, any time and nearly any way (not big on berries and cream). Berries are one of those rare foods that not only taste good but provide tons of anti-oxidents and strangely enough fiber. I would not have guessed those little seeds added up to that much!

Lupin is Lupin - What kind of fishing? As an avid (some would say rabid) outdoorsman, I love to hear about other people exploits. Fill us in on your hubby's return. My wife and daughter have been benefitting from a recent fishing trip I took on the Chesapeake Bay for Stripped Bass. They've had it grilled in a honey dijon and dill sauce and stuffed with crab imperial.

EDIT: Cross posted with HH11. We've done some looking, but honestly, the dresser from our set is just too big. I'm a big fan of eBay, but mostly for my HP collectables!

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haymoni - May 26, 2006 6:42 am (#460 of 2979)        

I was always the one who got carded. (Not any more, of course!)

I was carded at a wedding, for goodness sake!

But my greatest achievement was getting carded to see "Platoon".

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Loopy Lupin - May 26, 2006 7:46 am (#461 of 2979)        

Have a great weekend to all and a great Memorial Day to all the Americans. I'm trying to slip out of work as early as I can to go to the beach and see my nieces and nephews. I bought them all new t-shirts with clever sayings on them. ****waves to Catherine and Kim**** Well, I didn't get the youngest one a shirt because he is 3 and prefers not to wear clothes if at all possible.

Watch out XMen-3, here I come!!!

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Julie Aronson - May 26, 2006 7:55 am (#462 of 2979)        

I'm seeing that tomorrow, Loopy! Do we have any commentary from Squid Mike?

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HungarianHorntail11 - May 26, 2006 8:42 am (#463 of 2979)        

because he is 3 and prefers not to wear clothes if at all possible

Not much improvement from 3 to 4 - just wanted to let you know that.

Oooh, a movie! What a great idea!! We have thunderstorms going on outside.

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HungarianHorntail13 - May 26, 2006 9:03 am (#464 of 2979)        

Yes, Trevor is naked at the moment. I told him to get dressed.

Percy is lecturing me on how my cell phone is on the counter at the moment, and not put away. She has no idea I'm not really listening.

I hate cheesecake. *blech >_< *

I've got no school today, Monday and Tuesday. yay! It's not as good as summer vacation, but still, no homework....

Now I'm off to find lunch!

._O livia

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azi - May 26, 2006 9:10 am (#465 of 2979)        

But my greatest achievement was getting carded to see "Platoon". – Haymoni

Lol! My greatest achievement - getting carded buying non-alcoholic drinks, several times, in the same pub... *sigh*

Hope you enjoy the thunderstorm HH!

I agree Good Evans - this is the wettest drought I've ever been in! Then again, we don't technically have a drought where I am. Good luck with dieting!

I'm dreading going to Potty Five Words with all this talk of posting!

I've been writing on the walls of our living room before my mum puts wallpaper on it. I figured since my brother can scrawl, I can as well! My room is a mess from my brothers invasion. Apparently he's eaten his way through all the biscuits in the cupboard and dropped half of it on the floor! My HP books were also unceremoniously dumped on my bed, along with all my other books and with a mantlepiece and shelves put on top.

Apologies for missing anyone. I read all the posts, but in one ear out the other, ya know!

Happy Friday's to all!

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Puck - May 26, 2006 9:45 am (#466 of 2979)        

Haymoni, LOL on your whole post!

It's fine for Trevor to be naked in the house. Imagine my embarrassment yesterday on the playground when Diva's dress lifted a bit and I realized she had removed her underwear at home. Fortunately, I had brother's baseball pants in the car, so he changed into them, and I put his shorts on her under her dress.

Kay, I was trying not to make Julie think about cheesecake!

I bought son a shirt with the saying "Blame My Sister".

Mike M., if lawn tractors are on sale, perhaps I should avoid Sears. Hubby wants one, but as it is his only excercise, I insist he walk to cut the grass.

Happy Trails!

Kathy

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John Bumbledore - May 26, 2006 9:46 am (#467 of 2979)        
Edited May 26, 2006 10:20 am

Sticker of Dumbledore thinking. Sticker of Hagrid holding a gift. Sticker of Hagrid holding a lantern. Sticker of Harry reaching for the snitch. Here is most of my sticker collection. Just thought I would share them with you. I found similar stickers on eBay and clipped these images. After collecting these, I found another sticker on the floor of my cubical. It is of Dumbledore with wand in his raised left hand. Yesterday I found a second "thinking" DD on my white-board in my cubical.

Now that I look at all of them together, I see all these images feature the left hand being used.. are they are self portraits or is the artist left handed? [Edit: Unexpected results, seems I randomly picked them in an order of decreasing sized. Interesting effect, I'll leave it as is.]

A Happy Weekend to All! We will be at home this holiday weekend. That means forum withdrawal for me.

Happy RotD/N or Weekend!

<)B^D˜ John Bumbledore

Edit 2: Removal of stray punctuation and to note cross posting with Kathy.

Responding to Kathy's post below:
Kathy, Thank you for an excellent suggestion. I think I'll try that. Oops, end of lunch. I'll check in again in a couple hours. **Waves to everyone.**

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Puck - May 26, 2006 9:52 am (#468 of 2979)        

John, I was thinking perhaps you could leave a "Thank-you" note somewhere for your "friend" with all the stickers?

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mike miller - May 26, 2006 10:12 am (#469 of 2979)        

Puck - I've thought about getting a commercial walk-behind to get some exercise, but I've got nearly 2 acres to cut and the real good walk-behinds are very expensive.

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Good Evans - May 26, 2006 10:33 am (#470 of 2979)        

Back from lunch - ok I left at 10.35 this morning and it is 6.30 now!!!! LOL

had a lovely lunch and good chat, trouble was three glasses of wine meant that desert (DESSERT? one of my "blank" words) was impossible to avoid, so I had berries (with cheesecake underneath!) clealry I was in tune with Kaykay at the time!!

LOl - have a good rest of Friday folks, so who is going to be evicted from the big brother house???? I think bonn - eh !!

John, I do feel for you, this really is harassment no matter how much the culprit thinks it amusing! a joke is a joke, this has gone on too long!

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Tazzygirl - May 26, 2006 11:19 am (#471 of 2979)        

Good Evans, thanks for the weather update! My aunt and uncle are staying in London for a week to visit friends, so I'll make sure to pack the kiddies' rain stuff! ...and it's "humuhumunukunukuapua'a" (For those of you who don't know, a humuhumunukunukuapua'a is the unofficial state fish of Hawaii. It translates to a Trigger Fish. ) How to say it? Hoomoo-hoomoo-nookoo-nookoo-ah-poo-ah-ah. It took me forever to learn how it's pronounced. Say it 10 times fast, I dare ya!

Mike Miller- Cheesecake Factory is 'da bomb'!!! There is one here that is down the street. My favorite cheesecake there is the chocolate raspberry truffle one! :yum:

Puck- Thanks! I thought it was Ray and Yolanda!! I am happy it was them. I've never been carded for Kahlua Cheesecake.

Hope you all have a fantastically wonderful RotD/N!!

~Kristina

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haymoni - May 26, 2006 11:34 am (#472 of 2979)        

Tazzy's "say it 10 times fast" reminded me.

Try saying "Ron Weasley's Wand" 5 times fast.

I keep saying "Won Weasley's Rahnd".

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Tazzygirl - May 26, 2006 11:48 am (#473 of 2979)        

Haymoni- just said it 10 times fast, and I started saying it like you do!

~Kristina

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John Bumbledore - May 26, 2006 12:04 pm (#474 of 2979)        

Try saying "Ron Weasley's Wand" 5 times fast. – Haymoni

I just don't have any problem saying that.

Won-Won's Wand
Won-Won's Wand
Won-Won's Wand
Won-Won's Wand
Won-Won's Wand

See! That was easy!

<)B^D˜ John Bumbledore

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boop - May 26, 2006 1:28 pm (#475 of 2979)        

Everyone have safe, fun holiday weekend.

All this talk about cheesecake, makes me want to make one.

Have a great RotD!

hugs always

boop

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Detail Seeker - May 26, 2006 1:47 pm (#476 of 2979)        

Kristina (Tazzy), the remark about about german weather in June has to be made a bit more precise, I fear. Normally, we have good weather in June. But, if there is a stable North Altantic stream ,as we have it now, then there may be a similar weather here as that given for the British Islands. Last year was such a year and right now, it looks, as if this one might be similar. So, you´d do good to ask again shortly, before the packing is due - as I may forget to give you an update unreminded...

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Denise P. - May 26, 2006 2:18 pm (#477 of 2979)        

What was I thinking?? I have a 5K race on Monday so today is the last day to get a run in before that. Silly me decided that it would be okay to go out when it was nearly 90 out. I only did 3 miles but let me tell you, I am whipped! Never again, I think I will stick to my early morning or later in the evening runs.

We finally got our pool open, cleaned and filtering nicely. We also got the Rainbow playset up totally. We ended up replacing the rope ladder and had to invent an additional piece since it was originally installed on an incline. The kids love it and we are putting in another swing since apparently, 2 swings and a tire swing are not enough. We added a steering wheel and binoculars to the fort part and the kids love it.

Cheesecake...yummmmmm......I have a chocolate cheesecake recipe that a friend of mine gave me. She is now in her 60's and the recipe was her grandmother's. Grandma made it in a coal oven..go Grandma!

Tomorrow we are going to the cemetery and placing flags, we do this every year.

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Tazzygirl - May 26, 2006 4:51 pm (#478 of 2979)        

Thanks, Detail Seeker! I'll ask again in a week!

Wow, Denise! The placeset looks awesome!!

It is hot here right now! No wind, which makes everything seem hotter. I was going to meet my aunt and the kids at the zoo, but decided to come home where the air conditioner is on instead.

~Kristina

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Chemyst - May 26, 2006 5:26 pm (#479 of 2979)        

The cheesecake recipe Deb requested is now on my profile — along with a second easier one,   ...and some other stuff. I got carried away, I guess.

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Puck - May 26, 2006 6:46 pm (#480 of 2979)        

Chemyst, I just wish I wasn't so lazy, or I'd go get a recipe card from the kitchen to copy that down. Perhaps tomorrow. (I may do my dishes then, too. )

Kathy

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DJ Evans - May 26, 2006 7:28 pm (#481 of 2979)        

Thank you Chemyst, I got them & now I just need to decide which one to make!! Both sound good. Oh and thanks for the extra five pounds I'll be sure to gain....bwhahahaha

HH11 -- Yes, it is strange for someone to be better after having a 2nd stroke. In Mom's case her 1st stroke had affected the right side of her face & it sagged a bit. This stroke was on the other side & it basically even things out, so to speak. Also, after her 1st one she kinda gave up on getting better, instead letting it rule how she lived. Not this time though, she's in there determined to not let it get the better of her. I hope that kinda explains what I meant by her being better after this 2nd one...

Puck -- Instead of writing Chemyst's recipe(s) down, you could always do what I've been guilty of many times & that is to copy/paste it to a blank email & just send it to yourself. lol If there is a shortcut to doing something, most likely I know about it or will think of it given time.

Everyone who is celebrating this weekend, hope you have a great & safe one!!! As far as I know, we aren't doing anything special, just kicking back.

Later, Deb

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Tazzygirl - May 26, 2006 7:42 pm (#482 of 2979)        

I just realized it is a three day weekend for us Americans. Duh! I was wondering why many of you were packing up to go visit family! So, for me, I am here, and will be celebrating my three day weekend on Wednesday (when I fly to California)... Hope all who are leaving have a safe, and somewhat fun vacation!!

...off to sit in the closet, because I am so out-of-loop...

~Kristina

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Mediwitch - May 26, 2006 7:43 pm (#483 of 2979)        

I borrowed Chemyst's idea and posted the Kahlua Cheesecake recipe in my profile. mmmmm....now I think I might have to make one!

Yummy

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Finn BV - May 26, 2006 7:58 pm (#484 of 2979)        

Wow, we're quite chatty today.

My aunt, uncle, and the kiddies are going there next week for the World Cup –Kristina

I first read this and instantly thought that they were going to watch some Quidditch.

Mills, Sunset Boulevard in indeed a fantastic film. Have fun with this new class!

I love cheesecake!

Memorial Day in our town we have a march from the local church to the "American Legion Plaza" which is a small little plot of land in between roads where there are memoriams etc.

Didn't really follow the last 40 messages entirely -- it's a bit late --

So, I did it. I finished middle school!!! Hurrah!!! After school, I hugged the head of the middle division (whom I love, but we had a small rift after the incident with the "cutting class" in science when she sided with my teacher's argument) and she said, "You know that I adore you," which was really nice!! I'm in a fantastic mood!! Yayyyyy! (That will end soon when I start studying for my finals…)

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timrew - May 26, 2006 8:13 pm (#485 of 2979)        

Wow! I've just ploughed through about 90 posts.............

Many belated congratulations, Finn, on winning the poetry slam (I love poetry!). Welcome to The Forum, Torrill, although you must be an old hand by now! And don't worry about your English, it's better than mine - and I am English!

Hmmmm, I've never been carded for anything in my life - which makes me realise that I must have always looked middle-aged, even when I was ten!

Anyway, congratulations to anyone else I missed on the birthday/birthing/winning things front - I've not been on here for a while (oh, at least two days), so please forgive me!

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HungarianHorntail11 - May 26, 2006 9:33 pm (#486 of 2979)        

Puck, you can also highlight the text, right click, select print then select 'selection' and then 'OK'. That is what I did. Let's just call it "resourceful" rather than lazy.

Deb, it is difficult to see loved ones suffer and it sounds as though your mother has taken a new lease on life - I am happy to hear that! It makes perfect sense now.

Kristina, have fun in California - how long will you be there? Will you have access to a computer? Hope so. LOL.

Thanks for the recipe, Mediwitch! I printed it out - can't wait to try it. We have a party to go to on Sunday - perhaps I will try it out.

I finished middle school!!! Hurrah!!! That will end soon when I start studying for my finals…)

I am now sufficiently confused, Finn. Does that mean your classes are done, but you still have to return for finals??? Either way, congraduations!! Wow, you're a Freshman now! *whimper* *trying not to allow thoughts of Olivia graduating middle school yet*

Oh yeah, the Stephen King thing would be my fault. I thought his writing would be a bit disturbing for her to read, so I never introduced her to it. Come to think of it, she would probably laugh through the whole lot of his books. I know, I know, I'm a tad protective. . .

And don't worry about your English, it's better than mine - and I am English!

LOL timrew! Let me guess - English humor???

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Finn BV - May 26, 2006 9:49 pm (#487 of 2979)        

Tim, thanks.

Maria, I've never myself read Stephen King, but I certainly know of his works! And what I meant was that I am done with middle school classes (third trimester grading period has ended), but I have four finals, Class Day, and "Middle Memories" to go before I am "done" with the year.

off to sleep with me, it's 10 of 1! (then again, if I stay around a bit more, I might run into some of our Brits!! :waves:)

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Tazzygirl - May 26, 2006 11:54 pm (#488 of 2979)        

Maria: Kristina, have fun in California - how long will you be there? Will you have access to a computer? Hope so. LOL.

I have a laptop, which is conveniently programed for wireless internet, which is what my parents have. I will be on relaxation mode the entire trip, which means I will be here as much, if not more, than how much I am here in Hawaii. I will be in California from June 1st to July 5th. Hence the reason why I volunteered to keep statistics and such for Potty Five Words. hehehehe...

Finn: ...thought that they were going to watch some Quidditch.

Well, they are! The St. Mungo Maniacs vs... what team are we playing against again? In actuality, my aunt and uncle are first going to England, then to Ireland, and then to Germany. LOL!!

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The giant squid - May 27, 2006 2:03 am (#489 of 2979)        

For those of you who remember Sherbie Lemon, she is expecting in August!--DJ Evans

Yay! I guess our good luck/bad luck thing has finally worn off. Well, unless she didn't want to get pregnant...

The bad news is: I have to work tomorrow & Monday; the good news is that we didn't get X-Men: The Last Stand (sorry, Loopy & Julie) so we won't be very busy.

Torill, as others have pointed out we have plenty of folks in the GMT+ time zones...lots of people in the UK (go figure), a few in France, Lina & her family are in Croatia...the list goes on. That and you have Americans like myself that post at odd hours (it's 2AM for me now). Basically, whatever time you come tot he Forum there's probably someone else online at the same time.

Speaking of being up late: hi, Finn! Congrats on surviving Middle School. Is your MS 7th & 8th only, or is it a 3-year middle school (7-8-9)? When I was in school it was the first way, but everywhere around here (California & Nevada, at least) it's the second. Just idle curiosity on my part...

Hugs for boop, just 'cause.

--Mike

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Amilia Smith - May 27, 2006 2:30 am (#490 of 2979)        

Where I grew up, Middle School was 6-7, Jr. High was 8-9, and High was 10-12. My town is the only one I have ever come across that had both a Middle School and a Jr. High.

Watched The Bandwagon tonight. I had never seen it before either. Very fun musical staring Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse and featuring some of my favorite numbers, namely "Triplets" and "That's Entertainment."

Mills.

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Julie Aronson - May 27, 2006 4:24 am (#491 of 2979)        

Awesome cheesecake recipes. I printed the Kaluha one, and I'm thinking about the pumpkin ones, but I have one of those I've been making for more years than I'd like to admit.

Congrats on moving up to high school, Finn!!!Clapping Hands

Have a great weekend, everyone!!!

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Puck - May 27, 2006 4:40 am (#492 of 2979)        

Yeah, Finn! I know you'll ace those finals!

Back in high school/college, King was my author of choice. I remember babysitting at a house in a wooded area. The kids asleep, I was reading this creepy/scary novel. I jumped about 4 feet when the parents came through the door. The were ROTL at me. Pretty sure "IT" scared me the most. "Pet Cementary" was the creepiest. "Misery" was the only one they made into a decent movie.

Kristina, Trelawney predicts you will break your own Five-Words record!

Happy Weekend!

Kathy

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Denise P. - May 27, 2006 5:35 am (#493 of 2979)        

Back in the day, we didn't have middle school, we had Junior High. Some were 7-8-9, some were only 7-8. My kids go to middle school, 6-7-8, and then on to high school. To really confuse things, we have some schools that are K-3 and then 4-5, then middle school, then high school.

Schools got out almost 2 weeks ago but they go back in early August.

We are about to all get in various Scout uniforms to head off to the cemetery to place flags on graves for Memorial Day. It sounds kinda strange but we usually have a lot of fun. It is a very old cemetery so there is a Civil War Memorial, a part where slaves are buried and a huge, ugly memorial to Austin Peay, a governor.

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Good Evans - May 27, 2006 5:51 am (#494 of 2979)        

Congratulations Finn, on finishing Middle school !! excellent.

cheesecake recipes look yummy, I have copied the Kahlua one, not because I dont like pumpkin, but the rest of the family dont, so not much point in taking that one off!. I bet its good though, perhaps someone could owl me just a small peice to sample???

anyway - have a great saturday folks, I can feel a trip to Tescos for some cream cheese coming on!!!

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Torill - May 27, 2006 5:59 am (#495 of 2979)        

Good afternoon everyone!

Boy, this thread is fast - I am sorry if I haven't been able to pick up on everything everyone has said. Also, all of you are new to me yet, so I may still be a little confused as to who said what... but I am sure I will catch up eventually. And yes, I am kind of a veteran of sorts in the fandom, but a newbie to this forum... :-)

I get very excited about going to the chatroom, and plan to eventually, but so far, I have spent most of the time in here on reading up on the Sirius thread (all 1308 posts...) - that took some time! ;-) Have to figure out a way to revive that thread with a new take on things, and hope someone is still interested, since the last post was in December 2005 - but I would just love to have some Sirius conversation... we'll see. Also, would love to join the debates about Snape, but I suppose reading up on all of that too would leave me forever behind, so perhaps reading only the last 100 posts or so will have to do... Once I get into the debates, I am sure I will find time to chat and play games as well!!

Congratulations with your end of middle school Finn - and yes, your name is not unfamiliar as a man's name in Norway. My best friend and flatmate's name is Dagfinn, a combination with that name, as you can see. Do you have any Norwegian or Scandinavian connections in your family?

Ok, off to read some more interesting posts in here, will check back later.

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Finn BV - May 27, 2006 6:10 am (#496 of 2979)        

Eek, Denise, early August? **shudders**

That and you have Americans like myself that post at odd hours –Mike

That should be your second line of introduction! LOL! BTW, our middle school is 6-7-8, as are most middle schools in the area. However, my cousins, in Buffalo, NY, go to a 5-6-7-8 middle school.

Torill, yes, my dad is Norwegian and mom is Irish, and Finn is a name from both of those places. We have relatives in Norway and Ireland but I still have not yet been…

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Nathan Zimmermann - May 27, 2006 7:29 am (#497 of 2979)        

When I was junior high school they moved the start of term date from the first Tuesday in September to the beginning of August. There was one summer I only had a week of holidays.

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Marie E. - May 27, 2006 7:44 am (#498 of 2979)        

We're supposed to be getting a Cheesecake Factory restaurant here in Colorado Springs. You'll know when it opens when I begin complaining about my clothes becoming too tight.

I don't have any big plans for the weekend. Today I wanted to get new pictures taken of the girls after Shayla gets back from a sleepover. Tomorrow we're going to Territory Days with our friends. Territory Days is sort of street carnival in downtown Old Colorado City. Shayla just wants to eat funnel cakes and then leave. Monday we're driving up to Woodland Park for a birthday party of our friend's son.

Since Shayla was a friend's house last night, Lexie and I cuddled on the couch and watched Eloise at Christmastime. She argued with me that Nanny in Eloise wasn't the same actress as Mary Poppins (silly girl, to argue with her mommy like that). I popped in our copy Mary Poppins but since it was already 10:00pm Lexie only stayed awake to see the nannies blowing away. She's still asleep right now and I can't believe it. She's usually an early riser.

Ahhh, I'm off to enjoy uninterrupted thread viewing.

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kaykay1970 - May 27, 2006 7:56 am (#499 of 2979)        

My daughter's birthday is today. She is now 9 years old.

We will be at the river most of the weekend. My father-in-law has always had a barbecue for Memorial Day weekend.

Congratulations to Finn on completing middle school!! My children had their last day of school Thursday and will return August 7th.

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boop - May 27, 2006 8:40 am (#500 of 2979)        

Finn, Congrats to you!! Good Luck on your finals.

kaykay, Happy Birthday to your daughter. May she have a great day!!!!

Have a Great ROTD!!!

hugs always

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Torill - May 27, 2006 10:31 am (#501 of 2979)        

That's amazing Finn, that your father is Norwegian! Do you speak any?

I just realised that when you talk about going away for the weekend and what you will do it is because you celebrate a special Holiday - memorial day. That's interesting! Is there any special official kinds of celebrating that you do? Sounds like you are all planning to have a good time though.

I went for a walk in the forest and to the nearest lake just ten minutes from where I live. It has been very cold and rainy now for several days, but today we had a period of sunshine and fairly warm weather. It was lovely, people were paddling out on the lake, and the forest is full of spring flowers and the new light green leaves - so beautiful. I feel kind of tired now, as I climbed around a little in the steeper sides of the lake, and was actually out for something like three hours - very refreshing! Even did some housework when I came home before cooking dinner - fighting off the procrastination temptation. So now I feel I have really earned a couple of lazy hours on the net, hehe.

Congratulations to your daughter, Kaykay!!

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HungarianHorntail13 - May 27, 2006 11:50 am (#502 of 2979)        

I like procrastinating.

Congratulations Finn! My school is also grades 6-7-8.

Happy Birthday to Kaykay's daughter!

Because I know nobody understands my signature on the bottom of every post, I'll explain it.

._O

. This is a little eye.

_ This is a strait line for a mouth.

O This is a big eye. It also stands for the first letter in my name.

= ._O Hopefully it will make more sense now.

._O livia

Edited to fix bold print.

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Julie Aronson - May 27, 2006 1:37 pm (#503 of 2979)        

OK. I just got back from the X-Men movie. It was entertaining enough to keep me interested, and I had no prior knowledge of the series. I'm interested in hearing Loopy's take on it.

Happy birthday to Kaykay's daughter!

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azi - May 27, 2006 1:37 pm (#504 of 2979)        

Happy 9th birthday to Kaykay's daughter! **insert birthday smiley here (sorry, haven't got access to smileys on this computer )**

Ahh, I get it now, Olivia! I had the 'O' for olivia, but nothing else.

Torill - that walk sounds lovely! Weather has not been so nice here in the UK either...

Congratulations Finn! Hope you enjoy whichever school you go to next!

Denise - I would *love* that playground set!

**wishing there were Cheesecake Factories in the UK** Are there any?

I remember Sherbie Lemon! Congrats to her!

Hope everyone has a lovely day!

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The giant squid - May 27, 2006 1:44 pm (#505 of 2979)        

Back in the day, we didn't have middle school, we had Junior High.--Denise P.

Yeah, we called it Junior High too, but I felt I was being confusing enough already. For us, Elementary was 1-6 (sometimes K-6), Junior High was 7-8 and high school was 9-12. Of course in Marie's & my hometown the high school was split into two campuses across town from each other, so it went 7-8, 9-10, 11-12. Makes it harder to keep school spirit going when only half of the school knows each other.

There are a couple of Cheesecake Factories here n Vegas. One of them is only about 10 minutes from my house. *cue the sound of Marie buying plane tickets* I like the food & love the cheesecake, but they're just pricey enough that I don't go very often.

--Mike

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Lina - May 27, 2006 2:02 pm (#506 of 2979)        

Happy birthday to Kay's wonder girl!

Congratulations to Sherbie Lemon!

Happy Memorial Day to all who celebrate. I hope your day was wonderful.

Congratulations to Finn! Do you feel much bigger now Finn? Hopefully not elder than 50.

I know you wouldn't believe, but I've noticed my avatar disappearing. And I have a confession: I've never payed my or Kate's premium membership. That's because I thought it was too complicated and because I'm not able to post 10 posts a day, much less more than that. Then, after Tazzy's gift went so quick, I started to think that it was not as complicated as I thought it would be and decided to make a payment. But alas, I discovered that I was right. It is not possible to pay by pay pal from Croatia. So I will have to send a check and it may take several years some time until it comes into effect. Until then, I have decided to post all of my potential avatars in my profile.

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Tazzygirl - May 27, 2006 3:00 pm (#507 of 2979)        

Puck: I am trying to set a new Potty Five Words record, but as the time that I normally do massive amounts of posting, nobody is on (evening my time, early morning to everyone else). Where is Dizzy Lizzy? She hasn't been on in weeks, and she's usually my posting companion!

My school was 4-8 grade when I was in 6th grade. 4-6 grade was elementary level, 7-8 was jr. high. When I got to 8th grade, they moved the 4th grade to a different school. When I made it to 9th grade (official high school), my old school made the 5th grade move. Thus now, the school is 6-8th grade, and classified as a jr. high. Actually they do call it a middle school now...

School starts for me August 21 or so.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Kay's daughter! Hope she has a wonderful day!!

Lina- that stinks you have to send a check! You would think PayPal would accept from all over... but ok...

Hope you all have a fabulous RotD/N!

~Kristina

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Loopy Lupin - May 27, 2006 3:09 pm (#508 of 2979)        

Hi everyone! Just popping on to say hello. Yes, X-Men 3 was entertaining. I'm a little biased because I could probably watch Ian recite jingle bells and be entertained. I will say that I didn't think that 3 was as good as the first 2 and the second one was my favorite. There was a different director this time. There were some more witty "one liners" in this one which the others kind of lacked and some other more "action movie" type clichés which was a little disappointing. All in all though, it was worth seeing. Too bad this is the last in the series, it being the "last stand" and all. ***ahem****

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Julie Aronson - May 27, 2006 3:38 pm (#509 of 2979)        

Loopy,

Did you watch the teaser after the credits? It might not be the last one after all...

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HungarianHorntail11 - May 27, 2006 3:38 pm (#510 of 2979)        

Wow, how long have I been asleep?? I was thinking that it would be slow this weekend, but everyone has been quite chatty.

Happy birthday to your daughter, kaykay, she's beautiful! (Priscilla turns 9 in June - maybe we'll let them chat one day.)

I always thought middle school and junior high were one in the same - I am surprised to see so many variations. I think if I read any more explanations about it, I will be irreversibly confused.

The swing set looks great, Denise! (Great picture, BTW.)

LOL Lina! I really enjoyed looking through the pictures! I think my favorite is the ladybug flying around the flowers! The cakes are beautiful. It looks as though the whole production went well and the children seemed to be enjoying themselves.

I love Cheesecake Factory! The problem is that they are always busy with a ridiculous wait (riddikulus), so either we eat at an odd time, or we do not get in. They make a great, corn - something. I can't remember the name - gee, I guess I should get out more often.

Did not make the movie cut-off, so we'll have to try another time. I was looking forward to seeing Over the Hedge with the kids, as the guy from Office is in it and we think that show is so funny. Also, because Mike (sorry if I'm wrong) or someone mentioned that it had him/her laughing for a while. I could always use a laugh.

Busy day today, trimming ornamental shrubs (frustrating), bike ridingx2, cleaning, etc., while the kids enjoyed a swim - in 74 degree water, brrrr - not for me! I'll wait until it is in the 80s.

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Puck - May 27, 2006 4:47 pm (#511 of 2979)        

Lina, great pictures!

Happy Birthday to Kay's girl! One more year until double digits!

Got pictures of the kids taken today -the first ones of the 3 of them together. (Well, the first professional ones.) They came out pretty well. Now Baby Puck can be part of the family portraits.

Happy RotD,

Kathy

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DJ Evans - May 27, 2006 7:27 pm (#512 of 2979)        

Mike(Giant Squid): Yay! I guess our good luck/bad luck thing has finally worn off. Well, unless she didn't want to get pregnant...

hmmmm, Well I'll put it this way & let you decide.... She & Mr. Sherbie Lemon were trying, but then decided it might be best to wait 2 or 3 months, so she wouldn't have to take "too" much time off from college. Then about 3 weeks later discovered she was expecting!!! lol

I'll pass on all of your congrats to her.

Lina -- Love the pics of all of the flowers!! What cuties they are & it looks like they were quite enjoying themselves.

Puck -- You will post your new family pics, right? Can't wait to see them.

Not to get HH11 "irreversibly confused" or anything, but back in my school days we had 1-6 grades for Elementary, 7-9 as Jr. High & 10-12 as High School. Kindergarten was just there, you didn't have to go & I don't seem to remember many kids of my age going?

Later, Deb

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Puck - May 27, 2006 7:53 pm (#513 of 2979)        

Deb, if I can figure out how to reduce the size, then I can post pictures. Not exactly computer savvy.

Glad to see your out of "lurker" mode.

Kathy

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Finn BV - May 27, 2006 10:01 pm (#514 of 2979)        

Happy Bday Kaykay's daughter!

Do you speak any? –Torill

'Fraid not. Spanish is my language at the moment.

Azi, our school goes through senior year. I will continue right on.

Lina, those are some great pictures! Sorry about the avatar dilemna…

It's 1 am. **waves to Squid Mike**

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kaykay1970 - May 27, 2006 10:31 pm (#515 of 2979)        

The 9 year old had a wonderful day! Until...She wanted to stay all night at the river and had already put up the tent. However some of the guests (mostly uninvited ones) were having their own little party and things were becoming less and less "family friendly." Besides my sister-in-law was taken to the hospital and will be having surgery tomorrow to remove a kidney stone. So I made them all come home. When we checked the forum and she read all her birthday wishes it cheered her right up!

The pictures are adorable Lina! It looks like the children had a great time!!

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Tazzygirl - May 27, 2006 10:37 pm (#516 of 2979)        

Finn- It's 1 am.

Weren't you saying you were going to sleep an hour ago on Potty Five Words???

**Healing charms to Kay's sister-in-law** Hope everything goes well!

~Kristina


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The giant squid - May 27, 2006 11:57 pm (#517 of 2979)        

HH11, that was indeed me extolling the virtues of Over The Hedge. It's a G-rated adult movie that kids can enjoy.

Deb--well, if she had already made plans assuming she wouldn't get pregnant, then her bad luck thing is still working. Still, send her my best & tell her I'll try not to be too lucky for the next 9 months and give the kid a chance.

Since it's 3AM Eastern time, I'll wave back to Finn's sleeping form (you'd better be sleeping, young man!).

--Mike

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Torill - May 28, 2006 1:06 am (#518 of 2979)        

Yes, Lina, those pics were beautiful - what lovely little flowers! And good luck to your sister-in-law kaykay - kidney stone is awfully painful isn't it, let's hope she will have a speedy recovery. I am glad our congratulations cheered your daughter up - too bad the hike by the river was destroyed by idiots....

Cheese cake factory - now that sounds like something Roald Dahl could have written - but let me not talk more about cake, not good for me..;-)

Happy Sunday everyone!

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Marie E. - May 28, 2006 7:40 am (#519 of 2979)        

It was scorching hot yesterday, in the 90's! Bits of Colorado keep catching on fire so it is looking a lot like the summer of '02. We just had about 300 acres burn on Thursday, coming dangerously near the Air Force Academy property. The fire was started by boys burning sticks in their front yard. If they had decided to burn in the back yard, it would have taken their house. Since where the boys live is under fire restrictions, their parents will be fined...a lot.

Happy birthday to Kaykay's daughter. Looks like we'll have quite a few nine year old girls on this forum soon. Mine, Kaykay's, HH's, Denise's, and I think Viola too.

The girls want to see Over the Hedge tonight so I'll let everyone in on my "expert" opinion. Word of warning: one of my favorite movies is Legally Blonde.

Lol at my brother's remark of me catching a plane to go to the Cheesecake factory. I was thinking that with gas prices it might be the same price as driving to Denver.

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HungarianHorntail13 - May 28, 2006 10:11 am (#520 of 2979)        

My mom used to get alot of kidney stones. Her friends used to call her 'Stoney'. The lithotripsy failed and she passed them all on her own too. She also had a big one when she was pregnant with my brother.

Now you have my mom making Kahlua Cheesecake too.

I love the food at the Cheesecake Factory! The wait is very long though.....

._O livia

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Torill - May 28, 2006 11:26 am (#521 of 2979)        

You mean your mom is ok now? That is good news! Or do I misunderstand and this was earlier - yes, you said she would have surgery on Tuesday, right..

Kahlua cheesecake - yummy - no, won't go into those cakedreams, lol.

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HungarianHorntail11 - May 28, 2006 12:28 pm (#522 of 2979)        

Hi Torill: kaykay's sister-in-law is having surgery today. I have had four or five kidney stones, the last one was 6-7 mm and I was set for surgery and the day before I was to go in, I passed it. The doctor could not believe it even after viewing the MRI (he thought I was having pre-surgery jitters). Needless to say, my husband was not surprised - nothing about me surprises him anymore.

kaykay, how is everything with your sister-in-law?? Healing charms and prayers sent her way for a speedy recovery.

Mike, I thought it was you, but didn't trust my memory enough and did not have time to sift through the posts. Thank you for the reviews, as always, they are appreciated, and I think it is safe to say, not only by me.

Marie, I didn't know you had a 9-year old, too! Sounds like they may take over the chats, if we let them. I am sorry to hear about the fires - I hope they don't get out of control this year. I remember seeing clips on the news in '02.

Enjoy the day and weekend everyone! Off to a barbecue with my Kahlua cheesecake!! (Thanks again, Mediwitch!! )

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Chemyst - May 28, 2006 12:34 pm (#523 of 2979)        

That is a great tradition you are passing along to your kids Denise. I remember dressing up in my scout uniform and marching more truthfully walking in parades down Main Street to the cemetery where there would be a cannon or musket salute. Small towns seem to get the family aspect of memorializing right. Not to be morbid, but that old cemetery had trees and a stream and looked like a place someone might actually want to be laid to rest. Each gravestone marker was as unique as the person must have been.

The cemeteries around here now are sterile fields with flush-set bronze markers that can be mowed over, and one is left with the impression that the management would not appreciate a troop of scouts running around. Where we live now no children are allowed to walk in the parade; they must be seated in a float with a 30-inch high fence or safety-barrier. The parade ends at a craft fair where politicians give boring speeches.

'Nice pictures Lina. What was that wall with graffiti? Are you allowed to draw on a school building? The new schools they are building around here have high fences, very few windows, and resemble prisons.
  Anyone noticing a pattern developing here? Should I buy stock in fencing companies?

& tell her (Sherbie) I'll try not to be too lucky for the next 9 months and give the kid a chance. - The giant squid
Aw, you are such a self-sacrificing prince!   **remembers how tragically funny the luck-switches were**

…one of my favorite movies is Legally Blonde. – Marie
…and you are so very brave to admit that! Legally Blonde might not make my top ten list, but I agree it is everything I want a movie to be— fun, escapist, and leaves you happier and with more energy than when you started watching. Which is what I liked about the TV series Wonderfalls, so I guess my tastes are, um, less than sophisticated. (Wonderfalls was cancelled so fast that 9 of the 13 episodes never aired. It’s on DVD.)

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Loopy Lupin - May 28, 2006 1:19 pm (#524 of 2979)        

Loopy,

Did you watch the teaser after the credits? It might not be the last one after all...-- Julie Aronson

In white:

Well, that's what I was hinting at with the "ahem" comment. But, I was just referring to the "cured" Magneto sitting in the park and making the metal chess piece move. I think the credits started after that but I didn't sit through them. Was there more?

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kaykay1970 - May 28, 2006 1:23 pm (#525 of 2979)        

Thanks for the healing charms! My sister-in-law's surgery went well. She feels much better although still a little sore.

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Lina - May 28, 2006 2:13 pm (#526 of 2979)        

Thanks all for the comments on the pictures. The kids really had a great time doing the play and it was amazing to watch them enjoying it.

Now, before I explain the graffiti, I must say that I enjoyed the talks about Middle school, Jr. High and High school in USA that you had before, because all those different school systems make my head spin. Now I feel better, not feeling that only our kids (including me when I was young enough to go to school) are guinea pigs. Someone mentioned that back in their time the Kindergarten was not obligatory and that is the way that the Kindergarten, or Day care, or Pre school, whatever you like, still is here. So this is one of the walls of the Day care building where the kids are kept since 6 months until 6 years - in different groups. The graffiti were actually ordered and the aunts (the way that the teachers are called in the Day care) even wrote "Thanks" under one of them. No big fences, so in the afternoon the kids from the neighborhood come to play there and some of them unfortunately felt like they had something to add to the graffiti. For a while the kids would find even syringes in the playground until the drug dealer moved away.

Kay, more healing charms to your sister in law. I'm sorry that the birthday didn't end too well, but fortunately, we have a Forum to sort all out!

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Julie Aronson - May 28, 2006 3:14 pm (#527 of 2979)        

Loopy,

More in white... Do you remember when Charles was lecturing the children about the ethical complications of body/mind trasfers? Well, after ALL the credits, there was a scene with a man in a hospital bed who said something to the woman who was nursing him (Mona?), and she said, Charles?" And then it was all over...And yes, the Magneto thing got my attention, too.

Julie

Lina, Eek!!! Needles???

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DJ Evans - May 28, 2006 5:41 pm (#528 of 2979)        

Mike (TGS): Still, send her my best & tell her I'll try not to be too lucky for the next 9 months and give the kid a chance.

I'll be sure & give her your best for you. And she'll really appreciate how you are willing to try & not be too lucky. But as the baby is due around the first of August, you won't have to hold back for quite as long as 9 months.

kaykay: All the best for your sister-in-law & a speedy recovery. I've had my share of kidney stones & I wouldn't wish them on anyone. "ouch"

HH11: I don't know whether to say "Yay" cause you didn't have to have the surgery after all or not -- cause either way is painful. How about if I say "May you never have another one?" That sounds like a good wish to me....

Puck: Have you ever tried to use a program called "Easy Thumbnails" for re-sizing a pic? It's a free program & quite easy to use. Heck, if I can use it, then anybody can..... If I wasn't on dial-up, I'd offer to do it for you, but it takes forever for my server to upload anything, size wise. If you need any help, feel free to email me & I'll try to help you in any way I can.

Later, Deb

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Puck - May 28, 2006 5:59 pm (#529 of 2979)        

Lina, glad the dealer moved away! I used to work at a daycare where some days we couldn't go out on the playground due to drug traffic-ing. We also had to bring the swings in at night so they wouldn't get stolen. Chat & Greetings 2006 - Page 3 793915934  Fortunately, we live far from there now, and my kids go to a school with lovely playgrounds.

Kay, glad your sister-in-law is doing well!

Marie, I'll also admit to liking Legally Blonde.

I was a warm day. We played in the sprinklers, and the kids went swimming in the neighbors' pool.

Mr. Puck bought my new dishwasher today! The store had this promotion that any appliance bought this weekend will be FREE if it is over 92 degrees on the Fourth of July. So, let's hope for a hot one! (The same store does a similar promotion on Thanksgiving weekend -free if it snows a foot on Christmas.)

Happy RotD,

Kathy

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Loopy Lupin - May 28, 2006 6:28 pm (#530 of 2979)        

More in white... -- Julie Aronson

Ohhhhhhhh!!!!!

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Finn BV - May 28, 2006 7:26 pm (#531 of 2979)        

Weren't you saying you were going to sleep an hour ago on Potty Five Words??? –Tazzy

Well, I went to write some more of my story, then I did some writing of my article, and by then it was 1, and I just did a last forum check…

kaykay, glad your sister-in-law's surgery went okay. Recovering charms to her!

Legally Blonde is one of the stupidest movies I've ever seen, and that's why I loved it! LOL, stupid in a good way of course!

Eek, we went to Wesleyan University graduation today in super-scorching weather. And I sat through most of the 742 candidates for the Bachelor of Arts degree… under no tent…

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Catherine - May 28, 2006 8:10 pm (#532 of 2979)        

I actually wrote a huge post that involved my mother-in-law and sunburns and graduations and....I decided to be a semi-grown-up instead.

So I didn't post it and posted this instead.

**major waves to Wayne!!! and Kim!!!! and even Finn!! **

Also, huge grins to cheesecake of any kind.

Mmm...

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Denise P. - May 28, 2006 9:00 pm (#533 of 2979)        

As soon as I get the chocolate cheesecake recipe from a friend, I will post mine.

**:doing the Snoopy dance of joy**: We finally got Nicholas, the moody 13 year old, to cut his stinking hair. No, it didn't literally stink. He has always had a nice hair cut but in the last 9 months, he has wanted to grow it out so resembled a shaggy dog. I finally convinced him today to get it not so much cut but shaped and trimmed. The lady did an awesome job. She took a lot of the bulk out, shaped it but kept most of the length so that he was satisfied and I was satisfied. Of course, Mr. Denise had to do the man thing and snark when we got back "I thought he was going to get a haircut?" **:sigh**:

This morning on the playset, a mama Preying Mantis hatched out about a billion little Preying Manti (Mantises?) We had a beam swarming with the tiny little things, it was way cool.

I am back up at 5:30 am to go meet my running group so we can caravan down to Nashville to do a 5K race. I say race because it is a race but most of the ones doing the racing will already be in their cars and heading home before I cross the line. I only race myself and the clock but that is okay. I am proud to be a penguin. A penguin? What, you may ask, does a penguin have to do with running? Check behind my avatar for a link that explains how I am a penguin. Waddle on! I will be back tomorrow with a race report and hopefully a better time than my last 5K race.

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HungarianHorntail11 - May 28, 2006 9:29 pm (#534 of 2979)        

Well, it seems as though Priscilla is in good company because she, too, really liked Legally Blonde. As a matter of fact, we were at a friend's house for a barbecue today and the kids were playing "Movies" in the pool and Priscilla used Legally Blonde as her movie.

Thank you (many times over) again, Mediwitch for the great Kahlua Cheesecake recipe. Everyone really enjoyed it. As a matter of fact, there were only a couple of slices left and they kept them. I told them I couldn't take credit, since it was not my recipe. The ganache added a nice finish.

(Catherine, and all of you cheesecake lovers, you would have loved it!)

Hooray for the new dishwasher, Puck!! I will keep fingers (and toes, yes) crossed for 94 on July 4 (a couple of extra degrees for cushion).

Yikes, Finn - that sounds like a grueling day. I hope whomever you went to watch appreciated your support.

Deb, that is a very nice wish - thank you! It's just a bit of pain, (I didn't feel the need to take any pain killers for them) though and I always seem to get through. As long as there is no long-term damage I can deal with it. I have a pretty high threshold for pain - except when it comes to needles. Those things freak me out. Of course, you know what happens with regard to whatever you fear - you end up having to face it in the worst way. I had to wear a shunt in my leg and change the site every 24 hours when I was expecting Trevor  (for the nausea) - Olivia and Priscilla were lining up to stick me with it. (Such compassionate children!)

And of course - another fear - I was not fond of bugs and I end up taking care of a river tank in our school lobby (*must learn to say no*). I had to feed the "inhabitants" crickets several times per week. One day, I did not go straight to the school from the pet store, and the crickets chewed through the plastic bag (6 dozen of them ) and they escaped in my car. That was fun.  Chat & Greetings 2006 - Page 3 1242194059

kaykay, I am glad to hear that your sister-in-law is well. Hope she is up and about soon.

EDIT: It took me so long to get my post together that I missed yours, Denise. Good luck tomorrow!

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dizzy lizzy - May 29, 2006 12:39 am (#535 of 2979)        

Woah!!!!! I'm online again!!!!!!!

Well it's been a very long 10 days without a phone line and I was not able to access the internet for at least four days before that. Who would believe that!!! 14 days!!!!

I had two job interviews in the meantime and I'm still not employed. So the past two weeks have been very very boring. There hasn't been much happening and there are only so many times one can clean a house to keep busy...

Basically a heavy vehicle (apparently a semi trailer carrying a high load) drove down our street and got the telephone line caught up in the load. The truck driver just kept going and pulled the lines off the telegraph poles. That was on Friday the 19th May and due to problems with the original repair request the telephone company did not have the personnel to do the job until today.... and then it only took them half an hour.

So I have been missing you all dreadfully and all my other email and yahoo chat buddies and really getting frustrated at the length of time it took for things to fix.

I've now finished reading the last 120 or so posts on the last thread. I've skipped over the previous 534 posts on this thread alone - I'll skim read them in the morning and then hit the magic button for the rest of the threads on the forum.

For those who had birthdays..my best wishes..especially for Kip!

For those who have had good news or bad or anything in between ((HUGS)).

Lizzy

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The giant squid - May 29, 2006 1:19 am (#536 of 2979)        

Welcome back, Lizzy!! It's bad enough to be offline on purpose, but when it's someone else's fault, well...it can be painful.

I'll let everyone in on my "expert" opinion. Word of warning: one of my favorite movies is Legally Blonde.--Marie E.

So noted. Actually, the sad fact of the matter is that your choice of movies would probably get more agreement than mine here on the Forum--especially when you factor in the kids' stuff. At least I've managed to move Reese Witherspoon from "loathe" to "barely tolerate". I dunno what it is...maybe it's that weird pointy-chin thing she's got going on.

--Mike

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Amilia Smith - May 29, 2006 3:50 am (#537 of 2979)        

Oh, Lizzy. That does sound very boring. No phone, no internet, and no job! We are very glad to see you again.

That was a great story, though! I was very much reminded of an old Lake Wobegon story. I wanted to link it, but unfortunately, the archives at Prairie Home Companion only go back to 1996, and this story is from 1994. If anyone does want to hear it, and doesn't mind working a bit to find it, it is on the 20th Anniversary CD set, Disk 4, "Cherry Picker."

Since I last posted, I have watched:

Little Caesar starring Edward G. Robinson.
Moral of the Story: Don't join the mob. It's not worth it.

Rock and Roll High School featuring the Ramones and directed by Roger Corman.
Moral of the Story: Don't try to get rid of kids' music. They will make you sorry.

It Happened One Night starring Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert. My all time favorite movie. :-) I had an excuse to watch it again!
Moral of the Story: Daddy was right when he said you married a schmuck.
Interesting tidbit: In the movie it becomes apparent that Clark Gable is not wearing an undershirt. ("Perhaps you're interested in how a man undresses.") After the movie came out, sales in men's undershirts plummeted.

42nd Street starring Ruby Keelor, Ginger Rogers, Dick Powell, and a whole bunch of other people whose names I did not recognize. Real ensemble piece.
Moral of the Story: If you are nice and kind and sweet and good and work your heart out, you will be able to step into the lead when the show's leading lady breaks her ankle just before opening night.

Desk Set starring Katherine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy.
Moral of the Story: Computers will never replace reference librarians.

Am I a geek or what? Worrying about spoiling 60 year old movies. . . . However, with the exception of It Happened One Night, these movies were all new to me. So maybe they are for you too.

Mills.

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Puck - May 29, 2006 4:29 am (#538 of 2979)        

Mills, sounds like you're having fun in class! I must admit, I haven't watched any of those. “An Affair to Remember” is my favorite old movie. (Pretty sure I have mentioned before that I am a sap.)

Finn, hope you used sunscreen!

Haymoni, you got Beautifulest One one of those singing machines that hooks up to see your one tv for Christmas, correct? Was it Fisher Price? I remember seeing the ads for them, and thinking Diva –who aspires to being a rock star- would like one for her birthday.

Promises to be a very warm day. Maybe the neighbors will let us swim again!

Happy RotD,

Kathy

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azi - May 29, 2006 4:36 am (#539 of 2979)        

Mmm, sun, would like some of that right now...without the fires and sunburn!

Glad to have you back Lizzy! Get over to Potty 5 Words!

Good luck with the swimming, Puck!

I admit to also liking Legally Blonde, just because it's about blondes. I like blonde jokes.

Argh, I'm being pressured into joining Facebook! *sigh* I knew it would reach me someday...

Hope everyone has a great day!

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Puck - May 29, 2006 4:54 am (#540 of 2979)        

Oh, I forgot to welcome back Lizzy! How horrible it took them that long to fix the phones. What if someone had an emergency?

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Finn BV - May 29, 2006 6:26 am (#541 of 2979)        

Lizzy, welcome back!! How dreadfully boring… hope you managed to do some non-Internet stuff that you don't usually have the chance to do because you're on the Forum!

Mills, I love Desk Set!! And I also knew the undershirt fact. **geeky**

Kathy, I did use sunscreen but omitted to put some on my feet, and I was wearing flip-flops… so now I have a lovely shade of red in the center of my foot.

Azi, if you join facebook, search for Finn V and you'll find me!

Whew, Memorial Day already? Time to study!

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Good Evans - May 29, 2006 8:20 am (#542 of 2979)        

Happy Mondays (hee hee)

bank Holiday here in the UK - splendid! So a day not doing much.

We did go to the Garden Centre though today, we bought a huge patio pot and (did I mention that we got Nova's ashes back the other day? well we did, we were planning on scattering but the box she came back in was so beautiful and had been set with a little plaque in the middle saying her name and faithful and loving companion (so yes more tears) that we decided to buy a plant and bury her in a pot) a blue hydrangea and plenty of eracacius compost to keep it blue. I now have a beautiful and unusual flower to remember my beautiful girl every time I go in to the garden) We have placed her by the bird table so that she can chase the squirrels away from the bird seed, one of her favourite past times!!!!

The weather has been very patchy today, we were caught in the car on the way back from the garden centre and had to sit outside the house for five minutes as the HAIL!!! came down, really big peices too. It is of course glorious sunshine here at the moment but there have been plenty of showers in between - really weird weather!

Yesterday we went to Bentley a wildfowl sanctuary and saw all the ducklings including some hatched just that day, they were so darling... I wanted to take them all home! Maybe not very practical though!!

I also bought another christmas present, ha ha no procrastinating here! trouble is I will have lost them all by December !

Lizzy, great to see you back

Kaykay - happy birthday to you daughter and recovery charms to you sister.

Lina - I loved the pictures, so sweet

have a great ROTD all

Julie x

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azi - May 29, 2006 9:01 am (#543 of 2979)        

Lucky you actually having a Bank Holiday GE! We university folk have lectures!

Finn, facebook is getting less confusing! Can only be a good thing...

Erm, the weather has actually gone sunny now. It's nice!

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Puck - May 29, 2006 9:32 am (#544 of 2979)        

Julie, what a lovely memorial!

Finn, I always have a "Teva Tan" by mid summer. I once had a bad burn on the tops of my ears, so I never forget that spot on my kids!.

Cleaning to do. *sigh*

Kathy

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Denise P. - May 29, 2006 10:06 am (#545 of 2979)        

Yay! I finished my Memorial Day 5K Dash this morning. It started at 8 am down in Nashville. Even at 8 am, it was darn hot and humid. The course was a nifty but hilly one. We ran around Greer Stadium (where the local baseball team plays), around Fort Negley (a Civil War era Fort built by the Northern Army while it occupied Nashville) and then through Nashville City Cemetary, the oldest exisiting public cemetery in the state. I even won a door prize....although there were no doors anywhere since we were outside. A friend of mine also won a door prize, a book about the history of the cemetery. She didn't want it so gave it to me, saving me $10 since I had planned to buy it.

I didn't beat my personal best record for 5K but I still had a good time and a 12:15 pace. The timers were all messed up, there was no mat to start the chips, the race clock was 90 seconds off the official time so I went by my watch time rather than the posted results.

I think we are going to break out the ice cream machine and make some vanilla ice cream this afternoon and laze by the pool.

Have a great day all!!

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Finn BV - May 29, 2006 10:20 am (#546 of 2979)        

Denise, congrats on your run! Wish I had a pool to laze by…

Slow forum today. Good time to catch up on my Hinduism.

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Tazzygirl - May 29, 2006 2:31 pm (#547 of 2979)        

Welcome back Lizzy!! We missed you.

I just woke up (11:30 am). Didn't sleep well last night, so glad today is a holiday!

Good job on your running, Denise! I really need to get motivated and start either running or walking a couple times a week.

Good luck studying Hinduism, Finn. What class is that for?

Off to check Potty Five Words!

Hope you all have a fabulous RotD/N!

~Kristina

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Mediwitch - May 29, 2006 4:44 pm (#548 of 2979)        

HH11 - Glad the cheesecake was a big hit! I can't really claim full credit for it either, as it is from a Kahlua recipe book that someone gave me a long time ago.

Ooh - crickets in the car! When my husband and I got married, his daughter had a lizard, and I never quite got over going to the store and buying crickets!! Fortunately, very few ever got out

Dizzy Lizzy - how frustrating! Sometimes our fire department and ambulance get called out when there are phone or power lines down, and the utility companies can take forever to even come look! One time, we had been "babysitting" some lines for quite a while, and finally someone from the power company drove up, said "Yup, the line is live. It's time for my dinner break now." and left us there!! (NOT eating dinner and NOT getting paid!) When they finally came back it took about 10 minutes to fix it. GRRRR!!! Pissed

Denise - congrats on finishing your run!

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Finn BV - May 29, 2006 5:45 pm (#549 of 2979)        

Tazzy – history. The course is on religion.

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Tazzygirl - May 29, 2006 6:38 pm (#550 of 2979)        

oooh! How fun, Finn! History is my favorite subject! Good luck!

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Thora - May 29, 2006 7:31 pm (#551 of 2979)        

Well I just skimmed through over 100 posts... so I missed most of it, except the bubble wrap/kid transportation jokes... now that's an idea. heehee

Oh and funny thing about the Molly clock. We had dropped off my 3 year old son with his grandparents and we got about 3 hours down the road before we got a call from my mother-in-law. We didn't manage to answer the call on the first set of rings (cars are great for losing cell phones in)and once the phone was found we discussed if we should call her back. My husband said "The only reason to call is to see if Jay is in mortal peril." I said "I know..." Then he said "Well if you had brought your clock we wouldn't need to call at all."

I love being married to a man who will listen to several chapters of HP and watch GoF three times in one road trip. Sigh......

Anyway, I just had to share.

Thora

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Puck - May 29, 2006 7:49 pm (#552 of 2979)        

Great job, Denise! Nice picture! I can't believe how big Rhys looks. Only a month older than my little one. I need to sneak in to make sure she hasn't grown up since I put her to bed.

Thora, I wish my husband knew what a Molly clock is! Hope you had a great trip.

Okay, getting late. I finally got the laundry folded. Dishes will wait until morning. *sigh* I've been busy all day, and still can't manage to get caught up!

Happy RotD,

Kathy

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The giant squid - May 29, 2006 11:21 pm (#553 of 2979)        

Careful, Finn, you're showing your 50-year-old-ness again.

Congrats on the run, Denise. You may not have beaten your personal best, but you sure as heck beat mine!

Happy Memorial Day/Bank Holiday and happy RotD/N!

--Mike

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Essidji - May 30, 2006 4:06 am (#554 of 2979)        

Hi everyone. It's been a loooong time since I haven't posted here, so I must apologise for skipping through thousands of posts...

I just wanted to say hello, and give you some news about my life. I started (another) new job in early may, and it seems to be a very nice company, this one. I am still working with unemployed persons, giving them job research techniques... It's fun.

The weather in going crazy in France this week. We had 4°c early this morning, and even some snow on the mountains... We are simply freezing! Normally at this time of the year, temperatures should be at least 15°c higher. Fortunately, the coffe machine is new.

All of you, have a great day.

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Catherine - May 30, 2006 4:19 am (#555 of 2979)        

Welcome back, Essidji.

Congratulations to Denise!

I hope everyone **waves to Loopy and Kim** enjoyed the holiday weekend. We had fun here in NC. On Saturday, we visited a home on the Pamlico river. The various children in attendance enjoyed kayaking and swimming. Next day was Atlantic Beach.

Saturday's hostess, a Southern American Literature teacher, nearly keeled over in laughter when I displayed my deviled eggs on a deviled egg plate. She said she had never seen one before. How can you claim to know about Southern culture and not know a deviled egg plate when you see one? She also said that she had never made deviled eggs in her life.

Well, I don't claim to be an expert on being Southern culture, but on major holiday picnics, deviled eggs are standard fare where I come from. And I noted with satisfaction that the eggs disappeared before anything else.

I have a cleaning service coming today to wash all our windows and to powerwash our woodwork and porches. It's the second half of my Mother's Day present to myself. So it will be chaotic and annoying for a while, but then everything will sparkle.

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Loopy Lupin - May 30, 2006 5:29 am (#556 of 2979)        

This morning on the playset, a mama Preying Mantis hatched out about a billion little Preying Manti (Mantises?) We had a beam swarming with the tiny little things, it was way cool. – Denise

This reminds me of a topic we had many months ago (last year?)about collective nouns. I couldn't find a collective noun for Preying Mantids (I did find the plural of "mantis" though ), but how about a "flutter of mantids."

I hope everyone had a great Memorial Day weekend. I popped on here a couple of times so I already gave me opinion of X-Men3. I also made it to the beach yesterday with me new beach chair, new cooler, and new beach towel. I am ready for the summer indeed. My friends and I had another, "We're so old" moment too. You see, when we went to the beach before they had kids, we were very "low profile" and travelled light. Now, with two kids, they've (and by implication "me") become one of "those people" who come to the beach with a big wheel barrow thingy toting chairs, umbrella, toys and two different coolers. It's called a Rolleze and you might've seen it:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000BGQZJI/ref=nosim/103-1843898-9913440?n=3760901

It's a bit pricy, but quite essential if you have a lot of stuff to haul to the beach and don't want to mess around.

Also, let me say to all uncles who have nieces between the ages of 6-11, I discovered that if you purchase a copy of "High School Musical" for your little angel, you will be the coolest person ever.

Well, I don't claim to be an expert on being Southern culture..... Catherine

Of course you don't claim that because to do so would be putting on airs. How could this carpetbaggin' so-called "teacher" have never even heard of a deviled egg plate? Great-time-O'-day! Methinks she could be quite the poseur. You should invite her to your house and offer her a Mint Julep in a proper Mint Julep cup. If she doesn't know what that is, you should report her to the appropriate authorities.

Back to work. At least the week is short.

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Puck - May 30, 2006 5:33 am (#557 of 2979)        

Catherine, I'm a Northern Girl, and yet I'm pretty sure I've seen Deviled egg plates. (though I have never made any)

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haymoni - May 30, 2006 5:48 am (#558 of 2979)        

Puck - I'm pretty sure it was Fisher Price, but it is the one that works with these Kidz Bop cassette things. The only think I don't like is that there are no words with the songs. She really likes watching herself on TV, though. She just sings her own stuff.

Desk Set has been on TV a lot recently. I like watching Kate Hepburn getting tanked on all that champagne. Those were the good old days when you didn't work on Christmas eve and just hung out at all the office parties.

Being in Human Resources, I can tell you that such parties today would be COMPLETELY against policy!!

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Julie Aronson - May 30, 2006 6:25 am (#559 of 2979)        

Catherine,

I'm a midwesterner, and not only do we LOVE our deviled eggs, I have a special Tupperware I use for safe transport.

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Lupin is Lupin. Natch. - May 30, 2006 6:44 am (#560 of 2979)        

It's called a Rolleze and you might've seen it:---Loopy Lupin

My, my, that is expensive. For a fraction of the price, might I recommend the Wonder Wheeler, which has served me well all along the Maine and Massachusetts coasts:

http://www.campersstore.com/acatalog/Beach_Carts.html

Catherine, during my trip to Vermont this weekend my friend picked up a copy of Being Dead is No Excuse: The Official Southern Ladies Guide to Hosting the Perfect Funeral. It has a picture of deviled eggs right on the cover and Chapter 3 is titled: Who Died? Stuffed Eggs, Etiquette and Delta Pate.

And was it Mike Miller who asked about my husband's fishing day? Hope so, cause here goes...After he dons his “Women Want Me, Fish Fear Me” hat, he hits the local ponds where he fishes and sometimes succeeds at catching small and large mouth bass (large mouth bass aren't native to Massachusetts but were brought back by soldiers returning from the Civil War ***waves to Wayne and Catherine*** ), Crappies, Perch, Pike and Sunfish, lots of Sunfish. He supports catch and release.

He went to school in the D.C. area and enjoyed fishing for Catfish (which he always kept and ate) and eels. Only once did he go fishing in the Chesapeake Bay and speaks more of the Ospreys he saw than the fish he caught. He does tell a very funny story about nightfishing for Catfish with some college friends. It involves a log, a net, some balance issues and a big splash. But he got the fish.

I think I deserve an award for allowing him to keep his worms in the fridge.

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Loopy Lupin - May 30, 2006 6:52 am (#561 of 2979)        

My, my, that is expensive. For a fraction of the price, might I recommend the Wonder Wheeler, which has served me well all along the Maine and Massachusetts coasts: -- Kim

Hmmm. Well, I don't have any point of comparison, having neither rolled with ease nor wheeled with wonder. I will say that the ridiculously expensive Rolleze's big wheels make traversing the sand look pretty easy. I also discovered that the frame and wheel design for the Rolleze is patented and the patent holder lives in the Carribean now.

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kaykay1970 - May 30, 2006 7:08 am (#562 of 2979)        

We brought the 9 year old back to the river Sunday night for her camp-over in the tent. The 15 year old caught a perch and hubby caught a drum and 2 turtles that were all released. The 12 year old caught the only catfish which I cooked and the children shared before roasting hot dogs over the camp fire. Hubby brought the children fishing again Monday evening and the 9 year old caught another perch and a sauger (which my hubby had trouble releasing owing to the fact that it had very sharp teeth!)

Now I also have the left over worms in the fridge!

On the way home from the camp-out Sunday afternoon we did have to stop the car for mother wild turkey crossing the road with her little baby turkeys. That was pretty cool!

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Denise P. - May 30, 2006 7:24 am (#563 of 2979)        

Whhaaaattt? How could anyone not know about deviled eggs?? They are a staple around here at any major holiday or any day that the kids can convince me to make them. heck, the buffet type restaurants around here have deviled eggs on the salad section. Once my kids realized that, they made a beeline for them. **smiling modestly** They said mine were better. I know there are all kinds of ways to make them, how do you guys?

Mine is the standard mustard, mayo and paprika. My kids don't know it but I also use either some horseradish or use spicy brown mustard rather than plain mustard.

Kim, my kids leave worms in the fridge too, when they go fish. We have a free fishing day rodeo coming up on Saturday so I imagine we will have a tub of worms overnight. Where we fish, the fish prefer bread though. We catch more bluegill, rock bass, sunfish and other fish using nothing but bread. Some kid caught a 80 lb carp using bread. Of course, we do catch and release. Nicholas dreams of catching a large mouth bass but so far, has not even gotten a nibble from one.

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Catherine - May 30, 2006 7:36 am (#564 of 2979)        

Mine is the standard mustard, mayo and paprika. My kids don't know it but I also use either some horseradish or use spicy brown mustard rather than plain mustard. –Denise

Same here (I use Dijon mustard), although I used to use a dash of Worcestershire sauce. Nowadays my "secret" ingredient is a smidgeon of anchovy paste. Not enough to taste really anchovy or fish-like, but enough to add a little depth and heat. Maybe next time I'll experiment with horseradish instead.

Kim, that book about hosting the Southern funeral is a hoot. What makes it even funnier is that the book is actually not exaggerating.

About the bait....EWWW! I abhor worms in the fridge. My dad always has icky bait in the fridge (worms are the least of it, sadly), and let me tell you, that is NOT the first thing you want to encounter in the morning when you are reaching for the orange juice.

Still waiting for my sparkling clean windows.

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Julie Aronson - May 30, 2006 7:52 am (#565 of 2979)        

I use Dijon mustard, Miracle Whip, salt, pepper and a bit of curry powder for the depth and heat to which Catherine refers. I enjoy watching people try to divine the unusual background flavors. I just might have to try some horseradish, though...I have some growing in my yard.

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Kip Carter - May 30, 2006 8:07 am (#566 of 2979)        

Catherine, deviled eggs were one of my grandmother's prized specialties of which she passed the recipe(s) on to me. She also was from Virginia and moved to the Carolinas, like you. No, I am not going to be a good egg and share the recipe. I will tell you that many of my old friends try to bribe me into making at least one batch every major holiday. A batch produces 72 deviled egg halves (3 dozen eggs); however never more than 60 leave the house in the trays. As for the deviled egg dishes, she had at least five (three crystals, two signature china, and one of silver), all being hand made especially for her.

As for the bait, buy your dad a very small refrigerator and let him put it in the garage or somewhere to keep his worm. Tell him it's an early Father's Day present.

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Holly T. - May 30, 2006 8:29 am (#567 of 2979)        

Hello everyone!

I skimmed through the discussion but let me just say that I have several deviled egg plates. I have a really tasty recipe made with chopped spinach, vinegar, and bacon bits. Yum.

Memorial Day weekend at the lake was quite nice, even though it was with the in-laws. Oh well. My daughter caught a huge catfish (I may manage to post a picture of it by Christmas). My son made lots of mud. I finished reading Joseph Ellis's “Founding Brothers” and read H. W. Brands's “Andrew Jackson: His Life and Times,” both of which were very good.

Oops, have to run, boss on phone!

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Loopy Lupin - May 30, 2006 8:49 am (#568 of 2979)        

I typically make deviled eggs with Ranch Dressing and that's it. A little paprika for color.

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kaykay1970 - May 30, 2006 10:22 am (#569 of 2979)        

My deviled eggs are basically like Denise's minus the paprika. I fill half the eggs add a little pickle relish(12 year old doesn't like them with pickles), then fill the other half.

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HungarianHorntail11 - May 30, 2006 11:13 am (#570 of 2979)        

Wow! It sounds as though everyone enjoyed a nice weekend - fishing, lakes, swimming, relaxing, reading, etc.! That's nice to know. The weather on the northeast cost US was pleasant - lots of swimming.

Essidji, sending warm weather charms your way - I hope you feel the effects of it soon! Though I love it, I would not be keen on snow at this point.

Ooh - crickets in the car! When my husband and I got married, his daughter had a lizard, and I never quite got over going to the store and buying crickets!! Fortunately, very few ever got out . . .

LOL! Yes, I was surprised to learn that they could chew through plastic. Well, we get a good laugh from it now. I never did enjoy picking up the crickets, either. And my daughters had Lacertidae genus - the skinny lizards called Long-tails. They taught them tricks, such as "playing dead" and holding their tails. Anyway, the moral of my post (yes, there is a point) was to face your fears before you must.

I love deviled eggs, but haven't made them in ages. My husband's aunt used to make them - they were delicious. And she, too, had deviled egg plates, so I agree with Loopy Lupin regarding the deviled egg plate.

The small refrigerator is a great idea!

My girls are off from school today, since they did not use up all of their snow days. (I wonder why they get out so late in June. )

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Holly T. - May 30, 2006 11:31 am (#571 of 2979)        

Julie, what a lovely memorial for your dog.

   The store had this promotion that any appliance bought this weekend will be FREE if it is over 92 degrees on the Fourth of July. So, let's hope for a hot one! (The same store does a similar promotion on Thanksgiving weekend -free if it snows a foot on Christmas.)



I am guessing that Puck lives Up North, as in Texas it would be unusual if it was below 92 on the Fourth. We've been having highs in the 90s consistently since April. And will continue to have them until at least September.

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mike miller - May 30, 2006 11:38 am (#572 of 2979)        

WOW, lot's to go through. Sounds like a great weekend had by all, except possibly our European friends and the unseasonable weather.

Congrats Denise! Consider your run a personal best for conditions of exteme heat!

Loopy - The beach ritual is one reason why I'm not a big fan. At least at the pool I can drive up close and they already have the chairs! I don't mind when my mother-in-law rents a house in Myrtle Beach (or just south of there) right on the beach. It's not too bad then.

Sounds like I started something with my request for the fishing update.

Kim - I'm sure he has a good time and returns in a better state of mind than when he left, that the key!

KayKay - I can relate to fish with teeth. I've done a bit of saltwater fishing, and I can tell you, that's the home of fish with TEETH! I still have all of my fingers and toes, but there have been a couple of close calls.

Kip - Good to see your post! The fridge is a great idea. My Dad has taken the concept one step further in that he has a small freezer he can run off his truck or a generator. When he catches something he's keeping it's clean 'em, vacuum seal 'em and freeze 'em right away! But then he's gone to Alaska for halibut and salmon; and, recently to Canada for big trout. You see, I sucked this outdoors stuff right out of my thumb!

Speaking of trout and bait, I noticed a flavor of "Power Bait" (popular brand name of various baits) called "Hatchery Formula", perfect for catching those stocked trout on opening day.

Last, but not least, Deviled Eggs!! I love them! I have the special plate, not enough for 3 dozen though, and I'm with Julie on the Miracle Whip version (and spicy brown mustard). There are 2 kinds of people in this world, mayonaise and Miracle Whip!

Have a great RotD!

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Puck - May 30, 2006 11:55 am (#573 of 2979)        

Holly, I'm from Massachusetts.

I think I deserve an award for allowing him to keep his worms in the fridge. –Kim

I think you need a brain scan for allowing him to keep worms in the fridge. Yuck! (Think of Maria's escaping crickets and you get the point.)

All the kiddies went home. Diva's preschool friends came over after school for a backyard picnic. We had fun, and are chilling out before t-ball. (Baby is napping, so I should be cleaning. Procrastinators Unite! )

Cheers!

Kathy

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Tazzygirl - May 30, 2006 12:23 pm (#574 of 2979)        

I loved deviled eggs. I look forward to them every year at Thanksgiving and Christmas. I make them the same was as Denise- paprika included. We add a little bit of pickle juice to the mix, as many in the family don't like the chunks of pickles in the mix. We also serve them on the platter made especially for deviled eggs.

EDIT: Glad to hear everyone had a great weekend... worms and all!

Hope you all have a fantastic RotD/N!!

~Kristina

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Holly T. - May 30, 2006 12:39 pm (#575 of 2979)        

Massachusetts is definitely Up North!

I had to come back to report that one of my co-workers always signs up to bring deviled eggs when we have a potluck. He puts capers in them. He is from New York. He does not have a deviled egg plate.

I am wondering if the non-U.S. forum members know what deviled eggs are, much less deviled egg plates.

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haymoni - May 30, 2006 12:44 pm (#576 of 2979)        

I use my deviled egg plate to hold the colored Easter eggs.

I count on others to make the deviled eggs as nobody but me likes them!

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Lina - May 30, 2006 1:52 pm (#577 of 2979)        

I admit I don't like eggs but I had fun googling for the deviled eggs recipes and plates. There is no way I could miss a deviled eggs plate now.

Tazzy, it seems that you should pack some skiing equipment for your aunt, uncle and the kids. We had some snow of our own too. And just at the time that my hubby was coming home from the mountains. The highway was closed because of the bad weather and he changed the tires into the summer ones a month ago... Kate was sad for not being with him. But he came home safe, of course.

Julie, I think that that is a beautiful way to have a memory of Nova, too.

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Denise P. - May 30, 2006 2:49 pm (#578 of 2979)        

All this deviled egg talk got me hungry...I am making a platter of deviled eggs to go with dinner

Mr. Denise is on the warpath. He bought several pints of strawberries with the intention of slicing them up to place on ice cream. Kierynn, being a sneaky miss, managed to make it out of the kitchen, through the living room and up the stairs with a pint of them and went up to her room with them. Ryan captured her in the act. She ate nearly the entire pint! The thing that just fried Mr. Denise is that she took one bite out of each strawberry and then tossed the remainder in the trash can...leaving at least 50% of each strawberry uneaten!

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Marè - May 30, 2006 3:01 pm (#579 of 2979)        

Pffft, lots of catching up, we went from carrot and cheese cake to worms and eggs!

I am wondering if the non-U.S. forum members know what deviled eggs are, much less deviled egg plates.
My mother makes stuffed eggs for parties, which sounds very similar, but no anchovies or pickles are present. I never saw a deviled egg plate though, I should try and get her one!

And Welcome back Essidji! Great to see you again!

I spent the weekend rowing, we rowed a rowing marathon, starting at Friday at eight o clock in the evening and finishing at Saturday at 18:30.
It was a relay race so I didn't have to row the full 200 KM (Thank goodness) but there was no rest for the weary either, because we had to drive the two vans from changing point to changing point.
But it was fun and we finished within the 24 hour time limit.
(And after that it was good that we could go home because if you stick 12 sweaty rowers in two alleady damp vans for more than 24 hours it smells bad!!)

And now I've spent the last three days trying to get in a normal rhythm again... And waiting for good weather.

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Finn BV - May 30, 2006 3:55 pm (#580 of 2979)        

Essidji, welcome back, and warm weather charms to you!

Can't say I know a whole lot about eggs. Thus, I can't join in the discussion.

LOL @ Denise about the strawberries!

So, I have to brag. We had our "Class Day" today, a day for recognition in arts and academics. Each teacher gives an award for each class they teach, so there are about 16-18 winners in each subject, considering there are approximately 8-9 sections per department. So, I'm quite happy to say that I won an award in every subject except science (and I'm sure we all know why…). I also got one in Community Service. The surprise was that I won the special award in math, so not for my class, but for being dedicated to the subject. I also had to perform the poem which won me the poetry slam, as well as speak about oceanography and perform a skit for foreign language. So, I'm happy yet extremely exhausted!

Enjoy the RotD!

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boop - May 30, 2006 4:42 pm (#581 of 2979)        

Essidji, Good to hear from you, welcome back. Good luck with your new job.

hugs always

boop

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Tazzygirl - May 30, 2006 5:12 pm (#582 of 2979)        

Thanks, Lina, for the weather update! I am packing the kids' suitcases as we speak... Glad to hear your hubby got home safe!

Sorry about the strawberries, Denise!

Congratulations, Finn! Sounds like you had a great day!

~Kristina

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Mediwitch - May 30, 2006 5:27 pm (#583 of 2979)        

Yum, deviled eggs! I also make them basically the same way as Denise, although I have recently experimented with basil in one batch and sundried tomatoes in another. Both were pretty good, but I still like the plain-old basic recipe. And I have my grandmother's egg plate, as well as a Rubbermaid one for traveling! (And I'm from the north!!)

Holly, my sister-in-law, who was raised in Texas but now lives in Virginia, thinks VA is the north, and those of us in New England are in another country!

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Thom Matheson - May 30, 2006 7:01 pm (#584 of 2979)        

Thought this the unobtrusive place for this. If I made a mistake I apoligize now. On one of the posts, one of the posters used netspeak. They were reminded not to do that. One of the examples given as not to use has absolutely baffled me. So, what is prolly? I hope nothing bad.

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Denise P. - May 30, 2006 7:25 pm (#585 of 2979)        

prolly = probably It is nothing bad, just pointless

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Thom Matheson - May 30, 2006 7:29 pm (#586 of 2979)        

Not in a million years would I have guessed that. But for those reading this, that is why you should take the time to add just a few letters. Thanks Denise. I'm sure that hubby is as bummed as I about the Pistons. By the way, just found out one of my best friends here at home, his daughter is married to the Pred. captain, Greg Johnson. How small is that world?

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Puck - May 30, 2006 8:08 pm (#587 of 2979)        

Congrats to you, Finn! Sounds like a great day!

Haymoni, thanks for the info! That's the one I was thinking of getting. As Diva likes singing her own lyrics, I'm sure it will be a hit!

Mare, great job rowing! Sounds like an exciting weekend.

Son had a fun field trip to the zoo today. Prairie dogs were his favorite.

Happy RotD,

Kathy

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Eponine - May 30, 2006 8:21 pm (#588 of 2979)        

Finn's story about his class day has prompted me to share what my 6 year old niece told me and my sister this weekend on my visit home. Her school's award ceremony was Friday, and while she won the math award, she didn't get to receive this award on stage as each teacher was only allowed to award two specific awards in the school-wide assembly. On the way home in the car, the little diva was grumbling about not getting to go on stage. My sister asked if it was just because she wanted to get up in front of everyone to which she readily agreed. Then she said, "Starting today, from now on, if I don't get to go up on stage, I'm not going to clap." Of course, we told her that she should clap for everyone because it was rude not to, but we still had to stifle our laughter.

I had a nice visit home. I got to see a few friends and spend time with my family. I didn't get to go to all the restaurants I wanted to, but I did go to the used bookstores that I miss so much.

Mr. Eponine's grandmother always brings deviled eggs to family gatherings, and it has become tradition for me and my brother-in-law to steal a few before we eat. I've only made them myself a few times, and I don't really have a set recipe. I just like to throw things in there to see how they come out. I do that a lot when I'm cooking.

I hope everyone has a great RotD!

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HungarianHorntail11 - May 30, 2006 9:40 pm (#589 of 2979)        

Sounds as though you had a great day, Finn! Congratulations, it must be rewarding to have all of that hard work recognized. What kind of community service did you take part in? Just wondering, as a PTO member, it is always nice to have new ideas.

Good luck with your exams, though I am quite sure you will breeze through them.

Lina, I am sorry to hear about the snow, as I know how you feel about the cold weather! Warm weather charms to you from the HHs.

Julie, I agree with Lina - that is a beautiful way to remember Nova.

EDIT: That sounds like fun, Mrs. Sirius. It also sounds like a great place for a class trip! I would love to chaperone that!

Denise, that is a really cute story (of course, I can say that because it didn't happen here) - well, it doesn't sound as though she got any on the rug, though, if they went straight into the garbage.

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Mrs. Sirius - May 30, 2006 9:49 pm (#590 of 2979)        

Ahh, Denise, was her face all messy? I hope you got picture once you got past the incredible waste of a pint of strawberries.

Hi everyone. Had to comment on the deviled eggs. Yes I too hail from way up North, (raised in New York). My mother always made deviled eggs as an appetizer with her very fancy meals. She was the absolute best cook but her recipe was fairly simple, mayo, mustard and paprika. Although she did experiment and added herbs, capes, vinegar, or something. My mother owned at least one of every kitchen implement ever made, she has a thick cut glass deviled eggs tray, I don’t know where it ended up.

It seems to me that the number of Forumers in New England is increasing, I have a better chance of meeting one of you.

Tazzy, twinship is cool.

For Mother’s Day I did a Woman’s Wellness weekend at a local camp. I did something they call “swing”. You get all harnessed up, pulled 30 feet into the air by harness, and then dropped to a free fall whereby you >>>>swing 50 feet in either direction<<<<<. Once I did that I just figured I'd do it all and climbed the 80 foot Alpine tower (up the challenging side), and jumped off a tree platform 30 feet in the air. Once you have done that you can do anything. My kid’s elementary school has field day at the same camp soon, I will be chaperoning. I can’t wait!

Essidji, welcome back.

Good work Finn.

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Elanor - May 30, 2006 10:01 pm (#591 of 2979)        

We're making some sort of deviled eggs here as well! The funniest is that the name is very close in French: "oeufs à la diable", something like "a la devil eggs". Just love languages!

Good to hear some of you already are in holidays: school will end only on July 7th here! Always make the holidays feel even better when you know others are still working...

Congratulations and waves to everybody!

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geauxtigers - May 30, 2006 10:04 pm (#592 of 2979)        

Wow Skimmed all these post here and what did I find? Deviled eggs this and that! I must say we have them at every single family gathering and all holidays! I know there is mayo, mustard, relish and other stuff that I can't remember, But down here in Louisiana we put something on ours (and basically on everything else)you'd love its awesome stuff. Called Tony's Chacheres and I'm sure few have probably heard of it, but then again maybe you have! Greatest stuff ever!

So I officially have 2 half days left of school and only 4 exams to go I'm super excited I almost can't study, which is bad! I should go to bed now as its midnight so I'll catch up tomorrow and hopefully won't have to read through 54 new posts!

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HungarianHorntail11 - May 30, 2006 10:14 pm (#593 of 2979)        

geauxtigers I have 3 cylinders of Tony's Chacheres! I picked it up at a Beaux Mart while visiting friends last July in Metairie. They now live in Baton Rouge, but my friend got me started on that and we use it in rice, on chicken, etc. Adds a nice touch - also use it on salmon sandwiches.

Good luck studying to all taking exams.

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Tazzygirl - May 30, 2006 11:44 pm (#594 of 2979)        

Puck: Prairie dogs were his favorite.

Prairie dogs are Sydney's favorite too.

Mrs. Sirius- twinship is definitely awesome!

geauxtigers: You just brought me back to my childhood. I absolutely LOVE Tony Chacheres. When my family moved to California, for a while there my mom was having one of our friends mail us some every time we ran out. I really miss the crawfish cookouts, and boudin (sp?)- the sausage mixed with rice stuff. Oh, and shrimp po'boys (I think that is how it's written...) I haven't been to the South in about 10 years. Really miss the food (King Cakes included!!). I could go on and on and on!

~Kristina

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The giant squid - May 31, 2006 12:43 am (#595 of 2979)        

Great, now I'm craving deviled eggs... We'd heard of them in North Dakota, too (had to have something to go with the macaroni hot-dish), so this teacher friend of yours isn't un-Southern, just uninformed.

I finally saw X-Men: The Last Stand today. It was clearly designed to be the last movie, though they left a little hole for future installments. As a film, I liked it; as a former X-Men comic book reader, I was disappointed with a lot of the characterizations. I'll still be buying the DVD when it comes out, though. Maybe someday we'll get the Bryan Singer edition like they're doing with Donner's Superman II...

--Mike

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Madam Pince - May 31, 2006 1:02 am (#596 of 2979)        

So here it is 3:30+ in the morning and I can't sleep (fell asleep on couch between 11 and 2 which was a mistake!), so I've just read over 170 posts!!

Let's see: First, welcome to all new Forum members! Hope you all enjoy! You got good advice to read the DIGS thread -- hee-hee!

Welcome back also to DJ Evans -- and please pass along my congratulations to Sherbie Lemon! That's exciting news!

Denise, I can't believe how big Rhys is getting! That picture of him in the pool is adorable. Congrats to you on your race also!

(Why am I ending every sentence with an exclamation point!)

Good Evans, that is so sweet what you did with Nova's ashes -- what a lovely way to remember her. I was also rolling laughing with your dessert description which I plan to use from now on: "I had berries for dessert, with cheesecake underneath."

My deviled eggs have Miracle Whip rather than mayo, and usually some mustard and vinegar and pickle relish, with paprika on top. I do like to add horseradish for a little zip once in a while. My cut-glass deviled-egg plate has 20 spaces for eggs, which is unreasonably annoying to me. Those extra four egg halves....

Our trip was pretty much as expected unfortunately. The travel part wasn't so bad -- we didn't have any major traffic delays except one outside of Richmond on the way home which we managed to circumvent. Little Pince was on his best travel behavior and I was really proud of him -- the DVD player performed admirably and we didn't even have to use it all that much because he was being really good. I forgot my pillow (which I have had since I was 10) in the hotel on the way down, suffered minor panic attack until I called and they said they'd hold it for me to pick up on the way back -- Yay! (except that I had a neckache the entire weekend from sleeping on pull-out sofabeds without said pillow which had been the whole point of taking it along in the first place.) Ate lots of good food with the relatives, enjoyed their fantastic pool and also feeding the geese/ducks off the dock behind their house -- Little Pince also had a blast "fishing" from the dock. It was really really hot and humid. The best part, though, was meeting Little Pince's second-cousin who is also four. There are days when I think he is ill-behaved and that I am the worst Mom in the world, but after having met that darling little diva-monster, I am absolutely thrilled to death with him! She was something else!!! Really quite a handful for her mom and her grandparents, because she apparently has never heard the word "no." Little Pince seemed to be happy enough to be bossed around by her, though -- I guess he really is desperate for companions his own age!

Spent the last two days unpacking and returning the rental van and picking up the dog from the kennel and re-stocking the fridge and all that stuff. Still have piles of laundry. Actually most of today was spent putting the back yard together -- Mr. Pince wanted to powerwash and waterproof the deck while the dog was still at the kennel, so we did a lot of outdoor stuff while it was 100 degrees outside. Bleah. One fun thing -- today I found two adorable baby bunnies! Apparently I disturbed their nest which was inside the fenced part of my garden I am hoping their mommy herds them together into a new home! I am going to take the dog out on a leash for the next couple of days just in case to give her to chance to re-collect them. They were so cute! So tiny -- smaller than chipmunks, and their ears were so short they almost didn't look like rabbits -- beautiful brown and each had a small white spot on the top of its head. I do hope they stay safe from predators -- I'm feeling quite guilty that I messed up their nest, but truly I had no idea they were there.

OK, so now it's 4 am -- time to read a few chapters of "PoA" and try to drift off.... Everyone enjoy the RotD! ***waves at Squid Mike who is also still awake apparently***

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Julie Aronson - May 31, 2006 2:05 am (#597 of 2979)        

Good job Finn!!!Way Too Happy

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jose043 - May 31, 2006 3:50 am (#598 of 2979)        

Hi All

Your devil eggs sound nice but I Can't eat them

Josephine

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Catherine - May 31, 2006 3:53 am (#599 of 2979)        

Then she said, "Starting today, from now on, if I don't get to go up on stage, I'm not going to clap."—Eponine

ROFL. I've met this little diva-in training and I can well imagine how cute this was to hear! Congrats on her award.

I'm still giggling over Mr. Denise's indignation over the strawberries.

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jose043 - May 31, 2006 5:06 am (#600 of 2979)        

Hi all

This is my daughter Anne's display that she had to do for part of her Library Technician course. She had to put the display up in one of the local libraries in Perth for a week.

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mike miller - May 31, 2006 5:08 am (#601 of 2979)        

Great Job Finn!! I'm sure the exams will go smoothly; just relax and let your mind work - the answers are in there somewhere.

Madame Pince - Glad to see made it back and that everything went well. On the deviled egg plate, I think they expected at least 4 halves to be eaten during the production process. LOL

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Loopy Lupin - May 31, 2006 5:27 am (#602 of 2979)        

There are 2 kinds of people in this world, mayonaise and Miracle Whip! -- mike miller

But there is only ONE mayo and that is Duke's. ****waves to Catherine****

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Catherine - May 31, 2006 5:38 am (#603 of 2979)        

But there is only ONE mayo and that is Duke's.--Loopy Lupin

Now that's funny.

I always thought I didn't like mayonnaise until I had homemade mayo on delicious tea sandwiches at the Easter Egg hunt. The hostess, a lady of "a certain age," has a man who cooks for her, and he makes incredible homemade mayonnaise. He also makes delicious pimento cheese, another "Southern favorite" (I wonder if this recipe is in the funeral book? **waves to Kim**)

Off to eat breakfast.

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Puck - May 31, 2006 5:54 am (#604 of 2979)        

pssst, Finn, your turn for hangman!

Mrs. Sirius, where is that cool place? As a fellow New Englander I would love to check it out. I love that kind of stuff. (Hmm, how many are in NE? Us, Kim, Mediwitch, Mrs. Brisbee...)

Welcome back, Mrs. Pince! Glad you had a good trip. I often see kids at parties that make me feel better about mine.

Poor kid, in trouble for eating fruit! Next time, she'll just steal the cookies.

As the mom of a Diva, I fully understand the desperate need to be the one on the stage.

Cheers!

Kathy

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John Bumbledore - May 31, 2006 7:07 am (#605 of 2979)        
Edited May 31, 2006 8:31 am

Oy! We survived our three ball game evening that I posted about (brief mention, really) on the Potty Games thread. Four children on three different teams playing in three different towns all starting within 15 minutes of the same time. Monday the fifth will be another three game night but then only in two towns (though two ball parks are across town from each other).

We had a wonderful holiday weekend. Had some friends and neighbors over on Sunday for a back yard barbecue. Well, I just did hamburger patties and hot dogs. Mrs. made potato salad and deviled eggs. If you put a teaspoon or two of white vinegar in the boiling water, the egg shells peel off much easier. Often without losing any egg white, thus leaving four halves to be enjoyed before serving the full plate to the guests. Miracle Whip, brown spicy mustard, and sweet relish is our style.

Sticker Stalker Saga update: This morning, the thank you note I posted days ago was upside-down. There were two more stickers and a "Your [sic] welcome" reply. No name signed, just a smilie. I flipped the note over, wrote thank you again, and clearly requested a name. I reasoned, "We adult Harry Potter fans need to 'stick' together." Maybe the game will now come to an end.

For dessert I do like fruit; apples, baked, in a crust, served hot, under ice cream. Yes, I do like that.

Happy RotD/N/T (N for night, T for tomorrow. . . **Waves to Lizzy and others who are often living in my Tomorrow**

<)B^D˜ John Bumbledore

P. S. Welcome to all new members, welcome back to all those returning!

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kaykay1970 - May 31, 2006 7:13 am (#606 of 2979)        

My eldest girl is 17 today. Yes, we do seem to have birthdays in pairs at my house...

Oh No! Maybe I am Un-Southern! I hate pimento cheese!! My daughter obviously agrees. She says she would rather eat her shoe than pimento cheese!

I'm glad you had a good trip, Madam Pince!

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Gina R Snape - May 31, 2006 7:32 am (#607 of 2979)        

Hey everyone. Sorry to just pop in like this. But I'll be submitting my questions for the JKR/King/Irving event and I am open to anyone who has questions for Stephen King and/or John Irving. If you have any questions you'd like me to submit, please let me know. I'll be posting my questions tomorrow to the website.

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azi - May 31, 2006 7:40 am (#608 of 2979)        

Happy birthday to your eldest, Kay! Is that her in the picture? Looks amazing!

John - good idea on what you did! Did the person actually write the wrong form of 'your' or was it a typo on your account? I like the 'Sticker Stalker Saga' name!

I'm afraid I don't know anything about Mr. Irving and King, Gina!

I have no idea on all these southern foods either. I know I don't like egg, so thats the deviled eggs out!

I'm doing boring and repetitive Stats work on Excel. Takes so long! *sigh* Wish I could magic it done...

Hope everyone has a lovely day!

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Finn BV - May 31, 2006 8:13 am (#609 of 2979)        

LOL Eponine about your niece! That's great though that she still won the math award.

HH11, the community service program in 8th grade is all sponsored by the school, so I visited elderly homes in a program called "Sunday Funday," which has you and the elderly playing games, or asking trivia, or just helping them get around. At Christmas time, I wrapped toys to be delivered around the neighborhood. Think I did some more but can't remember what…

Mrs. Sirius, that sounds like a lot of fun, and reminds me of my time at my school retreat in Connecticut, only yours is more extreme!

Madam P, welcome back!

Kathy, thanks for the heads-up. And I'm not in NE but so close to it… (NY)

John, we're on your side in the Sticker Saga!

Happy Birthday kaykay's daughter!

Psst, azi, since John wrote, "Your [sic] welcome," that means the 'your' was as written, even though it's incorrect. (sic)

I would also like to take questions on King and Irving, since you can ask all three authors a question.

Enjoy the RotD!

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azi - May 31, 2006 8:21 am (#610 of 2979)        

Oh, I was wondering what 'sic' meant! Thanks Finn!

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HungarianHorntail11 - May 31, 2006 8:47 am (#611 of 2979)        

Puck, we're not in NE, but NJ - close enough. *waves*

Happy 17th to your daughter, kaykay - she is stunning! Is that a prom pic?

Finn, that sounds like a nice selection of services. Keep up the good work.

Loopy Lupin - Duke's??? What is this Duke's you speak of??

John, sounds as though you've had an eventful weekend. Perhaps the sticker saga is spiralling to its end?

jose043, what a cool setup. Are they to be graded on it?

Enjoy the ROTD everyone. Trevor has proceeded to break his bright blue Play Doh into microscopic bits and they are now embedded in the fibers of my cream-colored rug. I suppose I should wait until it dries, then vacuum.

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Chemyst - May 31, 2006 8:58 am (#612 of 2979)        

Deviled eggs are supposed to be a Southern thing? Dear, dear; I live in the south and always considered them Easter leftovers.

For dessert I do like fruit; apples, baked, in a crust, served hot, under ice cream. Yes, I do like that. - <)B^D=
I could agree, if only I had someone to clean up for me. But crust making is so messy that I bake apples in the skins they came with and stuff their little cores with butter, cinnamon & brown sugar.

I have a question for anyone who studied/uses UK English: What preposition would you consider the best choice to use in this sentence?
What do you usually do ____ the weekends?
Because, I was looking at an ESL book (English as a Second Language) that said the correct answer was _ at _ but I wouldn’t use that in American English, so I wondered if they were wrong or just different.

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kaykay1970 - May 31, 2006 9:06 am (#613 of 2979)        

Thanks for the birthday wishes and the compliments. Yes, that is a Prom picture.

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azi - May 31, 2006 9:09 am (#614 of 2979)        

Chemyst - I would automatically use what the book said. Of course, I speak English English.

Kaykay - Looking at that picture, you'd think your daughter was older than 17! Maybe even early 20s...

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Finn BV - May 31, 2006 9:27 am (#615 of 2979)        

Whoa, I would definitely use on (or during). How weird. At?? Separated by a common language…

Kaykay, I agree, your daughter definitely looks older than 17 there!

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John Bumbledore - May 31, 2006 9:41 am (#616 of 2979)        
Edited May 31, 2006 10:48 am

Chemyst, I know you didn't ask for US English, nor for humor, but I couldn't help (I mean stop) myself.

This sounds much like the Minister of vs. Minister for difference, but that would make it either of the weekends or for the weekends. Sorry.

Siriusly? I would pair it with _at_ the weekdays vs. _on/during/over_ the weekdays.

Now you have me thinking of the phase, "a month of Sundays," and what it means. Would it be four or five Sundays (then being a month long) or about thirty Sundays (that being about seven months in length).

<)B^D˜ John Bumbledore

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geauxtigers - May 31, 2006 10:36 am (#617 of 2979)        

Ha ha I would definitely not say _ At, I'd say During on like Finn said. AT_ sounds grammatiaclly incorrect to me! Its not a place its a time! LOL really funny how the exact same language can be so different!

I would also like to know what Duke's is? Is that mayo Loony Lupin? I've never heard of it before... Its all BluePlate Mayo where I'm from!

I think I need to get out more!

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Loopy Lupin - May 31, 2006 10:51 am (#618 of 2979)        

Loopy Lupin - Duke's??? What is this Duke's you speak of?? -- HH!!

Oh dear, I'm feeling faint. What did Catherine do with the cold compress..............? Duke's is mayonnaise produced in the South. It is the only mayo allowed in the homes of those born in the South and it typically wins over people transplanted to the South from elsewhere. ***wonders if Catherine has ever toured the Duke's plant**** Duke's is also the secret ingredient in my Grandmother's macaroni salad. I don't know if it is distributed throughout the US or not and I don't really care. More for me.

http://www.dukesmayo.com

EDIT-- Oops. It appears that Duke's only in supermarkets in the Southeast. But, you can order it online if you like. It is also sugarfree, so it's healthy......**ahem***

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geauxtigers - May 31, 2006 11:03 am (#619 of 2979)        

Wow Lupin I'm in Louisiana and I'll be honest - - - I've never heard of Duke's, maybe if I saw it I would, but right now I don't know! Does this make me un-southern? All we eat here is Blue Plate!

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Loopy Lupin - May 31, 2006 11:06 am (#620 of 2979)        

Hmmm. Dunno. The website does say "southeast" and La.'s not so much "east." Even so, the fact that your mayo is called "Blue Plate" would confirm your Southernity. (Ooh, look! I made up a word!)

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Tazzygirl - May 31, 2006 11:16 am (#621 of 2979)        
Edited May 31, 2006 12:02 pm

Happy Birthday to Kay's eldest daughter! Hope she has a great day!!

Duke's is also a name of a very popular restaurant here in Hawaii. It's named after a popular surfer... Duke Ka'anamoku (or something like that, I just woke up, so my wording is a little off). It's pretty expensive, but it is soooooo good!

Have a great RotD/N everyone!

~Kristina

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kaykay1970 - May 31, 2006 11:18 am (#622 of 2979)        

I've never heard of Duke's either, but I like Miracle Whip better...I only started using mayo because Hubby is diabetic and Miracle Whip has corn syrup that mayo does not. Now Bryan hot dogs are only produced in the south and the only hot dogs I will eat.

I am seriously considering changing my avatar. The last thing I wanted to hear is that my "baby" looks 20ish! Maybe now I can forgive the waiter at Western Sizzler that shamelessly flirted with her. He refreshed her drink 4 times while I nearly choked to death on my baked potato... Honestly though, she doesn't usually look that old. She is a tee-shirt and jeans girl. And that is the first time she had worn make-up in ages.

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geauxtigers - May 31, 2006 11:21 am (#623 of 2979)        

I do know what Byran Hot Dogs are! We usually just get Oscar Mayer though I do like Bryan and their ballpark franks!

Nice word Lupin, southernity haha laughed out loud at that one!

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Puck - May 31, 2006 12:15 pm (#624 of 2979)        

LOL, Kay! I was coming to tell Finn and Azi that mothers do not want to hear that their children look older than their years! Happy birthday to her!

John , sorry my reverse psychology "Thank-you" note did not work. I figured if this character thought it didn't bother you, he/she may stop. Well, at least Miss Manners can give you points for being polite. (I would forgive the spelling error, as this person appears to still be in grade school.)

MMM, baked apples! Bet I could do that on the grill! Do you just core it and fill with said ingredients? Now I'm thinking about banana boats as well. (Peel back one strip, scoop out some fruit. Refill with marshmallow and chocolate chips. Replace strip. Wrap in foil. Heat. Yummy!)

Later!

Kathy

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Madam Pince - May 31, 2006 12:16 pm (#625 of 2979)        

Excellent word, Loopy; five points to your house! If I have to use mayo (for example, the Knorr spinach dip is best made with mayo rather than Miracle Whip) then Duke's it is!

Never was much of a pimento cheese fan, but I can eat it if I have to. (Which, as Catherine points out, is often if you attend social functions in the South.) Mike, I haven't thought of a better solution to my 20-space egg plate other than to do as you suggest, so that's the usual plan!

I would've never thought to use the word -at- in that sentence. I would use - on / over / during - instead, in that order. But so far, nobody has died and made me queen of Grammar-Land, so what do I know?

Happy birthday to kaykay's daughter -- she really is beautiful! Hope she has a fantastic day!

Mr. Pince's birthday was Monday -- we celebrated by getting a dozen hard crabs and by me burning my pinkie finger on the angel food cake pan -- ouch!

Little Pince just asked me to play the "Harry music" -- when I asked what that was, he said "You know, the one where Hermione is wearing the pretty pink dress." He likes to hone his ballroom dancing skills with me to that song, and then he likes to rock out to "Dance Like A Hippogriff."

Baby bunny report -- today when Mr. Pince was getting the weed-whacker out of the shed, one of them ran into the shed. So now we're not sure what to do, but we're leaving the door open for awhile. The dog has so far been totally clueless and not seemed to notice that there's been anything "foreign" in her yard, thank goodness.

Hope everyone has a good RotD!

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Tazzygirl - May 31, 2006 12:40 pm (#626 of 2979)        

Puck: Now I'm thinking about banana boats as well. (Peel back one strip, scoop out some fruit. Refill with marshmallow and chocolate chips. Replace strip. Wrap in foil. Heat. Yummy!)

LOL- my aunt makes Banana Boats here. I had never heard of them before. She does the quick and easy way of placing the banana with all the fixings in a bowl, covering it with plastic wrap, and the microwaving it for about a minute (until the banana peel is mostly black). Definitely yummy!!

~Kristina

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Lupin is Lupin. Natch. - May 31, 2006 12:48 pm (#627 of 2979)        

I feel compelled to point out that New England has a regional mayonnaise as well--Cains. It is the mayonnaise of choice in our house, although I only use it when making tuna fish.

Denise, Rhys looks so grown up in that photo. I can't believe that photo is of the same baby I met just a couple of months ago.

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HungarianHorntail11 - May 31, 2006 1:32 pm (#628 of 2979)        

What did Catherine do with the cold compress..............?

Last time I checked, it was being passed around on the Potty Five Words thread after a train wreck or two.

LOL Loopy Lupin - they seem to be located in Virginia. Somehow I envisioned the south to be more, er, southward. The ingredients look good, though. Thanks for the link!

Welcome home, Mme. Pince! Trevor LOVES the 4th CD - though he likes them all very much. One of his favorites is the Hippogriff Song, though his VERY favorite is "Isers Rive" - needless to say, he was quite frustrated by the time I figured out that he meant "Visitors Arrive!" I would say his second favorite is the "Mermaid Song" and a close third is the Hippogriff Song.

LOL Kaykay! She is a tee-shirt and jeans girl. That is Olivia, as well. After seeing your avatar, I am hoping that when Olivia finally decides to don a dress, she will be 21.

sorry my reverse psychology "Thank-you" note did not work.

Actually, Kathy, I think quite the opposite. He is now communicating with the offender. Time to get out the Logitech QuickCam, John.

Try substituting salmon for tuna - it's really good, especially with a dash of Tony Chatcheries. (sp?)

Maria

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Loopy Lupin - May 31, 2006 1:56 pm (#629 of 2979)        

Excellent word, Loopy; five points to your house! If I have to use mayo (for example, the Knorr spinach dip is best made with mayo rather than Miracle Whip) then Duke's it is! -- Madame Pince

You are a credit to your alma mater.

Hey Kim, perhaps we should work to bridge the cultural gap. I'll send you a jar of Duke's and you can send me a jar of Cain's.

LOL Loopy Lupin - they seem to be located in Virginia. Somehow I envisioned the south to be more, er, southward. The ingredients look good, though. Thanks for the link! -- HH11

Well, the distribution center or something is in Richmond, Virginia, but the plant that makes the stuff is in North Carolina. At any rate, Virginia is indeed very much in the South. Actually, the Mason-Dixon line (the traditional demarcation of South vs. North) is on Maryland's border with Pennsylvania. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mason-Dixon_line

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Thora - May 31, 2006 2:33 pm (#630 of 2979)        

I don't mind when my mother-in-law rents a house in Myrtle Beach (or just south of there) right on the beach. It's not too bad then. - Mike Miller

Okay so this is so 70 posts ago, but I use that phrase “a house in Myrtle Beach” (or just south of there) all the time to describe where I live. One can't just say _____ South Carolina, if one did the next question would always be "Is that by Myrtle Beach?".

The community where we live (my mother in law's house) has a private beach access that I try to avoid using. I really hate the beach. The shells everywhere, the pound of sand you can't help but bring home, and the stinky water. Maybe I'd like it if my skin knew how to tan. As it is I use the inconvenience of hauling the kiddie stuff as an excuse for being a mean mother who won't take her kids to the beach weekly.

Thora

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HungarianHorntail11 - May 31, 2006 2:44 pm (#631 of 2979)        
Edited May 31, 2006 3:34 pm

Oh yeah, the Mason-Dixon Line. Silly me. *smacks forehead* I was expecting it to be made somewhere like Alabama, Mississippi, etc.

EDIT:

Oh, Kristina - it seems to me as though you are such a great help to those children!!

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Tazzygirl - May 31, 2006 3:02 pm (#632 of 2979)        

What did Catherine do with the cold compress..............?

Last time I checked, it was being passed around on the Potty Five Words thread after a train wreck or two.


Here you go! Cold Compress is back on the chat thread!

(I think I need to borrow it again, packing the kids up for a three week trip is currently giving me a headache...(it has so far taken me two days to pack just one suitcase...)) **insert pulling hair out smiley here**

~Kristina

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kaykay1970 - May 31, 2006 3:45 pm (#633 of 2979)        

Here is my "baby" in her natural make-up free state...17ish? I took this picture at Casey Jones when we brought her brother for his birthday. This is her "Are we having fun yet?" look. Apparently she is not as excited about trains as her baby brother...

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Catherine - May 31, 2006 3:50 pm (#634 of 2979)        

Here you go! Cold Compress is back on the chat thread!—Tazzy

Whew. What a relief. I was in a tizzy and really NEEDING a cold compress wondering where I'd put it.

**nods to Holly about National History Day** A packet of information came via Muggle post today, and I think I'm excited about instituting this. It turns out that much of the research methods class I just taught would, scaled down, fit well with the requirements of the projects. I think most parents would be pleased to know that their children would be collecting primary sources and writing annotated bibliographies. **does fervent Hermione grin about schoolwork**

Kip, I laughed out loud when I read your segregated fridge suggestion. Sadly, Mom's and Daddy's place at the Chesapeake Bay is teensy, and has no garage and no space for a separate fridge. My mother thought this a brilliant suggestion, however, and I could see getting a small "ekeltricity" thingy for his boat that he could leave plugged in. We are in negotiations as I write this....

Whenever I read about "school chum" I do not envision boarding school chaps having a good time in the Gryffindor common room. I, most unfortunately, imagine Daddy's glee in attracting sharks by grinding chum in the water, and having schools of fish either eating or being eaten...So now everyone has a graphic image of what their fridge looks like.

The sharks, though, are wonderful eaten fresh off the boat; the steaks are first marinated and then grilled. No catch and release there.

Is it summer vacation yet???

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geauxtigers - May 31, 2006 4:24 pm (#635 of 2979)        

Try substituting salmon for tuna - it's really good, especially with a dash of Tony Chatcheries. (sp?)

LOL I'm not sure if that’s how you spell it or not.  We never call it that we just call it "Tony's"

(Looked it up its Chachere's) good on everything!

Those fruit things sounds soooooo good!!! I need the cold compress my brain is dead from all this chemistry!

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Thora - May 31, 2006 4:46 pm (#636 of 2979)        

Hmmmmm no bubble wrap or tied to the bumper comments yet? Where are all our punny guys when you need them?

Thora (who packed the kids a week ago and got razzed Smile )

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Madam Pince - May 31, 2006 5:14 pm (#637 of 2979)        

This is rather short notice, I guess, but I just saw on my TV listings that tonight starts the re-runs of the second season of Lost, so if you haven't jumped on board yet, now's the time! Episode 1 of Season 2, 9:00 pm eastern U.S. time, ABC, be there or be square! Rev up those Tivos or VCRs or DVDs or what-have-you, so you can pause it and try to figure out all the interesting stuff!

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Lupin is Lupin. Natch. - May 31, 2006 5:36 pm (#638 of 2979)        

This is rather short notice, I guess, but I just saw on my TV listings that tonight starts the re-runs of the second season of Lost, so if you haven't jumped on board yet, now's the time! Episode 1 of Season 2, 9:00 pm eastern U.S. time, ABC, be there or be square!---Madam Pince

Thank you for telling me this. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Hey Kim, perhaps we should work to bridge the cultural gap. I'll send you a jar of Duke's and you can send me a jar of Cain's.---Loopy Lupin

You got it.

As of today, we have 15 more days of school left. Hallelujah!

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Finn BV - May 31, 2006 6:00 pm (#639 of 2979)        

kaykay, your daughter looks much younger there, maybe even 15 or 16.

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haymoni - May 31, 2006 6:28 pm (#640 of 2979)        

I couldn't get on World Crossing at work today.

I think the dementors are catching on...

John - I still say you should tell your Sticker Shocker that your wife is getting suspicious.

Yes, I have watched some of "The Lost" rerun, you nasty, nasty people!

I am taking tomorrow off work because - and I cannot believe that I am doing this - The Beautifulest One needed parents to go on the kindergarten zoo field trip. Someone must have Confunded me.

I am The Slacker Mom. Now I'm going to reveal my Slackeriness for all the world - or at least the Room-Mothery, PTA-ey types - to see.

What was I thinking???

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Mediwitch - May 31, 2006 6:37 pm (#641 of 2979)        

Mrs. Sirius - the "swing" sounds like much fun!

azi - at least you get to do stats on computer. When I first took stats we did a lot by hand or *gasp* calculator! (It was always exciting to get to use a calculator! )

And I would definitely concur that VA counts as "The South"...I did my undergrad work in VA and I was always "Yank" as I was raised in upstate NY (which they all thought meant White Plains, even though I grew up near Albany! )

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kaykay1970 - May 31, 2006 6:46 pm (#642 of 2979)        

Thanks Finn! I feel so much better! LOL

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Puck - May 31, 2006 7:10 pm (#643 of 2979)        

They actually needed more chaperones for the Kindergarten Zoo trip? My son had his on Tuesday. So many moms signed up they had to draw names from a hat to see who would go. (I didn't put my name in, as I had the 2 small ones.) Have fun, Haymoni! If it helps, when I was a teacher I usually assigned parents the "easier" children, and kept the more rambunctious ones with me.

I also had trouble with World Crossing today.

Tazzy, I feel your pain. I spent the day pulling winter clothes out of drawers, deciding what to store for later, what to donate to charity, and what to hand-over to friends. That was just the kids. I haven't gotten to my stuff yet.

Off to check 5 Words. (It's quiet tonight, so no need to bring the compress over there.)

happy RotD,

Kathy

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HungarianHorntail11 - May 31, 2006 7:30 pm (#644 of 2979)        
Edited May 31, 2006 8:17 pm

kaykay, does your daughter know what pic you are using for an avatar?

EDIT: I'd better clarify - it's not that I don't consider it the south, I simply envisioned it to have come from somewhere "more" south, like Mississippi. I don't know why, I just did. BTW, we do have broad-brimmed straw hats in the north, too.

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Madam Pince - May 31, 2006 7:52 pm (#645 of 2979)        

****suffers an attack of the vapors at the very idea that someone might not consider Virginia to be in "the South."****

Please pass the smelling salts, since the cold compresses are in the FFF....

****fans self with broad-brimmed straw hat***

Edit: Just remembered that Kip is in Columbia, SC. That's where my pillow spent the week -- at the Columbia Travelodge next to the Cracker Barrel (another fine Southern institution!) I should've e-mailed Kip and asked him to go keep it company for me!

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haymoni - May 31, 2006 7:53 pm (#646 of 2979)        

Puck - Her teacher believes "the more the merrier". I think she has 1 adult for every 2 children, which is fine by me.

One for each hand!!!

We are going to the Akron Zoo, which is much smaller than the Cleveland Zoo, but perfect for kindergarteners.

Although tonight we seem to have entered monsoon season, so I hope the animals haven't been rounded up into an ark!!!

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kaykay1970 - May 31, 2006 8:10 pm (#647 of 2979)        

HH, my daughter not only knows which picture is on my avatar but she resized it for me.

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HungarianHorntail11 - May 31, 2006 8:20 pm (#648 of 2979)        

She's a good sport, kaykay! I think Olivia would have pulled the plug on my computer.

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Denise P. - May 31, 2006 8:40 pm (#649 of 2979)        

I had problems with WX earlier today and it took me a few hours to figure out how to get around it. I come here through a sign in page on WX...on wc3. The Lexicon is on wc6. For some reason today, all the servers were not showing up. I would log in to wc3 and only my forums on wc3 would show. I would just chance the 3 to 6 and reload...viola! There was the Lexicon.

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DJ Evans - May 31, 2006 9:12 pm (#650 of 2979)        

***waves to M. Pince*** Welcome home -- glad to hear the trip went as good as it did, not counting the lost pillow for a couple of days there. And I can relate to wanting your own pillow when away from home.

kaykay -- OK I have to admit to a bit of confusion here. I didn't get on till this evening so I had 40+ posts to get through & everybody kept talking about your new avatar & if that was your daughter's prom pic. But the pic I was seeing sure didn't "look" like a prom outfit. Then once I finally got toward the end of the posts I see where you had changed the avatar to the current one. Now the outfit I see makes sense. lol Hope she had a great B-day!

I don't think we get the Duke's Mayo here or I don't recall seeing it.. I can only remember seeing Hellmen's or Real mayonnaise -- which I'm not a fan of either of them. We're a Miracle Whip family here. lol ((sounds a bit funny, doesn't it?)) I was surprised to see the wide variation of the making of Deviled Eggs?!? I guess it is just what you grow up with but I thought everybody fixed them just like we did. Which is a little Miracle Whip, yellow mustard & sweet pickle relish. And only if it was to a "fancy" function, then did you sprinkled on the paprika..... lol

John B -- Hope you can get your "Sticker Saga" worked out soon. Sounds like something we would have done back in school -- like in the 3rd or 4th grade. lol Just hope the other person intends for it all to be "in fun"....

Later, Deb

EDIT: Cross posted with Denise. So sorry to read about Dawson. He was a mighty fine looking dog. RIP

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Tazzygirl - May 31, 2006 11:40 pm (#651 of 2979)        

OK, so kids are almost packed, but as I leave tomorrow night (Thursday night), I am off the hook to finish packing! w00t!!!! I still have to do all my packing and cleaning and such...

Sorry about Dawson, Denise! ((((HUGs)))) to you and your family!

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azi - Jun 1, 2006 3:08 am (#652 of 2979)        

Have fun on your trip back to California, Tazzy!

Yes, Kaykay, your daughter looks much younger now!

Mediwitch - we had to use calculators for stats earlier this year, but now we're writing a 'scientific paper' and so are expected to use computers. My favourite form of maths is doing long multiplication by hand (although I must point out my maths is terrible, so long multiplication is one of the few things I can actually do).

Condolences about Dawson, Denise!

Gloomy weather here! However, this weekend I will be visiting Bath, which I'm really looking forward to! I am *not* looking forward to catching a train at 7am, but I suppose sacrificing sleep is worth it! Woohoo, I get to see history things!

Hope everyone has a lovely day!

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kaykay1970 - Jun 1, 2006 4:09 am (#653 of 2979)        
Edited Jun 1, 2006 5:04 am

Wow! I didn't think the picture looked all that horrible! I guess I'll just be safe with this one again...

Edit: Julie, there were at least 3 others photos taken of her that day alone which she was sticking her tongue out at me. Of course I would be in trouble if I had posted those! LOL!

Anyway, I am not upset with Maria at all. Hope to see the HH's in the chat room again soon, as a matter of fact! We miss you..

Condolences to Denise on the loss of her dog.

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Snuffles - Jun 1, 2006 4:16 am (#654 of 2979)        

Kay, the picture wasn't horrible at all. I'm guessing that Maria meant that not many teenage girls would let their mum use their picture at all, let alone one where she wasn't smiling.

Have a good time in Californina Kristina

Have fun in Bath, azi.

Sorry to hear about your dog Denise. So far 2006 doesn't seem a very good year for our lovable dogs

Have a good Thursday everyone.

Julie

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Madam Pince - Jun 1, 2006 5:07 am (#655 of 2979)        

That's the first thought I had when I saw Maria's post, Snuffles -- just that normally a teen would be mortified to know their mom was showing pictures of them around anywhere at all. It was a great picture! She looks lovely as a tomboy or as a prom "princess"!

Congrats that all the kiddie packing is done, Tazzy (you can re-stock your bubble-wrap supply now! ) and that now you can get ready yourself.

****is very envious of Azi getting to go see "history things" -- I wish I could be tagging along to all the fun places you're getting to see!***

Denise, so sorry about Dawson -- sympathies and hugs to everyone. Did he have an accident or an illness, or was it just his time? He's a big dog like our Annie and about a year older, and I know they don't usually live as long as the smaller ones. I have just this past year noticed her slowing down a bit coming upstairs, although she still goes down them fast enough in pursuit of squirrels! The kennel said she had "mellowed" this time and wasn't so cranky with the other dogs.

***waves back to Deb***

No baby bunny report this morning, except that Annie was unusually interested in something in the middle of the berry patch during her morning constitutional. She abandoned it and came in when I called her, though, so all is still well with them, I think. Brer Rabbit had the right idea...

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Finn BV - Jun 1, 2006 5:14 am (#656 of 2979)        

Denise, (((hugs))) to your family.

Tazzy, have a nice trip back to CA! I had this weird dream last night that the glee club at my school would be traveling to Hawaii from Aug. 3 - 10, but then I woke up to find out it wasn't happenning.

LOL, azi, "history things"! Have a nice time!

Buddha is here to wish me luck on my history final from 9:15 to 11:15 this morning… one hour away!!

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Puck - Jun 1, 2006 5:21 am (#657 of 2979)        

Good luck, Finn!

Happy travels to Tazzy and Azi! :ccol:

Condolences to Denise and her family.

Today id Diva's last day of school. Her brother goes until nthe 23rd. Three weeks of girl time!

Happy trails!

Kathy

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Steve Newton - Jun 1, 2006 6:11 am (#658 of 2979)        

I work in Dover, DE. Here we are having what is called, locally, race week. Yes, NASCAR is in town. (Why we call it race week when we have 2 of them is a mystery.) Not being a fan it just means that we have incredibly bad traffic all week and must be shrewd and sneaky to get home at a decent time on Friday. On my way to work on Monday I am sure to see over 400 RVs heading north out of Delaware.

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kaykay1970 - Jun 1, 2006 6:27 am (#659 of 2979)        

Happy Birthday to John Bumbledore's twins!!

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Denise P. - Jun 1, 2006 7:10 am (#660 of 2979)        

Thanks everyone, Dawson was an incredible dog.

Madam Pince, he was just "off" a bit. We had an appointment with the vet yesterday afternoon and when Mr. Denise went to get him, Dawson has crossed the Rainbow Bridge already. He was almost 9, which is old for a Rottweiler. We opted to not investigate as to his actual cause of death. I am worried that our other almost 9 year old Rottie, Daria, is not going to do well without her buddy, Dawson. That is one of the hazards of having a larger dog, they don't live long.

Wow, my kids got out of school on the 18th! Of course, they go back August 9th. We are booked until July 14th...hopefully we can go on a few day trips then. The kids really want to go to Chattanooga to the TN Aquarium, we have not been there in a few years.

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Essidji - Jun 1, 2006 7:46 am (#661 of 2979)        

Thank you so much to the forumers who welcomed me back, how can I express how happy it makes? Maybe if I tell you it's like having a cup of coffee with a bunch of old and dear friends you wouldn't have seen for months, do you see what I mean?

Denise, my sympathy to you and your family. A dog is more than a friend... Our black labrador is going to be 10 this year, which means there is few time remaining before she would "cross the rainbow", as you said (it's so beautiful). So, lots of big hugs.

Mrs Sirius : I'd really love to try that "swing" thing, it sounds fantastic.

Thank you, Boop, for the good luck wishes concerning my new job.

FinnBV, congrats for the many awards you earned at your Class Day, you seem to do some pretty job at school. I hope your History Final went OK. And thanks for the heating-weather charms, but I must say you have to train again, because it did not work at all... (As you are a tennis fan, have a look at the color of the sky at the on-going Roland-Garros Open, it is desperating).

Marè, congratulations for finishing your race and have the courage of being with the team during the rest of the relay-race. You deserve a big mug of warm chocolate (I suppose in The Netherlands the weather is as cold as here).(EDIT : well, after a quick visit to the weather forecasts in Europe, you seem to be luckier as it looks like you have some sun, at least. Chilly, but sunny... it still sounds better than chilly and rainy and windy ***insert crying smilie here***)

Oh, and Elanor, you are so skilled in language comparisons (or in cooking!)... I thought deviled eggs were an equivalent of our "oeufs mimosa", duh...

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Eponine - Jun 1, 2006 8:10 am (#662 of 2979)        

The kids really want to go to Chattanooga to the TN Aquarium, we have not been there in a few years. – Denise

First, my condolences for the loss of your dog. I hope your kids aren't taking it too hard.

*begin commercial for Chattanooga*  If you go, make sure to take their swimsuits. The new saltwater building has a fabulous fountain next to it. We took the kids this past weekend on my visit home. I've got some pictures of the fountain (and the kids, of course) here, here, and here. I looked through my pictures, but I don't have one of the whole thing. At the bottom of the stairs, there's a pretty big wading pool. I don't know how much time you'll spend in Chattanooga, but if you can, you should visit Coolidge Park too. (It's on the other side of the river) The carousel is pretty cheap, and all the horses were hand-carved in Chattanooga. There's a nice fountain over there too, and a huge area to run around in. Plus, there's a local ice-cream shop called Clumpies right behind the park that has really good ice-cream (and freshly made waffle-cones). If you need restaurant suggestions, I can give you those too. *end of commercial for Chattanooga*

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DJ Evans - Jun 1, 2006 9:00 am (#663 of 2979)        

kaykay: As the others have said, I too thought the pic was nice -- I hate that I missed the prom pic! And I hope it wasn't anything I said that made you change it either.

Tazzy & azi -- May you have safe journeys & loads of fun...

Steve N -- Since I am a big NASCAR fan, I would love to be there this weekend. Though I do realize what a hassle it must be for the locals to have the NASCAR community to descend upon them. Hopefully they will do us proud & not be too much of an annoyance to anyone.

Finn -- Good luck on the exam. Hope it's a breeze & everything comes to you without fail.

Welcomes back Essidji!!

Eponine -- Great pics -- looks like the kids were having a blast!

Oooo, I finally finished my web site!! I can't believe I actually did it. I mean I've only been working on it for about 2 years now. bwahahahaha I would only work on it here & there, so it's not like I spent all my time on it. It was just something I always wanted to do & thought it would be fun. It was, I had a blast in designing it. I'm making plans on doing another one, since I can already see about a gazillion things I would have done differently on this one. Anyhoo, for those interested in checking it out, I've put the link to it in my profile. NOTE: It is very family friendly.

Later, Deb

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kaykay1970 - Jun 1, 2006 9:29 am (#664 of 2979)        

Here is the Prom pic for you DJ. Your website is nice! I enjoyed reading all your theories in The North Tower!

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HungarianHorntail11 - Jun 1, 2006 9:42 am (#665 of 2979)        

Denise, please accept my sympathy regarding Dawson. Sadly, the larger dogs do not live nearly long enough. (((HUGS)))

kaykay, I did mean it the way Snuffles and Mme. Pince took it! I did not even realize it could have been misinterpreted until I read the posts! When I said your daughter was stunning, I meant it as "all-encompassing", whether in a dress or a "T".

A while ago, my avatar was of Trevor as Harry. Olivia, who was behind him in the pic made me crop her out of it. That is what was on my mind at the time.

Eponine - the pics are great. The children really seem to be enjoying themselves (they're so cute)! It looks like a fun place.

Deb, great site - a lot of work must have gone into it. I was laughing at the reference to the Blue Collar Comedy Team. My husband and I think they're funny. Occasionally, he calls my son (teasingly, of course) 'Tater Salad.

Finn, you've surely finished your exam by now. How'd it go??

Olivia's Field Day is today, worked Library for Percy; barbecue at the school tomorrow (rain in forecast *sigh*), church fair Sat. (more rain in forecast *sigh*) and bread making with the Sunday School children in the morning, annual pics for children Sat afternoon, Children's Service on Sunday - that doesn't include activities. Only 12 more days of school (not including weekends). I'm ready to do "nothing" for a while.

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John Bumbledore - Jun 1, 2006 10:11 am (#666 of 2979)        
Edited Jun 1, 2006 11:39 am

Paintball or Star Wars Rebels? suffers an attack of the vapors -- Name withheld to protect the innocent.

SPEW! ROFL!

That phrase brought to mind one of the few episodes of "Little House" that I saw. Doc tells Mrs. “Store Owner” that "the vapors" were merely flatulence. Though I think he only intended to keep her from pestering him with her hypochondriasis.

<)B^D˜ John Bumbledore

*Edit* Spelling of hpochondriasis

P. S. Denise, sympathies for your loss.

Kaykay, I missed the "are we having fun yet" photo, but I understood Maria's comment. Many girls people don't want any pictures shown of them (adults included) and I think it may be related to unrealistic images in popular media. (See Jo's rant "for girls only, probably" under miscellaneous, on her extra stuff bulletin board.)
So, good on your daughter and on you too for her attitude.

Deb, my complements on your homepage. No need for anyone to bother viewing my home page since it is very neglected. I simply use it to host my faux avatar images and other pictures I may include in a post from time to time.

Thank you for the birthday wishes for my twins (Rachael and James) are seven today. The unusual spelling of my daughter's name is my fault. Mom was understandably a bit out of it after delivery and I though "Rachel" was spelled similarly to Michael... never trust a spelling challenged father to get the child's name right for the birth certificate.

Happyt RotD/N to everyone!

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DJ Evans - Jun 1, 2006 10:27 am (#667 of 2979)        

Awww, thanks kaykay for putting the prom pic back up! And she looks pretty in both of them -- as HH11 said, whether she is in a dress or a "T".

And thank you both for the kind compliments on the web site. I really enjoyed making it. I couldn't decide just what to do one on, so I made it with a little bit of everything-- my crazy HP theories & all. lol I had a hard time in deciding whether to let anyone but family see it or not, but then I thought what the heck....

Hey I just noticed, for those who are interested, we only have 35 days till the movie Pirates of the Caribbean: Deadman's Chest is released! ***imagine Jack's pic here*** YAY

Later, Deb

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Finn BV - Jun 1, 2006 10:28 am (#668 of 2979)        

Happy Birthday to Bumbledore's twins!

Eek, essidji, that's not the greatest weather you're getting there… I'm trying harder!! Are you going to Roland Garros?

Deb, congrats on the web site. Still studying right now, but from a few glances it looks really well-put together!

History final was fine; quite easy but extremely long. I went right up to the two hour mark even though I knew everything. Science is next, tomorrow morning…

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Puck - Jun 1, 2006 10:36 am (#669 of 2979)        

John has twins? Happy birthday to them! (Lots of multiples on this forum.)

Okay, I meant to ask before; pimento cheese? I thought pimentos were for olives?

Eponine, beautiful children!

Steve, I understand. My brother used to live in a part of New Hampshire where many gathered for "Motorcycle Week". My first niece chose that week to come into this world. It was not easy to get around, find a place to eat that wasn't over crowded, etc.... for the all the people and their Harley's.

It was beautiful. We were going to go out after lunch, but now it looks like rain. *sigh*

Diva's school had their end of the year party. The kids sang songs, and we saw a class video. Then came the announcement that one of the teachers will be leaving. How sad! I was hoping she could there for all of my children. We just love her. *another sigh*

Time to go wash the baby and scrub the high chair. It always amazes me how they can make a mess of anything. Well, at least she enjoyed her lunch.

Cheers,

Kathy

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Good Evans - Jun 1, 2006 12:07 pm (#670 of 2979)        

wow - just read 99 posts, so forgive me if I miss a few things.

First off - Denise - really sorry to hear about Dawson (and what a fabulous name!). Sympathies and love to you all

kaykay - whata beautiful daughter you have, and many (belated)happy returns to her.

John - happy birthday to your twins too, and boo!!! to that sticker stalker, whomever it turns out to be deserves a big sticker slapped squarely on to his or her face. They might then get the message!!!!

Finn and Gina - If I am not too late: Stephen King, could you ask him whether any of his characters are based on himself (even if only a little) and ask him whether a song has ever influenced a story? he uses a lot of musical quotes in his books, they are usually rock orientated and are perfect for the chapter he is writing. I wonder what came first the idea or the wish to use the song?

Thanks guys, I am a bit of a SK nut !!!

have a great rotd everyone else if I have missed you, oh and many thanks to those of you who commented on Nova's memorial, she is pacing the fence as I speak!

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Essidji - Jun 1, 2006 12:08 pm (#671 of 2979)        

Happy Birthday to Rachael and James, Bumbledore! I'll try not to forget for next year, as my second daughter's birthday is within 3 days (she will be 5).

Finn, I am not going to Roland Garros, as we live some 450Kms (about 300 miles) away from Paris, and I have to say I am not passionate enough with tennis to travel half a day only to see a match. Well I find it quite pleasant to watch it on TV, however.

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Lina - Jun 1, 2006 12:21 pm (#672 of 2979)        

I like to read this thread on regular bases, but don't always feel like posting. So, when I finally feel like posting, I tend to forget a lot.

So, condolences on your loss, Denise. I hope this trend of losing dogs on the Forum is about to stop... Strengthening charms to Daria.

Happy birthday to your twins, John! I hope you all have a wonderful day!

Deb, your site is cool!

Eponine, beautiful pictures!

Finn, congratulations and fingers (and toes) crossed!

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Catherine - Jun 1, 2006 12:29 pm (#673 of 2979)        

Denise, I have tears in my eyes as I type this post. I'm so sorry about Dawson. I remember your telling me about the day you got him. He was very lucky to find himself in your family. Give Daria a pat from me.

Eponine, your niece and nephew are just as adorable as ever!

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kaykay1970 - Jun 1, 2006 12:52 pm (#674 of 2979)        

I take it from your busy schedule Maria that we will *not* be seeing you in the chat room. Now you mention the Field Day, you did tell me about it in chat. So I guess it has not been as long as it seems that we have chatted. I hope you had fun today and the little one behaved!

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HungarianHorntail11 - Jun 1, 2006 1:08 pm (#675 of 2979)        

John has twins? Happy birthday to them! (Lots of multiples on this forum.)

That's what I thought, Kathy.

Happy Birthday to Rachael and James, John! Hope they have a fun day. (Almost didn't recognize you until you adjusted your font.)

Good luck on your science final tomorrow, Finn. Relax, it's just like math and puzzles - everything fits. (Can you tell science was one of my favorite subjects? My favorite professor was an Organic Chem. professor in college. Excellent teacher. Too bad he was an adjunct and left after one semester. I couldn't take him for Org. Chem. II )

Maria

EDIT:

Kaykay, I think you might be thinking of Priscilla's Field Day - last week. Two schools, two of everything. In two years, I will have one in each school - HS, MS and ES. Three of everything - that will be fun. You and Denise are thinking - piece of cake!

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Madam Pince - Jun 1, 2006 1:10 pm (#676 of 2979)        

Happy Birthday to John Bumbledore's twins and Essidji's daughter!

OK, Doc Baker was a pretty good doctor for the 1870's frontier, I suppose, but let me set one thing straight -- "the vapors" is most definitely not flatulence!

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Finn BV - Jun 1, 2006 1:26 pm (#677 of 2979)        
Edited Jun 1, 2006 2:24 pm

Thanks, Maria. I love science too, but I feel like this year hasn't been that great… even though the topic was probably the best (physical science wasn't amazing, but chemistry and Newton was fun). EDIT: to clarify: it was because of my teacher that I didn't enjoy the year as much.

Good Evans – your request is noted! Perhaps, if Gina doesn't have a SK question yet, she could take the first half of yours and I'll take the second? After all they're sort of two different questions. Or, since Gina gets two questions per author (she's going twice), and I've sent out a request to some teachers, we might split that up three-way.

Bumbledore – Rachael is quite cool! It's unique, I hope you like it!

Essidji – fair enough. Sometimes the best seats are in your own living room. And happy early birthday to your daughter.

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Tazzygirl - Jun 1, 2006 1:42 pm (#678 of 2979)        

Happy Birthday to Rachael and James! Hope they have a wonderful day!

Thanks for all the thoughts, everyone! Only a couple hours to go and I'm on the plane! Yippee!!

Finn- ...traveling to Hawaii from Aug. 3 - 10... You should be glad that was a dream, as August is the worst time to come here weather wise. (It's very hot and extremely humid. )

Kids are all bubblewrapped and ready to go. Chat & Greetings 2006 - Page 3 1003735042 I had to use extra bubblewrap on Nathaniel, as he kept escaping.

Off to quickly check the other threads and then off to run a bunch of errands.

Hope you all have a fabulous RotD/N!!

~Kristina

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The giant squid - Jun 1, 2006 2:03 pm (#679 of 2979)        

Kids are all bubblewrapped and ready to go. I had to use extra bubblewrap on Nathaniel, as he kept escaping.—Tazzygirl

I think I've started a trend here...

Denise, my heartfelt condolences on the loss of Dawson. I hope Daria's holding up well, along with the rest of the family.

Happy birthday to Rachael & James.

I'm sure there are other things I wanted to comment on, but there were 80+ posts since my last log-in and my memory sucks... Some days I'm amazed I remember how to tie my shoes. "Over, under, around and through..."

--Mike

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Detail Seeker - Jun 1, 2006 2:10 pm (#680 of 2979)        

Finn, having the exams in the two best topics of school life, science and history, one after the other, means no interesting exams left - or am I wrong. Good success tomorrow. Luck you will need during the teacher´s correcting time....

Denise, what a bad year for your pets. I send some strengthening charms for the remaining ones.

Happy birthday to everybody, who had.

Tazzy ,just a weather update for Germany: After some snow in the last two days, warmer weather is promised. But that is of no help, because, nobody can really predict, what will happen in three weeks time, as no stable swing to Azores Highs or Siberian Highs can be seen, which would promise stable good weather. so, no help for packing.

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azi - Jun 1, 2006 2:17 pm (#681 of 2979)        

Happy birthday to John's twins!!!

Good luck Finn! Science is cool, very cool!

This thread is very busy today!

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Tazzygirl - Jun 1, 2006 2:25 pm (#682 of 2979)        

Thanks, Detail Seeker. That actually helps! Because my aunt and the kids have lived here all their lives, a change in temperature (anything below 80 degrees Fahrenheit and low humidity) makes them freeze. So, we packed light layers and heavy layers so everyone should be good.

Oh- Good luck, Finn, on your exams!!

~Kristina

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Loopy Lupin - Jun 1, 2006 2:36 pm (#683 of 2979)        

Sorry about the puppy-head Denise. Nine years is a great run for a great big doggie.

Whew! Is the weekend here yet. This has been one long short week.

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  Finn BV - Jun 1, 2006 2:52 pm (#684 of 2979)        

Detail Seeker, just to clarify, my year in science hasn't been amazing because of my teacher. I had the chance to take another teacher in January and February for a science elective, and I readily took it. But, I like math and Spanish too (Spanish is probably my favorite subject), but those exams are much easier anyway, so not to worry.

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timrew - Jun 1, 2006 4:41 pm (#685 of 2979)        

Sorry about Dawson, Denise. I know what it's like to lose a pet, and my heart goes out to you.

Loopy Lupin:- Whew! Is the weekend here yet. This has been one long short week.

Know what you mean, Wayne. We had monday off here (some bank holiday or other), and it really shortens (lengthens) the week..........

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boop - Jun 1, 2006 5:08 pm (#686 of 2979)        

Denise, Sorry for your loss (((HUGS)))

Tazzy and Azi have a fun trip.

John, Happy Birthday to your twins.

Finn, Good Luck on your exams.

Eponnie, Great pictures.

hugs always

boop

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Puck - Jun 1, 2006 6:16 pm (#687 of 2979)        

I have a Stephen King question! I'm curious whether or not he actually had any interesting "experiences" at the Stanley Hotel in Colordao. (It's the place the book "The Shining" is based upon.) Hubby was watching Ghost Hunters and it was said that some "paranormal" stuff happened to him. Just wondering if his story is the same as theirs.

Some days I'm amazed I remember how to tie my shoes. "Over, under, around and through..." –Mike

Perhaps I should try that one. Trying to teach our boy how to tie, and the bunny and the tree thing isn't cutting it.

We had a big storm this evening. It was sunny, then cloudy, then sunny again. On the way to baseball the clouds returned. Soon after we arrived we heard distant thunder. Luckily had had a parking space right up front. Within 15 minutes the roads were running like rivers. It was difficult to see. I was quite relieved to get my babies home! (I spent the drive pretending not to be nervous, as not to worry the kids.)

Happy RotD,

Kathy

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Finn BV - Jun 1, 2006 6:52 pm (#688 of 2979)        

Puck, what's your bunny story? LOL, I just remember three times around, up and through.

Amazing thunderstorm tonight. It got really dark and then it just poured.

Back to science!

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HungarianHorntail11 - Jun 1, 2006 7:09 pm (#689 of 2979)        

Some days I'm amazed I remember how to tie my shoes . . . .

Funny - my line is usually, 'I can't even remember what I had for breakfast this morning and you're asking me that?'

Puck, earlier when you posted about a storm coming, I was going to ask if you heard any thunder yet, as the storm was looming in the not too distant distance. I never got around to it. Sounds like we had the same storm, though. Glad to hear you made it home safely.

I am glad to have gotten in the chat room today, thanks Lina and kaykay - always a pleasure to chat with you both (and John who apparated briefly then disapparated). *waves* (apparated, disapparated - Did I get that right, Finn?)

Sending memory charms your way for tomorrow's final, Finn, though I'm sure you won't be needing them.

Sorry if I've forgotten anyone, (see above).

Have a great RotD/N!

Maria

PS Just wanted to say what a great group of people you all are on this forum.

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Finn BV - Jun 1, 2006 7:12 pm (#690 of 2979)        

Maria, that's my dad's line too.

Winning word of the Scripps Spelling Bee was ursprache!!

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Chemyst - Jun 1, 2006 7:38 pm (#691 of 2979)        

My online dictionary says, "No results found for 'ursprache.'" There were also no matches on the phrontistery site Finn mentioned previously on this thread.   Yet I persevered until I found…

The term Ursprache is German for "the speech of Ur", Ur being an ancient city of Babylonia ... So the term Ursprache means the "Lost Language of Paradise". ...
See protolanguage — A language that is the recorded or hypothetical ancestor of another language or group of languages.

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Marie E. - Jun 1, 2006 7:58 pm (#692 of 2979)        

Hello everyone! I'm sure no one missed me, but my computer's been down since Sunday night. I had internet withdrawal, I swear! The computer is still acting up, so if I suddenly disappear for awhile, don't worry.

I was very amused to see the response my favorite movie received. And Squid Mike, all I can say to whole Reese Witherspoon/pointy chin thing is "check the mirror". Can we say 'self-loathing'?

We love deviled eggs in this house, especially Shayla. I use mayo, mustard, and paprika and then put it a frosting/shooter thing so it comes out looking all pretty. Very non-slacker of me, I know.

So sorry about Dawson, Denise. I'm sure he was well-loved in your household.

I just read 168 posts so I can't remember anymore. Hopefully I'll be able to check in tomorrow morning. RoTD

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Finn BV - Jun 1, 2006 8:07 pm (#693 of 2979)        

Ooh, hey, we learned about Ur in history! It was on our map today!! LOL! And of course "sprache" means language/speak. Yeah! I found that definition, too, Chemyst.

Marie, of course we missed you! Welcome back! Sorry about your internet… Darned internet…

Last minute cramming before bed time!

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Lupin is Lupin. Natch. - Jun 2, 2006 4:54 am (#694 of 2979)        
Edited Jun 2, 2006 5:31 am

Amazing thunderstorm tonight. It got really dark and then it just poured.

Back to science!---Finn

I thought that was science. Good luck with your test.

Geek that I am, I thought the Spelling Bee was da bomb! Who needs Monday Night Football? Bring on the 14-year-olds and the really big words. Weren't those kids incredibly composed? I was so impressed. And for the record, not to take anything away from the winner, I thought Finola (the second-place finisher) got much harder words in the championship rounds. Seems every word she spelled had 3 or 4 vowels in a row. I'm happy to report I didn't misspell any of the words...

Spellcheck was used prior to posting.

EDIT: Catherine, did you see it---> here Shih tzus! In the news! Tell Mr. Catherine not to worry. He's already been adopted.

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Loopy Lupin - Jun 2, 2006 5:52 am (#695 of 2979)        

Know what you mean, Wayne. We had monday off here (some bank holiday or other), and it really shortens (lengthens) the week.......... – tim

Hiya Tim! We haven't chatted in a while. I meant to ask you, did you do that play-thingy (***regrets he can't remember what its called***) again this past holiday? I don't remember if I ever told you but the script I read before was hysterical.

I like the spelling bee too. I realize that there is a fictional movie out now about the bee which got good reviews. ( Akeelah and the Bee ) It might still be in theaters in some places. And, there is also Bee Season which isn't so much about spelling as about mysticism and such. Even with those in mind, if you get the chance to rent the documentary Spellbound you should. It was, to use a phrase, spellbinding and the best documentary I've seen in quite a while. Of course, I haven't seen An Inconvenient Truth yet.

Edit: Oh, and way-to-go Kim. I'm sure that Catherine is on her way to throttle someone right now.

Double Edit: I hate using the word "misspell." I'm always afraid that I'll spell it incorrectly and the irony will engulf me in flames.

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Essidji - Jun 2, 2006 6:31 am (#696 of 2979)        

I'm so lucky to have found a forum were forumers care so much about grammar and spelling... It allows me to eeemproove a lot.

As I am a rather "litterary" woman, I am always sorry and somewhat angry about the way some people write their posts in French forums. It's not only netspeak or SMS abbreviations, but also unforgiveable grammar mistakes...

What is more surprising is the way some executives write their e-mails to their staff. Sometimes it just gives me goosebumps...

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Marie E. - Jun 2, 2006 6:32 am (#697 of 2979)        

Thanks, Finn. I know you're already in school, but good luck on your finals.

Lol Wayne on fearing the word "misspell".

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Catherine - Jun 2, 2006 6:34 am (#698 of 2979)        

Double Edit: I hate using the word "misspell." I'm always afraid that I'll spell it incorrectly and the irony will engulf me in flames.

Life is full of risk.

The shih-tzu story---GRRRR! I'm glad someone helped that poor creature, but that owner deserves some particularly gruesome Dante-esque torture both in this life and the next. Throttling that idiot owner would be too kind.

I would also like to pass along some pain to the breeder who sold the shih-tzu to such a person.

Hope everyone has an enjoyable weekend.

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jose043 - Jun 2, 2006 6:58 am (#699 of 2979)        

Hi All

Denise P sorry to here that Dawson has gone to puppy dog heaven but know how you feel. We did about 20 years ago & still miss her.

Someone passed a comment about me & eggs, well I am allergic to them as I am an Asthmatic, it is one of the many things.

Hope those that are sitting exams pass them.

All those that are going on holidays hope you have a wonderful time

Josephine & Anne

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Puck - Jun 2, 2006 8:14 am (#700 of 2979)        

So the term Ursprache means the "Lost Language of Paradise". I'm just glad they use terms that will come in handy as those children enter adulthood. Incidentally, the girl who won was on the news this morning. She admitted there's some luck to it, as she would have missed the words that were the undoing of the 3rd and 4th place competitors. This was her 5th year as part of the "bee".

Finn, the bunny story goes something this: The bunny (one loop) hops around the tree (other loop). The bunny then dives through the hole and comes out the other side, leaving you with two bunny "ears". There. I hope everyone can now tie their shoes. (Mike, you could always print this and keep a copy in your wallet.)

Apparently much of the East coast is getting such storms. Stay safe, everyone!

Happy RotD,

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haymoni - Jun 2, 2006 8:50 am (#701 of 2979)        

Well...I survived the trip to the zoo - BARELY!!!

The kids were so excited. They wanted to see everything all at once.

One little girl only wanted to look at the llamas. Another little girl wanted to climb EVERYTHING! I thought she was going to fall into a fountain and I had to grab her before she slipped.

Of course HER mother wasn't silly enough to volunteer to come on the trip!

The Beautifulest One fell asleep on the bus ride home. We'll have to go back sometime soon so that I can actually look at some animals that aren't kindergarteners!

The bright side was that Ungrateful Son's baseball game was cancelled. Apparently it poured in Kent, but we had no rain at the Akron Zoo. Someone was looking out for me!

It's Friday, it's payday and I am a happy camper!!

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Tazzygirl - Jun 2, 2006 9:08 am (#702 of 2979)        

I'm in California! w00t! Plane got in this morning at 5:30. I am currently running on an hour or so of sleep- I thought I'd come here first to say Hi! to you all and then go to sleep.

I also went to my mom's school to say hi to all the students and the new guinea pigs.

Stay safe charms to those who are going through severe storms!

Anything else I forgot, I'm sorry!

Hope you all have a fabulous RotD/N!

~Kristina

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Thora - Jun 2, 2006 9:15 am (#703 of 2979)        

On the bunny and the tree:

When we decided to teach our daughter to tie her shoes I discovered that my husband ties his shoes in a completely different way than I do. He makes two loops and ties them in a knot. I tie my laces the way I was taught in Kindergarten, one loop, other lace around push thorough and pull tight. Our daughter decided his method was easier, but I'm a little concerned if her teachers will think it the proper way. So if anyone with a kid recently through Kindergarten could help me out on that I'd appreciate it.

Perhaps I wouldn't care so much if I hadn't used learning to tie my shoes as the basis of a personal experience essay in English 101. I got a Finn like grade on it to, but if I was to re-write it today I would change it to an essay demonstrating why I belong in Hufflepuff.

Thora

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Denise P. - Jun 2, 2006 9:27 am (#704 of 2979)        

I have taught my kids the bunny ear method (two loops and tie them together) as well as the one loop, loop around the second and push through, pull tight method. All the ones I taught the bunny ear method, they went on to the "regular" method on their own. The bunny ear method is easier to learn, I think.

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Gina R Snape - Jun 2, 2006 9:40 am (#705 of 2979)        

Good Evans, just saw your post. No problem. I can ask both or one question, if Finn wants the other one.

Also, did you delete your LJ? I saw the name crossed out on my flist.

Well, hope everyone has a good RoTD!

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Puck - Jun 2, 2006 10:07 am (#706 of 2979)        

Teehee. Mike, did you know that your one little comment would spark such discussion?

I had to write an essay once on tying shoes, as well. (I also wrote one on the proper way to eat an Oreo cookie.) My bunny is the regular wrap-around method. You just tell the story to help remember the next step.

We'll have to go back sometime soon so that I can actually look at some animals that aren't kindergarteners LOL, Haymoni!

Nice to see you arrived safely, Kristina!

Cat shedding. Baby "patting" kitty. Fur flying everywhere.

Kathy

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haymoni - Jun 2, 2006 10:41 am (#707 of 2979)        

I don't think anyone cares HOW your kids tie their shoes - as long as they stay tied!!!

I have yet to buy The Beautifulest One shoes that need tying - hers have laces but they don't have the tie. She'll probably be twelve before she actually learns how!

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Nathan Zimmermann - Jun 2, 2006 10:51 am (#708 of 2979)        

I never learned how to tie shoes. By the time I was six years of age I was in shoes that used velcro.

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Good Evans - Jun 2, 2006 11:01 am (#709 of 2979)        

Gina – wh;s an LJ? I haven't deleted anything?? was that even aimed at me??? I am sorely confused!

But thanks for taking the Q - only if you have nothing better!!

Julie x

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John Bumbledore - Jun 2, 2006 11:04 am (#710 of 2979)        
Edited Jun 2, 2006 12:27 pm

How to tie your shoes.

First, shouldn't this be how to tie your laces? LOL

Second, for those who make one loop and then circle and pass (a loop) through to form the second loop. In which hand do you hold the first loop when tying your laces? What is your handedness, right or left handed. I am interested to see if there is a correlation, because my sister who taught me claims I do it backwards.

I am right handed and hold my first loop with the fingers of my right hand. I think I learned this way because I am a visual learner and used the mirror method. I asked my sister to put her shoe toe-to-toe with mine and I mimicked her motions. I remember having had great difficulty learning to tie my shoes until I asked her to help me in this way.

Of course, these memories are some 35 years old or more. I don't ever remember using the two loop method. Do I hear cricket, again?

<)B^D˜ John Bumbledore

Edit: Gina, Good Evans, is LJ meant to be live journal and did you mean to use flist? Maybe as friend list? That is my best guess, so I am probably wrong.

Edit, Part II: Correcting "have great" to "having had great."

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azi - Jun 2, 2006 11:13 am (#711 of 2979)        

John, I've always used the 'loop' method (the bunny one just confused me, lol!). I'm left handed and hold the first loop in my left hand.

I think I use the loop method anyway...it's difficult to imagine words, you just tie your laces automatically.

Beautiful sunny day today! Walked into York, had ice cream and a strawberries and cream frappucino, and walked back again along the river. Lovely!

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haymoni - Jun 2, 2006 11:25 am (#712 of 2979)        

I'm right handed and I hold the first loop in my left hand because the right hand is needed to do all the work.

I think 2 bunny ears is easiest for kids to learn.

I was an adult before I saw that method - another way to skin a cat!

I mean, tie shoes.

I mean, tie laces.

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Good Evans - Jun 2, 2006 11:29 am (#713 of 2979)        

thanks John, I'm still none the wiser though...

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Madam Pince - Jun 2, 2006 11:44 am (#714 of 2979)        

Ditto what haymoni said about shoe laces. Right-handed, use loop method and always did, hold first loop in left hand. So far Little Pince just uses velcro shoes, but one of our goals this summer is to work on learning laces.

Just last night got around to watching the season finale of Lost due to the furor of returning from trip, etc. It was quite exciting! I'm glad they "threw us more bones" than they did in last season's finale at least! Question, though: I read somewhere a list of questions that fans have that the producers promised they would answer in the finale. One was "What is the black smoke?" (which I took to be the "monster-ish foggish smoky stuff" that grabbed Locke) and the producers said we would find out in the finale -- I was so excited! But alas.... liars, liars, pants afires! Unless they meant by "black smoke" the big black signal fire smoke, which I think would be really icky of them -- big deal, we know it's a signal fire! Another thing they promised we'd find out was the meaning of the numbers... did I miss something, or did we not find that out? We did get why the plane crashed, and who Widmore is, so that is something, I guess.... Boy, did Michael ever get some "if-looks-could-kill" didn't he? And poor Desmond, I was just starting to like him...he had such a magnetic personality! (Oh I slay myself...) I'm quite worried about Locke and Eko! Argh.. OK, enough of that. Just couldn't control myself...

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Esther Rose - Jun 2, 2006 11:53 am (#715 of 2979)        

Hmmm tying shoe laces. Well, I am of the double knot type. First I do the around the loop way. (Holding the loop in my left hand usually) until I get bunny ears. Then I tie the bunny ears too. So, both? Double knotting my laces seems to be second nature to me. I must have tripped over my own shoelaces a lot when I was little.

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azi - Jun 2, 2006 11:58 am (#716 of 2979)        

Ooo, I think I do what Esther does! Mystery solved!

I think I must be a weird left-hander...

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Thora - Jun 2, 2006 12:09 pm (#717 of 2979)        

Well here's another Lefty answer, I hold the initial loop in my right hand BUT I then hold the left lace straight and hook the loop around the straight one. I didn't even realise I did it that way until I just went and tied a shoe for this post. How weird is it I put the tree around the bunny?

Thora

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DJ Evans - Jun 2, 2006 12:13 pm (#718 of 2979)        

Gina, I think you might be speaking about me deleting my LJ (Live Journal) account -- that is if you did have me on your Flist (Friends List), I deleted mine about a week ago, I guess it was? I was using the username of "junebug08", if that helps any?

Julie: In case this helps, a Live Journal is like a diary or a journal that one keeps online. Keeping a daily journal used to be quite popular when I was little & we'd keep our diary/journal under lock & key at that!! (I still crack up at the er, heavy duty lock & key that they came with) Anyhoo, in our wonderful world of the Internet, people are now keeping a diary/journal online. Some other's are called "My Space", "Blogs", etc... Oh & you can set it up where only your friends can read your journal & you list your friends who have an account on your "Flist". Then you can read their entries & if they have you on theirs, they can read your entries. It's just a new way of keeping up with one another & to write down your feelings/thoughts, etc... Does that help you any? There's a bit more to it that than, but that is the gist of it I think.

John: Very good on knowing what LJ & Flist were!! Do you keep an LJ?

Madam P: Now don't throw dungbombs at me anyone but I just can't get into Lost & so I can't be of any help here. I wish I could get into it, cause I read everyone's comments on it & it sounds quite interesting. But every time I've tried to watch it, I just go "huh"? I think the main reason why I have such a block on it is I am not a fan of shows/books that go back & forth between times/storyline.

Oh & John, I'm right handed & I use my left hand to hold the first loop while the right hand, as haymoni said, does all of the work. lol

Kristina!!! Oooops! Sorry, whispering, so I don't wake her up in case she is still sleeping, glad to hear you had a safe journey!

Later, Deb

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Elanor - Jun 2, 2006 12:19 pm (#719 of 2979)        

As a teacher who once had 33 kids about 4 or 5 years old in her class (yes, I survived a whole year in that class! ), I'd say this: please, please, take pity on the teacher and make the kids wear shoes with velcro!

I use Esther Rose's method too! Always been a cautious girl!

**waving to everybody and special wave to Essidji (we're still freezing here as well!)**

Audrey

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John Bumbledore - Jun 2, 2006 12:34 pm (#720 of 2979)        

Hello Elanor, glad I found you. Will you do the next riddle on the Potty Games? Please?

I mean I misspelled the answer so you should really have the honors.

<)B^D˜ John Bumbledore

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Viola Intonada - Jun 2, 2006 1:17 pm (#721 of 2979)        

John, I apparently tie my laces backwards, also.

I am right handed, but hold my initial loop in my right hand making my left hand do all of the work. I can't even imagine holding it in my left. I also play cards left handed. My daughter who is left handed holds her first loop in her left hand and my right handed daughter holds it in her right. I guess that proves that I am the one who taught my children, backwards though it may be.

Speaking as a Preschool Aid. I don't care how they tie their shoes, just as long as I don't have to do it!

Haymoni, our school went to the Cleveland Zoo this week (Tuesday and Thursday). I don't have any kindergarteners anymore, though I was a chaperone when I my kids were that age. That added a few gray hairs.

My kids only have three more days left of school. I had better enjoy the peace and quiet while I can!

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Denise P. - Jun 2, 2006 1:29 pm (#722 of 2979)        

I am right handed, I hold the loop in my right hand and the left hand does all the work. I just had my leftie show me how he ties his shoes (I know I taught him the bunny method) He used his left hand to make the loop, transfered the loop to his right hand and then used his left hand to finish. I then conducted my own straw poll using the children and adult in the house who can tie shoes....here is the results.

1 leftie, 4 right handed people tie the shoe holding the loop in the right hand, the left hand then does the work.

1 right handed adult tied the shoe holding the loop in his left hand and his right hand did all the work.

So, only Mr. Denise does it differently from the rest of the family

I clearly remember my dad teaching me to tie my shoes when I was 4, on a Thursday (we were waiting for the trash to be picked up and then he went golfing). He is right handed. Mr. Denise was taught by his mother, who was taught by a left handed person.

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Loopy Lupin - Jun 2, 2006 1:46 pm (#723 of 2979)        

Weird. I'm right-handed and I hold the loop in the left hand while rightie does the work. Everyone in my family is right-handed, like all good-hearted people. *****ducks left hand blows coming his way*****

Whew! The weekend is finally here. Thank goodness!

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John Bumbledore - Jun 2, 2006 1:53 pm (#724 of 2979)        

4 out of 5 right handed tie like left handed child but same four were taught by a right hander that ties like a left hander.. and the one right hander that ties like a right hander was taught by his mother who was taught by a left hander. Got it! I think? NO! LOL

I agree with all those who have said it doesn't matter how, just that the child can tie there shoes (or wears velcro shoes).

Denise, what do I do with all these straw that have little LH and RH written on them with notes of Loop in LH or RH? ... LOL

<)B^D˜ John Bumbledore

Edit for Loopy. You are aware of the fact that the left side of the brain controls the right side of the body?

So, only left handed people are in their right minds. LOL

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Tazzygirl - Jun 2, 2006 2:40 pm (#725 of 2979)        

OK, I think I have recovered. It's 11:30 Hawaii time, which is when I sometimes wake up...

Thanks, Puck and Deb! (LOL, Deb!)

Azi- your walk sounded lovely!

I honestly don't remember how I tie my shoes... I know it isn't the bunny and tree way- that one just didn't work for me. I think my right hand holds the loop (I'm right handed) and then my left does all the work, but not sure. I haven't worn shoes that need to be tied in a very long time (Hawaii is a big 'slipper', flip flop, sandals, whatever you call them, place.)

~Kristina

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Puck - Jun 2, 2006 2:44 pm (#726 of 2979)        

Right handed, hold loop in left. John, as my boy is a lefty, I'm thinking your mirror method may work. Thanks for the tip.

Nathan, you mean you still can't tie your laces (or don't have any to tie? Not a Scout or a sailor, I guess then?

Time to make dinner.

Kathy

*edited to wave to Kristina*

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The giant squid - Jun 2, 2006 3:47 pm (#727 of 2979)        

Squid Mike, all I can say to whole Reese Witherspoon/pointy chin thing is "check the mirror". Can we say 'self-loathing'?--Marie E.

Just for the record, my chin is in no way as oddly pointed as Reese Witherspoon's. I just have a thin face, where she's got a square-ish face with a bump on the bottom.

Mike, did you know that your one little comment would spark such discussion?—Puck

I didn't, but past experience should have warned me. For the record, I'm right handed and hold the loop in my left hand letting the right do all the work. My left hand is stupid (I'm excessively left-brain). Ironically, after all this talk about tying shoes when I went to put mine on yesterday there was a moment's pause because I actually did forget how for second.

Loopy, is there a story behind your avatar of the honorable Mr. Clemens? Is it time for the jumping frog contest already?

--Mike

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Netherlandic - Jun 2, 2006 4:16 pm (#728 of 2979)        

I have been only been away for a few weeks and my capital (Amsterdam) is the topic. Let me just say that in a certain area there are more tourists than lights.

Puck, I will personally bake you some "real" pancakes if you ever visit The Netherlands. Oh, and I tie my shoestrings with one loop as well. That is the way I was tought at Kindergarten too!

We could almost start a baking delivery service on this forum. Cheesecakes sent to Europe, Stroopwafels sent to the States...

Finn, if you do have time to visit Amsterdam, don't go to the Rijksmuseum, unless you are a fan of Rembrandt van Rijn. They are re decorating and expanding at the moment, so there is little to see with the exception of a few paintings. By the way, Schiphol Airport (Amsterdam) has a small Rijksmuseum-exhibition (about 12 (real) paintings) as well, and it is free of charge. So that is a better alternative. And, with your limited time you'd better do a boat trip through the "grachten" (city canals).

I have been away (scuba) diving for a week at the island of Gozo (Republic of Malta). Nice diving weather; not too hot or cold. Nice underwater view. Octopus, seahorse, various fishes. Nice diving school as well, with English and German staff. Very friendly people.

One thing though, my brother was complaining that my English sounds too British. He says it won't do me any good, especially outside the UK. I don't believe that. But it has got me thinking. :puzzled:

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timrew - Jun 2, 2006 4:43 pm (#729 of 2979)        

Loopy Lupin (Wayne) asked if I still do those 'play' things. They're called pantomimes, Wayne. And we had a bit of a falling out with the Acting Group.

They asked us to write a pantomime about King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, and we duly obliged. Now all pantomimes have a 'Dame' character, who is a woman, but played by a man.

So we dispensed with Merlin's services, and instead used his sister, Marlene, and put her up against the evil witch, Queen Mab.

The Acting Group said the liked the panto very much, but insisted on bringing Merlin back and making Queen Mab the Dame.

We could see no reason for this, and seeing as it would mean re-writing the whole panto again, we told them , 'No'. We haven't heard from them since.

Sorry to be so long-winded; but, at the moment, my son and I are ex panto writers.................

As for the whole shoelace thing, I do some things right-handed (guitar playing, throwing and kicking a ball), and some things left (golf, well, pitch and putt, cricket). So don't even begin to ask me how I tie a shoelace - I don't know myself!

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Marè - Jun 2, 2006 5:14 pm (#730 of 2979)        

There are too many loops in this thread! Chat & Greetings 2006 - Page 3 1003735042

And I wanted to say something to Essidji and Puck, but I forgot.... How inconvenient.

And, with your limited time you'd better do a boat trip through the city canals.
Nah, take a water bike, more fun, more activity and less change of running (floating? faring?) over innocent rowers.

I have been away (scuba) diving for a week at the island of Gozo (Republic of Malta).
And now I'm jealous....

And on the subject of right handed/left handed: In which hand do you hold your fork when you eat?
I'm right handed and keep my fork in my right hand, which is apparently the "wrong way". (Is fun in fancy restaurants, I automatically switch the cutlery, which causes stress with the waiters because they think they placed it incorrect. So they switch it back... After which I switch it again etc.
You can keep some persons pretty busy with that)
Anyways, I have an uncle who cuts with his knife in his right hand, and then switches to his fork to take the bite... Very interesting to watch.

*end of useless ramble about forks, return to your normal schedule please...*

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Netherlandic - Jun 2, 2006 5:22 pm (#731 of 2979)        

Marè, poor rowers! And you are right of course, boats are dangerous for divers too. :sad: By the way; the weather this weekend should be good for rowing.

And I do the same thing as your uncle, cut meat with my knife in my right hand and than change fork and knife. A lot of right handed family members do the same thing.

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Marè - Jun 2, 2006 5:37 pm (#732 of 2979)        

Nice to see I'm not the only one awake at unnormal hours! (It's 2:30 in the middle of the night here)

By the way; the weather this weekend should be good for rowing
Which is nice as it's the weekend of the national championships. I'm still debating about going and cheering for people.
Luckily for me the only rowing I have to do involves a training that includes stopping near the ferry to get icecream!
I would feel better if I didn't have to do that in less than 7 hours though.

And now I'll have to stop because if I start talking about rowing I could bore you all for hours.

PS Tim, can't you find another acting group that does like your play as it is?

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HungarianHorntail11 - Jun 2, 2006 5:42 pm (#733 of 2979)        

How weird is it I put the tree around the bunny?

LOL Thora. My life in a nutshell.

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Gina R Snape - Jun 2, 2006 6:52 pm (#734 of 2979)        

Heya. Sorry, DJ Evans is right! Not Good Evans, but DJ Evans had a livejournal.

I hope you bring it back! I didn't always comment, but I did read now and again.

Good Evans, I'm happy to post questions. I did not get many, but I did get a few.

I actually didn't get round to posting them yet. I'm hoping to do it tomorrow now.

I did have a dream, though, about going to the event. JKR looked at me in the audience and I asked her a question to which she gave a very frustrating answer, something along the lines of "That's a very good question. Very asute of you. But I can't answer it.". I definitely woke up feeling like I'd channeled her!

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Finn BV - Jun 2, 2006 7:14 pm (#735 of 2979)        
Edited Jun 2, 2006 8:11 pm

Aww, Finola! I liked her! And the girl who was reinstated! That was really exciting.

Spellbound was great and I'm dying to go see Akeelah and the Bee (spell on Akeelah?? LOL ).

Kathy, that's a good one! I never learned to do it with the two loops (still can't do that method!); I do the one with one loop and the string going around and under it (Thora's way, Denise's second way, John's way, azi's way, Esther's way, the opposite of haymoni's or Madam P's way since I hold the loop in the right hand and I'm a righty ). Wow, Squid Mike, great topic starter!! LOL, look at all the in-depth posts! I'm off to tie my shoes to see if what I'm saying I do is really what I do!

haymoni, glad you survived (?) the zoo.

Glad the plane flight was okay, Kristina!

Netherlandic, thanks for the advice! Will avoid it…

Marè, I don't have a preference for fork hands!! If it's a fancy meal that requires a fork and knife at the same time, then my fork (I'm a righty) will be in my left hand. But if it's just a fork, it could be either.

Gina, what happens if they ask the person who asked the question to stand up? I'm afraid that if the SK or JI question is picked and they say, "Yes, Finn, could you please stand?" I'll have no clue what they talk about if they talk to me… Nah, I bet they won't ask you to stand up. Though if they pick my JKR question, I'll gladly jump right up!!

Science was fine today. Now I've got Spanish on Monday…

EDIT: Almost forgot! Please head over to Leaky and see their essay project, "Scribbulus". You will see in their latest issue is an essay by yours truly! Note: sometimes the text-only version is better. You can see it here! It is the Dracula/Voldemort essay I wrote for English on which I received an A.

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Denise P. - Jun 2, 2006 8:33 pm (#736 of 2979)        

I just got from Relay for Life, a fund raiser for the American Cancer Society. Devin was honored as a survivor (5 years, 3 months, 11 days), got a medal and shook hands with the Mayor. A local Harley group called Bikers Who Care are one of the major fund raisers so they always lead the event with a lap. When they parked, we approached one man who was wearing a survivor sticker. He was gracious enough to allow Devin onto his Harley so we could get a picture of him. As always, my kids came away with a bunch of shirts, frisbees, pens and assorted other things that various places give away.

Fork: I am right handed and use my right hand to eat. I do switch my fork to my left hand to cut meat but switch back to actually eat what was just cut. I suppose I can keep my fork in my left but I have always switched back. My leftie eats with is left hand but switches to his right hand to cut meat and then switches back. Maybe it is an American thing?

Wanna talk about how you hold a pen or pencil? We have about 4 different methods in my house

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Madam Pince - Jun 2, 2006 8:37 pm (#737 of 2979)        

Glad to hear your exams are going well, Finn -- hope they continue to be smooth sailing!

Mare, I do the knife/fork thing like your uncle. Like Squid Mike, my left hand is basically useless -- it holds my rings and my watch and that's about it.

Is a stroopwafel a really flat cookie with caramel in the middle, that you're supposed to put across the top of your teacup so that the warm steam makes it all gooey and good? I have had something like that and loved it, but I can't find them anywhere now. I really thought the Dean and Deluca's I was in a couple weeks ago would've had them, but they didn't.

Edit: Hey, look at my post number! I'm an airplane!

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Tazzygirl - Jun 2, 2006 8:51 pm (#738 of 2979)        

I hold my fork in my right hand, switch to left so right hand can cut with a knife, and then switch the fork back to my right to eat. I thought that was pretty normal! lol!!

Good luck with your Spanish final, Finn!! By the way, your essay was really good! Congrats!!

I had other stuff I wanted to say, but I forgot...

~Kristina

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Finn BV - Jun 2, 2006 9:09 pm (#739 of 2979)        

Denise, congrats to Devin.

LOL Madam P!

Thanks to Kristina on my essay! I'm quite excited!

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kaykay1970 - Jun 2, 2006 9:27 pm (#740 of 2979)        

Great job on the essay, Finn!

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Netherlandic - Jun 2, 2006 11:50 pm (#741 of 2979)        

Madam Pince, a stroopwafel is indeed a really flat cookie "wafel" with (caramel-)syrup "stroop" in it, but to place it on a teacup? Yikes! No, no, no. Just take a bite and let it melt on your tongue.

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Lina - Jun 3, 2006 12:00 am (#742 of 2979)        

Kristina, I'm glad you came home safely. Enjoy the stay!

When I was a kid, I was aware that there were more than one way to tie the laces, because my cousin used to teach me how to do it differently than my parents. When I was at uni, I discovered another way to do it and I liked it so much that I am still using it. You can see how it looks in my profile. But when I met my hubby, I just discovered one way more, and I can tell you that I tried to figure out how is he doing it and I couldn't. His way looks much better when you want to make a bow, but that is just above my abilities. The point of this story is that it was I who thought Kate and Veronika how to tie the laces but they ended up doing it the way that their dad does it. Good for them. So I guess that there must be some gene for tying the laces and they inherited it from him. The same is about holding the pencil. My mother in law discovered that her son holds the pencil the same way as she does, when she was watching the tape of our wedding and I discovered that Kate is holding it the same way much before she got married.
BTW, John, I'm right handed and I hold the first loop in my right hand. I thought that I hold the first loop in my left hand until I tried to do it for the purposes of this research. And I decided to use the word laces in your honor.

We had a graduation ceremony on our Faculty yesterday. Some girls came dressed as if it were June. I'm afraid that they are about to spend the weekend in bed with the cold. Veronika turned on the heating at home yesterday and we were angry with her about that, but today I am considering the thought of really doing it. It seems that it is about to snow this weekend again. I think that it is our faculty's fault. We use to have the graduation ceremony around Christmas. So when the weather saw that we are preparing the ceremony, it thought that it is Christmas and got totally confused.

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Marè - Jun 3, 2006 4:40 am (#743 of 2979)        

Is a stroopwafel a really flat cookie with caramel in the middle, that you're supposed to put across the top of your teacup so that the warm steam makes it all gooey and good?
You do that when it's a cookie you found somewhere where you didn't know you still had it and it became old and strangely resembling a brick. Then it is a very good idea to put it on a cup of tea (or coffee, I prefer coffee actually) to make it soft and edible again!

And I'm very reassured to know that you all switch forks. Maybe my family isn't that crazy after all!

And Lina, your shoe has three loops, how do you do that?

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Good Evans - Jun 3, 2006 5:26 am (#744 of 2979)        

I have no idea how I tie laces, I just dont think about it and as I am trying to imagine it - I can't ... hmmn I'll put my trainers on tomorrow and observe what I do!

I eat with my fork in right hand unless I am eating with a knife and fork (not normally for dinner in this house salad or pasta is usually a one implement dish!) and then I have the fork in my left hand.

I am right handed and wear my watch on my right wrist, 'cos that is where the shop assistant put it when I first got one, and it feels really weird to switch it over now. So how many other right handers have their watch on the right?? I dont know anyone else that does and all my friends and family think I'm weird. (also because of how I pronounce almond (it doesnt have a silent L)- but we wont go there!)

anyway - great memories over shoe laces that have been posted, Finn keep up the good work on the exams, Gina and Finn thanks for the questions (and Gina clearing up my confusion!) OH AND........

The lady with the puppies, she say YES , and little LUNA will be coming to live with us from mid July!!!!

have a great ROTD folks

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Madam Pince - Jun 3, 2006 6:54 am (#745 of 2979)        
Edited Jun 3, 2006 7:32 am

Yay Good Evans! I know you're looking forward to welcoming Luna into your home!

The stroopwafels I tried were individually packaged in little airtight foil packages (or maybe there were two to a pack), and there were instructions / serving suggestions on the outside of the package that said to put it on top of your cup just long enough to warm and soften the caramel inside. (I would've never been clever enough to think of doing something like that myself!) It was probably some weird American stroopwafel company who didn't know how they were really supposed to be eaten. It did turn out pretty well, though -- they were big enough that they fit easily over the top of a cup. (Edit: I just Googled them, and there are several online companies where you can order them. Stroopwafelshop.com even has a recipe! And there is a pretty funny satirical essay from unc.edu that discusses them as an anthropological phenomenon. Wikipedia says that the stroopwafel is the biggest seller at the shops in Amsterdam's Schiphol airport. It says the ones sold by Dutch street vendors are bigger, like the size of small plates, but the ones I had were only about four inches in diameter or so. It also says Starbucks has recently started selling them.) So there's all you could ever want to know and more about stroopwafels!

We're getting some rain finally (naturally, since we just gave the dog a bath) -- yay for our plants/lawns that need it, but boo for Mr. Pince who is camping out at a living history event this weekend. He said they have a barn or something onsite that they can retreat into if the rain gets too bad.

Haven't seen the baby bunnies for two days now. I hope they escaped into a neighboring yard and aren't still in our shed....

Everyone enjoy the RotD!

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Puck - Jun 3, 2006 7:23 am (#746 of 2979)        

Yeah, Julie! Excellent choice of a name!

Netherlandic, sounds like a fabulous trip!

Taking bets on how long it will take my kids to clean their room. I started asking yesterday. *sigh* I'm predicting it will still be a disaster tonight. (I refuse to dot it, as I've done it twice and it never lasts longer than a day. That plus I have the rest of the house to clean.)

Happy Weekend!

Kathy

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kaykay1970 - Jun 3, 2006 8:01 am (#747 of 2979)        

That is wonderful news, Julie! I can't wait to see pictures of Luna!

My daughter got a cd from the photo studio that made Senior pictures. Now we have to pick just 3 photos for next years year book. It is going to be so hard to choose, they are all so nice...

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B]Loopy Lupin[/B] - Jun 3, 2006 10:45 am (#748 of 2979)        

Loopy, is there a story behind your avatar of the honorable Mr. Clemens? Is it time for the jumping frog contest already? – Mike

Nah. I just came across that quote and decided to use it for a while. Sorry. I'll strive to be more interesting in the future. Hehe.

Tim-- Well, that's just too bad. I thought the panto I read some time back was extremely clever. Damn actors! Too bad you're not writing a soap opera or something like that. You could simply kill off the Acting Group.

Finn-- Quite an impressive essay!! Aside from the substance, I would also point out to all other students out there Finn's diligence in citing the sources from which he drew his information. Oh, and "Akeelah" is the correct spelling. (I looked it up before I mentioned the movie. ) ¡Ultimamente, la buena suerte en su examen español!

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HungarianHorntail11 - Jun 3, 2006 10:50 am (#749 of 2979)        

Julie, how wonderful that you are going to have a little Luna (I love the name you chose ) in the house soon! We definitely want to see pics when the time comes.

Finn, great essay! You did a great job citing examples and used a good amount of research. Very well laid out - altogether a good read.

Stroopwafels in Starbuck's? Though I am sure they won't be like the "real thing" I will surely try one when I see them available because of all the wonderful things you've written about them.

Well, riding lessons, school picnic (just beat the rain), school beautification weeding, birthday party and Eucharist bread making all out of the way from yesterday and this morning. Church fair cancelled due to the fact that not enough volunteers had rowboats or dinghies to get to the church. Believe it or not, people STILL showed up expecting the fair to be going on. (We invited them to stay and play and gave out Italian Ices and treats.) So, we stayed extra long making the bread because the children were all playing nicely and having fun. Olivia did a great job organizing them into games.

Now I have been asked to put together another Movie Night and a 2-wk Bible School for the summer. Anyone have a suggestion for the movie? Ages of children ranges from 2-13. I thought of Narnia but I think some of the scenes may upset the tinies. (Trevor gets a bit upset.) Mike???

Madam Pince, if the bunnies were old enough to move about on their own, they will follow her to a new site. Otherwise, "mommy" will take them one at a time to a new place. The mother spends most of her time away from the burrow to keep from attracting attention to it (some people think they've been abandoned but she will return several times only long enough to feed them). She will even call out to them from afar. We had the experience of observing this first hand, as some dumb bunny had babies right next to our pool. We had a heck of a time trying to keep them from drowning - they kept "jumping" into the pool when the mother was away. Trevor would check the pool every morning (last year). Luckily, they were still paddling their little hearts out.

kaykay, that sounds great!

Taking bets on how long it will take my kids to clean their room. I started asking yesterday. *sigh* I'm predicting it will still be a disaster tonight. (I refuse to dot it, as I've done it twice and it never lasts longer than a day.

Kathy, I find they respond better when I go upstairs with a large "donation" bag in hand and tell them I am there to clean their rooms. :insert evil smiley here:

Maria

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The giant squid - Jun 3, 2006 3:16 pm (#750 of 2979)        

I'll strive to be more interesting in the future.--Loopy Lupin

Be afraid. Be very afraid...

Maria--is the movie night tied with the bible school? If so the Veggie Tales movie would probably be a good bet. Beyond that I'm not too much help, as my theater doesn't usually play "kid movies" and only rarely do I go elsewhere to watch them (Over The Hedge being a recent exception).

--Mike
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