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Good Sunday Morn to you all~~ DH & DS left @ 4:15am this morn for a Metric Century bike ride in Pa. (I'm so mean!) Meanwhile, DD & I slept in! Sounds like the perfect balance of yin & yang to me! Once I can rouse her from her slumber, dd & I are going BTS shopping... gone are the years when "safety scissors and primary color crayons" were an item on her class list... now it's "$100 graphing calculator"! They grow up so fast. Other than that, it's just work for me today. I'm re-writing a chapter on Pregnancy Discrimination -- & I mean really tearing it apart, WAY more intensly than the usual level of edit that these books require -- and I'd love to be able to send it back to the editor tomorrow. That will be a major check off the ol' "to-do" list! Everyone enjoy the day!

Tabloid Day! Yay! Janie, I'm sure you'll find a routine that works for you! Judy, Could you ask for a different therapist for Fridays? Laura, if I don't "see" you before you leave -- have a great time w/Kathy G! Regular day here today... grey & wet... I want to just snooze all day, but not an option. Work work. Today is pretty much our "unofficial" last day of summer, as HS soccer begins tomorrow, and continues every day through November some time. Buh bye, summer! Enjoy!

"Uhmmm Michelle, shouldn't they have been on girly porn sites?!?!" No, because dh specifically told them "No leaving the house. No booze. No porn." (& so of course someone piped up "No fun!" hardy har har.) So the roulette site was as wild & crazy as they got. Hey, they're 16yo boys, so really, am I surprised? Nooooo. They're good kids, all honors students and school ambassadors, etc. In fact, they brought their summer AP Calculus packets to work on -- and I have pictures to prove that they did work on them, at least for awhile! Speaking of bands... my band doc's office called me last week and said I had to come in for an app't, that it'd been more than a year since I've been there, blah blah. So I'm going next Monday. It's not going to be pretty. On the + side, I did lose and keep off a solid 50 lbs. On the - side, the max I lost was 80, so I gained back a solid 30 lbs. And I've been holding here for a year or so, w/slight +s/-s now & then (mostly then, lol). I don't think a fill is needed... it's like Haydee says, "good" stuff doesn't go down (fruit, veggies, plain meat) but the bad stuff just slllllllllllllides on through. Should be interesting. Speaking of food... and really, if we're not speaking about it, then we're thinking about it!... off to figure out dinner. The kids are lobbying for Mama Lucia's as I haven't ventured into the kitchen all day after it got cleaned up... they know the angles to work, too... they said, "Hey Mom, you said you have to go to the grocery store and ML's is right next door, so it would be convenient!" Yeah, like they live to make my life easier!

Oh, ds will be cleaning up, definitely! Plus some! I will enjoy it. So the "questionable" site was that chatroulette site where different people pop up every few minutes... from the sound of it, there are a lot of people who enjoy showing off various body parts... the only one I saw was a some dude in his boxers w/his dick in his hand... lovely. Needless to say, there was no more 'puter after that. Boys.

Ha ha... "mispelling" is misspelled! :thumbup: (Oh man, I need some sleep! I am definitely a little too punchy!!)

Sorry Jane, that might've been me... At just about that time I had 8 15-16 yo "boys" arrive and take over the house (well, the family room & kitchen) for another infamous "all-night FIFA night". It was a spur-of-the-moment gathering, so it was a little discombobulated here for a bit. I say "boy" because "men" sounds too ooh la la ("8 men spent the night at my house!":wink2:) but they're all huge soccer players and take up all the space in the rooms! And even when they're trying to be quiet, they're not. So it was a loooong night. I came down around 2 to check in/pick up a bit/get them off the questionable Internet sites... I thought they were quieting down around 3a when they put on "Forgetting Sarah Marshall", but when the movie was over around 4:30 or so, they must've gotten a second wind! Then a hellatious storm crashed through here @ 6am, so... needless to say... nap later today! The boys' summer is over @ 8am on Saturday morn -- that's when varsity sports tryouts begin -- and then it's 2-a-day practices every day after tryouts for the week 'til school starts... so that explains my hosting the party. So sorry, Janie, if it was me! Haydee! So good to "hear" from you! Definitely you could knit a blanket in that timeframe! I hope you enjoy it... I find it relaxing, creative, and productive at the same time. Bring whatever you're working on to Cali! Time to pop the cinnamon rolls in the oven. At least it's easy to feed these guys: pizza, chips, cookies, soda and then in the morning, 6 tubes of cinnamon buns! :thumbup:

"It's the most... wonderful time... of the year!" Aahhhhh, back to school time... love it! (Sorry, Pam! ) Parents & teachers definitely have different perspectives on it, huh? I'm taking dd school supply shopping today... have to get the cute supplies for her... ds doesn't care... I should get him a puppy folder to be funny! Make it a good one!

"2 batches of evil" & I know exactly of what you speak AND agree that it's evil! A truer recipe title has never been written! Just STAY AWAY from the evil, Pammie!!

That's neat, Laura! Love her, she's so current and funny!

Good morn... Have already been up & out! Took ds to get a haircut... w/ the HS soccer season starting tomorrow night, he wants it cool and short! Don't blame him. He wasn't so thrilled about the early-morn appointment time, tho. Oh well, he needs to practice getting up for school, right? Yes, lots of work has found me! I just keep thinking it's paying for PS and DL -- yay! Everyone make it a great day!

Good job, Judy! :thumbup:

Why why why oh why do I think that "0 replies, 17 views" with "2 members & 5 guests" for this brand-spankin' new thread is oh-so-funny? :thumbup::thumbup: I don't know why, I just know that I do! :thumbup:

Work. Avoidance. Mode. :thumbup:

Off to try to get one of ds's classes changed for the Fall semester... somehow he's signed up for Marching Band... ha ha ha ha ha... wish us luck, these things are never easy!

"I think Susanne and I are going to get married on July 2, 2011." Sounds like a countdown to me! Judy? . . . :thumbup:

(((Janie)))

Wowza, Pam -- great news! Guess I have a new airfare to track, eh? :wink2:

Igor! Ivan? Ian? Irvan? Really, boy "I" names kinda suck, huh? DS is taking us all out to b'fast @ our town's little (only) mom & pop diner... drive by it 10x/day but haven't been in more than a year! How nice! Then it's lots o' work today... I have a trip to pay for, ha ha! Everyone enjoy the day!

I booked! I booked!

I booked! I booked! I booked!

That Carson's so cute! It's Saturday! Everyone enjoy!! :party:

Judy, I'm reading the Cookbook Collecter now, too. Are you liking it? I'm sortof "eh" about it. I figure all these characters will be coming together in some way, but not really compelled about any of them. Hm. I went to the meditation class last night. It was good -- not too granola crunchy/magical. It was just nice to be quiet and calm for 1/2 an hour! I think I'll go back next week, & I'm supposed to "practice" during the week. Yeah, in all my free time, ha ha. But, we'll see... Everyone have a great weekend!

Hey... DD & I had to go get blood drawn this a.m.... then we went and picked up DS from camp... he was chosen as "Camper of the Week" for goalkeepers, so proud. Have to work now... then am still planning on going to the meditation class. (Usually when I try to do something just for me, & even schedule it on the calendar, something comes up or happens that I have to give up my activity, so I'm crossing my fingers for this!) Oh Judy, I know you'll miss that lil' guy. Ok, work avoidance is over... time to get down to it!

So here's something different! Tomorrow night I'm going to go to a "Sahaja Meditation" class at the local hospital's wellness center! "Sahaja Meditation is a unique method based on the awakening of one's own Chi energy. This meditation offers an easy and effective way to beat stress; become calm, balanced, and relaxed; and maintain good health." Definitely all things I need!!! See, going to Starbux IS good for you... that's where I found the flyer for it.

Drive by post... Isn't summer supposed to be slower paced? ((Judy)) My kids go back on Aug 23... 19 days, but who's counting! ha ha! It's going to fly by, just like the rest of the summer. My kids made up the snow days during the year, so they didn't have to go longer into June, which was nice. Love you all!