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[kity 2]

Yeah!!! I am getting new earrings! Thanks Terri!

I second what Kat said about a beautiful day yesterday! Today the alarm went off @ 5 as usual, and I laid there thinking, "what the hell is that???" LOL, I didn't even register that it was wakey wakey time! I am bushed. We have a contractor coming to give us a hard bid on a bathroom remodel. It requires moving a wall and building a big storage unit thingy in the closet. We now have a 1 sink SMALL vanity area where we both get ready. We just want a double sink and double vanity space. So...move the wall and there you go.

Have a great day everyone!

xoxoxoox

[Suziecat 379]

TracyK, Great, I made the candy corn peanut mixture. Now I have one more thing in my house I don't NEED to be eating. But boy it sure is some good stuff.

[Haydee 2]

Hi girls!! I didn't want to get up this morning. I too was having bad dreams Janie but it was because I ate way way way too much yesterday.

Warning: food porn

For brunch I had chorizo and eggs, black Beans, pork green chile on the side, new potatoes and half a waffle.

For a late lunch we had frito pies, shaved ice, ice cream and some sugary nuts. (what awesome nutrition, huh?)

For dinner my sister made an italian feast. We had homemade lasagna, chicken alfredo, yummy salad, garlic bread. And then she made me a banana cake that was to die for. We had it with cinammon ice cream.

I'm on just Water today... LOL. I'm still stuffed. We stayed over at my mom's till about 1am because none of us could move off the couch...

But seriously I'm back on my excersise routine today. I made plans to meet my friend at the gym today and she said she would hold me accountable if I didn't keep up with my visits. She is a work out fanatic and goes like 6 days a week.

I brought my tuna salad with me today for lunch and for Breakfast I had two eggs and lean ham in a whole wheat wrap.

[janiebug 0]

Hello, all I have on tap today is the dentist. Maybe I will get busy doing other things, like cleaning my house!!

Hope everyone is having a good start to the week!!

[Daisalana 33]

Morning V's, and happy day-late b'day Haydee!! What are you, 21 now???

We went to PF Chang's for my brother's birthday last night. I have never been there, and I like chinese, but apparently I do not like 'gourmet' chinese.

Ugh the food was horrible. Reminded me of Phuket, some fancy Thai restaurant we have.. not sure if that's a chain? I know PF Chang's is a chain.

It was all family style, we all got something different. I ordered something familiar-- sweet & sour pork. It was GROSS. I don't know how, but even the spinach & asparagus was nasty. Russell is allergic to seafood & peanuts.. and they cook everything in peanut oil. So his dish (and his dish only) they didn't cook in peanut oil, but he could not share anyone else's family dish--even the fried rice. He felt left out, despite the fact that I told him.. even the fried rice.. was disgusting. I actually had to SPIT IT OUT. Yeah, that bad! My brother & his gf reaked of weed when they came in, and his gf seemed to be on something.. not sure what, she sat next to me and talked 90-to-nothing but slurred and mumbled, but thought she was talking coherently. I just kept nodding and giggling at appropriate times when she laughed.

Uhm ok I guess that's it. I laid in bed all day Saturday and watched movies. Mrs. Pettigrew Lives Another Day--surprisingly cute movie. I liked it (I rented it out of desperation, I've seen everything else!). I also rented Brokeback Mountain, which I haven't watched yet.. and Baby Momma which was cute.

[TracyinKS 7]

Laura and anyone else...

I just called a local pawn shop that buys broken jewelry........ they said $10 for pennyweight? what the heck does this mean and is that a rip off?

[janiebug 0]

I think pawn shops are kind of odd, try a coin shop that is buying, most are.

[janiebug 0]

by the way Hi Tracy and Laura

[kity 2]

Hey Ladies,

Laura~OMG..you are gonna love Brokeback. The film is soooo beautiful, full of rich vivid colors and sceneries. The story takes my breath away...I sat in there and cried for an additional 10 min, and then in the car and smoked and cried some more. There is one scene at the end that if I think of...I'll cry now. You are not as "sappy" as I am...but I think it is a wonderful movie, very well done...and it left a lasting impression on me.

I had 2 PB's yesterday...one on an egg taco thingy I made in the morning, and one at the Chinese place we went to after the game. That one almost was ugly...barely made it to bathroom. Today I am gonna really try to baby it...once I get on a roll w/ the PB's they don't usually stop. I know it is cause of my big mouth, taking too much in.

When does Judy get back? Hasn't she been gone a month now?

Our 14 month old Maytag fridge is not working right...mo' money gonna be spent today for the repair man thats fo' shoow!

BBL

[Daisalana 33]

Tracy uhm.. my first thought, don't go to a pawnshop. They rip people off in general, that's not where I'd take my jewelry. $10 for any weight in gold doesn't sound right, but pennyweight is not a term I am familiar with.

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I've never dealt with jewelry, just coins :biggrin:

[Haydee 2]

how you been feeling laura? I've never heard of that mrs. pettigrew movie you mentioned. Did it ever hit theatres or is it like an indy film? 21? ha ha ha! I wish! But I don't feel 32 and that's what matters!

Is the price of gold still good? I've got a a few broken chains, some heavy and earrings in which I lost the partner. I might try it and see what they say it's worth...

Oh and I LOOOOVVEE PF Changs, but I don't think it's supposed to be authentic chinese food. They make everything really sweet but I still love it. My favorite is kung pao anything. The fried rice is usually good. I've had better at authentic chinese places. I like it really garlicky and with lots of egg... I better stop talking cuz I'm supposed to be GOOD today and i'm already craving chinese...LOL

[TerriDoodle 6]

PF CHang's is one of my favorite restaurants, too!! YUM. Once again, Laura.... you have very unique taste buds!

I can tell you a little about gold/value.

Today it's trading at $784.50/Troy oz.

There are 20 pennyweights/troy oz.

This website (GOLD PRICES | PRICE OF GOLD | GOLD MARKET | GOLD PRICES USA | CURRENT GOLD PRICES | JEWELRY PRICES) is paying $16.63 for 14K/pennyweight which is less than half of the bare market price for gold bouillon ($39.23/pennyweight)... but may be as good of a deal as you will find.

$784 /oz of gold is not as high as it has been recently.... I think it was pushing $1000/oz within the last few weeks.

Might want to hold onto it awhile longer....the value of gold and silver goes up as the economy goes south. If Obama gets elected, you can pretty much count on the economy going south! (Sorry-- it's just the truth.)

[Daisalana 33]

I am feeling much better with my back! It only aches slightly when I bend, but nothing even worth mentioning.

The Mrs. Pettigrew, I'm not sure.. I just saw it on Amazon.com for movie downloads. It's set in the 30's in London, it's a dark comedy..came out in 2008.

I'm shocked about PF Chang's, I even looked around wondering how anyone could eat there!! Maybe my taste buds are weird! I went home and had a chili cheese dog with lots of onions. Gold goes up & down all the time, I sold a gold coin right after our wedding.. 1 troy oz was $860 then.

The only reason I know anything about this stuff is because of my alzheimer/dementia granny. Her partner/room mate guy died last year and he had brain tumors and thought all these crazy conspiracies (he thought the cartoon Pinkie & The Brain was a sign from the government about their plans). Anyway, he didn't trust banks so he invested all of his money in gold & silver.. and then hid it all over the yard, in walls, etc. So when he died we did a treasure hunt. Found over 100k in gold coins, and I don't think we even found it all. So now my granny-- who took over his paranoia and is afraid of banks.. hauls around huge bags of gold--that she can't pick up... from pawn shop to pawn shop to get quotes.. and then she obsessed with the ticker on the TV that shows gold prices. She will call at random times to ask "Should I sell now?".. yet she's never sold a single piece since she came into all this gold. I am certain one of these days she is going to get mugged walking out of the pawnshops with her big bags.

Edited October 20, 2008 by FairyFacade

[TerriDoodle 6]

You have such a colorful family, Laura!!

[Daisalana 33]

Don't I?? :biggrin: