I need to know what the little Mao-collared jackets look like. I’ve got an expedition to Target coming up tomorrow.
And happy birthday to yoooooooo!
Heh, the birthday singing reminds me, my birthday is coming up later this month (don’t worry, I’ll announce it that week) and I’m turning 30. Sheesh. Whatever happened to “Don’t trust anyone over 30?”
Anyway, seeing s how the SO is also turning 30 next May we’ve both decided to do something exciting and dangerous in honor of our birthdays. He’s already grabbed skydiving, so we’ll do that next summer.
I need ideas for winter things, if anyone’s got them! I suppose I could ski - is that expensive for someone with no equipmemnt whatsoever?
My birthday is Christmas Eve, and my old college roommate’s is Christmas Day. She’s dumping the kids off at Grammy’s and coming to visit, and we’ve got 48 Hours of 30th Birthday in store for us.
At the moment, the plan is to wake up uber-early on the 24th, go to Target and buy comfortable pajamas, stop at the liquor store, and not leave the house for two days. You’re probably looking for something more exciting than that, though. 
Happy Birthday, GT!!
And this morning, on the way to work, I saw a woman in a bridal veil drive past me. she didn’t appear to be wearing a wedding dress, but she had a veil and tiara, and I doubt she was getting married on a Thursday, so it intrigued me.
Oh, right. Sorry.
Happy Birthday, GT!
As for the woman - costume show?
Well, I’ve got this whole “Runaway Bride” scenario going on in my head right now–I’d almost hate to ruin it with a logical explanation. 
Drae maybe she decided the veil and tiara looked good with her outfit this morning. After all, one should get as much wear out of one’s accessories as possible.
Dang! Now I can’t remember the name of the doper who has a co-worker that wears a wedding dress to work. That’s going to bother me.
This Saturday, I get to help pack up more church stuff. I lead such an exciting life.
Oh, and to comment on a comment from yesterday, jayjay, let me guess, the little bottle you went runnin’ for was smelling salts.
I know I’m wayyy late this week. My honey is sick. Does he get sick with a cold? The Flu? Rickets? Scurvy? normal illnesses like that of course not! He has Pertussis or whooping cough. At first he would coughcoughcoughcoughcoughcough get red in the face and be wrung out. But yesterday he would coughcoughcoughcoughcoughcough then pass out :eek: He scared me BAD. For anywhere from 3 to 15 seconds, he was kinda purple an not breathing, but he’s start breathing and talking before I could get to the phone to call 911. We went to the doctor yesterday. But he did it again last night. I didn’t sleep much. We’re going back to the doctor today. I’m not sure what they can do. there’s no real treatment for the symptoms in adults. They might have to put him in the hospital. 
I really hope not. I have had a lot of sleep, I’m afraid to close my eyes. I cried a little, but it doesn’t help a bit, so I stopped.
chaoticbear, your story of the swimmer in the laundry room for some reason reminded me of a story about my friend’s first try at answering a personal ad. He called the guy who, in his ad, said he had a “swimmer’s body.”
When friend arrived at the scheduled place, the only man there was about 40lbs over weight, and NOT in a good way. Friend, having very little impulse control blurted out: " Your ad said you have a swimmer’s body, do you have it buried in your back yard?" Needless to say, they “date” was pretty much over.
Ok, I’m going back to worrying now. later all.
That would be: I *haven’t * had a lot of sleep. sheesh
I’m just a little out of my mind… but if you leave a message…never mind…
Oh! Oh! OH! Poor PicuHusband! I hope he’s better soon! How scary!
picunurse, I sure hope hubby gets better soon. I didn’t even know adults got pertussis! :eek:
It happens that my birthday is New Year’s Eve. Mark those calendars now! The day after my 30th birthday, I moved from FL to VA, and was starting a new job the next week. So - new year, new state, new job!
Last year it was fun to say I was turning 31 on the 31st. Eh, I know - not a big thrill. This year I’m not sure what I’m doing on my actual birthday. Not a big party person. Might be that my brother & SIL will be in the area, so we might spend it together. That would be fun - they are the nicest couple.
Susan
picunurse I sure hope hubby’s better soon. Nothing the doctor can do? Though it’s no fun at all, the hospital might be the best bet. At least there they can keep a watch on him for complications. Prayers and good thoughts headed his way from Jawja.
I’m turning 30 on the 30th.
In 2010, my birthday will be 10-10-10!
Let the celebrations begin.
Oh poor picunurse hubby!
Good thoughts heading your way…
Happy birthday to GT and a kinda pre-birthday set of wishes to everyone else who has one coming up.
I have had a less tha productive work morning. Well it depends on your definition of productive - work wise well the rest of the week wasn’t worth a crap so why should today or tomorrow be any different so I hit snooze for an hour then wander into work (I am the boss now so I can do what I want!!) drink my double shot latte chat to dispatch chat to the other manager that is here chat to the other cell leaders then spend the rest of my morning catching up on the 6 pages of the MMP and searching for my flights so that I get to go home at Christmas for teh first time in 4 years (two years offshore Norway and 2 years on call here in Wyoming!!)
Punctuation anyone?
Happy birthday to gt and prayers headed our for pichusband.
Hey! what am I–chappoed liver? I gave you the answer in the middle of the night! I should get some credit.The Gods alone know why I think I’'ll ever get credit for anything. Don’t get me started on work woes.
Did I mention that my beautiful plum tree had to be put down. Poor baby, basically healthy but dangerously inclined to split. Iy was either do it now or have her lose bits and pieces (potentially very BIG bits and pieces) every time there was an ice storm or particularly hot summer.
So, I need a tree. As unimaginative as I am (no, that’s not true, I thinking of the house’s resale value, that’s it–I’m not looking for a cool, unusual tree because it may affect my ability to sell the house if I ever want to–right) going to buy a Japanese maple. I’m torn between one of the many, many, many types derived from the original or going back to the heart and getting an old stock Japanese. several have been developed here in the Northwest that are particularly suited for out climate, but maples on the whole are pretty happy just about anywhere.
The “sunset” varieties have spectacular fall colors, but the spring/summer foliage is rather dark green. My Mom has a true Japanese maple that displays a loverly spring green that darkens just a touch throughout the summer. But it is huge (it’s also 35+ years old), not so much in height, but the crown. Of course, my Mom is genetically pre-disposed towards raising beautiful plants under a system of benign neglect. I take after my father and have manged to keep a philadendron (phonetic) alive for several years by luck alone. Anyway, Mom’s tree grew beautifully with out any help, I would seek the advice of a tree specialist on a regular basis, so maybe my tree could be shaped to a more oval inclination. But only if that isn’t bad for the tree. I think of trees the way most people view cats and dogs–if I’m going to have one in my life, I have to take responsibility for it and try to ensure it has a safe, healthy and happy life.
You say animist as if it’s a bad thing.
I actually prefer pantheist–I believe in calling a God a God.
If you are a straight male and understood my last two statements, we may be ideally suited to one another, even if you’re not brawny. Just saying (e-mail in profile).
Yup. Their smaller front-loaders are Frigidaire. I was told as much by the saleslizard when I bought my Kenmore front-loader. I think their big ones (ie: the He4t series that I lust for) are by Whirlpool.
If you got the one I think you might have, it’s a nice little beastie.
Sears puts their name on a whole lot of Whirlpool stuff. My new Kenmore dishwasher looks identical on the inside to a Whirlpool model that I saw at Home Depot, for example, and a dryer I used to have bore the Whirlpool name on some if its internal parts. The one that surprised me, and I’d not have known if it didn’t break, is that my Kenmore gas range is made by Electrolux. Over here, we know them almost exclusively for vacuum cleaners, but apparently, they’re Europe’s version of Whirlpool.
And how did my range break? It would turn off now and then if I had the oven on - whole thing went blank until I rebooted it by cycling the circuit breaker that feeds the outlet it’s plugged into. Good way to screw up baking. :sad: Happily, it was covered by the home-buyer’s warranty as the main circuit board is a $200+ part, plus labor.
I’m just hoping I can convince the home warranty people that the heavy pounding noises from the 17-year-old water heater justify replacement under the plan.
**picunurse ** - if I read right, your husband’s doctor doesn’t treat pertussis in adults? Odd, since it looks like adults and teens have almost half of the reported cases, nationally.
Looks like one of the “mycins” or a zithropak may be in order.
<reading more> Holy crap! It’s bordatella. Your husband has kennel cough!
Hope he gets over whatever it is soon. I know what it’s like to have intractable coughing fits, and I can’t take the drug of choice, which always seems to be codeine. What’s worse? coughing or anaphalaxis?
picunurse, hope hubby’s feeling better soon.
Happy Birthday gt!!!
And that running around nekkid bit ends as soon as there are little ones running around - why is that?!?!? - They like to do it, so why can’t we?!?!? It’s truly unfair! Kittens are another reason to keep dangly bits covered. My ex had an episode with one of my widdle darlings after a shower (the ex took a shower, not the kitten)
Yesterday, we made a “bookstore” for Little Miss[sup]TM[/sup] to take to school Monday. (They have a four day weekend but could she wait? NOOOOOO!) Her class is “building” a town - out of cardboard boxes and white construction paper. Okay, it was actually fun helping her put it together - She did all the decorating. Which reminds me, I need to get out our crafty stuff so we can start making Christmas cards and presents. Anybody know how to cut 1/2 inch wooden dowels? Do I need to get out a real saw or is there something smaller that will work?
I hate passwords - not our gotti of course - the kind that I’m always forgetting, especially for sites I only use once a year (TurboTax)
Happy Thursday all! Maybe I can manage to get here on Monday next week… (Seems like everything I do is always getting interrupted) What’s that I hear? Small children fighting again?
Susan