I realized yet again that I've been a bad blogger. So here's the latest scoop...it's pretty boring...you've been warned. ;)
Monday morning I went over to the Church to help deposit the offering. Normally they schedule 4 gals to do this. Two to work on the computer and enter the offerings so that each person gets credit for what they give and two more to do the paperwork and write out the deposit ticket. Well this Monday one of the gals forgot to show up. This bothered the other gals and they were torn between calling the missing gal or just trying to do it without her. We ended up opting without her and did just fine. I offered to do the data entry part by myself, but the gal in charge didn't want to do it that way because it isn't how they do it. However, we had plenty of times where I was doing the data entry on my own and did just fine. Luckily with the holiday it was a very low offering and we got done very fast, even with just the 3 of us.
As I was leaving my car reminded me yet again that I needed to take it back to the Brakes place to see why it was still making noise when I stepped on the brakes. So I took it over and of course on a Monday they couldn't see me right away...but he gave me an appointment at 3pm. When I took it back at first the guy couldn't find the noise and when he took me with him to see if I could point it out, it wasn't being noisy. But finally we did hear the noise and it turned out to NOT be my brakes. It's the bushings, they're part of the car's suspension. He took a look at them and said that while they are cracked that I could still get about another 10K miles out of them before they need to be replaced. I reported this to DH and he finally says I should look into getting a new car.
I'm a bit in shock because I can't believe that I've finally "driven it into the ground" so I ask numerous times for him to clarify his position on this, but no he reassures me that it is finally time to look for a new car. He even mentions that perhaps this time I can actually get a new car instead of a used car. However as the week goes on he teases me that perhaps I should only get a used car because I don't keep my current car clean enough...and by the end of the week we are both teasing that I should keep my current car and force it to last another 5 years. sigh! He's actually kidding though and I can go look at cars...just no obivious drooling.
On Tuesday Darly got to go back to her gymnastics class. They've been on summer break for the last two weeks. I was happy to see that even with hardly any practice she wasn't that out of shape and could still do most everything that she could before. That's about all we did on Tuesday.
I should mention that during week one of the summer break I looked on google to find a gym for me to go workout while Darly is in her gymnastic's class. and there is one right near her gym with personal trainers and I could get a free session online. So I signed up for it and they bugged me about coming in.
Wednesday we went to the park with our homeschooling friends and had a curriculum sale...kinda a yard sale for all our old school related stuff. I managed to get rid of some of my old stuff! YAY! We took home one of Darly's friends for a few hours and that night we got to watch the International Space Station fly over our house...AND we saw a shooting star...this was Darly's first shooting star. She was so happy. Before she had been whining that she might never get to see one. I tried to reassure her, but of course I don't know anything. So when I saw the star I pointed it out, but she had already seen it. Her friend either didn't see it at all or was unimpressed. Hard to tell because this friend isn't impressed by much. Later we met up with friend's mom at Dairy Queen for ice cream and friend went home.
Thursday we went shopping with some different friends and had fun visiting before Darly had to go to gymnastics. While she was at the gym I decided I would try to figure out where this gym for me was at because I was having trouble locating it with google...the google stopped in the middle of the road and there are loads of office buildings around there. So I walked by where the google map stopped. I couldn't locate the gym! No sign of it anywhere. So instead I went for a walk. It was a nice walk but one of the buildings near there is under construction so that wasn't the most comfortable place to walk past.
Friday morning Darly had an open gymnastics class...she loves these as they allow her to work on anything she wants to. The "coach" is actually just an older student at a higher level. And there aren't normally that many kids in the gym...so it can be like a private lesson. Darly is still having trouble with her hand springs...she doesn't really spring her arms enough yet. I've seen her do them perfectly before, but for some odd reason she just can't get them now.
While Darly was at the gym, I went home and worked out on my eliptical trainer for 25 minutes. While I was doing it I really didn't notice the time and just picked 25 min as a stopping time because I figured I needed the rest of the time I had while Darly was at the gym to get a shower and to get back over there...Darly frequently quits early because a full hour & a half by herself or nearly by herself is too much for her. So now my plan is to workout while Darly is at the gym each time. Hopefully I can start loosing the extra weight I've put on.
After her gym class we went to lunch at Panda Express. I picked a dish that was low fat (mushroom chicken) and Darly had Kung Pau Chicken...she just eats the chicken & nuts out of it, so I had her zuccini. But almost immediately Darly said she was tired, so we went home. Later Darly said she had a headache, I figured she was dehydrated and told her to drink some water...she did and took a nap. She said she was fine. So we met up with friends to take advantage of a deal at Taco Bell. Every time our baseball team scores 7 or more runs we can get 4 tacos for a dollar.
When we got there Darly says she isn't hungry. So I try to see if perhaps she just wants something small like nachos and she says no with her hand over her mouth! I have to tell her to run for the bathroom (kids! why can't they figure out when they're gonna puke?!?!?!?) After I place our order I go to check on her and yes, she did puke but she hadn't gotten there in enough time to aim very well. :p So I had to get some towels (no paper towels in this bathroom!) so I go back into the restaurant and get napkins then back to clean up her mess. I didn't get everything, but if they expect better, they should have papertowles instead of a blower!
After the puking, Darly felt fine and ate her tacos with no problems. So we think she must have just had some bad Panda Express. Which reminds me that I need to let them know that!
We watched Wallace & Gromit in Curse of the Were-Rabbit with our friends.
Saturday we had a yard sale to help Darly earn her next American Girl doll. Darly and her friend sold quite a bit of their old stuff and I got rid of some stuff too. Not nearly all of the stuff I wanted too...a trip to Goodwill is in order, but enough for Darly to get her doll. So we will soon have another doll in the house. I reasoned with Dh that while it may seem like a lot of dolls for her to have (this will make her 4th) that it was better than her spending the same amount of money on a bunch of lesser priced toys and then having a bigger mess! That seemed to be the most helpful for DH. Now of course he's worried that he'll have to make more doll beds. I think that he should. ;) LOL!
Speaking of DH he called yesterday so I got to talk to him a bit. While it is wonderful to hear his voice and talk to him, it seems that we have more meaningful conversations via email. So when he calls there isn't much to say. Oh well, it is still good to hear from him.
I found out from him that his siblings are planning to take MIL to live in Michigan. I now feel like I should go talk to her and 1) see if she is having decent conversations yet and really knows what's going on...and 2) see if she really wants to go back to Michigan. I know that she said she didn't want to ever go back there before, but perhaps because she knows that she needs so much help now she's willing to let her daughters help her now. I feel really bad for not going to see her since she was first in the hospital, but I've always felt out of place. DH's siblings don't feel as if I should be involved with this at all. And Darly doesn't want to go see her (The last time Darly saw her in the hospital she was in pretty bad shape and that was for a surgery! When I saw MIL after her stroke she looked worse so I can't imagine that Darly would want to see her like that.) Of course I worry that MIL won't ever be in good enough shape that Darly will be comfortable around her.
Today is now Sunday and I've heard Darly coughing a few times. I think that it might be best if we don't go to Church this morning so she can sleep more and hopefully get over this cough. I'll have to go do the offering deposit tomorrow anyway.
Sunday, July 12, 2009
Monday, July 06, 2009
weekend update
Well what I had planned and what actually happened changed quite a bit, but we had a good time, so all's well that ends well...right?
I thought that we might hike (it's all of a mile) to downtown and check out the city festivities...maybe find a funnel cake & corndogs to much. Come back home, light up my firepit, cook hotdogs & smores over the fire and then watch the city's fireworks from our back porch.
What really happened is: Darly nixed the hiking downtown cuz she hates hiking and she doesn't like funnel cake (she's tried it just once!) So we didn't do that.
Then around 3pm or so it started raining! I grabbed my firepit and put it on the porch under the roof to keep the wood & pit dry. At about 4:30 or so I tried to light my firepit...still under the porch's roof, but pushed out so the wind would blow all the smoke away. The temperature was dropping, Darly & I were still in shorts and were getting cold...I was running low on matches (they're on the shopping list now) and the darned fire wouldn't light!!! It was too windy.
So we ditched the fire! and cooked our dinner inside... POUT! I was so looking forward to a charred hotdog. So I put mine under the broiler to try to crisp it up...no luck there either. pout!
so now...how to do smores? I grabbed one of my soybased candles (the one that smells like cookies) and we roasted our marshmallows over it's flame. I nuked my chocolate & graham crackers in the microwave...so my smore was nice and mushy! I then made another smore and had just a marshmallow too.
It had been raining constantly since 3pm, so I was worried that there wasn't going to be any fireworks... I even started channel surfing for a fireworks show on TV. But luckily the rain did stop at about 8pm, and the fireworks went off at around 9:20pm. We watched from my family room couch (sitting backwards!) in the nice warm dry house! :D
as soon as the show was over I watched TV, even though my neighbors were still shooting off illegal fireworks (you can buy them just over the state line -2 hours away) for a good 2 hours afterward. :p
Darly & I got to watch Turner & Hooch. She liked it, but I totally forgot that Hooch dies in the end...I told her before that he does get shot and almost dies...and then the darned dog dies! What is with all the dead dog movies & books? Can't any of these animals live a nice long life??? bah! Well she didn't even notice that he had died until I appologized for forgetting that he had died. I guess I shouldn't have mentioned it.
Sunday after Church we went to the library, the farmer's market and then home to wait for the insurance adjuster. I got a cuc, a zuc & a tomatoe at the farmer's market. YUM!
The insurance adjuster said that I should be getting a new roof! I hope they don't depreciate the roof too much. I would like to change the color of our shingles to match the house...they're currently grey and the house is brown. :p
I was talking to the neighbor about the roof and he mentioned that they had found a turtle in his front garden... we asked to see it and found out he had a Western Box Turtle...no idea how it got there as they don't roam our streets. LOL! and while checking our yard for spent fireworks I found instead crow feathers & a beak!!! I'm thinking that perhaps a coyote got this bird as cats normally leave more parts behind.
We finished off the day by watching The Next Foodnetwork Star. I'm glad they finally got rid of Katie... It looks like Jamica might be next.
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I thought that we might hike (it's all of a mile) to downtown and check out the city festivities...maybe find a funnel cake & corndogs to much. Come back home, light up my firepit, cook hotdogs & smores over the fire and then watch the city's fireworks from our back porch.
What really happened is: Darly nixed the hiking downtown cuz she hates hiking and she doesn't like funnel cake (she's tried it just once!) So we didn't do that.
Then around 3pm or so it started raining! I grabbed my firepit and put it on the porch under the roof to keep the wood & pit dry. At about 4:30 or so I tried to light my firepit...still under the porch's roof, but pushed out so the wind would blow all the smoke away. The temperature was dropping, Darly & I were still in shorts and were getting cold...I was running low on matches (they're on the shopping list now) and the darned fire wouldn't light!!! It was too windy.
So we ditched the fire! and cooked our dinner inside... POUT! I was so looking forward to a charred hotdog. So I put mine under the broiler to try to crisp it up...no luck there either. pout!
so now...how to do smores? I grabbed one of my soybased candles (the one that smells like cookies) and we roasted our marshmallows over it's flame. I nuked my chocolate & graham crackers in the microwave...so my smore was nice and mushy! I then made another smore and had just a marshmallow too.
It had been raining constantly since 3pm, so I was worried that there wasn't going to be any fireworks... I even started channel surfing for a fireworks show on TV. But luckily the rain did stop at about 8pm, and the fireworks went off at around 9:20pm. We watched from my family room couch (sitting backwards!) in the nice warm dry house! :D
as soon as the show was over I watched TV, even though my neighbors were still shooting off illegal fireworks (you can buy them just over the state line -2 hours away) for a good 2 hours afterward. :p
Darly & I got to watch Turner & Hooch. She liked it, but I totally forgot that Hooch dies in the end...I told her before that he does get shot and almost dies...and then the darned dog dies! What is with all the dead dog movies & books? Can't any of these animals live a nice long life??? bah! Well she didn't even notice that he had died until I appologized for forgetting that he had died. I guess I shouldn't have mentioned it.
Sunday after Church we went to the library, the farmer's market and then home to wait for the insurance adjuster. I got a cuc, a zuc & a tomatoe at the farmer's market. YUM!
The insurance adjuster said that I should be getting a new roof! I hope they don't depreciate the roof too much. I would like to change the color of our shingles to match the house...they're currently grey and the house is brown. :p
I was talking to the neighbor about the roof and he mentioned that they had found a turtle in his front garden... we asked to see it and found out he had a Western Box Turtle...no idea how it got there as they don't roam our streets. LOL! and while checking our yard for spent fireworks I found instead crow feathers & a beak!!! I'm thinking that perhaps a coyote got this bird as cats normally leave more parts behind.
We finished off the day by watching The Next Foodnetwork Star. I'm glad they finally got rid of Katie... It looks like Jamica might be next.
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Saturday, July 04, 2009
new baby!
You didn't think that I seriously meant an infant did you? @@Here's the latest addition to our household... now we can have two surfers on the internet...no waiting! :)
My only problem is that I am reluctant to stick a lot of the "junk" that we have on the desktop over on the laptop...I know it will happen eventually, but ya know...I wanna keep it pure for a while...
speaking of pure...ignore all the crud you can see in the background of those pictures!
The fun part of this was seeing all my neighbors' wireless connection names. :p My next door neighbors' son is just sick!!! I'm glad our computer has figured out how to connect to our connection by itself now and we don't have to see that anymore.
You may be asking why after all this time I finally got a laptop? well the answer is quite silly... I was thinking of going on a road trip this summer and wanted to get a dvd player for Darly. But then I got to thinking... "why get a dvd player for the car that just plays dvds?" I'm trying to rid our house of uni-taskers and seeing that we don't take a lot of road trips, having a dvd player that you can only use in the car didn't make any sense to me. So whalah! A laptop that also plays dvds. :D
You may be asking what DH thought of my purchase? Well before he left he was considering getting a laptop (for himself!) but decided against it when he learned that he had to bring one from work...he didn't want to carry two on the plane. So when I told him my plan he started giving me a shopping list of stuff to get for it!
Course now I have to wait for my turn on the laptop because it is Darly's favorite new toy. Me, being old and lazy, I actually prefer the desktop...which is where I'm typing this post.
Happy 4th of July to everyone in America! Be safe and have fun!
Wednesday, July 01, 2009
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Ah Hail!
Did I show you my hail pictures? Here, lemme get those!
Well after the storm we had to go out and access the damages. We have 5 screens that need to be replaced, the lines to our A/C unit were cracked (they still work THANK Goodness!) and there is some paint that was chipped off.
But then we have to get the roof checked out.
My neighbor (the one with all the cars) is in the contracting business and knows a guy. He told me that he was going to ask his roofing friend if he would do our roofs for what the insurance would pay. And since my neighbor was able to line up 5 interested folks the roofer was all for it.
So now I wait for my insurance adjuster to take a look to see how much they'll give me for the roof. I'm also going to see if they'll fix my falling front porch too! Hopefully the adjuster calls soon. Not that I'm in a hurry to get the roof replaced...I would just like them to call me back. I hate waiting.
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Well after the storm we had to go out and access the damages. We have 5 screens that need to be replaced, the lines to our A/C unit were cracked (they still work THANK Goodness!) and there is some paint that was chipped off. But then we have to get the roof checked out.
My neighbor (the one with all the cars) is in the contracting business and knows a guy. He told me that he was going to ask his roofing friend if he would do our roofs for what the insurance would pay. And since my neighbor was able to line up 5 interested folks the roofer was all for it.
So now I wait for my insurance adjuster to take a look to see how much they'll give me for the roof. I'm also going to see if they'll fix my falling front porch too! Hopefully the adjuster calls soon. Not that I'm in a hurry to get the roof replaced...I would just like them to call me back. I hate waiting.
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Saturday, June 27, 2009
Hail damage & stuff
Here are some shots of my garden after two hail storms.
There are my tomatoes. Not too bad. I'm still worried about the one there in the last pix...It still has a few leaves, but it seems to be the one that got hit the hardest.
The peppers don't seem any worse for wear, but I'm still wondering where the other pepper plant seeds I planted went!
The lettuce looks great, in fact I should harvest a bit for lunch!
And the spinach looks good too, but it got to hide out under my cherry tree...note all the cherries that didn't survive. I guess I shouldn't have set my heart on some cherry jelly this year. :(
I didn't take a picture of my beans...that was just too pittiful to capture. There again I'm missing plants. My carrots seem to be okay too, but they're still very tiny.
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There are my tomatoes. Not too bad. I'm still worried about the one there in the last pix...It still has a few leaves, but it seems to be the one that got hit the hardest. The peppers don't seem any worse for wear, but I'm still wondering where the other pepper plant seeds I planted went! The lettuce looks great, in fact I should harvest a bit for lunch! And the spinach looks good too, but it got to hide out under my cherry tree...note all the cherries that didn't survive. I guess I shouldn't have set my heart on some cherry jelly this year. :(I didn't take a picture of my beans...that was just too pittiful to capture. There again I'm missing plants. My carrots seem to be okay too, but they're still very tiny.
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Wednesday, June 24, 2009
ugh! when did this become a chore?
oh man. I've been avoiding this blog like the plague. It has been pretty boring around here though. Here's what I've been doing on Facebook... oh, I wouldn't try clicking on any of these links...no idea what will happen!
Renee just got a new high score of 20700 in Bejeweled Blitz.
Renee at 10:00am June 24
Oh Shoot! I promised DD that I would let her play so she could hear "A New High Score!" so I have to quit before I get so high that she can't hear it...like last week. bummer!
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Renee gotta do the bills and mail DH's Father's Day package. :o Grocery shopping would be nice too.
Jennifer at 11:10am June 22
I paid bills!! (while singing 'another one bites the dust' no less....)
Here I had realized that I forgot to use my coupons when I went grocery shopping! I pondered going back to the grocery store to have them give me credit for them.
Renee at 5:36pm June 22
probably not worth the gas though!
Lynn at 8:26pm June 22
Depends on how much the coupons are worth. Can you use them next time...instead?
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I posted my pictures of Faith Day 2008 because Steven Curtis Chapman requested that we post some pictures. I don't know if he can see them...or if the page is really him, but the pictures I have are of him.
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Renee took the What Princess Bride character are you? quiz and the result is Westley
You are strong and decisive. But you may ocassionally engage in certain illegal activity if the situation so demands.
Renee this was actually DD's result...I got prince Humperdink. :(
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Heather at 11:37pm June 20
Humperdink! Humperdink! Humberdink!
Renee at 9:02am June 21
I was actually expecting to get that. Before I started, I thought "which character would be the worst to get?...oh yeah, Humperdink." and of course that's what I got. :p Oh well. At least I wasn't the rodent of unusually large size!
Heather at 10:33am June 21
This is true!
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Renee Since I couldn't talk DD into the Renasance Festival today, I didn't bother getting dressed yet...it's almost 3:30pm and I'm still in my bathrobe. :O
Jen at 3:22pm June 20
Good for you!
Jennifer at 5:55pm June 20
oh I wanna go! I think we'll go when we get back from Hades...er..I mean Texas.
Renee at 5:58pm June 20
I did finally get a shower and dressed. Now I need to think aobut dinner. It's always something!
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Renee smells like smoke...we used the fire pit again tonight even though it was too windy.
June 19 at 10:23pm
Brenda at 11:22pm June 19
I like that smokey smell, though...just like camping!
Renee at 11:26pm June 19
exactly!
Brenda at 8:43am June 20
now you're making me miss ours - I haven't moved them over from our old house yet (my brother moved in there so we have been slacking about getting all the outside things moved) I want fire! ;)
Renee at 10:04am June 20
What has been funny is DD wants roasted marshmallows, but all we have are the mini ones. So we've been roasting them. If we don't burn them they roast up in a minute and end up making funny shapes because they're so small. And I think that DD has forgotten one of the ingredients of somaos...the chocolate. She's only been bringing out the marshmallows & graham crackers. hee hee
Renee Now she's vacuuming! I offered her a choice of vacuuming upstairs or emptying the dishwasher and now she wants both...for money.
June 19 at 6:33pm
Paula at 8:06pm June 19
LOL, no money. She had all day to do it so now she has to do both ;)
Renee Instead of vacuuming, dd is reading about Rebecca Rubin
June 19 at 5:23pm
Renee at 5:24pm June 19
Rebecca Rubin is a lively nine-year-old girl growing up in a big Jewish family in New York City in 1914. She dreams of becoming an actress, but her parents and grandparents have traditional ideas and don't think young ladies should perform. When Rebecca learns that her cousins in Russia are in great danger and must escape to America, she puts on a show to raise money—until her disapproving grandmother steps in. Unexpectedly, Rebecca finds another way to earn money. But for her plan to work, she'll have to keep it a secret. Includes an illustrated "Looking Back" essay about Jewish immigration and culture. Author: Jacqueline Dembar Greene. Paperback or Hardcover. 96 pages.This is the newest American Girl.
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TC. at 9:13pm June 19
That was a good book...I remember reading it.
Renee at 10:10pm June 19
Kathy: the libraries should have it soon.Linda: Yes, it's the latest American Girl historical doll & books.
Renee became a fan of American Girl.
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Renee no gymnastics today. The owner messed up and forgot to schedule someone to be there. :( So I asked if DD would vacuume upstairs while I did downstairs (I have two vacuumes)...she asked if she could do upstairs later today. I said sure if it's today. I finished vacuuming downstairs & got the dishes done too.
June 19 at 1:56pm
Renee at 1:57pm June 19
still waiting for her to vacuume. tap tap tap!
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Paula at 5:57pm June 19
You should try that!
Renee at 5:58pm June 19
I don't think that she cares about exercise. She still has the metabolism I had as a kid...eat anything and not gain an ounce. :p Too bad that goes away at 30.
Renee is thinking of vacuuming my house while the kid is at gymnastics this morning. Not fun but necessary. :( I should empty the dishwasher while she's still asleep.
June 19 at 10:20am
Renee at 10:21am June 19
I don't know why I feel as if I need to do these things when she isn't around...don't ask. I'm warped...just leave it at that!
Renee at 10:21am June 19
perphaps it just feeds into my procrastination thing...see I'm still here on the computer instead of actually doing any of it!
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States I've Been To
Put an X by the states you have been to. The average is 8; how do you match up? Should you choose to play, here's what you do: Copy my note. Click on “notes” under tabs on your profile page. Select "write a new note" in the top right corner. Paste the copy in the body of the note...
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TC. at 10:21am June 19
Been in 39, lived in 5!
Renee at 10:22am June 19
I tried to pick folks I knew had been to a lot. Good job!
TC. at 11:23am June 19
A couple of those tiny, east coast ones I might have been to. It gets interesting out there!
Barbara at 5:54pm June 19
Wow, that's a lot
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Renee did a dumb thing...I searched online for a replacement knob for my car and now every auto salvage place in the country wants to sell me one...two phone calls so far!
June 18 at 10:43am
Renee at 10:55am June 18
apparently getting just the knob ... not possible!!! they want to sell me the entire new AC control box for upwards of 100 plus shipping!!! CRAZY!I may just go to the Ford dealer at this point. :p
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Renee at 9:20pm June 18
I tried the pliers...they wouldn't grab on! :-(
Renee at 10:15pm June 18
I just got a quote of $245!!!! I emailed him back..."All I need is a $2 plastic knob!" ding dong! he had the attached request that I just need the knob.
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Renee just got a high score of 162,600 in Bejeweled Blitz
This score earns her a 150k Star Medal. Renee will earn her next medal at 175k.
Renee woo hoo! but I'm bumming my kid out!
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Vikki at 6:19pm June 16
Ack, the server's down!! I can't play!!!
Lynn at 10:27pm June 16
Why are you bumming your kid out?
Renee at 9:49am June 17
she wanted to hear "A NEW HIGH SCORE!" but I had already scored 75K at that point and now she'll never beat me. Next week I need to let her play first so she can hear that.
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Renee just got a new high score of 18000 in Bejeweled Blitz.
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Renee thinks the new license plate toll system is pretty cool!
June 16 at 12:01pm
Renee at 12:02pm June 16
drive past the toll booths, get a bill about a month later. go online and pay via credit card and don't get that bill for another month!
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Renee at 12:31pm June 16
I better put my credit card back in my purse so I can pay for my car later!
Marsi at 12:32pm June 16
not as bad as I thought it'd be! Good to know.
Renee took my car in to get the breaks checked... fingers crossed.
June 16 at 11:41am
Renee at 11:45am June 16
brakes perhaps? LOL
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Renee at 9:52am June 17
I'm a happy girl now. I feel much safer. They even fixed the emergency brake for me...they had left my car parked with the emergency brake on (I NEVER use the thing!) so when I tried to back out of the space and couldn't go I was wondering, but then I released the emergency brake and was in awe!DH would frequently put the parking brake on...like in the garage! and I would drive for MILES without noticing it. So it is good to know it actually works now.
Jen at 10:55am June 17
Wow! I'm glad to hear it :-)
Renee is bushed! oh my it's 1:40am...no wonder!
June 16 at 1:37am
Lynn at 11:09am June 16
What were you doing up until 1:40am??? I hope you ended up getting a good nights sleep.
Renee at 11:29am June 16
LOL! Late night coffee with friends.
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Okay, okay! I know I play Bejeweled A LOT! But actually it is everyone else's fault...if there was more stuff to comment on or more blog posts to read I would be doing that instead. LOL! Aren't I tricky to put the blame on all of you. hee hee
Actually I should get off my lazy butt and start exercising or I'm going to become a HUGE blimp while DH is gone.
Speaking of him, he has been emailing me about twice a day sometimes, others it is a day or two between emails. He's doing well, but homesick of course. He got to move from his first man cave to one that has it's own bathroom in it...he of course had to clean each one himself. The first one he had to clean while he lived in it...ugh! The second one he could clean before he moved into it.
He says the nice thing about having his own bathroom is he actually has cold water in this shower because the water line runs near his air conditioner. When he was in the old man cave he had to use a common bathhouse and there was no cold water at all...he said he never really felt clean because he was sweating so much.
Oh if you're still reading this... I have to brag about myself here...yesterday Darly, Marsi & myself were at Walmart to buy haircolor (for just Marsi & me of course! Darly has some temporary hair color that she can use if she wants to.) So while Marsi was debating which shade to choose, Darly asked to go look at the fish...they were close enough to us, so I allowed it.
Darly came back rather quickly to report that two Betta fish were in the same container, fighting! I was in shock...who would do such a thing? So Marsi & I head over there and sure enough someone had dumped a second male Betta into a container and they were fighting. The yellow betta had the blue one by the face and they were turned on their sides...Not good!
I looked around and didn't see any Walmart employees. So not wanting to watch these two poor fish kill each other and seeing quite plainly that there was the original container right there, I grab the containers and pour the yellow betta into the other container with enough water that he would be happy. After that excitement we look around and notice that someone has put two toilet brushes into one of the other fish tanks...the one "brush" is the kind that has toilet cleaner on it. UGH! Soon a Walmart employee comes by and I mention to him that someone had combined the bettas. He told us that it happens all the time. How could someone be so cruel? I'm sure it was teenagers....the only ones with that kind of time on their hands. He thanked me for separating the fish. I really think that Walmart needs to make the fish not so accessable to the customers. Maybe they could install a customer service button by the tanks so that if someone wanted a fish they could call for help...but to have it so that people can kill the fish is wrong. IMO.
and now I'm sitting here in my bathrobe wondering if I should wake up Darly so we can go to the park...I don't know if Darly's friends are going to be there. I should call them.
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Renee at 10:00am June 24
Oh Shoot! I promised DD that I would let her play so she could hear "A New High Score!" so I have to quit before I get so high that she can't hear it...like last week. bummer!
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Renee gotta do the bills and mail DH's Father's Day package. :o Grocery shopping would be nice too.
Jennifer at 11:10am June 22
I paid bills!! (while singing 'another one bites the dust' no less....)
Here I had realized that I forgot to use my coupons when I went grocery shopping! I pondered going back to the grocery store to have them give me credit for them.
Renee at 5:36pm June 22
probably not worth the gas though!
Lynn at 8:26pm June 22
Depends on how much the coupons are worth. Can you use them next time...instead?
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I posted my pictures of Faith Day 2008 because Steven Curtis Chapman requested that we post some pictures. I don't know if he can see them...or if the page is really him, but the pictures I have are of him.
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Renee took the What Princess Bride character are you? quiz and the result is Westley
You are strong and decisive. But you may ocassionally engage in certain illegal activity if the situation so demands.
Renee this was actually DD's result...I got prince Humperdink. :(
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Heather at 11:37pm June 20
Humperdink! Humperdink! Humberdink!
Renee at 9:02am June 21
I was actually expecting to get that. Before I started, I thought "which character would be the worst to get?...oh yeah, Humperdink." and of course that's what I got. :p Oh well. At least I wasn't the rodent of unusually large size!
Heather at 10:33am June 21
This is true!
Renee is playing Bejeweled Blitz!
Renee said to Paula: "I didn't write the following: It is SO cool that we are facebook friends. By the way, my Bejeweled Blitz score is way better than yours."
Renee has just set his/her highest weekly score on FARKLE.
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Renee Since I couldn't talk DD into the Renasance Festival today, I didn't bother getting dressed yet...it's almost 3:30pm and I'm still in my bathrobe. :O
Jen at 3:22pm June 20
Good for you!
Jennifer at 5:55pm June 20
oh I wanna go! I think we'll go when we get back from Hades...er..I mean Texas.
Renee at 5:58pm June 20
I did finally get a shower and dressed. Now I need to think aobut dinner. It's always something!
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Renee smells like smoke...we used the fire pit again tonight even though it was too windy.
June 19 at 10:23pm
Brenda at 11:22pm June 19
I like that smokey smell, though...just like camping!
Renee at 11:26pm June 19
exactly!
Brenda at 8:43am June 20
now you're making me miss ours - I haven't moved them over from our old house yet (my brother moved in there so we have been slacking about getting all the outside things moved) I want fire! ;)
Renee at 10:04am June 20
What has been funny is DD wants roasted marshmallows, but all we have are the mini ones. So we've been roasting them. If we don't burn them they roast up in a minute and end up making funny shapes because they're so small. And I think that DD has forgotten one of the ingredients of somaos...the chocolate. She's only been bringing out the marshmallows & graham crackers. hee hee
Renee Now she's vacuuming! I offered her a choice of vacuuming upstairs or emptying the dishwasher and now she wants both...for money.
June 19 at 6:33pm
Paula at 8:06pm June 19
LOL, no money. She had all day to do it so now she has to do both ;)
Renee Instead of vacuuming, dd is reading about Rebecca Rubin
June 19 at 5:23pm
Renee at 5:24pm June 19
Rebecca Rubin is a lively nine-year-old girl growing up in a big Jewish family in New York City in 1914. She dreams of becoming an actress, but her parents and grandparents have traditional ideas and don't think young ladies should perform. When Rebecca learns that her cousins in Russia are in great danger and must escape to America, she puts on a show to raise money—until her disapproving grandmother steps in. Unexpectedly, Rebecca finds another way to earn money. But for her plan to work, she'll have to keep it a secret. Includes an illustrated "Looking Back" essay about Jewish immigration and culture. Author: Jacqueline Dembar Greene. Paperback or Hardcover. 96 pages.This is the newest American Girl.
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TC. at 9:13pm June 19
That was a good book...I remember reading it.
Renee at 10:10pm June 19
Kathy: the libraries should have it soon.Linda: Yes, it's the latest American Girl historical doll & books.
Renee became a fan of American Girl.
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Renee no gymnastics today. The owner messed up and forgot to schedule someone to be there. :( So I asked if DD would vacuume upstairs while I did downstairs (I have two vacuumes)...she asked if she could do upstairs later today. I said sure if it's today. I finished vacuuming downstairs & got the dishes done too.
June 19 at 1:56pm
Renee at 1:57pm June 19
still waiting for her to vacuume. tap tap tap!
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Paula at 5:57pm June 19
You should try that!
Renee at 5:58pm June 19
I don't think that she cares about exercise. She still has the metabolism I had as a kid...eat anything and not gain an ounce. :p Too bad that goes away at 30.
Renee is thinking of vacuuming my house while the kid is at gymnastics this morning. Not fun but necessary. :( I should empty the dishwasher while she's still asleep.
June 19 at 10:20am
Renee at 10:21am June 19
I don't know why I feel as if I need to do these things when she isn't around...don't ask. I'm warped...just leave it at that!
Renee at 10:21am June 19
perphaps it just feeds into my procrastination thing...see I'm still here on the computer instead of actually doing any of it!
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States I've Been To
Put an X by the states you have been to. The average is 8; how do you match up? Should you choose to play, here's what you do: Copy my note. Click on “notes” under tabs on your profile page. Select "write a new note" in the top right corner. Paste the copy in the body of the note...
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TC. at 10:21am June 19
Been in 39, lived in 5!
Renee at 10:22am June 19
I tried to pick folks I knew had been to a lot. Good job!
TC. at 11:23am June 19
A couple of those tiny, east coast ones I might have been to. It gets interesting out there!
Barbara at 5:54pm June 19
Wow, that's a lot
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Renee did a dumb thing...I searched online for a replacement knob for my car and now every auto salvage place in the country wants to sell me one...two phone calls so far!
June 18 at 10:43am
Renee at 10:55am June 18
apparently getting just the knob ... not possible!!! they want to sell me the entire new AC control box for upwards of 100 plus shipping!!! CRAZY!I may just go to the Ford dealer at this point. :p
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Renee at 9:20pm June 18
I tried the pliers...they wouldn't grab on! :-(
Renee at 10:15pm June 18
I just got a quote of $245!!!! I emailed him back..."All I need is a $2 plastic knob!" ding dong! he had the attached request that I just need the knob.
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Renee just got a high score of 162,600 in Bejeweled Blitz
This score earns her a 150k Star Medal. Renee will earn her next medal at 175k.
Renee woo hoo! but I'm bumming my kid out!
June 16 at 6:13pm
Vikki at 6:19pm June 16
Ack, the server's down!! I can't play!!!
Lynn at 10:27pm June 16
Why are you bumming your kid out?
Renee at 9:49am June 17
she wanted to hear "A NEW HIGH SCORE!" but I had already scored 75K at that point and now she'll never beat me. Next week I need to let her play first so she can hear that.
Renee just got a new high score of 162600 in Bejeweled Blitz.
Renee just got a new high score of 83900 in Bejeweled Blitz.
Renee just moved ahead of Aimee , Mar, Brenda, Karen and 8 others on the Bejeweled Blitz leaderboard.
Renee just got a new high score of 18000 in Bejeweled Blitz.
Renee is playing Bejeweled Blitz!
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Me in Threes
Three names I go by: 1. Renee 2. Mom 3. Um... kids aren’t usually comfortable calling me by my last name. There are a few who do. ...
June 16 at 2:17pm
Jen
In this note:Renee
Me in Threes
Three names I go by: 1. Jen 2. Mom 3. Miss Lindner-Green, if you're nasty... ...
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Renee thinks the new license plate toll system is pretty cool!
June 16 at 12:01pm
Renee at 12:02pm June 16
drive past the toll booths, get a bill about a month later. go online and pay via credit card and don't get that bill for another month!
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Renee at 12:31pm June 16
I better put my credit card back in my purse so I can pay for my car later!
Marsi at 12:32pm June 16
not as bad as I thought it'd be! Good to know.
Renee took my car in to get the breaks checked... fingers crossed.
June 16 at 11:41am
Renee at 11:45am June 16
brakes perhaps? LOL
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Renee at 9:52am June 17
I'm a happy girl now. I feel much safer. They even fixed the emergency brake for me...they had left my car parked with the emergency brake on (I NEVER use the thing!) so when I tried to back out of the space and couldn't go I was wondering, but then I released the emergency brake and was in awe!DH would frequently put the parking brake on...like in the garage! and I would drive for MILES without noticing it. So it is good to know it actually works now.
Jen at 10:55am June 17
Wow! I'm glad to hear it :-)
Renee is bushed! oh my it's 1:40am...no wonder!
June 16 at 1:37am
Lynn at 11:09am June 16
What were you doing up until 1:40am??? I hope you ended up getting a good nights sleep.
Renee at 11:29am June 16
LOL! Late night coffee with friends.
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Okay, okay! I know I play Bejeweled A LOT! But actually it is everyone else's fault...if there was more stuff to comment on or more blog posts to read I would be doing that instead. LOL! Aren't I tricky to put the blame on all of you. hee hee
Actually I should get off my lazy butt and start exercising or I'm going to become a HUGE blimp while DH is gone.
Speaking of him, he has been emailing me about twice a day sometimes, others it is a day or two between emails. He's doing well, but homesick of course. He got to move from his first man cave to one that has it's own bathroom in it...he of course had to clean each one himself. The first one he had to clean while he lived in it...ugh! The second one he could clean before he moved into it.
He says the nice thing about having his own bathroom is he actually has cold water in this shower because the water line runs near his air conditioner. When he was in the old man cave he had to use a common bathhouse and there was no cold water at all...he said he never really felt clean because he was sweating so much.
Oh if you're still reading this... I have to brag about myself here...yesterday Darly, Marsi & myself were at Walmart to buy haircolor (for just Marsi & me of course! Darly has some temporary hair color that she can use if she wants to.) So while Marsi was debating which shade to choose, Darly asked to go look at the fish...they were close enough to us, so I allowed it.
Darly came back rather quickly to report that two Betta fish were in the same container, fighting! I was in shock...who would do such a thing? So Marsi & I head over there and sure enough someone had dumped a second male Betta into a container and they were fighting. The yellow betta had the blue one by the face and they were turned on their sides...Not good!
I looked around and didn't see any Walmart employees. So not wanting to watch these two poor fish kill each other and seeing quite plainly that there was the original container right there, I grab the containers and pour the yellow betta into the other container with enough water that he would be happy. After that excitement we look around and notice that someone has put two toilet brushes into one of the other fish tanks...the one "brush" is the kind that has toilet cleaner on it. UGH! Soon a Walmart employee comes by and I mention to him that someone had combined the bettas. He told us that it happens all the time. How could someone be so cruel? I'm sure it was teenagers....the only ones with that kind of time on their hands. He thanked me for separating the fish. I really think that Walmart needs to make the fish not so accessable to the customers. Maybe they could install a customer service button by the tanks so that if someone wanted a fish they could call for help...but to have it so that people can kill the fish is wrong. IMO.
and now I'm sitting here in my bathrobe wondering if I should wake up Darly so we can go to the park...I don't know if Darly's friends are going to be there. I should call them.
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