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Loey Rising Star

Mygawd.. . . .penii AND balls on the tree?...Well done, Lough!

But what is this? :blink: You have found ornaments that look like penii?? Where and how on earth did you ever find these? I have always had to make anything I wanted to be penile myself -- earrings is a great example.. . .. had to make a bunch o' those for my girlfriends and sister because, incredibly, I could NOT find any such thing in ANY store in the Ottawa area or beyond. Hadda make my own Sculpy penis keychains, napkin rings. . . .. . .. ..man, good thing I'm an artist... . .. .what do people do who cannot configure these things themselves, and suddenly really need matching penis hair ornaments?? man, I'm lucky .. .. . . . ....

:huh:

:lol:

GAH! Low-eeee! Whot in hell is happening over there?? Hell, now, you really are procrastinating over something .. .... . ...this must be the worst case we've seen!! :wacko::lol:

I used to work at a store called Treasure Island and they sold seasonal products. The day after Christmas everything was half price. The employees were allowed to put aside everything they wanted to buy. That's where I found the peni and matching balls. BTW, I also make jewelry and earrings! Still !!!!

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True dat Rash-shell--sounds like a golden opportunity to me ;)

In my super whiny voice: But I wanna go skiiiiiiiiing!!! <_<

Jestgar Rising Star

In my super whiny voice: But I wanna go skiiiiiiiiing!!! <_<

You can't manage both? A morning of skiing, an afternoon of shopping?

Loey Rising Star

Lo, step away from the computer! Go directly to the nearest Catholic church and inquire about an exorcist and some holy water!

I saw that jumbled post a few minutes ago and it was fine, not jumbled.

I'm Jewish (we celebrate both holidays) can I still get baptized and have the house (or my computer exorcised?). BTW, The Exorcist is Clrk's all time favorite movies (also Rosemary's Baby).

Loey ph34r.gifph34r.gifph34r.gif (hiding from the evil gremlins in my house attacking my computer)

Loey Rising Star

I'm in a funk. No idea why. Jesse leaves at 6am Sunday morning for Cleveland for a week for business and I should be making all sorts of fun plans wif the kids and I just can't seem to do it.

GAH!!!! Now I know why! Knew sumphin bad was gonna happen <_< Just got a call from the hub. 3 days ago this was the conversation:

me-We should leave really early for Bend next weekend so we can go skiing all day before dinner

him-Yeah! That would be fun!

Today-this was the conversation:

Me-Where are we staying? We should try to leave Fri nite so we can be up on the mt at 9 when the lifts open...

Him-What are you talking about? I'm going to be playing poker at noon...

Me-What?! You said we'd go skiing

Him-I never said that, I knew I was playing poker...

Me-What am I supposed to do? Can't go to Bend without going skiing!

Him-I don't know.... I'm sure the other ladies are going shopping, why don't you go shopping with them?

GAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!! I think I'm going to sign up for the 3 hour snow shoeing trek...ALONE!!!! <_< <_< <_<

:lol: x100.

Is he going to stay with you on Saturday or will he be leaving wif his dd? Maybe you 2 can steal a moment in the little booth you're stuck in..... ;)

Can't open it at work! Must be bad..... :unsure:

So sorry Raashell- you have every reason to be in a funk. I'd punish him by spending lots of money on yourself. I know you were looking forward to this for a long time. Anyway for him to compromise and spend some time playing poker but most of it skiing with you? I'd let him know exactly how you pfeel.

Sending lots of (((HEALING HUGS)))

Loey wub.gifwub.gifwub.gif

P.S. No rectifying for him!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

jerseyangel Proficient

I used to work at a store called Treasure Island and they sold seasonal products.

I know Treasure Island! We bought our 10 phoot artificial tree there a bunch of years ago that hasn't phit in any house since. <_< Don't recall seeing penile decorations at the time :unsure: ....shoulda looked harder :P hee! 'harder' B)

You can't manage both? A morning of skiing, an afternoon of shopping?

Yeah--the former can rev ya up fer the latter :P

Loey Rising Star

:lol: :lol:

I'm just running the lights. No actual talent involved, although I am singing along to the bouncier songs. :D

Will be respectable around BE's dd, although we may be grinning at each other like idiots during drinks after the show. :D

He's taking me out for dinner after the Sunday matinee......if we get that far... :ph34r: :ph34r: :ph34r:

What show is it?

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Jestgar Rising Star

What show is it?

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Open Original Shared Link

kareng Grand Master

Ran into the most famous Open Original Shared Linkin Seattle, and all she could talk about was her addiction to an Open Original Shared Link

Matt loves that app. Ron says lots of people at work have it on the iPads.

In my super whiny voice: But I wanna go skiiiiiiiiing!!! <_<

Would any of the other ladies want to ski? Could ski alone. Then you don't have to go down any slope you don't like,or go thru the terrian park over and over, and only stop for the bathroom when you want to.

I'm Jewish (we celebrate both holidays) can I still get baptized and have the house (or my computer exorcised?). BTW, The Exorcist is Clrk's all time favorite movies (also Rosemary's Baby).

Loey ph34r.gifph34r.gifph34r.gif (hiding from the evil gremlins in my house attacking my computer)

You do not have to be Catholic to use the services of the exorcist. Saw that the Church was training a bunch recently as there is an increased need for them. :ph34r:

celiac-mommy Collaborator

You can't manage both? A morning of skiing, an afternoon of shopping?

I don't like to ski alone and I don't know the other women well enough. If I was going to Mt. Hood, I'd be fine going alone cuz I know the mountain. I'm very sure I'd kill myself if I skied Bachelor alone. There is a 4 hour guided snowshoe trek that I might do instead.

P.S. No rectifying for him!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:lol: :lol: :lol:

You do not have to be Catholic to use the services of the exorcist. Saw that the Church was training a bunch recently as there is an increased need for them. :ph34r:

I'm Catholic and when we had our little exorcism in our haunted house when I was little, my mom was too afraid to talk to our priest about it so she got the pastor from the church next door to come and do it so no one we knew would find out :P

Jestgar Rising Star

Last frickin class. Turning in last homework. I just want to go home and nap, but instead I'll be doing that stupid play. I think I should plan all my things to end a week earlier than they actually do.

Loey Rising Star

Last frickin class. Turning in last homework. I just want to go home and nap, but instead I'll be doing that stupid play. I think I should plan all my things to end a week earlier than they actually do.

HIP HIP HORAAAYYYY!!!!!

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Loey Rising Star

I know Treasure Island! We bought our 10 phoot artificial tree there a bunch of years ago that hasn't phit in any house since. <_< Don't recall seeing penile decorations at the time :unsure: ....shoulda looked harder :P hee! 'harder' B)

Yeah--the former can rev ya up fer the latter :P

I bought them there (in NJ) about 18 years ago. They are beautiful penises. Clear with sparkles. The set comes with balls also (tee hee).

BTW, good news! My GI from NJ faxed a referral to the GI I want to use. Now I just have to sign a release form when I see him. Hopefully he'll be able to help me more than the current one. I know that my husband's colleague has been very happy with him and he suffered from an extreme case of IBS before he went there.

Loey biggrin.gifbiggrin.gif

Loey Rising Star

Matt loves that app. Ron says lots of people at work have it on the iPads.

Would any of the other ladies want to ski? Could ski alone. Then you don't have to go down any slope you don't like,or go thru the terrian park over and over, and only stop for the bathroom when you want to.

You do not have to be Catholic to use the services of the exorcist. Saw that the Church was training a bunch recently as there is an increased need for them. :ph34r:

I'll have to look into having my computer, ulcer, IBS, ad Celiac exorcised as well!

Loey ph34r.gif

jerseyangel Proficient

BTW, good news! My GI from NJ faxed a referral to the GI I want to use. Now I just have to sign a release form when I see him. Hopefully he'll be able to help me more than the current one. I know that my husband's colleague has been very happy with him and he suffered from an extreme case of IBS before he went there.

Loey biggrin.gifbiggrin.gif

Very good news!! :D

Loey Rising Star

Very good news!! :D

Is everyone out Christmas shopping? It's very quiet and lonely here today. I'll be offline later as a friends coming over. Tomorrow we're buying our 19 year old toys. Missing my psillies!!!!

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P.S. how did it go last night Jess?

psawyer Proficient

I'm not shopping, but I am in a store all day. Our store, busy selling stuff to people who are Christmas shopping for their pets or those of their phriends.

jerseyangel Proficient

I'm in SJ at my son's house. Tomorrow, the guys have a holiday lunch they attend every year with a car club they belong to. Mark missed it last year, due to living in TexAss, so they are really looking forward to it. We're just hanging out today :)

Last night we attended Mark's company Christmas party which turned out to be a lot of fun. I met everyone (had met a few previously) and the waitress assigned to our table was fantastic with my food that I brought.

She had it heated in my container, plated it herself with clean utensils, and timed all this perfectly so I was served along wif everyone else. I swear, if you blinked, you wouldn't have known there was anything different. They even made another girl at our table a vegetarian meal.

Of course right before we left, Mark and I took her aside and thanked her again and gave her a nice tip.

Can ya'll believe it's 2 weeks till Christmas!!! :rolleyes:

mushroom Proficient

Do you have kitty condos in your store, Peter?? My kitteh (spoiled brat) has one of those and she has so totally outgrown it, I'm afraid it's going to collapse or that she will fall off the top perch (she sprawls over the edges). But I looked at the prices of new ones and they didn't look as sturdy as this one and they were over $400!! Haven't they heard that the price of real estate has dropped??? :lol:

Jestgar Rising Star

Show went well. BE showed up in my room at 2am. Apparently I'm very welcoming to "strangers" in the middle of the night. :ph34r: :ph34r: I probably should work on that. Anyway. He's coming to the show tonight with his dd. Should be fun. Today I'm going to work on cleaning my house and studying for my stupid final.

jerseyangel Proficient

BE showed up in my room at 2am.

B) <phanning self due to the sheer romantic-ness of it all> :rolleyes:

psawyer Proficient

Yes, we have cat furniture. Nothing as rich as $400. The most expensive is about half that, if I recall correctly.

Jestgar Rising Star

B) <phanning self due to the sheer romantic-ness of it all> :rolleyes:

:lol: :lol:

He apparently called from the boat (he came back late from Seattle) as if I'm up at 1:30 am fielding invitations. :blink: He was to tired to drive home and was willing to take the couch :rolleyes: if I was too grouchy. I'm glad. Now I won't be grinning at him like a fool when he's with his daughter. :P

Jestgar Rising Star

But I looked at the prices of new ones and they didn't look as sturdy as this one and they were over $400!! Haven't they heard that the price of real estate has dropped??? :lol:

:o :o

Just what is it you buy your wee beastie??

Yes, we have cat furniture. Nothing as rich as $400. The most expensive is about half that, if I recall correctly.

$150 is about the priciest I've seen.

Jestgar Rising Star

Heavy rain here. Major flood watch. I just love the names of the rivers that usually flood.

* Rivers facing at least a moderate threat of flooding include the

Satsop and Chehalis rivers in Lewis and Grays Harbor

counties... the Elwha off the Olympics in Clallam County... the

Nooksack Skagit stillaguamish Snohomish Skykomish and Snoqualmie

rivers flowing off the north Cascades... and the Deschutes

Cowlitz and Skookumchuck flowing off the central Cascades.

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