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Well, Mark's dream came true--I have laryngitis! :lol: Can hardly croak out a word. :( I coughed so hard yesterday, I peed a little :ph34r::P I never got colds all the years I had stomach problems from the undiagnosed Celiac--now all of a sudden, I get 2 colds in one winter :angry:

Boo, I'm sorry you're sick again -- not fair! I must recommend hot jello again. It just slides down so easily and kind of sticks to your throat a little bit -- surprisingly soothing. Being a mom, I'm sure you know all of these tricks already, but whenever my brother or I had uncontrollable coughing my mom or dad would turn the shower on really hot and sit holding us on the edge of the tub (a surprisingly fond memory I have :)). It usually quited down the cough. And of course elevating your head helps a nighttime cough. When nothing else helped, my dad would get us to lean upside down on the edge of the couch and he would pound our backs to break things up. This almost always helped but I'm not sure how feasible it is when you pass the stage of a small, limber child. It sure gives a pretty funny mental image!

And I think this is pretty common but I call it my grandpa's sore throat remedy: gargling with warm water with salt and baking soda dissolved in it.

Anyway, feel better!!! :D

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blueeyedmanda Community Regular
blueeyedmanda
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Well Sillies, I am home and exhausted. We picked up my sister and the baby and then we went skiing. With their foot of new snow it was all powder, but only 8 degrees. We skiied from 5-9 without coming into the lodge. We did do some expert runs but not the runs that had moguls which neither of us enjoy. For my sister and her arthritis it is very difficult to use her knees on those.

We left at 7:45 this morning and I barely slept last night, I can see a nap on the agenda today.

I must report on something upsettingly disgusting that happened to me to day. I was out picking up a few things and needed to make a phone call. I didn't have my cell phone so I used a pay phone. While I was talking, my tongue peaked too far out of my mouth and contacted the mouthpiece. I was so disgusted I got chills and I began madly spitting and wiping my tongue with a Kleenex! I didn't think there was anything grosser than bum contact with a public toilet but I think for me this may have been worse! :blink:

Alex---gross gross!!! I am shivering hearing this!!!

Didn't your mom always tell you to keep your tongue in your mouth? :P

Yay Amanda!! Hope you get to ski!!!

B) <------- ski goggles

And this may be eerily similar to Alex's confetti, but I assure you it's gently falling snow.

` 0 O o . 0`

.0 o 0` o` o . 0

o. o O . `o o`

0. ` o .o`0 O . o `

0 ` o . 0 . `0 O . o

Very Creative thanks!

Well Sillies I have done nearly four hours of yard work today and - - back is a mess. but, I have these Lidocaine patches to stick on there, quite excited about seeing how that will work. Our friend Squats made a BET with me that I wouldn't mow the lawn today...... "you'll get distracted by something shiny on the way out the door......." ha ha ha!!!!!!! Mowed the lawns, and three hours of weeding/pruning. HA!!!!!!!!!! ;P Starting to look rather civilized out there again.

off to the couch now.

:P

Susie-you deserve some couch time after all that work. Maybe your new sweetie can give a foot massage too!

Not at all :D Have fun and don't do anything I wouldn't do B)

So Patti...what does that limit us too :)

Well, Mark's dream came true--I have laryngitis! :lol: Can hardly croak out a word. :( I coughed so hard yesterday, I peed a little :ph34r::P I never got colds all the years I had stomach problems from the undiagnosed Celiac--now all of a sudden, I get 2 colds in one winter :angry:

Oye...I guess this means I'm better :unsure:

The immune system is a mysterious mechinism :huh: I want a new one :lol:

Patti dear hope you feel much better...want me to send some hot tea??

psawyer Proficient
psawyer
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Peter! You were involved in this great organization? Jack is very involved in Cubs. The Rally is coming up...Oracle Peter, what secrets can you give us for producing the winning car? More weight, of course....more streamlined? A hidden fan, or engine?

Well, during my years as a volunteer I did just about everything. But, it has been a very long time since I had any hands-on involvement with Cubs.

Streamlining doesn't make any difference to speed. Add weight, but don't exceed the limit which will be in the rally rules. Add the weight a bit ahead of centre, and low. Sticking weights on the underside is a good plan, but make sure you keep ground clearance. Some tracks are uneven, and you don't want to get stuck. But the key thing is to make sure the wheels turn smoothly with minimal resistance. A very small amount of vegetable oil on each wheel can make a world of difference.

Scouter Peter - yes, I think I would go with just Pete. We have a big Scouting affair today . . . Must start drinking soon so that I will survive . . . 100 Scouts plus siblings at a carnival . . . whose heinous idea was that???

Only 100? You call that big?

elye Community Regular
elye
Posted
Perhaps you are speaking of the Sillyville theme song . . .Asylum?

He's mad, mad, mad...

Not quite right...

Yyyyyessss!! Thank you, Janet.....now the tune will be skittering around in my brain all day. :rolleyes:

Nikki - Silly Walk - :lol::lol: - you can NOT go wrong with a Monty Python clip.

It's actually frighteningly portentious......

Tom mentioned that I likely walk Sillily (Now how is that for a new word?), and I would judge that I normally don't. I asked Jack, and he agreed--nothing amusing about my walk. However, just got back from my crazy step class where I jump all over the place....now, I'm very active and have NEVER had a significant injury. But halfway through, while doing lunges that I do all the time, I suddenly felt a big POP in my upper calf. So I continued like an idiot...it got worse, so I collected my step and SILLY-WALKED it out of the gym. I am John Cleese-ing it now. Unbelievable.

Tom....how did you know?.....

Maybe I arranged the injury on purpose....the power of suggestion and all.....

Anyways, I'm about to look up treatment for torn/stressed calf muscles.

Baaaaahhhhhh.....no time for this...... :angry::angry:

Scouter Peter - yes, I think I would go with just Pete.

Peter, were you a Bagheera or a Baloo? I can see you as either....Peter Baloo has quite a ring to it.... :lol:

Well, Mark's dream came true--I have laryngitis

Patti! Horrid. :( Warm jello, yes.

Emily and Peter--does this count as organ talk?

:lol::lol: Again, I am somehow reminded of those magazines under bro's bed......

When nothing else helped, my dad would get us to lean upside down on the edge of the couch and he would pound our backs to break things up.

Yes, try this, Patti! Upside down, now...edge of the couch...DH pounding your back....could add a new romantic spark to things! And if you do this at a time when you also have the hiccups, ya may kill two birds! :rolleyes:

Well Sillies, I am home and exhausted.

Sounds like a great run, Amanda! Our party ski trip is coming up.....calf MUST be completely better...... :angry:

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Darn210
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Well, during my years as a volunteer I did just about everything. But, it has been a very long time since I had any hands-on involvement with Cubs.

Streamlining doesn't make any difference to speed. Add weight, but don't exceed the limit which will be in the rally rules. Add the weight a bit ahead of centre, and low. Sticking weights on the underside is a good plan, but make sure you keep ground clearance. Some tracks are uneven, and you don't want to get stuck. But the key thing is to make sure the wheels turn smoothly with minimal resistance. A very small amount of vegetable oil on each wheel can make a world of difference.

Only 100? You call that big?

All right, all right . . . I feel I must interject . . .

Could be a difference between US and Canadian rules, but vegetable oil will get you disqualified here . . . don't want to gum up the track . . . they recommend powdered graphite here which is what we use.

Also, make sure you are right at the upper weight limit with the center of gravity about an inch in front of the rear axle.

But here is the most important part . . . polish the axles. The axle (aka the nail that holds the wheel on) has two mold lines which causes a lot of friction against the wheel. Sand those down smooth (for all four wheels) and your car will fly.

Not that we take that whole competition seriously or anything :P

As far as the vegetable oil goes . . . try massaging that into your calf or sumfin'

psawyer Proficient
psawyer
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Peter, were you a Bagheera or a Baloo? I can see you as either....Peter Baloo has quite a ring to it.... :lol:

I was indeed known as Baloo during my last term as a Cub Leader, which was in 1977-78.

All right, all right . . . I feel I must interject . . .

Could be a difference between US and Canadian rules, but vegetable oil will get you disqualified here . . . don't want to gum up the track . . . they recommend powdered graphite here which is what we use.

As noted above, it has been a looong time. When I was last involved, it was permissible provided no dripping took place. Rules change over time. I was involved in other aspects until early 2000, when I stepped down from my last active position due mainly to health issues (undiagnosed celiac).

tom Contributor
tom
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From Open Original Shared Link

I can drink only white wines. Do red wines have more sulfites?

Actually, red wines may have less sulfites. In 1993 the European Union passed regulations permitting higher levels of total sulphur dioxide in dry white wine than in dry red wine and an even higher level in sweet white wines and rose wines. The higher level in the sweet wines are necessary to prevent the further fermentation of the higher levels of residual sugar.

Why THank you Janet! Quite the master googleateur you are!

It's probably safe to assume the US rules are similar ... ..n'est-ce pas?

The rest reminded me of Shelly's reaction to reds, which can ONLY be called heinous. I cringe a bit thinking of it.

It's some sort of nerve freakout that makes intermittent electric shock feelings in arms & legs. GAH!!!!!!! Forgot whether it's for hrs or most of a day. Needless to say, she hasn't had red wine in yrs.

Sure hope she doesn't run into a Gluten-free Casein-free etc-F sauce w/ a reduction tho. :ph34r:

**************

Suddenly remembering this goofy dream I had - kinda fuzzily tho.

They may have awoken me, or I was prone on a couch and sat up as it began.

It's 4 kids, maybe ages 4 to 8, all begging, almost frantically, for me to "do" or "play" . .maybe "sing" .. . ..Styx songs of all things.

Then they didn't like the two I remembered well enough to sing!!!

SUCH disappointment in those little faces - none of which I recognized btw.

Perhaps stranger yet, I'm now drawing a complete blank on which songs I 'knew' in the dream and can't think of a single one from the 70s - tho the dream songs were from ~'78.

WHAT DOES IT MEEEEEEEEEEEAN??????

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elye Community Regular
elye
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Could be a difference between US and Canadian rules, but vegetable oil will get you disqualified here . . . don't want to gum up the track . . . they recommend powdered graphite here which is what we use.

Also, make sure you are right at the upper weight limit with the center of gravity about an inch in front of the rear axle.

But here is the most important part . . . polish the axles. The axle (aka the nail that holds the wheel on) has two mold lines which causes a lot of friction against the wheel. Sand those down smooth (for all four wheels) and your car will fly.

Whoa......some serious Oracle takeover, here! ;) Good hints, Janet. We don't allow anything on the wheels except graphite here, as well, but all the graphite in the hall hasn't helped Jack's results....year after year.....Sanding down the axles, huh?

Perhaps there are mold lines on my medial gastronemius that I can sand down to prevent this kind of injury from reoccurring, and speed me up so that I'll fly. The pain is actually worse, and tightening up. Not gooooodddd...... :angry::angry:

It's 4 kids, maybe ages 4 to 8, all begging, almost frantically, for me to "do" or "play" . .maybe "sing" .. . ..Styx songs of all things.

Then they didn't like the two I remembered well enough to sing!!!

SUCH disappointment in those little faces - none of which I recognized btw.

Perhaps stranger yet, I'm now drawing a complete blank on which songs I 'knew' in the dream and can't think of a single one from the 70s - tho the dream songs were from ~'78.

WHAT DOES IT MEEEEEEEEEEEAN??????

Mygawd.....This is fascinating.....but I have no idea what in hell it means. :huh:

Let's see....some free association, here....(Gawd, first time with an injury, I'm forced to sit around, I'll be making you guys NUTS with all my time-filling queries)....

The River Styx...Dennis De Young.....The Grand Illusion....four children...

Did you dream about calf muscles, by any chance?

I see a voyage for you...could be hellish, like a river journey into some dark place, full of pretense and artifice....youthful life will abound, but again, look more closely....

Is it all just a Grand Illusion?

Any penis slings apparent? ....Oh...that's a whole other kind of dream.... :o:lol::lol:

tom Contributor
tom
Posted
Perhaps you are speaking of the Sillyville theme song . . .Asylum?

He's mad, mad, mad...

Not quite right...

Heeheeheeeheee

I heard a different song from that album yesterday while car shuffled an old mp3 C.D.

Pretty sure it's the final track, and somehow MUST check whether this textual transposition of the piano part comes across as recognizable.

dahnt-dahnt [super]dahnt-dahnt[/super] dahnt-dahnt dahnt-dahnt

[One step down]

dahnt-dahnt [super]dahnt-dahnt[/super] dahnt-dahnt dahnt-dahnt

[And repeat]

|| / / / / :| <----------& who does this make sense to?

[Yeah, yeah . .. ."to whom does this make sense"]

It starts 2min in, on the 1 of the measure (4/4 time of course), but when the band comes back in, the lick has shifted to the "and of 1".

Always liked these parts which toy w/ our sense of relative placement/timing.

Well, Mark's dream came true--I have laryngitis! :lol: Can hardly croak out a word. :(

:(

For ~5yrs long ago, I was getting laryngitis every yr in late january, like clockcalendarwork. (?)

Never knew why.

tom Contributor
tom
Posted

Aw dang!!!! I got subscript code right but not superscript!!!! :angry:

Grrrrr anyone know?

nikki-uk Enthusiast
nikki-uk
Posted
Well, Mark's dream came true--I have laryngitis! :lol: Can hardly croak out a word. :( I coughed so hard yesterday, I peed a little :ph34r::P I never got colds all the years I had stomach problems from the undiagnosed Celiac--now all of a sudden, I get 2 colds in one winter :angry:

Oh patti you poor thing :( .....Terry's still really ill :rolleyes: ....not lost his voice, but sounds like a teenage boy who's voice is breaking :lol:

I can see a nap on the agenda today.

Amanda, don't feel guilty - naps are on the agenda everyday in my world :lol: A 20 minute 'power' naps keeps the engine running!!!!!!!!

However, just got back from my crazy step class where I jump all over the place....now, I'm very active and have NEVER had a significant injury. But halfway through, while doing lunges that I do all the time, I suddenly felt a big POP in my upper calf. So I continued like an idiot...it got worse, so I collected my step and SILLY-WALKED it out of the gym. I am John Cleese-ing it now. Unbelievable.

OUCH!!!!!

Popping calf muscles!!!! :o ....and now you walk sillyly???

Hot compress for that young lady!!!

Peter, were you a Bagheera or a Baloo? I can see you as either....Peter Baloo has quite a ring to it.... :lol:

I imagined Peter as an Akela myself

Tom, superscript

Green12 Enthusiast
Green12
Posted
Suddenly remembering this goofy dream I had - kinda fuzzily tho.

They may have awoken me, or I was prone on a couch and sat up as it began.

It's 4 kids, maybe ages 4 to 8, all begging, almost frantically, for me to "do" or "play" . .maybe "sing" .. . ..Styx songs of all things.

Then they didn't like the two I remembered well enough to sing!!!

SUCH disappointment in those little faces - none of which I recognized btw.

Perhaps stranger yet, I'm now drawing a complete blank on which songs I 'knew' in the dream and can't think of a single one from the 70s - tho the dream songs were from ~'78.

WHAT DOES IT MEEEEEEEEEEEAN??????

Dream interpretation, my favorite :lol:

When you see children in your dream it can signify your own childlike qualities or a retreat back to a childlike state. It is an extension of your inner child during a time of innocence, purity, simplicity, and a carefree attitude. You may be longing for the past and the chance to satisfy repressed desires and unfulfilled hopes.

To sing in your dream, it may represents happiness, harmony and joy in some situation or relationship. You are uplifting others with your positive attitude and cheerful disposition. Singing is a way to celebrate, communicate and express your feelings.

To dream of disappointment, this can indicate real-life experiences of being continually disappointed. Such dreams often reflect repressed disappointments accumulated over a period of time.

Or it could just mean children don't like Styx songs :huh:

elye Community Regular
elye
Posted

Okay.......icing said calf every half-hour....LOTSA @!#!!*#!@*!! sitting around, waitin' for the healing...... :angry::angry:Cannot stand this......

So! I'll practise my constant post flurry for the big flipover.....

elye Community Regular
elye
Posted

....Practising.....

elye Community Regular
elye
Posted

....Hey, I'm getting a rhythm going.....

Green12 Enthusiast
Green12
Posted
Well, Mark's dream came true--I have laryngitis! :lol: Can hardly croak out a word. :( I coughed so hard yesterday, I peed a little :ph34r::P I never got colds all the years I had stomach problems from the undiagnosed Celiac--now all of a sudden, I get 2 colds in one winter :angry:

Aww Patti :(

This stuff is really going around, everywhere! I had the cough and lost my voice a little too. Not fun.

Take good care of yourself and I hope you feel beter soon :)

elye Community Regular
elye
Posted

Jeez!! Like lightning..... :lol:

DingoGirl Enthusiast
DingoGirl
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p.s. Peter, please accept my apologies for dissing one of your organs. I'm sure you have a lovely pancreas. And your lungs, certainly, must be commendable....and your liver! Quite comely, I would wager.

:lol: comely

I

In my volunteer work with Scouts Canada, I was usually always known as "Scouter Pete" since "Scouter Peter" just has a rough sound to it.

Well, I like SCOOTER better than SCOUTER (certainly in this here venue of course - 'tis a more precise moniker in our silly venue - but we'll have to ask JacquIe if Pierre does any scooting along the carpet)........can we call you Scooter? :lol:

Since susie has worked for a winery I have to ask whether she knows if sulfites are more plentiful in reds vs whites?

<oh google-shmoogle we got a PRO here!!!>

:ph34r::huh: I seriously cannot remember. Ever. thank God for Janet's googleateurism. I read the lecture, now already can't remember it.....will have to study it to smash it into my wee dingo brain.

Um......does falling in love make you lose your words? cuz I ain't feeling very smart today. :lol: and WACKL :wacko:

P.S. I like trees big enough to buckle the sidewalk

:blink: where did this come from? Was this an absinthe-driven statement? and what in hell is that in your av? I think I like it........

Yep...I made this faux pas, as well, some time back.....

N'est pas = is not

N'est-ce pas? = is it not so?

....or somefin'..... <_<

'tis right. not not quite right.........what IS that song?

Well, Mark's dream came true--I have laryngitis! Can hardly croak out a word. I coughed so hard yesterday, I peed a little :ph34r::P I never got colds all the years I had stomach problems from the undiagnosed Celiac--now all of a sudden, I get 2 colds in one winter :angry:

:lol: only laughing at "Mark's dream come true" and we KNOW that's not true. but heinous about the laryngitis! You'll have to type things out on the computer for Mark to read. and drink the hot jello and get him to pummel your back. Yes. It really COULD add an interesting twist to things........ :P

And then maybe pull out a penis sling and see where things go. :ph34r::lol:

Well Sillies, I am home and exhausted. We picked up my sister and the baby and then we went skiing. With their foot of new snow it was all powder, but only 8 degrees. We skiied from 5-9 without coming into the lodge. We did do some expert runs but not the runs that had moguls which neither of us enjoy. For my sister and her arthritis it is very difficult to use her knees on those.

We left at 7:45 this morning and I barely slept last night, I can see a nap on the agenda today.

:) this sounds like a wonderful kind of exhaustion and I hope you have a lovely nap. I am SOOOOOOOOOO jealous of nappers........I can't fall asleep in teh daytime to save my life. Have to actually heavily sedate myself. I probably fall asleep in daytime once every two to three years.....usually when I have a high phOever. Heinous. :angry: I want a nap!!!

However, just got back from my crazy step class where I jump all over the place....now, I'm very active and have NEVER had a significant injury. But halfway through, while doing lunges that I do all the time, I suddenly felt a big POP in my upper calf. So I continued like an idiot...it got worse, so I collected my step and SILLY-WALKED it out of the gym. I am John Cleese-ing it now. Unbelievable.

Em, walking silly-ly? oh no.........our poor Silly! Rule of thumb....... (that sentence somehow doesn't look right to me - is it correct? brain damage :huh: ): don't continue to exercise AFTER you hear a popping sound..........................

I see a voyage for you...could be hellish, like a river journey into some dark place, full of pretense and artifice....youthful life will abound, but again, look more closely....

Is it all just a Grand Illusion?

Any penis slings apparent? ....Oh...that's a whole other kind of dream....

:lol: gawd

what in hell was all this talk about............balloos? budgeroos? balleroos? You crazy Canucks.............

I am tired sillies!!!!!!!!!!! but Kissey and Jenn are coming over for Oscar party tonight!!!!!!!!! yay!!!!!!!!! must go get champagne and snacks................

:wub:

p.s. Hi Laura!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

oh - has anyone written to Sarah? I"ll send her a pm just now......... miss her.

tom Contributor
tom
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Tom, superscript

AhhhhHAA!! <spankubeddymuch>

(DID notice that this was Take Two Knickeigh :P)

Ok now MY Take Two then back to prev page for kontinued ketchup.

dahnt-dahnt dahnt-dahntdahnt-dahnt dahnt-dahnt

<one step down>

dahnt-dahnt dahnt-dahntdahnt-dahnt dahnt-dahnt

But I'm sensing this means nothing to ANY of you :lol::wacko:

tom Contributor
tom
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Any golfers in this group? . . .

GOLF AND WHAT IT ALL MEANS

Not a golfer (yet) but funny stuff!

'Twill be fwd'd to my Dad et al.

[bragging alert!! Pops has FIVE hole-in-ones!! One or two even on a par4!]

We're so physically similar I na

tom Contributor
tom
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OMG my radio station is playing THE greatest sultry <insert sultricon> slowed-down version of "It Ain't Necessarily So" right now. :o

I've been meaning to mention how wonderful this station is and that anyone can hear it at www.kcsm.org

One HUNDRED percent comm'l-free ('cept during pledge week) and nearly entirely Jazz (there is a Blues night).

Prob more instrumental than vocal, but EVERY DAY I hear several masterpieces I've never before heard!!!!

I VERY highly value hearing new-to-ME songs. :) :) :rolleyes::) :) :D:) :)

They don't always say the artist etc but the [PLAYLIST] link shows it in real-time. :) :) :rolleyes::) :) :D:) :)

DingoGirl Enthusiast
DingoGirl
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dahnt-dahnt [super]dahnt-dahnt[/super] dahnt-dahnt dahnt-dahnt

[One step down]

dahnt-dahnt [super]dahnt-dahnt[/super] dahnt-dahnt dahnt-dahnt

[And repeat]

|| / / / / :| <----------& who does this make sense to?

[Yeah, yeah . .. ."to whom does this make sense"]

dahnt-dahnt dahnt-dahntdahnt-dahnt dahnt-dahnt

<one step down>

dahnt-dahnt dahnt-dahntdahnt-dahnt dahnt-dahnt

But I'm sensing this means nothing to ANY of you :lol::wacko:

:wacko::mellow::blink::huh::wacko::lol: and...... WACKL

Tom.............what............in..................hell.................are you DOING over there????????????

mygawd...............methinks you have been hitting the Phrench Phaerie HARD today....................... :blink:<but not spankin' the phaerie> :ph34r::lol:

I VERY highly value hearing new-to-ME songs.

I've bookmarked the station.........

You know.....sumfin' I think about FREQUENTLY is all the music in the world that I would absolutely LOVE and will never know about......it has bothered me since almost childhood, I guess. Oh - and all the books that are life-changing and soul-searing and you'll never know which ones unless you read them.........

Yes, pholks, these are things I think about whilst shampooing the carpet and walking through the orchard and driving in the car and going to the bathroom and............well, just about all the time. Trapped with me dingo thoughts. :lol:

p.s. David and I are obsessed wtih music and he LOVES my singing......actually asks me to sing to him.............

:wub:

am running to the drug store now - - people - I must share my most favorite favorite FAVORITE thing w/ you guys..........it's the Johnson's Baby line of lavendar scented potions - - lotion, oil, body wash.........says it's for sleepy time but that ain't true....it is the YUMMIEST smelling cheap stuff I've ever discovered. Makes David out of his mind - better than pricey phragrances I wear. oh and get this - in this month's issue of In Style magazine, there is a MALE in there touting this stuff's praises.......you MUST all run out and buy some - I can't get enough of this stuff!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Am sending back a freaking $30 bottle of lotion I bought from Apothia (am mad for the "If" scent but in the lotion, I am not kidding, the smell lasts no more than about 6 minutes).......

(perhaps I"ll inform the makeup cult girls of my favorite Holy Grail product - or their spy Meredith can just report it to her minions) ;)

tom Contributor
tom
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All right, all right . . . I feel I must interject . . .

. . ...

. . ...

Not that we take that whole competition seriously or anything :P

Whoa!!!

W/ an Aeronautical Engr on your side, how can you lose?? :)

Whoa......some serious Oracle takeover, here! ;) Good hints, Janet. We don't allow anything on the wheels except graphite here, as well, but all the graphite in the hall hasn't helped Jack's results....

Is there a typo here or am I simply blissfully & ignorantly unawares of just how graphitey Ottawan halls can be? :huh:

I see a voyage for you...could be hellish, like a river journey into some dark place, full of pretense and artifice....youthful life will abound, but again, look more closely....

Is it all just a Grand Illusion?

<mommy she's scaring me>

blueeyedmanda Community Regular
blueeyedmanda
Posted

9 pages to the crowning.....

nikki-uk Enthusiast
nikki-uk
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Yes, pholks, these are things I think about whilst shampooing the carpet

....and this is why you must get hardwood floors :lol:

am running to the drug store now - - people - I must share my most favorite favorite FAVORITE thing w/ you guys..........it's the Johnson's Baby line of lavendar scented potions - - lotion, oil, body wash.........says it's for sleepy time but that ain't true....it is the YUMMIEST smelling cheap stuff I've ever discovered. Makes David out of his mind - better than pricey phragrances I wear. oh and get this - in this month's issue of In Style magazine, there is a MALE in there touting this stuff's praises.......you MUST all run out and buy some - I can't get enough of this stuff!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Am sending back a freaking $30 bottle of lotion I bought from Apothia (am mad for the "If" scent but in the lotion, I am not kidding, the smell lasts no more than about 6 minutes).......

Well, have been a convert to Johnson's baby bath since the boys were babies (no SOAP in my house!!! :lol: ) ...but have never tried the lavendar for 2 reasons

I might fall asleep

I associate Lavendar with ye olde ladies :huh::lol:

.............but I shall give it the sniph test tomorrow ;)

Oh yes! Oscar night........alas, shall be tucked up in bed by then :rolleyes:

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