The Funny Pages - Tickle Me Elbow - The Original

[blueeyedmanda]

Uggggghhhhhhh... 3:15am here... Ezra's been up all night with a fever... 102.5 and I have no idea what's wrong with him, except that he feels like crap. And tomorrow (today???) is Luke's first ever school play. Not quite sure how I'm going to manage this.

And coming up to post 1,000 soon.

OH Sarah- sorry to hear Ezra's not feeling well, is he any better this morning? I hope you do get to Luke's play.

1,000 posts....be prepared for a flood of all fluids....rain gear, boats....big events like this can get scary!

[blueeyedmanda]

Morning Sillies-

Forgot to add this to my above post...

Tomorrow is sandal day! I am breaking out the toe nail paint and dusting off my sandals...which should be so dusty I have been walking around in the house with them on to prepare for the big event. My old cubie mate and I do this ritual...we love wearing Sandals....so tomorrow is Free the Toes Day!!!!

Thankfully it is now Thursday, Landen is feeling much better which means he should have a good time with us this weekend. We start our official being the babysitter this weekend, and he will be with us 3 nights in a row.

[elye]

Morning, Sillies!

Well......

Should'a watched America Gives Back last night, or the Weather Channel.....anything but that heinosity in Pittsburgh. Could very well be Ottawa gone in four.....

Ptaum! What happened in SJ? Quite a definitive upset....from what I'm reading, Calgary was playin' like literal flames--lightin' up the ice at times...

Uggggghhhhhhh... 3:15am here... Ezra's been up all night with a fever... 102.5 and I have no idea what's wrong with him, except that he feels like crap. And tomorrow (today???) is Luke's first ever school play. Not quite sure how I'm going to manage this.

Aughhh, Sarah.

I'm hoping you're managing to get a bit of sleep right now, though I certainly remember how difficult that is during the day with two small kids. Ezra will hopefully catch up on his sleep now, and you can too--at least, that's the way it's supposed to work. Is Luke in school all day yet? (I think he's your younger boy...)

Hey! Did you all know that the capital of Azerbaijan is Baku?

The capital of Burundi is Bujumbura?

The fifth largest country in the world is Brazil?

The most mountainous country is Iran, followed by Austria?

I know it all, now, for I have a husband with a spankin' new, romantically-charged WORLD ATLAS, and he was citing these pieces of information to me last night as I was trying to get to sleep. The Senators would take a ridiculous penalty or would cough up the puck, and DH would swear, leave the TV room and stand over his new reference tablet, staring, staring. I think if our season ends next week, he should be thinking about an application to Jeopardy!

[Jestgar]

Toronto (Trono) AND Vancouver should have gotten both! When was the last time Canadians ran over peaceful protestors with tanks?

Doesn't Canada deal with protesters by looking at them askance until they succumb to peer pressure and go quietly back to their houses?

[Jestgar]

I know it all, now, for I have a husband with a spankin' new, romantically-charged WORLD ATLAS, and he was citing these pieces of information to me last night as I was trying to get to sleep.

Excellent! Now you can choose where he'll be taking you (sending you??) on your next vacation. Pick somewhere with a great sounding name.

[elye]

Doesn't Canada deal with protesters by looking at them askance until they succumb to peer pressure and go quietly back to their houses?

I believe so. Most recently, the RCMP got a rowdy crowd of protesters under control with some fine Canadian weaponry--well-aimed snowballs fired from atop their horses (such is the crowd control in a nation without guns...). They will also revoke one's health care...this causes immediate dissipation.

Excellent! Now you can choose where he'll be taking you (sending you??) on your next vacation. Pick somewhere with a great sounding name.

How about Christmas Island?

Svalbard?

Vanuatu?

Wallis and Futuna?

[blueeyedmanda]

Sillies..I just was outside for lunch....it was so dang hard to come back in...honest to god! So nice and warm and springy out...drat my job!

[nikki-uk]

ah, fun!

'Tis illegal here. Any kind of burning, methinks. Not just stepford, but all of California.

Though.....sometimes farmers burn big piles.......maybe they get permits? dunno.

Hey..........I think *I* will light a big bonfyre in me back yard to-night, and see what happens!!!!!!!!

No bonfYres???

Mygawd - what do the men DO???......perhaps they fish ..and stuff

We are only allowed to burn baby burn after 6.30pm .

So tonight we are planning our small beach getaway this year. John's brother, me and John, and Jen and Landen have decided to get a condo in Wildwood for 3 days.

Sounds fab!!!! - haven't a clue where 'Wildwood' is (googling it now!) but it sounds SUPERB!!!!

Uggggghhhhhhh... 3:15am here... Ezra's been up all night with a fever... 102.5 and I have no idea what's wrong with him, except that he feels like crap. And tomorrow (today???) is Luke's first ever school play. Not quite sure how I'm going to manage this.

And coming up to post 1,000 soon.

UH-OH

Hope you got to see the play

Doesn't Canada deal with protesters by looking at them askance until they succumb to peer pressure and go quietly back to their houses?

Askance

Excellent! Now you can choose where he'll be taking you (sending you??) on your next vacation. Pick somewhere with a great sounding name.

In that case you can't beat Open Original Shared Link in Wales UK............

.......but I think my home town of Open Original Shared Link might be more ...errr.....apt ....it suits me!!

[Jestgar]

In that case you can't beat Open Original Shared Link in Wales UK............

yeah, what she said...

[blueeyedmanda]

Sounds fab!!!! - haven't a clue where 'Wildwood' is (googling it now!) but it sounds SUPERB!!!!

Wildwood NJ, a beach town. It is at the end of NJ, down by Cape May. We go every year but with the high gas and stuff we were thinking of holding off this year but we might go anyway...you only live once!

[tom]

I get diarrhea when I travel. Haven't done any traveling since being gluten-free though, maybe that's improved.

My money's on Travel-D being in the past.

So tonight we are planning our small beach getaway this year. John's brother, me and John, and Jen and Landen have decided to get a condo in Wildwood for 3 days.

Ooooohhhhhh yeah!!

A long-ago (1981?) dorm roommate was from Wildwood. Wish I could remember the name of his parents' restaurant ... ..might be an unimaginative Wildwood Cafe or Diner. Hmmm

Uggggghhhhhhh... 3:15am here... Ezra's been up all night with a fever... 102.5 and I have no idea what's wrong with him, except that he feels like crap. And tomorrow (today???) is Luke's first ever school play. Not quite sure how I'm going to manage this.

And coming up to post 1,000 soon.

Bah, ugh, oh no, & Yipes!!!

How's Ez now?

....so tomorrow is Free the Toes Day!!!!

Let the Tootsies Breathe!!!!!!

Should'a watched America Gives Back last night, or the Weather Channel.....anything but that heinosity in Pittsburgh. Could very well be Ottawa gone in four.....

Ptaum! What happened in SJ? Quite a definitive upset....from what I'm reading, Calgary was playin' like literal flames--lightin' up the ice at times...

Grrrrrrr by the time I tuned in it was 2-zip, ~5min in. I didn't watch much. I've enjoyed hockey in person, but never played it enough to have the interest for much on tv. Playoff overtime I'll watch!!! And game 7 for The Cup!

Did see the final couple exciting minutes - down 3-1, a score for 3-2 and a flurry of decent chances in the last minute. Sharks fans, w/ their lofty expectations, are gonna be SO pissed if they don't advance!!

Hey! Did you all know that the capital of Azerbaijan is Baku?

The capital of Burundi is Bujumbura?

The fifth largest country in the world is Brazil?

The most mountainous country is Iran, followed by Austria?

No

No

YES!

huhhh^hhhhhh???? By what measure? % over a certain height? # of named peaks per decahectare?

Doesn't Canada deal with protesters by looking at them askance until they succumb to peer pressure and go quietly back to their houses?

:lol: I don't know why, but this type of Canadian joke unfailingly cracks me up. (I think the last one was Emily's Cemoticon inventory)

No bonfYres???

It may only be trash and leaf fires that are illegal. Iiiiiiii dunno .. ..Bonfires are common on beaches!! and who doesn't make a campfire when .. .well . ..camping. And I've seen backyard firepits around - some occasionally in use.

Maybe the Fresno area's stricter, w/ a different atmospheric inversion-layer situation. Phx has certain impromptu winter days when a simple indoor fireplace fire is illegal.

In that case you can't beat Open Original Shared Link in Wales UK............

.......but I think my home town of Open Original Shared Link might be more ...errr.....apt ....it suits me!!

Certainly when mad at the D.F.I. contingent.

[blueeyedmanda]

Celiac Disease is certainly becoming more recongized. For my newest Lung Cancer study, a person with Celiac Disease or other absorbtion problem such as Active Chron's disease, Colitis etc may not participate. I have never seen that before. Wow!

[DingoGirl]

Doesn't Canada deal with protesters by looking at them askance until they succumb to peer pressure and go quietly back to their houses?

Yes.......and their eyes look like your devil woman mysterious eyes in your av, Jess.

Wallis and Futuna? :

Futuna sounds like..........a naughty body part.

SILLIES!!!!!!! where is everybody today?

Sarah - heinous sleepless night, POOPY COW. Is Ez any better today?

Just got back from a meeting to volunteer to read to students. I am excited. Start next week - assuming my fingerprints pass. (well, already had that done)

Now, onto lunch w/ Kissey.

later my sillies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[tom]

Wow!

WOW!!!!!!

Oy .. . Roomie John's supposed to return from Dallas tonight but the American Airlines nonsense about not wanting to crash has grounded so many planes he's not even sure he'll be back by Monday!!

[blueeyedmanda]

:Just got back from a meeting to volunteer to read to students. I am excited. Start next week - assuming my fingerprints pass. (well, already had that done)

Now, onto lunch w/ Kissey.

later my sillies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That sounds like fun

WOW!!!!!!

Oy .. . Roomie John's supposed to return from Dallas tonight but the American Airlines nonsense about not wanting to crash has grounded so many planes he's not even sure he'll be back by Monday!!

Thats scary...think of all the times they flew with these safety problems...scary!

[elye]

Got one happy 14 year-old girl here...and she isn't in front of a hockey net, even! Just got her braces taken off--upper and lower, with very intricate elastics threaded through the sides....gone! It's been over three years. YAY! Her teeth look like a white picket fence....perfect.

...Well, for six thousand dollars, I should hope so.....

No bonfYres???

Mygawd - what do the men DO???......perhaps they fish ..and stuff

A hint for everyone who has a man and no bonfYres permitted: Buy him an atlas.

In that case you can't beat Open Original Shared Link in Wales UK............

I want to go there. I want it on my passport!

huhhh^hhhhhh???? By what measure? % over a certain height? # of named peaks per decahectare?

I'll hafta ask Mr. Atlas himself. Get back to ya on that one....

Just got back from a meeting to volunteer to read to students. I am excited. Start next week - assuming my fingerprints pass. (well, already had that done)

Susie! This sounds like great fun! What ages?

Sarah! How's Ez?

[blueeyedmanda]

Got one happy 14 year-old girl here...and she isn't in front of a hockey net, even! Just got her braces taken off--upper and lower, with very intricate elastics threaded through the sides....gone! It's been over three years. YAY! Her teeth look like a white picket fence....perfect.

...Well, for six thousand dollars, I should hope so.....

I understand her feeling happy. I got my braces off last May and it was such a great feeling looking in the mirror. I spent 5,000 for mine and insurance didn't cover a penny of it. I did the clear ones though so they didnt show up too much. I am glad it is all over though, but I am also so glad I did it. It was well worth the time and pain. well they didnt hurt too bad but you know.

[jerseyangel]

Emily--my niece who's name is Emily just got her braces off, too! What a relief for both of them

Well guys, I went to the new doctor today....needed a new script for some meds and also wanted to go before I was sick to introduce myself and scope things out a little

The visit went off without a hitch--she said I didn't look old enought to have a 27 year old son! Won me over right there After, I ran some errends. It's about 80 and sunny today and it was nice just driving with the windows down listening to the radio.

[tom]

Futuna sounds like..........a naughty body part.

Oh it does not!!!

<wait . . .which one?>

Sounds more like a cartoon fish w/ martial arts skills or part of a sushi combo plate.

Just got back from a meeting to volunteer to read to students. I am excited. Start next week . . .

Well THAT's pretty quick!

What a nice thing to do.

Any more details? Is it once/wk?

A hint for everyone who has a man and no bonfYres permitted: Buy him an atlas.

YAY Sophie's teeth!!!!

I remember it was SO fun to just feel their slipperiness w/ my tongue once mine were finally off.

[elye]

Well guys, I went to the new doctor today...

All right, Patti! ...And a woman, too...this is a bonus in a GP, IMHO.

YAY Sophie's teeth!!!!

I remember it was SO fun to just feel their slipperiness w/ my tongue once mine were finally off.

That is EXACTLY what Sophie keeps squealing like only a crazy li'l girl can..."Whoa......they feel soooooooo slippery!" She is adorable, and would throttle me if she heard me saying that.

[Ridgewalker]

Thanks for asking about Ez, you guys!

Last night was HEINOUS. Called the doc this morning and they wanted me to bring him right in. Not surprised with his record. Anyway, he has strep throat AND and ear infection. Good grief.

Ok, so the antibiotic she put him on has a 10% cross reactivity with some of the other meds he's allergic to, so we have to keep a close eye on him. He's never had the scary throat-swelling reaction... it's the huge plaque-y hives that he gets. Urgh...

I have our doctor's beeper number.

Brian is supposed to be home any minute so I can take Lucas to the school play. (Em, he's my older one, 1st grade.)

Ok, guys... catch up with ya later. Possibly at 3 am.

[jerseyangel]

Sarah,

I'm sorry--I meant to send my good wishes to poor Ez...I was out most of the day. Gosh, he's really been through it lately--you all have

Glad you'll be able to get to the play, anyway. Enjoy and hopefully everyone gets some sleep tonight

[jerseyangel]

All right, Patti! ...And a woman, too...this is a bonus in a GP, IMHO.

Yes--I think so too!

[DingoGirl]

oh yay, Sophie's got her braces off! Slippery indeed, I remember it well. So HEINOUS, my wisdom teef grew in, and they're crooked on the bottom now. My dad would not be happy......

Sarah! OMG - another infection for Ez? So sorry. but OMG - PLEEZ call the doctor the INSTANT any kind of wretched rash or weird sore appears......my friend's niece had a near-death reaction to an antibiotic...I won't go into detail here but.....she was not expected to live, and did.

I will be helping two to four kids read, grades K through 3, once a week. I am so excited. I don't miss teaching, but I really miss the one-on-one w/ kids. I will be doing this at Lauren's school, so get to see her more often. Yay! And - can feel slightly good about myself - not just take up air on the planet...

finishing a tape - BAH!

more later

am TRYING to post a new av w/ Annie as my garden helper and it's not working. HARRUMPhHHFFFFFFF

[~alex~]

That is EXACTLY what Sophie keeps squealing like only a crazy li'l girl can..."Whoa......they feel soooooooo slippery!" She is adorable, and would throttle me if she heard me saying that.

It's true!!! My teeth felt sooo slippery and kind of slimy when I got my braces at 13. That was the first thing my friends who had also had braces asked me when they came off -- "Don't your teeth feel so slippery?". I got my braces off a month before grade 8 graduation pictures -- good timing.

Does she have to wear a retainer for a while? I had to chase the janitor down the hall one day during lunch hour because I realized I threw my retainer in the garbage and he had just collected it and combined it with the garbage from a few other classes. I had to search though the yucky garbage but I did find it. MUCH sanitation and cleaning of the retainer took place that night before my parents could convince me to put it back in my mouth. I had always scoffed at the warnings to be careful to not throw your retainer away after taking it out to eat. Certainly *I* would never be that careless -- it ended up happening more than once.