STW ~ Portugal! I can only imagine it must be a dream come true, congrats!

iamq ~ Just in case you check in here, I wanted to thank you. They had availability, I sent in the deposit and it begins 9/12. Thanks again.


Shout out to cmcfong ~ hi doll!

Thanks Tiff! You could imagine my surprise when my DH started talking about his idea and then dragging me to realtors while in Portugal (drag away baby, drag away). It is a dream come true. Now, I would like to see him "slow down" just a bit so he could enjoy it.

April, how is the cat?


Rant: Bring back the Stupid Knee thread!!

Rant: Stupid Fodors.

Rant: Stupid Ernesto made me postpone my party.

Rave: 16 mile run in the AM.

Rave: Carb loading today

Rant: Can't eat bad carbs or it screws up my run.


Rant: I'd rather carb load with Lays Dill Pickle Potato Chips than oatmeal.

Rant: Training for a marathon and still having to watch what I eat.

RAVE: MY GAMECOCKS WON LAST NIGHT!!! GO COCKS!!! GO SPURRIER!!!!!

Rave: Ernesto passed us by (sorry my NC and VA fodorite friends!!).

Rant: Stupid Fodors for deleting my Stupid Knee thread.

Congratulations seetheworld - sounds wonderful!

OWJ - Hang in there, it will happen and it will be great when it does.

Ethel - 30 days! Wow!

Rave: DD1 has a Fodorite as a teacher this year! Hi Eeva! DD wants to know how I know her teacher. Can't let her in on my secret just yet.

Rave: DD2 has a nice teacher also and seems very happy with the start of school.

Rave: The kids schedules for gymnastics, violin, orchestra and clarinet seemed to have worked out nicely.

Rave: All inspections to date for the addition/renovation have gone smoothly and without issue. We are heading for the home stretch.

Rave--Went down to Corvallis last night for the first game of the season. Wow, that new stadium is NICE!!! Great game, Woodstocks pizza...heaven

Rave--Got the official paperwork for our invitation to see the space shuttle launch in December!

OWJ--I'm so sorry that happened! But yes, you WILL be parents some day, and I hope that day is soon

Ethel--The countdown! How exciting!!!

(((((((OWJ))))))))



(lots of bug higs to you)

Wow, bennnie, that's something else!! Small world, really. Your daughter will be so shocked, lol. Best wishes for the completion of your home project. It's such a relief to finish and live to tell the stories, lol.

OWJ: You've got mail.

Ethel: We're getting excited for you!

angethereader: Sending you good thoughts.

Haven't weighed in for quite some time but with school back in sessions there will be ample opportunities for ranting and raving!

Rave: I just "fixed" my printer that has been "broken" since the spring (clicked some button and all was well again.

Rave: The weather is fantastic for running--no more humidity!!

Rave: I am training for a half marathon in October. (Running by Bennie's house a few days a week).

Rave: Towns finally approved the budget and hopefully we can get our school system straightened out.

Rave: Agassi!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bennie--I was thrilled to see that your daughter is on my team (I'll keep the secret as well). There are some scary "scouting reports" about this class but I know she is one of the good ones. Overall it looks pretty good from where I stand.

I must be insane because I LOVE 8th graders. I find them fascinating.

Aack!

I'm a moron.


Lots of BIG HUGS to you OWJ not lots of bug higs to you.

Geezus.

Such a nice start to the weekend to catch up with Fodorite doings on FFRR. OWJ, you're in my prayers--waiting must be so hard--hoping you get 'the call' soon.

Ethel--30 days, wow! What an exciting time.

angethereader, hang in there.

Rave: College football starts in full force this weekend. Let the games begin (and go Huskers)!!

Rant: My husband and daughter are leaving for the Husker game in Lincoln tonight AFTER her high school dance gets over with at 11 p.m. It's a 6 hour drive to Lincoln so I'll be worrying all night until I know they've arrived safely.

Rant: DS has a tennis tournament this weekend so he and I have to stay home.

Rave: Cooler weather--high of 60 today here in western Nebraska. Bliss!

Rave: Tiff, just because you never fail to lift my spirits.
Rave: OWJ, great attitude, positive and open.
Rave: GoT, I like bug higs.
Rave: Enough rain...already!
Rave: Happy Ethel

Happy weekend.

Mat: I love mojitos, too! I planted a couple extra mints plants just for mojitos; they are a definate rave!

STW: Congratulations on the prospective new home in Portugal. How exciting!

OWJ: Many good thoughts for you. My sister is a birth mom, and the adoptive parents are wonderful (actually very similar in personality to my sister and her boyfriend -- only mature and settled and ready to love and care for a baby).

People like you and your husband will be a gift and a blessing to some wonderful but overwhelmed young girl who wants what's best for the baby she's carrying. I know it must be so hard to wait and wait and to be so unsettled. Many hugs for you.

Rave: I'm glad it's Friday and I'm glad it's a long weekend.

Rave: September is my favorite month. It always feels like the start of a new year to me. But I wish I still got new "school clothes."

Bug Higs for all of you in Fodorville!

Rave: the fascinating personalities on Fodor's which I am learning about more and more.

Rave: I was offered the job of my dreams!

Rant: They only give 1 week vacation until 3 years! (Should I take it?)

Rave: To all of us who work outside the home long, long hours- and especially for those who do this for others and reasons that don't singularly reflect the monetary/to live category. Twenty cheers and a great Labor Day Weekend OFF! That goes for all workers outside the USA as well.

Rave: The Workers who do not get this weekend off but are vigilant and on their jobs regardless. The 5% that really makes the 95%'s choices, health and security possible- despite often getting mouth in the negative- much praise and admiration to all, health, sanitation, and police services people especially.

Rave: The Autumn Light is starting on the water.

Rave: September I will meet some Fodorites.

Rave: I cleaned out 2 closets and got 4 more boxes to the Juvenile Diabetes Fd. I bet I have 8 more boxes to go. By 60 I just want to own less "stuff".

Rave (as always): Chicago White Sox themselves, and their Charities and basefull fun in general. The Boys of October are coming.

Rant: City of Chicago corruption and clout raising its head constantly without media or proper consequence since last Spring. With Stroger's stroke, over 1,200 croonies have been hired during a "hiring freeze". One in particular had 10 felony convictions, was made head of a Finance Committee, and has already run off with about $380,000 at the minimum. These "jobs" are from $40,000 to $100,000 per year and most "employees" come in once a week to sign a roster and that is all they do. Many have full time jobs elsewhere. It's blatant again.

Rant: Jimbo's (31& Princeton) in Chicago is losing its lease after 23 years. Now that the gravy is starting on the Southside, the lady croony has made her clout connection and cut out the people who built this up over 23 years for her. They were given 1 month and 2 days notice and SHE will get the liquor lic. despite the law forbiding it because she knows the right people.

Rant: That the people in Chicago continue to vote for this crowd because they perceive them as "helping" their causes and because they "might" get a share of the loot.

Rant: Racism, alive and well with Meeks and others being prime examples.

Rant: That I can't get my 87 year old father to move out of Chicago and/or at least smile once a week.

rant
people who are brainwashed.

Rant: People with heads in the sand.

rant: Last year I posted a comment on a thread about how bad the Travel Channel has become. I said that they will probably come up with a show called the top ten McDonalds. Sure enough, yesterday I saw a show on the Travel Channel about the top ten McDonalds. The most goofy thing I could think of about that channel came true.

Eeva - funny how this class has that rep already because as 6th graders in "our" elementary school, they were considered a model class. But its not the first time I've heard it. One current 10th grader told me that her class is "scared" of the 8th graders. Must be those "other" towns...(just kidding, we know some lovely kids from G & M). Glad you think DD is one of the "good" ones, all her friends are too ;-)!!!

Rave: the first light of Autumn and a slight nip in the air.

Rave: I will have some time this weekend to plant bearded iris and pansies.

Rant: I am working the weekend and Labor Day.

Rave:Ronkala and I wear the same shoes

Have a good weekend everyone!

Bennie--It's primarily the kids from G-Town that give the grade the rep. they have. Plenty of nice ones from there, but a few that make us scratch our heads. Who knows, maybe they have straightened up over the summer.