Freaky Friday rants and raves 9-17
 

rant: Wal-Mart's empire

rave: I have trasferred my perscriptions out of Wal-Mart and I will never go there again.

Rave: I am in complete denial.

Rave: D-e-n-i-a-l. Denial.

OH NO ! Jor, I thought you forgot, I just posted a rant/rave at the same exact time! I am sorry :(

I got overly excited at the thought of ranting and raving~

RANT: Hurricanes, d***** hurricanes!

RANT: War

RANT: Weight plateaus....... still 17 lbs. and holding, after almost three months.

RANT: Pulled lower back muscles (you can hurt yourself in water!)

RAVE: Knee pain that goes away....... one day it really does! :-)

RAVE: Good friends, good food, weekends in the Carolina mountains

RAVE: Cooling off just a bit, state fair coming next month!

Have a great weekend, all!

Jor, I'm with you on the Wal-Mart. Would shop just about anyplace else to avoid that nightmare.

Rave: It's Friday!

Rave: Had fun girlie sleepover with my best friend last night, since DH was in Atlantic City. Chick flicks, pedicures & Limoncello Martinis! :)

Rave: Last weekend's basement renovations (Phase 2 of about 10) made great progress!

Rave: Shopping for more plants for backyard landscaping this weekend with Landscape Designer Mom! ((f))

Rant: It's rainy & gloomy today, and supposed to pour rain tomorrow.

Rave: More time for weekend movies!((~))


Happy Weekend Everyone!

Rant: Ivan, Jeanne and Karl.

Rant: Those who have now suffered from Ivan and those who may suffer from Jeanne.

Rave: Looks like Karl will miss everyone!.

Rant: Hubby's still not home, and the news isn't great thus far.

Rave: It could always be worse, huh? :)

Wishing everyone a great weekend.

No problem Scarlett. My computer was so slow this morning I didn't think the post would even appear.

Rant:Weather miseries others are having
Rave: I'm alive!

hey fodorites!!

rave: it's the w'end, i have my car and my cat and that's has to be enough to rave about.

rant: got a invitation to a memorial from my college in remembrance of my favorite teacher of all time. didn't know she died this year.

rant: election day is just getting closer, and all this wacky business is not getting better.

rant: $ is tight, but i'm managing on my own well enough.

sorry, more ranty than ravey this week.

:D

Hello and TGIF !

Rant:
Posting before Jor :(

Hurricanes, Tropical storms and sons being deployed to Iraq
Rave:
We leave here on Monday for Oregon.
All the helpful posters who have given me pages and pages of notes on what to do, where to go and most importantly, where to shop
The Posters here with such great senses of humour especially those who have been to Hell
The hummingbird who stops by once a day to say hello, makes me smile then goes on to the next house.
Fodors ~

One more Rave:

Mimi- cigalechanta. She is always kind and helpful. She is thoughful and I am lucky to count her as a friend ((F))

tpatricco
It's not a basement. It's the LOWER LEVEL! :-)

Happy Friday everyone!

RAVE: Booked a weekend Vegas trip for January for DH and I. Grandma will stay with Riley! The best part-DH doesn't know about it-it will be a surprise under the x-mas tree for him!

RANT: We may not be able to go to the UK in the Spring like we'd hoped.

Statia, is your dh okay? :-( All the stress from worrying about hurricanes can't be helping even if he is in Texas (yes?) now.

rant: Hurricane deaths and destruction.

rave 1: Beautiful weather.

rave 2: Healthy mother-in-law who's going strong at 81.

rave 3: Visiting a brother in Phoenix for almost two weeks this December.

rave 4: Got the tix for 176 including tax (round-trip from Chicago on United).

Rave--We are to get snow this weekend in the mountains nearby!!!

Rant--Woke up with a change of weather headache due to it.

Rave--A mocha fixed that! lol!

Rave--DS got his stitches taken out of his head.

Rant--We cannot make our college football game that we have tickets to. So will just have to wait for the homecoming game to go to.

Rave--Can't make the game because both kids have games.

Rave--Girlfriends from WA will be down soon and we will do a weekend in the city:)

LOL, cd. Thanks for the "upgrade".

Expanding on the basement rave: Our "Lower Level" is only 6 steps down, and will be one unbelievably beautiful space when we're finished with it.

Slow and steady it goes, but I have the vision in my head and can't wait for it to be done! We are fortunate to have full height ceilings on the LL and a fireplace. Have so far fixed all the drainage issues that were causing water problems down there & painted our utility room. New boiler & hot water heater go in next weekend, and have moved walls and will refinish the fireplace (yucky 60's looking brick) with fieldstone, and add dark cherry wood wainscot & new carpet which will make a showcase for our antique pool table. It won't seem like a basement at all! :) Now if only I could just wiggle my nose and make it all happen NOW!

Rant: our bed broke. Just suddenly smashed itself to smithereens. And before you all start sniggering to yourselves - it was at 7AM and we were absolutely motionless at the time, just thinking about getting up.
Rave: We were going to buy a new one anyway. This just hastened the process. So we ordered ourselves a great new bed which was to be delivered the day before yesterday.
Rant: They couldn't get the box spring up our narrow stairway - we had to order a split box spring, which of course is out of stock and now we have to wait another week. We are very tired of sleeping in the guest room.
Rave: We're going away next weekend - my sweetie's choir is singing a concert in northern Ontario and we're going to spend the weekend up there watching the leaves change color. :)

Rave: Our children surprised us with a gift certificate to the River Cafe (Brooklyn) for our 25th anniversary!

Rave: The youngest son is coming home from college to visit today!

Rant: (well, just a mini-rant): The youngest son is bringing home all of his laundry!

Rant: Pulled a muscle in my knee during Abs & Toning class - walking up and down the stairs is NOT a pretty sight.

Rant: Tipping threads :) Especially silly tipping threads!

More Raves: The weekend weather is supposed to be nice. Cool Autumn weather is just around the corner and that means time for new plantings and pruning.

Bonniebroad, don't get discouraged because you are doing absolutely terrific. You are probably trading fat for muscle (which weighs more) but it's a much better place to be, if you get my meaning! Hang in there girl :-d

Rant/Rave: WAR...arrrgh! Thanks to all those who so diligently serve our country - stay safe!

Have a terrific weekend everyone :D

Meesthare :D

Martha, I'm sure he will eventually be in the long run. Thanks.

Another rave/rant: All the sons, daughters, wives and husbands who are in Iraq. May God bless them and bring them home safely.

Rant: I have to move offices. Always a pain (phone, network, filing).

Rave: New position!

Rant: My view won't be the same spectacular Santa Monica Pier and Pacific Ocean vista.

Rave: I will just turn around in my new office to see that, and straight ahead on a clear day, I'll see the San Bernardino Mountains!

Rant: Tired of worrying about friends and family in the path of those goddam hurricanes! Enough already...!!!

Rave: After a 27-lb weight loss, people are telling me I look good! Even a neighbor told me I was "cute".

Rant: 40-year-old guys don't want to be called "cute".

Rave: Weather should be nice enough to keep the top down on my car all weekend and get some more sun.

Rant: I have to get up extra early tomorrow morning to take the car in for a 60,000 mile service.

Rave: The family is healthy and happy today. And that is a wonderful thing.

My thoughts go out to those who have had to go through all this disastrous weather. I hope you can recover from your losses.

LilMsFoodie, I extend my deepest sympathies to you over the loss of your husband. Good memories (and silly jokes!) and love will get you through, with the help of friends and family. It helped my mom get through my dad's death; she still misses him, even after 10 years (we all do), but every good memory of him makes her smile and laugh-- hard. And keep traveling! Get out there and make new memories. Your husband would be pleased, I'm sure.

Rave: WEEKEND!!

\:D/:
1: New Tempurpedic bed is "ono"!!!
2: All friends/family in Fla and NOLA have reported in safe.
3: Can the weather in Nor Cal be ANY better this weekend?
4: One of our favorite wineries (Michael-David Phillips) is having a wine tasting at our local wine shoppe (you say "shoppe" when you want to sound classy-It work? Though so.b( )
5: Nothing aches.
6: Early ballgame tonight so it will be a "Pizza Friday" and I have a DD!!! ((Y))

>:O:
Not a darn thing that is in my control, sooooo.....((D))
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BonnieB-I've been using the Blue Ice right after a work out and then put a bag o' ice on my knees or shoulders later and the usual aches/pains disappear. ((Y))
"Ice 'em if yah gottem"!

happy FridaY!!
Rave: Beautiful day, will go to the Park with my dog ( a boxer) and go running shortly. Love not working!

Rant:all the tuition bills - so I need to seek out new job opportunities :-(
And of course, all the wrath the hurricanes are creating.

RJW- Your post was great! My husband also 40ish hates to be called cute! But it beats the opposite, right?
Also very thoughtful words for LilmsFoodie.

Another rave - the great and FUN people on this board.

>I> Face it rjw, You Are Cute!!!

Meesthare, that will teach you to lie in bed and just think! lol

LOL rj, I would never call you cute! I would refer to you as my friend rj the hottie! :-D

You people are embarassing me...! :">

well, better to be called "cute" than to be told that you look like a 3:o ....

Oops!! I mean, it's better than people calling me a 3:-o ...

Ok, not cute. How about SEXY?

rjw, the Hunk ?
I like Hottie too :)

rj-Instead of cute, we'll call you HOT! rj you are hot! How's that? Saw a guy at my class reunion, used to be overweight, big overbite and generally a dorky looking guy. He was HOT! All the girls were just drooling! Like a fine wine, we improve with age. ;-)

Rant-Destruction caused by hurricanes.

Rave-Bless my daughter's first grade class, they were praying for all those in the hurricanes and Iraq. Out of the mouths of babes...

Rant-Sat in my ob/gyn's office for 2 hours the other day.

Rave-New Year's Weekend at Put-in-Bay, the last big hurrah. Weather is supposed to clear up.

rant: buckeyemom, I had a 'talk' with my husbands cardiologist the other day about that very same thing.

As a professional, I would never ever consider keeping a client waiting.

If I have a 11:30 appointment, I expect to SEE the DOCTOR by 12 Noon at the very latest.

To me, that is unprofessiional and unacceptable to keep someone waiting that long.

Family members are in the medical business and know this just frosts my butt.

Rave: I like the name rjthehottie!

Rant:the war, the casualties of war,the campaigns,median home price in the SF Bay Area hit $520K last month.

Rave:all the folks working tirelessly for peace,moveon.org,we have a home,and
in 15 days we leave for France!

Rave: DH and my 24th wedding anniversary this weekend (OK, Monday...but we're celebrating Sunday).

Rave: College graduate son got a job!!! And one that he likes.

Rave: Aunt in Mobile is OK after Ivan tore through. No major damage, Thank God.

Rant; Flood warnings posted here in Central NJ for the remanants of Ivan. Late Saturday and Sunday supposed to be good weather.

Rant: no WalMarts in SF :)

BIG Rave: Kikahead will pick me up to meet the fellow Fodorites at the Yountville get-together!

Rant: if I don't behave she'll leave me there :)

Rant: Ivan, Jeanne, etc. etc. etc.

Rave: Leave Sunday for my first trip ever to Las Vegas - wish me luck!

Jersey, glad to hear your aunt is ok. I knew you were worried.

Win big in Vegas, Beth! Have fun.

Jersey: Yippie...on your son finding a job! My son has 8 months until graduation and he is already worried about finding a job.

Rave: my air force daughter just got a new job and won't be getting deployed to the Middle East again! Thank God!

Rave: the near perfect "summer" weather we are having in northern Michigan now that all the tourists have gone home!

Rave: Super Wal-Mart...sorry, but in our small tourist town, its the only place I can afford socks without driving 1.5 hours away!

Rant: My job....boring :( but it pays the bills.....

rant: still no power or water service after Jeanne

rave: no majoooor damage after the storm. Not a lot of people in at work so I can surf the web in peace!

rant:
My daughter works so hard.
rave:
I live close enough to where she works that she was able to take her lunch hour to come to Mamas to take a nap ((L))