Rant: my great neighbors of 15 years moved yesterday. :( We will miss them very much.

Rave: Hubby gets to build their new home when the plans are complete!!

Rant: "Spare the Air" days when all athletics are cancelled, and the air quality is really bad here!

Rave: DD has another WP tournament this weekend. She's such a wonderful athlete and works so hard!

Rant: still need a place for the guys to eat after that SF football game next month!

Rave: After the WP tournament tomorrow, it's off to the Bulldog game! Amazing team this year!!

Rant: Just ran out of my favorite lotion from a spa in Astoria, OR It's a wonderful, algae lotion that is wonderful for skin that's in the water a lot!

Rave: Our Syrah is in glass jugs now, we'll have to see how it turns out in a couple of months!

Rant: I still need to come with a name for our labels!!

Rave: There's a new gym, closer to our house that is REALLY nice. I'm waiting for the pool/jacuzzi/steam room area to be complete. It even has a nice juice bar!

Rant: Only got there once last week. That isn't enough to be effective!!

RAve: Hopefully, after church on Sun. with the family, DH & I will go to our condo for the afternoon to relax, swim, sit by the lake, fish and read. Then have a wonderful romantic dinner at the Lakeshore Resort. Take a bottle of our favorite wine and spend some time together. Have a great weekend everyone! ***kim*** :)

Ok it's been a while since the move...

Rant: Hurricane after Hurricane

Rant: I haven't called my grandmother in Puerto Rico to see if she's ok

Rave: It took me all of a day to find a job on Long Island. Now I get to save time and money on my commute!

Rant: I still miss Brooklyn and being able to go to Grimaldis without sitting in traffic!

Rave: I did see an old friend today that moved to LI while waiting for the LIRR

Rave: Picked up my 20GB Ipod yesterday. Been dying to get one for months now.

Rave: BF's parents are in from NH for the weekend!

Rave: TGIF!! Everyone have a great weekend!!

Ooh, Scarlett, how blessed you are to live so close to your daughter. My two daughters are far away - one in New York, one in Pasadena - and I miss them like anything. I know your son is in Japan, which of course is an even greater distance. Fortunately my two sons (and consequently 4 of the 5 grandkids) are here in Toronto and we have dinner together most Sundays.

Good thoughts to everyone safe from storms! May any on the horizon fade
away.
Happy anniversary/birthday/
new job (yeah rjw)/new rooms/new beds
:))
new bodies(rjw! and you hang in bonnieb!)

Dbl Rave: Mr. R5 had the AM off from the hospital so we hiked up Mt.
Burdell (about 1500') what a view
of San Pablo Bay (San Francisco).

We could even see the Birkenstock
factory-shall I run over and buy
anyone a pair??

Whew, gonna need Kal's blue ice later!
Happy Weekend to All!
R5

what a dazzling post!:)

R5,
The Doctor is at your service!
Now, where it hurt??? :*

Dr. Kahuna

Rave (another)
Fodors posters rock! You guys always make me feel like the world is small and we all are friends. Every time I read a post from somewhere in our country I feel like I get to know our country better. We cry together and laugh together.

Kal, you always make me laugh.

Scarlett, you are sweet and I always picture you as a fun loving person.

Love to the rest of the gang and have a great weekend.

Thank you cigale-it TIS a dazzling fall day with the sun off the bay
B-)
The forecast sez we might get to use our fireplace Sat or Sun night....
Yipee!
Now, Dr.K, about that pain-it should be here,oh say, around 5 o'clock...
:S-
if you didn't have a game-I say you and the Mrs. just bring your own straws!
\:D/

R5

jerz,
My pleasure. I'm a natural screw off.
But as Mrs Kal sez: DON'T ENCOURAGE OR FEED HIM!!!!

Thank you, Seetheworld, Razzledazzle and Dr. Kahuna!!! Dr. K, I will pull the frozen peas out next time I hurt! :-d (Seriously, my sister uses a great big bag for her knee! :-) ) Actually had to see the doc and get Skelaxin and Motrin 800 for the back, but I'm on the mend. Knee's about normal!!! Thanks for caring- you guys are the best! ;;)

rant: hurricane after hurricane
rant: people getting deployed to Iraq

rave: all the folks getting jobs
rave: got my mini Ippod in time for marathon training

rant: rjw can see mountains from his chair, me I have a grand view of the parking lot if i turn more why there's the freeway...

rave: At least have a cube by the window

BB,
Here's another site the good doctor uses when he has an "owie"!
sportsdrz.com/

I like the chart "Where Do You Hurt?"

Thank you jersey :)

Meesthare, I just have the two, one here and the 'baby' over in Japan. It would certainly be nice if he were at least on the same continent..or England or France :) ...

There is a rumor going on in the Scarlett household, actually a secret bit of whispering that I might get to be surprised by a visit by my dear son-san. That will of course, make me impossible to live with ( the excitement!! the cooking!! the shopping!!) so be prepared, FodorFriends!

It is a beautiful hot day in Jax and we have swarms of dragon flies...lovely

Rave:
TGIF after a long emotional week.

Rant: No delicate way to say this, found out the victim of a senseless murder in my city is my ex-BF. He was in the wrong place at the wrong time. Although he is an ex, I am carrying around alot of grief and don't know a constructive way of expressing it without hurting the new people in my life.

Rave: The wonderful people here who listen to one anothers rants and raves and let me get this off my chest.

Peace be with all of you.

Scarlett...how potentially exciting for you! Here in NY it is damp and dank today and the citronella bugs and swarming...not so lovely :(

Rave: Figure skating! I would be at the rink all day if I could :-)

Rant: I feel so bad for the thousands of people displaced by the storms / hurricanes :-(

Rave: Kal--very funny!

JoceylnP--where are you, busy packing?!? I hope you and your family enjoy a wonderful trip! How excited will you be to come home to your new home?!? :-D

I hope everyone enjoys a nice weekend! :)>-

Thank you , seetheworld, but! there is that hint of fall in the air that I miss so much~

atilla, I am so sorry! Knowing that anyone that you have known, has been killed is sad and upsetting. Be as sad you as feel like being, don't hold it all in, it will just stay longer that way.
Bighugs!

Atilla, that is so-o tragic and I understand how you feel.
What a nice whisper, Scarlett.
meesthare, I once slept in my bathtub when I was single. Someone gave me a bed and during the night... so tossed it on the street and went to sleep in the tub.
bonniebroad, I put mucho pounds on while in France because I ate three meals a day and inbetween, not what I do at home.
My brother-in-law is coming for dinner. His wife left him and he's in bad shape over it.

Attila, I too, am so sorry....

rjw, I don't know why I thought you were a girl!! As a 40 something, I'd love to be called cute :)!

Rant: my husband is away taking care of his poor Dad who just had surgery.
Rave: I have a husband I miss :)!
Rant: This campaign!
Rave: It'll all be over Nov. 3rd, even if the outcome will make me completely depressed!

Rave: After 16yrs in another state, we've moved home at last! Now, I am 7miles from my daughter and close to brothers and sisters and it is wonderful! We have a beautiful new home and I found a job!
Rant: My husband is still looking for a job.

cigalechanta, I'll bet the food in France was worth every pound you gained, right? And now it will come off, with your getting back to normal. (My stall is coming from getting injured, cutting back on exercise and not keeping quite a close enough eye on the calories....... but I'll do it! :-) )

Atila, so sorry.... It must be very hard for you.

Atilla-condolences...grieve as Scarlett says, it only heals. Life is difficult some times.

Here is Central Jersey the rain is beginning. While dark and foreboding, the smell when it first begins to rain is lovely.

Kal, I have a friend who must be your separated twin. Even his wife speaks like Mrs Kal. Yikes...two of you. LOL

Thank you Scarlett and all. After reading your replies, I had a little breakdown and feel a little lighter now. I know my unfortunate situation is nothing compared to some of our other Fodors friends at this time. It is comforting to read your sympathetic words nonetheless.

Atilla, this has got to be a hard situation to be going thru. My sympathies are with you.

My sympathies and thoughts are also with LilMsFoodie. I hope she checks in soon.

Atilla, I'm so sorry that is awful! Please take some time to yourself and talk to a professional!

Cigalechanta - the tub?? Wow. And I've been complaining about the guest room. X(
Atilla - that's a difficult one. Hugs and condolences to you.
Scarlett - sure hope the whispers and rumors are true! There's nothing quite as wonderful as being with our kids - especially now when they're all grown up and we don't have to tell them to do their homework!

oh. rant. :( My daughter is stuck at JFK -- she's supposed to fly into Dulles tonight and there's tornados and bad storms in VA. (Our son/her brother's Welcome back from Iraq RAVE party is tomorrow).

argh. I'm stuck between a rant and a rave.

uhoh busted, honey, I will Rant for you, You Rave cuz your baby boy is home :D

RAVE: This time tomorrow I will be on a plane for Hawaii for 11 days!!!!

RAVE: All the people here who took the time to answer my questions and post trip reports that I found so helpful in my planning!

Rant: only a tiny one...I still have a stack of work to get done before I leave the office!!!

rant: Bad flooding here in Western Pa. Pittsburgh really got it today. .

Rave: My family is together and healthy

Atilla, I'm so very sorry for you. My best friend was murdered in NYC about 15 years ago and it tore my heart out. Still makes my stomach go heavy. Keep friends and family close and let them know you may need shoulders to cry on. You have mine.

Martha

Atilla...how horrible..you have a right to feel sad...the people of our past are part of who we are today..
rant-I hate to say this , but I absolutely cannot stand it over on the caribbean thread when the island of St. John is referred to as St. Johns ...I know it seems silly but it drives me insane
rave-holiday ski trip just booked
rave- I love the Rockies in the winter
rave-I always love the South..love living here
rave-all the fun people on this board..I love reading everyones posts and getting a feel of their personalities...I dont post everyday but read almost daily