OMG BuffaloGirl! Thoughts and prayers to you and your family!

Rave: Going to NYC to see Gates!

WAIT A MINUTE!!!

jor, you don't spell your name with two 'r's. Is it you or is it bucket?

RAVE: Great 12-day trip to Florida! Fell in love with St. Petersburg/Clearwater area. Can't believe I never got down there before! :-)

RAVE: Only gained one and a half pounds back on trip; back on the program and into the water as of last night.

RAVE: UNC Tar Heel basketball team! Keep mowing 'em down, guys! :-d

RAVE: Philadelphia Eagles - go, go, go! (I'm still mad at the Pats for beating my Panthers last year!)

Have a great weekend, all!

BuffaloGirl, my very best wishes are with your parents!

Rave: Less than 6 weeks until San Francisco trip, have gotten some great advice here and other sites. One exceptional person in SF went and personally checked out the hotel I chose because I couldn't find much info about it. The extreme kindness that can be found on the internet is amazing!

Rant: The extreme rudeness that can be found is equally as amazing.

Rave: It's Friday and spring is on it's way finally!

Glad your dad is coming home BuffaloGirl.

Rant: All those who are suffering from friend's deaths and ill family members.

Rave: South swells have brought more beach to this island than I have ever seen! ((#))

Rant: Now north swells are causing all sorts of odd trouble, including smashing my good friend's catamaran into my other good friend's dive shop overnight. $70,000 down the toilet for the boat. The dive shop should be okay. What is going on with the freaky worldwide weather? :-O

Rave: Nice cool breezes for the winter season. Have even been cold while wearing a jacket on our scooter at night! ((S))

Rave: Listening to the ocean surf from my bedroom window at 1 a.m. this morning while gazing at a sky filled with more stars than black space. Isn't creation wonderful? I-)

Rave: It's Friday and things have finally slowed down at work. \:D/

Have a great weekenend everyone! >:D<

Rave: My husband and I have signed up for the Master Gardeners course to begin late this month. It will be 40 hours of course work, then 40 hours of community service--working with our town's horticulturist in beautification projects.

Rave: Our group of "traveling friends"-five couples- are trying to make a final decision on next fall's trip. We had almost decided on London-Paris-Amsterdam, but now we are considering China!

Rave: Sunshine in South Alabama!

Byrd

My heart goes out to all of you with loved ones who are sick.

Also, April, I'm willing to give you some of my weight if you want it.

Rave to Patrick for finding a use for Mom's medicine

Rant/Rave: it's Friday and I'm here

Rant: coworker is leaving (rave for her, and I mentioned it last week) wants a different type of farewell celebration instead of the usual luncheon. I have nothing against the type of celebration, I just would rather not participate (it would involve giving up most of a Saturday). So I need a good excuse for not participating without killing off a relative.

Rave: Had a job interview this past week.
Rant: Not sure if I'm the best candidate for the position.

Rave: good weather predicted for the weekend.

ncgrrl: Don't you have a trip planned for that particular weekend?

:S-

Rave:KQED aired Buster's trip to Vermont on Wednesday right before the State of the Union address. It was an antidote of sorts.

Rant: the state of the union and the address. If we need to preserve the sanctity of anything, let it be food, shelter,education and health care.

Rave:It's been in the 70's here in SF Bay Area.

Rave: short day at the office today then time to enjoy the weather.

A good Friday to all and an even better weekend.

GoTravel, I know exactly what you mean. Its not "The Bucket Woman". I added the extra r. She's probably busy causing problems at the neighbor's instead of here.

I would sooooo like to ring in on this social security thing but I will keep my fingers shut. Aaaarrgg. The local stations were airing it live yesterday morning and it did Not get Tivo'ed.

Rave: Patriots about to win their next Super Bowl. It will be fun to watch knowing that win or lose it doesn't mean a darn thing.

Rant: Just hoping the idiot fans behave themselves this year and no one gets killed. Boston has seen two deaths ( including a neighbor of mine) in the last year from rioting fans and its just a colossal waste of life.

Rave: My kids elementary school raised over $18,000 for Save the Children Tsunami relief through a read a thon. Their goal was $5000 and the principal thought it might be asking too much. But lots of dedicated kids and supportative family made it possible. In return for their hard work the kids have been awarded 2 days of no homework.

Rave: My brother unexpectedly decided to come home for a visit. Usually just see him once a year but with the Pats in the Super Bowl he wanted to watch the game with the rest of the family. He lives in Ireland.

Rave: Super Bowl Lunch Party about to start here at work. Raising money for Muscular Dystrophy - pay to wear jeans to work today, pay to vote on the best chicken wings, pay to eat a hot dog, pay to wear Patriots paraphenalia. Lots of fun. My job is a pain at times but I work with a good group of people so it makes it okay.

Rant:Ossie Davis died.

rant: I turned on the radio station this morning I always keep on for my pets during the day and overnight it turned in a Spanish station.

rave: maybe my parrot will learn how to speak español.

Rave: The deep freeze is thawing !

Rave: Got a new car last night, and it was a great deal.

Rant: Melting snow and ice, along with the salt, makes my new dark blue car dirty ,dirty, dirty.

Rant: Corporate re-structuring sucks.

Rave: Leaving for Curacao tomorrow! Yes!
Totally agree with Bennnie's rant re: idiot fans. Hopefully nothing bad will happen.
Have a good one everyone.

April, can I give you the 3 pounds I've gained since Christmas? ;;)

Rave: We've changed our travel plans, we are now sailing the Sun Princess RT Southampton instead of the QM2 so we can visit the foreign ports of Spain, Portual, St. Peter Port, and St. Rochelle. One more Princess cruise & we're Platinum members!

Rant: We won't know my spouse's schedule for another 1 1/2 weeks. I don't want to switch travel dates as many ships are already sold out.

Rant: My oldest childhood friend is having very bad marital discourse. They have 2 kids and are both nice people. I am praying hard things will work out. Makes me realize how fortunate I am with my other half.

Rave: When my neighbor's overweight cat comes running over to visit when we open our garage door ((@))

Rave: The weather is nice, about 60 degrees, and the sun is shining ((#)) it's the weekend((r))((r))

Rant: Yuck, traveling on business again tomorrow for another week! Second time in 10 days. I'm getting very tired.... :@

Rave: Well, it's not that cold out...

Rave: I have my health?!?

RAVE:

Beautiful weather with clear skies and and the flowers are starting to bloom.

We are leaving for Thailand on Tuesday.

RANT: Nothing significant.

Patrick: I empathasize with you. :-B

Rave: Great to be alive and enjoying the warm and balmy breezes

Rave: Hope it's nice where you are.

Rave: For people who care about other people and don't always talk about themselves.