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jor Oct 8th, 2004 05:50 AM

Freaky Friday Rants and Raves Oct. 8
 
Rant: prices at the grocery store lately
Rave: I'll think of one soon.

bonniebroad Oct 8th, 2004 05:55 AM

RAVE: Jor showed up! I missed the "Freaky" part!!! :p

RAVE: Glorious weather here in Raleigh, in the 70's, blue skies, brilliant sun........ Wow!

RAVE: My Cairn Terrier's ((&)) 15th birthday today! Friends coming over. Party on the back porch.... filet mignon, chocolate cake, homemade ice cream, Margaritas.....all his favorites! (Well, maybe not the Margaritas! :-d)

RAVE: A long weekend in the mountains, lunch at Chateau Morrisette on Monday, and getting to see the Fall foliage on the Blue Ridge Parkway

RAVE: N.C. State Wolfpack.... You go, guys!!!

RANT: My Carolina Panthers ... another story! :-(

RAVE: Twenty-two pounds off now, exercised five times in the last week!

Have a wonderful weekend, all! :-)


jasper Oct 8th, 2004 06:01 AM

hi fodorites!

rave: nice dinner out tonight. :-"

rave: going to the beach house for one last weekend tomorrow night. \:D/

rave: my cat is getting funny in his old age. he is really wacky! always getting into stuff. ((@))

rave: halloween! just have to decide what to be... 8-}

rant: missed the last few freaky fridays...i was in rochester, salt lake city, and santa rosa california! nice to go, but good to be back too.

:D

caribtraveler Oct 8th, 2004 06:09 AM

Rave: Had a wonderful 5th wedding anniversary celebration on Peter Island in the British Virgin Islands.
Rant: We're back and our next trip is not till December :-(
Rave: The weather has been lovely here in NJ the last few days.
Have a wonderful weekend everyone.

Carp Oct 8th, 2004 06:21 AM

Rant: Winter is coming and it is getting chillier every day in MN

Rave: Going to Chicago tomorrow and throwing a 30th birthday bash for the boyfriend!

Cassandra Oct 8th, 2004 06:33 AM

Interesting: there was another Friday rant/rave thread started -- seems to have disappeared. No complaints, though -- it's jor's project, okay with me.

Yes, bonniebroad -- another sparkler of a NC autumn day!

Rant: cat-careless neighbors called me on 1 hr's notice to feed and check on cats for 3 days. They had 3 indoor cats, then had a baby and suddenly expect the cats to be outdoor cats, living in garage or wandering. Sighh.

Rave: heading to San Francisco/Carmel for 35th anniv. trip and to see DS who at least didn't move all the way to Hawaii after college, but still miss him lots.

Fodorite018 Oct 8th, 2004 06:38 AM

Rave--Rain...lots of rain!!!!!!!!

Rave--Girls weekend and trying a new restaurant tonight!

Rant--Our dog thinks its fun to go dig in the dirt ONLY when its raining.

Scarlett Oct 8th, 2004 06:55 AM

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Rave : It is cooler in Jacksonville Florida !!
Rave: Going to an all weekend Greek Festival in St Augustine, should be great fun, not to mention all that good Greek Food. If anyone is down in this direction, you should go!
Rant:
Still missing Portland Oregon.
Son might not visit until March :(

Fodorite018 Oct 8th, 2004 07:19 AM

Well Scarlett--My dd and I will think of you today when we are there doing our shopping and dining:) Even our trip to Nordstrom for boots! :)

tpatricco Oct 8th, 2004 07:48 AM

Fantastic Friday in NJ!!

Major work rant: Too much work, with deadlines and nobody to help! Salespeople who don't want to &quot;get in line&quot; for their stuff to get done, and commit to timeframes to turn around work that are unrealistic. Sooo Frustrating! :(

Rave: It's Friday, the ((#))sun is shining &amp; it's gonna be a beautiful weekend in NJ. (and I am NOT working through it).

Bonniebroad - you are awesome! Keep up the good, healthy habits! :)

Rave: Plumber-BIL is coming tomorrow to hook up our new Boiler &amp; hot water heater ensuring toasty warm home this winter.

Rave: Cashmere sweaters on pre-season sale at Lord &amp; Taylor...wearing one right now from yesterday's lunchtime shopping excursion.:D

Rave: Budman ((b)) planning NJ/NY Fodorite GTG!

Happy Weekend Everyone!

atilla Oct 8th, 2004 08:04 AM


Rave: It's Thanksgiving weekend up here in Canada, can't wait for turkey dinner with my wonderful family.

Rave: Soooo much to be thankful for! Too many to list!

Rave: Husband's band is playing at a very cool night club tomorrow night!

Rave: Going to have cocktails with my best friend after work. ((D))

Rave: Having fun, joking around with the great people on Fodors - thank you all.

Yay - no rants.

missjanna Oct 8th, 2004 08:23 AM

Rave: I have a 3 day weekend!!

Rave: It's Payday! (Then again, every Friday is PayDay

Rant: Most of my paycheck is going to bills.

Rave: If there is a Game 5 on Sunday for the Yankees - Twins game, I have a ticket!

Rave: We may end up playing Boston...and I have tix for the playoffs as well...

Rant: Have extra tickets that I don;t know how I'm going to get rid of....

Rave: It's supposed to be a beautiful weekend here in NY!

Have a great Columbus Day weekend all!!

Ani Oct 8th, 2004 08:28 AM

Aww crap-I posted on the decoy thread! Trickery!

Well, here it is again:

RAVE: My tiny girl will be 6 months on Monday...where has the time gone?

RANT: She got her first cold this week and has been waking several times a night...poor baby. Poor momma.

RAVE: I've lost 2 more pounds-now 7 pounds under my pre pg weight and a size 3...woohoo!

and one more RAVE: Taking Riley to the Pumpkin Patch today...First Halloween!!
HAppy Friday everyone!

jor Oct 8th, 2004 08:28 AM

Rave: I didn't have one earlier. Just got done meeting with a painting contractor who does very good work. The price was great. My aging home has cape cod wood shakes on all sides. A siding contrator came over a few weeks ago and wanted four times more to rip off the original shakes and put plastic shake siding on for 4 times more than painting. Can't bear to rip off all these nice shakes.

dan_woodlief Oct 8th, 2004 08:31 AM

Rave: Go Red Sox!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rant: Long hours at work this week, but at least I am taking a mini vacation next week.

Budman Oct 8th, 2004 09:52 AM

Rave: The wine goes into the barrel tomorrow morning.

Rant: It won't be ready to drink until next July. ((b))

atilla Oct 8th, 2004 09:58 AM

Rave: Party at Budman's next July!!
8-}

Tandoori_Girl Oct 8th, 2004 10:02 AM

Rave: That party that Budman just invited us all to in July :-d
... and this unseasonably gorgeous weather we're having in Florida, not humid, not hot, not Florida.

Rant: ...unseasonable weather means that there's a cold winter on its way to Florida ((n)) doh!

iceeu2 Oct 8th, 2004 10:04 AM

hey bonniebroad...congratulations on your weight loss! DH would love you..he's a Wolfpack alum...now living in North GA.....working for a Carolina grad!
We came up a few years ago for the NC State/GA Tech game and had dinner at a wonderful place called The Second Empire..and then the next night at an Italian place that cuz referred to as &quot;The Bone&quot;!
Anyway:
Rave:
It's autumn and I love it. Fall festivals around me everywhere this weekend.
Rant:
Absolutely nothing!

Tandoori_Girl Oct 8th, 2004 10:06 AM

Rave: Atilla and I are boozers who think alike ((b))

razzledazzle Oct 8th, 2004 10:11 AM

Good Morning
(Well, it still is in my PDT time zone)

Rave,Rave,Rave: Mr. R5 and I are off to the coast this weekend to celebrate our 10th anniversary!
@};-
Rave: He's still crazy 'bout bringin' flowers after all these years!
B-}
Rave to Bonnie who must be ready to go shopping,zany pet behavior (as Marilyn sez &quot;the mind boggles&quot;),
the playoffs(viva la baseball!),
fall weather and festivals-Scarlett have some spanikopata (sp?) for me, Budman's NJ vintage,
AND all anniversary trips!
R5

bonniebroad Oct 8th, 2004 10:23 AM

((f)) Happy 10th to you and yours, R5!!! And I think Scarlett should eat some Baklava, too! :-)

atilla Oct 8th, 2004 10:25 AM


Cheers Tandoori_Girl!
;) ((D))

cigalechanta Oct 8th, 2004 10:27 AM

Rave: It's a beautiful day for working outside bagging leaves. and raves for budman's party.
Rant: They closed my email account at hotmail temporarily and my msm messinger because of too many wrong sign-in.s I've sent ten emails to them to explain I have deformed fingers from arthritis and don't feel all the keys so make alot of typos. So for three days getting rid ofPc trojans and viruses, I'm at wit's ends!

indie Oct 8th, 2004 10:36 AM

Cigale

If it is not a shared computer you can set it up to remember username and password, It may save you the typing.


cigalechanta Oct 8th, 2004 11:23 AM

Thanks indie . it is set up for only me to remember my password.
I thought my post disappeared but now I see we have two rant and raves. I'll stick with the freaky one. :)

atilla Oct 8th, 2004 11:58 AM


Rant: (small one) There are 2 Friday R n R threads.
:-/

razzledazzle Oct 8th, 2004 12:02 PM

:-?
To be &quot;freaky&quot;
or not to be &quot;freaky&quot;?
R5

dan_woodlief Oct 8th, 2004 12:07 PM

Another rant. My posts are taking forever to show up (an hour or more), so ignore the fact that I made two posts.

seetheworld Oct 8th, 2004 12:29 PM

Rave: It's Friday and a 3-day weekend!

Rant: My only rant for the week...Why are there 2 Friday Rant &amp; Rave threads? Imitations can't fool me ;)

Rave: Enjoying some college football tomorrow and the youngest son is coming home aferwards to spend some time with his parents....NOT (too busy visiting HS friends who are also coming home for the weekend!) Oh well, I'll take what I can get :)

Rave: The fabulous weather! ((#))

Rave: Only one week left till we visit the oldest son in Boston. Graduation is only a few short months away :D He is diligently looking for a job - he has his heart set on an apartment in Manhattan. Hope he finds a well-paying job or a half-dozen roommates!

Rave: Bonnie...keep up the great work Did you order Cooking Light yet?

Rave: Going to try and plant some more daffidil bulbs this weekend and hope the squirrels don't dig them up on me again! Okay, that's a mini-rant.

Have a superb autumn weekend everyone!

ElendilPickle Oct 8th, 2004 12:52 PM

Rave: gorgeous fall weather here in New Mexico!
Rave: hundreds of balloons in the sky every morning; my 9yo had fun this morning taking pictures
Rave: heading to San Antonio next week to meet oldest dd's suitor, celebrate his Air Force basic training graduation, and, um, make sure he is indeed suitable for dd ;-)
Rave: saw The Terminal last night at the dollar theater; The Village and Spider-Man 2 start there today
Rant: speedometer in the van quit Tuesday night; driving has been interesting
Rave: our mechanic can get it fixed before we leave town!

Lee Ann

dcespedes Oct 8th, 2004 01:22 PM

Rave: Jor for starting Freaky Friday :-D

Rave: My husband ((l)) and our 15 year old cat who continues to make us laugh ((@)) --she's a frisky fritter

Rave: Working part-time ((o))

Rant: Losing touch with old friends

Rant: Woke up tired....10 hours later still tired I-|

I hope everyone enjoys a nice weekend! :)&gt;-

Iregeo Oct 8th, 2004 03:30 PM

Rave: Got a new (volunteer) job today as a pupeteer teaching grade school kids about disabilities!

Rant: It was 98 degrees today in my neck of the woods.

Rave: Only 35 more minutes till cocktail hour!


bonniebroad, could you share a tidbit of your weightloss secret?

Happy weekend everyone!

annesherrod Oct 8th, 2004 03:34 PM

Rave - Go CARDINALS!!!!!!
Daughter coming home for Fall break from college. Her Freshman year!

Rant- It is muggy and gloomy out today, My neighborhood is nearby Presidential debate venue and all the roads are blocked, can't get to favorite restaurants easily, oh well.....

Iregeo Oct 8th, 2004 03:36 PM

Oh yeah...

Rave: GO DODGERS!!!

seetheworld Oct 8th, 2004 03:39 PM

Let's Go Mets!

Oh, wait....didn't make it, again :(

But there is always next year :)

In the meanwhile,

Let's Go Red Sox!

LoveItaly Oct 8th, 2004 03:46 PM

Rant - I posted on the wrong thread
Rave - Now I know!
TGIF

razzledazzle Oct 8th, 2004 05:01 PM

AnneH-
Mr. R5 is from St.Louis, so I
will echo GO CARDINALS!
R5


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