Rant: prices at the grocery store lately
Rave: I'll think of one soon.

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

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! )

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!

hi fodorites!

rave: nice dinner out tonight. :-"

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

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...

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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

Good morning FodorFriends!

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

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!

Fantastic Friday in NJ!!

Major work rant: Too much work, with deadlines and nobody to help! Salespeople who don't want to "get in line" 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 & 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 & hot water heater ensuring toasty warm home this winter.

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

Rave: Budman planning NJ/NY Fodorite GTG!

Happy Weekend Everyone!

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.

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

Yay - no rants.

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!!

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!

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.

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

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

Rave: The wine goes into the barrel tomorrow morning.

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

Rave: Party at Budman's next July!!

Rave: That party that Budman just invited us all to in July
... 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 doh!

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 "The Bone"!
Anyway:
Rave:
It's autumn and I love it. Fall festivals around me everywhere this weekend.
Rant:
Absolutely nothing!

Rave: Atilla and I are boozers who think alike