Brother-in-Law of 'All hope abandon ye who enter here' (3)

Porbably. So other than a bad weekend, have you been doing alright?

ssidiv3r wrote in post #5323362
Porbably. So other than a bad weekend, have you been doing alright?

Yeah, just tired. Thankfully I seem to be done with the puking. I find out what I'm having on Friday so I'm excited there and hoping the little one cooperates. But, I need to drag my a$$ to bed now.

I hope everything goes well. Goodnight

sevillafox wrote in post #5322703
Hello thread people. I hope everyone's weekend was ok. Mine was less than stunning. Aidan ended up with a wicked cough Friday night so we've been battling that all weekend with me getting the short end of the sleep stick. Oh, well. He was coughing so bad when we were at China buffet yesterday that he trew up all over his plate. His second plate ended up on the floor so he got switched to pudding and ice cream. My purse party was ok last night except that I only knew 2 people so it wasn't too party-like. I felt totally guilted into buying something so I blew $100 on a knock-off designer purse (it was the only thing I liked and I honestly thought there would be purses there less than $50 or I wouldn't have gone.) I feel terribly guilty because another $50 would have had me the grip for my camera. My friends there were trying to make me feel better by telling me that it would be a nice place to carry my camera. Little did they realize that my camera of choice is not a P&S. Corey told me not to feel guilty about it since I rarely spend money on that stuff. So, I guess I learned my lesson and will avoid parties like that in the future. Now, if I could only get the nightmare encounter with the parents last week I'd be all set.

I know what you mean Tiff, I always try to avoid those parties because they are not any fun, and you just get guilted into buying expensive stuff that you don't even want.

My weekend sucked, Friday was fun, we went to a stand-up comedy thing. But I had to get up at 5:30 on saturday, so I only got about five hours of sleep. And all of my friends went on a big group date that night, but I am a loser without a date so I was left out. I am just so sick of it, I feel like a huge loser when stuff like that happens, I know that my friends don't intend to hurt me, but they really do sometimes. And today we are not hanging out because everyone else has stuff to do, I am tired of being the loser with nothing to do and no one to do it with.

So yesterday I spent the day by myself, I wrote a letter to my friends who has been gone on a mission for almost two years, but he comes home in about 1.5 months. It will be fun to see him again. And I bought and watched the movie Hitch.

Bootsie wrote in post #5323444
I know what you mean Tiff, I always try to avoid those parties because they are not any fun, and you just get guilted into buying expensive stuff that you don't even want.

My weekend sucked, Friday was fun, we went to a stand-up comedy thing. But I had to get up at 5:30 on saturday, so I only got about five hours of sleep. And all of my friends went on a big group date that night, but I am a loser without a date so I was left out. I am just so sick of it, I feel like a huge loser when stuff like that happens, I know that my friends don't intend to hurt me, but they really do sometimes. And today we are not hanging out because everyone else has stuff to do, I am tired of being the loser with nothing to do and no one to do it with.

So yesterday I spent the day by myself, I wrote a letter to my friends who has been gone on a mission for almost two years, but he comes home in about 1.5 months. It will be fun to see him again. And I bought and watched the movie Hitch.

That sucks, but I know kind of what you mean (my small circle of friends never have group get-togethers with their gf's). Most of the time they try their hardest to simply get ALONE TIME.

Now my computer seems to be crapping out in me. I just need it to last a couple more months until I switch to a mac. I am sure it will be fine, it us just being very temperamental tonight. I have had to restart it likenten times because I'd keeps freezing. Ugh! Sometimes I hate computers, btw I am writing this in my iPhone because I am sick of dealing with the stupid thing.

Good morning everyone! Happy Monday.

Hope your feeling better Tiff - I'm excited to hear what you're having too. Maybe you'll have twins! (Wouldn't that be exciting?) Have you ever seen John & Kate plus 8? As for that purse party, how about a Canon party? Now that would be sweet. Expensive, but fun. Great excuse to buy a new lens - I'd just have to tell my wife that I felt obligated to buy something because it would be rude if I didn't.

Sorry to hear about the crappy weekend Brooke. I'm sure you've heard this before (and it drives you crazy) but be patient - the right guy is just around the corner. Hey, I have an idea - is Jeff single? He only lives one state over and you guys could share camera gear. It's a match made in heaven.

Good morning thread people.

WOW, Sorry everyone seems to have had a crappy weekend! I hope this week turns all that around!

I had a great weekend, ref'ing the lego competition. it was lots of fun. I was really tired by last night. sat. afternoon got to hang out with friends. that was fun too!

ajbalazic wrote in post #5325463
Sorry to hear about the crappy weekend Brooke. I'm sure you've heard this before (and it drives you crazy) but be patient - the right guy is just around the corner. Hey, I have an idea - is Jeff single? He only lives one state over and you guys could share camera gear. It's a match made in heaven.

LOL! way to go. get Brooke hooked up with a POTN'er

PiRho wrote in post #5325490
Good morning thread people.

WOW, Sorry everyone seems to have had a crappy weekend! I hope this week turns all that around!

I had a great weekend, ref'ing the lego competition. it was lots of fun. I was really tired by last night. sat. afternoon got to hang out with friends. that was fun too!

Morning Z. What kind of a Lego competition? What age group? I've seen competitions on TV and they are very impressive. Any snapshots?

I have to say, my weekend was good. We put an offer in on a house, got a counteroffer which we accepted. It's a real beauty - kind of our dream home. We've been in our first home since we got married in 2000 and managed to take a decent chunk out of the mortgage (my dad says not enough). Now we'll be paying for this one for at least 20 more years. My stomach is in knots because our house is going up for sale today and closing day on the other one is June 16th which isn't a lot of time. We're meeting with the bank this afternoon to talk about bridge financing in case we have to carry both mortgages for a while. I don't know anything about bridge financing and frankly I'm really nervous. I'm worried about our asking price (too high, too low), the costs of the new house (higher taxes, utilities), where my boys will go to school. I'm going to give myself an ulser

Good morning! Alan, thanks for the wishing for twins but an earlier ultrasound has already confirmed that I only have one bun in the oven.

Brooke, sorry your weekend sucked as well. If it makes you feel better, I rarely do anything with friends either. And, my purse is growing on me. It'll be perfect to double as a diaper bag when the little one arrives so that's cool. It's definitely better than the candle party I went to in November. It was just after my friend, Carly, had me do her daughter's pictures and spent $300+ so I felt obligated to buy more than the bare minumum. $45 worth of candles later I still felt like I hadn't spent enough and I really wasted that money since I rarely burn candles.

I'm just gearing up for Prom week. I am avoiding the actual event Saturday but I am stuck returning here from 6-9pm tomorrow to supervise decorating. And, I get to deal with all the drama. At least my US saves me from rehearsal and all the bítching about who is walking with who. I just feel bad for the couple of girls who have been pretty much orchestrating everything. They are totally screwed out of any chance of being voted prom queen. Although, I have to laugh as I pretty much picked the grand march music. They were all fighting and angry because all the songs suggested were country. So, I went to my room, got my Metallica CD and hooked them up. They all voted to do the grand march to "Nothing Else Matters." (coincidentally, this is the same song I walked down the aisle to. Well, I used the instrumental version. )

Off to accomplish something. Yuck.

Bootsie wrote in post #5324228
Now my computer seems to be crapping out in me. I just need it to last a couple more months until I switch to a mac. I am sure it will be fine, it us just being very temperamental tonight. I have had to restart it likenten times because I'd keeps freezing. Ugh! Sometimes I hate computers, btw I am writing this in my iPhone because I am sick of dealing with the stupid thing.

Clicky

ajbalazic wrote in post #5325594
Morning Z. What kind of a Lego competition? What age group? I've seen competitions on TV and they are very impressive. Any snapshots?

I have to say, my weekend was good. We put an offer in on a house, got a counteroffer which we accepted. It's a real beauty - kind of our dream home. We've been in our first home since we got married in 2000 and managed to take a decent chunk out of the mortgage (my dad says not enough). Now we'll be paying for this one for at least 20 more years. My stomach is in knots because our house is going up for sale today and closing day on the other one is June 16th which isn't a lot of time. We're meeting with the bank this afternoon to talk about bridge financing in case we have to carry both mortgages for a while. I don't know anything about bridge financing and frankly I'm really nervous. I'm worried about our asking price (too high, too low), the costs of the new house (higher taxes, utilities), where my boys will go to school. I'm going to give myself an ulser

Wow, congrats on getting the new house. I hope everything goes well with selling your current one

sevillafox wrote in post #5325609
Good morning! Alan, thanks for the wishing for twins but an earlier ultrasound has already confirmed that I only have one bun in the oven.

Brooke, sorry your weekend sucked as well. If it makes you feel better, I rarely do anything with friends either. And, my purse is growing on me. It'll be perfect to double as a diaper bag when the little one arrives so that's cool. It's definitely better than the candle party I went to in November. It was just after my friend, Carly, had me do her daughter's pictures and spent $300+ so I felt obligated to buy more than the bare minumum. $45 worth of candles later I still felt like I hadn't spent enough and I really wasted that money since I rarely burn candles.

I'm just gearing up for Prom week. I am avoiding the actual event Saturday but I am stuck returning here from 6-9pm tomorrow to supervise decorating. And, I get to deal with all the drama. At least my US saves me from rehearsal and all the bítching about who is walking with who. I just feel bad for the couple of girls who have been pretty much orchestrating everything. They are totally screwed out of any chance of being voted prom queen. Although, I have to laugh as I pretty much picked the grand march music. They were all fighting and angry because all the songs suggested were country. So, I went to my room, got my Metallica CD and hooked them up. They all voted to do the grand march to "Nothing Else Matters." (coincidentally, this is the same song I walked down the aisle to. Well, I used the instrumental version. )

Off to accomplish something. Yuck.

Have fun with the supervising. It's funny how people can argue and disagree but when one adult suggests something they normally just go "OK"

Good morning everyone! Time to play some catch up I see. Doesnt look like too much though.

Natalie and I spent the weekend in Cheyenne. Saturday was a fairly laid back day. But yesterday I helped my folks cut down a hugeeeeee cottonwood in their backyard. We probably cut 65% of it down. We were really busy.

We did go to some open houses on Saturday and we now have our eye on another one which I will be making some phone calls on today. It's an older house, made in the 60s or 70s but has been COMPLETELY flipped recently. Brand new roof, siding, upstairs and downstairs. It is a gorgeous house. The only thing that it needs is a fence around the back. They must have torn it out and havent replaced it yet, or they arent planning on it lol.

So that was our weekend.

ajbalazic wrote in post #5325594
Morning Z. What kind of a Lego competition? What age group? I've seen competitions on TV and they are very impressive. Any snapshots?

I have to say, my weekend was good. We put an offer in on a house, got a counteroffer which we accepted. It's a real beauty - kind of our dream home. We've been in our first home since we got married in 2000 and managed to take a decent chunk out of the mortgage (my dad says not enough). Now we'll be paying for this one for at least 20 more years. My stomach is in knots because our house is going up for sale today and closing day on the other one is June 16th which isn't a lot of time. We're meeting with the bank this afternoon to talk about bridge financing in case we have to carry both mortgages for a while. I don't know anything about bridge financing and frankly I'm really nervous. I'm worried about our asking price (too high, too low), the costs of the new house (higher taxes, utilities), where my boys will go to school. I'm going to give myself an ulser

Try not to get that ulcer! and congrats on the house! that is exciting! I am looking forward to getting a house. my wife and I are currently renting and saving up for a down payment.

Youtube is blocked from work here. so I am blindly picking from the text names of youtube videos, but... I think that this <clicky> is a vid from some other tams competition. if you search on youtube for FLL + Competition + 2008(for this years one) then you should get an Idea of what was going on. I do have some snaps, but they are still on the camera, I'm planning on DL'ing them tonight after I go take a look at the camera store so I can hold a 70-200 2.8 (next on my list currently)

Oh yay, my Xbox 360 finally blew up ( the august 2005 Version) and i ended up buying another one for 250$