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Ok girlies... it's after 9pm here and I JUST finished my editing job (phew!) and now have to go pack & get to bed because I have to wake up at 2:30am :smile: to be ready to leave for the airport by 3:30am :smile: to make it to the plane on time!! We'll check in from Pammy's and will post pictures, etc... Haydee & I will represent the Violets well as we celebrate Dr. Jazzy's accomplishments!!

Check out my horoscope for today: A tough choice you recently made in a work or school dilemma is finally paying off, and you will be given a chance soon to enjoy an extended stay in luxurious surroundings. Don't forget to bring along a gift for your hosts. Eerily accurate, wouldn't you say?

Actually, for me, this would be "I'm amazing and ate ONLY 3!" See, it's all in the spin!! Spin it, Pammie, spin it! :thumbup:

Oh yeah, there's THAT, too!

It all sounds DIVINE, m'dear!! THANK YOU!!! :thumbup:

I just printed my boarding passes!!! :thumbup: Haydee, are you checking your bag? I think I have to... there's no way I'm fitting all my options of outfits into a carry on (I'll be ready for ANYTHING (uh, except workouts!))... plus you know I love to just breeze onto the plane w/my purse, a magazine, & a latte & be on my way...

Shake it off, Haydee, and get your mind onto a better place... like Cali!! No blechy men talk, ok... this is OUR weekend & I don't want to waste it bitchin' & moanin' about men!! However, this is alarming: "I haven't been to the gym since Sat...and not sure if I'll make it. We have our trainer on Sat...He is gonna kick our butts!" Uh, Pam?... When you say "we"... you don't mean ME we... right?? You mean YOU & S we... yes?? Cuz' when I've been fantasizing about this weekend... that hasn't been in the picture!... And I'm not sure workout clothes will fit in my luggage... yeah, that's it... no room... gosh darn it... guess I'll have to sleep in or hang by the pool or play some slots while waiting for you... :thumbup: Seriously... you're not gonna make me work out, are you?

Hang in there Laura. You'll get it figured out, promise!! Ain't motherhood grand? This time tomorrow I'll be up in the sky, winging my way to Dallas... quick swoop in to pick up Haydee... and then we'll be zooming to PS together!!! Excited doesn't begin to describe it!! Long day today, however... I've gotta PAY to PLAY!!

Oh, so chilly then... :thumbup: ...I'd better pack a sweater!

Laura, a very kind & generous thing to do w/the formula if you don't use it is to donate it to a food bank because I know that's an issue w/a lot of folks who are down & out w/the economy... wasn't it a couple months ago there was a story about a mom in Fla who nearly accidently killed her baby because she was watering down the formula for $ reasons & didn't know any better? So sad. Just a thought. Older male... hmmmmm...

Quick fly-by... Got my Cali mani, pedi, 'brow wax this a.m.... am trying very hard not to chip the mani... this is why I never get them, they last all of about 10 mins w/me & my busy hands... so we'll see! I still have SO much to do before Friday, so I feel overwhelmed, but then I remember that Friday is almost here, so I feel elated... I go back & forth!... I am wacky! Pam... what's the weather forecast? It's cold & wet here now, too... bleh. Let's guess who Terry's movie star in treatment is!! Movies AND TV?... hmmmmm... would help if we knew M or F... Lindsay Lohan's not back in, is she??? (I know, I am evil!!)

Hey girlies... SO so so busy but keeping my eye on the prize this Friday!!! Laura, forgive me if this has already been suggested or discussed (yeah, I admit to skimming just now!)... what about Soy formula? I used it w/DD because of gastro, etc., issues and it helped... just a thought... I went to the mall & shopped for ME today -- & was sorta successful. Mostly I just realized that I am still so FAT!! I can't dwell on that now... I told myself that when I get back from Cali. I need to actually START OVER as if this is my starting weight. So I've got that going for me -- ha ha! Off to DS's concert band concert... enjoy your eves!

Quick check in... DS's soccer team won the championship of this weekend's tournament in their division! The final game this a.m. ended 0-0 and went to penalty kicks -- and remember that DS is the goalie!! -- talk about pressure! It went back & forth for the full 5 kicks, ending tied... so on the 6th round DS stopped their kick (SO hard to do!) and then our guy made his kick, so they won! Talk about a nail biter! Since then it's been work & PTA stuff & house stuff... I'm cramming about a week's worth of errands/duties into the next 3 days... but it will be SOOOOOOOOOO worth it next weekend when I'm celebrating without a care in the world with my fav DOC & friends!!! :biggrin::tongue: To say I can't wait is an UNDERSTATEMENT!! Enjoy the rest of the day!

Yay, Dr. Jazzy! You did it!! Now, are you sure there isn't ANOTHER level of schooling you can master? :w00t: Yes, yes, please e-mail me the pics!! I've just GOT to see this honkin' cold sore!! :eek: I'm just a riot today, huh? Is that what I call it? Today will be pretty much the same as yesterday... soccer, work, etc... am starting to make a "to pack for Cali" pile of clothes, + getting my house/lists in order for the fam for while I'm gone... makes me more exciteder by the day!!! :wink2: Enjoy the day, everyone!!

Good Eve, Dearies, Suzie, your day sounds divine! Floating, partying, floating! :wink2: The kids had soccer + horseback riding today... then I had to work (I need to get ahead of the game for next week)... & now I'm preparing a honkin' cookout... burgers, dogs, coleslaw, exploded potatoes, sauteed onions & mushrooms, bacon, cheese, corn on the cob... mmmmmmmmmmmm.... I'm done my part, now DH needs to get a-grillin'! We're going to eat outside on the patio... we hardly ever use it... but each year we vow that we will... & the kids love it... so maybe this year is THE year! Enjoy whatever it is you're doing!!

:party: :cake: Happy YOU Day, Janie! :rose: :thumbup: :mad:

Good Friday Morn, Vi's, Getting my "do" done today (so it has a week to lose that "just cut" look!) + am attending the volunteer luncheon @ the ES, then -- believe it or not! -- I'm helping to set up my LAST Book Fair @ the ES! Book Fair has always been my baby... I turned over the administration of it to a fantastic, way more organized than me lady (truly!) but I still help as much as possible... so this Fair will be a bit bittersweet. Then it's soccer tournament weekend, so you know where I'll be! Terry, my thoughts will be with you... peace be with you. Pam, my thoughts will be with YOU, too... enjoy your day! Everyone who's travelling, be safe & have fun! Anyone who's around... post a bit! :thumbup: Make it a great day and a nice holiday weekend, everyone.

TY for the good advice, Terry!

This is the inside of my head today: "Mad. Sad. Zen. :laugh: I'm going to Cali in 8 days!! :thumbup: Mad. Sad. Zen. :w00t: I'm going to Cali in 8 days!! :smile2: Mad. Sad. Zen. :mad2: ..." you get the picture. Phew! Love & purple powers to everyone dealing w/shit right now... yes, Judy's gone & I'm cursing! Ha!

Dam freakin' straight!

Hey girlies... AGH! Just got back from the BIG PTA meeting & damn if the principal (who I haven't seen since that huge meeting w/her where she was so mad at me back in April) didn't try to throw me under the bus & make all this confusion MY fault!! :smile: Well, she TRIED... but it absolutely didn't work because, well, NONE of it is my fault and the County & State back me up 100% PLUS the fact that this was not a "fault-finding" meeting but a "what do YOU (as in next year's folks) need to do to operate a "clean" election" meeting & making sure everyone was on the same page... I keep vacillating between being FURIOUS and thinking of my mantra, "WHAT THE HELL DO I CARE?" (about whatever they decide to do about next year when I will be GONE!). It's true... no good deed goes unpunished! 2 weeks. 2 weeks 'til the election, I tender my resignation effective 6/30 & then I am DONE!! See, that's the mad part. Then I think, "I'm so sad that my 10 years of good work & blood, sweat & tears had to end this way" and I get sad. Mad! Sad! Mad! Sad! THIS SUX!! Stupid ungrateful people. Mean people suck.

LOL! Maybe it's the one where it's two gangs of fatties fighting over the love of a big juicy burger!

Didn't Bree do that on "Desperate Housewives"? (dump her teenager on the side of the road.) I'm sure it's an option MANY would like to have! TracyK, I second what Judy & Terry said... just keep doing the right thing no matter what the scale says... in fact, you know you should put it away for awhile, right?? & just focus on how great you feel, mentally & physically. Today's the "big" PTA meeting going over the "rules" for the election. Another new person removed her name from consideration for a board position last night... cheeses me off, but what can I do? I am trying to stay in my "zen" place about it: "What the !@#$ do I care?" LOL! It works... SOMEtimes. Other than that (ha!), it's a regular day. Make it a great one, everyone!

Terry! It's 9pm here now -- get thee into some healing waters!!

Bwah ha ha!! :redface: I believe it is an olden-day term for simply "sitting in fancy water"... if they call it that, they can charge more? Olden-day folk would "take the waters" for health & cleansing. In his book Taking the Waters Alev Lytle Croutier writes, “Taking the waters was a means of unleashing creative urges for painters, writers and composers. The potent fountains became projections of health, beauty, and prosperity, but more than anything, sex.” The very word “spa” is the acronym from the Roman “Sanitas Per Aquas,” meaning health through water. That’s why, even today, many say you really can’t have a spa without water. However, “taking the waters,” in most modern American spas cannot depend on the near mystical quality of the water itself, as it does in Vichy or Baden-Baden. Most modern spa wet rooms use water straight from the tap. The challenge for the spa developer then becomes how to honor the unspoken promise of healing spa waters some other way.