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Good Eve, Vi's... We're home... a quick 2.5 hr drive w/the kiddos... ds plugged in his iPod and we literally sang our whole way home... fun! Ironically, I spent Good Friday w/my Jewish in-laws eating lox & bagels and potato knishes... mmmmm... and shopping... I bought myself a new crockpot... I'll have to try Terry's pepperonici beef soon! G'night all... sleep tight...

Yo from New Joisey! We're here... I'm on my FIL's left-handed computer... weird! It's only a 2 1/2 hr drive from here to there... or there to here... depending on which way you're going, lol! So not bad. The kids & I enjoy the time chatting, singing, etc. Have done nothing since arriving -- LOVE THAT! This is just about the only spot on earth where I have that feeling... I am not responsible for ANYthing... I can do NOTHing w/out feeling guilty... I sit & read my MIL's million mags & nap & nosh... quite lovely! You'd think I'd come up here more often, huh? LOL! But our schedules are so busy that it's hard to fit it in... She loved her iPod & ds has it all set up for her now... good kid! I've pb'd lunch AND dinner today... weird. I haven't done that in MONTHS. Maybe my fill has finally kicked in?? I doubt it... probably just eating too much too fast... it was steak tonight... Am going to get into my pj's & sip some tea... g'night Vi's!

Good morn, We're off to see the wizard... oh wait, wrong song... we're off to see the in-laws! lol!! But we are... heading out to NJ... will check in as able... but we'll be back tomorrow eve, so no worries... enjoy your days!!

Ok, since no one else is posting anything tonight... here's another...

How the Easter Bunny gets his eggs!

Happy Eastertime -- this one cracks me up every year:

I'd keep it bland, TracyK... van pro shakes, little bits of banana, lots of h20... no citrus or coffee or tomato-based anything... give it a day or so to calm down...

Good Morn, Today starts Spring Break for the kids. Today we'll be cleaning/decorating/errands... tomorrow - Fri we're going to NJ to visit dh's folks... then we'll be home late Fri eve. TOM is kicking my a$$ this month! owie. TracyK... please tell me that the $1 goes to a good cause... not the teacher's happy hour fund! Judy... Gorgeous pics!! Hang in there Janie... sooner or later everyone will get sick of their crazy hair & swamp you! Kat... glad all is going well w/your new gig! Pam... yeah, I think I went to that college, too!! Oh, and now that I'm booked to visit you, we keep hearing "Palm Springs" all over the place on TV... last night on the Mentalist an actress went to a spa there & my ds was all "isn't that where you're going?" and I just smiled a cat-that-ate-the-canary smile! WHY YES IT IS!! Terri... how sweet of your aunt... whatever the amount... ENJOY it! How's it going, Laura? :smile: All operators are standing by to spread any news you may have! Make it a good day!

Suzie!!... Thank you for the shirt! It arrived yesterday. We'll don them & think of you!

Good Morning... Early start today, then a load of errands... oil change, Easter, kids' stuff... Enjoy whatever it is that you're doing today!

Hey Vi's... Grey sprinkling day here & I'm very low-key... nothing scheduled for today! :w00t: I can't believe it and so am just trying to enjoy it and take it easy and not do a million things that I should be doing... they'll be there, right?? JUDY!! Welcome back! Sounds like a dream trip -- *all* of it! :eek: Time to switch the laundry around... I know, how exciting!!

Good Morning, Girlies~~ I posted last night *exactly* at the moment they brought down the site for maintenance! LOL! I wrote... Yay! Haydee and I are road tripping it to Cali in May! We're going to represent the Vi's @ Dr. Jazzy Bradford's big shindig!! We jet in on Fri., May 29, play & party @ Cyd's house, recoup, then zip home on Monday. We get to sleep in Pammy's big closet! & meet Susanne! & Klausie! & all their friends!! Can you tell I am excited?! TODAY... is my 22nd wedding anniversary! :scared2: How is THAT possible? 22 years! Oh my. We've got lots of kid stuff to do, naturally... but we'll go to dinner tonight. & I made & cut out 22 hearts & put them all over the house for him to find... on the tv remote, coffee machine, light switch, etc... + gave him a 56 oz bag of pnut m&ms... he bought himself a new Fuji roadbike yesterday (his old one had a crack in the frame). He gave me premium m&ms, SB choc covered coffee beans, & a SB card! He knows me! It's finally a sunny day here today!! Enjoy the weekend!!

Good Morn, Vi's~~ Ugh. Had PTA meeting last night and the "transition period" for me from 10 years of heavy-duty PTA'ing, investing my heart & soul into it, is beginning... & it turns out that I don't like it! Surprise! Up 'til now I've been so cavalier about it, but now the "up & comers" are starting to take over & plot & plan (& naturally so, I understand mentally) -- & pick apart things I've spent a decade creating & building up & they just stand there @ the end of the meeting whispering and every so often I could here "...Michelle...Michelle..." and I call over, "I can hear you, you know!" lols all around but I was a bit put out! You think they'd USE my knowledge and actually ask me to find out why we do things certain ways -- there's usually a reason, it's not random! Ugh. I was ok on a higher-level, "what do I care" in general kind of way until this a.m. when I heard they were ripping the newsletter, which is my baby! -- that hurt. Sigh. I guess this is just how it is & was & will be in the cycle of such organizations... It's just hitting me harder than I thought it would... I really thought I was thrilled to be done with it! So I'm pensive. On that note... it's work, work, work today!! I have to submit 20 chapters to my editor. Make it a good one!

TracyKS -- I see you lurking down there... come out come out wherever you are!!

EXACTLY -- that's what I said earlier! It's like she had on her agenda to talk about sleep deprivation (which trust me, I do NOT have) and no matter what I'd said leading in to that, it didn't matter, she had her talking points! It's like when the Prez is asked a question -- he never answers it directly, just repeats his talking points. He did it this afternoon in his press conf from England -- SOOOO frustrating!! Like I said, live & learn & have some new experiences along the way! It's all good! Pammy -- Take mega meds & go rock out w/Melissa!!! I LOVE her!

Haydee -- Have you purchased you-know-what today???

Here's the link to the vid online: Today Show Video Player

Laura... that must be their evil plan... "invite" regular folk to be on the show & then they get all their friends to watch it so their ratings stay up! LOL!! I've already gotten a call from an old friend who I haven't seen/heard from in about 2 years (pre-band!) who saw me... she said she heard my voice & knew it was me! lol! So that's one good thing... reconnecting.

Ok... Well THAT wasn't what I thought it'd be like!! Disclaimer: I am not a big fuzzy blur -- really! Here's how it went: They called me on skype around 8:30am. I'm all dolled up and wearing my precious Vi necklace that Terri made me (I'm not sure you can tell that in the video). We test sound, etc. Then they tell me that on skype, you see the person's mouth moving before you hear the words (or vice versa, I don't remember), so I should keep my question as short as possible. Uh, hello? You had me memorize a 4-sentence blurb and that's what I'm prepared to do! Yikes. So I sit there for 1/2 an hour and then they come back & say it'll be a little after 9am and that I should just nod & smile whenever I'm not speaking. Now, I have to turn off my monitor so the glare doesn't reflect in my glasses, and also so I'm not tempted to look down at the screen -- I have to look only in the camera. So the segment starts and they read an e-mail question from some other gal (& I'm sitting here wishing I'd gotten that option!) and it's basically MY question! WTF? So the doc talks & then they intro me, I say my blurb, & the doc answers a totally different question -- she doesn't ever actually answer my question -- she goes on about "I bet she's sleep deprived, and sleep is important, blah dee blah..." -- I specifically told them earlier in the week that that wasn't an issue at all for me!! -- but I sit & smile & nod, the end. So I bolt to my dvr & rewind & watch it and -- ACK!! I'm a giant blurry woman!! It's horrible!! Really, if you haven't seen it, don't bother!! The Mickey's are clearer than I am! Maybe I should've sat up on the top of the filing cabinet!! Well, another interesting brush w/the media (remind me to tell you about the USA Today panel I was on for years... talk about mis-quoting someone!). Back to reality... at least I'm crisp & clean in the "real world"!

Good Morning, Today Show Viewers!!~~ Laura, Yep, it's "Today" @ 7am... it goes 'til 11am, but I'll be on around 8:50am or so... I've memorized my question (I hope!)!! I don't think of this as airing my dirty laundry (altho my MIL does & she's all "now all my friends will know that my DIL is losing her mind!" ugh) but more as asking a question that thousands of us busy gals wonder from time-to-time... how much fogetfulness is "normal" & how do you know when it's more than that? It'll be over in a blink... Just a "now for something completely different" moment in my humdrum life! "See" you all later! lol!! :wink:

Ok, I've got the office all "done" (you can't walk through it, but it looks good behind me... see if you can spot the "hidden Mickeys"!) and I'm memorizing my 5-sentence question because I have to look straight into the camera the whole time so I can't look up or down to read it. "Good Morning, Dr. Nancy..." Then I have to just smile & nod while she answers! Oh, and I have to have my monitor turned OFF so that the light from it doesn't reflect in my glasses and make me look like a creature from another planet... so I won't be able to see Ann Curry & Dr. Nancy at all! WISH ME LUCK!!! :smile2:

Hmmm, the WDW ad isn't there now... maybe it was just for me! tee hee! My b'fast was a vanilla chai protein shake... mmm. Laura, it's getting closer... how exciting!! Work, work, work...

oooooh! Look what the advertisement is at the end of the posts!! FREE Disney Dining!! I heard about this on Monday!! Yippee!! I'm hoping we can take advantage of that for our Sept. trip!! See, now I HAVE to go... FREE FOOD! :thumbdown:

Happy March 32nd, girlies!~~ Ha ha -- April Fool's! :thumbdown: I know, I am so silly. Work, work, work today. That, and getting my "background" looking good for tomorrow morning. I don't want my junky office on national tv!! :seeya: Even if it is for just a minute! Make it a good one, dearies!