DAMMIT! Never meant to make you (or anyone here) sad! Ex-boyfriends - boo! I am thinking hard about NOT introducing it into her wedding to save it for mine. Its nice to have someone to commisurate (SP?) with!

Thanks!

I see you, Pita! Talk to me, if you please!

Damn, you ran off!

Well, I hoped for conversation here tonight. Take care, all!

I know they're lame, but for my wedding I always wanted "In Your Eyes" by Peter Gabriel and "The One" by Elton John. Our rent-a-reverend only brought tame gospel and she was formidable. So, I didn't suggest it. Maybe at our 10 year party (which is next year). We're planning a big to-do at our Sportsman's Club. My sister's and I are going to create a feast which will be strictly buffet once it's done. Hell, maybe we'll even hire a band.

Smoked whole ham, italian creme cake, orange poppyseed cheesecake, chocolate chip cheese ball, stroganoff, cajun prawns w/ seasoned rice, corn still in husk slow grilled on the smoker. lasagna, ..... plus.
Dang, I'm spelling like KK tonight. Forgive me.

It's ok lol. My own fault for thinking about it before we were even engaged and just talking about marriage lol.

Do you have another song in mind in case you reserve it?

Aww,KK...I can tell that I do not have to tell you to cherish those times with your son.

In Your Eyes is beautiful! I also love his Book of Love. So pretty.

Someone needs to stop me from watching the new version of Hairspray for the 5th time this week lol. I've become obsessed with it

I haven't turned it on once for fair for the same thing.

I hate to admit it, but Zac Efron is growing on me due to this film. Never cared for him, but I can't stop watching him

Every one seems to be at Bravo's A List Awards tonite! I even saw Tabitha in the audience! Michael from PR, S3 is still wearing braces, and pls save us from the OC and NY Skanks of Bravo! Aaarrgggghhh! Ooohhh, hottie Jack from PR4 was in the audience too! Christian won an award for drama queen! lol!! Why in the H e l l was Daniel Franco selected as one of the designers to showcase and auction off a dress! It was horrible as usual!

Oh gawd wedding talk. I can't take it. I can, however, give whomever had asked, some NZ recipes for lighter fare. Just message me but I will warn you that recipes sent through this messaging system arrive seriously wonked! Just ask River.

Bear!!!!

Your story is soo touching.....and I know that lucky child gets plenty of *bear* hugs!

It is so nice, after trying to navigate the mine field on the other thread, to stop by here and find wonderful people like you who treasure the truly special things in life.

I know it's a little early...but Happy Fathers/Grandfathers Day!!!!

I went to my youngest grandson's kindergarten graduation yesterday. Class of 12 all in full cap and gown!!!! It was very cute...had the one little boy that had his cap either in his face or falling down the side, had the one little girl who may have been doing the *pee-pee* dance, but thankfully no one threw up or cried. They put on a little program that included a variation on the Addams Family theme.....12 five year old kids all trying to snap their fingers.....priceless!!! But I absolutely loved it when they went up to get the *diplomas*/certificates and couldn't accept them and shake hands at the same time!!!

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onionmark @ June 12, 2008 - 07:35 PM) The other day, I saw someone who should've known better write "should of." Since I have yet to see that error on this board, I can only assume that you've been hammering away. Allow me to express my deepest gratitude.

I have seen other examples of wrong word in the the wrong place, too numerous to mention here. If it's not a sign of the imminent apocalypse, it probably signifies the decline of our civilization. Well, not that by itself. I think it's a symptom of a deeper ill. (Forgive the biological analogy - a fatal flaw of Western Philosophy.)


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OK let's tawk grammar.

First off let me tell that I swoon when I read peeps who know the laws of gravity... I mean grammar I truly do..I could talk grammar all day..But I never really studied the rules..I was as you know stoned...I mean I remember a lot but the dangling was just too much at times for me.
I had bigger fish to fry and better pot to catch.
I never gave it much credence back then either as school was for nerds kinda' thing. I was just WAY to cool to conjugate anything. I love words.. I love to play with the words. They are my faithful companions and have been all my life..My friend in England..well he is a grammar whiz.. Like MoHub and the Professor and Maryanne..oh no not Maryanne wrong Professor.

I mean Jim/aka/Giacomo/aka/Secondtry.

He knows all this stuff like he knows his own name England does...His name happens to
be * Eye Dunno* but anywhoooo..I am so bad and this is gonna' have to be a two parter post but it's OT the free verse version so I'm within my legal rights. The reason I'm posting that is I want to get bJ hot.

AND who does not want hot bJ????
(Well Tele in that elevator )

Well none of it will fit so here's the gist.

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Don't remember which thread the "wonder twins" chatter was on, so I'm going to go to the OT thread!

I ran across the wonder twin knuckle thing about five years ago with our young people. They called it "props" as in, "proper respect" or "proper recognition" for another person.

So "props" to all my friends on the board....I'm off to track down an illusive chapter four!

Jazz

[quote name='Radyms13' date='June 13, 2008 - 01:16 PM' post='269392']
I went to my youngest grandson's kindergarten graduation yesterday. Class of 12 all in full cap and gown!!!! It was very cute...had the one little boy that had his cap either in his face or falling down the side, had the one little girl who may have been doing the *pee-pee* dance, but thankfully no one threw up or cried. They put on a little program that included a variation on the Addams Family theme.....12 five year old kids all trying to snap their fingers.....priceless!!! But I absolutely loved it when they went up to get the *diplomas*/certificates and couldn't accept them and shake hands at the same time!!!
Don't you know it!
"props" (see previous post LOL) to your little one!

And speaking of little ones.....oh lordie our little ones are wonderful! We had a booth at a Sunset Market yesterday to pass out fliers for my teen's charter high school. We didn't get as many fliers passed out as we'd hoped. THere was a really good honkie tonk group performing right across from us! (Kind of hard to talk over, but lots of fun!) They had three singers who played guitars and string bass....with lots and lots of percussion stuff for the audience to pull out of the grab bag! Needless to say all the kids (and some of us so-called adults!) just had a ball! One kid reminded me of Hung LOL.....he kept grabbing different intruments and then just moved to his own frenzied beat then grabbed something else! It was a blast.
Ah well....back to chapter four.....have fun all!
Jazz

OK so back to the grammering and the hammering.
Whislt I could tawk grammar all day
( and have with England in
the past.... he has the patience of a saint)
I just hope we don't make peeps feel as if they aren't intelligent because maybe they don't know the rules of grammar or even how to speak correctly.

MoHub this isn't meant for you.
We know of your criteria.

But you did forget a rule.
Get Kristy as often as I can!

YES it drives me nuts also at times. Myself included..I really do know how to speak correctly..Writing and following the rules is another matter..And I admire it so.
SO very much.

BUT my husband grew up on a farm in Ill.
And he didn't speak with perfect grammar.
And he was smart..Very..BUT he used to say something that would send shivers down my
spine literally.

He would say

Them are mine


And he could not stop it as it was his vernacular since the he was little I guess. Well no he did stop after years of me saying don't say that PLEASE!!!!!!

He had a few others..can't remember.
And when we fought which was a lot I'd use my power of words to slay him as I had no other defense...And when he got sick with cancer he told me that I always made him feel dumb.

Oy tawk about guilt.

So see some of the smartest peeps I have truly
ever known... were dishwashers I met in Key West or peeps along the way in life who through no fault of their own or sometimes it was their fault...who didn't speak grammaticality correct.
As a matter... of fact one of the wisest men I ever met couldn't even speak English.lol .Long story..So I just wanted to get youse guys take on this..How do we see the lack of punctuation or misplaced ...apostrophes

(do I apostrophe the apostrophes )

GUILTY as charged... I have typlexia and a severe case of the rare and infectious disease misplacedapostrophitis

or lack of proper grammar in general???

Do we still know that peeps can be really smart and not possess the ability to write or speak correctly??? How important is it to you and in life do you think????

I know I cringe when I hear the bad grammar.
I just do...My smart dishwasher friends never knew it .....but I would cringe.

I always say this as my friend and
I are poetry anarchists :

Someone had to make the rules up in the first place?????
Mere mortals...Maybe they were wrong????

OK confession over.

Don't you know it!
"props" (see previous post LOL) to your little one!

And speaking of little ones.....oh lordie our little ones are wonderful! We had a booth at a Sunset Market yesterday to pass out fliers for my teen's charter high school. We didn't get as many fliers passed out as we'd hoped. THere was a really good honkie tonk group performing right across from us! (Kind of hard to talk over, but lots of fun!) They had three singers who played guitars and string bass....with lots and lots of percussion stuff for the audience to pull out of the grab bag! Needless to say all the kids (and some of us so-called adults!) just had a ball! One kid reminded me of Hung LOL.....he kept grabbing different intruments and then just moved to his own frenzied beat then grabbed something else! It was a blast.
Ah well....back to chapter four.....have fun all!
Jazz
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Props!!! Sounds like you had a great day....how could a day be bad if it includes music and fun???

I admire you----Chapter Four! At least I can say *I knew you when*!!!

Pee pee dance
awwwww
Congrats Radys!!!

I love my grankidlets and I don't even have
any yet....I can't wait.
BUT do NOT ever call me Grandma.
I'm...... hey lady to you kidlet!!!

Grandma is good! My wonderful southern stepmother insisted on be called by the royal *Grandmother* which everyone did cheerfully and with much respect. My mom was Nana--not too happy about that cause her given name was Nancy-but you have never seen anyone as proud as my mom as when she was called Nana. My son's children have a Meemo and Maamaw so I am Gramma Rady. I'm not crazy about Granny but no one has called me that yet. When my youngest grandson was really little he called me GeeeGaaa!

Wear whatever the name is proudly!!!

My Granny HATED the name Granny - except when her grandchildren called her by that name. Then, her face lit up and you would have thought we called her the most gifted woman on Earth.

Interestingly, both my grandmothers were hot to have their children and grandchildren be real Americans, so neither was happy with the traditional Yiddish Bubbe or Bubbie. We called them both Grandma with the appropriate first name appended.

I thought this was pretty cool.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAEpU--Kin0...food_and_drink/



This article explains the billboard.

http://www.chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/news.pl?id=26594

You don't know how sorry I am that I missed this moment.
I will make it up to you.

Denny is such a wonderful, young man, thanks in no small part to how you and Drew raise him. What a "thank you" just before Fathers' Day.
Denny's actions restores my faith in young people today and reinforces how I wish (and try) to raise my own children.

That kind of loving and thoughtful gesture just doesn't always happen. There are good kids and then there are GOOD kids. I hope mine turn out half as GOOD as Denny.

Happy Fathers' Day Tom and Drew and to all the loving, caring, "mean" fathers that take the time to care, no matter how unfair and awful you may seem at times.

Here I am, all tipsy and you're no where to be found. Oh that's right, other people have a more exciting life than I do. (((Mominator)))

Michael Buble' is one of the most fascinating and lvoely voices. Fascinating, because, he resonates an under appreciated ( in this day and age with the young crowd), long gone style (ala Sinatra, Como, Martin, think 50's ballad singers) and wonderful because he has such a clear and powerful voice that is a joy to listen to.

I appreciate the "number".

There is not a thing wrong with "In Your Eyes", ever. "The One", you might have to hum me a few bars, I do stink at song titles.

You are going to have the time of your life at your renewal celebration! I'm going to need a menu work-up (yes, it's all about the food ), plus the music and a detailed post of all the lovey-dovey stuff.


Do I look like I'm kidding?

Speaking of wedding talk, I'm still waiting for the details involving your wedding feast(s). I mean really, it lasted several days. You didn't manage on water alone.

Look, Food Lubbers really want to know. Besides, the descriptions of your dresses were so luxurious and gorgeous, I can only imagine what the entire celebration was like.

OMG, that is just toooo cute! I lubs little uncoordinated kidlets.

Around these parts, we call it a "pound". High five, low five, "pound". Apparently, it's the young kids' new "jive".

Pita!!!

I'm going to bed but AI says hi and we
love you!!!

Here's a song for you magical lady.

You HAVE to watch this video.
Look how Willie Nelson looks at Ray Charles
it will give you chills...Leon Russell too.

Sigh!

Goodnight ....I am sooo tired!
Don't wear your self out..lol


A song for you!

Niiiiice Laaaaaadeeeee! *in my best Jerry Lewis impression

LOL

I can't stop watching this video
and I'm sooo tired but it's just one of
the best moments I've ever seen.
Willie is crying........awwww.
I'm in love.

I think Ray might have been sick.
Not sure.

Good night and don't hurt nuthin'..lol

My Mom is Nana to my kids. Her mom was Tootsie to me and my younger brother.

When I was just a little, itty, bitty Pita, she used to call me her "little Tootsie roll" (like the candy, not because I was chubby! I didn't turn into a "roll" until much later ). When I first started to speak, I called her "Tootsie" and it stuck. Years and years later, anytime she was around children, she'd tell them to call her "Tootsie".

When she died, many young adults came up to us at the viewing/funeral to recount how "Tootsie" was such a loving person in their lives.

They never did call her by her married name. She wouldn't have wanted them to.

I know it is late, and nobody seems to be home, but I have something to celebrate so will share it anyway...
Today I graduated PT, with flying colors! The changes it has made in the months I have been doing it are really amazing (my PT was beside herself, has never seen such drastic change with such extensive damage before!)- life changing, for me. The first glimpse of a somewhat "normal" life in over 7 years!
Something I had not thought possible...
It feels so good to feel good again!

I do loves me some Willie and Ray! Great choice! Thank you!

Did I mention I missed Tele's Friday night show tonight?


Don't even get me started on the FUNK I am in. Stupid psuedo-customers who don't know how to write down an appointment much less put it in their Palm or Blackberry or Blueberry or Strawberry or whatever the chit is supposed to keep their days/nights/times straight.
Even after a confirmation call this morning! Fekkers.

Anyway, I missed Tele's radio program and I was peesy, but just this song and bJason's Michael Buble's suggestion was enough to not make me want to turn into a complete child eating, small, fluffy animal kicking ogre. Hansel and Gretel are safe for now.

WOOT! Congratulations!!!!!

I am so happy you have been shown a way to relief!

Keep on keeping on Girlie!

Congrats to you!!!

Oh, Pita!
I thought all were in slumberland! But I could not contain my news, even had to share it with an "empty" board... So glad you were here to read it! Thanks! I can not believe the difference - I can even breathe better (how sad is it that I was in so much pain I had curled inward so much that I could not breathe?!!!)! But I can do so much now, and none of it hurts! LIfe is good! And you had better believe that I will not let up on things, I am going to keep on working and adding to the PT so that I can get stronger and never go back to the way things were (the damage is such that if I do not keep working, things will go back to how they were - motivation enough I assure you!)! Thanks so much for your sweet support! You Rock!

Thanks!
As a fellow teacher you can immagine that it was getting to the point that my job was in serious jeapordy (sp?) - this changes that and I am so thankful! I LOVE working with my kids and would have been heartbroken to have had to give it up!

You ROCK, my friend!

I'm going to shuffle off to bed now! Make sure everyone stays good and safe for me ....

I am very glad I was here. I think 2 Poopsied dropped by, too.

NOt the same thing, but I have a rather craptacular back. 10 years ago, I could barely stand up straight. I was sent to PT. I didn't do much at the time, but I learned a thing or two. I ended up needing surgery to repair my back and went back to PT to help heal and make my back stronger. I learned some more.

Here it is 10 years later, scarred up and degenerated, but I went on to carry 2 children to term, lift them, hug them, carry in their groceries, lug their laundry and chase the errant soccer/baseball.

I couldn't use my left leg 10 years ago.

Without the lessons and exercises learned in PT, I wouldn't be able to be the pita I am today.

You don't know how happy I am to hear another success story. RAWK on with your bad self!

I can't make any promises.....

Well, if you can't be good, then stay safe. I don't want any phone calls from the emergency room tonight. OK?

OH, that I can do. No worries. Sleep well.

KK,

The poindexter pic reminded to let you you know that I got a reprieve from being the subject of a similar pic. In a second conference with the orthopaedic doctor I was told to hold off on the surgery for a awhile and was given steroid injections under the kneecap(that really hurt). He explained to me that he didn't think I was crippled enough to get surgery (the knee resurfacing that we had discussed in my 1st visit and that I thought was scheduled for). By "crippled enough" the doctor meant those who come into his office in wheelchairs. Nevertheless I still move very slowly. In 3 weeks I go back and get a steroid shot in my other knee(the one that will someday get surgery). I think I am putting off the inevitable.

I hope in the upcoming reunion that they didn't ply the chefs with liquor like they did in TC1. Some of the TC4 chefs, like Dale, can't hold their liquor and become belligerent.

Hi everyone!

I hope you won't mind me joining you here. I've watched both Project Runway and Top Chef since their first seasons, but I kind of lost steam on Top Chef after its first. I don't know why, but Project Runway has just seemed more consistent. I was really thrilled over Stephanie's win, though, so congrats to her!

I joined last year, but I was a little too shy to post. I think there was so much camaraderie, I felt maybe I wouldn't fit in. I'm giving it a shot now, though!

I hope to see you all when the new season of Project Runway starts!

My sister is an ordained minister in a mainstream Protestant denomination and amicably once divorced. One of her grandsons has the dubious distinction of having four "grandmothers" which he found confusing as a toddler. To keep them all straight he dubbed my sister, "Reverend Grandma," a habit he has retained as he grows up.

Whenever he addresses her by her honorary title in front of first timers one can see the shock and surprise register on their faces.

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