Something About Nothing ... #12

[Lynne G]

ENOUGH!!!

 

[Charade67]

Good evening everyone. I realized today that I have never really properly introduced myself. I don’t really like sharing too much personal information on a public message board, so I will give an abbreviated version. I am “T” an almost 50 year old receptionist at a mental health counseling office. My husband is “C”. He is an almost 55 year old college professor. (He also has a December birthday.) Our daughter is “B”. She is a junior in high school and will be. 17 in a few days. My screen name, Charade, comes from my second favorite movie. (I love Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn.) I would have used my most favorite movie, but Singin’ in the Rain was a bit too long.

Lynne - I love my purple Mickey bag, but after 2 years it’s starting to look worn. Maybe I can find something at Universal to replace it with.

Keisha - I tried googling kool aid dye horror stories and didn’t see anything. I didn’t look very long, so I may have just overlooked it. B just wants to dye the ends of her hair. If there is a problem she can just cut it off She has plenty to spare.

Wagman - Good luck tomorrow. Hope your son is able to play. My husband has been wanting a bigger TV for years. I finally agreed that he can have one for Christmas.

Schumi - Cool, another trip. I am a bit envious. We are tied to the school year, so we never get to go to Orlando during the less crowded times.

Squirlz - I am not going to google your diagnosis. I’ll just send speedy get well wishes.



Tomorrow is going to be attempt 2 at getting the cat to the vet for a nail trim. I think his claws are starting to catch on the carpet. I also have a much needed haircut scheduled. I haven’t had my hair cut since December, so I am long overdue.

 

[Chuckers]

ENOUGH!!!

 

[schumigirl]

 

[schumigirl]

And a Happy Friday to everyone............

Charade......none of us on this thread put too much personal info on here.......I agree though some can elsewhere........I do get amazed by how much personal info goes into some people`s posts on other threads, whether it be health or finances, always surprises me......and personal info about their kids too!!!!

Yep looking forward to all the trips....

Squirlz........hope it clears up in time for your trip.......I wont google either.......




Been out this morning buying some more decorations for the new tree........once it`s up I`ll see what else it needs.........and it`s a beautiful sunny but cold day.........home for the day though........

DH and I having smoked salmon and salad for lunch.......dinner tonight is fish and chips for them and I`m making myself spicy pineapple, lemon and ginger chicken.......they don't like ginger.........lush!!!!

Have a great Friday............

 

[Lynne G]

Nothing like sparkles and lush food to be wide awake this morning. Kids have school, so adult play time. Not really, running errands and helping parental unit today. Brisk, with 30 mph winds. Temps will drop as the day ends. Brr, cool is here.

Well, nothing like a 9 am game 2 and 1/2 hours away. Love tournaments. Blanket and chair in car. Will put miles on my car next weekend.

Good luck to Wags’s DS and hope his team wins tonight.



With that tea for me. Finished brewing, I hope.

Enjoy your Friday homies.

 

[Lynne G]

Oh Charade, my little one would so like the curls in your DD’s hair. Her hair is so straight, it never likes to keep a curl. But as long. Good luck with the dying, as I have not even told little one about Kool Aid dye. At least it is supposed to wash out after awhile. And we will be enjoying stories of Junior Prom before we know it.

 

[PoohIsHome]

7 DAY HAPPY DANCE!!!!!!!!
Wowzers!! This time next week we'll be packing up the last minute essentials and getting ready to hit the road!

@schumigirl Yay for another Carole and Tom TR!! LOL! We'll all live vicariously through your travels this Spring.

@Squirlz I have no fear. Two of us in this house have IBS. I fear not.

@Charade67 I want your daughter's hair.

Happy Friday, homies!

 

[Metro West]

Happy Friday all! Enjoy the day.

 

[Chuckers]

Happy Friday!!! Weekend is HERE!!

I have a 20th Anniversary Contra Dance this weekend.. a very big thing.. It's called The Harvest Ball... we all attend in our finest.. I get to break out the tuxedo! I get there in time for the dancing and desserts! I bring a Gooey Butter Cake and there is none left when it's over. It's my specialty. If you've never had one, think of a cheese danish in cake form. It's made with a POUND of powdered sugar... don't feed it to kids that can easily get hyperactive!

I'm also on call for work all next week.. wheee... I get to stay home, by the phone waiting for someone to call and say 'I forgot my password...'


Yay @PoohIsHome 7 days rocks!!!

 

[Chuckers]

8 bits of trivia about 8

1. There are actually 8 vegetables in V8 juice.
2. In the 2008 Games of the XXIX Olympiad, the official opening was on 08/08/08 at 8:08:08 p.m. local time in Bejing, China.
3. In chess, each side has 8 pawns and the board has 64 squares.. which is 8x8.
4. In September of 1965, Ford introduced the 8-track player as an option in 3 of it's cars - The Mustang, Thunderbird, and Lincoln.
5. "Eight Days a Week" was released in the United States in February, 1965 as a single. It was the Beatles 7th #1 hit on the Billboard Top 100.
6. In China, "8" is used in chat speak as a term for parting. This is due to the closeness in pronunciation of "8" (bā) and the English word "bye".
   
7. All spiders have 8 legs, but the Orb-weaving spider also has 8 eyes.
8. The Weather Channel has a segment called 'Local on the 8s', which gives local, regional weather forecasts every 10 minutes when the time ends with an 8. i.e. 12:08, 1:28, etc.

I am hoping for good weather in Orlando in 8 weeks because that's when I'll be on vacation at Universal Orlando!!!

 

[Charade67]

Success! B and I managed to wrangle the cat into his carrier this morning and got him to the vet for a nail trim. He was a perfect angel for them. I think we were there for only about 5 minutes.

Lynne - Her hair was really straight until she hit puberty. Mine was straight until she was born and then it started curling.

Pooh - The hair is great until the dance teacher decides to get really creative with the hairstyle for recital. I forget how long this took me to do. (And how many bobby pins it took.)

Chuckers - I just googled contra dance and get what looks like square dancing. I assume your dance is different?

I’m trying to be a little creative with my countdown. How many weeks until I leave?

 

[macraven]

With Veterans Day being Saturday, many places around here are celebrating it today
My card to son isn't going to reach him until Saturday

Hope he doesn't think he was forgotten

 

[Chuckers]

Chuckers - I just googled contra dance and get what looks like square dancing. I assume your dance is different?

Charade, contra dancing does a lot of the same calls as square dancing. It's different in the fact that there's usually about 8 calls and they're repeated for the whole dance. Most Contra dances are done in two lines with the couple facing each other. Every couple will move to dance with a new couple as the dance progresses, odd numbered couples going one way and even numbered couples going the other. When you get to the end of the line, you sit out one sequence and then start back in the line going the other way. Also, contra dancing tends to have a lot more 'spinning' than square dancing and I sometimes get dizzy doing it

Contra dances usually have live music, a small 3 piece band, whereas square dances are mainly recorded music.

I like to call contra dancing, square dancing for the granola crowd.

 

[schumigirl]

With Veterans Day being Saturday, many places around here are celebrating it today
My card to son isn't going to reach him until Saturday

Hope he doesn't think he was forgotten

He knows you wont have forgotten him.......


Almost dark here already......lamps are on now everywhere in the house........and I believe street lights will have been on for a while outside.........

Two hours till dinner........need a snack to tide me over..........

 

[Charade67]

I was trying to picture square dancing in a tuxedo.

I have horrible memories of square dancing in middle school gym class.

 

[Chuckers]

I was trying to picture square dancing in a tuxedo.

I have horrible memories of square dancing in middle school gym class.

I had those memories also.. until I saw my best friends square dancing at one of their graduation dances and saw just how much fun it actually is.. especially square dancing in gay square dance groups.. we yell back at the caller, we yell things to each other, there's special moves we have that the straight groups don't do.. Our music is usually much more current than traditional groups. Plus men and women don't have to dance the traditional boy/girl roles.

 

[Squirlz]

I had those memories also.. until I saw my best friends square dancing at one of their graduation dances and saw just how much fun it actually is.. especially square dancing in gay square dance groups.. we yell back at the caller, we yell things to each other, there's special moves we have that the straight groups don't do.. Our music is usually much more current than traditional groups. Plus men and women don't have to dance the traditional boy/girl roles.

Now that has to be an absolute hoot!

 

[Chuckers]

Now that has to be an absolute hoot!

Well, for instance, the caller will call 'everybody to the center with a cowboy yell' and we all respond with 'who the hell stole my horse?' If he says 'cowgirl yell', we respond with 'who the hell stole my truck?'

 

[Charade67]

I had those memories also.. until I saw my best friends square dancing at one of their graduation dances and saw just how much fun it actually is.. especially square dancing in gay square dance groups.. we yell back at the caller, we yell things to each other, there's special moves we have that the straight groups don't do.. Our music is usually much more current than traditional groups. Plus men and women don't have to dance the traditional boy/girl roles.

I guess square dance, or any other kind of dance, would be better when you are an adult and can chose your partner. In middle school I always got stuck with the most disgusting boys in my class. Oddly enough, I can still remember the words to some of the songs we had to dance to.

I just got back from a serious haircut. I think I had 6-8 inches cut. The stylist also straightened my hair. I’m curious to see what it will look like when I leave it natural.