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• DJE's Brentwood house -- Ninja_Girl, Monday, July 21, 8:03:18 [2]
  By accident of following a strange set of web links, I happened on this story about DJE & Nanci Chambers house that sold late last year. Go here for snooping.
  
  http://www.bergproperties.com/blog/husband-and-wife-actors-david-james-elliott-and-nanci-chambers-sell-their-house-in-los-angeles%E2%80%99-brentwood-area-for-305m/2447/celebrities
  
  A link said the original price was $3.2 million, so I guess the stories we hear about California house prices' decreases played out in this sale.
  
  This site is kind of interesting if you like to see the houses celebrities live in.
  

  
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  • Think that is the place that they had problems with the neighbors or vise versa... (NT) -- Heather---, Monday, July 21, 15:13:03

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• Help from JAG Fans Please -- Shaz, Sunday, May 18, 17:11:13 [3]
  Sarah Burge, Trevor Goddard’s sister, has asked me to write an article about him for her new online magazine www.humanHi.com. I am looking for a few fans to answers some questions about Trevor. If you are interested in sharing your insight about the late actor, please email me.
  
  Time is of the essence as I would like the article to come out in early June, the 5th anniversary of Trevor’s death.
  

  
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  • Hay gal. still wishing you the best on your article. it is great of you to do it for his family (NT) -- Linda R, Saturday, July 12, 2:46:19
    • Thanks, I have delayed it until his birthday due to the timing of trying to get in touch with those Hollywood types and the crap that is my life. (NT) -- Shaz, Wednesday, July 16, 12:55:15

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• Finish the sentence--- -- Heather, popping in to say heloo, Friday, July 11, 16:41:26 [5]
  The economy is so bad...
  

  
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  • so bad that people are looking for the old push blade mowers so they don't have to buy gas! (NT) -- Heather, Friday, July 11, 16:42:10
  • we got a goat rather than mow the lawn due to the price of gas (NT) -- Linda R, Saturday, July 12, 2:43:57
  • that I can't even pay attention. (NT) -- Texasbrat, Sunday, July 13, 18:13:23
    • ::groan:: (NT) -- KatRose, Tuesday, July 15, 21:04:11

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• AmyLynn's in L.A.!! -- KatRose, Wednesday, June 18, 20:21:52 [8]
  I just wanted to give y'all a heads-up...AmyLynn's meeting me at the studio tomorrow for lunch. So if you hear of an earthquake or an errant Aquabago incident or the studio disappearing in a sinkhole, you'll know why. LOL
  

  
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  • So far, so good with no AmyLynn-related disasters serious enough to make the national news. How was lunch? Sounds like fun. (NT) -- Ninja_Girl, Wednesday, June 18, 20:29:57
    • We're meeting tomorrow (Thursday) at 12:30. It should be fun. I can't wait to show her around the studio. (NT) -- KatRose, Wednesday, June 18, 21:30:46
      • Oops . . . wrong day . . . Mercifully, still no West Coast disasters that can be blamed on AL, the Aquabago, etc., but I guess the risk still exists as long as she's in California. Hope you had a great time. (NT) -- Ninja_Girl, Thursday, June 19, 20:26:55
  • Oh Lord....I thought I felt a cosmic shift in the universe, now I know why LMAO!! I'm sorry but picturing AL trying to maneuver her way around LA & the 405 is not a comforting thought, those poor Los Angelians LOL!!! Hope you guys had fun at lunch, & hopefully no other man-made disasters happened tee hee! (NT) -- Jennifer, Friday, June 20, 8:26:41
  • Weeelllllll, now I KNOW why Mount Etna started blowing it's top -- AL is in LA. Hope you are having fun, have a little fun or maybe a drink for the rest of us. Some of us are having to slave away at work wondering just exactly what a vacation is. (NT) -- Texasbrat, Saturday, June 21, 17:42:45
    • We had a really good 2 hours together. Somehow she managed to sneak past security at the front gate and made it all the way to my building before someone stopped her! LOL I showed her around my dept and then we went on a walking tour (through that LOVELY heatwave we've been having all week). We got to stick our heads in a couple of stages undergoing set construction (turns out, AL, those were the "Angels & Demons" stages). Then we sat in the A/C'd cafe and talked until I finally had to go back to work. She's as great and crazy in person as she is on the board. Thanks again, AL, for a great afternoon. (NT) -- KatRose, Saturday, June 21, 21:37:25
  • HELLLLOOOOO!!!!! It's like the cosmos turned itself against ME or something, instead of LA, because my email and I are having issues and it's driving me crazy that I haven't been able to report it. Kat is wonderful & it was so nice to meet her. She graciously offered to give me a tour, and it was interesting to see how stuff is done. I'll post more later.....right now my email isn't working from my home computer, only occasionally from my laptop, and it's been a mess. And I'm at a new job now, where I actually have work to do & I can't be online all day. (Major bummer!!) But I'll try to scan a picture or two and be back soon. (NT) -- The trip to CA was to visit friends, and I'm so glad that I got to meet Kat while I was in LA. And I'm not ready to hand over the Aquabago keys. It's too much fun. - AmyLynn, Wednesday, July 09, 11:48:07

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• Don S Davis -- shippermom, Tuesday, July 01, 18:50:14 [1]
  I don't know who here might have watched Don S Davis as General Hammond in Stargate SG-1 but, I have just read that he has died from a massive heart attack. I thought he was a great actor and he will be missed
  

  
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• This morning I heard something about a possible new strike in the entertainment industry. What would that be, Kat? -- Ninja_Girl, Wednesday, May 07, 19:40:05 [4]
  
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  • SAG and the producers' negotiating arm (Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers - AMPTP) broke off negotiations yesterday after 3 weeks of talks. The breakdown in talks is because SAG is asking for more money and concessions than the Directors or Writers got earlier in the year. The AMPTP doesn't want to do that and is, instead, going to talk to the American Federation of Television and Radio Actors (AFTRA) which has jurisdiction over soaps and a few primetime shows. The AMPTP figures if they can get an agreement w/ AFTRA they can force SAG to sign a deal too. (NT) -- KatRose, Wednesday, May 07, 20:49:29
    • The SAG deal expires on 6/30/08, so if there's no deal before then, there's a possibility there may be another strike. But given that no one wants another strike, especially not this soon after the last one, and the fact that SAG hasn't yet asked for strike authorization, I don't know if it's a probability or just a threat for now. (NT) -- KatRose, Wednesday, May 07, 20:52:20
    • The set designer for The Proposal said everyone is trying to get as much filming done before the contract expires "just in case" (NT) -- Shaz, Thursday, May 08, 8:19:49

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• My mentor Kate Phillips past the other day... she was 94. Amazing woman. Did you know her to-be-husband went on a date (courtship she called it) and watch Atlanta burn from a hillside (they were filming Gone With The Wind).... Wish we had more lunches together. She was one of those people you hung onto every word... -- Heather, Tuesday, April 29, 17:45:52 [3]
  
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  • I'm so sorry for your loss and will be remembering you in coming days. How did you meet her and become friends? (NT) -- Ninja_Girl, Wednesday, April 30, 6:09:01
    • She was my professor at Keene State... when I first met here with a fani fic script, besides the illegal line, she said save it and manipulate it. That script has been looked and considered but still has sold... (NT) -- Heather, Wednesday, April 30, 7:59:50

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• Any one following the TX ranch news with all those children.... -- Heather, Thursday, April 17, 7:09:31 [10]
  
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  • I haven't been following it very closely. It sounds horrible & terribly tragic for the girls/children. (NT) -- Texasbrat, Friday, April 18, 9:18:28
  • It's been a long time since I was as disturbed by news reports as Thursday night when watching a couple of hours of CNN about the ongoing court proceedings and background stories about the FLDS church's practices. What a conflict it sets up between our country's system to protect children and constitutional rights of freedom of religion, and I fear that because of technicalities in laws, the children probably will end up back at the ranch and the cycle will continue. Sorry if this doesn't agree with somebody else's opinion - it's just my own. The church's practices absolutely victimize women from cradle to grave; they don't realize it and help perpetuate the practice. At the same time, as a mother I really feel for the women and kids who are separated from each other right now. (NT) -- Ninja_Girl, Saturday, April 19, 5:32:41
  • What I don't understand is why it takes so long to break these cults up. Pologomy is against the law, is it not? I don't understand how anyone can "think" that this is a good lifestyle, & those poor brainwashed women thinking its okay to be married to someone who has 5 other wives just so he can spread his "seed" around is just nauseating. 50 year old dirtbags marrying 13 year olds? How about charging them all with statuatory rape? Better yet, castrate them all LOL! (NT) -- Jennifer, Wednesday, April 23, 12:13:54
    • They hide behind religious freedom. As for them not knowing it is a "good lifestyle", this has been going on for generations and most know of no other way. Living that way is "normal' to them. In fact, when people do leave the "churches" they often have a very difficult time in the outside world. Don't get me wrong, I do not believe it is a healthy way to live. (NT) -- Shaz, Wednesday, April 23, 18:31:19
  • This news report disturbs me. Something about how this is being handled just doesn't sit well with me and I can't explain it without sounding like I condone abuse. ....INSIDE.... -- AmyLynn, Thursday, April 24, 8:13:48
    • And I just remembered something else that I don't like and isn't necessarily related to this topic.....INSIDE... -- AmyLynn, Thursday, April 24, 9:57:08
    • First, I'm with you on the butt messages. And on the types of clothes and amount of skin showing that very young girls wear. As to wiggling, have you seen high school pom squads perform lately??? About the FLDS, I share your stated concerns. There is such a conflict of constitutional rights to religious freedom and the government's job to protect children. After reading a little FLDS history online, it seems that the govt. made an attempt in the 1950s to break up a compound, separated mothers/children, and public outcry made the govt. back off. Life got tighter for women with each successive FLDS leader. It's hard to get away because so many police, firemen, etc., in the area are the FLDS men. Child protection people have watched the group/s for years, and when the call came in from a 16-year-old, hoax or not, they responded. The numbers are just overwhelming. (NT) -- Ninja_Girl, Monday, April 28, 5:19:24
      • One of the most disturbing things I've learned about this group is the "lost boys." Young teenage boys who aren't chosen to be good church men of the future are taken to Las Vegas or Salt Lake City and left there. These kids are just on their own to survive. Too many boys would interfere with the ratio of women needed for plural marriages. (NT) -- Ninja_Girl, Monday, April 28, 5:27:52
  • I"m with Amy... there is something not right in how this is being handled. Think about it... I got one husband... why the heck would I want another! ONE IS ENOUGH! (NT) -- Heather, Tuesday, April 29, 17:36:30

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• Gasoline price check -- Ninja_Girl, Sunday, April 13, 5:55:09 [12]
  $3.19/gal in central Missouri, down from $3.29 most of last week.
  

  
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  • $3.49 Eastern Massachusetts (NT) -- Shaz ready for the filming crew from "The Proposal" to leave town, Sunday, April 13, 18:12:08
  • $3.11 to $3.21, depending on the station's location. Hubby's diesel is $4.00. So much for a vacation trip this year. (NT) -- Texasbrat, Monday, April 14, 5:26:54
    • That would be in Eastern Alabama (NT) -- Texasbrat, Monday, April 14, 5:28:01
  • $3.39 in VT.... $3.19ish back home... It has been as low as $2.99 in Fitchburg Ma! (NT) -- Heather... currently on holiday and has the chance to pop in!, Monday, April 14, 18:21:40
  • 3.83 at the corner station and I have to fill up tomorrow. ::heavy sigh:: (NT) -- KatRose, Monday, April 14, 20:16:10
  • The cheapest by me is $3.45. UGH!!!! I have to drive 60 miles round trip to work every day so I hate this. I wish the government would come up with something to help out. For one thing, I know in the spring and summer, the gas mixture changes (because of environment regulations), and it's different for many parts of the country so that means they have to refine many different types of grades of gas. This slows down the refining process and reduces the supply of gas. Can't they temporarily make it OK to have the same type of grade of gas for the whole country? This would help with the supply. (NT) -- Kathleen, Tuesday, April 15, 6:03:22
  • I paid $3.55 for the cheap stuff on Monday. I'm 35 miles south of Chicago. (NT) -- AmyLynn, Tuesday, April 15, 6:32:56
  • This topic makes me very glad my commute is from my shower to my coffee maker! (NT) -- Shaz, Thursday, April 17, 4:40:12
  • We're back to $3.29. I am no longer filling my tank. I just buy $20 worth which gets me less than 6 gallons now, and car use has been cut drastically. (NT) -- Ninja_Girl, Thursday, April 17, 4:43:03
  • We're up to $3.25 now. The kids were out for spring break this week, so I let hubby take my car & he left his diesel at home. (NT) -- Texasbrat, Friday, April 18, 9:15:30
  • Right now its $3.44, and I'm sure it will go up by the end of the day LOL! They seem to raise the prices every single day.....But don't you know big oil is enjoying their 30+ billion dollar quarterly profits LOL! I'm not spouting one political candidate or another, but I like McCain's idea of waiving the Federal Gasoline Tax for the summer months, to give the consumers about a .20 cent break for a few months. Like that will ever happen, but of course big oil enjoys their corporate tax breaks while the rest of us suffer. For the record, the boat is parked & is not moving (can't afford it)...the truck hasn't been moved in months, so much so that the battery was dead & I had to charge it (I had to move the truck to mow the grass)...my crappy little car costs me 45 bucks to fill, & yes I'm thankful for my crappy little car LOL! Food prices are also going up...my children's food used to be $3.84 for 12 pouches, now its $4.72....yeah but we aren't in a recession LOL! (NT) -- Jennifer, Wednesday, April 23, 12:11:33

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• New Pix -- KatRose, Sunday, March 30, 21:39:13 [12]
  I went to the LA Zoo this morning and took some pix I thought y'all might like to see:
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

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  • What a beautiful cat. It is so wonderful that you share your gift with us. Such beautiful pictures. (NT) -- shippermom, Monday, March 31, 16:23:37
  • I love the new background and all the animal pictures. Beautiful!!! So ----you know what's coming--- how did you take them? Did you zoom in for these shots, or did you take a picture and then zoom and crop it? Did you use a prime lens? I just found out my brother has a 500mm prime lens AND a compander (sp?)...he's been holding out on me!! (NT) -- AmyLynn, Tuesday, April 01, 6:30:02
    • Amy, I rarely crop to get close to a subject as it means the resolution suffers and the overall file size is reduced. I just bought a new lens with vibration reduction built in, so I was testing it out this weekend. It's a 70-300mm lens, which I tend to use at the 300 end to shoot zoo pix. Everything was hand held and I shot at both 200 ISO and 400 ISO depending on how much shade was involved. (NT) -- KatRose, Tuesday, April 01, 8:52:28
      • Cool, I think I actually understood everything you just said! Great pictures. Now I can't wait for our weather to warm up so I can go, too. (NT) -- AmyLynn, Tuesday, April 01, 9:11:11
        • I sort of under stood too, which means we've been hanging out with Kat too long ;-) (NT) -- Shaz, Tuesday, April 01, 18:13:27
  • Love the new pictures. I'd say your new lens is working well! What is the creature in the 2nd-to-last photo? A wallaby? This little guy looks kind of like a kangaroo but not exactly, and I understand wallabies would fit that description. (NT) -- Ninja_Girl, Wednesday, April 02, 6:46:10
    • Definitely a wallaby. And if you look closely you'll see a joey in her pouch. (NT) -- KatRose, Wednesday, April 02, 9:46:13
      • Thanks to you, finally I have seen what a wallaby looks like (still looking for the joey) - I never took the time when I should have, but in 2005 locals around here kept reporting a creature on the loose. Those seeing it thought was a kangaroo or wallaby - yeah, sure in central Missouri??? They got the same reaction as somebody seeing UFOs from a swamp while drinking. It was one of those off-and-on, Bigfoot-type stories from early sightings in the spring until its sad ending in the fall. Sure enough, people had seen a wallaby, even in this unlikely habitat. Story from early in saga: http://archive.columbiatribune.com/2005/apr/20050413news004.asp Cartoon in April: http://archive.columbiatribune.com/2005/apr/20050417comm051.asp Sad September ending: http://archive.columbiatribune.com/2005/sep/20050914news001.asp (NT) -- Ninja_Girl, Wednesday, April 02, 11:42:16
        • (NT) -- KatRose, Wednesday, April 02, 14:54:01
          • Thanks! Didn't realize that was the pouch - thought it was space between chubby legs. I can't distinguish a body inside, but is that a little brown leg resting on the pouch opening? Partly blocked from view by a leaf? (NT) -- Ninja_Girl, Wednesday, April 02, 15:19:55
            • That's actually the joey's face. The black spot next to the leaf is a nose. The grey is its nuzzle and the black "hole" near the top of the pouch opening is its right eye. (NT) -- KatRose, Wednesday, April 02, 16:28:43

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• JAG Actor Working -- Shaz, Tuesday, April 01, 18:15:22 [1]
  Just got the word that Jade Carter will be on General Hospital as a panicked dad on ABC Thursday April 3rd 2:00pm PST (I have to look up when it will be on in my area and figure out how to get the kids to nap at that time ;))
  
  Jade certainly made the JFF auction interesting when he sold the shirt off his back!
  

  
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• Something with a bit of spring -- shippermom, Saturday, March 29, 8:52:00 [3]
  Good morning Kat, I am having it's snowing again blues and was wondering if we could have one more of your beautiful pictures with a bit of spring in it up on the board to cheer us up? I love to come to the board and see your work. Thank you.
  

  
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  • Thank you Kat. As always, another beautiful picture. I am thinking spring already. (NT) -- shippermom, Saturday, March 29, 11:18:30
  • Oooohhh! Pretty new colors! (NT) -- Shaz, Sunday, March 30, 9:34:35

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• Happy Easter, everybody -- Ninja_Girl, Sunday, March 23, 6:15:31 [6]
  I have been in several conversations lately as to why Easter is so early this year; we blamed it somehow on Leap Year, even though we couldn't figure out why. My birthday is Mar. 25; once in a great while Easter is the next day, so I always thought Mar. 26 was as early as Easter could get. My dad's birthday was Nov. 21, sometimes the day before Thanksgiving but never on it - same kind of deal. I wasn't around the last time Easter was this early and for sure won't make it to the next.
  
  Here is the e-mail I received that explained it:
  
  The date of this coming Easter is quite early. Here's why:
  
  Easter is always the 1st Sunday after the 1st full moon after the Spring Equinox (March 20). This dating of Easter is based on the lunar calendar that Hebrew people used to identify Passover, which is why it moves around on our Roman calendar.
  
  This year is the earliest Easter any of us will ever see the rest of our lives. Only the most elderly of our population have ever seen it this early (95 years old or above). And none of us have ever, or will ever, see it a day earlier.
  
  1) The last time it was this early was 1913 (so if you're 95 or older, you are the only ones that were around for that). The next time Easter will be this early (March 23) will be the year 2228 (220 years from now).
  
  2) The next time it will be a day earlier, March 22, will be in the year 2285 (277 years from now). The last time it was on March 22 was 1818. So, no one alive today has or will ever see it any earlier than this year.
  

  
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  • thanks for an informative post. I had no clue that's how they figured out the daying of Easter. I alwasy figured it was just six weeks after Mardi Gras. :-) (NT) -- KatRose, Sunday, March 23, 16:48:33
    • You're right too, Kat. Fat Tuesday (Mardi Gras) and Ash Wednesday (the start of Lent) are determined by Easter. They are about 40 days prior to Easter, and were set up by the Catholic Church. Okay, here's your trivia for the day -- Does anybody know what the Passover is? (NT) -- Texasbrat, Monday, March 24, 4:42:48
      • If any of you are Jewish, please feel free to state this better - Passover is a Jewish commemoration of the sparing of the Hebrews' firstborns during the final plague sent by God upon the Egyptians to set the Hebrews free from bondage. They marked their houses with the blood of a lamb and were passed over during this plague. (NT) -- Ninja_Girl, Monday, March 24, 7:08:55
        • I picked up the most interesting booket at the grocery store a few days ago, a Passover Haggadah from the Maxwell House coffee people. A haggadah seems to be the guide for doing a seder, the traditional meal to celebrate the passover. It shows and tells how to set the seder table and the foods involved, then in both Hebrew and English it gives the script to be said during the seder meal. The English print doesn't read right to left as in Hebrew, but the booklet does start from what English readers would consider the back. I will keep this for reference and really appreciate its being made available by Maxwell House. (NT) -- Ninja_Girl, Monday, March 24, 7:29:20
  • Hope everyone had a good Easter. I didn't realize it had been that long since Easter had fallen this early. I do remember some March Easters, but they usually fell around the 28th or so. (NT) -- Texasbrat, Monday, March 24, 4:44:43

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• Lunch with Catherine Bell -- Shaz, Friday, March 14, 6:19:05 [4]
  There is an auction for lunch for two with Catherine Bell on Ebay. It is item number 190204653803 (I'd tried to link it, but Kat hates to fix my html bombs!
  
  It is for a pretty good cause, Communities in Schools www.cisnet.org
  
  Pass the word!
  
  TGIF,
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  • Final bid was $4050.! (NT) -- Shaz, Tuesday, March 18, 5:57:24
  • That's a terrific amount! Catherine has participated in this for the past few years, & her lunch is always one of the highest bid upon. Congrats to the lucky winner, I'm sure they will have a good time! (NT) -- Jennifer, Wednesday, March 19, 7:58:34
    • The person in charge of the listing said it was her third time. However, the listing is outdated and did not include Army Wives, so they may have missed out on some fans. (NT) -- Shaz wishing she could find something legal to do and get paid $4000./hour!, Wednesday, March 19, 9:37:29

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• Sesame Street – Too Funny -- Shaz, Thursday, March 13, 12:26:01 [6]
  Today on Sesame Street they had a parody of Law and Order: SVU. They called it the Special Letter Unit. It was complete with puppet for Olivia, Elliot, Munch (the best puppet because it looked so close to him) and Capt Cragen. They managed to pick up some mannerism and even had “that” noise. I realize it may just be the sleep deprivation that made it funny, but it still made me chuckle.
  

  
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  • I *love* Sesame Street! And Reading Between the Lions. (NT) -- AmyLynn, Thursday, March 13, 14:25:38
  • I figure SS was created for ME! It started the November I was two (no one do the math). I still have my Big Bird radio (AM only). Today, I find the guest stars' (some pretty big talent) interactions with the puppets very interesting. I love the TV show parodies! They not only keep the children entertained while educating them, but they also keep the adults interested, so they actually watch with the kids instead of just sticking them in front of it! (NT) -- Shaz, Thursday, March 13, 15:31:18
  • Christopher Meloni, Mariska Hargitay, Richard Belzer and B. D. Wong have all guest starred on Sesame Street! (NT) -- Shaz, Thursday, March 13, 16:06:39
  • Two of my all-time favorite tv spots involve Sesame Street. Thanks to YouTube I was able to enjoy them this morning: 'Put Down the Duckie' with all kinds of stars from 1988 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3049TRLo5M) and from the '90s 'She Drives Me Crazy' (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3049TRLo5M). Actually I think both were from specials, but I remember the Duckie in particular on regular Sesame Street, too. Speaking of office idiots, I once worked for a live human being we nicknamed Miss Piggy. I was sure Jim Henson must have patterned the pig after her. (NT) -- Ninja_Girl, Friday, March 14, 7:35:15
    • Okay, so I HAD to watch it! Then I had to check out what else was on you tube about Sesame Street. The 35th Anniversary was interesting. If you head over to watch it, be sure to check out the TV (it changes)! (NT) -- Shaz, Friday, March 14, 10:32:22

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• News Flash .... News Flash .... brought to you by -- AmyLynn, feeling all sorts of happy (is that wrong?lol) , Tuesday, February 19, 9:29:22 [25]
  
  I feel like I'm in the Twilight Zone.
  
  I have good news but I'm unsure if I believe it really happened.
  
  The office idiot quit. Last Friday. We found out yesterday.
  
  YAY!!!! That 's gone!
  
  
  I wanted to applaud , party , but I remained subdued with a slight happy expression .
  
  I was afraid if I did more, I'd lose all restraint.
  
  I sobered up when the boss said one of the reasons he quit was because he was tired of being the only one who did any work. Then I thought about hitting him.
  
  Then she said she will call him in a couple weeks to see if he's had a change of heart and wants to come back. That's when I wanted to slap *her*.
  
  Apparently he's been 'unhappy' for awhile, gave her some demands several months ago that she tried to meet. It's ridiculous to see somebody jump through hoops to keep happy the biggest drain of time and money. He's gotten our *clients* fired from projects because of his lateness in completing projects and because of his foul language. And, needless to say, they are no longer our clients. Why on earth would you want to look for ways to *keep* him, when you could have used these few months to interview other people????
  
  Nobody is upset to see him leave except the one who inherited his work.
  
  The employees also found out that he feels the company is going downhill and is having cash flow problems. Well, everybody in the construction/engineering field is slowing down and making cuts, and if there are cuts to be made, his salary is one of them. And if there's really trouble ahead, at least the last few months will be peaceful and I can sink happy.
  
  Anyway...... I've looked like this since yesterday (on the inside, of course) giggle . But every once in awhile a smile escapes at work. I'm only human.
  

  
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  • I don't think I've seen a post so filled with HTML on this board in a while. Before I even read your name, Amy, I *knew* it was you!! LOL I'm happy that you're idiot-free - at least for a while. I hope things continue to look good for you. (NT) -- KatRose, Tuesday, February 19, 13:22:17
    • Oh thank you!! I was beginning to feel like I *posted* this in the Twilight Zone---I've been waiting since this morning for someone to read it! LOL Kat, I just realized that I have two weekends already tied up in May for some classes, and I'm taking my friend's daughter on a road trip for her graduation gift for one week in June ----- so that may, MAY, push back my LA trip to July. Is July good or bad for you? Maybe I'll just come a couple days in May to see a friend and the desert, and then come in July and see you & the rest of LA. I'm still thinking. AND---how are things in YOUR office??? Set any more computer equipment on fire??? (NT) -- AmyLynn, Tuesday, February 19, 13:34:35
      • I'm not going anywhere that I know of in July. So come on out. I'll make some time to see you and show you around. Things are going well down here (but now that I've said that, I'm sure it'll all blow up somehow). No more fires or smoke, but we all know it's just a matter of time, right? I've even taken to unplugging my floor heater every night just in case. LOL (NT) -- KatRose, Tuesday, February 19, 17:01:53
        • Thanks, it's nice to know I have a few options to work with. As for the heater, yesterday it was 0 and then went up to 15 but with the wind chill it felt like 1. Exactly why do *you* need a heater in CALIFORNIA???? hahaha I'm just being ornery. I'm sure it's a bit chilly some mornings. (NT) -- AmyLynn.....still floating through the office .....today I brought in donuts, Wednesday, February 20, 6:38:59
  • Great news!! Did the guy already have a new job possibility? Sounds like he might have been looking around and already had something lined up. We will hope he's gone for good. Maybe he has had the boss' ear too long and caused her to believe everybody besides him is the problem. Now maybe she will see the source of the real problem. It's always fun when something makes you happy or mad - you are so good with emoticons. (NT) -- Ninja_Girl, Wednesday, February 20, 11:36:38
    • He said he wasn't going to another job, he had no leads. If he has something up his sleeve, he didn't tell anybody. All the people who usually call for him were floored to hear he was gone. None of them seemed to be expecting it or "in" on what he may be doing now. According to the boss, he seemed 'burned out'. One of the engineers is worried that the real truth is that he goofed up a job and wants to leave before we get sued. (I hope not!!!) In any case, I hope the boss *really* looks for someone else, and doesn't just hope to get this idiot back. .............As for emoticons, I've done my share of 'blowing up the board'. LOL (NT) -- AmyLynn, Wednesday, February 20, 13:17:54
  • Congrats.... I know what that's like, but I just couldn't take it any more and quit first. But I wasn't the first to quit working with this thing of a person nor the last! It's was ironic though that my hemmeroid outlasted any of us, she was such a they ended up firing her anyway as she wouldn't travel to the new job location when they shut the old office down! (NT) -- Heather--- I feel you smiley emotions!, Friday, February 22, 17:57:05
  • Yeah!!! Let's all do the "Happy Dance" with Amy. It's great to hear such good news for you. Glad your life is going to get more pleasant. (NT) -- Texasbrat, Saturday, March 01, 4:42:23
  • AmyLynn, Has the idiot returned? (NT) -- Shaz, Wednesday, March 05, 11:08:21
    • No, not really. He called yesterday. He's going to be working - FROM HOME - on tying up some of the loose ends on his projects. I think he expected the boss to say she needed him back and that she'd pay him whatever he wanted. Fat chance. Many people who call for him make the comment that "Oh, the boss finally fired him," or "His lack of organization was well known", or "Are you guys all partying?". I'm serious. Nobody wanted to have him work on their projects --- he's why they were rarely completed on time. The boss hired somebody to start in a couple weeks --- yeah. And then the only electrical guy left gave HIS notice last week. (He came from another city 2 hrs away & has never been able to sell his previous house, so he's been renting an apartment, and his wife doesn't like it here anyway, so he's going back where he was from.) And we just got the health insurance renewal premium news for the year .....bad, bad, bad. (NT) -- part 1 of 2, Wednesday, March 05, 12:58:01
      • We are needing to make some cuts in spending. We'll probably be getting our hours cut a bit. Oh well. At least between the idiot quitting, the nice guy quitting, and the one new hire, we have one less person on payroll. There's also the option for the boss to let go her son & sister, whom nobody can figure out why she hired to begin with. But the odds of that happening are slim. Right now I'm sitting inside walls of paper and files --- I'm sorting through the idiot's stuff, and through stuff the last two engineers left behind as well. I'm thinking of how nice big bonfires are for roasting marshmallows and making smores. Anybody got a match? (NT) -- AmyLynn, part 2 of 2, Wednesday, March 05, 12:58:39
        • Let me ask my 12 year old, he ALWAYS seems to know where matches, lighters, & other fire starting devices are "hiding". I'm sure he'd recommend a blow torch -- they are so efficient at burning one's eyebrows off. Hey, I got the chocolate bars, whose got the marshmallows & graham crackers? (NT) -- Texasbrat, back among the living after surviving the Flu., Wednesday, March 05, 13:40:49
          • I can bring the graham crackers! (NT) -- katrose, Wednesday, March 05, 21:32:18
          • I'll bring the marshmallows and DARK chocolate! (NT) -- Shaz, Friday, March 07, 12:51:23
      • At least he's not in the building! Sometimes I wish my boss would quit! (NT) -- Shaz, Friday, March 07, 12:52:22
        • Did your employment change, weren't you providing day care. Or did that change or get supplemented with another job? In any case, you have my sympathy if you're putting up with an idiot. They seem to be all over. (NT) -- AmyLynn, Monday, March 10, 9:30:22
          • AmyLynn, I'm still a self-employeed child care provider ;-) Unfortunately, I am now fighting with the State because of stupid proposed regulation changes. Now, if my boss (me) could afford to quit, life would be simpler. Though considering I am not independently wealthy and I cannot see myself doing anything else, I'm stuck, but that doesn't mean I cannot dream! (NT) -- Shaz, Tuesday, March 11, 4:39:45
            • It seems that many government changes/new laws do not always hit their intended target, and instead of fixing problem situations or people, they actually make it more difficult for the person who was doing it right to begin with. Uggh. Well, I wish your 'boss' could quit, too. When you figure out how to become independently wealthy, please share! ......Oh, here's an update. Yesterday, Monday, the idiot's ex-wife called and spoke with my boss about the idiot. After a lengthy conversation, she (the boss) came out of her office and told us that the idiot it not allowed past the front door & to tell him to leave. This can only be bad. Either he's been bad-mouthing the company or has stolen some of our work, or maybe one of the other engineers was right --- we're about to be sued over something the idiot did or did not do on a project. The plot thickens. (NT) -- AmyLynn, Tuesday, March 11, 7:23:19
              • Some of the stuff is a waste of tiem, like written menus. Other stuff I don't believe in, like lesson plans. Other stuff is absolutely absurd, like washing an infants hands after every diaper change regardless of whether they touched their diaper area, or having to keep one hand on a child at all times when changing them (Think about trying to use ointment), or not letting children play on abrasive surfaces, which is just about every surface a child plays on. Oh yeah and there is the escape route and exit signs at each exit. Most of the kids cannot read and anyone coming in an emergency isn't going to read them anyway! Not to mention you would have to an idiot to not know where the exits are in my apartment, both have windows and one is an eight foot sliding door! (NT) -- Shaz, Tuesday, March 11, 8:53:27
                • Sorry to hear about the new regs. Has the state disbanded some department a year or two prior to these new rules? I ask because I understand OSHA was put into place not long after NASA had a big layoff 30 years ago or so, and that's where a lot of the people went. I wonder if sometimes politicians need to put laid-off people somewhere, so they make new regulations to create new replacement jobs for an election year. (NT) -- Ninja_Girl, Thursday, March 13, 6:10:54
                  • We have a new governor who wants to screw with children’s lives and not let them be children. All he cares about is numbers. Aside from the inane child care regulation, he also wants to extend the school day (kids are tired enough as it is at the end of the day) and school year (so much for summer fun). He also wants to reduce the age in which a child MUST attend school (many kindergarten children are not really ready to begin school, especially boys). I guess next he’ll be tearing the babies from the mothers’ breasts to start formal, regimented education! He wants to only concentrate on technology. I guess he doesn’t realize that someone still needs to be able to build/repair the houses where all the computer geniuses are going to live! He did not go to public schools as he got a scholarship to a private school and I have not been able to find out where he children went. (NT) -- Shaz, Thursday, March 13, 12:13:42
                    • All those "changes" sound terrible to me!!! So many kids are not benefitting from the new ways of education. (Is it any wonder people home school?) Besides dealing with the increase and threat of violence and bullying, after your child spends such long hours at school, not really learning like they did in years past, they come home with endless homework. My girlfriend's daughter asks me for help once in awhile with homework that I can't even comprehend-- I don't understand the topic, the instructions (if there are any) or the point. And I was excellent in every subject. One core class she has doesn't even have a book. They have listen to the teacher speak and the homework assignments are online. If you have a question, you have no information to refer to. Teachers either don't teach and are inept, or they're really good and getting burned out and quitting. I really can't stand the ones who assign projects and homework during spring/fall vacations. (NT) -- What's the point of a vacation, if not to rest from your regular schedule?!?! -- AmyLynn, Thursday, March 13, 14:24:37
                      • IF I were to ever have children, I would homeschool. Massachusetts has lost many good teachers because of senseless requiremnts that kept them from teaching the way they know is best. People need to understand there is more than one to educate children! My Goddaughter is homeschooled and it is the best thing her parents have done for her, other than the life-saving medical help at birth. She's twelve and doing work meant for high school students, yet still acts like a 12 y/o (most of the time). Her brother are doing very well also. The 3 y/o is doing kindergarten work because the 7 y/o refused it last year! (NT) -- Shaz, Thursday, March 13, 15:45:18
              • On the good side, if he dares come back in, you get to kick him out or call the cops on him! (NT) -- Shaz, Tuesday, March 11, 8:55:17

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• Daffodil garden - Has anyone been there in southern California? -- Ninja_Girl, Monday, March 10, 7:01:53 [3]
  In the past and again lately I have received e-mail forwards entitled "The Daffodil Principle" with a beautiful story about a daffodil garden in southern California. The story is about taking time for things in life that won't last long - appreciating the moment - and I was curious enough to do a Google search to see if this garden could be real.
  
  Apparently it is very real and is near Running Springs, CA. The gardens were planted over time by a lady and her husband since 1957, I believe, and are open to the public during March. This website is about the garden and has a virtual walking tour link which to date I have not gotten to work on my computer. Have those of you in the Southern California region ever seen these gardens?
  
  http://www.geocities.com/thedaffodilgarden/
  
  There is another such garden in east Texas, planted by another lady. I admire people who create such beauty.
  
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  • This looks pretty amazing. I'm going to try and get out there this year. Thanks for the story and the link. (NT) -- KatRose, Monday, March 10, 7:25:55
    • If you make it to these gardens, I hope you will share some of your pictures. It is so inspiring to me that the daffodils were safe even during 2 fires in recent years and as always brought such beauty the following springs. (NT) -- Ninja_Girl, Monday, March 10, 9:17:16

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• New pix -- KatRose, Tuesday, February 26, 6:45:59 [14]
  I wanted to share a few new pix I took this weekend at the LA Arboretum.
  
  
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  • I want to know how you took the one with the bee and the one with the trees. Did you get close to the flower or zoom in, etc.? And with the trees, the lighting is just perfect? What time of day, etc.? I'm always taking pics of trees, but I have no control over the sunlight at the time we happen to be there. Did you use a prime lens for these? (NT) -- AmyLynn, Tuesday, February 26, 6:59:43
    • By the way, I mean the bottom one of the trees, looking up. I never thought I would have a good enough "eye" to notice a difference in lenses --- my brother always says you can tell a difference when you use a prime lens & when you use a zoom-long lens. And you know, sometimes now I can tell. Especially when you englarge. Anyway, these are really good pics so please tell me what you did!!!! (NT) -- AmyLynn, Tuesday, February 26, 7:03:45
      • By the way, I can't tell a THING about these pictures, I'm only saying that in *my* pics (not viewing them on the computer) I can now tell a difference in some of them because of the lenses. Anyway ............somebody please put me out of my babbling misery!!! LOL (NT) -- AmyLynn......I think I need another cup of coffee (or maybe not), Tuesday, February 26, 7:55:07
    • The bee was a zoom lens, only cuz I'm allergic to bees and do NOT like getting too close. I was standing probably 3-4 feet away when I took it. The bamboo was shot leaning back against another tree using a wide-angle zoom lens (set at around 22mm). I was at the Arboretum from 9:30 to 12:30, so the lighting varied throughout the morning. I did a little enhancing in photoshop, but nothing significant (except to the big tree, that one I added a fog filter). (NT) -- KatRose, Tuesday, February 26, 8:29:07
      • They look great! I usually have 3 lenses with me when I travel. A wide angle, a 50mm I use for everything else, and a 100-200 zoom. Then last summer I got one lens that goes from 28-300. I brought it on vacation with me and it was nice to not have to change lenses, but, there were a few pictures that would have been a bit clearer with the other lenses, you know what I mean? And I was too inexperienced to realize that using that one super-duper lens was why I couldn't take pictures really "close". I mean, normally when we are driving, I take pictures IN the car of us girls. But with the 28-300 I couldn't get far enough back for the camera to focus. Duh. I also missed some pictures at the Monterey Aquarium because when I was far enough away for the camera to focus, the fish were too small to be focused on. (Did that even make sense??) Anyway, now I will travel with ALL my lenses, and probably 2 camera bodies so that I don't have to switch lenses all the time. (NT) -- Yes, there I go (or here I come, depending) --- with a large bag, two cameras around my neck, maps, a cup of coffee .... do I look like a tourist to you???? --- AmyLynn, Tuesday, February 26, 8:38:26
  • Beautiful Pictures Katrose. I wish I had the talent to take pictures like this they're lovely. :o) (NT) -- KH, Thursday, February 28, 18:25:47
  • Gorgeous pix, Kat. You are an amazing photographer. (NT) -- Texasbrat, Saturday, March 01, 4:43:29
  • Sorry for the dumb question - what kind of trees are these? They almost look like bamboo, but I don't know if they can become trees this tall. Maybe they could in California! Enjoyed the beautiful pictures. (NT) -- Ninja_Girl, Saturday, March 01, 9:08:08
    • Those are definitely bamboo. They can get very tall. They also come in stripes! I didn't know they came in stripes. LOL The other tree is a "walking tree" which basically means it doesn't grow too tall, but droops its branches to the ground which then "walk" outward as it grows. (NT) -- KatRose, Saturday, March 01, 9:39:21
      • Hmmm. . . very cool. Thanks, Kat. The walking tree is interesting. So bamboo can become such a tall tree, not just the tall sticks I've used to stake my tomatoes?? That explains questions I've had as a salesperson for Pampered Chef kitchen products. Stirring and serving spoons and a beautiful carving board I sell are made of bamboo, which I have learned is not wood - different cellular makeup - and as a result do not absorb liquids or food's colors (like the wooden spoon we all have/had that is now partly red from stirring spaghetti sauce). Bamboo stays its own color and wears well during many years of use. It is great stuff. I had always wondered how the manufacturer found big- and thick-enough bamboo lumber to make carving boards, however I think several strips are bonded side by side to create the width. (NT) -- Ninja_Girl, Monday, March 03, 8:01:32
        • It's also a renewable source for wood floors and whatnot because bamboo grows like a weed. (NT) -- KatRose, Monday, March 03, 20:18:51
          • Bamboo is just grass, but it varies in height from dwarf, one foot (30 cm) plants to giant timber bamboos that can grow to over 100 feet (30 m). It grows in many different climates, from jungles to high on mountainsides. Bamboos are further classified by the types of roots they have. Some, called runners, spread exuberantly, and others are classified as clumpers, which slowly expand from the original planting. There are also varieties of root systems that are a mixture of these types. Generally, the tropical bamboos tend to be clumpers and the temperate bamboos tend to be runners.
            
            Bamboo is both decorative and useful. In many parts of the world it is food, fodder, the primary construction material and is used for making great variety of useful objects from kitchen tools, to paper to dinnerware. The Species Source List contains a listing of the bamboos that are commonly used for furniture, construction, musical instruments and many more things. (NT) -- KatRose, Monday, March 03, 22:09:56
            • And once you get bamboo in your yard it is nearly impossible to get it out again! It can be extremely invasive. (NT) -- Shaz, Wednesday, March 05, 10:54:22

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• Spammers -- KatRose, Sunday, March 02, 20:28:04 [1]
  It appears that we're being hit with a bunch of spam lately. I've deleted and reported 6 messages in the last few hours. If you see anything objectionable, please shoot me off an email and I'll remove it as soon as I'm able.
  
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• SUV expertise needed -- Ninja_Girl, Monday, February 25, 7:09:42 [2]
  I'm looking for a used SUV-type vehicle with 4WD or All-Wheel Drive - the minivan finally is no longer needed and is getting very old. I need the 4WD capability due to terrain into town, and since a job is in the future, I need to be able to get to work.
  
  Looking for gas mileage above 20 mpg. Honda CR-Vs get this but are hard to find used and are priced high to boot. Does anybody have good experience with a make/model you would recommend? My Quest still runs well, so I'm not in any big rush, and since winter is almost over (hopefully!), I have until next fall to be looking. But I would like to have some models to be looking for along with CR-Vs. Thanks for the help.
  

  
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  • NG, look at the Toyota Highlander, it is comparable to the CR-V. I understand they work doing some work on increasing it's MPH. A family at church just bought 2 Kias, they seem to like them. I'll ask them about mpg, etc, and let you know. Just got my Matrix paid off, so maybe next year, I'll get me something a little bigger to haul kids in. (NT) -- Texasbrat, Saturday, March 01, 4:51:26

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• This is a test of my html skills. Or rather, my LACK of them. -- AmyLynn, Tuesday, February 19, 9:27:12 [1]
  I now return you to your regular board. (I hope.)
  

  
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• Who collected prom dresses last spring? Heather? -- Ninja_Girl, Saturday, February 09, 8:11:53 [5]
  Your idea seems to be catching on. Go here
  
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  • There are a bunch of projects out there, it's a matter of good hearted people taking the time to do it..... I'm half set up and start up in a few more weeks. The dresses are there, just need to move the drumset for the dressrooms! (NT) -- Heather..., Monday, February 11, 5:25:46
  • Okay... I must be moving up in the world... last year the Closet was on page 12 of the local paper, this year it made page 4.... AND the Union Leader (big paper) wants to do a write up too.... I have 4 people drop off dresses today the day after the paper write up and more coming! (NT) -- Heather, Friday, February 15, 17:51:06
    • that's great!! Congrats on the publicity for your good works. (NT) -- katrose, Saturday, February 16, 21:29:43
    • It's great that people are seeing the value of your project and wanting to contribute. Does your local paper have a website so we could see the article? And please let us know if the Union Leader does its story. (NT) -- Ninja_Girl, Sunday, February 17, 21:06:10

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• The strike is over? -- Heather, Wednesday, February 13, 5:26:58 [6]
  I"m hoping KR can confirm this...
  
  I read that the writers agreed to the terms. Now the questions come...
  
  On their vacation did the writers think of some new story lines?
  
  Now that the strike is over will this extend the season to fill the episode orders?
  
  I miss my NCIS and Army Wives... and worry about Lost! I NEED MY HOLLYWOOD FIX!
  

  
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  • Heather, you beat me to the punch with your questions!! LOL I was wondering something similar, specifically will hiatus be at the usual time, and this 'season', such as it was, will be abbreviated. OR, will there be no hiatus. I would think the former, rather than the latter, but what do I know. Is my question clear as mud, Kat? (NT) -- AmyLynn, Wednesday, February 13, 7:27:11
    • (Why did I hit the enter button before I was done???? Honestly. ) I haven't missed anything during this strike, because I hardly watch TV. I catch only a few comedy shows after they're in syndication. For full disclosure, I'm only interested in whether hiatus will be at the usual time because I'm going to L.A. and need to know my odds of "accidentally bumping into" Michael Weatherly. (I laugh. I probably could trip right in front of him and not realize it was him until after he left. My brain works that slow. Or, if I did recognize him, I wouldn't be able to speak. He'll think I'm a foreign tourist and keep going.) (NT) -- AmyLynn, Wednesday, February 13, 7:32:48
  • The strike is most definitely over. FINALLY!! If you want to see how the remainder of the season (shooting and airing), you can check out TV Guide's post-strike chart (link inside). All I can say is I'm so glad it's done. I don't know what kind of long-term damage this will have wrought on the business and the way viewers get their media, but I hope everything gets back up and running quickly. -- KatRose, Wednesday, February 13, 9:03:56
  • Kat, it's close to time to renew current shows for next season? Will the strike have any effect on that? Or the big "shindig" in May where they(whoever they is) present new shows/ideas? Just curious. (NT) -- Texasbrat, who has been fighting the flu amongst her various family members., Friday, February 15, 13:35:03
    • Boy that made tons of sense. See what happens when you get sick and spend you life taking meds. It should say something like " It's close to renewal time isn't it? And how will the aforementioned strike effect that?" Can't wait for spring and the ablility to open up the house to get the "germies" out. (NT) -- Texasbrat, Friday, February 15, 14:12:21

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• Here's a non-important thought that I didn't know if I should post here or at Kat's NCIS board ........but from a distance Jessica Alba's boyfriend reminds me of Michael Weatherly. Something about the shape of his face, or his chin, or something. Anybody else notice that, or am I the only crazy one. Don't answer that! -- AmyLynn----------requesting as many cafe mochas as I can get, Wednesday, February 13, 12:55:31 [1]
  
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• Bad news from the Tuesday night tornadoes -- Ninja_Girl, Thursday, February 07, 7:04:38 [3]
  I still can't believe this - my best friend's mother-in-law was killed instantly in one of the tornadoes that went through the South Tuesday night. She lived in the small town in Tennessee in the AP story here:
  
  http://apnews.myway.com//article/20080207/D8ULG5C00.html
  
  Lafayette is north of Nashville. She lived alone and wasn't found until late Wednesday morning after her daughter in Florida couldn't get through to her by phone and called the EMS.
  

  
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  • How terrible. Those storms certainly were severe. After viewing how everything was obliterated, it makes me want to build an old fashioned storm cellar. Of course, that doesn't do any good for the hours we spend at work, or commuting, or running errands.... . I followed the link, and how awful for the couple trying to bring their uncle to the hospital and having him die en route. What a terrible, terrible tragedy for all involved. (NT) -- AmyLynn, Thursday, February 07, 13:52:34
  • I'm so sorry for you and your friend's loss. My thoughts and prayers are with you and her family. (NT) -- KatRose, Friday, February 08, 14:28:54

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• Valentine's Day -- shippermom, Wednesday, February 06, 7:52:51 [7]
  Does anyone have anything special planned with that special someone or special pet for Valentine's Day? I made heart shaped burgers and tater crowns for dinner and heart shaped cake for dessert one year. It is hard to find a sitter so we just have fun with dinner at home. How about you?
  

  
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  • No special plans here, but I may make some tuxedo strawberries for several people. I do them this time of year as quick secondary demos at Pampered Chef shows; everybody gets the chance to make one, and to their surprise, they are all successful. Give these a try: http://www.pastrywiz.com/dailyrecipes/recipes/530.htm . I use a toothpick to paint on the buttoms and bowtie. (NT) -- Ninja_Girl, Wednesday, February 06, 11:46:58
    • Better instructions for tuxedos - inside -- Ninja_Girl, Wednesday, February 06, 11:57:31
  • These look like fun. My DH isn't much of a candy person but I think he would appreciate these. Thanks for the suggestion (NT) -- shippermom, Wednesday, February 06, 13:35:12
  • It's kinda tough to have a special celebration when you don't have a special "someone." ::sigh:: Oh, well. I'll be at work most of the day anyway and then going to meet my trainer at the gym. :-) (NT) -- KatRose, Wednesday, February 06, 18:41:16
  • We are going on a sleigh ride and then having dinner... something the church set up. Thought it was different (NT) -- Heather, Thursday, February 07, 5:22:27
    • A sleigh ride, wow . . . At Christmas I see all those sleighs on cards and advertisements and wonder what that experience would be like. The closest thing we have is a hay ride in the fall, a hay wagon pulled by a tractor. Fun, but the wagon swings, sways, and bumps along and you get full of itchy and dusty straw or hay. It just doesn't have the flair of a sleigh ride. (NT) -- Ninja_Girl, Thursday, February 07, 6:57:22

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• Fill in the blank---- (one might think I have company coming!) -- Heather, Sunday, January 20, 12:08:19 [4]
  You know when the Pastor and wife are coming to dinner when:
  
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  • LOL! Or anyone coming to dinner! Funny you mention this because I did this over the weekend before company came over for supper. This is going to make me sound like Heloise or Martha Stewart, but this little trick has served me well. Don't know why I didn't think of it earlier. My cooktop has removable heating elements, and the metal bases that serve as supports and saucers can get in awful shape with spills and splatters. Even after way too much scrubbing they may never clean up to look very good. I invested in a second set that I keep for quick changeouts. Then they get washed and put back in storage for the next time. (NT) -- Ninja_Girl, Monday, January 21, 8:21:36
    • I have even been on my hands and knees washing the kitchen floor (trick: magic sponge and Oxy clean) and then waxed it! Today we are tackling the last room, living room... if we got the chance I need to start on the dress room as it is approaching that time of the year! (NT) -- Heather, Monday, January 21, 9:55:50
  • i used to have a terrible time keeping stove burners clean. foil looks so tackie I found some with teflon covering. just rince and replace. Because i also clean them if company is coming for dinner. (NT) -- Linda R, Monday, February 04, 0:48:41

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  • Inside -- Heather, Saturday, February 02, 19:50:16
    • I personally feel that to be disrespectful of anyone's faith, or lack thereof, is to hold oneself up as "superior." By all means, you don't have to agree with everyone around you, but you should at acknowledge that someone else's viewpoint is valid. (NT) -- KatRose, Sunday, February 03, 10:37:12
    • I usually don't discuss two things; polotics and religion as it often causes conflicts. Questioning someone's faith in front of them, IMO, is not a smart idea and if done at their place of worship, they are no better than hecklers. If your hubby wants to discuss religion/faith with your son, that is his right as a father. However, he should choose a a place that won't cause discomfort for your son or others (NT) -- Shaz, Sunday, February 03, 16:19:14

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• Falling throw the cracks -- Heather, Monday, January 14, 18:17:36 [5]
  Can someone explain all the latest headlines?
  
  A pregnant Marine dead...
  
  4 dead sisters in DC...
  
  Sibblings thrown off a bridge... found dead down stream
  
  
  How and why is this all happening? Why aren't people, agencies and who's ever lap this falls on, not helping these people? What are these people doing, this is their job! Are they just sitting at a desk collecting a check?
  
  I don't know about you but it's starting to sicken me, even here is the woods of NH...
  

  
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  • Part of me hopes that this is just a case of "if it bleeds, it leads" not something that's becoming "normal". But another part of me believes that we have become so separated from each other because of technology (email, cell phones, video conferencing, etc) and by our own busy schedules (multi-tasking, anyone?) that we just don't connect to friends, family or authority figures (church elders, doctors, social care) in significant ways so that these tragedies happen more often than they would happen even 20 or 30 years ago. It deeply saddens me that anyone thinks the best way to solve their problems is with violence and death. But it saddens me more that no one in their circle of friends and family saw and/or did anything to get these individuals help. The trite saying that it "takes a village to raise a child" can also be said about just being a human being. If we don't connect with each other as people, we don't see how our action truly affect each other. :'( (NT) -- KatRose, Monday, January 14, 23:06:45
  • Ditto on Kat's comments. One thing I might throw into the mix is the "busyness" of people these days that keeps them focused mainly on their own day-to-day existence. I know parents who put a roof overhead and food on the table for their kids but otherwise aren't very connected to their own kids due to work commitments, either out of necessity or personal choice. Children don't usually do a very good job of raising themselves, and I wonder sometimes if society as a whole is feeling the effects of busy, unconnected parents. (NT) -- Ninja_Girl, Tuesday, January 15, 6:24:43
  • I have a feeling I'm going to be long winded... -- Heather---, Tuesday, January 15, 12:00:13
  • This post came to mind a few days ago when a homeless shelter resident in a neighboring town lost it and slashed four fellow residents with a chain saw. One is still in critical condition. You ask, where on earth did he get the CHAIN SAW? (The whole thing made me think of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.) It's a rural shelter, and one source of income is cutting firewood. The kid is 23 and schizophrenic, and apparently he was faking in taking his meds. (NT) -- Ninja_Girl, Saturday, January 26, 7:18:40

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• Need Some Help KatRose! -- Scotty, Monday, January 21, 14:19:53 [3]
  Well, you never know who will turn up . I am looking for an emoticon of a Buckingham Palace guard and/or a bride. When my old computer died, I lost all the good links you helped me find! So (sigh) now I am starting from scratch! Any help you can give me (and you are the best at this!) will be enormously appreciated!
  
  Would love to hear updates from you at the same time. How long has it been?!!!
  
  Thanking you (or anyone else!) in advance for any help. I am SO grateful!
  
  Scotty
  

  
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  • (NT) -- KatRose, Monday, January 21, 17:24:57
    • Woohoo!!! I KNEW you could do it!!! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!!! (NT) -- Scotty, Monday, January 21, 19:23:05

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• I don't know about where you live... -- Heather and her native frozen rear-end, Monday, December 31, 16:28:05 [12]
  ... but have you noticed the weather?
  
  Here in New England, we haven't seen this much snow and so early since the mid 80's. I remember as a kid when we traveled during Thanksgiving, our flights were always delayed due to "de-icing" of the plane...
  
  Here it is 2007, we have good snow days before Thanksgiving. And now several storms one right after another... get the driveway cleared, for what... more snow!
  
  Anywhere else like this?
  
  Maybe it's because my plow truck is dead in the yard and we have had to revert to a thing called a shovel... I thought these things were for leaning on... at lease that's what the sign "men working" seems to apply!
  

  
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  • I have bare ground in some places! Then again, you're in snow country! (NT) -- Shaz, Tuesday, January 01, 9:31:13
    • I'll send you some!... (NT) -- Heather with snow covered hair... just made another shovel pass before it got deep, Tuesday, January 01, 10:00:06
      • No Thanks! (NT) -- Shaz, Tuesday, January 01, 13:14:41
  • Down here in the Deep South, we reached a remarkable high yesterday of 31 degrees, after a low of 12 the night before. We usually want just enough snow to shut down school & work, but not measurements in feet. I say we all got have a cup of hot cocoa or cider. Any takers??? (NT) -- Texasbrat, Thursday, January 03, 12:04:33
    • hold on I got the "good local cider".... it will warm your sole and take the paint off a battleship! (NT) -- Heather----, Thursday, January 03, 14:49:34
  • Now got a heat wave coming in... and it's not due to global warming... it's the political gas that has left Iowa and has come upon New Hampshire! (NT) -- Heather--- vote for Bugs Bunny!, Friday, January 04, 12:48:29
    • LMAO (NT) -- KatRose, Friday, January 04, 20:35:14
    • Better you to deal with them than me! (NT) -- Shaz, Saturday, January 05, 11:18:36
    • And I bet that is SOME rank stuff. (NT) -- Texasbrat, all for the political process, just get a bit tired of the non-stop coverage of it., Saturday, January 05, 12:02:35
  • Okay.. Primaries are over, the Canadian winds are starting to blow and the tempertures are starting to drop.... Yup the political rancid gas is leaving the area... now to work on getting the Clinton and McCain hot air out! (NT) -- Heather---, Wednesday, January 09, 18:43:49
    • it is rather odd how the temps went up while they were gasbagging it! We're not talking a few degrees warm, but it jumped from 9 degrees to over 60! Now that the speaches are over the temps drop again, today to the 50s (they were still spewing today), but tomorrow it will be in the 30s. Coincidence? (NT) -- Shaz, Wednesday, January 09, 18:49:15

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• Kat, how in the world are you doing??? -- Texasbrat, Saturday, January 05, 12:12:53 [5]
  
  Are you above water, or is it snow?? The news is saying good ole Cali is getting hammered.
  
  I just love news coverage -- California is getting several feet of snow, like the entire state will be covered in the white stuff.
  
  Now it is talking about mudslides. Is the whole blooming state fixin' to slide off into the ocean as one huge iceberg?
  
  Anyway, I was just a wonderin' how the weather is treating you?
  
  It's actually getting up into the upper 60's here today.
  

  
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  • LA was supposed to get up to 5 inches of rain this weekend, but so far it's only rained from yesterday late afternoon to some time in the middle of the night. It's been overcast, but not wet in my neighborhood today. As for the sliding into the ocean - they keep predicting it, so I'm happy to stay in the Valley so the Santa Monica hills protect me from going into the drink. ;-) We desperately need the rain and snow as the mountains nearby are more gray rock colored than white snow covered. That's kinda sad for the skiing crowd. How have you been? (NT) -- KatRose, Saturday, January 05, 18:30:22
  • Doin' good. Had the in-laws in for the last week or so, which the kids have enjoyed greatly. Weather wise, we had temps in the lower teens, and a couple of days with highs getting barely above freezing. We didn't get any snow or rain, which we need desparately ( we ended the year 30" below normal), but otherwise life is treating me okay. Take heart, I've been hearing that California was going to drop into the ocean every since I was a kid, besides we have Amy & the AB to save you. I'm sure it has some techno-gadget that would help. So how was everyone else's holidays? (NT) -- Texasbrat, Sunday, January 06, 16:35:38
  • We just got the outlaw thing done with... thank you Valium and Alka-Selzer... 2 of the 3 kids came home happy... the middle child is in the dog house (little putrid bratt who didn't get what she wanted and threw a fit!).... and TG it is over for another year! (NT) -- Heather--- OY!, Sunday, January 06, 18:20:30
  • California better not fall off anything into anywhere ---- I've still got places to see! Yesterday it was 67 degrees here. And last night were tornados north of where I am. (That's a big shocker.) Anyway -- people are ok, weather is going back down to where it should be. The only problem is that everything in this area is permanently gray-blah until spring, when it the sun comes out and never hides & it gets permanently hot. Balance, Mr. Sun, is all I ask. I absolutely can't stand days and days of gray-blah, so I'm thinking about rigging over the windows some sort of sunny pictures with a light behind them to give me the illusion that when I look "outside" I'm seeing beautiful weather. (NT) -- AmyLynn --- quite sane and in need of more coffee ....LOL, Tuesday, January 08, 6:39:05

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• Writers' Guild strike -- Ninja_Girl, Sunday, January 06, 20:59:01 [2]
  Kat, has the strike affected your workplace yet? I recall that TV shows film on your property, and the movie industry is your company's business. Just curious.
  

  
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  • It's affecting the studio a bit. We got hit to some degree because two TV shows we were supporting have closed shop until the strike ends. But luckily I haven't had to let any of the staff go. I'm hoping it won't have to. (NT) -- KatRose, Monday, January 07, 15:01:55

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• So who got what.... -- Heather---, Wednesday, December 26, 16:31:54 [5]
  
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  • I got a cake cover thingy... it could have been worse, could have beena sewing machine, hold on I got that a few years ago. (NT) -- Heather---, Wednesday, December 26, 16:33:04
  • For the first time in years I received something I really loved but had not asked for, totally impractical. It's a beautiful tea set, Johnson Brothers "Friendly Village" pattern, and it's in this lovely hatbox-like container. I love it, love it, love it and can't believe my husband picked up on a comment that I had seen it and how pretty it was. This set of dishes is interesting because each dish type of the set (i.e., dinner plate) shows one scene in the Friendly Village. Now I want to start collecting the whole set. Dishes are my weakness; I believe there are 7 full sets of china in this house and a couple of unfinished sets. Three or four of the sets came down from family but the rest are from my own efforts over time. (NT) -- Ninja_Girl, Thursday, December 27, 6:50:05
  • My special present was the silver earrings and winter hat I got from my nieces (their first non-home-created gifts) that they picked out themselves. Kylie was so happy with the earrings that she accidentally opened the gift before I got there!! LOL But the most spectacular gift came from one of my vendors. They gave my chief engineer and I both iPod Touches. It would never have crossed my mind to even look at one, since I have a very good MP3 player that also acts as a portable hard drive. But there it was, in all its glory, sitting on my desk. It's a VERY cool toy that I'll probably use as a portable web device more than an MP3 player. I haven't quite figured out how to word the thank you letter to my vendor, but I'll figure that out over the weekend. (NT) -- KatRose, Thursday, December 27, 21:58:46
  • My youngest gave me a calendar he made at school. It has his handprints as a different thing on each month. Hubby got me an XM MP3 player thingy, that I have yet to figure out. He got one for the car. His parents are coming in today from Texas bearing gifts. So we get Christmas twice in one week. (NT) -- Texasbrat, Friday, December 28, 8:21:23

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• Merry Christmas, everybody -- Ninja_Girl, Monday, December 24, 11:12:14 [4]
  All the best to each of you and a prosperous 2008.
  

  
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  • Happy Chiristmas one and all!!! (NT) -- Shaz, Monday, December 24, 14:11:10
  • Merry Christmas!!! May each and everyone of you have a safe and enjoyable holiday. (NT) -- Texasbrat, Monday, December 24, 20:45:14
  • Happy holidays....to all and to all... a good meal! (NT) -- Heather...trying to cook again!, Tuesday, December 25, 8:06:12

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• How my week started -- KatRose, Thursday, December 13, 9:48:55 [9]
  This week has been ... well, interesting. Let me share how it started.
  
  Monday I woke up in a good mood and got to work relatively early (8ish). I started working on a bunch of paperwork left over from the week before and was just getting through my emails, when the network started acting crazy. Not being able to access any of my project files because they're on the network drives, I decided to concentrate on my emails.
  
  I had just printed out one such email and hear a beep beep beep from my printer/fax machine. I didn't think much of it because it periodically jams or beeps when its out of paper. It took me a minute or so to take a look at what it wanted. That's when I saw:
  
  OVER HEAT
  
  WHAT?!? Overheating? A modern printer/fax machine from Xerox that I'd been using for almost a year? WHAT?!?!
  
  I took a look at the base of the printer and realized that I had a bunch of filing stacked up nearby. Thinking they could be blocking an air port, I pushed them out of the way and started to move the printer forward when a rather significant cloud of dark gray, nasty-smelling smoke roiled out of the printer!
  
  To say the least, I was a bit freaked out. I grabbed the power cord and pulled it from the wall, then called for a couple of my guys to come help. They stood there looking and said, "Call the EOC [emergency operations center]", so I did.
  
  The guy on the other end said, "What's your emergency?"
  
  I replied, "My printer just went up in smoke."
  
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  "I'm sorry?" he asked.
  
  "My printer just went up in smoke." I told him where I was and what had happened.
  
  I could hear him typing away at his keyboard, inputting the data. Then he said, "I'll send someone right over."
  
  I would hope so, I thought to myself. In the meantime, my office is filling up with smoke and since I work in the basement, there are no windows to open to get the toxic smoke out! ::heavy sigh::
  
  A few minutes later the on-lot fire marshalls arrived in full laughter. Rey said, "Kat, if you wanted to see us, you could have just called." :;rolling eyes::
  
  "I could," I replied, "but you're usually too busy to come down. I figured I could guarantee a visit if I set my office on fire." All three of the marshalls laughed, then stood around trying to figure out what happened. I ended up calling Xerox (who are just down the hallway from me) and they rushed a guy over to take a look.
  
  In the meantime, I'm supposed to be having a meeting to talk about the various cable TV systems we use on the lot, but all of my files are locked up in the non-functioning network and my office is filled with toxic fumes. We had the meeting in the elevator hallway. LOL Rey came out and told me I had to vacate my office for a couple of hours because the fumes couldn't be blown out by a fan because then it would just spread around the basement area too fast and set off the smoke detectors, causing an evacuation of the building. Needless to say, I wasn't keen on having everyone's day even more disturbed than it already was. After that meeting ended, I had to visit my boss for another meeting and shared what had happened to my printer. His response? "If you didn't want to be here today, you could have just called in, instead of trying to torch the building." Wiseass. lol
  
  Later that day I found out what happened to the network and my printer. The network systems are in a building about 3 miles from the lot. The power failed during an upgrade, which resulted in the back-up generator to kick in. Even though the generator was on a schedule for refueling on a regular basis, the delivery on Monday morning was 4 hours late, which meant the generate crapped out just as people were getting into the office. Uh-oh. And my printer? Well, the fuser decided to fuse to the roller and melted all over the inside. Xerox pulled it apart and replaced the fuser, then turned it back on. Same thing happened (but since they were prepared, no toxic smoke problems).
  
  That was a great way to start the week of holiday parties that my staff are responsible for equiping and working, huh? ::heavy sigh::
  

  
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  • See if I come close to a KR hollywood moment -- Heather---, Thursday, December 13, 12:51:01
  • It makes you want to go home and crawl in bed and try to start the day over again. LOL. Hope next week starts better for you. (NT) -- shippermom, Friday, December 14, 7:48:47
  • Let me start by saying, . I've been wanting my printer to go up in smoke for years. I'm glad one of us finally did it. Well done, Kat, well done. What I don't understand is why, after calling the office equivalent of 911 --- i.e. tech help and the Xerox guy --- you didn't just turn right around and go home once they showed up! What does it take to for management to recognize that you clearly shouldn't have come in the office that day?? You torch your office and unleash toxic fumes in the building, and they still let you stay??? At least now you know how to get a building evacuation to happen. That's useful information for next time ... Just turn on that fan and evacuate yourself to your car. Oh well, live and learn. But this was a great first attempt. You got to hold meetings in the hallway and unleash toxic fumes. (NT) -- part 1 of 2, Monday, December 17, 7:41:41
    • I love the smart-mouth fire guys and your boss. I love how everything combined into that one perfect moment when the network fails and the printer combusts. This would have been a great scene in a movie, where the audience knows what's coming and you, the poor unsuspecting office person, don't. You have given me something to aspire to. If I ever get my printer to incinerate, I'll let you know! .........Maybe you should keep a fire extinguisher near your desk. Next time, you can just submerge the smoking computer equipment in foam, and let the tech guys search for it. I'd love to see the look on their faces as they get closer to your office and see foam trailing out into the hallway. ("You know Kat, this was just a hot little wire. You only (NT) -- had to turn off the computer and it would have been fine." "Well, after last time I didn't want to take a chance and unleash any more toxic fumes.") I'm sorry you had a rotten week, but thanks for sharing this, I'll be laughing all day. Is that wrong? --- AmyLynn, Monday, December 17, 7:44:33
  • Well, what a great start to your week. Thanx for sharing I needed that. Hope the rest of the week goes better. (NT) -- Texasbrat, Thursday, December 20, 14:47:52
    • I don't know about KR but I'm looking for another job.... funny "they report" a good economy... is that way there are no jobs out there? (NT) -- Heather, Thursday, December 20, 15:51:26
      • From my point of view, the economy (as in mine) isn't so great. I'm definately feeling the pinch with the price of gas & the fact that it is effecting things like groceries. Oh well, life goes on. So, who else blew their Christmas Budget? (NT) -- Texasbrat, Saturday, December 22, 11:58:32
        • mine is the big goose egg... If you all only knew!.. Church gave us a turkey... our godsend for the week! don't know how I'm going to get to work if and when they call, ski season is suppose to start up. There's not enought ski programs through to "feed" all us drivers! (NT) -- Heather---, Sunday, December 23, 10:25:03

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• Any one go and see Will Smith's new movie... I Am Legend.... Reviews seem good... -- Heather--- need something to do during school break, Sunday, December 16, 17:04:40 [1]
  
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• Winter Pics -- shippermom, Friday, December 07, 12:07:14 [6]
  Hey Kat, I was wondering if you had any Wintery pics that might get us in the mood for the season? I just love your pictures.
  

  
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  • How's this? (NT) -- KatRose, Friday, December 07, 17:40:43
    • Very beautiful. Where was this taken? (NT) -- Ninja_Girl, Saturday, December 08, 7:18:23
      • Mono Lake towards Tioga Pass in the Eastern Sierras. (NT) -- KatRose, Saturday, December 08, 12:25:33
  • Beautiful as always. Thank you Kat. (NT) -- shippermom, Sunday, December 09, 11:11:19
  • Gorgeous picture, as usual. (NT) -- Texasbrat, Tuesday, December 11, 16:41:33

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• Anyone in New England -- Shaz, Tuesday, November 27, 19:26:38 [7]
  For those in New England looking for something meaningful to do on December 8th GIVE BLOOD!
  rockportcares.homestead.com/Blood.html
  
  There is lots to do in town before or after you donate check out www.capeannvacations.com/christmas/rockport/ Be sure to scroll down to see all that is going on.
  
  I hope no one minds that I posted this here. Getting people to give blood is important to me, especially with my nephew in the hospital right now.
  
  Cheers,
  Shaz
  

  
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  • How is your nephew, by the way? (NT) -- Ninja_Girl, Thursday, November 29, 18:50:43
    • Still in a coma. Thank you for asking. (NT) -- Shaz, Friday, November 30, 4:39:36
  • What happened to your nephew, Shaz? Sorry, I've been out of touch recently. Busy keeping kids on track in school, plus work and church. I've been trying to pop in to read, but haven't done much posting. (NT) -- Texasbrat, Saturday, December 01, 13:02:10
    • He was in a motorcycle accident October 4th. (NT) -- Shaz, Sunday, December 02, 13:29:26
      • I'm so sorry to hear that. You may have mentioned it before, but I just don't remember. (NT) -- Texasbrat, Monday, December 03, 10:30:57
        • I don't remember who I have told. I was a little out of it as my mother passed two days later, which was a good thing. She was in so much pain and her quality of life was not good at all..To me it show true love to allow someone in that state to pass rather than to keep them alive for others. (NT) --