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**maillotpois** · 10-19-2006, 05:41 PM

Wow. I was just commenting to SK that this training I am doing is the first time I have been actively engaged in something for a while - so not even a desire, much less an opprotunity, to check the internet on my handheld, etc. ALL DAY! Maybe that's a good sign.

Any-who....

Lise, how's the boy??

Knot - cute dog and cute YOU!! I can't smell his stinky butt in the picture, though.

Jennifer - have FUN at the TNT meeting!! I hope you learn a lot and that it feeds your enthusiasm. One day you'll even do a cycle event with them - I swear! But I am glad you are enjoying running. Glad the tests are done and I hope the results are good.

I still wish I'd had some of that pie...

**maillotpois** · 10-19-2006, 06:38 PM

OMG. We're watching "Shelter Dogs", an HBO documentary about a shelter for dogs. This place is wonderful, all things considered, but this is just gut wrenching.

**Lise** · 10-19-2006, 07:06 PM

Originally Posted by maillotpois

Wow. I was just commenting to SK that this training I am doing is the first time I have been actively engaged in something for a while - so not even a desire, much less an opprotunity, to check the internet on my handheld, etc. ALL DAY! Maybe that's a good sign.

Any-who....

Lise, how's the boy??

It is a good sign. I'm glad you're getting into something that captures your imagination.

The boy is good. He's moving into the city tomorrow. I'm having dinner with him and his sister before I go in for a night shift tomorrow. Then on Sunday I get to just spend time with him! Neither of us will have anywhere we have to be, no train to catch, no job to go to, just get to spend time with each other. I am so looking forward to it.

My pal, Darryn, is running the marathon on Sunday. When we were in midwifery school together, he weighed nearly 500#. He's had the bariatric surgery, lost over half the weight, and taken up running. I was planning to ride my bike to various spots to cheer for him. But it's going to be pretty chilly, and he wants me to hop in and run at least a mile with him. Not in bike shoes, that's for sure. So I'll drive down, get as close as I can, and get to be part of this with him. One of our other classmates, Pam, is working at "my" hospital now. This morning we ran into each other as I was leaving after my night shift, and she was coming on to her job. I told her about Darryn, and we stood there reminiscing for a few minutes. Who would ever have dreamed, when we were all student midwives 13 years ago, that we'd be here now. It's good to have friends.

**maillotpois** · 10-19-2006, 07:23 PM

Oh good for Darryn! Have fun - I have friends coming to run, walk or bike parts of the course with me. That support means a lot. He's lucky to have you - and what an amazing guy he must be.

Have fun with J....

**KnottedYet** · 10-19-2006, 07:33 PM

Originally Posted by maillotpois

Knot - cute dog and cute YOU!!

"I'm cute! I'm cuuuuuuuute!" - Rudolph

BMo3 - this is the bra you have now http://www.teamestrogen.com/products.asp?pID=22525 Don't be ashamed that you didn't think it would work for running at first! One of the things I like so much about this bra is that it DOESN'T feel like it could possibly support as well as it does! It doesn't squish or bind or cut in! Cool beans!

If you have any doubt of the Sport Support holding you comfortably on a longer run, do try this one http://www.teamestrogen.com/products.asp?pID=22526 same idea, just with a bit more "oomph". I probably would've ordered this Firm Support one back when I was bigger, but the only one I found was the Sport. And I run very little, so it was just peachy.

Jeez, Susan outdid herself! She's got a whole bunch of CW-X goodies in the shop! Might have to buy another something for myself...

**snapdragen** · 10-19-2006, 08:09 PM

Now that I'm recovered, I had a great adventure yesterday.

I went to a Timeshare presentation.

The things I'll do for a free trip...sat through a short video showing all the lovely properties, and a 30 minute presentation by Rocky about how we are suckers if we're paying for hotel rooms when "WE COULD OWN OUR OWN SHARE IN 61 DIFFERENT CONDO PROPERTIES!!!!"

Then the sales pitch. I was really curious what these things cost. Phase one sales pitch - lowest price is $21,000. OMG!!! "But we will finance that over 10 years!" Finally convinced him I wasn't going to write a check, so he calls in reinforcements. Ah! A lower priced option - only $11,000. That's $159 a month, what's not to love? Another round of no, no, no. I even resorted to a white lie - "I'm paying $500 month on my car right now"...(suby's been paid off for 2 years). Finally, they accept my no. They'll send someone over with my gift. BUT FIRST - here's a trial offer $695. That will give you a week in one of our properties, with the option to buy. I wavered....until....."But you have to come back for another presentation" Nooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

But I got my free trip.......two nights in Las Vegas sometime in the next year.

**mimitabby** · 10-20-2006, 05:52 AM

Originally Posted by snapdragen

Now that I'm recovered, I had a great adventure yesterday.

I went to a Timeshare presentation.

The things I'll do for a free trip...sat through a short video showing all the lovely properties, and a 30 minute presentation by Rocky about how we are suckers if we're paying for hotel rooms when "WE COULD OWN OUR OWN SHARE IN 61 DIFFERENT CONDO PROPERTIES!!!!"

Then the sales pitch. I was really curious what these things cost. Phase one sales pitch - lowest price is $21,000. OMG!!! "But we will finance that over 10 years!" Finally convinced him I wasn't going to write a check, so he calls in reinforcements. Ah! A lower priced option - only $11,000. That's $159 a month, what's not to love? Another round of no, no, no. I even resorted to a white lie - "I'm paying $500 month on my car right now"...(suby's been paid off for 2 years). Finally, they accept my no. They'll send someone over with my gift. BUT FIRST - here's a trial offer $695. That will give you a week in one of our properties, with the option to buy. I wavered....until....."But you have to come back for another presentation" Nooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

But I got my free trip.......two nights in Las Vegas sometime in the next year.

oh, Snap, i don't know how you did that! the last time we tried, we got hostile and were asked to leave!! lol!
DH & I just don't have the patience to sit through that stuff. worse than buying a car!
congrats on your free trip!

**mimitabby** · 10-20-2006, 05:58 AM

why, yes, Salsa, i am coming out of 3 weeks with too much overtime. They wanted me to work THIS weekend too and i said i couldn't. It took 2 days of begging the other guys before they came up with a replacement for me.
wahwahwah..

The colors you are picking are beautiful.

And speaking of colors, while we are saying nice things about KY, she has the most beautiful skin and hair color too. The day I met her the sun was out (and she was trying to hide from it) and her hair is a beautiful color!

I am rather unhappy, I am trying to get ready for my trip, a lady was going to pick my foster kits up today, to take them to the cat show that will be at Seattle Center this weekend. One of them had some spots. How funny, i thought, he scraped his face. oh no, another spot on his ear. uh oh, on his other ear too. AUGH!!! IT IS RINGWORM!!!!

no cat show for these guys... and they won't be adopted for a while now.
Sigh...
and i wanted to get rid of them so i can start preparing for my vacation.
ARGH. and the hair dresser lady wouldn't take me yesterday, no haircut until NEXT WEEK.

can you say, MERCURY RETROGRADE??!?

**Lise** · 10-20-2006, 11:07 AM

Originally Posted by mimitabby

can you say, MERCURY RETROGRADE??!?

Oh, crap, is it that time again?!?

Life is good. Short day at the clinic, the boy sent me an email saying I make his heart flutter (wait, maybe not so good as we're no longer in our twenties...

), I grocery shopped and now am going to try to nap. Tonight dinner with J and his sister, then back to work for me, a night shift.

Salsa--I *love* the colors, and the kimono is a work of art. We all want to hear the story.

KN--sing along, "I feel pretty, oh so pretty, I feel pretty and witty and wise!"

Mimi--DRAG about the ringworm. Ariel had that on her ear when she was a baby. I wrote "ringworm" in a patient's chart recently, and one of the other midwives corrected it to "tinnea cruris". Well, yeah, I know, but we call it ringworm!

Snap--once I got nearly highjacked into one of those talks. Yikes. I'm impressed that you got through it without bolting. Enjoy LV!

**chickwhorips** · 10-20-2006, 11:11 AM

btw lise, i'm glad to hear things are going good with you and mr man with the heart flutters!

**snapdragen** · 10-20-2006, 11:32 AM

I knew I was going to get a trip - so I suffered through the whole thing. I truly was curious about how this particular plan worked, and what it cost. I doubt I will ever do it again. I was just about to the point where I was gonna say "You guys are pissing me off, give me my prize and let me leave! I also got tickets for a Champagne cruise out of Alameda. Which would be fine except it appears it only happens once a month, on Tuesdays, at 2:00 in the afternoon. Pffft.

I need to get my SS gift packed up and sent. Hope she likes the goodies and sox I found.

**chickwhorips** · 10-20-2006, 10:04 AM

Originally Posted by snapdragen

But I got my free trip.......two nights in Las Vegas sometime in the next year.

to bad you can't use it this year for when you'll be down (or up) there.

**chickwhorips** · 10-20-2006, 10:22 AM

some neat photos of the earth: A Beautiful Planet

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