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princess garnet
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Post by princess garnet » Mon December 22nd, 2008, 8:12 pm

All this wind chill!

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Post by EC2 » Mon December 22nd, 2008, 8:45 pm

My mother-in-law's funeral. Still, it's over and done with now and she is at peace. My youngest brother in law made a lovely speech and pitched it just right. Not too sentimental, and absolutely getting her personality spot on.
There was a moment of hilarity in the proceedings. The vicar was reading out the names of the children and the partners they had brought to their own marriages. He came to my eldest brother in law, Michael, whose wife is called Trice. It's pronounced Treece and is short for Patrice. Except he'd written it down and couldn't read his own writing, and thus announced 'Michael, married twice.' Twice? Boy oh boy, for a moment everyone thought there was a skeleton in the cupboard we hadn't heard about before! Then it dawned....
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Les proz e les vassals
Souvent entre piez de chevals
Kar ja li coard n’I chasront

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Are always to be found between the hooves of horses
For never will cowards fall down there.'

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Post by michellemoran » Mon December 22nd, 2008, 9:06 pm

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Post by Amanda » Tue December 23rd, 2008, 5:06 am

Joel had his 12 month needles today. Poor darling, he is teething (1st molars) and had a rough night last night...now this!

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Post by SonjaMarie » Tue December 23rd, 2008, 5:07 am

[quote=""Amanda""]Joel had his 12 month needles today. Poor darling, he is teething (1st molars) and had a rough night last night...now this![/quote]

Oh poor kid, just torture him right between his birthday and Christmas why dontcha! ;)

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Post by Amanda » Tue December 23rd, 2008, 5:07 am

[quote=""EC2""]He came to my eldest brother in law, Michael, whose wife is called Trice. It's pronounced Treece and is short for Patrice. Except he'd written it down and couldn't read his own writing, and thus announced 'Michael, married twice.' Twice? Boy oh boy, for a moment everyone thought there was a skeleton in the cupboard we hadn't heard about before! Then it dawned....[/quote]

Would be very hard not to have a chuckle at that!

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Post by pat » Tue December 23rd, 2008, 5:37 am

[quote=""Amanda""]Joel had his 12 month needles today. Poor darling, he is teething (1st molars) and had a rough night last night...now this![/quote]


OMG!!! Nathan has an almighty cold....at the dentist last Thursday she said his 12 year old molars are on their way (BTW he is only 11!)......my brother always had a cold when he got teeth.....I wonder if......Nah, couldnt be....must just be a bad cold.....Could be what is making it worse though!

I hope Joel is feeling happier for the big day! Santa will still come to him even if he is poorley....We told Nathan he has to be better or he wouldnt get Christmas this year!!! :D :D
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Post by SonjaMarie » Wed December 24th, 2008, 1:54 am

I couldn't understand why the good tweezers I ordered on the 11th from Walgreens hadn't shown up yet, and I went to the website and I couldn't find the order listed and the charge was gone from my bank account. I called and talked to a customer service person and found out it was never full processed. I also noticed that the expiration date of my card was wrong and I fixed it. I think that may have been the reason it got messed up, so I reordered, I just won't get it until after Christmas.

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Post by Divia » Wed December 24th, 2008, 5:00 am

I was told today to start lookin for a job. So nice right before the Holidays, don't ya know. I blame this on the teachers union, because even though I am more qualified then other people for 2 upcoming positions I will not get either job because I dont have seniority. That's BS. :mad:
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Post by SonjaMarie » Wed December 24th, 2008, 5:01 am

[quote=""Divia""]I was told today to start lookin for a job. So nice right before the Holidays, don't ya know. I blame this on the teachers union, because even though I am more qualified then other people for 2 upcoming positions I will not get either job because I dont have seniority. That's BS. :mad: [/quote]

Oh Divia that sucks! Freaking economy! :P

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