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RE: June Winter Woes - and yes, I do realise that doesn... - 6/5/2009 8:51:42 PM
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Kath
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Julia, I totally missed your post asking about Ragdolls.
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RE: June Winter Woes - and yes, I do realise that doesn... - 6/5/2009 9:33:39 PM
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Garsy, what plans do you have for summer?
It's actually quite busy!
We have soccer through the 13th on Tuesdays and Saturdays. Then the following Monday Zoe has a week of girl scout day camp.
Then 3 weeks off of just fun summer stuff and then 3 weeks of CHAOS!! Ty starts working at the zoo on the 13th of July and works through the 24th. The very next week the 26th through the 31st, Aryn is at Art camp and July 26th through the 29the Ethan and Brian are at Cub scout camp!
Then once all of that is done we have 12 days before registration for school for the little guys on the 12th, then on the 18th for Aryn and sometime in that time frame for Ty. School begins again on the 26th of August!
I'm exhausted just looking at that! Thankfully the two weeks Ty is at the zoo he'll be staying with a family friend that lives just a few blocks from the zoo.
We will also go to the zoo as often as we can, go swimming a few times and do the summer reading program for the library! We may try to take in a baseball game or two at our area's new stadium.
I'm just PRAYING Brian gets called back to work soon! Brian is getting an uneasy feeling about the Cincinnati offer. He has sent a couple e-mails and called the boss, his friend a couple time in the last week to get more info and has had NO response yet.
No trips planned. Just too busy for that!
I don't remember if I mentioned it or not, but Aryn's second gerbil died this past week. So now after she does some research and such we'll decide if she gets a guinea pig or a pair of dwarf hamsters.
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RE: June Winter Woes - and yes, I do realise that doesn... - 6/5/2009 9:41:24 PM
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Well
My boy is moved in for his summer job. I'm remarkably ok with it. Probably because he made me mad by not preparing better.
He is working on staff at Boy Scout camp. He won't have Ethan though, unless they are going way-out-of-council.
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RE: June Winter Woes - and yes, I do realise that doesn... - 6/5/2009 10:22:11 PM
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My boy is moved in for his summer job.
Oh wow, I didn't know he was going away for awhile!
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I don't remember if I mentioned it or not, but Aryn's second gerbil died this past week.
No, I don't believe so, unless I missed it. I did read about the first one. That's a shame.
So what plans do you all have for summer? We're just doing the same ol' same ol' till August, when Dan & Kim are coming back for a week, then move Mike to college. We never go anywhere.
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RE: June Winter Woes - and yes, I do realise that doesn... - 6/5/2009 10:38:40 PM
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ORIGINAL: McGuinessMagee
Hey everyone! It's Winter!
And this morning I packed dh off to Adelaide (we're talking cold here - thermal underwear). He's away for the whole week.
J and X aren't happy with me because I decided that I won't put up with arguments every night about washing up, so they now get to do it night about all on their own.
And I'm madly doing modules to learn the new contract which starts for work on 1 July.
Kylie 
Your DH should be home soon, right?
So are you in the dead of winter now? It'd be comparable to our December, and that's not too bad.
For some reason I was thinking you were considering a new job.
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RE: June Winter Woes - and yes, I do realise that doesn... - 6/6/2009 6:32:29 AM
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BigBee started work TODAY and will be done August 15. He is making $110 a week, plus room and board. But, when there is nothing around here and you figure that includes room and board, and no daily gas money - he is still getting, umm, what is a non-tos word to finish that sentence? Ah, insert your favorite.
He will get an evening off - and every other Saturday, sort of. This is Scout camp. The campers leave Saturday morning and half the staff sticks around to fix things up, restock, whatever, to start the next day. I'm guessing he will be able to leave after that work is done, but don't know that for sure. The down side of it is he is also in the OA, (order of the arrow) which is a Scouting Honor Society. They have 3 outings at the campsite this summer - where they will do jobs around camp. So, they may consider that to be his Saturday off, or count it as working around camp.
The upside is the first two questions he was asked by the camp director. What is your rank? (Life) What badges do you need? (Fitness, Camping, 3 Citizenships) and they listed those to help him out. They want to get the staff people to Eagle. He needs those 5 badges and a project, that he could have been doing this spring....
Then, not only would he make Eagle, he'd get a $5 a week raise.
He will be missing a lot of stuff, and that bugs me. Mainly because we can't always have him 'all weekend' on his weekends off. For example - we are going to Baltimore. No way I am driving 2 hours in the wrong direction and then adding 6 to it if I can help it, he can go to camp the night before and sleep in Sunday (they do worship on Monday or Tuesday at camp for just that reason). My body won't do it well at all.
ETA: I shouted today because my baby boy is 15 TODAY.
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RE: June Winter Woes - and yes, I do realise that doesn... - 6/6/2009 9:11:54 AM
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Momma....that is a very long time to be away from your baby!!! Happy 15th birthday!!!!
Summer plans...not a lot with dh out of work. We will see my sister at the beach for a long weekend, so that will be a nice break. The rest of the time will be spent working as much as possible. I hope that my dh finds a job soon!!!!
My middle baby will turn 21 next week.  That is so hard to believe!! I've got to come up with some way to celebrate. He finished his month of summer school (it was the only way to schedule one of his courses) so he is a free man as of today (to hopefully work 2 jobs). His best friend is getting married in 2 weeks so we need to start planning for the wedding. My "baby" will be a groomsman so he will be wearing a tux for the first time.
The rest of summer will hopefully be spent reading by the pool. That is my favorite summer activity!
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RE: June Winter Woes - and yes, I do realise that doesn... - 6/6/2009 9:17:39 AM
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We can go up on family night to see the OA tap out and visit with him then. Eat dinner and such. Same with Friday. They are 'off' after a certain time, but not allowed to leave, so we can take him stuff and visit for a while.
I am looking forward to doing care packages.
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RE: June Winter Woes - and yes, I do realise that doesn... - 6/6/2009 9:19:14 AM
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Judi...thanks for the ragdoll info!! (Kath...that's okay.  )
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RE: June Winter Woes - and yes, I do realise that doesn... - 6/9/2009 6:45:07 AM
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I'm irked. Well, I was, I'm getting over it.
PBee's aunt was having a picnic. The day before he is leaving for training. The day of the history event he wants to go to, one of BigBee's potiential days off. When the picnic was announced, he decided that is what we were going to and we couldn't possibly get BigBee. Considering the history event is AT the boy scout camp, I figured it all out.
So, his aunt called last night and cancelled. Her son moved the wedding up by a year. The reception will be held at her home, the day of my family reunion. PBee's reaction (and what left me so ticked) was as I hung up the phone he said 'a reception trumps a reunion'
1) Unless the reception is at noon, we can go to the reunion. Leave at 2, be at his aunts by 3 and will not have driven an inch out of our way. Literally. We need to drive past his aunts to go to the reunion. 2) That side of the family is hosting a picnic for July 4th and their reunion is the Saturday after the reception. In other words, we would see this family 3 times in 5 weekends. My family only gets together once a year.
I wouldn't have been upset if we had decided TOGETHER to pick one over the other. It was his unilateral, uninformed pronouncement that left me upset and when I said 'let's talk about this' he was hurt.
Then, I struck a low blow. When he told me he was NOT going to the history thing due to the picnic he said that his aunts and uncles were getting older and he was worried they would soon start passing away. So, in my anger I said that my aunts and uncles weren't getting any younger either. (In fact, I have some in their mid-70's and his are just reaching retirement)
So, not my proudest moment and no decision yet. But I feel a smidge better confessing here. KWIM?
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RE: June Winter Woes - and yes, I do realise that doesn... - 6/9/2009 3:27:15 PM
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Kath
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I want to say it's all about them (husbands) but then that would be mean.
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RE: June Winter Woes - and yes, I do realise that doesn... - 6/9/2009 9:58:45 PM
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I kinda thought that too. They were getting married next year and moved it up. They are actually getting married on Thursday and he expects his mom to travel on Friday and HOST the reception Saturday, which is really off.
The reunion on my mom's side is always that weekend (last one in July) and his mom's side is always the first weekend August. This works well for us, unless we have some type of home repair to do. Then we miss one.
We have a new laptop up and running but it can't seem to print as fast as I type. Cool - but now I need to help hubby.
Later
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RE: June Winter Woes - and yes, I do realise that doesn... - 6/9/2009 10:22:42 PM
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They are actually getting married on Thursday and he expects his mom to travel on Friday and HOST the reception Saturday, which is really off.
That is unbelievable! What is the hurry?
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RE: June Winter Woes - and yes, I do realise that doesn... - 6/10/2009 1:32:50 AM
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Went to an Orthodox Presbyterian church on Sunday and really liked it. Very traditional, even saw a woman with a head covering.
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RE: June Winter Woes - and yes, I do realise that doesn... - 6/10/2009 6:10:11 AM
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From what his aunt said - There isn't any reason to wait a year and to save money they asked her to host. Both things make sense. It is his first marriage, and her second. She has a 9-10 yo. They are both in their early 30's. I wonder if they want to have a second and she hears herself getting older? If they already had the trip planned as a vacation with the daughter, and then were looking at the cost of stuff, I could see PBee and I making that jump.
From our perspective (and he did talk to my sweetie when they announced their engagement about 2 months ago). We met in November, started dating in December, he proposed in February, we decided to move the wedding up by two years and that I was quitting college in early April and were married in September. And everyone assumed we were expecting. When it is the right person, and you believe it is forever, the date you go down the aisle is immaterial. PBee told him when it is right, it's right, there is no reason to wait.
I've seen it for years, but I finally vocalized last month - my sweetie doesn't think we can do more than one thing in a day. Dinner at your house Sat at 5? We just need to bring soda? Then, we can't both do laundry in the morning because we need to get home to get ready. So I will decide I want to go by myself, but they can clean house. Same thing. We started in one room but we had to stop to cook lunch and get ready. Conversly, PBee will tell you that I try to cram too much in. He sees me trying to do the laundry, get groceries, run errands, stop at a yard sale and clean the bathroom - and then get ready to go.
Which is the real problem with the reunion. I think we can go north to get the boy, head west to Ohio to see my aunts and uncles and then return home to bestoy our good wishes on his cousin. He thinks I'm nuts.
And, somehow between now and then - I will also need to go to a bridal shower. If she does it on a Saturday - I may scream. I'm betting July 11th.
BigBee has a OA (Scout) Ordeal - our town has their summerfest where we are expected to run the scout booth all day and will listen all next year to 'your son wasn't there' from someone whose son won't be there - DeeDee wants to go to camp - and there is a memorial service for my 2nd cousin on my mom's side - so I'm guessing that is the day that will work for everyone else.
His family believes that if an invitation is issued, you will arrive. End of discussion. You can leave early but you will be there for the food and games. No excuses.
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RE: June Winter Woes - and yes, I do realise that doesn... - 6/10/2009 11:59:05 AM
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my sweetie doesn't think we can do more than one thing in a day.
I wonder how many hubby's are like this. Dh is like this in regards to holidays. We did the whole "visit each side on holidays" thing at first, but got tired of it and started inviting everyone together to celebrate. We don't have a large family so it's not a big deal, but .... .
I still think it's kind of rude to expect people to just drop plans sinply because you changed your's . If you don't have alot of relatives that's fine, but what if many are going on vacations? It is that time of the year?
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RE: June Winter Woes - and yes, I do realise that doesn... - 6/10/2009 1:16:09 PM
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I think I've kinda got my hubby trained a bit in that regard! Monday - we went to the library to sign the kids up for the summer reading program, picked up Ty's girlfriend, stopped off to pay a bill, went to the store to get a picnic lunch, ate that lunch at the park near the zoo and then went to the zoo! After the zoo we stopped at yet another library to pick up a book he wanted (and a few other things as usual) and then to the store to buy the milk we were in dire need of at home!
A few years ago - just the trip to the library would have killed him- forget adding everything else to the day!
I really dislike it a lot when it's just assumed that you will attend an event if you get an invite.
I'd really be in trouble if that were my family! I would have had to travel to two Minnesota graduations and one wedding in a matter of a month this past spring! I got all the invites and only sent cards and a small gift to each.
I do think we are blessed to NOT have many relatives in the immediate area sometimes!
Got Ty's report card. Not to bad. He managed to keep a B average. His lowest grade was a C- in Biology. I'm hoping that doesn't affect his academic honors diploma goals, but I'm not sure.
We'll pick up the younger kids cards tomorrow. They decided not to mail those out this year. Another cost cutting measure.
Blessings,
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RE: June Winter Woes - and yes, I do realise that doesn... - 6/10/2009 3:59:10 PM
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From what his aunt said - There isn't any reason to wait a year and to save money they asked her to host. Both things make sense.
I can understand that, my confusing is coming because the way I read it, they are getting married tomorrow.
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The reunion on my mom's side is always that weekend (last one in July) quote:
And, somehow between now and then - I will also need to go to a bridal shower. If she does it on a Saturday - I may scream. I'm betting July 11th.
So they really are getting married in 6 weeks or so?
If 6 weeks, then it really isn't a hurry like I was thinking. I was thinking tomorrow and expecting everyone to accommodate them.
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From our perspective (and he did talk to my sweetie when they announced their engagement about 2 months ago). We met in November, started dating in December, he proposed in February, we decided to move the wedding up by two years and that I was quitting college in early April and were married in September.
Larry and I met at work but really didn't know each other, just "of" each other. We started dating week before thanksgiving, he asked me to marry him mid December and we got married June 1. 
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June Winter Woes - and yes, I do realise that doesn't a... - 6/10/2009 4:00:29 PM
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Today was the last day of school.
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RE: June Winter Woes - and yes, I do realise that doesn... - 6/10/2009 4:16:20 PM
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Are the kids excited?
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June Winter Woes - and yes, I do realise that doesn't a... - 6/10/2009 4:17:42 PM
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yup.
They were going to have a swimming party, but it's not all that warm here.
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RE: June Winter Woes - and yes, I do realise that doesn... - 6/10/2009 8:15:17 PM
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Oh, we thought about spliting the kids (the pair, not each child) and he even said that I could take them both to Ohio but I'd like them to see both sides.
I'm sure BigBee will not be off the following weekend. (the regular, his side, reunion)
I'm waiting until I get invites to see if it is a problem or not.
The assumed attendance thing - I remember one picnic where the girl was working 7-3pm then back out 11-7am. Her fellow left to visit with her since he hadn't seen her all week and they hostess told him to just bring her back, she could visit for a few hours. The poor girls ALWAYS worked midnights, but covered for someone so you know her body wanted to sleep in the morning while she was working. I'm sure that sitting in the sun eating leftovers that had been out since noon was not what she wanted to do with her 8 hours off.
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