RETIRED: Target chit chat

Renter? You have renters? You mean straaaannngers who live in your house...... You know, all those crazy ass serial killers have to live somewhere....


I may or may not get it done today -- but if I don't it will be because I am working and that will be up and down the ladder all day long. I think that counts!

I was a fraidy cat & didn't try towels. I did get a box of notebooks! I found kids denim shorts @ 1.25 each - so I got some minor overage w/4 pairs. Found a few dollar spot clearance things too - pepsi/mtn dew lip gloss, marshmallow roasting forks, and fridge magnet clips. No produce @ this T.

LOL...chicken

I so *love* this baby... she's so stinking cute.

Oh, and my toddler says to me last night, "thank you for my best-friend sister Mavis..." Soooooo cute!!



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I know that a number of you have recently been dealing with taking care of health problems in the family or
staying with loved ones in the hospital. My heart goes out to each of you :heart : and I hope you will receive the
best possible outcome. :comfort :

I find myself in a similar situation at the moment and will be taking a family member to the hospital shortly.
Right now I'm a nervous wreck and I'm trying to figure out what to bring with me but I can't even think clearly.
Considering the way I already feel despite the fact that I'm not even at the hospital yet, I'm sure I will definitely
need a distraction.

If you have any recommendations, I'd appreciate you sharing them with me. : ) Chances are that most of you
probably won't be awake before I leave though. I may try to bring a computer but I have no idea if I will be able
to access the internet at the hospital. It feels like I don't know anything right now; I feel like I'm a giant walking
question mark. :confuse3 : Then again, I know I am fortunate to have the ability to walk.


Teri, I hope you get to bring Joel home very soon. :pray :


:hapybday : Happy Birthday Nikayla and Devilmomma!!!

Quote from cathi4savings : So sorry to hear this. Maybe some crossword puzles. a book ?, an ipod ?,a electonic game. :hug ::pray :for you and yours

Quote from .teri. : :hug : Hope everything is OK. Bring books, cards, music and your laptop so you can keep us posted on how you are doing :hug :

Quote from kallison423 : cali, hope everything is okay :hug : Bring a mindless book to read and maybe some puzzle books or something. If you have your computer and a wifi connection, maybe occupy your time with a People of Walmart type site? Those are always good distractions.

Quote from bunnies46 : [snip] cali..I know this is a little to late, but in the event that you are needing to be at the hospital for a while. I brought my lap top and some discs to watch. (that was for the hospital room). For the emergency room, I brought magazines that I kept meaning to read. Hope all is well. Update when you can.

Quote from stacymg : [snip] :hug : I hope everything comes out ok. Prayers & thoughts are with you. Do you have have an urlhasbeenblocked? Can you take your coupons with you & organize them? Take a walk & look at the babies, always good for giving hope. : ) Amen on the being grateful about being able to walk. My mom had MS & I thank God every day that I can get up & walk.

Quote from gt6mk31 : [snip] Oh for heaven's sake people. I saw lots of suggestions for taking her laptop, books, etc. Not one person suggested a toothbrush, washrag, and plenty of clean undies!

Quote from TheGh0st : Finally caught up. Computer crashed last night just 2 pages from me getting caught up then bam. Luckily its back on track today. No way I'm going to be able to quote everyone so feel free to skip my ramble. [snip] Hospitals and Illnesses - Too many people out there to list individually but I'm praying for each of you to have the strength to get better or to be their for your loved ones as they get better.

You guys have to stop chatting...very soon I will be a newbie claiming Ii want a recap of the tcc thread bcoz I don't have enuf time to catch up...Will catch up later...

And.....we're home :woot : :woot :

Good luck to everyone starting their diets today :clap :

Who was looking for ideas for teething? Was it Guy? Try this, looks like a dog toy but has great reviews:
http://www.amazon.com/Vulli-Sophi...794&sr=1-1

check out the newbie in deals right now while he gets slammed.

eta- i was nice and sent him a pm to take it down but too late already.

sorry to bring a very somber note a couple days late here, but i wanted to remember my friend David.

i wasn't home on 9/11 so didn't read the posts about the WTC until yesterday. there were some questions about what were people thinking and what they went thru. wanted to respond to the convo but it got retired and too much trouble to go back in there trying to quote. my mom was at work there that day and here's what she said about it in an online CNN interview-

On September 11, 2001, XXXXX had been at her desk on the 54th floor of the south tower for about an hour when the north tower was hit by a hijacked jetliner.

"The building shook, and I heard my coworkers yelling to get out, to run," she said.

Seated far from any window, XXXXX did not immediately grasp the magnitude of what had happened. Instead, she continued working until a coworker returning for her purse yelled at her. Looking up, XXXXX found the work area was nearly empty.

"She says, I better get out. I looked out the window and saw a lot of debris falling. It was in flames. I ran towards the door."

Then, realizing she had left her sneakers and pocketbook containing her asthma medication, she returned and grabbed them, then headed downstairs. This time, the emergency stairwell was lighted -- one of the changes the building had undergone after the 1993 attack.

Around the time she reached the 30th floor, the building shook again -- "a very hard thump."

"We hung on to the banisters and railings, because it really shook the building. It swayed," she said. Soon, the smell of jet fuel permeated the staircase, searing into her consciousness.

After she reached a church across the street she looked up. The north tower, where her company also had offices, was shrouded in smoke.

XXXXX decided it was time to go. When she reached Chinatown, several blocks north, she again looked up "and there was empty space where the World Trade Center was."

She made her way to a relative's apartment on the Lower East Side, where she was given a cup of tea and sat in front of a television to watch the events unfold.

It was not until that night, when a niece gave her a ride over the river, that she got back to Queens.

XXXXX said the catastrophes she has witnessed have changed her life.

"I will not put things off now," she said. She also resolved "to do more good deeds, in the sense that you think about your mortality. I wanted to be more positive, and leave a positive memory on other people."

Would she consider leaving New York?

"No. I just feel that one doesn't run away from one's problems, and I still feel that I can contribute," she said. "I can make the place better."

i had a very good friend, David, who worked on the 90-something floor of one of the buildings (new yorkers called them building 1 and 2. the media always calls them north and south so i don't know which is which, but i think my mom and friend worked in different buildings.). according to coworkers who did make it out, he went back to get his Wizard (early pda) and nothing was ever found of him except his work ID. it's really a small world. while we were putting together his memorial, i discovered we had been in the same saturday language class in first grade. we also had gone to the same high school but he was a grade ahead so we didn't know each other there though i remember seeing him many times.

my now ex-SIL worked in building #7 which was also damaged but she made it out. right afterwards i remember her being upset about her shoes and esp library books she had at work.

my life has definitely changed and is different now b/c my friend David is no longer here. by coincidence, his in-laws live a few miles away and when his wife visited her parents, we would always get together. the last time i saw him just 2-3 wks b4 9/11, they had come over to hang out a little and his wife was looking pregnant but they didn't say anything. i think they confirmed it and we were all excited for them and then he was gone.

i just want everyone to remember that life is so precious and way more valuable than any material goods and possessions.

Just coming in to post that we got a call back from the doctor already.

He said her spinal test looked great and there's no further testing or anything needed for that - thank goodness! Her kidney ultrasound still shows dilation, so they are sending her to a pediatric urologist (Oct. 5th - ugh... hate that wait), and they are scheduling her for a test. I think it's called a VCUG. Basically, they will put a catheter in her and fill her bladder with a liquid that has a dye in it. Then they take x-rays while she pees and check to see if the dye all comes out like it should or flows back up toward the kidneys.

From what I'm reading on the net, it then depends on what is causing the flow. It seems that most of the time they expect the kids to grow out of it in time, and occasionally there's an abnormality that needs correction via surgery. Of course, I'm hoping for the "grow out of it" part.

So far, it's been a fairly uneventful day. The car has a flat tire, so I don't know if I'll get out to shop at all. : ( DH had to run and do some errands for church this morning and discovered it on his way out. Hopefully he'll be back home before he has to go to work so he can check out the car and change the tire if we have a spare. I think we do...

Not much else going on, I guess!

Got a $189 Mongoose Estes bike for $19 at Kmart today!!! Whoohoo!!!

Mongoose Estes 26" Mens Bike [kmart.com]

Women's is clearanced for the same price. (Can't find link to that one.)

Cathi, yes! I got it today and thank you so much for all of the goodies. My kids are veeeery excited.

Hello everyone else. Went and had my garage sale today from 9-1. That was exhausting. DH was doing tile work so I had to put everything up and it was HOT. Cleaned out 9 tubs and made almost 750 so not too bad.

I got my stupid TQ's for downy today. TODAY. The last day of the effin sale. I am not very happy. I ordered like 300 coupons from manuf.net last sunday and they still aren't here.