What are YOU doing this fine Saturday morning??

I am happily in my recliner, listening to Lester Holt (I actually LIKE him), drinking coffee. Got my laptop going, checking my DU posts and mail, seeing if anybody is up.

Got IM going and talking to both kids at once. One lives down the street, the other one is "war-riding" in his ambulance, which he tells me means he is hanging out in hot spots for HIS laptop. He waits, he has explained, for "people to have a really bad day." I'm proud of him. He's saved a lot of lives. My daughter is home with two babies, 2 and six weeks. She's got her hands full!

And...I've got a little UB poker game goin' in the corner of the screnn. Just the dollar tables, no biggie. I'm up 17 bucks. I had a straight flush a few minutes ago.

It's nice and cool here in Tallahassee. The 'Noles play Clemson up there, so there's that to look forward to. And my grandson turned two this week and his party is this PM. Sponge Bob theme, man! Sponge Bob cake, plates, napkins, pinata, and even a string of Sponge Bob lights!

How about you?

5:45am here in Seattle and Mrs. Tripper is headed your way actually. She's flying into Tampa and then driving up to Thomasville Ga. where she's from to deal with some family matters.
She worked in Tallahassee for an attorney years ago when we met online and moved to Seattle.

so she'll drive right by me! We're about 20 minutes from Thomasville. Nice quiet little town. Did she grow up there?

born there....lived in Nashville for a few years then back to Tallahassee.
Her sister lives in Crawfordville.

although she moved throughout FL most of her young life. I was raised in NJ and came here in 1978. Nice area if you can stand the summers.

I live off Centerville. I am getting ready to go to Target to get me a Caramel Machiato. MMMMMM!!!!

but I used to live in Fresh Water Farms about fifteen years ago, back when we had horses.

I don't have heat anymore, good thing I'm moving, eh?

No heater? Time to get out of Dodge!

the library.
I'm listening to John Prine and the morning sounds
of Tucson.
My daughter has gone back to sleep after seeing her boyfriend off to work.
The resurgent Arizona Wildcats are hosting the
Univ. of Washington Huskies this afternoon.

I'm glad you decided not to leave DU, TallahasseeGrannie.
I've enjoyed your 'company.'

:hi:

Be back later. :hi:

Miss me? ;)

full house, 2 ways, get it? :)

The bookies took the FSU game off the board (no spread, cant bet on it) Whats up with that? Clemson gonna give 'em trouble?????????????????

Good morning to you. :hi:

they call it the "Bowden Bowl." He's beat us at least once that I remember. Maybe even twice.

Just had a full house and won 24 pot.

LIFE IS GOOD.

They have practice today for two hours, and tomorrow nearly all day, for a concert Monday night. While he's gone, I'm hoping for some quality time with my daughter.

I was in choir for many years and miss it.

or did you say "breeding"?

Cuz that is always fun.

a difficult type of brooding for sure.

Drop daughter off at Metro for a trip to the art museums, buy a part to fix the fridge, send some photos off to a friend.

I'm also doing laundry. Fun stuff.

I don't mind laundry when I get the chance to do it.

I've been trying to convince my housemates we need an elevator, but they say it's "too expensive" and "the most idiotic idea they've ever heard". Always naysaying, those guys. :P

Anyway to set up a work space in the basement so you can work on your website and do laundry at the same time? :hi:

Our basement is pretty haggard, so I like to spend as little time down there as possible.

I am a teacher and yesterday was 'quiz day'. I prefer, as do my students, that I grade quizzes on Saturday morning when I have the tendency to be more generous (especially when I must decipher their handwriting).

because we were off. But I know ALL ABOUT weekend grading/planning sessions.

Which course(s) do you teach?

I teach high school German, levels 1-4.

to gifted kids, k-8. Right now I'm teaching digital photography and animation.

I'm basically an art teacher.

I often teach world cultures and art history. I also have a couple of hospital/homebound kids I work with.

but now, because of NCLB, I am no longer "highly qualified" to teach world history (which includes world cultures, art history, etc). I am somewhat ticked-off by this as I have a Ph.D. in history. The Education Dept. is more interested in those of us who can teach foreign languages as our skills are deemed "critical needs" and there is a shortage of language teachers in my state. Luckily, the state curriculum plan calls for history and culture of the target language to be taught.

Even after I add Social Studies (History) to my license, I will still remain the German teacher because of the needs of my district. Oh well, such is life.

I do have diligent students (for the most part) and I do enjoy teaching and working with young people; it helps me to retain my youthful approach to life.

that someone with a PHD in history doesn't reach the bureaucratic standard? Seems unfair. Many teachers are excellent, despite their official qualifications and some are bad with many qualifications.

Sometimes quantifying everything leads to a great loss of creativity, IMO.

She's a terrific artist.

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Kudos!:woohoo:

I am glad you dedided to stay. In your honor:
(I hope you like it)although I hope not sure about the location of it all?

It was the third of June, another sleepy, dusty Delta day.
I was out chopping cotton and my brother was baling hay.
And at dinner time we stopped and walked back to the house to eat.
And Mama hollered out the back door "y'all remember to wipe your feet,"
And then she said "I got some news this morning from Choctaw Ridge,"
"Today, Billy Joe MacAllister jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge."

And Papa said to Mama as he passed around the black-eyed peas:
"Well, Billy Joe never had a lick of sense; pass the biscuits, please."
"There's five more acres in the lower forty I've got to plow."
And Mama said it was a shame about Billy Joe, anyhow.
Seems like nothing ever comes to no good up on Choctaw Ridge.
And now Billy Joe MacAllister's jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge.

And brother said he recollected when he and Tom and Billie Joe,
Had put a frog down my back at the Carroll County picture show.
And wasn't I talking to him after church last Sunday night?
"I'll have another piece of apple pie; you know it don't seem right.
"I saw him at the sawmill yesterday on Choctaw Ridge,
"And now you tell me Billie Joe's jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge."

And Mama said to me: "Child, what's happened to your appetite?
"I've been cooking all morning and you haven't touched a single bite.
"That nice young preacher, Brother Taylor, dropped by today.
"Said he'd be pleased to have dinner on Sunday, oh, by the way.
"He said he saw a girl that looked a lot like you up on Choctaw Ridge.
"And she and Billy Joe was throwing something off the Tallahatchie Bridge."

A year has come and gone since we heard the news 'bout Billy Joe,
And brother married Becky Thompson, they bought a store in Tupelo.
There was a virus going 'round, Papa caught it and he died last Spring.
And now Mama doesn't seem to wanna do much of anything.
And me, I spend a lot of time picking flowers up on Choctaw Ridge.
And drop them into the muddy water off the Tallahatchie Bridge.

That song is so evocative of my younger years! I think the actual bridge is in Mississippi, but the whole sharecropper experience is alive and well as history around here. My mother's ancestors were all FL pioneers who settled in Jackson Co., FL.

I'm a genealogy buff and one little tidbit I discovered is that my maternal great-grandfather fathered children by three different sisters. He was married to one. Another one was married to a fellow who traveled a lot (my ancestor). The other was an unmarried woman and THAT was the real scandal. Really makes that side of the family convoluted in real backwoods sort of way!

My daughter's home for the 3 day weekend and while she sorts through her 18 years of "stuff", I'm going to clean out my closets. Then on to the basement before I got to work at my second job at a store tonight.

Next?

places, i'm sick to my stomach just thinking about it.

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Yuck!

:puke:

on't puke, all loaded up with cake and ice cream.

Cast-iron constitutions. Must be something you grow out of.

Then I'm going to unclog the bathroom sink, take my son to the park, and then we're all going to grandma and grandpa's for the rest of the weekend.

We're going to celebrate thanksgiving tomorrow because half the family will be away in California for a wedding Thanksgiving week, and my husband and I are finally going on our homeymoon that week as well!

Women in Black, every month, on the second saturday. If I'm not working, I'm protesting !

.....lovin' this big HP flat screen monitor she's got and drinkin' a french vanilla cappacino! :D :hi:

I'll be off to the gym myself....after I peel myself away from my computer, and after some breakfast too....

I need to shop for dinner today sometime......

I might get out with my new camera and take some more dig pics....

A quiet day, all in all, for me.......

Thanks for asking! AND for sticking around, too......


:hi: :pals:

meeting and basking in our victory over Arnold :-).

We're going out for lunch, going to pop in and see her new restaurant that's opening this week, hitting little antique shops, and who knows what else! Not a momen too soon, either- I need to get out of my house.

:7


It's my Tuesday. Happy, happy, joy, joy. :P

Fortunately, I work from home anyway, so having to put in some extra time isn't that bad, since my "office" is right here.

Not very active this morning, but I'm doing some early Christmas shopping. I was reading the Philly Inquirer. Rating for Madonna's Confessions On A Dance Floor was too low (2.5/4 stars when it should get an A,) but the sports section was good, with mid-season grades for the Eagles.

Here are my mid-season Eagles grades:

Quarterback - C- (McNabb's been injured, but that doesn't explain poor decision making)

Running back - D+ (most of Westbrook's yards have been receiving; little help elsewhere)

Offensive line - D (no run blocking at all)

Defensive line - D (they just are not getting to the quarterback)

Linebackers - C (only Trotter has played well)

Secondary - D+ (too many big plays allowed, many of them on 3rd and long)

Special teams - D (one shining moment in the San Diego game; hardly any return yards; short kickoffs; average field goal kicking)

Coaching - D- (4-4 record and last place in the NFC East. No adjustments or control of the team.)

x(

listen to some cool tunes and boogie around, FY! Just don't bump anything! ;)

:hi:

:popcorn: we enjoyed it:popcorn:

My hands are all gnarled and hurt, typing with my thumbs.

Ouch.:cry:

we have HELLA leaves (sacramento, the tree capitol of the world, it seems). the bad part is that i have a tiny tree in my small front yard, but neighbors on all three sides have HUGE trees with lots of leaves. guess who gets the lion's share of leaves? :-(

had to be up at 5:30 am to take my son to basketball practice (EVERY FRIGGIN DAY EXCEPT SUNDAY!!! - :grr:), but will be out shopping in a bit and making carnitas.

then played mah-johng with my pals in the am. Then we are going to visit my MIL who's in the hospital. Then maybe a tarot party that one of my h's friends is having, if we aren't too tired.

(it's been a very long week)

I got a b'day card for my favorite DUer and stuff to fill another care package for veg*n soldiers (the gov't can't be bothered to feed them.) Now I'm eating my soup and posting on DU because it beats scrubbing the bathroom, which is what I should be doing.

I did an hourlong workout, dropped my oldest daughter at work, took my younger two shopping to Target and the grocery store, cleaned the kitchen, and helped my husband clean the garage.

In 45 minutes, I have to leave for the dentist.