What is the best thing that happened in your life in the past week?

I am having a difficult time staying positive, even though I finally fixed the frickin' toilet and I finally have running water.

So I am trying to regroup and I did have something absolutely wonderful happen in my family.

My son's heavy metal band won their very first battle of the bands against some stiff competition. The emcee at the event called them "The next big thing in metal" before they played.

I have let the boy concentrate on his music, no work or college this semester, because no one ever gave me that opportunity with my music, and it has paid off for him and his band. I am so proud! I was even moshing a bit! :headbang: Heavy Metal even a mama can love!

So what happened in your week?

The chick turned out cool, but her fiance was a psycho. But the good news is I handled his bad behavior quite well. Good thing I've dealt with anger management issues before. I'm pround I made it through the night unscathed. :)

They bring out stuff in us we didn't realize we had! Like Psycho Management abilities!

Don't think I missed a single blade.

Battling rigor mortis currently. But by tomorrow fatigue should wear off.

my gardens are in ruins and shambles. No time to putter. I'm proud of you Red Cloud :hi:

I missed the deadline on it (that's the long-story, short), and school policy is that after 60 days, it's no longer an expense, but "income" so they were going to tax it at 40%... my boss's money. The difference was more than $650.

In the long run, it would have all come out in the wash because he could have then claimed it as a non-reimbursed business expense, but that wouldn't have happened until he filed his taxes.

Anyway, the financial office agreed to just pay it... I'm quite relieved.

That was a relief ;)

Absolute best time I've ever had in a museum!

I also went at saw Audioslave on Friday night on the next to last show of their tour. Good times.

You've been a cultural whiz this week! :P

I'm planning on ordering a National Geographic book that they were selling at the museum that's a companion to the exhibit (it's more than half price ordering it online - AND includes a CD that contains the audio tour).

This book here:

http://shop.nationalgeographic.com/shopping/product/detailmain.jsp?itemID=2449&itemType=PRODUCT&iProductID=2449

:hi:

That Cin Kronisity!

:)

Go me!

Congratulations :toast:

What a relief! :bounce: My son had a band 10 years ago. They had a great time. Good luck to your son.

Mz Pip
:dem:

You must be so proud! Congrats to the Boy!!!!!!!

:party:

10 years ago I never would have predicted my long haired, boots and leather jacketed kid would now be an Assistant District Attorney.

Good for you for letting your son pursue his dream.

Mz Pip
:dem:

Until I indicated to him that it had nothing to do with my department and was therefore none of my frigging concern.

He said,"Oh", and the subject was dropped. Asshead.

Love that.

how a little logic screws em up every time, huh?

Give 'em hell, Loonman! :applause:

cancer. WoooHooo! :bounce:

:woohoo:

I'm so happy for you both! :hug:

There is still the matter of a large cyst/tumor on his spine, but they are going to just watch it for now.

We can relax and enjoy the Holiday season.

Trudy

:)

worked out so that the family will be able to attend the Hollywood Christmas Parade on Sunday...

Antonio Villaraigosa is going to be Grand Marshall. Go Cal Dems....

making nice memories!

for $15 to www.flashquake.org

:toast:

:) :) :)

Hope everyone can be together for you :hug:

Thank, there and the same to you. :hug: :hi:

;)

whole wide world."

progmom. He's got great taste in buddies, huh? :pals:

Our very own CaliforniaPeggy...and Allison Janney. ;)

I am NOT a celebrity........

I am a goddess, though......just not a celebrity....


:hi:

Our Califorinia Peggy WAS the nicer of the two, no doubt!

but you're right...nobody's nicer than Peggy! ;)

two days of normal overtime. For 56 hours of work, he'll get paid $1500.

We needed that. I guess that's the best thing.

to know $$$ are coming.

Kudos to the BF for working so hard. :applause:

That seldom happens! :bounce:

except I don't have one.

So I'll be happy for you and yours :)

they are sooooooo damned cool

:)

but I'm moving in with my girlfriend. :woohoo::bounce:

I hope you have a ton of fun! :bounce:

I hope some rubs off on me. I did have a dream last night that Brad Pitt and I were a couple.

He said, "Angelina who?" And then we made out like animals


*sigh*

great show

what was your favorite song of the evening? :)

Lucky....

A real turning point in American politics surrounding this war.

that does touch ever one of our lives...

The 8 hours we spent having dinner and drinks with new-ish friends, or the fact that we picked up our new dog yesterday!! :bounce:

KNowing people like I do, I bet the dog will bring you more mess in the short run, and more love in the long run!

Congrats on the new doggy! *ruff!!!*

Then my mom fixed the toilet, so I could take showers again...then it snowed and it was beautiful and wonderful.

Then I realized what a fantabulous mother I have and how I wouldn't trade her for anyone in the world.

:hug:

The snow WAS beautiful, wasn't it?

Thank YOU dear daughter, for all the things you are and for putting up with me. I hope your day has been awesome! :hug: :loveya:

Green Day's new concert video and she got within a foot of Billie Joe Armstrong. She was one clouds 9, 10, etc.....

for that!

sorry... But it was freaking awsome...

RL

must've been heaven if you won't tell!

that sharing would only diminish...

RL

DUers in CA and NYC may argue over who gets to have you in their midst!

and Joe Paterno, who everyone wanted to put out to pasture, looked pretty sharp.

Better yet, I watched the game with 4 close girlfriends who I've had for over 20 years. Nothing sweeter than old friends!

along with the victory :party:

My 3 year old grandson is absolutely over-the-moon for Buzz.
He's coming for a visit.
He needs his own bed, but in mommy & daddy's room.
I'm building it.
Miz t. found some really cool Buzz decals for the bed.
He will wet his pants when he sees it.
:-)

How sweet, though! Lucky kid to have a doting Grandpa like you!

:bounce:

A literate baby AND punkin pie ahead of schedule!

You lucky gal!

I wont say how much but its lower six-figure.

Jess kiddin' ;)


Hope all your dreams come true, cuz money is the stuff some dreams are made of.

I hope the $$$ help you have a carefree, meaningful life from this day forward!

progress report for 6th grade and we celebrated 12 yrs of parenting over the w/e with his 12th birthday party.
:woohoo:

Congrats on your son's musical success. Very cool. :thumbsup: Our boy has been playing drums for about a year and a half and he's got some major chops. We'll see if he goes anywhere with it....Time will tell.

which means we were preggers at the same time lo those many years ago!

And he is here with me for the holidays and that's the best thing THIS week!

Good luck to your son. Drummers are the hardest working folks on stage!!!

Chock full of vegan-y goodness confirming once again something that I can't wait to sink my teeth into, so to speak.

:scared: :hide:

It's an expression. One can sink one's teeth into a good book, or a new CD.

That said, yes, I do. Lightly, just enough to leave a mark.

:9

I want some of what you guys are having!!!!

You're welcome to it. x(

Took Nini to see my first house from my babyhood, and took a look at my late grandparents' house where I spent a few summers growing up... and went by the ball diamond I played on back in the day...then went to the Zoo (so many endangered species now with a safe home), and the next day, to beautiful Point Loma, to see the old lighthouse, and absorb the panoramic view of the San Diego skyline...

It was a wonderful and all too fast weekend. :D

Glad to hear about your son's success! I am a metalhead myself. :thumbsup:

He worked so hard on stage, the drumsticks were a blur.

And I LOVE all the kids in this band. They are so sweet to be such badass players!

And nice that you relived some of BoyZomby's childhood! :)

for students from the area...he'll be writing for the Op/ed and being paid quite nicley...very proud...

What an accomplishment!

I'm proud, too!!!!! :toast:

its a really big deal in itself, but he's really turned his life around, so I'm extra proud!

Some frineds and I made this documentary movie about a campaign we ran. It started as just trying to put footage of the campaign together to tell a basic story, but the more we worked the more we saw a universal message in the story we were telling. We poured ourselves into making the film compelling enough that someday "someone might just watch it."

Last week we sold a fifty percent interest in the film to John Malkovich's production company, ParisMudd Studios. In a week we find out if it got accepted to Sundance.

So now I know for a fact that my film will be seen and hopefully may help make the world a slightly better place to live.

That is a very sweet story.

Here's to your continuing success in cinema! :toast:

I've been wanting to share that news!

i hit my football pool for the week, my beloved red sox got a fireball pitcher today, and my son made honors for the first term in high school.

a good week all around.

We all deserve it!!!!!!


Congrats to the Boy Honor Student! :party:

he thinks i'm funny. the shining bright spot in a weekend filled with the kind of rejection that makes it hard for artists to pass the open windows sometimes.

Those rejections will decrease one day, and soon you'll be chasing publishers off your doorstep with a stick and a hugh!!!!11111 bank account :)

was a show of my fine art (painting and ceramics), but i also had a display of my buttons. he thought several of them were funny, and also laughed quite a bit during our conversation. i gave him a copy of an article about me in a new little zine. he writes a "man about town" kind of a column. i guess he lives kinda near my studio. maybe i'll get a mention.

took my youngest with me (great company, that one...)
Made mom's day, even if she didn't quite know who we were for about a minute or so. She's getting pretty dingy. But she was happy. So I was happy.

You can make someone feel so happy by doing the simplest things.

I hope you have a wonderful holiday!

:rofl:

Bush is getting his daily briefing from Rumsfeld, and Rumsfeld concludes by saying...

I'm thrilled for my sister in law, and so thankful that she has finally found true love. He's a really, really nice guy.

There's a little boy who lives in my town that I am absolutely enamored of. He's 15 months old, and I can't resist him. His mama is nice enough to share him with me. Today he ran into my store, threw his arms around me, and gave me a hug. :loveya:

Julie

True love AND a happy little kid all in the same week.

Happy Turkey Day!!!