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Blue-Jay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-30-10 04:46 PM
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Do you have any Memorial Day plans?
Me? I figure I'll mow the lawn, water the garden, and fire up the grill. Boring ,sure, but also comforting.
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Brickbat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-30-10 04:59 PM
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1. Recovering from a badass sinus infection.
I never get them, and this one has knocked me on my ass.
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Blue-Jay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-30-10 05:06 PM
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6. Geez, I've been nursing a backache for the past two days.
I'm still gonna flip some veggie-burgers (for my lovely wife) and other treats on the grill.

I hope you recover quickly. Sinus infections really suck.
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Brickbat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-30-10 06:16 PM
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10. Aw, thanks.
It's really knocked me out. I don't usually get sick beyond a one-day cold or a two-day viral sore throat. I've been battling this for two weeks (see also DU threads: "My uvula hurts" and "My uvula's feeling better").

Hope your back feels better -- I have chronic back pain that I've mitigated with exercises, but back in the day that, too, would incapacitate me. It's hell getting old!
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Haole Girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-30-10 05:00 PM
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2. Have to work. nt
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Blue-Jay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-30-10 05:02 PM
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3. Sorry, kiddo. You can probably enjoy a roadside BBQ on the way home.
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texanwitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-30-10 05:04 PM
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4. I am going to the nursing home to be with my Father.
After he almost died, this could be the last Memorial Day we have together.
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-30-10 05:05 PM
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5. My dear Blue-Jay...
Yup. I"m going to a local street fair in the next town over...

They hold it twice a year, Memorial Day, and Labor Day...

It's fun!

:hi:
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Blue-Jay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-30-10 05:08 PM
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8. Have a good time, Peg!
Good food, good company, good day.
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Lasher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-30-10 05:07 PM
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7. I will visit the cemetery to pay my respects to my father and grandfather.
Veterans of WWII and WWI. I will invite my mother to go along.
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Blue-Jay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-30-10 05:14 PM
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9. I should visit my father in law.
He's a WWII vet. (Airborne - Omaha Beach) He likes to tell me stories that he's never told his own kids.
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Forkboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-30-10 06:31 PM
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11. Same thing I do everyday.
Try and take over the world!
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jonnyblitz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-30-10 06:47 PM
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12. my day will be the same minus the firing up of the grill and I
Edited on Sun May-30-10 06:47 PM by jonnyblitz
have no garden to water though the lawn needs mowing. this time last year I remember a bunch of us helped Thomcat move into his new apartment on Staten Island. time sure flies....

I hope you and Proles and whomever else is part of your circle of people have a nice day!!!
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stray cat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-30-10 06:49 PM
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13. Work
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tigereye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-30-10 08:08 PM
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14. some gardening, some watering, and we went to see The Secret of Kells
Edited on Sun May-30-10 08:09 PM by tigereye
wonderful and beautiful animated film. Highly recommend it. Oh and then we went to Eat n Park. It was fun.

Tomorrow I might go do some birding if I can talk my sister into it!


:hi: Say hi to your sweetie for me.
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femmocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-30-10 08:45 PM
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15. Gardening, cook-out, some pool time...
Edited on Sun May-30-10 08:45 PM by femmocrat
and lots of time with the fur-babies! :) A perfect day!
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kk3550 Donating Member (50 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-30-10 08:52 PM
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16. sleeping
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Minimus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-30-10 08:53 PM
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17. Planting flowers in the morning and going to a cookout in the afternoon.
I am looking forward to a great day!
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-30-10 09:00 PM
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18. I don't know, maybe I'll think about military folk who have died serving their country
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av8rdave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-30-10 09:06 PM
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19. Work. Bummer.
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Ikonoklast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-30-10 09:06 PM
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20. Breakfast with friends, then I need to go check on my load.
The reefers been running full-time since Friday, doesn't deliver until Tuesday at 0500, so I need to check temp and fuel, then back home to watch the parade.

Then to Mom and Dad's for barbecue, a nap back at home, then off to work by 1800.
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Richard Steele Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-30-10 09:07 PM
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21. I'm visiting my Mom & Stepdad for a family cookout....
My sister & her kids are exected.
My niece is a vegetarian. So I'm in charge of
her food, since I'm the only one in the family
who has any experience with that.

I'm bringing bigass portabellos to grill,
two varieties of veggie-burgers, and some
nice goat cheese to make a tangy sauce for
all of the above.

Also, I'm bringing a wild venison tenderloin for us carnivores.
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Dinger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-30-10 09:08 PM
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22. Going To The Memorial Day Ceremony Where My Grandpa (WWII Vet) Is Buried
I've done it each year since he passed away in 2000. It only takes about 10 minutes, and unfirtunately, I'm one of only a few who visits. Mr. Dinger comes with me, and son and daughter-in-law.:patriot:
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Kat45 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-30-10 09:32 PM
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23. Go to the boring town Memorial Day parade if it's nice out (which it should be)
It's right down the street from me and I'll see if anyone I know is marching (though I kind of doubt it this year). Then some steak tips on the grill later.
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proteus_lives Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-30-10 09:34 PM
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24. Afternoon with Veteran father, potluck dinner with friends.
Should be a pleasant day.
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