Maybe it was different for other folks, but when I was a kid all we ever got was a basket with some candy. As we got older, we didn't even get that. :(When were those days? I always got some small present in my Easter basket along with the candy. Never anything really big, but a doll or a game or a book. It was a family tradition.My half brother (8 years old) got a video game for Easter. WTF? Did the Easter Bunny have to up his game to compete with Santa or something? What is the world coming to?Yep. Gone are the days when candy was the only gift. My same nephew mentioned above also got at least one transformer, along with some other toys.
+1.
Gaaarggh! Missed TOP by seconds. At least it went to a maiden fair...
Yeah, this is the same nephew who went into a Walgreens store with his father and discovered one of those camera set-ups that shows your image on the nearby TV. Next thing my brother hears is "Hey daddy! Look at my butt." and turns around to find the kid shaking his butt in front of the camera so that he can see it on said TV.
Is your nephew named Jack? ;)
Yeah, this is the same nephew who went into a Walgreens store with his father and discovered one of those camera set-ups that shows your image on the nearby TV. Next thing my brother hears is "Hey daddy! Look at my butt." and turns around to find the kid shaking his butt in front of the camera so that he can see it on said TV.Is your nephew named Jack? ;)
If he had a beer in his hand while he did it, I would say yes.
I got an Easter basket every year until I left for college. There was less candy and more small presents every year. One year I got a basket of hair care products. Another year it was a coffee sampler and paperback books. But they stopped hiding it for me after I was twelve. So with that tradition of course I feel compelled to spoil my child. He likes Easter about as much as Christmas.
Hey, I've gone to college and I still got an Easter basket. (Speaking of which, guess where I'm posting this from. Hint: Does not involve Easter.)
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My sister and I didn't get easter baskets after we were thirteen, but it appears that my younger siblings might. There is a 12 year gap between my self and my second sister... 14 years with my younger brother. There is a similar but smaller gap between myself and my older brother.
So, I've got a brother age 11, sister age 13, sister age 24, and brother age 32.
ghost post
shadowing.
monday everyone. look at the bright side moorluck at least its only monday for a day and half the night. Oh and dream of May where tomfoolery will be around
Very well. Thanks for asking.Good afternoon all. I hope everyone is having a nice day today.Indeed! How's it going?
What have we missed, CJ? Wanna talk about it?
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What have we missed, CJ? Wanna talk about it?Very well. Thanks for asking.Good afternoon all. I hope everyone is having a nice day today.Indeed! How's it going?
Oh nothing just the house we are renting is kinda falling apart and we need to move. My wife put in the 30 notice and the place we were going to try to rent fell through, they already rented to place in the time it took us to get our act together. Found a place we liked, they talked to our current landlord who basically through us under the train, which made us loose out on that one. They liked us too. So at the end of the month we are to be out and have no where to go.
That's half the deal. The other is that when my mother got sick and was sent to a nursing home, she had a fire in the apartment right after she left. We cleared out all her stuff and since she has passed we have been meaning to clean it all up and have a garage sale but the weather did not agree and now possums have gotten into the garage and most of it just needs to be dumped.
So not only do we need a place to go but my garage look, and in fact my small house is cluttered and we just need to get rid of 80% of this junk. Well Junk now anyway.
If he had a beer in his hand while he did it, I would say yes.Yeah, this is the same nephew who went into a Walgreens store with his father and discovered one of those camera set-ups that shows your image on the nearby TV. Next thing my brother hears is "Hey daddy! Look at my butt." and turns around to find the kid shaking his butt in front of the camera so that he can see it on said TV.Is your nephew named Jack? ;)
Maybe the camera was in front of the beer cooler?
What have we missed, CJ? Wanna talk about it?Very well. Thanks for asking.Good afternoon all. I hope everyone is having a nice day today.Indeed! How's it going?Oh nothing just the house we are renting is kinda falling apart and we need to move. My wife put in the 30 notice and the place we were going to try to rent fell through, they already rented to place in the time it took us to get our act together. Found a place we liked, they talked to our current landlord who basically through us under the train, which made us loose out on that one. They liked us too. So at the end of the month we are to be out and have no where to go.
That's half the deal. The other is that when my mother got sick and was sent to a nursing home, she had a fire in the apartment right after she left. We cleared out all her stuff and since she has passed we have been meaning to clean it all up and have a garage sale but the weather did not agree and now possums have gotten into the garage and most of it just needs to be dumped.
So not only do we need a place to go but my garage look, and in fact my small house is cluttered and we just need to get rid of 80% of this junk. Well Junk now anyway.
Oh man, that's one thing on top of another on top of another. I'm sorry to hear that. Hopefully you're able to toss this stuff in time to be ready for a move.
What have we missed, CJ? Wanna talk about it?Very well. Thanks for asking.Good afternoon all. I hope everyone is having a nice day today.Indeed! How's it going?Oh nothing just the house we are renting is kinda falling apart and we need to move. My wife put in the 30 notice and the place we were going to try to rent fell through, they already rented to place in the time it took us to get our act together. Found a place we liked, they talked to our current landlord who basically through us under the train, which made us loose out on that one. They liked us too. So at the end of the month we are to be out and have no where to go.
That's half the deal. The other is that when my mother got sick and was sent to a nursing home, she had a fire in the apartment right after she left. We cleared out all her stuff and since she has passed we have been meaning to clean it all up and have a garage sale but the weather did not agree and now possums have gotten into the garage and most of it just needs to be dumped.
So not only do we need a place to go but my garage look, and in fact my small house is cluttered and we just need to get rid of 80% of this junk. Well Junk now anyway.
Wow. Rough times for you. Sympathies on the passing of your mother, and all the other trials.
CJ, I'm so sorry about all of that. It really sucks. Bad landlords are such a pain in the patootie. Good luck with the whole finding a place to move to and with all of the sorting and getting rid of stuff.
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Thank you all
Now on the positive side
Bleys my oldest just made Starscout and troop leader in his scout pack. His troop is called the flying Squirrels. He has also been accepted into the IB program for high-school this next year.
He looks to be having two girls fighting for his attention at the moment as well. Sigh the pains of young love.
Dashiell my youngest just earned his Arrow of light award. The only one you can gain from cub scouts and bring into boy scouts with you. He is now a scout and has been made assistant troop leader within his troop, which currently does not have a name. I proposed the Bull-moose troop, but I am the only one who seems to love the symmetry of the joke. Dash has also been accepted into the Mathematics and Science magnet middle school.
Well folks, it's time for me to punch out. This has been a truly awesome day, and its all thanks to the people here. CJ, I am glad you have some good things associated with your day and I hope you are able to get the negative things straightened out. I'm off for now to go do taxes, give my wife some fever(lemon) grass tea, and do some shopping.
It's good to see CrimJ back. Happy Easter! Hope things make an upturn soon!
Am I going to win the mega lotto tomorrow? Or die from plague? What are the odds.
Am I going to win the mega lotto tomorrow? Or die from plague? What are the odds.No.
Future Hazy. Ask again later.
Instead of those magic eight-balls, I have the fortune telling Yoda where I squeeze his hands it does a similar thing. The problem? The latest response was:
Full of fail your chances are. Mmphh.
Instead of those magic eight-balls, I have the fortune telling Yoda where I squeeze his hands it does a similar thing. The problem? The latest response was:
Full of fail your chances are. Mmphh.
Wise and powerful Yoda is. Ignore his words you should not. ;)
Instead of those magic eight-balls, I have the fortune telling Yoda where I squeeze his hands it does a similar thing. The problem? The latest response was:
Full of fail your chances are. Mmphh.
Now I have to put Yoda ON THE LIST!
Bookmark.
Now I have to put Yoda ON THE LIST!Instead of those magic eight-balls, I have the fortune telling Yoda where I squeeze his hands it does a similar thing. The problem? The latest response was:
Full of fail your chances are. Mmphh.
Me and Fail, I understand. But Yoda? What did he ever do to you?
Oh...he said fail....heh.
Guys should not have PMS. I'm really crabby today for no reason. I don't get it. I'm almost pissed. I'm just itching for a fight. Hence the reason I'm avoiding certain (most) threads today.
Just sayin'
Turn the other cheek, Moff. And watch the destruction of Alderaan.
Bella Sara Charter Superscriber
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Guys should not have PMS. I'm really crabby today for no reason. I don't get it. I'm almost pissed. I'm just itching for a fight. Hence the reason I'm avoiding certain (most) threads today.
Just sayin'
Heh. Sorry to hear, but glad you're avoiding a thread in particular. I tend to be on a pretty big anti-religion streak after Easter, and I'm being more heavy-handed and blunt than I usually am with regards to that topic.
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Question -- Especially for the girls here...
I really need to take my wife on a "romantic" date. We don't have a lot of money -- not like we're 'hurting', just don't have a lot of extra cash on hand to blow at an expensive restaurant. Last time I pretty well did "epic fail" taking her out to one of her favorite restaurants -- kind of an expensive family-run restaurant -- but she didn't feel that it was "romantic".
So any ideas what I could do that would be considered "romantic" and cheap without being "cheap"?
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Heh. Sorry to hear, but glad you're avoiding a thread in particular. I tend to be on a pretty big anti-religion streak after Easter, and I'm being more heavy-handed and blunt than I usually am with regards to that topic.Guys should not have PMS. I'm really crabby today for no reason. I don't get it. I'm almost pissed. I'm just itching for a fight. Hence the reason I'm avoiding certain (most) threads today.
Just sayin'
You're actually being rather reserved. I must be rubbing off on you...
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Now I have to put Yoda ON THE LIST!Instead of those magic eight-balls, I have the fortune telling Yoda where I squeeze his hands it does a similar thing. The problem? The latest response was:
Full of fail your chances are. Mmphh.
Me and Fail, I understand. But Yoda? What did he ever do to you?
Oh...he said fail....heh.
My sister said this over Easter dinner. She too is now on the list. Hehehe.
Heh. Sorry to hear, but glad you're avoiding a thread in particular. I tend to be on a pretty big anti-religion streak after Easter, and I'm being more heavy-handed and blunt than I usually am with regards to that topic.Guys should not have PMS. I'm really crabby today for no reason. I don't get it. I'm almost pissed. I'm just itching for a fight. Hence the reason I'm avoiding certain (most) threads today.
Just sayin'
Question -- Especially for the girls here...
I really need to take my wife on a "romantic" date. We don't have a lot of money -- not like we're 'hurting', just don't have a lot of extra cash on hand to blow at an expensive restaurant. Last time I pretty well did "epic fail" taking her out to one of her favorite restaurants -- kind of an expensive family-run restaurant -- but she didn't feel that it was "romantic".
So any ideas what I could do that would be considered "romantic" and cheap without being "cheap"?
You're in Colorado Springs, right? Where did you go that didn't suffice and what does she enjoy eating?
I had to cut my grass today for the first time since October/November. Almost ran out of gas.
I expect to be doing the same before the week is over ... after I pick up the bulldog's excrements.
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You're in Colorado Springs, right? Where did you go that didn't suffice and what does she enjoy eating?Question -- Especially for the girls here...
I really need to take my wife on a "romantic" date. We don't have a lot of money -- not like we're 'hurting', just don't have a lot of extra cash on hand to blow at an expensive restaurant. Last time I pretty well did "epic fail" taking her out to one of her favorite restaurants -- kind of an expensive family-run restaurant -- but she didn't feel that it was "romantic".
So any ideas what I could do that would be considered "romantic" and cheap without being "cheap"?
Yes.
English Dockside.She likes fish. Actually, she likes most things, but she really likes fish though because she's from San Diego and there really isn't much in the way of ocean fishing here in Colorado.
The English Dockside is a small "hole-in-the-wall" with excellent cajun-style menu. I don't think the problem is the food, but rather the atmosphere. But if it's atmosphere we're talking about, I'm not sure what it looks like where "romantic" =/= "expensive".
You mean Bullplop?I had to cut my grass today for the first time since October/November. Almost ran out of gas.I expect to be doing the same before the week is over ... after I pick up the bulldog's excrements.
Something like that. Wish it would just self fertilize as compost and re-scatter itself about the yard. Would be great for the grass.
Yes.
English Dockside.
She likes fish. Actually, she likes most things, but she really likes fish though because she's from San Diego and there really isn't much in the way of ocean fishing here in Colorado.The English Dockside is a small "hole-in-the-wall" with excellent cajun-style menu. I don't think the problem is the food, but rather the atmosphere. But if it's atmosphere we're talking about, I'm not sure what it looks like where "romantic" =/= "expensive".
The Warehouse looks nice, but $$$.
Check out these. Solnes will definitely vouch for the Melting Pot.
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** spoiler omitted **Heh. Sorry to hear, but glad you're avoiding a thread in particular. I tend to be on a pretty big anti-religion streak after Easter, and I'm being more heavy-handed and blunt than I usually am with regards to that topic.Guys should not have PMS. I'm really crabby today for no reason. I don't get it. I'm almost pissed. I'm just itching for a fight. Hence the reason I'm avoiding certain (most) threads today.
Just sayin'
For the most part, like Kirth implied on the thread recently, I feel that if someone asks an honest question, they should get an honest answer.
With regard to Easter specifically, I enjoy watching Eddie Izzard.
You're in Colorado Springs, right? Where did you go that didn't suffice and what does she enjoy eating?Question -- Especially for the girls here...
I really need to take my wife on a "romantic" date. We don't have a lot of money -- not like we're 'hurting', just don't have a lot of extra cash on hand to blow at an expensive restaurant. Last time I pretty well did "epic fail" taking her out to one of her favorite restaurants -- kind of an expensive family-run restaurant -- but she didn't feel that it was "romantic".
So any ideas what I could do that would be considered "romantic" and cheap without being "cheap"?
Yes.
English Dockside.
She likes fish. Actually, she likes most things, but she really likes fish though because she's from San Diego and there really isn't much in the way of ocean fishing here in Colorado.The English Dockside is a small "hole-in-the-wall" with excellent cajun-style menu. I don't think the problem is the food, but rather the atmosphere. But if it's atmosphere we're talking about, I'm not sure what it looks like where "romantic" =/= "expensive".
Hmm. Well, it kind of depends on the person I guess. Sometimes takeout in a romantic setting (getting out a nice tablecloth, candles, etc) is more romantic than going to a restaurant. Picnics are always good too even if weather means it has to be an indoor picnic. :)
