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Gwennie, Mrs. Bookworm
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Apr 17, 2013 10:07AM
Bummer Leea! i hope you feel better soon!
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This article made me chuckle... http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/23/boo...
Jane Austen as a game theorist? A master strategist? Wow, amazing that it only took how many years for folks to figure it out?
Even funnier that this guy has a whole new paper published about it! Wow!
That was a very interestingly ironic article, Lori. I love how the British lit specialist pointed out that Austen scholars would not be surprised. Of course not. Even her fans are able to recognize her genius in understanding what makes people tick.
[image error]Hope everyone has a wonderful Sunday! We're going to a friends house to drink and eat too much and let the kids run wild :)
We had a blast... at one point and impromptu dance party took place and it was wild and fun!! Nothing like 5 boys, 6 parents, one little baby girl (the only one) and some Moves like Jagger... haha!
Leea wrote: "We had a blast... at one point and impromptu dance party took place and it was wild and fun!! Nothing like 5 boys, 6 parents, one little baby girl (the only one) and some Moves like Jagger... haha!"Moves Like Jagger makes every situation great. :)
Wish I'd actually celebrated yesterday as Cinco de Mayo... I had a 5 year old boy's birthday party. Cooper's mom, Jenn, and I were roommates sharing an apartment forever ago. Then my sister married her brother, so our families have been really intertwined for many, many years now.Cooper's fav is Spiderman right now, so we did a big Spiderman birthday - head/shoulders cake of Spidey and red velvet cupcakes with that bright blue frosting and black chocolate spider webs. I'm going to have to take some fondant classes to figure out how to do a better job with that stuff - my first experience was harrowing! But it turned out fine and looked great.
So... I was in little boy/Super Hero land yesterday.
I think it's OK to have a late Cinco de Mayo celebration sometime this week, don't you?
Decided I'm waaaay out of shape - I find myself out of breath, when I shouldn't be. Hazard of having a desk job and no motivation...So, I started back at Curves today. Wow - I'm already sore in some spots. I can't imagine what the next couple of weeks will be like, as I workout areas of my body that haven't moved in forever!
Next week, I'm planning to modify my eating, so that I make better choices for each meal. Eat smaller meals and have a couple of small snacks each day.
Wish me luck! I have a friend who's going to Curves with me. She's doing her own eating plan, but at least I have someone to be accountable to. That's usually my weakest area: Being able to quit, because I just decided to. With a Buddy, it's tougher to quit and easier to just do it! (For me, that is.)
Good luck! I had a friend who worked at Curves several years ago and I did it for a while. I should really get back into some kind of fitness.
Good luck!!I"m supposed to be starting back at Planet Fitness this week or next. Had some unexpected things to pay for at the end of the month so my budget got cut a bit short but I'm hoping it will still all be good :)
Thanks for the good wishes - I'll need them! Buying some Epsom salts (almost wrote bath salts, but that means something entirely different these days) just in case...Good luck to you, too, Crystal! I understand budgets. I had to find room in mine. Sometimes making better eating choices and exercising regularly seem to be so expensive - at least to get started!
You can do it Lori!! Sounds like you're got the mind set and just take it one day at a time.I've really been working on my eating. I feel much better and I at least not gaining any weight. I hope to start running soon, once Garrett starts Kindergarten. At least that's my goal.
just remember there is stuff you can do at home as well - I have a pretty decent routine I do each night - squats, lunges, planks, calf raises and tricep dips (using the couch) - I gave Crystal the info for another group on GR I am part of that helps you track - lemme know if you wanna join
Ladies-- keep Oklahoma in your prayers/thoughts right now. We're getting bombarded by tornadoes, and have been since yesterday. An elementary school was hit directly by a tornado a few hours ago, and students are still inside. Storms are still popping up all over the state.
I keep getting CNN pop ups on my phone about it. My thoughts and pryers are with everyone in Oklahoma. I hope you stay safe Crystal.
I think Tulsa dodged the bullet unless the southern storms continue to make their way up, so I think we will be safe. I am worried about everyone else :(They have confirmed 24 children dead at the elementary school so far. They've stopped search and rescue and are now search and recovery.
So sad about Oklahoma... I have an uncle and cousins there, but they're reported to another uncle that they're all safe and OK. Also have a few friends in the area - heard that they're OK, but nothing about property damage or the like.My mom has been in tears all day - not just wondering about her brother, but because it's just so devastating and makes one feel so helpless.
I participate in Bountiful Baskets - a sort of co-op for fruits and veggies. They've already put a $3 donation for members to pay for fresh fruit, breads, granola, water, and more. The fuel is paid for, and the driver and truck all ready set aside. So Saturday or before, the truck will make a delivery to help out. It depends upon the donations; I have to go check the deadlines. ANYWAY, at least something practical to help with.
That is something practical. It really is saddening. I'm heartbroken. I'm glad we are safe and everyone I know so far is safe (and my coworker is from the Moore area where the two schools were hit, she's confirmed all her family is safe), but it's still so sad.
Stay safe, Crystal. I'm glad you and you're family are good.
The donation amounts started at $3... and they just made it so easy. I was glad to be able to give more. I can't go to Oklahoma City right now, but I *can* try to make it a little easier for someone - whether folks who can and do go to help or the folks who live there.Stay as safe as possible, Crystal!
I'm thinking of you Crystal! Stay safe!
That is so heartbreaking Crystal. :(Today is my 18th wedding anniversary! Gah -- so many years. I can honestly stay I am still in love -- moreso, I still think he is sexy and he still seems to think that about me. :) And he still takes my breath away - plus he impresses me and makes me laugh (on a daily basis ...). I would never recommend marrying at the age we did (he was 21 and I was 22), but I am glad to be with him. :)
Congratulations and Best Wishes for many more years of love, laughter, great sex, and friendship, Regina!!!Gives me hope that guys like your hubby *do* exist out there - the ones for the long-term and not just for-now.
Lori McD wrote: "Congratulations and Best Wishes for many more years of love, laughter, great sex, and friendship, Regina!!!Gives me hope that guys like your hubby *do* exist out there - the ones for the long-ter..."
That's so wonderful, Regina! I wish you both many more years of laughter, love and great sex. :)
I got together with my husband when I was 22 and I've loved every day of it. Makes me realize how truly fortunate I am.
That's beautiful Regina! Congratulations and happy anniversary. I thought I got married young at 25... I'm so glad you found each other. Any plans for the big day?
Aww, congrats Regina!I got married at 25, but Jeff and I have been together since I was 16.
Congratulations Regina! We just had our 11th about 10 days ago and it's crazy when you reflect on how far you've come with a person.
This is a month late but I just read it when I was getting ready to post something - congrats Regina! What you said about your marriage made me just sigh :)My DH and I were arguing just before dinner and ate in silence while watching Jeopardy when BOOM! An loud earthquake hit, knocking things off shelves. Yeah, earthquakes are loud up here, sounds like a bomb or something. After calling my daughter in Seattle area to be sure she's all right because that's where I figured the major fault line is after the big Nisqually quake hit in 2000 or 2001 - she said they didn't feel anything there - I googled the quake. It's epicenter was just down the road from us and registered 4.3. No wonder things fell off shelves!
Just when DH said "I hope we don't get aftershocks!" we had one - heard it and felt it (thought it was a loud truck this time, not a bomb). Registered 2.9 this time and centered on the other side of the lake from the last one.
My FIL lives in Burley, WA... may need to check on him. Hope you remain safe and that the aftershocks stop.
Leea, they probably didn't feel it in Burley. I had to look at a map to see where it is and it's on the other side of the Sound and the Cascades from us. Our daughter lives near Seattle and she didn't feel it. Although she said that they were probably traveling in their car at the time. But I've felt an earthquake once in my VW bug in Calif. and thought something was wrong with the car. I was sitting at a red light at the time when the car started shaking. Was relieved it was a quake and not the car LOL!Either we didn't get anymore aftershocks or I slept thru them. So I checked this earthquake website (it's really cool!) to see and nope, no more aftershocks. I see the one we had was downgraded to 2.4. Here's the link to that website. You can see all the little tremors Calif. gets every day!
http://earthquaketrack.com/recent
Wow, Leea! I haven't been watching the news... where are you located - California or Washington?
I'm in California but it was Lisa that lives in WA and felt the earthquake. :)
Oops - my focus is apparently still in bed this morning!Lisa - hope you're doing OK. The link to the earthquake tracker is cool! Looks like a lot of things going up the coast lately.
No worries :) Lisa - Leea... haha!
And Lori! The 3 L's :) Dinna fash. Doing fine. Just putting together an Earthquake/zombie Survival Kit, heh. And plan for a Skype Whisky tasting with my daughter and SIL tonight - wahoo! Or perhaps a Bond martini - "shaken, not stirred" Sorry, couldn't help it.
Wow - a whisky tasting! Sounds like fun... not sure I'd know or appreciate the difference, but I'd like to do that some time.LOL to your Survival Kit for Zombies. I have to update my household and car ones. They're probably out of date. I like the government preparedness site for those types of checklists. Tough to put a high priority on them until you need them.
All that sounds fun... Never bad to be prepared. I know I need to get something together.
The whisky thing started from Outlander and Glenfiddich - mushroomed from there. Now my daughter and SIL are into it to. I brought home a couple bottles from Ireland/Scotland last fall and a bunch of sample bottles. And whenever we get together, we taste test any new bottles we have on hand - score them like wine tasting. It's lots of fun. We started with wine years ago. My SIL knows a lot about wine but then I got him started on whiskys, single-malts. Now he's on a "sipping Tequila" kick. LOL! I happen to have a good bottle of Tequila, just for sipping, not for shooters or mixed drinks, sitting in the cupboard waiting :DLori, if you tried Laphroig (sp?) and then a Highlander single malt like Glenfiddich, you'd be able to tell the difference. OMG! Laphroig is king of the peaty single malts - tastes like the ash from the fireplace and you taste it still the next day. Glenfiddich is mild - a good one to start on.
Hey, the pics I took of a wildfire yesterday are getting published! Seattle's Q13 Fox news just phoned me saying that they saw my awesome cabin fire pic on the Wenatchee World's website. I said "What? The Wen. World never call to confirm that they were using any of my shots!" Fox asked for more fire pics and did a phone interview that may make tonight's news!! My 3 minutes fame - whoo-hoo! Anyway, here's the link for the Wenatchee World pic. Oh, and they misspelled my name - Lias...geez...http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/20...
That picture is amazing Lisa! How nice that you were on the lake, but how scary that you were witness to such a blaze!! Btw,the article I saw had your name spelled right.?
Yeah, they fixed it YAY! But I just watched the news - Seattle station and they showed a bunch of my fire pics and they spelled my last name wrong, but got my first name correct. LOL. I just emailed the station letting them know about their screw up and asked if it could be corrected before the 10pm airing. Unbelievable. They have my name spelled out in emails. Why can't they get it right? So irritating.Thanks, Lori and Ladyhawk. It was scary and exciting while taking the pics. I felt so bad for the homeowners but luckily the homes burned weren't their primary residences. But still...
The news in their haste often make errors, of all sorts! Fire can be very scary! Can't help but worry when there is one raging. And I'm always saddened by reports of homes lost.
Fox posted my pics on their website now but they're shown out of order. Luckily, they did show them in the correct order on both news programs and they did correct my name :) They did interview somebody who was in one of the burned cabins that got out in time. I'm SO relieved that nobody got hurt.http://q13fox.com/2013/07/20/incredib...
Wow that cool about your pictures. My heart goes out to those who were touched by this fire.
Lisa, very powerful pics! So glad you're ok and that there were no deaths. Still very scary and your pics show how quickly the cabin went up in flames.
Wow, awesome picture, SAAAAAD that there was a fire.
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