Hi! What did I miss?

[RevCheesehead]

Tell me what you've been doing today. I understand there was some kind of game on today?

I've been driving the snow-covered, slippery highways of NE Wisconsin, visiting my mom, and just now getting back on DU.

Did you miss me? (Lie if you have to.) O8)

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

1. Sitting back and getting fat feeding my face - still feeding my face ;)

I really enjoyed my weekend :)

[RevCheesehead]

2. Yum.. sounds good.

I think I forgot to eat supper tonight.

Glad you enjoyed your weekend - that's great!

[Beware the Beast Man]

3. For some reason I wore a lot of black & yellow today.

I consumed mass amounts of processed foods and drank a concoction made of fermented hops and barley. I then watched a contest bewteen 22 men involving a handheld bean-shaped projectile. The object of the contest was for a team of 11 men to move the ball 100 yards in increments of 10 yards or more. It was quite interesting. :P

[RevCheesehead]

4. what were you - a bumblebee?

Congratulations on your victory. It's sweet, isn't it?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

5. REV! You're back!

No lie, I have missed you......:loveya:

What did I do today? Went to the gym, worked hard!

Did some laundry.....more tomorrow...

Took a much-needed nap!

Dinner with my husband....

And NOW? DU!

I was truly concerned that the upgrade would take forevah....but it didn't!

I had nearly run out of contingency things to do, as well....

So glad to see you tonight.....



:loveya: :hug:

How's your mom doing? Is she settling into her new home OK? I hope so...

I do hope that your round-trip drive wasn't too hard.....I do not enjoy driving in the dark...

[RevCheesehead]

10. It ain't round-trip...

at least, not yet. :P
Mom's got a doctor's appointment in Madison tomorrow; and on Tuesday we have another evaluation with the nursing and hospice people. So I'm here until late Tuesday afternoon.

Mom's settling in. She wants pictures on her walls, so I'm going to help with that later on. Dad looks a little more rested, but I can tell that he's still very tired. He waited up for me - ain't that sweet?

Let's see: the rest of the day:
Church
More Church
Visit with baby Shayna and family after church (and I got to hold her again!)
Poeted on DU for a bit.
Took a nice 1-1/2 hour nap, with Binky.
Put out the garbage for collection on Tuesday.
Packed & loaded up the car.
Said goodbye to the cats, and asked them not to fight while I was gone.

[Whoa_Nelly]

6. Good to see you, Rev!

A 'jamas day here. Worked on taxes, read some.

Hope your visit with your mom went well. Sending you cheery vibes to keep your cold, dark WI nights a little brighter and warmer.

Glad you made it home safely :hi:

[RevCheesehead]

11. I love P.J. day.

I'm gonna have to sign up for one of those soon. :)

[Shine]

7. Happy to see you, Rev.

:hug:

c'mon in and have a drink. :beer:

[RevCheesehead]

12. Thank you kindly!

That really hits the spot. *burp* See? :D

[crispini]

8. Hey girl, good to see you!

:hug: I had an exciting day of yoga-class-attending, book-shopping, movie-watching... I saw "Transamerica," it was quite good... grocery-shopping ... wanted to run over every moran in the place with my cart, JUST KEEP MOVING PEOPLE!... and watched that footbally thingy, mostly so I can grunt intelligently when my coworkers ask me about it tomorrow. I mostly did my nails while the game was on.

And now we have DU! :hug:

[RevCheesehead]

13. Hey, gf!

It's always good to see you! :hug:

Is there a difference between an intelligent grunt and an ignorant one? (I'm picturing Tim Allen here, and think there might be one.)

[yvr girl]

9. RetroLounge and I got married

OK, not really. Don't get me smited or anything.

:hi:

[RevCheesehead]

14. LOL

Considering he ain't even separated yet, that would be something!

Does this mean you've given up flirting with the other men on DU? :bounce::bounce:

[yvr girl]

17. I gave up flirting last year for a late NY's resolution

It didn't last. Sometimes I just can't help myself.

[SeattleGirl]

15. Hey Rev!

Of course I missed you! :hug:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

16. My dear SeattleGirl...

How are you holding up tonight? I know it's hard to see your team lose...

I hear they played a good game, though!

Good to see you tonight!

:loveya: :hug: :loveya:

[SeattleGirl]

25. Hey darlin' Miss Peggy

I am deliberately not posting in the game threads. I'm too pissed off about the crappy officiating. But otherwise, I'm doing well, and of course, you always bring some sunlght into my day!

:loveya: :hug: :loveya:

[RevCheesehead]

20. Hey, sweetie!

How are YOU doing tonight? :hug:

Remember, it's quite an achievement just to GET to the Super Bowl. Your team has a lot to be proud of this year! (and I was hoping they'd win, too.)

[SeattleGirl]

27. I'll get over it, but I do feel a bit down right now.

Thanks for the hug, darlin'. :hug:

[elshiva]

18. I missed you, TRUTH! :)

Thank God that I did NOT watch the football game! Not my idea of a fun time.

Went to church and then food shopping typical Sunday stuff. Then a birthday dinner for my Grandma, she'll be 95 next Wed. :party:

[RevCheesehead]

21. WOW!

Happy Birthday, Grandma!! :party::bounce::party:

[elshiva]

22. Thanks! Please pray for her, Rev.

I try to pray for you everyday, but especially on Sundays, for your extra hard work. :hug:

[RevCheesehead]

26. I sure will.

I bet she's a delight.. does she share stories from her childhood? If so, try to get them written down, or recorded on tape.

Thanks for your prayers - it means the world to me! :hug:

[elshiva]

29. Thanks. She is a delight. A lot of stories that have been written

down. She taught first grade at St. James (an Episcopal parochial school) and granddad was an Episcopal priest. She has a lot of history of faith. She is a blessing, even though I know it's hard on her to have me breaking down around her, but I am scared I will hurt her. She is so fragile and weak, but she is nice. :hug:

Thanks for YOUR prayers. :hug:

[Redstone]

19. I don't need to lie. I was not on DU earlier today, but now that I am,

I'd feel like my evening would be somewhat unfulfilled without you being around. Even if we didn't cross paths directly. You know what I mean, right? There are people who you feel better knowing that they're around somewhere close by, even if they're not right there where you can see them?

And I bet you understand that last sentence, even though it may be the most grammatically-mangled one I've written in years.

How are your parents doing? Are you still struggling with that decision you have to make about them?

Redstone

[RevCheesehead]

24. Aw, you're so nice, it just oozes out of you!

I understood every word. :)

Parents are doing well, all things considered. I think they're having separation anxiety, even though they're only a few buildings and floors apart. I know they've made the right decisions, and am at peace about it. Tomorrow's visit to the pulminologist should clarify a few things.

And I might add that your presence here is not only a delight, but also a cornerstone of Lounge activity. (good one, eh?) :hug::loveya:

[Redstone]

32. "Cornerstone?" Oh, boy. Someone else used the word "touchstone"

in a PM to me recently. Damn, you guys know how to make me feel good, don't you...or, wait a minute, are you just making fun of my name, because you know I'm, well, just a bit oblivious and won't catch on right away?

Redstone

(Just joking, Rev, you know that. And, hey, be glad that you still have parents to worry about. The Little Guy has grown up completely without grandparents, because the ones on my side died fifteen years ago, and the ones on Mrs R's side live in South Africa...)

[RevCheesehead]

33. I'm thankful for every blessed moment, Redstone.

I'm storing away all these memories, because I'll need to call on them later when I'm missing them terribly.

You may not believe it, but you ARE a cornerstone around here. You often give a voice of reason, while the rest of the place is erupting in flames. That, and you kinda look like a fireman to me. :D

[Redstone]

34. I've never been a fireman, but I did save a house from burning down

a couple of years back. Just me and my five-pound extinguisher and lack of any sense whatsoever.

Hey, I should have put that in the "tell something you've done that other DUers haven't" thread, yes?

Redstone

[RevCheesehead]

36. Go for it.

Maybe we'll discover other heroes on the board, too. :)

[Redstone]

42. No. Not hero. I reserve that word for people who have risked their lives

to save the lives of others...Oh, wait a minute; I guess I did that, huh? Never mind.

But that word is for other people, not me. OK?

Redstone

[In_The_Wind]

23. I don't know what you missed ~

But I noticed that you were missing!
I'm glad you made it back home safely!

:hi:

[RevCheesehead]

28. hee - I'm not home, I'm at Mom & Dad's.

I guess I didn't write that part well.

Nice to see you, Joani! What have you been up to, lately? :hug:

[In_The_Wind]

30. I've been trying like hell to stay out of trouble but:

SeattleGirl won't let me ~ www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x4699175

[RevCheesehead]

31. ROFLOL!

:rofl: Joan, you wanton trollop!!! :rofl:

[In_The_Wind]

38. I resemble that remark ... Thanks Rev!

oops
that just kinda slipped out ...

[ralps]

35. Hi RevCheesehead, I hope that I completed putting all my music

back on my internal hard drive!!! Yay!! It only took a couple of weeks. I also posted on the DU yahoo chat room & here. :hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:

[RevCheesehead]

37. Hi, ralps!

I know that was a big project for you... you must be thrilled to have it completed.

So, how's the computer behaving? :hi:

[ralps]

39. It's acting pretty good but it's very full!!! my music folder

has about 34.75GB in it!!! and I have a little over 4.5 GB left on my new 80GB hard drive!!!! Where on earth is all this information going???? :hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:

[RevCheesehead]

40. Can't you save some of that to disk?

Or do you need instant access?

I'm just not into listening to that much music. I usually settle for whatever's playing on NPR at the time.

[ralps]

41. I have an iPod, so everytime i plug it in the music gets updated

I will probably take some of the older podcasts and put them on cds or dvds. I love listening to my iPod in my car. For the last month or so with my computer & then my external harddrive weirding out I haven't been able to update it :cry: :hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:

[FuzzySlippers]

43. I went berserk while DU was down

and wrote the Brazillion joke several hundred times on the walls in indelible Magic Marker.:crazy:

AND I missed you very much (and that ain't no lie).:hi:

[RevCheesehead]

44. Shouldn't that read "I went bezerker"??

Thans, Fuzzy. I missed you, too. My feet were cold. :)

[lildreamer316]

45. I ALWAYS miss you

'cause you're just so damn insighful. You bitch. No really; I love ya.
Sorry you had a hard time driving=glad you are ok. Stay warm and for goodness' sake move south sometime before you die.

[RevCheesehead]

46. heh - thanks, I think.

The lousy roads were just in my county. We had a lot of lake-effect snow this weekend, then it was blowing across the road this morning. It's all just another winter day in the frozen tundra.