After the shock wears off, what will you do this week? [Archive]

Teacherbear

June 11th, 2006, 07:29 AM

I plan to start going through a bunch of junk that I have in a storage room and getting rid of a bunch of it. I plan to take a car load of stuff to the women's shelter for donations and I hope to take a bunch of boxes of books to half-priced books and hope to make some money.

I think I'll start exercising more. I've been walking every day for the last week for at least 40 minutes each time. I think I'll add some water aerobics.

Who knows, I *might* clean house a little! :parp: Not too much, mind you. I wouldn't want hubby to think it would be a regular event! :innocent: LOL

Oh, and I'll probably talk to Lisajaney about 4 times on the phone. :whoohoo:

physicschick

June 11th, 2006, 07:32 AM

Great question. :) This finally gives me the impetus to start learning German! I hope to attend a conference in Germany in the fall, and I don't want to be one of those people who visits a foreign country and expects everyone to speak English. Also, I just started singing lessons, so I'll have plenty of time to practice. :moo: I just like this smiley. No reflection on how my singing sounds. Of course not.

curls2grow

June 11th, 2006, 07:35 AM

Ugh, the thought of participating more in real life is not appealing to me on this fine Sunday morning! ;) DS is off to camp for 3 weeks next weekend, so I will probably be Sgt. Laundry N. Nametagputteronner with all of my spare time.

kittcatt

June 11th, 2006, 07:40 AM

I finally start my new job tomorrow! (insert happy dancing jig here) And I have a lot of projects to get started on.

hairbrain

June 11th, 2006, 07:44 AM

well, if that strange yellow orb in the sky comes
back, I'll go and suck up it's rays :gurn:

SchnauzerMom

June 11th, 2006, 07:46 AM

I guess I'll sniff around on this site for a while. See if I can learn anything new.

TheBlondeApple

June 11th, 2006, 08:36 AM

Juliet's Silk

June 11th, 2006, 08:43 AM

Where are you going? We could already get started and plan a meet :happy:
Anja :bunny: :lol: Great idea, let's hope her answer is "Berlin" or something.

Since the World Cup is going on at the moment, I'll spend the time watching TV. Erm. It's a kind of sport, you know? I mean, at least I'm watching other people being athletic.

Cleaning stuff out sounds good too. We'll see if I can stop procrastinating.

Sidani Anai

June 11th, 2006, 09:07 AM

This is scary week for me. :whyme: Dentist first thing Monday morning *blech*, then a myelogram and discogram scheduled sometime during the rest of the week. :rain: I've had a myelogram before, but I'm terrified about the discogram. :petrified: Think I'm gonna start a thread on this to see if there are any others out there who've gone through this.

lol .. just re-read what I'd written and it sounds like a discogram is where a tacky male stripper comes to your door and disco dances for you. :gurn: my mind is a terrible thing...

I hope y'all have a wonderful week! :grinhappy:

TwirlyTresses

June 11th, 2006, 09:25 AM

I'm teaching a new class that starts this week, so I'll be reading up and preparing lectures and homework assignments. And I'm going to try very hard to get myself on a regular, early-to-bed and early-to-rise sleeping schedule. :sleep:

Hopefully I won't just sit in front of the LHC screen feeling sad. :)

Clare-Dragonfly

June 11th, 2006, 09:37 AM

I don't knoooow! :sob: (Where's that hysterically weeping smiley when we need it? At least we still have a pirate! :pirate:) I guess I'm not over the shock yet...

Well, I'll probably play American McGee's Alice (the only videogame I really play) quite a bit more. I might spend some time just sitting around reading. Maybe I'll practice my violin as I keep intending to... And of course I'll spend a lot of time here at The Beauty Bottle :whoohoo:

physicschick

June 11th, 2006, 09:41 AM

Juliet's Silk

June 11th, 2006, 09:46 AM

Germany meet! :whoohoo: Thanks for suggesting that, Anja and Juliet. I need to make sure all my paperwork goes through so I'm allowed to go, but yes, if it happens, it'll be Berlin. :) I'll post to the LHC meets board once I am more certain.

Sidani, I hope your appointments go well. :flower:

--physicschick
Oh my god, she said Berlin!
*drops dead*
Yay yay yay for a Berlin LHC Meet! :whoohoo:
So I WILL have another LHC meet this year! (yes I did realize that you said you're not a 100% certain yet, but err, I'm just overlooking the fact and starting to plan already :lol: ).
You know, if you need someone to practice your german with, feel free to contact me :grinhappy:

Sandie

June 11th, 2006, 09:46 AM

Hi everyone...nice to see we all made the transition over here...

Well....this week I may actually get some work done. And maybe take some naps. How fun!!

LilyMunster

June 11th, 2006, 10:13 AM

eat for companionship. Possibly learn something. Work, clean, cook.:ginger: bake. View the nite sky for :alien:.And create a poll to see if who likes :frog: or :frogface: better.

LM

eiyela

June 11th, 2006, 10:19 AM

I am going to take over the world with cake and pink bunnies! MOHAHAHAHAHA! Feel the power I now wield and tremble!

Then I'm gonna clean out my wardrobe...

KarenLynn

June 11th, 2006, 10:23 AM

Take an exam, pack and move. It's probably a good thing LHC is down.

jeannie

June 11th, 2006, 11:53 AM

I have to clean, put in new liner paper on the shelves, and organize my pantry. I've been putting it off forever now I have no excuse. Then I plan on buying a new vacuum and starting a new crochet project.

jeannie

dancingbarefoot

June 11th, 2006, 12:19 PM

Great question. :) This finally gives me the impetus to start learning German!

Mind if I join you? Except, well, with Russian? I need to refresh my memory (took Russian years ago) so I can pass a language exam for my degree. I keep putting it off. :parp:

Other things I'll be doing this week:
trying to arrange fieldwork
knitting (hand and machine)
reading
organizing closets
yardwork
learning to use my serger

Shermie Girl

June 11th, 2006, 12:24 PM

eiyela

June 11th, 2006, 12:28 PM

Ama

June 11th, 2006, 12:30 PM

Well....this week I may actually get some work done.

My thoughts exactly. Let's see how productive I can be...

justgreen

June 11th, 2006, 12:34 PM

Continuing on with my 'organization' project. Throw alot of stuff away, give alot of stuff to Goodwill (what Cyk doesn't know won't hurt him:evileye: ). The deck is finished, with the exception of one step, so I can spend some time in the sunshine, crocheting and catching up on my ebay listings. I am dreadfully behind.

Give Callie a bath.:kitty: here kitty kitty kitty.:whoa:

Shermie Girl

June 11th, 2006, 12:38 PM

There is a world outside the Internet?!:boggle: Even outside my room?

LOL!! Shocking, isn't it?? :lafhard:

enitsirk

June 11th, 2006, 12:56 PM

I suppose I shall divide my internet time between TBB, somethingawful forums, and looking at LHC sadly. I already spend time wanting to be online because 'there is nothing else to do' and then wandering around LHC looking at old threads that haven't been updated wishing they had been :ooh:

Other than that I'll be reading a book from the library, spending some time outside (if the heat doesn't kill me) and impatiently waiting for my ficcares :drool:

mira-chan

June 11th, 2006, 01:00 PM

Mind if I join you? Except, well, with Russian? I need to refresh my memory (took Russian years ago) so I can pass a language exam for my degree. I keep putting it off. :parp:

Russian? Maybe I can help? I'm fluent in it, slightly out of practice but fluent. I'll get the practice in the end of July/ start of August, when I go to Russia. (I wonder if there are any LHC memebers in St. Petersburg.:ooh:) Now if only I could get my hands on the cyrillic keyboard stickers, ones that don't come off in a week or two.

I'll be studying for an exam and sewing a costume this week.

shawngal

June 11th, 2006, 01:10 PM

Sit in the dark, alone, rocking, crying and talking to myself. :sob: :sob:
Then, I suppose I will visit The Beauty Bottle more. I think I will start a Beauty Blog. (Just what this world needs....... More of my stellar writing. :p ) I suppose I will spend less time online. More time in the "real world". :eek:

That's what I'll be doing as well. Except since the majority of people in the "real world" annoy me to no end, I'll probably still stay indoors and think about projects I'd like to accomplish like clearing out all the junk/crap I've accumulated, ordering some more summer reading materials, coloring my hair, cutting my bangs, stuff that will probably not get accomplished. Oh yeah, and that fun thing that I do everyday called work.:boggle:

birdiefu

June 11th, 2006, 01:34 PM

Ack, maybe I'll get around to the organizing that I've put off for way too long. I've been meaning to sort through DS's old clothes that don't fit him for eons, and the soap room needs some major re-arranging. Of course those will only only happen if I can stay away from this new forum :sweatdrop:.

Nastasska

June 11th, 2006, 01:35 PM

Sit and stare at a blank computer screen:lafhard: Actually I 'm going to listen to all my favourite songs at Youtube and maybe even do some real things

Andraste aka Nastasska

Snowymoon

June 11th, 2006, 01:58 PM

Going on a short trip with hubby and daughter at the end of this week. :whoohoo:

Other than that, I will probably hop around here. :frog:

dancingbarefoot

June 11th, 2006, 02:38 PM

Russian? Maybe I can help? I'm fluent in it, slightly out of practice but fluent. I'll get the practice in the end of July/ start of August, when I go to Russia. (I wonder if there are any LHC memebers in St. Petersburg.:ooh:)

That would be great! I've got a self-study book that I hope will jarr my memory, but it'd be really nice to have someone to ask if I get stuck (and I will). Thanks!

Now if only I could get my hands on the cyrillic keyboard stickers, ones that don't come off in a week or two.

Ah, that's what a permanent marker is for. :happy:

Pierre

June 11th, 2006, 02:47 PM

See how many liters the Beauty Bottle holds, make rawcous noises on eat.rawfood.com, get a new disk for my old computer, practice with the choir, and draw lots.

No I didn't think of a disco-gram; I figured if a myelogram is some sort of medical test, a discogram must be too.

Three men met one day. One had muscle cramps; the other had painful urination.
"I have to see the myologist tomorrow. I get these cramps."
"Something's wrong with my bladder. I'm going to make an appointment with the urologist."
The third said to the second: "What sort of doctor is the histologist?"

mira-chan

June 11th, 2006, 03:02 PM

That would be great! I've got a self-study book that I hope will jarr my memory, but it'd be really nice to have someone to ask if I get stuck (and I will). Thanks!

Ah, that's what a permanent marker is for. :happy:

I'll help as much as I can. :grinhappy:

The marker idea would be nice but I have a black keyboard. A silver marker might work, I should look for one. My father has a cyrillic/ english keyboard on his computer, I'll just use that one if needed.

bowie

June 11th, 2006, 03:24 PM

Well, after I remove myself from the fetal position, I will keep banging away at my homework. Argh!

Nastasska

June 11th, 2006, 03:43 PM

Snowymoon

June 11th, 2006, 04:08 PM

Oh yeah! I can work on my recital piece on the violin. Only have a few weeks until the recital! *Gulp!* :boggle:

idealthursday

June 11th, 2006, 04:15 PM

Do all the laundry that is building up, not turn on my computer as often, hope that I get my dream job and can start it this week (had interview last week), clean my room (it needs it badly), finish all the books that I started the last few weeks

Love My Cop

June 11th, 2006, 04:30 PM

I actually washed my truck, and straightened up the garage. I must be feeling ill,:purplex: especially since this is something my DH normally does. Plans for this coming week: laundry, work on our boat, spending time at the beach, since im taking a week off from work !!! R&R :happy:

mira-chan

June 11th, 2006, 04:34 PM

mira chan how long have you been fluent in Russian
It's been a while since I had a teacher but I'm still going it's my favourite language:whoohoo: I can read it all right but my sentence construction is a little dodgy overall though I understand Russian Grammar better than English:boggle:

Since learned how to talk.:cheesy: I was born in Russia, finished 5th grade there before I came to the United States. English is my second language. I'm a little out of practice in the writing department, considering there aren't a lot of opportunities to write in Russian for me. Russian grammar is easier than English, the rules have far less exceptions in Russian than they do in English.

My favorite language is Japanese which I'm learning now.

Nastasska

June 11th, 2006, 04:40 PM

Since learned how to talk.:cheesy: I was born in Russia, finished 5th grade there before I came to the United States. English is my second language. I'm a little out of practice in the writing department, considering there aren't a lot of opportunities to write in Russian for me. Russian grammar is easier than English, the rules have far less exceptions in Russian than they do in English.

My favorite language is Japanese which I'm learning now.

I wish I'd been born there:happy: although I'm so bad at English grammar I don't think I'd ever have learned the language if I hadn't been born in an English speaking country:geek:

I used to watch a Japanese for schools programme on television a while back I'd really like to take it up again one day the alphabet is beautiful like the Russian alphabet I'm not sure that I'd ever master it though

moonchiald

June 11th, 2006, 04:44 PM

Chase down these tiny moths that have taken over my house! :evileye:

Oh, and the school work that keeps building up.

snowbear

June 11th, 2006, 04:46 PM

I'll be in Hawaii. :whoohoo: Not a bad way to avoid LHC withdrawal.:lafhard:

Teacherbear

June 11th, 2006, 05:21 PM

I'll be in Hawaii. :whoohoo: Not a bad way to avoid LHC withdrawal.:lafhard:

I'll try to feel sad for you, ok?! NOT! LUCKY <best Napoleon Dynamite immitation>

I hope you enjoy your time there! We'll try to hold down the joint while you're gone, though! ;)

I had to laugh because I posted this thread about 8 hours ago and there are FIVE pages! It is safe to say we are addicts! LOL

Cinnamon Hair

June 11th, 2006, 05:21 PM

Instead of LHC I hope to accomplish...
*putting my pile of yard sale rejects on ebay (already did some of the better stuff.. anyone interested in some boardshorts, or a leopard mini skirt, or creepy crawlers? feline_enchantment is my seller name :)
*start studying for the LSAT
*wash my car
*work on tan --somewhat difficult because usually I just burn then go white again

snowbear

June 11th, 2006, 05:28 PM

I'll try to feel sad for you, ok?! NOT! LUCKY <best Napoleon Dynamite immitation>

I hope you enjoy your time there! We'll try to hold down the joint while you're gone, though! ;)

I had to laugh because I posted this thread about 8 hours ago and there are FIVE pages! It is safe to say we are addicts! LOL
I'm going to have a great time! I'm going with blendedchaitea and her family. (Why, yes, I do have the greatest best friend ever, why do you ask? :happy:)
I am addicted to LHC, and I'm now the 3rd top poster here. DEAR GOD WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME?!
Answer: Nothing. :lafhard:

mira-chan

June 11th, 2006, 05:57 PM

I wish I'd been born there:happy: although I'm so bad at English grammar I don't think I'd ever have learned the language if I hadn't been born in an English speaking country:geek:

I used to watch a Japanese for schools programme on television a while back I'd really like to take it up again one day the alphabet is beautiful like the Russian alphabet I'm not sure that I'd ever master it though

English is hard to learn. My father has been studying for 50 years...hasn't finished yet, not even close. I learned it fast because I was still a child when I started.
When I was in Russia people were wondering how that could be my first language when they saw my writing. With English at least I have an excuse. I'm a pretty bad writer. Generally my handwriting is chicken scratch, if not worse. Its been called a different language, and not English or Russian. Maybe it looks like the writing of this one's planet. :et: I'm better at speaking in any language I know than I am in writing.

Japanese has 2 alphabets actually. Same sounds but used in different occasions. Both are 46 letters. An there are the chinese characters in addition the the alphabets. It does take a while because its pretty much relearning how to read and write from scratch. With cyrillic or English the letters are similar.

Couple of sites I found might be of use in the learning of the Russian.
http://www.alphadictionary.com/directory/Languages/Slavic/Russian/
http://masterrussian.com/

This for Japanese Language
http://members.aol.com/Joyo96/

Hmm, maybe we should start a language thread?

snowbear

June 11th, 2006, 05:59 PM

Hmm, maybe we should start a language thread?
But in what language? :happy:
(Sorry, I couldn't resist.)

ShanaMaidela

June 11th, 2006, 06:09 PM

*work on tan --somewhat difficult because usually I just burn then go white again

That would be me too. :purplex: I've given up on it. I am just meant to be white. Once when I got a really bad sunburn, :whyme: my Aunt just looked at me and said, "well at least you'll be tan after this". Uh, not me! I go from white to red to white again.
And then, there are people who consider being/getting tan as necessary as brushing their teeth and feel it necessary to comment on how "pale you are". :irked:

kimberlily

June 11th, 2006, 06:10 PM

Me, I'm going to finish my friend's website and wash my hands of it. I also want to get some sewing done, and I am meeting up with one of our local LHC members this week :) DH is out of town, so I've got oodles of time on my hands that I planned to spend flaked out in front of LHC, but now I have other things I can do to fill the time ;)

ShanaMaidela

June 11th, 2006, 06:13 PM

:happy: I forgot to post my plans! :gurn: I'm with TeacherBear on the exercise thing. That was a plan anyway and now that I won't be on LHC, I may find the time to squeeze it in. :lafhard: This site is nice but I miss LHC....a whole week. I suppose there isn't very much chance that it will be sooner? :notsure: *sigh* I know it takes a lot of work to run that site and I greatly appreciate it. I'm not complaining.....I'm not! :lol:

Koala Kim

June 11th, 2006, 06:18 PM

Who knows, I *might* clean house a little! :parp: Not too much, mind you. I wouldn't want hubby to think it would be a regular event!
I like the way you think Tbear. :D

My plans are to post here. A lot. :p

Teacherbear

June 11th, 2006, 06:32 PM

I like the way you think Tbear. :D

My plans are to post here. A lot. :p

bwhahahahahaha! I'm glad *someone* is planning on holding the fort down! I know you'll do a mighty fine job, Kim! Thanks! LOL

Koala Kim

June 11th, 2006, 06:36 PM

bwhahahahahaha! I'm glad *someone* is planning on holding the fort down! I know you'll do a mighty fine job, Kim! Thanks! LOL
I'll do my best to make you proud. :D

Tbear- I thought your evil eye was Alice Cooper at first glance. :lafhard:

Clare-Dragonfly

June 11th, 2006, 06:58 PM

I did it! I got out my violin, tuned it up, and played for a while! :whoohoo:

Now my fingers hurt... :evileye:

Niniane

June 11th, 2006, 07:52 PM

Today I went to the Haight St Fair, and bought mainly hairtoys! :whoohoo: I'll post details and pics in my journal when LHC comes back.
Tuesday I'm meeting up with a certain someone :parp:
Friday's my mom's bday.

Other than that, I'm gonna try to be productive. Ha :gurn:

Kuchen

June 11th, 2006, 07:53 PM

Oh, count me in on any Berlin LHC hair meet! (is there a little wurst smiley?) PhysicsChick, your German will probably be better than mine by then :gurn:

Amari

June 12th, 2006, 12:06 AM

I plan on studying and demolishing my bathroom. I've got about a million miles of tacky orange tile to get out of there.

Stephanie

June 12th, 2006, 12:13 AM

Try to stay on top of things here and work on TLHC. :whoohoo: :lafhard:

Carolyn

June 12th, 2006, 04:33 AM

This is my week of doggy sitting. So I'll be taking care of them, shopping, trying to catch my soaps whenever I can, sewing, and spending as much time at TBB as possible. Bless my brother's neighbors for having wireless internet I can connect to! :whoohoo:

Morticia

June 12th, 2006, 05:20 AM

I'm going to try my best not to fill my LHC time with internet shopping. Sigh. Actually, I think I'll answer my long list of waiting emails.

Shell

June 12th, 2006, 05:43 AM

Hi, everybody! I have plenty to do, but this is my first official week of unstructured time. What that means is that my deadlines are far enough away that I can goof off and stress out later--right?

I have some senseless paper work for school that should have been done last week, I plan on cleaning out the garage and some of my son's and my clothes, tons of weeding to do, and I have that little on line class to write.

See, plenty of time to play on line.

Peggy E.

June 12th, 2006, 05:53 AM

Oh my god, she said Berlin!
*drops dead*
Yay yay yay for a Berlin LHC Meet! :whoohoo:
So I WILL have another LHC meet this year! (yes I did realize that you said you're not a 100% certain yet, but err, I'm just overlooking the fact and starting to plan already :lol: ).
You know, if you need someone to practice your german with, feel free to contact me :grinhappy:

So, does this mean we should also start thinking about all the great European hair toys we should order for physicschick to bring back?!!:eureka:

KarenLynn

June 12th, 2006, 06:08 AM

There are great European hair toys? :lafhard: Maybe I need to visit Germany, 'cause I sure haven't found any where I'm usually at.

Ok, I *must* go open those books. I so, so don't want to. It is beyond tempting to put off this exam until next time I'm back here, but I know I'll regret it if I do that. (Picture brickwall smiley right here.)

mugglemomof3

June 12th, 2006, 06:17 AM

I just don't know what to do - this is a horrible day! <wink>
My beloved LHC is down, we're having to do major cleaning and organizing up here at work (everything is moving and it smells weird and there are teenagers helping (teenagers are scary!!), and I'm all weird in the head due to the allergy/cold medicine I'm taking. Couple all that with a total lack of sleep this past weekend and I'm ready to crack!!!!!!!

Help (in my most pathetic whiney voice!):whyme:

This site may help a little, but it's new and a weird color and the smileys are different and I don't have my Jessie58 or Kris or HairyFairy or AlleyCat or Sian100 or Shella13 or SamaraMorgan or Wind or LittleFlower or Jason or Darkwaves or Meezer or Kittcat or Hairstorm or Spiraleeeee photothreads to visit and hang out in. boooohooooooo

None of my reality friends are as supportive as my virtual friends - they won't let me whine like you guys do!

I guess I'll go join in the "organization" going on outside my office door. Later I have to thoroughly clean my office from top to bottom as we get ready for the audit tomorrow. Anyone wanna come help?

Hairstorm

June 12th, 2006, 06:23 AM

Well, I guess I should get the car smog checked since it's due tomorrow!

mugglemomof3

June 12th, 2006, 06:34 AM

what's a car smog? (hello, btw!)

aisling

June 12th, 2006, 06:42 AM

I just made the arrangements to be out of town for two days at the end of the week (Thursday-Friday) and I won't even have Internet access at all. Perfect timing in that sense :grinhappy:

Niniane

June 12th, 2006, 07:33 AM

Hi MuggleMom! :hi:

Don't worry, we'll protect you from the scary teenagers! Though we do have our own scary teenagers...(thinking of the damage Peg's boots could do if she decided to use them for evil doings :eek:)

Sending clean thoughts your way :rain: <---- is that a dust bunny on his head? :lafhard:

Parthenia

June 12th, 2006, 07:44 AM

Hello all!

I'm going to sneak here from time to time while I'm at work. Otherwise, now that the rain has finally slowed a bit, DH and I will put up the swing set we've been meaning to assemble in our back yard, and hopefully I'll get into the kitchen and make some soap and other stuff for my weekly farmers market sale, trim and dry the nettles my SIL harvested for me, pull up some burdock and dry it. Prolly all the things I was hoping to do this week anyway.

OMG, I just noticed the cute smileys here! :happy:

mugglemomof3

June 12th, 2006, 08:28 AM

Hi niniane! Thank you for the cute smiley. Actually, I was going to gripe about them (it must just not be my day!!!!!!) - I don't like the new smiley's. - they're confusing!

teeanagers scare me because they talk way tooooo much and think they know everything. Well, most teens - I will have to admit that Wind and SamaraMorgan and PegasusMarsters are just plain amazing! It's so funny, it took me forever to realize that Peg was a teen!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's just so busy up here. strange "temporary employees" (or the scary teens) keep walking by my office door and I'm not used to seeing them. I feel like I'm in the Twighlight Zone!

no more dust bunnies here - the teens have zapped them all:whoohoo:

Hairstorm

June 12th, 2006, 08:40 AM

what's a car smog? (hello, btw!)Hi MMO3! In California when your car registration needs renewing, sometimes you have to get a smog check on your car to make sure it's not polluting excessively. So we can all breathe! ;)

Good luck with your cleaning, cold and audit!

hairymonster

June 12th, 2006, 08:51 AM

Hello! :whoohoo:

I'll be doing some catching up on my reading and spending a lot of time with DB1 before he leaves for his campus this weekend (and hanging out here some)

Pegasus Marsters

June 12th, 2006, 09:04 AM

*Just read this thread and is highly amused by the boot references*

Niniane: I would never use my boots for evil! Unless it's evil involving Johnny Depp, and then perhaps. :sweatdrop:

Muggle: Thank you so much for the sweet compliment! :whoohoo:

Niniane

June 12th, 2006, 09:23 AM

I think Johnny Depp negates any evilness in the situation :secret:

Pegasus Marsters

June 12th, 2006, 09:32 AM

I think Johnny Depp negates any evilness in the situation :secret:

Depends what the situation is, methinks :innocent:

kimberlily

June 12th, 2006, 09:33 AM

Tuesday I'm meeting up with a certain someone :parp:
Hmm, Niniane... who could that be? :innocent:

I can't wait to see your toys. Wish I could have gone to the fair, but I have no clue where that is :lol: I should be good though - I've got Ficcares due to arrive this week!

I cut out my fabric for my mei tai last night and started sewing. I will finish it tonight, I hope :)

Johnny Depp is yummy... just don't tell my DH I said so :drool:

mugglemomof3

June 12th, 2006, 10:38 AM

Johnny Depp - sometimes I hate him and sometimes I wanna have his babies!!!!! (and I'm done having babies!)

getoffmyskittle

June 12th, 2006, 10:46 AM

teeanagers scare me because they talk way tooooo much and think they know everything. Well, most teens

I love this attitude. It really makes me feel like the generation ahead of mine is doing their best to raise their children and turn out good, hardworking, intelligent, productive members of society. :rolleyes:

mugglemomof3

June 12th, 2006, 11:35 AM

I love this attitude. It really makes me feel like the generation ahead of mine is doing their best to raise their children and turn out good, hardworking, intelligent, productive members of society. :rolleyes:

I hope you know I'm just joking. I have basically two teens and love them to death - at the moment my DD10 is the one who drives me crazy! Today we have our "out of school" kiddos at work helping us clean, and they are in there chattering away - it's just not usually this noisy at work! And when you try to tell them the proper way to dispose of some of the chemicals we have up here - they're not listening because they think they've already heard it. Sometimes young people can be frustrating, just as sometimes us old farts can be frustrating too!

We're all trying our hardest, though, aren't we. And that's all you can ask for!

ok. <end hijack>

getoffmyskittle

June 12th, 2006, 12:49 PM

I hope you know I'm just joking. I have basically two teens and love them to death - at the moment my DD10 is the one who drives me crazy! Today we have our "out of school" kiddos at work helping us clean, and they are in there chattering away - it's just not usually this noisy at work! And when you try to tell them the proper way to dispose of some of the chemicals we have up here - they're not listening because they think they've already heard it. Sometimes young people can be frustrating, just as sometimes us old farts can be frustrating too!

:D Oh, yay, I hoped so.

Here guys - this should keep you amused for at least a little while while LHC is down... :D

http://img118.imageshack.us/img118/3570/sillydogpeanut1xw.jpg

... PEANUT BUTTERS LOL

*goes to hide*

Jennifer

June 12th, 2006, 01:03 PM

I guess I'll be hanging around the BB. :happy:

But, I also have plenty of RL stuff to catch up on. I've got to get kindergarten uniforms, register for soccer and vacation bible school, do some shopping for some new kitchen things and clothes for the kids.

I'm taking my daughter to see a movie and then a few days later taking her to the airport, she's visiting her Dad out of state for 2 weeks. :purplex:

I also still need to organize the dining room and kitchen since our kitchen remodeling is nearing the end. :D

I also still need to look into some college stuff for my son. :boggle:

I should have a pretty busy week and then we've got a party/cookout this weekend. And I'm sure Riley will be over to stay too. :happy:

mugglemomof3

June 12th, 2006, 02:07 PM

Oh skittle! - don't hide - come out and play! It's such a beautiful sunshiney day (well, at least where I am!!!!)

OK. I guess I could see myself getting hooked on The Beauty Bottle too darnit. One more thing to get addicted to. Where is Stephanie - I may have to shoot her for creating such awesome websites!!!!!!!!! <wink>

Butters

June 12th, 2006, 03:02 PM

I should be packing, but... I'll probably be playing around on the internet. :innocent:

Nastasska

June 12th, 2006, 04:19 PM

English is hard to learn. My father has been studying for 50 years...hasn't finished yet, not even close. I learned it fast because I was still a child when I started.
When I was in Russia people were wondering how that could be my first language when they saw my writing. With English at least I have an excuse. I'm a pretty bad writer. Generally my handwriting is chicken scratch, if not worse. Its been called a different language, and not English or Russian. Maybe it looks like the writing of this one's planet. :et: I'm better at speaking in any language I know than I am in writing.

Japanese has 2 alphabets actually. Same sounds but used in different occasions. Both are 46 letters. An there are the chinese characters in addition the the alphabets. It does take a while because its pretty much relearning how to read and write from scratch. With cyrillic or English the letters are similar.

Couple of sites I found might be of use in the learning of the Russian.
http://www.alphadictionary.com/directory/Languages/Slavic/Russian/
http://masterrussian.com/

This for Japanese Language
http://members.aol.com/Joyo96/

Hmm, maybe we should start a language thread?

Thank You for those sites they are fascinating:happy:
I would rate English as one of the hardest languages to learn.I think part of the problem is that it has so many influences from other languages
I read a list once that rated languages by degree of difficulty and Indonesian came out as the easiest language to learn
I agree we need a language thread:grinhappy:

mira-chan

June 12th, 2006, 05:11 PM

Language thread created!
With English, I dont know if its the influences. I have noticed that people learning English as a second (or third..etc) language have problems with the exceptions in the rules of grammar and pronunciation.

Nastasska

June 12th, 2006, 05:26 PM

That's an interesting point Both my Russian teachers who learned English as adults had a thorough grasp of Grammar that I don't but here Grammar is not even taught in schools it just gets a brief mention under the heading of Creative Writing:pissed:

mira-chan

June 12th, 2006, 05:32 PM

In Russia grammatical rules are taught in school, students have to memorize the rules and their names. (I forgot all of them. -_-) Many Russians who study English do the same to English grammar rules, and it tends to confuse them because they try to follow the rule every time but there are so many exceptions.

Clare-Dragonfly

June 12th, 2006, 07:27 PM

With English, I dont know if its the influences. I have noticed that people learning English as a second (or third..etc) language have problems with the exceptions in the rules of grammar and pronunciation.

Aaaaand why do you think those exceptions exist? It's because we merged German and French grammatical structures :lafhard:

enitsirk

June 13th, 2006, 09:16 AM

:D Oh, yay, I hoped so.

Here guys - this should keep you amused for at least a little while while LHC is down... :D

http://img118.imageshack.us/img118/3570/sillydogpeanut1xw.jpg

... PEANUT BUTTERS LOL

*goes to hide*

*giggles* :lafhard:

That's adorable..poor doggy!!

I love peanut butter...on pbj, apples, in smoothies, and on graham crackers especially!

Teacherbear

June 18th, 2006, 09:33 PM

Well . . . did ya'll do what you thought you'd get done?

Since my computer died on Monday, I got *some* of what I'd planned one. I didn't get to the storage room (95-101 degree F days), but I DID go though a bunch of stuff here at home.

I also watched a gazillion video tapes (movies I was trying to decide whether to get rid of or not).

TheBlondeApple

June 19th, 2006, 02:08 AM