Goooood Morning DU!

[BlondieK143]

How is everyone this morning?? Have some :donut: and tell me how your day is going so far. As for myself, today is my last day of work until Monday! WOO HOO!!! It's been 4 months since I've had a day off from both jobs on the same day! :D So here's another "Gooood Morning" for Friday and hope you all have a WONDERFUL weekend! :hug:

(on edit: A special THANK YOU to those of you who were so kind about me posting my pic yesterday, you all ROCK!)

[xmas74]

1. May I have some coffee, please?

I have been up all night.

[BlondieK143]

2. You sure can!

:donut: Why have you been up all night?

[xmas74]

3. I had to work.

[BlondieK143]

6. I'm sorry!

How much longer ya got?

[xmas74]

7. About another hour

Then the mad dash to get my daughter ready for preschool.

[BlondieK143]

9. That's not too much longer!

:) Good luck with the getting ready part!

[xmas74]

13. That is usually the fight of the day.

[BlondieK143]

17. I can imagine!

How old is she?

[xmas74]

22. She will be five in June.

[BlondieK143]

25. Aww!

How precious!!

[xmas74]

26. Thanks. She is a sweet, cuddly little girl

but she is also "Mommy's little monster"!

[BlondieK143]

27. Of course she is!

Around 5 is when they do the whole mischievous thing.

[xmas74]

29. Hers was long before then!

And she thinks that she can get away with it. She has the angelic look to her-big blonde curls, blue eyes and dimples. People seem to give her what she wants and then they say to her "Don't you look like Shirley Temple".

[BlondieK143]

30. Just can't resist

blue eyes and dimples! She sounds like a doll!

[xmas74]

33. She's still a little monster.

But she's my pride and joy.

[AFSCME girl]

4. Morning Blondie!

What a cutie you are! If I had a daughter, I would want her to be just as cute and sweet as you!

That's great that you have the weekend off! It's not easy working two jobs - and it's even tougher to get time off from both! Hope you have some fun stuff planned for the weekend.

:bounce:

It's another chilly morning - 18 degrees! It's supposed to "warm" up to about 35 (I think that's what I heard). Hopefully Spring is just around the corner :hi:

Have a great day and a great weekend!!! :loveya: :hug:

[xmas74]

5. I was a member of AFSCME once.

I used to work at a state run habilitation center.

[AFSCME girl]

10. Hi xmas74,

I work for my county's mental health office. Our Local is in the midst of negotiating our next contract and I think it's gonna be a long haul. Lots of issues on the table this time - biggest one being healthcare.

:hi:

[xmas74]

12. I loved being a member

I just hated the place that I worked at.
Keep up the fight!

[AFSCME girl]

18. I love being a member too!

It's great!! We're gonna keep on keepin' on - especially now - lots of Union busting activities afoot - The * "administration" sees to that!

[xmas74]

21. This is the best time, IMO to be a union member

Stick it to 'em!

[BlondieK143]

8. Thank you!!

You're so sweet! It's so nice to have you on the morning threads!

18 degrees?? Holy crap! That's gotta suck! I guess you get used to it after awhile, but I'm afraid I'd freeze to death if I had to put up with 18 degree weather.

Have a wonderful day and weekend!!!:hug:

[AFSCME girl]

11. The cold weather

starts to wear on ya after a while. At 80 years old, my Dad still heads down to FLA every year to escape the chill for awhile :scared:

Have a good one, hun!! :hug:

[BlondieK143]

16. How funny!

Guess we all need it at one point! Have a great day!! :hug:

[terrya]

14. Good morning!

I'm sipping my coffee...and checking out the stuff in the Lounge.

PS: You're putting your picture in the Gallery, aren't you?? :-)

T

[BlondieK143]

15. hey!

Possibly. I've been debating it. :) How are you this morning? :hug:

[terrya]

19. Oh, I'm ok.

And you should, IMO. EVERYONE gave you great feedback on the pic. :-)

:hug:

[BlondieK143]

23. I know, you're all crazy!

:P At least it'll give the Freeps something to photoshop. :shrug: Any chance we can get you to Boston in April?

[terrya]

31. We'll leave questions of DU sanity out of it for now. :-)

I'd love to come to Boston sometime. I've never been. It would be cool to crash one of your Meetups. :-)

Probably not April. I'll probably be in Toronto sometime that month with Doug.

T

[BlondieK143]

35. Crash

Into me. Baby. Lol, sorry! I'm a little loopy this morning!

I've never been either so that's why I'm so excited! Though with sniffa, matcom, and GOP in the same room, I'm not sure how I'm going to control myself! :P Maybe it's a good thing you're NOT coming. You won't get to see me make a flirting ass out of myself. hehe. How long are you and Doug staying in Toronto? Things still going good on that front?

[terrya]

37. Oh, that's ok!

The crash that is. :-)

Hey, say :hi: to those guys for me, ok? Plus, that Stop the Morans guy will be there, I think. That's REALLY going to push the craziness level. :-)

It depends on how much time I can get off...probably a couple of days. I could stretch the time into 4 days or so. :-)

T

[BlondieK143]

38. I certainly will!

And of course, I'll be taking my camera. (not sure whether that's a good thing or a bad thing). Crazy... yeah, I can totally forsee it!

That sounds wonderful! Have a GREAT time and promise to catch the next one!

[Freebird12004]

20. Woo Hoo

I'll have some :donut: and share my morning with you.

That sounds wonderful Blondie. Four days all to yourself! What do you have planned ~ remember, shopping isn't an option.

[BlondieK143]

24. No shopping!

Just relaxing and attemping to clean my car and room. Movies will definitely be included also. Sounds pretty boring (other than me driving to Atlanta for the meetup on Saturday) but I just want to relax. How about you.. how's your weekend looking? :hug:

[Freebird12004]

28. more snow tonight

so ... I'm still doin my hibernation act.

Yesterday, my house-mate and I went shopping for car touch-up paint. We are going to paint feathers on my Trike over the next few weeks before I start doing the "poker runs" this year.

[BlondieK143]

32. Awesome!

Nothing like hibernating during the cold months! :D

That sounds like fun! Aren't you two a crafty bunch! You'll have to let us know how it turns out.

[Freebird12004]

39. I'm expecting something wonderful

My house-mate is very talented and besides - she's practicing on my trike first until she sells her Harley Sportster and buys her V-Rod. She is day-dreaming about painting on her new bike.

We were bummed out about not being able to "ride" so I shared a way of getting through the winter with her - - - An old boyfriend had a saying "there are only two seasons - the boat's in the water and the boat's outta the water" and he would spend his spare time in the off months hand wrapping and rebuilding his fishing rods. It was a labor of love that took lots of time, patience and very little money.

That's the trick - "spending time without spending money" - it's a good one once you learn the knack of it.

btw - I remember a time back in my "type A" lifestyle when I was working 3 jobs at the same time - and I still found time to enjoy looking at the sunrise

[BlondieK143]

41. That's cool!

It'll be fun AND give you two a chance to bond even more!

It's weird how the smallest things sometimes give the biggest rewards, isn't it?

[Freebird12004]

45. bonding with a best friend

It IS the SMALL things that count.

We have been friends through - break-ups, illness, good times and bad. We don't always agree but we respect our right to different opinions. We've had some heated discussions because we are both intelligent strong minded individuals and we both grow in some way from the exchange of ideas.

Bringing an unexpected smile to someone else's face is is one of my fondest pastimes and one of my biggest rewards.

[benburch]

34. So, today is our hot date?

:bounce:

[BlondieK143]

36. Of course!

You just name the time and the place.

[Brewman_Jax]

40. G'day, Blondie!

:hi: and the weather is being good--uh, not really. The rain will end today and is looks like that winter will return. The temps will be low.

Sounds like you could use a break! :thumbsup:

[BlondieK143]

42. Yuck.

Weather sucks here too. The last two days were BEAUTIFUL! Mother nature knows I'm taking a hiatus. :(

How did last night go?

[Brewman_Jax]

43. Bah

my post sank to the bottom, my pro soccer team lost (watched on ESPN2)--oh, you meant the trivia game. We lost. :thumbsdown:

[BlondieK143]

44. That sucks!

Sorry to hear about both! At least this weekend will be better for ya.

[Brewman_Jax]

46. Checking the forecast

looks like the weekend is gonna be hit-or-miss. My post was "education is about options" after I saw my old HS classmate. Was probably a touch pretentious, but all true and accurate.

[tjwmason]

47. Good Afternoon from across the pond

Its the day-off of one of my office-mates, and the other one is ill so all peaceful and filled with beautiful music.

Astonishingly this has not lead to me wasting loads of time, infact I have only just come onto D.U. and it's after 2p.m.

I'm also off work tomorrow, long week-ends are great. :bounce: