Husband has asked for it for his birthday - in 2 weeks!

• How did everyone celebrate New Years? - HolidayMT
  • New Year's Eve - Viggo lover
  • Wow! I loved all the replies! - HolidayMT
  • My friends all went to the fireworks at the - sm - SanFrancisco
  • 4 hours of Guitar Hero III with 2 other couples and their kids!! - The Other Sunshine
    • That game is SO addictive!! I played so long when (sm) - the original zzz
    • spent NYE playing Rock Band for PS2 - MT4eight
    • We have that on our Wii. It's awesome! - ERMT
    • Spent 2 hours with my kids playing that today - fun! nm - New Guitar Hero owner
      • Husband has asked for it for his birthday - in 2 weeks! - The Other Sunshine
        • You can get it from Amazon if not in stores (nm) - New Guitar Hero owner
        • I bought that for my hubby on the Wii. He and the kids love it! - QA girl
      • Played Prey on Xbox 360 and watched Resident Evil Apocalypse - QA girl
        • Resident evil Apoc? That sounds AWESOME! - HolidayMT
          • I'm a big thriller/horror movie fan s/m - QA girl
            • The Others is GREAT! - HolidayMT
              • LOL awesome! :) - QA girl
  • Played Apples to Apples - jmr
  • Twilight Zone Maraton, Anderson Cooper, Law&Order Marathon - in that order -- original zzz NM
    • I found if I watch the Twilight Zone marathon, I - have bad dreams. Hope yours were pleasant.
      • No bad dreams from TZ, but Kathy Griffith...sm - the original zzz
      • I find TV people in my dreams and am tired of it. OC - house wives, Kramer & George & rest of you,leave!
        • My deceased husband visits in dreams and - Even worse
        • LOL - I used to dream of Kramer when I was pregnant LOL (nm) - Pleading the fifth
          • I dream he and George are chasing me. Being them, - of course, they arent successful & dont get me. nm
  • We went to the local botanical gardens for the lights - sm -
  • New Year's Eve - LinK
  • Watched Beverly HIllbillies marathon until 2 - Granny
    • Sure nuff thank ya sm - Go Granny
  • NY 2008 - Jeeperbelle
    • Happy Belated Birthday - LinK
  • Not a fan of New Year's eve - ER-MT
  • Watched a movie, played Wii, and had lots of food - ERMT
  • we watched movies - SM
    • OMG! - we rented this last weekend and rolled - The Other Sunshine
  • SIL family, us and another family snacked,played - games and laughed a lot. Good way to start 2008.
  • What I did for NY's - Speaking
  • Had the flu. Missed work. Slept 12 hours. sm - mlstoo
    • Wow! Sorry to hear. Hope you feel better. sm - HolidayMT
  • its just another day to me, went to bed - sm
    • Me too. Maybe that's what the new year is about... - HolidayMT
      • New Year...glad to see it - lessMT
        • Hate New Years Eve sm - Seasoned Survivor
          • We never go anywhere either. too dangerous! - QA girl

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really hasn't given me any ideas.  She does not want a class ring now (she is a sophomore this year).  She does not like her birthstone but does like pearls and emeralds but has not really given me a straight answer as to whether she would prefer a ring, earrings or a necklace.  She plays a lot of sports so I am not sure she will be able to keep track of nice jewelry either and I really don't want to spend good $$ if she might lose it.  I only have a week left and wanted to get her something special because it is her 16th but just can't come up with anything nor can I get her to give me a good idea.  Thanks. 

He is very old fashioned and feels that all women should know how to sew.  I don't know how, but of course can patch holes and replace buttons. So last night she told me she had something to give my husband for Christmas - a hunting vest he asked her to sew a bullet holder on for him.  He often takes things to his mother and grandmother to sew but now even to my friend?  I told her she should have just told him no but she said, No, I love doing things like that.  About a week ago he had taken my sewing machine out of the attic and was going to give it away.  I told him he couldn't give it away, it was a gift from my aunt and uncle.  He said I never use it so why shouldn't HE give it away. I told him it wasn't his.  Anyway, I'm just really aggravated right now.

to go to the pool store, take them a sample of our water and then do whatever the pool people say to do. So, our ph is down in our pool and we're supposed to add 10 pounds of alkalinity to it. No problem. Our pool is quite large - 20 x 40. I never add chemicals to them. That's his job, but we wanted to be in it by Memorial Day so I figure I could at least go and get whatever chemicals and then add them.  No problem. Mind you, I am a huge klutz - accident just waiting to happen! 

I begin walking around the pool pouring in this big box of chemicals. I go over the diving board, around to the other side of the pool and then I'm almost done. As I round the corner of the pool all of a sudden something horrible happens! My left leg completely fell into this huge hole and I go flying! I think I broke my left ankle! My husband forgot to put the cover back over the pool filter! What was he thinking?? So, there I was, all alone on the pool sidewalk, foot stuck inside filter, cannot move, elbow all scraped up and it is painful!!! OMG! I could not believe it!

So, I finally pull my foot up and it is completely torn up! It looks like it was stabbed with a knife in a couple of places. I'm not sure what it hit that made it look and feel like that.

I'm contemplating going to the ER because if it isn't broken it's at least sprained, plus 2 huge lacerations.

My husband, who has a sense of humor, will call me an idiot for not watching where I was going. But, who's the idiot who left the filter cover off? Not me!  I'm glad it was my left and not my right so I can at least work while I heal....

A US woman has written a book about the unusual gift she gave her husband for his 40th birthday - 365 nights of sex.

High-flying PR exec Charla Muller, from North Carolina, hit upon the idea for her salesman husband Brad, now 42, and has written a book about the year.

"When I offered my husband sex every day for a year to celebrate his 40th birthday he literally fell over. After hearing the words, Brad slipped on a toy on the floor and landed with a thud. As I had spent so long thinking about an exciting present that I thought he would love, I was confident he would say yes. But to my astonishment, Brad refused my offer. He said: “It’s a great idea, I just don’t think you really mean it.”

Being intimate at night meant we worked better as a couple during the day. Our house ran better because we were more agreeable. Having sex regularly made me start looking around, wondering who else was getting good loving. Is it the good-looking women or the regular mums — like me?

Sometimes I don’t shave my legs and have stinky breath, but Brad still finds me sexy.

I worried our sex every day arrangement may become a routine, like brushing my teeth or having a shower. On the third month, Brad had to call it a day during one session. “We’ve been doing it for 88 days straight,” he said. “I don’t think I have it in me. After all, there’s always tomorrow.”

After six months of the gift, we both worried whether it was possible to keep things new and exciting. I didn’t have the energy to constantly spice things up. Before, just having sex was new and exciting. Now we had to turn it up a notch to get out of the land of run-of-the-mill sex, to the kingdom of earth-shattering, wake-the-neighbours sex.

But we were nearing the end of our agreement, and although all I wanted to do was crawl under the covers and go to sleep, I realised: Sometimes you gotta do it when you just don’t want to. It was just like spending Christmas with your in-laws or cheering on a football team you couldn’t care less about. “Let’s get on with it,” I muttered to Brad. “Just close your eyes.” Brad sighed, and did just that.

The day after Brad’s 41st birthday I was giddy with excitement, relieved and ebullient that I didn’t have to have sex every day. I bounced around the house, singing: “I did it, I did it,” under my breath. I was deeply satisfied that I had carried the present through."

We bought a birthday cake with Happy Birthday Jesus on it and sang happy birthday.  Our 7-year-old loved it!

Doncha just love getting flowers?!  Happy birthday and here's to many more!

the family and I are having a birthday picnic.  Nice weather here in Michigan too.  You're invited!

I'd definitely give it a shot.  If you're like me, you've probably already spent a small fortune on every other concoction out there on the shelves...what's one more, right? 

You want a real treat?  You HAVE to try Bare Minerals.  I always wear a little makeup whenever I go out, just to give my self-esteem a much needed boost.  Liquids, even the kind that say they are 24-hours, just seem to slide off my skin or make my skin peel.  This stuff is fantastic and really covers incredibly well, even though it is a powder.  Even my ultra-sensitive skin doesn't have a problem with it.  I tried a sampler from QVC a few years ago, fell in love with it, and now I also get that as I need it from deals on Ebay. 

Again, HAPPY 30th BIRTHDAY!  

Today is my sister's B-day too . . . my sweet Angie Pangie!  (aka Piggie Pie)  LOL!!! 

and many more!   Cat

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Happy Birthday! 

I hope today is great for you !

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I will be 47 on Thursday :)

My child will be turning 8 in a month and a half and we are planning his party.  It will be at the house this year and we are renting one of those bouncy castles.  He is inviting girls and boys but will plan on the boys spending the night and camping out in the backyard in a big tent.  Would it be appropriate to put an insert into the invitations letting the girls' parents know when to pick them up that evening and that only boys will be spending the night?  TIA

playing sports with a friend.  After showering he comes downstairs naked and tries to start a conversation with me. My "office" is in the living room and he is standing in back of the couch so I can't see any private parts, just him without his shirt, but I can see enough to know he clearly is naked! I think he wants me to be amused or get turned on or something, but I'm not amused one bit. In fact, I keep working and basically ignore him.

Poor guy. I swear he thinks he's Vince Vaughn or something. I should at least smile at him but all I want to tell him is to put some clothes on! ugh!

She does basic cleaning - dusting, vacuuming, mopping, cleaning bathrooms. I pay her $75 each time. She has basically a one-woman business that she is just getting started up. I found her listing in the local newspaper and lucked out, because she is a really super lady and I enjoy having her here to talk to, since my husband and I are "empty-nesters" and I am home alone working all day.

As far as what you should pay, I think the area where you live and the cost of living needs to be taken into consideration. I would expect to pay someone in New York City or Los Angeles more than I would pay someone in a small Midwest town, for example.

Just my two cents.