JohnKleeb
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Dec-27-04 03:45 PM
Original message |
Hey everyone have a good holiday? |
|
Had a bit of a scare last night when my computer went screwy on me but all is good.
|
Osamasux
(846 posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Dec-27-04 03:48 PM
Response to Original message |
1. No, came down with the flu. |
|
Thanks to Tommy Thompson's incompetence, I live in the one country suffering a flu vaccine shortage.
|
JohnKleeb
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Dec-27-04 03:53 PM
Response to Reply #1 |
4. agh that sucks, sorry to hear that |
matcom
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Dec-27-04 03:49 PM
Response to Original message |
2. ah, months and months of commercial hype |
|
and frenzy. only to have it last exactly a meer 24 hours!
and i sat back and CALMLY WITNESSED IT ALL!!
:D
excellent weekend flopped on the couch with the Mrs thank you
:hi:
|
JohnKleeb
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Dec-27-04 03:53 PM
Response to Reply #2 |
|
:hi: Yer gonna witness it again next winter too.
|
matcom
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Dec-27-04 03:54 PM
Response to Reply #3 |
5. and i'll bet i enjoy it JUST as much! |
|
yes, at times i think :wtf: but in the end, they are like lemmings.
i like lemmings sometimes. :P
|
JohnKleeb
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Dec-27-04 03:56 PM
Response to Reply #5 |
|
I am telling you though, x-mas gave me the oppertunity to finally view some of those really good documentaries like outfoxed and bush's brain, really good viewin.
|
bettyellen
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Dec-27-04 03:55 PM
Response to Original message |
6. yeah, but with friends- the family thing sucks and |
|
will suck more thursday when we have part 2. my nephew is a boring greedy little bastard. not looking fwd to more of him! so john, did you get your speedos? if bill murray can do it!!
|
JohnKleeb
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Dec-27-04 03:57 PM
Response to Reply #6 |
|
I instead got new reading material, new movies, and new video games, and new CDs.
|
Beware the Beast Man
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Dec-27-04 03:55 PM
Response to Original message |
7. Much better in hindsight. |
|
My wife and I weren't able to visit my side of the family this year. It turns out my mother came down with a nasty 24-hour stomach flu on Christmas eve, so it's better we stayed home.
|
JohnKleeb
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Dec-27-04 03:56 PM
Response to Reply #7 |
|
Hey, did you see what happened to Big Ben in the game yesterday, he all right? I havent read anything or heard.
|
Beware the Beast Man
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Dec-27-04 03:59 PM
Response to Reply #9 |
19. Bruised rib, from what I've heard. |
|
He should be alright, but I've heard they may sit him out against Buffalo anyway, just to give him a rest, since next week's game is pretty much meaningless.
|
JohnKleeb
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Dec-27-04 04:00 PM
Response to Reply #19 |
|
I was worried. I was pleased to see the that the Bus had another good game though.
|
Droopy
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Dec-27-04 03:57 PM
Response to Original message |
|
Edited on Mon Dec-27-04 04:00 PM by Droopy
I went over to my folks house and celebrated with my two sisters, their husbands, my little neice, grandma, and my parents. We celebrated on Sunday. The guys watched football all afternoon and then we a had a big dinner followed by exchanging gifts. It was pleasant.
|
JohnKleeb
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Dec-27-04 03:59 PM
Response to Reply #10 |
18. my mom's folks came over here on x-mas day |
|
It was nice. There were some great football games this week.
|
jonnyblitz
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Dec-27-04 03:57 PM
Response to Original message |
11. just another day for me |
JohnKleeb
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Dec-27-04 03:57 PM
Response to Reply #11 |
14. hah sometimes I wish it was like that for me but then I think about it |
jonnyblitz
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Dec-27-04 04:04 PM
Response to Reply #14 |
26. it isn't for most people |
|
But i am not most people. you know that.
|
JohnKleeb
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Dec-27-04 04:06 PM
Response to Reply #26 |
28. Yes I know, you and your how many tattoos you have! |
|
I actually have contemplated getting a celtic cross on my right shoulder honest though.
|
jonnyblitz
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Dec-27-04 04:22 PM
Response to Reply #28 |
35. lol..that isnt what i was referring to |
|
Edited on Mon Dec-27-04 04:23 PM by jonnyblitz
i was talking about my beliefs. silly kleeb. :hi:
|
JohnKleeb
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Dec-27-04 04:26 PM
Response to Reply #35 |
|
Yeah well I have some pretty edgy beliefs too like my belief that college should be free.
|
AlCzervik
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Dec-27-04 03:57 PM
Response to Original message |
13. my husband and daughter are both sick with maybe the flu |
|
but we still had a nice holiday.
|
JohnKleeb
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Dec-27-04 03:58 PM
Response to Reply #13 |
15. damn I didnt know the flu was this bad |
|
I hope I dont get it, well I hope I get it before I have to go back to school.
|
AlCzervik
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Dec-27-04 04:01 PM
Response to Reply #15 |
23. it's everywhere it seems like |
|
my husband is sicker then my daughter and he also complains a lot more than she does. 3 of my neighbors are also down with it too. I'm hoping it will skip me because if i get sick who the hell will take care of everything?
|
JohnKleeb
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Dec-27-04 04:03 PM
Response to Reply #23 |
24. Hah I sorta want it to come to me and I sorta don't |
|
I was sick a couple weeks before we got out for break, and I don't wanna fall more behind but I don't wanna go to school.
|
bleedingheart
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Dec-27-04 03:58 PM
Response to Original message |
16. First time I didn't overeat...I was sick! |
|
with tummy flu...but otherwise it was nice.
|
JohnKleeb
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Dec-27-04 04:00 PM
Response to Reply #16 |
22. everyone seems to be getting down with somethin |
sui generis
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Dec-27-04 03:58 PM
Response to Original message |
17. thankya jeezus it's over |
|
Christmas with out of town families is always such a logistical nightmare, plus two big families and many multiples of kiddos running around. Plus queer uncle sui has a reputation of eccentricity and generosity that must be upheld.
Oh, and having Mom pull out the latest effed up over-engineered christmas piano sheet music she could find for sui to bang out some tunes after seven or eight sniftas of 150 proof moonshine eggnog would have been stressful had I been sober enough to be nervous instead of trying to channel the Liberace christmas special while my peeps were warbling away behind me in their own eggnog induced haze.
But yes all's well that ends well - just 362 more days until christmas again.
|
JohnKleeb
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Dec-27-04 03:59 PM
Response to Reply #17 |
20. Its 363 but I understand how it can get a little hectic |
sui generis
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Dec-27-04 04:04 PM
Response to Reply #17 |
25. we celebrate and open on the 24th - european style |
JohnKleeb
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Dec-27-04 04:04 PM
Response to Reply #25 |
redqueen
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Dec-27-04 04:06 PM
Response to Original message |
|
Sick but still good... dang colds!
:hi:
|
JohnKleeb
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Dec-27-04 04:12 PM
Response to Reply #29 |
32. everyone seems to be coming down with something |
da_chimperor
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Dec-27-04 04:07 PM
Response to Original message |
30. It went pretty smoothly overall |
|
The turkey kicked ass. I've got my recipe down to a fucking art! :D My buddies were basically falling over themselves saying how good all the food was. I'm thankful for that as I almost amputated two of my fingers cutting a squash. I'd hate to have my injury be all for naught.
|
JohnKleeb
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Dec-27-04 04:11 PM
Response to Reply #30 |
31. Thats good, I outta learn how to cook |
|
We had roast beef on x-mas day, that was a good meal.
|
da_chimperor
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Dec-27-04 04:16 PM
Response to Reply #31 |
33. Nothin' says lovin' like a roast chunk of dead animal! |
|
If you want to learn how to cook, watch the food network and watch it often. Focus not so much on the exact recipes, but the techniques they use to prepare food and how the combine the ingredients. Do this for a few weeks, then start cooking yourself. So much of it is trial and error. If something goes wrong, figure out what is it and then fix it the next time you try. I've learned all I know from doing this, and I'm a madman in the kitchen! OH YEAH! :smoke:
|
JohnKleeb
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Dec-27-04 04:18 PM
Response to Reply #33 |
34. That could be a good idea |
|
I'll consider it, I gotta learn, I always let the girl who I partnered up with in home ec do the cooking! and she had to help me sew too.
|
da_chimperor
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Dec-27-04 04:27 PM
Response to Reply #34 |
|
HAHAHAHAHA! Sewing . . . LOL. Sorry about that. :D Just watch the food network religiously, and have you family agree to be your guinea pigs and that's a start. Help your parents out in the kitchen too, and watch what they do as they do it. Within a couple of months you'll be able to cook pretty well, assuming you're not like my little bro. I tried teaching him how to cook in preparation for me going off abroad, but I swear it's like trying to teach trigonometry to a cactus.
|
sandnsea
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Dec-27-04 04:41 PM
Response to Reply #34 |
44. That's how my sil did it |
|
And he's an absolutely fabulous cook. He made chocolate bread pudding for dessert, OH MY GOD!!! He watches alot of Emeril. I got him an Emeril cookbook a couple years ago, that's where the bread pudding recipe came from. The techniques are important, I actually watch Great Chefs for that part. Following recipes to the letter when you're first learning can produce great results too!
|
tk2kewl
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Dec-27-04 04:28 PM
Response to Original message |
38. Yes. Very good. Kick this holiday thread with pics... |
JohnKleeb
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Dec-27-04 04:29 PM
Response to Reply #38 |
queenjane
(258 posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Dec-27-04 04:34 PM
Response to Original message |
40. The perfect holiday gift to make you feel old . . . |
|
I received the "Live Aid" dvd. I didn't see the concert in '85--had to work all day. I was drooling over my 80's crushes (Paul Young, Jim Kerr, Ben Orr), when I realized that they should be gorgeous! It was almost 20 years ago! Even I was gorgeous in 1985!
WHERE did the time go???
|
saltpoint
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Dec-27-04 04:37 PM
Response to Original message |
|
And I hope yours was good also, and that 2005 is an inspired one for you.
All good wishes.
|
sandnsea
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Dec-27-04 04:37 PM
Response to Original message |
|
If you haven't played, it's hysterical! Great day, everything turned out perfectly. Which makes me extra happy because it was my daughter's first time for putting on Christmas for the family.
|
terrya
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Dec-27-04 04:38 PM
Response to Original message |
|
It was ok. I'm glad you didn't have computer problems. :-)
T
|
HEyHEY
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Dec-27-04 04:41 PM
Response to Original message |
45. After the gunfire stopped |
Midlodemocrat
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Dec-27-04 04:42 PM
Response to Original message |
46. Yes, thank you John Kleeb! |
|
we had a very nice holiday. Went to midnight Mass, put Santa's presents under the tree and slept for four hours until the wee ones awoke. They love this though, so it is all good.
|
SmokingJacket
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Dec-27-04 05:17 PM
Response to Original message |
47. Got an awesome book about Watergate from my husb. |
|
And he liked the hat I knitted.
Relatives mailed all kinds of fattening goodies.
Kids very appreciative of their rather modest haul, but they're great kids all the time, anyway.
But it's too damn cold!!!!!
|
mwdem
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon Dec-27-04 05:20 PM
Response to Original message |
48. Chicago the weekend before helped a lot! |
|
It was an anniversary gift, had a great time. Came back with the stomach bug but got over it. Last minute shopping, lot's of cooking. Great times with kids & their SO's. Today, I rest & surf the net!
|
DU
AdBot (1000+ posts) |
Wed Apr 24th 2024, 07:10 PM
Response to Original message |