Museum (or, how I got to 20,000 posts in just 9 short months)

[progmom]

Yeah. I need a life. :)

The thank you part:

To my sisters bettyellen, Rev_Acts and yvr girl... :loveya:
To my very good friend JimmyJazz... :loveya:
To the amazing NSMA for all the support she gives me... :loveya:
To all the wonderful people I got to meet in Boston... :toast:
To RKZ and Chavez and Dolo Amber and Hedges and all of you nuts who make me spit things all over my keyboard: :spray:
To Beware the Beastman and cathyclismic who I love with all my heart: :loveya:
To the amazing Kathy In Cambridge who is one of the warmest and kindest people on these boards... :loveya:
GopisEvil...if I wasn't already married....:loveya:
To my favorite smart-ass stand-up guy Redstone... :loveya:
To my gay man crush sundog... :loveya:
To my gay woman crush Misunderestimator... :loveya:
To fuzzyslippers and jarasang and girl in contempt and my other MSN pals... :loveya:
To johnnie and arwalden and rabrrrrrr and immoderate jonnyblitz and sniffa and zombiewoof and zuni terrya and and and... :loveya:
to the beautiful California Peggy and Bouncy Balls and not_giving_up and lone_star_dem and left is write and redqueen and maddy mccall and stella noir and auntagonist elshiva and mehr and miss kitty and MrsGrumpy and Heidi and Sugar Smack and bi-baby... :loveya:

I have run out of time to name any more. But I love you all so much for making me laugh and cry and think. :loveya:

progspawn sends his best:



and here is the brownie recipe for Ready4Change, written by my mom and (obviously) well-used:

[GOPisEvil]

1. You forgot Poland!

:loveya: My life's better for having you in it. Congratulations on your milestone. May there be many, many more posts.

[progmom]

11. check my edit

i knew i was forgetting someone very very very important. :loveya:

[GOPisEvil]

12. Aw, thanks. That's too sweet of you!

But you still forgot Poland! ;) :loveya:

[Misunderestimator]

2. LOL! And you are my straight woman crush!

or should I say, you are my breeder crush...

:hide:


:loveya:

[progmom]

25. breeder...

:rofl: :rofl:

:loveya:

[Mutley]

3. 20,000. Great job!

:woohoo: :applause:

And cute kid!

[progmom]

26. thanks pal...

i love our weird synchronicities!! :hi:

[madrchsod]

4. congrats....you just maybe the

only du`er to reach 20,000 in 9 months. this leads me to believe you have nothing else to do....just kidding..congrats. just for you i may try a "taste" of jazz and who knows, i may like it..

[progmom]

28. i hope you do!

and if you ever need some recommendations, just call my name!

[arwalden]

5. What A Dedication!! Very Nice... What Song Accompanies That?

(Are you on the air now? Where's that link again... I think I lost it.)

[Misunderestimator]

7. Here:

http://www.wemu.org/

:hi:

[Bouncy Ball]

6. Sundog is tied up in my den.

He's mine.

[progmom]

13. uh

i don't think so. :grr:

[Beware the Beast Man]

8. You rule, progmom.

:hug: :loveya: :*

[progmom]

29. thanks, you sexy beast!

:loveya:

[kedrys]

9. Congratulations! :)

So, now that the warm-up's over, what do you have up your sleeve for the first act? :hug: :hi:

[progmom]

30. ha ha ha ha

thanks for the great request today! :hi:

[auntAgonist]

10. you like me .. you really like me ..

ok..I'm NO Sally Field LOL

Congrats on the 20,000 posts!

:yourock:

[progmom]

14. of course i do!!

:loveya:

[Wapsie B]

15. Congrats progmom!

Way to go!

:bounce: :toast:

[progmom]

31. thanks a lot!!!

:loveya:

[jonnyblitz]

16. ...

:hug:

[progmom]

32. back at you

:hug:

[FuzzySlippers]

17. Awwwww......we love you , too.

Congratulations on 20,000 posts....:toast:....and for having the world's cutest kid!!!

:loveya:

[progmom]

33. i love your amended sig line!!!!

:rofl:

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

18. You've been a complete gift to DU

My Saturday mornings are ALL ABOUT YOU NOW!!!

:toast:

[progmom]

23. wow....you are so good to me

:loveya:

[Heidi]

19. The _only_ time I ever wish

I were a mother is hear about kids like Progspawn, and how they're being raised by excellent women like you, Progmom. The rest of the time, I'm quite content to be the human companion of The Wiley and Excellent (Boy) Cat Named Ginger.

Thank you for everything that you are. :hug:

[progmom]

27. that is some high praise, Heidi

you warm my heart daily. :hug:

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

20. *sniff*

I see progmom year meant nothing to you!

:D

Just kidding, congratulations on 20k... I've been here since 2001 and only have 13k! So I've gotta catch up :)

[progmom]

34. oh shit

you AND kleeb. i am so sorry. i love you both so very much. :loveya:

[Jara sang]

21. Thanks progmom! You are awesome.

:bounce: :applause: Thanks for putting up with my crazy shit.

[progmom]

35. i love your "crazy shit"

:hi:

[In_The_Wind]

22. thanks for the museum tour ~ congratulations

[progmom]

36. hi joan!!

you should have gotten a specific mention... you make me laugh all the time!! :loveya:

[In_The_Wind]

53. thanks progmom

I do try to keep everyone smiling when I'm in a happy mood.

[papau]

24. Wow - I think you have the record - and indeed thank you for all those

posts. I know I enjoy reading them and I am sure all others do also.

And I wish I could still allow myself brownies - I can almost smell the room as the brownies are taken from the oven - and in the old days that 1 cup of flour size recipe would have just enough for me alone!

:-)

[progmom]

37. those brownies are magic, i tell you

they disappear within hours of coming out of the oven.

[lies and propaganda]

38. Im making those brownies!

I have some great Ghiradhelli cocoa, hooray!

[progmom]

47. they are really really really good

:bounce:

[merh]

39. Hey, thank you progmom

Thanks so much for all the fun posts! :party:

Thanks for making me feel welcome in the lounge (My bad, you did mention me! :bounce: ) :hi:

Congratulations and thanks for the recipe! :hug:

:loveya:

[progmom]

40. i mentioned you

i just spelled your name wrong :blush:

and i am so glad you have been hanging out in the lounge!!!!!

[merh]

41. Ooops, I feel so bad.

I must go back & edit. :blush:

Thanks so much! :hug:

I'm sorry I missed your show today. Computer woes :-(

Have a great day and keep up the happy posts! :toast:

[yvr girl]

42. Ah, thanks Progmom - you make the lounge a better place

Heck, you make the world a better place. :loveya:

[progmom]

48. well yivver....

you, you light up my life
you give me hope
to carry on...

:loveya: i am so much better off for knowing you.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

43. CONGRATULATIONS, PROGMOM ON YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS!

It is amazing to be here with you as mentor, guide and most of all, beloved friend! Thank you for all the contributions you make to my life, and to everyone's life here in the Lounge...Even though you are much younger than I am, I feel as though your soul knows so much more than mine...I am lucky in the extreme to have you to lean on and to guide me...:loveya:

And to your beautiful progspawn: he is so fortunate to have such a super mom; would that all the mothers in the world could be as good as you obviously are!

I am humbled by your mention of me in your list...thank you so much. It means a lot to the little 6 year old girl who still lives inside me, and who is afraid that she will never have any friends or anyone to love her...

But most of all: CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR 20,000 POSTS!

:toast: :toast: :toast:

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

[progmom]

49. Peggy...I feel so unworthy

:loveya: you have such a big heart. i learn from you every single day. :loveya:

[Bok_Tukalo]

44. How easily we are discarded

<ope>

[progmom]

46. my PMs aren't enough?

my constant flirting? the way i fight with all the other women on the board for your attention? ha. :eyes:

you know i think you're wonderful. and now the rest of DU does too! :bounce:

[no name no slogan]

45. "We like you, we really really like you!"

what we might say if we were Sally Field, and this were the Oscars :P

[progmom]

50. heh heh

i still am totally freaked out by how much you look like my ex boyfriend. :P

[no name no slogan]

51. that's because i secretly replaced him with Folgers Crystals

here, this four-year-old fat, longhaired me photo in this thread will fix that quickly

[progmom]

55. i've seen that pic of you before

and you always have a great smile. :)

[no name no slogan]

56. aw shucks...

:blush:

even though i have a chipped front tooth?
at least my union and the state settled on a contract that gives us better dental coverage for the next two years. maybe i can get it fixed now! :7

[terrya]

52. Oh, geez, progmom...

This is one of the nicest things I've ever read here at DU. I'm so, so glad that you're here. You bring such warmth, and humor and joy to this place. I hope we can meet sometime in person...an event a few months from now?? :-)

:loveya: too, honey.

T

[progmom]

54. i'm really hoping to swing that event

either way, i imagine we'll be meeting up sometime in the not too distant future. :loveya:

[Ready4Change]

57. Wow, that's like a real freaking recipe!

Not cut and pasted from the internet someplace. Cool!

[progmom]

59. just for you, my friend

and they are really really good. :D

(but psssst...if bettyellen ever offers to make you brownies, never EVER turn her down)

[MrScorpio]

58. You're the cat's meow. Sugar Dumplin'

No doubt about it

:hug:

[progmom]

60. and so are you, my friend

you are one of the main pillars of the lounge. and i am grateful for you. :hug:

[ScreamingMeemie]

61. You know you are loved bunches, my favorite lunch partner....

Thank you for making me feel better about my post count. :toast: :loveya:

[progmom]

64. and you are mine

and we need to pin down another date. :loveya:

[JimmyJazz]

62. CONGRATULATIONS!

That's amazing!

[progmom]

65. thank you sweetness

:loveya:

[swag]

63. Hello, hello

I like your smile
Hello, hello
Can you stay for a while?

Would you like some of my tangerine?
You know I'd never treat you mean
Oh, no, no, no.
You know I'd never treat you mean

[progmom]

66. some cowsills for my tribute!

i will take it! and you! :loveya:

[swag]

68. I am delighted continually by your posts and your persona.

Many thanks.

[swag]

70. Oh, where's the smily for "pulls stick out of ass?"

I love you, progmom!

[progmom]

72. you have a stick up your ass? i never would have guessed.

and i love you too. tons. :loveya:

[swag]

74. "It hides itself," says sage Heraclitus

[texas1928]

67. 20,000+ Damn girl...

I have been around longer than you, I guess I better get to posting. Lord that is a lot of posts.

I guess I should not have taken that break from here at the end of the year.

well Congrats.

[progmom]

69. hey Tex!

:loveya: :*

[Dastard Stepchild]

71. That's a pretty impressive feat :)

I'm attempting to veganize your Mom's brownies recipe. We'll see how it all turns out. Mmmmmm, brownies.

[progmom]

73. let me know how that works!

i'm so happy to have you back in the lounge!!! :loveya: and seriously - let me know if you're in town, ok?

[Dastard Stepchild]

75. But of course...

I'm thinking of swinging through once I get confirmation from the school.... prolly the end of August.
I'll PM ya with the details when I am a little more clear on the dates. :)

I must say, DU is a better place with you in it. Here's to hoping those 20,000 posts multiply quite nicely over the years!

[Redstone]

76. If we are to be known and judged by the company we keep,

I am more than happy, and more than a bit flattered, to be one of the group you named. They're a good crowd, one and all.

No smart-ass this time. But next time, I promise; I won't let you down.

Redstone

[progmom]

77. i'm happy you're on my list too!

:loveya: