<p>Woo-hoo!!!!! Drinks all around, barkeep -- I did it! I'm finally a full-fledged "Member" of CC!!!! Can I add this accomplishment to my resume?</p>
<p>Congrats CBBBlinker!</p>
<p>I came to order a round of champagne for all my friends--my son just got engaged! </p>
<p>I have a married D and 3 boys--this is boy #1, who is out of college and gainfully employed at his dream job. She's a nice girl he went to school with and who will be going to graduate school in the fall. A December wedding is planned...</p>
<p>Woo-hoooo! Let the madness begin! :D</p>
<p>mommusic, congrats to the engaged couple and to their parents! Time to pull up that "weddings" thread.</p>
<p>OK, mommusic, your news trumps mine! :) Congrats to you and yours. </p>
<p>It's still freezing here in NE, so I plan to sit right here on the comfy barstool and enjoy a few to warm my innards.</p>
<p>Big news with me too. TSFS (the senior from space) was just admitted to his 'safe' UC. </p>
<p>:)</p>
<p>Hooyah! Easy work for the marmots. Give them something tougher:).</p>
<p>You do realize that this means he will be gone in September? But you're an old hand. Don't have to get all weepy until you come home from dropping him off and find the old t-shirt in the clean laundry....</p>
<p>Raising a glass of Screaming Eagle to you SB.</p>
<p>How quickly TS(ophomore)FS becomes T(graduating)S(enior)FS! Hmmmph. Means my DS and Alu's DD are seniors one level up! Who'd a thunk it? And now, my memory being gender/age burdened as it is, I can't remember if SBdaughter graduated last year or will do this one. </p>
<p>Time to plan our commencement ensembles.</p>
<p>SBD, like JMS & AD, graduates this spring, upholding the general flying-of-time theme.</p>
<p>:)</p>
<p>Congrats to TSFS!</p>
<p>OK, completely unrelated rant here....why did DH take it upon himself to wash the brown tablecloth...with some white underwear? Which is now, of course, beige....</p>
<p>He's running the things in question through again with some bleach. I am keeping my mouth shut but I had to complain <em>somewhere.</em> :D</p>
<p>Congrats to all with all the great news!</p>
<p>""OK, completely unrelated rant here....why did DH take it upon himself to wash the brown tablecloth...with some white underwear? Which is now, of course, beige.""</p>
<p>I know why. It is a Man-Scheme. They do it in order to be told to never do the laundry again. It is a plan devised by men in locker rooms all across the country. I am surprised he didn't use the little bottle of red dye that all men posses. Usually they like to turn everything pink in order to be told to keep away from the laundry. Do not fall for it.</p>
<p>If it's underwear what difference does it make? Who's going to see it but you or him?</p>
<p>"I know why. It is a Man-Scheme. They do it in order to be told to never do the laundry again. It is a plan devised by men in locker rooms all across the country."</p>
<p>^
This is true. Seminars are also held on avoiding doing our share of cooking, sweeping, mopping, bathroom cleaning and emptying the dishwasher.</p>
<p>But I didn't ASK him to do it! Usually the tablecloth from the weekend sits on the floor in a pile until I decide to deal with it. I'm baffled.</p>
<p>Anyway, he & our son have some very beige underwear now. It actually looks manly. ;) I think my items that got caught up in this debacle were already some sort of color. thank goodness.</p>
<p>The irony is there were enough items of color on the floor of son's room to make a lovely load by themselves, or possibly with the brown tablecloth.<br>
Humph.</p>
<p>I did a very poor job the first time I offered to help my husband shine his combat boots - I never had to help again!</p>
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Do you ever attend this seminar or just skip it, sleep through it and get someone to sign your name on the attendance sheet?</p>
<p>By the way, would <strong>somebody</strong> please organize the celebration for the upcoming 12,000th post? I am unfortunately too busy with other committments. Could someone kindly step up to the plate and handle the celebration????</p>
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<p>I'm both a professional and a role model. No way would I punt a seminar as important as this one.</p>
<p>^^^ Does this mean that every male I know has attended this seminar, or is it in their genes? Do you guys just teach it to each other??</p>
<p>It is all very elaborate. </p>
<p>Secret handshakes.
Seals with wax.
Bizarre intitations involving just underpants (clearly NOT white, we learned that early), a lit candle and an iced over pond</p>
<p>and of course a maraton of SportsCenter on ESPN, complete with quiz.</p>
<p>I must stop now; I have said too much already. If the W finds this post, it's a lifetime of vacuuming for me.</p>