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Filed Under everything else on September 23, 2005

Hey, it’s Friday! So let’s play a game! To distract me from my continuous CNN viewing!*

Are you ready? Okay, here’s the game: tell me either how you got here or what the squiggly letters are at the end of the ‘post comment’ section. Or what you ate for lunch. Anything! I don’t care if today is your first or your 200th visit (some of you are getting close, by the way)–speak up! Say something!

Come on, it’ll be fun!

And if you are looking for first-hand accounts of What It’s Currently Like To Be In Houston, go here. Then take a moment to speak with whomever it is you speak with about these things. Please tell them that I said thank you for my sister-in-law and her family’s uneventful and safe trip to OKC.

I’ll be back later to tell you about Henry’s field trip and the birthday party we’re going to this afternoon. Outside! On a day when the predicted high may be in the low 90s! Whoo hoo!

*Why I must stop watching CNN: did you know that the Governor of Louisiana has asked everyone who chooses to defy the mandatory evacuation order to write their social security number on their arm in permanent ink to make identification of the bodies easier? Yep.

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I don’t remember how I first came to your site, but I read your feed via Bloglines. So based on this, you can tell I like your site a lot.

It’s the Word Verification acronym game!

WV: aueqi

All unified equestrians quit itching!

Antiquated umbrellas edge quite ineffectively.

Awfully ugly elephant, quivering intensely.

Geez. Harder than you’d think!

Mary, nice! I especially like the elephant quivering intensely.

Today I am frantically cleaning again; my BIL (a different one this time; there are three to choose from!) is coming into town for a brother’s birthday. And I was ill this week so my house is especially nuclear.

But actually I’m sitting here at the computer, thinking about what I have to get done today and silently freaking out because I’m overwhelmed, but I can’t seem to get off my ass and START!

No more CNN for you, missy. Hang in there.

WV: wdvhmex *whew*:

Why do vampires have meat-endowed xylophones?

I first came here last week, because Jen (of Jen-o-Rama, who asks us notto call her that), told me to. I do everything Jen tells us to. I had peanutbutter on whole wheat toast, toasted, and a red apple with glass of diet coke with lots of ice for lunch, which I watched in front of the television. I’d just come home from my office hours at work. I’d walked home. Along the Bosphorus. It was kind of grey and blustery. I’ve been working pretty much nonstop for the last 5 months (I’m an editor), and this week the students finally ran out of things to say, so I have nothing to edit and ooooooooooooh, my daughter’s in schoool, so ooooooooooh, I had a peanutbutter sandwich and an apple and a coke and you know it tasted sooooooooo good and I sat there and watched some silly US sitcom and nobody said a word to me or zapped to another channel and oooooooooooooh, it was so nice.

My university students are all stunned when they ask me whose my favorite rock group and I say I don’t have one, that ever since I became a mother 13 years ago I’ve been in search of A Quiet Moment…they jsut don’t get that…but oh, they will…they will…so I so get you…you are appreciated way over here in Istanbul.

KatieK

God I can’t type worth a d*mn. So much for first impressions…

You know how I got here

I wish you had an RSS feed. Are you going to get one?

I have a lot to do this am, like Misfit, and like her cannot get off my ass and get going. SIGH.

HEY! It’s gonna rain this weekend and the highs will be in the 80s! I’m excited. It looks like Rita’s going to stall over North TX though. I was looking forward to seeing a tropical storm up close and personal, but I guess it’s best that we don’t get 5-10 inches of rain over a day or two. Last time a tropical storm was here in Tulsa in 1984, we got 14 inches of rain overnight and a very bad flood.

gqedxlkf. It looks the tiles I usually draw playing Scrabble.

I found you with the “next blog” button from blogger. I normally find the weird high school antics posted by kids who can’t spell and I finally found one I like that way.

Susan from Tulsa - think that all Blogger blogs (those with .blogspot.com in their urls) have RSS feeds. FYI

This morning for breakfast, I ate an egg over-easy on bread (I was too lazy to pull out the toaster) and - I love being a grown-up - cookies!

Word verification: bzwakvuz

Blind Yaks Walk Away Keening [at] Very Ugly Zebras
(it is hard!)

My first week of blogging, I found Homestead through a book we both mentioned in our profiles(Cowboys are My Weakness). I found you through her comments. The two of you were my first “regular reads.” I love the community of well-educated, supportive moms over here.

Wow. I saw that permanent ink thing and had to turn it off myself. Blessings to sister-in-law and family.

I can’t even remember how I found you. I just did.

Lesseee, today I got up at 5:45 to get to the gym by 6AM, got back home by 6:45, fed the children, dressed the children, showered, and then the four of us (husband included) went to Children’s hospital for my daughter’s EKG which was PERFECT and she never has to get another one. YAY! Then, husband took babygirl to a Mom and me class (haha) and I went back home and put Peaches down for a nap. After Babygirl and Daddy got home, I fed them and husband left for Southern Indiana for a boy weekend in which he will play golf, drink and play poker until Sunday (in that order). I am now waiting for my friend Lori from kentucky to get to my house, where we will spend the entire weekend being entertained by Baby Girl’s antics and watching complete and utter chik flicks and CNN.
Whew!
Damn–mine’s hard!

PIVNOXVD

Priests in Vegas need oxygen, xrays,vioxx dammit!

P.S. The Louisiana Governor’s announcement stopped me cold this morning when I heard it.

I found your blog through my cousin Cheryl up there.

My letters are “ipifcsp” which fittingly enough stands for “I peed in foam cup; suspect pregnancy.” I’m 7 days late for crying out loud and keep coming up with nothing.
(Cheryl - Shhhhh!! It’s a secret…)

If you have cable, watch the Food Network. It is a great distraction and fun to watch other people talk and prepare food.

Well, how did I get here… I clicked on your site through my favorite daily sites.

I am so happy your family arrived safely. Rest assured our President will be going to Texas today to make sure they are prepared.

Our outside temp today is 65 degrees and sunny. I think I would be crying in 90 degree heat in September. I wish you a big bowl of ice cream, no wait get some of those treats called Dibs. Micah brought some home a couple weeks ago. Very yummy and perfect considering the weather.

My funny letters are: sdowfuae

I got here via Mama Christy’s blog from one of your comments and have enjoyed checking in ever since.

Strangely enough, like Mama Christy, I had an egg sandwich for lunch. However, I did lug out the toaster and toasted the bread.

Characters: jpsdsj

Joe ponders sex during stupid job.

I heard you had free food…

Today there wasn’t much going on. My FIL came and put all the babyproofing latches in the kitchen cabinets because my wonderful husband was intent on procrastinating the task until Liam was old enough to install them himself. When you need something done, sometimes it’s better to ask the outlaws.

I found you through your witty comments on both Sarcastic Journalist and I think either finslippy or Fluid Pudding.

WV: rvxzidie

I second the idea to watch Food Network viewing. Only problem is it makes you hungry.

I got here by vaginal birth, my daughter, however, did not. Oh, that’s not what you meant? Um, feeling a little uncomfortable now…

I can’t remember if you found me by way of Busy Mom, or I found you… Have I visited 200 times, yet? But today I found you by way of my Firefox Sage Feeder. Damn, I love that thing.

Unless you specifically choose not to publish your feed, your RSS feed should be http://fridayplaydate.blogspot.com/atom.xml

By the way, my MIL called this morning and said Lauren has a fever and is blowing chunks. I’m probably not going to make it your way. We’ll figure this out some day!

cpxbag
That’s an interesting one. Carpet bag? Colostomy bag? Hmmmm…

I found you via The Sarcastic Journalist. Anyone that can make me laugh, I love.

And I had a turkey sandwich, 4 shots of vodka, and two beers for lunch. Well, I’m off to pass out.

~Susan

Susan, please PLEASE tell me you really had four shots of vodka for lunch. I so want to believe that.

I’ve been sleeping off my two (okay, five) glasses of wine with dinner last night. Gah.

My word verification is Gupegs. I think we all ought to experience Gupegs a little more often. Revel in the Gupeggery!

I heard there was a booze pool.

(picture me with flippers, a snorkle, goggles and an inflatable giraffe around my torse).

Sorry, if I am a day late, but I am spending some quality time with my Fat Bastard.

I found you through the lovely and talented Misfit Hausfrau. She had her blog first, and I lurked on her sight for a while. When I got my own blog, I crossed my fingers and hoped that you or SOMEBODY cool would comment. Yay.

Katy Says Kick Juicy Melons

And for lunch I had 4 brownies. I fell off the wagon hard after the wall to wall butter night.
Vegetables Can Not In Ugliness Go Pee.

whaa??????

You already know this, but I am dying to see what my word verification is so I can play the game too.

I met you when you had a teeney blog-fight with OkieDoke. You were so graceful in the response to your response that I clicked.

So glad I did.

And now, the verification…

qhyuemsm

Question hyper youth using every menthol smoking mom?

Sorry, I have parents to call. It’s on the brain.

Oh, I am so happy that Katie K came here and that she does everything I told her to do. I found you at Blogging Baby when you commented on one of my stories.

I could not actually believe the governor said that either. Man, that’s cold. It shocked me so much, I laughed with surprise when he said it– but I’m not actually a bad person.

Young X-rated Job Fuckers Use Dooced.

I came for the booze pool.

I don’t remember how I found you but I stayed for the laughs and the booze (and the advice).

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