American Idol Buzz

By Carla

August 9, 2006 8:26 AM | Link to this

Morning. Constantine is hilarious. It’s interesting that many of them said to be yourself. But doesn’t the show try to change people’s images, ie. Clay Aiken. I liked him being himself, not the metrosexual with the Ryan hair they tried to turn him into.

By ,,,=^..^=,,,

August 9, 2006 9:38 AM | Link to this

haven’t had time to read yet… Connie always was clever, i liked him. And my middle son looks a lot like him, and being a natural mimic, was able to capture the quintessential “Constantine” expressions … much to the amusement of his friends and family. [but then he does a great Jim Carey too…what can a proud(?) mom say?]

totally off topic, well at least it’s industry-related, can any of you tell me why Dallas Austin is being selected for the Georgia Music HoF? Sorry, but i just don’t get it. am i being too ‘white’? help me out here girlfrien’s!!!!!

linny-kat, with a smile!

By mystique

August 9, 2006 10:04 AM | Link to this

Good Morning! What is wrong with the world when Constantine gives the best advice to the idols?!? He was so chatty and told it like it is….I think I have a whole new respect for him.

By Carla

August 9, 2006 10:05 AM | Link to this

linny, Dallas has produced records for many artists. Although he’s more known for TLC, he’s been involved with artists in all genres. He’s very talented, a bit eccentric, but very successful. He’s a behind the scenes guy unlike a Jermaine Dupri or Diddy. I think it’s warranted. JMO.

By mystique

August 9, 2006 10:23 AM | Link to this

What, Taylor went to tounge and groove Thursday night?!? I would have loved to have been there!!!!

By Carla

August 9, 2006 10:25 AM | Link to this

It’s funny how he went somewhere other than where his band and fans were going to be. What’s up with that?

By shay

August 9, 2006 10:30 AM | Link to this

Morning yall. I just got to work. Had to go register my 9 year old stepson for school. It was crazy at the school but it brought back a lot of memories. Was the cafeteria that little when we were in school??

By Shaun

August 9, 2006 10:32 AM | Link to this

Good Morning everyone, Linny, I do not agree with the things that Dallas Austins does/did, but he has written major hits for various artist. He wrote “my baby’s got a secret” for Madonna, he put Boys to Men on the map by writing and producing their first cd, he discovered Monica, and also wrote most of the hits for TLC. I think he does deserve the honor of the GMHOF.

By Carla

August 9, 2006 10:32 AM | Link to this

You have to register kids every year? That’s a big headache. And yes, the cafeteria was always that small, we were just smaller too.

By shay

August 9, 2006 10:34 AM | Link to this

Yep, you have to register kids every single year but this is his first year living with us. He was living with his mom in Douglas County so I had to start from scratch. I guess when you are 5 or 6, the cafeteria looks huge but when I went in there, I was like man, how in the world did the whole school fit in here when we had assembly programs.

By Carla

August 9, 2006 10:37 AM | Link to this

To be 9 and have no worries. Back in the day when I was young I’m not a kid anymore but somedays I sit and wish I was a kid again. Remember that??

By shay

August 9, 2006 10:41 AM | Link to this

yep, I remember being 9. No worries in the world except for what i was going to wear the next day to school.

By greg

August 9, 2006 10:46 AM | Link to this

my 1st day of school was a disaster..i crapped my pants!i was so scared to go back,thinking it would happen agian!

By Carla

August 9, 2006 10:47 AM | Link to this

I meant the line from the song. Don’t worry about it.:-)

By Carla

August 9, 2006 10:48 AM | Link to this

No you didn’t greg! How old were you?

By greg

August 9, 2006 10:50 AM | Link to this

5 or 6 i think

By shay

August 9, 2006 10:51 AM | Link to this

greg, that’s too funny!! Well actually it isn’t. Poor baby! I have heard of kids peeing the first day, but nothing beyond that.

By greg

August 9, 2006 10:53 AM | Link to this

i didn’t know what to do,so i ran outside.a teacher finally aked what was the matter,they sent me home!!!

By mystique

August 9, 2006 10:54 AM | Link to this

Taylor knew that there was going to be an afterparty and that his band and fans would be there. Why did he choose to go shake it at tounge and groove instead? How about that….I think Taylor and I are having our first lovers quarel! I am a little upest with him right now. If he calls let him know I am just not ready to talk :-) And let him know I prefer pink roses!

Hi Shay and Shaun! I don’t know much about Dallas Austin but I am sure he is great. Registering?!? I bet that is a pain. Ya know, I don’t think I would want to do the school thing again, but it would be nice to be 9 and have no worries!! No need to work, someone else paying your bills, doing everything for you. Yeah, I would like a piece of that!

By Carla

August 9, 2006 10:54 AM | Link to this

Poor thing.

By mystique

August 9, 2006 10:56 AM | Link to this

ROFL @greg! Poor Baby! That would stink (pun intended)

By Deirdre

August 9, 2006 11:06 AM | Link to this

At last, we know the trama in greg’s life that caused him to enter this blog as that strange and wonderful outhouse-loving, wide screen TV watching, pants-crapping guy! :)

Morning all!

By greg

August 9, 2006 11:10 AM | Link to this

LOL!!!!!

By Deirdre

August 9, 2006 11:10 AM | Link to this

UHMMM that would be ‘trauma’. I do know how to spell, I just don’t know how to type!

By Carla

August 9, 2006 11:14 AM | Link to this

:-)

By greg

August 9, 2006 11:15 AM | Link to this

then a few years later,i was styling with my winged hair and members only jacket…LOL!!!!!!

By Carla

August 9, 2006 11:16 AM | Link to this

Man, I remember those Members Only jackets. I loved mine. It was blue.

By ,,,=^..^=,,,

August 9, 2006 11:20 AM | Link to this

ok, asked and answered, y’all… i didn’t realize he’d had that much input into so many people… so i guess it’s deserved, even if i find most of the stuff he’s written/produced/whatever to be totally NOT my taste, lol… i believe in giving kudos where deserved! success speaks for itself, and since i’ve been a big spokesperson for the idea that we don’t all have to like the same things…this just shows the truth in that!!!

thanks, my ladies, for setting this ol’ one straight!!!

~¿@

linny-kat

p.s. thank GOODNESS my days of having to deal with gov’ment schools is OVER!!! my baby is 19 and OUT of there!

By Carla

August 9, 2006 11:23 AM | Link to this

I’m just mad that I only have two and a half more days to enjoy my commute to and from work. Come Monday, it’s crowded again.

By mystique

August 9, 2006 11:26 AM | Link to this

Oh, Carla, don’t even remind me of that. Traffic is already starting to get a little worse each day. Just wait til Monday!! I am going to have to leave at least half an hour earlier than usual.

By Shaun

August 9, 2006 11:28 AM | Link to this

My members only jacket was black, I wore it everyday. It was my older brothers jacket though, those jackets were expensive… I had to get the hand me down one… lol, but it was still the bomb!

By ,,,=^..^=,,,

August 9, 2006 11:28 AM | Link to this

hmmm..imagine having to drive to perimeter mall area from athens… yeah… half an hour extra at least!!!

~¿~ <—- me on the way in!!!

By mystique

August 9, 2006 11:30 AM | Link to this

Poor Linny! That is an awful commute. You must love your job to make that.

By Shaun

August 9, 2006 11:31 AM | Link to this

Linny, do you come down 78? I live right by rudy’s.

By Carla

August 9, 2006 11:34 AM | Link to this

linny I sure can’t complain now. My commute when there is traffic is about 30-35 minutes.

By John-Boy

August 9, 2006 11:37 AM | Link to this

Good god. Get a life people. It’s five more months before AI 6!!!! Isn’t there ANYTHING else you can ever talk about the other 225 days of the year when it’s off season? Like how to legalize marijuana?

By ,,,=^..^=,,,

August 9, 2006 11:47 AM | Link to this

lol…Shaun, i come down 316 to ga 20 then up to mall of georgia, down 85 to about sugarloaf, then over to the access lanes to boggs, and down satellite ….. zigging over to p’tree industrial … cutting across tilly mill by perimeter college and across to perimeter mall… sort of a ziggyzaggy route, but it’s worked so far… 316 is the pits with the construction at 85, i NEVER go that way anymore… takes me right at 2 hours, sometimes less, so it’s not TOOOOO bad, considering some people 30 miles out spend almost as much time on the road!!!

:-) i haven’t been down by rudy’s in ages!!!! may have to swing that way sometime!

By Cynthia McKinney

August 9, 2006 11:49 AM | Link to this

I protest!!! It’s all out racism!! It’s all about holding the black woman down!! Profiling on me! I demand a recount. Can’t stand a strong black woman coming in your face and demanding freebies and welfare for my peoples! Oh. Hank is black? Ummm, well, well he still has that white spot on his neck so that makes him a whitey! The race was fixed!!!

By ,,,=^..^=,,,

August 9, 2006 11:50 AM | Link to this

linny looks back…. nope not a lot of convo about AI… just some ol’ friends gathering to chat under the AI umbrella… John Boy, you need to just head on back to Walton’s Mountain and check those plants…they should be budding out nicely in this heat, but may need a little special watering to keep them from going to seed too fast…

~¿@

By Shaun

August 9, 2006 11:53 AM | Link to this

wow, that is some zigging Linny-Kat.. lol. I can see rudy’s from my backyard. Before they built so many houses over there, me and my wife use to sit out on our patio and listen to the live music on fri and sat. This lady on my job said that rudy’s is a rowdy bar.

By greg

August 9, 2006 11:55 AM | Link to this

LOL!!!..AT THE CYNTHIA IMPOSTER!!!!

By john-boy

August 9, 2006 11:55 AM | Link to this

Sounds like some of you have passed the dubie. You growing in a empty toilet in your basement? How do you know about “seeding”.

By mystique

August 9, 2006 11:58 AM | Link to this

Linny, I am tired just reading that! I don’t know how you do it. I get so nervous in that kind of traffic. I am in the same kind of lucky boat with Carla right now, about 30-45. But when traffic hits I will be back to good ole hour and a half! Ok, I must live a sheltered life because I have never heard of Rudy’s. Sounds fun!

By ,,,=^..^=,,,

August 9, 2006 12:01 PM | Link to this

JB honey, you’d just be totally surprised at what this ol’ lady knows!!!! um… i was born in ‘48, so if you figure out when i was a teenager-young adult… you MIGHT get some idea of why i know about seeding chuckling softly

lunchtime!!! later folks!!!

linny-kat

By shay

August 9, 2006 12:26 PM | Link to this

How dumb is it to come on an idol blog and suggest we talk about something other than idol since it’s 5 months away. I mean one minute you want us to talk about only idol and the next minute you don’t want us to talk about idol at all. Now I am really confused!!

By Carla

August 9, 2006 12:31 PM | Link to this

Who cares about them shay. We’ll talk about whatever topic arises. School’s back in Monday. Hopefully all of the munchkins will go away then. These can’t be fully grown people. If they are, God help us all.

By mystique

August 9, 2006 12:55 PM | Link to this

We just can’t please everyone! Either we aren’t on topic when we should be or we are on topic when we shouldn’t be. We just can’t win!!!!

Yes, school going back in session Monday should seed out the undesirables :-)

By ,,,=^..^=,,,

August 9, 2006 1:05 PM | Link to this

danged if you do, danged if you don’t, right ladies?

mmmmmmmm grilled salmon for lunch (hubby did it jus’ for li’l ol’ me last night!)

mmmmm mmmmmm good!

By Carla

August 9, 2006 1:14 PM | Link to this

Lucky you. I had BK.

By mystique

August 9, 2006 1:16 PM | Link to this

You know it!

That was nice of your hubby, I have never been a big fan of salmon though. Tastes too fishy for me! I have only had one type of fish in my life that I actually could stand, it was red snapper I think.

By Carla

August 9, 2006 1:21 PM | Link to this

I love salmon. I actually like all seafood.

By ,,,=^..^=,,,

August 9, 2006 1:21 PM | Link to this

mmmm red snapper is good too…but then i love fish, especially grilled, lol

totally different that way….

anywho… yeah, it’s wonderful to have a hubby who not only likes to grill, he loves to cook, and is GOOOOOOD at it!!!

onliest problem is i usually get most of the cleanup duties, lol

later gaters, gotta work!!!

linny-kat

By Shaun

August 9, 2006 1:22 PM | Link to this

Linny, you are a cool Kat…. (no pun intended) didnt realize you were born in 48… Keep living life the way you do!

By mystique

August 9, 2006 1:31 PM | Link to this

I am not a huge seafood fan, its pretty good though. Now coconut shrimp at Red Lobster…that is good! Yummmmmmmm!

By Jex

August 9, 2006 1:38 PM | Link to this

Hey Everybody! I am so mad! I had so much work to do today, I’ve been missing out on the fun over here. Now I have to play catch up.

I always thought Constantine was quite a character. I’m actually surprised we haven’t heard more from him. I think Dallas is very deserving. If you ‘re not familiar with the genre he supports, you wouldn’t be aware of all he’s done. Good for him. When I was a kid, we couldn’t afford Members Only jackets, but what I miss is the smell of peanut butter cookies baking in the school cafeteria on cool autumn mornings. That was the best thing ever! Ah, to be a kid again. And I LOVE salmon – especially croquettes!

Oh yeah! Taylor went to Tongue and Groove because I asked him to mystique! I didn’t want you and all the other little groupies trying to ruin our fun.

By ,,,=^..^=,,,

August 9, 2006 1:44 PM | Link to this

i knew someone was missing this morning!!!!

heya jexie-girl!!!!!! you tell ‘em!!!

~¿@

By Jex

August 9, 2006 1:49 PM | Link to this

Hey linny-kat! And please allow me to apologize for my attack yesterday via Katharine. I normally keep my cool, but something got to me I guess.

By Carla

August 9, 2006 1:50 PM | Link to this

I guess you covered everything Jex.:-) Where I’m from all we had for a seafood restaurant for a long time was Red Lobster. I’ve gone to more expensive seafood restaurants, but there’s nothing like Red Lobster. I love the Create A Combo. Jex, your school made cookies?? The only cookies we got were when someone’s mom made them for the class.

By ,,,=^..^=,,,

August 9, 2006 1:59 PM | Link to this

oh jexie hon, i wasn’t at all worried at anything said yesterday — it’s all good!

~¿@

guess john boy went to check out his plants!

By Deirdre

August 9, 2006 2:01 PM | Link to this

It’s those cheesy biscuits at Red Lobster that I can’t resist!

By ,,,=^..^=,,,

August 9, 2006 2:02 PM | Link to this

the can’t resist for me is the breadsticks at Olive Garden (Red Lobster’s sister restaurant)

gawd…if i went very often i swear i’d gain …. shudder …. don’t EVEN want to THINK about that!!!!

By Jex

August 9, 2006 2:03 PM | Link to this

Hey Carla. I don’t know if the cookies were made from scratch or if they were Pilsbury. But I used to live for the days of peanut butter cookies. I think it was every Thursday. To this day when I smell peanut butter cookies, I think about walking in the door of the school, feeling that warmth, and the smell of those cookies. Mmmmmmmmmmm… . .

I have been to Papadeux’s and other fancy schmancy seafood places and they still can’t beat RL. They just have more bang for the buck. And the biscuits! Oh my gosh, the biscuits.

By Deirdre

August 9, 2006 2:05 PM | Link to this

If we’re gonna start having food fantasies now, I love the chicken fajita pitas at Chili’s….and Ruby Tuesday’s classic ribs are the best I’ve had anywhere!

By Cynthia McKinney

August 9, 2006 2:06 PM | Link to this

Sorry people. I have no class. I cannot simply accept that people see me for the fool idiot that I am. So I am protesting the ballots. How can anyone possibly conceive the notion that my peoples would not want me representing! I am the bomb! I am the queen ghetto. Now someone put Hank back in Michael Jackson’s chair and cover up that white spot before I slap ALL the black off him!!!!

By Carla

August 9, 2006 2:09 PM | Link to this

And the strawberry banana smoothies are delicious. Another thing I remember from elementary school is that we thought one our janitor’s was the greatest. He was the tallest man I think any of us knew and he had huge muscles with a MJ jerrycurl. The boys thought he was the coolest guy ever.

By Deirdre

August 9, 2006 2:09 PM | Link to this

Cynthia, forget the election! Join us in food fantasy heaven!

By Carla

August 9, 2006 2:10 PM | Link to this

LOL!!! Fake Cynthia you are killing me!

By greg

August 9, 2006 2:12 PM | Link to this

WHY WOULD ANYBODY BLACK OR WHITE VOTE FOR HER?

By ,,,=^..^=,,,

August 9, 2006 2:14 PM | Link to this

yea that last McKinney post was sooooo obviously fake… not NEARLY enough ranting and raving in all caps!!!

~¿@

right now i’d like a nice piece of that keylime cake [i think] Longhorn has (never had it but HEARD about it!)..i do love keylime pie, anyway….

crud! i just gained 5 pounds THINKING about it!!!!

By ,,,=^..^=,,,

August 9, 2006 2:16 PM | Link to this

laughs greg honey, i’ve been wondering THAT for absolutely years !!!!

By Carla

August 9, 2006 2:17 PM | Link to this

greg, there are still many people who think like she does. I think Majette should have kept that seat instead of trying to run for another office.

By Deirdre

August 9, 2006 2:17 PM | Link to this

Speaking of Longhorn…I know it’s a steak place but I LOVE their chicken tenders! Are y’all like me…do you go to a restaurant and order the same thing every time cuz you don’t want to miss out on having it, even though you know you should try the other stuff on the menu?

By shay

August 9, 2006 2:17 PM | Link to this

Did I read someone mention cheddar biscuits at RL and garlic bread and OG. OMG!!! I can eat a whole basket of both!!! Fake Cynthia, you are a hoot! Jexy, I remember the school baking cookies. We usually got them on Friday with our small square pizza, corn, and salad. That was my favorite meal. A carton of milk was perfect to wash it down with. Oh, I loved it when we had cheeseburgers and fries too. Now, I wouldn’t be caught dead eating cafeteria food. I ate lunch with my step son one day and almost vomited. The food looked discusting and he thought it was the best! And why did they give you mac and cheese back then with a sausage link. That don’t match. Or pizza and corn. That don’t match. Or a sloppy joe sandwich and that nasty orange carrot and raisin salad. Non of this stuff matches with each other.

By Jex

August 9, 2006 2:18 PM | Link to this

Cynthia, girl you were just waaayy too quiet this time around. Folks were waitin’ to hear more secrets from the White House and Congress. I think that whole thing with the security officer broke your spirit. Where was your fire, Hon?

By Carla

August 9, 2006 2:18 PM | Link to this

I only get steak at Longhorn. That’s all I’ve ever had. After seafood, I love me a good steak.

By shay

August 9, 2006 2:20 PM | Link to this

Deirdre, I do that alot. Whenever I go to Red Lobster, I always order the Sailor’s Platter with fried fish, fried shrimp and shrimp scampi with a loaded baked potatoe and a garden salad with French dressing, a sweet tea and 2 cheddar biscuits. I have been ordering this for about 15 years now.

By ,,,=^..^=,,,

August 9, 2006 2:21 PM | Link to this

omg carrot raisin salad at school…. i think that stuff is like cockroaches, it will be around for-flippen-EVER!!!!!

By Deirdre

August 9, 2006 2:22 PM | Link to this

The guy that beat McKinney…seems to be a solid and thoughtful individual….but the first time i saw him during the debates…I thought I was watching a Saturday Night Live sketch. His face looks very young so the gray hair looked fake to me and he was soooo serious. I am certainly glad that he won. I hope he will bring some respect back to the office.

By Carla

August 9, 2006 2:22 PM | Link to this

shay, you know kids don’t care about food matching. They just want to eat.

When I go to RL I always get the fried shrimp and shrimp scampi with a baked potato and a salad with ranch. If I go during lunch I’ll add fried scallops.

By shay

August 9, 2006 2:23 PM | Link to this

LOL Linny!!!

By Jex

August 9, 2006 2:23 PM | Link to this

LOL! shay, you’re crackin’ me up. I know I’m older than you, but did we go to the same school? I loved those lunches!

By Carla

August 9, 2006 2:26 PM | Link to this

My favorite lunch was in middle school when we started having salads. Those were the best salads ever. They were big and had lots of everything. The only thing is if you didn’t have 1st lunch or get in the cafeteria early for 2nd lunch, you were SOL. We used to hide them for people with 3rd lunch.

By shay

August 9, 2006 2:27 PM | Link to this

Jex, it’s amazing that they served the same food!! The food is much better these days. Did anybody like chocolate milk in school. I hated it.

By ,,,=^..^=,,,

August 9, 2006 2:27 PM | Link to this

i’m not quite that rigid, shay, but i do find myself ordering “my favorite” when i go out (depending on the place of course)— and then chastising myself for not being “brave”!!! sometimes hubby will kick me under the table before i order, reminding me i “promised” to try something different… but only if he does too, so we can swap bites and compare “new” dishes!

he loves to figure out spicing so he can go home and improve on what he’s been fed, lol

incorrigible, but usually resulting in something awfully yummy!!! he’s even developed his own special spice mix for baking chicken or pork and OMG it is soooooooooooo good!

well…now that i swear i’ve gained yet ANOTHER five pounds from this post…i better go work it off!!!

linny-kat

By mystique

August 9, 2006 2:27 PM | Link to this

Hi Jexy, glad you could join us, we will take this Tay thing up in person, OK?!? LOL! The better woman won :-)

RL cheese biscuits are awesome, so are OG’s bread sticks. Yes, Linny, I order the same thing every time. People laugh at me! But I am not going to chance getting something I might not like. Ok, Bugabo Creek was left off the food fantasy list! Chicken Tenders there are waaaaayyyy better than longhorn. And they have the best apple martinis ever. Whoever is responsible for inventing moosejuice deserves a great big kiss!

By Carla

August 9, 2006 2:29 PM | Link to this

I loved it until I found out I was lactose intolerant. Everyday after lunch I’d be on the floor in pain and we found out that’s why. I sure do miss chocolate milk and ice cream. I really miss strawberry sundae’s from DQ on Sunday afternoons.

By Deirdre

August 9, 2006 2:30 PM | Link to this

RL…Boardwalk Shrimp ( it’s a light meal which leaves plenty of room for the cheddar biscuits)

Chili’s….Chicken fajita pita

Ruby Tuesday’s….either the crispy chicken club burger (which I believe they have recently dropped from the menu) or the classic BBQ ribs

Ted’s Montana Grill…the meatloaf(oMG, the meatloaf)

Macaroni Grill…either the chicken canneloni or the eggplant parmesan

Carrabba’s….the mezzaluna!

Longhorn….Chicken tenders

Outback…I love the blue cheese chopped salad

OK…I’ll stop now…Geez, I must be really hungry this afternoon.

Did i tell you guys that I killed another copperhead in my dog’s kennel yesterday?

By shay

August 9, 2006 2:31 PM | Link to this

Carla did you go to middle school with me? We did the same thing. I hated C lunch or 3rd lunch. First of all, when you get to lunch, all of the other people have bought up everything and then secondly, you didn’t get to eat until like 12:30. They used to sell us those giant cookies about the size of a frisby for like $.50. I would buy one of those, an icecream, plus my lunch. I could do that back then. I was burning like 500 calories an hour.

By ,,,=^..^=,,,

August 9, 2006 2:32 PM | Link to this

linny just kicks her scale out the high-rise window heck with that!!!!

the old 3$ cafe used to have awesome chicken tenders, big as a whole breast sometimes… and sooooooooooooooo juicy! anyone been there lately? i know the business changed ownership a while back…

i guess food is in the marriage…for our “wedding reception” we (me, hubby, and our two best friends as attendants) went to Lums by Georgia Tech for beer hotdogs — all squished together in a mini austin — for those of you too young to remember Lums, it was a crazy place, they boiled hotdogs in beer, really, and the place smelled like beer beer beer… and mini austins were about the size of the mini coopers today, maybe a bit SMALLER… and my hubby was the only THIN THIN THIN person in the car…

ah those were the days….

By shay

August 9, 2006 2:33 PM | Link to this

Deirdre, where are all these snakes coming from. You dog must be really cute!

By Carla

August 9, 2006 2:34 PM | Link to this

Snakes???? OMG!!!! I’ve never been face to face with a snake that wasn’t behind something. I’m sure I would’ve crapped my pants.:-)

They probably served the same lunches to all the middle schools in GA shay.

By mystique

August 9, 2006 2:34 PM | Link to this

Ok, well I am starving now. I have got to go out to eat tonight!

Oooooh, Deirdre, a copperhead?!? Yuck! Snakes scare me to death.

By Deirdre

August 9, 2006 2:35 PM | Link to this

I remember being thin! It was fun!

By Jex

August 9, 2006 2:35 PM | Link to this

Oooh! US Cafe has the best Lemon Pepper Chicken wings. I used to like the one’s a Buffalo’s, but they drowned them in grease one day and it freaked me out.

By Carla

August 9, 2006 2:35 PM | Link to this

LOL

By shay

August 9, 2006 2:40 PM | Link to this

Thin, what’s that?? The only thing thin in my house anymore are the thin mints I bought from some girl scouts back in March.

By Deirdre

August 9, 2006 2:42 PM | Link to this

I killed one about 7/8 months ago. that one had been biting my brittany(spaniel not Spears) all summer. she’d been at the vet 3 times for snake bite. I saw it one day…just swallowed my fear and went after it with a hoe (that’s the gardening tool, not the prostitute) This time, I went out at about 7:15 yesterday morning to let her out of her kennel and she wouldn’t come out…which is really odd…I looked down, and there at my feet was a copperhead, ready to strike….I went and got my trusty hoe again. I would really prefer not to kill these snakes but I would prefer not having to take my dog to the vet every couple of weeks even more. Makes me braver than I would normally be!

By Carla

August 9, 2006 2:42 PM | Link to this

What’s considered thin?

By ,,,=^..^=,,,

August 9, 2006 2:44 PM | Link to this

Carla… as noted by my b/d… i prolly preceded you guys into middle (back THEN we called it “Junior High” AND i was in Florida for those years, but …

guess what!!! square pizza, served with corn of course, little containers of plain or chocolate milk, carrot/raisin salad…. spaghetti (also with corn for some reason) and EVERY once in a while lasagna with green beans (actually not a bad combo)….

so it must be universally required, mandated, or something…. maybe it’s a universal law!

By Carla

August 9, 2006 2:45 PM | Link to this

Deirdre, you are a trooper. I don’t think I could’ve done it.

By ,,,=^..^=,,,

August 9, 2006 2:47 PM | Link to this

DEE!!! any copperhead you can kill, you go right ahead girl!!!! UGH! I hope your brit.spaniel is ok!!!!! and i LOVE your humorous twist to the tale.. or was that tail?

By Jex

August 9, 2006 2:47 PM | Link to this

Wow Deirdre! I admire you for that. I wouldn’t have had the guts. I don’t think so anyway. And how nice of mystique to help you kill it.

By Deirdre

August 9, 2006 2:49 PM | Link to this

I have a little Norwich Terrier, too, and i think a copperhead bite might make him really sick…so, even though the brittany can tolerate it, I don’t think Gus could…he’s just too small. It’s my motherly instincts coming out.

By shay

August 9, 2006 2:51 PM | Link to this

Deirdre, there has got to be something you can buy to put down to keep the snakes away.

By Carla

August 9, 2006 2:52 PM | Link to this

I’ve heard my neighbors talk about seeing snakes, but I never have. I don’t like things that can move faster than me. Whether that be by crawling, flying, hopping, etc.

By ,,,=^..^=,,,

August 9, 2006 2:52 PM | Link to this

yeah Deirdre, tho i don’t think the dogs would particularly favor a mongoose (that IS what they used to keep around in india to scare off snakes, right?)

By shay

August 9, 2006 2:53 PM | Link to this

Carla, you are considered thin. A size 6 and you do 500-1000 crunches a day and can where a bathing suit. I wear a size 8 but I consider myself overweight because I am a flabby size 8.

By Carla

August 9, 2006 2:53 PM | Link to this

Snake away or lime right?

By Deirdre

August 9, 2006 2:54 PM | Link to this

You would think someone would have invented a snake repellent by now, wouldn’t you. I wouldn’t dream of killing a non-poisonous snake…I do understand that they keep the rodent population down….but really, what is a poisonous snake doing in the suburbs? Shouldn’t they be out in the wild…or in zoos…or nature habitats?

By shay

August 9, 2006 2:55 PM | Link to this

I meant to say “wear”.

By ,,,=^..^=,,,

August 9, 2006 2:56 PM | Link to this

hmph

size 6? size 8?

i don’t THINK i was a size 6 when i was 6 years OLD!!! tho i did used to be thin (those who have the pics, the middle one with pigtails, i had actually already had a child by then, but not the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th) … but i think the smallest adult size i could possibly have ever been was 10, more probably 12!!! and i was NOT hefty at all in those days!!! considered too thin by many!!!

wow…size 6

linny bows to you in respect

By Jex

August 9, 2006 2:57 PM | Link to this

Deirdre, there is hardly any “wild” left around big cities. That’s why there’s an increase in animals being in back yards and malls. They are being run out of their natural habitat by the developers.

By Deirdre

August 9, 2006 2:57 PM | Link to this

Carla….please don’t tell me that you do 500/600 crunches a day!

By Carla

August 9, 2006 2:58 PM | Link to this

I wear 6’s and 8’s. I’m not as toned in my thighs as I should be either.

By Carla

August 9, 2006 3:00 PM | Link to this

I try to do a min of 500/day. I’m not as consistent as I need to be, but I’m doing better.

By shay

August 9, 2006 3:00 PM | Link to this

no deirdre, she does 500-1000 crunches a day!!!

By Deirdre

August 9, 2006 3:01 PM | Link to this

I know, Jex…it’s really kinda sad that we keep taking up the space that wild animals need to survive. We have a large deer population around here (unfortunately, deer do not eat snakes)They like to eat my flower bushes!

By Wanda

August 9, 2006 3:01 PM | Link to this

My husband orders the same darn thing when we go out. I try to get him to try something different but he is stuck in a rut! If we go to chinese, it’s sweet and sour chicken. Anywhere else, it’s a cheeseburger and fries.

Did you know you can make the RL cheddar biscuits with Bisquick? The recipe used to be on the box. But boy is that dangerous!

By ,,,=^..^=,,,

August 9, 2006 3:03 PM | Link to this

OH OH!!! A thought just occurred to me…next time someone jumps our case for not talking “on topic” … WE are American Idol … we may not be the CONTESTANTS … but without US and all our thoughts and backgrounds and tastes, AI would be NOTHING… soooooo-oo-ooooo-oooooo … we ARE on topic!!!!! [until and unless Rodney says we aren’t, of course! linny grins at da’ bossman ]

By shay

August 9, 2006 3:04 PM | Link to this

Deirdre, my subdivision is infested with Rabbits. They are too cute but I see them everywhere.

By Jex

August 9, 2006 3:07 PM | Link to this

Go ‘head linny-kat! You tell ‘em girl! YEAH! What she said!

By ,,,=^..^=,,,

August 9, 2006 3:07 PM | Link to this

omg….final dance off is tonight on So you think…

will it be heidi? benji? donyelle? or travis?

girls?

personally i think it will be… no… well…um … maybe … er… i think the final two are heidi and travis, but what do i know?????

laughs

By Deirdre

August 9, 2006 3:08 PM | Link to this

At least rabbits don’t bite dogs…unless the dog bites first, of course. My brittany, Maggie, gets herself into trouble with chipmunks all the time…which doesn’t seem possible…but those little devils can fight back!

By Wanda

August 9, 2006 3:09 PM | Link to this

Our tour guide in Jamaica told us that they imported mongoose(s?) to get rid of the snakes on the island. It worked, but then they went after all the chickens :-) So, the chicken nests are now built up on tall poles! LOL

By ,,,=^..^=,,,

August 9, 2006 3:09 PM | Link to this

um

can you guys tell that my boss is NOT over my shoulder today???

hmmm?

By Deirdre

August 9, 2006 3:10 PM | Link to this

linny…we will ALWAYS be the power behind the American Idol throne……us and about 36 million other people!

By shay

August 9, 2006 3:10 PM | Link to this

that is too cute! A dog and a chipmunk fighting?

By ,,,=^..^=,,,

August 9, 2006 3:12 PM | Link to this

‘zackly, Deirdre!!!!

By Deirdre

August 9, 2006 3:13 PM | Link to this

Well….eventually the chipmunk loses….but it is pretty amusing….until it gets kinda unpleasant to watch! Maggie is the kind of dog that gets into EVERYTHING. If it’s alive and in the back yard, she wants to play with it. She has, however, learned her lesson with snakes!

By mystique

August 9, 2006 3:14 PM | Link to this

Sizes 6 and 8?!? WOW!! You ladies are doing awesome! I dream of being in that size…but it hasn’t happened yet. I can squeeze myself into a 12, 10 if I don’t breathe! 500-1000 crunches!!!? Carla, girl, you are awesome. I do 50 a day and I am usually about half dead when I finish :)

Yes, the wild is just gone. We have a deer pretty much living in our backyard now, rabbitts everywhere. But i better not ever, and I do mean EVER, see no slimmy creepy crawly little snake! Deirdre, you are so brave to kill it! I would have went screamin’ for the hills.

Hi Wanda! I have tried the at home cheddar biscuits but they are never as good. Maybe I am doing it wrong? Lord knows I am not the best cook in the world.

By Deirdre

August 9, 2006 3:17 PM | Link to this

She brought me a turtle once…the shell was all scratched where she had tried to get into it. I think she brought it to me so I could open it up for her. i put the poor thing on the other side of the fence. Probably didn’t poke it’s head out of the shell for a week!

By Carla

August 9, 2006 3:17 PM | Link to this

Well ladies I’m leaving early today so I’ll talk to you all tomorrow.

By ,,,=^..^=,,,

August 9, 2006 3:18 PM | Link to this

myst…hubby says the reason things are better at the restaurant is ‘cuz he didn’t have to prepare it or cook it himself… so maybe it’s just your self-critique vs. being able to relax and just enjoy the food, laughing… sounds good, anyway!

By shay

August 9, 2006 3:19 PM | Link to this

Mystique, LOL!!! I was a size 6 when idol started and then I started eating out of depression because I had to watch Chicken Little week after week. Then when I went to Jamaica two months ago, I think I ate wayyyy to much. So in the end, I had gained 10 pounds which put me up a size.

By Jex

August 9, 2006 3:19 PM | Link to this

It would be cute if Benji and Heidi were the final two. But I’m cheering for Danielle and Big Boneded sistas everywhere!

By Deirdre

August 9, 2006 3:20 PM | Link to this

Carla, I admire you! Then, linny and I are just too ‘mature’ to worry about crunches…now nestle’s crunch bars…that’s altogether different!

By shay

August 9, 2006 3:21 PM | Link to this

Deirdre that is too funny! I must see a pic of your dog. That poor turtle was probably scared out of his/her shell!!!

By Deirdre

August 9, 2006 3:25 PM | Link to this

I have a MILLION Maggie stories…she’s a pistol! I owe the 22 year old a new pair of sandals cuz Maggie ate his! If she didn’t have the sweetest nature, I would have strangled her by now!

By Jex

August 9, 2006 3:25 PM | Link to this

I guess Carla has to go so she can get started on the ten thousand crunches. I wish I would. My body would be like, WTF?

By shay

August 9, 2006 3:28 PM | Link to this

Mine too Jex. I can do about 100 a day and it takes forever. But 1000? I don’t have time to do 1000 crunches, nor do I have the energy. My two year old takes that as an opportunity to sit on my stomach. Now how can I do crunches with 30 pounds of baby sitting on me! He just don’t understand. He thinks it’s some sort of game.

By Deirdre

August 9, 2006 3:30 PM | Link to this

I gave up crunches about 10 years ago and haven’t regretted it for a minute….except when I look in the mirror!

By mystique

August 9, 2006 3:33 PM | Link to this

LOL Shay. I know what you mean, I could have downed a whole carton of Brownie Batter ice cream during my Chris-got- voted-off-WAY-TOO-early depression!

Linny I think your hubby is on to something there! Food is better when someone else does all the cooking, cleaning, and serving!

Deirdre, I am all too familiar with those crunches! That is why the other type of crunches don’t seem to be helping much :-)

By Deirdre

August 9, 2006 3:34 PM | Link to this

It’s been great chatting with you guys today…warms my heart. Hope I didn’t bore you with the dog stories! Think I’ll go have me some more food fantasies! :) Night!

By Wanda

August 9, 2006 3:52 PM | Link to this

Shay, if he sits on you, do bridges instead. He will have fun with that!

By ,,,=^..^=,,,

August 9, 2006 4:04 PM | Link to this

Deirdre! write a book about Maggie!!!!

really!!!!

or start a blog where you post stories about her periodically! you’ll have soooo many fans!!!

nestle crunch…yep, especially as an ice cream bar uh huh!

By mystique

August 9, 2006 4:45 PM | Link to this

Guess everyone has already checked out for the day! Have a good night:-)