Tomorrow is picture day at daycare, the girls have cute kilts from old navy to wear. Grandma is taking Mya in to get that done with Malinda.
I plan on watching "Igby Goes Down" tonight after I watch the season premier of Gilmore Girls (yippie hooray!) and put the kids to bed (by myself, horrors). trying to work in a lunch date with Muench this week and we have all day saturday babyfree :)
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On Saturday the Twins had their twin study in madison, we went out to the Olive Garden for lunch-the night before my parents took the girls to Perkins (BAD IDEA).
Perkins kids menu sucked, their grilled cheeze was 100% grease, the beans we got for them had BACON?! on top and were greasy and the mashed potatoes were swimming in butter and gravy-yech! Dennys is much better.
Yesterday was watching football day...the girls were cranky, I've been cranky, Dale is cranky, the stupid Packers lost-bah! Good news is I am almost done with my huge cross stitch project!
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Its been pretty nice out at nights so we've been playing with the kids outside before we put them down to bed, last night they decided to crack each other up for an hour when we put them down....Malinda was pacing back and forth in her crib and Mya was making her laugh by making funny noises. Sadly they were still sleeping when I left this AM so we didnt get to see each other.
Watched Scooby Doo 2 last night, outside of Linda Cardellini in a neoprene orange jumpsuit, the movie was a stinker...(not nearly as excellent as Kill Bill V.2, a movie I will be buying once it comes out as a 2 disc special ed.
I have no idea what movies are up next from netflix, I think maybe Jersey Girl and maybe Mean Girls?
Tomorrow we are off to Madison in the AM for the Twins testing and lunch with Robin....maybe we will run into Breezy?
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Watched "Insomnia" last night, a totally depressing movie...the thing is I was in Alaska during the 24 hour light and it didnt bother me at all....Al Pacino was just loopy to begin with...
The girls had on their packer outfits yesterday (and Malinda bit someone again) and malinda kept pointing to her chest and her packer logo...maybe she knew they won?
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Mya is walking now but she turns one of her feet inward and walks sideways-y-hopefully its only a phase, her dad had casts on his legs when he was born because his legs turned inward pretty bad...
We are gearing up for the big rummage sale this Friday and Saturday. We also have our twins session in Madison on Saturday, plus marching band on Saturday---a very busy weekend! I also won my Fantasy Game, the Flaming Donkey's are 1-0!
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Sadder news is we aren't doing D&D anymore since Dustin had to drop out (new baby on the way and he doesnt see much of his other daughter as it is) we will miss him, he rocks!
Busy night tonight, I have my twins meeting, Dale is going to see his HS friend Ryan's band play in Milwaukee late tonight---Plus I'm feeling lousy, I have heartburn or acidy something....I didnt get this with the twins, I also didnt puke at all with the twins...maybe its because its a boy....Thanks to Dawn at work for letting me steal her Tums!
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Its very nice outside today....I hope grandma brought out Malinda for some fresh air fun! Looking forward to Saturday and seeing Shannon and Gage and reaping the benefits of Gage's old clothes (thanks gage!)
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Malinda bit another kid at daycare again...I think this is the 3rd time, she really has to stop that!
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Tonight we have both kids so Im not sure what we will do, I'd like to scrub the kitchen floor and so some wallpaper!
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We took the kids to the Betty Brinn's Children's Museum this weekend and they liked it so much we bought a 1yr. membership! It was great fun!
We also drafted our Fantasy League this weekend...my brother and Dale and I had fun doing that.
Also hit the Home Despot and bought two ceiling fans and hit the walmart for general baby crap/food.
We are having a rummage sale on 9/17/2004 and 9/18/2004 stop by or contact me if you have anything you want to sell!!
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The u/s looked good today...the baby is around 1.5lbs.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY MALINDA AND MYA! We went to the doctor with them today and Malinda weighs 18 lbs and Mya weighs 17lbs 1 and a 1/4 oz. They also got shots and now they hate us :(
For those of you keeping track, I have an ultrasound on Tuesday and I will be happy to inform you of the sex of the baby at that time! Its also the girls 1st bithday, happy birthday girls.
Some shitty kid bit mya today at daycare so now she has a welt on her cheek...they wont tell me who bit her but I think it was an older kid!
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Thanks to the Reynold's and Kieran for joining our daycare! We all got a free week-so the free week paid for the case of MW exactly! wowie!
This weekend we have Saturday off, playing with D, Sunday planning a visit to the pool, maybe Damon and Jen and Brooke will be able to come along...?? who knows?
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I had yesterday off, sick day. The girls are still sick.
They got a lot of wonderful stuff from everyone and seemed a bit overwhelmed once they woke up the next morning and saw all the toys and stuff!
Yesterday I was able to get a lot done at home, laundry, framing the 1yr pictures, baked cookies and brownies and did dishes-whew!
Tonight is MW at hobbytown :) and its a gray ass rainy day...makes me feel like I'm in Seattle.!
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Today I discovered something slightly disturbing about my bosses boss. He has this habit of talking to customers and using the phrase "you people." As in "when are you people going to pay this lease?" Now I know he means "you people" to be "the people in charge at your business or organization," however he called a customer this morning that happens to be an Islamic/Black Fundamentalist organization and was using the phrase "you people" like 15 times in the conversation. He couldnt seem to grasp why the lady he was taking to was getting more and more upset every time he said "we dont want to deal with this from you people for 30 months, and when will you people be making the payments?" Im feeling its a lawsuit waiting to happen if I repo them.. thoughts?
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Today I have to go to sam's club and get soda and beer and snacks for the party, i also have to buy gifts for the kids who are coming (anika, my 3 cousins)-im gonna just hit Libby Lu on Saturday and get the three girls some girly stuff and my cousin joey, i have no idea...maybe something he can destroy or a football or something.....
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Mike stopped by last night. he moved to Virgina not Portland (why did I think portland) he is BIG into spellfire and they now do online boosters. They have created a card for an old D&D character I had...here is the link to my picture: Mary's Card Its a long story and an old joke... I had to sign my card for mike which I imblazoned with "mary's ass" over the ass of the card.
Watched the last episode of Freaks and Geeks last night, it is so sad this show is over, it sucks.
Tonight is MW---only like 9 days till the new set comes out!!!
The girls birthday party is this saturday and as previously mentioned, you're all welcome to stop by...please let me know if you are planning on that so we can have alot of food and bev's for you!
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we got pulled over on the way home for having a defective headlight, what a joke that was-not even a ticket....arg!
Sunday gamed with Dustin and hung with the girls, took them to the park and had a bath and then a pretty early bedtime. Watched the end of Disc 6 of FREAKS AND GEEKS. Watched about 10 min of the Olympics.
Tonight seeing an old friend, Mike from way back....
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Also was able to cook dinner for 1st time in weeks? Had this taco bake thingy-very yum, had rest for lunch with ham samich on the side, double yum-made even better by grape bubble gum dessert.
The guy I work with is getting married, hes 39-1st marriage-had his car hit and run'd last night-2nd time in less than 2 months-sucks to be him!
Watched disc 5 of freaks and geeks last night, watching the new lost boys dvd tonight. :)
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Dale's grandma Sally isnt doing very good. She just had a breast removed due to cancer and went back in to start chemo and her PET scan found 4 or 5 other cancer "hot spots." So Dales uncle Bob (hes a dr) is going to tt her doctor and find out what the deal is....good luck grandma!
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Tonight is faction wars at hobbytown and I have pitched in a Vincent DeLeon for a prize, yippie!
Today I went to TJ MAXX for lunch and bought a laundry hamper, some kids books, a kids ring toy thing and 3 outfits for the girls. I hate TJ Maxx, too much stuff and too shitty service. According to Dale malinda is in the 10% percentile for weight and Mya is the 3%, we have to feed these girls more I guess (even though they eat all the time now!)
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Saturday we went to Denny's and the grocery store and did some napping and playing....Sunday we went to the pool at westwood and went swimming....watched "hidalgo" (not bad) on dvd and took a walk around the block with the kids....all in all a fun weekend. Robin and jason came out Saturday night and we grilled out before she hit the dave matthews band show at Alpine.!
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We may hang out with Damon and family this weekend, I'm not quite sure...We may also take the girls to riverfest, of that I am also not quite sure.
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May get together with Damon and his Jen and his daughter Brooke at some point in the next month-that should be cool. This weekend we have oil changes on Saturday morning and Im pretty sure thats it...
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The girls are celebrating their 1st birthday at my folks house (3018 walden cir in waukesha) on August 22, 2004 at 2pm. Everyone is invited to come eat grilled out pork products and cake. No gifts are required (the girls have enough stuff alread) but come and bring your kids and yourselves! Let me know if you would like to attend and I'll make sure we throw a brat on the barbie for you!!
On a somber note: Fuck you Ricky Williams and smacka yo head Bucko for picking him over my man, Priest Holmes. Screw up my keeper league will you-pothead.
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Good news is we rented "chris rock bring the pain" damn funny, watched Miracle (pretty good, but I dont like hockey) and Oceans 11 (which we own on DVD and gets better every time). All the women in the house have these horrible cold/coughs and we are all snoring and keeping daddy up at night. bah! Happy Monday
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Tonight we are watching Miracle and visiting my brother who had Knee surgery yesterday (torn mininskus or whatever you spell it). Its gonna be another 90 degree 100% humidity day-Joy. At least I can watch the ginormus spider outside my window have a field day killing a bug.
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Also ran a junkyard battle for Mechwarrior, was fun-the baby threw up all over the MW mat, that was lovely.
Spent last night after MW rereading a Laurell K Hamilton book (book 6 of 13...) Im rereading the whole set this week, I should be done by Sunday, Im cracking through a book a day.....We are moving a VCR stand and a couch tonight so my house is starting to look like less of a disaster zone.
I'm hoping we can take the girls for a swim in the new pool we got this weekend....i dont want to dump them in hose water and see how that works....
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We watched "50 First dates" last night. It was cute, but since when did Adam Sandler turn into this sappy romantic comedy guy? As always the (as dale calls them) "3 guys" who are in all his movies were beyond funny as was Rob Schneider. Ive also watched two movies lately...The Deerhunter and October Sky which have led me to this conclusion, living in Pennsylvania really sucks, its dirty and everyone either mines or works with steel and is poor and mean....
We have Starsky and Hutch and Bubba Ho Tep coming today from Netflix, of course since tonight is Mechwarrior Night we wont get to watch till tomorrow.
I get my early american chrononauts today....hey MD i got a 2001 promo card from Loony labs...do you have that one? Its The Jade Statue of tirade.....
anyways....keeping busy around the house, we have about 10, 000 weeds to pull, plus a deck to clean off (which I plan on hosing off tonight) so the girls can use their new swimmy pool....Oh yes the a/c had abroken wire or some shit in the walls and they fixed that, now my allergies are somewhat back to normal.
I suck becase I still haven't seen Spiderman 2.
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LIFERS. The lifer is what it sounds, they are gonna work for this company till they die and have worked here for like 10 years. The lifers may be managers, or not; either way they all hang out together, go to lunches together to talk about all the newbies and smokers (see below), go to each others weddings, kids birthday parties, and 4th of July BBQ's. Its impossible to be in their little club unless you too work for the company for a billion years. Get on their bad side and work and you are fucked.
NEWBIES. People who just got hired. They are totally lost and alone since they don't know anyone enough to break into a new clique. They eat lunch by themselves and try pretty hard to fit in with some group or another....they spend their time waiting to stop being "the new guy."
SMOKERS. Just what it sounds like. The bastards in the office who smoke and get to take extra breaks (which the non smokies dont get) to stand outside and chat....
ill break it down more when i have more time-work calls.
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The fucking A/C guy came last night, told me it was "just a tripped breaker" in the basement and left....guess what assmonkey, it wasnt a tripped breaker, the fucking A/C still doesnt work. I am not enjoying sleeping with all the windows open with 50 fans running. My goddamn allergies are at defcon 2. bastard is coming back this AM, he had better fix the fucking a/c.
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Also bought some bathtub stuff (slip free mat, pads for mom and dads knees and arms, funny toys) and two hats for the girls. Gave kids a bath, ate Subway for dinner and went to bed (hard to sleep without A/c and my allergies from having the house open are insane).
Watched Spy Kids 2 on DVD (yes, I like those movies, robert rodrigues is amazing) and expect to watch Spy Kids 3 and Boiler Room tonight (if netflix shows up).
Having a fish fry at flannerys with Muench tomorrow at lunch.
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so our a/c is busted again, happened last year, blew a condenser or something....house was 80 degrees when I got home, have to either get new a/c or fix the old one.
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What the world needs on the www is a page dedicated to NFL criminals.
What it would be is links to all current NFL teams and their rosters, then you would click on a name (lets say we click on Steve McNair) and you would be able to see his roster picture (you know him all smiley and whatnot) and his Mug shot. Jeff Garcia, DWI, Michael Irvin crack whores and drugs, an incredibly bad wardrobe
Then a list of his criminal offences, DWI, status of his case, date he was entered into the NFL Hall of Fame etc...
Then you have a "REWARDED WITH" tab, such as Ray Lewis, crime: got away with killing people, rewarded with: super bowl win and super bowl MVP
Then you could just go back through the years, FORMER NFL criminals (how many jags are in the hall of fame etc...
Then you could have that guy from the packers, the closet pooper, crime, shat in some girls closet in college, rewarded with lucrative contract for the Green Bay Packers.
I think it would be a brilliant webpage.
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Yesterday was my 1st day taking the girls to daycare when they had their big girl seats. This was almost impossible to manage for me. Dale and I are working out a system where he can take the girls and pick them up and I can not have to get stressed out doing that....
There is a new candy from Nestle called dark chocolate mint (one of the mini's) MAN do they kick ass!
Ordered a new board game off ebay called Sequence....Robin and Jason showed it to us over the last weekend, pretty fun...I also bought the 2001 promo pack from Loony Labs with my Rabbit Points (long story)....PM to Matt Dull if he checks in, you should go check that out...a new artifact and 2 new (well ok old) mission cards.....
Today at lunch I am going to visit Lynne (my eyebrow lady) to get my brows done. She is by far the BEST brow lady I've ever been to. I also need to call Jen (our hairstylist) and book an appt for dale and I....
Tonight is MW a head to head thing, which means very low maintenance for me....I'm hoping my Early American Chrononauts will be in (I special ordered it last week!)...all is good on the baby front for those who are wondering!
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#1 I'm having some complications with the pregnancy (some bleeding/some bloody discharge). I had an ultrasound last week Thursday, the baby was (then) 15 weeks 2 days old (they measure bones etc...to date it) and my new due date is December 28, 2004. Lucky kid born around X-Mas.....The baby appeared to be fine, doing alot of moving (I cant feel that yet) and was sucking its thumb (very cute). I will try to take a picture of my u/s picture and post here so you can see the little bugger.
I then ran into the obgyn cause, you arent supposed to fucking bleed while you are pregant...The dr checked my plumbing out and said everything looked fine...If I keep bleeding I will have to go on bedrest at 16 weeks. This will be a disaster, seriously a disaster. I had to rest all weekend and I only seem to have this bleedy problem in the AM and PM.
#2. I had my meeting on Thursday. It was an incredible waste of time. I did find out some things during it and we caught the other party in 2 outright lies (which they later admitted were lies or "forgot") There was a lot of things said that were stupid and the end of the day the mediator said "they have a lot of problems and a lot to think about." So I am feeling good about it I guess.....sad that we couldnt have done this before the fact....whatever fuck them eh?
#3. Went to door county for the weekend (baumer family reunion) with the kids. They now have their BIG GIRL car seats and are facing forward which they (and we) like. Malinda likes to stare out the car window and fall asleep. We had hours and hours of fun listening to Sesame Street on CD with the kids. We stayed at the Landmark, they gave us cribs and highchairs (nice) to use. We went out for food and spent time with Robin and Jason. On Sat. Dale's cousins husbands family has a house on lake MI (Jonesport) and we spent time at a cookout. We played many card games after the kids went to sleep.
Sunday we drove home and my mom took Malinda out for the day. I watched the end (disc 2) of Pearl Harbor (didnt suck as much as I thought) and took a nap. And thats the weekend.
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Saturday crap what did we do? Oh yeah, we took the kids to their 1st July 4th parade in Waukesha. This is, of course, the lamest parade for anyone over the age of 5. The 4th parade is the "kids" parade, the highlight of which is about 500 kids who decorated their bikes (read red white blue streamers) get to ride and wave. My dad also marches with the Park Band. The only reason he marches is because everyone who marches in the parade gets free ice cream bars at the end.
We also got free bars since we were sitting with the Fleishmans (they bought our old house and always help hand out the ice cream so we always get ice cream.) The girls enjoyed listening to grandpa's band play (they did not enjoy the 45 year old guys on a float playing Matchbox 20 cover songs-neither did mommy). Mya was being held by Scott Fleishman (hes about oh I dunno 300+ lbs of Marine) and decided she liked him enough to fall asleep on.
We went to Mack's for 2-4-1 Cheezeburgers with my parents and then went home. I also think we hit Sams Club Sat Night.... All I know is for the past 3 days, Malinda doesnt want to sleep. She wakes up about an hour after we put her down and cries. She has been up till like 11 for the past 3 nights. She wakes up with these terrified screams.
Of course, last night (you know the night we can't sleep in the next AM) she slept like a baby (haha).
Sunday (Happy 4th) I felt like shit so I attempted to not move all day. I watched the Nathan's Hot Dog Contest on TV and puked watching that Japaneese guy eat 53 1/2 hot dogs in 12 min.
Monday we took the kids to Denny's for breakfast and had Goldfish Crackers and Mashed Potatoes off the kids menu-whoo hoo.
Dale and I also played innumerable games of Chrononauts and Pirates of the Spanish main over the weekend. (Thanks to Mall Dull for the 411 on Chrononauts, way way fun game). This week I have an Ultrasound for the baby on Thurs, Blood tests, mediation on Thursday afternoon and a meeting with my atty on Wed night. Fun and Joy.
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Today has been a brilliant morning for morning sickness, remind me NOT to walk through that alley to work anymore. The sight of 3 dead birds plus the smell of unpicked up garbage made me have some fun walking and puking for the length of the alley-yuck and yech.
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Back to my Ohio adventure....I enjoyed the con....had fun running MW....the Nationals were pretty good...its amazing how many people will cheat just to win a tiny plastic toy. Big fucking losers those guys....Mostly the players were good guys (I can say that since the only girl in the tourney dropped out) who were generally happy to play....a majority of the final 8 were kind of jags....please also dont get me started on the guy who won the whole thing....Not enough words in english to describe this donkey!
I did enjoy hanging with the envoys who ran the event with me, Josh, Matt, Joe, Joel, and Nick (also Rain and Matt (who reminds me of Finco in a good way...)
On Sunday I took it easy (I forgot how much your feet hurt when you walk on then 8+ hours a day) and ran some Mechhunter events, its a quick play of mechwarrior using a heroclix map and a booster..,its a very sneeky way to get people to buy boosters and keep on buying....Both Dale and Nick got some nice figures from playing this....
I also can't say enough how nice the Enjoy swag was....I have way too many figures now to know what to do with them!!!
On another note, baby #3 (and we are mostly sure its only one this time...getting an U/s soon) is due on January 13, 2005.....Lucky me.
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I also got a level 2 battlemaster bump which was very nice. I have to do some cleaning around the house, so I'll post more later (incl. pictures) plus I feel yucky from driving, lack of sleep, etc....Mail me!
Girl shoves little boy off building to hide video arcade visits
A 13-year-old girl who pushed a 5-year-old off the edge of a Tokyo building because she didn't want him to tell her mother she had been to a video arcade has been taken into custody, police said.
Mainichi Shimbun
The 5-year-old was pushed from this apartment block in Tokyo's Shinjuku-ku.
Miraculously, the 5-year-old survived the 11-meter fall with only light injuries after the branches of a tree cushioned his fall and he landed on shrubbery beneath the building, located in the Takadanobaba district of Tokyo's Shinjuku-ku
The 13-year-old said she regretted what she had done.
"I didn't want him to tell my mother that I was going to the video arcade. I had him sit on the railing of the stair landing and pushed him off. I feel bad about what I did," police quoted the 13-year-old as saying.
Because of her age, the girl cannot be prosecuted. She has been referred to a Tokyo child consultation center.
Investigators said the girl led the boy, Sun Jizu, who is of Chinese nationality, to a spot between the fourth and fifth floors of an apartment block at about 4:40 p.m. on Tuesday, and pushed him off.
The boy fell onto shrubbery below. As he was falling the branches of a camphor tree appeared to have cushioned his fall, police said. He reportedly suffered scratches as he fell.
Police said Jizu's 33-year-old mother had taken him to a pachinko parlor at about noon on Tuesday, and he had been playing by himself at a video arcade next to the pachinko parlor.
At about 3 p.m. the girl came to play at the arcade and said to the boy, "What are you doing at the arcade?"
Jizu reportedly replied, saying, "You always come here too. I'm going to tell your mom."
Because the girl had been told not to come to the arcade, she reportedly decided to push the boy off the edge of the apartment block to "shut him up."
The girl had reportedly met Jizu several times before at the arcade, and they knew each other well.
At about 4 p.m. on Tuesday, the girl led Jizu by the hand to an apartment block about 1 kilometer from the arcade, and they climbed the stairs on the outside of the building together, police said.
When they reached the space between the fourth and fifth floors, the girl said to him, "Why don't you climb up onto the fence?" After making him sit on the fence, she reportedly pushed him off.
Soon after the incident, the girl approached the head of a dry-cleaning store nearby and said, "A boy about 5 years old has fallen from the fifth floor," before going home.
Police said the girl told them she had lent Jizu money in the past but he had not returned it. "I had lent him money but he didn't give it back. From a while back I had thought he was cheeky," she was quoted as saying.
Speaking at a news conference on Friday, an official from the child consultation center that received the girl said the center had received a report about the girl in the past from her school. The school reportedly told the center that the girl found it hard to form relationships with those around her and that she occasionally caused trouble. (Mainichi Shimbun, Japan, June 23, 2004)
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We then went to the farmers market (pictures coming asap) and walked around with Robin and Jason...listened to 10,000 political/jesus will save your soul from the damnation of hell speeches as we walked around. Bought organic green beans, strawberries (extra good), some breads (pumpkin and banana) and cheese curds (extra squeeky). The girls got to pet cows (it was dairy day) and eat hot cheese bread that Auntie Robin bought.
The drive home sucked as Mya had a hissy fit and we had to pull over in dodgeville for cuddle/bottle time. Then we watched two movies Sat, Holes (which was great!) and Freddy vs. Jason which was horrible! My parents came over as well to say Hi and drop off their lawnmower as our $20.00 wondermower finally crapped out on us.
Sunday we mowed the lawn and took the girls swimming at Westwood. They had fun in the big pool and the small pool. Malinda is very possessive off her rubber bouncy balls-FYI. We then went over to my parents house for fathers day, watched Golf and A Knights Tale, ate Beef Stew outside. Went home late and I watched a double feature (IE me flipping back and forth) between Inside the Actors Studio 10 year special and Zoolander....3 days till Ohio!
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Girls decided this AM that they no longer want to eat a bottle before daycare, they want to try and bite everyone.
It rained this AM which sucked since the whole office had to dress nice for tonights board meeting, which entails Larry giving a speech and us getting a cookie at the WAC, or something.
Im sneeking a cup of Oolong Tea (naughty) but I have fallen asleep 2x at my desk and that isnt really ok.
Off to the farmers market in Madison on saturday with Robin, Breezy and the family, we also get to watch "Holes" and "Secondhand Lion's" tonight
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I seriously hope these guys never show up again....our core group are nice and most importantly quiet people. These guys were incredible fuck ups. They showed up late, took like eons to build an army and bitched that I didnt give them extra time....arg.
Today I get to take myself out to lunch and I am debating on what to eat as I'm not really hungry for anything in specific...maybe I'll walk down to the public house....
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The grandparents came over and played with the kids for 45 min or so and then we put them to bed with no crying or waking up-yippie!
Dale actually got to play his PS2 game (something about a robot freedom fighter?) and I fell asleep reading my biography of Billy Wilder-so I got more sleep than I usually do.
COUNTDOWN TO OHIO!! WE LEAVE IN 9 DAYS! You can see what I plan on doing for 4 days by checking here Origins
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The lady whos name i dont know (here after referred as "lady") has 5 kids (in 5 years) and her husband was going to be ordained but wasnt and so is now just a deacon or whatever at the lutheran church they go to. We got around to discussing baptism and how we just got our kids done to please our parents etc... The lady apparantly is very devout about her faith and went into this whole "why did you baptise your kids if you dont believe etc.." riff. I also got the "well do you believe in god" riff.
I didnt bring it up because I could tell she was getting really pissed but my main problem with organized religion is that YOU (meaning the not me) have to be "right" about your (insert religion name here) faith. YOU then need to browbeat, argue, pamphlet ME showing me how right YOU are.
Arg.
I got home around 11 and crashed.
Saturday we took the girls to the zoo for a twins outting and didnt run into anyone but it was fun for 2 hours or so, the girls liked the monkeys as they came right up to the window to watch the girls.
Sunday my parents took the girls all afternoon to graduation parties. We went to the Home Depot for supplies and managed to sand and paint the new wall, take the stickers off the new door, scrape more wallpaper off the bathroom, go to the store and get home to kids who hadnt eaten since 11am (it was now like 4:30) except for fruit at the parties..we gave the girls a bath (Malinda has a bad diaper rash) and they were out for the night by 6pmish.
Mya kept waking up and wanting to be cuddled, get a bottle etc...Malinda slept straight through till her new wake up time (thanks kid) 4:15am. I am a zombie today.
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By Glenn Abel
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - All 45 episodes of the kids-and-critics fave "Pee-wee's Playhouse," including six "lost" installments making their home video debut, are headed for DVD this fall.
The shows will be packaged in two box sets, with a separate release for "Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special." A collector's set is due next year, which includes commentary and bonus materials from Paul Reubens (news), star and creator of the series.
"I am extremely pleased that 'Pee-wee's Playhouse' will be available on DVD," Reubens said, "The digital medium affords the shows a look that was not possible when they were originally broadcast or made available on VHS in the 1980s and '90s."
The show ran on CBS from 1986 to 1991, the year that Reubens was arrested for indecent exposure at a Florida porn theater, and picked up 22 Emmys. Electronic rock pioneer Todd Rundgren (news) did the theme song and music for many of the episodes.
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Saturday we had picture day and then went to watch a baseball game that my brother coached (they lost). Sunday we went to Jeff and Kristie's to game. Girls have colds and so do I.
The pictures have been disabled while I argue with my picture hosting service. arg.
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Dale played MW against his nationals army last night and I read Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban last night for the 10th time (to prepare for my Mary Night Out to see the movie at 5:15 tomorrow) and started on book 5 for shits and giggles.
I had my review last night at work and I get re-reviewed in 45 days (I think I may move up here to a new title-I dunno)
Gaming this Sunday at Jeffs....Pictures This saturday and then watching Uncle Bucko coach the West JV team if its nice out.
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wisconsin holds its own twin festival in Cassville, WI. Cassville is one of the oldest towns in WI, located in the SW corner of the state right on the banks of the Mississippi. The festival celebrates biological twins and multiple births!
This year the festival is scheduled for July 17th. Activities include food, a carnival, games, boat rides, a parade, music, fireworks, and much more!
For info contact Kathleeen Polich at 608-725-5855 or email her at twinorama53806@yahoo.com. Spend a day with your twins and many others enjoying a beautiful WI day!
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Friday we stayed in with the kids-Saturday we went to Sam's club and the mall (note to self, do not go to Sams Club on a saturday when its raining no matter how many tasty free samples are offered.)-Sunday went to my aunts house for my cousin Matt/Pauls graduation (college and HS), Monday we were going to go to Mike's annual BBQ, but it was raining and cold and I didnt want to drive to tosa to hang at mikes house with the girls-so we spent a fun afternoon @ the Reynolds playing with Kieran who is a walkin' machine!
Today I have some calls to make and I will have some interesting news for everyone next week....
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THIS MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND WE HAVE A GRADUATION PARTY TO GO TO ON SUNDAY AND MIKES ANNUAL B-DAY BASH FOR HIM AND DAN ON MONDAY-WHICH WE MAY GO TO (WEATHER PERMITTING)
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Mr. Poytinger received both Bachelor of Fine Arts and Master of Music Education degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He has been a member of the music faculty in the School District of Waukesha since 1971. His teaching experience includes Director of Bands--South High School -- Central Campus 1971-74, Director of Bands -- North High School 1974-84, and K-12 Music Department Chairman 1984 -- present. In addition he has been a member of the band staff at West High School since 1993. During the time he has served as Department Chairman the music department has grown from 26 full and part-time faculty to 45 full-time staff members who provide music instruction to approximately 9,500 district students. At Waukesha West High School, Mr. Poytinger is a member of the marching band staff, and he is conductor of the Silver Concert Band.
Michael Poytinger has enjoyed a successful and rewarding career as a music teacher and department chair in the School District of Waukesha. Thanks to his leadership, insight, determination and tremendous dedication, the music program in the Waukesha School system is regarded by many to be the most successful and comprehensive in the entire State of Wisconsin. Although he will be retiring from the school district at the end of the 2003-2004 school year, the band staff at West will be asking for his assistance and expertise for many years to come.
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According to Julie Ford-Moody (she who knows all): I just went on the waukesha deed web page and your neighbors haven't paid
their 2003 taxes either...
just an fyi
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Our neighbors across the street have moved out and abandoned their house at 2700 Algoma Terrace. They have knee high grass/weeds, an uncovered full swimming pool (read breeding ground for disease ridden mosquitoes), and a dog shit covered backyard (they had a huge golden lab). I guess the house has been empty for months (?). My mom said "you can call the city and they will at least cut the grass and charge the owners on their p-tax bill." OK. So I call the city Building Deparment this AM and give them an address, 2702 Algoma Terr. The lady says "do you mean 2700?" I said, "sure, well why not, the house next to it is 2704.." She says "well we know that house, we have had numerous complaints and we are "working on the problem."
Well what the fuck does that mean??? How many people have to complain in my nice-reasonably upper middle class neighborhood?
This house is so bad that at the reunion this weekend, this guy Dale hadn't seen in 10 years knew exactly where we lived because he said "oh you live across the street from the dogshitgrass house." Thats fucking weak man.
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Other than that, I got nothing for today other than I passed out last night and woke up at 5:15 feeling that I hadnt slept at all.
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Got him there in time and dropped his way way drunk arse off at the terminal.
Went home, canceled gaming as Dale had a migraine and I had 2 hours of sleep. Around 2 o clock the phone calls started from texas as it appears Dylan was so drunk that he passed out in a chair at the terminal and missed his flight. Dan called me at 3:30 saying that Dylan had just woken up from being passed out and called home.
It cost 600.00 to buy a new one way ticket home, and most likely Dylan will lose the job over this as he had to work at like 2pm.
So props to everyone who did'nt help Dale and I in getting Dylan to leave the bar at the end of the night when he should have left; and tahnks for taking him to whereever he was after the bar to drink some more, you know that fucking helped alot.
Thanks for making me look like an ass when I promised the Pedens I would make sure he came home on time.
This is my big rant. Im crabby, I'm suffering from lack of sleep and illness-The kids are sick and I'm pissed off at everybody.. Once I say my big, Fuck you very much I should feel better. There I feel better.
And I will be calling the Dylan and giving him hell too....
The party for my dad on Sunday night was very nice. It was a nice turnout. Took a sick day yesterday as I felt like hell.
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Dylan never came home last night so I assume he's at Dan and Mike's now. Dr's appointment for the kids later this afternoon. Tonight I just want to sit at home and not move, I'm so tired!
The SBC workers are striking around the corner from where I work. Good Luck in those contract negotiations guys!
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Dylan never came home last night so I assume he's at Dan and Mike's now. Dr's appointment for the kids later this afternoon. Tonight I just want to sit at home and not move, I'm so tired!
The SBC workers are striking around the corner from where I work. Good Luck in those contract negotiations guys!
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Mya woke up at 2:30 am so I'm once again suffering from lack of sleep
Also learned today that Dale's Grandma on his dad's side has breast cancer and will need a breast removed. :( His Grandma is 83 but other than this she's pretty healthy. She won't need chemo or anything- Get Well Soon Grandma!
I have a facial appointment at lunch so I am looking forward to a 45 min catnap at Rouge! Picking up Dylan tonight so there will be much running around.
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