Wish List.

Christmast List.

I have one thing on my amazon wish list. I would probably love you forever if you got it for me.

More:
A new straightener(one like Twila's, because its fast.)
A gift card to ULTA. It doesnt have to be a large amount of money either.
A gift card to Target. It has got to be one of my favorite stores now.
Any teen book will do. I do like the typical love story teen-bopper books.
Chicken Soup for the Soul books make me happy too.
A new purse, cute new purse.
A giftcard to Payless would me nice too. I want to get some new shoes.

Alright. That's really it.
I don't really need an MP3 player because I know I will never use it. Maybe next year though.

Secret Santa Wish List

Hey family,

This post is to broadcast want from my secret santa to help someone in the family out and get everyone else to post what they want!
So this is it--

Vegan with a Vengeance : Over 150 Delicious, Cheap, Animal-Free Recipes That Rock
which is obviously a cookbook. This book is sold at Borders and also at amazon.com

My life has been so stressful since I have been back at school...I can't even tell you about it! I had a major test in every single class yesterday. But my countdown says only 16 more days!

And my i-pod died. Seriously died. When I turn it on a sad i-pod with x's for eyes shows up on the screen!!!! But thankfully it is still under warranty, so Apple is sending me the packing materials and I get to send it back. Damn MP3 players!

Last sunday when I ate over at Ethan's, his brother made so much fun of me eating a veggie burger. And there was a whole problem with the fact that they only have one flipper for the grill so they made my burger on the george foreman to avoid contamination. Seriously, his brother wouldn't shut up about how stupid that was.

And then...get this... When his mom went to cut him cheese for his burger, he made her WASH the knife because she cut lettuce with it. LETTUCE! Which is mostly water anyway!

I told his mom that I am used to getting made fun of, but I realized that it has been a long time since I was really made fun of by the family. That is nice.

I will be home again on sunday. So I will see some of you then.

Hope everyone is doing well.
and please post your wish list for Secret Santa!

<3emma

Just Another Reminder, in case you forgot..

My Chorus Concert is Thursday, December 14.

From what I can hear in rehersals, we sound pretty good. Then again, I can't really hear us. But, it is still the top group, so we should be good.

Don't forget to mark your calendars if you haven't already. =]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KACIE!!!!!!!!!!!!

Unlike this little doggie,
maybe your birthday won't be so bad!

Happy Birthday to Me

:(
I am about ot have the saddest birthday ever. I have to stay home and work on a paper. I even have to skip D&D becuase of homework. Sad, huh? :(

I miss everyone!

Lost & (not yet) Found

Has anyone seen my Roller Coaster Tycoon 2 cd? Seems like maybe I lent it to someone, I don't know. Please let me know if you've seen it.

I'm missing other software too. So if you have any software of mine, just let me know so I can stop looking for it. Thanks!

Results of the last poll..

We were always the hardest on...
Kacie 72.7% 8

Twila 18.2% 2

Emma 9.1% 1

Cheyenee 0% 0

Veronica 0% 0

George 0% 0

total votes: 11

No big surprise there I guess... being as George doesn't vote, anyway, because you know he for sure would have voted for himself.

And don't forget to check out the new poll!

Flannel Shirt order

If you need a flannel shirt for the Christmas Eve party, just post a comment here. Lots of colors available --- red blue gray brown green --- so let me know which you prefer. Also, they are men's sizes S-M-L-XL-2XL. So let me know what size too. I got myself a medium and it seems a little big. It will probably shrink after it's washed. (Veronica, if you need one I will check boys' sizes, because even the men's small will be too big for you).

Not My Favorite Holiday, But...

[Updated by DaddyMike at 8:24 PM EST]

I am very excited and feeling happy about Thanksgiving this year. It is so good to be home for a week and to know that we are going to have EVERYBODY over on Thanksgiving day, including Uncle Sid and Aunt Boonya.

On Thanksgiving Eve we are going to have a special movie night. Ethan and Korey are also invited. We will be making popcorn and perhaps some other goodies as well. Does anyone like Root Beer floats? If there is a good turnout, we will move the coffee table into the music room so there will be room for all on the floor. I've select a special movie that no doubt some will expect to be lame, but I saw it on an airplane and thought that it was superb, so I'm asking everyone to leave their opinions elsewhere and give the movie a chance. Show time will be around 8:00. Dinner plans for Wednesday night haven't been finalized. I will discuss that with ConnieMom and one us will post details tonight or tomorrow.

[Dinner will be at 6:30. We are getting Gallas Pizza. I will have them cut it NY Style. If you decide to make other plans please be here at 8:00 PM for the movie. Please let me know in advance if I can expect you for dinner.]

On the menu for Thursday will be the traditional turkey, gravy, stuffing, sweet potatoes, various treats including some vegan goodies and some macaroni with my organic vegan version of Mammy's pasta sauce. Not even table sugar in this batch. I think dinner will be around 3-4 O'clock, but we will update the blog with that information as well.

[Dinner will be after 3:00 - time approximate. We are telling Sid & Julie to come around 2:00.]

Thursday morning we will have a brief family meeting announcing our official "Studying Abroad" policy." Some time after Dinner ConnieMom and I will announce this year's Christmas party theme. At some point we will also be choosing our SecretSantas. Remember, this year we are sticking to it: - No one is to buy presents for each other or for ConnieMom and DaddyMike outside of their Secret Santa.

See you all here!

Of all the things I *could* say about this recent poll, I would just like to say:

Way to spell Cheyenne's name, Mom.

It's not just a name, but a freakin' capital!

you'll never guess

I just don't think anyone would guess the theme for this year's Christmas Eve party... The only one who knows, other than me, is Mike, and he said it was okay, so we're pretty certain about it at this point. Hint: It is not a decade theme this year.

When/how should I announce it? On the Blog? At Thanksgiving?

Feel free to suggest ideas for future themes, too. It's always good to get ideas.

Vegan Thanksgiving

Hi All!

We're looking forward to seeing you all at Thanksgiving.

Sid and I are bringing over some take-out Vegan Thanksgiving
food from Sunflower Cafe for the Vegans/Vegetarians
The menu is Roasted Soy Turkey, Veggie Loaf,
Ginger Cranberry Sauce, Au Gratin Potatoes, Braised Green Beans,
Herb Stuffing with Winter Root Vegetables, Wild Mushroom Gravy &
Rustic Apple Pie.
Yes, Emma, they assure me that it is ALL VEGAN.
(even the Au Gratin Potatoes)

I might even manage to whip up a batch of Quigley Biscuits
(definitely NOT vegan :-)

See you all on TOFURKEY day!

Aunt Boonya

Results of last poll...

Results of last poll:

Best things about DEMS winning House and Senate
Our future may not be doomed after all	100%	5
Fewer rants about Republicans	0%	0
Fewer rants about W himself	0%	0
total votes: 5

And don't forget to check out the new poll!

MY WEBSITE

GUESS WHAT!

EVERYONE especially mom must read this!

... in my cs class... I MADE A WEBPAGE!! FROM SCRATCH!

It is still under construction so but you should seriously visit it. And make sure to check my mailform that is in a link near the bottom of the page! I want suggestions!
I hope you guys are impressed...it took me a long time. Well...sort of.

www.prism.gatech.edu/~emcconnell3

:D

Oh and Emma's sitcom story of the day...
Last night in my dorm the fire alarm went off.
and if it wasn't bad enough that it was 1:30am and FREEZING outside and took 25 mintes,

I WAS IN THE SHOWER!
So I had to get out with conditioner in my hair and stand out side wet in my bathrobe with everyone laughing at me.
But some random guy let me wear his hat so I didn't die. Yeah...it had to happen to someone eventually, might as well be me I guess.
heh.

Ethan got glasses...He needs his as much as I need mine, but someday I will make him wear them over to the house so you can all laugh.

I will be home on sunday! and home for the holiday sometime wednesday night!
I miss you all.

See you soon
<3 Em

Christmas Chorus Concert

I have a chorus concert on Thursday, December 14, 2006. It is at 7:00 and I would enjoy a few guests to come. I haven't had anyone come to my Chorus Concert since like.. sixth grade.. not including all-state. So, I'd hope someone will come this year.

How Has Everyone Been?

So i noticed that no one has posted sinse yesterday so i wanted to post. First off, how has everyone been? Oh and I want an answer from you all. I dont care if its jest a "good" or whatever. i want something. OK? good. Secondly we have a week until Thanksgiving! Isn't that exciting. Us high school kids get next Wednesday through Friday off. Then we only have 4 more shopping weeks until Christmas. Sheesh its funny how time flies. I don't know about you guys, but I feel like Christmas feels like yesterday. So does anybody know what the theme for our Christmas Eve party is this year? I'm excited to see what crazy thing we're going to do this year.

So jest curious, does anyone know a cure for procrastination? i have a bad case of it and need treatment pretty badly. Anyhow, i guess I'll see you all later!

Lots of Love.
Cheyenne

Because I don't think I've ever posted....

Am I really *that* hard to buy for? ;_;

Apparently I'll have to post a list for the poor soul who draws my name...

Otherwise in my life: I am very stressed out. I didn't realize being a TCOM major would require a research paper of some sort in EVERY class... However, instead of doing anything, I sat and watched Korey play Final Fantasy XII for like 6 hours... ^^; It is very pretty...!

And I made a super hamburger! It was HUGE!

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Anyway, notes!

Mom: Perhaps we can come over for dinner Monday or Wednesday and I can read up? Although the idea completely disgusts me! -_-; Or can I do it over Thanksgiving? Thank would be mucho better, but if you're doing it before then that's okay too. Oh, and I'm completely watching the cheesiest Animal Planet show and it reminds me of you! There's about to be a giant bug! I think it's called Prehistoric Zoo or something. BTW - That room picture was great. I looked at it and said: "Does George have a refridgerator in his room now???" I completely thought it was a picture of his room!! -_-!

Emma: I have a gift for you I forgot to give you. -_-; One day before Thanksgiving I may possibly be cleaning over doesn't compare to a fall break. Did you know Tessla was a real dude??? Korey and I saw that movie with some of his friends from Blue Ridge but we were freaking out when he was in it. He was pretty cool. You should look him up. He wanted to have free energy current thru DC current. Or maybe AC. Whichever one we don't run on now. ^^; Not my forte. Oh, and which Phsyics are you taking? Korey completely doesn't recommend Calculus based because it's just ten times harder with really no Calculus involved. :/ Just a word of warning. ^.^

Um... Otherwise... My classes are doing good minus my slight neglect of them. A tad worried about Ecology.

Starting a new position at work. ^_^ Hopefully it means pay raise... but it also means I don't have to deal with customers or Christi! Yay!

After Thanksgiving I may start volunteering at the Battered Women's Shelter at the insistence of the Honor's Program. But luckily it will just be filing and mailing and such so it shouldn't take up too much time.

And the Formula Racecar team is begging me back on Facebook! -_-; But I think I'm going to hold off on that as my least priority.

Especially since after Christmas I'll be in Editor-in-Chief training for The Sting! ^_^ More stress but I figured out a way I can pay myself... Heehee. If the price of paper goes down as gas prices go down... *grumble grumble* And I might have a news writer lined up!

I think that's about it... I'm going to go make some pasta by combining sauces and adding meat so we'll see how that goes...

finally!!!!!!!!!!

An end to the lunacy of this Republican "reign of error". Here are the results from Daily Kos:

Sen House Governors
Dems: 51 234 28
Reps: 49 201 22
D+/-: +6 +29 +6


It looks like the Dems will end up with a majority in the Senate, though not everyone agrees that it's over yet. But it looks likely.

A day of celebration for democrats today; but there is a LOT of work ahead to try to straighten out the mess we've gotten into.

Hey family,

I was just posting to tell you all that I managed to register for classes next semester, with a little hassle. All the good math teachers were taken before my registration opened.

I am taking Calc III, Intro to Physics, English II, and Organic Chemistry. Woo.
But I didn't sign myself up for a 7-10pm lab again, so that is good.

I hope everyone is doing well.
I will be home Sunday morning and will need a ride back to Tech sometime. I think.
Maybe I will get to see some people?

Election Day

Election Day is on tuesday, right?

Being as I want to vote and was too stupid and busy to vote in advance, I need to find a way to get home to do that.
Monday evening I have a group meeting that is probably going to last until 8pm.
But I was wondering, if I ride Marta to Northsprings around 8, do you think I could get a ride home?
And if I do that, is there anyway I could get out to vote tuesday and be back to school by noon?

I don't know what is up and who is doing what, so just let me know if there is anyway something could happen!

I have class from 12-1:30 and from 4:30 - 6 on tuesday. That is my only constraint.

If that is impossible I might be able to get Ethan to take me with him, so no worries! I was just checking

Thanks!
I hope everyone had a good weekend. I had a good time in Athens, but now I have to do some serious studying for a math test on wednesday.

TTYL
Em

Secret Santa Poll

The results are in: Twila is the most dreaded name to get in the Secret Santa drawing! There were 5 votes for Twila, and 2 for Mike --- and Cheyenne reports that one of the votes for Mike was an accident.

Some votes are missing of course. One thing I realized is that when I disallow multiple votes, those of you who have to share a computer may not get a vote, so I'll probably turn that off.

So what do we do with Twi? How about having her post a list of potential Secret Santa items she would like to get?

That wouldn't be a bad idea for everyone... why not put a comment on this post, listing some ideas for Secret Santa items... either for yourself or others.

Secret Santa purchases should be in the $20 range, and not more than $25.

One final note on Secret Santa: Please limit your family gift giving to your Secret Santa item! This means NO extra gifts, not even for me & Mike. The whole purpose of Secret Santa is to keep spending under control. The kids in college need their money for other things. And those who can't afford extra gifts can feel badly about it.

I know it is great fun to give, but it doesn't make sense to overspend when we have a convenient and fair way to limit spending.

All Clean Up!!

Does this resemble a room you know?

Over the coming weeks, I am going to be looking for a house cleaning service. Since I don't want them to run screaming from the house on the initial visit, some of you need to do a serious quantity of cleaning in your rooms.

This includes those children who are away at college. Specifically, one special daughter of mine, who shall remain nameless as I don't need to name her, has to get home and, at minimum, throw some things away. Like empty plastic bags, unwanted clothing, and at least SOME skeins of yarn and half-finished knitting projects.

I'm not even going to MENTION George's room here, cause he doesn't read the blog anyway.

And as for the rest of you, please find some time over the next two weeks to straighten things up a bit. Your efforts will be greatly appreciated!!

Some plans I didn't know about

So...
A little birdy told me that my mom might be going to PA for the christmas holiday and I was wondering if no one informed me b/c I was not invited or just because there were no set plans.

Because if you don't want me there... that is cool too.........
I can just spend christmas at Ethan's house or something..........

His family watches Nightmare Before Christmas every year and that is better than a Christmas Story anyway...
Just kidding!

But yeah, when/if there are details, I would like to know them.

And ps to mom, when I come home next time...I will return a piece of your tupperware and a fork that I accidently took.

And ps to anyone, did Twila come by and get kacie's chargers yet?

Thanks!
Em

Tuesday. November 7

Just thought I'd remind everyone that next Tuesday, we, as in high school students, have no schoooool.
Maybe you college students have the day off too, but I wouldn't know.
Just thought I'd tell everyone. :o)

Happy Halloween!

No one posted a Happy Halloween Message yesterday! and No one pretty much means mom. So I am going to do it instead.

Happy Halloween!

Did we get any trick-or-treaters?
Did anyone do anything cool/exciting?

Ethan, Kelli, and I went to see The Prestige which was AMAZING and I highly reccommend everyone fork over the dough to go see it. It is totally worth it. I actually screamed out loud.
Ethan was getting text messages from his group partner in architecture all night. Poor guy.

You better not read this and not comment. Press the comment button. Now. Do it.
Even if you didn't do anything, I want to know.
So comment, okay?

:D Hope everyone has a good wednesday!

Em