<p>historymom - sorry you not feeling all the way better. maybe you need a couple more of owlice’s mimosas? ;)</p>
<p>my shameful new Tivo addiction? Say Yes to the Dress!</p>
<p>My Lord! We’ve hit 5000!!</p>
<p>This thread grew even faster than the 09 one I think. Weren’t we pusihing to get to 3K last Feb or March when that thread was 10 months old? </p>
<p>What a bunch of jabberwockies ;)</p>
<p>Thanks for the get well wishes…I am looking at the mountain of laundry that I need to deal with today and feeling sicker :P</p>
<p>never mind I just checked that thread and realized that any aptitude my kids have with numbers didn’t come from me.</p>
<p>Ahhh…reading aloud! I still sign everything to Ds with “I’ll Love you forever”…hard not to write “As long as I’m living my baby you’ll be.” sniff…</p>
<p>Whoa…5000! Just think if we would have merged the '09 thread with this one!!!</p>
<p>My Ds and I love:</p>
<p>Glee
America’s Next Top Model
What Not to Wear
So You Think You Can Dance
just added Project Runway
and Say Yes to the Dress…something about that show is addicting</p>
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<p>I agree. when I start imagining myself as the mother of the bride (my Ds are 16 and 18!!) I know it’s time to turn it off ;)</p>
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<p>But is has caused some perhaps helpful introspection. You see a young woman come out of the dressing room just loving a dress, then her mom tells her how terrible she looks…the reflex is to hate the mom but then I wonder, would I be “painfully honest” with my own Ds? Would I be able to hold my tongue? Interesting to ponder…okay, maybe it is time to turn it off…</p>
<p>oh no, I won’t be that mother! I’m sure I’ll be the one who says things like “I’m happy with whatever you like honey - it’s your day” and “you’ll be beautiful no matter what you wear”</p>
<p>Good thing I (hopefully) have many years to prepare for this ;)</p>
<p>Just talked to S - sounded like he just woke up. One of his roommates was still asleep. He’s definitely happy that term is over. I’m hoping he’ll use the 10-day break to visit the Career center and explore off-campus. But I imagine a significant amount of time will be spent playing games on the computer. I miss the days when I could physically pull him away from the computer.</p>
<p>As for TV, yes, ditto to all the shows mentioned. Add Big Bang Theory.</p>
<p>PRJ, I LOVE Glee! We have different vcr/tivo/whatever setups: boys down and lonely female (aka me) upstairs. It gets kind of lonely sometimes, but there’s only so much football a girl can watch…</p>
<p>Just finished cleaning S2s room in anticipation of his arrival home tomorrow. </p>
<p>Last night we did a REALLY fun thing. A girlfriend of mine (who was widowed last year) had 7 of us moms over (we all have a freshman in college, and some of us other co-eds as well) to have a “care package” party. We all brought a few items, none overly expensive, from food/cold remedies/practical stuff to silly Halloween items. Everything fit in the medium-sized priority mail boxes, and we all wrote a note to one anothers kids on the outside back of the box. There might have been wine and snacks involved on our end. It was just a wonderful get-together!</p>
<p>Here are some of the items that we put in them (I’m sending mine to older son, whose bday is next week, though I got some of the items for S2 coming home): stick-up air fresheners, Emergen-C, rubber mouse, bag of choc-vanilla swirl jet puff marshmallows, plastic “class of 2009” cup with jelly bellies, mini-activity book, silly putty, bubbles, a CONDOM (some of us put one in, others didn’t–I did, because S is turning 21 in a week and will think its funny, but wouldn’t have sent one to S2 without additional wine); mini-flashlight, U of Oregon decal for dorm room window, mini tissues, misc. candy, hand warmers, fruit leather, and some other little items. I highly recommend this for moms who are missing their kiddos–we’re going to do another for Valentine’s Day (prob based on what the kids did- and didn’t like)</p>
<p>How to embarrass your son to death: Put a condom in care package from mom. LOL.</p>
<p>Re: Say Yes to the Dress–</p>
<p>I got addicted last year when DIL and I watched it together-long-distance-by-cell phone, while she was in gown - shopping mode.</p>
<p>Last July, she was the most beautiful bride of all.
S1 did good.</p>
<p>well son’s trip home is off to a bad start.
Lost his cell phone on the shuttle (who says none has been turned in) had to find a pay phone to call home (I was not here so message was taken by H) Never used a pay phone before - live and learn
Had his toiletries confiscated at security (live and learn again) and now has to wait 4 hours for a connecting flight.
hmmm
wonder what kind of mood he’ll be in when I finally pick him up</p>
<p>joint faves here are How I met Your Mother and Big Bang Theory</p>
<h1>theorymom, that’s too bad. D, who wants to go to school “as far away from home as possible,” needs to hear a bunch of stories like his.</h1>
<p>Missypie, exactly, though S1 will LOVE it. Some daughters got them too…lol. and #TM, I hope he’s just happy to be home and not have to be responsible for a couple of days.</p>
<p>missypie is this D a soph or a jr this year? Just wondering how long we have to drum up horror stories of student travel.</p>
<p>You guys know how much I was pulling for D to choose Trinity U but I have to admit that learning that there is only 1 daily non-stop between SA and SFO was a bit daunting and knowing that I can drive 2.5 hours to get her is comforting!</p>
<p>SJTH I was pulling equally for WU 
and I absolutely LOVE your care package night! Fabulous and I will steal it for another holiday since I’ve already done the ones for Haloween which I will be HAND DELIVERING TOMORROWW :)</p>
<h1>theory enjoy your boy!</h1>
<p>oh #theorymom, what a shame. just to give you hope, D lost her Ipod on an airport shuttle (at JFK no less) and the person who found it actually called and then mailed it to us. same D lost her cell phone in an airport and the person who found it didn’t turn it in right away, so it too resurfaced several days later. (do you all see a pattern with this child and her belongings? :rolleyes:)</p>
<p>Historymom, yippee–so glad you can lay eyes on those girls.</p>
<p>PRJ, #TM etc., S2 has a shuttle to catch in the am, IF he gets up and IF he goes to the right location. Will he have ID, leave anything? I fully expect a 3:30 am (time difference) call with some kind of issue…</p>