<p>^^^^ Plans complete.</p>
<p>OMG you two are too effing funny. Seriously.</p>
<p>But wait, wait! I want to send invitations out! Let’s make paper airplanes out of the bar napkins and send them from the roof!</p>
<p>Top shelf booze this time?</p>
<p>Can we get the marmots to rent tuxedos for the festivities?</p>
<p>…and I propose it to be a housewarming party for Oaklandmom, too!!!</p>
<p>For those who may not have been following the updates of molliebatmit as she planned her wedding last year, in honor of her husband who had just completed an astro/aero-engineering degree at MIT, guests at their wedding threw paper airplanes with their names and date on it, instead of rice. Our planes should have little marmot sketches on them.</p>
<p>Or maybe fortunes. Or… wait, I know! They can be cootie-catchers!</p>
<p>Never mind. Back to this evening’s wine.</p>
<p>As in Times Square, we could slowly drop something from the ceiling at the countdown to the momentous occasion–followed by confetti & balloons, paper airplanes, and of course, champagne & the booze of your choice.</p>
<p>I’d suggest dropping a marmot, but the thought of the uncooperative little critter wriggling around with a string under his middle is unsettling. And his unhappiness might spoil the rest of the evening. Severely.</p>
<p>I have it! If I can describe it…a sort of origami Buckyball made out of the pages of college viewbooks. I am not skilled in this but I know it can be done.</p>
<p>okay, I have a question.</p>
<p>Am I the only person married to someone who yells at the tv when their team is playing?</p>
<pre><code>I actually chuckle watching Bullet yell at the tv, I have told him for years now that they can’t hear you. I think he believes that he might be able to communicate telepathically the plays they need to do 
I find it even funnier when the team is losing and he decides to go to another tv, believing it will bring him more luck. DS’s gf was over as they were watching a game, and we both sat there laughing …you could see he was his fathers son.
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<p>I jokingly said welcome to my world as I sipped my glass of wine. She just laughed as I said Bullet scream a little louder they can’t hear you in MD</p>
<p>I must confess…</p>
<p>I don’t yell at the TV when sports teams are playing, but I do talk to the TV during the news and stupid commercials.</p>
<p>IF we drop marmots from a ball, will we have to add a disclaimer that No marmots were hurt during this celebration??</p>
<p>um…I have to admit that I’m a closet sports TV-yeller. I do tend to keep myself in check if anyone besides family is around, but when I’m comfy at home, yep…I do yell from time to time. And (<em>she blushes</em>) profanity is usually involved. During the superbowl, I was yelling encouragement to Eli Manning toward the end of the game…“C’mon, man. This is your CHANCE! This could be the crowning part of your CAREER! You can be a HERO, Eli”.
I am quite sure that it was my yelling that carried the Giants to victory!!!</p>
<p>My father yells at the TV, also makes faces & uses body English. My mother used to get very annoyed at him.</p>
<p>And NO marmots will be hurt during any of our celebrations. That’s a given. :)</p>
<p>Ooh–H and I just came from a wedding. Lovely couple, good food, lots of dancing…I love weddings!</p>
<p>OK, I don’t hang out here, but just pumping the numbers toward the big 10000. Maybe I’m just a little OCD, I just love even numbers…</p>
<p>Sorry Astro…I am sure Bullet and DS screamed it loud enough to get the Giants to win…Now if the terps can make it to the NCAA championship, I am sure people will hear it through the internet :D</p>
<p>The marmots could borrow the tiny parachutes from the ever-popular army men to ensure safe landings. Or maybe tiny cocktail umbrellas? Very festive. </p>
<p>DH has taken to yelling at the “talking heads” on the Sunday morning news shows…</p>
<p>Bullet yells at the talking heads on XM when we are driving :D</p>
<p>As far as the umbrellas, that could be dangerous to the marmots…what happens if they have an unsafe landing and stab themselves by accident…that would put a damper on the fun</p>
<p>^Oops, back to parachutes (possibly made from twin XL sheets and college t-shirts…)</p>
<p>Do the college theme, then we can all bet on which college was the best…kind of reminds me of our teachers saying the way they graded papers were thrown from the top of the stairs, the ones that landed on the floor got an A, the one that landed closest their feet failed…Am I the only that remembers teachers saying that…maybe its a jersey thing :D</p>
<p>Could be a list to rival USNews. Do big endowment schools get bigger chutes? </p>
<p>I do remember the grading system, but I thought that it had been modified for use in college admisssions.</p>
<p><em>Alumother raises her head from the table in the back and mutters blearily</em></p>
<p>“Oh no. Those insitutions that must not be mentioned. From now on call them pig farms, or marmot mansions, or Buildings that say Nik, but please please please do not use the C or U-words…”</p>
<p><em>Head falls back onto table with a resounding clunk as she dreams of the Alley’s party, marmot with parachutes, spinning, spinning, spinning under the disco ball</em></p>
<p>Yes, parachutes are good, but I agree with Alu… So lets make them out of our slacker sons’ detention slips and bad report cards, I think that is a suitable theme for the alley, plus we have SO MANY of them…!</p>
<p>Yes! S had his first detention this semester. Did I tell you all that? He was late to class, finally, one too many times…Can The Slackers (one step from The Killers) come and play at our party?</p>
<p>2cakes, bullet - thoughts on decorations?</p>