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[C-ma'am 684]

 

19 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

Help us figure out the etymology of "abogado," si C-ma'am ma'am.

This is another word about which we ask Mrs. T-B., "Why don't they just say 'lawyer,' huh man?", si man.

 

Abogado from the Latin word advocatus (advocate). Advocatus derived from "ad auxilium vocatus" (the one called to help)

 

19 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

Mini-B. update, see re wee man:

Mini-B. simply has a cold, garden-variety man.

Doc heard no bronchitis or similar, no hear she man.

Doc said, "Rest today, re-evaluate tomorrow," quoth she man.

Mrs. T-B. will feed Mini-B. soup and try to get him to rest, zzz wee man.

If no rest, "No Halloween tomorrow," consequences man.

However, he's jumping around now, report from exhausted mommy man.

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Afternoon/evenin', babes with generously allocated +1 inventories!

Great news and HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!  Hope Mini B gets over this cold soon.

 

7 hours ago, Dianalorena said:

it's weird to see people with your same priority date approved before you.

Nothing but to keep waiting, hopefully, November will be my month.

 

At least I get to see my husband on Sunday, less than a week from now

and enjoy a nice week in Oaxaca, drinking mezcal and eating. 

I haven't seen him since July, so it's about time.

 

 

 

 

 

It's weird and it's infuriating. Almost there, almost there. You can do it! BTW LOVED the T-Rex!!!!!

 

8 minutes ago, N-o-l-a said:

The kids are finally allowed to wear Halloween costumes to school here.  

 

Religious extremists: 0, everyone else who enjoys fun: 1

YES!!! I come from a country with official religion, Catholicism; and yet, I have never seen an imposition of religion over "pagan"  celebrations (historians provide a Christian background too) . Here, the ultra religious seem to want to impose their beliefs instead of embracing the tradition without a religious connotation.  Halloween is fun! Dressing up is fun! Why can't some people just have fun?!

[cdneh 3,112]

Happy Halloween! Have fun, people! Tbone, I hope your mini-bone is better and can go out to trick or treat

 

I've a few little things to put up outside. Not going to the amount of trouble I did last year. Spent three days on making illuminated ghosts out of cheesecloth., and hanging them about the place. Lanterns along the path, carved pumpkins, the lot, and never saw a single trick or treater.  So only hanging the lanterns, hiding a few glow-stick faces in the bushes out front, and hanging the flickering steampunk skull on the front door. They have a trunk or treat in town on the courthouse square, and it seems the last few years that's where the action is. 

[N-o-l-a 7,167]

1 hour ago, C-ma'am said:

 

YES!!! I come from a country with official religion, Catholicism; and yet, I have never seen an imposition of religion over "pagan"  celebrations (historians provide a Christian background too) . Here, the ultra religious seem to want to impose their beliefs instead of embracing the tradition without a religious connotation.  Halloween is fun! Dressing up is fun! Why can't some people just have fun?!

 

Maybe they feel like they don't have an "us" without a "them" to shun?  They seem to kind of pick and choose what they want to integrate, which is their right, but I just kind of dislike that it impacted the kids.  

 

8 minutes ago, cdneh said:

They have a trunk or treat in town on the courthouse square, and it seems the last few years that's where the action is. 

 

Lame.  I'm going to come out and say that I despise this trend of "safe" Halloween activities like this.  It is more like lazy Halloweening.  We usually just get rid of most of our candy, the fun is in visiting people's houses!  We will also go to the elder-care home again this year.  They love it.

[TBoneTX 45,241]

4 hours ago, trudi said:

1.  Happy Anniversary Mr & Mrs T Bone 🎉

2.  Am more tired than a tired thing 

1.  Gracias, T ma'am.  Many years of marriage...  man

2.  Sounds like a line from a Dr. Seuss book, plagiarism T ma'am!

[C-ma'am 684]

18 minutes ago, cdneh said:

Happy Halloween! Have fun, people! Tbone, I hope your mini-bone is better and can go out to trick or treat

 

I've a few little things to put up outside. Not going to the amount of trouble I did last year. Spent three days on making illuminated ghosts out of cheesecloth., and hanging them about the place. Lanterns along the path, carved pumpkins, the lot, and never saw a single trick or treater.  So only hanging the lanterns, hiding a few glow-stick faces in the bushes out front, and hanging the flickering steampunk skull on the front door. They have a trunk or treat in town on the courthouse square, and it seems the last few years that's where the action is. 

Wow! Sounds lovely! Did you take pictures? Just like your trunk o treat in town, we have a town Halloween parade and most kids go to it with their family. If Halloween falls on a Friday or Saturday, we get a lot of kids after the parade, but not so much on school nights because the parade ends at 8 PM.

 

I'll have Mini C dressed up but he is too little for trick or treating, so I'll teach him to hand out candy

[TBoneTX 45,241]

1 hour ago, C-ma'am said:

1.  Abogado from the Latin word advocatus (advocate). Advocatus derived from "ad auxilium vocatus" (the one called to help)

 

2.  Great news and HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!  Hope Mini B gets over this cold soon.

1.  English-only outside the regional forums, si C-ma'am ma'am!  Reported!!!

2.  Mrs. T-B. & we agreed that Mini-B. should return to skool at about Many a.m., no fever wee man.

 

We got up before o'dark-Many to go to Mini-B.'s skool, awaken we man.

This was to pick up his PRO (People Respecting Others) certificate, special ceremony man.
Place was pretty full with other parents & wee ones, packed place man.

When Mini-B.'s name called, people startled at our size, pretty big first-grader we man.

We said, "Mini-B. sick," and people ooo'd at Daddy appearing on his behalf, this is what daddies do man.

 

Mini-B. pleased when we returned with his certificate, pleased wee man.

Mini-B. even more pleased at gift pencil inscribed with "You Are Awesome," gifted wee man.

Mini-B. requested sharpening of said pencil, sharp wee man.

We sharpened said pencil, this is what daddies do man.

[cdneh 3,112]

21 minutes ago, N-o-l-a said:

 

Maybe they feel like they don't have an "us" without a "them" to shun?  They seem to kind of pick and choose what they want to integrate, which is their right, but I just kind of dislike that it impacted the kids.  

 

 

Lame.  I'm going to come out and say that I despise this trend of "safe" Halloween activities like this.  It is more like lazy Halloweening.  We usually just get rid of most of our candy, the fun is in visiting people's houses!  We will also go to the elder-care home again this year.  They love it.

I think it's lame myself. I always took my kids around and watched them carefully. They still got to have fun, and enjoy themselves the way Halloween used to be.

My Husband thinks it will be an odd Halloween in the square this year. Two weeks ago, they lit the courthouse for Christmas, and all of the lampposts are hung with wreaths and garlands of lights. Bit confusing.

[TBoneTX 45,241]

31 minutes ago, cdneh said:

Tbone, I hope your mini-bone is better and can go out to trick or treat

Gracias, Eh ma'am.  We also thusly hope, si man.

We are furiously filling Halloween POTS orders, one of biggest days of year man.

We will then try to leave at around Many p.m., early man.

We shall then take Mini-B. to see Uncle T-B., senior he man.

We shall then take Mini-B. to see Mama T-B., senior she man.

We shall then take Mini-B. trick-or-treating around the 'hood, Spiderman or Blue Ranger wee man.

We shall then watch Game Many of the World's Serious, hopefully last game man.

We shall perhaps ingest some of Mini-B.'s better intake from the evening, chocolate eat we man.

[cdneh 3,112]

11 minutes ago, C-ma'am said:

Wow! Sounds lovely! Did you take pictures? Just like your trunk o treat in town, we have a town Halloween parade and most kids go to it with their family. If Halloween falls on a Friday or Saturday, we get a lot of kids after the parade, but not so much on school nights because the parade ends at 8 PM.

 

I'll have Mini C dressed up but he is too little for trick or treating, so I'll teach him to hand out candy

I did take a few snaps. I'll have a look this morning and see if I have some, that's about the time my really old camera bit the dust, and some of the results were poor.

[TBoneTX 45,241]

25 minutes ago, N-o-l-a said:

We will also go to the elder-care home again this year.  They love it.

Just the sight of little ones adds days to many elderly lives, we are certain Nola-B. ma'am.

[TBoneTX 45,241]

15 minutes ago, C-ma'am said:

I'll have Mini C dressed up but he is too little for trick or treating

When we were too little, Mama & Papa T-B. took us around made up like a little clown, probably cute we man.

And maybe the costume got imprinted on our psyche, would explain much subsequently man.

[TBoneTX 45,241]

6 minutes ago, cdneh said:

it will be an odd Halloween in the square this year. Two weeks ago, they lit the courthouse for Christmas, and all of the lampposts are hung with wreaths and garlands of lights.

Hmmm, Eh ma'am... perhaps the city fathers are ready now to proceed with their Xmas POTS orders, early bird gets wormed man?

[cdneh 3,112]

1 minute ago, TBoneTX said:

Hmmm, Eh ma'am... perhaps the city fathers are ready now to proceed with their Xmas POTS orders, early bird gets wormed man?

Maybe so

[N-o-l-a 7,167]

4 minutes ago, cdneh said:

I think it's lame myself. I always took my kids around and watched them carefully. They still got to have fun, and enjoy themselves the way Halloween used to be.

My Husband thinks it will be an odd Halloween in the square this year. Two weeks ago, they lit the courthouse for Christmas, and all of the lampposts are hung with wreaths and garlands of lights. Bit confusing.

 

Our next-door neighbors put out their Christmas lights/decorations this week.    I get that we've hit winter now, but it is still too early.

 

Maybe it is to stand in contrast to our Halloween decorations.  

 

When I was a kid Halloween was huge, but something happened after 9/11, I think that first or second Halloween, in which the rumors started about the terrorists poisoning the candy...  It was all downhill from there along with the Gen-X* helicopter parents.

 

I've seen a lot of traditions dying out recently, like some of the big Saint Patrick's Day celebrations (they don't even do a big syttende mai here much to the hurt of my bunad-loving heart).  My mother was dismayed that the kids in Minnesota don't get Columbus Day off, because it was always a celebrated holiday with parades and church stuff in New York.  I had to explain to her that we do live sandwiched in between several reservations and the concept of celebrating Columbus is rather impolite.

 

 

 

*I'm somewhat disgruntled to learn that I am a Millennial.  

[Dianalorena 1,153]

2 hours ago, C-ma'am said:

 

 

It's weird and it's infuriating. Almost there, almost there. You can do it! BTW LOVED the T-Rex!!!!!

 

 

It is, I really hope we hear something in the first 15 days of November but I won't be holding my breath.

We will hit 9 months in a little over a week.

haha thanks, my current emotional state, for sure.