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Aikim & Mr. Aikim ~

Just wait a minute... It's whose birthday? And she's what? 12? Hey, she's not 30! Hope you have a very Happy Birthday, ldyj!

An auction for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. Starting bid is $500 and auction ends Sept. 20 at 12:00 PM EDT.... ALWAYS LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE OF LIFE...WITH CLAY AIKEN! Break open those piggy banks! Remember - if you choose to rob a bank, just don't wear a Clay Aiken t-shirt!

BWAH Play!

Hmmm... spikey hair translates to me as just unstyled, except for the mutliple (hee) times he ran his hand through it... YMMV, IIU, etc.

EEEEEEEEE!!! Love your countdown, too, bottle! I can't wait to get the reports of Sir Robin's return in 2 days! Glad we finally heard from everyone & that they're safe and sound. No power for a month, merieeee???!! I'm a wimp. The 36-40 hours I was without was more than enough for me. I don't like camping, even when it is in my own home. My mom still has no power and no phone at her house, yet right across the street they do! She does have gas for the water heater, so she has hot water at least. She may come down here if it's still out by the weekend. Hee! I got sucked into Facebook, too. A friend & I were just talking the other day about how it's like being in jr. high again - we really are 12!! .P.S. I'm not ignoring you, FromClaygary - I just haven't had time to get sucked back in over the past few days to update!

I'm so glad to hear from you, Desertrose!! Sorry about the damage to your house, but the most important thing is that you're okay. Looks like all of our FCAers weathered the storm! :F_05BL17blowkiss: Let's celebrate! :nana: :schwirr: :fest30: :laola0: I loooooove the way you celebrate, Gibby!

From CH, another Spam ad in the NYT. Note how Clay is described! ETA: Didn't see the edit above... oh well, nothing wrong with a positive being mentioned twice!

Does anyone else feel that THAT bear's name is, um... anna? Hee! I may resemble that bear... here she is with her penguin friend:

My power came back on!!! :00000442: At 12:44 am, then 12:53 am, then 1:55 am, then 2:21 am. The last time, it was finally not followed just 30 seconds later by a big boom in the distance of a transformer blowing! My mom, about 45 minutes north, is still without power & phone this morning. Yay! :00000441: Sorry about the mess it left, but just glad it left. Hoping for the best for your appliance situation. :F_05BL17blowkiss: Off to get ready for work with a warm shower, light and the ability to dry my hair! Will have to catch up at lunch today. Hope everyone else is OK!

In the midst of this mess, I just received a very welcome phone call - I got my condo!

Amen. It's a real mess here & I'm so very glad I thought to get gas while I was out yesterday. Most stations around here are still without power and those that do have power are running out of gas, which they've raised to over $4.15/gallon. Duke & Cincinnati Bell are saying it could be anywhere from 3-7 days for us to get residential power & phone service back. Our office here is surrounded by upper-middle class neighborhoods. Looking out the windows this morning, it looks like about 3/4 of the houses suffered some sort of roof and/or siding damage. People who live in outlying areas and are slowly trickling in to work are amazed that our building has power, as they aren't seeing much on the way in. Glad to hear you're OK, 00lsee. :F_05BL17blowkiss:

Whatta ya know... work is good for something afterall: No power at home since a little after 12:00 yesterday afternoon, along with about 580,000 of my closest neighbors in OH, KY & IN. I headed out to get cat food, gas and a car charger for my cell phone. Got the first 2 before the power went off at the shopping centers, had the charger in my hand at Best Buy when the power went out there. Phone was out at home this morning, as well as cell reception. There are trees down EVERYWHERE. Assorted shutters, drain pipes, gutters and shingles on the ground, mixed in with clumps of leaves and branches of all sizes. They clocked some wind gusts upwards of 80 mph yesterday. It was loud and freaky enough to send Gidget running for the bathtub, where she camped out between the shower curtain & liner until about midnight. She was still skittish this morning and growling at every little noise. Sorry about the flooding problems, jazzgirl. I only got about 2 hours of sleep, so I'm off to find coffee. LOTS of coffee.

Yay ldyj! Hopefully keepingfaith and desertrose are just without internet access.

OK, I know there are some here who don't like Tom Hanks, but I also know there are others who do. *g* Anyway, Clay connection moment.... I'm sitting here eating lunch and have BIG on WE TV. It was the part where he's staying at Elizabeth Perkins' house, it's the middle of the night and he's homesick. They're playing this song in the background and I thought it was familiar and started to sort of hum along - "It's In Every One of Us"!

Thanks, Lotus! So bitchy is normal, right? Glad to hear KAndre is fine! Thanks, PerusingOne. Thanks for the update on Scarlett. Glad she's doing OK. Glad your family is fine, too. Hope everyone else is safe and that we hear something from them *soon*. :F_05BL17blowkiss: We had them down the street from my office, building a home back in July. It's quite a production! And you're absolutely right - the contrast is very striking. Yeah. The United Dairy Farmers store down the street from work was at $3.49 Thurs. night and you couldn't get anywhere near a pump - it was crazy! Kroger's right down the street had already raised regular to $3.79 and didn't have a car in sight. Of course I was running on fumes, so $3.69 with my Kroger's card it was for me. ETA: Some clarification from OFC mod butterflyshine on the Spam bio entry process: Yay! Thanks, aikim! It's so good to see stuff on the countdown again. Well, here's something from The Gator Hole website:

Thanks anyway, Play. I was looking for a general amount so as not to overstate something, but I changed the wording to be even more general & I think it'll work. Heading to bed soon. Still sending out {{{safe vibes}}} and prayers for those in Ike's path. Animals too! Hope to hear that all of our Texas peeps are safe & sound in the morning. :F_05BL17blowkiss:

Calling Play! At one time, didn't you put together a list of all the money raised in Clay's name?

*peeks in quickly between homework assignments, sees these ^^^ words and practically breaks fingers in rush to get to OFC* ETA: He is so CUTE! Back to homework...

That's good news, Couchie! I wouldn't wish crappy neighbors on anyone. Well, maybe only for other crappy neighbors. Heh.

Who would do something like that?! A minor change = thread title? *suddenly craving Nutella*

I was watching the Weather Channel a bit this morning... :o Ike is SCARY. Still sending out {{{safe vibes}}} and prayers for all in the path. PLEASE check in when you can, or with someone who can check in for you. :thbighug-1: Thanks for the comments on my story about my mom. I made the mistake of watching some 9/11 coverage last night right before trying to go to bed. I was a sobbing mess. I think having visited NY for the first time just a few months ago, it's still so fresh in my mind and seeing all of the videos from 2001, of and from places where we were, it was even more surreal. Lack of sleep and a sinus headache have me dragging today. At least it's finally FRIDAY!

Good night all and good luck to our weather weary friends in the Gulf. :F_05BL17blowkiss:

Posted by snowluv4 at CV this morning: Eeeep! I killed the board...