All My Children Discussion Group

Topic: ******************** Weekend Topic for 05/10/08 & 05/11/08 ********************

The Weekend Topic
requests the pleasure of
your company at dinner
on
Saturday evening the tenth of May
at eight o'clock. 

Please present your completed questionnaire to our hostess.

Thanks everyone. Happy Weekend!

Hi everyone!    A  Late Happy Mother's Day!!!

- Quick, what's the first name that pops into your head:  Name an actor who dropped out of Hollywood at the peak of their career, never to return?  Debra Paget

- Name a favorite childhood game or activity that given the chance, you'd play again? Jacks, although I would be lousy at it now.

- Do you know of a brand of laundry detergent that gets clothes noticeably cleaner than any other?  If so, what is it?   Don't know. We just buy the cheap stuff.  It works OK.

- Finish this sentence:  from now on, I absolutely refuse to ... Contribute to any presidential campaigns.  (I did contribute earlier in the primary season.)

- What are you doing this weekend?  We had an incredibly busy weekend!   We had a dog show yesterday and opened our pool today.   Younger Son was here for Mother's Day and pool duties.  I even managed to do some shopping. The weather was cold, windy and rainy all weekend.   I just can't get warm!

Thank you for the questions this week, ~gg!   Have a good week!  :wave:

Happy Mother's Day to all moms - both to human kiddies and furry kiddies!

- Quick, what's the first name that pops into your head:  Name an actor who dropped out of Hollywood at the peak of their career, never to return?   Crispin Glover - bwahahahahahahaha

- Name a favorite childhood game or activity that given the chance, you'd play again? Kerplunk or Don't Spill the Beans

- Do you know of a brand of laundry detergent that gets clothes noticeably cleaner than any other?  If so, what is it?  Please limit your answer to cleaning effectiveness only.  Disregard how it makes the clothes smell or feel. I think Tide does a GREAT job

- Finish this sentence:  from now on, I absolutely refuse to ... Take on more than I can handle - in work, in life

- What are you doing this weekend? Yesterday was a bit of running around and relaxing, today I'll call my mom (and wait for a call from my daughter) and do the usual household chore-y stuff.   Usually we go to my mom's for pizza (NO cooking on Mother's Day is the rule) but we all got together last weekend for my daughter's shower, and it's really crappy out, so we all agreed that we'd skip it this year. 

 Quick, what's the first name that pops into your head:  Name an actor who dropped out of Hollywood at the peak of their career, never to return?

Quickly, none come to mind. After thinking about it...........none come to mind.

- What are you doing this weekend. Gearing up for summer. Mater plants are taking root, spring plantings are starting to grow, and time to get my golf game back in to serious shape.

- Name a favorite childhood game or activity that given the chance, you'd play again?
I don't know if this counts, but I so loved playing with my Barbies. I would imagine entire screen plays for them. The thing is, with a 6 and almost 5 year girls, I still play with them, hee,hee!

- Do you know of a brand of laundry detergent that gets clothes noticeably cleaner than any other? If so, what is it? Please limit your answer to cleaning effectiveness only. Disregard how it makes the clothes smell or feel.

Tide is the best, if the clothes are really dirty, I and Wisk.

- Finish this sentence: from now on, I absolutely refuse to ...
Answer my hubby's silly questions while I'm trying to finish gg's topic. Go to sleep already honey!

- What are you doing this weekend?
Taking my mother, MIL, 3 kids, and the hubby out to eat. Mother's Day will be a work day for me,LOL! But don't worry gg, wherever we go, there will be Chardonnay!

Happy Mother's Day, may you all be blessed, even if you're not mothers!

- Quick, what's the first name that pops into your head:  Name an actor who dropped out of Hollywood at the peak of their career, never to return?   I had to cheat and look at the other answers, very good by the way, I still can't think of anyone.

- Name a favorite childhood game or activity that given the chance, you'd play again?  Monopoly

- What are you doing this weekend?  not much so far, washed pollen off the cars again, took a spin in the corvette along Ocean Pkwy (Jones Beach area), watching Nascar race now... off to mom's tomorrow.

 Happy Weekend!  and happy mother's day to all the mom's out there! 

 Damn, I'm late for dinner, I hope I'm in time for coffee and cake?

- Quick, what's the first name that pops into your head:  Name an actor who dropped out of Hollywood at the peak of their career, never to return? Peak?  That makes it more challenging.  Who (whom ?) am I to determine when someone has reached the peak of their career?  Angela Cartwright.

Name a favorite childhood game or activity that given the chance, you'd play again?  Red Light Green Light

- Do you know of a brand of laundry detergent that gets clothes noticeably cleaner than any other?  None that gets things cleaner than others but I do use Cheer Dark Formula for all the black tees and hoodies. 

- Finish this sentence:  from now on, I absolutely refuse to ... Do my kids laundry.  Actually I started this at the end of April.  I no longer wash their clothing.  I bought both guys laundry bags and told them that I would help guide them through the process but from now on I do not want to see their laundry.  It's been working out great.  Now I only do wash 4 times during the entire week and that includes towels. 

- What are you doing this weekend?  Today, did my 2 loads of wash,  and started to clear out some clutter in the basement.  Tomorrow is an open book with the exception of having to go to see Michael's final performance with Nassau/Suffolk Concert Band.  It will be emotional for him.  I don't  plan on cooking or feeding anyone and other than Michael's show I have no idea if anything has been planned for me. 

Thanks everyone. Happy Weekend!  Happy Weekend to you and everyone too!

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congrats on the laundry pass-off... I'm glad its working out, no mother of children old enough to learn should do their laundry anymore... Mom's do enough! I remember specifically when my mom did that w/ us 4 kids. - kris

kris, it really is working out great. They're getting used to it and finally realize I wasn't kidding when I laid down the law. izi

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Posted by: W.E.
Date posted: Sat May 10 19:52:00 2008
Message:

- Quick, what's the first name that pops into your head: Name an actor who dropped out of Hollywood at the peak of their career, never to return? George Maharis of Route 66!

- Name a favorite childhood game or activity that given the chance, you'd play again? Ring-a-lerio.

- Do you know of a brand of laundry detergent that gets clothes noticeably cleaner than any other? If so, what is it? Please limit your answer to cleaning effectiveness only. Disregard how it makes the clothes smell or feel. I like Tide, mom used Tide, I tried others but always came back to TIDE!!

- Finish this sentence: from now on, I absolutely refuse to ... be talked into anything against my better judgement.

- What are you doing this weekend? Nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, NOTHING!!

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I've always loved Tide... but man, its so expensive, coupons and sales barely help... I guess years ago it wasn't as expensive cause it was all I ever bought. - Kris

I get pretty good deals at Target and hold out for them.eom/WE

Hi W.E., welcome back. Saw the topic above. Glad you had a great break. Tide: I know a lot of people who swear by Tide. I think CR gave it a great review too, along with less expensive brands. I've tried it and was disappointed. I think with all the hype I expected too much...white socks didn't turn out as white as I expected even with bleach. izi

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Posted by: valleygirl
Date posted: Sat May 10 19:35:20 2008
Message:

Thank you for the gracious invitation, gg.  Is it black tie?

Quick, what's the first name that pops into your head:  Name an actor who dropped out of Hollywood at the peak of their career, never to return?  First to pop is Paul Hogan of Crocodile Dundee fame.  For that matter, his wife, Linda Koslowski, seems to have pretty much dropped off the radar as well.

Name a favorite childhood game or activity that given the chance, you'd play again?  I was the Double Dutch Queen as a child, but I discovered 15 years ago, while joining valleydaughter and friends, that my crown had become somewhat tarnished, but, perhaps with a bit of  practice ...

Do you know of a brand of laundry detergent that gets clothes noticeably cleaner than any other?  If so, what is it?  Please limit your answer to cleaning effectiveness only.  Disregard how it makes the clothes smell or feel.  Tide with Bleach

Finish this sentence:  from now on, I absolutely refuse to ... turn the heat back on.  After a summer teasing the cold temps returned and I had to turn my heat back on twice a couple of weeks ago.

What are you doing this weekend?  We just returned from seeing Iron Man at the show ... it was valleyguy's idea, but I quite enjoyed it.  Jeff Bridges suits bald!  Robert Downey Jr. can fly!  In a few minutes I'll be frosting a fresh lemon cake I baked and froze earlier in the week with cream cheese icing.  Today is my youngest granddaughter's 9th birthday and tomorrow is valleyson's 21st, in addition to being Mother's Day, of course,  so we are having a family BBQ.  I'm also baking s'mores brownies this evening.  The rest of the cooking will be up to valleyguy tomorrow ... it's my day off!

 

 

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your desserts sounds wonderful... happy birthday and happy mother's day! - Kris

Hello, and Happy Birthday to your granddaughter and to your son too. Robert will turn 21, this December...time flies doesn't it? This week Martin met his cousin in the city and they saw Iron Man. He thought it was excellent. He also said that RD got the character of Tony Stark down to perfection. I'll probably go see it with him soon. izi

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Posted by: Holly
Date posted: Sat May 10 18:52:30 2008
Message:
- Quick, what's the first name that pops into your head: Name an actor who dropped out of Hollywood at the peak of their career, never to return?
Cat Stevens. I love his music. I realize that he is not an actor but his name was the one that popped into my head. As a side note, I still remember when Jon Stewart made a funny joke about Cat Stevens being detained after 9/11. He wrote the Peace Train song, good grief. LOL.

- Name a favorite childhood game or activity that given the chance, you'd play again?
As a child, I loved so many games but the one that came to mind is Parcheesi.

- Do you know of a brand of laundry detergent that gets clothes noticeably cleaner than any other? If so, what is it? Please limit your answer to cleaning effectiveness only. Disregard how it makes the clothes smell or feel.
Tide

- Finish this sentence: from now on, I absolutely refuse to ...
Watch mindless television.

- What are you doing this weekend?
I'm watching mindless t.v. No, just kidding. I went to exercise at my fitness center and then i watched PBS. Lidia's Italy. I love to watch her cooking even though it looks fattening and I'm trying to lose weight. The scenes of Italy are so beautiful. I watched my gardening show on PBS. I love PBS.

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Holly, a while back on another topic someone mentioned Cat Stevens and even posted a picture. Since then I've been playing his CDs. I had a huge crush on him in HS. I forgot how much I liked his music. izi

Hi, izi, I love the music of Cat Stevens and he is very handsome too. Holly

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