Christine

I saw this a few years ago when I first became a teacher and thought there was no way parents would do this, but I can second Catherine on this one, parents are just as clueless as their kids sometimes.

look for the wedding reviews from Jessalyn and AnnR, they both had their legal marriage in Hawaii with just the two of them.

Sarah we didn't board at the vets because at least with petsmart they get play time with other dogs in a play room with toys and a jungle gym thing, they love it. Usually Toby gets frisky with all the girl dogs, Will says "when mom's away, Toby will play"

oh how scary.

Hospital Sued After Babies Switched - AOL News Hospital Sued After Babies Switched By CARYN ROUSSEAU,AP Posted: 2008-04-14 10:00:53 CHICAGO (April 11) - Sitting in her hospital room in Marion, Ill., 17-year-old Kassie Hopkins knew something was wrong when she looked at the newborn officials told her she had given birth to a day before. Mary Jo Bathon had the same feeling but left Heartland Regional Medical Center with the hospital's assurance that the baby she had was her son. She headed home to Pinckeyville, an hour away, making a stop to buy baby supplies. But in fact, hospital workers had inadvertently switched the babies. They sent Bathon home with Hopkins' son, leaving 17-year-old Hopkins in her hospital room, worried about her son's whereabouts, attorney John Womick said Friday after suing on the women's behalf in Williamson County Court. "Kassie, she's having trouble communicating how she feels," Womick said Friday. "All she can do pretty much is cry. She's now paranoid. She's very concerned about something happening to her baby." The hospital realized the mix-up and called Bathon at home the same day, March 28, and left a message on her answering machine asking her to return to Marion to retrieve her real son, Womick said. Womick said he wants the court to require the hospital to investigate what led to the switch and take steps to make sure it does not happen again. The lawsuits seek monetary damages of more than $50,000 for each woman and a jury trial. The lawsuits name Heartland Regional Medical Center and its parent company, Community Health Systems Inc., of Franklin, Tenn., as defendants. "We genuinely regret the circumstances surrounding the discharge of these infants," hospital spokeswoman Staci Bynum said Friday. "Fortunately, the situation was quickly identified and corrected within hours, with both healthy babies being joined with their families." The switch apparently occurred when Bathon's son, Hunter Allen Bathon, and Hopkins' son, Riley Howard Spencer, were taken at the same time to be circumcised. Both wore identification, Womick said, but "apparently both came off and they put the wrong ones back on." The hospital claims it conducted DNA testing to identify the boys, Womick said. Womick said the lawsuits could protect future mothers in the region. "If you're a mom and you've got to go in next week and you're going to be scared to death," Womick said. "They need to publish publicly what happened and then publish publicly what they're going to do." Copyright 2008 The Associated Press. The information contained in the AP news report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or otherwise distributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press. All active hyperlinks have been inserted by AOL. 2008-04-14 10:00:53

Quote: Originally Posted by TammyB ROFL, even I got confused with all that code talk Christine.. lol.. :-) I did that on purpose, you and all your acronyms confuse me, it was my chance to get back at ya! You know I love you Tammy...I will have to fly you down here one time to take some pics of my puppies.

we like having first names around here, I have such bad pregnancy brain that I forget so many people's names.

Tammy I know exactly what you mean and I agree plan A is the most important and then plan B can start to fall into place. Plan B will work very well with plan A in place.

that makes sense, I guess we will have to see what they do, I hope too many people don't lose jobs.

I think you do a great job and I think it would fit in perfectly with the day camp business you eventually wanted to open. That picture is precious, and you're right it really looks like he has a little tear in his eye, he misses his dad and brother. Tess always gets sad when Toby's not around, if he goes upstairs she freaks out and has to find him.

oh they are so cute, I bet they are going to miss Elsie. You take such good photographs of the dogs, you should do that on the side, pet photography is a big business now.

why Ann? Is this a bad thing for your work travels?

Quote: Originally Posted by JessicaLovesBrian awwww, cute!!! thanks for the info on the petsmart pethotel. we're going to need to do that when we take our vacation this summer and i wasn't sure where to put our pup. i know they say the prices depend on location, but would you mind sharing what you paid? i'm just curious about a ballpark figure for this type of thing. we get a discount on the 2nd dog since they stay together, but over night is about $25 and then the last day they get an all day play for $18, and then during the weekend we did a double play which was $12, those are the rates for the first dog. Total for dropping them off Saturday morning, doing one double play, one all day play times two dogs (with a % off for the second dog) is was about $150. Quote: Originally Posted by zoeysmom1204 Did your dogs need any special vaccs before going? they have to be current on all their vaccines, but petsmart requires kennel cough every 6 months even though our vet only recommends once a year. Quote: Originally Posted by TammyB Oh yeah we love taking our boys to daycare (yes we take our boys to doggy daycare, lol) They really are tired from playing all day. isn't it cute how tired they are, I love that you can tell they had fun.

We went to Boston this weekend, and my fur babies went to Petsmart Petshotel for their own little vacation, I just had to share that since we got home this afternoon, they have not moved from the couch, even when they heard other dogs in the backyards in our neighborhood. My little boy tends to get excited about animals on TV, but he has been so out of it he hasn't even noticed anything. Here is Toby upset that I got up because he was rather comfortable on my lap (or what's left of my lap) and this is Tess posing for the camera, she moved because of the flash so its a little blurry okay so moral of the story, aside from me wanting to show off my babies, if you are thinking about boarding your pets, I totally suggest Petsmart, they take such good care of our babies and Toby and Tess really enjoy the play time and all the other dogs (they even seperate them by size, which is something we love, since our little girl is on the small size) PetSmart PetsHotel

that stinks, but not a whole lot different from all the airline trouble we are currently having, I mean you never know if your airline will have gone bankrupt or canceled your flight.

that's what I figured Kelly, and in that case, you don't have much of a choice they can change the flights right?

hmm good question, my song was not too long, so maybe 2-3 minutes max, but that includes my parents kissing me and handing me over.

Quote: Originally Posted by JaimeLynne Although I must admit I did splurge on this amazing skin care treatment by Kinerase ($85). I had received a sample of it and my skin was just AMAZING on it. When I ran out I could really tell the difference. I went and looked up the moisturizer online and it goes for $75!! I ended up finding a variety "starter" pack with it in there for only $10 more so I got that. my mom uses that stuff and swears by it, she loves it.

I spent like $300 on my wedding makeup, but I am still using all of it, it has lasted me forever.

is it a charter flight?

Delta, Northwest boards OK merger Airline, to be run by Delta CEO, will be based in Atlanta The Associated Press updated 8:50 p.m. ET, Mon., April. 14, 2008 ATLANTA - Delta Air Lines Inc. and Northwest Airlines Corp., squeezed by record high fuel prices and a slowing economy, are combining in a stock-swap deal that would create the world’s biggest carrier. The boards of both companies gave the deal the go-ahead Monday. Delta said the combined airline, which will be called Delta, will have an enterprise value of $17.7 billion. It will be based in Atlanta, and Delta CEO Richard Anderson will head the combined company. Under the terms of the transaction, Northwest shareholders will receive 1.25 Delta shares for each Northwest share they own. The exchange ratio represents a premium to Northwest shareholders of 16.8 percent based on Monday’s closing stock prices. Delta Chairman Daniel Carp will become chairman of the new board of directors and Northwest Chairman Roy Bostock will become vice chairman. Delta President and Chief Financial Officer Ed Bastian will retain those titles. The new board will be made up of 13 members, seven of whom will come from Delta’s board, including Anderson, and five of whom will come from Northwest’s board, including Bostock and Doug Steenland, the current Northwest CEO. One director will come from the Air Line Pilots Association, the union that represents pilots from both carriers. Delta also said that it has agreed with its pilot leadership to extend its existing collective bargaining agreement through the end of 2012. The agreement, which is subject to pilot ratification, facilitates the realization of the revenue synergies of the combined companies once the transaction is completed, Delta said. It also provides the Delta pilots a 3.5 percent equity stake in the new company and other enhancements to their current contract. The agreement does not cover Northwest pilots. Delta said it will use its best efforts to reach a combined Delta-Northwest pilot agreement, including resolution of pilot seniority integration, prior to the closing of the merger. The announcement comes a year after the two carriers emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Both carriers are losing money again but are in much better shape than the four much-smaller airlines that have filed for bankruptcy or gone out of business in recent weeks. The deal will need antitrust approval, and integrating the work forces of fully unionized Northwest and Delta, where pilots are currently the only major unionized work group, will be tricky. The joining of Atlanta-based Delta and Eagan, Minn.-based Northwest, if approved by regulators, will result in combined annual revenue of $31.7 billion, vaulting it ahead of Fort Worth, Texas-based AMR Corp.’s American Airlines for the top spot in the U.S. It would be the biggest carrier in the world in terms of traffic, before any further domestic capacity cuts and any divestitures that might be required by antitrust regulators. The agreement comes after several months of merger discussions between Delta and Northwest and at one time between Delta and Chicago-based UAL Corp.’s United Airlines. Analysts believe a Delta-Northwest combination will stand up better to regulatory scrutiny because the two carriers have less overlap, even though a Delta-United combination could create more scale and have greater synergies. Years of mounting losses forced Delta and Northwest to file for bankruptcy protection in New York on Sept. 14, 2005. Both emerged from bankruptcy as leaner carriers last spring, after shedding billions in costs during their reorganizations. While in bankruptcy, Delta fended off a hostile takeover bid by Tempe, Ariz.-based US Airways Group Inc. Delta said its plan to remain on its own would create more value than US Airways’ $9.8 billion bid, which Delta argued would not pass regulatory hurdles. The value argument never materialized, as Delta’s post-emergence market capitalization started out $1 billion less than US Airways’ bid and less than the $9.4 billion to $12 billion Delta projected. Its market value has fallen precipitously in the months since amid airline industry woes, including high fuel prices and a general inability to gain traction raising ticket prices. Many analysts predicted an eventual Delta-Northwest merger after Anderson, a former Northwest CEO, was named last August to be the chief executive officer of Delta. Anderson, who was Northwest’s CEO from 2001 to 2004, immediately sought to quiet those suggestions, telling Delta’s pilots union chairman the morning his appointment was announced that he believed in Delta’s standalone plan and that “he was not coming in as CEO to facilitate a merger with Northwest.†But eight months later, that’s what Anderson is doing, and many analysts believe he didn’t have a choice amid plummeting airline market values and soaring fuel prices. Wall Street and some airline executives have pushed for consolidation for years, arguing that too many seats are chasing too few passengers. The resulting discounting has made it hard for airlines to cover their expenses. However, Northwest and Delta overlap relatively little in the U.S. — which could actually help them gain antitrust approval. Delta’s routes are strongest in the eastern U.S. and to Latin America and Europe. Northwest would complement that with its near-lock in the Midwest along with flights to its Tokyo hub and other points in Asia. Northwest’s Asian routes have been one of its main appeals to other carriers. It and United are the only two U.S. carriers with the rights to pick up new passengers in Japan and fly them farther into Asia. Delta and Northwest also complement each other internationally because they are both part of a marketing alliance that includes Air France-KLM. U.S. airlines get the majority of their revenue from domestic service, though that trend has shifted in recent years as more carriers, particularly Delta and Northwest, have sought to increase international service. © 2008 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. URL: Delta, Northwest boards OK merger - Aviation - MSNBC.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MSN Privacy . Legal © 2008 MSNBC.com

I saw it on MSN today and thought immediately of all the girls trying to figure out what to say on their invites...I hope it helps.

oh that makes sense, thanks for the info, I teach Social Studies so I like to keep up on other governments and I have always been confused about Canada's health policies.

Wedding Guest Attire Cheat Sheet We'll help you decode the dress code.The Knot Has a wedding invite ever left you clueless about what to wear? Don't be baffled -- the info you need is likely there. You just have to know how to interpret the invite wording. Here's your cheat sheet for what to wear. The invite says: "White Tie" This is the most formal of all wedding dress codes (think state dinners and the Oscars). He should wear: A tuxedo, a long black jacket with tails, a white pique vest, and a bow tie. Black, formal shoes and even white gloves for dancing are appropriate. She should wear: A formal, full-length ball gown in a neutral color like dark brown or black. Glamorous makeup and dramatic jewelry and hair are appropriate. The invite says: "Black Tie" This is the next most formal wedding dress code and usually means the wedding is an evening affair. He should wear: A tuxedo. A black bow tie, cummerbund, and patent leather shoes are also suggested. She should wear: A chic cocktail dress or a long evening gown in a dark, neutral color like brown or black. The bride, wedding party, or friends can help answer questions about the appropriate dress length. The invite says: "Formal" or "Black Tie Optional" The wording here suggests something slightly less formal than black tie. This means that a tuxedo isn't required but the event is still formal enough for one to be appropriate. He should wear: A tuxedo or a formal dark suit and tie. She should wear: A long dress, a dressy suit, or a formal cocktail-length dress in a dark, neutral tone like brown, gray, or black. The invite says: "Beach Formal" This suggests an elegant beach wedding -- so dress to impress, but also dress for the elements (sun, sand, and water). Anything you'd wear to a nice restaurant on a summer day is appropriate. He should wear: A summer suit with a linen shirt (no ties required), linen pants or khakis, and sandals. She should wear: A formal summer sundress at tea- or knee-length with flat sandals. Makeup and hair can be natural and everyday. The invite says: "Semiformal" or "Dressy Casual" Depending on the time of the event, you'll want to dress somewhere between formal and casual. Wear darker, more formal hues for an evening fete; opt for light colors and fabrics for a daytime wedding. He should wear: A suit and tie, dark or light depending on the season and time of day. She should wear: A cocktail dress or a dressy skirt and top. The invite says: "Casual" Generally, casual means anything goes. That said, jeans, shorts, and tank tops are probably not appropriate unless they're specifically noted as acceptable. For the purposes of wedding wear, assume business casual to be on the safe side. He should wear: Dress pants with a button-down shirt or polo. She should wear: A summer sundress or a skirt or pants with a nice blouse. Makeup and hair can be natural and everyday

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