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03-23-2011, 02:16 PM | #6556 |
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I have to pay an old fine to get my driver's licence re-instated. I haven't bothered with it until now, since I haven't had a car in two years. But now that I will be buying a vehicle soon, I figured I'd better pay the fine and become a legal driver again. I figured that I would have to pay around $300.00. After fighting with various court systems for 3 days, I finally got an answer as to what the fine was and where to send the cash. It's only $30.00! I still have to pay a re-instatement fee of $95.00, but $95 plus $30 sure beats $95 plus $300!
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03-23-2011, 02:40 PM | #6557 |
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Not the kind of thing I expected to see here, but glad to see you're finding the positive!
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03-23-2011, 04:08 PM | #6558 |
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Congrats Sam.
It's almost like a windfall when a debt is lower than expected. I know. Today I am happy because of school. I was the only LTA working this morning (the other two were on a course) but I managed to get 30 Krispie Cakes made in an hour. That's 4 x 15 minute sessions which include calling the children to the sinks, having them wash up and put on aprons, a quick chat about the difference between putting a piece of chocolate on Liam's head, and pouring melted chocolate on it (this was science after all) and getting them to fill their own labelled cupcake-case. I won't deny there were times when I thought I couldn't do it. But I prevailed. Also I still managed to get a 20 min session with Tiger, when the others were all on the carpet doing phonics. I took him outside as the day was so mild and it's his favourite place to be. It also meant no distraction from the others, although he has improved so much in this aspect. We were working on above and beneath just using a whiteboard and pen, and he drew an amazing picture of the two flashing rubbery "animals" we throw to eachother to say hello at the start of each session. He included so many details. Usually his drawing is.... haphazard?..erratic? It doesn't seem to interest him. Drawing Squidapod and Mrs Hedgehog he seemed really focused. I wonder if it's an imagination thing. I will experiment further with drawing from pictures and/ or real objects and see if it brings more form to his work. Anyway, it is more to put in his progress folder. And that makes me happy. And he walked away happy because he got to blow bubbles outside. And they go much further and he can leap about more that way |
03-23-2011, 11:14 PM | #6559 |
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I got to meet Wolf in November 2010. She helped me out in a very troubling situation.
Wolf was/is one of the sweetest, kindest, most considerate people I've had the pleasure of meeting. I've been meaning to thank her for her generosity in some way ever since. I got the chance to do so in a very small way today. Hope you like it Wolf! THANK YOU
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03-23-2011, 11:25 PM | #6560 | |
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03-24-2011, 01:01 AM | #6561 |
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ok so this is a few days late but i met up with tulip last friday and had a wonderful lunch. she surprised me with a bottle of my fav cologne. i had mentioned to her on the phone that i wanted to get another bottle but that it was way low on my priority list. meeting her then her doing that? wow. just wow. she put a wonderful smile on my face that day. thank you tulip.
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03-24-2011, 01:09 AM | #6562 |
To shreds, you say?
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03-24-2011, 01:22 AM | #6563 |
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Glad I made you smile. Btw, you do have a wonderful smile indeed.
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03-24-2011, 01:24 AM | #6564 |
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next time i will take you to taste of texas beats the spaghetti warehouse!!
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03-24-2011, 03:03 PM | #6565 |
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I had my 16th birthday party at a Spaghetti Warehouse! That place is awesome.
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03-25-2011, 01:46 PM | #6566 | |
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03-25-2011, 01:49 PM | #6567 |
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03-25-2011, 04:10 PM | #6568 |
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Yep, it's still there in downtown Austin. I don't know about the Houston location(s,) but the one in Austin has an old-school train car inside the restaurant. I can't remember anything about the food though, haven't been there since.
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03-26-2011, 03:00 PM | #6569 |
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After a morning of cleaning up files and backing shit up. My home PC is working well again. I think I can put off buying a new one for at least another year. May need to buy a bigger external hard drive before then though.
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03-26-2011, 03:32 PM | #6570 |
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Did you delete your old restore points? Those usually take up a lot of space.
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