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So it's Friday night what are Y'all doing???
So it's Friday night what are Y'all doing???
Cause I'm heading into Cruz Bay to hear some live music. 
Kirk, I'm so jealous but am gearing up for tomorrow and getting things ready for the KC concert in Foxboro. I even made a key lime pie to take. OMG, I'm so excited and can't wait!!! Jorge, the "new" kids are sooooo cute! My collies are outside and barking up a storm right now. Ksea, enjoy your day off tomorrow. Have a great rest of the night everyone....my margarita awaits. Ali~
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Marcia (Mrs. Pete)
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Pete (Mr. Marcia)
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So, we're done with that whole "to be or not to be" thing? We've moved on to sleep?Marcia (Mrs. Pete) wrote:Packing. We get picked up here in 6 hours. To sleep or not to sleep? That is the question.
Marcia (Mrs. Pete)
In that case, I vote for sleep. My love, we have a travel day ahead...with four rugrats, no less. Actually, when I think about it, you are right, we might as well make it a party.
Gosh, I hope the kids make it to the island. If we lose them, United will put them on the next ferry, right? Perhaps we should consider carrying on the kids...but, wait, Sam is 6' 2" and he might not fit in the overhead. Would they, perhaps, fit in a cooler? What would we need to do to make sure that they remained fresh? On the other hand, how expensive would it be to simply buy four new kids at Starfish? Pine Peace? We could ship the kids to Connections but I have gathered that it could take anywhere from two days to two years for them to arrive. Gosh, if it was the later, I sure would hate for them to miss their high school graduations in such a cruel manner.
Well, my forum friends or quasi-friends, we are off. We'll be the two adults who are traveling with four kids who smell remarkably like Cruz Bay Grill Rub...don't ask. See you in the webcam sand.
Wisconsin, smell the dairy air
Yeah well I've got you all beat by a mile.
I spent my night at Burger King up to my elbows digging through other people's half eaten burgers, fries smothered in dipping sauces and soggy napkins looking to find my son's othodontic retainer.
I would have just coughed up another $200 but since it would have been the third replacement and he was digging with me, well I thought I needed to teach a well learned and hard lesson.
It was great fun, let me tell ya!
In retrospect, I probably should have just coughed up the funds as now I'm paranoid that I haven't sterilized it enough after washing, soaking, brushing, bleach, etc. I'm afraid to let him stick it back in his mouth!
I spent my night at Burger King up to my elbows digging through other people's half eaten burgers, fries smothered in dipping sauces and soggy napkins looking to find my son's othodontic retainer.
I would have just coughed up another $200 but since it would have been the third replacement and he was digging with me, well I thought I needed to teach a well learned and hard lesson.
It was great fun, let me tell ya!
In retrospect, I probably should have just coughed up the funds as now I'm paranoid that I haven't sterilized it enough after washing, soaking, brushing, bleach, etc. I'm afraid to let him stick it back in his mouth!
So what you are saying is that when I do get my braces off make sure I don't throw my retainer in the trash! The idea of having something in my mouth that had been in the trash at Burger King totally grosses me out! I am not a germ freak or anything like that but anything could be in that trash! I know what the trash in my store gets like and we don't serve food or drinks! We just dress teddy bears!
Hi cat. Believe me, I'm still messed up about it. I've been through this with two kids now. My daughter lost BOTH sets of her retainers when they flew out of her pocket and into the lake at Sea World on the Kraken. Luckily we got them back two weeks later. Sea World fetched them out of the lake and Fed-Exed them back to us. A year later she lost her main retainer again which I did replace and luckily she still has it and still wears it about once a month at night when she sleeps.
I'm actually kind of bent that "I" had to go and dig through BK's trash when it was my sister that took him to BK in the first place. She thought it was hilarious. It wasn't. The irony is he only needs to wear the retainer at night but for some reason he had it on all day and left in on the tray wrapped in a napkin. This would have been the 3rd replacement and I just couldn't do it again. I felt like maybe he'd take a little more care of it being humbled a little. My kids are sweethearts and they have been taught to be kind and respectful but because of my own doing can be a little "ungrateful" at times.
As of this morning, he still has not worn the retainer. I'm going to call the Ortho in the morning and ask what the best sterilization method is without damaging the device. I agree with you. It's really gross. I'd much rather be digging through Build-a-Bear's trash than Burger King's. Not one of my more memorable days.
So yes, morale of the story is keep track of that retainer when you get it. Make it a habit to stick it in your purse or pocket and not put it on a table or tray in a napkin. As I've learned, they are very easy to forget.
I'm actually kind of bent that "I" had to go and dig through BK's trash when it was my sister that took him to BK in the first place. She thought it was hilarious. It wasn't. The irony is he only needs to wear the retainer at night but for some reason he had it on all day and left in on the tray wrapped in a napkin. This would have been the 3rd replacement and I just couldn't do it again. I felt like maybe he'd take a little more care of it being humbled a little. My kids are sweethearts and they have been taught to be kind and respectful but because of my own doing can be a little "ungrateful" at times.
As of this morning, he still has not worn the retainer. I'm going to call the Ortho in the morning and ask what the best sterilization method is without damaging the device. I agree with you. It's really gross. I'd much rather be digging through Build-a-Bear's trash than Burger King's. Not one of my more memorable days.
So yes, morale of the story is keep track of that retainer when you get it. Make it a habit to stick it in your purse or pocket and not put it on a table or tray in a napkin. As I've learned, they are very easy to forget.
You can sanitize the retainer with a tablespoon of household bleach in a quart of water. I do this for brewing all of the time.
Sterilize? You'd need an autoclave and a retainer is not going to survive that.
My oldest daughter never lost a retainer. The younger one is on retainer #3. Each replacement set me back $375. I would dig through a dumpster to get one back and kick my sister's a$$!
Cheers, RickG
Sterilize? You'd need an autoclave and a retainer is not going to survive that.
My oldest daughter never lost a retainer. The younger one is on retainer #3. Each replacement set me back $375. I would dig through a dumpster to get one back and kick my sister's a$$!
Cheers, RickG
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