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Three years of great reading: Award-winning fiction, non-fiction, international,
Classics (July is Month of the Classic!)

Camp Mommy 2009 - Week 7 on Twitter

Sunday, July 5th:
1) RT MyMyrtleBeach@rebelupdate: Check this out free options and things to do for less than $25 in Myrtle Beach area.

2) Taste testing: BERTOLLI freezer bag 10min skillet meals ROCK! Sadly, the new Tyson Skillet Creation Meals do not - inedible, yuck!

Monday:
Just finished THE SOUND & THE FURY by Faulkner for Weds book group. Hated 1st parts, better by end, but a difficult book. TG for SparkNotes!

Tuesday:
1) What was the Big Announcement today from mw55 [Michael Waltrip, NASCAR Sprint Cup Series team owner/driver of the Napa #55] at 12:30 on SpeedTV? I missed it! His Monday nite show on Speed is my fave #nascar tv.
2) RT @theracingwriter: Truex going to MWR #nascar

3) Tues is help Rebel Grammy day: groceries, errands, large-print books at the library, drs, pharmacy...2day we test-drove Rollators(walkers).

Thursday:
1) Getting ready for couple of 9yo ADHD Phenom's buddies to come "Hang Out" as "only 1st graders have playdates, Mom." 4th grade going on 17...
2) Hoping it does not rain this afternoon, so I can get kids out of the house to the pool and/or playground.

Friday:
#Atlanta Date Night - Perfect! - Coca-Cola Film Fest at The Fox Theatre

Camp Mommy 2009 - Week 6 on Twitter

Tuesday:
1) Trying not to Tweet in a bad mood. It will be better soon - almost lunch!

2) You know those days when evrythng is cool: lights all green, no traffic, everyone is nice? Today is NOT that day! But getting better: home.

Wednesday:
1) Stunned Atlanta Wal-Mart no longer carries old school sewing supplies - need basics for a project (random4me, I know!), now where to?!
2) Making a bunk bed tent out of old curtains - have to cut off & hem...there's an iron-on kind of hem tape for that, right? No sewing machine!

3) Atlanta Book Lovers: DBF hosting BOOK CLUB BASH: Thurs, July 16th. @DBookFestival www.decaturbookfestival.com

4) @MyMyrtleBeach Reservation made for SeaMist July 11-14. Challenge: How much fun? Atlanta Family of 5 - Vacation <$1000. Suggestions? CUsoon!
Reply from @MyMyrtleBeach: Check this out for free options and things to do for less than $25 in Myrtle Beach area: www.visitmyrtlebeach.com.

Thursday:
Atlanta: Researching best family river tubing within 2hr drive - suggestions?
Going tomorrow! Thanks

Friday:
1) On our way to www.coolrivertubing.com - Helen, GA for day of picnic, river tubing & (primitive) water slides OTP country - rare event.
2) Of course, due to lack of enthusiasm 14yo son (destination surprise to kids - it's an Adventure!), already threatened to TurnThisCarAround!

7:38 PM Jul 3rd from Twitterrific
3) Such a great time on the river tubing & watersliding in Helen, GA - perfect day, family of five $60&gas. Even 14yo had fun, 12yo & 9yo, too!

Saturday, July 4th:
1) Happy 4th of July! Happy Bday to our now 9yo ADHD Phenom!! Perfect day for celebration: country, family & Daytona Firecracker 400 - go #20!

2) Re-reading THE AGONY & THE AGONY: Raising Your Teenager Without Losing Your Mind by Betty Londergan for Rebel Review. Is v. helpful...

3) Sometimes it helps 2 know, maybe I am not the Worst.Mom.Ever: Arizona woman accused of leading sons on crime spree: USA Today.

Monday's News on Twitter

Too much happened Monday to save for a weekly Twitter digest. It all started fairly normal and routine...

9:41 AM:
Monday: no camps this week (2@home) & 14yo son coming home from month away Weds! Planning 2 July (4th&18th) bdays & family vacation-beach?!

9:45 AM:
Dog grooming: rec from lady walking her dog at Piedmont Park this am (nice haircut!)(on dog): Canine Showcase@Ansley. Mutt cut, what we need

And then I got a phone call from hubby at work:

11:52 AM:
ATLANTA parking deck collapse at 5th & Spring...looking for news. Hubby is fine - that's his building at Georgia Tech/Tech Square - ATDC.

12:40 PM:
Collapsed deck at 5th & Spring - middle section fell in. Rumor is car hit a support beam-- twitter pic from hubby

1:28 PM:
ATLANTA - Best coverage so far of partial parking deck collapse at 5th & Spring w/pics: http://www.wsbtv.com/news/19892813/detail.html
[The story has been updated, as of Tuesday PM, with subsequent developments. In the early stages, they had the best first pictures of the parking deck from the outside, which didn't look like much, but you could see the pile-up of smashed cars sticking out of the bottom level.]

1:43 PM [unrelated, but of interest when I was searching news sources on Twitter!]:
ATLANTA - RT @11AliveNews Looking For Something To Do This Fourth of July Weekend? http://tinyurl.com/lkhy9z - See you at Centennial Park!

1:56 PM:
ATLANTA - 2pm: No injuries. Nice: "Employees from Cheetah are handing out water and fruit to emergency crews, according to witnesses."
Previous tweet source: http://bit.ly/TbzHv
2:00 PM:
Ya'll know the Cheetah is infamous strip joint-directly across from partially collapsed parking deck. Glad they're taking care of the boys...

8:35 PM Jun 29th from Twitterrific in reply to mustangmelatl:
@mustangmelatl parking deck all closed up for days, with everybody's cars still in it, crushed or not! Our office:1 crushed; 5 stuck; 3 walk

Quite an eventful day in the ATL! Fortunately, happy to see reports today: NO deaths or injuries, property damage only (and plenty of it). This is the parking deck attached by a walkway to (not underneath) my husband's office building at 5th & Spring in Midtown Atlanta. He had just returned from an offsite meeting and literally moments before (I know: DRAMA, but true!), walked out of the parking deck before the section collapsed.

Our car was not smashed or trapped in the mess - he walks to/from work or I chauffeur him the two miles to the office, as we only have one car, the previously mentioned crappy 2006 Jeep Commander that we would trade for a Chevy Tahoe in a heartbeat - you know, IF we could find a new car dealer to actually sell a new car right now: Chevy? Toyota? Come to think about it, if our crappy Jeep had been smashed in the collapse...damnit!

It will be a mess down there for quite some time, as they remove cars and analyze what happened, hopefully to rebuild the parking deck - safer, stronger, better! Parking and traffic in Midtown Atlanta off the 10th Street Exit is now worse.than.ever.

Camp Mommy 2009 - Adventures in Twitter

Saturday:
1) How does Twitterific know who is 'Nearby' me on that source feature (just discovered on iPhone)? Kinda creepy...

2) @mustangmelatl so far I have wasted entire AM snooping on Nearby - fascinating. Lots of hungover ppl waking up. Must stop:turnitoff. Can't!!

3) DH brought home TIME Mag (June 15, 2009) for Twitter-obsessed woman. Check cover: TIME Mag: June 15, 2009.

Monday:
1) Happy Monday! Working on big project: database/iPhone app. Still trying to figure out life after 40. Not so easy sometimes, but mostly good.

2) I might have inadvertently opened up can of spam/scam on my Twitter, out there researching around. More info if I have clean up to do--
3) And who wants 19k+ Twitter followers if they are not interested in the community, only signed up for return follows? I can't keep up w/19k!
4) Oh man, I've messed up my rebelupdate Twitter and I can't UNfollow - accidentally brought in followers I don't want - no bizopps, thank you!

Tuesday:
1) Better 2day. Great article on Oprah.com: Stay in Control of Your Mind. Gotta luv O

2) How long does it take to drive from Atlanta to NYC, quick trip straight-thru?
[Answer, thanks to @funkidivagirl: 16 hours]
[Was contemplating a one-way RV rental from Camping World, but couldn't put it together fast enough for July 4th weekend. Still working on the plan...]
[Will probably end up staying home - TBD]

3) Big News ATL: Piedmont Park THE GREEN CONCERT LIVE Aug. 15, 2009. Announcement & details tomorrow, sure to sell out. Info link in next tweet:
4) Piedmont Park THE GREEN CONCERT LIVE Aug. 15th: Early info & pre-sale: www.PiedmontPark.org

Wednesday:
1) Just fixin to betch about temp dog park at Piedmont Park (sucks!), home to find out Park has redeemed itself in other ways: see next Tweet!
2) RT @piedmontpark: Sir Paul McCartney plays The Green Concert at Piedmont Park on August 15! www.PiedmontPark.org for more info!

3) re: Jon & Kate (enough already!). 20+ years married advice, best resource. Dr. Ellen: Light Your Fire.
[Love her!]

Thursday:
1) Tasty Turkey Chili (Publix recipe) last nite - YUM: Tasty Turkey Chili Recipe.
2) WARNING on the Tasty Turkey Chili: Calls for MILD tomatoes & green chilis. DO NOT UPGRADE to HOT tomatoes w/habaneros. From experience.

Friday:
1) RIP Farrah & Michael J - angels & demons. He definitely had his, all that talent on the flipside. Live, Love & Laugh each and every day.

2) Interesting article in USA Today:
Businesses use Twitter to communicate with customers

3) TGIF! HOT day in ATL today. Reading THE SOUND & THE FURY by Faulkner for book group, SparkNotes alongside. Gawd, is hard to follow! Weekend!