Comments on: My Civil War http://coolmom.com/2010/04/06/my-civil-war/ parents don't know what they are doing anyway, might as well laugh about it Tue, 22 May 2012 01:28:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: antivirus software alert http://coolmom.com/2010/04/06/my-civil-war/#comment-95671 antivirus software alert Tue, 20 Mar 2012 09:43:17 +0000 http://coolmom.com/?p=5136#comment-95671 Regularly check out your own personal computer's entire technique. I favor to operate scans overnight because they decelerate your computer and could get awhile. If only section of your personal machine system is apparently attacked, you'll be able to check the particular believe part merely. If you're employing a free of charge system, be sure it eliminates the malware they have discovered. Many of these free of charge plans may discover the actual hazards but require you to find the enter in order because of it to get rid of chlamydia. I believe those applications must be erased as well as replaced by plans which may have complete features. Regularly check out your own personal computer’s entire technique. I favor to operate scans overnight because they decelerate your computer and could get awhile. If only section of your personal machine system is apparently attacked, you’ll be able to check the particular believe part merely. If you’re employing a free of charge system, be sure it eliminates the malware they have discovered. Many of these free of charge plans may discover the actual hazards but require you to find the enter in order because of it to get rid of chlamydia. I believe those applications must be erased as well as replaced by plans which may have complete features.

]]> By: Chrissie http://coolmom.com/2010/04/06/my-civil-war/#comment-19190 Chrissie Tue, 13 Apr 2010 14:00:04 +0000 http://coolmom.com/?p=5136#comment-19190 Love it - so true. My answer to him, as he's lounging on the couch, remote in hand (why? he ain't gonna change the channel), watching the latest installment of the HIstory Channel is - You know how it turns out! Germany loses! Come on!!! And they are SO simple. You'd think he'd at least change the channel to How to Get My House clean or Oprah, to try and throw me off the scent. But he never does.... Its like taking candy from a baby. No need to hire a detective - he's so easy to bust. Don't EVEN get me start on Survivorman.... Love it – so true. My answer to him, as he’s lounging on the couch, remote in hand (why? he ain’t gonna change the channel), watching the latest installment of the HIstory Channel is –

You know how it turns out! Germany loses!

Come on!!! And they are SO simple. You’d think he’d at least change the channel to How to Get My House clean or Oprah, to try and throw me off the scent. But he never does…. Its like taking candy from a baby. No need to hire a detective – he’s so easy to bust.

Don’t EVEN get me start on Survivorman….

]]> By: Daphne http://coolmom.com/2010/04/06/my-civil-war/#comment-19094 Daphne Thu, 08 Apr 2010 23:44:46 +0000 http://coolmom.com/?p=5136#comment-19094 ah, that is a great story. I too hated it when the AC went out..or we just didn't have any. Sweet he wanted to share that with you all. ah, that is a great story. I too hated it when the AC went out..or we just didn’t have any. Sweet he wanted to share that with you all.

]]> By: Jen http://coolmom.com/2010/04/06/my-civil-war/#comment-19092 Jen Thu, 08 Apr 2010 22:23:39 +0000 http://coolmom.com/?p=5136#comment-19092 Okay, so I can't relate to this on a husband level, however... My dad (history teacher/guidance counselor) would schedule "side trips" on our way home to Ohio from Myrtle Beach each summer. These "side trips" were typically battle fields of the Civil War. I kid you not, one summer, we were in the back seat of the Impala, stuck to the pleather, the AC was shot, holding ice cubes to our chests in a poor attempt to keep from dying of heat exahustion, and he was bubbling, no frothing, over with excitement as we drove into Gettysburg. Suddenly it was all, "Hey! Kids, get out of the car! Look, it is LITTLE ROUND TOP!" I've never seen my dad move so fast. He bounded up the hill on those little bird-like legs of his as though a pot of gold was up at the top of that rocky out-cropping, whereas my brothers and I (mom wisely remained in the shade) stumbled, whiningly, up the hot hill after dad. Once we were up there he practically re-enacted the entire battle for us. It was like that at every. Single. Stop. We even had to stay at some dingy motel because it was Gen. Lee's headquarters during the battle. No joke. And so went our vacations each summer...fun times at the beach followed by American history 101. A few Christmases ago I bought my dad a boxed set of Ken Burns' The Civil War, and we all sat down and watched the entire thing in one day while eating cookies and milk. Oh the memories... Okay, so I can’t relate to this on a husband level, however…

My dad (history teacher/guidance counselor) would schedule “side trips” on our way home to Ohio from Myrtle Beach each summer. These “side trips” were typically battle fields of the Civil War. I kid you not, one summer, we were in the back seat of the Impala, stuck to the pleather, the AC was shot, holding ice cubes to our chests in a poor attempt to keep from dying of heat exahustion, and he was bubbling, no frothing, over with excitement as we drove into Gettysburg. Suddenly it was all, “Hey! Kids, get out of the car! Look, it is LITTLE ROUND TOP!” I’ve never seen my dad move so fast. He bounded up the hill on those little bird-like legs of his as though a pot of gold was up at the top of that rocky out-cropping, whereas my brothers and I (mom wisely remained in the shade) stumbled, whiningly, up the hot hill after dad. Once we were up there he practically re-enacted the entire battle for us. It was like that at every. Single. Stop.

We even had to stay at some dingy motel because it was Gen. Lee’s headquarters during the battle. No joke.

And so went our vacations each summer…fun times at the beach followed by American history 101. A few Christmases ago I bought my dad a boxed set of Ken Burns’ The Civil War, and we all sat down and watched the entire thing in one day while eating cookies and milk. Oh the memories…

]]> By: Maegan http://coolmom.com/2010/04/06/my-civil-war/#comment-19071 Maegan Thu, 08 Apr 2010 02:44:42 +0000 http://coolmom.com/?p=5136#comment-19071 I haven't read the "South was Right" book...but I don't think it's as bad as it sounds, lol. "An Authoritative & documented study of the mythology behind CW history & its lasting effects on contemporary society, TSWR uncovers evidence that the South was an independant country invaded, captured, and occupied by a vicious aggressor..." I don't think its saying Slavery was okay or anything, lol...One of the bits on the inside says, "There was no shining Northern force fighting a moral battle for the sake of ending slavery. There was no oppressive Southern force fighting to preserve it either." It talks a lot about economics...Ianned, your husband may like it. ;) I haven’t read the “South was Right” book…but I don’t think it’s as bad as it sounds, lol.

“An Authoritative & documented study of the mythology behind CW history & its lasting effects on contemporary society, TSWR uncovers evidence that the South was an independant country invaded, captured, and occupied by a vicious aggressor…”

I don’t think its saying Slavery was okay or anything, lol…One of the bits on the inside says, “There was no shining Northern force fighting a moral battle for the sake of ending slavery. There was no oppressive Southern force fighting to preserve it either.”

It talks a lot about economics…Ianned, your husband may like it. ;)

]]> By: bonnie http://coolmom.com/2010/04/06/my-civil-war/#comment-19069 bonnie Thu, 08 Apr 2010 01:23:11 +0000 http://coolmom.com/?p=5136#comment-19069 be glad he is not watching naked girl..... be glad he is not watching naked girl…..

]]> By: Daphne http://coolmom.com/2010/04/06/my-civil-war/#comment-19065 Daphne Wed, 07 Apr 2010 23:13:55 +0000 http://coolmom.com/?p=5136#comment-19065 yeah! love making the mommies laugh yeah! love making the mommies laugh

]]> By: Alisa Piette http://coolmom.com/2010/04/06/my-civil-war/#comment-19060 Alisa Piette Wed, 07 Apr 2010 21:13:48 +0000 http://coolmom.com/?p=5136#comment-19060 Funny! LOL! Funny! LOL!

]]> By: Lynne http://coolmom.com/2010/04/06/my-civil-war/#comment-19058 Lynne Wed, 07 Apr 2010 20:23:31 +0000 http://coolmom.com/?p=5136#comment-19058 You are freaking HILARIOUS! I have laughed at a lot of your videos but this...this is my fav. You are freaking HILARIOUS! I have laughed at a lot of your videos but this…this is my fav.

]]> By: Kirsten http://coolmom.com/2010/04/06/my-civil-war/#comment-19056 Kirsten Wed, 07 Apr 2010 19:09:20 +0000 http://coolmom.com/?p=5136#comment-19056 When my husband gets silent it's because he's sneaked back to the den to check golf scores or his fantasy (**insert sport o' the day here**) team results on the computer. I only WISH my husband would read a book...any book! ;) When my husband gets silent it’s because he’s sneaked back to the den to check golf scores or his fantasy (**insert sport o’ the day here**) team results on the computer. I only WISH my husband would read a book…any book! ;)

]]> By: Fa http://coolmom.com/2010/04/06/my-civil-war/#comment-19051 Fa Wed, 07 Apr 2010 14:30:02 +0000 http://coolmom.com/?p=5136#comment-19051 LOL!!!! LOVED IT. LOL!!!! LOVED IT.

]]> By: Daphne http://coolmom.com/2010/04/06/my-civil-war/#comment-19044 Daphne Wed, 07 Apr 2010 04:15:02 +0000 http://coolmom.com/?p=5136#comment-19044 Maegan, that's a lot of titles. "the shout was right" is a little scary, unless it's about hospitality or ice tea. it's like I heard years ago, "guys know stuff about tanks." the economics thing sounds kind of cool since I find it so hard to wrap my head around and that could be useful. Thanks! Maegan, that’s a lot of titles. “the shout was right” is a little scary, unless it’s about hospitality or ice tea.
it’s like I heard years ago, “guys know stuff about tanks.”

the economics thing sounds kind of cool since I find it so hard to wrap my head around and that could be useful.
Thanks!

]]> By: Maureen http://coolmom.com/2010/04/06/my-civil-war/#comment-19042 Maureen Wed, 07 Apr 2010 03:24:55 +0000 http://coolmom.com/?p=5136#comment-19042 Best video EVER! Best video EVER!

]]> By: lanned http://coolmom.com/2010/04/06/my-civil-war/#comment-19041 lanned Wed, 07 Apr 2010 02:25:08 +0000 http://coolmom.com/?p=5136#comment-19041 My husband is an economics whore...at least I could relate to the Civil War. Economics not so much. My husband is an economics whore…at least I could relate to the Civil War. Economics not so much.

]]> By: Maegan http://coolmom.com/2010/04/06/my-civil-war/#comment-19039 Maegan Tue, 06 Apr 2010 23:36:40 +0000 http://coolmom.com/?p=5136#comment-19039 DARLING!! Our husbands are kindred spirits. No joke...on the bookshelf nearest my head right now: Shelby Foote - Stars in their courses; The Gettysburg Campaign W.C. Storrick - GETTYSBURG Battle & Battlefied The Civil War Almanac John P. Dyer - The Gallant Hood Collected by his son - The Recollections & Letters of Robert E Lee Philip Van Doren Stern - Secret Missions of the Civil War James Ronald Kennedy - The South Was Right Webb Garrison - More Civil War Curiosities (This makes me thinkg "Civil War Curiosities" is somewhere.) There is also a box filled with Shelby Foote books in my garage (we only moved in 4 months ago...). Sometimes I will go into the DVR to watch one of my shows...and find it did not record. Why? Because my husband has recorded The Battle of Bull Run or something horribly STUPID. URGH. My husband is in Afghanistan. He didn't want me to make him copies of our wedding photos or anything "nah, they might get dirty or bent"...but he smuggled Civil War books into his duffle!! DARLING!! Our husbands are kindred spirits. No joke…on the bookshelf nearest my head right now:

Shelby Foote – Stars in their courses; The Gettysburg Campaign
W.C. Storrick – GETTYSBURG Battle & Battlefied
The Civil War Almanac
John P. Dyer – The Gallant Hood
Collected by his son – The Recollections & Letters of Robert E Lee
Philip Van Doren Stern – Secret Missions of the Civil War
James Ronald Kennedy – The South Was Right
Webb Garrison – More Civil War Curiosities (This makes me thinkg “Civil War Curiosities” is somewhere.)

There is also a box filled with Shelby Foote books in my garage (we only moved in 4 months ago…).

Sometimes I will go into the DVR to watch one of my shows…and find it did not record. Why? Because my husband has recorded The Battle of Bull Run or something horribly STUPID. URGH.

My husband is in Afghanistan. He didn’t want me to make him copies of our wedding photos or anything “nah, they might get dirty or bent”…but he smuggled Civil War books into his duffle!!

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