Brick House - A Silly Games MMP

[gardentraveler]

So, it's an early MMP (for those of us in the official MMP time zone, AKA Eastern Standard Time :) ).

Went for a walk with my brother and nephew, who brought his iPod along and was broadcasting songs for our listening pleasure (kinda like a teeny-tiny boom box).

Eventually, he made it to Brick House (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5EmnQp3V48) and we decided to make up a game where we pointed at brick houses every time the song says "brick house." Each house can only be pointed out by one person. There are quite a few brick houses in my neighborhood, so there were almost enough houses for everyone.

Later in the walk, we decided to play this without the song in the background.

We found it quite entertaining.

I'm sure we're not the first to come up with this game, but it was fun to make rules up on the fly.

My question for those who don't choose to hijack the thread immediately:

Do you have family games that you consider your own? What are they and how did they come about?

Happy almost Monday! And happy Monday to those in later time zones!

Hugs.

GT

[dogbutler]

1st! W00T!

[Dolores Reborn]

2nd! Woot two!

We played a game called the alphabet game. You find words on signs and billboards that start with A, B, C... for hard letters you can use license plates, in any position. You can use car names too. The Nissan Quest was particularly coveted.

[swampbear]

Good Mornin' Y'all! Up and caffienatin'. *YAWN* 'Tis 54 Amurrkin out and foggy. Today's high shall be 74. A mild Winter's day here in south Jawja.

gt that sounds like fun! We didn't have any silly family games. My folks had five kids, so makin' it anywhere without killin' one or two of 'em was considered to be a successful trip. :D Plus, we kids had to fulfill our kidly obligations of irritatin' the snot outta each other so who had time for games!

Now I must seek out more caffiene and some brekkie for rumbly tummy. Then, alas, irk purtification must commence.

Happy Monday Y'all!

[VunderBob]

Blurf. That is all.

[FairyChatMom]

Good morning! Last week at home before the big trip...

swampy, your comment in the last MMP about expecting a bday check rang true with me. My MIL sends $35 checks for each birthday. It's been $35 for at least the 28 years I've been married to her firstborn. I really wish she would quit, but I know it'd hurt her feelings if I made such a request, and it really is presumptuous to make that kind of request. Life has its weird moments, yanno?

As to the OP, I don't recall any games in my fambly, but I had some weird friends in college who had a rather annoying one. They had a Honda of some sort - I think they called it their Millennium Honda - and every time they saw another Honda on the road, first one to see it would say "beep" in a rather nasal voice. Where we lived, there were LOTS of Hondas. I really hated riding with them...

Not sure what the day holds. One of my first chores is to call the vet... :( We'll figure out the day as we go along, I guess.

FCD has declared he never wants to retire. He's absolutely bored out of his mind being home to recuperate, and today, it's just 4 weeks since the surgery. I know part of it is that he's restricted in his activities, but I'm pretty sure he also misses the challenges and social aspects of work. Frankly, I'll be glad when he goes back - sometimes I just want to be by myself and that's hard with him underfoot all the time. :p

Happy Monday!

[SpazCat]

SpazFamily didn't really have any family games that I can recall. We had family poems and family songs. The poems were mainly my mom's and the songs were mostly New Christy Minstrels. "The Cat Came Back" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgUA3TtyVF8) was quite popular for a while.

Today I need to go by the Sprint store to find out why the speaker and microphone on my phone no longer work. I'll probably end up getting a new phone. Again. This is the second phone of this type I've had in about a year. (Dead pixels on the first one). Culinary Boy has the exact same phone I do and he's never had any problems. I'm death on cell phones, I guess.

[SpazCat]

And speaking of New Christy Minstrels, I work on the east side of this mountain (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85jxrb7i7dE). Tunnel Road actually goes through Beaucatcher Mountain.

[VunderBob]

Family games -- My sister and I, being the rotten kids we were, used to play 'Slug-A-Bug'. The point of the the game was to be the first to spot a VW Beetle, then belt the other on the shoulder as hard as you could. Mom would put a stop to it when our respective upper arms started turning purple.

[Sticks and Scones]

Many years ago when outlet malls were really popular we'd often find ourselves in an outlet that sold socks because there's a certain kind that my mom always looked for. My dad and I would always find "P.S. Socks" and then the silliness would begin. We would try to think of how many different things that P.S. could stand for. This would go on for hours and drive my mother crazy. :p

[Ca3799]

My kids play "French Fry", but I don't know why. They wave at other cars and if someone in the car waves back, they yell "French Fry!" and fight over who the wave belongs to try to claim a point.

[peedin]

We didn't have any kid games growing up. My dad owned a construction company so summer was his busy season and we didn't take vacations as a family. We did have a cottage about 2 hours away and that was in the days of no speed limit and no seat belts. My mother would be barreling along at 85 mph and had my sister (who was about 15) lighting her cigarettes. We had no time for car games since we were too busy being scared!

I have developed a bizarre red rash behind my knees and on my abdomen. It kinda itches but not bad. Of course my doctor's office doesn't open til noon. I hope it's just a stress rash and not some bizarre disease like 5th Disease.

[swampbear]

My kids play "French Fry", but I don't know why. They wave at other cars and if someone in the car waves back, they yell "French Fry!" and fight over who the wave belongs to try to claim a point.
This is an example of another kidly obligation. Stuff that makes no sense designed to drive the 'rents crazy. :D

Howdy from irk. We have a new receptionist today. I am watchin'/monitorin' her on the phone and beginnin' to show her the ins/outs/wonders of the IMS. She hasn't run out the door screamin' so I take it she'll fit right in here. Yep, this is what I'm mainly doin' today. Fun, huh?

[VunderBob]

I have developed a bizarre red rash behind my knees and on my abdomen. It kinda itches but not bad. Of course my doctor's office doesn't open til noon. I hope it's just a stress rash and not some bizarre disease like 5th Disease.

Try Cruex or an equivalent first. I suspect tinea, which is Athlete's Foot/Jock Itch fungus, based on your brief description. $9 a can for Cruex is still cheaper than a MD co-pay...

[VunderBob]

Howdy from irk. We have a new receptionist today. I am watchin'/monitorin' her on the phone and beginnin' to show her the ins/outs/wonders of the IMS. She hasn't run out the door screamin' so I take it she'll fit right in here. Yep, this is what I'm mainly doin' today. Fun, huh?

IMS? If you screw up your mission, will she be the one to disavow all knowledge of your activities?

[anyrose]

We played a kind of "Telephone-On-Paper" sort of. Each of us would draw an ordinary object and pass the paper to the left. We'd add something silly to the paper in front of us and pass that one to the left and so on. I think that was my favorite family created game.
We also played Canasta, Parchesi, and Monopoly.

[purplehorseshoe]

I remember two variations on license plate games during car trips of my single-digit-age years:

- finding each letter of the alphabet, in order, on the plates around you
and
- making words out of the plate directly in front of you, the idea being to compete who could come up with the longest word

The first was more of a time-waster than anything else, but the latter had the potential for actual competition. Also set the ol' neurons up for later Scrabble games, and even later, WordsWithFriends apps. :D


Speaking of car trips, the Other Shoe and I went out of town for a college buddy's wedding reception. (Mazel tov, you crazy kids!) He drove, and I dozed off on the way there. I woke up sobbing. I've never done that before. I'd dreamed, so vividly, of someone I hadn't though of in fifteen years, who's been dead for perhaps twenty, and I'm only just past thirty if that puts it in perspective. I dreamed a memory I hadn't thought of in so long ...


It was one summer when I was visiting relatives in Poland - I was walking with a gaggle of assorted cousins and neighbor kids back home one evening. I must have been twelve, maybe thirteen, and I doubt the oldest was older than fourteen or so. We were all just kids, but rural Poland was as safe as any 50's-style nostalgia we Murricans entertain, so it was just us kids. I remember the big bright moon was already out, shining down on us all. This boy - and dammit, I do not recall his name - was walking next to me and out of the blue he squeezed me hand and told me I was pretty. I was shocked into complete speechlessness; while I may entertain delusions of hotness now, I was a quintessential ugly ducking and believe you me, nobody told me I was pretty, and certainly not random boys. I stammered out a "thank you," and he responded with his "you're welcome" in a construction so formal and old-fashioned that I'd rarely heard it - it literally translates into "you thank me for nothing."

That was all - no kissing, nothing else, just that one moment. He dropped my hand after a few seconds, and that was all. I certainly hadn't had a crush on him or anything, so this was all very unexpected and confusing.



A year later, my mother told me that my aunt had mentioned in one of her letters that he had died suddenly - some insect-borne fever is all I recall now.

And so, when I dreamed of him so vividly, that night I'd long forgotten, I could not remember his name even in my dream, and woke up with tears streaming down my face.


RIP, nameless boy.


(That said, the rest of our trip was splendid. It was great seeing old college friends again - some of whom wound up marrying each other, so it really did turn into a mini-reunion - and we always love, love, love getting a chance to visit Austin again. Must. Move. Back. SOOOOON!!!eleventy!)

[Silver Tyger]

Oh purple...

We never had random games we played, especially in the car. My sister would fall asleep too soon.

So I've started decorating my cubicle. I had put up my Nanowrimo 'winners' certificate at the end of November, and had a charger for my mp3 player, and a blanket, but everything else I was taking home everyday. Now I've got two cute little business card holders from Chinatown that I got in my stocking - one is a ninja and one is a little girl in kimono. And I hung my new Thundercats calendar.

I wonder if I could get away with permanently converting my keyboard to Dvorak and stickering it. (I can switch right now, but I have to switch for every program which is confusing as heck)

[Intergalactic Gladiator]

On car trips, my family would occasionally play where we had to find letters. More often though, we played a game where we had to count the animals -- left side of the car versus the right side. It was one point per animal except a white horse, which was 20 points.

We also played a game where we all thought of a song, then at the count of 3 all sang our song at once. That's fun once or twice.

[swampbear]

Horsie strange what dream will do to us ain't it. BTW cool story about that boy. He gave you a wonderful memory from your youth so he is special.

ShinyCat just to be on the safe side I say clear it with TPTB. One never knows how an irkplace will feel about these things.

SmartAssBBBobbio she must disavow all knowledge of my activities as well as all knowledge of ever knowin' I or this place existed. :p IMS = Information Management System. It's real name is AIMS, Aging Information Management System so called due to the agency bein' Division on Aging and also due to the fact that the dang thing is a dinosaur.

We also played a game where we all thought of a song, then at the count of 3 all sang our song at once. That's fun once or twice.
Another prime example of the kidly obligation to do stuff that drives the 'rents crazy. An excellent one I might add. :D

[kopek]

Do you have family games that you consider your own? What are they and how did they come about?




Our family version of "Hi Bob" which may actually predate "Hi Bob" by several years. My Dad, Gramma, brother and I all loved bad horror movies (I'm talking some stuff that made Plan 9 From Outer Space look Oscar worthy). We were watching a movie called the Giant Claw and noticed we were each basically taking a drink when people said "battleship". Once we noticed that we started doing it on purpose. Since they call the monster "big as a battleship" plenty of times it gave us a chance to "ingrain" it. And start laughing and hooting about it. My brother and I still automatically make a drinking motion whenever we hear the word "battleship" and my wife caught the habit as well. Part game and part tradition.

We have shared it with others at a local thing called Bad Movie Monday so the family expands. And the worst movie monster in history (after the Creeping Terror) lives on.

[Moonlitherial]

Family games -- My sister and I, being the rotten kids we were, used to play 'Slug-A-Bug'. The point of the the game was to be the first to spot a VW Beetle, then belt the other on the shoulder as hard as you could. Mom would put a stop to it when our respective upper arms started turning purple.

My husband and his siblings were apparently so rotten that punch buggy wasn't enough. On long trips they would play:

Punch Buggy
Slap Taxi
Kick Bus
and to wrap thing up in a nice Canadian bow
Elbow Canoe.

He told this story when our kids were 8 and 9. I immediately banned all of the above.

[janis_and_c0]

FCM, my sympathies for the hard decision you've made *hug*

Purple, *hug* to you as well, I've had dreams that have instantly brough the long distant past back to me, it's very bittersweet.

We used to play Padiddle. (Spotting cars with one headlight) In addition, there were semididdles (semi trucks with one headlight) and Diddleaps, cars with one rear light gone. And that was one of the more normal games we'd play (I still play this!)

[FairyChatMom]

Back from the vet's. For the first time in about 21 years, we are a dogless household. And we're agreed that we'll stay that way... probably. It's funny, that 21-year run began and ended with little black dogs rescued off the street - first was Freeway, who wandered up to our inlaws' building site in FL and immediately adopted our daughter. He was a great pup...

Anyway, it's snowing. I doubt that it'll stick, but it's coming down pretty good at the moment and the ground is wet. I've got a fire going because it's cold - the kind of cold that creeps into your core. Thank goodness for a big pile of firewood!

Poke sammiches have been ingested and I realized why they tasted meh - I neglected to cook the roast with onions. How stoopit is that??? I did add some reconstituted onions to the sauce, but it's not the same. On the other hand, the slaw I got from Food Lion was really full of onions, so there's that.

No one played a rousing round of "I'm not touching you!!!!!!" ?? :D

[janis_and_c0]

I'm not touching you is less of a game than an art form :p

[VunderBob]

:grumble:

After last week's episode of no heat, on the coldest day of the season so far, the landlady had our fuel oil tank cleaned today. That's good, but there was so much crap in the tank that we went from an apparent half tank to a real quarter full when the crew was done.

Now, I have to buy heating oil. :rolleyes: Oh, and I hate snow.

:grumble:

[kopek]

Back from the vet's. For the first time in about 21 years, we are a dogless household. And we're agreed that we'll stay that way... probably. It's funny, that 21-year run began and ended with little black dogs rescued off the street - first was Freeway, who wandered up to our inlaws' building site in FL and immediately adopted our daughter. He was a great pup...



My prayers and best wishes to you and all. Bones and slices of salami offered to the heavens for a pooch who loved and is loved.

[congodwarf]

I'm sorry you had to do that Mooom. Purple mentioned waking up in tears - I wake up in tears when I dream about the need to put one of my doggies to sleep. I HATE those dreams. Luckily they only come once a month or so.



I think my house is haunted. Last night, I was straightening the covers to get in to bed and Sweetie was coming through the door. I distinctly heard someone say, "shhh, shhh". He came in the room and asked who I was talking to. I said no one. He said he heard someone say, "shh, shh". Creeped me right out - to the point that I checked under the bed and in the closets.

About 10 minutes later, I was in bed, with my earbuds in and he came in from the bathroom and asked what I had said. I said I hadn't said anything. He said he heard someone say, "HEY!" - followed by something else, while he was in the bathroom.

The only reason I wasn't too creeped to sleep was because the dogs weren't bothered by any of it. Still though, I need to go in the basement and I'm still thinking about robbers hiding out in my basement, telling each other to be quiet so they don't get caught.




My financial aid changed between Friday and Saturday an I don't know why. The extra money I was looking forward to for helping with household expenses has gone away. I still have a refund coming but it's way smaller than it had been and will give me enough for textbooks and not much else. We'll get by without the refund but it's going to be a lot harder and it's very frustrating.

However, I did managed to tweak my schedule enough so that I have 4 classes I'm actually looking forward to taking. I have Intro to Conservation Biology on Monday and Wednesday and on Tuesday and Thursday I have Physics of the Environment, Climatology, and North American Prehistory. Should be an interesting semester.

[peedin]

FCM, I'm sorry for your loss. The hardest thing to do is often the best. Your puppers is now running around with the rest of them, eating people food and sleeping on beds.

Just came back from the doc. I got eczema. And a script for steroid cream. I feel so icky.

Din-din is chicken breast with teriyaki rice. My sister was cleaning her cupboards and found about 5 of those rice side dish packages so I took the teriyaki. I'll doctor it with green onyums and other stuff. And sallit.

[anyrose]

{{{{{FCM}}}}}

[swampbear]

RIP Scruffy. I was just thinkin', Scruffy might be the first and only MMP named pet. I remember MOOOOOOM talkin' about the scruffy little dog FCD found and brought home and we started callin' her Scruffy and it stuck. Hee.

OYKW has the creepin' crud (self diagnosed). His doc called in a zpack (or whatever it's called) and Ima go pick it up for him and take him some chikin noodle soup in a bit. The pharmacy said the meds would be ready around five and it's on the way to his digs. Poor thing.

Ok, off to doctor the sickie from a safe distance natch. :D

[anyrose]

Z-Pack = a measured dose of Zythromyacin, a strong, all purpose "I feel sick" antibiotic. Less stress on the digestive track than Keflex or Cipro

[swampbear]

Back from deliverin' chikin soup and anti-crud AKA Z-Pack medicine. Rosie OYKW explained to me what it is. I asked him just what it might be that I was deliverin' to him. Sometimes havin' a nurse around to explain stuff is a good thing. :D Anywho he has been souped and medicated and is settled in for the night in bed, remote in hand.

Deliver me from the crud.

[Dolores Reborn]

Got a bit of rain today... (http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Flash-flooding-plagues-Houston-after-heavy-storms-2450155.php#photo-2010002)

[FairyChatMom]

Heh - Rebo, some of those pics looked familiar, at least similar to places I drove when I was in Houston way back when... I will never understand why people insist on driving forward into deep water. Cars are not invincible!! Sheesh. Darwin at work, or it would be if teh stoopits weren't always getting themselfs rescued. :rolleyes:

We went to the good Chinese place for supper and I's stuffded with shrimp and broccoli. Yum! The snow has stopped, but it's icky cold out. Toasty warm in here, tho. I ♥ my fireplace insert!! Off to knit!

[purplehorseshoe]

You know, my post came across a lot more morose than I meant it. I started by talking about car trips and segued into that, but mostly because I was still enjoying memories of a supremely lovely weekend.

So, to lighten things up: I was given a fluted "vase" for the holidays that's a perfect big ol' betta bowl. Brought it into my office last week, and went out on my lunchbreak today to buy a lovely rust-orange half-moon guy. He contrasts beautifully with the light and dark blue glass marbles I put at the bottom (which is why I didn't want the typical blue/purple betta) and he's staring quietly at me through the glass as I type.

[anyrose]

nite-time blurfage. mañana, all.

[Sticks and Scones]

I am queen of stress tonight. My classes start up again tomorrow and it is completely freaking me out.

I don't even know what the appropriate smiley is for this occasion.

[ems]

Monday is overwith thankgoodness. Long ass day doing yet more crappy power point slides. Havn't had time to go grocery shopping after work and quite frankly I won't be home til 7.30 and I can't be arsed. mr ems has agreed to purchase supper for me at the height of fine dining that is Logan's. :D

Tomorrow is the all day conference call from hell then Thursday is the all day meeting from hell. Yay!

I need a drink....

rebo we got sent a tornado alert for Sugarland through the company emergency alert system.........2 hours after the storm blew through. Effective or what?

{{for the sickies}} and get well soon wishes

[gardentraveler]

RIP Scruffy.

Heh. lots of fun examples of games. Thanks for sharing.

Tired. Watching BCS championship game. (Or, rather, knitting while brother watches game.) It is BORING.

Going to sleep soon.

Hugs all.

GT

[kopek]

I am queen of stress tonight. My classes start up again tomorrow and it is completely freaking me out.

I don't even know what the appropriate smiley is for this occasion.


The old Banzii?????

\(*o*)/

[Lancia]

See what happens when I'm gone?

(((FCM)))

GT, sorry, my family is too screwed up to find joy in games.

School is back in session. Holidays are over, and good riddance. My math teacher assigned homework right out of the gate, so I'm happy. I sat in the dining room, listening to Bon Jovi and plowing through problem after problem! Yay! I guess I get to keep my geek card. Español es mas o meno. Hasta mañana amigos!

[Ashes, Ashes]

Gack! My natural grace has been augmented by my bad knee. Day before yesterday I was walking over the threshold from the patio. Only I forgot the doormat and tripped the whole way to crash up against the coffee table.

Ow! I sprained my right wrist, made the knee worse, banged my nose and scraped the bridge, and to top it off banged my bicep. Bruise as big as a grapefruit.

Do you know how hard it is to get the top off soup with one hand? But that's all I could eat because the dentist dug around on two teeth. So I gave up anything but pathetic re-heating. Let's see if I can drive tomorrow cause I have appointments and don't want to take a taxi.

Which reminds me we didn't do anything in the car but read and talk once us kids were old enough. Before that we sang. My parents could be pros, my sister and I not so much.

Many hugs FCM. All I know is that time will soon turn the hurt to 21 years of good memories.

All school-going people; don't forget tissues, extra pencils, a snack, and breath mints.

[swampbear]

Good Mornin' Y'all! Up and caffienatin'. *YAWN* 'Tis 50 Amurrkin out with a predicted high of 72 and rain, which I am assumin' Rebo is sendin'. :D

To add to A2's list of school supplies, don't forget hand sanitizer. I always see that on the list of recommended school supplies.

I talked to OYKW a few minutes ago. He is stayin' home today which I think is wise what with the crud and all. So far no cruddiness has happened at da cave. Appropriate/inappropriate appendages crossed.

Fiat I was one of those students who actually didn't mind homework either. I was a teenage nerd.

Ok, I need me some more caffiene and need to feed rumbly tummy. Then, alas, irk purtification must commence.

Happy Tuesday Y'all!

[VunderBob]

I was a teenage nerd.

And now, you're an old-age nerd. :p

Blurf. I got nuthin else.

[dogbutler]

Morning. Up, caffeinated, off to irk. Hockey tonight.
The only game my parents and I played was "Are we there yet?/Don't Make Me Stop This Car!":D

A2, OW! Hope you feel better.

swampy, hope OYKW feels better after soup and Z-Pak(That sounds like an anti-zombie medicine :eek:).

[FairyChatMom]

And now, you're an old-age nerd. I know what you wanted to say is: And now, you're an old-fart geezer nerd-wannabe. Don't be afraid to say what you mean. ;)

It's all foggy outside! We were supposed to have some sun today - it better happen, dammit!!! And my new vacuum cleaner is supposed to be ready for pickup today - it better be, since the old one is petty close to worthless. And I get to go to the dentist today for my semi-annual cleaning - woo and hoo!

The big chore for today will be switching over the aquarium sump from upstairs to down. FCD has been figuring out exactly what he needs so we don't have to stop partway thru to run to the hardware store. I think he needs to get one more plumbing piece today. I dunno - I'm just the muscle, since he's still not supposed to lift. I'll be carrying buckets of stuff downstairs so we can get the upstairs tank out of the way and connect to the pipes that come up thru the floor, across the closet wall, and into the back of the aquarium cabinet. It's a wonder to behold!!

Other than that, I got nothing. I finished another hat-n-scarf set for the homeless shelter, then made a hat and started a matching scarf. Gotta keep the fingers busy, right? I don't think I can watch TV without a project in my hands.

Happy Tuesday! Send chocolate!!! :D

[Dolores Reborn]

Nice and chilly this morning. 50° and windy. Supposed to cool down even more for the next couple of days.

Swampy - enjoy the nice rain! Hopefully it won't be so grumpy for y'all.

Owww - A2! Would you please be more careful? ;)

Got a little headache this morning. I guess I'll pop a couple of Advil and get bizzzzy... Blurf.

[peedin]

I'll take some chocolate too.

Eczema seems to be getting better, what with the heavy duty steroid cream and expensive OTC lotion. The script was $4, the OTC lotion was $16. Yipes.

Irk was harrible yesterday but today should be better since I got a lot cr@p fixed, plus it's sunny and predicted high of 55. W00T!

[Sticks and Scones]

Gotta keep the fingers busy, right?

Just as I was reading this a dog jumped up on the couch next to me and instead of saying 'hi' to her, I said 'right.' I guess I was answering you, FCM. :D

I had a hard time getting out of bed this morning. I think I'll be a little better after tonight is over. And then ultimately better by Friday, but that seems a long way off.

[lieu]

We played a game at the dinner table with some close family friends where you'd think of a rhyming 2-word association with something and everyone else would have to guess what it is. For example, the clue might be "sushi" and the answer would be "fish dish". They could be tricky, like using "shark" for "cool pool." "Donut" could clue for "roll hole", etc.

Just about the time everyone got tired of it someone would throw another out there and off we'd go again.


"Veneers."

[FairyChatMom]

lieu, that reminds me of a teacher who wanted us to play a game called "Hinky Pinky" - the difference being, you used a 2-word clue, so "obese feline" = "fat cat." It never caught on - we thought it was a stupid game. We were cool kids, you know. ;)

And is the answer thin skin?

[Man With a Cat]

Hi everyone!

[Lancia]

:grumble: too early, etc...

Day 10 sans caffeine. I've discovered Twinings English breakfast, which is wonderful and I've been drinking it throughout the day, but I miss my morning coffee.

My cousin, who was never known for her brains, is in my math class. She has been back to school for a few terms, after living on the streets for a decade. She going to embarass my to death. Yesterday, right before class before class she leans over and whispers '"hey, you want to see something neat?" I wasn't thinking much of it and said sure. So, instead of reaching into her bag to show me a book or something, she scoots her chair back and begins to untie her shoe.

:confused:

I told her to just show me later... I really don't want to know. Thankfully, español is a bit more mature. I love my cousin like a sister, but my god she is a dope.

Is this what college is all about? Being the grown-up in a room full of kids? Whatever happened to sex, drugs and parties?

[lieu]

And is the answer thin skin?
Tile smile. :D

[FairyChatMom]

My answer works, too. :p

[kopek]

swampy, hope OYKW feels better after soup and Z-Pak(That sounds like an anti-zombie medicine :eek:).

Speaking of which ----- did you know Hornady has come out with a line of ammo just for the zombie apocalypse? SFW unless you have some really rough ant-gun rules at work so I'll break the link to be safe.

ht tp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQWb-5nblx4


Be sure to read the entire disclaimer at the end ----- its a total hoot!

Got some -- just in case. Evans City cemetery ain't that far away from me.

[Silver Tyger]

I don't remember if I mentioned I'm trying to get my black belt in April. That means I need to take about six classes a week. I don't want to get dressed Saturdays, so I have to do it Mon-Thurs (two classes on Mondays and Wednesdays.)

I may die. I took two classes last night, and I am so pooped. And sore. I got a cramp in my butt in the middle of first class and that cheek still hurts. And my back... and...

And I really wish they wouldn't insist on 'ladies first'. I HATE the idea that having sticking-in parts means I should be treated special. But if I don't go along it's disruptive. Grrr. Just have to deal with it (and the teacher's in-your-face Christianity in emails and stuff) a little longer.

[ems]

Morning.....2 hours into an 8 hour conference call. This will be a long day.

[FairyChatMom]

Poor mmmmmmmmmmm - sounds like you need to hit a big lottery jackpot and tell them all what to do with those conference calls...

[swampbear]

mmmmmms YIKES! Did you wake up in hell??? :D

N.O.L. time! Roast beast sammich (deli roast beast) with pepper jack cheese, lettuce, maters and some corn chips on the side. Washin' it down with some gooooooood iced tea. Plus web surfin'. How N.O.L. time should be!

OYKW et some soup and took his meds. This per phone call to check up on the patient. He is probably now experiencin' nappage.

Laterz!

[Silver Tyger]

Wow mmms. That's, that's... I have no words.

[ems]

I keep asking myself who exactly did I piss off in a former life :D 4 1/2 hours in........this day of the month is less than my favourite put it that way.

Thursday I have a 10 hour meeting. Have I mentioned how much I love my job?

Tonight will be grocery shopping I am leaving work early after this conf call. Supper will be chicken boobies stuffed with a cream cheese & green chiles mixture wrapped in bacon for mr ems not wrapped in bacon for me. With broccoli.

[peedin]

Thursday I have a 10 hour meeting. .

I would kill myself. Really, I would. I can barely sit through an hour meeting. I cannot imagine the hell of a 10 hour meeting. What are they talking about? And most important, what food is being served?

[FairyChatMom]

Back from the dentist. I started talking to the hygienist about my knitting, one thing led to another, and she and one of the office ladies are going to give me their leftover yarn! Woohoo! More pretty, multicolored afghans!! :D

[lieu]

Geez, ems, I'm pretty sure I'd get fired before any 10 hour meeting was over. After bonking my head on the table as I was lulling off to sleeep, actually stretching out to take a nap, waking up incoherent and telling everyone to get out of my bedroom, drooling on the meeting table, scratching myself inappropriately and looking at my manager with that 'what in the hell are we doing here?' look for the next nine hours I'd be gone, history, Sayonara.

[FairyChatMom]

Chocolate chip cookie bars are baking away. nom nom nom nom :D

Supper will be veggie-beef stew recently thawed and currently warming up. nom nom nom nom :D

It will be a yummy night in FairyChatLand! nom nom nom nom :D

[Anaamika]

HELLO EVERYONE!




I was an only child so I didn't exactly have games in the car. Who would I play them with? My parents were definitely of the "Children should be seen and not heard" category.

So I used to talk to cars, or pretend they were talking to me. Cars' headlights can look like eyes, and depending on their placement, I used to pretend they were angry to see me or happy to see me. I used to call myself the Queen of Cars, and used to make the angry ones 'bow' down to me eventually. (I'd stare at them long enough until I'd get the optical illusion of the 'eyes' showing respect).

Because there really isn't any other place to put it: I do have a clear memory of one time when I was sitting up in the back of our station wagon (for you whippersnappers, we didn't have to wear a seatbelt or anything!). We were stopped in traffic, and there was this wonderfully nice looking elderly couple in the car behind us. I had a big picture book, like 11 x 17 size, so I sat cross-legged in the back of the book and patiently showed them every page (there were only like 10) and pointed out each page. I remember them paying close attention, and nodding, and smiling, and when I finished I waved, and they waved back.

I always wonder what those nice old folks thought. :)

[anyrose]

Hi 'mika!They probably thought you were really cute.

[FairyChatMom]

Meeks - your picture book story reminded me of one time I was driving a van with my youngest sister in the back - she would have been about 15 or 16 at the time. It was a work van that I'd borrowed to pick up some furniture I'd ordered, and my sis had come along to help me. As I was driving down the road, she decided it would be funny to press her face up against the back window, clawing with her hands, and mouthing "HELP MEEEEEE!!!" She wasn't smart enough to realize that one quick tap on the brake and she was knocked on her ass. Yeah, my sister thinks she's hilarious.

[purplehorseshoe]

Oh my stars, 'Mika, that last part is the cyoooootest story evah! How old were you?

So, new fishie made it through his first night on my desk here at work, and now that he's settled in he seems quite the active and curious little sprite. My mother had a betta that lived for-fucking-ever (seriously, he must have made it to his sixth birthday at least) but we used to joke that it was because he never moved. This one follows my movements and seems to like it when I run my finger slowly and gently across the glass. For lunch I opened a can of tuna and was distrubed at how closely he was paying attention to me as I cracked it open and started to snarf down one of his distant relatives. Must get ass in gear and post pictures, although they're hard to take because the glass is fluted so some part of his fins are always distorted in a very pretty (to me) way.

Mostly I just refer to him as "fishie" but this morning as I was walking in it occurred to me that I might privately name him Sanity.

[Anaamika]

I have a GREAT betta story which I will tell in a moment.

I don't remember how old I was in that story, and there's no one to really ask, but I'd say somewhere between six and nine, so not terribly young, but young enough to still be unselfconscious. :)

Here is my betta story.

I had a betta, once. He was alone for a while, and then I decided to set up a fish tank. So I set up this awesome fish tank, with angels, tetras, neons, gobys, catfish, and others. It was wonderful. I added the betta to it. I know they are supposed to fight, but I figured if he did, we'd pull him out.

He never fought. He was absolutely Lord and Master, but he lived peacefully in the tank for about three years.

Enter one of Mika's Great Ideas. I decided he needed a girlfriend! So I went out and bought him a female betta, and added her to the tank. Chaos ensued.

In three days, he had eaten Ms. Betta. We found her remains plugging up the filter.

In two more days he had killed and partially eaten almost every fish in the tank.

In a week, he had eaten most of the plants and killed off all all of the fish.

In two weeks the tank was a barren wasteland! He had destroyed it, all for the introduction of a girl. My beautiful angels, my tetras, my neons. All gone. Why didn't I remove him? Well, for one, i wasn't sure it was him, and I was kind of taken aback. By the time my fish were dead (remember that was only five days) I figured he'd be fine now, at least alone.

That betta lived on for two more years. I tell you though, I never put my fingers near the tank again.

Just goes to show what happens when you get the taste! :)

[swampbear]

'mika!!! How ya been! They probably just thought you were a special child. :D

Home from irk. I went by to see about the sickie. He says he's feelin' better but still looks like death warmed over. Anywho, I didn't get real close, that bein' our general rule when one of us is sick. He has soup, oj and meds so he's good to recuperate. Bein' as I was feelin' lazy I picked up a burger and snarfed it down when I got to da cave.

That is all for now.

[ems]

Geez, ems, I'm pretty sure I'd get fired before any 10 hour meeting was over. After bonking my head on the table as I was lulling off to sleeep, actually stretching out to take a nap, waking up incoherent and telling everyone to get out of my bedroom, drooling on the meeting table, scratching myself inappropriately and looking at my manager with that 'what in the hell are we doing here?' look for the next nine hours I'd be gone, history, Sayonara.

You would probably not be surprised to here that we see all of these by one person or another in this meeting every month. Usually it is only 6 hours but there is previous year in review bullshit to cover as well as appraisals to cover and a whole bunch of other crap. Urgh.

My conf call only lasted 6 hours instead of the prescribed 8. Yay! So I got the chance to go see one of my employees who started as a trainee in my location a couple of years ago pass his big promotion presentation this afternoon. And now I am leaving to go gorcery shop.

Later!

[congodwarf]

ems - I seriously hope you make an obscene amount of money.


Mika - I feel really horrible saying this but your fish story had me giggling. I kept thinking of The Mangler (the Stephen King short story).




Dindin tonight is spaghetti and meatballs. So boring. Sweetie is watching some show on tank battles and I might have to kill him soon if he doesn't turn it off.

[Ashes, Ashes]

It looks like I have a torn meniscus in my knee and no betta fish. My betta Indi (short for Indigo; guess his color!) lived for around eight years. My mom had to be banned from buying any after the carnage got too extreme.

So I may/probably need surgery, which isn't the end of the world, insurance wise. What'll get me is taking care of the house and animals. How do you pick out and get ready for a whole new career and location if your knee is recuperating? Gotta be done asap, though.

Hey! It's supposed to be the rainy season here, but no rain. Who's hogging the rain? I seem to recall a picture of rain damage posted by someone on this very MMP!

[swampbear]

I'm feelin' a little ookie. Ima go put a "No Crud" sign out in the yahd.

[Filbert]

Morning all!

Finally had my MRI scan that I've been waiting for for ages- hopefully they'll just tell me there's nothing major going on, 'cos my back does seem to be getting better.

I've even been down my allotment site diggin' out the veg beds for spring- if we get a spring, 'cos we don't seem to have had a winter yet; this time last year, the ground had been frozen solid for 2 months, this year we had one light ground frost, and my marigolds are still flowering. Most odd. I'd happily take some of the spare cold any of you have lying around, or we're going to be overrun with slugs 'n stuff this year.

I got a fishtank- but no bettas. I did get a pair once, but the girly betta turned out psycho, and killed most of the other fish, including Mr. Betta! Didn't work out who was doing it for ages, so didn't manage to stop it. I think I got an angry feminist one... ;)

I have some new babbies too- axolotyls, brought home at christmas, new hatched offspring of my parents' ones. Been spending ages watching them gormlessly try and hunt- honestly, they get outwitted by water fleas, how do they ever live in the wild?? Very cute though.

[gotpasswords]

Got me W2, and the bad news is my Federal refund is one whole dollar. Oh, whee to spend it all?

Anyone else's taxes come out near-perfect?

[swampbear]

Good mornin' y'all! Up and caffienatin'. *YAWN* 'Tis 62 Amurrkin out and that is the high for the day. It's also rainin' and will rain most of the day, hence the fact that we are at the high already. Da cave temp says 72, thus, the heat is not runnin' which is a good thing. Matter of fact the heat hasn't been on for three days. I can live with that.

gotti I'm still waitin' on tax stuff. I pretty much know I won't owe anything but I'm clueless as to the refund amount I'll be gettin'. Probably a couple hunnert bucks at best.

Nuts appropriate/inappropriate appendages crossed for a good MRI report.

On a positive note, I don't feel ookie right now. OYKW is stayin' home again today to finish up his meds. He thinks he'll be able to join the livin' again tomorrow.

It's rainin' hard out right now. I hear it on the awnin' over the back porch.

Now I seek more caffiene and the feedin' of rumbly tummy. Then, alas, irk purtification must commence.

Happy Hump Day Y'all!

[FairyChatMom]

Good morning! I woke up having a dream about Tom Hanks weeping to me over some trauma in his childhood or some such. The few specifics I remember include ruins of old buildings, a sink that didn't work, and putting powder on someone, only to discover that it was finely ground gunpowder. After that, who could sleep?

Walmart still hasn't delivered my new vacuum cleaner. I emailed and complained, and they wrote back to say it's on the way but not to worry, they don't charge my card till it's delivered. Hah - how about it was charged 2 weeks ago?? I let them know what I thought of that - wonder if I'll get a gift card for my inconvenience? I think they owe me some chocolate at the very least.

Today is finally the big day - we'll be hooking up the new aquarium plumbing and with luck, all will go well. Speaking of bettas - I was under the impression that you never put 2 together in a tank. My daughter used to have a pair, but she had a divided tank so they could see each other but not get to each other. Which begs the question - where do bebeh bettas come from then? Not that I really care - we don't do fresh water fish.

Other plans for today, you ask? Um, I should probably bring up our luggage for the cruise and start thinking about what to pack. There are things I can pack already - I doubt that I'll be wearing shorts or my bathing suit over the next 4 or 5 days...

I have no idea what our taxes are going to be like this year. I did see my W2 for the 7 months I was working, plus my retirement incentive payout. Haven't see one for my partial retirement payments, but quick math suggests overall, I'll make the same or slightly less than last year, so there's that. Unfortunately, OPM doesn't yet withhold state income taxes from my pension money, so I may have to pay there. Plus at the end of the year, FCD had one short term disability check from which nothing was withheld. It's probably not a big deal in the grand scheme of things. Anyway, I don't expect to get our taxes done till we're back from the cruise, and I'd be thrilled to be within a buck of our obligations. Ain't gonna happen, but it would be cool.

We're supposed to get rain tonight. As long as it holds off till we haul the stuff upstairs down to the new sump in the basement, it can rain all it wants. Depending on how long my sweetie sleeps, we may be done about lunch time, so threats of PM rain won't matter. I see knitting this afternoon - I've finished 2 hat/scarf sets and I've started a third. I plan to have them all done, washed with the afghan I finished over the weekend, and I'll deliver them all to Mom on Sunday. If I ever develop an allergy to acrylic yarn, I'll go insane!!!

And that's my morning so far. Stay tuned for further updates! :D

[VunderBob]

Blurf.

The day started foggy, and the forecast is for a metric buttload of rain.

[swampbear]

It looks like most of the rain has passed through. I see a bit of blue sky peekin' through as I look out the window. 'Tis very windy though. What would y'all do without my south Jawja weather updates! :D

MOOOOOOM it's a good idea to start at least layin' out clothing and stuff for the cruise. One does need to ensure the correct amount of undies has been counted out.

I'd love to be home today makin' a big ol' pot of chili cause I have a hankerin' for some but, alas, at irk I am to be.

[Sticks and Scones]

Ah the joys of the self-employed. I haven't quite finished up with my accounting stuff from last year. But, I am waiting on one miscellaneous W-2 that hasn't showed up from a temp job so it will be awhile before I get any tax stuff done.

Despite the fact that yesterday was the one that I was most anxious about, I've been having an anxiety attack for, oh, probably about the last 5 hours with intermittent sleep.

Now to try to act motivated and get some work done for the day.

Almost forgot to mention... I ordered a new pair of tennis shoes from Zappos last night when I got home from school which was at about 9 p.m. and THEY'RE ON THE TRUCK TO BE DELIVERED HERE THIS MORNING!! Wow. And it was free shipping, too.

[anyrose]

Dentist, then architect. Laterz.

[swampbear]

Rosie I'm sure there's a dentist/architect joke in there somewhere but I just can't find it right now. Maybe BBBobbio will be along to point the way. :D

I have been over to the senior center next door to do a presentation and to meet with a couple of folks. I am now back because it is eleven-thirty which means Bingo time. Bingo time can get cut throat at a senior center. :eek:

[Silver Tyger]

I was bad and didn't go to taijitsu yesterday. I was hungry and tired and said screw it.

I'm going to two classes today and I'll make up yesterday later (I think I can skip about 12 classes before I have to start taking Saturday classes and/or private lessons).

I'm not being very good about getting to work earlier. I've started 15 minutes later than I meant to all week (not late, because we have a flexible schedule and nobody cares, but I *should* make it up on Friday. I don't know that I will.)

[janis_and_c0]

Swampy.. Has you a crockpot? Make chili in it!
Tired. got my kitchen cleaned (mostly) have errends to run later, maybe. Oh what an exciting life I lead :rolleyes:

[peedin]

I didn't fall asleep until 2am despite my nightly anti-anxiety pill. I am not in a happy place today.

[FairyChatMom]

The aquarium is re-plumbed and the old sump tank is sitting on the front porch. I'll get daughter to help me move it around to the back tomorrow. FCD is figuring out the computer now, which will give us control of everything but filling the sump. That part will be added after we get back.

I ran to the grocery store for a few items for us and some stuff for daughter next week while she's staying here. I've got a fire going - it's raining and just icky outside, and chilly and damp in here. FCD's shorts were just delivered - as soon as he tries them on so we can be sure they're right, I'll run them thru a rinse cycle in the washer. That'll be today's big excitement.

swampy, we'll have just enough unders for the 2 weeks plus one pair to get us thru the day we get home, when I'll be washing the rest. I have no problem getting 2 or even 3 days out of a pair of jeans, but unders are a one-shot deal. I think it's a law... ;)

[VunderBob]

Rosie I'm sure there's a dentist/architect joke in there somewhere but I just can't find it right now. Maybe BBBobbio will be along to point the way. :D

Sorry. I'm fresh out of architect/dentist jokes.

[Lissla Lissar]

Quasi-Daughter has a betta named Alpha. I think it's lived a pretty peaceful life. I will encourage her not to get it a friend. :D


I tihnk I've been saying this for about twenty-five weeks, but I'm pretty tired of being pregnant. If it were safe, I'd evict the littles now. As it is, they get another month, and then we're going to deliver.

Silver Tyger, what are you going for your black belt in? I have to ask, as the wife of a professional ninja guy.

[Silver Tyger]

Silver Tyger, what are you going for your black belt in? I have to ask, as the wife of a professional ninja guy.

Taijitsu. And then I will be a pirate ninja.

[swampbear]

OYKW has given me a sign he is feelin' better. He wants pizza. Correction, accordin' to him, he needs pizza. :D

MOOOOOOM ones dainties must be changed daily. It is a law. It's everybody's mother's law. I also have a rule that there must be a spare pair or two just in case. One never knows when one might have an undies emergency!

[ems]

congod - not as much as I would like.

Today was an easy day. A supplier took me for lunch and they paid :D

I have been working up some numbers on another commodity we are looking at changing suppliers for and I surfed a bit. Not a bad day really. My brain was mush yesterday after the conf call and will be mush tomorrow. Then Friday I get out of the office and go supplier visiting. Yay!

Weekend plans are to go visit mr ems mom & sis in TX and see how his mom is doing in the residential care. His sister and the doctor think we may be heading into the last couple of months with his mom so we are going to make the most of the time we have with her.

LiLi it has to be cool to be able to say that!

[VunderBob]

Quasi-Daughter has a betta named Alpha.

I had two one time, in separate 5 gal tanks. They were named Master and VHS.

Yes, it was the '80s...

[Lissla Lissar]

More or less. He's got his third degree in Japanese weapons, and second dan in tai chi and karate. His sensei wanted him to grade for third dan in tai chi in February, figuring he'd have lots of time off because of the twins.

So yeah, maybe at the next next grading. In October.


In Toronto we have this composting program, so we have garbage, recycling, and green bin pickup. The green bin is all food and animal waster, and diapers. The damn squirrels chewed through the lid of one of our bins a couple of days ago, and it's been deeply depressing to watch the squirrel All-You-Can-Eat buffet on the porch. So I went out during naptime and duct taped a double layer of cut up aluminum cans over and under the hole.

An hour later, I've got a hissing growling squirrel that chewed through the layers and refuses to come out. Blast.

[gotpasswords]

Suckitude aboundeth.

Found out that a co-worker was diagnosed with terminal cancer shortly before Christmas and has since died, but not from the cancer. The strangely worded email made it sound like a suicide. Sometimes you just can't tell what turmoils lurk in a person's life, and this guy was the epitome of ever-cheerful, often bordering on bubbly.

Aside from that, we're packing up, getting ready to move. Our stuff has expanded to fill a five bedroom house. Where's the tape?

[Taters]

Hello everyone. Life has been nutso-crazy for me of late.

gotti, I hope you've got some help with the packing. Aren't you and your SO recovering from surgeries?

Work is suckitude, but that's a repeating refrain with me. I shall survive, because I'm tough, damn it!

Loves, hugs, and smooches to all. Gotta figure out the dinner thing.

[swampbear]

gotti sorry about that co-worker. Also, have fun with the move. I never ever want to do that again. Of course this means I will since I have so posted. :D

I's tahrd. Gonna go lie upon the bed and watch me some teevee.

Nitey Nite Y'all!

[dogbutler]

Dentist, then architect. Laterz.

Getting a dental bridge?:p


Home, tired, laundry is done.

[gotpasswords]

gotti, I hope you've got some help with the packing. Aren't you and your SO recovering from surgeries?.
Yes, but our plan is either brilliant or insane. We know the area we want to move to, so we're getting a storage unit in that area, and are moving stuff to it slowly, rather than knocking ourselves out in one or two heroic days of moving. The potential insanity is that we don't have a new home picked yet. For now, we're stashing unessential things like the Xmas decorations, extra linens, books, and such.

I've got a final cost of my neck surgery - $70,000 billed to the insurance company. The actual artificial disc implant was over $18,000 on its own.

[gardentraveler]

Thank heavens for insurance, gotti. That's certainly a whole lot of money! How's your neck doing, by the way?

Finally sleepy. I'm in the phase of jet lag where you don't get sleepy for a long time and then wake up disgustingly early.

Guess I need to take advantage of the fact that I'm yawning, finally.

Hugs all.

GT

[tarragon918]

"Hey Y'all!" Channeling Paula Deen tonight, I guess. :D Sorry to have been MIA; I don't really have an excuse either. But here I am. Hugs and good thoughts to all in need.

My family didn't have our own particular games that we played while traveling in the car. Probably my favorite was the license plate game. We always tried to find cars with tags for where we lived, or where our relatives lived. I remember once when we were going to Maine from Delaware one August; I think we were on the way to the Tappenzee Bridge, so somewhere in NY state or upper New Jersey. At any rate, we saw another Delaware tag car, and as it got closer to us, we realized it was a neighbor from up the street; the widowed mother was my 11th grade English teacher! She and her sons were headed to their summer cottage somewhere in upstate NY. Small world!!

Sunday I cracked my crock pot crock; I used it to brown a roast on top of the stove, and when I added some broth, it cracked. Dummy me, I don't know why I thought that you could cook on the stove top with it, but I did think that and no, you should NOT do that. So don't try it, okay? :eek: I was able to order a replacement crock although it probably would have been just as cost effective to get a new crock pot. This one was fairly new, we'd only gotten it in October. I was browning it in the crock pot because it was going to be cooked in the crock pot, and I didn't want to have two pots to clean (by way of some explanation for my own stupidity, I suppose!).

I have also been trying to crochet hats. I am thinking of maybe working with a group that makes things for Project Linus, except my skills are really not that good. I am so clumsy, most of my efforts come out lumpy and uneven, unfortunately. I have been able to crochet one hat so far that looks okay. I've currently got at least three going, including one that I've unraveled several times so far! The current version seems to be going okay and I think I've gotten the hang of the simple pattern, but the two that I've tried to make so far with that... well, one of them is -huge- and the other is a bit too snug. LOL I feel like Goldilocks - where's the one that's "just right?!"

Tuesday I have an appointment with the opthamologist; I've been seeing "floaters" in the eye that I had the cataract surgery in a little over a year ago. I still haven't had surgery for my other eye yet, so I'm going to ask about that. I may have to wait a bit longer, though - there's a $250 co-pay for out patient surgery in my new plan! :eek:

In the mean time, it's off to the grocery store tomorrow morning. Hope everyone is doing well. And I am dreading taxes this year - I haven't seen a W-2 for work yet, and like FCM, since June no state taxes were withheld. I may, for the first time in many many years, have to file for an extension. Like I said, I really hate to think about it. Oh well.

Happy nearly Thursday, all!

[SpazCat]

I'm going to drop a huge update email on Irish Brother today and ask if he can come down here this weekend to mediate among everyone in the house because I'm sick of being the monkey in the middle. Nobody is seeing how their behavior looks from anyone else's point of view except me and it's frankly driving me to another breakdown if it's not resolved posthaste.

In other news, I finally rescheduled my headshrinker appointment for next Wednesday. I couldn't do it before due to moving and the earpiece on my phone up and dying for no reason. This is the third phone of this type I've had. I'm death on them, apparently.

[swampbear]

Good Mornin' Y'all! Up and caffienatin'. *YAWN* 'tis 43 Amurrkin out with a predicted high of <snerk> 69 <snerk> and windy. It's supposed to get down to 28tonight. BRRRRR!

doggio I just knew somebody would step up with a dentist/architect joke! :D

Sounds like a plan in the makin' gotti.

Herbs remember crock pots are for low heat cookin'. Hence the name slow cooker. :p

Today I get to go to the doc for a physical before irk. Appointment is at nine a.m. I could go in to irk for a bit first but I choose to be a sluggard and not go until after the doc.

OYKW is goin' back to irk today. He got his pizza yestiddy and is all better now. Oh and I do have chili cookin' away in a big slow cooker. Yes, I actually put it on when I got up this mornin'. This way it cooks today, gets to set and mellow overnight and get eaten/frozen tomorrow. Chili is one of those things that's better if'n it gets to set and mellow IMO.

I need more caffiene and some brekkie for rumbly tummy. Then I should get purtified for the doc and irk I guess.

Happy Thursday Y'all!

[VunderBob]

Blurf. I'm grumpy today.

My blood sugar has become an issue along with my expanding waistline, therefore, I am no-carbing. Three days into it, my mouth tastes funny and my pee smells, so I'm doing something right. It's the presence of ketones, meaning I'm metabolizing fat.

I'm sure the dieting is a contributing factor to my grumpiness, but not the sole cause. It's time to hoist the Jolly Roger and start slitting throats.

[FairyChatMom]

Good morning, Mumperworld!! I fell asleep to raindrops on the roof and awoke to many puddles on the ground, not that it was a surprise. Last night's weather radar had a huge expanse of green headed our way, and it definitely passed thru. Today we're supposed to hit low 60s - weird, weird weird...

Nothing exciting planned for today. My sweetie needs to take it easy. After 2 days of working on the aquarium, he was hurting last night. I keep reminding him how recent his surgery was (barely 4 weeks ago) but that doesn't seem to stop him. I swear, I married the world's worst patient!

tarra - I found the hardest part of crocheting and knitting was mastering tension control. Once you get the feel for that, your too big/too small/too lumpy problems will go away. Patience - it'll come to you. Have you tried making little blankets rather than hats? Flat and rectangular or square is easier to master and around here, Project Linus seems to emphasize blankies. ;)

Speaking of crock pots, I get to buy a new small one. We've got a nice big slow cooker, but my older, round crockpot has died, giving me the excuse I've been seeking for ages - a reason to get a new one! :D After we get back from the cruise, I'm gonna find me one.

That's all I've got now. Off to read the funnies, even tho they're rarely funny any more...

Happy Thursday! :D

[dogbutler]

Up, caffeinated, off to irk.

[swampbear]

I've been physicalled (physicaled?) and it appears everything is ok. So rah. No major health problems other than what comes with age, I reckon.

That's pretty much the news. It's all sunny and bright out but sooooooo windy!

Laterz!

[Man With a Cat]

We're having our first 'major' snow of the year today. Of course for the local news this means it's the end of the world.

[Anaamika]

I have a really hard time crocheting. Everyone says it's easier than knitting. I already know how to knit, so maybe that's why I have trouble with a crochet hook. Plus I cannot learn from a piece of paper. Maybe from youtube.

[swampbear]

It's N.O.L. time! YAY!!! I'm munchin' on some chikin sallit and crakers. The chikin sallit is from The Cookie Shop. They make good chikin sallit and cookies. Thus, there's a big homemade chawklit chip cookie for dessert. Double YAAAAAAY!!!

[Silver Tyger]

[QUOTE=gotpasswords;14658877]For now, we're stashing unessential things like the Xmas decorations, extra linens, books, and such./QUOTE]

You'll be surprised what you decide is 'unessential'.

I missed a taijitsu class last night. I keep forgetting that the first class on Wednesday starts at 5:30. For some reason I can manage to remember on Monday. I'm not terribly worried about it.

Woke up feeling more girly than I've felt in a while, so I'm actually wearing a blouse, and woman's jacket instead of a dress shirt and an unisex jacket. And heels! Technically, they're boots I bought to use for Pirate Faire, but they're nice heeled boots. I think it's about a two inch heel, but it doesn't feel that way.

And then I got in the car, and drove like an asshole*, and swore at other drivers. :p

(* I exaggerate - I ran a lot of yellows, but didn't do anything dangerous).

[anyrose]

major weather-induced sinus headache pretending to be a migraine.
blurf4

[anyrose]

I'm sorry I killded the MMP. Forgive me?

[Lissla Lissar]

You're forgiven.


I'm starting to sort through clothes for a comfy after-having-babies wardrobe, so I don't have to think about what to wear. Everything will be a)fairly pretty and decent-looking, and b) as comfy as pajamas. I know I won't have time or energy to figure out what I can and can't wear for the first couple of months. Better to do it now.

[congodwarf]

Massive blurf.


I'm getting caught up on all the sleep I missed with all those years of insomnia. I've slept at least 12 hours each day since the weekend. Too bad the bed is too soft and it's making my sciatica come back. Ugh.

I need to start sleeping a normal schedule soon since school starts in a few days. We still haven't gotten the jeep back. This could be bad. I hope he finishes it soon.


It snewed. woohoo.


It looks icy and dangerous outside. At least when we get the Jeep back, it'll have heat.


I need to make more clicker-lanyards and magnets for my dog trainer to sell but my motivation is totally non-existent. I just wanna be lazy.

[gotpasswords]

It's time to hoist the Jolly Roger and start slitting throats.
I'll bring my sword.

It's bad enough that real estate people exaggerate, but when they lie, I'm outta there. If you say the appliances are new, they had better be NEW and CLEAN. Not looking like something out of a frat house. :mad:

[swampbear]

Evenin' Y'all! I made a nummy dindin of cheese steaks and oven fries. MMMMMMM!!! We had a rain front come through this afternoon and behind it cool temps and very windy. The temp is definitely fallin' outside from near 70 around four this afternoon to around 50 now and down to 30 overnight! BRRRRRR!!!!!!

gotti realtors do have some strange ideas of new and clean I've noticed over the years. I had da cave built so it was indeed new and clean, appliances included (I even bought a new fridge and freezer) when I moved in. Ok, the washer and dryer were not new but have been replaced over the years. I've been in da cave almost 16 years. WOW!

I's feelin' sleepified. Think I'll go lie upon the bed and watch teevee 'til sleep doth overcome.

Nitey Nite Y'all!

[Sticks and Scones]

Between school and life I've been running around like crazy this week. I have a paying job tomorrow and then I have to run my grandparents all over creation... And THEN I get a phone call tonight right after I get home from school tonight wanting to know if a client can cash in on some freebies for Saturday. :rolleyes:

I can haz nap?

[IvoryTowerDenizen]

I'm sorry I killded the MMP. Forgive me?

Clear!

Wa-thump

We have a rhythm folks.

[SpazCat]

I have a really hard time crocheting. Everyone says it's easier than knitting. I already know how to knit, so maybe that's why I have trouble with a crochet hook. Plus I cannot learn from a piece of paper. Maybe from youtube.

I learned how to crochet from Youtube.

I had my Friday the 13th a day early. I also found out my friends are all tired of me and I need to drop off the face of the earth from them for a while. That's a lovely realization to have. :mad:

[gardentraveler]

:D Soapy

Have edited more pics and surfed a bit. Am really not keeping up this week.... Hugs all.

GT

ETA: Sorry about that, Spaz. We don't share their opinion. Extra hugs.

[Lissla Lissar]

TomKitten didn't wake up until almost seven. That is very happy.


Also, throwing up sucks.

Spaz, I'm sorry. That's awful.

[Sticks and Scones]

Woke up from an awful dream this morning that in addition to everything going on I also still worked for my previous employer and they had just added a bunch of stuff to my workload. So glad it wasn't true.

Spaz, I'm sorry. I think your IRL friends suck. And, yes, I agree with GT, WE do not share their opinion.

[swampbear]

Good Mornin' Y'all! Up and caffienatin'. Also feelin' a bit under the weather so I made the executive decision to stay home. I have a little bit of fever and feel all stuffy. I've talked with OYKW and he said I sounded all stuffed up and should stay home. Thus, I sought a medical opinion as well. :D 'Tis 30 degrees Amurrkin out with a predicted high of 49 and windy. Winter hath returned.

{{{Spaz}}} like others have said we definitely do not share that opinion. IRL friends suck sometimes.

I shall partke of more caffiene now and feed rumbly tummy. Grits 'n aigs sounds good.

Happy Firday the 13th :eek: Y'all!

[FairyChatMom]

Friday the 13th, huh? Good thing I'm not superstitious... <looks left, looks right...>

I can see already it's very windy out, and it just looks cold. Today's big chore is to run to the convenience center, and I may start some laundry. I should probably make a pre-trip checklist - so much to do, so much to forget.

And I'm concerned about how so many Mumpers are starting the new year. I will not have this. You will all have happy, carefree lives, dammit! Knock it off with the sick and the problems and stuff. I'm not kidding. Start having a good year, and I mean it! :mad:



:D

[dogbutler]

And I'm concerned about how so many Mumpers are starting the new year. I will not have this. You will all have happy, carefree lives, dammit! Knock it off with the sick and the problems and stuff. I'm not kidding. Start having a good year, and I mean it! :mad:



:D

I'm going to the hockey game with my "just friend":) and her grandson tomorrow, does that count?

Today is up, caffeinated, and off to irk, for a double.


{{{{{Spaz}}}}

Sorry about the hornking, LiLi.

[anyrose]

Contractor is coming today to pick up the plans and do a walkthrough.

[Lissla Lissar]

Oh, well. I know it's my destiny until I give birth. I'm pretty used to it, now.

I'm also much wider front to back than side to side. It's pretty funny. If I took a picture and photoshopped out my stomach I would look exactly the same as before I got pregnant. It's forty-five pounds of just twins. Nothing else.

It's snowing a lot, and we're heading out to the Science Centre in a few minutes. I should try and find some lunch to pack. I think we mostly have triscuits.

[congodwarf]

Friday the 13th, huh? Good thing I'm not superstitious... <looks left, looks right...>




Heh, I had to get that out of my system early or else I would have turned out wicked screwed up. Today's my birfday. I wasn't born on a Firday though. I was born on a Sunday which just means that old poem is full of crap. Sunday's child ain't blithe...or gay!!



I went to bed at 1am but my back and sciatica hurt too much to fall asleep. So, I took a blanket and a pillow and settled myself down on the hard wood floor. It felt SO good! However, after about an hour, my back felt much better and I decided to give the bed another try. I stood up and looked at my side of the bed and saw this (http://s862.photobucket.com/albums/ab183/spike1380/?action=view&current=iggyinbed.png).


I slept on the couch. :smack:



Why did I pick today for the day to start getting up at a normal time? I have nothing to do today. Sweetie has to work and I have no vehicle. I see a nap in my not to distant future.


LiLi - I agree. Actually, I agree so much that I brainwashed myself into not throwing up at a very young age. What sucks even more is being completely incapable of throwing up when you desperately need to. I can't even remember why I hated it so much (other than the fact that I was doing it repeatedly for days).


{{{{Spaz}}}} - Swampy's right. IRL friends DO suck sometimes. My best friend still gets on my case for breaking up with Sweetie and moving to NY for 2 years because of the fact that I left HER. I didn't friggen leave HER. I left Sweetie because I had mental shit I had to deal with. I dealt and now I'm a happier person and back with Sweetie and I don't need the frequent guilt trips about it.....Grumble...

[congodwarf]

LiLi - When the heck are you due anyway? It seems like you've been incubating for ages.

[FairyChatMom]

Well, then Happy CongoDay!!!!!!!!

And the puppeh pic is just adorable! awwwwwwwwwwww

It's windy like crazy here. I don't wanna take the trash - I might get cold! It's all of 37° out there. But this time next week, I'll be in the Caribbean... :D In my swimsuit, perhaps??

:D

[congodwarf]

And the puppeh pic is just adorable! awwwwwwwwwwww





Thanks! He's very photogenic. He's also a little shit. When we want him to go outside and he doesn't want to, he rolls over on his back and stretches and squeaks because he knows it makes us melt. I think he was getting back at me because Sweetie had been trying to put him out before bed and Iggy was on my feet doing the cute puppy thing. So, I kicked him off my feet. :D He was quite annoyed with me after that.

[Sticks and Scones]

My best friend still gets on my case for breaking up with Sweetie and moving to NY for 2 years because of the fact that I left HER. I didn't friggen leave HER. I left Sweetie because I had mental shit I had to deal with. I dealt and now I'm a happier person and back with Sweetie and I don't need the frequent guilt trips about it.....Grumble...

This is another very good point. Sometimes IRL friends just don't get mental health stuff.

Happy Birthday, congo!!!!!

I am just about finished taking a quick break from lunch preparations. I hadn't had a chance to eat breakfast so I just did that. After being extremely anxious and whiny all morning I went out to start my van because I needed to go to the store and buy rolls for lunch. And... I had forgotten to liberate the wipers from the windshield so one of the wipers cracked and fell off. Then I started crying. And a fat lot of good it did me, too. :p

After I thought about it for awhile, though, I realized that honestly (even though it didn't seem like it right then) it picked the best possible time and place to break and it could have done much more damage that just a broken blade. So, I'm glad about that, I guess.

Ok, back to cooking!

[FairyChatMom]

Well whoop-de-doo - it appears the Xtreme wind has knocked a large branch on to our red shed leaving a gaping hole along one end. Once FCD finishes showering and dressing, we'll be wandering out there to check it out and see what we have to do to protect the stuff inside. But come spring, we'll need another shed, or we'll need to clean out the white shed and make room for all the stuff from the red shed. Or we'll need shelves in the garage for red-shed-stuff. Anyway, rah for the wind... :rolleyes:

[congodwarf]

The wind has been vicious here too. Every time it blows I worry about losing more trees. So far we've only lost 2 trees since September but we've lost a crap-ton of branches. Luckily for us though, they've all landed in the yard or the street <knocks on wood...>

I would kinda like it if one landed on the roof though. Damn all those lucky buggers who got new roofs out of the tornado and hurricane and Halloween snow storm. 'snot fair. :(

[congodwarf]

Sweetie just gave me my birfday pressie. He gave me a gym membership. Before you ladies get all up in arms about how uncouth he is...I wanted it. I want a new vacuum too but he didn't get me one of those. :(

Anyway, one of the few things I don't like about this area is how far we are away from convenience. The only gym I know of in the area isn't open convenient hours and it's too busy and too intimidating. Well, a new small, family owned gym is opening in Sturbridge on Feb5 and it's gonna be open 24/7 with staff available at normal hours and key card access and no staff on off hours. I'm very excited about this. It's only about a 8 minute drive and even shorter at 1am so it's really close too.

I can't wait for Feb5!!!


The other part of my pressie is his permission to do absolutely nothing all day........um....what does he think I've been doing for the last 3 weeks?? :D

[anyrose]

Hippo Birdies, shortdrum!

[congodwarf]

Hippo Birdies

I think that might be the cutest visual I've had all month.

thanks rosie!

[Silver Tyger]

Happy Bday Congo!

I did not want to get up today. Oh man, I was so tired last night I barely had energy to eat dinner. This morning was not any better. And I have to go get a drug test for work - just a formality, but I'm tempted to tell them about my debilitating Oreo addiction.

((Spaz))

[swampbear]

<ahem> clearing throat <ahem>


HAAAPPPYYY BIIITTTHHHDDDAAAYYY TOOOOOO YOUUUUUU!!!!!!
HAAAPPPYYY BIIITTTHHHDDDAAAYYY TOOOOOO YOUUUUUU!!!!!!
HAAAPPPYYY BIIITTTHHHDDDAAAYYY DEEEAAARRR SSSHHHOOORRRTTTDDDRRRUUUMMM!!!!!!
HAAAPPPYYY BIIITTTHHHDDDAAAYYY TOOOOOO YOUUUUUU!!!!!!


AWWWWWWW..... Iggy looks so keeeeeeyooooooote!!!

I'm feelin' less stuffed up and congested. I took some daytime stuff and it seems to be helpin'. However, I don't care what it says about non-drowsiness, I do feel a little drowsy. It lied to me!

[congodwarf]

thank you, thank you:p




Clear sign you're getting old - your mother gives you eating utensils for your birthday and you think it's the coolest gift ever. :smack: Last year she gave me pots and pans and THAT was the coolest gift ever. There's no hope for me. I'm officially an old person.

[FairyChatMom]

I was wrong - it wasn't a branch - it was a tree. A dead tree that was behind the shed fell and hit the roof, snapped, and the broken top rolled to the side of the shed. It's a mess. Thankfully, we'd moved our sucker-vac to the garage a couple of months ago, or it would have been crushed.

We're going to put a tarp inside the shed to cover what needs to be covered, and we'll deal with it all in the spring.

I'm going to make my pre-cruise checklist so we don't forget anything. What are the chances?

[Filbert]

Ugh. I need to sleep more than 2 hours in a night- I was in bed all nice and early last night, but just spent a whole night lying there getting bored, and not sleeping until just before I had to get up. Is not nice, and it's making my eczema come back. :mad:

Also, throwing up sucks.
I read this as 'throwing up socks' :eek:. I was thinkin' the cravings had got really weird. :p

Spend the day digging and acquiring horse poo, in an attempt to get myself really tired. It seems to be working, my brain's obviously in shut down.
*yaaaaaawn*


Started the new term of pottery classes last night- was a little awkward- there's 4 guys there all with learning disabilities (one guy who was there last term, 2 of his friends, and one other guy with the same caseworker), and all but the one back from last time just don't seem to have any interest in doing anything; so the teacher's just having all her time taken up trying to get them doing something, and not getting bored and playing with other peoples' pots.

Their caseworker seems to basically sign them up whether or not they want to be there; it all seems a bit of a waste of everyone's time, including the other 2 really interested people who signed up to learn stuff, but have every conversation with the teacher interrupted. She's not a great teacher to begin with (she's very nice, and knows her stuff, but gets constantly sidetracked, doesn't appear to have any plan of what she's doing, and wurbles aimlessly a lot), and this is a really tough mix of students... Good job it's a cheap class; I'm not expecting to get much teaching.

Happy Prehistoric Creatures day!

[congodwarf]

Happy Prehistoric Creatures day!

Ouch. I didn't think I was THAT old!! :D

[Silver Tyger]

Back from the drug test. You'll note the time now (10:00am). My appointment was at 8:30am. It does not take me an hour and half to pee... :mad::rolleyes:

[Taters]

Happy Birthday, shortdrum!

I have much to do today, and hopefully I'll get to all of it.

The shed death just has to suck, FCM. Hope you get it all squared away to your satisfaction.

It are cold in these here parts. We're supposed to get a little snow starting Sunday. Not big accumulations, just enough to screw up the roads.

[congodwarf]

Just got a call from the mortgage company. It seems they want to lower our interest rate, let us skip a payment, and not do a refinance or reappraisal.


Anyone want to take bets on whether or not it's too good to be true?


She couldn't give me more details because my name isn't on the mortgage.

[FairyChatMom]

A mortgage company deliberately offering you a deal that will lose them money? Oh yeah, that happens all the time! :rolleyes: Do you in fact know that it was the mortgage company calling? Sounds mega-scammy to me, but then I'm kinda cynical.

[janis_and_c0]

Hippo Birdie two Ewe Deer Shortdrum!

*smacks the Spaz friends* Bad, Bad Spaz friends. No cookies for you!
*gives Spaz a cookie" I've had "friends" like that. *HUG*

Feel better, Swampy!



Had a nice lunch. Got to get the house picked up before Sabbath. It is very cold here.

Happy Firday!!

[swampbear]

shortdrum that sounds :dubious: to me but then again I am a skeptical curmudgeon.

MOOOOOOM ick! That sucks about the shed. Glad nuttin' valuable was destroyed.

I be feelin' better. I feel like it's all more sinusy than anything. I mean I have appetite and want to eat stuff like chili so it can't be anything bad. Thus I do not have the crud. Matter of fact I just made up some coleslaw to go on top of scramble dawgs for dindin.

A scramble dawg is a hot dawg, grilled, nuked or steamed, your choice, placed in a bun and cut into bite size pieces. One dumps chili, onions, mustard, oyster crackers, dill pickle slices and grated cheese on top and eats away with a fork or spoon. They are messy but nummy! Purists argue over whether or not there should be cheese but I say there should always be cheese.

ETA: and, of course, slaw on top of the scramble dawg. Hence, why I made the dang stuff in the first place.

[congodwarf]

I don't know for certain that it was them. Thanks for pointing out that possibility. She said she was from Freedom Mortgage and she knew my name wasn't on the account so I just assumed she was telling the truth.

[congodwarf]

I searched on the phone number and the only hit I got was someone confirming that it was Freedom Mortgage Refinance calling about a refi. application they had filled out.

They called us in late 2010 to see if we wanted to refinance but they were offering an adjustable rate so we said no. This time she said it wasn't an adjustable rate. Oh well, Sweetie said he was too busy to answer when they called and left him a message that they'll call back.



My diploma (degree?) came today!! Now I need to get a frame for it. I feel a bit silly being so excited about an Associates degree when so many of you have advanced degrees but it's the first time I haven't quit something important when it got too stressful.



Well, I decided how to spend my day. I'm watching old scary movies. I just watched the Masque of the Red Death (one of my favorite Poe stories) and was pleased with it. I tried to watch the Dunwich Horror but I forgot how much it pisses me off that they never bothered to pronounce it correctly (never mind the fact that it sucks ass and has too many closeups of Dean Stockwell's unibrow). So I turned that one off. Now I'm watching the Pit and the Pendulum. I'm on a Vincent Price kick today apparently.

[Lissla Lissar]

Happy birthday, congo! After three pregnancies, I've pretty much trained myself to throw up at the first signs of nausea, because then I feel better. Doesn't work with flu, but does with morning sickness.

I'm 31 weeks pregnant, which does feel like ages. Twins are full-term at 37 weeks, and I'm hoping we can deliver about 35 weeks, if everyone is measuring okay, and the babies will be able to come home instead of staying in the NICU (which will happen if they're underweight). I've never had a baby less than eight pounds before. Smaller will be weird.



Filbert, I currently want to eat ice, clay, cement, and laundry soap. Socks would be normal. No, I am not joking. I wish I were.

[congodwarf]

Filbert, I currently want to eat ice, clay, cement, and laundry soap. Socks would be normal. No, I am not joking. I wish I were.


Ugh! How do you deal with those cravings?

[anyrose]

sounds like a scam. Call your bank directly and verify the offer

[Sticks and Scones]

My diploma (degree?) came today!! Now I need to get a frame for it. I feel a bit silly being so excited about an Associates degree when so many of you have advanced degrees but it's the first time I haven't quit something important when it got too stressful.



I think it's great! Definitely something to be proud of. Or, if you're going to be an English major I should say 'definitely something of which you should be proud!' :D


Well, I got the wiper blade and a companion for the other side and I can't figure the damn things out. I'm usually the wiper blade queen around here. I guess I'm going to have to resign my title. :( Fortunately, my dad will be here in a little bit.

[congodwarf]

Or, if you're going to be an English major I should say 'definitely something of which you should be proud!' :D



No chance in hell! I was an English major the first time I dropped out of college. I have no idea what prompted THAT particular decision but it was a bad one.

[swampbear]

Yay for you shortdrum! Now on to that bachelor's degree! A degree of which you will be doubly proud. :D

My mother told me she would scrape the frost off the freezer and eat it when she was pregnant with me. This probably explains a lot. :D

Scrambledawgs were good! MMMMMMM! I took two quarts of chili over to my next road over neighbors. Since it was still all warm they were gettin' ready to chow down as I left.

Now we are in for the night.

[FairyChatMom]

PapaJohn made supper. Now it's time to assume the TV position and chill. Yay.

Tomorrow we pack!

[SpazCat]

HAPPY CONGODAY!

This is another very good point. Sometimes IRL friends just don't get mental health stuff.

That's pretty much what's going on here. I'm dealing with depression and Culinary Boy is recovering from alcoholism and PTSD. Everyone's pretty much tired of our issues, so we've decided to remove ourselves from their lives and work on our issues separately. He's finally taking advantage of the huge resources he can get as an OIF (Operation Iraqi Freedom) vet and I'm passing time until my appointment next week.

And to top it all off, Mysterio, el mal gato, peed on my bed last night. Through three blankets, two sheets, and the mattress pad where it was stopped by the pad's plastic backing. Fortunately Clown washed and dried all my bedding today for me.

[congodwarf]

I was updating my info on facebook and noticed it said that Sweetie and I were in an "open relationship."

What the hell? says I to myself as I change it to "in a relationship"


Suddenly my sisters start harassing me about how long it has said open relationship.



When Sweetie came in the house, I asked him, "Dude, did you know that facebook had us in an open relationship?"


He bursts out laughing.


That bastard changed it MONTHS AGO because I kept staying logged in on his computer.


:D



I totally deserved it and it was friggen hilarious and totally embarrassing at the same time.

[swampbear]

shortdrum good thing for sweetie you have a sense of humor. Maybe you might need to remind you that Iggie is also willin' as sweetie is to keep the bed warm at night. :D

Speakin' of warmin' the bed we're goin' to do that shortly. Make of that what you will ya buncha gutter minds.

Nitey Nite Y'all!

[Lissla Lissar]

Well, I don't. Instead, I take a lot of chewable vitamin C every day, because the texture reminds me of laundry soap. It's probably related to some nutritional deficiency, or possibly to pregnancy just being nuts.

I just iced a cake to look like a Monsters Inc. character. Mike, the little green guy, for reference. It's not terrific but recognizable. I think that's a win.

[Sticks and Scones]

Let me just tell you that on all counts today is NOT my day. Somebody shoot me, please, and put me and the rest of the world out of my misery... :dubious::smack:

[dogbutler]

Catching up:
Happy belated Birthday shortdrum

Great pic of Iggy.:D

Sorry about the shed, FCM.

{{{{Sticks}}}}}

Hope the sinuses are better today, swampy.

I'm up, caffeinated, off to irk. Hockey tonight, with my "just friend":) and the 3 year old.

[FairyChatMom]

Good start to the day here! I got all the dirty clothes downstairs, sorted 'em, and started the first load. Then I turned on the water maker and the pump and heater, added salt, and left it to mix till it comes to temp so we can do a water change. And capped off my basement adventures by bringing up the 3 roller duffles so we can start packing... after the clothes are clean... and after someone gets out of bed. :D

At that point, I goofed. I forgot I had leftover pizza (yet the boxes were sitting on the counter and I was thinking that I should toss them in the trash) and instead made cheese on rye. How dumb is that?? Oh well, pizza for lunch then.

Last night we watched 3 episodes of The Tudors, and today, I want to watch the last 4 so we'll finish out the series. I don't want one or two hanging while we're gone - I'll forget too much. So today will be about packing, tidying, and 4 episodes of an Olde Englishe Soape Opera. :D For the record, Henry VIII was not a nice man.

It's 28° according to my desktop gadget - I'm not venturing out in my robe to find out if it's accurate. It's winter - it can be 28° quite easily. That's too cold for the "trust but verify" philosophy. :p

Happy Saturday!

[Sticks and Scones]

This morning is better. Mostly.

Did I mention the part yesterday where I slipped on a wet floor and my right leg did the twist? Yeah, not moving very well today.

[Ashes, Ashes]

It's been a bad few days for me-- incredibly depressed and banged up from the fall. I swear I just keep finding more bruises outside and inside. It looks like my mom's dementia and my disability situation are finally getting to me. Damned therapist doing his job. I was in a manageable level of denial. How dare he lead me into improved mental health?!

The good news is my amaryllis is blooming and beautiful. The mint my cat ate up has decided to survive and the weather outside is practically perfect-- sunny and 72.

Lili, should your doctor know about the cravings just in case you need supplements? One of my friends had twins a couple of years ago and it's tough on the bod! She was on bedrest the last month or so and then had two eight pound boys, yikes. Maybe an advent calender will make the wait more fun. ;)

Happy Birthday you diploma diva Congo!

Today is going to be better; that's an order! Sickies will spring up healthy, sheds will turn out to be not so bad, friends will come to their senses, and irk not so irksome.

[swampbear]

Good Mornin' Y'all! Up and caffienated! Thus I am not yawny. 'Tis 28 Amurrkin here with a predicted high of 58 and a *fire weather warning*. I guess this means since it's dry and kinda windy, don't go out and start any fires today. Well, ok. I don't have any tendencies towards arson so I can do that. :D

{{{A2}}} sounds like you could use that.

Ok, I should go make some brekkie. I feel better today. I don't have any fever. Thus, my belief it's all sinus related.

Happy Sattidy Y'all!

[congodwarf]

blurf

[swampbear]

Pancakes, sausages and aigs consumed for brekkie. We's stuffded! I think I shall require bein' taken out for dindin. :D

[anyrose]

too much happybirthdaying yesterday?

[FairyChatMom]

Last load in the washer. When it comes out of the dryer, I think packing will commence.

I'm kinda ticked - my sister gave me a nylon tote bag that folded up into a teensy tiny strawberry shaped bag. It would have been perfect for the trip. Except I can't find it - I think we accidentally threw it away. grrrrrrrr

Leftover pizza has been ingested. It was unsatisfying. Such is life.

[Taters]

Caffeination is nearly complete. I need to get my hiney in gear and finish cleaning up around here for tonight's shindig.

It's a good thing I'll still have a weekend left after tonight.

They're still threatening us with snow. The problem with that is it's pretty much hit or miss in this area. We have a convergence zone too, and they tend to get hit with it more that we do down south of it. However, once in awhile the weather gods decide to be capricious and flip that around and we get more.

At most, we'll see a couple of inches, assuming we even really get any. It's supposed to move in earlier than expected, but I still don't see any white outside. That's good, especially since we have pipples coming for dinner and fun.

Well, I must finish the cleaning. I realized too, that I forgot something at the store, so I need to make a final dash down there to pick that up too. It's a casual gathering, so I will be serving food on red solo plates. I don't have enough plates in my regular dinner ware to serve the amount of people coming, and I refuse to take out my handwash dinnerware.

[FairyChatMom]

Tote bag has been found! It was under the hutch with 8 cat toys. Gee, I wonder who was responsible?? :D I am no longer grrrrrrrr.

Laundry is done, kitchen is tidied, carpet is (sorta) vacuumed, and I should probably start packing.

After I do a sudoku. :D

[swampbear]

We're goin' out to eat at that paragon of fine dinin' known as Three Squares Diner in a bit. We are gourmets, we are! :D I see a hamburger steak in my near future.

Yeah, we got class!

[congodwarf]

too much happybirthdaying yesterday?

I wish. No, it was really frustrating actually. I woke up really early (for me) yesterday to start putting myself on a normal schedule. I tried to go to bed at 11:30, with the help of 2 sleeping pills. I finally fell asleep (on the couch) just as Sweetie's alarm went off at 4:15. So I moved back to the bed as he got up to get ready for work....and couldn't fall asleep.


Ginger wouldn't stop barking all morning. I finally did get back to sleep around 5 but she kept waking me up with her barking and barking and barking and then as soon as she stopped and went to sleep, Holly started barking and barking and barking. Iggy and I were both quite annoyed with them.


I finally fell asleep for real around 10am and just now woke up so my normal sleep is all kaput now.



Gotta pick up the Jeep at 8 tonight. $565 for labor and the parts he had to buy and $1500 worth of work is done. YAY! It better friggen pass inspection on Monday because if it doesn't, I'm screwed.

[swampbear]

Back from fine dinin' and a trip by the grocery sto' cause OYKW just had to have some chawklit ice cream. There's vanilla ice cream in the freezer and chawklit syrup but it just ain't the same apparently. Anywho, he has his chawklit ice cream so all is right with the world. :D

[FairyChatMom]

I'm mostly packed - except for toiletries and a few miscellaneous items. We ran to Salsa's for an early supper, then to get some cash for the trip. FCD has barely started packing. But about 2 or so tomorrow, we'll be heading out.

And that's about it. I just started a fire because it's cold. I feel like I want to knit something, but I don't know what. Maybe I'll just make another hat.

Quiet boring night ahead.

[tarragon918]

Hugs for Spaz, and a belated happy birthday to ShortDrum. Hang in there, LiLi, sending good thoughts your way and to everyone else who needs or even just would like to have them. :)

Wow, must have been some magic in FCM's encouraging words, because I think I might be on my way to getting the "tension" right when crocheting now! I also watched (and re-watched) several how-to videos on youtube. I was somehow able to fix the hat that was too big - it now looks like a rasta hat, but it can also make it as an oversized beret. I'm still not sure how I did it, but I got the brim/edge of the hat to be smaller enough to be snug. And I've also crocheted a couple of more just right size hats now, so it wasn't a fluke. Yeah buddy! Now it's on to find and join a Project Linus project. :)

We had barbequed pulled pork sandwiches last night - home made. They were delicious; I'm also making a sausage and pasta casserole tomorrow. I think I'd like to maybe find a vegetarian cooking class somewhere; we'll see if it's on the course menu of any of the nearby community centers. Maybe just a recipe exchange. Meat has gotten even more expensive, and it's probably healthier to eat vegetarian a couple of times a week. Let me make it clear, however, that I am NOT giving up meat altogether, that's for sure. :)

Hope everyone has an enjoyable Saturday evening. I'm going to be watching Animal Planet's Pit Boss and Pit Bulls and Parolees - gotta watch the dogs! :)

[swampbear]

I's sleepified. Nitey Nite Y'all!

[Lissla Lissar]

Happy birthday, Gnat. I wish your brother slept after five-twenty. Urgh. Going to switch up with Mr. Lissar at seven, whether he knows it or not.

The party was good and exhausting. Need more sleep and a day of recovery.

Ashes, I am going to tell the doctor. I'm really thankful that I've got to 32 weeks without bedrest, although today bedrest sounds great.

[Sticks and Scones]

And so it is a Sunday during winter and, as usual, my grandparents don't want to go to church. My heart is well and truly broken. :D

[swampbear]

Good Mornin' Y'all! Up and caffienatin'. *YAWN* 'Tis 32 Amurrkin out with a predicted high of 59. A Winter's day in south Jawja for sure!

Happy Birthday Gnat, AKA, Tiny Ninja Chef! Wow! He's like four years old now right LiLi? Hard to believe!

Today we have a visitin' Priest. She does supply around this area of the Diocese and is really good. YP and four others from good ol' St. Pat's are headed down to the Dominican Republic to build a couple of houses and some baños this week. Behold the tilde over the "n". Bow down to my mad accent mark usin' skillz! :D

I need more caffiene and I suppose I should make some brekkie bein' as tummy is gettin' very demandin'. Of course, one must purtify for deheathenization as well.

Happy Sunday Y'all!

[FairyChatMom]

It's probably not particularly nice of me to say, but since Scruffy has been gone, I'm sleeping really well. No more being wakened in the middle of the night or way too early in the morning. We stay up till 11 or 12 and I wake around 6-7 feeling human. I'd forgotten what that was like.

All the last minute stuff gets done today. FCD has to finish packing. I need to gather our toiletries and sundries. Bed must be stripped and re-made, and I'll toss the sheets in the wash. Also fresh towels will be put out for our housesitter. :D She's bringing her Christmas stuff over to put back in the attic, and I'll have to help her with that. And I need to make a list of stuff for her to remember. Details, details...

Last of the leftover pizza for breakfast, and I've got leftover Messican food for lunch (Pollo Fiesta - muy yummo!!) Target departure time is 2-ish. Will we make it?? You may never know, but I'll try to post at Mom's when we get there tonight. Dunno if I'll be back here before then. Depends on when my sweetie gets up.

Yay, tarra! Glad you're figuring out the tension thing. Just FYI, I finished an afghan last week, and the start end and finish end aren't exactly the same, even tho the stitch count didn't change. Apparently over the course of the 6' of length, my stitches got tighter or looser. So even with 40+ years of experience, I still make beginner mistakes. Just to let you know what you may be facing. ;)

LiLi - I feel like I need to nominate you for Mom of the Year. Not that you'd have time to go to the award ceremony... :D Good luck with getting some bedrest, and I hope your twins arrive happy, healthy, and sleeping thru the night!

Onward to the Funny Pages!! Happy Sunday!

[anyrose]

Not only am I awake before 8:00 am, and dressed(-ish: sweatpants and a thermal top), but the coffee is almost ready. Gosh, what will I do with these extra few morning hours?*














* surf the 'net. what else?

[SpazCat]

Mornin' all. Caffienating and preparing for a proper Lutheran deheathenization. I prepared by listening to Prairie Home Companion last night. :D

Once again the OMG SNOW! predicted did not come to pass. Tennessee's been taking the hit for us lately. There are some lovely giant icicles on the rock walls of the Parkway (http://www.blueridgeparkway.org/).

Rosie's sig to all! I'm off to read the Lego Bible (http://www.thebricktestament.com/)for a bit.

[dogbutler]

Morning, I'm up, caffeinated, and dogs are walked. Not working today. Had fun at the game last night with my :just friend::) and her grandson. We fed him 20,000% of his RDA of sugar. :D
Happy Birthday Gnat!!!!!!!

rosie, sweats are good.

Safe trip MMMMMMoooooommm!!!!. Are you there yet? Are you there yet?Are you there yet?Are you there yet?:D

[congodwarf]

Morning everyone!


Since I think I managed to forget on Firday - Thanks for the Happys everyone!!



Got the Jeep back last night. $565 for a new ball joint, a new floor pan with seat legally attached to it, new heater core and controls. He told us that we need to get 3 tiny little plugs for the carburator to help it run better and help the gassy smell go away. We also need to get plugs for the floor pan because HOLY HELL that's some cold ass air coming up my pant leg!!! Those were little things he didn't have time to do and I can easily do and weren't actually in his plan to do anyway. We also need to give it back to him when I have time to be without it (spring break most likely) so he can replace the heater cables. He set it up so the heat would blow as hot as possible and we can turn it off and on but that's it. He didn't have time to replace them (because I need it back for tomorrow).

So, it has heat and it runs and the bad ball joint is gone. He said our breaks are great, as are our tires but we need an oil change (which we knew) and those various plugs and new wipers and that's all stuff I can do after it (hopefully) passes inspection tomorrow. Once all that's done, I can go to school and finally get my parking permit so I'll be all ready for class at 8AM on Tuesday. YAY!!!

Somehow managed to sleep at midnight and got up at 8:30. I'm wide awake and ready for the day which shall be packed full of......nothing. :dubious: Hmm. Mayhaps I need to find myself something to do.


Ginger is trying to con me into giving her my yogurt. It's not gonna work, no matter how prettily she sits or how fast her butt wags. :D



HAPPY BIRTHDAY GNAT!!!!

[congodwarf]

I DID IT I DID IT!!!

My obsessive checking and rechecking of the abailable classes got me enrolled in the chemistry class that I desperately need, the astronomy and ancient greece class I really wanted and out of 2 classes I didn't really want. Even better, I now have Monday AND Friday off. YAY!!!

[dogbutler]

I DID IT I DID IT!!!

My obsessive checking and rechecking of the abailable classes got me enrolled in the chemistry class that I desperately need, the astronomy and ancient greece class I really wanted and out of 2 classes I didn't really want. Even better, I now have Monday AND Friday off. YAY!!!

W00T!

[gardentraveler]

Ooooh, I think I forgot to wish shortdrum a happy birthday:
Happy belated Birthday, shortdrum!

Also:

Happy Birthday, NotSoTinyNinjaChef! How can you be 4 already?

Hope things are looking up already, Ashes. Perhaps investigating the goings-on at the Gonzales's will help? (They seem to be making a lot of noise this morning.)

Kudos to shortdrum on persistence. I suspect you're going to need to be an obsessive refresher for a while in order to get the classes you need. At least you've already proven that it's possible.

Hope things are looking up for you, too, Spaz. Also, I believe you have prepared brilliantly for deheathenization.

Sinuses are complaining, but I think I'm coughing less. So there's that. Also, we are having waffles for lunch.

I'm very envious of you and your upcoming cruise, FCM. Hope you have a great time!

I know I've forgotten some....so here are some hugs to pass around: {{{{{{{}}}}}}}

GT

[Sticks and Scones]

Today I made a chocolate pecan pie.

















Today I confirmed that even with the addition of chocolate, I just really don't like pecan pie.* :p



*My mom said it was very good and she's not one to lie about these sorts of things.

[congodwarf]

I LOVE pecans. Lovelovelovelove! They're my favorite nut.


I detest pecan pie. It's vile and sticky and dense and just ugh. I can't imagine that chocolate would be an improvement. I bet that someone who actually likes pecan pie would enjoy it though.

[swampbear]

Home from deheathenization and N.O.L. has been consumed. We stopped at the grocery sto' to pick up some fried chikin. I heated up some peas and nuked some N.O.T.. Not a bad N.O.L..

Have a fun cruise MOOOOOOM! Eat lots, see shows and also sorts of general carryin's on! :D

I lurves pee-can pie. I lurves chawklit pee-can pie. I have had pee-can pie that was custardy instead of syrupy and that was good too. Then again, how could pee-can pie be anything but good.

I shall now go chill out for a bit.

Laterz!

[gardentraveler]

I love pecans as well. I like pecan pie, but can't eat more than about 1/2 a slice. It's just too sweet.

Waffles were a success. I have a really nice recipe that contains a minimum of ingredients and no added fat or sugar. And is still yummy. Of course, we added chocolate chips to one of the waffles (I have a 4-square waffle maker), so that made up for that. :D

Am going to make multiple recipes of waffles and throw them in the freezer so that we can just toast them as needed. Yum.

Also, I just looked through the Joy of Cooking to compare the recipe and found that she has a recipe where you put thin slices of bacon on the waffles as you bake them, as in this recipe (http://allrecipes.com/recipe/cornmeal-bacon-waffles-with-cheese-sauce/detail.aspx). That sounds yummy (not sure why the allrecipes author thinks cheese sauce is a good idea; I think a bit of maple syrup would be perfect).

Mmmmm. Waffles.

Hugs.

GT

[congodwarf]

I absolutely love bacon cooked into my waffles and pancakes! So yummy. I love maple and real maple syrup on homemade waffles or pancakes with bacon cooked into them is probably my favorite breakfast food (after rice krispies of course).


Sweetie is working so I'm having a relaxing day with my dawgs. Eating a turkey sammich for lunch and watching Topper Returns. Love this movie. I've never seen the other Topper movies though.

[Lissla Lissar]

Gnat has requested macaroni and cheese for his birthday dinner. Without any vegetables in it. :D

Yes, he's four today, and he's only about two feet shorter than me, which is kind of alarming. He's going to be huge. Like Mr. Lissar. I'm really short and married into a really tall family. They like pointing out how short I am.

Thanks, FCM. My goal as a mother for this year is to make sure everyone is fed and wearing clothes. That also means I can't kill any of my kids. Not any of them. That will be difficult.



Mmm, waffles. We don't have a waffle maker, I definitely don't need a waffle maker.

I want waffles.

[anyrose]

They say at age 3, we're half as tall as we're ever going to be.

[congodwarf]

They like pointing out how short I am.






I do that too. Sweetie's mom and sister are both shorter than me so I frequently point it out. Not many people are shorter than me (I'm 5'2").

[Sticks and Scones]

I don't really know how to quote using Tapatalk, but I completely agree with congo's assessment of pecan pie.

Hope my friends like the other one. :)

[Dolores Reborn]

I'm at the bar watching the Texans. We're behind a bit, but we shall prevail!

ETA: I love pecan anything.

[VunderBob]

As is typical in the VunderLair, VWife is on the couch watching football and guarding the remote like a dog with a bone, while I'm in the kitchen cooking.

:rolleyes:

[anyrose]

As is typical in the VunderLair, <snip> I'm in the kitchen cooking.

:rolleyes:
marry me?

[VunderBob]

Like Mr. Lissar. I'm really short and married into a really tall family. They like pointing out how short I am.


Mr Lissar must be nuts over you.

[VunderBob]

marry me?

Sure thing! ;)

[Taters]

It's snowing and has been pretty much most of the morning. It stopped for a while and the sun came out enough to melt just a little; but now it's coming down again and everything that was bare is covered again.

The highways and stuff look bare and wet. However, with the temp drop tonight, that crap is going to ice over but good and those that have to work tomorrow are in for a must sucky commute.

Happy Birthday to Gnat!

[gardentraveler]

Am supercleaning my room and watching the old episodes of Downton Abbey. Just waiting for the floor to dry so that I can put everything back again.

It's important to set realistic goals, LiLi. :)

Sounds like a good birthday dinner choice by Nat.

Back to cleaning.

GT

[swampbear]

OYKW had gone to pick up pizza but suddenly I want mac 'n cheese with no veggies. :D LiLi do let Gnat know he's a bad influence. I'm sure he'd want to know that. Then again, maybe pizza trumps mac 'n cheese. Especially since I don't have to make pizza.

Thus is the excitatement at da cave today.

[Lissla Lissar]

I'm 5"3. Mr. Lissar is 6"4. His family, except for his mother (who's 5"5) ranges from between 5"11 and 6"5. I look ridiculous in family pictures.

Making mac'n'cheese. Children are all tragical and we don't know why, but it's really really funny, because neither of them remember why they're crying. Nitwits.

[Bumbazine]

Mr Lissar must be nuts over you.

Shame on you Bobbio. :D

Happy Birthday, Gnat and ShortDrum!!!


Sticky Buns you can just send that disgusting pecan pie to me and I'll dispose of it for you, kthanxbie. :D

I know there was more, but I'm forgetful, so hugs all around.

It snowed here earlier, but then it rained, and now it's gone.

I'm considering going to the store. We may need vanilla ice cream. I'm not sure.

I think I'll make jambalaya for dinner.

I think I'm rambling.

[SpazCat]

Happy birthday Gnat!

I think we may have a new Lutheran. :D Culinary Boy really, really liked the service today. He also knew to sit near the back of the church. (Well, I had told him about that inclination before.) Lunch was chimichangas at a cheap-but-excellent Mexican place in Washeville* before visiting Computer Boy and Katy Cat.

Sassy Chica and I went kitty fishing this morning. We caught a Mysterio with an old shoelace. It was far more entertaining than it should have been.


*West Asheville where all the hippies live.

[janis_and_c0]

Happy Birthday Gnat!!

[dogbutler]

I had Papa John's for dinner, since the restaurant that make the best mac n' cheese in Raleigh won't deliver.

rosie, I cook and clean. And alphabetize spices.

[Sticks and Scones]

Can somebody please cut my dog a break?

I came home tonight to find Bub upstairs with my mom alone. From what she described it sounds as if he had an absence seizure or a focal seizure. Honest to goodness... This is not the first time that I suspected him of having one, but it's been probably at least a year since I witnessed it. I don't know what to do other than to just monitor him and see if it happens again. :(

Now we're hanging out here, just the two of us.

[gotpasswords]

Hopefully it's just something more benign like idiopathic vestibular syndrome. IIRC, the dog's inner ear just goes bonkers for a bit and the brain gets so confused the poor beast pretty much just stops in its tracks for a bit. The last time our dog had it, she went limp on one side and tipped over like one of those fainting goats.

We found a new house to rent. It's almost as if someone asked us what we wanted. Big "game" room that will become the sewing studio, a guest bedroom, an office space for me, a half acre yard with a Chihuahua-proof fence, and a roughly 20x20 foot outbuilding with power that will become my workshop. Close to my office, close to Faire and a lot less than we're paying now. :)

[swampbear]

Bright, shiny, new MMP (http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=638673)!