That’s right. My favorite part of EMT training was the class where we were taught to check the patient’s undies.
It’s a good thing I only wear nice undies then. The nice undies thing is truly a Momism. I clearly remember my mother always nagging my sister and I to pack and wear only nice undies in case we got in an accident or something.
Good for you Dotty! Mama knows best.
BBBobbio, I actually do the reason <snerk> behind <snerk> that but still… ewwwwww!
Spaz they should have specified vinegar based coleslaw. Vinegar can be good to help get out a stain. 
BooFae ain’t bureaucracy fun! :rolleyes:
I made two of Lili’s easiest cakes for tomorrow. They’re coolin’ down as I post. The <snerk> butts <snerk> smell sooooooo good right now! I used mesquite chips today and I have the windows opened in da cave cause it’s kinda nice out, so the place smells like smokin’ <snerk> butt <snerk>.
Wow, I popped in to say yo everyone and get all the green card wedding stuff. haze, I’m with the ‘go to Korea and think things out’ crowd here.
Geez, I’m still sleepy. 9 1/2 hours of sleep will do that.
I’m watching that Rachel Ray show where she hangs with a celebrity somewhere, and she’s with that guy from ER at someplace and she’s WASTED. It’s pretty funny.
Off to the gym, back to cut the grass, hang some blinds, stuff on the walls then sit around for a bit before we go out tonight.
Y’all behave while I’m not here, 'k?
Why?
Not why was it your favorite, but why check?
Can we come to your place for chop-chop tomorrow Swampy? I promise we’ll be good guests and bring adult beverages and help clean up afterwards.
Ya know, I just wanna relax today, but I don’t think it’s going to happen. Even if we skip the workout and boating, I have lots to do around the house. Also, my son has finally conceded that he needs a haircut and wants to get one today.
Frankly, I think he wants his hair cut because he’s been invited to a party at a girl’s house, but I’m not going to argue with him.
yawn I’m here. Barely.
Good Og, the drama I missed! Haze, once I came close to what would have probably turned out (due to entirely different reasons than anything with you) to be a disastrous marriage. I think going to Korea anyway and thinking things out is a very good idea.
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Wow, lots to think on Haze. Lots of good advice here so I won’t try to add to it (I’d only muck it up) but snugs
Eh, I avoid the whole ratty undies/accident thing by going commando most of the time. Yeah, it’s terrible but my lady parts thank me for it by not getting yeast infections. Sorry, TMI and coffee makes for a lousy breakfast!
Dang, Haze that’s some stuff goin’ on… I agree that you ought to go back to Korea for a while, let him come to you to meet your family and go on from there. Somehow I kinda see a guy who’s all about taking the easy route just sorta slipping back into his relationship with VH because, y’know, they have a lease and it isn’t up until August and that way he doesn’t have to explain to his family, and admit to VH that he’s been a cheatin’ bastard, and, and, and… Of course, I could be fulla shit, he could be totally committed to this course and to you, in which case he stays at his friend’s house, gets a place of his own, breaks the news to all and sundry, deals with you being in Korea for a while as he gets ready for you to come back, then comes out to meet your parents and all is well. Personally, I think YOU need to see how he does without the impetus of your impending departure motivating him. I think people’s behavior when all is calm says more about them than how they behave under the gun and if he’s one of those path of least resistance guys it’ll show up if you aren’t around to remind him to stay the course, y’know? Well, no matter what you have all of us–we care about you and want the best for you. It’s an Internet Auntie Association! And yes, boys can be Internet Aunties too, so pppbllthh!
Dotty, I woulda roundhouse kicked MIL into next week–I admire your restraint! This just reinforces my determination never to be That Grandma.
Pie, I’m a Certified Purple Fanatic, but that sundress in red really is awfully cute. I’m with swampy on this one, unless of course your coloring doesn’t DO red, in which case the graple dress is the one.
I feel your pain, BooFae, I have to jump through some of the most amazing hoops to get my weird vehicles registered–lucky for me it’s only every two years. I also have to go around and around with my insurance people ever so often because I too have a non-driving spouse and they just can’t wrap their heads around the fact that I refuse to pay a premium or add his name to my insurance–apparently they can’t imagine an American adult male who does not and has never had a driver’s license!
I’m going to go see middle schoolers perform “The Tempest” today–Grandkid is playing in the band before the play starts. I must say I’m curious to see what they make of it, it’s a pretty advanced play for 11-13 year olds.
Woo hoo to Dotty for standing up to MIL! Hope that HRH is all better now, though. Poor baby!
BooFae, we have a similar problem-the car is in my daughter’s name (cause it’s her car, from my Mom), but the insured driver is her dad. There’s always a go-round when tag renewal time comes. So we sympathsize with ya!
And we’re back from our Saturday trek. Whole Paycheck was good, at least; stocked up on yogurts and got 1/2 lb. of lemon leek pasta salad (and boy was it good!); I also got some more of their gingerbread, which is delish. The trip to the book store and coffee house that was opening today wasn’t so good, though. The book store was nice, but it was all new books, nothing used! Grr! The local paper said that it was a ‘used’ book store! And the coffee house was okay, but my daughter and I both got empanadas, spinach and cheese, and she heated them and wrapped them up in foil for us, but when we opened them later to eat them, they were burnt! 
I don’t know anyone who would sell burned food, especially on the day of their grand opening! That was very disappointing. It also has gotten quite warm out, so we were glad to be home.
I think I’ll trundle off for a bit and try some more of that gingerbread …
Like everyone else in healthcare, we check panties so that we may make moral judgments and lascivious comments about you. I thought everyone knew that!
Haze–you’ve got your feet firmly on the ground, I see. And thank og. But also, with his friends and your friends and your mutual friends–you’ve never been an established couple. You’ve been a soap opera on the side. Something to keep in mind. I hadn’t thought the way SmartAleq had, but she brings up a really good point. And, I hate to be a bitch here, but how will you, stuck in Seoul, know that he isn’t seeing VH or chippie on the side? Afterall, that’s what he did with you. (sorry). Go to Korea. I can tell you this: if after 3 months in Korea you awake one morning to find him on your doorstep, it’s more likely to be Real. (I’m a hopeless romantic. Sadly, romance and marriage rarely go together well.)
Dotty–some people need firm limits, billboard size and blinking. I’ve never heard of the cure for ouches to be water. 
(must be an Arab thing. heh)
The soccer game was good. We ended up losing (no big deal) because the Team Butthead–a bossy 5th grader who is tall and stout so thinks he can bully the 4th grades, was center defender and tried to catch the ball as it went over his head. :rolleyes: Moron. And after that penalty kick gave the other team the win, TB turned to the goalie and yelled at him for missing! I so wanted to smack this kid.
Now I have to go swelter in the hothouse that is my MIL’s place. She doesn’t believe in sweaters and feels that she should be able to wear short sleeves all year long, no matter the weather. She is 4’11" and weighs about 95 pounds. She is always cold, but will not change her behavior. :rolleyes: Just think, if all goes right–I’ll never have to go to her birthday “party” again. This gives me pleasure, just thinking about it…
:eek: Wow Haze! We’re here when you need us!
rigs you are a better person than I am. I mean, if I were in the midst of divorce and didn’t want to go visit a soon to be ex-inlaw, I wouldn’t. You get the gold star for today.
I grilled some hotdogs for lunch and they were nummy! I also put some chicken boobs on the smoker a bit ago for dindin tonight. They’re boneless so they won’t take more than a couple hours to smoke. Remember, smokin’ is a slooooooow process. I’m just a cookin’ fool today!
Taters of course y’all can come for lunch tomorrow. It’ll be at 12:30 EDT and y’all are PDT so you’ll have to figure the time/travel logistics out, but I’ll set a place. We will, of course, have Bloody Marys. What? It’s Sunday lunch and I’m Whiskypalian. Everybody knows Bloody Marys are de rigeur for pre-Sunday lunch cocktails. Anything else would just be heathenish!
Time to add some mesquite chips to the smoker.
I like your thinking, Haze…because it was what I was thinking last night when I first read your news. Seems important for both of you to have your own space and time to think about what each of you really wants as an individual. Just because both of you were thinking marriage was a long way off doesn’t mean you shouldn’t get married sooner, but it just seems smart to sit back and really think about it before exchanging vows and all that.
rigs: what swampy said.
And, yay for Dotty standing up to MIL!!!
Went to a meeting at the park and then came home and was really tired. I’ve taken a nap and am now heading outside to get some work done in the garden, since it’s still not really raining.
Back after a bit…
Hugs…
GT
:: makes note to doublecheck underwear before leaving house ::
Thanks for all the good advice y’all. And the hugs, support, offering of boards with nails, etc. 
Jigsaw puzzles are a lot harder than I remember. And I probably shouldn’t be doing them on the floor. Ouch, my back.
Hee! I got Haze sayin’ y’all and checkin’ her drawers.
My meat therm-o-meter tried to hide from me but I found it anyway! Take that therm-o-meter! Time to go check the temp on the <snerk> butts <snerk>.
Why, didn’t you know, swampy? I’m a gen-yu-ine Georgia peach!
Seriously. I grew up in the Atlanta area. I used to have a slight accent, even. It comes out if I hang around other Southerners for extended periods of time.
When I was studying in Scotland, there was this girl from Tennesse - good lawd, her accent was thick. She confused a lot of the European students.
Tennesse chick: Could you pass the ahhhhh-ss?
Czech chick: Excuse me?
TC: The AHHHHHHHH-SS.
CC: . . . :: looks at me helplessly ::
Me: The ice, she means.
TC: That’s what I said. The ahhh-ss.
Yay!!!
I get to hang blinds!!!
Envy me.
Why I understood that perfectly! What’s wrong with those people! Actually, Haze I do remember you sayin’ you grew up in Etlanner. If’n you ever get around me, you’re lil’ ol’ southern accent will be thicker’n molasses. Just ask the Mumpers who have met me.
MBG there ain’t enough green in the universe to truly do justice to the envy I feel right now. 
MMMMMMMMM… da cave smells soooooo good right now! I just took the chicken boobs off the smoker. They’re wrapped up in foil to stay moist until dindin time occurs, which will prolly be around sevenish bein’ as we didn’t eat N.O.L. til after one. Thus microwave zappage of boobs will occur before dining. Did I mention I have also cooked some blackeyed peas which can be easily reheated for dindin? Chicken boobs, N.O.T. sallit and blackeyed peas will be a fine supper! Hmmmmmm… I have some frozen biscuits in the freezer (duh!). Might pull some of 'em out and bake 'em to go along with. That’s what y’all could call a southern gourmet supper.
I feel the need for a beerverage, so I shall indulge.
Later Y’all!
BooFae, I hear you on the bureaucracy. I ended up spending most of my day hitting redial for the gubmint e-file folks, because I never received the PIN I need to submit my taxes online. For the past week, the number rings busy or you get a recorded message saying they’re closed (they’re not, though I wouldn’t put it past bureaucrats to take a 4 hr lunch break on a nice day).
Finally, after much cursing, swearing and use of the redial key on my phone, I reach a live person. I explain the situation to the gent, and he tells me that I’m not eligible because I didn’t file for 2006 yet (yeah yeah… it was a skimpy refund and their website was down for several weeks last year, so I procrastinated myself out of doing it).
So I ask him to point me in the direction of that particular restriction. Here’s what he reads to me:
:rolleyes: Yeah, I guess that would be a problem if I was calling because I needed to file for 2006. Which I’m not.
Good thing one of us passed reading comprehension. Sigh. I finally wheedled my PIN out of Incompetent Public Servant and have sent in my taxes.
Then I took out my frustration on the dandelions that were trying to take over the lawn. I’m going to be sore tomorrow, but at least the lawn is now weed-free.