Cuuuute!
But the kitten was cuter.
What? I’m not a baby person. 
Yay for a little time to yourself, FCM. I have a feeling that’s going to get to be pretty precious time over the next few months!
Haze, I brought the remaining 1/2 of the chocolate gingerbread in to work and it’s going very well.
Almost time to face the 5 o’clock madness that will be my ride home! :eek: Or maybe I’ll hang out here until about 5:15 when it gets a little less insane.
Forgot to mention that my parents and their divorce lawyers met yesterday. Everything is moving along amicably and that’s good, I guess. Apparently my dad has to move out until the divorce is finalized. I don’t suppose that it really hit me what is actually happening until I found that out. 
It’s hard to imagine after spending 33 of my years with these people that we won’t be a family anymore.
Grass is all mowed, including the push-mowed ditch. Supper has been consumed and the dishwasher is loaded. The newlyweds are walking the dogs. I’m chilling while my sweetie watches TV.
We had excitement about 3 this morning. Cleo got locked out of the kids’ room by accident, so she came into our room and cuddled up next to Bernie. No big, till Taz discovered her - much hissing and yowling ensued. **FCD ** got up, picked her up, and tossed her into the kids’ room. So another disturbed night.
Is it Firday yet??
Hey everyone! I’m off from work, and am trying to get motivated to go cook some dinner (sloppy joes and corn salad - the corn at the the grocery store looked soooo good today!) I got a message on manhunt.net (NSFW but a *very *reputable online dating site) inviting me to Hot Springs (about 30 minutes away) but by the time I logged in after work he was offline. I’ll probably end up cooking dinners anyway.
Cute baby Nat!!! (The video should be the first thing you see, Rebo; the page uses Flash to make it work, so that might be why you can’t see it.) You really do need a jumper, don’t you?
Kitty still cute.
Wow…that puppy can shed!
Glad the interview went well, Muppet.
I’ve read everything, but very little stuck, it seems.
Guess I’ll go in search of further nutrition. Maybe that will help.
Back later.
GT
poor Gnat. all his mommy does is bounce him around and giggle at him. 
oooooh! I almost forgot
DottyGumDrop - what was the name of that sleeper blankety thing the the baby can roll around in without getting tangled? I want to send Niece-In-Law one for Abby
Ok, so the cost for the private scuba lessons is NOT an additional $110 as they said, but $399.
I am pissed. And now he needs contacts for scuba–and he tells me this now. #1 son may not make it to Australia; I may kill him first.
Very grouchy–stoopit noisy neighbor is outside, enlivening his lawn mowing with occasional bottle rocket launching (I explain all his … oddities to myself by telling myself he was in Vietnam). Also, scuba lessons are 30+ minutes away with no easy way to get there. Got home from dropping him off and took #2 son to soccer practice. Soon I will have to reverse the whole process. I HATE DRIVING IN THE EVENING AND BEING CHAUFFEUR. I would gladly pay someone to do this for me.
What can I do in 45 minutes that doesn’t involve too much of anything? Surf the web, I guess.
{{Pie}} My folks split up when I was 22 - they didn’t quite make it to their 20th anniversary. It’s rough (especially when you hit the first set of major holidays), but it gets better over time.
Strangely enough, as much support as there is for kids whose folks get divorced, most of it focuses on the ones who are still… well… kids. The main message is the same, though - they may not be a family any more, but they’re both still YOUR family. Be glad it’s mostly amicable… I still have no idea who will be at my wedding (assuming I don’t opt for neither).
Dinner tonight is BLT. The Boy is working late all week, so I’ll probably be cobbling together a few random suppers since I hate cooking just for me.
Howdy Y’all! I read/skimmed. Yays, boos, hugs, congrats, dangits as needed.
I gotta go give JoeDawg his medicine. His doctor put him on 3 ccs of dye free children’s Benadryl[sup]TM[/sup] each night for his ithcies. So, dose him I shall, to be followed by mandatory treats and skritches because I am a strict nanny who believes discipline is key above all. I may even subject him to obligatory sit with me in the recliner and extra skritches time just to ensure that he remains unspoiled while in my care.
Puggy appendages remained crossed.
Thanks for all the crossed apendages about the HfH job. Makes da bear feel good whether or not it happens.
Muppet good luck!
LiLi a few seconds into the video it looks like Nat took a poop. That amused me. BTW… he just gets cuter and cuter!
cb I got yer sausage roll right here! 
Ok, off to do my nanny duties.
Later Y’all!
ETA: {{{CutiePie}}} Life has not been good to you as of late. We’re here for ya though, just remember that.
Ok, so we just had a minor kitchen fire that scorched the new kitchen rug and ruined a dishcloth. Nothing but a quiet life around here.
Where’s the liquor?
rigs, your location just took on new meaning. Yikes! Glad to hear the only casualties were textile-based.
ETA: Ha! First and I wasn’t even TRYING!
Pthibbit. Second on fourth!
taxi, I’m not a baby person either. I understand. I just think he’s cute because he’s mine.
Dinner was pizza because grocery shopping is tomorrow. Nat’s in bed. I knew I would turn into one of those annoying people who forces everyone to admire their baby. At least I don’t put him in the middle of the room and ask everyone to stare in fascination. Mr. Lissar’s uncle does that with his son.
speaking of forcing everyone to admire the baby my nephew posted some more pics You can see Abby’s face in a few
By the way, Li-Li - Abby doesn’t have a boyfriend yet… 
Howdy everyone!
My fingers are crossed for those of you waiting for good news re: job interviews.
So, my daughter had her senior boards today and passed. The board members (five of them), really liked her humor and apparently she was very well spoken throughout the board. She felt the only place she stumbed was when she spoke of perhaps pursuing a major in PT if she decides psychology isn’t for her. At this point, one of the board members who had in fact majored in PT, asked my daughter if she intended to pursue it in a clinical setting or a training setting.
My daughter replied that she thought it would be in a clinical setting, and further expanded on her answer. However, my daughter felt she didn’t do very well with that question because she hadn’t fully researched the PT angle.
She’s only recently thought about the PT thing. At any rate, she passed with flying colors and now only has to complete a write up about her civic activities and a CBA.
We’re supposed be going to workout. I hope our friend arrives soon. As it is, we won’t be home until after 9:00 at this rate.
Glad to hear the pinkeye has improved, Bobbio.
Haze, I thinks rigs’ idea of smacking you with a wet trout is a good one. You been smoking some of that wacky tabacky or somethin’? :dubious:
I only have two more workdays this week. Thank goodness. I am well and truly looking forward to a four day weekend.
Now you know what you can do in 45 minutes or less. Burn down your kitchen. 
Does it come wrapped in the most delicious of tender doughiness ever?
I am a big Polly poopy pants, I think, because I don’t much care for babies either. I’ve always joked that kids are fine, sometimes, and if I could adopt one when it was potty trained and keep it until it hit puberty (without the obvious harm to the kid and looking like a total jerkface), I’d be all about adoption.
Speaking of jerkfaces, I told my roommates about the sloppy joes planned for tonight, last night (as I told them last night what I was going to make tonight), and I got responses ranging from “Mmm, sloppy joes!” to “I love sloppy joes so much that when you guys aren’t home I sneak one to my room and make love to it like it was Britney Spears before she went crazy!”
So tonight, I’m cooking them (did the corn salad thing before hand - fresh corn cut off the cob, some lime juice/olive oil/red bell pepper/onion kind of thing.) I’m in the kitchen looking all domestic cutting the kernels off the corn, and they’re like “Hey we’re going to go make a food run, you want anything?” “Umm, no, I’m going to be done with dinner in like 30 minutes.”
So they go, then come back, the aroma of sloppy joes permeating the house, and they walk into the kitchen, open up a can of chili and a tub of ranch chip dip and mix the two together, and leave, never to be seen again.
I cooked 6 ears of corn for that salad, and 3 pounds of meat for the sloppy joes.
Jerkfaces.
Yes! Spread the lesbian-y goodness!
Probably just hormones. Seriously, I love babies. Heh, that reminds me - when The Guy and I were having lunch yesterday, there was a table next to us with three infants drooling on their mothers’ laps. I had a total SQUEE fit and I think I totally freaked him out. He does want kids eventually, just not NOW. (And neither do I, despite my hormones.)
cb, I’ll have a sloppty joe. What a bunch of ingrates!
Wow. Your roommates don’t deserve you, cb.
Glad your daughter did well, Taters.
Soapy:
Sleepy again. Fell asleep earlier and woke up completely disoriented as to day and time. I was convinced it was Monday for a while, then remembered I’d had Tuesday meetings today, then looked in the upper right-hand corner of the screen where it said: Tue 8:20 PM. :smack:
I’ve wandered around the internets. Time to crawl into bed.
Why isn’t it Firday yet???
GT
Honestly, I don’t know if she will be, but she’s definitely in high spirits despite going through chemo for stage four lung cancer. I woke up this morning at 8am, and I find that she’s not in bed. I look downstairs, and the door to the garage is locked and she’s not down there. “Hmmm,” I think to myself, and then stare out the front window; she’s taken her car! That sneaky mother of mine snuck out of the house to go to work this morning about half an hour before I woke up! :smack: :eek: At least I enjoyed the laugh, as she’s not about to sit at home during the day if she can help it. Even a half day at work makes her feel more productive. Let’s hope she doesn’t try to leave me at home when we go to the oncologist for a check-up tomorrow!
cb, I love sloppy joes and would happy have some with you if I were in the area. Maybe I can get Acid Lamp to make me some when I get back. Yum!
Hey peeps. So I haven’t checked in since the lesbian gingerbread incident, but I had a sudden urge to create a chili recipe just a short while ago and thought of youse guys. I’m still not sure if it’s perfect, but it’s pretty good. So, here it is:
sturmhauke’s “Goddammit, I need some chili!” recipe
1 large onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
some oil
1 lb. ground beef
1 14 1/2 oz. can diced tomatoes
1 16 oz. can tomato sauce
1 16 oz. can kidney beans, drained
Note: the following measurements are approximate, I just eyeballed them.
1/3 c Gebhardt’s chili powder
1/4 tsp. ground cayenne pepper
1 tbsp. cilantro
1 tbsp. oregano
2 tbsp. cumin (seeds preferred if you have a mortar and pestle)
1/2 tsp. black pepper
1/2 tsp. salt
Sautee the onion and garlic in some oil for a few minutes, until the onion begins to turn translucent. Add the ground beef and brown. Add all the other stuff and stir. (If you have a mortar and pestle, use it to grind the spices before you add them. If you don’t, you should go get one.) Simmer for about half an hour, stirring occasionally. Stand by with a box of tissues for sinus clearing action.