MMP: Garage Sales, an early Father's Day and a birthday party

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Still catching up from yesterday…

welby…it’s welby…with TMI, even. Hi welby!

I manage to avoid some TMI threads, but when I’m in a thread, confronted by a spoiler box, I’m unable to resist. And Puggy, I was thinking “Hi scout!” when he got to that bullet too. So, Hi scout!

donkeybear, just for you, I took a picture of my trinket. It’s the fourth picture in the slideshow.

Good for the success with the board MBG. Part of what I do involves presentations for bigwigs and it’s sure does feel nice when they actually appreciate it.

The HD stories reminded me of my trek to Lowe’s this weekend. The ditzy cashier was, I think, more focused on flirting with the guys in the garden center than actually, you know, getting my order right. I asked for 4 large bags of potting mix and 1 of peat moss. She called in one of each. I didn’t catch it till she’d rung up my order. Then she sent me to the wrong part of the world for the pick-up and the guy almost tried to give me smaller bags of the generic dirt. (No way was I accepting 4 bags of stuff that cost less than 1/2 as much as what I’d paid.) He asked me which register I’d gone too and didn’t seem surprised when I answered…

Have we disinfected in here lately? It’s been kinda crowded. Maybe that’s why everyone’s coming down with stuff. Just sayin’.

I don’t seem to have acquired Rue’s cold, so maybe the tide is turning… Everyone else get better soon!!!

Ooooh, Ellen, that barbecue sounds great. That’s really the only way I like mutton, although the barbecued mutton I’m familiar with is Mexican and probably tastes somewhat different. Haven’t had it in ages. Guess I need to insist next time I go visit Mom. We used to go out to the country (well edges of Mexico City, at least) on Sundays and get barbacoa and sauces and tortillas and chicharrón (big pieces of pork rind) when we were down there visiting grandma. Yummmm.

Taters…you should start sending that e-mail in the morning and leaving on time!!! Start adding up the hours you’re giving away and remember that you don’t get them back. Time is one thing I’m really really picky about.

YaWanna, your painting project sounds familiar… My kitchen cabinets were stained dark somethingorother when I bought my house. Dark wood can look very elegant and classy. Not in this case. They’re white now. I was happy to have help with the painting.

Stunning puns, Spats…

Me…petite, cute, young…? Why, thanks for all the compliments! ::blush:: I gots good genes, is all. Mom is 82 and looks like she’s in her 60s. And I’m just a few years younger than FCM and swampy, so…not a spring chicken. SkipMagic posted more pictures for one of the other attendees. Feel free to say more nice things about everyone. :smiley:

Oh, and the gator wasn’t half-bad. Not tough, really. But maybe that’s because we had sirloin (who knew there was such a thing?). Or maybe it was the barbecue sauce.

I’m a small car person myself. But then I don’t have much to haul around. When I get plant stuff, I just fit it in anywhere. If there’s enough stuff (mulch, for instance), I have it delivered.

Really like the dolls…I went out there and played for a bit last night, but didn’t keep anything. Maybe later.

Welcome to all the Dopers who don’t usually jump into the MMP: Shirley, What Exit?. And to oldbie/newbie Twinkie - great name!

What Exit?, it occurred to me the other day that the reason my brother tells me which exit he’s at when he’s on his way here from Cincinnati is that he lived in Jersey for quite a while. Wouldn’t have connected the dots if I didn’t know how you got your name.

Oh…and except for location and pics, you Dopefest sounds awfully familiar.

SCL - hope the restless legs study helps. Doesn’t sound like a fun condition.

Hang in there Tel. Grab a temp job if that’s the only opportunity that presents itself. That could get you some helpful connections. I’ve got a really good job (despite occasional frustrations) at an employer where I’ve been for nearly 16 years :eek: because I walked into Kelly Services and could start the next day. Good luck!

Have another hug, rigsy. And no, it’s not oversharing.

I think that pretty much catches me up…really had a need to ramble and respond…Hope there aren’t any typos - gotta go get ready for work.

Happy Wednesday!!!

GT

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Rigs that majorly sucks. Put me in the camp that says we’re hoping you can find somebody else who actually cares. FWIW I can’t paint for crap. I’ll do it, but I ain’t real good at it. I really think that’s cause I hatehatehate painting.

Tel maybe I missed it, but pray tell, why the need to bite somebody? I’m always entertained by learning about such things.

Taters I have the same problem with Sam’s Club and the impulse buying. It’s best for me to have a list and somebody with me who keeps telling me “no!” you don’t need that. ACBG is especially good at that. I think he enjoys it just a leeeeeeeeeeetle big too much. :smiley:

FCM I agree with the ibupropen and the ice packs crowd. Ice cream, taken orally, helps too. Everybody knows that’s a proven medical fact, right?

gt I regularly switch my mouse back and forth. I’m a leftie and I was noticing a lot of shoulder/elbow/wrist soreness, so I started doing that. Since I started, I haven’t had any of that. I’d recommend regularly switching out the mouse from left to right for anybody. I’ve really gotten good at the mouse with both hands, which I figure is a useful skill.

I read through yesterday’s posts last night but was too tired to post. Matter of fact I went to bed at eight last night. Next thing I knew, I woke up and it was a quarter of five this morning and I had to pee. I pulled an old fart all nighter! I didn’t wake up to pee once!

The meeting in Alma went well. Of course, now I have a whole bunch of stuff to do, but that’s what I’m paid for. The open house/dedication of our Vienna office went well too. Good crowd. Did I mention that was yesterday? I left Alma and drove two hours to get there. Then I had an hour drive from there home. Wasn’t any extra driving time though cause if I had left Alma and driven right back to the office or home it woulda still been three hours. Periodontist this afternoon. ICK!

To everybody else, yay, boo, I’m sorry, howdy, etc.

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why am I reading this? :eek: I’m going to be uberlate to work!
see you later

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Both my P/T-ist, Laura, and now the masseuse at my chiropractors told me I have tense shoulders/upper back and neck. Just for kicks today, in honor of gt, I’ve moved the mouse to my other hand. It feels a bit weird, but I do a lot of things with either hand, so my left hand is already pretty used to taking over when it’s needed. Let’s see if this helps…

My MAJOR weakness…The big, huge pieces that still have chunks of meat hanging on them? Warmed up just a bit to get the fat sizzling, rolled up in a tortilla covered with a good salsa? Staring forlornly at my yogurt and boiled egg breakfast :frowning:

And everybody get well, we got a big weekend coming up, no one needs to be sniffling through Memorial Day!

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Weird O that’s just too cool for words!

I’m not gonna say my in game name, cause you guys’ll laugh at me and make me all self concious.

And actually, you have it right. I’m in it, sort of. Lot of shots of me in the background. Which is usually where I am anyway. I don’t do any of the talking, I’m just the guy who sneaks around and does nasty things when others aren’t looking.

By the way, my poop is back to normal today, in case anyone was wondering.

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Great pics! gt, you ARE a little doll! :slight_smile: Anybody besides me think rue reminds them of Dave Barry?

Well, it’s hump day. Imma gonna take Friday off so I can have a four-day holiday weekend. I really want to go to the beach somehow.

Hope everybody who’s feelin under the weather feels better real soon.

Better do some work.

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gtI’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: Nothing says stupid American snack food like pork rinds.

Didn’t get the deck stain last night. The only hardware store that has it around here closes at 6 p.m., and the GF didn’t get home until just before that. So we are both heading directly there after work tonight, and will pick out what we’re going to use. We both agreed last night that if the deck doesn’t get stained before Friday, we’re not leaqving town for the weekend.

I hope everyone is feeling better. This seems to be a bad week for the MMMP crowd.

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Okay, kids, I’ve got a cat scan at noon. Which, of course now means I can’t drink my coffee or eat my breakfast. :frowning:

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You guys, I’m getting so excited about Vegas! I have so much to do today and tomorrow but the boss says I will be able to leave early tomorrow, woohoo! And then I have Friday off. My flight is at 5:25 Friday evening.

I just want to finish my work! I will miss the SO, though, but i’ll bring him presents.

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The doll pic of me seems to have lost me–or I really am the Invisible Woman. Ah, well–you all can just fantasize to your heart’s content about me… :smiley:

Thank you all so much for the HUG (Cubbies won one! Yay!) and the support. I’ve known for a very long time that my parents are self-absorbed people, it just hurts sometimes to be reminded of it. A straight out, “I’m sorry, but no” would have been fine.

Of course it doesn’t help when I turned to my husband for support on this a (“hey, that sucks” would have done wonders) and I get:“What? Them? Here? and you gone? Why? My parents will help out etc.”*
My parents live in another state and don’t see the kids much. His parents live less than a mile away and basically smother [del]us[/del]me.

This discussion of how to care for the kids whilst I’m gone turned into a lecture from husband about my ways of dealing with stress. I’m just gonna put this out there and if it gets be kicked out of the Cool Kids, so be it.

I deal with the stress of having no kitchen, and the entire first floor of my house being ripped up, by working hard every day and trying to make it fun for the kids. I deal with the looming stress of grad school by worrying a bit about the juggling that will have to occur, but by putting certain things in place-like a tutor for #2 son over the summer, so that he can stay current in math and I can study etc guilt-free.
I called my Dad yesterday at the end of a really long day painting and cleaning and I was exhausted. Yes, I would still have been upset by him, but maybe I could have distanced myself enough to make light of it. Maybe not. I wanted to tell my husband about it last noc, but I was so tired, that I just went to bed.

See, when I’m upset about something and want to talk about it, I tell that person. And if I know that person really well, I might cry about the upsetting thing. I might even get mad about the upsetting thing and use a swear word or two or even raise my voice. Not shrieking hysteria, but a “goddammit!” kind of exclamation. This is unacceptable to my husband and I got the whole lecture this morning about it.***

Enough of the crap that is my marriage. It looks like rain today–and I get to paint walls! This is very exciting…

I do so hope everyone is better. Tendonitis sucks, btw, and I do think that rest, ice and Motrin, followed by gentle exercise is best. Not the nurse speaking, just me. That PT sounds not so great, IMO.

<schmaltzy moment> I am so glad to have the support of such kind people here. Please know that I do think of all of you during the day and when not here, and I wish the best for us all. <sm>

His parents, while OK with helping are…well, She’s a dry drunk and He[is the type that] won’t let the kids throw snowballs because “you could put someone’s eye out.” My kids tolerate them, but enjoy my parents more. For all their narcissism, my parents can be charming and fun for kids. They also don’t just go buy them $100 Lego things because they are at a loss as to what to do with the grandkids*–but I digress.
**I have tried (in vain and with no backing from husband) to stop Her from doing this. Trust me-nothing gets through to this woman.

***We’ve been to counselling. Twice. He cannot talk about emotional issues. I can’t write with my left hand–we all have limits, I guess.

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I read that as tricorder, and I thought, “Well, no wonder she spent so much money. Technology that doesn’t even exist yet can’t be cheap.”
I’m such a huge dork. And I can’t paint or draw or even make tally marks to save my life either, rigs. In fact, what you do have there is damned impressive. :slight_smile: Best of luck dealing with your parents, your in-laws, and your husband. You’ve got a full plate there. Here’s another hug, just for good measure: HUG

Mika, what will you be doing in Vegas? Can I come with you? :smiley:

Okay, new pun. This one … hehe … well, best just let it speak for itself:

Yesterday I unpacked and played video games. Today I will play more video games. My life is boring (to others) sometimes. Personally I think preserving the sanctity of galactic civilization* is tremendously exciting.

Kicking Space Pirate ass.*

**Playing Metroid Prime and other Metroid video games.

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rigs: I know I’m the new kid around here, but please let me offer you a hug anyway, {rigs}. While I wouldn’t want to be a teenager again for all the tea in China (and I like tea…), being a grown up is pretty tough. Remember when food magically appeared in the fridge, laundry was always already folded (or looked fine on the floor) and dinner cooked itself? Yeah, being 7 was easy!

Here’s what I tell myself. “Twinkie,” I say, “you’re not defined by what your handed in life. It’s how you handle life that defines you.” Somebody much smarter probably said that first, I’m sure.

everybody: It’s hard to keep up with the MMP! How can you remember who said what, when, and respond?? Let me just say I hope all the sniffles dry up, the aches & pains clear up, and the rest of the week fades quickly into a fun and fantastic one for all!

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Oops – typo! I do know the difference between “your” and “you’re.” And I’m pretty good with my they’re, their, there’s as well!

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<whispers>
would now be a good time to admit that I don’t get Spats pun for today?

Off to get Rx and return Six Feet Under. Then, I paint. Have a good day, folks.

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Gambling, of course! Can you fit in my suitcase?

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Don’t worry, it’s a pun. It’s not supposed to be funny.</whisper>

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It’s an in-joke for us young’uns. This site explains how the phrase got passed around and has an awesome video.

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PSSSSSST! TWO if you’ll do a dope search for this phrase, you’ll find it’s been an inside joke here for just ages.

Rigs I’m sure you know this. On the subject of, well, just your life in general, I don’t have any words of wisdom. Just know that you know what’s best for your kids and if your son needs a math tutor, then good for you for seeing to it. If your parents can’t (or won’t) help, then there is at least the reassurance of the in-laws nearby. They may not be the best in your eyes, but you know they won’t do any harm to the kids, right? This will get better. Your house will get better. Grad school will be awesome and worth it. Just remember this.

Mika I know what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, but do promise us there’ll be no five star hotel trashing. :smiley:

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Spats, that was awful. I mean that sincerely.

Twinks, we just- or I just, anyway- read everything and try to remember at least half of it. Everyone’s life gradually becomes An Unfolding Story that you can keep track of pretty easily because you know the general shape of it.
rigs, kick your husband in the shins for me.
Last night Attacks Husband came over and made dinner for us. It was curried butternut squash soup. It was yummy. He’s a keeper.

I am almost better. It’s all the MMP vibes. In a few minutes I will drink tea with lots of honey and lemon. After that I will go to the bank to get quarters for laundry, maybe stopping on the way home to pick up a couple of non-sucky baking sheets. Then I will start all the dough rising, and trot off to the laundromat. Upon returning I will punch down the dough and put away our seven loads of laundry.

The rest of the day will be spent making bread and bread related products.
On Saturday I have to find somebody to bribe to take my next Saturday shift. We’re going to Napanee to see the baby! It’s very exciting. My Step-MIL says just to tell them that if no one volunteers my KitchenAid (Matilda) will be repossessed and there will be no more yummy things.

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Oh gosh rigs, here’s a hug from me too. And you have my email address, if you want to talk some more.

Rue does indeed look like Dave Barry … as he likes to say, he looks like Dave Barry and Stephen King’s love child. Did he dispense the alien trinkets? When he visited here, he gave me flan. Not as a yummy gift of food. A box of Jello Instant Pudding Flan, unprepared. The weirdness of that I’m still unraveling, lo these many years hence. (I’m guessing it was 2001 or 2002?)

gt I must have missed tha tyou are of Mexican descent! That sounds awesome, as MBG attests. We haven’t eaten our mutton yet; we don’t have the proper sauce. Husband insists upon the proper sauce! So we’re going to make some.

My allergies are somewhat better today. My nose is hideous, but at least I’m not continuously sneezing like I was yesterday.

I got the All Your Base pun! ::applause:: to Rifty I don’t always catch everything. Your set-up is delicously long and convoluted. Purrfect. :smiley:

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