Another Lynn Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 Has she posted on the ITT? I don't remember her. I thought maybe we could give the Education position to SWB. Hear! Hear! SWB for Ed Sec. ! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 :smilielol5: :smash: Not quite. Lynn doesn't do things either. We don't have to do things - we tell others to do things!! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 Libby sends your liberty belle her snuffliest kisses and butt wriggles. Awwww. Thanks! 💓💓ðŸ•ðŸ•ðŸ‡ºðŸ‡¸ðŸ‡ºðŸ‡¸ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
73349 Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 I'll do the Interior. Pass the bug spray. ;) 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 :smilielol5: :smash: Not quite. Lynn doesn't do things either. We don't have to do things - we tell others to do things!!That's the American way!🇺🇸 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 I mopped the kitchen floor so critter doesn't have to clean. Oh, how nice of you! I decided just to sweep. That way it looks like I care. :laugh: I have one of those kitchen floors that hides dirt. I picked dirt colored grout and it's slate with so many different colors in it that we could import a variety of soils in on our shoes and nobody could ever tell. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 Who invited these teenager caterpillars to sprawl on my bed, I'd like to know? The elder cat is doing her best to run them off with a combination of rubbing and hair chewing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 I just nominated dd18 to fill and start the dishwasher. She was wondering why I would use that phraseology. :D 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 I only swept half the house. I handed the sweeper over to DH to do the rest. :D 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 I organized baby clothes while we all watched The Patriot. This app is notable for foreign language: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.david.android.languageswitch 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 I've written just a shade over 1K today. Getting into a good section that I like, so I hope I get my next 1K before dark sets in. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 I think if I'm a good girl and get my word count in today, I will give myself chocolate and a chapter of Bird by Bird to read. I bought it back in the spring for writerly inspiration and haven't had a chance to read it yet. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 President -- Jean in Newcastle Vice President Secretary of State -- Ellie Secretary of the Treasury Secretary of Defense -- JoJosMom Attorney General Secretary of the Interior Secretary of Agriculture -- KrissiK Secretary of Commerce -- Slache Secretary of Labor -- myblessings4 Secretary of Health and Human Services -- prairiewindmomma Secretary of Housing and Urban Development -- AMJ Secretary of Transportation -- AnotherLynn Secretary of Energy -- Slache Secretary of Education -- Susan Wise Bauer Secretary of Veterans Affairs -- AnotherLynn Secretary of Homeland Security Secretary of Music -- Susan in TN Secretary of Literature and Poetry -- Critterfixer CIA Director -- Renaissance (aka Renai) I nominate Dawn for Vice President and Heather as Secretary of Encouragement and Whitehawk for Homeland Security. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 Dd15 says that Homeland Security is a group position for the ENB!! I like the way she thinks. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 What should Ikslo do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 What should Ikslo do? Secretary of Cyber Security. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 I mopped the kitchen floor so critter doesn't have to clean. ETA: I hate mopping the kitchen. We have one of those floors that hides dirt well. Unfortunately, that means it never actually looks clean to me either. I cleaned two bathrooms and vacuumed for you Critter!! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 Ah. It's one of those things for people who live where there's food delivery! :laugh: We don't have food delivery, but we have Nextdoor. :D 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luuknam Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 Also Psst. but I don't think that I'm eligible for being president. I wasn't born in the USA. Though I am a naturalized citizen. What if we were to annex Japan or wherever? Would that work? What should Ikslo do? AG? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 I nominate Dawn for Vice President and Heather as Secretary of Encouragement and Whitehawk for Homeland Security. whitehawk said she wanted to be Secretary of the Interior. Dd15 says that Homeland Security is a group position for the ENB!! I like the way she thinks. yesssss! Secretary of Cyber Security. excellent choice!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 I just weeded through 27 pages of Spanish children's books and found exactly 0 books with immersion reading. I am so peeved. On our Kindle, La Vispera de Navidad highlights each word. I haven't looked for others yet. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luuknam Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 We don't have food delivery, but we have Nextdoor. :D Then just have it delivered next door. Easier to pick up than going all the way to the pizza/Chinese place yourself. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 Pain pain? I don't suppose you can break a bone without knowing it, can you? (((Mr. Renai))) (Has he had a previous injury there?) No previous injury, and the pain started when he hadn't done anything so we don't think anything is broken. Just touching it will cause pain, but also periodically he says there is a pulsating pain on the back of the wrist (nothing on palm side. I'm thinking something with the tendons. We bought a tiny bottle of ibuprofen (the girls can't have it), so we'll see if it makes a difference. He's taken two, one hour apart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 It's great that ITT has so much staff. So when we take our cabinet positions we can just delegate all the work to Rocco and Co. and we'll just sit around and eat chocolate and get our feet massaged. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 Where is Ikslo? Is she still in the hot tub in Legoland? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luuknam Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 Or I could be first lady. Since that one is foreign. And I'm obviously a model. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luuknam Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 I remember being on a pirate ship in Legoland that went through some dark tunnel. Let me see if I can find it. Okay, it was actually a cave (I was 7 iirc): https://www.legoland.dk/en/the-park/areas/pirate-land/rides/pirate-boats/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 I have eaten too much nutella today. I suggested that dh and dd do a dissection today and there was open rebellion. "It's Independence Day! We don't have to do anything!" 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luuknam Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 I remember being on a pirate ship in Legoland that went through some dark tunnel. Let me see if I can find it. Okay, it was actually a cave (I was 7 iirc): https://www.legoland.dk/en/the-park/areas/pirate-land/rides/pirate-boats/ For the record, that's like the only thing I remember about Legoland. Other things I remember from that vacation is collecting jellyfish on the beach and making pretend soup out of them (there were a LOT), and playing Yatzy, which is Danish for Yahtzee. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 I mopped the kitchen floor so critter doesn't have to clean. ETA: I hate mopping the kitchen. We have one of those floors that hides dirt well. Unfortunately, that means it never actually looks clean to me either. I was just thinking yesterday as I mopped that my kitchen floor doesn't hide anything. Which means it never looks clean. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luuknam Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 I suggested that dh and dd do a dissection today and there was open rebellion. "It's Independence Day! We don't have to do anything!" Broccoli begged me to let him work on the soldier story (Battle Cry) we started yesterday. So I had both kids do the setting worksheets today, because I'm mean (Celery didn't want to, but did it without complaint once he got started). I still need to go look them over though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 I contemplated responding to that guy to politely remind him to stay polite and on-topic, but Nextdoor will show my name and street to him (because he is in MY neighborhood), and I live on a short street (one block cul-de-sac). Quite frankly there are some people about I would expect retaliation from, and with my name and street out there I could be too easy to find. That's weird. Ours will show name and neighborhood, NOT street. :huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 Make me do something. I've already set the bacon ablaze but I don't think that really counts as getting something done. It counts as really, really done. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 I think Renaissance should be Director of the CIA since she knows everything that goes on and has a mind like a steel trap!! :rofl: Perimenopause is turning the steel trap into jello. At least I remember HOW to find the answers to (almost) everything. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 Oh, boo. I'm out of likes. :sad: The likes will come back, tomorrow... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 Jackpot! Guess what I found in the misc. school supplies? 4 (mostly) unused sketch pads! I can check that off my list of stuff to get. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 My son is making blackberry syrup to add to his lemonade. I told him he has to clean up after himself, but is welcome to help himself to blackberries, sugar and the stove. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 My son is making blackberry syrup to add to his lemonade. I told him he has to clean up after himself, but is welcome to help himself to blackberries, sugar and the stove.. How do you get your kids to do stuff like that?? Mine are all sitting around watching "Liv & Maddie". And that's all they are doing. And I just keep thinking, "well, at least they aren't fighting...." 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 My son is making blackberry syrup to add to his lemonade. I told him he has to clean up after himself, but is welcome to help himself to blackberries, sugar and the stove.You truly seem like an awesome mother. I was thinking earlier about what kind of mother I want to be, the things I want to do with my kids and I thought of you. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luuknam Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 The kids are running around the house saying STALL-ALL, STALL-ALL while holding paper airplanes. They watched a bunch of Air Disasters on Netflix before they went to camp (Netflix no longer has that show, it was only available until July 1st). Apparently, in the cockpit, there's a slight delay between the left and the right speaker with the stall warning, so it sounds like stall-all. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 . How do you get your kids to do stuff like that?? Mine are all sitting around watching "Liv & Maddie". And that's all they are doing. And I just keep thinking, "well, at least they aren't fighting...." I make it sound like I'm just persuaded. <Boy> Can I make blackberry syrup. <Me> Typety-type-type...I don't know, are you sure you want to make it? <Boy> Yeah. <Me> Well, okay. But you've got to clean up after yourself, you know. Sure you want to do that? <Boy>Yeah. <Me> Typety-type-type...well, okay then. If you're sure you can handle it.... <Boy> Oh, boy! I get to make blackberry syrup! <Me> Typety-type-type.... :D (Next time ask me about mopping....) 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luuknam Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 Oh, and that warning would sound while taxiing (or something), so pilots would regularly pull a plug to not have to listen to that annoying warning for nothing. I can empathize now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luuknam Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 Wife wants to drive a couple of streets over to bicycle to fireworks. I'm not convinced. I probably should though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 You truly seem like an awesome mother. I was thinking earlier about what kind of mother I want to be, the things I want to do with my kids and I thought of you. Oh, thanks! I try. I certainly have my nasty moments. I was a regular harpy this morning and had to be calmed down with hot tea and hard work, though. :laugh: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luuknam Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 (edited) The driving part is because of traffic. Mostly because of potential traffic on the way home, what with drunk people. It's a don't_drink_and_drive boeja! Edited July 4, 2017 by luuknam 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 Wife wants to drive a couple of streets over to bicycle to fireworks. I'm not convinced. I probably should though. I've got to go walk dogs and then try the noise-desensitization thing with the puppies. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 The city fireworks have moved from one of the high schools to one of the parks by a mall. The Kiwanis Club (I think), who does it every year, have turned it into a whole event. Apparently, there will be a bouncy house, food, and other festivities happening starting at 6pm, then fireworks at 9pm. I'm debating taking Gymnast to the before-fireworks activities, or just find a good spot way away from traffic to watch the show. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 I'm asking my 91 year old mom about going to the movie theaters during the Great Depression. She's telling me about how much she loved to watch Shirley Temple movies but how she wasn't cute any more once she grew up. ;) 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luuknam Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 I'm asking my 91 year old mom about going to the movie theaters during the Great Depression. She's telling me about how much she loved to watch Shirley Temple movies but how she wasn't cute any more once she grew up. ;) We finished listening to Full of Beans recently, which mentions kids going to the movies and watching Shirley Temple. It was enjoyable to listen to, though not sure what a 91yo would think... I mean, it'd be odd to play a kids' book to just a grown-up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 We haven't decided where to watch fireworks. We have a choice of close and super crowded and or far off and more peaceful. Dd18 wants close but not crowded. Can't be done, honey. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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