Critterfixer Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 (edited) :bigear: :bigear: Snapping Turtles They crawl out of their ponds in the morning, They see who can grumble the most, As they crawl to the table for breakfast, Where they sun over oatmeal and toast. They’re generally known as teenagers, But I know by the shells and the tails, They swim in emotions grown stagnant, And are clothed in their tempers like scales. Still I love them and won’t be dismayed, When they bite, snap, and splash me with tears, They’ll be human again, I imagine, Creeping out of the swamp of their years. Random Musings Edited October 19, 2017 by Critterfixer 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMJ Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 So, I know I do a lot of drive-by postings lately. Such is the nature of my life. :( But, I have to share our conversation on the way to speech today. Riv: So, funny thing, Mom. I thought that the sun was Jesus. I now he's not. But I mean, I STILL don't understand that. The Bible says that Jesus is the son, but you tell me that he is NOT the sun. So I don't know what he really is. **we discuss the sun/son confusion** Riv: So...Jesus is a son. Because he is a boy child of God. He is a son because he was borned. When was God borned? Me: God wasn't born, baby. God had just been alive for ever and ever and ever. Riv: Mom - really. He was borned. Jesus is God and God is Jesus. Jesus was borned, so God is borned and that means God is a son. So, who is God's mom and dad? Me: umm, Well...That isn't in the Bible. Riv: So...you don't know. Got it. Sometimes, I think I need a PhD in theology to raise this child. :laugh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMJ Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 Trigger warning. Edpo. Brag alert: I've still got a headache... but apparently, Broccoli does not, because while he whined about being tired while doing math earlier today, he did just bring me a long division problem to check while I was on the toilet, and got the correct answer. :) 5383/3=1794R1. And then he proceeded to check his own work by adding, and messed up the addition. :( ETA: Reported! (gosh, I keep forgetting all the things I need to write) :hurray: :hurray: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 Is it dangerous to have a fire in a fireplace during wind gusts? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMJ Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 Snapping Turtles They crawl out of their ponds in the morning, They see who can grumble the most, As they crawl to the table for breakfast, Where they sun over oatmeal and toast. They’re generally known as teenagers, But I know by the shells and the tails, They swim in emotions grown stagnant, And are clothed in their tempers like scales. Still I love them and won’t be dismayed, When they bite, snap, and splash me with tears, They’ll be human again, I imagine, Creeping out of the swamp of their years. Random Musings Oh, HUZZAH!!!! :hurray: :hurray: :hurray: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 Is it dangerous to have a fire in a fireplace during wind gusts? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk I don't know, Jean, but it would make me nervous. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMJ Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 *sigh* Poor DD's stuffed toy kitty. The girls didn't get her pictorial pun (copycat). DD13 did suggest "cat scan", which the cat did admit was good. Just not right. So DH, upon hearing bad cat puns, took the cat, held it out upside-down to DD16, and declaimed, "You're the winner!" He had to explain his pun -- cat-butt-trophy.... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMJ Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 Is it dangerous to have a fire in a fireplace during wind gusts? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk It would make me a bit nervous. Try placing a lit candle in the fireplace first, and see how the candle flame behaves. If all is calm and sedate, and if your fire doesn't send sparks up the chimney, it might be all right. Or just put a bunch of candles in the fireplace for the evening. (Though it's still a good idea to keep an eye on them.) On a camping trip a few years ago we had some battery-operated light sticks of various colors. It was a windy day, so no fires were permitted in camp. We took a mug, lit up our light sticks, and stuck them in. The neighbor campers came over to visit and enjoy our "fire", and we all put marshmallows on sticks to "toast" them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 (edited) I just realized I used the verb crawl twice in the same stanza. Probably go with "slip out of their ponds in the morning". ETA: This is why I have to edit so many times to get something right. At some point my ear goes, "Wait a minute!" and I see the problem. Edited October 19, 2017 by Critterfixer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMJ Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 Time to forage for some supper.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southern Ivy Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 Dear Riv. Jesus is special because He is both God and man at the same time. Before He became a man, He was God. He was not born as God because God was always there. But God had a special job for Jesus that He could only do as a man so He sent Jesus to be born as a baby. We celebrate the day He was born as Christmas. Ummm. Wow. Just so good. I wish I could like this answer more than once. Also, can you just ride in the car with us and answer all her theological questions? Slacker option: just become an atheist. (of course, then she'll just ask a zillion questions about other things, some answerable, some not) Slackest option: become a fundamentalist agnostic, and claim it's impossible to know anything for sure. I'm scared of the questions I would still have to answer!! lol 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luuknam Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 When you have to tell your kid to quit doing long division and go brush his teeth, right after he asked you to check 896546389/3=298848796R1 and got it right. But really, it's 21:30... kid should be in bed (he gets quite cranky if he stays up too late). 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luuknam Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 (to be clear, he didn't just learn long division today, in case anyone got that impression... we started on Friday. It must've 'clicked' today) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 (edited) We have a black belt! ETA: Oh, bummer, I tried to post a picture, but it didn't work. Edited October 19, 2017 by Another Lynn 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luuknam Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 Maybe I should teach him life skills, such as how to unclog the toilet, instead (guess what he just came to tell me?). 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luuknam Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 Yay, it unclogged itself! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 We have a black belt! :party: :party: :party: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikslo Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 (edited) (to be clear, he didn't just learn long division today, in case anyone got that impression... we started on Friday. It must've 'clicked' today)it clicked in less than a week. I'm still impressed. It's a smarty-pants Booyah! Edited October 19, 2017 by ikslo 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikslo Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 We have a black belt! ETA: Oh, bummer, I tried to post a picture, but it didn't work. :hurray: :party: woot! Woot! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luuknam Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 it clicked in less than a week. I'm still impressed. To be clear, I hadn't tried situations with zeros in the middle yet (e.g. if the answer is 1907), though he stumbled on such a situation on his own, and came to ask me how to handle it. But, I haven't seen him do any more of those yet, so, I don't know if that's going to stick just yet. IOW, he's not quite mastered long division yet, imo (I'd definitely want to see at least some problems with answers like 30005 or w/e too). But, I'm pretty happy too with how he's doing thus far. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 I am eating chocolate Lucky Charms. So far, I'm not dead. Dh and I just got the Benadryl and set it on the bathroom counter, just in case. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 Yum! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 (edited) Yay, Junie! I hope that you don’t have a reaction. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Edited October 19, 2017 by Jean in Newcastle 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 A cat is staring at me. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 Yay, Junie! I hope that you don’t have a reaction. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk I think I have a little bit of a rash, but nothing major. I almost never eat a new food unless dh is home, in case something would go horribly wrong. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 (edited) The power didn’t go out. And I think that the wind has died down. Edited October 19, 2017 by Jean in Newcastle 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 I'm home. I Awana-ed. I had only one toffee bar. I made them this afternoon. They are to die for. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 I am eating chocolate Lucky Charms. So far, I'm not dead. Dh and I just got the Benadryl and set it on the bathroom counter, just in case. You can't die. It's in the contract. Just ask Whitehawk. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 We have a black belt! ETA: Oh, bummer, I tried to post a picture, but it didn't work. Woohoo!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 A cat is staring at me. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk My cat just gives me dirty looks. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 I want root beer Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 I don’t have to make a lunch for Dh tomorrow. Party [emoji322]!!! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 Good Thursday Morning! Youngest dd plays violin in a talent/variety show tonight. My goal (for me!) is not to be a complete nervous wreck. :willy_nilly: :svengo: :chillpill: :chillpill: :chillpill: 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luuknam Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 Oh, and Broccoli also hasn't long divided by a number greater than 4 yet. I'd want to see him divide by a multi-digit number as well (but, he'd need to be better at multiplication for that). He's only done 2, 3, and 4 (and 1 once, for the heck of it). Morning! Coffee! Too early!!! Don't know why I'm awake, other than I went to bed at a reasonable hour because of headache (migraine? - earlier in the day I thought sinus headache, but just before I went to bed it started to feel more like a migraine... don't know, doesn't matter). I seem to be all better now though! 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 Congrats on black belts, long division and toffee bars! I woke up at two, four, five and six and six-thirty. But I got up at the six-thirty. Every other time I just got back to sleep and dreamed. No clue what my problem was. I let the boys sleep in. We were going to be up at six-thirty for morning chores, but it was just too dark. Their chore is get around, get dressed, and take care of the chickens before they make their own breakfast. But at six-thirty the owls are still out. Art today. :hurray: 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 Break a leg! I’m always more nervous than my kids. 😉 Exactly! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 (edited) Good morning! Have to bring dd14 to tutorial, stop by bank and library, then home for lessons with everyone else. Must find Pantz! ðŸ‹ðŸ½ Krissi eats only ONE toffee bar! 🻠Jean Talent show! 🎻 Long division! 📠Coffee! Edited October 19, 2017 by Susan in TN 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMJ Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 Congrats on black belts, long division and toffee bars! I woke up at two, four, five and six and six-thirty. But I got up at the six-thirty. Every other time I just got back to sleep and dreamed. No clue what my problem was. I let the boys sleep in. We were going to be up at six-thirty for morning chores, but it was just too dark. Their chore is get around, get dressed, and take care of the chickens before they make their own breakfast. But at six-thirty the owls are still out. Art today. :hurray: Just a couple more weeks or so, and then we roll the clocks back and it will be lighter earlier in the morning again for a bit. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanalouwho Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 I crawled back into bed to drink my coffee. I don't want to admit that it's time to get up. The forecast says it's going to rain for 4 days. But not cool rain; hot, muggy rain. Boo. Hooray for ITT kids doing awesome things! Black belts, recitals, and math! Oh my! Sent from my HTCD160LVW using Tapatalk 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 Just a couple more weeks or so, and then we roll the clocks back and it will be lighter earlier in the morning again for a bit. Believe me, I'm counting the days. I don't sleep properly until Standard Time comes back. I never adjust. Today I'm preparing the sheet for lucky draft number 9 as I finish working through number 8. I've got everything ready to go in case I'm picked to work on query and first 250 words with a mentor, but it's always best to just be ready to go it alone just in case. This time, though, I am seriously considering buying some software to help with proofreading and editing. One company I have been looking at has signed up with NaNoWriMo this year, and that means possible discounts with a win. That's how I got my Scrivener at almost half-price. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 Feel free to tell the young writers that my favorite literary adviser suggests not querying until you are up to draft 20 or 30. I thought he was using hyperbole, but now I'm not so sure about that. :laugh: 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 Good Morning!!!! COFFEE!!!☕ï¸â˜•ï¸â˜•ï¸â˜•ï¸â˜•ï¸ Friday Eve!!!ðŸ‘👠Today I gotta call the court @ 11:30am. Can you believe that?? To perhaps be there @ 1:00pm. 😡😡😡😡😡 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMJ Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 Believe me, I'm counting the days. I don't sleep properly until Standard Time comes back. I never adjust. Today I'm preparing the sheet for lucky draft number 9 as I finish working through number 8. I've got everything ready to go in case I'm picked to work on query and first 250 words with a mentor, but it's always best to just be ready to go it alone just in case. This time, though, I am seriously considering buying some software to help with proofreading and editing. One company I have been looking at has signed up with NaNoWriMo this year, and that means possible discounts with a win. That's how I got my Scrivener at almost half-price. I had an idea of what I wanted to work on for Nanowrimo, but I think this business with Dad will supersede it. My writing this year may be mostly exploring details and nuances of moving someone elderly more than 1000 miles into a much smaller place. I wonder if Dad timed this so that he would have a turn being a Nanowrimo subject? Mom has been rather dominating my November time for the past few years. Dad-po, I guess: I had a talk with DH last night. Earlier in the evening when I tried to talk to him about yesterday morning's talk with Dad DH was clearly focused on his resentment of Dad's past behavior towards me. I told DH last night that if he doesn't want to be involved in any way with getting my Dad moved that's fine, I'll handle it, but I need to be able to talk to him about everything I'm going through as I work this. I need him there for ME, so at times I need him to get beyond his resentment and distrust of my Dad's actions and perceived motives and simply listen to ME, support ME, help ME. It's a very hard thing to do, looking past resentment, but he's willing to try, for my sake. I suspect I will be going out to visit Dad between Thanksgiving and Christmas, with power of attorney and other papers to be signed (Dad stated he wants DH and me controlling everything now). I will insist Dad let me in to the apartment so I can see his current situation and determine how to handle things. I might end up driving Dad back home with me, for a visit or permanently. I have a lot of work to do before such a visit, but the girls and I have worked up a typical week schedule so I can see when I have chunks of time in which to do things. I am starting to figure out chunks of things that need doing, so I can assign some deadlines for some chunks and break the chunks down into steps to get things done. I'm learning as I go, but I will get this done. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMJ Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 Good Morning!!!! COFFEE!!!☕ï¸â˜•ï¸â˜•ï¸â˜•ï¸â˜•ï¸ Friday Eve!!!ðŸ‘👠Today I gotta call the court @ 11:30am. Can you believe that?? To perhaps be there @ 1:00pm. 😡😡😡😡😡 :grouphug: I hope you enjoy your day, whatever comes! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 Just a couple more weeks or so, and then we roll the clocks back and it will be lighter earlier in the morning again for a bit.I will be so glad. I hate getting up in the dark!!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 ((AMJ)). I'm glad your DH is willing to be supportive of YOU!! You're going to need this!!! And of course, it goes without saying that ITT is supportive, too. The ENB will be at your service, whatever happens. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 I had an idea of what I wanted to work on for Nanowrimo, but I think this business with Dad will supersede it. My writing this year may be mostly exploring details and nuances of moving someone elderly more than 1000 miles into a much smaller place. I wonder if Dad timed this so that he would have a turn being a Nanowrimo subject? Mom has been rather dominating my November time for the past few years. Dad-po, I guess: I had a talk with DH last night. Earlier in the evening when I tried to talk to him about yesterday morning's talk with Dad DH was clearly focused on his resentment of Dad's past behavior towards me. I told DH last night that if he doesn't want to be involved in any way with getting my Dad moved that's fine, I'll handle it, but I need to be able to talk to him about everything I'm going through as I work this. I need him there for ME, so at times I need him to get beyond his resentment and distrust of my Dad's actions and perceived motives and simply listen to ME, support ME, help ME. It's a very hard thing to do, looking past resentment, but he's willing to try, for my sake. I suspect I will be going out to visit Dad between Thanksgiving and Christmas, with power of attorney and other papers to be signed (Dad stated he wants DH and me controlling everything now). I will insist Dad let me in to the apartment so I can see his current situation and determine how to handle things. I might end up driving Dad back home with me, for a visit or permanently. I have a lot of work to do before such a visit, but the girls and I have worked up a typical week schedule so I can see when I have chunks of time in which to do things. I am starting to figure out chunks of things that need doing, so I can assign some deadlines for some chunks and break the chunks down into steps to get things done. I'm learning as I go, but I will get this done. In those chunks and deadlines be sure you have chunks for AMJ to be home, AMJ to relax with family and DH, AMJ to exercise, AMJ to eat right, AMJ to rest. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southern Ivy Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 My cat just gives me dirty looks. Do cats ever give anything but dirty looks? lol 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 Do cats ever give anything but dirty looks? lol Adoring looks, usually when it's time to be fed. Grumpy looks, when people don't go to bed on time. Insolent looks, when you are breathing their air. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 Good Morning!! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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