Susan in TN Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 I don't think I have ever had actual frozen custard. Pudding pops don't count, do they? Pudding pops are yummy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 Tonight at rehearsal we were told to embrace the potato - BE the potato. ((((Spudz)))) But as much as I'd like to, I don't think I can BE the potato. Spudz is one of a kind! :) #stupidmusiciantricks 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 Tonight at rehearsal we were told to embrace the potato - BE the potato. ((((Spudz)))) But as much as I'd like to, I don't think I can BE the potato. Spudz is one of a kind! :) #stupidmusiciantricks I played an eggplant in theater class once. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 I played an eggplant in theater class once. Did you have to get a tranquilizer shot to get into character? :D 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 I played an eggplant in theater class once. That sounds kinds of dark! :D 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 Did you have to get a tranquilizer shot to get into character? :D That sounds kinds of dark! :D I was a bawdy eggplant. It was one of my best roles. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 Good Tuesday Morning! COFFEE!!!! It's cold outside again. :( 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMJ Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 Good morning! Another hot day here, but this evening should cool things down nicely. Looks like my niece's wedding will be upper 60s in temperature, and likely not that much chance of rain. Lookin' good! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 Good morning! We had storms overnight and now flood warnings. Nothing too worrisome - just the usual side street suspects. Coffee! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMJ Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 DD13 just dumped instant oatmeal into the water reservoir of our single-cup-at-a-time first-generation Kuerig. :cursing: I know she didn't mean to, but sheesh! That thing is a pain to clean out! You can't just tip it over and dump it out because of the stupid lip catching it all to keep it in. I think I want to shop for another option for heating up cups of water for oatmeal, tea, hot chocolate, and the like. I have her using our tea kettle on the stove this morning, but I'd like an option with a fail-safe. Dad will be staying with us for a few weeks and I don't know how well he's doing now handling such stuff. I think I need to look at other select-your-cup-size "coffee" makers, and maybe electric kettles, something that doesn't require remembering there's something on a lit burner. We all get distracted and forget about stuff like that. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 I've had half my cup of coffee (which is really about 1-1/2 cups) and my brain is starting to function. :hurray: Oh AMJ. Oatmeal in the coffeemaker. You may need to throw the whole thing into the back creek. :ack2: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 I'd like an electric kettle. It's cool and humid here this morning. I could smell the rendering plant, and I never smell the rendering plant up here. The air is just that still and damp. I've got the boys unloading and loading the dishwasher this morning. If they are going to argue, might as well have something to argue about. :D 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairiewindmomma Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 I have an electric kettle. I have mixed feelings about owning it. I'd like to find one with an all stainless steel water reservoir. It is handy, though, as it can be plugged anywhere where there is an outlet (outside, school room, hotel room, etc.). 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairiewindmomma Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 AMJ--look into induction cooktops. They plug into the wall, and yet you can still put your hand on top of them. They have come down in price considerably. (All of these items brought to you by our previous kitchen renovation. :) ) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairiewindmomma Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 My hands are still sore this am. I have a blister on my third finger from holding that stupid paint brush. (You can't roll a garage door.) Oldest went to bed at 6pm yesterday. I think he's ready to grow again. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 Good Morning!!🌄 COFFEE!!☕ï¸â˜•ï¸â˜•ï¸â˜•ï¸â˜•ï¸â˜•ï¸ Too Busy Tuesday!!👎👎👎 Comcast seems to be working, though!!ðŸ‘👠It was 66 degrees in the house this morning, I turned the furnace on for the first time this season. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 Good morning! We had storms overnight and now flood warnings. Nothing too worrisome - just the usual side street suspects. Coffee! Stay off of treacherous roads. Drink more COFFEE!!☕ï¸â˜•ï¸â˜•ï¸ That's the best advice I got. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luuknam Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 Vopo! Was woken up this morning by Celery that Broccoli's sick. Found Broccoli in the bathroom with vomit on the floor all around the toilet. At least he got closer than Celery did a week or w/e ago... Which does mean that we've gotten Dutch cartoon, CNN 10, and Ted Ed done already thus far. The last story on CNN 10 is about some frontal collision alarm. It's terrible... made me freeze for a few seconds. Now, the smoke detector also tends to make me freeze for a while, but if the goal of an alarm is to get people to take some action, getting people to freeze is a terrible idea. Maybe I'm weird... but still, even if only, say, 10% of the people freeze for a while, that could be worse than not having the alarm to begin with, no? (Of course, if only 0.01% of people freeze, then the alarm probably would be better than no alarm... doesn't help me though. Not that we're likely to get a car with such an alarm other than maybe while renting a car on vacation or something... our current car doesn't even have power windows or power locks) Wrt coffee, I use this, but the French Vanilla version (which I don't see on the website). I see some reviews about it being discontinued, but those are from a year or more ago, and I didn't even start drinking it until early this summer, so :huh:. You'd think they'd want to have all their products listed online. Anyway, I do half water, half milk, and no heating. http://www.kraftrecipes.com/products/maxwell-house-international-haz-1414.aspx Also, an easy no-risk-of-forgetting-the-stove solution to heating a cup of water or w/e would be to microwave it. You could put a sticky note on the microwave saying how long you'd need to microwave a cup (or w/e) of water for for visiting elderly parents or kids or whomever else might forget/be unaware. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 (edited) Last night our nocturnal visitors were back.... the raccoons. DH brought the cat food in early, so I'm not sure what they were after, but they sure hung around a long time, slinking in and out of the shadows. Edited November 7, 2017 by KrissiK 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 ((Broccoli )) and ((Luckie)) nothing worse than cleaning up vomit. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoJosMom Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 (edited) :seeya: Oh, and :seeya: from Dawn. We texted last night. :hurray: and :001_wub: Edited November 7, 2017 by JoJosMom 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luuknam Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 ((Broccoli )) and ((Luckie)) nothing worse than cleaning up vomit. It's actually not so bad to clean up... it seems mostly like water (contaminated water, obviously, but, not the chunky yuck stuff I think of when I hear vomit). Unfortunately, he just threw up more of it, this time with a bunch of bile (but, almost entirely in the toilet). I didn't really expect that, since he felt better after the first time and I dunno... Oh well. Guess that absolves me of having to take him to TKD this afternoon. Hm... wondering if I should cancel dentist appt tomorrow (for me and Broccoli). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luuknam Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 Apparently the dentist isn't open till noon on Tuesdays, but I did leave them a message explaining and asking if we could reschedule. Next up, should I reschedule the kids' first violin/guitar lesson (currently planned for 3pm tomorrow)? I'm leaning towards waiting and seeing how he does for the rest of the day... (or at least the next few hours). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 :wub: Dawn :wub: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 (((Broccoli))) Feel better soon! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 It's actually not so bad to clean up... it seems mostly like water (contaminated water, obviously, but, not the chunky yuck stuff I think of when I hear vomit). Unfortunately, he just threw up more of it, this time with a bunch of bile (but, almost entirely in the toilet). I didn't really expect that, since he felt better after the first time and I dunno... Oh well. Guess that absolves me of having to take him to TKD this afternoon. Hm... wondering if I should cancel dentist appt tomorrow (for me and Broccoli). Sounds like a plan. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 I woke up at five to the sound of vomiting, but it was a cat hacking a hairball and not a kid puking. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 Dd11 is heartbroken because she seems to have lost "Soccer", her beloved sock puppet of 2 days. She's made a math tent for herself with a throw blanket and will only respond in low grunting sobs. Sigh. I think these low pressure systems really mess with her. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoJosMom Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 Dd11 is heartbroken because she seems to have lost "Soccer", her beloved sock puppet of 2 days. She's made a math tent for herself with a throw blanket and will only respond in low grunting sobs. Sigh. I think these low pressure systems really mess with her. I suspect that laughing and snorting out loud is not the appropriate response to this. I may have a confession to make... 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 I got 800 words this morning. It took me all day to get my 2K yesterday. Hopefully today won't be so tough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 (edited) I suspect that laughing and snorting out loud is not the appropriate response to this. I may have a confession to make... Zero days since last inappropriate incident. (:D That was my reaction, too.) Edited November 7, 2017 by Susan in TN 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 (edited) Good Morning! I've been busy homeschooling, unpacking, and cleaning bathrooms. And I've got about 2 minutes until my 3 high schoolers arrive for their Sign Language class. ETA: It's a getting things done Booyah!! Edited November 7, 2017 by Junie 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 Ugh. Dh just came in to say that he had a flat tire. He put on the spare but I have to get the tire fixed today. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 I have been reading this cloak and dagger spy novel set on the border of China and North Korea. I got halfway through the book before giving up on it last night. I expected it to be confusing at first but when I was just as confused at the halfway point, I decided to throw in the towel. This probably means that I wouldn’t make a good ðŸ•µï¸ spy. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 Dd11 is heartbroken because she seems to have lost "Soccer", her beloved sock puppet of 2 days. She's made a math tent for herself with a throw blanket and will only respond in low grunting sobs. Sigh. I think these low pressure systems really mess with her. I suspect that laughing and snorting out loud is not the appropriate response to this. I may have a confession to make... Zero days since last inappropriate incident. (:D That was my reaction, too.) I kind of chuckled, too. But in a "that's sweet, poor thing" sort of way. But the Math Tent idea.... That's awesome!! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 I have been reading this cloak and dagger spy novel set on the border of China and North Korea. I got halfway through the book before giving up on it last night. I expected it to be confusing at first but when I was just as confused at the halfway point, I decided to throw in the towel. This probably means that I wouldn’t make a good ðŸ•µï¸ spy. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk I love spy biographies, myself. I hate confusing books. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 Trigger Warning! EdPo! Reported. We're going to start school now. We are studying marsupials in science. We occassionally have marsupials in our backyard at night. Along with our raccoon visitors, we have opossums. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 Ugh. Dh just came in to say that he had a flat tire. He put on the spare but I have to get the tire fixed today. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk I 'liked" this, but only in a supportive type of like. Not that I like flat tires. or having to get them fixed. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 Ugh. Dh just came in to say that he had a flat tire. He put on the spare but I have to get the tire fixed today. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk :grouphug: Ds at college has a flat tire too. He texted last night. I think dh is going to go up Friday to help him get a new one without missing class. Since dh is able to go, I think this is better than having him drive home on a spare which may or may not be interstate worthy and trying to fix it during Thanksgiving week, which sounds like a chaos inducing task. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 :grouphug: Ds at college has a flat tire too. He texted last night. I think dh is going to go up Friday to help him get a new one without missing class. Since dh is able to go, I think this is better than having him drive home on a spare which may or may not be interstate worthy and trying to fix it during Thanksgiving week, which sounds like a chaos inducing task. Double ugh. Your dh is a good man. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 Double ugh. Your dh is a good man. He is! :001_wub: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 It is chilly and rainy, but I voted. :patriot: 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 (edited) It is chilly and rainy, but I voted. :patriot:Did you vote for Jean for President?? Edited November 7, 2017 by KrissiK 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 Next week is our last art class. We are going to do a still life with a really interesting basket I have and various autumn-themed items, depending on what the teacher and I can find whilst shopping this weekend. I've asked the boys to draw a picture to give her next week, and I think I'm going to do a horse drawing for her. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 Critterfixer is my favorite thing. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 Critterfixer is my favorite thing. :blushing: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoJosMom Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 Ladies, I could use some help/advice/insight. Yia Yia is fading fast. DH should be there in a few hours. My question is wrt DD. IF (and it's an IF) it looks like we will have a couple more days in which meaningful interaction is possible, 1) should I fly DD there tomorrow and 2) do you have suggestions for her as to what to say/how to act? I know that you can't give me specifics because you don't know her, but and general advice or things to consider would be very appreciated. She wants to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 Ladies, I could use some help/advice/insight. Yia Yia is fading fast. DH should be there in a few hours. My question is wrt DD. IF (and it's an IF) it looks like we will have a couple more days in which meaningful interaction is possible, 1) should I fly DD there tomorrow and 2) do you have suggestions for her as to what to say/how to act? I know that you can't give me specifics because you don't know her, but and general advice or things to consider would be very appreciated. She wants to go. I will never forgive my mom for not letting me say goodbye to my grandmother. Take her. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 Ladies, I could use some help/advice/insight. Yia Yia is fading fast. DH should be there in a few hours. My question is wrt DD. IF (and it's an IF) it looks like we will have a couple more days in which meaningful interaction is possible, 1) should I fly DD there tomorrow and 2) do you have suggestions for her as to what to say/how to act? I know that you can't give me specifics because you don't know her, but and general advice or things to consider would be very appreciated. She wants to go. If she wants to go and it is possible, then I would fly her there. It can bring her some needed closure. What to say and do? When my dad was dying, ds and I sang some hymns to him. Or you can read something. We also just spent some time talking about our lives, which sounds a bit weird but it was actually distracting for my dad and comforting in a way for him to just see and be with the grandkids. Note: actual death throes (death rattle, movement even after death etc. can be very disturbing. It was for me, and I'm an adult. Dd also was able to take care of some last minute things for my dad that were really on his mind. So dd and dh went off to take care of them and being able to physically do something for him helped dd. And it helped my dad because it was something that was really weighing on his mind and having that taken care of made it easier for him to let go. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 Take her. Even if meaningful interaction isn't possible, she can still be with her. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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