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  1. beaners

    "It needs to be more sleek and slippery." My perfectionist is practicing cursive.

    1. Rosie_0801

      Rosie_0801

      Mm. Gel pen?

    2. beaners

      beaners

      She loves those! Unfortunately she is a lefty so they are too messy for writing.

  2. beaners

    "Under the sea and the Mason-Dixon Line!" My daughter and I recall different plot points in the Little Mermaid.

  3. beaners

    6 kids who use pencils. Two sharpened pencils in the house. Broken pencil sharpener. Send help. (Imagine I'm typing this in crayon.)

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    2. Tsuga

      Tsuga

      (Or whiteboard.)

    3. beaners

      beaners

      I called it a craft day and tore through our construction paper stash! Husband brought home TWO pencil sharpeners, thank goodness!

    4. TGHEALTHYMOM

      TGHEALTHYMOM

      I found a cheap battery operated sharpener at Big Lots and it is working great! I have to hide the pencils in different places so we don't run out! I also have to hide the sharpener! Kids ruined my best electric sharpener with Crayons :(

  4. beaners

    A little dance party in the morning never hurt anyone.

    1. saraha

      saraha

      That's for sure!

  5. beaners

    After so many comments that I needed an avatar...here it is. How anticlimactic.

  6. beaners

    Box checked: my 8 year old can finally tie her own shoes.

    1. Dmmetler

      Dmmetler

      Yay!!!!

    2. Mommy22alyns

      Mommy22alyns

      Parent WIN!

  7. beaners

    Can I trust you with an eraser?

    1. Dana

      Dana

      No. They're tasty.

    2. beaners

      beaners

      That's exactly the problem we have!

  8. beaners

    Can someone please PM me the eyebrow shaving reason?!

    1. beaners

      beaners

      Got it! Thanks!

  9. beaners

    Confession: sometimes I steal my daughter's slap bracelet so that I can play with it.

    1. Dmmetler

      Dmmetler

      If she has long hair, get a hairgami-it's basically two snap bracelets attached together, covered with cloth. I have several around for dance, and they're just plain fun.

    2. beaners

      beaners

      Oooh, I'll have to check that out!

  10. beaners

    Dancing around the kitchen to the Cure after everyone else is asleep? I needed that.

    1. Lizzie in Ma

      Lizzie in Ma

      fantastic, I love Modern English for that too, or Talking Heads. ;)

  11. beaners

    Did I need to find dead chickens in the driveway when I'm cleaning the house for my son's transition meeting?

  12. beaners

    Everyone is asleep so I'm curling up with a cup of tea and my newest seed catalog. Spring is coming eventually, right?

    1. Chelle in MO

      Chelle in MO

      I'm counting on it! Hope you enjoyed your quiet time!

    2. gaillardia

      gaillardia

      My kind of relaxing too

       

  13. beaners

    I am delivering all nagging by singing telegram today. Strangely I am enjoying this more than my children.

    1. Ohdanigirl

      Ohdanigirl

      You are an evil genius.

    2. quark

      quark

      Awesome idea! Borrowing! :)

  14. beaners

    I just threw away our huge bin of old, broken crayons. That was cathartic.

    1. melbotoast

      melbotoast

      You're brave!

  15. beaners

    I needed to finish the box so that none of the remaining cheez-its could tempt me. This is why I don't normally buy them.

    1. PentecostalMom

      PentecostalMom

      I am so with you, but the sale was buy-one-get-one so I just HAD to!

    2. Robin M

      Robin M

      This is why I don't buy Cheez-its or Cheetoes. Once I start......

    3. Sahamamama

      Sahamamama

      My mother + potato chips = empty bag

  16. beaners

    I wonder how much longer it will take for my children to realize I cut off more than a foot of my hair.

    1. Kim in Appalachia

      Kim in Appalachia

      I had mine highlighted and it took my kids until the second time I had it done to notice.

    2. beaners

      beaners

      I'm afraid to imagine what we would need to do for them to notice!

    3. melbotoast

      melbotoast

      DS overheard me say that I need to cut DD's hair. Two days later, he asked me when I was going to do it....I cut off almost 6 inches!

  17. beaners

    I'm having red wine with my hamburger helper dinner. In my defense, it's a new "classy" flavor.

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    2. PollyOR

      PollyOR

      Lol! :)

    3. freeindeed

      freeindeed

      :)

    4. beaners

      beaners

      It was delicious! The wine, and the dinner.

  18. beaners

    I've done something to break my sewing machine, and I still have one full blanket and half of two others to finish. Plus Christmas pajamas. My second sewing machine isn't working. The third one is somewhere in the shed outside. I'm looking for a Christmas miracle.

    1. ladyinthegarden

      ladyinthegarden

      Maybe the miracle will be a new one for Christmas!

    2. beaners

      beaners

      That would be a pleasant surprise!

  19. beaners

    In the unlikely event that anyone is looking for me, I'll be back in a week. (Because of the holiday, not the update!)

    1. Parrothead

      Parrothead

      Enjoy your week!

    2. Juniper

      Juniper

      Have fun!

  20. beaners

    Is anything more disheartening than throwing in the towel and calling to order pizza...only to have no one answer and realize you need to cook after all?

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    2. beaners

      beaners

      I tried to call the place in town, and the places 10 miles away don't deliver. :( The kids were happy with stuffing and canned vegetables.

    3. unsinkable

      unsinkable

      oh,(beaners)I wish I could send you a pizza! Oh, I just remembered a 6th place...it is more upscale and has panini

    4. EthiopianFood

      EthiopianFood

      I feel badly for you, but oh my gosh, this status is funny! ROFL

       

  21. beaners

    It has been a coffee plus red bull kind of afternoon...

  22. beaners

    Making dandelion tea! We are so weird.

    1. saraha

      saraha

      Hey! Are you making jelly? I have an awesome recipe for dandelion jelly. Tastes like honey!

    2. beaners

      beaners

      We love dandelion jelly!

  23. beaners

    My baby cries unless he's touching me. Two weeks of either touching or crying. That's not normal.

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    2. beaners

      beaners

      My husband is lactose-intolerant, so that's the first thing we tried. I've been off dairy for almost a month now. Somehow it seems to be making it worse. Poor little baby. :(

    3. Harriet Vane

      Harriet Vane

      I'm so sorry. While I hate the pain it causes my ds to be lactose-intolerant, I was and am so grateful that we were able to figure it out, to KNOW what the problem was and to have a way to fix it. I hope you are able to find what is ailing the poor little guy.

       

    4. J-rap

      J-rap

      My son was like that when he was an infant. He had stomach aches a lot as a child, and now at age 24, he is both gluten free and dairy free and feels terrific. I think all along he had issues with that, even as an infant.

  24. beaners

    My husband is resisting my plan to establish a beagle farm.

    1. dm379

      dm379

      Funny I was talking to dh a few days ago about our need to start a pug farm. He wasn't for it either.

    2. Live2Ride

      Live2Ride

      lol...I've got one to start you off!

    3. beaners

      beaners

      LOL the shelters here have a major beagle surplus. My husband is trying valiantly to prevent me from bringing all of them home.

  25. beaners

    My husband shows his love with a Big Bang Theory calendar. :)

    1. *Lulu*

      *Lulu*

      He's a keeper then!

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