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Thank you! I have been wanting to find something in Chinese.
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Your Favorite Bean or Lentil Recipes? Please share!
Mimmy replied to tammyw's topic in The Chat Board
Since you mentioned Veganomicon- the lentil soup recipe and the chickpea cutlet recipe are good. -
We just dealt with a situation like this last week. An item showed up on my daughters card that we had never checked out from a library we have never been to. It was an item that she never would have checked out, the librarians at my own library laughed because they know what my kid checks out and this wasn't it. After phone calls and talking with librarians at several branches I ended up just paying for the item. Apparently if we claim that we never checked out the item, refuse to pay and let it go to collections she could keep her library card for now, but if it ever happens again they will not let her have a card anymore... plus if we let it go to collections there are additional fees and they put a hold on her card so she can't check anything else out. The same thing happened on my card a year ago and I was able to find the item (again something I never would have checked out) on the library shelf. I should have documented that somehow. The librarians at my own library know me well and believe my story, but can't do anything to help me because the library is in a different county. Of course the librarians at the other branch say it's impossible for this to happen. They say there is no system in place for me to even claim that we didn't check out the item. We had the option of putting on the library record that we 'claim to have returned' the item but there is no option to claim we never checked out the item in the first place. We are heavy library users and I don't mind making a library donation, but this is ridiculous. I wish you luck, SKL!
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I split wood with a giant hydraulic splitter, but with an ax? No thanks!
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It was a great year for peppers in our garden...
Mimmy replied to creekland's topic in The Chat Board
My peppers were incredible this year too! The plants were at least twice the size my plants typically get and I used the same seed to start them. I've been stuffing my kids with peppers :) -
Anyone starting preventative measures for flu season? (besides vaccine)
Mimmy replied to HappyGrace's topic in The Chat Board
The one thing that seems to be the most important in keeping my family healthy is making sure we all get plenty of sleep. -
Never did any partying/ clubbing not my thing. Hanging out with my friends at those ages was more likely to be hiking or watching a movie :)
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I have three close friends. One is my sister, one is the wife of a family friend who I went to elementary school with, the other is the wife of a man I went to high school with. Their wives and my husband were all from out of state and we all go to the same church now. I'm glad my childhood friends married really awesome women :)
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Where to find WET erase markers for maps/dry erase boards?
Mimmy replied to Ameena's topic in The Chat Board
I buy them from Amazon. -
That is not how you tell family that someone died!
Mimmy replied to athena1277's topic in The Chat Board
I think it's perfectly acceptable. It wasn't your child or parent. I've been in the situation of having to make dozens of phone calls during a family crisis ( near death and extended hospitalization of my infant niece). Certain people got all upset with me because they thought I should have called them before I called other people. And because a few times I sent email updates instead of phone updates. I was seriously offended to find out this was being talked about behind my back on the phone and Internet. I would have been the one that had to notify people if she had died since my sister and mom would not have been able to do it. If I could have emailed or facebooked people I absolutely would have. Phone calls are so much more emotionally draining when you have to repeat things over and over and answer the same questions and listen to the grief of the person you are calling when you are already a mess. Everyone needs to show extra compassion and grace to each other in a crisis. I think you should give your family members the benefit of the doubt, they are probably doing the best they can. -
Rant: To the woman sipping coffee outside Starbucks at 8:30pm . . .
Mimmy replied to SKL's topic in The Chat Board
What an annoying situation! I'm sorry. I would feel 100% comfortable leaving my kids in the car in the situation you described. -
Say you discovered fifteen cucumbers in the garden.....
Mimmy replied to myfunnybunch's topic in The Chat Board
Do you have a juicer? They make delicious juice- 1 huge cucumber, 1 apple, and half a lemon. Yummy with crushed ice :) -
Inlaws just texted about a death in the family
Mimmy replied to Tess in the Burbs's topic in The Chat Board
I've been in the position of having to call multiple family members repeatedly during an extended critical illness of a family member (my infant niece). It was unbelievably stressful and draining for me to have to keep calling so many people when I was grieving and trying to physically/emotionally support my sister and parents at the hospital. I'm an introvert and already hate phone calls on my good days. If the baby had died I don't think I could have made those phone calls for a long time, and I know for certain my sister and mom couldn't have done it. If I could have texted people I would have. And I would have been really angry to find out that people in the extended family were upset with me for not calling. -
check out limits at the library???
Mimmy replied to kfeusse's topic in General Education Discussion Board
We can do 100 books per card. We are only allowed 10 holds per card though so I use 3 cards to get all the books we need. Our library is tiny but part of a huge cooperative so we can get almost anything we want through the holds system. -
Memory Sentences for Story of the World
Mimmy replied to a topic in General Education Discussion Board
I would love this too. Anyone?