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Evergreen State Sue

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  1. Isn't it almost dinnertime or somebody just finished dinner?  Surely you can tell me how much you love your stove/oven or how much you hate it! 

     

    For example, the oven I need to replace is an Amana at least 10 years old.  The broiler unit is not very wide and goes front to back - really hard to broil something.  I never thought to look at it when I picked the oven out.  Also, I have to hold the timer button down to set the timer and it takes forever to get to 10 minutes before it starts tripping the numbers faster.  It would have been must faster to key in the time.  I do like my smooth glass top though. 

  2. My oven seems to be going out.  I preheat to a certain temp, put my dish in, set the timer, then several minutes later I'll look and the timer is blinking and the oven is turned off.  It's frustrating because I don't know exactly when it turned off to know how much longer to cook my dish.  Anyway . . . we've had good threads on dishwashers and washers & dryers.  I'd love your opinion on an electric stove/oven.  I don't know anything about convection ovens and I'm afraid I'd have learn how to cook all over again to adjust recipes. 

     

    Any suggestions?  Thanks!

  3. Any kind of message you left Yan saying Zarah wasn't engineering a plot makes it look like you clearly approve of the affair. What if Xena listens to the voicemail you left?  After all everyone has told you here, you are clearly choosing to side with Zarah and not the wife and innocent child who are being betrayed by a two-timing scum.  If you don't know what Jesus would do, ask your pastor.  Maybe he can help you make things right. 

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  4. I'm sorry I don't know the young man's name, but I thought it was a tender moment when during the medal ceremony for winning gold for the 4x400 swimming relay, he was crying during our national anthem and afterwards Michael Phelps leaned over to give him a loving hug.  Kind of made me think if Michael was remembering when it was his time on the Olympic podium . 

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  5. I had my (only) wedding on an island, rented a house for a week and had the wedding in the weekend in the middle of that week. Everyone staying in this beautiful house overlooking the ocean was lovely.

    I cooked all the food myself but hired someone to serve it even though it was buffet style. Making the food is easy if you choose correctly, such as masses of poached salmon, a bucket of shrimp (this I bought from the fish shop already steamed), salads, etc.

    I'm a big fan of this back yard farmhouse type wedding and I'm planting wildflowers specifically with parties in mind ;)

     

    What does the bolded above mean?  How can you have a weekend in the middle of the week?

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  6. I voted same cake because that's what he wants.  However, you can ask him if he has a runner up cake flavor and see if he is equally excited about that.  I like to have my kids make their cake with me.  They seem to enjoy the cake even more when they have a hand in making and decorating. 

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  7. My 20 yr. old is teaching his dad about it.  Their having father/son time and walking around doing the pokemon go.  I'm only sad because that used to my time with him dh.  Now I don't think we will ever get to go for a walk and just talk without stopping here and there to capture whatever.

  8. Grace VanderWaal (my maiden name, but I probably wouldn't have thought anything if my uncle hadn't posted about her).  She's Link's age - not sure if it's my mom or my grandfather who had kids younger, or a combo of both.   :)  But she has an older brother and sister, too, who are both late teens/early 20s, so it is probably a bit of a combo, just when in life everyone had kids.   :)  Also, note the older sister's hair color.   :lol:  This came out online I think the same day I had mine done?  So my friends were like, 'Oh, so that hair color runs in the family... or something similar, anyway.   :lol: :lol: )

     

     

     

    Oh, yes, I'm sure.  I'm not saying they should have buzzed him - I did watch a couple seasons of it back in the day.  I just don't think he'll go much farther, realistically, and that's ok, too.

     

    She is really cute.  I had a hard time hearing the words to the song, though.  But Simon thinks she's the next Taylor Swift.  Wow! What a compliment.  I'll be following her on the show. 

     

  9. I thought it was funny enough. I wouldn't necessarily say it's technically good enough in any category to actually go anywhere on AGT, but it was ok to watch once.

     

    And yes, clearly it was setting him up on the song. ;) Which was entertaining, as well.

     

    I don't watch AGT usually. Apparently one of this year's golden ticket contestants is my cousin - our parents are first cousins, so whatever that makes us. I didn't even know I had cousins on that side of the family lol.

     

    Which contestant was your cousin who got the golden ticket?  I love rooting for people who at least "somebody" knows, even if I don't!

     

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  10. I have taught my kids to send thank you notes.  I don't allow them to cash checks until a note is written.  I bug them until they do them. I suppose since I have to bug them, I haven't taught them very well, but as long as they are under my roof that is the protocol.  Hopefully they will continue after I am long gone. I've sent out 8 graduation cards with a check in each this season and have only received one thank you.  One hasn't cashed the check yet, but the rest have.  I have to say I do give some grace, even though it bugs me when I don't receive a thank you note.  I remember being overwhelmed with our wedding gifts and it took me six months to acknowledge gifts.  As a new mom, I was overwhelmed with gifts and lack of sleep and I'm sure I didn't get some written notes sent out, but tried to verbally give my appreciation.  After my in-laws passed, there were thank yous that I failed to write as well as I was again overwhelmed. So since I have messed up in the past, I try to give grace.   What does a high school graduate have to feel overwhelmed about?  It's just easy money for them. 

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  11. When my 2 kids were really little, we used a family practice doctor.  They are 18 mos. apart, so many times their well visits came up at the same time.  I had a hard time scheduling both my kids to see the family doctor at the same time.  It wasn't until I switched to a pediatrician that they were able to accommodate two tots at the same visit.  That was the only reason I switched.  The family doctor and the ped. doctor were in the same practice so I didn't have to go to a different building.  They both seemed up on all that needed to be done.  There was more excitement and smiles by the nursing staff of the family doc because they didn't often see babies.

  12. I did defend her. Dh could tell she wiped it off and started a huge argument. I told him I didn't care if she wore it like that. In fact, I hadn't even noticed because it's not on my radar. He always complains about it and I always say I don't care. Yesterday it became a huge thing.

     

    I think it became a huge thing because not only is your daughter not abiding by her father's wishes, but you and your husband are not parenting as a unit.  It sounds like your daughter knows you don't care, so she can get away with the makeup around you and knows she needs to be sneaky and wash it off without her father knowing she wore the makeup.  I understand the "pick your battles" thing, but that is a discussion you need to have privately with your dh, and whatever is decided needs to be agreed on by both of you as a united front.  One of you may not agree, but it has to come across as one way or the other and both the husband and wife need to support the parental decision. 

     

  13. I hate it when I can't let something go like this and I keep thinking about it and rethinking about it.  Maybe by just sharing your feelings here, that will help you let it go.  I don't think it is worth talk to your Aunt about something that has already happened.  Like what was said before, if you are asked to sign a card again, just say you already have a card to give him. 

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