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  1. I too eloped. It was my first marriage but DH’s second. Although, we were married by the Justice of the Piss instead of a JP. Yep, that slip of the tounge is still a big hoot. Then, a year later and we were sitting in the church for my cousin’s 70k wedding I leaned over and whispered....â€Now do you see why we eloped?â€. Reminded him again for my other cousin’s 50k wedding a few years after that. I think the only real regret I have is that I had to tell my mom that I was married so that I could tell her she was going to be a grandma.....(and no, it wasn’t a shotgun wedding). Stefanie
  2. Check your wall space for a French door really well. The doors take up more room than the one door. We got a French door one and then had to modify the wall to get the door to open enough. Stefanie
  3. Check your wall space for a French door really well. The doors take up more room than the one door. We got a French door one and then had to modify the wall to get the door to open enough. Stefanie
  4. So...how do you tell the cat who is just too cute that you kicked him out of the computer room so you could have some peace from his messing with things?

    1. RootAnn

      RootAnn

      You tell him through the closed door. Otherwise, his eyes might change your mind.

    2. Sdel
  5. You obviously don’t have a jealous spouse. My DH and I are very open with things like these because DH’s ex-wife was jealous....and I’ve known other men with wives just like her. DH couldn’t talk to a lady at the checkout without it becoming a two day fight over if he was cheating or not. He helped someone....cheating. I heard one of my co-workers having to defend himself multiple times to his wife that no, he wasn’t cheating on her with me because I answered the phone at work (that was my job) and no he wasn’t cheating on her because he took 10 minutes to get to the phone because he was in a patient’s room (he was a nurse). A person who wants to make an issue with something can take the slightest thing and make it a huge ordeal. Stefanie
  6. Well, I'm probably heading out onto the icy roads of death in a couple of hours. Horse has to go to the vet. Fortunately I'm not hauling her and its only 3 miles or so down the road....a twisty and hilly road. Stefanie
  7. So, we are supposed to have a winter storm and snow. The schools have already cancelled for tomorrow. And my weather app keeps walking back the start of the rain.....

  8. I’ve been concerned about DD10’s sensory and plannning issues since she was 6 and noticing issues since age 2. The last OT eval got blown off because my insurance wouldn’t cover anything. She recently received speech therapy through a different rehab and before she was discharged from speech I asked her therapist to request an OT eval so we could get it through the same rehab as speech. Hallelujah, the OT saw enough to pursue therapy. She says she has several areas of strengths, even above average areas, but they are compensating for some big weaknesses. She timed her handwriting speed at 4 words per minute. We are going to be getting a sensory diet too. Therapy 2x per week and they even said there is a chance insurance will cover all of it and not just the 30 visits a year. The OT was involved with the school systems so at the first appointment I need to start asking about what needs to be done to look forward to accommodations in testing/college. Stefanie
  9. Even more of a red flag in my opinion. If it were a viable seat then they wouldn't be so desperate to field a candidate. The big money interests on your side would already have their bought and paid for candidate in place. Not only that, expect nasty. I'm not trying to rain on your parade or anything....but I've just BTDT too many times. My DH is currently in the same position. He's running his 5th race, 4 have been in primaries in his own party ® and this time as the lone candidate from his party against the other. The funny thing; everyone on our side has said he's running against the most conservative member of the council. Things I've seen: State Senate (not my district): The incumbent R was about to be busted for a career ending infraction so he had a primary challenger. It didn't come out until after the filing period was over. Since the people running the party on the R side didn't like the primary challenger, the Ds and Rs got together to vote for the well known about to resign incumbent so both sides could have a do over in a special election. State House (not my district): The incumbent bought robocalls that had recordings of made up endorsements for his opponent and ran them at 1 - 3 am. County Party Chair: Two incumbents are mad at the party leadership, one because all but three of the precinct chairs endorsed his opponent last time. They have put up a challenger for the county chair seat so now we have an intra-party war and they haven't been subtle about the whole point being to put their people in power. I've also seen them monkeying the numbers on the electronic ballot boxes. The bottom line.....when it comes down to it, VERY few voters care about talking points and issues. Even the ones who say they do don't actually vote where their mouth is. I've seen it in 4 elections now. Don't be naive and think elections are about issues, they aren't. They are about name id only. And it takes *a lot* of money to get your name out (don't count on donations either). They need to see your name 7 - 8 times to get it to stick enough to make a vote. If you talk to someone at the door, make sure you try to get them to commit to voting for you. Voter rolls are public information. The counties in your office's district should have a way for you to get a list of who voted in which elections. Get that list so you at least know who votes and how. Primary voters are more dedicated voters and should be the higher priority for door knocking and mailers. Warning, its a lot of names to process so get started now. Sometimes the party will have a voter database that you can access to help create walking lists. It's usefulness depends upon how well your state party manages it. Good luck. Stefanie
  10. My advice, start smaller unless you have fabulous political connections and have already gotten the support of someone on the inside or just gobs of money to spend. Our experience is that all offices have “the winner†picked by those currently in office and while it is possible to upset, it’s harder to do the higher the office. The level of nasty games we have seen played in politics have convinced me political office isn’t worth it for “ideology†because very few in power believe in ideology. It’s all about feeling important, power, and money and they see “true believers†as a threat to that. Stefanie
  11. To quote my husbands dearly departed great aunt....â€with a boy you only have to worry about the one little wee wee; with a girl you have to worry about all the little wee wees.†She was a hoot and we miss her a lot. Stefanie
  12. We had leaking to the inside from Harvey too. I did wrap the pipes, but it doesn't do much if inside the wall it is freezing because of no insulation. This same wall had a huge gap in it when we moved in. We had to fill it because the wasps were making nests. We think half the problem is poor construction. This house is a very bad DIY build. We already kick around the idea of demolishing this house and rebuilding with our "dream house". At the very least, we need a 100k Property Brother's style remodel to reframe everything above the slab. Unfortunately the floors are extremely wavy from poor foundation work. Days will get back to the 40s after tomorrow, nights will take a little longer. Stefanie
  13. Okay, it wasn’t my fault. There was zero insulation in the wall around the pipe. Sucks. Makes me worried about the rest of the pipes. Stefanie
  14. And we lost a pipe..........bathroom flooded. My fault too. I forgot to undo the hose to the horse barn last night. Stefanie
  15. It’s cold for us in Tx. We technically had snow last night ( it disn’t stick except for lightly on the cars) but it was a record. 2 snows in one year. The horses were eager beavers to come in last night and practically ran me down to get their halters on and come in. Fortunately it looks like our days will be back to the 40s and 50s by the end of the week. Stefanie
  16. Use paper litter for cleanliness for a few days if you don’t already use it. Stefanie
  17. I’ve got the flu too. It’s my second time to have it this year. Last time I felt awful for a full month. Stefanie
  18. I’m going to have to disagree. My fave is bananas and pudding only, eaten right off the stove. Nilla wafers, whipped cream, and being cold only ruin it. Stefanie
  19. We have lived in a subdivision where the lots are all about 1 acre. Most of the people have fenced off smaller, more manageable sections to be used as dog runs. You can use kennel panels supported with t-posts within existing fence lines to create runs if you do not want to create a permanent fence. As a short term fix maybe use kennel panels to fence around the holes so even when the dogs come through they can't access your whole yard. Put down a cattle panel on the ground under the kennel panel to prevent digging. My dogs were escape artists. One of them even broke a newly built privacy fence. The kennel panels + cattle panel did the trick. Stefanie
  20. DD loved it. The dog was totally frustrated trying to fetch snowballs. The horses are upset at having to work for their grazing. And my GS hates it. Threw one snowball and called it quits. Stefanie
  21. First snowstorm since DD was two. She is 10 now and over the moon.

  22. This year we are putting up a tree. Our first ever tree. My soon-to-be 10 year old is over the moon. We are using my mom's bear ornament set this year. We'll probably make some cinnamon dough ornaments next week (this week is consumed by birthday). Fake. We have cats. Stefanie
  23. One of my stepsons reported his parents to CPS for starving him when he was 16. His motivation was the idea that CPS remove him and allow him to move in with his girlfriend and her mom. Fortunately we had contacted his old counselor who warned us that he’d expect him to call CPS on us, and that he was capable of self injury to fake the abuse, before he did it. His mom bugged her computer and captured the conversations where he and the girlfriend planned the report and handed it off to the caseworker. Needless to say, that child got a very rude come-to-Jesus moment. Stefanie
  24. I think it might be likely that the bil let one of these troubled kids use the car and they did something in it and now he is trying to clean it up. Stefanie
  25. When we had my grandson placed with us the social worker made it very clear they had no intentions of returning him to his parents. They also strongly suggested we involve an attorney and seek custody separately from them. If you want to persue this it might be beneficial to speak to a family attorney familiar with the foster system. Stefanie
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